The universal translator device is a device that first appeared in the episode "My Two Favorite People." Jake originally wanted for him, Finn, and Lady Rainicorn to hang out together, but an evident problem was that Lady Rainicorn only spoke in Korean and Finn couldn't understand her. Jake mentions that he had previously thrown the translator into a lake. The trio then go to retrieve the translator from the bottom of a lake, which was guarded by Lake Knights. Ultimately, Jake takes the translator off of Lady Rainicorn and throws it away after Finn wins his battle with Tiffany.
Lady Rainicorn's parents Bob and Ethel Rainicorn both wear working universal translators in "Her Parents." Unlike the earlier translator, theirs produce relatively normal-sounding voices.
For unknown reasons, they wear these translators at all times, even in the Crystal Dimension, where they would be unnecessary.
In the episode "Simon Petrikov" from the spin-off sequel Fionna & Cake, a new model of the translator device was introduced. It is much thinner and easier to use. While still maintaining the color from the original model. It was used by a Dog Tourist visiting Simon's house in Up-Ton, until it was stolen by him and inserted into Cake in the episode "Cake the Cat". This model is seemingly more advanced, since it was able to make an ordinary cat like Cake and an ordinary dog like the Dog Tourist talk for the first time, not just translate their language.
Appearance[]
Classic model[]
The universal translator device appears to be similar to a dog collar with a brown strap. The translator itself has a red checkered switch lever, pieces of tape listing the settings of the device, the speaker, and the knob to select the setting. The tape labels read: Old Man, Nerdy alien, and nightmare.
Settings[]
The settings on the translator are "Nerdy Alien," "Nightmare," and "Old Man." Finn and Jake had to set it to Old Man because it was the only setting in which Finn could understand Lady Rainicorn even though he found the others to be entertaining. While Lady has the device on her, Finn jokes around and occasionally calls her, "Grandpa." The first time Jake was talking to Lady Rainicorn with the old man voice setting he accidentally calls her a him. However, the translators of Bob and Ethel Rainicorn have normal voices.
New model[]
It is a collar in a brown strap, with a thin plate including a small red wheel to change between the voice settings as represented by icons.
Settings[]
Compared to the classic model, it has a much higher variety of voice setting modes, although only three of them had the icons shown on screen. These are "Dog", "Bear" and "Cat". It also seemingly features the voices "Nerdy Alien", 'Nightmare" and "Old Man" which the original model in "My Two Favorite People" had. Due to the fact the collar was removed from the original owner who was a dog, Cake had help from a squirrel to change the "Dog" mode to "Cat".
Trivia[]
- All three of Lady's Rainicorn translator voices were provided by Pen Ward.
- Lady's translator can be seen to the right of Glob's helmet in the far future BMO's house in "Come Along With Me".
Classic model[]
New model[]
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