The episode was written and storyboarded by Somvilay Xayaphone and Bert Youn, from a story by Patrick McHale, Kent Osborne, and Pendleton Ward.

While spending time with Flame Princess (voiced by Jessica DiCicco), Finn and Jake learn that she misses her scented candles, which she left in the Fire Kingdom.

Once they enter the Flame Kingdom, Finn and Jake manage to acquire the candles, but hear a conspiracy to assassinate the king between two fire beings, one of whom has an untied shoe, and the other has a hissy voice.

However, by a lucky turn of events, Finn and Jake are able to unveil the actual culprits, who are the children of Flame King's brother, whom he murdered to acquire the throne.

"Ignition Point" was written and storyboarded by Somvilay Xayaphone and Bert Youn, from a story developed by series creator Pendleton Ward, Patrick McHale, and Kent Osborne.

"[9] He argued that "Ignition Point" represented an Adventure Time episode "with everything: toilet humor, romance, drama, non-sequiters [sic], and even some moral philosophizing.

"[9] Sava also felt that the episode, with its overt references to Hamlet, furthered the show's tendency to be "daddy-crazy", and illustrate that "the female characters [in the series] tend to have horrible father figures".