"The Red Throne" is the forty-seventh episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series Adventure Time.

The episode was storyboarded by Seo Kim and Somvilay Xayaphone, from a story by Kent Osborne, Pendleton Ward, Jack Pendarvis, and Adam Muto.

Seo Kim and Somvilay Xayaphone wrote the episode from a synopsis devised by several other writers, including show creator Pendleton Ward.

Finn goes directly for the guards, but he and Flame Princess are quickly captured after she reveals to him that the people are being controlled through Don John's spell.

A separate group of writers – Kent Osborne, Pendleton Ward, Jack Pendarvis, and Adam Muto – came up with the idea for the episode, which Kim and Xayaphone then adapted into a storyboard.

[1] Employing other crew members, background artist Derek Ballard depicted a derelict van, a wrecked truck, and ruined musical instruments in one piece for the episode.

A well-known scene in the film – lasting for nearly six minutes – features the man fighting with his friend (played by David), whom Nada wants to share his glasses with.

This episode of Adventure Time includes a parody of this iconic scene, featuring Don John and the Flame King engaging in combat.

[3] The scene in They Live was previously the subject of spoofs in South Park and Saints Row IV,[4] though the parody featured in Adventure Time was called exemplar for reuniting both Piper and David.

[11] The Huffington Post writer Cat Blake cited Cinnamon Bun gaining the affection of Flame Princess as a reason for secondary schoolers not to underestimate people.

[9] In memoriam of Piper, who died in July 2015, Brandon Stroud of Uproxx called Don Jon one of his best roles in pop culture.