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| “ | My mission is noble, my heart is pure, I have nothing to fear. | „ |
| ~ Samurai Jack: in Episode 6 "Jack and the Warrior Woman. |
| “ | Fifty years have passed, but I do not age. Time has lost its effect on me, yet the suffering continues. Aku's grasp chokes the past, present and future. Hope is lost. Got to get back. Back to the past. Samurai Jack. | „ |
| ~ Jack, Intro for Samurai Jack (Season 5). |
| “ | I will not fail you, father! | „ |
| ~ Jack telling his father he will succeed in slaying Aku. |
| “ | Yes, Aku is powerful. But with my father's sword and the might of rightousness, I can end Aku's tyranny forever, freeing all he has enslaved... I beg you to trust me!... As I once trusted you. | „ |
| ~ Samurai Jack to the Triseraquins |
| “ | It is done. | „ |
| ~ Samurai Jack when he finally destroyed Aku in the final episode. |
Samurai Jack, more shortly known as Jack, is the titular main protagonist of Cartoon Network/Adult Swim's 2001 animated series of the same name.
He is the son of a Japanese Emperor who once defeated a powerful demon known as Aku by wielding a magical Katana infused with the power of the gods, making it the only weapon capable of harming the demon, where such duty is later passed down to him. Because of his primary goal throughout the show, he also became Aku's greatest archenemy, who is determined to ensure the death of the samurai. He was sent to a distant future by Aku where the demon rules the Earth. He intend to return back to his timeline to undo Aku's evil grasp. In 50 years later, Jack continue to struggle by Aku's evil reign but the samurai himself doesn't age due to the initial time travel by Aku has stopped his aging process.
He is voiced by Phil LaMarr during the series, who also voiced Hermes Conrad in Futurama, Static Shock in his namesake show, Wilt in Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, John Stewart in DC Animated Universe's Justice League, and Kit Fisto in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Appearance
Early in the series, Jack's face was depicted as long and rectangular; however, later in the show it became more like a square with a distinct eastern look.
As a 25-year-old young man, he is fairly tall and lean but fit in built, and has long jet black hair that he keeps tied in a Japanese chonmage topknot. He also sometimes is seen wearing a kasa (a type of traditional Japanese straw hat meant to shield the wearer from the weather). Jack's clothing consists of a simple white kimono robe (sometimes referred to as a gi) with gray trim on the sleeves and edges, a white obi sash around his waist, and a pair of wooden geta sandals. His geta were once destroyed in Episode XXVI by a group of bikers, then later replaced by a jet repairman called Tengu who crafted the very same geta sandals for himself and his family. Throughout the show, whenever Jack's kimono is severely damaged in battle, he simply tears off the top half to continue fighting unhindered. Because he starts each new episode with his kimono fully intact, it can be assumed that Jack repairs his clothing in-between episodes.
In the image shown by the time portal guarded by The Guardian depicting an older version of himself, Jack is shown to have waist-long beard and hair. He is also shown to be wearing a golden crown and a red cape with scars all over his body.
As of Season 5, Jack didn't even aged due to the side-effect of Aku's time travelling powers. He has grown a large beard and wears full samurai armor with a mask resembling a Japanese oni demon and a gun holster across his torso. He lost his topknot band at some point. In "Episode XCII" his mask was destroyed by a horde of Beetle Drones, and he discarded his helmet and shoulder pads while fighting Scaramouch. He appeared with his full armor again in "Episode XCIII" only for it to be completely destroyed by the Daughters of Aku, shortening his beard and leaving him wearing only tattered rags. He later regain his original look in "Episode XCVIII".
Personality
| “ | I am the lost son of the land you have pillaged. I am here to reclaim it. For my people, for my father, for my birthright. | „ |
| ~ Jack facing Aku for the first time. |
Jack strongly exhibits the characteristics of a stoic if not traditional hero. He is unfailingly kind and generous, and will always attempt to help those in need, as well as dispatching sage like wisdom to those he believes are in need of guidance. He often ends up sacrificing a chance to return to his own time in order to help someone else. He has had considerable development during his time in the future. Initially, though polite and refined, he was very quick to anger and even more quick to being frustrated or irritated. He rarely spoke more than was necessary, and almost never smiled.
His quest to return to his own time, having been thwarted again and again, even convinced him for a short time that returning to the past was impossible. However, over time, he has become much more patient and calm. He is also clever and rational, often able to come up with a plan or a strategy necessary to defeat the enemy, and knows his limits (such as when he is surrounded by too many enemies to defeat them by pure force). He is also extremely good at thinking on his feet, often improvising his way out of lethal, or impossibly bizarre, situations. He is also a very solitary man, tending not to socialize due to his focus on his quest.
In Season 5, his lack of social skills is highlighted in his interactions with Ashi, first when he tries to convince her of Aku's evil and later when he tries to bond with her. He once jokes in XCV about the raining needles stuck in their bodies, claiming people pay for it and that it is called acupuncture, then later shyly compliments her new dress and hair in XCVII. Though not expanded upon, his lack of socializing makes him more shy and awkward around women, exemplified through his interactions with Ikra, Josephine, and in particular Ashi, whom he becomes infatuated with. While he is fine working with and befriending several people (regardless of gender) throughout his journey both during his training in the past and current quest in the future, he becomes shy during more intimate moments.
However, a running gag in the show (During Seasons 1-4) is his inability or reluctance to understand the technology of the future, such as in one episode where Jack had attempted to escape Aku's fortress after rescuing two fairy like creatures by driving a hovercar, but he fails to operate it competently, claiming he prefers to walk. He is also quite good at keeping his wits about him when confronted with the outlandishly strange circumstances that he often finds himself in, simply rolling with the proverbial punches rather than becoming upset or baffled.
After 50 years in the future, between losing his father's sword (the only means of killing Aku) and all known means of return to the past being destroyed, Jack has become disillusioned with the idea of ever completing his quest. He is emotionally vulnerable, showing signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as he is often haunted by hallucinations of his family and the people of the past, constantly asking him why he didn't return to save them. Also, in Episode XCIII, his mind manifests a hallucination of Mad Jack, demanding that Jack give up and end his constant suffering, means that Jack is contemplating seppuku (traditional Japanese suicide) in this episode. Despite his weariness and seeming lack of hope, Jack refuses to surrender, continuing his quest to save people from Aku's tyranny wherever possible.
At the same time, he also becomes open-minded with technology in which he begins to utilize high-tech weaponry, explosive, and riding a motorbike. Despite his decades of training and fighting as the ultimate warrior, and his seemingly endless journey hardening his overall outlook, Jack's general nature is still rather inexperienced, having never directly taken the life of a human-being or sentient alien.
He is able to distance himself from the knowledge of all the robots and androids he has destroyed by noting that they are just "nuts and bolts". However, upon actually killing such a being, one Daughter of Aku, he was left horrified at the sight. However he later comes to term with his first kill after a memory of remembering his father's word of wisdom and is able to handle killing the remaining Daughters of Aku. Despite this, he still dislikes the notion of having to kill unless absolutely necessary, and will never harm an innocent.
For a certain period, Jack became more easily influenced by Mad Jack due to Aku destroying the last time portal. This causes him to become easily more annoyed, aggressive and angered. However, he eventually let go of his anger in order to be worthy of using his sword again.
Biography
Early Life
Long ago in ancient Japan, the young boy who would grow up to become known as Samurai Jack was the son of a Japanese Emperor moments after he had defeated an evil demonic abomination known as Aku, by wielding a magical katana infused with the power of the gods, making it the only weapon capable of harming the demon, and sealing him away in a dead black tree. The baby Jack is crying until shown happy when meeting his father as well embraced with a warming hug. Right after Aku was long defeated, young Jack began to live a young & peaceful life with his family but his father would still remain very protective of the things around him, as he greatly feared that his nemesis would return once again & reek havoc, but while Jack didn't have such doubts, he would not know in one fateful day his life & the world he knew would change forever.
8 years later, after being told the story of Aku's defeat by his dad, Jack was warned by him that he must always be prepared for when evil comes, but Jack brushed it off as just a warning, but during his story time a solar eclipse had occurred and while he & everyone else brushed it off, little did they know was that the eclipse was just the thing needed for Aku to escape from his prison after his initial defeat. Just as a young Jack was still playing around, he was the first to witness Aku's attack on his home & despite trying their best, the army was unable to stop the demon and they were immediately defeated before his father was captured just before he could get the sword, fortunately Jack was rescued by his mother and the two managed to escape Aku's grasp as he continued to lay waste to their kingdom with his father now at his mercy.
Training across the world
With his entire home in ruins, a heartbroken Jack vows to honor his parents wish as his mother sends him off on a ship away from Japan to prepare to take down Aku for good. To start his training to take down Aku, he first takes the captain's lesson in astrology where he learns all about what the stars in the constellations mean to the stories they hold before they arrive at there first destination in Arabia.
There he is brought before the first ruler he officially meets in the form of a kind and generous Sheik to teach him his second lesson: horseback riding. After first learning how to get close to a horse, Jack was soon able to go from an amateur to a skilled rider in just the right amount of time.
A few years later, an little older Jack travels to the country of Africa to where he meets a tribe of proud warriors, from their the tribe's Chief gives him his first lesson in combat in the form of stick fighting. Which he puts to good use when he learns that Aku overheard that someone was training to destroy him, sending out a bunch of bounty hunters to siege an attack while burning down the tribes homes to stop him, fortunately his Swordplay and training experience was put to good use when a young Jack bravely fought that bested the Huntsmen Despite landing as many heavy amount of attacks on Jack’s training Blade, Upon confronting the leader of the Bounty Hunter’s leader Jack almost had lost if he had not dislodged his hand from biting His enemy and throwing his blade to free the stung-up caged that Saved by the Tribe who finished off scaring the Men away before Jack would be finished, the chief declares his training complete.
His next destination leads him to the desert country of Egypt where the best scholars of the land go on and teach him how to read hieroglyphics. During which he learns a story about how a band of beings who worship the Egypt god of evil Set were sealed away, but before he could learn how they were beaten his teacher had him go back to his studies 'cause he got distracted.
After being very fluent in what hieroglyphics mean, Jack then sails towards the land of Greece where he meets a wrestler there to learn how to do so, while also learning about the tale of the thunder god Zeus & his ruthless dad Cronus. After that, Jack would then head to Europe where he would not only meet the noble & generous outlaw Robin Hood, but he would also become his student in archery due to him being known as the greatest archer the country had known, all while also helping him out in his noble endeavors.
When his training in archery is complete, Jack would then continue his training around the world to prepare for his next battle, continuing with traveling on a Viking longboat & learning how to sail, then to Russia where he trained in the art of ax-throwing, and then to Mongolia where he learned how to fight on horseback. Once he finished with that Jack then traveled to China and went to a Shaolin temple where the monks who lived there taught him martial arts, where he even made a good friend in the form of his Master's son Tan Zang.
17 years later Jack, now at the age of 25 and his training made him a powerful samurai warrior strong enough to take down anyone that comes at him, finally returns to Japan to reunite with his mother. Meeting her outside of a snowy temple where no one could find them, Jack's mom gives him a white Gi and the magical katana and with one last training session, he feels himself that he is finally ready to face Aku.
First battle with Aku
| “ | Now, demon, with the blessing of righteousness and the power of the sacred blade, I cast thee back to the vile pit from which you came. | „ |
| ~ Samurai Jack before defeating Aku in their first battle. |
After gearing up, Jack mounts up on a horse and rides off to a mine where a bunch of slaves, his father Chief among them, are being forced into manual labor. Taking down all the guards and freeing the prisoners, Jack is told by his father that while the sword was capable of harming Aku, it's true power lies in it's wielder, and following this Jack once again mounts on his horse and rides off to the location of Aku's tower to take him down.
Arriving in the dark castle Aku now lives in, Jack hops past all the evil forces guarding it and slips into Aku's throne room where he calls out the demon king and challenges him, and upon remembering the sword he now wields, Aku wastes no time in trying to destroy the son of the one who imprisoned him, after a hard-fought battle, the young prince is able reduce him to nothing more than a shriveled sentient shadow. But right before the Samurai was about to kill Aku, the evil demon reveals he has powers over time itself and quickly opens up a portal right underneath him & he falls right down under it. Aku tells to the Japanese prince that he doesn't need to worry when they will meet again, but next time he will not be fortunate.
Arrival in the Future
| “ | No! I must return to my own time, so that I might undo Aku's evil reign before it envelops the Earth. This ageless demon must be stopped. | „ |
| ~ Jack decided to make his quest to return back to his timeline and destroy Aku. |
When he finally escaped the portal, the Samurai found himself sent far into the future where Aku reigns supreme to the point where he now has power all over the universe and extraterrestrials everywhere. After learning everything that has happened during his time skip the samurai, now trapped in a dystopian future, adopted the name "Jack" (which was given to him by a bunch of alien teens) and made it his goal to return to the past and undo the horrible future Aku created.
Freeing Archaeologists
During his first rescue mission, Jack comes along with a sentient dog archeologist and his fellow canines to liberate their colleagues who are being forced to mine crystals for Aku. Upon arriving at the excavation site, Jack swiftly manages to free all the workers, they soon learn that Aku has become aware of Jack's arrival in the future and knowing full-well on what he's capable of, he sends a battalion of robots to destroy him.
Deciding to prepare themselves for their inevitable arrival, Jack and his canine companions arm themselves and set up traps and weapons all over the worksite, even using the very crystals they were mining for against the robots. But when they all soon run out of weapons, Jack steps into the battlefield himself and wipes all the robots out, afterwards he bids farewell to the archaeologists before vowing to find a way back to his time, all the while fighting against Aku's tyranny.
Found his home
| “ | My home. | „ |
| ~ Samurai Jack when discovered his destroyed home land which was destroyed by Aku. |
When he discovered a bell that has the symbol of his home, Jack cries when seeing what's left of his home which is destroyed by Aku
50 years later
The side-effects of Aku's time traveling spell has caused Jack to stop aging, after 50 years of fighting Aku in vain Jack lost all hope and the magical Katana, becoming a merciless killer. Jack faced and killed a group of assassins known as "The Daughters of Aku" but spared the only survivor among them, a girl named Ashi. In return, Ashi helped Jack recover his honor as a Samurai and regain the Katana, in the process the two became lovers. Ashi eventually discovered she had the same powers as Aku and opened a time portal for her and Jack to return to the past at the exact moment when Jack had initially been sent to the future, allowing him to finish that initial battle and kill Aku once and for all.
With Aku dead permanently, the horrible future he created is completely averted, saving trillions of lives across many generations and preventing centuries of suffering, but that came at the cost of Ashi being erased from existence since she was part of that future.
Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time
In the video game that picks up during the finale of season 5, as an alternate scenario, Jack managed to break Ashi free from Aku’s control and opened a time portal with her. However, Aku transported Jack into a time pocket Aku Created, a rift of time and space in his control, with no future or past, leaving Jack to relive on many challenges he had faced throughout the series. Throughout the entire game, Jack faced robots, demons, bounty hunters and the Daughters of Aku once again, overcame Aku’s final scheme, and faced Aku in the final showdown, with the help of The Scotsman, his daughters, Da Samurai and Sir Rothchild facing Aku's army. After finally defeating Aku, Jack told Aku that the time pocket that he created is starting to collapse and a disbelief Aku refused to admit defeat and then Jack slice him down with his katana, then Jack reunited with Ashi and goes through the portal to the past with her, finally destroying Aku, during Episode CI, once and for all.
In the canon ending, as the series ended, Jack finally married Ashi in his liberated homeland and, rather than Ashi fading away from existence thanks to the time pocket Aku created and Jack being all alone. Jack was finally content and happy with Ashi, the woman who restored his hope.
Other media
Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosión XL
In Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion XL, Samurai Jack is an unlockable character who is either unlocked by completing Samurai Jack 1 in the story or by winning 33 matches. His in game bio states him as a powerful striker thanks to his magical sword. Thanks to this sword he obviously has many disjointed hitboxes. Combined with his power, quick movements, and strong combo potential rivaling Numbuh One's, Samurai Jack is not a force to be underestimated.
Quotes
| “ | No matter what form you take, Aku, you can never defeat the side of righteousness! | „ |
| ~ Samurai Jack to Aku when he transform into a scorpion |
| “ | There is no future for you Aku. | „ |
| ~ Jack when he was about to destroy Aku |
| “ | Jack: So the question is not "Where I am?", but "When I Am?" Sir Rothchild: Precisely. Jack: The spell Aku casted must have ripped me from my own time and flung me into the distant future. Sir Rothchild: Time wrap is highly possible. Jack: Allowing his evil time to fester and infect the entire world. |
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| ~ Jack realizing that he was sent to the future |
| “ | What trickery is this!?.. Aku- | „ |
| ~ Jack’s last words before being sent to the 21th century |
| “ | Nooooo!!!.. MORE!! | „ |
| ~ Jack before expelling Aku’s essence to be destroyed. |
| “ | Aku: This gateway to the past is once more beyond your.. reach? YOU CAN Fly!? Samurai Jack: No jump good |
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| ~ Samurai Jack surprising Aku with his newfound agility |
| “ | The shell of the Oyster only hides the pear inside | „ |
| ~ Samurai lecturing Da Samurai of the heart of a warrior, ironically foreshadows the latter’s true facade |
| “ | Even I forgotten that the sword is forged in purity and strength, it can only be used for good, in the hand of evil it can never harm an innocent, and so Aku it can never harm me, but it can harm You! | „ |
| ~ Jack explaining the true nature of his Sword to Aku |
| “ | He who runs with aggression, runs without dignity | „ |
| ~ Samurai Jack to Da Samurai |
| “ | Shinobi. Warrior of the night. Trained to use the darkness of the shadow. I know your arts as well. But I have been trained to use the light. | „ |
| ~ Samurai Jack to Shinobi when changing to his ninja outfit |
| “ | Aku: I’ll be back Samurai, I’LL BE BACK!! Jack: And I will be waiting Aku, for no matter how long it may take, I will destroy you. |
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| ~ Jack after besting Aku in their encounters and makes his oath to vanquish him |
| “ | Arrow relies on the Bow, the Bow relies on the arrow but they are not tied together! | „ |
| ~ Jack to The Scotsman that they need to break their chains for strength and become teammates |
| “ | He who wears a mask cannot see what lies within himself | „ |
| ~ Jack after shattering Da Samurai’s shades |
| “ | Jack: I am not defeated and I shall hold my ground Scotman: Ooh hold your ground, you can barely hold your sword Jack: Then come get me |
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| ~ Samurai Jack refusing to give up his long and tiring battle towards the Scotsman from their first encounter |
| “ | you see I’m smart and you are pure evil. | „ |
| ~ Jack to Aku during their battle |
| “ | Run you cowardly Shadow! For you know your destruction is at hand, it is just a matter of time | „ |
| ~ Jack acquiring Krono’s stone after defeating Aku again |
| “ | I too desire to find my home, you see in days long past, where rockets and robots wear no where no creation, the young warrior forged into battle with Aku that the point were victory was imminent, Aku tricked the warrior, and flung him through his own time to a distant time in the future, to reclaim his homeland and undo the evil of Aku, the warrior has to find such of time passage home, Such a magic is difficult to find | „ |
| ~ Jack expresses his goals to the Scientists |
| “ | I have hoped that just once I will not have to battle for my goal because it is noble and just, but I see that this is impossible, I must use the power of this time passage and so, I will defeat you! | „ |
| ~ Samurai Jack forced to Battle The Guardian for denying him the Time Gateway |
| “ | You have deceived me many times Aku, but you become careless, you’re lust to destroy me left YOU the blinded one, and now.. my trap is Sprung!! | „ |
| ~ Jack to Aku’s Swamp Disguise after defeating Kronos |
| “ | No, father! Aku destroyed the way home! | „ |
| ~ Jack when seeing the hallunication of the Emperor in 50 years later |
| “ | You have chosen this path, life works in strange ways, your choices have clearly led you here, as have mine I will give you a new choice, leave here now and live or stay and face your destiny | „ |
| ~ Samurai Jack to the rest of the Daughters of Aku a chance to leave |
| “ | so I guess you’re staying.. perhaps I was unclear.. Very well the decision you make and the actions that follow are a reflection of who you really are | „ |
| ~ Samurai Jack willingly accepting his battle with the Daughter of Aku despite giving them pardon |
| “ | Jack: you.. You were the one who has kept the pasts hidden, you’re anger, you’re frustration.. Mad Jack: You’re a FOOL!! |
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| ~ Jack defeating Evil Jack through warding him away to earn his balance for the sword |
| “ | For all these years, I have seen so many innocence fall victim to Aku, kind and decent people, my friends my family, everyone one of them.. his evil has take everything I’ve ever.. loved, all I have left.. are memories. I do not want you to become just a memory | „ |
| ~ Jack describing the wickedness of Aku to Ashi, fearing for any harm that follows him. |
Powers and Abilities
- Immortality: Due to the side-effects of Aku sending him into the future, it affected the aging process of Jack's body, making him ageless. He has been in the future for over 50 years and is still in his prime, but gained a beard.
- Master Combatant: Jack has shown impressive mastery in many styles of martial arts some of which include the Shaolin Praying Mantis, Tiger, and Eagle styles, Ninjutsu techniques, Greek wrestling and African stick fighting. He is well versed in a number of weapons that range from spears and staffs to nunchakus and shurikens, as shown in his fights at the Dome of Doom. In his youth, Jack also learned how to use unfamiliar weapons by observing others, and adapting their style into his own skills to use them more effectively as necessary.
- Master Archer: Jack has shown to have excellent skills in archery since he was trained by Robin Hood. His marksmanship skill was put to the test in Episode 3 when Jack used his archery skills to set off traps against the beetle drones and later used his last arrows on the beetle drones which they hit dead on.
- Master Swordsman: Aside from Jack's ability to proficiently wield a vast number of weaponry, he showed the greatest amount of skill with his sword. This was most likely due to the fact that the only weapon capable of destroying Aku was Jack's blade, allowing him to defeat a large number of enemies easily as shown in his battles with the beetle drones as well as the countless bounty hunters that Aku sends to capture Jack. Jack is shown to rely primarily on swiftness and precision in his strikes in a balanced blend of attack and defense, able to land dozens of blows in seconds, as well as being able to parry machine gun fire from multiple directions. Coupled with the sword's extreme cutting power, Jack can also slice through structures, enemies, and machines much larger than he is while also able to parry most strikes with ease. He is shown to be an equal match to the Scotsman's brute strength.
- Superhuman Strength: Jack is shown to have immense physical strength despite his lean frame, able to cleanly cut through most machines with no effort and can easily throw opponents much larger than himself (although this may be due to skill more so than raw strength).
- Superhuman Speed: Jack is shown to be extremely swift on his feet and has performed incredible feats of speed and agility, able to avoid gunfire, carve through entire armies within seconds and in one instance, defeat a team composed entirely of highly infamous and skilled bounty hunters from all directions in the time it takes for a drop of water to hit the ground.
- Incredible Jumping Capability: Since coming to the future, Jack has learned the ability to leap many times his own height to the point of looking as if he could fly while also being able to fall from great distances with no injury from a jungle man and his adopted tribe of white-furred gorilla's. This is due to the training method of having incredibly heavy boulders tied to his arms, legs and back and being forced to perform strenuous activities such as climbing up a tree via a vine, tight-rope running across a clearing until his body has adjusted to the weight. This has vastly increased his strength granting him new levels of speed and agility.
- High Durability: Jack has shown many times throughout the series that he has a very high durability and has survived blows from powerful opponents and still been able to stand and fight, he also has a very high tolerance for great physical pain.
- Survival Skills: Living among Aku's Orwellian regime greatly limits the places Jack can visit for a meal even when he has money; thus he frequents living in the wild and foraging and hunting his own food. As such he trained long ago the means to secure his own food in the wild, capable of setting traps or outright killing the animal himself. Thus he has a subset of skills such as Stalking and Concealment to aid in his obtaining food. He also knows how to cook. He is aware of basic medicine.
- Willpower: Jack seems to possess an indomitable force of will. He climbed one of the highest mountains in the world without the aid of provisions or cold weather clothing. Fight against countless drones despite pain Fought. His ambition to defeat Aku remains above all despite his near hopeless situation.
- Heightened Senses: Jack's senses are higher than an average human, as he can hear someone take a breath and a drop of sweat falling onto a leaf.
- Indomitable Will: Jack has strong determination in himself to keep going. He is always willing to help those in need and willingly to go off into finding his way back to his time while tolerating the events he encounters on his adventure.
- Apathy: Through intense training, Jack suppresses his emotions to avoid emotional distraction and think properly. Despite this, he sometimes tends to lose his anger and express some emotion when dealing with certain events.
- Pure Heart: Despite his apathetic attitude, Jack has a pure heart and he's the only one who can use his sword. Because the sword was forged to be used for good, but in the hands of evil, it can never harm an innocent.
- High Intelligence: Jack was able to prove to be cunning when using his wits towards his opponents during combat, notably Aku whom he decieved into giving Kronos eye,
- His Sword: Jack's katana (originally his father's sword) is a mythical weapon forged by the three gods. Odin, Ra and Rama for one purpose, to destroy Aku. Years ago, It was forged with the spirit within the Emperor's heart. The sword's magic incinerates Aku's body, making it hard for him to regeneration. His father's sword was forged with purity and strength, it could only be used for good. In the hands of evil, the sword can never harm an innocent. The sword is enchanted by the cloud blacksmiths so that Jack destroyed the Ultrabot swordsman. After giving himself to anger, the Sword abandoned Jack. 50 years later, Jack regained his sword as well it became more powerful when the three gods extracted Jack's spirit to make the sword more powerful to destroy Aku. After Aku's death, Jack and his father's sword was presumably kept into their home palace for future use.
Trivia
- Jack's real name has not been revealed. The name he uses was inspired by a group of punks he met when first arriving in the future, who called him "Jack" as an nickname (like one would be called "Dude" or "Pal"). However, given his background and origin, it is likely that his real name is Japanese.
- He bears a resemblance to Professor Utonium in The Powerpuff Girls, a fellow Cartoon Network series.
- Ironically He would meet both Johnny Bravo and Blossom in Cartoon Network City Bumpers, where his Kimono is stained by Powerpuff Girls clothing in Pink.
- Jack is biologically 25-years-old, but because he spent 50 years in the future, despite still being a young man and the same age in physical appearance, he was technically 75-years-old by the time of the fifth and final season.
- Jack is one of the nine main characters of the IDW comic Super Secret Crisis War.
- He has PTSD.
- Jack has made an appearance at the end of Team Red Pro’s short film Afro Samurai Champloo, where he encounters Mugen and Fuu after he and Afro Samurai slaughter the Bandits in Black. He is portrayed by Kevin Le.
- As many fans have pointed out, Jack better fits the definition of a ronin than a true samurai, being a wanderer who had no liege or master who was separated from his family and people.
- Daffy Duck portrayed a parody of the character called Samurai Quack in the Duck Dodgers episode of the same name.
External Links
- Samurai Jack at the Heroes Wiki
- Samurai Jack at the Pure Good Wiki
- Samurai Jack at the Likability Scaling Purgatory Wiki
- Samurai Jack at the Ultimate Good Wiki
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Code Lyoko Firebreather Steven Universe Re-Animated/Out of Jimmy's Head Codename: Kids Next Door Kids Next Door We Bare Bears Ben 10 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Sym-Bionic Titan Heroes What A Cartoon! Dexter's Laboratory Cow and Chicken ¡Mucha Lucha! I Am Weasel Edgar & Ellen Krypto The Superdog The Life & Times of Juniper Lee Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi My Gym Partner's a Monkey Class of 3000 Chowder The Secret Saturdays The Mr. Men Show Hero 108 Mixels The Looney Tunes Show New Looney Tunes Mighty Magiswords Over the Garden Wall Clarence Uncle Grandpa Generator Rex Annoying Orange Apple & Onion Summer Camp Island See Also | ||
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