Samurai Jack
Cartoon Network (ended 2004)
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Season 4
- Ep 52LII: Jack And The Baby9/25/04
While peacefully enjoying a snack of peaches, Jack hears a baby cry and races to find out what's the matter. He rescues Baby from a crew of hungry (baby-eating) monsters. ''''The two then set off to find the baby's mother. Jack makes a great temporary parent, finding food, shelter, dealing with diapers. He tells Baby a bedtime story of Momotaro (Peach-boy, an archetypal Japanese folk-tale). When sick, Baby wants peaches; when they return to the peach orchard, the monsters find them again.''''After the final defeat of the monsters, Baby's mother is found. When she notices a surprising change in her child, Jack explains the baby has achieved "sakai", the spirit of the samurai.moreless - Ep 51LI: Young Jack In Africa9/25/04
This episode takes place during Jack's childhood. After Aku's first attack, Jack is brought to a tribe in Africa where he is admitted into the adult community after a small ritual and the chief of the village teaches him the art of fighting with a stick.''''But an enemy tribe attacks the village in order to get a reward promised by Aku for Jack's capture and everyone is captured except for Jack. So he follows them, mastering the captors' weapon, using qualities of the animals he has observed to do so. After a difficult series of fights, Jack releases all the prisoners and with their help, the enemy tribe is defeated. At the end, Jack leaves the tribe because he is now considered to have learned all he can from them.moreless - Ep 50L: Tale Of X99/25/04
The first three-fourths of the story is a monologue: a Terminator-like killer robot with human emotions tells us the story of his life. He formerly worked for Aku, but stopped because of his emotions and because he felt in love with a little dog.''''But Aku kidnapped his dog and forces him to fight against Jack if he wants to see it again. He is tracking Jack and he is finally destroyed by the samurai His last words are for his puppy and Jack looks sadly at him. Then there is a close-up of his car and the last image of the episode is a photo of the dog.moreless - Ep 49XLIX: The 4 Seasons Of Death9/25/04
Four separate stories following Jack through the four seasons: Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring. ''''In Summer, Jack is travelling through the desert and is set upon by strange creatures formed of sandstorms. In Fall, a creepy little scientist attempts to make a poison to kill Jack. In Winter, a warrior race forge a mighty sword with which to slay Jack. In Spring, Jack finds rest in a mysterious garden paradise.moreless - Ep 48XLVIII: Jack versus Aku11/24/03
Tiring of the failure of his minions, Aku decides to engage Jack in one-on-one combat to settle matters between them once and for all. - Ep 47XLVII: Jack And The Flying Prince And Princess11/19/03
A prince and princess flee invaders of their planet and go for help, but ended up stranded on Earth and captured by Aku's forces - only Jack can rescue them. - Ep 46XLVI: Scotsman Saves Jack (Part 2 of 2)8/23/03
The Scotsman helps Jack defeat the Sirens. - Ep 45XLV9/27/03
- Ep 44XLIV: The Princess And The Bounty Hunters11/12/03
A team of bounty hunters band together to defeat Jack. - Ep 43XLIII: The Aku Infection11/5/03
Jack is infected with a bit of Aku which tries to take over and drive him to evil. - Ep 42XLII: Samurai versus Samurai6/28/03
Jack takes on "Da Samurai," a would-be rival. - Ep 41XLI: Robo-Samurai versus Mondo Bot6/21/03
Jack must use a giant robot to defeat the monstrous Mondo-Bot. - Ep 40XL: Samurai versus Ninja6/14/03
Jack must combat a Ninja sent by Aku. - Ep 6XLV: Scotsman Saves Jack (Part 1 of 2)8/23/03
While traveling the Scotsman finds Samurai Jack . . . working as a waiter named 'Brent Worthington.' The Scotsman "rescues" the amnesiac Jack from bounty hunters and realizes that Jack was injured by the tango beast. He follows the trail from the tango beast to a bar of bounty hunters to a sea captain to a chart that directs them to "The Great Unknown." The Scotsman hires a ship to take them there.moreless
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Season 3
- Ep 39XXXIX: Jack And The Labyrinth6/7/03
Jack must penetrate a deathtrap-filled labyrinth to acquire a crystal that will allow him to return to his own time. - Ep 38XXXVIII: The Birth Of Evil (Part 2 of 2)8/16/03
Armed with a mystic sword given to him by the Gods, the Emperor sets forth to defeat Aku. - Ep 37XXXVII: The Birth Of Evil (Part 1 of 2)8/16/03
In this tale of Aku's arrival, Jack's father the Emperor must defeat the evil wizard upon his arrival on Earth. - Ep 36XXXVI: Jack, The Monks, And The Ancient Master's Son5/31/03
A Shaolin temple aids Jack in finding a gateway that will take him to his own time. - Ep 35XXXV: Jack And The Haunted House5/17/03
Jack encounters a haunted house in his travels and must free the trapped family inside. - Ep 34XXXIV: Jack And Swamp Monster5/10/03
Jack must solve three traps to recover the pieces to a suit of armor that will let him return to his own time. - Ep 33XXXIII: Jack And The Creature5/3/03
Jack gains a friendly but inconvenient creature in his travels. - Ep 32XXXII:Jack And The Travelling Creatures4/26/03
Jack must pass three tests to gain access to a time portal. - Ep 31XXXI: Jack In Egypt11/22/02
An ancient prophecy is Jack's only hope against three mystic creatures. - Ep 30XXX: Jack And The Zombies10/25/02
Reaching an intersection in the road, Jack uses a stick to determine his path. But his path leads him to a graveyard, filled with zombies. Jack must stop them, without his sword. And defeat Aku...again without his sword. - Ep 29XXIX: The Good, The Bad, And The Beautiful11/8/02
While taking a trip on a Old West-style train, Jack is stalked by a bounty hunter, Ezekial Clench. He manages to defeat him but unwittingly falls prey to Ezekial's ex-wife Josephine. The two of them gang up on Jack and ends up captured, but manages to chain them together so that when Josephine betrays her husband and tosses her ex-husband overboard she goes with him.moreless - Ep 28XXVIII: Jack And The Rave11/1/02
Jack battles a Pied Piper-like DJ who lures children from a village. - Ep 27XXVII: Chicken Jack10/18/02
A vengeful wizard turns Jack into a chicken.
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Season 2
- Ep 26XXVI: Jack's Sandals10/11/02
Jack goes after a gang who destroys his sandals, and has trouble picking new footwear. - Ep 25XXV: Jack And The Spartans10/4/02
As Jack climbs up to the top of a mountain he meets up with an army of great warriors and gets asked to help them in the last chapter of a 300-year battle - Ep 24XXIV: Jack Is Naked9/27/02
After his clothes and sword are stolen by a whiterabbit, Jack must figure out a way to get them back, all while being chased by angry people who think he's naked, a cat burglar, and an actress. - Ep 23XXIII: Jack versus Demongo, The Soul Collector9/20/02
Jack battles Demongo, Aku's most powerful minion, and his army of undead warriors. - Ep 22XXII: Jack and the Hunters9/13/02
Aku travels to a distant planet to hire four skilled hunters to hunt down Jack and turn him over to Aku. At first, Jack is easy to capture, until he hears who they're working for. Then the real hunt is on. - Ep 21XXI: Jack And The Farting Dragon9/6/02
Jack discovers a village of panicky medieval serfs, overwhelmed and unable to earn their livelihood because of a horrible stench coming from a nearby mountain. After getting some more information from a demented scissorsmith, Jack heads to "The Spire" to deal with the source of this stink: a fire-breathing dragon who needs Jack's help in dealing with some serious indigestion!moreless - Ep 20XX: Jack And The Monks4/12/02
After Aku's beetle drones destroy yet another gateway to the past, only moments before he's is able to reach it, Jack is overcome with frustration and is about ready to give up the quest. Then, by chance, he meets three monks about to climb the Mountain of Fatoom. Where, legend has it, Truth can be found at the top.moreless - Ep 19XIX: Jack Remembers The Past4/5/02
Jack remembers some highlights from his childhood. - Ep 18XVIII: Jack And The Ultra-robots3/29/02
Jack goes from destroyed village to destroyed village looking for the ultra-robots responsible for the destruction only to find that they were forcibly created by a scientist blackmailed by Aku. - Ep 17XVII: Jack And The Scotsman, Part 23/22/02
The Scotsman needs Jack's help to save his kidnapped wife. But this woman is hardly the distressed damsel the Scotsman makes her out to be. - Ep 16XVI: Jack And The Smackback3/15/02
Jack must fight for his life in...The Dome of Doom! - Ep 15XV: Jack Tales3/8/02
Three "short stories": 1) Jack confronts a two-headed riddling worm who will grant him his wish if he can answer their questions. 2) Jack confronts a family that feed on metal, only for him and they to find out that they are robots. 3) Jack tries to rescue a wish-granting fairy from a gargoyle.moreless - Ep 14XIV: Jack Learns To Jump Good3/1/02
Jack tries to save a peaceful tribe that move constantly due to an opposing food-stealing tribe of gorillas, in return for learning to "jump good."
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Season 1
- Ep 13XIII: Aku's Fairy Tales12/3/01
Aku tells fairy tales to children to make himself the hero and undermine the legend of Samurai Jack. - Ep 12XII: Jack And The Gangsters11/26/01
Jack joins a group of gangsters who work for Aku. He also agrees to help steal the heavily protected crystal that can give Aku power over the whole planet. Fortunately Jack has not become a traitor, but has his own plans of how to hand over the swag. - Ep 11XI: Jack And The Scotsman10/29/01
Jack finds himself opposed by The Scotsman, an opponent every bit as skilled as himself. - Ep 10X: Jack And The Lava Monster11/5/01
Called on by a mysterious voice, Jack overcomes many obstacles and booby traps to find who is calling him. Deep in the earth he finds it is a creature made from rock and lava, who immediately challenges Jack to a fight, but why did it call for Jack? - Ep 9IX: Jack Under The Sea9/3/01
Jack seeks out a race of amphibians that possess a time machine capable of sending him back to his own time. - Ep 8VIII: Jack versus Mad Jack10/15/01
Aku places a bounty on Jack's head, but is disappointed by the failure of some inept hunters, so he creates an evil spirit-clone version of Jack to finish our hero off for good. - Ep 7VII: Jack And The Three Blind Archers8/20/01
Samurai Jack hears of a mysterious island which possesses a well that can grant any wish. He arrives at the island and discovers the well is not alone. - Ep 6VI: Jack And The Warrior Woman11/19/01
Jack searches for the magical jewel the Woolies told him would be able to send him back in time. Locating the last survivor of the race who can reveal it's location, Jack learns of how to find the jewel, and meets up with a woman questing for the same jewel. They journey through the desert together, but will they be able to share the jewel if they find it?moreless - Ep 5V: Jack In Space8/27/01
Samurai Jack befriends a group of scientists building a spaceship to escape Aku's tyrannical rule. Jack agrees to assist in their escape by fighting off the blockade orbiting the planet in return for a trip through time back to his home. - Ep 4IV: Jack, The Woolies, And The Chritchellites8/13/01
Jack comes in contact with a tribe of creatures who utilize their technology to subdue a group of supposedly savage beasts called "Woolies." Little does Jack know, there is more to the situation than meets the eye. - Ep 3III: The First Fight (III)8/10/01
Aku learns of Jack's arrival in the future, and of the help he is giving the dogs. He sends a huge army of insect drones to destroy Jack and the dogs alike. Jack has been busy preparing many traps for them however, and when they arrive the battle begins in earnest.moreless - Ep 2II: The Samurai Called Jack (II)8/10/01
Jack befriends some talking archeologist dogs and learns of his location: In the future shaped by years of Aku's evil reign. He vows to help the dogs gain their freedom from a life of enslaved jewel mining. - Ep 1I8/10/01
- Ep 1I: The Beginning (I)8/10/01
When the wizard Aku attacks his land, an unnamed samurai travels the world training to battle him.
