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Xiaolin Showdown

WB (Ended 2007)

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8.9 Great
2,135 votes

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Xiaolin Showdown ranks 460 out of the 18,222 shows on TV.com.

The 1,878 users who count themselves as Xiaolin Showdown fans have written a total of 392 reviews.

Status

Ended

Premiered

November 1, 2003

Ended

January 1, 2007

Genre

Animation

Theme

Martial Arts

Show Overview

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Episode Score
 
9.6

Time After Time (2)

Omi successfully switches Chase Young's evil soup with pea soup which stops him from going evil. However, in exchange, the future changed for the worse. Hannibal turns Master Monk Guan evil instead of Chase, Master Fung is trapped in the Ying-Yang world and Jack turns good. After acquiring the soup Omi hid in the past, they are captured by Hannibal and his crew. Chase then sacrifices his good… read more »

Aired: 05/13/06

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This mystical, high-adventure series with choked full of current comedy references is based on the ancient mythical Xiaolin martial arts inspired by Chinese monks thousands of years ago. Omi, a young, gifted monk-in-training from the Xiaolin Temple, must show his fellow trainees - J-pop hipster girl Kimiko,... more »

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  • Xiolin Showdown the next generation

    Its 20years after the show ended and the warriors having warriors in training.This rpg would revolve around the new warrior ...more »

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  • Will The Real XS Fans Please Stand Up??

    Hey everyone! I haven't really been on this site lately(school sucks) but I have been checking in every once and a whil...more »

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  • Current Status: Life Support

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    9.7 Superb

    Xiaolin showdown is basically another recreation of the age old good vesus evil battle that has fascinated us all. The young monks battle various evil bent on the usual world domination attempt as the grow and mature physically,emotionally and mentally. hide « show »

    Xiaolin is a great new twist on the tried and true conflict as the fate of mankind is placed on the shoulders of young warriors in training who must defend against various types of enemies. In the begining the warriors have to conden with their own natural competetive natures as they each batte to claim the battle of number one monk,however with time their
    trust grew as the learned to depend on each other and to harness the power that they each possessed.Overall this is a rather fun show to watch as the enemies can at times be quite humous and silly most notably jack spicer.
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    10 Perfect

    Action Packed! hide « show »

    Now this is a cool show. It has an original characters, and cool items. This show has mystical artifacts called Shen-Gong-Wu. The orphan Omi is living as a Xioalin Monk and protect the world from evil with his friends: Clay, Kimiko, and Raimundo. On the way, they meet villains who are after world domination. One of their villains is Jack Spicer, the evil mommas boy maniac, and Wuya a ghost who can sense shen-gong-wu and wants to rule the world. On the other hand, there is Chase Young an immortal man who can turn into reptillian beast. This show has awesome contests, which are called Xiaolin Showdowns, which can change the enviroment and you wager over shen-gong-wu. Great show!
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    8 Great

    Xiaolin Showdown is an under appreciated cartoon with a somewhat repetitive plot, but characters to stimulate the imagination, and fascinate the television viewer, no matter what the age. hide « show »

    After having seen episodes here or there throughout my high school years, I finally made an effort to find and watch each episode of this sequentially, and now that I have officially seen Xiaolin Showdown from beginning to end, I must say, I am impressed.

    Xiaolin Showdown revolves, essentially, around the quest of four teenagers (or however old Omi is...) trying to chase down weapons before the bad guys. And this is the basic pattern the first season and a half took.

    The first season and first bit of the second were a bit slow, and followed a basic pattern:
    1) First Shen-Gong-Wu Revealed
    2) First Shen-Gong-Wu Taken by Spicer (often without a showdown), main character has a flaw that causes the loss
    3) Main character learns about loss from friends/training/Master Fung/Etc.
    4) Second Shen-Gong-Wu Revealed
    5) Main character demonstrates lesson learned and wins second Xiaolin Showdown

    And although this pattern was a bit tedious, I believe it was necessary: it helped to identify the characters and their prime flaws, each of the four dragons, and even Jack, got their episode to reveal who they were, and what they had to offer.

    The show really took off with the addition of first, Chase Young, and second, Hannibal Bean. Once these new enemies were added, particularly due to the fact that Chase had no interest in Shen-Gong-Wu, the show's formula was spiced up allowing new, more-interesting plots to emerge.

    The fact that the storyline is not the most original ever is redeemed, however, by the amazing characters and character interactions. Each character was dynamic, and fully explained and examined by the show's close. Most every character could also fill one of many spots in an episode. For example in one episode, the main monk featured could be Omi, causing Rai's constant screw-ups and shrewd comments to be comic relief. Chase would then be the main villain, where Jack simply complicates the antagonist's side by constantly getting in the way. In the next episode, however, Rai could be the protagonist monk, Omi's consistent badgering, the comic relief, Jack, the focus antagonist, and Chase, the mysterious underlying suspense to the episode. Once all the characters were explored, a world of possibilities for new plots and episodes was opened.

    This show had many great elements to make up a great cartoon, but also lacked a few I would have liked to have seen. The show was chuck-full of action-adventure and comedy, a perfect blend of the two. It also found time to be serious - to put its characters through moral dilemmas and tests of character. I, personally, would have liked to see a tad more of the romance side, I think it would have been well within Raimundo's character, for instance, to passively flirt with young Kimiko. Some references were made to Jack finding her pretty in the first season, but this was never followed up. I think it would have been an interesting plot device. My other issue was an over-abundance of crude humor at times (I'm glad not all the time.) Several episodes had far too many jokes revolving around bodily fluids to suit me, and it didn't seem to fit with the seriousness of other episodes, but I suppose this, too, is a personally preference more than a true flaw.

    Overall, Xiaolin Showdown is a show with an interesting plot, but far more interesting characters. My list of favorite, unforgettable cartoon characters now has Raimundo locked within it, and I love the complexity of Chase and Omi. The show may have ended prematurely, but there is so much character left in this show that I'm sure fan works will be in development for years to come.
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    2 Terrible

    What a stupid idea for a show. hide « show »

    This show is stupid.The main character looks like an asian version of Charlie Brown.The idea is not even so good for this lame show.The animation stinks and it's very bad.I can say this is not better than Skunk Fu because it's very much a very bad show.I say Cartoon Network shouldn't air this show on it's channel because the animation is not good enough and the main character's eyes are very disturbing.I grade this a F because it's really a bad show at getting chinease stuff in it and it's not even like that kind of good show Skunk Fu.
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    10 Perfect

    Xiaolin Showdown...
    Few But Loyal Fans hide « show »

    Xiaolin Showdown, it is one of the most classic Warner Brother Kids show. I myself is a fan of this show because of the fact that not many know of it yet has gotten fan that are loyal and woun't quit until they get what they want, which is another season. I want another season as well, yet everything can not be done just because we want it. To tell you the truth, no channel will show it due to the fact that not many people have positive feedback on this show. Even if it is one of my favorites, I can't say that I am a fan of every detail. It can actually be confusing for those who would not be patient. Thant is why there are many people who prefer watching something else.
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