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Fictional title character of Samurai Jack

Jack The Samurai
Samurai Jack character
First advent	"The Premiere Flick" (2001)
Concluding appearance	"CI" (2017)
Created by	Genndy Tartakovsky
Voiced past	Phil LaMarr Jonathan Osser (immature) Keith Ferguson (Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion)
In-universe information
Full name	Jack[a 1]
Aliases	The Samurai Samurai Jack
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Title	Prince
Occupation	Samurai
Amalgamation	The Scotsman Spartans
Fighting way	Kenjutsuka
Family	The Emperor (Father) The Empress (Mother) Ashi (late fiancé (Episode CI), husband (Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time)) Daughters of Aku (late sisters-in-law, alternate timeline)
Nationality	Japanese

Samurai Jack, sometimes addressed as The Samurai or merely Jack, is a sobriquet adopted by the championship character of the Cartoon Network/Developed Swim animated tv set series Samurai Jack (2001–2004; 2017). He was created by Genndy Tartakovsky and is voiced by Phil LaMarr.^[ii] The character is introduced equally a Japanese prince raised since youth as a samurai warrior, who trains nether numerous teachers in a variety of skills in order to destroy the demon Aku with his divinely crafted sword. Seconds before he can kill Aku, the demon sends him eons into the hereafter, where Aku's hereafter self rules all of World unopposed. Adopting the allonym "Jack", the samurai makes it his mission to notice a mode dorsum to his time and forestall Aku'southward post-apocalyptic dystopia.

Conception and character [edit]

Samurai Jack, as a character, was originally conceived by the series creator Genndy Tartakovsky. The basic premise of Samurai Jack comes from Tartakovsky's childhood fascination with samurai civilisation and the bushido lawmaking,^{[three] : 42:56} likewise as a recurring dream where he'd wander a postal service-apocalyptic Globe with a samurai sword and travel the earth fighting mutants with his crush.^[4] The show is meant to evoke 1970s cinematography, too as archetype Hollywood films such equally Ben-Hur, Lawrence of Arabia ^{[three] : 46:44} and Spartacus.^[5] Thematic and visual inspirations come up from Frank Miller's comic book series Rōnin, including the premise of a master-less samurai warrior thrown into a dystopic future in gild to battle a shape-shifting demon. Similarly, the episode "Jack and the Spartans" was specifically inspired by Miller's graphic novel 300 that retold the Boxing of Thermopylae.^[5] Drawing Network executive Mike Lazzo recalled Tartakovsky pitching him the series with Phil LaMarr as Jack every bit the main character: "He said, 'Hey, think David Carradine in Kung Fu? Wasn't that cool?' and I was like, 'Yeah, that'southward really absurd.' That was literally the pitch."^[6] Cartoon Network billed [Samurai Jack] as a series "that is cinematic in scope and that incorporates action, humor, and intricate artistry."^[7]

Storylines [edit]

Later his father is captured and his homeland taken over past the demon lord Aku, the kid who would become known as "Samurai Jack" was trained to be the ultimate samurai by teachers from various cultures effectually the globe in lodge to wield his family's sword against Aku. Subsequently reuniting with his female parent equally an adult, he leaves to destroy Aku using his father'south sword. Seconds earlier he can destroy Aku, the demon casts the samurai into the far future, in which Aku reigns supreme. Adopting a name for the first time, "Jack", Jack fights the forces of Aku for the following fifty years, as he attempts to both destroy Aku in the future and discover his way dorsum to the past to destroy Aku there.

The Premiere Movie [edit]

Part I: The Beginning [edit]

Jack was born a prince to his father'due south empire, in an era profoundly resembling Japan's Edo Period in advent, albeit with culture closer to the Nara and Heian periods, shortly after Aku was sealed away by Jack'due south father. At the outset of the series, when Jack is 8 years old, a solar eclipse breaks the seal, freeing Aku, who abducts Jack's father. As was planned past his parents should Aku e'er return, Jack's mother sends him to train around the world, and goes into hiding.

Jack's mother leaves him on a Japanese ship, where the captain teaches him astronomy and how to navigate via the stars. The ship takes Jack to Arabia, where a sheik teaches him to ride horses. From there, he is brought to Africa, where he learns to fight with pole weapons from a tribe of bushmen. After reaching proficiency, he travels to Egypt, where he is educated by their best scholars. Jack eventually moves to Hellenic republic and learns the art of wrestling, followed by a trip to England, where Robin Hood teaches him archery and how to hone his senses. He then travels on a Viking longboat working every bit a member of the coiffure. In Russia, he studies the fine art of axe-throwing from a boyar and later goes to Mongolia to learn combat on horseback. His final training takes him to a Shaolin monk temple, where he learns their discipline and Chinese martial arts.

Later years of training with some of the greatest warriors of the time, Jack returns to the temple his mother is hiding in and is given the sword his father used to seal Aku forth with his signature robe (referred to equally a gi in-universe, although it more closely resembles a kimono and hakama combination traditionally worn past samurai). Jack travels to Aku'south castle, finding his now-sometime begetter enslaved and very weak. He warns Jack that information technology is besides early for him to fight Aku, but Jack ignores this warning and sets out to fight the demon. Jack severely wounds Aku, but earlier he can deal the final blow, Aku opens a time portal and throws Jack into information technology, sending him millennia into the futurity.

Office II: The Samurai Called Jack [edit]

When Jack finally escapes the fourth dimension portal, he lands in a technologically advanced city in a dystopian future. After Jack escapes being crushed, he meets three urban alien teenagers who call him "Jack". He learns from them that Aku has conquered the world and spread his influence beyond the galaxy, enslaving many planets while using Globe every bit his base of operations. The teens then suggest getting a potable at a nearby bar, where Jack disposes of alien criminals inside. This catches the attending of a group of anthropomorphic dog archaeologists, who discover the truth nearly Jack's origins and inquire for his help in saving their grouping from Aku's oppression. Jack agrees and leaves with them, introducing himself as "Jack" for the first time. One of the bar's conflicting waitresses, secretly a spy for Aku, informs her primary of Jack'southward actions at the bar. Jack and his companions arrive at the mines the dogs were excavating before witnessing the gate which befalls those incapable of fulfilling Aku'south bidding.

Part III: The Kickoff Fight [edit]

Jack and the dogs devise a strategy to defeat Aku's army of mechanical beetle drones. On the twenty-four hours of the attack, Jack faces the army and drastically reduces their numbers using the crystals Aku forced the dogs were to dig for, but runs out of arms and is forced to fight the remaining drones on human foot. Despite suffering several injuries, Jack finishes off the last drones when they attempt to retreat. With the army defeated, the dogs thank the Samurai and become their divide ways. Aku, who had been watching the battle the whole time, promises Jack that he volition destroy him and that the fourth dimension and place will be his choice.

Seasons 1–4 [edit]

For most of the series, Jack embarks on adventures to a variety of environments as he searches for a manner dorsum in time or an opportunity to return home. During his fifty years in Aku's future, Jack spends much of his time helping people, garnering the respect of everyone he helps forth the way, while Aku afterward destroys near every method of returning to the by. Between seasons 4 and v, Jack slowly falls into depression and madness due to his abiding or seemingly irreversible failure to render dwelling house. Aku's time travel curse also renders Jack ageless.

Comic series [edit]

In Feb 2013, IDW Publishing appear a partnership with Drawing Network to produce comics based on its backdrop. Samurai Jack was one of the titles announced to be published. It was further appear at WonderCon 2013 that the start issue of Samurai Jack would debut in October 2013, serving every bit a continuation from the fourth flavor of the serial.^[viii] The starting time comic in the serial was released October 23, 2013.^[9] The final issue came out in May 2015. On October 25, 2016, IDW re-released all of the bug in a compilation entitled "Tales of a Wandering Warrior".^[10] Tartakovsky does not consider the comics role of the series canon.^{[11] : 4:58} In 2017 and 2019, IDW Publishing published corresponding five-issue and 4-outcome miniseries, titled Quantum Jack and Lost Worlds, bridging the events of the quaternary and fifth seasons.

Jack too appeared in multiple bug of DC Comics' anthology comic series Drawing Network Action Pack, which ran from July 2006 to April 2012, every bit well every bit the crossover result Drawing Network: Super Secret Crunch War!, which included characters from Ben 10: Omniverse, Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Ed, Edd northward Eddy, Johnny Bravo, Moo-cow and Chicken, Codename: Kids Adjacent Door, Foster'south Domicile for Imaginary Friends, and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.

Jack continuing aloft in the rain.

Season 5 [edit]

In Episode XCVIII, it is revealed that at some betoken, Jack lost his sword later on Aku prevented him from using the final fourth dimension portal, destroying the way dwelling house and mutating a trio of small, ram-similar creatures that had been following the Samurai before escaping. Jack fought and killed the corrupted rams, only to take his sword autumn into the pit where the time portal once stood, forcing him from then on to utilize futuristic engineering science such as firearms, explosives, and a heavily-armed motorbike. Despite condign disillusioned and haunted by the past, Jack nonetheless continued his journey, with his tortured conscience as his merely constant companion. During the course of 50 years, all the people or species Jack has helped, besides every bit other oppressed people on the Earth and across the galaxy, accept begun openly rebelling against Aku's dominion, inspired by Jack's nobility and bravery.

Episodes one–5 [edit]

In Episode XCII, he rescues a family from the Protrude Drones. While riding on his motorbike, he sees a plume of smoke in the distance but chooses to ignore it. When he stops for h2o, he sees extremely disturbing visions of his parents and his people request why has he forsaken them, followed past a mysterious and ominous armored figure on horseback staring at him. This last apparition frightens Jack then much that he hastily departs on his bike. This happens over again in the night, in which he sees a hellish vision of his father surrounded by flames, expressing his displeasure that Jack has forgotten his purpose, and Jack sees the rider again. He and so leaves the spot in fear. Jack finally arrives at the source of the smoke in a ruined city, and only sees decease when he arrives.

He then runs into Scaramouche, who mocks him for his late appearance and the loss of his sword earlier attempting to tell Aku the news. Jack destroys his phone mid-call and gain to fight him. During the battle, he hallucinates again, this fourth dimension seeing children and the armored passenger. Somewhen, he defeats Scaramouche, claiming the assassin'south tuning fork sword, and gain to leave the area.

In Episode XCIII, he travels to a fork in the road and turns left. He stops to deal with a large Beetle Drone, which he easily destroys with his trident. After a while, the Daughters of Aku deadfall Jack, destroy his equipment and damage his armor. He uses explosives to escape and hides within the Beetle Drone'due south husk. While hiding, he hallucinates a third time, this fourth dimension seeing a vision of himself that tells him he should surrender and join their ancestors since he has lost his sword. The hallucination urges Jack to honorably end his own life as at that place is no more honor in fighting and zilch tin can stop Aku now that his sword is gone. Still, Jack refuses, assertive he tin can still triumph as his foes are e'er merely "basics and bolts". He then gain to hibernate in a nearby temple, where the Daughters of Aku eventually discover him. When one of the sisters manages to stab him in the breadbasket, Jack kills her, and is horrified to discover that he has killed a human being being and not a machine. Afterward recovering his stolen tuning fork sword, he destroys the temple and plunges into the river below to escape, passing out from claret loss. His unconscious torso floats downstream, bleeding out in the river.

In Episode XCIV, a barely alive Jack continues to bladder downriver. After he manages to catch hold of a floating log, a frog hops on, warning him the Daughters are not far behind. Eventually, Jack reaches the shore and makes his mode to a cave, being stalked all the while by the mysterious samurai. Within the cave, Jack pulls the knife from his side with great discomfort before passing out over again. Upon waking upwardly, his hallucination of himself reappears and taunts him over his first man kill, coming to the conclusion that Jack wanted the Daughters to impale him, though Jack himself denies this.

The next morn, a claret-soaked Jack prepares to defend himself. Instead, an equally blood-soaked wolf enters the cave (the same wolf that appeared in the previous episode) and Jack passes out again. While unconscious, Jack remembers a fourth dimension when his begetter defended their family from a band of outlaws who had ambushed their wagon. Waking up, Jack bonds with the wolf and nurses himself dorsum to wellness. Remembering his male parent'southward lesson, Jack parts ways with the wolf and prepares himself for a rematch with the Daughters of Aku.

The Daughters soon track him down. Echoing his father's words, a hidden Jack offers the Daughters an ultimatum: Get out or face their destiny. The Daughters refuse and Jack, using the terrain and weather to his reward, kills three of them, luring the final three to a fallen tree hanging over a cliff. Discarding his weapon, Jack sends two of the Daughters falling to their deaths before confronting the last one, Ashi. Ignoring her threats, Jack simply unwraps her concatenation from his wrist, and she falls to her apparent expiry. Unfortunately, the tree finally collapses from the struggle, sending Jack falling into the valley equally well.

In Episode XCV, following a nightmare about the Daughterd, Jack wakes up in the snow, having survived the fall into the valley, and comes acrosd Ashi'southward body, seemingly dead on touch on. Jack hallucinates a murder of crows taunting him for killing real people, though he is quick to defend his deportment, challenge the Daughters chose their path.

Unfortunately, Ashi also survived the fall; forced to fight her again, Jack defeats and restrains her. As a bound Ashi continues to badmouth him while swinging from a tree, Jack ponders her way of thinking and decides to try and convince her that he is not the enemy. Earlier he tin can practise so, however, a giant monster emerges from the basis and swallows them both whole. Despite repeated attacks from Ashi, Jack manages to save her and break their autumn, landing in the bowels of the fauna. When they terminate to rest, Ashi praises Aku and revels in her "victory", gloating that they are both trapped inside the monster and Jack volition soon dice every bit a result. Jack is more positive, notwithstanding, having experience exploring the innards of large creatures, and determines that there must be another mode out.

As Jack tries to explain that Aku is the true enemy, multiple bluish-green creatures get in and attempt to eat them, with Ashi kicking Jack towards the horde in another attempt to kill him. Using i of their severed appendages equally a makeshift sword, Jack kills several of the creatures before rescuing an unhelpful Ashi, strapping her to his back and retreating deeper into the monster. While stopping to residue again, a small puff-ball creature appears before Jack and tries to convince him to escape without Ashi, assertive she is simply evil. Jack refuses to listen, but the brute's opinion is shared by Jack's self-hallucination. When Jack himself argues they are all in this predicament because of him, his hallucination reveals that Ashi has disappeared. Ignoring his past cocky and snapping off a makeshift mace from the monster'south trunk, Jack kills the crab-like brute that abducted Ashi and brings her back, though she is (unsurprisingly) not grateful for the rescue. As Jack presses onward, Ashi continues to rant well-nigh his inevitable demise while singing Aku's praise.

The redesign of Samurai Jack for the first seven episodes of the fifth season.

Jack eventually becomes ill of her constant chatter, and once once more tries and fails to reason with her before beingness forced to take shelter from a hail of needles. Eventually, after hiding from a centipede-similar creature, Jack uses the pieces of its discarded exoskeleton to construct a makeshift set of armor, taking Ashi's disgust equally a compliment. While climbing to a higher area, Jack determines a way out is close, prompting Ashi to send them both falling. Fortunately, Jack manages to grab a makeshift vine and save them both, simply keeps Ashi on a longer ternion for the rest of the climb. Finally, after reaching the summit, Jack and Ashi spot an exit to the outside over a large pool of acrid. Every bit they hitch a ride on one of the flight creatures, a large, transparent fish-like predator spots them and gives chase. Using the other flyers to evade and hibernate, Jack and Ashi manage to reach the go out before it closes and escape from both monsters, landing in a surrounding sea. Once outside, Jack rescues Ashi, then swims to a nearby desert island. As Jack harmlessly interacts with a ladybug native to the island, Ashi realises that Jack is not her real enemy and begins warming up to him.

In Episode XCVI, Jack enlists the help of a ocean snake then he and Ashi can return to the mainland. Once ashore, Jack thank you the serpent for its assistance, then leaves Ashi behind. That night, however, following some other cursory hallucination from Jack'south campfire, she appears before him, enervating he tell her the truth well-nigh Aku. Jack tells her she already knows the truth but ultimately relents due to her persistence, like-minded to show her more in the morning. Before they sleep, Ashi asks if Aku created the stars, and Jack responds past telling her his female parent's story of how the Sun and Moon formed the heavens. The next morning, Jack shows Ashi solid evidence of Aku'due south atrocities, starting with the destroyed remnants of an unabridged forest, with only a single tree remaining as a reminder of the demon'due south might. Afterward stealing fresh dress from local vendors in a nearby city, Jack shows Ashi how Aku'due south regime provides asylum to intergalactic criminals, allowing them to ravage peaceful communities at their leisure. In some other ruined city, Ashi finally sees the truth and resolves to assistance cease Aku'due south tyranny.

However, Jack disagrees, claiming there is no way of stopping Aku without his sword, and thus, no hope. Suddenly, they find an injured blue humanoid in the rubble, who explains that all their children were captured and taken to a nearby factory. Jack and Ashi agree to help and infiltrate the facility. Discovering that the children are being mind-controlled past a loftier-pitched frequency, Jack keeps them occupied while Ashi searches for the source of the noise. Despite having his wearable torn to pieces and nearly being overwhelmed, Jack buys Ashi enough time to impale the manufacturing plant's possessor and destroy the control console, freeing the children. Unfortunately, as the children'due south mind-controlling implants short-excursion and they fall unconscious, Jack cries out in anguish, believing them to be dead. At that moment, the mysterious rider appears before Jack, telling him information technology is fourth dimension. Depressed from his perceived failure, Jack agrees and accompanies him out of the factory.

Episodes six–10 [edit]

By the time Ashi finds Jack in Episode XCVII, he is meditating in the middle of a cemetery, surrounded by the ghosts of other samurai and nearly to commit seppuku with help from the mysterious horseman. Afterward Ashi reminds him at that place is e'er hope and informs him that the children they saved are alive, Jack finally overcomes his depression and intervenes before the Omen can finish Ashi, killing the apparition with the sword meant for his ain disembowelment. Afterward, Jack thanks Ashi for her aid, complimenting her hair and new dress, earlier resolving to find his begetter'southward sword.

In Episode XCVIII, Jack and Ashi return to the mountain where Jack lost his sword on the dorsum of a large bird. After exploring the pit but finding no trace of his weapon, Jack comes to the decision that, afterward spilling innocent blood, the sword abandoned him, and not vice versa. While Ashi stays behind to protect him, Jack meditates onto another plane of existence to find his sword, eventually reaching a house in the middle of a vast ocean, where a monk invites him within for tea. Jack prepares a cup of tea as best he tin can, just afterward tasting it, the monk informs him that the tea (and therefore Jack) is missing something: balance. As a consequence, the path to the sword remains blocked. Confused by the revelation, Jack begs the monk to show him the way, only the monk simply tells Jack he must do then on his own.

Unhappy with the effect, Jack's nighttime side, Mad Jack appears one more than time, angrily claiming the monk knows the location of the sword and is hiding it from them. Instead, Jack states he already knows where the sword is, opening his eyes to the truth and dispelling his dark side forever. The monk declares that Jack has found balance, and soon enough, Jack finds himself facing the deities Odin, Ra, and Vishnu. Like his father earlier him, they deem Jack worthy of the sword, returning the weapon and restoring his original appearance. Jack returns to Earth to find that Ashi has been fighting hard to protect him, remarking that she has been busy. With his conviction, gi, and katana returned, Jack states Aku is their next target.

In Episode XCIX, Jack and Ashi stop to rest in a city in the desert. Jack offers her some nutrient from a local vendor, but she politely declines after information technology temporarily turns his head into a tropical fish. Soon, they board a large camel-similar creature for ship across the desert, surrounded past several green anthropomorphic tigers, with Jack and Ashi acting awkward towards each other for most of the trip. Unfortunately, Jack rapidly discovers that they have walked into a trap, forcing Ashi and himself to fight the tiger-men. After much fighting, the duo agrees it is time to leave, and continue their journey on foot. Eventually stopping at an haven for water, Jack makes new harbinger hats for himself and Ashi while strengthening their human relationship. Continuing on, Jack and Ashi take refuge from a sandstorm inside a strange, towering construction, discovering it is really a prison house send, though the prisoners themselves are nowhere to exist found.

All of a sudden, Ashi is bitten and poisoned by a strange leech-like creature, simply Jack manages to kill it and remove the toxicant from her leg before it tin spread further. A loud, fauna-like cry is then heard, forcing Jack and Ashi to retreat. Failing to observe the way they came in, the two head deeper into the prison house, ending up lost after finding information technology much bigger than imagined. Arriving at a larger prison cell, Jack and Ashi confront their pursuer: A massive alien monster made of the aforementioned leech-like creatures. Realizing they are vastly outnumbered, Jack cuts part of the ship with his sword, breaking a steam vent and ownership them fourth dimension to escape.

Soon, Jack and Ashi are directed to the ship's armory, where Jack receives a device that tin can kill the monster (dubbed Lazarus 92) that is hunting them. Unfortunately, he fails to acquire the device'south activation sequence due to a misfired laser gun from Ashi. In the ensuing battle, Jack and Ashi have turns trying to activate the device while fending off the monster. Ashi loses her wearable in the process, forcing an embarrassed Jack to lend her his gi, claiming she needs "protection". As they are overwhelmed, Jack finally manages to activate the device, killing Lazarus 92 with a massive electric accuse. With the threat over, Jack and Ashi finally realize their feelings for each other and osculation.

Immediately after, in Episode C, Jack and Ashi quickly realize they are kissing and stop, nervous, and mildly disgusted from the venom. Ashi offers Jack his gi back, but he insists she keeps it until she finds new clothes, challenge the ship is drafty. Soon, they spot a hole in the ceiling leading exterior. Ashi searches for something to wear while Jack heads back exterior, finding a broken water piping. After Ashi finds a sweater and boots in a locker room, she comes across Jack showering outside and kindly leaves him his gi. In private, however, Jack sees a bearded reflection of himself, warning him to be careful. Jack himself agrees since this has never happened to him before and wonders what to do. That evening, later on hunting some worms for dinner, the ii awkwardly effort to brand small-scale talk. Ashi asks Jack if he e'er thinks about his home, and Jack answers that he does so all the time, opening up to her with the memories of his dwelling house throughout the seasons.

When Ashi asks if there was a daughter in his life, Jack explains that at that place was never time, since he was only 8 when Aku attacked his hamlet. While Jack admits the fourth dimension before Aku was nice, the memories of his home are the merely way he volition see it again. Before dawn, Jack leaves without Ashi and returns to the robot graveyard, merely to detect that the Guardian and his time portal have both been destroyed. Ashi shortly confronts him, demanding to know why he left her behind. Jack explains that, in addition to witnessing the suffering of many innocent people, Aku has taken everything from him, leaving him with zippo but memories, and he does non want the same to happen to her. Instead, Ashi assures him they will defeat Aku together.

Certain plenty, Aku himself appears before them, accompanied by Scaramouche. Aku claims he is aware that Jack lost his sword, having learned the data from Scaramouche. When Jack reveals the contrary, Aku telekinetically destroys Scaramouche's head in frustration. He casually prepares to leave as Jack attacks him, but smells something familiar nearby: himself. Jack is confused by this until Aku approaches Ashi. Smelling part of himself inside her, Aku remembers when he personally visited the members of the Cult of Aku, providing them with some of his essences.

He then deduces that the Loftier Priestess drank his essence shortly after and gave birth to the Daughters of Aku, making Ashi his biological daughter. When Jack attacks him once over again, Aku simply uses his essence inside Ashi to control her body like a puppet, forcing her to fight against Jack. Jack pleads with her to resist, but she is unable to do and so, assuring her she is nothing like her father or mother. Unhappy with this, Aku throws a giant robot on top of them and tells Ashi she needs to "bring out her all-time" (i.eastward., himself), corrupting her with an upgraded version of her old outfit. Initially outclassed by her new agility and reflexes, Jack manages to break Ashi's sword and cut her arm, briefly getting through to her. Ashi begs Jack to impale her and stop Aku, simply he stands down, unable to bring himself to harm her further. Before Ashi can finish Jack, Aku orders his daughter to finish, joyfully claiming the Samurai'southward sword equally Jack kneels in defeat.

As Jack awaits his fate in Aku's Lair, he pleads with Ashi to resist her father'due south influence, though (on the surface) his cries autumn on deaf ears. Fortunately, earlier she can kill him, Jack's allies arrive to salve him, having watched his planned execution on TV. Seizing the opportunity, Jack breaks free and makes a run for his sword, just to be stopped by Ashi. Jack and so meets up with his old friend, the at present-elderly and wheelchair-spring Scotsman, who tells him almost his many daughters. Jack politely declines his friend's offer to cull one of them equally his spouse, explaining that he already met Ashi.

Jack stands beneath a tree, recalling his fourth dimension spent in the future.

Jack then attempts to free Ashi after existence swallowed by her, finally doing and then subsequently confessing that he loves her. Aku then confronts Ashi, who declares that Aku is not her father. Ashi and Jack realize that she withal has Aku'due south powers, and after a cursory battle, she retrieves his sword and uses her power to create a time portal to return to the point where Aku first sent Jack to the hereafter. Jack and Ashi then arrive out of the fourth dimension portal, a few seconds after, to Aku'southward surprise. Jack so starts slashing Aku with his sword, trapping the demon around its blade. Jack then thrusts his sword into the ground and destroys Aku and his tower, escaping with Ashi. Onetime later, Jack and Ashi are most to exist wed, but Ashi collapses at the altar, explaining that due to Aku'south death in the past, she volition have never take existed in the showtime place, before fading away.

Later, a grieving Jack mourns Ashi's passing in the forest. Seeing a ladybug and is reminded that the future will be bright now that Aku is gone. His promise renewed, Jack watches the lord's day shines over the forest, revealing its beauty.

Although in Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time, If the player defeats Aku after destroying all l Corrupted Emperor'south Kamon medals, they will exist treated to a unique scene like to but carve up from the original finale'southward conclusion. Ashi and Jack are able to finally marry in his liberated homeland and, rather than Ashi fading abroad and Jack standing alone (as the show had ended), Ashi and Jack happily embrace well-nigh fields and mountains of cherry-blossoms. instead of Ashi fading abroad, both Jack and Ashi continue their nuptials and finally together in the final scene enjoying a hereafter without Aku thanks to the time pocket copy of the future preventing Ashi'due south nonexistence.

Cultural impact [edit]

Critical reception [edit]

The delineation of Jack in the series' fifth season has been praised for its exploration of the hero'south journey and the identity of the hero when their journey stagnates.^[12] Choice and lack of choice are explored: in Jack's introspections and actions; in the actions of Jack's enemies; in the contrast between humans who choose their actions and machines which are programmed; and in destiny and fate which offering no choice.^[13] Of the distinction and parallel betwixt robots and humans, Tartakovsky said: "I wanted to show the human side that's been treated similar a machine. Aku builds robots and all these robots are singularly programmed to kill Jack. What if it's humans? What if the one purpose in your whole life is to kill this 1 person and you're raised from birth that way?"^[14] Angelica Jade Bastién of New York magazine writes that there is a "distinctive undercurrent of loneliness stretching through the series from outset to cease." Jack is often lone, dwarfed past the "thou solemnity of nature." He has lost his dwelling and his relationship with his family, and in the final episode he loses his relationship with the woman he is about to marry.^[15]

Merchandise [edit]

Several toys and merchandise works of Samurai Jack accept been released. A Funko Pop figurine of the grapheme was announced on October three, 2019.^[16] Hot Toys released a sixth scale action figure of Samurai Jack,^[17] and Hasbro released a six-inch activity figure of the character as promotion for the series' quaternary season.^[18]

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1. ^ The master character adopts his name during the Premiere Moving-picture show after being thrust into Aku'due south futurity, wherein local youths use the name "Jack" to refer to him. When asked later on what his proper name is, the character declares, "They call me Jack."^[one]

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