Samurai Jack

Jack, also known as Samurai Jack and The Samurai, is the titular main protagonist from the Samurai Jack series.
== Charactah Account ==
An unnamed samurai prince and the son of a Japanese emperor who initially released (and then defeated) the demon Aku. But when Aku later returned for revenge and ravaged Japan, the prince escaped and spent his youth training in every country in the known world, in preparation for the final battle only to be hurled into the future before he could land the final killing blow. Now he must walk the Earth, seeking a way back to the past to finish that battle not that this will stop him from setting things right in the future as well.
Jack strongly exhibits the characteristics of a stoic 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.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Samurai Jack
* Samurai Jack Season 2
* Samurai Jack Season 3
* Samurai Jack Season 4
* Samurai Jack Season 5
=== Comics ===
* Cartoon Network Action Pack
* Cartoon Network Fusionfall
* Cartoon Network Sampler
* Cartoon Network: Jam-Packed Action!
* Dexter's Laboratory
* Dexter's Laboratory: Dee's Day
* Powerpuff Girls: Super Smash Up!
* Samurai Jack
* Samurai Jack Classics
* Samurai Jack Special
* Samurai Jack Special - Director's Cut
* Samurai Jack: Lost Worlds
* Samurai Jack: Quantum Jack
* Samurai Jack: Tales of the Wandering Warrior
* Samurai Jack: The Quest of the Broken Blade
* Samurai Jack: The Scotsman's Curse
* Samurai Jack: The Warrior-King
* Samurai Jack: Threads of Time
* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Super Secret Crisis War!
* Super Secret Crisis War! Codename: Kids Next Door
* Super Secret Crisis War! The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy One-Shot
* The Powerpuff Girls: Super Smash Up!
=== Video Games ===
* Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall
* Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion
* Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time
* Samurai Jack: The Amulet of Time
* Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku
== Trivia ==
* By the end of the series, Jack is the only character who remembers the future ruled by Aku.
** Though it is likely that Odin, Ra, and Rama also remember the future due to being divine beings existing outside of time.
* Samurai Jack is a playable character in Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion.
* Jack's design is very similar to Professor Utonium from The Powerpuff Girls.
** Mad Jack's appearance and mannerisms are even similar to those of the corrupted Professor Utonium in "Tough Love".
* Jack is similar to Phillip J. Fry from Futurama, in that the main character ends up in the far future. Phil Lamarr also voices Hermes and John Dimaggio plays Bender, both voice actors have also worked on Samurai Jack. Despite this coincidence, it's unlikely that Samurai Jack takes any cues from Futurama, though this is an interesting revelation nonetheless.
* Jack's true age (prior to Season 5) is unspecified. While in the first episode, in the montage of his training, under a few of his teachers at age 8, he appeared older than he was in the last scene, from child to adulthood. According to Rothchild's age-o-meter, Jack's particles/cells date back to 25 B.A - 25 years before Aku took over Earth completely. This suggests that Jack was at least 25 years old at the time Aku sent him to the future.
* Even though he's called Jack, this is not his real name. The name his parents gave him is never revealed. In flashbacks and the first episodes, his parents did not call him by name. It can be reasonably assumed that his name is of Japanese origin, judging by his background.
** In "Jack Under the Sea", Jack is about to reveal his real name when introducing himself to the Triseraquins, then hastily changes it to Jack. Whatever his real name, it starts with Gi.
* Jack's standard design received a minor redesign for Season 5, resulting in a more pronounced and angular chin.
* By Season 5, Jack is showing numerous symptoms of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) because of the prolonged period of failure to return to his own time in the past.
** It was further revealed that Jack is contemplating suicide from his subconscious past-self saying "The only honorable thing to do is... " alluding to Seppuku.
*** His conversation with his personalities (Mad Jack) is possibly a symptom of Schizophrenia.
**** Furthermore, it appears as though Jack has developed a death wish due to years of never ending quests of both to vanquish Aku once and for all and return to the past, as his past self hallucination alludes to the fact that Jack "wanted" the Daughters of Aku to kill him. Thus throughout Season 5, Jack is portrayed as a shell-shocked veteran struggling with his physique.
* A common theme in Season 5 is for Jack to keep getting new clothes and have them destroyed very quickly.
** He loses his armor against the Daughters of Aku by being completely smashed.
*** Jack also loses the makeshift armor he made in the monster by it being crushed when he and Ashi jumped out
*** He loses his hat and full suit by it being torn apart by the alien children in the factory due to his reluctance to fight back.
*** Jack losing all his clothes very quickly is symbolic of his diminishing hope, as he acquires hope but it's destroyed with the knowledge that he can't beat Aku. It could also be symbolic of how vulnerable he feels, since clothes and armor help people avoid damage.
*** However, he had managed to keep the torn up pants over his loin cloth in "XCVI" subtly foreshadowing that he would regain his hope.
* Despite being referred to and called "samurai", Jack's status is more of a rōnin than a true samurai. While samurai usually serve daimyō, ronins serve no master or lord.
** Furthermore, rounin means "drifter/wanderer" or "he who drifts/wanders", which suits Jack's wandering about in the future he was sent to.
* Jack has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Disney+ film Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers.
* Jack has appeared in every episode except Episode XIII: Aku's Fairy Tales and Episode XXXVII: The Birth of Evil, Part 1.
** While Jack doesn't physically appear in Aku's Fairy Tales, Phil LaMarr is still credited as voicing him in the episode during Aku's stories.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Samurai Jack (character) at Samurai Jack Wiki
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