Jack Spicer

Jack Spicer is an evil boy genius who always tries to outsmart the Xiaolin Warriors in order to optain the Shen Gong Wu. Jack is usually ridiculed by most of the Universal Villains due to his incompetence. He's usually seen with Wuya.

## Appearance

### Xiaolin Showdown

Jack has short, red hair that’s been slicked back and has thick black eyebrows. He has a pale to almost grey-like complexion, a round face, light stain yellow teeth and red eyes. He appears to be the same height as Raimundo Pedrosa and Chase Young, though the latter depends on the scene. He is depicted as being lithe in stature and some episodes like "Chucky Choo" or "Omi Town" show him having body hair.

Throughout the series, Jack is shown wearing a black trench coat with a popped collar and a jagged hemline, along with a pair of yellow goggles that have a red spiral pattern. Underneath his coat, he wears a sleeveless red shirt with a picture of Frankenstein's monster. He also wears a pair of fingerless gloves, his Helibot on his back, and black eyeliner underneath his eyes.

In addition, he is shown wearing a different outfit in certain episodes like in "Dreamscape" where he was dressed as a movie director or in "Treasure of the Blind Swordsman" where he was dressed as a cowboy.

## Personality

Jack Spicer is generally depicted as an intelligent, ambitious, and resourceful individual whose shortcomings ultimately lead to his downfall. He shown to quite adaptable when lacking sufficient resources: in "Chameleon" while the monks are distracted, he manages to steal most of their Shen Gong Wu with just the Changing Chopsticks. Several times Jack has gone out of his way to exemplify the clichés of being a villain, such as having his own ‘evil laugh’ in "The Sands of Time". He also has referred to himself as ‘the Prince of Darkness’ to enhance his reputation as a villain.

His intelligence is quite remarkable, despite the fact that he is frequently consider a fool by others. Over the course of the series, he’s built incredibly advanced A.I., such as Jack-Bots, which are his primary minions, the shapeshifting Chameleon-Bot, and even a robot version of himself. In "Days Past", Jack reveals he’s built a time machine though it only has enough power to go back two minutes into the past. In the previous episode, "In the Flesh", he built a device that could locate Shen Gong Wu, a feat until then could only be accomplished by Dojo and Wuya.

Jack has shown to be self-serving multiple times and sometimes only helps others when it benefits him. He has no problem endangering his enemies and innocent people and this can be seen in "The Last Temptation of Raimundo" where he and Wuya set off a volcanic eruption that would’ve destroyed Raimundo’s hometown. Furthermore, he has betrayed allies when it suits him: in "The New Order", Jack trapped Chase Young in Sphere of Yun and used his jungle cats to attack the monks in the Xiaolin Temple.

It’s implied a few times Jack comes from a friendless background and his own parents don’t have an active role in his life. In the showdown between him and Omi in "The Apprentice", it’s revealed that he secretly feels insecure and insignificant, which prompts him to take on the role of a villain. Although Jack largely acts on his own interests, there are times he can be respectable to others, noticeably the monks. This can be seen at the end of "Citadel of Doom" where he invites Omi, Raimundo, Kimiko and Clay for ice cream, being ‘his’ treat when the five of them aren't fighting over Shen Gong Wu.

Jack has shown to have several hobbies throughout the series. While undeniably a master of his craft, a technological genius, he has been shown to have high levels of athleticism, excelling in basketball, horseback riding, snowboarding and figure skating. This has appeared in several episodes such as "Ring of the Nine Dragons", Big as Texas, "My Homey Omi", and "Screams of the Siren", along with playing to his advantage in certain showdowns. He is also shown having a passion in film production and music, which is always seen rocking to rock music in particular.

### Monkey Staff

* **Enhanced Agility:** Jack is able to preform various feats of acrobats when using the Monkey Staff. He is shown flipping and swinging through obstacles in his showdown against Kimiko during "Tangled Web".
* **Enhanced Reflexes:** Jack’s reflexes are enhanced when using the Monkey Staff. He is shown hyperaware of his surroundings and was able to detect danger before it came in "Pandatown".
* **Enhanced Strength:** Jack is shown to be physically stronger whenever he uses the Monkey Staff. The tail he grows when using the Shen Gong Wu is shown to be strong up to support his weight in "The Year of the Green Monkey".
* **Simian Communication:** Jack is able to communicate with primates and in "The Year of the Green Monkey" he commands an army of monkeys to attack the Xiaolin Temple.

### Sphere of Yun

* **Jungle Cats:** When he trapped Chase Young in the Sphere of Yun in "The New Order", Jack was able to control the latter’s jungle cats, which he then used to attack Omi, Raimundo, Kimiko, Clay and Master Fung.

### Alternate Future

* **Emperor of Darkness:** In "Time After Time: Part I", Jack is shown to be very powerful and it’s implied he somehow has control of both Wuya and Chase Young’s power. He is able to control Wuya’s rock golems and Chase’s jungle cats, along with bigger and deadlier Jack-Bots.

### Unique Abilities

* **Ice Skating:** Jack is shown to be an excellent ice skater in "Screams of the Siren".
* **Extreme Durability:** He has shown to suffer a barrage of injuries and beatdowns but manages to recover almost perfectly fine afterwards.
* **Athleticism:** Jack is shown to be interested in sports like basketball in "My Homey Omi".
* **Networking:** Throughout the series, he is able to make a partnership with anyone present and manages to get several recurring villains to work for him now and then.

### Wuya

Jack’s relationship with Wuya is ambivalent: neither one has a high opinion of the other and they have tried to replace each other several times. In her ghost form, Wuya is highly critical of Jack and repeatedly berates him for his blunders. Jack in return shrugs off most of her barbs because he knows she can’t retrieve Shen Gong Wu on her own. In her human form however, Wuya is shown to be a lot more patient with Jack and he treats her with more respect. Ironically, out of all the villains teaming up, their partnership is the longest, despite the multiple instances of double crossing. When Wuya crawls back to Jack to become partners again after Mala Mala Jong was shattered but he wasn't happy with the way she treated him because she left him for the ancient demon warrior.

### Chase Young

Jack thinks highly of Chase Young and considers him to be his evil role model. Throughout most of the original series' second season, Jack tries to impress Chase with Shen Gong Wu and proposes they should team up. However, Chase rejects him each time and finds all the attention rather annoying. Although he looks up to Chase, Jack has no problem double crossing him and seeing him as an obstacle to his own evil plans.

### Shadow

Jack first meet Shadow when she was disguised as Willow and briefly tried hitting on her. The pair have little interaction by themselves as Shadow spends most of her time with Chase. Shadow seems to find Jack just as troublesome as Chase does, though they have worked together at least once.

### Omi

Jack’s relationship with Omi can be friendly at times and then antagonistic. The pair have frequently battled over Shen Gong Wu with Jack being on the losing end of showdowns. Omi believes there is good in Jack and has tried to convince him to give up being evil, such as in "Citadel of Doom" and "The Apprentice". However, Jack refuses though he does promise to treat him and the other monks to ice cream one day in the future.

### Raimundo Pedrosa

Jack’s relationship with Raimundo can be described as tumultuous at best and then antagonistic at worst. He has endangered him and the monks several times, and in "The Last Temptation of Raimundo" and "Dangerous Minds". Jack almost destroyed Raimundo's hometown with a volcanic eruption. Raimundo has little patience for his incompetence and finds him to be a huge jerk. Nonetheless, the two have worked together when it suits their mutual benefit, in "Saving Omi" Raimundo provided a distraction while Jack helped Kimiko retrieve Omi's good chi and restore him to normal. Furthermore, Raimundo did not object to Jack's offer about treating the monks to ice cream on their down time.

### Kimiko Tohomiko

Jack and Kimiko’s relationship is rather ambivalent. He has endangered her and the monks several times, a prominent example leaving them along with Chase Young to be devoured by giant spiders in "Dangerous Minds". She has little patience for his buffoonery and finds him to be a creep. Nonetheless, the two have worked together when it suits their mutual benefit, in "Saving Omi" they managed to retrieve Omi’s good chi and restore him to normal. Furthermore, Kimiko usually treats him with courtesy like Screams of the Siren when she asked him "need a lift" unless he intentionally provokes her. Furthermore, Kimiko did not object to Jack's offer about treating the monks to ice cream on their down time. Like Kimiko, he also came from a wealthy background.

### Clay Bailey

Jack and Clay can be described as having tumultuous relationship at best and then antagonistic one at worst. At times, it seems as though Jack goes out of his way to single out Clay in terms of harassment; he frequently insults his intelligence, weight, and livelihood as a cowboy. In return, Clay seems to go out of his way to mess with Jack, as seen in "Dangerous Minds" when scaring him with the process of how spiders eat their prey. In spite of this, both Clay and Jack have shown to put aside their differences and work together several times, such in "Days Past and Citadel of Doom" to stop Wuya. Jack is usually the character Clay manhandles the most, even on a personal basis. Furthermore, Clay did not object to Jack's offer about treating the monks to ice cream on their down time.