Samurai Jack

"**Jack"**(also known as **Samurai Jack**or simply **The Samurai)**is the alias taken by a Japanese prince (with an unknown birth name) who acts as the titular protagonist of the cartoon *Samurai Jack*. Throughout the series, he is voiced by Phil LaMarr.

Since youth, Jack trained in many different areas under numerous teachers in a variety of skills to defeat the demon Aku. However, Aku's dark magic sent Jack eons into the future, where he ruled all of Earth unopposed. Jack made it his mission to find a way back to his time and prevent Aku's dystopia. Throughout his travels, Jack became an infamous freedom fighter, protecting and aiding numerous civilizations and innocents terrorized by Aku's forces and other malevolent foes.

Due to his many revolts against Aku's rule and being the only person capable of killing him (due to his divinely crafted sword) he was the most wanted man in the world. After more than 50 years, Jack finally returned to the past and defeated Aku, creating a brighter future.

## Personality

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. His quest to return to his own time, having been thwarted again and again, even convinced him for a short time that returning to the past was impossible. However, over time, he has become much more patient and calm. He is also clever and rational, able to pose a plan or a strategy necessary to defeat the enemy, and also knowing his limits (such as when he is surrounded by too many enemies to defeat them by pure force). He is also extremely good at thinking on his feet, often improvising his way out of lethal, or impossibly bizarre, situations. He is also a very solitary man, tending not to socialize due to his focus on his quest. In Season 5, his lack of social skills is highlighted in his interactions with Ashi, first when he tries to convince her of Aku's evil and later when he tries to bond with her. He once jokes in XCV about the raining needles stuck in their bodies, claiming people pay for it and that it is called acupuncture, then later shyly compliments her new dress and hair in XCVII. Though not expanded upon, his lack of socializing makes him more shy and awkward around women, exemplified through his interactions with Ikra, Josephine, and in particular Ashi, whom he becomes infatuated with. While he is fine working with and befriending several people (regardless of gender) throughout his journey both during his training in the past and current quest in the future, he becomes shy during more intimate moments.

However a running gag in the show (During Seasons 1-4) is his inability or reluctance to understand the technology of the future, such as in one episode where Jack had attempted to escape Aku's fortress after rescuing two fairy like creatures by driving a hovercar, but he fails to operate it competently, claiming he prefers to walk. He is also quite good at keeping his wits about him when confronted with the outlandishly strange circumstances that he often finds himself in, simply rolling with the proverbial punches rather than becoming upset or baffled.

After 50 years in the future, between losing his father's sword (the only means of killing Aku) and all known means of return to the past being destroyed, Jack has become disillusioned with the idea of ever completing his quest. He is emotionally vulnerable, showing signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as he is often haunted by hallucinations of his family and the people of the past, constantly asking him why he didn't return to save them. Also, in Episode XCIII, his mind manifests a hallucination of Mad Jack, demanding that Jack give up and end his constant suffering, means that Jack is contemplating seppuku (traditional Japanese suicide) in this episode. Despite his weariness and seeming lack of hope, Jack refuses to surrender, continuing his quest to save people from Aku's tyranny wherever possible.

At the same time, he also becomes open-minded with technology in which he begins to utilize high-tech weaponry, explosive, and riding a motorbike. Despite his decades of training and fighting as the ultimate warrior, and his seemingly endless journey hardening his overall outlook, Jack's general nature is still rather inexperienced, having never directly taken the life of a human-being or sentient alien. He is able to distance himself from the knowledge of all the robots and androids he has destroyed by noting that they are just "nuts and bolts". However, upon actually killing such a being, one Daughter of Aku, he was left horrified at the sight. However he later comes to term with his first kill after a memory of remembering his father's word of wisdom and is able to handle killing the remaining Daughters of Aku. Despite this, he still dislikes the notion of having to kill unless absolutely necessary, and will never harm an innocent.

Jack at the same time has become more the easily angered due to Mad Jack's influence after Aku destroyed the last time portal. This cause him to become easily more annoyed, aggressive and angered. He eventually let go of his anger in order to be worthy of using his sword again.

## Appearance

Early in the series, Jack's face was depicted as long and rectangular; however, later in the show it became more like a square with a distinct eastern look.

As an adult, he is fairly tall and lean but fit in build, and has long jet black hair that he keeps tied in a Japanese *chonmage*. Jack's clothing consists of a simple white and gray *gi*in the style of a *kimono*, a white *obi*around his waist, and a pair of wooden *geta*. His geta were once destroyed in Episode XXVI, but were eventually replaced by a jet repairman named Tengu who crafted similar geta for himself and his family. Throughout the show, whenever Jack's kimono is severely damaged in battle, he simply tears off the top half to continue fighting unhindered. Because he starts each new episode with his kimono fully intact, it can be assumed that Jack repairs his clothing in-between episodes.

In the image shown by the time portal guarded by the Guardian depicting an older version of himself, Jack is shown to have waist-long beard and hair. He is also shown to be wearing a golden crown and a red cape with scars all over his body.

As of Season 5, it is revealed that Jack cannot age as a side-effect of Aku's time portal. He has grown a large beard and wears full *Samurai* armor with a mask resembling a Japanese *Oni* and a holster across his torso. In Episode XCII his mask was destroyed by a horde of Beetle Drones, and he discarded his helmet and shoulder pads while fighting Scaramouch. He appeared with his full armor again in Episode XCIII only for it to be completely destroyed by the Daughters of Aku, shortening his beard and leaving him wearing only tattered rags. In Episode XCV, Jack created some makeshift armor from the discarded exoskeleton of a centipede-like creature while trapped inside a larger monster, though it too was lost following his escape.

In Episode XCVI, Jack steals a gray wide brimmed hat, lavender tailcoat, dark blue slacks and black cowboy boots from local vendors while visiting a city, giving him the appearance of an Old Western outlaw. Unfortunately, this disguise was ripped to pieces while Jack was rescuing mind-controlled children from one of Aku's factories. By Episode XCVIII, Odin, Ra, and Vishnu return Jack to his classic look, restoring his kimono, removing his beard and styling his hair back up in a topknot.

In Episode CI, he wore a set of traditional Japanese wedding garment which consisted of a black crested haori jacket and a loose hakama.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Agelessness**: Due to a side effect of Aku's time-traveling spell, Jack does not physically age, potentially able to live indefinitely. Also, as a result, he has retained his youthful appearance along with his prime health and vitality, despite being in his seventies or eighties, chronologically. However, he is not immortal thus he is still susceptible to death via starvation, cold, physical injury; still vulnerable to pain and injuries, and could be killed the same way as any normal human. The inability to age does not apply to his metabolism thus he still requires food, water and rest. It is unknown whether or not Jack retained this ability after changing time by finally destroying Aku in the past.

* **Animal Empathy**: Jack's pure nature has commonly shown a strong connection to animals of various size and shapes. Often, they grow attached to and in essence become his allies. To which, he is able to keep them tame enough as a means of transportation. His connection with animals even at times allows him to in a manner of speaking communicate with them, able to understand their intentions.
* **Cunning**: Jack has demonstrated a high level of understanding and intelligence, proving to be an expert at planning and creating strategies for confrontations, using his surroundings to his advantage, and seeing through Aku's deception on quite a few occasions. This cunning allows him to easily plan for his opponents and make strategies, both ahead of time and in the heat of the moment.
* **Hunting/Survival Skills**: Living among Aku's regime greatly limits the number of places Jack can visit for a meal even when he has money; thus he tends to live in the wild where he must obtain his own food. As such, he is a proficient hunter, trapper, forager, and cook. He also has basic medical skills, and he tends to patch himself back up after his battles. On one occasion, Jack created a rope trap out of vines for catching a wild boar and would have succeeded if not for the unexpected arrival of the Woolies.
* **Master Archer**: Jack has shown to have excellent skills in archery since he was trained by Robin Hood. His archer skill was put to the test in Episode 3 when Jack used this skill to to set off traps against the beetle drones and later used his last arrows on the beetle drones which they hit dead on.
* **Master Marksman**: Jack has high levels of precision and accuracy with firearms even at a great distance, rarely missing his target. Jack is shown to carry a handgun after spending 50 years in the future. While he never trained in the use of firearms during his training regimen, he presumably mastered it's use in the absence of his sword. He is also skilled in using heavy firearms such as a machine gun with a rocket launcher.
* **Master Martial Artist**: Jack has shown impressive mastery in many styles of martial arts; some of which include the Shaolin Praying Mantis, Tiger and Eagle styles, Greek wrestling and African stick fighting. In his youth, Jack also learned how to use unfamiliar weapons by observing others, and adapting their style into his own skills to use them more effectively as necessary. After 50 years, he is shown to be skilled enough to kill three of the highly skilled Daughters of Aku with only his bare hands by turning their inner strength and weapon against them.
* **Master Melee Fighter**: Jack is well versed in a number of weapons that range from spears and staffs to nunchukus and shurikens, as shown in his fights at the Dome of Doom[1]. After 50 years, he begins to adapt to modern technology, where he relies on firearms, a motorcycle, and a retractable pole arm.
* **Master Swordsman**: Jack's signature and arguably greatest skill is his performance with a sword. Jack's style relies primarily on swiftness and precision in his strikes, balancing with strong defensive stances that parry his opponent's strikes until finding an opening for a decisive blow. Very few opponents have been demonstrated to be a match for his swordsmanship, among them The Scotsman, The Ninja, and the sword-wielding Ultra-Robot, and even fewer can outright defeat him, such as The Guardian. His trademark technique is Horse Cut, which he jumps into the air and slashes the opponent with tremendous force during his fall to break their defense or destroy their armor. After 50 years, he is shown to be able to fight a group of assassins using only a combat knife.
* **Motorcycle Intuition**: Jack is shown to know how to ride a motorcycle after 50 years in the future.
* **Multilingual**: Due to his travels around the world in his native era, Jack was taught by many different cultures, including African, Greek, Russian, Mongolian, English, and more. Presumably he learned the local languages and dialects of his teachers during this time period, as international tongues were rare in his period of history.
* **Ninjutsu**: Jack has had training in ninjitsu, having been trained to blend in with his surroundings. His preferred style is to blend in with the light. He does this by simply reversing his kimono so that he is dressed in white, and tying white bandages around his face, hands, and feet, after which he employs his training. 50 years later he is even able to blend even with little clothing to disguise himself with.
* **Peak Human Conditioning**: From spending the majority of his life preparing to face Aku and constantly facing adversity in his quest to return home, Jack has honed his body to the absolute limit of human potential. Given the fact he no longer ages and maintains a healthy lifestyle, he probably will remain that way for the forseeable future.
	+ **Peak Human Agility**: Jack is extremely agile and he often use this speed to his advantage against his opponents and Jack can easily do back-flips to avoid danger and land on his feet with ease.
	+ **Peak Human Endurance**: Jack has shown many times to be highly resistant to harm. He withstood powerful blows from inhumanly strong opponents relatively unfazed and being slammed through rocks only to quickly brush it off. Even with injures he does sustain, he has a high threshold for pain, able to continue fighting with no hindrance to his performance. He has even survived falls from great heights that would kill a normal person. Jack also has an unfathomable reserve of stamina. In addition to rarely tiring, even after such, he is shown able to fight off hundreds of opponents for days. And still able to move and survive despite losing a lot of blood as seen in Episode XCIV.
	+ **Peak Human Senses**: Jack's years of training have honed his senses to surreal levels. With them, he is highly alert to any approaching threat and likewise is able to quickly react to even the fastest of opponents. With his sense of hearing alone, he was able to defeat the Blind Archers, taking in the whole environment to consistently steps ahead of the three archers.
	+ **Peak Human Speed**: Jack is shown to be extremely swift. With his natural reflexes and sheer footwork, he is able to able to avoid gunfire, carve through entire armies within seconds and even defeat a team composed entirely of highly skilled bounty hunters from all directions in the time it takes for a drop of water to hit the ground. He has also demonstrated the ability to use his sword to deflect bullets from a gatling gun with little effort.
	+ **Peak Human Strength**: Jack has deceptive raw strength for his lean frame, able to cleanly cut through most machines with little effort and can easily throw opponents much larger than himself. Also, following his training with the blue monkeys, his strength increased immensely, able to jump about while weighed down all over by large rocks and boulders. In building up his muscles for this improved physical prowess, he also gained the ability to jump about hundreds of feet into the air, even from a stationary position.
* **Willpower**: Jack seems to possess a nearly indomitable force of will, able to push himself through virtually any hardship in order to vanquish Aku. This ability is not absolute however, and he is capable of becoming disheartened and, at one point, he nearly gave up his quest (though on that occasion he got over himself in rather short order after being reminded of what it was that he fought for).

## Weapon and Equipment

### **Main Weapon**

**Jack's Katana**: A mystical katana forged by Ra, Odin, and Vishnu to vanquish Aku. This was Jack's only primary weapon until it was lost in battle sometime prior to Season 5, which forced him to resort to using other high-tech weaponry instead. In Episode XCVIII, Jack reunited with his magic sword by overcoming a gauntlet of dangerous physical and spiritual tests. In Episode CI, After Jack successfully killed Aku, the katana is probably in the restored castle as the first episode.

### **Extended Weaponry**

* **Electric Trident**: Jack is shown using a retractable trident with a dragon-shaped head sharp enough to penetrate and pull out the electrical components of Beetle Drones, while the reverse end emits an electric charge strong enough to cut through anything. It is revealed that the dragon-shaped head can spin like a drill to penetrate the biggest Beetle Drone easily. Lost during Jack's battle with the Daughters of Aku.

* **Tuning Knife**: Jack gets this knife after defeating Scaramouch. The knife can transform into a tuning fork shape and emits an ultra high frequency osscilation that shatters objects on contact. Stolen by one of the Daughters of Aku, but later recovered. Jack used the knife to destroy the temple's hallway during his escape, preventing the Daughters from following him. Lost in the river.

* **Laser Pistol**: Jack's personal sidearm. The rounds are powerful enough to penetrate multiple targets at once and destroy a golem's head with one shot. Destroyed during Jack's first encounter with the Daughters of Aku.

* **Mini-gun**: This weapon is more advanced than the real-life equivalent, since it can be wielded like an assault rifle and has a built-in rocket launcher at the center. Jack keeps this stowed in his motorcycle. Smashed with a kanabo by one of the Daughters of Aku.

* **Kunai**: Jack threw a kunai at Scaramouch's smartphone to prevent him from talking further with Aku. Presumably lost during Jack's first encounter with the Daughters of Aku.

* **Samurai Armor**: This armor provides additional protection for Jack with high durability and built-in retractable shields that can be thrown as projectiles. The armor originally had a demon mask until it was destroyed during a confrontation with the Beetle Drones. The rest of the armor was destroyed during Jack's first encounter with the Daughters of Aku.

* **Motorcycle**: Jack's own ride which is also a rideable weapon. The wheels can sprout spikes, which are used for destroying multiple enemies. It was quickly destroyed with a tripwire by the Daughters of Aku.

* **Explosives**: Jack carries a whole belt of explosive devices, but mainly uses them to escape from desperate situations. All were used during his escape from the Daughters of Aku.

* **Combat knives**: Jack wields two long Bowie knives with brass-knuckle hilts when fighting against Scaramouch. Both of these are shattered during the battle by the tuning knife, though Jack is able to throw the second at Scaramouch before it explodes, damaging him with its fragments in the process.

* **Other Weapons**: Jack occasionally and briefly uses other weapons he finds but does not keep (and even did this while he still had his sword). In Season 5, he uses Scaramouch's own scimitar to destroy him but discards it due to its weight. He later uses an ancient sword and battle-axe while fighting the Daughters of Aku in a temple, but both are destroyed. In his rematch against the remaining Daughters, Jack killed two of them with spears he had created and fought the rest with their own weapons. While trapped inside a large monster, Jack's resourcefulness and improvisation came into play, using a creature's severed limb as a makeshift sword to fight them, then later grabbing part of the monster's innards as a makeshift mace to rescue Ashi. He also uses the ritual Seppuku dagger meant for him against The Omen to save Ashi's life.

## Quotes

**Seasons One-Four**

* *"What has happened to our land, father?"*
* *"Aku!"*
* *"I am the lost son of the land that you have pillaged! I am here to reclaim it, for my people, for my father, for my birthright!"*
* *"No matter what form you take, Aku, you will never defeat the side of righteousness!"*
* *"Now, demon, with the blessing of righteousness and the power of the sacred blade, I cast thee back to the vile pit from which you came."*
* *"There is no future for you, Aku!"*
* *"What trickery is this!?"*
* *"Talking demon dogs!"*
* *"I'm sorry. I'm very confused. Your world is new to me. What has happened?"*
* *"There are other worlds across the stars?"*
* *"But I am from Earth. Yet this world is nothing like the world I remember."*
* *"Even the grandest city were never as overwhelming as this one. Chariots did not fly and dogs did not speak in human tongue."*
* *"Well, I mean no insult. They were wonderful companions but, the dogs I knew merely barked."*
* *"So the question is not 'Where I am?' but 'When I am?'."*
* *"The spell Aku cast must have ripped me from my own time and flung me into the distant future."*
* *"Allowing his evil time to fester and infect the entire world."*
* *"No! I must return to my own time so that I might undo Aku's evil reign before it envelops the Earth. This ageless demon must be stopped."*
* *"They call me... Jack."*
* *"I'm fine. I just prefer walking."*
* *"No. There is no escape."*
* *"Thanks are not necessary. It is my duty to oppose the minions of Aku and my mission to vanquish the very demon himself. Aku's wrongs must be righted. Surely there is a way to reverse his spell. I will find a way back to my own time. There, I will finish what I started centuries ago, and defeat Aku's evil before it was ever truly unleashed!"*
* (improvising) *"Halt, beast. There is no escape. For I have captured you once and will now see that you will **never** escape again."*
* *"I, too, desire to find my home. You see in days long past, where rockets and robots were nowhere near creation, a young warrior forged into battle with Aku. At the point where victory was imminent, Aku tricked the warrior, and flung him from his own time to a distant time in the future. To reclaim his homeland and undo the evil of Aku, the warrior has to find some sort of time passage home. Such a magic is difficult to find."*
* *"I will destroy you, Aku. I swear it."*
* *"I must fight on their level."*
* *"Looks like there'll be no money for you, crazy round man."*
* *"WHO ELSE WANTS SOME!?"*
* *"You are my inner demon. You have been born from the hatred within me. But now, that hatred is no more. Thus, you do not exist."*
* *"Sushi."*
* *"Yes, Aku is powerful. But with my father's sword and the might of righteousness I can end Aku's tyranny forever, freeing all he has enslaved... I beg you to trust me!... As I once trusted you."*
* *"The voice beckons me further in... Surely he takes me for a fool to follow deeper into his trap."*
* *"A fool I be!"*
* *"I fear no man."*
* *"The arrow relies on the bow, the bow relies on the arrow, but they are not tied together."*
* *"Actually, it's Jack."*
* *"No. Jump good!"*
* *"When does the magic begin?"*
* *"Hungry? Come get some."*
* *"Enough! Is this what you call entertainment -- the senseless slaughter of innocents? No more! Set the slaves free. Set. Them. Free."*
* (whilst surrounded at the Castle of Boon) *"Resign ourselves to becoming soup."*
* *"Friends carry no debt."*
* (on high-fives) *"What?...What?...I do not understand."*
* *"Wrong. This sword carries the history and strength of my people. Its power is immeasurable."*
* *"Great ancestors, hear my plea. If I am worthy, grant me the strength to vanquish this evil abomination, and send it back to..."*
* *"I honor all who trust me. My cause is worthy, great ancestors. Let my sword be your instrument of justice."*
* (crying) *"My home."*
* (From the mountaintop) *"Akuuuu! I will never give up! I will return to the past and destroy you!"*
* *"Yes. I will help you, dragon. I will put you out of your misery."*
* (correcting himself) *"Those poor, uh.... those unfortunate people."*
* *"No! I will not be delivered to Aku like some animal!"*
* *"And I free your essence!"*
* *"A stranger world than this I fear I have yet to visit."*
* *"I saw this warrior outnumbered. I meant no disrespect. I apologize."*
* *"You have insulted my footwear!"*
* *"My sandals don't like to be laughed at."*
* *"Your home is wonderful. Perhaps this is the time machine I have been seeking."*
* *"NO!! No chicken!"*
* *"You have been pawns of Aku's evil, but now you are free. Return to your homes, and never dance to this evil beat again."*
* (regarding Zeke's unpaid bills) *"I hope you have yet to stamp the postage on your parcels, or you..."*(cutoff)
* *"Even I had forgotten that the sword was forged in purity and strength. It can only be used for good. In the hand of evil, it can never harm an innocent. And so Aku, it cannot harm me. But it can harm you!"*
* *"Um, excuse me. Thank you for destroying the Minions of Set, but, do you happen to know... where there is a... time portal?"*
* *"Guess not."*
* *"I have never faced a foe with such strength and skill."*
* *"You have deceived me many times, Aku, but you have become careless. Your lust to destroy me left you the blinded one. And now, my trap is sprung!"*
* *"Run, you cowardly shadow. For you know your destruction is at hand. It is just a matter of time."*
* *"You were prepared to sacrifice. I was not."*
* (on failing to return to the past) *"I am getting used to that."*
* *"They call me Jack, Samurai Jack."*
* *"Shinobi, warrior of the night. Trained to use the darkness of the shadow. I know your arts as well. But I have been trained to use the light!"*
* *"He who runs with aggression, walks without dignity."*
* *"You can never defeat another if you know not how to defeat yourself."*
* *"He who wears a mask, cannot see what lies within himself."*
* *"The shell of an oyster only hides the pearl inside."*
* (weakly) *"Cannot fight it. Not alone. Cannot do it alone."*
* (ala Brent) *"Like, totally cool."*
* *"I am called Jack, and I am here to rescue you."*
* "*Uhh... I like to walk."*
* *"We are not such strangers, I think. Our stories are much alike. For I too was a prince, given charge to save my land, but I... I could not let your story end like mine... with Aku."*
* *"That's right, Aku. You see, I'm smart, and you are pure evil."*
* *"Because I knew that you knew that I knew that you knew that I knew you would cheat."*
* *"And I will be waiting, Aku. For no matter how long it may take, I will destroy you."*
* *"I am afraid your son has seen many things on our travels, and has now achieved 'Sakai', the spirit of the samurai."*

**Season Five**

* *"Fifty years have passed, but I do not age. Time has lost its effect on me. Yet the suffering continues. Aku's grasp chokes the past, present, and future. Hope is lost. Gotta get back, back to the past. Samurai Jack."*
* *"No, father. Aku destroyed the way home!"*
* *"It always seems bad at first, but then I find a way. They are just nuts and bolts. Just nuts and bolts."*
* *"What do you want from me?"*
* *"You have chosen this path. Life works in strange ways. Your choices have clearly led you here, as have mine. I will give you a new choice. Leave here now and live, or stay and face your destiny."*
* *"Very well. The decisions you make and the actions that follow are a reflection of... of who you really are."*
* *"No! They chose the path! They chose!"*
* *"You are very troubled and very confused. Aku is the evil one, not me."*
* *"Are you kidding me?!"*
* *"You know, many people pay money for this. It's called acupuncture."*
* *"...never mind."*
* *"She's another innocent... she's lost her way."*
* *"You'll never understand that it's all my fault! She's here because of me!"*
* *"I like the back fur."*
* *"One of many. The trees stretched as far as the eye can see. It was a testament to nature's wonder until Aku destroyed everything. He left but one -- a reminder of his power and oppression."*
* *"Aku is evil personified -- the darkest soul from The Pit of Hate. To him, all that is good and innocent must be decimated. That is his will, his desire. Here is your truth."*
* *"(Nervously) I... uh... like your hair. And dress."*
* *"It's time to find my sword."*
* *"Enough! We have lost the sword because of you."*
* *"No. I've let you consume me for far too long!"*
* *"You. You are the one who has kept the past hidden. Your anger. Your frustration."*
* *"You have blinded us, but now I can see."*
* *"And you, you have been very busy. Thank you."*
* *"Aku."*
* *"Ashi, you're naked!!"*
* *"Well, I mean, you know, men and women are different and... private things are personal."*
* *"Uh, you need protection from the creature."*
* *"Actually it's a gi. And yes!!"*
* *"Me? Weird? Me?! Ha ha! ha!"*
* *"No, I know, not from the thing that.. we did."*
* *"All these years, I have seen so many innocents fall victim to Aku. Kind and decent people. My friends, my family, every one of them. His evil has taken everything I've ever... loved. All I have left... are memories. I do not want you to become just a memory."*
* *"Ashi! You are not your father! You are not your mother! You are your own person! You are good! You can defeat him from inside!"*
* *"Ashi, you must! Ashi, Ashi! Ashi!! I love you!"*
* *"NO MORE!!!!!"*
* *"It... is done."*
* *"Finally. Aku's gone. My quest has ended. Back in the past. At long last. Samurai Jack."*

**Shadow of Aku**

* *"I am no leader. I am merely a humble samurai."*
* *"Video... games?"*
* *"Honor and justice will always triumph over power."*

## TMNT X Pokemon

Jack is very respectful and won't use violence unless his friends are harmed.

## Trivia

* 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 voices Bender, both voice actors who have also worked on Samurai Jack. Despite this coincidence, it is unlikely that Samurai Jack takes any cues from Futurama, though it is interesting 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.
* 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 is 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, rōnin (浪人) means "drifter/wanderer" or "he who drifts/wanders", which suits Jack's wandering about in the future he was sent to.