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Samurai Jack

Fri, Aug 10, 2001
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Action & Adventure
  • Animation
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!".

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Cast

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  • Phil LaMarr
    Phil LaMarr
    as Samurai Jack (voice)
  • Greg Baldwin
    Greg Baldwin
    as Aku (voice)
  • Tara Strong
    Tara Strong
    as Ashi (voice)
  • Grey DeLisle
    Grey DeLisle
    as The High Priestess (voice)
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Episodes

5 seasons · 62 episodes

Ended · 62 aired
Season 1
13 episodes · 13 aired
▾
  • E1
    The Beginning (1)
    Aired · Sat, Aug 11, 2001 · 30m

    When the ancient evil Aku returns to terrorize Japan, the emperor's young son is send to distant lands to train in the ways of the warrior. Only then can he wield his fathers magical sword to stop Aku from taking over the world.

  • E2
    The Samurai Called Jack (2)
    Aired · Sat, Aug 11, 2001 · 30m

    Aku has transported his mortal samurai enemy into the far future in which Aku rules all. Now the warrior has to find a way back while adjusting to his new surroundings. He also takes a new name: Jack.

  • E3
    The First Fight (3)
    Aired · Sat, Aug 11, 2001 · 30m

    Aku's destroyer beetle drones are closing in on Samurai Jack and the pack of archaeologist dogs. Therefore Jack decides to use anything and everything at hand to defend themselves.

  • E4
    Jack, the Woolies, and the Chritchellites
    Aired · Tue, Aug 14, 2001 · 30m

    While hunting for food, Jack helps the tiny Chritchellites recapture an escaped Woolie. But once they invite him back to their village for dinner, Jack begins to suspect an unbalance in the pecking order.

  • E5
    Jack in Space
    Aired · Tue, Aug 21, 2001 · 30m

    Samurai Jack hooks up with a group of scientists who are secretly building a rocket to escape from Aku's service. When they hear about Jack's predicament, the scientist come up with a way to send him back in time.

  • E6
    Jack and the Warrior Woman
    Aired · Tue, Aug 28, 2001 · 30m

    Jack aided by an equally skilled warrior woman, to whom has a dark secret, search for a crystal with magical properties.

  • E7
    Jack and the Three Blind Archers
    Aired · Sun, Sep 2, 2001 · 30m

    Jack learns about a wishing well of King Osric on top of a tower protected by three unbeatable archers and vows to make his way past them.

  • E8
    Jack vs. Mad Jack
    Aired · Tue, Sep 4, 2001 · 30m

    Despite a reward of Two Googooplex on his head, no bounty hunter has been able to defeat Samurai Jack. Therefore Aku creates an evenly matched mirror image of Jack to battle him.

  • E9
    Jack Under the Sea
    Aired · Tue, Oct 16, 2001 · 30m

    Samurai Jack ventures into the deep end of the ocean after hearing of a time portal can be found in Oceanis, the sunken underwater city of the Triceraquin.

  • E10
    Jack and the Lava Monster
    Aired · Tue, Oct 30, 2001 · 30m

    Having made his way through a cave filled with booby-traps, Samurai Jack faces a giant lava monster that used to be a viking warrior in days long past.

  • E11
    Jack and the Scotsman (1)
    Aired · Tue, Nov 6, 2001 · 30m

    Samurai Jack is crossing a seemingly endless rope bridge when he meets another wanted man coming from the other side: the Scotsman. After fighting each other to a stalemate, they are forced to team-up when bounty hunters arrive on the scene and shackle Jack and the Scotsman to each other.

  • E12
    Jack and the Gangsters
    Aired · Tue, Nov 27, 2001 · 30m

    Samurai Jack gets an offer to join a Thirties style gang of mobsters at the Blue Monkey club and decides to take them up on it so he can get close to Aku. The gang plans to steal something Aku has been unable to obtain: the legendary Neptune Jewel, guarded by Earth, Wind and Fire.

  • E13
    Aku's Fairy Tales
    Aired · Tue, Dec 4, 2001 · 30m

    Samurai Jack has become a popular folk hero amongst little children, so Aku decides to spread his own kind of fairy tales that put Jack in a bad light.

Season 2
13 episodes · 13 aired
▾
  • E1
    Jack Learns to Jump Good
    Aired · Sat, Mar 2, 2002 · 30m

    After reaching a time portal only to have Aku move it beyond reach at the last moment, Samurai Jack meets a wild man with extraordinary jumping skills. He offers to learn tribe of monkeys that raised the wild man how to defend themselves if they will in turn teach him how to 'jump good'.

  • E2
    Jack Tales
    Aired · Sat, Mar 9, 2002 · 30m

    Three scary stories. Jack enters the land of the magic worm to ask it to grant him a magic wish. At night, Jack meets a 'family' of cannibal robots who hunger for his magic sword. Jack tries to rescue a wish giving fairy from captivity by a greedy gargoyle.

  • E3
    Jack and the Smackback
    Aired · Sat, Mar 16, 2002 · 30m

    Samurai Jack is ambushed while he's sleeping and taken to the Dome of Doom. There he is given the name 'Two Sandles' and has to fight to the death for the spectators amusement.

  • E4
    Jack and the Scotsman (2)
    Aired · Sat, Mar 23, 2002 · 30m

    The Scotsman asks Samurai Jack for help him rescue his wife from the Keltic Master o' the Hunt who plans to devour her in the Castle of Boon.

  • E5
    Jack and the Ultra-robots
    Aired · Sat, Mar 30, 2002 · 30m

    Jack follows a path of destruction that leads to a group of Adamantium Ultra-Robots build especially to defeat him.

  • E6
    Jack Remembers the Past
    Aired · Sat, Apr 6, 2002 · 30m

    On his journey, Jack happens upon his the place he once called home and begins to recall his childhood there.

  • E7
    Jack and the Monks
    Aired · Sat, Apr 13, 2002 · 30m

    Having been deprived of yet another gateway to the past and after almost losing his hat, Samurai Jack is unsure if he can still go on. Then he meets three mountain monks and joins them on their quest to climb the mountain of Fathoom.

  • E8
    Jack and the Farting Dragon
    Aired · Sat, Sep 7, 2002 · 30m

    Jack follows a trail of stench in an effort to rid the land of this sickening smell. It leads him to a spire where a dragon suffers from a stomach ache.

  • E9
    Jack and the Hunters
    Aired · Sat, Sep 14, 2002 · 30m

    Aku hires the best hunters in the universe, the Imakandi, to track down Samurai Jack.

  • E10
    Jack Versus Demongo, the Soul Collector
    Aired · Sat, Sep 21, 2002 · 30m

    Aku unleashes upon Samurai Jack Demongo, who commands the essence of many great warriors who once threatened Aku.

  • E11
    Jack is Naked
    Aired · Sat, Sep 28, 2002 · 30m

    While bathing, Jack's sword, shoes and clothing are stolen by what looks like a white rabbit. When Jack follows the culprit down a hole, he enters a strange underground realm like none he has ever seen.

  • E12
    Jack and the Spartans
    Aired · Sat, Oct 5, 2002 · 30m

    Samurai Jack joins 300 Spartans in their age old war against a mad mechanical beast.

  • E13
    Jack's Sandals
    Aired · Sat, Oct 12, 2002 · 30m

    Samurai Jack's sandals are run over and destroyed by three robot bikers. Unable to defeat them without protection on his feet, Jack tries out all the latest footwear from the world famous Foot Chalet. But none are adequate replacements.

Season 3
13 episodes · 13 aired
▾
  • E1
    Chicken Jack
    Aired · Sat, Oct 19, 2002 · 30m

    Samurai Jack accidentally bumps into an easily irritated wizard, who turns him into a chicken. Before he can catch up with the wicked sorcerer, Chicken Jack is captured and forced to fight for his life in Creature Combat Club.

  • E2
    Jack and the Rave
    Aired · Sat, Nov 2, 2002 · 30m

    Samurai Jack enters a town where all the children have fallen under the spell of Aku's rave music and vows to release every one of them from Aku's evil grasp.

  • E3
    The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful
    Aired · Sat, Nov 9, 2002 · 30m

    Samurai Jack boards a train in the new old West and finds himself cornered by bounty hunter Ezekiel Clench as well as a beautiful filly named Josephine.

  • E4
    Jack and the Zombies
    Aired · Sat, Nov 16, 2002 · 30m

    Aku leads Samurai Jack towards a graveyard where the undead do the evil shape-shifter's bidding.

  • E5
    Jack in Egypt
    Aired · Sat, Nov 23, 2002 · 30m

    Aku releases the minions of Set who were trapped in ancient Egypt and orders them to destroy Samurai Jack. Luckily Jack knows his way around the pyramids from when he was a boy.

  • E6
    Jack and the Travelling Creatures
    Aired · Sun, Apr 27, 2003 · 30m

    Several creatures help Samurai Jack to travel to an island where a time passage is located. However it is protected by an unbeatable warrior. Only the one to defeat this guardian may enter the passage.

  • E7
    Jack and the Creature
    Aired · Sun, May 4, 2003 · 30m

    Samurai Jack is unable to get rid of a large furry animal that insists on following him.

  • E8
    Jack and Swamp Monster
    Aired · Sun, May 11, 2003 · 30m

    An old hermit who lives in a swamp leads Samurai Jack on a quest to unite the three gems of the Titans: the Eye of Chronos and the fists of Might and Ability.

  • E9
    Jack and the Haunted House
    Aired · Sun, May 18, 2003 · 30m

    Samurai Jack follows a little girl to return the doll she lost in the woods. She leads him into a haunted house filled with memories of the previous inhabitants.

  • E10
    Jack, the Monks, and the Ancient Master's Son
    Aired · Sun, Jun 1, 2003 · 30m

    As Samurai Jack fights two Shaolin monks they are surprised to recognize each others fighting styles. They take him to their secret hidden temple where Grandmaster Tan Zang points Jack towards a time portal. Unfortunately the way to the portal is heavily defended.

  • E11
    The Birth of Evil (1)
    Aired · Sun, Aug 17, 2003 · 30m

    The origin of Aku and how he came to terrorize the Earth from the days of the dinosaurs onwards.

  • E12
    The Birth of Evil (2)
    Aired · Sun, Aug 17, 2003 · 30m

    The young emperor is helpless against the evil of Aku. But the ancient gods Odin, Ra and Rama combine forces to forge a sword for him representing all that is good: the only weapon that can hurt Aku.

  • E13
    Jack and the Labyrinth
    Aired · Wed, Aug 27, 2003 · 30m

    Samurai Jack has been given a map of a booby trap ridden labyrinth that holds a powerful diamond that can return him to his own time. But he gets some competition from an equally accomplished master thief.

Season 4
13 episodes · 13 aired
▾
  • E1
    Samurai Versus Ninja
    Aired · Sun, Jun 15, 2003 · 30m

    A deadly Ninja warrior has honed his skills to fight Samurai Jack. But just as he is about to ambush him, Jack is called away to rescue a village from attacking crab monsters.

  • E2
    Robo-Samurai Versus Mondo Bot
    Aired · Sun, Jun 22, 2003 · 30m

    Robots that dwell in the sewers of Andromeda ask Jack to enter a giant Robot Samurai and battle Mondo Bot who terrorizes the city.

  • E3
    Samurai Versus Samurai
    Aired · Sun, Jun 29, 2003 · 30m

    Samurai Jack is challenged to a duel by Da Samurai, who despite all his big mouth is not worthy to face Jack's blade.

  • E4
    The Aku Infection
    Aired · Sun, Aug 24, 2003 · 30m

    During battle, Samurai Jack accidentally swallows a piece of darkness coughed up by a sickly Aku. When Aku's blackness begins to take over the Samurai, he seeks help from Master Ning.

  • E5
    The Princess and the Bounty Hunters
    Aired · Sun, Aug 24, 2003 · 30m

    Bounty Hunters Jo Junga the Aborigional, I & Am the infamous twins, The Gentleman & Boris the Russian have all tracked down Samurai Jack up North. Princess Mira of the Andaluvians convinces them to join forces and attack the Samurai together.

  • E6
    Scotsman Saves Jack (1)
    Aired · Thu, Nov 6, 2003 · 30m

    The Scotsman recognizes Samurai Jack working as a water boy on a boat and calling himself Brent Worthington. He then decides to find out why and where Jack got his memory erased by retracing his steps.

  • E7
    Scotsman Saves Jack (2)
    Aired · Thu, Nov 13, 2003 · 30m

    The Scotsman has saved Jack from living out the rest of his life as a water boy. Now they have to settle which one is more worthy to man the oars on the way back.

  • E8
    Jack and the Flying Prince and Princess
    Aired · Thu, Nov 20, 2003 · 30m

    Princess Verbina and Prince Astor of the Lebidoptirans are on a quest to find their star navy to save their home world Chrystalis. But they are forced to crash land on Aku's Earth and are immediately captured by his minions. Luckily Samurai Jack is witness to the events and follows them.

  • E9
    Jack Versus Aku
    Aired · Tue, Nov 25, 2003 · 30m

    After all else fails, Aku challenges Samurai Jack to a duel. To make sure of a fair fight, Jack is not allowed to use his sword while Aku must fight in human form, without minions and magic tricks.

  • E10
    The Four Seasons of Death
    Aired · Sun, Sep 26, 2004 · 30m

    Summer: while crossing a desert, Jack is attacked by a mirage which takes the shape of a living sand storm. Fall: an evil scientist collects fallen leaves and flowers to brew a deadly poison and put it in a well. Winter: a tribe of ogres forge the ultimate sword using fire and ice, then wage battle to determine the one destined to wield it. Spring: Jack is tempted to take a rest from his quest by a seductive wood nymph.

  • E11
    Tale of X9
    Aired · Sun, Sep 26, 2004 · 30m

    An experimental X-series robot was given emotions as an experiment and therefore was the only one of it's kind to survive intact. It retired after taking a shine to sweet thing Lulu, but Aku forces it to take on one more job: hunt down Samurai Jack.

  • E12
    Young Jack in Africa
    Aired · Sun, Sep 26, 2004 · 30m

    A tale told in flashback concerning the childhood training of Samurai Jack in Africa. But even as part the Nubian tribe, the young prince is not safe from Aku's minions.

  • E13
    Jack and the Baby
    Aired · Sun, Sep 26, 2004 · 30m

    Samurai Jack saves a baby boy from three hungry Ogres and looks after him while searching for the child's parents.

Season 5
10 episodes · 10 aired
▾
  • E1
    Episode XCII
    Aired · Sun, Mar 12, 2017 · 30m

    After fifty years, Jack is still trapped in the future. Unaged by his passage through time, Jack has upgraded his arsenal but continues his fight against the minions of Aku... unaware that a group of priestesses are training the Daughters of Aku to kill him.

  • E2
    Episode XCIII
    Aired · Sun, Mar 19, 2017 · 30m

    Jack faces his newest enemy, while Aku ponders what to do with his unaging foe

  • E3
    Episode XCIV
    Aired · Sun, Mar 26, 2017 · 30m

    After dealing with his wound, Jack turns to fight the remaining six Daughters of Aku and draws upon the wisdom of his father.

  • E4
    Episode XCV
    Aired · Sun, Apr 9, 2017 · 30m

    After he and Ashi are swallowed by a gigantic monolithic monster, Jack must struggle to escape with a prisoner intent on his death.

  • E5
    Episode XCVI
    Aired · Sun, Apr 16, 2017 · 30m

    After Jack convinces Ashi of Aku's evil, the two of them go to rescue enslaved children. However, Jack soon believes that he has killed them. Meanwhile, an ally from the past leads an attack on Aku's fortress.

  • E6
    Episode XCVII
    Aired · Sun, Apr 23, 2017 · 30m

    As Ashi searches for Jack, she encounters some of the creatures that he's helped in the past and learns how he has inspired thousands.

  • E7
    Episode XCVIII
    Aired · Sun, Apr 30, 2017 · 30m

    While Jack meditates to restore his balance and recover his mystic sword, Ashi protects him against thousands of soldiers... and the woman who was like a mother to her.

  • E8
    Episode XCIX
    Aired · Sun, May 7, 2017 · 30m

    Jack and Ashi grow closer as they fight for their lives against first Aku's tiger soldiers and then an alien leech prisoner.

  • E9
    Episode C
    Aired · Sun, May 14, 2017 · 30m

    Aku learns from Scaramouch that Jack has lost his sword... but doesn't learn that Jack has recovered it. However, the demon discovers that he has another far more potent weapon to use against Jaack.

  • E10
    Episode CI
    Aired · Sun, May 21, 2017 · 30m

    Aku televises Jack's pending death to the entire world, and the armies of the future rise up against him. But all hope lies in the love of a man for a woman.