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Jackie Chan Adventures was an animated television series which depicted a fictionalized version of film star Jackie Chan. Many of the episodes contain references to Chan's actual works. This series ran on Kids' WB! from September 9, 2000 to July 8, 2005, bringing 95 episodes. Starting Fall 2006, Jackie Chan Adventures will debut on JETIX on Toon Disney.
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Characters
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- Jackie Chan (Chan live-action, James Sie animated) - Jackie is an archaeologist in the series who lives in San Francisco, with his Uncle. He is forced into many adventures after being spurred on by his uncle and close friend to stop the Dark Hand from evil acts with magical artifacts and later went up against similar evil forces. Jackie is a skilled martial artist, but would prefer not to fight evil forces unless he had no choice. His catchphrases are "Bad day, bad day, bad day, BAD DAY!!!!!" and "VERY BAD DAY!!!!!"
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- Jade Chan (Stacie Chan present Jade, Lucy Liu Future Jade. NOTE: Lucy Liu does not reprise her role as Future Jade in J2 Revised, instead Stacie Chan does a double role in that episode) - Jade is Jackie's Hong Kong-born niece, who quickly adapts to American culture. She is adventurous, and to that extent, frequently disobeys her uncle's advice to remain in safety, preferring to accompany Jackie as he uses his martial arts abilities. Jade is also the Chosen One of the Ben-Shui order, although she seems largely unaware of this fact. This accounts for her considerable skill, energy, and enthusiasm. This may account for her tremenduous, yet tenuous, ability in Martial Arts, demonstrated when she easily beat up a skilled Section 13 worker called Mickey in the opening scene of the Tchang Tsu portal episode. In the last episode, Jade was hired as an agent of Section 13. In several episodes, Jade encounters a future version of herself. This future Jade is the head of Section 13, and came back in time once to stop Drago. Later on, present Jade traveled to the future and found that Captain Black is back in charge of Section 13 and her future self has been reassigned to desk duty as punishment for Future Jade's previous unauthorized use of the Dragon Talisman which resulted in the destruction of a donut shop.
- Uncle Chan (Sab Shimono) - Uncle, as he is known (he is called "sensei" by Tohru, which means "teacher" in Japanese), is the uncle to Jackie and great-uncle to Jade. He is an antique store owner, and an accomplished chi wizard, learning his skills from Master Fong. He has a stereotypical Chinese accented drawl, and often uses Cantonese in many aspects of his speech (his magic incantation, "Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fie Di Jow", means "Evil demons and malevolent spirits, be gone!" in Cantonese). Tea is his favorite drink, but he often complains it's too hot or cold and always throws the cup when he finishes. As a child, he was part of the Seven Little Fortunes opera troupe (which the real Jackie was a part of), and thus received opera school training. His character is based on Charles Chan, Jackie's father. Common sayings are "Uncle does not know. Does Uncle look like psychic?","Uncle is grumpy old geezer", "Have you learnt nothing?!? MAGIC must defeat magic!", "Do not question Uncle!", "Hot-cha!," "Aiiee-yaaaahh!," "One more thing!," and "You want a piece of Uncle?" A common gag between Uncle and Jackie is when Jackie does something wrong and Uncle hits him over the head. He has hit other characters such as Valmont, Captain Black, Tohru and even Hsi Wu the Sky Demon.
- Tohru (Noah Nelson) - Tohru was once the large enforcer of the Dark Hand and personal servant of Valmont, its leader. However, he quickly changed allegiances when the Dark Hand manages to revive Shendu, who then double-crosses them. Forced to fight Shendu alone, he was quickly defeated, and subsequently turned himself in to Section 13's authorities. After an ordeal that allowed Tohru some degree of freedom, he became Uncle's apprentice in his magic. Later in the series, he is billed as a sumo wrestler, although having no training in such an area. In the fourth season, he is also found to be a descendant of a samurai. After he and Uncle banish Shendu and Drago, Uncle decides that Tohru is now a full Chi wizard.
- Captain Augustus Black (Clancy Brown) - Captain Black is the head of Section 13 and Jackie's longtime friend. Although he had strongly believed against the existence of magic (perhaps as a government policy), he quickly changed his beliefs when he saw Shendu with his own eyes. Since then, he is frequently covering up the actions of Jackie as he undertakes his various magic-related adventures.
- El Toro Fuerte (Miguel Sandoval) - El Toro Fuerte (often called El Toro) is a Mexican masked luchador, who prides himself at never removing his mask. Ironically enough, in every episode that has centered around El Toro, but not every episode in which he has appeared, El Toro loses or removes his mask.
- Paco (Franco Velez) - Paco is El Toro Fuerte's #1 fan, who believes that El Toro is the greatest fighter ever. Although his belief has been questioned throughout the series, he remains loyal to El Toro, who had given him his own mask as a reward of loyalty, and became a sidekick to El Toro. He plays Jade to El Toro's Jackie. Paco and Jade often end up fighting over whose mentor is better. He often calls Jade, "Yade."
- Viper (Susan Eisenberg) - Viper is an ex-thief who had, ironically enough, stolen the Snake Talisman before repenting her ways. Although there remains persistent doubts as to her trustworthiness, she is usually valued in times of need. She is often portrayed as a romantic foil for Jackie.
- Super Moose (Clancy Brown)-A moose doll who appears to be Jade's favorite cartoon/comic character of Super Moose. Whenever Jade decides she needs a little more muscle to help her help Jackie, she uses the rat talisman to "re-animate" the doll who truly believes he's a super hero. Interestingly, the show has something for Moose as in the first season Jade often wanted to go to Moose World, a moose themed amusement park. After the second season, Moose World seems to have vanished to be replaced by Super Moose. In the fifth season episode "Antler Action", we find out that Super Moose also has his own comic series, which could explain the whole thing with moose on the show.
- Scruffy -The noble dog who received the Talisman power of immortality when the Talismans were destroyed. Scruffy was a stray that was befriended by Jade, before she or anyone else knew he had the Talisman power. Scruffy was the first of the noble animals to be kept in Section 13 away from Daolon Wong. Scruffy played a big role in Season 3, becoming Jade's pet after all the noble animals lost their powers to Shendu. In Season 4, Scruffy showed up in one episode when he accidentally put on an Oni mask and became completely vicious controlling the Bat Shadowkhan. With the help of Super Moose, Mordecai and Eggbert, the J-Team removed the mask and Scruffy was back to normal. Scruffy wasn't seen after that.
- Eggbert-The noble rooster who was granted the Talisman power of Levitation. Eggbert accompanied Jackie and Jade on the quest for the next noble animal, where he made friends with Mordecai the noble pig. After a brief tour of the area, using their powers along the way, Eggbert lost his powers to Daolon Wong and became the property of farmer McDonald. He later returned with his hog buddy to use the Rooster Talisman in battle against the Bat Shadowkhan and the demon forces unleashed by Drago.
- Mordecai-The noble pig who received the Talisman power of heat beam eyes when the Talismans were destroyed. Mordecai belongs to farmer McDonald, a rather pushy old man who actually believes in magic. Mordecai temporarily used his powers in tandem with Eggbert the rooster, whom he developed a friendship with, but then lost them to Daolon Wong. Mordecai later used the Pig Talisman in tandem with Eggbert using the Rooster twice: once to battle the Shadowkhan, and then in the battle with Drago's demon forces.
Valmont
- Valmont (Julian Sands in season one, Andrew Abelson season two, Greg Ellis seasons three and four. NOTE: For both of his brief appearances in season five Valmont appears in a non-speaking role.): The leader who hails from the United Kingdom. He conspires with Shendu first to acquire all the Talismans, then - this time involuntarily, since he is accidentally possessed by Shendou - to free the Demon Sorcerers. He later makes other appearances on the show, mostly serving as a minor villain.
- Finn (Adam Baldwin) The Irish comedian of the Dark Hand. He is a 70s fanatic, and before joining the Dark Hand sang disco at weddings. As a dragon, he had the ability to shoot fire from his fingers. Member of the Enforcers.
- Ratso (Clancy Brown) - A dimwitted strongman. He wears a bandage across his nose as a fashion statement, and had a degree in physics before joining the Enforcers. He could generate fire from his hands after becoming infused with fire demon chi. Member of the Enforcers.
- Chow (James Sie) - the shortest member of the group, his trademark is a pair of yellow-orange sunglasses. These sunglasses are a mark of his days as an employee of the Sunglasses Emporium before his Dark Hand career. He gained the ability to shoot fire from his eyes during his employ by Drago. Member of the Enforcers.
- Hak Foo (Jim Cummings in season one, John DiMaggio season two onwards) - The strongest member who always names the attack he is performing; made one appearance in Season 1, and in season 2 he was brought in as Tohru's replacement. After the hunt to free Shendu's siblings ended, Hak Foo left the Dark hand and became a freelancer. He shouts out metaphorical animal related descriptions each time he launches his attacks (e.g. Angry Crow Takes Flight - this attack is when Hak Foo uses an airborne attack). He was temporarily a Dark Chi Warrior, and was the only one completely comfortable with the change. Hak Foo then aided Tarakudo in recovering the Oni Masks with the other Enforcers. Hak Foo later aided the J-Team and the other Enforcers in the final battle against Drago.
- Tchang Zu (Clancy Brown) of Thunder--Immortal Item is Castanets--Portal in Los Angeles--Demon Chi is the power of Thunder.
- Po Kong (Mona Marshall) of the Mountains--Immortal Item is Drum--Portal in Japan--Demon Chi is the power of the Mountain.
- Xiao Fung (Corey Burton) of Wind--Immortal Item is Fan--Portal in a prison--Demon Chi is the power of Wind.
- Hsi Wu (Andre Sogliuzzo) of the Sky--Immortal Item is flute--Portal in Fenway Park--Demon Chi is the power of Flight.
- Tso Lan (Maurice LaMarche and Glenn Shadix) of the Moon--Immortal Item is Lotus--Portal is halfway between the Earth and the Moon--Demon Chi is the power of Gravity.
- Dai Gui (Frank Welker) of Earth--Immortal Item is Flower--Portal in Spain--Demon Chi is the power over Earth.
- Bai Tza (Mona Marshall) of Water--Immortal Item is Gourd--Portal in Colosseum in Rome--Demon Chi is power over Water.
- Shendu (James Sie), A Draconic Demon Sorcerer of Fire who was turned to stone by the ancient warrior Lo Pei--Immortal Item is Sword--Portal in Hong Kong, China At the entrence of "Moose World" to be exact.--Demon Chi is power over Fire. He is also the father of Drago.
The Talismans
- Tchang Zu (Clancy Brown) of Thunder--Immortal Item is Castanets--Portal in Los Angeles--Demon Chi is the power of Thunder.
- Po Kong (Mona Marshall) of the Mountains--Immortal Item is Drum--Portal in Japan--Demon Chi is the power of the Mountain.
- Xiao Fung (Corey Burton) of Wind--Immortal Item is Fan--Portal in a prison--Demon Chi is the power of Wind.
- Hsi Wu (Andre Sogliuzzo) of the Sky--Immortal Item is flute--Portal in Fenway Park--Demon Chi is the power of Flight.
- Tso Lan (Maurice LaMarche and Glenn Shadix) of the Moon--Immortal Item is Lotus--Portal is halfway between the Earth and the Moon--Demon Chi is the power of Gravity.
- Dai Gui (Frank Welker) of Earth--Immortal Item is Flower--Portal in Spain--Demon Chi is the power over Earth.
- Bai Tza (Mona Marshall) of Water--Immortal Item is Gourd--Portal in Colosseum in Rome--Demon Chi is power over Water.
- Shendu (James Sie), A Draconic Demon Sorcerer of Fire who was turned to stone by the ancient warrior Lo Pei--Immortal Item is Sword--Portal in Hong Kong, China At the entrence of "Moose World" to be exact.--Demon Chi is power over Fire. He is also the father of Drago.
The Talismans
- Rooster- Provides powers of flight and telekinesis. Found embedded in a shield in episode 1.
- Ox- Power of Super Strength. Was found in a Mayan temple by El Toro Fuerte, and was discovered by Jackie in El Toro's mask.
- Pig- Power of Laser/Heat-Beam Eyes. Found in a Bavarian chocolate factory
- Rat- Power of Motion. Gives inanimate objects life, and any powers that item is supposed to have, eg: Quetzecoatl statue gained magic, flight, strength, knowledge etc...
- Snake- Power of Invisibilty. Found in a secret passage in a cave, near Amazon River.
- Dog- Power of Immortality and Youthful energy. Also found in Bavaria.
- Horse- "Expels the aliens within" Power of Healing. Also prevents pain, unlike Dog talisman.
- Sheep- Power of Astral Projection
- Monkey- Power of Animal Transmogrification. Any item/person/animal may be changed into the shap of any animal. Found in Micronesia, under water.
- Tiger- Provides spiritual balance, aids mastery of skills, and splits body into 2: a yin and a yang entity.
- Dragon- Power of Combustion- Allows flame to be discharged from hands or mouth, and for any item to be exploded.
- Rabbit- Power of Superspeed. Allows Time Travel when doused in Chronoton Radiation. Was found stuck in the shell of a turtle in a zoo. The turtle's name was Aesop.
Dark Chi Forces
- Daolon Wong (James Hong), a Dark Chi wizard. His left eye is grey, his right eye is green. He first appears when Tohru is mistaken for a legendary Chosen One. Using his Dark Chi Warriors: Gun, Run, and Chui, he attacks Tohru, seeking to destroy him and upset the balance of Chi in favor of evil. He fails in his first attempt, but later returns to use the dark Chi contained in the idol of the Three Wise Monkeys. He is beaten again, and then becomes the main villain in the show as he attempts to steal the talismans. After his warriors are captured inside the lost urn of Wei Cheing, Wong turns Finn, Ratso, and Chow into his new warriors. Despite obtaining the Pig and Rooster talisman powers, Wong is highly unsuccessful, even when he turns Hak Foo into the fourth Dark Warrior: Zen. He later makes a bargain with Shendu, restoring the dragon to life in exchange for the power of the Dragon talisman. However, Shendu betrays him and takes all his talisman powers. Wong is later ambushed by Uncle as he is going to challenge Shendu, and loses his powers to one of Uncle's spells. Wong then reveals to Uncle the spell that turns Shendu to stone in order to get revenge against Shendu for his betrayal. Wong later attempted to escape prison by summoning the Shadowkhan, a feat he had managed once before. However, he instead released Tarakudo. Wong later escaped prison, and went after the Deja Vu stone. Despite his best efforts, he lost the stone, and was last seen being dragged away by past versions of the Enforcers.
- Dark Chi Warriors-Wong originally employed three dark warriors known as Gun, Run, and Chui. Each had a different weapon: Gun had a boomerang blade (and materialized with a smoke effect), Run had a bo staff/Sa Tjat Koen (with a pouring-in effect), and Chui had a sledgehammer (who appears with a flame effect). These warriors were all silent, and controlled their weapons with their thoughts. After they were imprisoned in the lost urn of Wei Cheng by Uncle, Wong replaced them with Finn, Chow, and Ratso, respectively. These three retained their predecessors' powers, but still managed to prove incompetent. Wong later made Hak Foo into a Dark Chi Warrior called Zen, who combined Hak Foo's traditional attack style with powerful magic, and materialized with a lightning bolt effect. After Uncle shattered Wong's scepter, the Enforcers returned to normal, and the Dark Chi Warriors ceased to exist.
- Tarakudo (Miguel Ferrer), the king of all Shadowkhan and lord of all Oni.
- Ikazuki, Tarakudo's second-in-command and one of the nine Oni Generals.
- Shadowkhan- a group of shadow ninjas initially controlled by Shendu. In the Season 4, it was revealed Shendu only possessed this power because of the Oni Mask. Daolon Wong also controlled the Shadowkhan briefly through the same mask.Jade also manages to control them by making a tattoo from the face off the cover of a book and takes over Section 13.Tarakudo, king of the Shadowkhan, was later awakened and set out to capture the nine Oni masks that control nine different tribes of Shadowkhan.
- Drago (Michael Rosenbaum), Shendu's son who came back from the future to free him, then went after the demon sorcerers' powers. In the end he succeeded in absorbing the demon powers but was trapped in the Demon Netherworld with his father by Uncle and Tohru.
- Strikemaster Ice (Mike Erwin), Originally, Strikemaster Ice used to be a pizza delivery boy who learned martial arts skills equal to if not greater than Jackie's, at a monastery. Eventually he and his cohorts, DJ Fist and MC Cobra, were kicked out for bad behavior. They sought revenge against the monastery by attacking it and stealing a jewel that turned into laser weapon that goes on a person's arm. The Chans with the help of Finn, Ratso and Chow defeated Ice and his posse. Later he and his two cronies become Drago's dragonized henchmen and Strikemaster Ice becomes Drago's second-in-command. Like Drago, Ice could breathe fire, and he later gained earth powers from Drago. He and his men lost their dragon powers and reverted back to their human forms, when Uncle and Tohru banished Drago and Shendu to the Demon Netherworld. Afterwards he, Fist and Cobra tried to escape, but were stopped by El Toro and Paco.
- DJ Fist and MC Cobra (MC Cobra: Jeff Fischer), Strikemaster Ice's posse who met him while they trained in the monastery. Like Ice, they received dragon powers from Drago. While Cobra ran at super speeds, the silent DJ Fist possessed super strength. When Drago infused them with Demon Chi, Cobra gained wind power while Fist got thunder. When Drago and Shendu were sent to the Demon Netherworld, they, along with Ice, lost their powers.
- Dragon Minions-The Dragon Minions are Shendu's wyvern servants who he planned to unleash to destroy Asia. Before he could free them, he was defeated by the Chans. They later appeared after Shendu altered history, serving as sentries and steeds for the Demon Sorcerer of Fire. They appeared again in the future, where Drago used them to take over Section 13.
Minor characters
- Lo Pei (David Carradine) - An ancient warrior who was responsible for Shendu's first petrification. This set the stage for the series, as his spell also removed the twelve talismans from Shendu and he then scattered them to the winds. In the present day, a terracotta statue of Lo Pei was placed on exhibit in San Francisco. Uncle and Jackie were studying the statue, in hopes that it hid the key to finding the remaining talismans. Jade inadvertently broke it, and used the Horse Talisman to heal it. She then brought it to life with the Rat, bringing Lo Pei to the modern era. Using his Energy, Immobilizer, and Levitation scrolls, he stole the other talismans from Section 13 (The ones that were in the vault at the time). As he sought to hide the talismans again, he was met by Jackie, whom he mistook for an enemy. He was later tricked by the Dark Hand, who managed to steal all the talismans but the Rat from him. He then befriended Jade, copying her thumbs-up gesture and her cry of "Hooah!" The Dark Hand and the Shadowkhan came looking for the Rat, but Lo Pei recovered the other Talismans and threw the Rat to Jackie and Jade as they made their escape. When the Chans went to visit the statue, they found it slightly altered: one of Lo Pei's hands was making a thumbs-up gesture. Lo Pei later appeared in a Shendu flashback, when Uncle used Lo Pei's original spell to once again return Shendu to stone.
- Drew (Jeannie Elias) - A classmate of Jade's at her school. When Jade would tell the class the adventures she would have with her Uncle Jackie, the class would tease and make fun of her. Drew is oftentimes the main instigator and presumably her rival. There are times in the show were Drew is mere feet of unbelievable experiences (like Jade becoming Queen of the Shadowkhan or Hsi Wu posing a new student to get to Jade and her family) and he never finds out the truth. Finally an incident involving talisman powered animals, Daolon Wong and his dark warriors would reveal that Jade was telling the truth all along. When he tries to tell the class what he saw, Jade denies that she knew anything, and then the class laughed at him. Regardless, he still acts like a jerk to Jade.
- Mama Tohru (Amy Hill) - Tohru's mother makes frequent appearances in the series. The first time, she arrives and makes Tohru feel unworthy of her love, and she immediately hits off on the wrong note with Uncle. She later proves herself a feisty, if short, woman, by taking down a room full of thugs back-to-back with Uncle. Mama later joins the Chans and Tohru on a cruise ship, where her antagonism of Uncle continues. However, the two once again work together to stop the forces of darkness, tripping several thieves using shuffleboard pucks. Mama appears again during the quest for the Snake Talisman power, and inadvertently infuses part of the magic of the egg it is contained in into her tea, turning her invisible. She aids the Chans once again, and Uncle reluctantly makes her visible again, but she briefly has green scales. When Tohru is infected by an evil mirror spirit, his worst fears about himself come true and he turns into a giant version of his mother! Fortunately, the change was not permanent.
- Chang (Tim Dang) - A corrupt buisnessman with an insatiable craving to possess jade (the stone, not the niece). The J-Team encountered him when Captain Black sends them to infiltrate his organization, to find out where the Jade is being kept. They enter as contestants in a martial arts tournament: Tohru is the only one to win his match, and Jackie is left with sore hands from the same competition Chang lost one of his in. Jade (niece) sneaks into Chang's headquarters, and finds the jade (stone). While Tohru's former opponents in the sumo competition take care of Chang's hired thugs, the other J-Team members take on the remaining champions. After successfully defeating Chang, the J-Team take him into custody and recover the Jade (stone). Later, Chang returns with a dark wizard at his command, who creates clones of the J-Team to replace and eliminate them, as well as to recover his precious Jade. However, the J-Team originals reverse the spells needed to make the clones evil, and two J-Teams bring down Chang. He escapes from prison again however, with the help of his Chang Gang, a group of criminals meant to beat the J-Team at their own strengths. For a while, it seems they must succeed, when an errant spell by Jade turns the J-Team into toddlers. However, Jade strengthens the spell and uses it on the Chang Gang, who are then defeated and sent off to juvenile detention.
Monsters and minor demons
- Springheel Jack - He appeared in the second season. He was a troll who terrorized towns and could leap with his feet (he also has a habit of constantly speaking in rhyme). Was turned to stone originally by Simon Maggins, using salt. Because of this, he was eager for revenge on his family. Jackie's light side accidentally broke him free, and searched the city for the Maggins' descendants. He arrived at Jade's school play, and threatened her friend Simona, a Maggins. The Tiger Talisman separated Jack's Yin and Yang, and the good side revealed the secret to defeating the troll. He was turned to stone again.
- Chi Vampire - A Chinese vampire (Chiang-Shih) whom Jade accidentally uncovered in an abandoned castle where Uncle was taking antiques for his shop. He absorbed the chi of Tohru, Jade and Uncle. Although Tohru survived with a chi transfer from Jade, and Jade from Uncle, Uncle became a vampire servant, but with Jade's temporary wisdom was frozen. They regained their normal chi from the Chi Vampire by chucking his sock into the flowing water with a chi ingredient. The vampire, now weak again, perished in the sun. The Vampire was able to see and talk with more chi energy.
- El Chupacabra - A very powerful Mayan monster which would kill livestock nightly. Had great speed and strength. In one episode in the second season, this demonic creature attacked the herd of a mother and her daughter. El Toro became aware of this, and asked Jackie to translate tablets he had about the beast. But as soon as Jackie arrived, it was nearly nightfall, and they had to go fight the monster as he would come out soon. It proved to be a tough foe, but they fought back, and El Toro held the beast down, with it dying in the sunlight. A party was held in celebration, but this was shortlived as it turned out El Toro had been cursed from scratches he received. Thanks to Uncle's help, the heroes found a cure and cured El Toro. El Toro as a Chupacabra was more deadly than the predecessor, as well as having some of El Toro's human features such as his goatee. The original could fly sometimes.
- The Monkey King (Bobcat Goldthwait) - Originally he was in the form of a puppet that was sold in a shop that was owned by a rival of Uncle's, which Jackie and Jade bought in order for Jade to use in her schools talent show. However, when Jackie pulled his leg, he was transformed into a puppet, while the Monkey King was transformed into a humanoid form. With the Rat Talisman, Puppet-Jackie was reanimated and both he and Jade set out to stop the Monkey King's magic-based hijinks from getting out of control at the talent show. Meanwhile, Uncle and Tohru went to the shop and Uncle was forced to pay for a book on how to defeat the Monkey King. Using its knowledge, Uncle contacted Jade on Jackie's cell phone when they lured the Monkey King to a Cement Factory and using one of Puppet-Jackie's disconnected legs was able to trick the Monkey King to pull it to reverse the spell. Presumbly, he was left behind in the Cement and later an innocent construction worker pulled the Monkey King's leg and the Monkey King was free again. The Monkey King then went to Uncle's shop, captured Tohru and forced him to tell where the Chans were in Hawaii. He interfered in the Chans' quest for the Monkey Talisman power and captured the Noble Monkey. He later attempted to create a volcanic eruption and the Monkey King was confronted by both the Chans and Daolon Wong. In the end, the Monkey King inadvertently caused a distraction long enough for the Chans to get the Monkey out of there and as a result, he was turned back into a puppet by a very angry Wong (which also freed the Construction Worker). But his wooden body was the final ingredient needed for his spell, but luckily the eruption wasn't dangerous at all, the so called "Lava" was cherry flavored jello.
Other
- Drago (Michael Rosenbaum), Shendu's son who came back from the future to free him, then went after the demon sorcerers' powers. In the end he succeeded in absorbing the demon powers but was trapped in the Demon Netherworld with his father by Uncle and Tohru.
- Strikemaster Ice (Mike Erwin), Originally, Strikemaster Ice used to be a pizza delivery boy who learned martial arts skills equal to if not greater than Jackie's, at a monastery. Eventually he and his cohorts, DJ Fist and MC Cobra, were kicked out for bad behavior. They sought revenge against the monastery by attacking it and stealing a jewel that turned into laser weapon that goes on a person's arm. The Chans with the help of Finn, Ratso and Chow defeated Ice and his posse. Later he and his two cronies become Drago's dragonized henchmen and Strikemaster Ice becomes Drago's second-in-command. Like Drago, Ice could breathe fire, and he later gained earth powers from Drago. He and his men lost their dragon powers and reverted back to their human forms, when Uncle and Tohru banished Drago and Shendu to the Demon Netherworld. Afterwards he, Fist and Cobra tried to escape, but were stopped by El Toro and Paco.
- DJ Fist and MC Cobra (MC Cobra: Jeff Fischer), Strikemaster Ice's posse who met him while they trained in the monastery. Like Ice, they received dragon powers from Drago. While Cobra ran at super speeds, the silent DJ Fist possessed super strength. When Drago infused them with Demon Chi, Cobra gained wind power while Fist got thunder. When Drago and Shendu were sent to the Demon Netherworld, they, along with Ice, lost their powers.
- Dragon Minions-The Dragon Minions are Shendu's wyvern servants who he planned to unleash to destroy Asia. Before he could free them, he was defeated by the Chans. They later appeared after Shendu altered history, serving as sentries and steeds for the Demon Sorcerer of Fire. They appeared again in the future, where Drago used them to take over Section 13.
Minor characters
- Lo Pei (David Carradine) - An ancient warrior who was responsible for Shendu's first petrification. This set the stage for the series, as his spell also removed the twelve talismans from Shendu and he then scattered them to the winds. In the present day, a terracotta statue of Lo Pei was placed on exhibit in San Francisco. Uncle and Jackie were studying the statue, in hopes that it hid the key to finding the remaining talismans. Jade inadvertently broke it, and used the Horse Talisman to heal it. She then brought it to life with the Rat, bringing Lo Pei to the modern era. Using his Energy, Immobilizer, and Levitation scrolls, he stole the other talismans from Section 13 (The ones that were in the vault at the time). As he sought to hide the talismans again, he was met by Jackie, whom he mistook for an enemy. He was later tricked by the Dark Hand, who managed to steal all the talismans but the Rat from him. He then befriended Jade, copying her thumbs-up gesture and her cry of "Hooah!" The Dark Hand and the Shadowkhan came looking for the Rat, but Lo Pei recovered the other Talismans and threw the Rat to Jackie and Jade as they made their escape. When the Chans went to visit the statue, they found it slightly altered: one of Lo Pei's hands was making a thumbs-up gesture. Lo Pei later appeared in a Shendu flashback, when Uncle used Lo Pei's original spell to once again return Shendu to stone.
- Drew (Jeannie Elias) - A classmate of Jade's at her school. When Jade would tell the class the adventures she would have with her Uncle Jackie, the class would tease and make fun of her. Drew is oftentimes the main instigator and presumably her rival. There are times in the show were Drew is mere feet of unbelievable experiences (like Jade becoming Queen of the Shadowkhan or Hsi Wu posing a new student to get to Jade and her family) and he never finds out the truth. Finally an incident involving talisman powered animals, Daolon Wong and his dark warriors would reveal that Jade was telling the truth all along. When he tries to tell the class what he saw, Jade denies that she knew anything, and then the class laughed at him. Regardless, he still acts like a jerk to Jade.
- Mama Tohru (Amy Hill) - Tohru's mother makes frequent appearances in the series. The first time, she arrives and makes Tohru feel unworthy of her love, and she immediately hits off on the wrong note with Uncle. She later proves herself a feisty, if short, woman, by taking down a room full of thugs back-to-back with Uncle. Mama later joins the Chans and Tohru on a cruise ship, where her antagonism of Uncle continues. However, the two once again work together to stop the forces of darkness, tripping several thieves using shuffleboard pucks. Mama appears again during the quest for the Snake Talisman power, and inadvertently infuses part of the magic of the egg it is contained in into her tea, turning her invisible. She aids the Chans once again, and Uncle reluctantly makes her visible again, but she briefly has green scales. When Tohru is infected by an evil mirror spirit, his worst fears about himself come true and he turns into a giant version of his mother! Fortunately, the change was not permanent.
- Chang (Tim Dang) - A corrupt buisnessman with an insatiable craving to possess jade (the stone, not the niece). The J-Team encountered him when Captain Black sends them to infiltrate his organization, to find out where the Jade is being kept. They enter as contestants in a martial arts tournament: Tohru is the only one to win his match, and Jackie is left with sore hands from the same competition Chang lost one of his in. Jade (niece) sneaks into Chang's headquarters, and finds the jade (stone). While Tohru's former opponents in the sumo competition take care of Chang's hired thugs, the other J-Team members take on the remaining champions. After successfully defeating Chang, the J-Team take him into custody and recover the Jade (stone). Later, Chang returns with a dark wizard at his command, who creates clones of the J-Team to replace and eliminate them, as well as to recover his precious Jade. However, the J-Team originals reverse the spells needed to make the clones evil, and two J-Teams bring down Chang. He escapes from prison again however, with the help of his Chang Gang, a group of criminals meant to beat the J-Team at their own strengths. For a while, it seems they must succeed, when an errant spell by Jade turns the J-Team into toddlers. However, Jade strengthens the spell and uses it on the Chang Gang, who are then defeated and sent off to juvenile detention.
Monsters and minor demons
- Springheel Jack - He appeared in the second season. He was a troll who terrorized towns and could leap with his feet (he also has a habit of constantly speaking in rhyme). Was turned to stone originally by Simon Maggins, using salt. Because of this, he was eager for revenge on his family. Jackie's light side accidentally broke him free, and searched the city for the Maggins' descendants. He arrived at Jade's school play, and threatened her friend Simona, a Maggins. The Tiger Talisman separated Jack's Yin and Yang, and the good side revealed the secret to defeating the troll. He was turned to stone again.
- Chi Vampire - A Chinese vampire (Chiang-Shih) whom Jade accidentally uncovered in an abandoned castle where Uncle was taking antiques for his shop. He absorbed the chi of Tohru, Jade and Uncle. Although Tohru survived with a chi transfer from Jade, and Jade from Uncle, Uncle became a vampire servant, but with Jade's temporary wisdom was frozen. They regained their normal chi from the Chi Vampire by chucking his sock into the flowing water with a chi ingredient. The vampire, now weak again, perished in the sun. The Vampire was able to see and talk with more chi energy.
- El Chupacabra - A very powerful Mayan monster which would kill livestock nightly. Had great speed and strength. In one episode in the second season, this demonic creature attacked the herd of a mother and her daughter. El Toro became aware of this, and asked Jackie to translate tablets he had about the beast. But as soon as Jackie arrived, it was nearly nightfall, and they had to go fight the monster as he would come out soon. It proved to be a tough foe, but they fought back, and El Toro held the beast down, with it dying in the sunlight. A party was held in celebration, but this was shortlived as it turned out El Toro had been cursed from scratches he received. Thanks to Uncle's help, the heroes found a cure and cured El Toro. El Toro as a Chupacabra was more deadly than the predecessor, as well as having some of El Toro's human features such as his goatee. The original could fly sometimes.
- The Monkey King (Bobcat Goldthwait) - Originally he was in the form of a puppet that was sold in a shop that was owned by a rival of Uncle's, which Jackie and Jade bought in order for Jade to use in her schools talent show. However, when Jackie pulled his leg, he was transformed into a puppet, while the Monkey King was transformed into a humanoid form. With the Rat Talisman, Puppet-Jackie was reanimated and both he and Jade set out to stop the Monkey King's magic-based hijinks from getting out of control at the talent show. Meanwhile, Uncle and Tohru went to the shop and Uncle was forced to pay for a book on how to defeat the Monkey King. Using its knowledge, Uncle contacted Jade on Jackie's cell phone when they lured the Monkey King to a Cement Factory and using one of Puppet-Jackie's disconnected legs was able to trick the Monkey King to pull it to reverse the spell. Presumbly, he was left behind in the Cement and later an innocent construction worker pulled the Monkey King's leg and the Monkey King was free again. The Monkey King then went to Uncle's shop, captured Tohru and forced him to tell where the Chans were in Hawaii. He interfered in the Chans' quest for the Monkey Talisman power and captured the Noble Monkey. He later attempted to create a volcanic eruption and the Monkey King was confronted by both the Chans and Daolon Wong. In the end, the Monkey King inadvertently caused a distraction long enough for the Chans to get the Monkey out of there and as a result, he was turned back into a puppet by a very angry Wong (which also freed the Construction Worker). But his wooden body was the final ingredient needed for his spell, but luckily the eruption wasn't dangerous at all, the so called "Lava" was cherry flavored jello.
Other
Episodes
Jackie Chan Adventures episode summariesTrivia
- There are many references to the real Jackie's live-action film career:
- *In the first ever episode entitled The Dark Hand, Jackie fights Finn, Ratso and Chow in a playground. There is a similar playground fight scene in the Jackie Chan film Police Story 2.
- *Also in another first series episode Tough Break, Jackie is seen waterskiing with a cast on his leg. This is a reference to the waterskiiing scene from the Jackie Chan film Rumble in the Bronx where Jackie performed the scene with a disguised cast under his costume. Jackie had broken his leg shooting a prior stunt where he jumped onto a passing hovercraft.
- *Additionally the episode Project A, For Astral is homage to Jackie's film Project A.
- *The Season Two episode Showdown in the Old West has Jackie's ancestor during the Old West looking just like Shanghai Noon.
- *In The Tiger and the Pussycat, Jackie splits into "good" and "evil" twins. Jackie Chan played dual roles in Twin Dragons, one is a musical conductor and the other was the lost twin who is the only one with martial arts moves.
- *Another possible Jackie Chan movie reference can be seen during the fight between "light" and "dark" versions of Jackie in Tiger and the Pussycat where "Light" Jackie fights balancing onto makeshift stilts; using a ladder split vertically by "dark" Jackie. In the Jackie Chan film, (known as Jackie Chan's First Strike in the US), Jackie has a fight scene whilst wearing stilts.
- *Also during Season 3, Jackie is bitten by a snake. The poison affects him, putting him in a drunken state, which he uses to his advantage. This is an allusion to Jackie's movie Drunken Master.
- * Another possible "Drunken Master" reference appears in season 5, in the episode "Clash of the Titanics." Jackie (wearing SCUBA gear) explores a sunken ship which holds the chi of the thunder demon, Tchang Zu. Jackie, pursued by Strikemaster Ice and his gang, is forced to surface too quickly and gets "the bends," a condition which makes him delusional, ie drunken.
- *Animated Jackie's all beige/khaki clothes are also similar in appearance to the real Jackie in his film Armour of God.
- *During the episode when Jade went back in time to Jackie's childhood, adult Jackie and young Uncle perform the same double team technique that Jackie Chan used in Rush Hour with Chris Tucker.
- The noble sheep in Sheep In, Sheep Out talks like Sean Connery when he's in astral form.
- During an episode in Season Three, the TV Jade is watching switches to a picture of a man in a yellow jumpsuit with black stripes down the sides. The man is Bruce Lee, and the movie she is watching is Game of Death.
- Throughout various episodes of Season Five, several of the Talismans are hidden on screen without the characters noticing them.
- Why didn't Shendu try to possess Uncle instead of Jackie? Then unless there was another chi wizard, his siblings wouldn't have been banished.
- In one episode right after Bai Tza gets banished, it was stated that only one demon may escape at a time. Shendu then says that he will try to find a spell that will allow all the demons to escape. Ironically, Shendu's son, Drago, finds such a spell and tries to use it but fails.
- Why does the immortal item of the sword work against Shendu? If he was turned into stone instead of being banished, how does this work.
- Season 3's "Re-Enter the J Team" is a refrence to Bruce Lee's Enter The Dragon
External links
- - Sony Pictures Jackie Chan Adventures website
- [] at TV.com
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