Episode guide
Samurai Jack episodes
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- episodes listed
Episode 1 · I: The Beginning
Aired Friday, August 10, 2001 · 23 min
Aku, the shape-shifting master of evil, devastates a young boy's land, forcing him to travel around the world to train as a samurai. When Samurai Jack returns to free his people, he is instead flung into the far future, where he must quest to undo the future that is Aku.
Episode 2 · II: The Samurai Called Jack
Aired Friday, August 10, 2001 · 23 min
Jack befriends some talking archeologist dogs and learns of his location: In the future shaped by years of Aku's evil reign. He vows to help the dogs gain their freedom from a life of enslaved jewel mining.
Episode 3 · III: The First Fight
Aired Friday, August 10, 2001 · 23 min
Aku learns of Jack's arrival in the future, and of the help he is giving the dogs. He sends a huge army of insect drones to destroy Jack and the dogs alike. Jack has been busy preparing many traps for them however, and when they arrive the battle begins in earnest.
Episode 4 · IV: Jack, the Woolies, and the Chritchellites
Aired Monday, August 13, 2001 · 23 min
Jack comes into contact with a tribe of creatures who utilize their technology to subdue a group of supposedly savage beasts called "Woolies." Little does Jack know, there is more to the situation than meets the eye.
Episode 5 · V: Jack in Space
Aired Monday, August 27, 2001 · 23 min
Samurai Jack befriends a future community building a spaceship to escape Aku's tyrannic rule. Jack agrees to assist in their escape by fighting off the blockade orbiting the planet in return for a trip through time back home.
Episode 6 · VI: Jack and the Warrior Woman
Aired Monday, November 19, 2001 · 23 min
Jack searches for the the magical jewel the Woolies told him would be able to send him back in time. Locating the last survivor of the race who can reveal its location, Jack learns of how to find the jewel, and meets up with a woman questing for the same jewel. They journey through the desert together, but will they be able to share the jewel if they find it?
Episode 7 · VII: Jack and the Three Blind Archers
Aired Monday, August 20, 2001 · 23 min
Samurai Jack hears of a mysterious island which possesses a well that can grant any wish. He arrives at the island and discovers the well is not alone.
Episode 8 · VIII: Jack Vs. Mad Jack
Aired Monday, October 15, 2001 · 23 min
Aku places a bounty on Jack's head, but is disappointed by the failure of some inept hunters, so he creates an evil spirit-clone version of Jack to finish our hero off for good.
Episode 9 · IX: Jack Under the Sea
Aired Monday, September 3, 2001 · 23 min
Jack hears tales about a race of amphibians living in an underwater city who have a time machine. He searches them out, and they agree to let him use the machine, but the creatures have not been entirely truthful.
Episode 10 · X: Jack and the Lava Monster
Aired Monday, November 5, 2001 · 23 min
Called on by a mysterious voice, Jack overcomes many obstacles and booby traps to find who is calling him. Deep in the earth he finds it is a creature made from rock and lava, who immediately challenges Jack to a fight, but why did it call for Jack?
Episode 11 · XI: Jack and the Scotsman
Aired Monday, October 29, 2001 · 23 min
When Jack and a Scotsman meet on a seemingly never-ending bridge, they end up shackled together and on the run from bounty hunters.
Episode 12 · XII: Jack and the Gangsters
Aired Monday, November 26, 2001 · 23 min
Jack joins a group of gangsters who work for Aku. He also agrees to help steal the heavily protected crystal that can give Aku power over the whole planet. Fortunately Jack has not become a traitor, but has his own plans of how to hand over the swag.
Episode 13 · XIII: Aku's Fairy Tales
Aired Monday, December 3, 2001 · 23 min
The tales of Jack's adventures have spread far and wide, and children are having fun acting out the stories. Aku, in an attempt to keep the children in line, decides to spread a few stories of his own.
Episode 14 · XIV: Jack Learns to Jump Good
Aired Friday, March 1, 2002 · 23 min
Jack tries to save a peaceful tribe that move constantly due to an opposing food-stealing tribe of monkey/lions: Jack meets up with the Monkey Boy who can ""jump good"" almost to the point of flying. Jack is taken to his village and agrees to teach a group of furry creatures to fend for themselves in return for ""jumping good"" lessons. Jack teaches the creatures to use bamboo to fight and together they set up an array of traps for the monkey/lions. In return Jack has an challenging time trying to ""jump good"", a process involving climbing hills and vines... with boulders attached to his body.
Episode 15 · XV: Jack Tales
Aired Friday, March 8, 2002 · 23 min
Three short stories: 1) Jack confronts a two-headed riddling serpent who will grant him his wish if he can answer their questions. 2) Jack confronts a family that feed on metal, only for him and they to find out that they are robots. 3) Jack tries to rescue a wish-granting fairy from a gargoyle.
Episode 16 · XVI: Jack and the Smackback
Aired Friday, March 15, 2002 · 23 min
Jack is kidnapped and placed in a chain gang of warriors chosen to battle in the Dome of Doom, against the Smackback Ultimate Champions. Even without his sword, Jack defeats Gordo and the Aqualizer, and then must defeat the massive but ticklish Sumoto with the aid of his top knot. In desperation the Ringleader sends his remaining gladiators after Jack, who defeats them handily and forces the Ringleader to release the gladiator-slaves.
Episode 17 · XVII: Jack and the Scotsman (2)
Aired Friday, March 22, 2002 · 23 min
The Scotsman needs Jack's help to save his kidnapped wife. But this woman is hardly the distressed damsel the Scotsman makes her out to be.
Episode 18 · XVIII: Jack and the Ultra-robots
Aired Friday, March 29, 2002 · 23 min
Jack goes from destroyed village to destroyed village looking for the ultra-robots responsible for the destruction only to find that they were created by a troll commissioned by Aku.
Episode 19 · XIX: Jack Remembers the Past
Aired Friday, April 5, 2002 · 23 min
After defeating a band of robotic cat-demons Jack travels the land and finds himself in the area where he grew up. As he tours the ruins he has flashbacks to a day spent pursuing a locust in the company of a young girl, witnessing a wandering warrior defeat four men on a bridge, having his parents greet him, and tricking three bullies.
Episode 20 · XX: Jack and the Monks
Aired Friday, April 12, 2002 · 23 min
After Aku's beetle drones destroy yet another gateway to the past, only moments before he's is able to reach it, Jack is overcome with frustration and is about ready to give up the quest. Then, by chance, he meets three monks about to climb the Mountain of Fatoom. Where, legend has it, truth can be found at the top.
