Chase Young
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Chase Young is a villain in the animated series Xiaolin Showdown. He is voiced by Jason Marsden.
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[edit] Lair and Minions
Chase Young is the evil Heylin Tai-Chi sorcerer who lives in his secret domain, which is a hideout in the side of a mountain, most resembling the open mouth of a monster. The entrance to his hideout is a secret door panel on the face on the mountain (a running gag is that Jack Spicer gets smashed by the door every time he tries to enter). Inside the mountain itself is his citadel, which is surprisingly serene and contains mostly fountains and sculptures. Whenever he battles a warrior on the force of good, he wagers his or her loyalty to him. Once he defeats a warrior, he transforms him or her into some feline predator, generally a tiger, lion or black panther. Because he has many cat guards in his hideout, it is presumed that he has defeated many warriors in his life. When he needs to battle multiple forces of good, he is able to make them transform back into their human forms, and it is revealed that he has defeated good warriors from all around the world and from different times.
[edit] Powers and abilities
Although Chase Young looks young, he is in fact quite old. He was once on the side of good, but then he traded his soul for a potion that makes him immortal. He can turn into a huge reptilian creature. Chase Young is a legendary martial arts master, generally regarded as the best in the world. His favorite weapon is a naginta with retractable blades and his favorite Shen Gong Wu is the Serpent's Tail (although he only uses Shen Gong Wu about 4 or 5 times). He is a Heylin wizard, and has flown, shot lightning, made a dragon zombie, turned people into cats, teleported, and many other feats of magic, without the use of Shen Gong Wu. He has only been truly defeated once, by Master Monk Guan. Once he lost to Omi in a Xiaolin Showdown but it was implied in the episode that he had probably done that on purpose. Chase Young is more dependent on his own physical and magical skills and thinks of the Shen-Gong-Wu as a crutch. He could be considered one of the, if not the, most powerful Heylin of his time. Even when he was weakened by the Heylin Eclipse, he was still able to escape from Hannibal Roy Bean and Wuya together.
[edit] Character history
In the first appearance of Chase Young, he was after Dojo, the dragon. He needed Dojo for his Lao-Mang-Lon Soup (which keeps him eternally young), so he made a deal with a warrior of good, Master Monk Guan. In exchange for Guan bringing him Dojo, he would return the Spear of Guan to him, which he had won in a previous battle when he beat Guan. (however, later we learn that the Spear of Guan is not unique, as both Raimundo and Omi have been given them, and we see many more, all numbered in a cabinet, so when Guan first got back the spear, he could have had a new one copied before going to fight Chase.) However, Master Monk Guan decided to fight Chase Young, and managed to defeat him in a rematch. Although Chase Young is on the side of evil, he is still a true warrior, and true to his word, he let Dojo and the Xiaolin Warriors go.
Chase Young is regarded by some to be the true villain of the series, even though Jack Spicer has been in every episode save one, and Wuya has been in almost as many. Chase Young predicts the future of Omi; that he will grow up to become an extremely strong warrior when he is an adult. He even believes that Omi will one day be strong enough to defeat him, which is why Chase Young's main goal throughout the series has been to turn Omi to the side of evil.
In the end of the second season, Chase Young had a complex plan to win over Omi once and for all. First, he acquired the Ying Yo-Yo, although the Xiaolin Warriors believed that Jack Spicer had won it. Next he incapacitated Master Fung by using the Ying Yo-Yo to bring him into the Ying-Yang world. Because Master Fung knew if he left the Ying-Yang world, he would leave his ying chi behind, he put himself into a meditative state, not to be awakened until his chi was returned.
Omi, not knowing the true effects of the Ying Yo-Yo, as the part of the scroll describing the effects of the two Yo-Yo Shen Gong Wu was missing, went into the Ying-Yang World to rescue Master Fung. Once he left, his ying chi was left behind (the white part is Ying, the black part is Yang), and he became irrational and quick-tempered. He left the Xiaolin Temple, joining Chase Young, as he was the only one who helped Omi when the Temple was taken over by Jack Spicer and his new evil army. While still under the effects of losing his ying chi, he swore his loyalty to Chase Young.
Later, Clay, Kimiko, and Raimundo stormed Chase Young's fortress. They retrieved the Ying Yo-Yo, and went into the Ying-Yang World, along with Jack Spicer. There, they found the Yang Yo-Yo, acquired Master Fung and Omi's ying chi, and went back into the real world. Kimiko used the Machurian Musca to enter Omi's brain, as did Jack Spicer with his Changing Chopsticks. In a critical climax, as Omi was annihilating both Raimundo and Clay in combat with his new Heylin powers, Kimiko dropped the bottle of Omi's ying chi. Jack Spicer caught it, but instead of destroying it, thus winning Omi to the side of evil forever, he instead helped Kimiko to return the chi to Omi.
Although Omi returned to normal and renounced his evil ways, Chase Young showed them that Omi swore his loyalty to him. Even though Omi was not thinking straight when he did so, he was bound to his word as a warrior of honor, and joined Chase Young. Like many other warriors before him, he was turned into a feline by Chase Young, a small yellow cat. This caused Chase to become infused with Omi's energy, making him stronger than ever before. However, despite his unleashing the Chi Creature on the other Xiaolin warriors, Chase was beaten and Omi returned to the side of good. With Wuya, now human, by his side, Chase continued his efforts against the Xiaolin warriors. His first attempt was to interfere with the quest for the Bird of Paradise.
It is later revealed that he was turned over to the Heylin Side by Hannibal Roy Bean, and that he was once a comrade-in-arms with Master Monk Guan before his turn. Chase Young then betrayed Hannibal, trapping him in the Ying-Yang World. Now that Hannibal is back, the two are at odds, as they seem evenly matched in the field of evil. Chase does have a weak point, during the Heylin Eclipse. He is not fully incapacitated though, and with help from a disguised Kimiko, survived the attacks of Hannibal Bean and Wuya. He realized the deception afterward, noting that the Warriors had surprised him.
In "Time After Time" Chase Young was friends with Dashi and Master Monk Guan 1500 years ago, he previously had brown eyes. After Dashi locked Wuya inside the magic puzzle box, Hannibal Roy Bean tried to turn Chase evil, but Omi and Dojo switched the Lao-Mang-Lon Soup with pea soup, thus changing Chase's and Master Monk Guan's paths. Chase became good and an ally of the Xiaolin Dragons, but Guan became evil. When Omi returned to the present and found time altered, he explained it to the alternate reality versions of his friends. When they were captured, Chase deliberately drank Lao-Mang-Long Soup again to help the others escape. After that, he joined Guan, Wuya, and Hannibal Bean in a four-on-four Xiaolin Showdown with the monks. They were defeated, but before time was restored to normal, the alternate present Chase Young cracked a smile.
[edit] References
- Official Site for Xiaolin Showdown
- Official Site for Xiaolin Showdown TCG (licensed by Wizards of the Coast)
- Xiaolin Showdown at TV.com
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| Omi | Raimundo | Kimiko | Clay | Dojo | Dashi Jack Spicer | Wuya | Chase Young | Hannibal Roy Bean |
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