List of Jackie Chan Adventures characters

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This is a list of characters from the animated television series Jackie Chan Adventures.

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[edit] Main characters

[edit] Jackie Chan

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 both his uncle and close friend Captain Black of Section 13 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 and is very agile, but would prefer not to fight evil forces unless he has no choice. His catchphrases are "Bad day, bad day, bad day, BAD DAY!" (usually as a huge understatement), "Talk later!", "I'm sorry, I'll bring it back later, thank you!" (this line has also been used by Uncle and Jade) and "That's crazy, Jade! You're crazy!" When he is in shock or dumbfounded, he makes a strange but quiet whooping sound ("Bwaaah!") similar to Curly Howard of the Three Stooges. Though by no means stupid and capable of thinking and acting on his feet to make use of whatever is available in dire situations, he does have a habit of stating the obvious or agreeing to strange requests without realizing until after it's been said.

[edit] Jade Chan

  • Voice Actor: Stacie Chan (English, present and future, second appearance)) - Lucy Liu (English, future (first appearance))
  • Japanese Seiyu: Yōko Honna (Japanese, both forms)

Jade is Jackie's Hong Kong-born, pre-teen niece (actually his second-cousin-once-removed, since she is his "cousin Shen's girl") who is already 'Americanised'. 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, and for her immense (yet still mostly unrealized) potential in the 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 is set to become an agent of Section 13 when she is older. In two 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.

[edit] Uncle Chan

Uncle, as he is known (he is called "sensei" by Tohru, which means "teacher" in Japanese), is the uncle of Jackie and great-uncle of Jade. He has a very stereotypical Chinese accented drawl, usually talks in third person about himself, and often uses Cantonese in many aspects of his speech (his magic incantation, "Jiu1 mo1 gwai2 gwaai3 faai3 dei6 zau2" (妖魔鬼怪快哋走), means "Evil demons and malevolent spirits, be gone!" in Cantonese). His most commonly used magical items are a dried salamander and puffer fish; both having backgrounds in Asian remedies. Tea is his favorite drink, but he often complains it's too hot or cold and always throws the cup when he finishes. Catchphrases he commonly recites include "Magic must defeat magic!", "Do not question Uncle!", "Hot-cha!", "Aiiee-yaaaahh!", "We must do reeea-search!", "You want a piece of Uncle?", and his most commonly used saying, "One more thing!".

Born in the year of the Dog (The Dog and Piggy Show), Uncle is an antique store owner (was originally an 8-track tape store when Jade accidentally went back in time using the rabbit talisman) and an accomplished chi wizard, learning his skills from Master Fong. 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. In addition, he is an accomplished martial artist in his own right, and according to Jackie in The Dog and Piggy Show, Uncle himself was just like Jackie at the same age. apparently after he became too old for martial arts he studied an unknown fighting style that allowed him to knock out opponents with small jabs to the chest or neck (utilized in "bullies").

A common gag between Uncle and Jackie is when Jackie does something wrong and Uncle hits him over the head with a two-fingered strike. He has hit other characters such as Valmont, Captain Black, Tohru, Daolon Wong, Hsi Wu the Sky Demon, and on one occasion himself (he had blamed himself for a kidnapping of Tohru). Several times, when Jackie is unconscious, he dreams that a ghost head of Uncle is floating above him telling him what's going on and why he should get up. It always ends with Uncle's ghost whacking him over the head as mentioned before. The same dream actually happens to Uncle in the episode entitled The Dog and Piggy Show.

Uncle is not what one would call technology-savvy, since he does not understand devices such as faxes, (he gets all his facts from books) laptops, (calling Jade's a "magic waffle iron"), and the World Wide Web. However he can understand sending a spell though the phone but ironically not a piece of paper. In the episode "The Shadow Eaters", he is revealed to have a passion for oil painting. His true name is never mentioned, and even Jade's visiting parents call him Uncle. They then explain that they think that he is actually their cousin.

[edit] Tohru

  • Voice Actor: Noah Nelson (English)
  • Japanese Seiyu: Naomi Kusumi (Japanese)

A very large sumo, Tohru was once an enforcer for the Dark Hand and a personal servant for Valmont, its leader. However, he quickly changed allegiances when the Dark Hand managed to revive Shendu, who then double-crossed 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 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. He likes grape soda and hates fish (a cultural irony, given that one of Japan's prime diets is fish). He also seems to have a fondness for cats, having used the monkey talisman several times to transform enemies into kittens.

[edit] Section 13 & J-Team

[edit] Captain Augustus Black

  • Voice Actor: Clancy Brown (English)
  • Japanese Seiyu: Takamaru Seko (Japanese)

Captain Black is the head of Section 13 and Jackie's longtime friend. In the first season episode The Rock, when Jade tries to access Section 13's Vault, it is revealed that Captain Augustus Black was born on October 27, 1959, which Jade thought might have been the Talisman vault's password. It is also hinted that Captain Black may be a fan of James Bond as he used "007" as the passcode to the vault. In Black Magic, Captain Black mentions that he is a fan of Elvis Presley; "The only 'King' I bow to wears Blue Suede Shoes".

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. In the episode J2 Revisited, Captain Black's future-self is shown to have a beard as well as a firmer attitude towards his agents.

[edit] El Toro Fuerte

  • Voice Actor: Miguel Sandoval (English)
  • Japanese Seiyu: Takamaru Seko (Japanese)

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). Originally the holder of the Ox Talisman of super strength, he gives up the talisman to prove that his skills are legitimate. His catchphrases are "Sorry", "El Toro Fuerte never removes his mask" and "Don't touch the mask" . In "Aztec Rat Race", El Toro is revealed to have a fear of mice and rats.

[edit] Paco

  • Voice Actor: Franco Velez (English)
  • Japanese Seiyu: Mayuko Yunoki (Japanese)

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" because of his Mexican accent, and it has been hinted he might have a crush on her, but it is never detailed.

[edit] Viper

  • Voice Actor: Susan Eisenberg (English)
  • Japanese Seiyu: Chifuyu (Japanese)

The first episode in which she appears features Viper as a thief who accidentally steals the Snake Talisman instead of the Pink Puma Diamond. After the resulting run-in with the Dark Hand, she gives up her life of crime to work as a security consultant, and is later recruited by Jade to become a member of the J-Team. It was hinted that she may be Jewish in season 3, A Jolly J-Team Xmas, (although she may have simply been attending a Hanukkah party as someone's date--she was quick to ditch the guy she was talking to to come to Jade's aid). Although there remains Jackie's persistent doubts as to her trustworthiness, she is usually valued in times of need. She is often portrayed as a potential romantic foil for Jackie--which is encouraged by Jade, with whom Viper shares a close big-sister relationship with.

[edit] Animals

[edit] Super Moose

A moose doll fashioned after 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 Melvin World, a moose-themed amusement park. After the second season, Melvin World seems to have vanished to be replaced by Super Moose. In the fifth season episode "Antler Action", it is revealed that Super Moose also has his own comic series.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 (it even had a personal physic battle with Tarakudo) and the demon forces unleashed by Drago.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Villains

[edit] The Dark Hand

[edit] Valmont

  • Voice Actor: Julian Sands (English, season one), Andrew Abelson (English, season two), Greg Ellis (English, seasons three and four)
  • Japanese Seiyu: Akihiko Shimizu (Japanese)

The leader of the Dark Hand who hails from the United Kingdom. He is a skillful criminal strategist and martial arts fighter who is able to hold his own against (and even get the better of) Jackie in their personal confrontations.

Valmont first conspires with Shendu first to acquire all the Talismans, then (this time involuntarily, since he is accidentally possessed by Shendu) to free the Demon Sorcerers. He later makes other appearances on the show, mostly serving as a minor villain, since his fortune and criminal empire crumbled after the Demon Sorcerer incident and the second Talisman hunt. He appears in the show in season four in one episode where he puts on one half of an oni mask. Later, however, he rips it off as he can't control it; he tosses it aside for a box of diamonds but gets shipped to Mexico. Valmont has brief non-speaking appearances in season five, including applying for a job as Drago's henchman (but was immedietely turned down) and was aboard the bus the J-Team helps rescue from falling off a bridge.

[edit] The Enforcers

The Enforcers act as henchmen of Valmont (and later effectively directly serve Shendu when he possesses Valmont's body) but later serve several other villains such as Daolon Wong, Tarakudo and very briefly, Drago. They are mainly consisted of Finn, Ratso and Chow and were later joined by Hak Foo. The three main enforcers are more of a nuisance than a threat and provide comic relief while Hak Foo acts as the muscle for the group. Tohru was originally a member of the enforcers but he left on his own accord. Daolon Wong transformed the enforcers into his Dark Chi Warriors to replace the ones that were defeated and captured by the Chans but upon Wong's defeat they were reverted into humans. Tarakudo later employed them and treated them more leniently than Shendu or Daolon Wong. Drago also briefly employed them and transformed them into dragon warriors, but he was also aware of their previous failures and when they failed their first task, he "fired" the Enforcers and reverted them to human form (replacing them with the Ice Gang later on).

When the Dark Hand is at its zenith in the first season, before involvement with Shendu effectively diminishes the organization, several other officers also participate with the main ones, and are in large numbers when participating in the Dragon Talisman raids on federal reserves and the attempt to capture Jackie Chan after the retrieval of the Tiger Talisman. These enforcers disappear after the talisman hunt following the raid on the Dark Hand's main headquarters by Section 13.

  • Finn
  • Voice Actor: Adam Baldwin (English)
  • Japanese Seiyu: Ken Uo (Japanese)

The Irish comedian and the brains (or at least the most intelligent) of the Dark Hand. He is a 70s fanatic, and sang disco at weddings before joining the Dark Hand. He, along with the other two recurring Enforcers and Hak Foo, worked for Daolon Wong, Tarakudo and Drago. He commonly and playfully refers to Valmont as Big-V (and Little-V when he is reduced to a child) and Shendu as "Shen-Dude". When a dragon, he has the ability to shoot fire from his fingers, and as a Dark Chi Warrior he assumes the mantle of his predecessor Rhen.

A dimwitted strongman that acts somewhat childish with child-like fears and desires like a fondness of toys and grilled cheese sandwiches. He wears a bandage across his nose as a fashion statement, and studied theoretical physics before joining the Enforcers. When infused with fire demon Chi by Drago, he could generate fire from his hands. When the monkey talisman affected him, he was usually turned into a rat (fitting, based on his name). He's the muscle of the Enforcers.

The shortest member of the group; his trademark is a pair of yellow-orange sunglasses, which are actually eyeglasses, and worked at a store called Sunglass Shack, where he was employee of the month 3 times before joining the Dark Hand. When he was possessed by the first Oni Mask, his voice sounded a lot like Shendu's (provided that both Chow and Shendu are voiced by the same voice actor). He gained the ability to shoot fire from his eyes during his employ by Drago, which ironically kept destroying his eyeglasses, preventing him from fighting with his powers. He is the Enforcer's weapons expert as he managed to pull out various weapons from his jacket. He's afraid of flying, heights, space travel and a lot of other things.

  • Hak Foo
  • Voice Actor: Jim Cummings (English, season one), John DiMaggio (English, season two onwards)
  • Japanese Seiyu: Junichi Endō (Japanese)

A spiky-haired, muscle-bound minion who shouts out metaphorical animal-related descriptions each time he launches his attacks (e.g. "Angry Crow Takes Flight", when Hak Foo uses an airborne attack), and occasionally even when he performs mundane tasks (in one episode, he utters "Mouse Runs Through Maze" while navigating through a building, then "Mouse Takes Cheese" when he retrieves the Pan Ku Box shortly after). This unusual practice makes his fighting style very easy to predict. In his first appearance in Season 1, he was the first character that had ever been able to defeat Jackie fairly in a one on one match. 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 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. At that point, he was pretty much broke from serving evil and needed some kind of income. As he stated, "Hungry Gopher Digs Hole".

[edit] The Demon Sorcerers

[edit] Tchang Zu

  • Voice Actor: Frank Welker (English)
  • Demon Sorcerer of: The Thunder
  • Immortal Item: Castanets
  • Portal: Los Angeles, California

Tchang Zu is the Demon of Thunder. He was the third Demon to be released from the Void (after Po Kong and Xiao Fung) and his Portal was in Hollywood. Later, Uncle revealed that the Immortal who put him away was in fact the patron deity of actors. His portal is located specifically in Megagalactic Studios. During "Demon World (Part 2)", the J-Team have just finished banishing Hsi Wu, when Zu appears unexpectedly. However, Paco coincidentally has castanets that eventually banish Zu.

[edit] Po Kong

  • Voice Actor: Mona Marshall (English)
  • Demon Sorcereress of: The Mountains
  • Immortal Item: Drum
  • Portal: Japan

She was the first Demon to be released, and her portal was in Japan. It was only with the help of a thousand Jades (thanks to the duplicator spell Jade set on herself) that Po Kong was finally defeated. She's the largest of the Demon Sorcerers and is always hungry for humans. During "Demon World (Part 2)" she is in charge of a human population in mining salt for her food. She is defeated by the team by Tohru beating drums.

[edit] Xiao Fung

  • Voice Actor: Corey Burton (English)
  • Demon Sorcerer of: The Wind
  • Immortal Item: Fan
  • Portal: In a prison in the Black Forest

A giant demon frog. He is the only one other than Hsi Wu to take a human form but he apparently did not show as much mastery at it, and did "human things" as Finn and Ratso advised him to. Though he almost escapes through a series of tunnels beneath the prison, he is sent back when Uncle and Tohru arrive with a fan to complete their Chi spell. During Demon World (Part 2) he was judging fight matches; at the time was a match involving El Toro. He was banished by the large leaf fan Paco was breezing him with by Uncle.

[edit] Hsi Wu

  • Voice Actor: André Sogliuzzo (English)
  • Japanese Seiyu: Hajime Iijima (Japanese)
  • Demon Sorcerer of: The Sky
  • Immortal Item: Flute
  • Portal: Fenway Park

A bat type of demon. He's the smallest of the Demon Sorcerers and is mostly pushed around by the others. When Hsi Wu became human, he gave himself a name (Seymour Jahoositz) and acted so human he fooled everyone and ended up befriending Jade. Jackie tried to push Hsi back into the Portal, but Hsi resisted and pushed Jackie away. However, his tail got caught into a door by none other than Jade and became severed and Hsi angrily flew off, having the wisdom to see it was better to flee and wait. During The Eighth Door Shendu does not need his portal to escape the demon world so it falls to one of the others as the other demons fight he very nearly escapes being beaten by Jade. During Demon World (Part 2) the J-Team rescued Viper from Wu (who is taking a bath) in his tower, they defeated him with the flute, but they soon discover that he was taking a bath because of Zu paying a visit.

[edit] Tso Lan

  • Voice Actor: Glenn Shadix (English)
  • Demon Sorcerer of: The Moon
  • Inmortal Item: Lotus Pod
  • Portal: halfway between the Earth and the Moon

A four-armed sorcerer who has the ability to manipulate gravity. Two of his arms are normal-sized and two are smaller. During Demon World (Part 2) he is not initially defeated by the J-Team. However, during the final stand-off at Ulurru, he faces off against El Toro (who gained the Rooster Talisman) and is defeated when Jade writes history being that Uncle defeated all the demons.

[edit] Dai Gui

  • Voice Actor: Frank Welker (English)
  • Demon Sorcerer of: The Earth
  • Inmortal Item: Flower
  • Portal: Spain

A big powered oaf. He is not the brightest of the Sorcerers, and expresses a strong dislike of flowers. However, he is very strong, and can move through the dirt like a fish moves through water, he however does not display any other earth-based powers. He can go under the earth to make earth cracks. During Demon World (Part 2) he is not initially defeated by the J-Team. However, during the final stand-off at Ulurru, he faces off against Tohru (who gained the Rabbit Talisman) and is defeated when Jade writes history being that Uncle defeated all the demons.

[edit] Bai Tza

  • Voice Actor: Mona Marshall (English)
  • Japanese Seiyu: Chifuru (Japanese)
  • Demon Sorceress of: The Water
  • Immortal Item: Gourd
  • Portal: Colosseum in Rome

A tentacle-headed mermaid. Bai Tza was the seventh Demon Sorcerer released by Shendu and the last. Bai Tza does not find this amusing and demands to know where she can build a new empire, as her previous empire was that of Atlantis, which has been sunk under the ocean at this time. She is told she can stay at the cannery, which she responds with an angry glare and Finn concedes that it wouldn't be a good place for a fish. After a bit of conversation, she decides to sink San Francisco for its location on the San Andreas fault and disappears, leaving a forlorn Valmont behind. During Demon World (Part 2) she is not initially defeated by the J-Team. However, during the final stand-off at Ulurru, she faces off against Viper (who gained the Dragon Talisman) and is defeated when Jade rewrites history into Uncle having defeated all the demons.

[edit] Shendu

Shendu
Shendu

Shendu was once the demonic dragon-like ruler of China, but his subjects rebelled with Lo Pei, who turned him into a statue, and then scattered his twelve powers in the form of twelve talismans. Shendu vowed revenge, but was unable to do so for 900 years. He eventually teamed up with the Dark Hand, promising them a lost treasure in exchange for the talismans. Finn, one of the three enforcers, commonly and playfully refers to Shendu as "Shen-Dude". They finally recovered them, and Shendu came to life, raising his palace. However, Shendu was blasted into dust by Jade Chan. As a statue he possessed a raspy, hissing voice; until he was revived he had a deeper, more menacing voice; after he was turned back into a statue he retained his hissing, raspy voice from then on (even when he was no longer a statue). His roars also sound similar to the roars of the Tyrannosaurs of the Jurassic Park films.

Shendu returned as a spirit and was revealed to be the Fire Demon, one of eight Demon Sorcerers. How ever unfortunately his demon siblings hate him. He had originally been banished with the rest of his brethren by the eight immortals to the Demon Netherworld, but had somehow resurfaced in China before Lo Pei turned him to stone (this detail is never touched upon in the series). He ended up trapped in Valmont's body by mistake, but was eventually banished back into the Demon Nether World. He escaped and possessed Jackie Chan to rewrite the Book of Ages. He made the Dark Hand and the Chan family into his slaves, but Jade escaped the time alteration and assembled the J-Team against him, fighting again.

Shendu was resurrected at the hands of Daolon Wong in exchange for the Dragon Talisman's power (since he is in fact the last living dragon on earth) but double-crossed him, taking the Dragon power as well as both the Pig and Rooster powers that Wong had acquired previously. Shendu managed to reclaim all his powers, but unknown to him Uncle Chan discovered the ancient spell that turned Shendu into a statue. Uncle Chan suspected that Daolon Wong had knowledge of the ancient spell. In the end Uncle Chan, Tohru and Section 13 used the spell to turn Shendu back into his statue form and at the same time recreated the Talismans.

Shendu was later revealed to have a son, a junior fire demon by the name of Drago. Coming from an alternate future, Drago attempted to use the magical Dragon's Teeth to free Shendu. However, Drago accidentally destroyed the teeth, preventing the spell from coming to pass. Drago was captured, but escaped only to abandon his father in favor of the Chi of the Demon Sorcerers (his aunts and uncles). When Drago held Jackie, Uncle, and Captain Black captive, Jade removed a piece of Shendu's skin to use in a spell against his son, due to needing a DNA sample identical to Drago's. Later, Uncle went to Shendu seeking a way to strip Drago of the eight demon powers. Shendu told Uncle that it was impossible, and asked Uncle to free him so he could defeat Drago. When Drago grew close to turning Earth into Demon World, Uncle relented, using a spell to free Shendu from his statue imprisonment. Freed, Shendu battled Drago, but was outmatched by his superpowered offspring. To give Shendu a fighting chance, the J-Team gave him the Talismans. Tohru and Uncle then used a spell to send both Demons plummeting into the netherworld, ending their threat and sealing both Talismans and Demon Chi away forever.

Shendu has the power of all the talismans (since the powers of the talismans were originally his but were stripped of him and each power turned to a talisman, each based on the Chinese Zodiac).

[edit] Dark Chi Forces

[edit] Daolon Wong

A Dark Chi wizard (Jade sometimes calls him the "anti-Uncle" because of this). His left eye is grey, his right eye is green and he has mouths on his palms, which he uses to extract chi. He first appears when Tohru is mistaken for a legendary Chosen One. Using his Dark Chi Warriors: Gan, Ren, 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 (partially also the Sheep Tailsman Power), Wong is highly unsuccessful, even when he turns Hak Foo into the fourth Dark Warrior: Zhen. 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 Déjà Vu stone. Despite his best efforts, he lost the stone, and was last seen being dragged away by past versions of the Enforcers.

[edit] Dark Chi Warriors

Wong originally employed three dark warriors known as Gan, Ren, and Chui. Each had a different weapon: Ren had a boomerang blade similar to a windmill shuriken (and materialized with a smoke effect), Chui had a sledgehammer (who appears with a flame effect) and Gan had a bo staff/Sa Tjat Koen (with a pouring-in 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, Ratso, and Chow, respectively. These three retained their predecessors' powers, but still managed to prove incompetent. Wong later made Hak Foo into a Dark Chi Warrior called Zhen, who combined Hak Foo's traditional attack style with powerful magic, and materialized with a lightning bolt effect. Wong temporarily endowed them with armor to battle Shendu, but when Uncle shattered Wong's scepter, the Enforcers returned to normal, and the Dark Chi Warriors ceased to exist.

[edit] Oni

  • Tarakudo (Miguel Ferrer), the king of all Shadowkhan and lord of all Oni. Tarakudo is a big floating head in mid-air. Tarakudo once terrorized the Earth, with his trusted nine oni generals. Tarakudo's reign came to an end when the spirits of his generals were trapped within nine masks. Years later, Tarakudo is accidentally awakened by Daolon Wong, when he himself was trying to get himself out of trouble. Tarakudo sets out to find the generals, but the Chans find all the masks, but the masks break and the generals are released. In the final showdown, the Chans discover there's a tenth mask. Surprisingly, it's Tarakudo's, and Tarakudo's true form is revealed to be a humanoid body. Jade smacks the Mask on his face, and he and the nine generals and shadowkhan are sucked into the mask.
  • Ikazuki (Maurice LaMarche), Tarakudo's second-in-command and one of the nine Oni Generals.
  • Shadowkhan- a group of shadow warriors 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. Chow later put on the mask and took temporary control before having it removed by Jackie.

[edit] Dragons

[edit] Drago

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 center of the earth when he was getting sucked in by a spell by Uncle and Tohru. Before he fell in, Shendu grabbed his arm to help him but Drago pulled Shendu in with him and then the ground closed.

[edit] Strikemaster Ice

Originally, Strikemaster Ice used to be a pizza delivery boy until he delivered a pizza to an old man who, instead of a tip, told him a legend of a secret monastery in the far east. Ice traveled there, and in the monastery he learned martial arts skills equal to if not greater than Jackie's. Eventually, he found out that the monks wanted him to learn the ways of peace, Ice was against this and 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 a 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 became Drago's dragonized henchmen and Strikemaster Ice became 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. Also it seems that he has a rather violent allergy to flower pollen.

[edit] DJ Fist and MC Cobra

Strikemaster Ice's posse who met him while they trained in the monastery and were kicked out for bad behavior along with Ice. 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.

[edit] 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. In the series finale Drago employed the use of other dragon-like demons including ghostly skeletal serpents as well as large violet snake-like monsters (which were also seen in the Shadowkahn's Shadow Realm).

[edit] Minor characters

[edit] Lo Pei

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.

[edit] Drew

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 often the main instigator and presumably her rival. There are times in the show where Drew is mere feet from unbelievable experiences (like Jade becoming Queen of the Shadowkhan or Hsi Wu posing as 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.

[edit] Mrs. Hartman

The teacher in Jade and Drew's class in Jade's school. She never believed the outrageous stories Jade told in her classroom about the adventures she would have with her Uncle Jackie. Due to this and Jade's disruptive or rude behavior, Mrs. Hartman would either send Jade to detention or call Jackie. Despite this, Mrs. Hartman loves teaching and her class (even Jade). Seen mainly in the first two seasons and the fifth season where she was accidentally changed into a demon by the Sky Demon's chi (this was her most important appearance), Mrs. Hartman had few appearances in the third and fourth seasons.

Voiced by: Jeannie Elias (English)

[edit] Mama Tohru

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 (such as, calling the antique shop a "junk shop" and calling him a "Billy Goat"). 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 by dipping in it, turning her invisible. She aids the Chans once again, where Tohru teaches her that he can take care of himself and Uncle reluctantly makes her visible again, but she briefly has green scales. Her final appearance was during Christmas when she was flying in by plane and saw Tohru flying in a sleigh as Santa Claus (When Tohru, Jade, and Paco were filling in for Santa to deliver presents) and later acknowledged this when he met her at Uncle's shop. Her mannerisms towards Uncle were referenced in later episodes, such as during Tohrus rift with Uncle in Season 4, and when Tohru is infected by an evil mirror spirit, his worst fears about himself come true and he temporarily turns into a giant version of his mother.

[edit] Chang

A corrupt businessman with an insatiable craving to possess jade (the stone, not the niece), He even has a prosthetic hand made of jade. 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 (stone). However, the J-Team originals reverse the spells needed to make the clones evil, and the 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 might 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.

Chang is a parody of the evil Han from Bruce Lee's movie Enter the Dragon, in which Jackie Chan was an extra. The first episode mentioned above was in fact a homage to that movie.

Voiced by: Timothy Dang (English)

[edit] Kepler

An engineer and inventor working at Section 13. He is frequently too engrossed in his work to notice anything else, especially when Jade greets him and then takes one of his new inventions for a spin. He has invented a jetpack (used by Jade) and a chronoton beam, which when Jade gets zapped and then uses the Rabbit talisman, is sent into the past, and a chronoton beam detector. As a scientist, he does not believe in magic, but is never present to see any magical forces at work anyway.

Voiced by: Ken Uo (Japanese)

[edit] Monsters and other supernatural beings

  • Springheel Jack (Voiced by Corey Burton)- Springheel Jack was a troll who terrorized towns and could leap great distances with his feet (his shoes actually have springs mounted in their heels); he also has a habit of constantly speaking in rhyme. Jack was originally turned to stone by Simon Magus, using salt; because of this, he was eager for revenge on his family. Jackie's light side accidentally broke him free, and he searched the city for the Magus's descendants. He arrived at Jade's school play, and threatened her friend Simone, a Magus. The Tiger Talisman separated Jack's Yin and Yang, and the good side revealed the secret to defeating the troll; subsequently, he was turned to stone again.
  • Ogre: Daolon Wong was able to conjure a giant ogre-like monster in order to do battle with Jade who had used a growth spell on herself to become older but instead caused her to increase in size. The Ogre wielded a giant club and had a topknot. It possessed superior strength but was eventually defeated.
  • Chi Vampire/Jiangshi - 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 left sock into the flowing water with a mushroom inside of it. The vampire, now weak again, perished in the sun. The Vampire had been able to see, talk and be immune to the sun with more chi energy.
  • El Chupacabra - A very powerful Mayan monster which would kill livestock nightly. It had great speed and strength. In the opening scene of "The Curse of El Chupacabra", this demonic creature attacked the herd of a mother and her daughter one night. El Toro became aware of this, and enlisted Jackie to translate tablets which he had about the beasts and its' traits and characteristics. But as soon as Jackie arrived, it was nearly nightfall, and they had to go defend the mother and her daughter against the monster as he would come out soon. Initially the monster had the upper hand thanks to its strength, but Jackie and El Toro turned the tide halfway through, and the latter soon held the beast down pinned down the beast, rendering it vulnerable to the rising sun which vanquished it. A celebration was held in town, but this was short lived as it turned out El Toro had been cursed from scratches he received, becoming a Chupacabra himself. Thanks to Uncle's help, the heroes found a cure and cured El Toro. Not only was El Toro as a Chupacabra deadlier than the predecessor, but he also retained some of his human features such as his goatee and the capacity to stand on two legs. The original however, was shown to be able to fly at the beginning of the episode.
  • The Monkey King: Originally a puppet that was sold in a shop owned by a rival of Uncle's. Jackie and Jade bought it in order for Jade to use in her school's 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.
    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; luckily, the eruption wasn't dangerous at all: the so-called "lava" was cherry-flavored jello, and the Monkey King's final joke. It is possible that this version of the monkey king inspired the later design of the joker on The Batman.
Voiced by: Ryūsei Nakao (Japanese), Bobcat Goldthwait (English, first appearance), Billy West (English, second appearance)

[edit] See also

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