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@aliastheabnormal fair I know a guy who was a wet welder and he said that jellyfish and whales where the scariest things down there He also acted like sharks where basically dogs
Jack fear of being flush down a toilet is actually a fear of rejection. At least that what the psychology world would say. It does it fact fit his character.
That’s really interesting I never thought of it that way. I wonder if they thought of that when writing that part, or if they just thought a toilet would be funny, or both
I think a lot of that is HOW they do it. They don't just add new characters to make new factions. The new factions are usually the same OLD characters, just changing sides and mish-mashing characters together. It's not just "The jack faction, the Chase Faction, the Panda-Bubba Faction" Cuz sometimes It's Jack and Panda-Bubba, or sometimes Chase and Jack, or sometimes Kat-Nappe and Chase. Rather than add new characters and bloat the roster, they just change up who's in what faction. Which TOTALLY makes sense cuz.. most of the factions are villain factions, and villains have pretty much NO Loyalty to each other. And even then, the heroes are even willing to join with villains to stop other villains or threats. Which, imo, is pretty genius writing.
@@TheShinjiakamoto Oh that made me think of another advantage. because villains are joining sides it means time is typically not spent on just a single villain.
I generally agree with this like the robot ninja that steals the shen gong wu in Japan but it’s hard to judge when they gain sentience and betray him lol
That is a fair point, but the video is partly wrong on how the future thing worked. Omi didn't see his own future but bad, he saw Vlad future but with him and his friends as stand in
That’s interesting I forgot how it was vlads future because of that. I love the shen gong wu because they can justify so many outcomes combining the shen gong wu, but it’s how they write the plot that make it so special
@@XenunnakiI mean the reversing mirror's always been inconsistent in this show. Sometimes it reverses the effect of something and something it reflects the trajectory back where the attack came from
@@paddykelly2851my biggest takeaway/best explanation is that the mirror just has the power of reversal in all (or most) its forms. So it can either do the opposite the ability of an item, reverse the direction of the attack or show an opposite direction of a persons future. This probably has a lot of holes in it but it’s the best way I can explain it
I really feel like the premise of this show would have been wasted if the writers were afraid to have the good guys lose a lot. As a kid I always loved that you never truly knew if the heroes would win in the end, especially when a bunch of cartoons were airing at the time where they always beat the bad guys.
Really it's a great thing that that the characters don't rely on a single item as a mainline power, it really let's them branch out and lose, because if they only have there item they use in every fight as a wager, they can't lose without that lose being nullified somehow, which gets old fast, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a rough draft someone where they all had an item they had to use for there abilities
Thing is, if the villains never won anything then they wouldn't have any Shen Gong Wu to wager. And if they don't have any Shen Gong Wu to wager, then you don't get any Xiaolin Showdowns. The format of the show required Jack to win every now and then.
It's not just a jellyfish, it's a Brazilian Man-of-War, one of the deadliest jellyfish known to man. It's indigenous to the waters of Brazil, Raymundo's home country. Edit: So after looking it up, I need to correct myself: It's actually the Portuguese Man-of-War. It can still be found pretty much anywhere there are tropical to subtropical waters and are notorious for washing up on beaches, including the beaches of Brazil.
@Thenonymous1 Oh, I didn't know the exact species, but that makes it even worse. Then yeah, if it's the most deadliest and native to his home country, then his fear is beyond justified
I just went back and rewatched that part since another comment mentioned that too and I can’t believe I missed him just flying out of the sky like that!
Am I understanding correctly that they had a reference to Omi having frozen himself in an episode _before_ he was sent back in time in the first place? Or do I have my episode order mixed up? How far back is it, out of curiosity? That could potentially be a huge amount of foresight on the part of the writers. Which, I mean, is kinda needed to make a good season-long puppetmaster plotline like we get with Chase here.
@@riluna3695 You can see a frozen Omi before it is revealed that he went back in time and froze himself. It's a cool little easter egg, but happens quickly that most people wouldn't have noticed it. I happened to notice it since this arc was reran a lot when it originally aired.
@@zeroinked That's really cool. Reminds me of Futurama, which funnily enough also involved being frozen for countless years. There's a visual in episode one that doesn't pay off for like...in fact I'll check. Holy cow, late into season FOUR. That's dedication. I also just learned about a second reference to the same thing three episodes before the reveal. Love that show.
I do kinda wish there was an episode where somehow a Wu appears in an ice cream shop and Omi refuses to challenge Jack, INSISTING that they have that ice cream RIGHT NOW.
It's actually crazy how earlier today I found and watched the season 1 part, then the youtube algoritm just gave me part 2 while scrolling. Thank you youtube algoritm!
11:21 What's funny is that the showdown rules were "last boat afloat", so Rai should have been disqualified when his boat sank. But now the rules were "race to the finish line".
I almost mentioned this in the video, but I thought “this videos almost an hour and a half and I have no idea why they changed the rule, but it’s so weird they didn’t just say race in the first place”
I would have loved there being a joke when Old Man Jack and Old Man Omi meet, they surprisingly reveal they are friends because at some point in the future they settled their differences and up to this point point in the episode Old Man Jack was helping young Jack simply in a fit of senile moments. It would make for a lot of funny bits with their younger versions refusing to believe such a friendship could exist.
I can't believe I never pieced together the man's name was CHASE YOUNG because he wanted eternal youth. Man, I really did not pay attention to this stuff as a kid.
I was indeed today years old when i realized and only because it was pointed out in this video despite watching the show as a kid and rewatching it a couple years ago lol
@@Colby2D when wuya gets sealed and everything is restored we can see the reversing mirror get fixed that scene is also in this video at 3:52 but its such a small detail like frozen omi at the end of season 1 that its easy to miss
I figured that Omi staying as Chase's subordinate even after he got his chi back wasn't just about him being too rigid in sticking to his word, but that he was magically bound to. Chase being able to transform him into a cat suggests he had an inherent power over Omi.
Super cool how old Shen Gong Wu not only reappear but get new uses and combinations and are even treated as worthwhile prizes episodes after their debut.
Chinese culture traditionally has 5 elements not 4. The theory goes that pretty far into production Jack was supposed to join the gang as the Dragon of Metal.
@@burner555 Actually they do end up having a Wood element user in the sequel series Xiaolin Chronicles. His name is (no joke)- Boris Antonio Rolf Jean-Pierre Gaulle LeGrand IV. But everybody calls him Ping Pong.
I love the thought of Jack Spicer and the xaolin apprentices being like “hey, there aren’t any shen gong wu revealing themselves. Wanna get ice cream?” Xaolin Showdown did so many neat things that I appreciate moreso as an adult. Edit: Also, something I never thought about until now. Omi was always genuinely excited at the thought of Jack fighting for good. He may have even had a problem fighting against Jack because he genuinely wanted Jack on their side.
I'm so glad you made a season 2. I was worried because of your "small" channel that it might be a one off.made a comment last video about how Jack Splicer is the best character on the show. To add onto that, he is the kind of "evil" that is likable. He doesn't want to murder the monks, he could, but doesn't. He just wants to rule the world, a simple man with simple wants. Though shoutout to Wuya who didn't just backstab and betray Raymundo after getting power, she seemed like she actually liked him. Xiaolin Showdown is probably the last children's show I've seen where they humanized the villains. . . and of course, let them win sometimes too. Modern movies can learn a lot from this. Looking at you Marvel and Star Wars.
I thought it was sweet Wuya kinda wanted to learn how to play air hockey even though she was just gonna have the golems play with raimundo. And i appreciate you watching this video too! I don’t know if it’s typical for smaller channels to jump from topic to topic or to stick to series more at a time, but I’m still trying to decide what direction to take the channel so your feedback is really appreciated
24:21 Raimundo fear makes sense when you remember that he is a surfer and one of the thing you should be careful of jellyfish which that monster is clearly based off with that translucent body and many tentacles
Forgot how much I used to love this series. All the characters are great. Chase Young is definitely one of those characters cooler when you were younger but still pretty interesting.
Some parts of chase feel cooler back then, like the dragon form, which looks a bit goofy to me now, but other parts like landing on one finger when he fell into the pit goes way harder now probably because it feels like something I’d see in jujutsu Kaisen or demon slater
Chase Young is my favorite Villain on this show, mainly because Honor is still part of his creed. Like, turning into a monster from the Dragon Soup and 'selling his soul' didn't stop his decision to remain honorable. We see more in depth into Chase Young in Season 3, but with it comes a theory... which I will share on your season 3 video, because it involves Season 3 spoilers.
If it helps Raymundo was scared of jelly fish witch makes sense because of the poison sting of a jellyfish is leathel and since he's from Brazil it makes perfect sense with how close the ocean is to him there invisible in the water sometimes and there sometimes isnt enough time to get anti venom to save u and sometimes there is no anti venom
@@Colby2D When Family Guy did cutaway gags to Star Trek parodies, they ALWAYS had Shatner's version of Captain James T. Kirk talk like that. It wasn't that exaggerated on the original show and he doesn't talk like that now, but it is still one of the main jokes about Shatner within the Hollywood bubble.
47:08 worst of all, they were kinda right about not beliving in Raimundo about the volcano, because DON'T exist any type of volcano in Brasil, ZERO volcanos
A cool detail is that if you go back to the previous episode to the moment Wuya creates her castle you can actually see the frozen Omi flying alongside some rocks
One thing I find funny is that the show is suprisingly good at keeping track of who has what artifacts. Especially with the dare system which turns that whole process into algebra homework. But in the ep where omi accidentally shrunk himself. If you pay attention. For an episode there, jack and wuya had the reversing mirror and the serpents tail. Meaning they had game but never played it
@@Colby2Dno no I do believe it’s just the yo-yos would reverse your morality either way if you didn’t have both with you, at least that’s how I remember it/the wiki and later uses showed
@@christopherauzenne5023 What all of you are saying is true however it might be that the YO-YO's when separate Invert you from good to evil or evil to good but when Jack brought the Reversing mirror it also made him reliable/useful as opposed to being "evil", smart, but sucks or is useless.
42:48 - "Which begs the question: why would she want the world to be water if she could be a monster otherwise?" Because she doesn't want anyone to see her that way? Whether or not it's because she's more comfy luring idiots in than brute forcing or it's genuine insecurity is beyond me, though.
Can I point out a 1000 IQ play that I didn't even notice until the full season recap? Earlier in the season, Chase was shown not to like taking advantage of "Possessed by Evil" characters in Clay, but then later tricks Omi into using the Yang yoyo and using it to turn him to evil while possessed by evil. EXCEPT, that probably wasn't his end goal because of his anti-possessed by evil shown early. So maybe his plan was tricking Omi into making the deal, and then reminding him of said deal when he returned to normal? That, or it's just a giant massive oversight.
Chase is clearly willing to be underhanded. I think not taking advantage of Clay was more out of lack of interest rather than moral obligation. There is also the fact that he was possessed, so there is a strong argument his possessor would be bound to whatever agreements they used Clay to make. And he wasn't interested in some random bug dude.
I loved Chase Young because he's so weirdly neutral for calling himself Evil. He doesn't really seem do go around doing much to hurt others, he just wants his immortality and servants/apprentices. I don't remember if he fights alongside the team against some greater threat. But he feels like that 'evil' character who will side with anyone if it is in his personal best interest or it will simply amuse him. He doesn't monologue often, he doesn't reveal his plans unless it is a trick, he's a smart villain. I don't want him to join the good guys, I want him to be an omnipresent threat that the team will never know what his actual plans are. I like the idea that the 4 will grow up as powerful warriors but never actually be able to defeat him, but they might be able to temporarily stop him from doing something.
Another interesting bit is that, according to Dungeons and Dragon's alignment charts, Chase wouldn't even be the most Evil character due to his honor. The most Evil would probably be Wuya (chaotic evil), then Jack (neutral evil), then him (lawful evil).
@@FrancisR420 Honor and Code are part of Lawful, Chaotic doesn’t have that. Yeah, Jack tries to be a “proper villain” more than a successful one, which means he does follow a sort of guideline to being a villain, but he’s more in everything for himself and constantly lies, cheats, and steals, but Chase doesn’t do that stuff all willy-nilly because of Honor and Code.
I grossly underrated the humor in this show when I was a kid. Some of these facial expressions are top notch. From this video alone, I audibly laughed at Dojo's judgmental stare at Omi, and Jack Spicer's big head with big lips.
I had no idea Chase was controversial. I always found him cool as a kid but it's been a while since I watched the show. Though I have to say, watching this retrospective made me see how eerie Chase was in regards to Omi. Chase could almost be compared to date line predators; first they compliment you (Chase sees Omi as the 'Chosen One'), drive a wedge between your loved ones (Chase knew Omi would be at odds with his friends), trick you into doing something to lose your inhibitions like alcohol (Chase knew the Yin Yo-Yo would make Omi evil and come to his side) and from that experience, use it to guilt them into staying with you (Omi wasn't himself when he gave his word and Chase abused that honour). Also how can you not mention the new Xiaolin suits for the Showdowns? They still hold up to this day.
Yeah chase is definitely pretty manipulative, and someone pointed out its kinda hypocritical he didn’t accept clay as being evil when sabini took over, but accepts possessed Omi who swears to be evil. And I like the new outfits they remind me of kids next door!
I agree but in Xiaolin Chronicles it's implied Chase is Omis mum? Which sounds insane but there's an episode called 'Chase laid an egg,' and it's implied there
I think another topic foe a future vid could be ranking Shen Gong Wu (idk if im spelling it correctly 😅) either by personal preference, how useful or situational they are etc Another potential topic could be involving the show Grossology maybe about the villains in a season and their schemes or something
Thanks! I was thinking of adding the ranking of like a top 5 or top 10 shen gong wu ranking to the end of season 3, or maybe as part of a separate video. And i still gotta check out grossology!
This trilogy so far has been such a nostalgia trip! I watched the series when it first came out after getting home from school every weekday wondering what they’d do next, and that cliffhanger for season 2 really upped the stakes. Great video!
I'm really looking forward to hearing you talk about season 3, because that was when I involuntarily skipped watching the show. One of the biggest weaknesses of broadcast TV back in those days is that unless you're watching the channel consistently, checking their website regularly, catching their ads on other channels, or browsing a forum that keeps track of it, you have no way of knowing when a series comes back with new episodes. I didn't find out season 3 was airing until halfway into it, and when a show has consistent continuity, you can't always jump back in wherever. And they almost never had enough reruns for me to catch up. Even when Cartoon Network started airing episodes of it, I missed season 3 again.
Thank you I’m glad you’re looking forward to it I appreciate you watching, and seeing shows back then was so different, like going home and just praying the show you liked would be on, but when it did play it hit so different
Thank you so much for these videos! Xiaolin Showdown was my absolute favourite cartoon when I was a kid. There was a time when I could have named you all the Shengonwoo and what they did! I regret that I've since forgotten a lot of this show, but watching these videos is bringing back a lot of cherished memories for me. I may even have to watch them all through again! Also I had a lot of fun trying to recognise all the music you were using in the background. Double points for using Hotel Dusk music, sometimes I feel like the only person who played that game!
Thank you for watching I really appreciate it. And I love hotel dusk, it’s like the most ds game ever, a random visual novel with a cool art style that just came out of nowhere
33:00 - Immediately what comes to my mind, imagine if there was a Shen Gong Wu that was like, "this trinket has a different effect based on the moon phase". That would make it so you can select instead of being stuck by the calendar
I agree but I think he talking in more of how can you use this? Mess up tidal waves could easily backfire on the host and would create a situation that would be if I fail, I'm taking you with me, which is bad, but long term, not that useful
@@Colby2D Beside tides, you could also affect how much luminosity (or not) you would have during the night. That's the kind of stuff ninjas would kill for.
Just came by to show my support, Xiaolin Showdown is up there with Danny Phantom and American Dragon for my favourite cartoons I actually saw as a kid (I didn’t watch ATLA in full until my teens) so I appreciate these videos 👍 Keep at it chief, your content is a gold mine.
@@Colby2D Given it’s predicated on teaching Jake to be the dragon based on a series of moral and martial lessons, much like Xiaolin Showdown, I’m sure you’d find a lot to talk about if you dedicated a video or few to it 👍
The fact that this show's (and Omi's) solution to time travel is for Omi to freeze himself and wait is what makes it so great. Its philosophy makes it truly enjoyable
The Lunar Locket sounds pointless, but to function it has to be one of the strongest and most destructive of the Shen Gong Wu. To change the phase of the moon, it has to be physically moving the moon, the sun, or the Earth out of position. Any of which would cause massive wide scale damage.
Thank you so much for covering this show. It's one of my favorite shows from my childhood. Just a couple years ago I bought the collection to watch with my nephews, and it still holds up remarkably well.
Man, you just unlocked a whole box of memories and nostalgia for me. I LOVED THIS SERIES! And even though the ending of this season is a little wild, the first time I saw it it blew my little kid mind! This series knows how to give the heroes wins and loses in such a cool way. Thanks a lot for this video, you just made my day a lot better!
Dashi was pretty crazy with all the useful, apocalyptic, and straight up *Heylin* *aligned* Shen Gong Wu he made. The main theory I heard as to why he made so many chaotic Wu was that he's an Enlightened Being (clearly meant to be a Buddha), and saw the future where the Wu exist. And there's also the fact some Wu, like the Sapphire Dragon, is just pressing the MAD button when all else fails (Mutally Assured Destruction).
Chase Young's whole "evil" schtick would have been so much more interesting if it was a balance keeping thing. Y'know, like, a "without evil there is no good so they must be kept in balance" sort of thing. It'd really play well with the series' penchant for averting "the good guys always win" and the yin-yang theming of the season's final couple Shen Gong Wu. So yeah it's pretty disappointing his whole goal seems to be to "tip the scales and destroy the world" instead. Pour one out for Dudebot.
Yeah maybe chase would be sacrificing himself as the evil for the world by doing what he does. I think the show does a good job portraying omi and chase as two sides of a similar coin in terms of their acting and thoughts
I never really pondered too much about the heroes losing as much as they did, but despite failure, the team manages to pull through, dust themselves off and try retrieving the ShenGonWu again.
33:06 Pretty sure if it can change moon phases that means it cam move the moon and/or sun around (or earth/moon relative to sun maybe...?). The moon controls the tides. The sun *is the sun* meanwhile.
It's so nice to get an overview of this show. It was one of my favorites growing up, and I had forgotten just how good the writing could be. Chase young best XS villain IMO
Perfect video to clean my house to! Edit, you know if you think about it, Dashi's goal was to teach omi a lesson, and he succeeded, so you *could* count that as a win 🤔 Edit 2 the octopus in raimundos dream is actually a jellyfish, i think. Maybe specifically a Man O War (they get HUGE) Hes from brazil and into surfing, so i think hes scared of being stung by a deadly jellyfish.
I agree, she kinda becomes a little more of a gag in season 2 because of chase but she did have a few good episodes and is always fun to have on screen
quick note: i always interpreted ray's fear from the shadow of fear episode to be a jellyfish. y'know the little squishies that sting and can hurt like heck if you make contact with them and the sting can make you unable to swim to safety? i figured it was potentially connected to a bad surfboarding incident
Chase yungs lizard form looks like something from Juniper Lee, it just looks like something i've seen from it. as part of the 3% Jack fans out here i'm kind of disappointed he did not join the good side out of his own FREE will. over all this season was purity hype with all the plot
That’s interesting I didn’t watch much juniper Lee but art style wise it makes sense! And I like that you like jack, but I will say for better or worse I think he’s the most popular character ( for good reason!)
@@Colby2D interesting, i haven't heard much about people liking him except from trying to be edgy, i like him because he's a competent villain and that he's not a bad bad guy more like self observed bad guy, he's kind of neutral in the respect of evil and good, like a good guy who feel in to the wrong crowd. I don't remember much from Juniper Lee but watched it when it was on TV, it was purity cool but not something i have tried to find any episodes of to rewatch
These two videos covering one of my favorite shows of my childhood has been content gold for me. I cannot wait to see you cover the third season of Xiaolin Showdown that took crazy to a whole new level. WE NEED THE BEAN
56:09 Nah I think it’s just the fact it’s icy, balance training only goes so far until you’re on a surface which doesn’t have the normal friction you’re used to.
I think Omi's biggest fear was the Giant Squirrel due from the time he was super tiny. Yea good luck beating the (comparatively) massive beast that kinda fear must hunt you in your nightmares.
Each of their fears sort of represented things from their childhood, most likely. At least, you can easily see why it could, aside from Omi and Jack. You can easily imagine Kimiko seeing a creepy movie about a doll, or doll she had get trashed when she was a kid. Clay's is obvious. Raymundo might have gotten stung by a jellyfish as a kid, mixed with monster movies and you have that weird jellyfish squid monster. He does live in brazil, Rio I think it was? So it doesn't seem impossible to me.
Thanks! It’s by my friend @1billionangles she’s a really talented artist and friend of mine so I asked her to make this thumbnail a couple years ago for me when I was first creating my channel. I’m glad to finally get to use it on the video!
Finallyyy, I was waiting for some DR OST after your character's poses reminded me of certain sprites of the game (and yay for Zero Escape, too). Now, ON TOPIC, thanks for doing this recap of the whole show. It was one of my favorites as a kid and working 9-to-6 while going to college makes it pretty hard to re-enjoy these great shows. About Omi turning evil, I remember thinking "Rai already did that, whatever", but he was my favorite character, so I was certainly biased. Still, I would have loved to see more from Clay and Kimiko on this season.
Thank you I love DR and zero escape, virtues last reward is my favorite game of all time, and I’d still like to upgrade my branding and stuff in the future. It is kinda sad that clay and Kimiko get sorta thrown to the wayside but it almost feels like a shonen anime where Omi and raimundo are the strong ones and the other characters are disregarded as a result a lot of the time
I enjoy how this season acts more like Raymundo's redemption arc. How he tries to regain everyones trust. Jack showing us what development is. The bits he makes are more diverse and I love that he uses fans for his jetpack. My favorite fight was Jack doing truth or lie with Omi. Because Omi recognized the effort Jack was putting in to change into a good guy. My girl Kimiko still not having much to do. I feel like her character is getting pushed off to the side with Clay. They have great stories when they are focused on, but it seems that the other two dragon warriors are treated as more important. Chase is cool at the beginning but his character is forced to wait just constantly looming and saying how Omi will become evil. And the times he does get involved is great.
Chase was great in season 2 because the looming was very effective and made things ominous and stuff, but yeah season 3 was just a bit too vague for chase, like I don’t get that Omi would be evil any more, but at least he seems to kinda show he actually is going back to good at the end of the show
@Colby2D I can relate which is why I took this time for myself. We appreciate your work, but make sure to make time for yourself. We will be aite, and YT can be draining I know.
No I think you're right, William Shatner was who I thought of when I heard the Director 's voice. If nothing else, that's *DEFINITELY* one of the inspirations involved
