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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
42:46 Is an imagine that has snuck with me for nearly 20 years as the perfect expression of fear, confusion, and finding out just how much you fucked up.
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 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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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”
@@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
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.
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
@@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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
@@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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
That’s true I didn’t even think of the fact that he’d be scared of jellyfish because of surfing. Something about how the tentacles were drawn made me think it was some weird sea monster mash up, I think because it had eyes
Jack: "I may be a villain but I'm not an asshole. Respecting pronouns is the bare minimum." In that vein, it's odd that twice now I've seen villains ensure correct pronoun usage in media. The other one being My Hero Academia. Huh...Neat.
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!
Raimundo's fear was probably a Portuguese Man-O-War. A collonial organism that is commonly found in brazilian waters and stings harder than a jellyfish, considering Raimundo is a surfer from rio he probably knows how painful getting stinged by one of those is.
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
I think XS did better with its new villains like Chase and thee later Hannibal Bean than Jackie Chan Adventures does with all villains past Shendu. They're kinda just more of the same but with different abilities. While Chase is a bit of a Gary Stu and Hannibal is pretty silly, their additions really shake up the show's structure and create a constantly shifting power dynamic.
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.
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
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I think remundo's fear is actually a potentially deadly jellyfish, which is a danger once could face while fishing. But I am not familar with brazilian folklore.
Fun fact about blackbeard: He would braid his beard into strands, dip the ends into oil, and the cuff them. He would set the ends on fire to make him look like a demon going into battle.
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 definitely only saw a few of these episodes when they were in tv (and do remember Chase Young to a degree), but Season 1 remains far more iconic in my mind
I heard the theory that Lunar locket may also be used to create and keep Heylin eclipse longer in order to keep Chase weakened giving others the advantage over him, it would be interesting if Hannibal teamed up with Wuya try this strategy, Chase would have hard time protecting himself, weakened and withrought help from his feline warriors
I can believe that the fountain has the knowledge needed to end all evil, but that it would also do something like destory all free will or all good as well. Or that the instructions for doing so without consequence are so long you need immortality just finish comprehending them let alone enacting them.
Correction about the Ying-Yang World; If you leave without both the Ying Yo-Yo and the Yang Yo-Yo, the dominant half of your Chi is left behind. You need both yo-yo's in order to come out whole, and since Jack had the Reversing Mirror, his dominant evil Chi was left behind, turning him good
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
3:11 It's weird how many kid shows have cryostasis. It made a whole generation believe you can freeze yourself into the future. I recall 3 shows where this was the whole premise.
21:39 There was a show called "the outer limits" that ran between the era of the Twilight zone and black mirror but was in the same genre as those two. There's an episode that's basically this; a lady gets the ability to read minds and uses it to disastrous consequences.
I love villains like Chase. they keeping of their word makes them so much more dangerous and keeps you guessing what they truly are after. with bad guys like wua and jack you know that they will try and back stab yeah at the first chance.
Then sticking to their word makes me think they must have something up their sleeve, because if they were desperate they’d break it, but chase does a bit of both, like I thought he was almost a little too nice at times but that works really well since he is a former good guy
Would love to see you do something relating to Hero 108. That show and Xiaolin had similar vibes for me and I enjoy using your vids for nostalgia vibes/background as I work on crafts 🥰
For the Shroud of Fear episode, Raymundo's fear is, as a surfer, the lethal potential of some Jellyfish, mixed with horror elements like too many eyes.
That’s a good point! For whatever reason I didn’t register the creature as a jellyfish when making the video, but especially with the jellyfish in Brazil it makes sense
The Lunar Locket is the most absurdly overpowered Wu in the show! An object that can move AN ENTIRE CELESTIAL BODY along its orbit? The sheer magnitude of the energy required to do that is HORRIFYING. (Not to mention the implications for the tides!)
Raimundo is actually afraid of jellyfishes and I bet on he being afraid of them because he is a surfer and from Brazil, and here we have a lot o jellyfishes in alot of the beaches here, so this boy probably got stung a lot of times
The funny thing is that the Crystal Glasses Reverse Future could still have happened if Chase had convinced Omi to join him like how Wuya convinced Raimundo at the end of Season 1. I wouldn't call him a creep, just incredibly lonely. And yes, it is supposed to be Shatner. More so, when he was on Star Trek.
True but most people that know the puzzle to solve the door wouldn’t want to even open the box to accidentally get water on it, just watch it in the room, so it might be more effective than the shen gong wu vault anyone can just walk down lol
Amazing work man, really entertaining video. I skipped this show when it was up, I thought it looked too childish, but after your videos, I kinda regret it now. Just like when I skipped the Sly Cooper games back in the day
I think the mindreader conch episode has a good lesson, it's just a bit too mature for a kid's show to portray properly. In reality, mind reading powers blow for the reasons shown here. Seeing inside people’s minds tells you a lot more than you will ever want to know.
It’s true, I like can’t even fault them for thinking these things about each other in their heads, it’s natural but it’s how we deal with them that makes a big difference
When I was a kid I made a spreadsheet to categorize and track all the shen gong Wu. I sorted them by item type, element, function and which side had which. I was going to update it after each new showdown but by the time I finished it the show was already over so I had no use for it.
That is really funny. The Xiaolin showdown wiki shows who has every shen gong wu at every episode, and it gets crazy later on when the temple has like 50 shen gong wu to keep track of
I'm a little late but the director looking Egyptian movie guys sounds just like the star trek guy in the epic rap battles of history with Christopher columbus
47:57 If you decides to watch tge sequel series Disney made (Yes they bought it but couldn't afford to buy all the names of Shen Gong Wu), Jack has another great line where he asked for someone autograph and says, "Make it out to your h*rniest fan."
I fear I will inevitably have to watch chronicles, I only saw the first episode or two years and years ago, but that sounds crazy and I’m gonna have to hear the line for myself to believe it😂
@@Colby2D It more forgettable than anything anything else. Some of the name changes are frustrating when you know what their original name and they sound even sound alike. There a lot of unawnser questions like how Wuha became a ghost again and then weird plot changes like her being trapped in a spring instead of a puzzle box. They even reintroduce her, via the the puzzle box but with the spring inside it so I'm certain it has nothing with not owning that part of show. They also put a strange focus on Kimiko near the end and have her rank up,instead of the Omi clone they made for the show which you would think they would do. They even have a Shen Gong Wu that has no effect. Say what you want about the originals but they were all used at least once in the shows life spam.
I like how other than weird instances Jack mainly wins when he ACTUALLY plays to his strengths as opposed to relying on shen gong wu as wuja wants him to. Sure, he might use them but whenever jack actually thinks about things and uses his high intelligence and robots as he had mastered doing before wuja even showed up, Jack has a really high win rate.
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Why doesn't Jack just sell his services?! Instead of losing Shen Gong Wu he can just make so much money that he can buy the world.
So ramundo (idk how to spell it ) his fear is supposed to be a jellyfish I believe and those can be terrifying depending on the type
@@JohnDoe-iw7zc I believe it is a Man-o-war. Raimundo was originally a surfer. So he likely got stung as a little kid.
ua-cam.com/users/shortsBxqEpXp8sYQ?si=999bJdI_JstVu4XU I feel this accurate but I'm curious what katnappe stuff they're reffering too
@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 not moving a muscle while his mouth jumps out of his face to yell is one of my favorite visual gags
It’s really good!
42:46 Is an imagine that has snuck with me for nearly 20 years as the perfect expression of fear, confusion, and finding out just how much you fucked up.
You'd figure the reverse mirror would make the glasses see the past...
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
Or like how the mirror makes the loopy gas return to the person casting it, rather than changing the gas to be helpful or something
@@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
As a mechanic class, Jack technically should get all the wins his robots achieve.
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
Unless they defeat or betray him
@@Colby2D I think betraying him is a good indicator as to when they should be separate. But yeah, otherwise then its still Jack's win
@@zyaicobWhat if Jack was BETRAYED and TRAPPED in the HYPERBOLIC TIME CHAMBER with WUYU Part 15836901
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.
I would love that as a callback and to see them chill more outside of showdowns
Or an eating contest as the Showdown.
ah man now you're making me wish for things that wont happen... damn now i kinda wanna write a fic about this XD
Colby: Omi freezes himself for 15 hundred years.
In my head: Aang wishes.
Ok, what Omi did to the snowman was downright body horror
Yeah it was kinda gross, but scoring a goal like that goes kinda hard
The Omi thing is cool because if you watch the episode where Wuya builds the castle you can see the frozen Omi pop up in the rubble.
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.
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!
I'm happy to hear that, thank you!
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Same!
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What’s crazy about that? Seems like a reasonable thing for the algorithm to do?
I love how there's so many enemy factions in Xiaolin Showdown without it feeling too bloated
They do a great job cycling characters in and out, or separating them enough with the showdowns
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.
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 mean was the plank of wood part of his boat? If it was then technically you could say his boat didn't sink because of that plank
@@happynoname2488 Ah, technicalities.
@@happynoname2488don't go all ship of Theseus on us
Nobody talks about how Wuya’s resurrection broke the Reversing Mirror, but somehow the puzzle box managed to fix that, too.
I was thinking like “so do shen gong wu really break or nah”
@@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
2:40 Dang, skipped over the one time the Jackbots were effective - taking down a single golem
Trueeee. I love the yesbot though
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.
It feels so real to see them come back, like I feel like it makes sense they fight for these because they’re clearly a big deal with reusable value
24:23 that looks like a Portuguese Man'o war. A jellyfish that stings like hell, and the terror of surfers
Yep. Although it's not a jellyfish. It's more like a sponge with jellyfish capabilities
I was gonna say, raimundo is a surfer, jellyfish and man'o wars are basically surfers bane
my god Chase is literally that "guy cackling at people through a window" meme format.
💀💀Nahhh😂😂😂😂
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
That director is 100% a Shatner impression!
Ok thank you for confirming because I thought I was going crazy lol
@@Colby2D See, I thought it was supposed to be Goldbloom
@@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.
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
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
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
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.
I feel like he works as a repressed good guy, like he wants to be good so bad. And I look forward to the season 3 comments, thanks!
Nice to see this show still receives love after 20+ years!
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.
Plus I imagine it’s more convenient since a mermaid in a flooded earth has an easier time moving than a legless giant on dry land.
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
Or maybe a werewolf wu too? Could be fun
If I remember correctly, Jack left his evil in the other dimension because he had the reversing mirror.
Yeah the reversing mirror did that I believe. I think I might’ve mixed up the ying and yang as just doing it by default
@@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.
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
I think somewhere it's explained that Raimundo is afraid of Jellyfish because he's a surfer back in Brazil.
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.
Can't wait till next part drops! Very high quality videos from small channels are always great to see.
Thanks very much :)
"Crazy Bread is just Bread to Clay."
Ok that got a chuckle out of me
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.
That is very true, I was thinking about it more aesthetically
Wuya: I can give him anything his heart wants.
Raymundo: Anything?
Me: 😈
Um, note on changing the phases of the moon: that can mess with tidal patterns. Changing tidal patterns is HUGE, it can impact all sorts of things.
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
I’d like to think it changes the phases of the moon only in appearance that would be the most aesthetic shen gong wu ever
@@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.
All off these Jack team ups make me salty he never joined as the Dragon of Metal.
That would be so sick
so glad you're continuing this.
Thank you, it was a lot of work but I was really motivated by people asking for the continuation
Hrm, Omi sure sort of felt like a bit of a Creator's Pet this season...
I think it makes sense for the main character to be the strongest but is a little disappointing clay and Kimiko didn’t do much
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
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!
Mate Raymundo was scared of a jellyfish, he is a surfer and jellyfish can be really deadly
That’s true I didn’t even think of the fact that he’d be scared of jellyfish because of surfing. Something about how the tentacles were drawn made me think it was some weird sea monster mash up, I think because it had eyes
These two videos have been a lot of fun. Can't wait to see season 3
Thanks very much!
51:20 Well he's talking about Literally All The Knowledge, and it's not like Chase himself knows how to do it...
That makes sense I suppose. I really like chase but sometimes he talks about evil in a very funny way
Jack was ahead of his time, now if only people in today's world could learn to respect pronouns.
Real
Jack: "I may be a villain but I'm not an asshole. Respecting pronouns is the bare minimum."
In that vein, it's odd that twice now I've seen villains ensure correct pronoun usage in media. The other one being My Hero Academia. Huh...Neat.
14:01 I would like to say that I’m pretty sure this episode is the only time the changing chopsticks can’t be used to return to normal size
Honestly, might be a skill issue.
Which makes the fact Jack could use it so easily a pretty impressive showing for the evil genius.
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!
Raimundo's fear was probably a Portuguese Man-O-War. A collonial organism that is commonly found in brazilian waters and stings harder than a jellyfish, considering Raimundo is a surfer from rio he probably knows how painful getting stinged by one of those is.
Hoping you can get monetized before season 3 episode. You put up quality stuff and it shows.
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
I think XS did better with its new villains like Chase and thee later Hannibal Bean than Jackie Chan Adventures does with all villains past Shendu. They're kinda just more of the same but with different abilities. While Chase is a bit of a Gary Stu and Hannibal is pretty silly, their additions really shake up the show's structure and create a constantly shifting power dynamic.
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.
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 love the art style in the thimbnail. It reminds me of the Sym Bionic Titan art style.
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!
@@Colby2D Could you tell her about my compliment? I would be very thankful if you did.
@@JanizMakudomaru I’ll let her know!💙
I think remundo's fear is actually a potentially deadly jellyfish, which is a danger once could face while fishing. But I am not familar with brazilian folklore.
Yeah I believe it’s a jellyfish / man o’ war
Fun fact about blackbeard:
He would braid his beard into strands, dip the ends into oil, and the cuff them. He would set the ends on fire to make him look like a demon going into battle.
That is so badass, I’ve never heard this before!
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 definitely only saw a few of these episodes when they were in tv (and do remember Chase Young to a degree), but Season 1 remains far more iconic in my mind
I agree season 1 is definitely my favorite but the quality throughout is great, and chase is one of the most interesting characters to me
I heard the theory that Lunar locket may also be used to create and keep Heylin eclipse longer in order to keep Chase weakened giving others the advantage over him, it would be interesting if Hannibal teamed up with Wuya try this strategy, Chase would have hard time protecting himself, weakened and withrought help from his feline warriors
I'd argue that Raksha and Dudebot should be merged with Mala Mala Jong, as the Heart of Jong is the actual soul/ego of all of them.
That would be an insane team up and might just work!
Fun fact: there are no volcanoes in Brazil. Not even any proper mountains.
I can believe that the fountain has the knowledge needed to end all evil, but that it would also do something like destory all free will or all good as well.
Or that the instructions for doing so without consequence are so long you need immortality just finish comprehending them let alone enacting them.
Correction about the Ying-Yang World; If you leave without both the Ying Yo-Yo and the Yang Yo-Yo, the dominant half of your Chi is left behind. You need both yo-yo's in order to come out whole, and since Jack had the Reversing Mirror, his dominant evil Chi was left behind, turning him good
Freaking loved this show to death as a kid so finding this channel ,and these two videos as of me writting this, is a *treat*
17:20 that's gotta be a Christopher walken impression
Yeah definitely seems to be the case
If you rewatch the scene where wuya raises her temple you can actually see omi frozen in ice flying up with the rocks
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
Honest the biggest shock for me more than anything, is that Raimundo is voiced by Spongebob AKA Tom Kenny
Yeah I think he sounds great, truly one of the best voice actors ever
0:29 *memories unlocked, understanding of preferences gained*
Lmaooo
Never clicked onto a video faster
3:11 It's weird how many kid shows have cryostasis. It made a whole generation believe you can freeze yourself into the future. I recall 3 shows where this was the whole premise.
21:39
There was a show called "the outer limits" that ran between the era of the Twilight zone and black mirror but was in the same genre as those two.
There's an episode that's basically this; a lady gets the ability to read minds and uses it to disastrous consequences.
I haven’t seen the outer limits, but I love the other two. If you’ve ever seen the show Poker Face it has a somewhat similar premise
33:00 Considering that the moon controls the tides, yes that one is actually quite the powerful artifact.
I love villains like Chase. they keeping of their word makes them so much more dangerous and keeps you guessing what they truly are after. with bad guys like wua and jack you know that they will try and back stab yeah at the first chance.
Then sticking to their word makes me think they must have something up their sleeve, because if they were desperate they’d break it, but chase does a bit of both, like I thought he was almost a little too nice at times but that works really well since he is a former good guy
Would love to see you do something relating to Hero 108. That show and Xiaolin had similar vibes for me and I enjoy using your vids for nostalgia vibes/background as I work on crafts 🥰
huh with the balloon showdonw I still remember the last words omi says after winning "you did try"
For the Shroud of Fear episode, Raymundo's fear is, as a surfer, the lethal potential of some Jellyfish, mixed with horror elements like too many eyes.
That’s a good point! For whatever reason I didn’t register the creature as a jellyfish when making the video, but especially with the jellyfish in Brazil it makes sense
The Lunar Locket is the most absurdly overpowered Wu in the show! An object that can move AN ENTIRE CELESTIAL BODY along its orbit? The sheer magnitude of the energy required to do that is HORRIFYING. (Not to mention the implications for the tides!)
True, I need to keep this in mind for a random shen gong wu tier list in the future lol
22:40 hey
I has worked for most dictatorships
The Chu-nan music on 1:05:38 was peak choice of background music, good job
I’ve always been curious to know what happens if you reanimate Mala Mala Jong when that comet that makes Wu evil comes about.
Raimundo is actually afraid of jellyfishes and I bet on he being afraid of them because he is a surfer and from Brazil, and here we have a lot o jellyfishes in alot of the beaches here, so this boy probably got stung a lot of times
I forget how dangerous jellyfish are, it’s pretty scary
I thought you were stopping at season 1 and I was sad
Loved this show back in the day... so much gold...
The funny thing is that the Crystal Glasses Reverse Future could still have happened if Chase had convinced Omi to join him like how Wuya convinced Raimundo at the end of Season 1.
I wouldn't call him a creep, just incredibly lonely.
And yes, it is supposed to be Shatner. More so, when he was on Star Trek.
The fact that you have to water the lock to get to a seed that needs to be kept away from water seems like a mistake to me.
True but most people that know the puzzle to solve the door wouldn’t want to even open the box to accidentally get water on it, just watch it in the room, so it might be more effective than the shen gong wu vault anyone can just walk down lol
Amazing work man, really entertaining video. I skipped this show when it was up, I thought it looked too childish, but after your videos, I kinda regret it now. Just like when I skipped the Sly Cooper games back in the day
After what Omi did to Jack in Episode 32, he might’ve been correct in saying “I’M IN HEAT” in the next episode
I've been rewatching the show after seeing your first video and was really hoping you'd make a part 2
Thank you! I’m glad to hear that
I think the mindreader conch episode has a good lesson, it's just a bit too mature for a kid's show to portray properly.
In reality, mind reading powers blow for the reasons shown here. Seeing inside people’s minds tells you a lot more than you will ever want to know.
It’s true, I like can’t even fault them for thinking these things about each other in their heads, it’s natural but it’s how we deal with them that makes a big difference
Dojo's inside story would definitely be as fun as bowser's inside story
I really enjoyed the game, more than I thought I would
Glad that you covered my favorite episode I alway love flashback episodes that take you well before the first episode
It really makes the present feel that much more special
When I was a kid I made a spreadsheet to categorize and track all the shen gong Wu. I sorted them by item type, element, function and which side had which. I was going to update it after each new showdown but by the time I finished it the show was already over so I had no use for it.
That is really funny. The Xiaolin showdown wiki shows who has every shen gong wu at every episode, and it gets crazy later on when the temple has like 50 shen gong wu to keep track of
Part 3 when?!
Keep tapping into my favorite childhood show, you beautiful bastard!
Jack asking about Pronouns in 2005 is hilarious in hindsight
I'm a little late but the director looking Egyptian movie guys sounds just like the star trek guy in the epic rap battles of history with Christopher columbus
This is a great answer I love that the callback is to epic rap battles of history
Love the video! It's been really been helping remember the good old days before Xiaolin Chronicles came out and add pocket size Omi.
Thank you I appreciate it :) I’ll probably cover chronicles sometime in the future
Omi gets a pass on the "looks like a racial stereotype" thing but I really doubt Ping (was that his name?) does
47:57
If you decides to watch tge sequel series Disney made (Yes they bought it but couldn't afford to buy all the names of Shen Gong Wu), Jack has another great line where he asked for someone autograph and says, "Make it out to your h*rniest fan."
I fear I will inevitably have to watch chronicles, I only saw the first episode or two years and years ago, but that sounds crazy and I’m gonna have to hear the line for myself to believe it😂
@@Colby2D It more forgettable than anything anything else. Some of the name changes are frustrating when you know what their original name and they sound even sound alike.
There a lot of unawnser questions like how Wuha became a ghost again and then weird plot changes like her being trapped in a spring instead of a puzzle box. They even reintroduce her, via the the puzzle box but with the spring inside it so I'm certain it has nothing with not owning that part of show.
They also put a strange focus on Kimiko near the end and have her rank up,instead of the Omi clone they made for the show which you would think they would do.
They even have a Shen Gong Wu that has no effect. Say what you want about the originals but they were all used at least once in the shows life spam.
A Xiaolin Showdown synopsis thinly veiled as a WL ranking vid is something I'm more than happy to watch.
i forgot how funny was big head jack
I like how other than weird instances Jack mainly wins when he ACTUALLY plays to his strengths as opposed to relying on shen gong wu as wuja wants him to.
Sure, he might use them but whenever jack actually thinks about things and uses his high intelligence and robots as he had mastered doing before wuja even showed up, Jack has a really high win rate.