Samurai Jack

Season 1

13 episodes 6 seasons

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Samurai Jack Season 1 released on August 10, 2001.

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S01E01 Aired August 10, 2001

I: The Beginning

Aku, the shape-shifting master of evil, devastates a young boy's land, forcing him to travel around the world to train as a samurai. When Samurai Jack returns to free his people, he is instead flung into the far future, where he must quest to undo the future that is Aku.

S01E02 Aired August 10, 2001

II: The Samurai Called Jack

Jack befriends some talking archeologist dogs and learns of his location: In the future shaped by years of Aku's evil reign. He vows to help the dogs gain their freedom from a life of enslaved jewel mining.

S01E03 Aired August 10, 2001

III: The First Fight

Aku learns of Jack's arrival in the future, and of the help he is giving the dogs. He sends a huge army of insect drones to destroy Jack and the dogs alike. Jack has been busy preparing many traps for them however, and when they arrive the battle begins in earnest.

S01E04 Aired August 13, 2001

IV: Jack, the Woolies, and the Chritchellites

Jack comes into contact with a tribe of creatures who utilize their technology to subdue a group of supposedly savage beasts called "Woolies." Little does Jack know, there is more to the situation than meets the eye.

S01E05 Aired August 27, 2001

V: Jack in Space

Samurai Jack befriends a future community building a spaceship to escape Aku's tyrannic rule. Jack agrees to assist in their escape by fighting off the blockade orbiting the planet in return for a trip through time back home.

S01E06 Aired November 19, 2001

VI: Jack and the Warrior Woman

Jack searches for the the magical jewel the Woolies told him would be able to send him back in time. Locating the last survivor of the race who can reveal its location, Jack learns of how to find the jewel, and meets up with a woman questing for the same jewel. They journey through the desert together, but will they be able to share the jewel if they find it?

S01E07 Aired August 20, 2001

VII: Jack and the Three Blind Archers

Samurai Jack hears of a mysterious island which possesses a well that can grant any wish. He arrives at the island and discovers the well is not alone.

S01E08 Aired October 15, 2001

VIII: Jack vs. Mad Jack

Aku places a bounty on Jack's head, but is disappointed by the failure of some inept hunters, so he creates an evil spirit-clone version of Jack to finish our hero off for good.

S01E09 Aired September 03, 2001

IX: Jack Under the Sea

Jack hears tales about a race of amphibians living in an underwater city who have a time machine. He searches them out, and they agree to let him use the machine, but the creatures have not been entirely truthful.

S01E10 Aired November 05, 2001

X: Jack and the Lava Monster

Called on by a mysterious voice, Jack overcomes many obstacles and booby traps to find who is calling him. Deep in the earth he finds it is a creature made from rock and lava, who immediately challenges Jack to a fight, but why did it call for Jack?

S01E11 Aired October 29, 2001

XI: Jack and the Scotsman

When Jack and a Scotsman meet on a seemingly never-ending bridge, they end up shackled together and on the run from bounty hunters.

S01E12 Aired November 26, 2001

XII: Jack and the Gangsters

Jack joins a group of gangsters who work for Aku. He also agrees to help steal the heavily protected crystal that can give Aku power over the whole planet. Fortunately Jack has not become a traitor, but has his own plans of how to hand over the swag.

S01E13 Aired December 03, 2001

XIII: Aku's Fairy Tales

The tales of Jack's adventures have spread far and wide, and children are having fun acting out the stories. Aku, in an attempt to keep the children in line, decides to spread a few stories of his own.