History Recap / SamuraiJackS1E10JackAndTheLavaMonster

* BittersweetEnding: The viking warrior's tale and circumstances are absolutely tragic and so many warriors met their end in the underground DeathCourse before Jack's arrival. However Jack was able to defeat him and break his curse. He was carried into Valhalla by the Valkyries and stands side-by-side the fallen warriors he lost to Aku centuries ago, reunited with his friends and family.

* DeathSeeker: The Lava Monster seeks a {{Worthy Opponent}} to defeat him in battle as his {{Curse Escape Clause}} so that he can die and join his loved ones in Valhalla.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Odin, at the end of the episode. His greater role in the show's story would be seen in later episodes.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Aku, for without him, the Lava Monster would never be.

* {{Valkyries}}: At the end of the episode, two descend carrying the Viking to Valhalla.

* EvilTaintedThisPlace: The land that was once the Viking warrior's home remains parched and burned even centuries later after it was ravaged by Aku.

-->'''Lava Monster/Viking Warrior:''' At last. Accursed monster! Your spell is finally broken! I AM FREE!!

* UndyingWarrior: Aku slaughters an entire Viking village and turns the only survivor into a magma monster to prevent him from joining his loved ones in Valhalla. The survivor fights countless battles over the course of centuries waiting for someone powerful enough to give him a warrior's death so he can be free of Aku's curse, which turns out to be Jack.

* IDieFree: When Jack finally beats the Lava monster who is actually an imprisoned viking warrior that can only be released to Valhalla if he falls in honorable combat, the stone golem glows and shatters with the viking warrior crying out that the spell is finally broken.

--> '''Lava Monster/Viking Warrior:''' Rise, warrior! Rise! Honorably must I be defeated! ''I cannot let up!''

--> '''Lava Monster/Viking Warrior:''' At last. Accursed monster! Your spell is finally broken! I AM FREE!!

--> '''Jack:''' The voice beckons me further in. Surely he takes me for a fool to follow deeper into this trap.
--> ''The spiked ceiling begins descending.''
--> '''Jack, sprinting further into the cave:''' A fool I be!

* DiedHappilyEverAfter: The former lava monster at the end.

--> '''Lava Monster/Viking Warrior:''' Accursed monster! Your spell is finally Broken! I AM FREE!!

* BitterSweetEnding: The viking warrior's tale and circumstances are absolutely tragic and so many warriors met their end in the underground DeathCourse before jack's arrival. However Jack was able to defeat him and break his curse. He was carried into Valhalla by the Valkyries and stands side-by-side the fallen warriors he lost to Aku centuries ago, reunited with his friends and family.

--> '''Lava Monster/Viking Warrior:''' Accursed monster! Your spell is finally Broken! [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome I AM]] '''[[TearJerker FREE!!]]'''

* IDieFree: When jack finally beats the Lava monster who is actually an imprisoned viking warrior that can only be released to Valhalla if he falls in honorable combat, the stone golem glows and shatters with the viking warrior crying out that the spell is finally broken.

* IDieFree: When jack finally beats the Lava monster [[spoiler: who is actually an imprisoned viking warrior that can only be released to Valhalla if he falls in honorable combat]], the stone golem glows and shatters with the [[spoiler: viking warrior]] crying out that the spell is finally broken.
--> '''Lava Monster/[[spoiler: Viking Warrior]]:''' Accursed monster! Your spell is finally Broken! [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome I AM]] '''[[TearJerker FREE!!]]'''

* DeathSeeker [=/=] ICannotSelfTerminate: The Lava Monster seeks a {{Worthy Opponent}} to defeat him in battle as his {{Curse Escape Clause}} so that he can die and join his loved ones in Valhalla.

* DeathSeeker [=/=] ICannotSelfTerminate: The Lava Monster seeks a {{Worthy Opponent}} to defeat him in battle as his {{Curse Escape Clause}} so that he can die and join his loved one in Valhalla.

* {{Valkyries}}: At the end of the episode, two descend from the sky to carry the Viking to Valhalla.

* AndIMustScream: After being defeated by Aku, the Viking was sealed in an unbreakable crystal and buried beneath a mountain. Aku’s plan was to leave him there forever, and although the Viking eventually learned to manipulate the rock around him to form himself a body, her remained trapped there, immobile, for centuries at least.

* WasOnceAMan: The lava monster Jack fights was once an honorable Viking warrior, before being cursed by Aku.

* NoImmortalInertia: After his curse is broken, the Viking regains the dashing mortal appearance he had as a human -- and the promptly ages into an old, grey-haired man over a second or so as his immense age catches up with him.

* AndIMustScream: After being defeated by Aku, the Viking was sealed in an unbreakable crystal and buried beneath a mountain. Aku’s plan was to leave him there forever, and although the Viking eventually learned to manipulate the rock around him to form himself a body, her remained trapped there, immobile, for centuries at leat.