History Recap / SamuraiJackS5E1XCII

-->"You've forgotten your purpose! YOU'VE FORSAKEN US!"

* AwesomeButImpractical: Jack uses Scaramouche's dao against him to deliver the final blow, but unlike the assassin, he does not possess robotic super strengh or stand as tall as two men, so he ends up dragging the big blade behind him and the finishing strike he uses is sluggish from hefting it up. Understandably Jack does not claim it for his own after the battle because of the weight and size. Instead, he claims Scaramouche's much more practical and useful tuning fork dagger.

* DownerBeginning: We open with Jack saving innocents, but he's noticeably a hardier man and struggling with his failures. His narration reflects that he's lost hope after loosing his enchanted sword, the only weapon capable of killing Aku.

* MusicalAssassin: Scaramouche.

* VillainsOutShopping: It wasn't just a taunt when Scaramouche says he's calling Aku to tell him Jack lost his sword, he actually answers his phone.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** 50 years of zero progress getting back home and/or defeating Aku combined with the loss of his sword has naturally driven Jack to despair.
** The High Priestess put her daughters up against a larger and older opponent. Of course, her daughters are brutalized.

Fifty years have passed since Samurai Jack arrived in the future. Jack, who is now immortal, has been slipping into madness from the lack of progress on his quest. As he finds his psyche his own worst enemy, he also confronts the flamboyant robot assassin, Scaramouche. Meanwhile, an Aku-worshiping cult trains seven female warriors called the Daughters of Aku to eventually assassinate the Samurai.

* AbusiveParents: The High Priestess is absolutely merciless to the daughters of Aku, who she gave birth to herself. She trains them all intensely with only one goal: Kill Samurai Jack.
* TheAgeless: Jack is revealed to be immortal because his aging was affected by the spell Aku used when he flung Jack into the future.

* BarefootCartoonAnimal: The emoji family who Jack saves at the beginning of the episode. Not a pleasant experience for the daughter when robot oil oozes beneath her own feet.

* BigDamnHeroes: Three civilians are surrounded by robots and about to be killed. Then Jack comes riding in on his motorcycle.
** Subverted later in the episode. Jack hears an explosion and sees smoke rising off in the distance, but instead of charging to the rescue he merely turns and rides away. By the time he does turn to the village it’s far too late.

* DisproportionateRetribution: The High Preistess sends Ashi to a brutal beatdown just for looking at the outside world.

* InnerThoughtsOutsiderPuzzlement: Jack has a guilt induced hallucination during the battle against Scaramouche and begins talking to his hallucination. We then cut to Scarmouche observing Jack talking to someone who isn't there. Scaramouche promptly decides that Jack has gone nuts.

** Scaramouche compliments Jack's "world famous scowl."
** The way Scaramouche greets Jack at the village alludes to how fans waited quite a number of years in real-life for more episodes.

* MotiveDecay: Deconstructed. 50 years of WalkingTheEarth, winning only small battles, and never achieving his ultimate goal have taken their toll on Jack. He's also lost his sword and apparently suffered a traumatic incident involving a dark samurai. The hallucinations reflect the guilt he feels for all this.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Jack sees a fire in the distance and makes an effort to AVOID going there. It takes two hallucinations of his father calling him out to snap him out of it, but by the time he heads there everyone in the village is already dead.

* SanitySlippage: Jack is beginning to lose his grip on reality, having lost his sword and apparently been involved with some incident involving a man on a horse.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Apparently Jack is going through some sort of [=PTSD=] from an incident in the past. He sees visions of his parents, dead bodies, and kids asking for his help and accusing him of abandoning them. What's more, he keeps seeing a vision of a man on a horse and samurai armor.
* StarterVillain: Scaramouche, a proclaimed favorite assassin of Aku, is Jack's first opponent in this season, largely to show that even without his sword, Jack is no less a tough opponent.

** The High Priestess put her daughters up against a larger and older opponent. Of course her daughters would be brutalized.

** Takes place over 50 years after Jack was first sent into the future. Jack has gotten older (although he doesn't physically age) and now has a beard, but noticeably he's lost his sword since we saw him last. Though according to Scaramouche, Aku isn't aware of the sword loss, so it was in an incident not related to him.

* VillainsOutShopping: It wasn't just a taunt when Scaramouche say's he's calling Aku to tell him Jack lost his sword, he actually answers his phone.

Fifty years have passed since Samurai Jack arrived in the future. Jack, who is now immortal, has been slipping into madness by the lack of progress on his quest. As he finds his psyche his own worst enemy, he also confronts the flamboyant robot assassin, Scaramouche. Meanwhile, an Aku-worshiping cult trains seven female warriors called the Daughters of Aku to eventually assassinate the Samurai.

** 50 years of zero progress getting back home and/or defeating Aku with the loss of his sword has naturally driven Jack to despair.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Scaramouche compliments Jack's "world famous scowl."

* AbusiveParents: The High Priestess is absolutely merciless to the daughters of Aku, who she gave birth to herself.

* DownerBeginning: We open with Jack saving innocents, but he's noticeably a harder man and struggling with his failures. His narration reflects that he's lost hope.

* TheCameo: Though Aku is [[unseen TheGhost]] in this episode, his voice is briefly heard over Scaramouche's phone.

* TheCameo: Though Aku is TheGhost in this episode, his voice is briefly heard over Scaramouche's phone.

* TheGhost: Aside from the Daughters' statue, Aku is not seen for the entire episode and his only words are over Scaramouche's phone when the latter tries to inform him that Jack has lost his sword.

* TheVoice: As heard in TheGhost above, Aku's voice is only heard on Scaramouche's phone when he tries to call him about Jack losing his sword.

* BarefootCartoonAnimal: The "[[FanNickname Emoji family]]" who Jack saves at the beginning of the episode. Not a pleasant experience for the daughter when robot oil oozes beneath her own feet.

* DrivenToSuicide: Heavily implied and discussed, but not performed. Jack converses with his dark self of his lack of progress for 50 years. When Dark Jack thinks of one "honorable option" to make up for Jack's failure, Jack cuts him off.

* CuteMute: The Emoji family are adorable, blue-skinned humanoids who communicate by displaying words between the antennae on their heads.

* Surprising;yRealisticOutcome: