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* ForegoneConclusion: In the flashback, Jack ''finally'' finds a time portal and jumps through, only for Aku to drag him back at the last second. Also, Jack will become the ChosenOne.

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* ForegoneConclusion: In the flashback, Jack ''finally'' finds a time portal and jumps through, only for Aku to literally drag him back at the last second. Also, Jack will become the ChosenOne.
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** Odin, Ra, and Rama appear again in his vision.

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** Odin, Ra, and Rama appear again in his vision. Jack undergoes the same ceremony and gets more or less the same spiel his father did in "Birth of Evil"

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* CallBack: This isn't the first time Jack was blinded by rage, let alone Aku taking advantage of that. One could say that Mad Jack came back in the form of his hallucinations.

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This isn't the first time Jack was blinded by rage, let alone Aku taking advantage of that. One could say that Mad Jack came back in the form of his hallucinations.hallucinations.
** Odin, Ra, and Rama appear again in his vision.


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* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: The orc leader's threat to Ashi, noted above in BringIt. She isn't impressed.


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* EvilLaugh: The whole army does this in response to Ashi, even though most of them can't even see what they're laughing about, doing so only because the ones in the front start it.


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* TheLastTemptation: Given to Ashi by her mother, who offers her a chance to rejoin her by killing Jack. She rejects it quickly.
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* CallBack: This isn't the first time Jack was blinded by rage, let alone Aku taking advantage of that. One could say that Mad Jack came back in the form of his hallucinations.


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* DarkestHour: The last time portal destroyed, forced to kill innocents, losing his sword immediately after... no wonder Jack became so jaded and haunted at the start of the season.


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* YankTheDogsChain: Probably the most cruelest example of the series. Jack had finally found a portal, and managed to jump in... only for Aku to literally yank him out, destroy the last time portal left and corrupt the young sheep into monsters. And to top it off, Jack lost his sword down a deep crevice.
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* CorruptTheCutie[=/=]KillTheCutie: Those poor mountain sheep...


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* {{Evil Brit}}s: The army Ashi fought was made up of these.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jack, after he sees that the three monsters summoned by Aku that he killed were the sheep that he befriended.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jack, after he sees that the three monsters summoned by Aku that he killed were the sheep that he befriended. Needless to say, this chronologically the first time he's killed beings that are of flesh and blood.
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* EvilIsPetty: It's implied that Aku has been destroying time portals ''right'' before Jack gets to them solely for kicks, and when Jack shows up earlier than expected to the last one, destroys that one right in front of him, mocks him for his failure, and transforms three sheep into monsters

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* EvilIsPetty: It's implied that Aku has been destroying time portals ''right'' before Jack gets to them solely for kicks, and when Jack shows up earlier than expected to the last one, destroys that one right in front of him, mocks him for his failure, and transforms three sheep into monstersmonsters to trick the enraged Jack into attacking them.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ashi finally gets to call her mother out for all the lies she fed her during her childhood. The High Priestess tries to do the same to Ashi when she asks on how Ashi could join Jack when the latter killed her sisters, only for Ashi to retort that it was their mother's cruelty that ultimately led the Daughters down the path to their deaths.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ashi finally gets to call her mother out for all the lies she fed her during her childhood. The High Priestess tries to do the same to Ashi when she asks on how Ashi could join Jack when the latter killed her sisters, only for Ashi to retort that it was their mother's cruelty that ultimately led the Daughters down the path to their deaths.
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Jack endures a spiritual test to recover his lost sword, while Ashi protects him from a new group of bounty hunters.

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Jack endures a spiritual test to recover his lost sword, while Ashi protects him from a new group of bounty hunters.{{bounty hunter}}s.
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* GreivousHarmWithABody: Ashi does this several times to the Orc army, starting with the leader.

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* GreivousHarmWithABody: GrievousHarmWithABody: Ashi does this several times to the Orc army, starting with the leader.
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* ShownTheirWork: Jack's spiritual journey involves performing a tea ceremony, which is a Japanese custom where the server's spiritual balance is expressed through the quality of the tea. Indeed, the tea is awful because of Jack's emotional turmoil.

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* EvilIsPetty: It's implied that Aku has been destroying time portals ''right'' before Jack gets to them solely for kicks, and when Jack shows up earlier than expected to the last one, destroys that one right in front of him, mocks him for his failure, and transforms three goats into monsters

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* EvilIsPetty: It's implied that Aku has been destroying time portals ''right'' before Jack gets to them solely for kicks, and when Jack shows up earlier than expected to the last one, destroys that one right in front of him, mocks him for his failure, and transforms three goats sheep into monsters



* GaveUpTooSoon: If Aku had just stuck around for a few minutes after destroying the time portal, he would have seen Jack lose his sword. However, had he stuck around, Jack likely would have ignored the mutated goats in favor of attacking Aku, and thus would never have dropped it.

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* GaveUpTooSoon: If Aku had just stuck around for a few minutes after destroying the time portal, he would have seen Jack lose his sword. However, had he stuck around, Jack likely would have ignored the mutated goats sheep in favor of attacking Aku, and thus would never have dropped it.



* HeroicBSOD: Jack experiences one after Aku destroys the last time portal, and then in a fit of rage, kills three little mountain goats that accompanied him that were turned into horrible monsters by Aku, but realizes what he did after they turn back after dying.

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* GreivousHarmWithABody: Ashi does this several times to the Orc army, starting with the leader.
* HeroicBSOD: Jack experiences one after Aku destroys the last time portal, and then in a fit of rage, kills three little mountain goats sheep that accompanied him that were turned into horrible monsters by Aku, but realizes what he did after they turn back after dying.



* ImprovisedWeapon: Ashi uses one of the horns of a goat skeleton as a makeshift knife.

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* ImprovisedWeapon: Ashi uses one of the horns of a goat sheep skeleton as a makeshift knife.



* KickTheDog: Aku infects a trio of goats that had tried to help Jack with his evil and turns them into monsters, tricking Jack into killing them.

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* KickTheDog: Aku infects a trio of goats sheep that had tried to help Jack with his evil and turns them into monsters, tricking Jack into killing them.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jack, after he sees that the three monsters summoned by Aku that he killed were the goats that he befriended.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jack, after he sees that the three monsters summoned by Aku that he killed were the goats sheep that he befriended.



* RageBreakingPoint: Jack learned to control his anger pretty early on in his journey, but when Aku destroys the last time portal on Earth right in front of him, he gets so angry that Aku honestly thinks he's about to have a stress-induced heart attack. He ferociously goes after Aku, then brutally kills the goats Aku mutated to fight him.

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* RageBreakingPoint: Jack learned to control his anger pretty early on in his journey, but when Aku destroys the last time portal on Earth right in front of him, he gets so angry that Aku honestly thinks he's about to have a stress-induced heart attack. He ferociously goes after Aku, then brutally kills the goats sheep Aku mutated to fight him.



* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The three little goats that follow Jack up the mountain, which of course makes it all the more tragic when Jack kills them after Aku turns them into huge hulking monsters.

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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The three little goats sheep that follow Jack up the mountain, which of course makes it all the more tragic when Jack kills them after Aku turns them into huge hulking monsters.



* ThisWasHisTrueForm: The goats revert to their normal forms from their Aku-twisted ones after their deaths.

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* ThisWasHisTrueForm: The goats sheep revert to their normal forms from their Aku-twisted ones after their deaths.
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* TheChosenOne: The three gods appear to Jack and tell him he was chosen, just like his father before him. If anyone remembers, this was foretold a long time ago.

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* TheChosenOne: The three gods appear to Jack and tell him he was chosen, just like his father before him. If anyone remembers, this it was foretold a long that in 50 years, he would be the Chosen One, and his time ago.has come.



* ForegoneConclusion: In the flashback, Jack ''finally'' finds a time portal and jumps through, only for Aku to drag him back at the last second.

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* ForegoneConclusion: In the flashback, Jack ''finally'' finds a time portal and jumps through, only for Aku to drag him back at the last second. Also, Jack will become the ChosenOne.
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* TheChosenOne: The three gods appear to Jack and tell him he was chosen, just like his father before him.

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* TheChosenOne: The three gods appear to Jack and tell him he was chosen, just like his father before him. If anyone remembers, this was foretold a long time ago.

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* ArrowCatch: Ashi catches an arrow fired at Jack. When a whole barrage is fired, she blocks them with a broken stone slab.



* FemmeFatalons: The High Priestess breaks out some extremely sharp claws after throwing her dagger at Jack.



* GaveUpTooSoon: If Aku had just stuck around for a few minutes after destroying the time portal, he would have seen Jack lose his sword (although it's possible if he stayed around, Jack wouldn't have let go of his sword).

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* GaveUpTooSoon: If Aku had just stuck around for a few minutes after destroying the time portal, he would have seen Jack lose his sword (although it's possible if sword. However, had he stayed stuck around, Jack wouldn't likely would have let go ignored the mutated goats in favor of his sword).attacking Aku, and thus would never have dropped it.
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* HopeSpot: Jack finally finds an intact time portal and immediately jumps in, only to be pulled out by Aku before he could complete the transit. To make it even worse, Aku after destroying the portal reveals that that was the ''last'' one still in existence, leaving Jack permanently stranded in the future.


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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ashi finally gets to call her mother out for all the lies she fed her during her childhood. The High Priestess tries to do the same to Ashi when she asks on how Ashi could join Jack when the latter killed her sisters, only for Ashi to retort that it was their mother's cruelty that ultimately led the Daughters down the path to their deaths.
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* HoldTheLine: Ashi has to hold off Jack's attackers until he's done...or dead.
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* WhamShot: When the archer shooting at Jack walks out from behind a pillar, and it turns out to be the High Priestess.
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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The second half of the episode is split between Jack on an inner journey to get his sword back, and Ashi protecting Jack's physical body from those come to kill him while he's vulnerable.

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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The second half of the episode is split between Jack on an inner journey to get his sword back, and Ashi protecting Jack's physical body from those come to kill him while he's vulnerable. This is then PlayedForLaughs, as it repeatedly cuts between Ashi brutally slaughtering an entire army, and Jack making tea.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: As Jack freaks out, Aku tells him to calm down or he'll have a stroke. Then Aku realizes that would be good from his perspective and tells him to have at it.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: As Jack freaks out, Aku tells him to calm down or he'll have a stroke.heart attack. Then Aku realizes that would be good from his perspective and tells him to have at it.



* GaveUpTooSoon: If Aku had just stuck around for a few minutes after destroying the time portal, he would have seen Jack lose his sword.

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* GaveUpTooSoon: If Aku had just stuck around for a few minutes after destroying the time portal, he would have seen Jack lose his sword.sword (although it's possible if he stayed around, Jack wouldn't have let go of his sword).
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* DiabolusExMachina: The episode begins with Jack jumping into the last time portal on Earth, only for Aku to literally snatch him away from victory at the last possible second.

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* DiabolusExMachina: The episode begins with Jack jumping into the last time portal on Earth, only for Aku to literally snatch him away from victory ''within the portal'' at literally the last possible second.

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-->'''Orc Leader:''' We're going to rip you apart into a bunch u' pieces, and then we're going to take those pieces and rip ''them'' apart into even more pieces!
-->'''Ashi:''' ''I'm waiting.''

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-->'''Orc Leader:''' We're going to rip you apart into a bunch u' pieces, and then we're going to take those pieces and rip ''them'' apart into even more pieces!
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pieces!\\
'''Ashi:'''
''I'm waiting.''



* EnemyWithin: It turns out the reason Jack's sword is missing is because of his fractured mental state, and when he destroys the Hallucination!Jack that has tormenting him for years, he gets it back.

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* EnemyWithin: It turns out the reason Jack's sword is missing is because of his fractured mental state, and when he destroys the Hallucination!Jack hallucination of himself that has been tormenting him for years, he gets it back.



* ForegoneConclusion: In the flashback Jack ''finally'' finds a time portal and jumps through, only for Aku to drag him back at the last second.

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* FoeTossingCharge: Ashi's opening move against the orc army is to punch out their leader then use his body as a shield while charging through his soldiers, completely clearing them from the mountain path before diving into the main army at ground level.
* ForegoneConclusion: In the flashback flashback, Jack ''finally'' finds a time portal and jumps through, only for Aku to drag him back at the last second.



* GaveUpTooSoon: If Aku had just stuck around for a few minutes after destroying the time portal, he would have seen Jack lose his sword.



* IFellForHours: Jack and Ashi descend the hole where Jack lost his sword on the back of giant bird, but it still takes them several hours, if not days to reach the bottom.

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* IFellForHours: Jack and Ashi descend the hole where Jack lost his sword on the back of giant bird, but it still takes them several hours, if not days to reach the bottom. They actually camp out on the way down so the bird can rest.



* RageBreakingPoint: Jack learned to control his anger pretty early on in his journey, but when Aku destroys the last time portal on Earth right in front of him, he gets so angry that Aku honestly thinks he's about to have a stress-induced heart attack and ferociously goes after Aku.

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* RageBreakingPoint: Jack learned to control his anger pretty early on in his journey, but when Aku destroys the last time portal on Earth right in front of him, he gets so angry that Aku honestly thinks he's about to have a stress-induced heart attack and attack. He ferociously goes after Aku.Aku, then brutally kills the goats Aku mutated to fight him.



-->'''Soldier #1:''' What did he say?
-->'''Solider #2:''' Something 'bout a squirrel.
-->'''Solider #1:''' I love squirrels! Is it lunch already?

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-->'''Soldier #1:''' What did he say?
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'''Solider
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squirrel.\\
'''Solider
#1:''' I love squirrels! Is it lunch already?



-->'''Orc Leader:''' So a little thing like you is going to stop this whole army then?
-->'''Ashi:''' [[BluntYes Yep.]]

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-->'''Orc Leader:''' So a little thing like you is going to stop this whole army then?
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'''Ashi:'''
[[BluntYes Yep.]]

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* BringIt: Ashi's PreAsskickingOneLiner.
-->'''Orc Leader:''' We're going to rip you apart into a bunch u' pieces, and then we're going to take those pieces and rip ''them'' apart into even more pieces!
-->'''Ashi:''' ''I'm waiting.''



* GiantFlyer: A very large and friendly bird helps Ashi and Jack get to the mountain where Jack lost his sword, and later helps Ashi prevent the Priestess from killing Jack by carrying her up the mountain in the nick of time.



* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Ashi kills her mother by throwing an arrow through her back.

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* IFellForHours: Jack and Ashi descend the hole where Jack lost his sword on the back of giant bird, but it still takes them several hours, if not days to reach the bottom.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Ashi kills her mother by throwing an arrow through her back.back and also kills several orc-like soldiers by tossing them onto spears.



* OneWomanArmy: Ashi slaughters an entire battalion of orc-like warriors that have come to kill Jack.

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* OneWomanArmy: Ashi completely slaughters an entire battalion of orc-like warriors that have come to kill Jack.


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* RealityEnsues: When Ashi tells the orc-like army she faces that she will stop them, the ones at the front just laugh at her, while the ones in the middle and back are confused why everyone stopped.
-->'''Soldier #1:''' What did he say?
-->'''Solider #2:''' Something 'bout a squirrel.
-->'''Solider #1:''' I love squirrels! Is it lunch already?


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* TemptingFate: The orc army laughs at Ashi when she says he's going to stop them.
-->'''Orc Leader:''' So a little thing like you is going to stop this whole army then?
-->'''Ashi:''' [[BluntYes Yep.]]


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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The second half of the episode is split between Jack on an inner journey to get his sword back, and Ashi protecting Jack's physical body from those come to kill him while he's vulnerable.
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* CurbStompBattle: Ashi manages to defeat the entire orc army that had come after Jack without them even managing to injure her.


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* EvilIsPetty: It's implied that Aku has been destroying time portals ''right'' before Jack gets to them solely for kicks, and when Jack shows up earlier than expected to the last one, destroys that one right in front of him, mocks him for his failure, and transforms three goats into monsters


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* ForegoneConclusion: In the flashback Jack ''finally'' finds a time portal and jumps through, only for Aku to drag him back at the last second.


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* KickTheDog: Aku infects a trio of goats that had tried to help Jack with his evil and turns them into monsters, tricking Jack into killing them.


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* RageBreakingPoint: Jack learned to control his anger pretty early on in his journey, but when Aku destroys the last time portal on Earth right in front of him, he gets so angry that Aku honestly thinks he's about to have a stress-induced heart attack and ferociously goes after Aku.


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* ThisWasHisTrueForm: The goats revert to their normal forms from their Aku-twisted ones after their deaths.
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* TheChosenOne: The three gods appear to Jack and tell him he was chosen, just like his father before him.


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* FauxAffablyEvil: As Jack freaks out, Aku tells him to calm down or he'll have a stroke. Then Aku realizes that would be good from his perspective and tells him to have at it.
* {{Flashback}}: The episode opens with Jack recalling the events leading up to how he lost his sword.
* FreakOut: Jack after Aku announces he's destroyed the last time portal.


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* HesBack: Jack gets his sword back, as well as his old look.
* HisOwnWorstEnemy: During his spiritual quest, Jack recognizes that it was his own anger that caused him to lose the sword. Accepting this and letting go of his anger allow him to get the sword back.


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* LampshadeHanging: Ashi quips that Jack's quest also allowed him to get a shave and a haircut.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Jack lost his sword because he lost control of his anger after Aku destroyed the final time portal and launched into a frenzied attack without thinking things through.


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* TokenGoodTeammate: Ashi's mother notes that she was always the strongest of her group physically, but she was also the most unfocused when it came to the rhetoric.

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* EnemyWithin: It turns out the reason Jack's sword is missing is because of his fractured mental state, and when he destroys the Halluciation!Jack that has tormenting him for years, he gets it back.

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* DisneyVillainDeath: Downplayed, the High Priestess is impaled mid-jump by Ashi, and her body falls from the mountaintop.
* EnemyWithin: It turns out the reason Jack's sword is missing is because of his fractured mental state, and when he destroys the Halluciation!Jack Hallucination!Jack that has tormenting him for years, he gets it back.


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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Ashi kills her mother by throwing an arrow through her back.
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* TheCoatsAreOff: The High Priestess removes her robe in preparation for the DuelToTheDeath with Ashi.
* DiabolusExMachina: The episode begins with Jack jumping into the last time portal on Earth, only for Aku to literally snatch him away from victory at the last possible second.
* EnemyWithin: It turns out the reason Jack's sword is missing is because of his fractured mental state, and when he destroys the Halluciation!Jack that has tormenting him for years, he gets it back.
* HeroicBSOD: Jack experiences one after Aku destroys the last time portal, and then in a fit of rage, kills three little mountain goats that accompanied him that were turned into horrible monsters by Aku, but realizes what he did after they turn back after dying.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Ashi uses one of the horns of a goat skeleton as a makeshift knife.
* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: It turns out the sword literally vanished from existence, and Jack had to find balance within himself to gain it back.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jack, after he sees that the three monsters summoned by Aku that he killed were the goats that he befriended.
* OneWomanArmy: Ashi slaughters an entire battalion of orc-like warriors that have come to kill Jack.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The three little goats that follow Jack up the mountain, which of course makes it all the more tragic when Jack kills them after Aku turns them into huge hulking monsters.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Ashi kills her mother in battle to protect Jack, throwing an arrow through her, sending her off a cliff.
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* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Ashi opt to help Jack recover his sword but Jack says he has to do it alone.

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* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Ashi opt offers to help Jack recover his sword sword, but Jack says he has to do it alone.
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* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Ashi opt to help Jack recover his sword but Jack says he has to do it alone.
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Jack endures a spiritual test to recover his lost sword, while Ashi protects him from a new group of bounty hunters.
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