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** In "Jack and the Warrior Woman", Jack befriends "[[FalseFriend Ikra]]", a beautiful woman whom he was [[ShipTease slowly growing a romantic crush on]]; but he is very shocked and dismayed to learn that "she" was actually [[VoluntaryShapeshifter Aku]] [[PaperThinDisguise in disguise]] this whole time. Later, if you count [[http://actionpackjack.tumblr.com/post/16397748010/jack-and-jill-jack-is-the-most-gullible this comic story]], ''Aku pulled off the same trick twice''. [[spoiler:Much later in Season 5, Jack finds himself caught in a ''very eerily similar'' problem; it turns out that his first [[LoveInterest real girlfriend]] (Ashi) was [[TomatoInTheMirror unknowingly]] ''[[AntiAntiChrist the literal daughter of Aku]]'' this whole time, [[BrainwashedAndCrazy and Ashi is forced by her dad to attach Jack]] (though she breaks out of this).]]

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** In "Jack and the Warrior Woman", Jack befriends "[[FalseFriend Ikra]]", a beautiful woman whom he was [[ShipTease slowly growing a romantic crush on]]; but he is very shocked and dismayed to learn that "she" was actually [[VoluntaryShapeshifter Aku]] [[PaperThinDisguise in disguise]] this whole time. Later, if you count [[http://actionpackjack.tumblr.com/post/16397748010/jack-and-jill-jack-is-the-most-gullible this comic story]], ''Aku pulled off the same trick twice''. [[spoiler:Much later in Season 5, Jack finds himself caught in a ''very eerily similar'' problem; it turns out that his first [[LoveInterest real girlfriend]] (Ashi) was [[TomatoInTheMirror unknowingly]] ''[[AntiAntiChrist the literal daughter of Aku]]'' this whole time, [[BrainwashedAndCrazy and Ashi is forced by her dad to attach try and slay Jack]] (though she breaks out of this).]]

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* SpiritualAdaptation: This is perhaps the best AnimatedAdaptation of ''ComicBook/Ronin1983'' ever made with the series sharing the exact same premise of a Japanese samurai being sent to a dystopian future by a demon.

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This is perhaps the best AnimatedAdaptation of ''ComicBook/Ronin1983'' ever made with the series sharing the exact same premise of a Japanese samurai being sent to a dystopian future by a demon.demon.
** Not a bad LighterAndSofter adaptation of ''Literature/{{The Dark Tower|2004}}'' series, just replace the gunslinger with a samurai and mix The Chrimson King and The Man in Black into one character to make Aku.
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* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Part of the BrokenBase for the ending is based in viewers drawing unfavorable comparisons to the [[AudienceAlienatingEnding similarly controversial ending]] of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Many fans see ''Samurai Jack'''s ending as a poor imitation of said show due to the lack of {{Foreshadowing}} and the rushed ending, as we had fewer episodes to know Ashi than we did with Nia and therefore we couldn't feel for the character more.

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* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Part of the BrokenBase for the ending is based in viewers drawing unfavorable comparisons to the [[AudienceAlienatingEnding similarly controversial ending]] of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Many fans see ''Samurai Jack'''s ending as a poor imitation of said show due to the lack of {{Foreshadowing}} and the rushed ending, as we had fewer episodes to know Ashi than we did with Nia and therefore we couldn't feel for the character more. Funnily enough, just like ''Gurren Lagann'', this series ''also'' responded to the backlash with a [[VideoGame/SamuraiJackBattleThroughTime video game adaptation]] that allows the player to undo the ending and [[SparedByTheAdaptation save the doomed love interest]].
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** "Tartakovsky without limits." At the time this was Genndy Tartakovsky's most explicitly violent show and his first to regularly depict on-screen death and bloodshed. (Of course, his next show ''WesternAnimation/{{Primal}}'' would make this one look tame by comparison.)

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** "Tartakovsky without limits." At the time this was Genndy Tartakovsky's most explicitly violent show and his first to regularly depict on-screen death and bloodshed. (Of course, his next show ''WesternAnimation/{{Primal}}'' ''WesternAnimation/Primal2019'' would make this one look tame by comparison.)
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* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Part of the BrokenBase for the ending is based in viewers drawing unfavorable comparisons to the similarly controversial ending of [[spoiler:''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Many fans see ''Samurai Jack'''s ending as a poor imitation of said show due to the lack of {{Foreshadowing}} and the rushed ending, as we had fewer episodes to know Ashi than we did with Nia and therefore we couldn't feel for the character more]].

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* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Part of the BrokenBase for the ending is based in viewers drawing unfavorable comparisons to the [[AudienceAlienatingEnding similarly controversial ending ending]] of [[spoiler:''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Many fans see ''Samurai Jack'''s ending as a poor imitation of said show due to the lack of {{Foreshadowing}} and the rushed ending, as we had fewer episodes to know Ashi than we did with Nia and therefore we couldn't feel for the character more]].more.
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-->''Perhaps these final moments would be best spent cursing the foolish Samurai one [[KilledMidSentence last…]]''

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-->''Perhaps these final moments would be best spent cursing the foolish Samurai one [[KilledMidSentence last…]]''last...]]''

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