Line #7 WesternAnimation/MadJackThePirate


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3	AnimatedSeries about a luckless pirate and his anthropomorphic rat sidekick, Snuk. A wildly selfish jerk, Jack would probably be unsympathetic if not for the fact that he is absolutely the universe's ButtMonkey. Imagine Creator/BruceCampbell playing ''Series/BlackAdder'', but as a SaturdayMorningCartoon, and you'll have an idea of what it's like.
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5	Produced by Creator/SabanEntertainment, written by Bill Kopp of ''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat'' and directed by Jeff [=DeGrandis=], fresh off their run on ''WesternAnimation/{{Toonsylvania}}''. Aired on Creator/FoxKids, was canceled after a short run, and now can't really be found in reruns, as there are no [=DVD=]s (except for Romania.... strange, isn't it?) available but Website/YouTube DOES show episodes (and in English too).
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8	!!This series provides examples of:
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10	* TheAce: [[MeaningfulName Flash Dashing]].
11	* AmazonBrigade: Flash Dashing's crew consist out of very attractive young ladies.
12	* ArbitrarySkepticism: After having met dragons and witches in the past, you'd think Mad Jack would know better than to claim that vampires don't exist.
13	* BrainWithAManualControl: In the episode "Mad Jack and the Beanstalk", Mad Jack and Snuk try to steal a treasure from a giant's castle. When the giant gets knocked out, they enter his brain through his nose, and then use the control room found inside to lead the giant to the treasure.
14	* BuryMeNotOnTheLonePrairie: Mad Jack's Uncle Mortimer wished to be buried at the Island of Hanna-Barbarian.
15	* {{Catchphrase}}: Mad Jack tends to say "This is the worst nightmare I ever experienced" (or a variation of it) quite often.
16	* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: play for laughs as Mad Jack's conscience actually does make him go back, under the threat of making annoying sounds for a really long time.
17	* TheDeathOfDeath: In "Of Zerzin, Fleebis, Queues and Cures", Mad Jack and Snuk are on a quest to find a cure for Mad Jack before he succumbs to Fleebis, and will be claimed by Dr. Death. They succeed just in time, and to get back at Dr. Death, they trick him into eating poisonous berries, killing him (which even Mr. Death himself thought was impossible).
18	* DueToTheDead: Mad Jack's Uncle Mortimer wished to be buried at the Island of Hanna-Barbarian.
19	* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: The entire premise of the flashback episode.
20	* {{Expy}}: The Mayor of the Island of [[Creator/HannaBarbera Hanna-Barbarian]] is one to [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Barney Rubble]].
21	* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: If Mad Jack ever gets a treasure, don't expect him to be able to keep it.
22	* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Flash Dashing is able to turn Jack's sword into splinters by waving it around because of RuleOfFunny.
23	* InstantAIJustAddWater: A far more literal example than most: not enjoying his birthday celebration at a SuckECheeses, Jack decides to take his frustrations out by pouring water into one of the animatronics, causing it to short out, gain sentience, and become an obsessed killing machine.
24	* IShallTauntYou: Used as part of a plan to slay a dragon. The dragon was more bemused than anything until the taunts started to go onto the subject of his mother.
25	%%* LampshadeHanging: Everywhere.
26	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: One episode features a well-suited man called "Mr. D'eath". Jack remarks that his name sounds French until seeing the man upon which he realises the man is, in fact, Death.
27	* NegativeContinuity: Mad Jack meets Snuck in the first episode for the first time ever. In a later episode all the characters [[EveryOneWentToSchoolTogether went to school together]].
28	* NonHumanSidekick: Snuk.
29	* OnOneCondition: Mad Jack inherits a treasure from his Uncle Mortimer. However, the will stipulates that Uncle Mortimer's body and his dog must be taken to the Island of Hanna-Barbarian. The condition is fulfilled but, because StatusQuoIsGod, the treasure consists of a chest full of dog biscuits.
30	* PirateGirl: The entire crew of ''Flash Dashing'' consists of (attractive) women.
31	* RaceLift: Various European merchandising and home entertainment releases of the show use (possibly Fox Kids/Jetix Europe-approved) artworks depicting Jack having [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTljMDMyMzEtYmEwYi00MzE2LTg0MjQtNDJjYmRiMDA2YjQ3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjExODE1MDc@._V1_.jpg noticeably lighter shade of skin]].
32	* RuleOfFunny: This show is from the makers of ''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Toonsylvania}}''. Most of everything in this show runs on this rule.
33	* {{Short Runner\|s}}: Only 13 episodes.
34	* ShoutOut: There are many celebrity caricatures, a few cultural gags, and one island is even called the "[[Series/ILoveLucy Isle of Lucy]]".
35	* {{Snowlems}}: The eponymous snow trolls in "The Alarming Snow Troll Encounter".
36	* SuckECheeses: One episode about Jack's birthday involves him going to one of these at Snuk's insistence. The only drink there is grape soda, and the only entree is pizza, much to Jack's annoyance. On top of that, the animatronics are run-down, and malfunction...[[KillerRobot hilariously]], once Jack pours water into one of them for kicks.
37	* SugarBowl: In an episode, Mad Jack and Snuk go search for a treasure in The Island of Pink and Fuzzy: A place where almost everything is pink, trees are candy canes, and where flying talking pink poodles, strong peppermint smelling sprites, and [[GrotesqueCute horrible all-devouring teddy bears with knife-sharp teeth]] live. Mad Jack isn't amused.
38	* TalkingWeapon: In one episode, Jack goes in search of a Singeing Sword. Turns out, it's actually a Singing Sword...
39	* TrivialTitle: The episode "The Treasure Of The Headless, Left-Handed, Peatmoss Salesman" starts with Mad Jack looking for the titular treasure until a cop finds out his license expired a long time ago. Mad Jack spends most of the episode at the [=DMMV=] tring to renew it so he can resume his search and, once he fails, he gives up on the treasure and gets a job at the [=DMMV=]. The treasure is merely mentioned.[[note]]Always by its full name.[[/note]]
40	* UnexplainedRecovery: Hilariously [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]:
41	-->'''Mad Jack:''' Didn't you die a while back?\
42	'''Angus Dagnabbit:''' Aye. I got better.\
43	'''Mad Jack:''' You were DEAD! How do you get better from being DEAD, you Scottish twit?!?!
44	* UnmovingPlaid: Stereotypically Scottish Angus Dagnabbit wears such a kilt.
45	* VileVillainLaughableLackey: Jack is a VillainProtagonist, and is generally more threatening than his dense FunnyAnimal first mate, Snuk.
46	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the first episode, Jack had an entire crew of pirates, including an anthropomorphic crow who manned the crow's nest. Later episodes show that the captain and Snuk are the only two aboard the whole ship. What happened to his men? Died? Deserted?
47	* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: In one of the episodes, Jack gets a deadly disease that can only be cured by eating specific berries from an island of unknown location. Once they arrive there, Jack quickly starts eating the first berries they come across as soon as Snuk reads from the medical book that it should be these ones. However, as Snuk reads further into the book, it turns out that these particular berries actually cause the eater's eyes and brain to explode. Cue Jack spitting all the berries immediately, but still having both his brain and his eyes literally shoot out of his head. In the next scene, he holds both in a mug filled with water, but is otherwise fine.

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