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- Uh, jossed.
- Jossed, as there is not movie, and the Scotsman's identity seems irrelevant anyways.
- I would believe that the major four letter words (fuck being a big major four letter word) would be bleeped out. I do not recall any show on Adult Swim/Toonami allowing any of the major four letter words being uncensored at all.
- Didn't The Boondocks drop the f bomb in like every episode?
- Those were bleeped out.
- Didn't The Boondocks drop the f bomb in like every episode?
- Ultimately jossed, the Scotsman doesn't swear at all while onscreen.
- Jossed, he's an established member of a Scottish clan. If he was from the distant past, he would be more of a stranger to them.
- The trailers have shown that he's added a few more mechanical parts to his body, though he's not outright robotic now.
- Jossed, he's back as badass as before, but actually less mechanical.
- Most likely jossed. While the Scotsman doesn't get the chance to test out his sword against Aku, he gets vaporized by Aku (and his sword is broken in half by the blast).
- And Jack will inherit his sword. Relating to the theory above about the Scotsman's sword having the same divine magic as Jack's, it'll be what Jack uses to finish Aku off. Aku will get cocky and assume that it's just an ordinary sword.
- Additional theory: the Scotsman might die in the same episode he is set to return in, "Episode XCV". Especially if, judging by this preview trailer, the Scotsman is one of the rebel commanders leading that Redshirt Army assaulting Aku's home base.
- Confirmed, but he Came Back Strong.
- If that's true, then that makes the Scotsman a total jerkass for getting thousands of good men dragged along into his suicide-by-Aku for no reason!
- Unless he went into battle hoping for a victory, but prepared for failure.
- Eh, even in a victorious battle some casualties are likely. An old man on a wheelchair on the front line is likely to be one of them.
- I can imagine it now. Jack first thinks he's just another hallucination come to taunt him for his failures, only for The Scotsman to pull a ghostly Get A Hold Of Yourself Man and tell him the opposite. That Jack kicks butt and that he's done more than he ever knew. And when he's complaining about the loss of his original sword, Ghost!Scotsman will lend him his broken sword to help him find his original sword, to remind Jack of what it's like to wield such a weapon after such a long absence.
- This would be a very funny counterpart to all those imaginary friends/enemies who are haunting Jack.
- Because he's the ultimate bro. And he'll do it not just with the army he's gathering, but we STILL don't know the limits of his Celtic Magic. For all we know, he might transform himself into ANOTHER sword for Jack's use (perhaps with some power from Jack's own soul fused into it—considering the original sword is forged from his father's soul).
- Jossed. When they do meet, it's when Ashi (in demon form) fights Flora and her sisters during the Final Battle.
- Fertility drugs are REALLY good in the future. It's not just Aku who can get women pregnant with multiple children. :-D
- The Daughters are really the man's nieces and younger cousins (and extended cousins). It's possible something happened to the other members of the clan and thus The Scotsman and his wife took the girls in.
- The girls were orphans that the Scotsman and his Wife adopted (hair could just be either dyed or a coincidence).
- The Daughters could have been created in a series of test tubes - maybe the Scotsman wanted an Amazon Brigade to fight Aku with.
- Celtic Magic (which this troper has to agree, is the most plausible of all of the possible theories currently listed).
- Probably unlikely, given the significant size difference (the Guardian is much taller than that Brobot guy).
- The Guardian says that he has been guarding that portal for Eons. So while he might potentially be the same species as Brobot, there's no way that they're the same individual.
- Semi-confirmed; the portal makes a return, but it has indeed been destroyed. As for the Guardian, all that remains on-site are his sunglasses.
- Jossed. Jack doesn't get to rematch the Guardian, due to the latter's apparent demise at Aku's claws.
- Jack tells the vision of his father in flames that Aku "destroyed the way home"; the Guardian's time portal is the best bet for a reliable way for Jack to return to the past that we know of, and is most likely what he's talking about. And while the Guardian may be more formidable than Jack in combat, unless his sword is also divine in nature, he wouldn't be able to beat Aku.
- OP here. Somebody had better pick up that phone. Because I f*cking called it!
- Hold the phone there. The portal is indeed destroyed but the Guardian isn't confirmed dead; just strongly implied.
- OP here. Somebody had better pick up that phone. Because I f*cking called it!
- Isn't it suspicious that the only thing Jack finds of the Guardian are his shades? Never Found the Body is at play here since you cannot count someone to be dead unless you find the body. Sure, the Scotsman was disintegrated into dust by Aku's laser beams, but visual storytelling demands that some part of the Guardian's body like a skull or anything but his shades to confirm his demise. And it's not like this show is afraid to show a corpse. Guardian is still alive, and is waiting for Jack to finish off Aku before he can come out. After all, Aku has been outwitted in the past. And what better way to keep the immortal God of Evil from constantly attacking you and the portal than Faking the Dead?
- That's exactly why the shades were there, to show that the Guardian had fallen in battle to Aku. They used his shades specifically because they were easily recognizable (if it had been his skull or something, there'd be no way to know for sure it was his, nor would it be something viewers would immediately connect to the Guardian since we've never seen his skull before) and because Aku's usual method of killing people doesn't leave identifiable remains. At any rate, the time portal was clearly shattered, and without the portal, it doesn't really matter if the Guardian survived or not, he can't help Jack.
- But the shades are not part of the Guardian's body. They can be removed and be left in the ruins without the need to kill the Guardian. You need the bones of Guardian to confirm that he is dead and not Faking the Dead. It's too easy for a Dead Hat Shot to be a fake-out. And besides, would you really believe that the Guardian would not have a means to protect the portal from Aku if he flees?
- I disagree entirely with your standards of visual storytelling. The shades are more than enough of a clue for me to believe the Guardian is dead when we consider two things; 1, that the Guardian can't beat Aku, period. And 2; that nothing we see of the Guardian indicates that he would run from a fight with anyone trying to get to the portal.
- Aku cannot be killed, but he can be outwitted even by folks that aren't Jack. He gave up trying to steal a jewel that controls water because of a goddess, but a time portal is something he won't give up no matter how much he tries. It would be in the Guardian's best interest to trick Aku into thinking he has destroyed the portal rather than wait for the immortal Aku to simply give up (which he won't). And really? They can show the Scotman's bones with his artificial leg attached, but not the Guardian's skull with his shades still on? That is why you need an actual body to confirm he's dead. Plus, I don't recall any scorch marks that indicate where the Guardian stood. Only his glasses, the easiest way to a death fake-out.
- You are setting the bar absurdly high. Yes, we get to see the Scotsman's skeleton before it turned to dust. That doesn't mean we have to see the Guardian's. And if we did see the Guardian's skull with the shades on, I guarantee you there would be someone here saying "we don't know that was the Guardian's skull, maybe his glasses fell off and landed on someone else's skull when he escaped!" Hell, if we had seen an actual flashback of the fight between the Guardian and Aku - which personally I'd like to see because that would be awesome - that ended in the Guardian's explicit death, I'm willing to bet there would still be someone arguing that that wouldn't confirm it because "That could just be Jack assuming what happened!" or "That's just Aku lying about what happened!" And if they showed us the fight in real time instead of through flashback, there would be people like the individual below, arguing that the Guardian can just come back from the dead, anyway. My point is that one can always ask for more proof, more certainty, more explicitness. And while that would result in less WMG, for all art to adhere to that standard results in really dumbed down art. Art that assumes that we can't piece anything together, that we can't gather anything from implication and need everything explicitly spelled out to us. And for every demand that there is not enough explicit evidence that the Guardian was killed, I can counter that there isn't any evidence he escaped, either - nothing in the episode or the series suggests he got away. There's no trail leading away from the time portal, there's no lingering doubt in Aku's belief that he got all the time portals, no stinger where a blue fist grips the hilt of a sword n preparation for battle or where he walks over the battlefield and picks up his shades after Aku and Ashi have departed with Jack, or a dozen other things more and less subtle that they could have done to imply the guardian was returning. We can go back and forth on this forever, shifting the burden of proof from one side to the other as to which they should have dropped more hints or made more explicit if they were going that way.
- But the shades are not part of the Guardian's body. They can be removed and be left in the ruins without the need to kill the Guardian. You need the bones of Guardian to confirm that he is dead and not Faking the Dead. It's too easy for a Dead Hat Shot to be a fake-out. And besides, would you really believe that the Guardian would not have a means to protect the portal from Aku if he flees?
- Alternatively, the Guardian is dead, but because Aku is not the man fated to use the portal, the Guardian will eventually come Back from the Dead, while the portal vanished until then.
- We don't have any reason to believe the prophecy works that way, or that the Guardian works that way. The only thing we know is that he is The Ageless. We have no reason to believe that he has Resurrective Immortality, and there's no reason to believe that the prophecy can't be undone by destroying the portal.
- There is no indication of who had de-glassed the guardian, only an indication someone forcibly stripped him of his glasses. He was prophesied to be defeated by the one who was destined to use the portal, and that Jack couldn't use it "yet." Exposition during season 5 indicated that Aku destroyed all the time portals. While this could mean that Aku killed the guardian, it's just as likely (and more fitting to prophecy) that Jack defeated the guardian, but Aku destroyed the portal before he could use it... Aku might have used Jack's fight with the guardian as a distraction to do the destruction of the portal.
- The vision of Jack in the portal shows him with full facial hair, a sword, and a crown, as well as his grim frown, suggesting that this event took place between seasons 4 and 5, during which time, it is said that Aku destroyed all time portals.
- Nowhere in the entire series do we see Jack with both facial hair and the sword at the same time (he was clean-shaven when he lost it and became clean-shaven the moment he reclaimed it), which means that the sword in the image was not The Sword.
- At first glance, it makes sense that Aku killing the Guardian and destroying his time portal undoes the prophecy that the Guardian was hanging out for countless eons to see fulfilled. However, the portal’s prophecy involved a physically aged Jack, which was impossible in the Bad Future because Jack became The Ageless. It is possible the prophecy was off to begin with, or something else was going on. It’s possible the Guardian’s portal foresaw that Jack could make it to the past without it, and for that reason he was denied entry in the future. But because Aku was killed in the past, the portal and the Guardian are both presumably alive and well in the new timeline after Jack’s victory. Perhaps years from the story’s end, an older Jack will return to the portal and the Guardian once again in the hopes of seeing if any of his friends still exist in the now-purified future and if he can see them one last time, even if they won’t remember him. That Jack would use the portal to go to the future and not back to the past, that is what the portal truly prophesized.
- He is the human who was killed by Jack as alluded to in the season synopsis. Jack is being tormented by the fact he took the life of a sentient being as opposed to the robots he's been so accustomed to fighting.
- He's a former ally who was turned into an enemy by Aku.
- He's an alternate Jack who has crossed the Despair Event Horizon and become Aku's weapon. He might be the character seen tormenting our Jack in the previews.
- He's Jack himself. Or more specifically, the manifestation of Jack's self-loathing and guilt.
- Or possibly his fears of failure taken solid form.
- He's a vision of everything Jack could/should be, as in, a version of Jack that has returned to the past and defeated Aku once and for all.
- Aku himself in a form chosen to fight Jack specifically.
- Jack's father, the Emperor, forced to fight in this form. It ties in to some of the hallucinations where his father is blaming him for leaving him to his Fate Worse than Death situation.
- It could be the High Priestess, given they both wear horns of Aku. She not only seduced Jack, but stole his sword. That way, his death would be assured by the Daughters of Aku. Jack is traumatized by her because she's a Complete Monster, the very one who scarred poor innocent Jack into the bitter Broken Bird he is in Season 5.
- He's The Guardian (or at least someone who works for him), sent to fetch Jack to the time portal.
- All of the above guesses are flat-out wrong. This guy is called The Omen, and he's some sort of spirit trying to goad Jack into killing himself so he can take his soul.
- Jossed. And he's actually called The Omen.
- Jossed, the Omen has nothing to do with Aku.
- It will also become a Funny Moment when it dawns on Jack that he's been running from an ally the whole time.
- Seriously Jossed. Whatever it was, it was not an ally.
- Jossed.
The Omen must really take his duty so seriously that he's confused and angered by Jack's sudden change of mind to continue living. Jack may have seemingly cut him in half, but that can't really kill off an immortal spirit for good; the Omen simply realized that there was no point to continue trying to take an unwilling Jack's soul, and so he was forced to return to the underworld.
- Happens in the non-canon comic finale.
- Semi-confirmed in the canon finale. While many of his former allies appear, any offscreen allies do not appear. Most revolve around groups of allies, and lack people Jack individually saved.
- All will appear to have been lost, Aku has won and all the sufferings he has inflicted on the world has finally takgen its toll on Jack's spirit. All that Jack has done will seem to have been for nothing and he will slip into a Heroic BSOD because he feels he cannot make a difference in this Crapsack World that Aku has created and ruled. But then the Dog archaeologists that he met just as he had arrived in the future will appear. They will encourage Jack and remind him that they would still be Aku's slaves were it not for him. They remind him that he did in fact make a difference and that the world in the future is still worth fighting for. This encourages Jack and when he faces Aku for the last time (be it in the past or the future) he declares that "I fight for even the dogs under your reign Aku!"
- Semi-confirmed. The movie never happened, but Rothchild is a part of the resistance that leads the final assault on Aku.
That and it'd fit the coloration between the Baby and Momotaro, perhaps the Baby even referring to himself as Momotaro and using the same weapons.
- Partially confirmed; he appeared, but only for a one-time cameo. And he's no longer trying to be a "samurai".
- Aku's the result of one shred of a big cosmic evil surviving being cut off, why couldn't there be more?
- The Woolies
- Confirmed.
- The Dog Archaeologists
- Jossed, but the dogs who do appear might be related.
- The Scotsman (or perhaps his family as well). Bonus points if she encounters one of his daughters (such as Flora) on a bridge, the same way Jack met the Scotsman.
- Da Samurai, Older and Wiser and bearing a closer resemblance to Morgan Freeman.
- Confirmed, however he gave up trying to be a "samurai", instead he now works as a bartender.
- The Baby with the Samurai Spirit, grown into an old woman with sword-fighting skills, who still fondly remembers Jack as her first memory.
- The Totoro Expy Creature.
- The orphan girl from "Jack is Naked", who still hasn't gone hungry.
- Kuni, the girl from "Jack and the Haunted House".
- Not quite confirmed, but possible, as the mysterious old woman bares a resemblance to her in height, eyes and behavior.
- Brotok, Spartok's son from "Jack and the Spartans" who has now succeeded his father as king.
- Possibly. The Spartans appear, but it's not known if Brotok is leading them.
- The Shaolin Monks.
- The Three Blind Archers.
- Confirmed.
- A dog descended from Lulu (X-49's pet), which will show that she did survive being abducted by Aku.
- Princess Mira, now a rebel instead of a bounty hunter.
- The Ape Tribe that taught Jack how to "jump good".
- Confirmed
- Exdor, the inventor who was forced to create the Ultra-Robots.
- The Rave Kids (who were hypnotized by music).
- Confirmed, Olivia cameos as an old lady, and the former teenagers' grandchildren are having a dance party.
- Unless otherwise stated as Confirmed, all the above guesses are Jossed.
- The Scotsman and his Wife (and their Clan)
- Semi-confirmed. The Scotsman died and is now a ghost, so it seems he can't fight now, at least not directly. His wife seems unlikely at this point. But they now have a bunch of able-bodied daughters to help them out.
- The Scotsman and his daughters, absolutely confirmed. And HOW! Apparently, the Scotman's ghost can do Celtic magic to a degree that can directly affect some of Aku's powers! The wife, however, is Jossed.
- Semi-confirmed. The Scotsman died and is now a ghost, so it seems he can't fight now, at least not directly. His wife seems unlikely at this point. But they now have a bunch of able-bodied daughters to help them out.
- The Archaeologist Dogs (or their loyal descendants)
- In some support role of course, as they're not really fighters.
- Confirmed; Rothchild pilots an aircraft during the battle.
- In some support role of course, as they're not really fighters.
- The Woolies
- Possibly confirmed, as at least two of them demonstrated a willingness to fight on Jack's behalf.
- Confirmed; they operate as mounts for the Archers.
- Possibly confirmed, as at least two of them demonstrated a willingness to fight on Jack's behalf.
- The Three Blind Archers
- Possibly confirmed, as they're not only still alive, but they're still good at archery.
- Confirmed; the archers ride the Woolies into battle!
- Possibly confirmed, as they're not only still alive, but they're still good at archery.
- The Gangsters
- But they're just bad guys who are only motivated by self-interest.
- Given Season 5's Darker and Edgier tone, this is a golden opportunity for them to be Anti-Heroes. Even if they're not in it for a good cause.
- Jossed. Though it's not like they really would've cared anyways.
- But they're just bad guys who are only motivated by self-interest.
- The Thief
- Jossed
- The Guardian
- But his only duty is to guard that time portal. Though of course, he could show up just to allow Jack entry into the portal...
- Jossed. The Guardian was killed pre-Time Skip, possibly slain by Aku, and his portal destroyed. All that's left are his shades.
- But his only duty is to guard that time portal. Though of course, he could show up just to allow Jack entry into the portal...
- The Farting Dragon (and/or its child)
- Jossed
- The Shaolin Monks
- Jossed
- Da Samurai
- Jossed. He gave up trying to be a "samurai", instead he now works as a bartender.
- The Imakandi
- What would be a better hunting target than an immortal evil, working alongside a Worthy Opponent?
- Jossed
- What would be a better hunting target than an immortal evil, working alongside a Worthy Opponent?
- Princess Mira
- Jossed
- The Spartans
- Confirmed; "The three hundred... fight for one!"
- The Ape Tribe
- Confirmed; Aku thinks they're flying monkeys. The Ape Man corrects him: "No... jump good!"
- The spirit of the former Lava Monster
- Along with other Viking ghost warriors from Valhalla.
- Jossed
- Along with other Viking ghost warriors from Valhalla.
- Exdor
- He could even build some new Ultra-Robots (on the side of good this time, of course).
- Jossed
- He could even build some new Ultra-Robots (on the side of good this time, of course).
- The Wishing Fairy
- Jossed
- Prince Astor and Princess Verbina (and their planet's military)
- The Totoro Expy Creature
- Jossed
- The Triseraquins
- Confirmed
- The Baby
- All grown up of course. Bonus points because (s)he would still be much younger than everyone else on this list, except for...
- Jossed
- All grown up of course. Bonus points because (s)he would still be much younger than everyone else on this list, except for...
- The White Wolf
- Who may secretly be Amaterasu?
- Jossed
- Who may secretly be Amaterasu?
- Ashi
- Everyone believes that she will turn good and befriend Jack anyways.
- Confirmed. Although she's (temporarily) forced into working for Aku again at first.
- Everyone believes that she will turn good and befriend Jack anyways.
- And perhaps, some more behind-the-scenes assistance from Odin, Ra, Rama, and other gods.
- Jossed, though the gods do return for a cameo to reward Jack with his old sword a few episodes before (XCVIII).
- While this theory sounds cool, the 50-year-long Time Skip has made it unlikely that most of these individuals could just keep on fighting. However, younger members of the groups (the Scottish Clan, Shaolin Monks, Spartans, etc.) are more likely.
- Adding to that, maybe some of the older individuals will have descendants to take up the mantle and fight alongside Jack. And if the Totoro Expy doesn't have that long a lifespan, maybe it will turn out to be a female who is survived by her offspring.
- "Episode XCVI" lends some credence to this theory. It turns out that the Scotsman has built up an army to resist Aku. Although all of them (except for the Scotsman's daughters) have been destroyed, the Scotsman's ghost promises to recruit another army to aid Jack when the time comes.
- Furthermore, "Episode XCVII" involves cameos of various characters whom Jack has helped or befriended in the past. Some of them might still be able or willing to fight.
- And to compliment this, Aku's armies will include at least some familiar enemies (the ones that Jack hasn't killed or destroyed yet, anyways). There will be not only the usual robotic minions, but also demonic henchmen, and alien/human mercenaries.
- "Episode XCVII" reveals that Scaramouche and Demongo are both still alive, so they may return to fight Jack and his allies.
- However, Scaramouche has been Killed Off for Real as of "Episode C". And Demongo doesn't even return for the battle in "Episode CI". Hell, Aku didn't use any of his minions except for clones of himself.
- "Episode XCVII" reveals that Scaramouche and Demongo are both still alive, so they may return to fight Jack and his allies.
- Also, the dogs may have known that Scaramouche was Aku's #3 assassin. And given how their ancestors were persecuted by Aku, they have reasons for throwing him overboard (besides his rudeness to them).
- Terrifyingly, this creature was probably spawned from the same cosmic darkness that Aku came from. Only, unlike Aku, it hadn't been dealt with by humans. Or if it was, the method was different. Maybe an exorcism instead of a poisoned arrow. As a result, instead of a malicious and sapient tyrant with a human-like personality, it's a horrifying spirit with a completely alien mind.
- It is a negative spirit spawned from all the evil and suffering Aku created in the future.
- It is an Eldritch Abomination who roamed the space in search of souls. Perhaps, the Black Mass was not the only Eldritch Abomination from the space.
- It is a creature who emerged from the Pit of Hate (just like Demongo).
- It is a random, monstruous creature created by Aku himself.
- It is a creature composed of Aku's evil.
- Or perhaps a fragment of Aku himself.
The answer lies in their differing origins. Aku is the fragment of an eldritch abomination that arose in the ancient universe. A truly colossal mass of pure, formless evil, an unnatural intrusion into this universe, anathema to creation itself. Nobody knows why it appeared; perhaps it created itself. That may sound impossible, but as Jack's father said, "evil finds a way". The Minions of Set on the other hand, despite their completely unrestrained evil and brutality, are legitimately divine beings, created by an actual god of the Samurai Jack universe. They are on a completely different level than any other enemy Jack will ever face, and being divine, would naturally be unaffected by the sword regardless of their intentions or behavior.
- The High Priestess of Aku, maybe.
- The Dominator fits this idea well.
- Perhaps Aku himself, despite his comedic facade.
- Confirmed with the Dominator and the High Priestess. As for Aku, he has always been an irredeemable monster, though not a Complete one, so that remains unchanged.
- Jossed. Scaramouche appears again in "Episode C", only to get killed off by Aku.
- Confirmed, but Aku has coped rather quickly.
- Or, they will be killed very quickly, to demonstrate how comically worthless Aku's bounty hunters are to Jack.
- Jossed.
- Also, Demongo was created by Aku in the first place (he does vaguely look like his master after all).
- Jossed
- Jossed
- The scientists that created him, having never been employed by Aku, instead used their scientific prowess for good, resulting in many of the robots that would have worked for Aku being made for noble purposes. Who knows, maybe he's finally been reunited with Lulu, sweet thing...
- Continuing on this WMG, Scaramouche also exists in this newline as well. Without Aku, he was built by the scientists as a traveling minstrel who brings merriment to the villages he visits.