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YMMV: Xiaolin Showdown
  • Alternate Character Interpretation: Judging by his few appearances and his legacy, the Shen Gong Wu, one can infer that Dashi was either the definition of Crazy-Prepared or a very Erudite Stoner. Maybe both.
  • Draco in Leather Pants: Jack Spicer and Chase Young get this in spades from the fandom.
  • Evil Is Sexy:
    • Wuya whenever she takes corporeal form.
    • Chase Young.
    • Katnappe also counts.
    • Jack Spicer
  • Evil Is Cool: Chase Young.
  • Fan Preferred Couple: Raimundo/Kimiko and also Chase/Jack for the Yaoi Fangirls
  • "Funny Aneurysm" Moment: Raimundo's throwaway line in "Chameleon" (season 1, episode 6) - "Maybe I'm missing the point. We're never gonna go after each other!" Talk about Tempting Fate.
  • GameBreaker / Story Breaker Power: A few of the Wu fall arguably fall into this either on their own in unique combination. The first notable one was the Golden Tiger Claws, allowing the user to essentially invoke Teleport Spam and make any Showdown a breeze. It was even sent to the center of the Earth for a while so it wouldn't be used.
    • The second item was Treasure of Blind Swordsman, which required Raimundo to fake a Face Heel Turn and scam Roy Bean since direct methods were out of the question.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Magnificent Bastard: Chase Young.
  • Memetic Molester: According to some parts of the fandom, Chase Young is this to Omi. Not helped with lines like these:
  • Memetic Mutation:
    • You got Jacked!
    • Jack Spicer: It hurts! Get it out!
    • A lot of sayings Omi butchers become these as well.
  • Nightmare Fuel: Due to Orifice Invasion with which to control you as a Puppeteer Parasite, Sibini definitely qualifies.
    • "HEYLIN POWER! TSUNAMI WATER BLADE: ICE!"
  • Periphery Demographic: Possibly due to its Cerebus Syndrome, it got quite a bit of a cult following amongst older teenagers.
  • The Scrappy: Omi's egotistical behavior has earned him this reputation among the fan base.
  • Seasonal Rot: The 3rd season is largely seen as inferior to the first two, mainly due to not having much of a story arc compared to the other seasons, Villain Decay on the part of Jack and Wuya, and the new villain Hannibal Bean not being particular threatening or interesting.
    • Heck, people started complaining about this as early as season 2.
  • Tastes Like Diabetes: Jack whenever he turns completely good via the Ying Yang World, to the point where even though he's wholeheartedly on their side the monks like him even less than they do when he's evil.
  • They Changed It, Now It Sucks:
    • News that the revival is being outsourced to Canada is already getting this reaction.
    • Jack's new voice—with a higher pitch that makes him seem a lot younger—is also getting this reaction (though it was later revealed that it was simply a place-holder since his actual voice actor hadn't been hired yet).
    • Fans also seem to be objecting to the use of CGI in the Showdowns, and the seemingly random name change to the Orb of Tornami, called the Orb of Torpedo in the preview clip.
      • The name change is actually justifiable. The names of the Shen Gon Wu are still the property of Warner Brothers, and so their names will be changed slightly or else the new show won't be able to use them.
    • Most of these, however, were from a preview that was, as confirmed by the creators, leaked and not supposed to be on the internet in the first place, they also stated that it's also a fairly old clip; it's extremely likely that it's going to change somewhere down the line.
  • Unpopular Popular Character: Jack.
  • Villain Decay: Jack Spicer and Wuya, as both were upstaged by Chase Young, although Jack wasn't all that tough to start with, and Wuya was restored without her full powers. Even then, she can still beat all of the monks.
    • Reversed in the first part of the finale, where Jack's future self pretty much kills everyone.
  • Villain Sue: Chase Young borders on this at times. He's powerful, intelligent, handsome, highly skilled, outclasses every other villain on the show as well as most of the heroes, and almost never suffers major setbacks either.
  • The Woobie: Jack Spicer, and sometimes Omi and Raimundo.
    • Kimiko, big time in Tangled Web.
    • Dojo in Master Monk Guan what with being the butt of everyone's jokes, called out for not helping the monks fight Jack's Wuya-Bots even though they've always known he's not exactly brave and he almost gets killed so Chase can use him as a soup ingredient.

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