History Characters / SamuraiJackJack

* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:"Episode C" shows he still has a place in Jack's mind, but reflects a more healthy concern for his active self's desires and safety now that his anger and hatred is purged. His appearance taking the form of bearded Jack, a wiser experienced figure, highlights this change. This vesscontinues into ''Battle Through Time'' where, in the opening of the Prison Ship level, he comforts a despairing Jack after he killed Ashi (or so he thought), assuring him that all within Aku's pocket between time is not real and that he musn't let the demon break his spirit.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: It's still Jack, so he does pull it off at times, usually when he realizes that Jack is about to do what he wants regardless of his words.

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* CheerfulChild: Despite witnessing his father taken and his home ravaged, the boy who would become was shown to be rather happy and studious during his youth while traveling the world. This stands in stark contrast to his serious demeanor as an adult.

* TranquilFury: He '''''isn't''''' called "Mad Jack" for nothing.

* HairTriggerTemper: Since he was born of regular Jack losing his temper.

* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:He's basically a newer form of Mad Jack, especially given how he's very much prone into expressing much anger, but his eventual demise primarily involves the actual Jack's own '''frustration'''.]]

* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:"Episode C" shows he still has a place in Jack's mind, but reflects a more healthy concern for his active self's desires and safety now that his anger and hatred is purged. His appearance taking the form of bearded Jack, a wiser experienced figure, highlights this change. This continues into ''Battle Through Time'' where, in the opening of the Prison Ship level, he comforts a despairing Jack after he killed Ashi (or so he thought), assuring him that all within Aku's pocket between time is not real and that he musn't let the demon break his spirit.]]

* HerHeartWillGoOn: Gender-inverted [[spoiler: after Ashi is {{Ret Gone}}d from existence after he kills Aku]].

* GainingTheWillToKill: At the end of "Episode XCIII", [[spoiler:he kills one of the Daughters of Aku, and spends a good portion of the next in a HeroicBSOD over having taken a human life. While recovering from his wounds, Jack recalls an incident as a child where his father killed some bandits who attacked their carriage, along with a speech from his father about how actions prove who we really are. With this, Jack manages to pull himself together, killing all but one of the remaining Daughters, this time repeatedly warning them that their actions ''would'' lead to their end and following through when they refused to retreat. He's still quite bummed about doing so.]]

* MeaningfulName: While it is not his real name, per se, "Jack" is a JackOfAllTrades regarding all the survial skills and fighting styles he's learned across various cultures.

* AllAbusersAreMale: Averted in terms of his own intent. [[spoiler:When [[KillingInSelfDefense he killed]] of the Daughters of Aku, he apparently felt with '''[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone much guilt]]''' in doing so due to his moral code of not killing any actual living being, especially if it's for no reason at all, yet he ''still'' has to fight against every single one of those ladies (including Ashi) in order to defend himself, though he also gave each of the living members a chance to change their moral paths. Thankfully, he made [[TheAtoner an atonement]] for this personal guilt of his by sparing Ashi's life after she was chastised from targeting him]].

* AllAbusersAreMale: Averted in terms of his own intent. [[spoiler:When [[KillingInSelfDefense he killed]] of the Daughters of Aku, he apparently felt with '''[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone much guilt]]''' in doing so due to his moral code of not killing any actual living being, especially if it's for no reason at all, yet he ''still'' has to fight against every single one of those ladies (including Ashi) in order to defend himself, though he also gave each of the living members them a chance to change their moral paths. Thankfully, he made [[TheAtoner an atonement]] for this personal guilt of his by sparing Ashi's life after she was chastised from targeting him]].

* AllAbusersAreMale: Averted in terms of his own intent. [[spoiler:When he [[KillingInSelfDefense killed almost every single one]] of the Daughters of Aku except Ashi, he apparently felt with '''[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone much guilt]]''' in doing so due to his moral code of not killing any actual living being, especially if it's for no reason at all, yet he ''still'' has to fight against every single one of those ladies (including Ashi) in order to defend himself. Thankfully, he made [[TheAtoner an atonement]] for this personal guilt of his by sparing Ashi's life after she was chastised from targeting him]].

* AllAbusersAreMale: Averted in terms of his own intent. [[spoiler:When he [[KillingInSelfDefense killed almost every single one]] of the Daughters of Aku except Ashi, he apparently felt with '''much''' guilt in doing so due to his moral code of not killing any actual living being, especially if it's for no reason at all, yet he ''still'' has to fight against every single one of those ladies (including Ashi) in order to defend himself. Thankfully, he made [[TheAtoner an atonement]] for this personal guilt of his by sparing Ashi's life after she was chastised from targeting him]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:After spending fifty years trapped in the future only destroying robots. When he kills one of the Daughters of Aku and subsequently discovers that she's human, he's absolutely ''horrified'' at having taken a human life.]]

* MeaningfulName: "Jack" is a JackOfAllTrades regarding all the survial skills and fighting styles he's learned across various cultures.

* AccidentalPervert: In episode 8 of season 5 when he [[spoiler: unintentionally sees Ashi naked. He blushes, and uses his gi to cover her up so he doesn’t get distracted by her nudity]].

* AllAbusersAreMale: Averted in terms of his own intent. [[spoiler:When he [[KillingInSelfDefense killed almost every single one]] of the Daughters of Aku except Ashi, he felt with '''much''' guilt in doing so due to his moral code of not killing any living being, especially if it's for no reason at all, yet he ''still'' has to fight against every single one of those ladies (including Ashi) in order to defend himself. Thankfully, he made [[TheAtoner an atonement]] for this personal guilt of his by sparing Ashi's life after she was chastised from targeting him]].

* AllAbusersAreMale: Averted in terms of his own intent. [[spoiler:When he [[KillingInSelfDefense killed almost every single one]] of the Daughters of Aku except Ashi, he felt with '''much''' guilt in doing so due to his moral code of not killing any living being, especially if it's for nonchalant reasons, yet he ''still'' has to fight against every single one of those ladies (including Ashi) in order to defend himself. Thankfully, he made an atonement for this personal guilt of his by sparing Ashi's life after she was chastised from targeting him]].

* AllAbusersAreMale: Averted in terms of his own intent. When he [[KillingInSelfDefense killed almost every single one]] of the Daughters of [[spoiler:Aku]] except Ashi, he felt with '''much''' guilt in doing so due to his moral code of not killing any living being, especially if it's out of simple malice, yet he ''still'' has to fight against every single one of those ladies (including Ashi) in order to defend himself. Thankfully, he made an atonement for this personal guilt of his by sparing Ashi's life after she was chastised from targeting him.

* CoolGuns: Post TimeSkip, he's added a laser gatling gun and a pistol, both powerful enough to blast holes straight through Aku's MechaMooks in one hit, to his arsenal. As with every single weapon he uses, he's ''very'' good with them.

* AllAbusersAreMale: Averted in terms of his own intent. When he killed almost every single one of the Daughters of [[spoiler:Aku]] except Ashi, he felt with '''much''' guilt in doing so due to his moral code of not killing any living being, especially if it's out of simple malice, yet he ''still'' has to fight against every single one of those ladies (including Ashi) in order to defend himself. Thankfully, he made an atonement for this personal guilt of his by sparing Ashi's life after she was chastised from targeting him.

* AllAbusersAreMale: Averted in terms of his own intent. When he killed almost every single one of the Daughters of [[spoiler:Aku]] except Ashi, he felt much guilt in doing so due to his moral code of not killing any living being, especially if it's out of simple malice, yet he still has to fight against every single one of those daughters (including Ashi) in order to defend himself. Thankfully, he made an atonement for this personal guilt of his by sparing Ashi after she was chastised from fighting against him.

* RankScalesEqualsAsskicking: It's easy to forget that he's a prince, but he clearly plays this trope straight.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: It's easy to forget that he's a prince, but he clearly plays this trope straight.

* BruiserWithASoftCenter: A more pragmatic example (especially given that he mostly uses his own katana whenever he's fighting against different opponents, including Aku). Throughout the show, Jack has often been showing a rather stoic facial expression even to the nicest people he met. In reality, however, he's more honorable than what it suggests, further proven by his less-than-common non-stoic expressions, which are also apparently genuine.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Jack generally favors weapons and equipment that existed during his time period, preferring to avoid more modern tools like guns and motorized vehicles. Season 5 has him using guns, bombs, and even a motorcycle. It's a pretty good indicator of just how BAD things have gotten, [[spoiler:he lost his sword]]. Even bigger indicator is when he sees smoke of a burning village and refuse to go there twice before his guilt of fifty years of failure forces him back.

* HasAType: [[spoiler:All three of the women he's shown interest in (Ikra, [[http://actionpackjack.tumblr.com/post/16397748010/jack-and-jill-jack-is-the-most-gullible Jill]], and Ashi) have either been Aku in disguise or Aku's daughter. Though of course, poor Jack had no knowledge of their relations to his arch-enemy until it was too late.]]