History Woobie / SamuraiJack

* [[HurtingHero Samurai]] [[TragicHero Jack]] himself. Where do we even ''start''? In all five seasons of the series, Jack goes on a very long, difficult, and heart-wrenching journey, in an effort to exact revenge and achieve justice for all the wrongs that Aku has inflicted upon him and other people. As a child, once Aku awakens, he loses his home and his sheltered lifestyle pretty much ended. When he's in the future, he sees the ruins of his homeland and the only words he can utter is "My home...". In Season 5, Aku destroys Jack's final hope: the very last time portal in the world, which puts Jack into such a rage that he [[spoiler:accidentally kills three small rams who helped him to the top, and loses his sword]]. 50 years later, the weight of seeing so many innocents die takes a huge toll on him, and he TookALevelInCynic. He then reacts badly when [[spoiler:he kills his first human, since he thought she was a robot]]. When he tries to save the alien children who were under the control of the Dominator, Jack reacted very badly when [[spoiler:[[DisneyDeath he thought they died]], even attempting samurai-style {{Seppuku}}]]. Once he reclaims his sword, things seemed to be finally going his way, until Aku appears and finds out that [[spoiler:Jack's love interest Ashi is a literal daughter of his and hijacks her brain, forcing Jack to surrender. Finally, after being able to get through to Ashi, she then helps Jack return to his time, where he kills Aku and frees his home. But just when he was about to marry her, he [[RetGone loses Ashi]] due to her being born through Aku's essence.]] Jack ''really needs a hug''.

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* [[HurtingHero Samurai]] [[TragicHero Jack]] himself. Where do we even ''start''? In all five seasons of the series, Jack goes on a very long, difficult, and heart-wrenching journey, in an effort to exact revenge and achieve justice for all the wrongs that Aku has inflicted upon him and other people. As a child, once Aku awakens, he loses his home and his sheltered lifestyle pretty much ended. When he's in the future, he sees the ruins of his homeland and the only words he can utter is "My home...". In Season 5, Aku destroys Jack's final hope: the very last time portal in the world, which puts Jack into such a rage that he [[spoiler:accidentally kills three small rams who helped him to the top, and loses his sword]]. 50 years later, the weight of seeing so many innocents die takes a huge toll on him, and he TookALevelInCynic. He then reacts badly when [[spoiler:he kills his first human, since he thought she was a robot]]. When he tries to save the alien children who were under the control of the Dominator, Jack reacted very badly when [[spoiler:[[DisneyDeath he thought they died]], even attempting samurai-style suicide]]. And once he reclaims his sword, things seemed to be finally going his way, until Aku appeared and finds out that [[spoiler:Jack's girlfriend Ashi is a literal daughter of his, forcing Jack to surrender. And finally, after being able to get through to Ashi, she then helps Jack return to his time, kills Aku, and frees his home. And when he was about to marry, he loses Ashi due to being born through Aku's essence.]] Jack ''really needs a hug''.

* The Emoji Family. They are a helpless, innocent family integrated by a mother, a daughter and a baby who fled their massacred town. They are running from an army of Aku's beetle drones, only to be surrounded.

* The Viking (AKA the Lava Monster). He [[WasOnceAMan used to be a]] [[FallenHero noble human soldier]] with family and friends, but Aku massacred all of his loved ones, and [[AndIMustScream condemned him to become a]] [[TragicMonster giant rock creature]] [[AFateWorseThanDeath for all eternity]]. The Lava Monster must pass the time by fighting and killing any other warrior who enters his lair, [[DeathSeeker hoping that one of them will eventually send him to Valhalla]].

* [[BadassPrincess Princess Mira]], an aristocrat-turned-mercenary who only wants to collect Jack's bounty for one purpose: to try and negotiate with Aku to free her conquered kingdom from his tyranny. But not only does Mira's plan with some other bounty hunters to defeat Jack fails miserably, but her whole quest was nothing but an exercise in futility, given that [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Aku would never honestly consider]] emancipating any of his many tortured slaves.

* All seven [[LaserGuidedTykebomb Daughters of Aku]]. These young girls were raised without any real love by their {{sociopath}}ic AbusiveMom, who [[ReligionOfEvil brainwashed]] and [[TrainingFromHell trained them (by very harsh methods)]] to become [[DarkActionGirl warriors]] strong enough to (maybe) hunt down and kill Jack in order to impress their deity, [[GodOfEvil Aku]]. [[spoiler:All but one of them ([[SoleSurvivor Ashi]]) fail miserably and die trying, never experiencing any true happiness in their short lives.]]

* Prince Astor and Princess Verbina. When the princess explains to [[TheCaligula Aku]] how they're trying to save their own planet from alien invaders, he mocks them for it, before sentencing them both to enslavement for life. But at least Jack rescued them in time so they could save their own planet.

** The leading sister Ashi is quite a {{Jerkass| Woobie}} before becoming a regular {{Woobie}}. [[spoiler:After being the only one to survive the encounter with Jack, she's still so brainwashed that she doesn't even care that her family has been destroyed, all she wants is Jack's demise to earn the blessings of Aku. But she eventually comes to realize how completely wrong her beliefs were, and follows Jack to see [[JerkassGods what her god is really like]]. Ashi gradually befriends and even falls in love with Jack; but soon Aku meets them both, and then [[LukeIAmYourFather reveals that he is her father]], [[HalfHumanHybrid which makes Ashi an unnatural abomination]]. Aku corrupts Ashi into a [[TragicMonster demonic slave]], shocking Jack into surrendering to them. Although Jack is later able to [[ThePowerOfLove redeem Ashi]], allowing them to [[TimeTravel return to the past and destroy Aku]]. But they realize all too late that this means that [[RetGone Ashi will be wiped from existence]]. Ouch.]]

* [[HurtingHero Samurai]] [[TragicHero Jack]] himself. Where do we even ''start''? In all five seasons of the series, Jack goes on a every long, difficult, and heart-wrenching journey, in an effort to exact revenge and achieve justice for all the wrongs that Aku has inflicted upon him and other people. As a child, once Aku awakens, he loses his home and his sheltered lifestyle pretty much ended. When he's in the future, he sees the ruins of his homeland and the only words he can utter is "My home...". In Season 5, Aku destroys Jack's final hope: the very last time portal in the world, which puts Jack into such a rage that he [[spoiler:accidentally kills three small rams who helped him to the top, and loses his sword]]. 50 years later, the weight of seeing so many innocents die takes a huge toll on him, and he TookALevelInCynic. He then reacts badly when [[spoiler:he kills his first human, since he thought she was a robot]]. When he tries to save the alien children who were under the control of the Dominator, Jack reacted very badly when [[spoiler:[[DisneyDeath he thought they died]], even attempting samurai-style suicide]]. And once he reclaims his sword, things seemed to be finally going his way, until Aku appeared and finds out that [[spoiler:Jack's girlfriend Ashi is a literal daughter of his, forcing Jack to surrender. And finally, after being able to get through to Ashi, she then helps Jack return to his time, kills Aku, and frees his home. And when he was about to marry, he loses Ashi due to being born through Aku's essence.]] Jack ''really needs a hug''.

** The leading sister Ashi is quite a Jerkass before becoming a regular Woobie. [[spoiler:After being the only one to survive the encounter with Jack, she's still so brainwashed that she doesn't even care that her family has been destroyed, all she wants is Jack's demise to earn the blessings of Aku. But she eventually comes to realize how completely wrong her beliefs were, and follows Jack to see [[JerkassGods what her god is really like]]. Ashi gradually befriends and even falls in love with Jack; but soon Aku meets them both, and then [[LukeIAmYourFather reveals that he is her father]], [[HalfHumanHybrid which makes Ashi an unnatural abomination]]. Aku corrupts Ashi into a [[TragicMonster demonic slave]], shocking Jack into surrendering to them. Although Jack is later able to [[ThePowerOfLove redeem Ashi]], allowing them to [[TimeTravel return to the past and destroy Aku]]. But they realize all too late that this means that [[RetGone Ashi will be wiped from existence]]. Ouch.]]

* All seven [[LaserGuidedTykebomb Daughters of Aku]]. These young girls were raised without any real love by a sociopathic AbusiveMom, who [[ReligionOfEvil brainwashed]] and [[TrainingFromHell trained them (by very harsh methods)]] to become [[DarkActionGirl warriors]] strong enough to (maybe) hunt down and kill Jack in order to impress their deity, [[GodOfEvil Aku]]. [[spoiler:All but one of them ([[SoleSurvivor Ashi]]) fail miserably and die trying, never experiencing any true happiness in their short lives.]]

* The Viking (AKA the Lava Monster). He [[WasOnceAMan used to be a noble human warrior]] with family and friends, but Aku massacred all of his loved ones, and condemned him to become a [[TragicMonster giant rock creature]] [[AndIMustScream for eternity]].
* Princess Mira, an aristocrat-turned-mercenary who only wants to collect Jack's bounty for one purpose: to try and negotiate with Aku to free her conquered kingdom from his tyranny. But not only does Mira's plan with some other bounty hunters to defeat Jack fails miserably, but her whole quest was nothing but an exercise in futility, given that [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Aku would never honestly consider]] emancipating any of his many tortured slaves.

* The Viking aka The Lava Monster. He WasOnceAMan with a family, but Aku massacred all his loved ones and condemned him to be a TragicMonster.

[[TheCaligula Aku]] and all his various EvilMinions have [[MoralEventHorizon/SamuraiJack murdered and/or tormented so many (relatively) innocent people and creatures across the galaxy]], [[TheWoobie causing them no small amount of suffering]].

* The Blue Aliens from "Episode XCVI". They were brutally massacred, and their children were forced into a violent frenzy by [[PsychoForHire the Dominator]], the mastermind behind this monstrous plan.

* Kuni, a little girl whose whole family was abducted and held hostage by a sadistic [[EldritchAbomination demon]], which then used the terrified child as bait to lure in more victims. Though thankfully, her story concluded with a happy ending.
* The Emoji Family. They are a helpless, innocent family integrated by a mother, a daughter and a baby who fled their massacred town. They are running from an army of Aku's beetle drones, only to be surrounded.

[[TheCaligula Aku]] and all his various EvilMinions have [[MoralEventHorizon/SamuraiJack murdered and/or tormented so many (relatively) innocent people and creatures across the galaxy]], [[TearJerker/SamuraiJack causing them no small amount of suffering]].

* [[HurtingHero Samurai]] [[TragicHero Jack]] himself; where do we even ''start''? In all five seasons of the series, Jack goes on a every long, difficult, and heart-wrenching journey, in an effort to exact revenge and achieve justice for all the wrongs that Aku has inflicted upon him and other people. As a child, once Aku awakens, he loses his home and his sheltered lifestyle pretty much ended. When he's in the future, he sees the ruins of his homeland and the only words he can utter is "My home...". In Season 5, Aku destroys Jack's final hope: the very last time portal in the world, which puts Jack into such a rage that he [[spoiler:accidentally kills three small rams who helped him to the top, and loses his sword]]. 50 years later, the weight of seeing so many innocents die takes a huge toll on him, and he TookALevelInCynic. He then reacts badly when [[spoiler:he kills his first human, since he thought she was a robot]]. When he tries to save the alien children who were under the control of the Dominator, Jack reacted very badly when [[spoiler:[[DisneyDeath he thought they died]], even attempting samurai-style suicide]]. And once he reclaims his sword, things seemed to be finally going his way, until Aku appeared and finds out that [[spoiler:Jack's girlfriend Ashi is a literal daughter of his, forcing Jack to surrender. And finally, after being able to get through to Ashi, she then helps Jack return to his time, kills Aku, and frees his home. And when he was about to marry, he loses Ashi due to being born through Aku's essence.]] Jack ''really needs a hug''.

[[BigBad Aku]] and all his various EvilMinions have [[MoralEventHorizon/SamuraiJack murdered and/or tormented]] so many (relatively) innocent people and creatures across the galaxy, [[TearJerker/SamuraiJack causing them no small amount of suffering]].

* [[HurtingHero Samurai]] [[TragicHero Jack]] himself; where do we even ''start''? In all five seasons of the series, Jack goes on a every long, difficult, and heart-wrenching journey, in an effort to exact revenge and achieve justice for all the wrongs that Aku has inflicted upon him and other people.