| 1 | !For ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'': |
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| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | [[folder:General]] |
| 6 | [[AC: Meta]] |
| 7 | * This show bears many similarities with ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', another popular cartoon series that aired on Creator/KidsWB. |
| 8 | ** Both of them are action-comedy / {{urban fantasy}} shows with a [[EverybodyWasKungFuFighting Chinese martial arts]] theme. |
| 9 | ** Both of them involve the forces of good and evil racing across the globe, searching and competing to obtain [[MacGuffin ancient magical artifacts]]. |
| 10 | ** Both of them have [[SealedEvilInACan ancient villains trapped in weaker forms]], being aided by [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain lesser and incompetent villains]]. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | [[AC: Characters]] |
| 13 | * In his regular form, Dojo Kanojo Cho is considerably similar to [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} Mushu]] where they both are comedic Chinese dragons of an usually small size and voices are provided by comedic actors Creator/EddieMurphy (Mushu) and Creator/WayneKnight (Dojo). |
| 14 | * Dragon of the Wind (Raimundo Pedrosa) is similar to [[Manga/InuYasha Kagura the Wind Sorceress]]. |
| 15 | ** Also, "Rai" is Japanese for 'Thunder' and Raimundo's main attack through season two is called 'typhoon boom,' which sounds like thunder. |
| 16 | * Asian character 'ko' of Dragon of Fire Kimiko Tohomiko means 'fire'. |
| 17 | ** Her surname is "''Franchise/{{Touhou|Project}} Miko''". |
| 18 | * Jack Spicer shares the same name to American poet and dramatist born January 30, 1925 and died August 17, 1965 who was a key member in the San Francisco Renaissance. |
| 19 | ** Jack not only has red spiky hair like [[WesternAnimation/StaticShock Hotstreak]] and is rich like [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Montana Max]] but they were all on the [[Creator/KidsWB same channel]] and voiced by [[ActorAllusion Danny Cooksey]]. |
| 20 | ** Jack wears a red tank top under his trench coat with the face of the stereotypical green with bolts in neck FrankensteinsMonster on front. |
| 21 | * In her ghost form (and when she turns back to human though without her powers), Wuya shares little similarities to [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures Shendu]] where both once were all powerful beings, but now are powerless and need artifacts with magical powers hidden across the globe for centuries, though while Wuya's a witch who was defeated by a Xiaolin Dragon, Shendu was a demon defeated by an immortal. |
| 22 | * Not only does Katnappé dresses in full length feline attire like [[WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}} Cheetah]], [[ComicBook/SecretSix Catman]], [[Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie Princess Seira]], [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Cat]][[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} woman]], [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica Wildcat]], another [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents Catman]], [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Black Cat]], [[ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain Catgirl]], as well as [[WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussyCats Josie McCoy, Valerie Brown and Melody Valentine]] but the [[Creator/JenniferHale person]] who provides Katnappés' voice [[ActorAllusion done]] a [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries cat-like burglar]] before. |
| 23 | ** Her whiskers are very similar to Franchise/{{Naruto}}'s. |
| 24 | * Tubbimaru's fighting style is like [[ComicBook/XMen The Blob]]. |
| 25 | * It is possible Grandmaster Dashi is based on Rigen Daishi, a Buddhist monk from 874, famous for building the site of Daigoji Temple. Daishi (also Shobo), was also known as the Great Master of Holy Treasures, which, in Xiaolin Showdown, could be taken to mean the Shen Gong Wu. |
| 26 | ** In Chinese, Dashi (大师) means "great master," revealing his rank as a Grand Master. |
| 27 | * Cyclops is of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek Mythology]] and later [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Roman Mythology]]. |
| 28 | * Master Monk Guan's name probably derives from Guan Yu, a skilled military commander of the Han Dynasty in China and was very respected by his soldiers. Guan Yu has been somewhat canonized as a god-like being because of his exaggerated deeds and qualities.\ |
| 29 | And like the Spear of Guan, Guan Yu also exceled at the use of his weapon, the Kwandao (aka Guandao), a spear-like weapon with a crescent moon blade at the tip instead of the actual spear that kind of resembles a halberd. |
| 30 | * Chase Young's armor looks very similar to the [[Anime/DragonBallZ Saiyan combat suits]] with the chest design on the front and the lines toing through the shoulder and thigh guards. |
| 31 | ** In many ways, Chase Young has references to ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'': his lair has the same color as Skeletor's home, Snake Mountain, big cats like He-man and Skeletor, and he has the ability to change between human and reptile form like King Hsss. |
| 32 | ** Him selling his soul for dark knowledge is based on German tale about a man named Faust who sold his sold and body after twenty-four years to the Devil if he would serve Faust for his life, tell Faust anything he wished, and never to lie to Faust to which Faust gave a blood sacrifice and renounced his Christian faith to seal the pact. |
| 33 | ** Not to mention Chase Young has some things in common with [[Franchise/MortalKombat Shang Tsung]]. |
| 34 | * Not only is Hannibal Bean a parody of Hannibal Lecter, but he seem to have gotten his name from Hannival Berca who was the son of Hamilcar Barca from the Ancient Days as well as eccentric U.S. saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace Judge Roy Bean in Val Verde County, Texas. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | [[AC: Shen Gong Wu]] |
| 37 | * Powers of the Golden Tiger Claws allowing a user to transport between two places instantly by ripping a hole in space so the user could jump into, coming out of another in a place of their choice within seconds is very similar [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Wulf]]'s ability. |
| 38 | * "Sword of the Storm" is similar to [[Manga/RaveMaster The Rune Save]]. |
| 39 | * The "Shroud of Shadow" making a person(s) or object(s) invisible to a degree works just like the Invisibility Cloak from the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' series, though unlike here where the shroud is a magical object, the Invisibility Cloak is made of a mythical creatures' hair that gradually lose its effectiveness as the hair becomes more and more opaque. |
| 40 | * The "Sands of Time" Shen Gong Wu being an antiquated timing hourglass consisting of two glass chambers connected vertically by a narrow passage with sand trickling through top to bottom concretely represents the English idiom relating the passage of time. |
| 41 | * The "Monsoon Sandals" looks like the sandals [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hermes]] wore to deliver messages to the gods. |
| 42 | * Gills of Hamachi's effect are similar to the '[[Franchise/HarryPotter Gillyweed]]' plant where both enables a person to gain gills and webbing between the fingers and toes. |
| 43 | ** Whenever Omi (along with Raimundo, Clay and Kimiko) use the Gills, Omi looks like a smaller version of the [[Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon Black Lagoon creature]] whilst Raimundo looks like a teen version, Clay a bulky version and Kimiko a feminine one. |
| 44 | * As well as "Fountain of Hui" possibly referring to creator Christy Hui, the word "Hui" could translate to either "Fountain of Itself" or "Fountain of Knowledge." |
| 45 | * The purple smoke that the "Woozy Shooter" emits could be a reference to a song called "Purple Haze" by Music/JimiHendrix. |
| 46 | * Since 'musca' means "fly" in Latin, this is probably where "Manchurian Musca" comes from. |
| 47 | * The Monkey Staff is a probable nod to ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''. |
| 48 | |
| 49 | [[AC:Other]] |
| 50 | * In Spanish, 'mala' from "Mala Mala Jong" means bad and 'Jong' in Chinese means someone who ranks high in an army. |
| 51 | * The Ying-Yang world looks similar to the [[VideoGame/XMenLegends Astral Plane]]. |
| 52 | ** How Omi (later Clay, Kimiko, Raimundo, Dojo and Jack) look when he first arrives in the Ying Yang World looks similar to when characters enter WesternAnimation/ChalkZone. |
| 53 | [[/folder]] |
| 54 | |
| 55 | [[folder: Season 1]] |
| 56 | [[AC: Journey of a Thousand Miles]] |
| 57 | * The noises the Jackbots make when Jack orders them to attack Omi resemble [[Franchise/StarWars R2D2]]. |
| 58 | * Episode title draws from Lao Tzu's famous quote: |
| 59 | -->"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." |
| 60 | * Kimiko's game Po-Chi has the similarities of the classic ''VideoGame/PacMan'' game. |
| 61 | |
| 62 | [[AC: Like a Rock!]] |
| 63 | * Clay gets into a [[Film/DuckSoup mirror routine]] with Le Mime. |
| 64 | |
| 65 | [[AC: Tangled Web Comb]] |
| 66 | * The glow of the "Tangle Web Comb" Shen Gong Wu underwater is similar to the glow of treasure chests made underwater in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. |
| 67 | * The part where Kimiko remembers what Master Fung said about the Tangle Web Comb is similar to where [[Film/ANewHope Obi-Wan Kenobi reminds Luke]] of the force. |
| 68 | * While in Scotland, as Dojo complains about the cold, he mentions his cousin "Nessie" and her reasoning why she likes it here is because of the attentions. |
| 69 | |
| 70 | [[AC: Katnappé!]] |
| 71 | * 'Catitona Land' is based off a ''Franchise/HelloKitty'' Theme Park opened in Japan Summer 2001. |
| 72 | |
| 73 | [[AC: Shen Yi Bu]] |
| 74 | * Raimundo finds the Sword of the Storm Shen Gong Wu is stuck in the sand with the hilt sticking out is like Myth/KingArthur's [[{{Excalibur}} sword]] being stuck in stone. |
| 75 | * When Omi uses the Shroud of Shadows Shen Gong Wu to spy on Raimundo toward the end, he breaths like [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]]. |
| 76 | |
| 77 | [[AC: Chameleon]] |
| 78 | * Jack mentions loving "Mindcreeper", a reference to ''Mindsweeper''. |
| 79 | * How the Chameleon Bot can transform into different people is similar to [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Chameleon]]. |
| 80 | * The way Jacks' voice sounded and how he said "La la la la la la" resembles [[Series/ThePeeWeeHermanShow Pee-Wee]] [[Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse Herman]] [[Theatre/ThePeeWeeHermanShowOnBroadway Herman]]. |
| 81 | * The scene where Robo-Kimiko fires the Eye of Dashi Shen Gong Wu and Omi dodges them by running on the walls parodies ''Film/TheMatrix''. |
| 82 | |
| 83 | [[AC: Night of the Sapphire Dragon]] |
| 84 | * Title parodies ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' as evidenced by the zombies. |
| 85 | * The last few minutes of this episode are an obvious tribute to old "spaghetti western" movies, with Dojo walking around in a cowboy hat and doing an impression of actor Creator/JohnWayne. |
| 86 | -->'''Dojo:''' Listen up, partner... |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[AC: My Homey Omi]] |
| 89 | * When Clay, Raimundo, Kimiko and Dojo reunite with Omi, Raimundo does the traditional welcome "Don't you ever run off like that again, we were so worried!" |
| 90 | * Jack's comment "Yes! Call me ''Air Jack''!" is a parody of "Air Jordan", a common nickname for basketball player Michael Jordan. |
| 91 | * Omi is referred to as "[[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Opie]]" by Jack. |
| 92 | |
| 93 | [[AC: Big as Texas]] |
| 94 | * Based on her hairstyle, Kimiko resembles [[Manga/ShamanKing Trey Racer]]. |
| 95 | * When Jack tries to catch the Star Hanabi Shen Gong Wu during the tornado storm in the showdown resembles the way you try to catch a snitch in the [[Franchise/HarryPotter Quidditch]] game. |
| 96 | |
| 97 | [[AC: Royal Rumble]] |
| 98 | * Jack calls Omi "[[Literature/RollOfThunderHearMyCry Little Man]]" twice in this episode. |
| 99 | * The Royal Rumble is an annual ''Wrestling/{{WWE}}'' event where fifteen RAW superstars and fifteen Smackdown superstars battle to main ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'' event. |
| 100 | * Dojo mentions ''[[Literature/DoctorDolittle Doctor]] [[Film/DoctorDolittle Doli]][[Film/DrDolittle ttle]]'' and Kimiko mentions ''Literature/{{Pollyanna}}''. |
| 101 | * After finding the Longi Kite Shen Gong Wu on a beach of some deserted island, Raimundo sees the Chameleon-bot disguised as [[Creator/PamelaAnderson a voluptuous blonde woman with long hair wearing a red one-piece swimsuit]] [[Series/{{Baywatch}} striding through the beach in slow motion]] to him. |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[AC: Mala Mala Jong]] |
| 104 | * Omi turning up in a man's field and the farmer mistaking him for a gopher is a parody of ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}''. |
| 105 | * When Omi uses the Golden Tiger Claws Shen Gong Wu to remove the heart of Jong, it is reminiscent of when the Film/{{Alien}} makes its first appearance. |
| 106 | |
| 107 | [[AC: In the Flesh]] |
| 108 | * Several to ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': |
| 109 | ** The way Wuya tries to convince Raimundo to join her side, is similar to The White Witch from The Chronicles of Narnia tries to convince Edmund Pevensie to bring his brother (Peter) and sisters (Susan & Lucy) to her. |
| 110 | ** Both Edmund and Raimundo like to pick on anyone who's younger or smaller than themselves (Lucy and Omi). |
| 111 | ** Both boys tend to never listen to anything anyone ever tells them. |
| 112 | ** They both are pulled over to the evil side because they've both been convinced to betray the others. |
| 113 | ** Both characters realize what they've done wrong and go back to the good side. |
| 114 | * Jack's threat to sue by saying "Man, if I get tied into a knot over this, I'm gonna sue!" is reminded of [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Montana Max]], who [[ActorAllusion Danny Cooksey]] also voiced. |
| 115 | * When trees lose their leaves and the rivers dry up happens when [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]] took over Pride Rock. |
| 116 | [[/folder]] |
| 117 | |
| 118 | [[folder: Season 2]] |
| 119 | [[AC: Days Past]] |
| 120 | * After Omi freezes Wuya, the way in which the camera slowly showed her in the ice with her opening her eyes is reminiscent to how [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Shiva]] appears and as the is the way the Heylin Witch shatters out of the ice sending shards that try to hit the Monks is similar to how the Ice Queen attacks. |
| 121 | ** When Wuya breaks out of the ice, she looks like [[Anime/TenchiMuyo Washu]] upon first appearance. |
| 122 | * Dojo's "You might end up as your own grandpa!" line refers to novelty song "I'm My Own Grandpa" by Moe Jaffe and Dwight Latham. |
| 123 | ** It is also a reference to an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' in which Fry finds out he is his own grandfather. |
| 124 | * When Wuya drives off in the car she conjured for Raimundo, she changed her clothes so she was dressed as [[WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop Penelope Pitstop]]. |
| 125 | |
| 126 | [[AC: Citadel of Doom]] |
| 127 | * When Kimiko shatters her prison bars (iced by Omi), she gives a "V for Victory" hand sign, common in anime. |
| 128 | * Title refers to the ''[[Literature/TheCitadelOfChaos Citadel of Chaos]]'' book. |
| 129 | * Once again, Jack refers to Omi as "[[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Opie]]." |
| 130 | |
| 131 | [[AC: The Shard of Lightning]] |
| 132 | * In response to Katnappé's "go away, Jack" comment, both real Jack and robot Jack makes a Creator/RobertDeNiro quote: |
| 133 | -->'''Jack:''' [[Film/TaxiDriver You talking to me]]?\ |
| 134 | '''Robot Jack:''' Or are you talking to me? |
| 135 | |
| 136 | [[AC: The Crystal Glasses]] |
| 137 | * Jack's picture on his 'Master of Evil' business card is a reference to Pesterminator: The Western Exterminator. |
| 138 | |
| 139 | [[AC: Pandatown]] |
| 140 | * Jack's Yes-bot could be a reference to the Yes-bots in [[VideoGame/ToontownOnline Toontown]]. |
| 141 | * Since the episode title has nothing to do with the story, it must parody ''Film/{{Chinatown}}''.\ |
| 142 | Wuya even quotes half of famous last line "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown" though replace 'Jake' with 'Jack' and 'It's Chinatown' with 'What happens in Pandatown, stays in Pandatown.' To make things more interesting, the actor who plays Jake Gittes is named "[[Creator/JackNicholson Jack]]." |
| 143 | * When Pandabubba's henchmen fight Raimundo escalating from the spiral stairs of the Shen Gong Wu vault to the main floor, there are several instances where the animators used "bullet time" and the music that plays during this spoofs ''Film/TheMatrix''. |
| 144 | * Kimiko's clothes has strong resemblance to the uniform worn by [[Film/GameOfDeath Billy-Lo]] wears as well as being the inspiration for [[Film/KillBill The Bride]]'s outfit, albeit sleeveless. |
| 145 | ** Kimiko's outfit and hairstyle makes her bear a resemblance to Creator/{{Miguzi}} host, Erica. |
| 146 | * Omi's "Just think, 'What would Omi do?'" parodies common phrase "What Would Jesus Do?" or "WWJD" that basically states that one should do the right thing. |
| 147 | * Second time Omi's called "[[Literature/RollOfThunderHearMyCry Little Man]]," though by Raimundo. |
| 148 | |
| 149 | [[AC: Enter the Dragon]] |
| 150 | * Title shares the same name of a Creator/BruceLee [[Film/EnterTheDragon film]]. |
| 151 | ** Title even spoofs ''[[VideoGame/SpyroEnterTheDragonfly Enter the Dragonfly]]''. |
| 152 | |
| 153 | [[AC: The Sands of Time]] |
| 154 | * Where Jack is run over by Attila and his men is similar to when [[Anime/{{FLCL}} Haruko runs over Naota]] with her Vespa. |
| 155 | * The way the director speaks is a spoof off of Creator/WilliamShatner, who makes dramatic pauses known as the "Shatnerian." |
| 156 | * Historical figures UsefulNotes/BillyTheKid, UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}} the Pirate and UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun appear. |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[AC: Hear Some Evil, See Some Evil]] |
| 159 | * Omi swinging around using the '''Silk Spinner''' Shen Gong Wu is similar to how Franchipse/SpiderMan swings with his web-shooter. |
| 160 | ** Not to mention Dojo quips "My Dojo senses is tingling!" |
| 161 | * Raimundo's [=3PM=] Player is an obvious parody of the [[Platform/{{MP3}} MP3 Player]]. |
| 162 | * Master Fung [[Film/TheKarateKid catches a bee]] with his bare hand. |
| 163 | * Title spoofs ''Film/SeeNoEvilHearNoEvil''. |
| 164 | |
| 165 | [[AC: Dreamscape]] |
| 166 | * Title shares the same episode name as ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' that also dealt with nightmares and dreams. |
| 167 | * When Omi sees the Master Fung vision is similar to where [[Film/ANewHope Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Luke]] to use the force. |
| 168 | * The movie Jack's filming was called '''[[Film/SpiceWorld SpicerWorld]]''.' |
| 169 | * The whole idea of this episode is based off famous "[[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt There is nothing to fear, but fear itself]]" quote. |
| 170 | |
| 171 | [[AC: Master Monk Guan]] |
| 172 | * When Guan tells what he believed of how Chase Young became evil, the demon Chase got his youth potion off looks like a goat, the goat demon originally a pagan god of fertility, but was warped by the Christians to make paganism seem evil, and, therefore, stamp it out. |
| 173 | * The mirror battle in Chase's palace is similar to the one [[Film/EnterTheDragon Lee]] faces. |
| 174 | |
| 175 | [[AC: The Evil Within]] |
| 176 | * How Sabini crawls into Clay's ear for a host is like [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Khan]] puts insect-like creatures inside his victims' ears to control them. |
| 177 | |
| 178 | [[AC: The Deep Freeze]] |
| 179 | * Jack turning the Dude-Bot human with the Heart of Jong Shen Gong Wu is similar to the idea of ''Pinocchio''. |
| 180 | ** Dude-bot is strangely similar to [[Manga/AstroBoy Astro]] [[Anime/AstroBoy Boy]] by looks and by being able to fly via boosters from his boots. |
| 181 | * After kicking the Dude-Bot, Kimiko calls him [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Tin Man]]. |
| 182 | ** Kimiko even asks "Care for a little fire, Snowman?" and hurls a fireball at Raksha is verbatim to line "Care for a little fire, Scarecrow?" said by the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Wicked Witch of the West]]. |
| 183 | * Rahsha is like a parody of [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer Bumble the Aboninable Snowman]]. |
| 184 | ** Rahsha approaches Jack in his laboratory as a small [[Film/JackFrost1998 friendly snowman]] before shifting to his large self. |
| 185 | ** When the four warriors (Raimundo, Kimiko, Omi and Clay) find Jack in his destroyed laboratory, the evil boy genius calls Rahsah an [[Film/JackFrost1997 evil snowman]] |
| 186 | * When Raksha battles Omi in the Ice Hockey Showdown, Raksha has a body that looks like [[VideoGame/MegaMan8 Frost Man]]. |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[AC: The Emperor Scorpion Strikes Back]] |
| 189 | * Title is a blend of movie titles ''The Emperor Scorpion'' if not ''Film/TheBlackScorpion'' and ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' |
| 190 | * ''Film/TheMatrix'' is spoofed again when Omi dodges Raimundo while fire chases him. |
| 191 | * Numerous references to the Fearsome Four links outside sources like the "[[Music/TheBeatles Fab Four]]" or the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''. |
| 192 | * How Mala Mala Jong sends the Ring of the Nine Dragons Shen Gong Wu through the air after ripping Jack's pants off with the Third Arm Sash Shen Gong Wu and the ring slides on Jong's finger (actually the '''Fist of Tebigong''' Shen Gong Wu) is similar to a scene with [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing Frodo Baggins]]. |
| 193 | * After the Emperor Scorpion Shen Gong Wu revealed itself. |
| 194 | -->'''Kimiko:''' So where is the Emperor Scorpion? |
| 195 | -->'''Dojo:''' [[Literature/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth The center of the Earth]]. |
| 196 | |
| 197 | [[AC: The Black Vipers]] |
| 198 | * When Kimiko and the three stooges (Omi, Clay and Raimundo) are sent underground by Jessie, several things are seen as it pains down below the earth's crust and amongst them are a group of four [[Literature/TheTimeMachine Mo]][[Film/TheTimeMachine1960 rlo]][[Film/TheTimeMachine2002 cks]], a lizard creature that's essentially a [[Series/LandOfTheLost1974 Sleestak]], and a bespectacled man in a business suit talking on a cellphone saying "Can you still hear me?" which is a parody of the Verizon wireless "Can you hear me now?" commercials. |
| 199 | |
| 200 | [[AC: Screams of the Siren]] |
| 201 | * After Omi upsets Kimiko at the end, a sweat bubble comes down from the backside of her head, a parody from ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' when the girls have bubbles dripping down their heads whether their confused, upset, peeved or such. |
| 202 | * When Kimiko uses her fire element on Jack's robots, one of them screams "[[Film/TheFly1958 Help me]]! [[Film/TheWizardOfOz I'm melting]]!" out loud. |
| 203 | * Sirens are beautiful creatures from [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mothology]] whose songs could drive men mad. |
| 204 | |
| 205 | [[AC: The Return of Pandabubba]] |
| 206 | * Although the audience sparsely heard of fictional game Goo Zombies before, this would be the first time the game is actually shown to the viewers and it takes elements from the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' games such as the horde of zombies, the strange mansion, a cheat for an invisible enemy, and the lab in the mansion's base housing the main evil creature, which looks like an amalgamation of the [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 Tyrant]] and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Licker]]. |
| 207 | ** The creature on the last level Kimiko faces during the showdown has a similarity to [[VideoGame/SuperMetroid Mother Brain]] the final boss. |
| 208 | * Title resembles ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. |
| 209 | * When the gang arrives at Tohomiko electronics, Kimiko, Dojo, Raimundo, Clay and Omi go through [[Film/TotalRecall1990 a big walk-in X-ray device]] for the scanning process. |
| 210 | |
| 211 | [[AC: The Last Temptation of Raimundo]] |
| 212 | * 'Heylin Comet' sounds like "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet Halley's Comet]]." |
| 213 | * Raimundo resembles [[ComicBook/XMen Juggernaut]] when he acquires the Helmet of Jong. |
| 214 | * Behavior of the She Gong Wu in this episode is reminiscent of the [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Venom Symbiote]] in that it tries to take over the body of its host. |
| 215 | * Dojo namedrops ''Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}''. |
| 216 | |
| 217 | [[AC: The Year of the Green Monkey]] |
| 218 | * Replace "Green Monkey" with "Jade Monkey" in the episode's title and you have the title of a 90's movie. |
| 219 | * Jack tried infiltrating the Xiaolin Temple to acquire the '''Tongue of Saiping''' Shen Gong Wu by using a [[TrojanHorse huge statue of himself on a cart]] with huge fruit surrounding the statue, though the four warriors saw through Jack's plan and destroyed the statue but not the oversized fruit where Jack was hiding in the banana. |
| 220 | * Omi's "Not only does Jack look like a monkey, but he (ugh) smells like one too!" refers to the mocking Happy Birthday Song.[[labelnote:Version's Lyrics:]] "Happy birthday to you! / You belong in a zoo! / You look like a monkey / And you smell like one too!"[[/labelnote]] |
| 221 | * The green monkeys that appear may refer to [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Beast Boy]]'s most recent orign story where he was bitten by a very rare green monkey as a child, giving him Sakutia, the disease that gave him his shapeshifting powers and green coloring. Though earlier versions of his origin story had Beast Boy's father use experimental "de-evolution" techniques to turn his son into a green monkey to save his life from the Sakutia. |
| 222 | |
| 223 | [[AC: The Demon Seed]] |
| 224 | * Not only does "Gigi" the demon seed speaks like the French Knights from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' but noting of the character acting like the French Knights is when he is on top of the Shen Gong Wu Vault, he is beating himself on the head, as the Frenchmen did when they were taunting King Arthur and his men. He also gives the monks a raspberry in the same way that the Frenchmen did. To further complete the Frenchmen motif is when Clay launch stones at Gigi, the evil plant wildly look about as he waits for the stones to hit as the Frenchmen did when they began launching things at King Arthur and his Knights. |
| 225 | ** The little buds sprouting on Gigi's vines are much like the sprouts of [[Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors Au]][[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors dr]][[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors ey]] [[WesternAnimation/LittleShop II]] when she got out of control. |
| 226 | * Between breathes as he's being crushed by Vlad's hug: |
| 227 | -->'''Jack:''' [[Film/{{Casablanca}} I think this is going to be... the beginning... of a long... and evil friendship]]. |
| 228 | |
| 229 | [[AC: The New Order]] |
| 230 | * A reference to [[Franchise/{{Madagascar}} Skipper the penguin]]'s repetitive "Smile and wave boys, smile and wave" line is made when Clay asks what Master Fung meant: |
| 231 | -->'''Dojo:''' Just do as I do; smile and nod. |
| 232 | * While riding on top Cyclops, a certain self-proclaimed evil boy genius quotes Creator/AlPacino as he has the one-eyed ogre grab Chase Young who's paying attention to Omi as the former pops from underneath the desert sand where the Wushan Geyser Sheng-Gong-Wu is located: |
| 233 | -->'''Jack:''' [[Film/{{Scarface 1983}} Say hello to my little friend]]. |
| 234 | * How Raimundo battles some jungle cats, pauses for a moment before [[OffhandBackhand backhanding]] another jungle cat is the exact same stunt [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Rafiki]] pulls with the hyenas. |
| 235 | ** It's even similar to how guest character ComicBook/TheCreeper does to a few mooks in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and gives ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' this [[OffhandBackhand treatment]] without missing a beat while having a conversation with Harley Quinn. |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[AC: The Apprentice]] |
| 238 | * The attack Omi uses on his Omibot is similar to the [[Anime/MegaManNTWarrior Program Advance]] move. |
| 239 | * Episode title shares the same name of a [[Series/TheApprentice hit reality show]]. |
| 240 | * At the temple, where Jack is feeling down after being defeated by Chase Young and Katnappé, being kicked out by his robot clone, the theme from ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless'' starts playing. |
| 241 | |
| 242 | [[AC: Something Jermaine]] |
| 243 | * Dojo's "There are three things I have learnt not to talk about: Religion, Politics, and Omi's head" is a verbatim to the "There are three things I have learnt not to discuss with people: Religion, Politics, and the Great Pumpkin!" line said by [[WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown Linus]]. |
| 244 | * Dojo quotes famous "[[Film/ForrestGump Like peas and carrots]]" line. |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[AC: Dangerous Minds]] |
| 247 | * Episode shares the same title of a [[Film/DangerousMinds 1995 film]] starring Creator/MichellePfeiffer. |
| 248 | ** It may even refer to "[[Music/ElvisPresley Suspicious Minds]]" song. |
| 249 | * Episode plot has giant spiders trying to destroy the world . . . [[Film/EightLeggedFreaks sounds familiar]]? |
| 250 | * Omi [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom grabs]] a paralyzed with fear Dojo as he, Kimko, Raimundo, Clay and Chase escape the giant spider queen and her swarm. |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[AC: Judging Omi]] |
| 253 | * Raimundo makes a reference to R&B artist Grandmaster Funk when he says "So, who's the lucky monk, Grandmaster Fung?" |
| 254 | * Episode title spoofs ''Series/JudgingAmy''. |
| 255 | * Jack calling Omi "sweet pea" in regards to the latter pointing out the former's "new" army of evil (Vlad, Katnappé, Cyclops and Tubbimura) looks like the "old" one, "Swee'pea" being the name of [[ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} Popeye and Olive Oyl]]'s only child. |
| 256 | * Omi saying he's the Chosen One and the fact he turns evil likely refers to ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', which ironically came out in theatres the Thursday before this episode premiered where the Chosen One, [[Characters/StarWarsAnakinSkywalker Anakin Skywalker]], betrays the Jedi Order. |
| 257 | * After learning Dojo told each one of them they would be the one to become a Wudai Warrior, Omi, Kimiko, Raimundo and Clay confront the dragon: |
| 258 | -->'''Kimiko:''' [[Series/ILoveLucy Dojo, you have some 'splaining to do]]. |
| 259 | |
| 260 | [[AC: Saving Omi]] |
| 261 | * When Omi's turned into a cat, he strongly resembles [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Simba]] as a cub if not [[Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion Kimba]]. |
| 262 | * Raimundo does the 'bring it on' hand gesture to Evil Omi is what [[Film/TheMatrix Neo does to Agent Smith]]. |
| 263 | * Before Clay could use the '''Lasso Boa-Boa''' Shen Gong Wu to stop Heylin Omi from pulverizing Raimundo, a possessed looking Omi [[Film/TheExorcist turns his head 180 degrees]] to face the cowboy. |
| 264 | * The ice claws appearing on Omi's water body is similar to ComiceBook/{{Wolverine}}'s if not [[ComicBook/XMen X-23]]. |
| 265 | * While Clay, Raimundo, Kimiko and Dojo are looking through the ancient scrolls on finding the answer why Omi turned evil, Dojo finds a scroll that states UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat had seven toes on one foot and three on the other. |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder: Season 3]] |
| 269 | [[AC: Finding Omi]] |
| 270 | * Omi's "I know there is still good in you" line is similar to Luke Skywalker's "[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi There is still good inside you]]" line to Darth Vader. |
| 271 | * How the Chi Guardian eats the warriors chi is how the [[Franchise/HarryPotter Dementors]] left people soulless after their attacks. |
| 272 | * Name of the showdown between Clay, Omi-cat, Raimundo and Kimiko against Chase and three of his warriors turned jungle cats is called '[[Film/ShaolinSoccer Xiaolin Soccer]].' |
| 273 | * Jack's chi being replaced with good, he acts an awful lot like Creator/GeneKelly, dressing the same, prancing around and being overly dramatic like how Gene Kelly was in all the musical movies of the fifties. |
| 274 | |
| 275 | [[AC: Bird of Paradise]] |
| 276 | * The way Clay used his Wudai powers while battling the rock snake is very similar to the [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Earthbenders]] if not the way [[Anime/DragonBallZ Goku]] uses Kamehameha. |
| 277 | * Episode title "Bird of Paradise" shares the same name as a card in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' game as well as a name of the demons from ''Manga/InuYasha''. |
| 278 | * Punching a hole in the gorge's side by using his Wudai power in order to escape the collapsing Canyon of Doom and Agony so the warriors have an easy passage out, Raimundo, Kimiko and Omi [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom grab]] Clay before the cowboy is crushed. |
| 279 | |
| 280 | [[AC: The Life and Times of Hannibal Roy Bean]] |
| 281 | * Episode title spoofs ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfTim'', ''Film/TheLifeAndTimesOfJudgeRoyBean'', ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'', ''Life and Times of Frederick Douglass'', ''Film/TheLifeAndTimesOfRosieTheRiveter'', ''[[Literature/{{Wicked}} Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West]]'' and possibly ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee''. |
| 282 | * The scene when Hannibal Roy Bean tries to convince Jack to help him escape is a spoof of a scene from ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''. |
| 283 | * The relationship between Hannibal Roy Bean, Chase Young and Master Monk Guan are similar to that of [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Emperor Palpatine, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi]] respectively. |
| 284 | |
| 285 | [[AC: Omi Town]] |
| 286 | * Wuya's "It would of worked too if you hadn't shown up!" line parodies a line usually misquoted by villains when they get caught by [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Mystery Inc]]. |
| 287 | * While the four Warriors look for Omi's parents while riding forty-foot Dojo, they spot a {{Crop Circle|s}} in a corn field. |
| 288 | * Raimundo makes a reference to Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart's "Musical Fruit" when speaking to Hannibal: |
| 289 | -->"Yeah, well listen Mr. Musical Fruit, I eat beans for lunch!" |
| 290 | ** It also refers to a schoolyard saying and children's song "Beans, Beans, The Musical Fruit" about the capacity for beans to contribute to flatulence. |
| 291 | |
| 292 | [[AC: Treasure of the Blind Swordsman]] |
| 293 | * The line "Yeah, ''burn baby burn''!" Kimiko says is also a line from "Disco Inferno" song. |
| 294 | * The ghost cowboy in the 'Last Breath Saloon" looks and talked a lot like [[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly Blondie]]. |
| 295 | * Raimundo's Wudai Weapon, '''Blade of the Nebula''', is similar to the '[[Manga/InuYasha Blades of the Dragon]]' power. |
| 296 | * How the blind old man dressed, used his staff and the sound the staff made while battling Wuya and Jack are very similar to a [[Franchise/StarWars Jedi and his light saber]]. |
| 297 | |
| 298 | [[AC: Oil in the Family]] |
| 299 | * Jack and Wuya bring [[Franchise/JurassicPark dinosaurs back to life]]. |
| 300 | * Kimiko's Wudai Fire Shield is similar to the force field [[Anime/DragonBallZ Goku]] uses. |
| 301 | * Episode title parodies a [[Series/AllInTheFamily classic comedy series]]. |
| 302 | |
| 303 | [[AC: The Return of Master Monk Guan]] |
| 304 | * The name "Bobo" Master Monk Guan gave Raimundo is a possible pun off [[Manga/BoboboboBobobo Bo-bo]]'s name. |
| 305 | ** In Brazilian-Portuguese, 'Bobo' means "silly" and in the Philippines, it's a term for "dumb" or "dummy." |
| 306 | * While fighting Raimundo, Omi uses his '''Shimo Staff''' Wudai weapon to grow in length, similar to [[Anime/DragonBallZ Goku]]'s staff. |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[AC: The Dream Stalker]] |
| 309 | * Raimundo being shirtless was based on Creator/BruceLee. |
| 310 | * As Omi says, "Why Raimundo? Why?" seems a reference to the phrase, "Why, God? Why?" |
| 311 | * The way Hannibal appears to Raimundo in so many of his fantasies during the latter's dreams is how [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] appear in teenagers' dreams. |
| 312 | * The dancing game Raimundo and Kimko play is called '''[[VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution Dance]] Film/{{Armageddon|1998}}''.' |
| 313 | * Jack flails around with a staff and has a robot film him, as a subtle reference to the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU Star Wars Kid]]." |
| 314 | [[AC: Chucky Choo]] |
| 315 | * Chucky Choo's [[Creator/MauriceLaMarche voice actor]] makes him sound very much like pathological liar [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Tommy Flanagan]]. |
| 316 | * Chucky Choo claimed to have known UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun, UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat and UsefulNotes/IvanTheTerrible. |
| 317 | |
| 318 | [[AC: Wu Got the Power]] |
| 319 | * How Omi uses the four elements (water, earth, fire and wind/air) is a nod to [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Aang]] and his past lives. |
| 320 | * The fight between Omi and Hannibal Roy Bean looked like the fight between Hulk and the Absorbing Man in ''The Hulk'' movie. |
| 321 | * Omi calls Hannibal "Series/MrBean" throughout the episode. |
| 322 | |
| 323 | [[AC: Hannibal's Revenge]] |
| 324 | * The way Hannibal and Chase's fists hits each other and all of a sudden, thundershocks appears reflects to an episode set ten years later in the World Martial Arts Tournaments when [[Anime/DragonBallZ Goku and Uub]] hit each other, followed by thundershocks. |
| 325 | * Omi, Clay and Kimiko making dead on impressions of Wuya, Chase and Hannibal with Kimko impersonating Jack later seems familiar to when [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Lenny, Numbuh 1, Numbuh 3, Numbuh 4 and Numbuh 5]] impersonate the Delightful Children. |
| 326 | * Kimiko's hairstyle is similar to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 Yuna]]'s. |
| 327 | * Kimiko's appearance when connected to the satellite is a possible reference to ''Film/{{Tron}}''. |
| 328 | * The pillar of light Kimkio conjures when activating her 'Global Mind-reading trick' is similar to the pillar of light in [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing Minas Morgul]]. |
| 329 | * Chase being weakened during the full Heylin eclipse is like Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'s weakness. |
| 330 | |
| 331 | [[AC: Time After Time: Part 1]] |
| 332 | * The shot of the temple with the moons and suns going by increasingly fast refers to ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'''s pilot. |
| 333 | * There's a plague reading "[[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart The Musical Fruit]]" on Hannibal Roy Beans' cage.\ |
| 334 | It also refers to children's song "Beans, Beans, The Musical Fruit" a schoolyard saying about the capacity for beans to contribute to flatulence. |
| 335 | * Where Omi goes into the future, he meets everyone in Jack Spicer's prison where [[Film/TheGreenMile Master Fung sits in his cell, talking to a mouse]]. |
| 336 | * The bad future appears to be based off ''Film/TheTerminator''. |
| 337 | * Episode title shares the same name of a song by Music/CyndiLauper. |
| 338 | * Young Chase's attack of ripping out a stone monster's heart mirrors [[Franchise/MortalKombat Kano]]'s finishing move. |
| 339 | |
| 340 | [[AC: Time After Time: Part 2]] |
| 341 | * Again, episode title shares the same name of a song by Music/CyndiLauper. |
| 342 | * In the alternate present, Omi goes to his fellow Xiaolin monks, only to discover that his new "home" is a farm: |
| 343 | -->'''Omi:''' We should be fighting evil! Not raising tasty corn!\ |
| 344 | '''Raimundo:''' I agree with cue-ball, I much rather fight evil then sit around take care of some pig!\ |
| 345 | '''Clay:''' Whoa there par'ner, it's not [[Literature/CharlottesWeb some pig]]! All pigs are special in their own way. |
| 346 | * After Omi switched the Lao Mang Lone Soup for pea soup, thus not making Chase evil: |
| 347 | -->'''Dojo:''' It seems our work here is done, [[Franchise/TheLoneRanger Tonto]]. |
| 348 | * The winged monkeys Wuya summons in the Xiaolin Showdown are very similar the ones in ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''. |
| 349 | * The way Omi traveled down the castle with his Orb of Tornami is similar to how [[ComicBook/XMen Iceman]] travels. |
| 350 | [[/folder]] |
| 351 | |
| 352 | !For ''Xiaolin Chronicles'': |
| 353 | * Go [[ShoutOut/XiaolinChronicles here]]. |
| 354 |
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