New villain Catnappe wins the Golden Tiger Claws and uses them to go on a crime spree. The monks must stop her, but how do you fight someone who can go anywhere they want?
The episode begins with Katnappe and Jack bickering and insulting one another, with Jack feeling that he and Wuya don’t need her. Wuya points out all of Jack’s recent failures and Katnappe reiterated how they need her help.
Meanwhile at the temple the monks are testing out the Golden Tiger Claws. Kimiko uses them first, tearing open a portal into a strange glowing grey and black vortex tunnel. She hops in and emerges atop one of the nearby mountains. Clay goes next and takes a trip to Texas to grab a specially cooked steak from an all you can eat buffet. Omi attempts to grab and use the Claws next, but Raimundo steals them and hops in and out of portals around Omi as he teases him.
Omi’s turn with the Claws are put on hold due to the awakening of the Changing Chopsticks, a Shen-Gong-Wu that allows a person to shrink to the size of a grain of rice.
On Easter Island, the location of the Changing Chopsticks, Jack shows off his robots to Katnappe who destroys them with her own genetically engineered super kittens. The monks spy on the pair, wondering who Katnappe is as she finds the Chopsticks stuck up an Easter Island Stone Head’s nose. Omi gets to them as well and challenges her to a Xiaolin Showdown of Tag, his Claw’s against her Fist of Tebigong.
After some confusion from Katnappe about how to start, the game gets underway. Omi brags about the Claw’s powers, but Katnappe instantly uses the Fist to knock Omi to the ground and disarm him of the Claws. She steals them and uses them to tag him all in the span of a few seconds, thus winning the showdown.
Wuya compliments Katnappe on her performance in the showdown, offering her that chance to take over the world with her, much to Jack’s anger and dismay. However, Katnappe does not want to work with Wuya and so steals the Golden Tiger Claws and escapes.
Back at the temple, Omi expresses his sadness and self loathing over failing in the showdown and losing the Golden Tiger Claws—while his teammates are sympathetic, Kimiko also points out to Omi that losing is something that's bound to happen once in a while, and argues that it's best to just let it go and move on. But Master Fung arrives and tells the group that there are many lessons to be learned through defeat. He then challenges them to steal a jade elephant from him. If they win they don’t have to do chores for a week, though if they lose they must scrub the grand hallway floors by hand. The group try but fail when Master Fung smashes the elephant to deny them the victory, explaining that that is victory enough for him in that situation.
The next day the aching monks hear about several news reports about a girl in a catsuit robbing stores and then disappearing—correctly deducing that it's Katnappe, they find she is currently robbing the Mall of the World and her Dojo to fly them there.
The gang confronts Katnappe only for her to run circles around them with the help of the Claws. Clay makes no attempt to fight her as he says he can’t fight a girl. Katnappe has no such reservations about him and throws him into the pile of the other monks before escaping yet again.
The gang suspect that Katnappe is likely to head to an amusement park called Catatonia, owing to it being the ‘best amusement park in the world’ as well as it being cat themed.
Katnappe is indeed there, stealing ice cream from a child and jumping in front of the line at a rollercoaster. The group spot her but lament at having no plan to stop her. Omi however is struck by inspiration and the gang ambush her at the end of the ride.
Omi orders Clay forward to meet her, and while he expresses his continued desire not to fight a girl, he instead gives her a bear hug, keeping her in place long enough for the gang to fight off her cats and for Omi to steal back the Claws.
Jack arrives with several Bloodhoundbots and attempts to steal the Claws, however Omi opens a portal to the Earth’s core that sucks in the bots. He also tosses in the Claws themselves so no one can abuse their powers again. Katnappe departs with Jack.
The episode ends with the group chatting about the lessons they don’t seem to get with Master Fung, who approaches them with another bet with a jade monkey. The group merely leaves, realising the futility of trying to bet against Master Fung.
Tropes
- Animal Jingoism: Jack Spicer and Wuya show up at Catatonia with 3 Bloodhoundbots, with the former correctly indicating that they would find Katnappe and the Golden Tiger Claws.
- Antagonist Title: The first episode of the series to have the villain's name as the title.
- Killer Rabbit: The cats Katnappe have with her initially are cute kittens, but they tear up the 3 Jackbots to pieces.
- Mundane Utility: Rather than seeking world domination, Katnappe uses the Golden Tiger Claws to treat herself to whatever she wants; by using the Claws' portal powers, she can sneak into any store or resort and then flee without paying.
- Once an Episode: In what is most likely the shortest Xiaolin Showdown in the show's span, it's a game of Tag pitching Omi against Katnappe for the Changing Chopsticks, with Omi's Golden Tiger Claws versus Katnappe's Fist of Tebigong. Katnappe wins after using the Fist to knock Omi off his feet, pick up the dropped Tiger Claws and transport right over Omi for the tag and the quick victory.
- We Win, Because You Didn't: The lesson Master Fung teaches the Dragons; Omi uses this example and sends the Tiger Claws into the Earth's core, keeping them out of evil's hands.
- Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Clay refuses to fight Katnappe. Raimundo calls him out on it saying "Chivalry is dead." However, a bear hug isn't fighting and holds her long enough for Omi to remove the Golden Tiger Claws from her.
