Jackie Chan Adventures

Mods: You might want to move this to the Disney/Pixar forum as the show airs on Disney XD.

I was able to watch the series on XD and found it pretty enjoyable if not outstanding, I found it much more watchable than Xiaolin Showdown myself.
 
Jackiee Chan Adventures was one of my favorite shows when I was little, I always enjoyed Uncle and the way he hits Jackie. xD Oh and the crazy spell that he always does to seal monsters.
 
I found this to be a very enjoyable cartoon. Easily the best "big star gets cartoon" series I've ever seen. The fight scenes were very well coreographed, and the humor rarely failed to make me laugh. I especially enjoyed any episode featuring Hak Foo. He was a formidable, threatening villain, who was hilarious at the same time. Easily one of the best villain henchmen of all time, often being stronger than his superior(s). Jackie usually can't beat him on his own, and must resort to the Magic Item of the Episode. I mean, this guy killed Uncle in his first appearance! (he came back, revealing that he had been wearing the Immortality Talisman) I will admit, however, that the show did grow repetitive in its later seasons. But it got a great two-part finale that really shined.
 
I enjoyed the show. My favorite characters were Drago, Jade, and Hsi Wu. I especially like Drago. He left a lot of unanswered questions, like who his mother is. He got me very intrigued when there was little detail of his life. Plus, I enjoyed his sense of humor. I'm already writing fanfics about him if anyone is interested.
 
I thought that this was a really nice series and I enjoyed watching back in the day on Kids' WB. I agree that the fight scenes were well done and the humor was nice too. I did like how it combined fighting and magic throughout the series. Although, I think that the last couple of seasons were kind of lackluster. The villains didn't seem as threatening or intense to me at that point. Still, it was a nice show. I did like how they had Jackie Chan answer a question at the end of each episode for the first couple of seasons.
 
Jackie Chan Adventures was hit/miss for me. The first 2 seasons were good; James Sie did a credible job of voicing animated Jackie, I liked Uncle (voiced by Japanese comic Sab Simono) and the Dark Hand, the talisman powers were cool (my favorites: Dragon, Rooster, Pig and Monkey), and I agree that Hok Foo was hilarious (voiced by Jim Cummings in his first appearance in season 1's "Dog and Piggy Show" and by John 'Bender/Shntizel' DiMaggio in all of his subsequent appearances). The combination of martial arts and magic powers was fun. The 2nd season, with Shendu and his demon brethren, was also promising.

However, the show seemed to flag around season 3, when the talisman hunt started up all over again. The stories and jokes began to get repetitious, and the character of Jade, who I originally kind of liked, just got more and more annoying.

I fell off of the series around the time they got to the Oni Masks arc, and I barely saw any of the Draco episodes.
 
It was a strictly formula show, every season was the gang going around collecting things. It was an alright show, but it was nothing special.

Uncle made the show worth watching.
 
What!??, i always thought the Real Jakie chan voiced him, i assumedh he was heavily involved in the show cause he would appear at the end of episodes.


I agree with everything you said.

Anyway, i really enjoyed the character p-progression and stuff, like with Touru (how do you spell that?) going from villain to Uncles apprentice.

Captain Black was awesome too, i still remember when people thought he was crazy for believing in demons, that was funny.

In remember an episode where future Jade came to the present and Jakie found outb that in the future he never leaves Section 13, i still remember him yelling "I NEVER LEAVE SECTION 13 !!!!!!!??"

Point is, loved the humor.
 
Jackie Chan Adventure was a treat for the JC fan in me, but the excitement lasted only for a good two and a half seasons. The first two were solid affairs (baring some really boring fillers in Season Two in mind) that did well to work the action, plot, humor, and gradual character development over the course of the series.

However I realized sometime in the halfway zone of Season Three that this was ultimately a formulaic series with little in the way of difference or development for its characters. It amounted to nothing but "search the MacGuffin before the Big Bad" does. I suppose kids and/or devoted fans may have infinite patience to enjoy it, but the tedium grew too much for me. I managed to make it through Season Three, struggled through Season Four, and barely managed to finish Season Five, skipping episodes and making it in time to see the somewhat passable series finale.

Lest off of, it also introduced Jade Chan who remained a bothersome nuisance throughout the show. She started off promising in the Season Two premiere when she caught the vase from falling due to her trainings from Jackie - a sign of character growth - but she reminded the same hyperactive, annoying, forceful little brat that had no listening skills whatsoever. Imagine my relief when "J2", the only worthwhile Season Four episode in my opinion, aired. Too bad its sequel wasn't nearly as good.

In short, a series that I thought was very good and VERY hilarious to watch for the first couple of runs, but slowly got repetitive and boring over the years. I don't know, perhaps the results are simply from me growing up, forcing me to mature and find different shades of what I want in cartoons by then. After all, it first aired when I was 14 and I was pretty much done with High School when it ended.



Personally, I thought he was just a whiny teenager-ish dragon boy who had daddy issues. He failed to be as threatening or awesome as Shendu and I wanted so badly for him to have just remain a one-note character. Instead they had to bring him back for Season Five. In short, I didn't like him.
 
Lame. I made a thread like this a while ago. Well I'll just post what I posted there:

In my opinion, this was a good consistent show that had a great run on Kids WB. As for the opinion of others, well, that's why I made this thread. To begin, I have to say that my favorite episode would have to be: "The Tiger and the Pussycat." Which is the episode where Jackie gets split in half. (Good and Evil.) It had great comedy and action in it, showing a side that Jackie Chan (in the shows standards) would never show in a million years. As for my favorite quote, I'm gonna have to go with this for now until I can think of my true favorite:

"Uncle, uncle!"
"What is it Jackie?"
"I stepped on a bug!" *Cries uncontrollably.*
 
Personally, my all-time favorite quote (and humor moment) in JCA is from the resident old wizard, Uncle. Trying to read an ancient inscription while Jackie's "J-Team" and Shendu/Valmont's men fights, he kicks one of the villains away when he was thrown in his direction. Uncle's casual response, "You are blocking my light". I burst a gut.
 
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