A Night at the Opera

"How is Uncle supposed to concoct a chi spell without a spell book?"
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"A Night at the Opera"
Season 3 Episode 16

General information
Setting	San Francisco, California, United States
Aired on	April 5, 2003
Production Number	68
Credits
Written by	Alexx Van Dyne Adam Beechen
Directed by	Seung Eun-Kim
Produced by	Frank Squillace
Episode guide
Previous episode "Re-Enter the Dragon"	Next episode "Attack of the J-Clones"

"A Night at the Opera" is the sixty-eighth episode of Jackie Chan Adventures.

Synopsis[]

Uncle's old opera troupe is in town, which leads to a reunion with an old friend. Jackie finds that a pair of thieves may be using some stage tricks to commit crimes.

Characters[]

Protagonists[]

Antagonists[]

Clown
Farmer

Others[]

Jinn
Ghost
Daughter

Voice Talent[]

James Sie - Jackie Chan, Jinn
Stacie Chan - Jade Chan
Sab Shimono - Uncle
Noah Nelson - Tohru
Keone Young - Wing, Clown, Farmer

Broadcast[]

USA: The WB (Kids' WB) - Saturday, April 5, 2003
UK: BBC Two (CBBC) - Sunday, May 25, 2003

Transcript[]

Main article: Transcript:A Night at the Opera

Trivia[]

The title of this episode is a reference to the 1935 Marx Brothers film of the same name.
The Peking Opera stage group featured in this episode is the "Seven Little Fortunes", which the real life Jackie Chan was once a part of.
Uncle reveals that the farmer in the story is named Lau Xing, which was coincidentally the name of Jackie Chan's character in the 2004 film Around the World in 80 Days, released almost exactly a year after the airing of this episode.
At the beginning of the episode, Jackie can be seen studying an artifact almost identical to the Kyoto Octopus from the Season 2 episode "The Mother of All Battles".

Errors[]

This episode may not be accurate to the historical background of "Through the Rabbit Hole" and the episode's interpretation of Uncle's history with magic. In "A Night at the Opera", Wing and Uncle note that the time between Uncle's leave and their reunion is 60 years apart. Attentively this is because of Uncle's departure of the opera in favor of chi magic. The interpretation of "Through the Rabbit Hole" when Jade travels back in time to 1976, showing Uncle had no slight acknowledgement that magic had even existed by that time. This opens up two blunders, as he had worked in the theater as a child meaning he should have known of the existence of magic.

Episodes
Season One
The Dark Hand • The Power Within • The Mask of El Toro Fuerte • Enter the Viper • Shell Game • Project A, for Astral • Bullies • Tough Break • The Rock • The Jade Monkey • The Dog and Piggy Show • The Tiger and the Pussycat • Day of the Dragon
Season Two
Through the Rabbit Hole • The Warrior Incarnate • Snake Hunt • The Mother of All Battles • The Stronger Evil • The J-Team • Jade Times Jade • The Curse of El Chupacabra • Rumble in the Big House • Lost City of the Muntabs • And He Does His Own Stunts • Showdown in the Old West • Queen of the Shadowkhan • Origami • Shanghai Moon • The Lotus Temple • Armor of the Gods • Agent Tag • Tale of the Demon Tail • The Return of the Pussycat • Scouts Honor • Danger in the Deep Freeze • Into the Mouth of Evil • The King and Jade • The New Atlantis • The Eighth Door • Demon World (Part 1) • Demon World (Part 2) • Enter the Cat • Pleasure Cruise • Tough Luck • The Chosen One • Glove Story • The Chan Who Knew Too Much • Chi of the Vampire • The Good, the Bad, the Blind, the Deaf and the Mute • Shrink Rap • I'll Be a Monkey's Puppet • The Amazing T-Girl
Season Three
Re-Enter the J-Team • The Powers Unleashed • Viva Las Jackies • Aztec Rat Race • Monkey a Go-Go • When Pigs Fly • Rabbit Run • Sheep In, Sheep Out • The Invisible Mom • A Jolly J-Team X-Mas • Little Valmont, Big Jade • The Ox-Head Incident • Animal Crackers • Tohru Who? • Re-Enter the Dragon • A Night at the Opera • Attack of the J-Clones
Season Four
The Masks of the Shadowkhan • Samurai Ratso • The Amazing T-Troop • Black Magic • The Demon Behind • Fright Fight Night • Half a Mask of Kung-Fu • The Shadow Eaters • The Good Guys • Deja Vu • J2: Rise of the Dragons • The J-Tots • Ninja Twilight
Season Five
Relics of Demon Past • It's All in the Game • Black and White and Chi All Over • Dragon Scouts • The Demon Beneath My Wings • Mirror, Mirror • Antler Action • Clash of the Titanics • Stealing Thunder • Weight and See • J2 Revised • The Powers That Be (Part 1) • The Powers That Be (Part 2)