| Demon World (Part 1) | |
| Season 2 Episode 27 | |
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| General Information | |
| Setting | Hong Kong Demon Netherworld Australia |
| Aired on | February 16, 2002 |
| Production Number | 40 |
| Credits | |
| Written by | David Slack |
| Directed by | Chris Berkeley |
| Produced by | Michael Goguen |
| Episode Guide | |
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Demon World (Part 1) is the fortieth episode of Jackie Chan Adventures.
Synopsis[]
After failing to free the other demons using the Demon Portals, Shendu proposes another scheme: rewriting history itself.
Summary[]
Shendu is being tortured by his brothers and sisters following the sealing of the final portal to the mortal world. However, he reveals that he has one final plan to secure their collective victory, involving the Book of Ages. The other demons are reluctant, noting that manipulating the Book of Ages risks altering reality itself, but the allure of finally escaping imprisonment and regaining their empires convinces them to let Shendu try his plan.
In the mortal world, the Chans are visiting Jade's mother and father, taking great pains to hide their adventures for fear that it might sour them to letting their daughter stay with her relatives. While sitting down for tea, Shendu's spirit emerges from the Netherworld and finally possesses Jackie. Despite their best efforts, Tohru, Jade, and Uncle are unable to stop Jackie from escaping the house in dramatic fashion; Jade's parents confine her to her room, unsure if they should allow her to continue staying with her "reckless" uncle.
Using Jackie's body, Shendu travels to Australia and enters a mystic door concealed within Uluru[1], stepping through the rock into a vast chamber that houses the Book of Ages, a powerful magical artifact that automatically records the history of time itself. By writing in the book, Shendu alters reality; Jade attempts to interfere, but only succeeds in tearing off a piece of a page before being enveloped in light. When the light fades, Jade finds herself in a vastly altered world; civilization is in a feudal state, magic and martial arts are outlawed, and humanity is enslaved by Shendu and his siblings, each ruling a different area of the world as the Eight Emperors.
After sneaking away from her new house, Jade discovers that her relatives are working in Shendu's castle; Uncle is the royal bookkeeper, and Jackie is a meek personal attendant to the demon dragon himself. She soon realizes that the torn-out page from the Book of Ages carried her role in the future; since Shendu couldn't overwrite it, her memories of the old reality remain. Realizing that there's only one way to save the world, Jade recruits Jackie and Uncle in a desperate plot to reach Australia (now called the Forbidden Country/No Man’s Land) to undo Shendu's changes in the Book of Ages. Using the magic balm Uncle once employed to extract the talismans from Shendu in the old timeline, the three sneak into the dragon's bedroom and proceed to steal the talismans from his body, only for the demon himself to awaken and attack...
Characters[]
Protagonists[]
Antagonists[]
Neutral[]
Objects[]
- Book of Ages - Shendu
- Talismans
- Rooster Talisman - Shendu
- Ox Talisman - Shendu
- Snake Talisman - Shendu
- Rabbit Talisman - Shendu
- Sheep Talisman - Shendu
- Dragon Talisman - Shendu
- Rat Talisman - Shendu
- Horse Talisman - Shendu
- Monkey Talisman - Shendu
- Dog Talisman - Shendu
- Pig Talisman - Shendu
- Tiger Talisman - Shendu
Voice Talent[]
- James Sie - Jackie Chan, Shendu, Chow
- Stacie Chan - Jade Chan
- Sab Shimono - Uncle
- Noah Nelson - Tohru
- Mona Marshall - Bai Tza, Po Kong, Jade's Mother
- André Sogliuzzo - Hsi Wu, Dai Gui, Shen Chan
Broadcast[]
- USA: The WB (Kids' WB) - Saturday 16, February, 2002
- UK: BBC One (CBBC) - Saturday, April 6, 2002
Transcript[]
- Main article: Transcript:Demon World (Part 1)
Notable Quotes[]
'Jade: (as her parents answer the door) Surprise!
Jade’s Parents: Jade!
Jade: Mom! Dad!
Jackie: Hope you don’t mind us dropping in uninvited.
Jade’s Father: Cousin Jackie, it’s so good to see you again!
Jade’s Mother: You have been such a wonderful role model for Jade.
Jackie: Oh well, thank you- (Uncle cuffs him) Ow!
Uncle: You take credit for my good influence?!
Jade’s Parents: Uncle!
Jade: Tch. Is Uncle everyone’s uncle?
Jade’s Father: He is actually our cousin... aren’t you? (Jackie and Uncle exchange confused glances)
Jade: Uncle said that Book of Ages magically recorded history. When Shendu wrote in it, he must have rewrote the past, so he was never destroyed and the demons were never banished through their portals, and now... I’m in DEMON WORLD.
Shendu: Keeping one’s enemies close is not just wise, it is gratifying.
Jade: If the book’s not here in Shendu’s library, there’s only one other place it could be. Australia!
Uncle: Aiya! No man’s land! That continent is forbidden!
Jackie: There is nothing there, Jade. Just a fortress!
Jade: Tch. Fortresses are usually built to protect something, duh.
Uncle: But it is said that all who approach the fortress will be destroyed.
Jade: Well we have to get inside it somehow!
Uncle: Why?
Jade: Because Shendu used the Book of Ages to rewrite reality!
Uncle: (scoffs) That is crazy. (to Jackie) You do not believe her, do you?
Jackie: (sighs) There is one thing that I believe. Demons ruling the world is a bad thing.
Trivia[]
- When Jade presses the button on her watch, the Super Mushroom sound effect from the 1984 video game Super Mario Bros. can be heard.