Noble Animals

Nine out of the Twelve Noble Animals

"As such, the Talisman magic will be drawn to Noble Animals, those most worthy of their regal ancestors. Twelve living creatures; each about to receive an extraordinary gift." — Uncle

The Noble Animals (also referred to as The Zodiac Gang by Jade) were descendants of the original twelve animals who held the Talismans of Shendu. These animals - being the most noble and worthy of these powers - after, in a three-sided fight between the Chans, the Enforcers, and the dark wizard Daolon Wong, the Talismans were destroyed by Jackie Chan in an effort to keep Daolon Wong from getting his hands on them. This one action brought about a new Talisman hunt.

History

The Sheep about to receive the power of Astral Projection.

In ancient China, there are twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac that possessed the unique powers of Shendu. when Lo Pei cast a magical spell on Shendu his powers scattered to these twelve animals. Shendu knew this, as he himself was a noble animal, he drained their powers back into himself. Lo Pei then turned him into his statue form, and the powers were separated from him in the form of the twelve talismans and were scattered throughout the world and kept as stones to prevent Shendu from draining them once again.

Dai Gui once angrily referred to the talismans as "accursed".

Each animal required a specific locator spell to find them that involved enchanting an object related to the animal (such as a carrot for the rabbit or a cat's whisker for the rat because cats hunt rats). This object would glow and be drawn to the location of the animal.

When the Chans located any of the animals, they transported them to Section 13 to be kept under magical and technological protection. The search for the animals was hampered by the appearances of Daolon Wong, who would simply absorb the powers out from the animals and into himself, and by the fact that the animals tended to activate their own abilities when frightened or angered. For some of the hunts, Uncle used enchanted cages that would prevent the animal within from activating its magic.)

Activating their powers

Over the course of the journey, Wong managed to acquire a total of two Talisman powers (Rooster and Pig) whilst the Chans rescued a total of 9 Noble Animals. They attempted to transfer and store the powers into a new set of talismans, but the original spell was long gone. Jade befriended each animal and (using their powers) once snuck them out of Section 13 to show them off at her school's fair. The animals were startled by a falling puck from a strength game which caused them to scatter in fear and use their powers on the way. Even though the Chans prevented the Dark Chi Warriors from capturing any of the animals, they only managed to find the rat, rabbit, tiger and sheep. The yak, horse, snake and monkey were herded to Section 13 by the dog.

Upon Shendu's return, the Dragon power manifests

The final remaining power, the Dragon power of Combustion. Daolon Wong resolved to make a deal with Shendu, a dragon who resided in the netherworld. Shendu agreed to let Wong have the Combustion power in return for resurrecting him in a new body on Earth, but ended up betraying him when he took the power for himself as well as stealing the Rooster and Pig powers from Wong.

Shendu stealing Scruffy's power of Immortality

This was because Shendu himself was Noble Animal, worthy of the power by default demon sorcerer. Shendu then hunted down the other nine animals and stole all the remaining powers. With the help of Daolon Wong, Uncle cast the original spell used centuries ago by Lo Pei to transform Shendu into a statue and recreated the Twelve Talismans. The Noble Animals were then returned to their original homes, except for Scruffy who remained in Section 13 with Jade.

Eggbert and Mordecai, the rooster and pig whose powers had been stolen by Wong, were reunited with their powers on two occasions when Jade equipped them with the new Talismans for the T-Troop.

Noble Animals

Animal	Talisman	Power	Locator Object	Location
Scruffy	Dog	Immortality	None	San Francisco
Sasha	Tiger	Spiritual Balance	Sock	Las Vagas, Nevada
Mickey	Rat	Animation	Cat's Whisker	Mexico
Haiku	Monkey	Shapeshifting	Banana	Kīlauea, Hawaii
Eggbert	Rooster	Levitation Telekinesis	Unknown	Malaysia
Mordecai	Pig	Thermal Vision	Unknown	Arline, Kansas
Lucky	Rabbit	Speed	Carrot	Douglas, Wyoming
Bob	Sheep	Astral Projection Dream Possession	Moth	Highlands, Scotland
The Snake	Snake	Invisibility	Rattle with Mongoose Teeth	Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Royal Medicine	Horse	Healing and Regeneration	Horseshoe	London
The Yak	Ox	Strength	Cowbell	The Himalayas
Shendu	Dragon	Combustion	Dragon Statue	Netherworld (as a spirit; resurrected somewhere in/near San Francisco)

Trivia

• When most of the Noble Animals would use their powers, the camera would often zoom in on the animal's eyes where an image of their respective Talisman would shine for dramatic effect. This was also shown when Uncle transferred the power of the Ox Talisman into himself and used the power when it was in his body.
  • In the case of when Daolon Wong used the powers of levitation/telekinesis (the Rooster Talisman) and heat vision (the Pig Talisman), and also when Shendu obtained the power of combustion (the Dragon Talisman) after Wong resurrected him to access the power of that Talisman, only the picture of the animal that appears on the front of the respective talisman is shown in their eyes, rather than images of the talismans themselves.
  • When Mordecai and Eggbert first appear on-screen in "When Pigs Fly", the talismans are shown in their eyes even though they weren't using their respective powers at the time. This was likely done to signify that they were the Noble Animals, as no locator had been shown being used on-screen to find them.