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Samurai Ratso
Season 4 Episode 2

General Information
Setting	San Fransisco, USA Tokyo, Japan Matsue, Japan
Aired on	September 20, 2003
Production Number	71
Credits
Written by	Duane Capizzi Louis Hirshorn Joelle Sellner
Directed by	Seung Eun Kim
Produced by	Frank Squillace
Episode Guide
Previous Episode The Masks of the Shadowkhan	Next Episode The Amazing T-Troop

Samurai Ratso is the seventy-first episode of Jackie Chan Adventures.

Synopsis

The Chans head to Tokyo to locate the next Oni Mask. They learn that they have to adopt new methods to defeat each tribe of Shadowkhan and to remove the masks of their respective generals.

Plot

The episode opens in Captain Black's office. Jackie has just sent him the Oni Mask from the previous episode. While not stating why, Jackie tells Black to lock the mask in the vault with Shendu and the Talismans, stressing not to allow anyone to wear it. He also explains that they've tracked the next mask to Tokyo, Japan.

The Chans are researching a scroll in a history museum that they believe holds clues to the location of the next mask. By luck if nothing else, Jade discovers that the next room has an entire wall full of masks, one which gives Tohru "the Willies".

Suddenly, Tarakudo reveals that he is hiding amongst the masks and calls out his Enforcers. Tarakudo gives his henchmen the utterly useless order to "Get the Mask", and Hak Foo, direct to the point, begins rapidly putting on and removing masks knowing from past experience that the mask will bond to his body as soon as it makes contact with his face.

Jade attempts to stall the Enforcers by knocking all the masks into a pile, although her efforts are wasted when Tarakudo, realizing he neglected to tell his henchmen what the mask looks like, transforms himself into a copy of it. With this, Jackie and Hak Foo make a grab for it, and Ratso attempts to restrain Jackie. Trying to save her uncle, Jade jump kicks Ratso, causing him to face plant directly into the mask which immediately bonds with his face.

Realizing that the locator spell they were making is now useless, Uncle orders Tohru to make a mask removal spell. Learning from past experience, Uncle draws a samurai sword from a conveniently placed samurai bust for the spell. Ratso summons an army of blade limbed Shadowkhan to fight the Chans, who discover the hard way that since this is a different mask, they require a different ingredient to remove it and the same goes for the new Shadowkhan. The Chans flee, barely escaping with their lives. Elsewhere, as Tarakudo starts plotting with his henchmen, he suddenly has "the Willies."

In their hotel room, the team begins analyzing the scroll they retrieved and determines a way of finding the mask removal ingredient. According to the scroll, there exists a deck of magical cards called the Hana Fuda. When placed in the right combination, the cards are believed to not only reveal the removal ingredient for each mask, but also their location in the world. Uncle is skeptical over the cards, however, believing them to be mere legend.

Suddenly, Tohru starts having "the Willies". Everyone looks around and notices that the eyes on a portrait are moving. Out of the painting comes Tarakudo, intent on stopping them from obtaining the cards; Uncle eats his words and acknowledges that cards are important. Tohru is able to drive off Tarakudo using an onion, which he said is also believed to drive off the Oni. The onion impacts Tarakudo, causing irritation in his eyes.

Ratso decides to take advantage of his army of Shadowkhan for one purpose; to play a baseball game. Hak Foo scoffs at Ratso's petty use of his Ninjas, boasting that he could've used the mask to subjugate Japan. When Ratso's ball goes high, he attempts to intimidate Hak Foo into retrieving it, until Tarakudo appears with a new assignment for him, to prevent the Chans from retrieving the cards.

Waiting for a train to take them to Matsue, Tohru explains that the cards are housed in an ancient shrine there. Uncle, realizing how independent Tohru has become, attempts to board a train bound for the airport, desiring to go back home, ostensibly to check on the shop, but eventually confesses that he feels obsolete due to Tohru's experience in dealing with the Oni surpassing his own. As Uncle departs, Tohru, Jackie and Jade's train to Matsue arrives, but no sooner does it pull into the station does Ratso emerge on the opposite platform. Jade tries throwing an onion at him, only for Ratso to catch it and take bite out of it; Tohru's explanation is that Ratso is still part-human and likes eating onions. The Chans and Tohru narrowly escape on the train, but are pursued by one of Ratso's deadly Razor Khan. Luckily, Tohru had already devised a new stun spell and repels the Shadowkhan.

Arriving in Matsue, the Chans discover that the shrine has been replaced with an automotive factory, but Tohru notes that the company has borrowed its logo from the kanji for Hana Fuda. Inside, the Chans introduce themselves to the company president, who reveals that the cards are still in his possession, displayed in a frame on the wall of his office. When asked of their interest in the cards, the Chans warn him that "some very bad Oni know of your cards", prompting him to laugh at their claims until he is spooked by the emergence of a Shadowkhan, turning around only to face Ratso before fleeing in terror.

While Jackie is busy dealing with the Shadowkhan, Jade and Tohru try figuring out how to play the game the Hana Fuda cards are based on, and after arranging them in a particular order, discover that the mask removal spell ingredient is Japanese silk. Suddenly, Ratso appears from behind and confronts them. Uncle arrives just in time to save his nephew, taking his apprentice's fallen blowfish and fusing it the new stun spell with his own, wielding both blowfish akimbo style and blasting every single Razor Khan in the factory. Jackie, Jade and Uncle are all relieved to see Uncle again, but he reveals that his only reason for coming back was because he realized that Tohru had the keys to the shop on his person, to which Tohru sheepishly confirms. Jackie proceeds to leap onto Ratso before he can summon any more Shadowkhan while Tohru, Jade and Uncle attempt to conjure the mask removal spell.

Realizing that the severed half of the car company's president tie, which was sliced off when he was attacked by one of Ratso's Razor Khan, is made of silk. Whilst Jackie and Ratso go head to head with each other, the three are able to cast the spell, zapping Jackie's hands with a glowing green magic, empowering him to remove the mask. With it, Jackie removes the mask and Tarakudo telekinetically whisks Ratso from the scene and berates him for his failure in losing both the Mask and the Cards.

Back at Section 13, Jackie places the Mask onto a wall in the vault beside the mask discovered in Shendu's Palace featured in the previous episode, when Tohru asks his sensei how they're going to keep Tarakudo from penetrating the vault. At that moment, Tarakudo is attempted to storm Section 13 himself, only to be repulsed by the onion odor surrounding it. Inside, Jade explains in the same tone as Uncle that, "Oni magic cannot defeat onion magic", to which Uncle calls a little trick he learned from his apprentice.

Characters

Protagonists

Antagonists

Others

Factory Owner

Objects

Oni Masks
- Oni General #1's Mask
- Oni General #2's Mask - Ratso
Hana Fuda Cards

Voice Talent

James Sie - Jackie Chan, Chow
Stacie Chan - Jade Chan
Sab Shimono - Uncle
Noah Nelson - Tohru
Clancy Brown - Captain Black, Ratso
Adam Baldwin - Finn
John DiMaggio - Hak Foo
Miguel Ferrer - Tarakudo
Tohoru Masamune - Factory Owner

Broadcast

USA: The WB (Kids' WB) - Saturday, September 20, 2003

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)

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 | number   = 2
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-| setting = San Fransisco, USA<br>Tokyo, Japan
+| setting = San Fransisco, USA<br>Tokyo, Japan<br>Matsue, Japan
 | airdate  = September 20, 2003
-| writer   = Duane Capizzi, Louis Hirshorn & Joelle Sellner
+| writer   = Duane Capizzi<br>Louis Hirshorn<br>Joelle Sellner
 | director = Seung Eun Kim
 | producer = Frank Squillace
@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
 | previous = [[The Masks of the Shadowkhan]]
 | next     = [[The Amazing T-Troop]]
-}}'''Samurai Ratso''' is the seventy-first episode of [[Jackie Chan Adventures]].
+}}'''Samurai Ratso''' is the seventy-first episode of ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]''.
 ==Synopsis==
-The Chan clan head to Tokyo to locate an [[Oni]] [[Oni Masks|mask]]. They learn that they have to adopt new methods to defeat each mask.
+The Chans head to Tokyo to locate the next [[Oni]] [[Oni Masks|Mask]]. They learn that they have to adopt new methods to defeat each tribe of [[Shadowkhan]] and to remove the masks of their respective generals.
 ==Plot==
-The episode opens in [[Captain Black]]'s office. [[Jackie Chan|Jackie]] has just sent him the [[Oni]] [[Oni Masks|mask]] from the previous episode. While not stating why, Jackie tells Black to lock the mask in the vault with [[Shendu]] and the [[Talismans]]. He also says that they've tracked another mask to Tokyo, Japan.
+The episode opens in [[Captain Black]]'s office. [[Jackie Chan|Jackie]] has just sent him the [[Oni]] [[Oni Masks|Mask]] from the previous episode. While not stating why, Jackie tells Black to lock the mask in the vault with [[Shendu]] and the [[Talismans]], stressing not to allow anyone to wear it. He also explains that they've tracked the next mask to Tokyo, Japan.
-The gang is hiding out in a warehouse while [[Tohru]] deciphers clues from the tablet obtained in the previous episode. By luck if nothing else [[Jade Chan|Jade]] discovers that the Warehouse is full of masks which Tohru confirms one of which is an Oni mask via "the whillies".
+The Chans are researching a scroll in a history museum that they believe holds clues to the location of the next mask. By luck if nothing else, [[Jade Chan|Jade]] discovers that the next room has an entire wall full of masks, one which gives Tohru "[[the Willies]]".
-Suddenly, [[Tarakudo]] reveals that he is hiding amongst the masks and calls out the Dark Hand. Tarakudo gives his henchmen the utterly useless order to "Get the Mask", [[Hak Foo]], direct to the point, begins rapidly putting on and removing masks knowing from past experience that the mask will bond to his body as soon as it makes contact with his face.
+Suddenly, [[Tarakudo]] reveals that he is hiding amongst the masks and calls out his Enforcers. Tarakudo gives his henchmen the utterly useless order to "Get the Mask", and [[Hak Foo]], direct to the point, begins rapidly putting on and removing masks knowing from past experience that the mask will bond to his body as soon as it makes contact with his face.
-Jade attempts to stall the Dark Hand by knocking all the masks into a pile, her efforts are wasted when Tarakudo, realizing he neglected to tell his henchmen what the mask looks like, transforms himself into a copy of it. With this Jackie and Hak Foo makes a grab for it, and [[Ratso]] attempts to restrain Jackie, Jade trying to save her uncle jump kicks Ratso causing him to face plant directly into the mask causing it to bond with him.
+Jade attempts to stall the Enforcers by knocking all the masks into a pile, although her efforts are wasted when Tarakudo, realizing he neglected to tell his henchmen what the mask looks like, transforms himself into a copy of it. With this, Jackie and Hak Foo make a grab for it, and [[Ratso]] attempts to restrain Jackie. Trying to save her uncle, Jade jump kicks Ratso, causing him to face plant directly into the mask which immediately bonds with his face.
-Realizing that the locator spell they were making is now useless, [[Uncle]] orders Tohru to make a mask removal spell. Learning from past experience Uncle draws a samurai sword from a conveniently placed samurai bust for the spell. Ratso summons an army of blade limbed Shadowkhan to fight the Chans, who discover the hard way that since this is a different mask, they require a different ingredient to remove it and the same goes for the new [[Shadowkhan]] and barely escapes with their lives. Elsewhere, as Tarakudo starts plotting with his henchmen, he suddenly has "the Whillies."
+Realizing that the locator spell they were making is now useless, [[Uncle]] orders Tohru to make a mask removal spell. Learning from past experience, Uncle draws a samurai sword from a conveniently placed samurai bust for the spell. Ratso summons an army of [[Razor Khan|blade limbed Shadowkhan]] to fight the Chans, who discover the hard way that since this is a different mask, they require a different ingredient to remove it and the same goes for the new [[Shadowkhan]]. The Chans flee, barely escaping with their lives. Elsewhere, as Tarakudo starts plotting with his henchmen, he suddenly has "the Willies."
-At the apartment, the team begins analyzing the tablets and scrolls they retrieved and determines a way of finding the mask removal ingredient, according to the scrolls there exists a deck of magical cards called the [[Hana Fuda]] cards. The cards are believed that when placed in the right combination will reveal where to find the mask, what mask it is, and which ingredient they need to remove it. Uncle keeps insisting that the cards are not important.
+In their hotel room, the team begins analyzing the scroll they retrieved and determines a way of finding the mask removal ingredient. According to the scroll, there exists a deck of magical cards called the [[Hana Fuda Cards|Hana Fuda]]. When placed in the right combination, the cards are believed to not only reveal the removal ingredient for each mask, but also their location in the world. Uncle is skeptical over the cards, however, believing them to be mere legend.
-Suddenly, Tohru starts having "the Willies". Everyone looks around and notice that the eyes on a portrait are moving. Out of the painting comes Tarakudo, intent on stopping them from obtaining the cards; Uncle eats his words and acknowledges that cards ''are'' important. Tohru is able to drive off Tarakudo using a onion, which he said is also believed to drive off the Oni. The onion impacts Tarakudo, causing irritation in his eyes.
+Suddenly, Tohru starts having "the Willies". Everyone looks around and notices that the eyes on a portrait are moving. Out of the painting comes Tarakudo, intent on stopping them from obtaining the cards; Uncle eats his words and acknowledges that cards are important. Tohru is able to drive off Tarakudo using an onion, which he said is also believed to drive off the Oni. The onion impacts Tarakudo, causing irritation in his eyes.
-Ratso decides to take advantage of his army of Shadowkhan for one purpose: to do a baseball game. Hak Foo scoffs that Ratso's petty use of his ninjas, boasting that he could've used the mask to subjugate Japan. When Ratso's ball goes high, he attempts to intimidate Hak Foo into retrieving it, until Tarakudo appears to give him a new mission.
+Ratso decides to take advantage of his army of Shadowkhan for one purpose; to play a baseball game. Hak Foo scoffs at Ratso's petty use of his Ninjas, boasting that he could've used the mask to subjugate Japan. When Ratso's ball goes high, he attempts to intimidate Hak Foo into retrieving it, until Tarakudo appears with a new assignment for him, to prevent the Chans from retrieving the cards.
-Uncle, realizing how independent Tohru has become, decides to go home. But no sooner does he depart does Ratso appear. Jade tries throwing an onion at him, only for Ratso to catch it and take bite out of it; Tohru's explanation is that Ratso is still part-human and likes onion. The Chans and Tohru narrowly escape on a train but are pursued by a Shadowkhan. Luckily, Tohru had devised a new stun spell and repels the Shadowkhan.
+Waiting for a train to take them to Matsue, Tohru explains that the cards are housed in an ancient shrine there. Uncle, realizing how independent Tohru has become, attempts to board a train bound for the airport, desiring to go back home, ostensibly to check on [[Uncle's Rare Finds|the shop]], but eventually confesses that he feels obsolete due to Tohru's experience in dealing with the Oni surpassing his own. As Uncle departs, Tohru, Jackie and Jade's train to Matsue arrives, but no sooner does it pull into the station does Ratso emerge on the opposite platform. Jade tries throwing an onion at him, only for Ratso to catch it and take bite out of it; Tohru's explanation is that Ratso is still part-human and likes eating onions. The Chans and Tohru narrowly escape on the train, but are pursued by one of Ratso's deadly Razor Khan. Luckily, Tohru had already devised a new stun spell and repels the Shadowkhan.
+Arriving in Matsue, the Chans discover that the shrine has been replaced with an automotive factory, but Tohru notes that the company has borrowed its logo from the kanji for Hana Fuda. Inside, the Chans introduce themselves to the [[Factory Owner|company president]], who reveals that the cards are still in his possession, displayed in a frame on the wall of his office. When asked of their interest in the cards, the Chans warn him that "some very bad Oni know of your cards", prompting him to laugh at their claims until he is spooked by the emergence of a Shadowkhan, turning around only to face Ratso before fleeing in terror.
-The Chans and Tohru then go to a shrine in Tokyo which they discover has since been torn down and replaced by a automotive factory. Luckily, the company president still has the cards but laughs at their claims that Oni are real. He soon eats his words, as Ratso spooks him.
-While Jackie is busy dealing with the Shadowkhan, Jade and Tohru try figuring out how to play the game the Hana Fuda cards are based on, and discovers that the mask removal spell ingredient is Japanese silk. Uncle arrives just in time to save his nephew, grand niece and assistant by copying Tohru's stun spell onto his blowfish and using it against the Shadowkhan. But his only reason for coming back was because he didn't have the keys to the shop.
+While Jackie is busy dealing with the Shadowkhan, Jade and Tohru try figuring out how to play the game the Hana Fuda cards are based on, and after arranging them in a particular order, discover that the mask removal spell ingredient is Japanese silk. Suddenly, Ratso appears from behind and confronts them. Uncle arrives just in time to save his nephew, taking his apprentice's fallen blowfish and fusing it the new stun spell with his own, wielding both blowfish akimbo style and blasting every single Razor Khan in the factory. Jackie, Jade and Uncle are all relieved to see Uncle again, but he reveals that his only reason for coming back was because he realized that Tohru had the keys to the shop on his person, to which Tohru sheepishly confirms. Jackie proceeds to leap onto Ratso before he can summon any more Shadowkhan while Tohru, Jade and Uncle attempt to conjure the mask removal spell.
-Realizing that the severed half of the car company's president tie, which was sliced off when he was attacked by Ratso, is made of silk they're able to create the spell to empower Jackie to remove the mask. With it, Jackie removes the mask and Tarakudo telekinetically rescues Ratso and berates him for his failure in losing both the mask and the Cards.
+Realizing that the severed half of the car company's president tie, which was sliced off when he was attacked by one of Ratso's Razor Khan, is made of silk. Whilst Jackie and Ratso go head to head with each other, the three are able to cast the spell, zapping Jackie's hands with a glowing green magic, empowering him to remove the mask. With it, Jackie removes the mask and Tarakudo telekinetically whisks Ratso from the scene and berates him for his failure in losing both the Mask and the Cards.
-In [[Section 13]], Jackie puts the mask into the vault with [[Chow]]'s from the previous episode, when Tohru asks how they're going to keep Tarakudo out. At that moment, Tarakudo is attempted to storm Section 13 himself, only to be repulsed by the onion odor surrounding it. Inside, Jade says, "Never underestimate the power of onion magic."
+Back at [[Section 13]], Jackie places the Mask onto a wall in the vault beside the mask discovered in [[Shendu's Palace]] featured in the previous episode, when Tohru asks his sensei how they're going to keep Tarakudo from penetrating the vault. At that moment, Tarakudo is attempted to storm Section 13 himself, only to be repulsed by the onion odor surrounding it. Inside, Jade explains in the same tone as Uncle that, "Oni magic cannot defeat onion magic", to which Uncle calls a little trick he learned from his apprentice.
 ==Characters==
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 *[[Tohru]]
 *[[Captain Black]]
-*Company Owner
 ===Antagonists===
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 *[[Chow]]
 *[[Hak Foo]]
-*[[Shadowkhan#Razor|Razor Khan]]
+*[[Razor Khan]]
+===Others===
+*[[Factory Owner]]
+==Objects==
+*[[Oni Masks]]
+**[[Oni General Number: 1|Oni General #1]]'s [[Oni Masks|Mask]]
+**[[Oni General Number: 2|Oni General #2]]'s [[Oni Masks|Mask]] - Ratso
+*[[Hana Fuda Cards]]
 ==Voice Talent==
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 *[[John DiMaggio]] - Hak Foo
 *[[Miguel Ferrer]] - Tarakudo
-*Tohoru Masamune - Company Owner
+*Tohoru Masamune - Factory Owner
 ==Broadcast==
 *USA: The WB (Kids' WB) - Saturday, September 20, 2003
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 [[Category:Season 4]]
 [[Category:Episodes set in Asia]]
+[[Category:Episodes set in North America]]