When Pigs Fly | |
Season 3 Episode 6 | |
General Information | |
Setting | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Arline, Kansas, USA |
Aired on | October 19, 2002 |
Production Number | 58 |
Credits | |
Written by | David Slack |
Directed by | Michael Goguen |
Produced by | Frank Squillace |
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When Pigs Fly is the fifty-eighth episode of Jackie Chan Adventures.
Synopsis[]
Jackie locates the Noble Rooster in Malaysia and then journeys to Kansas to find the Noble Pig. With Jade's help, Jackie discovers that the pig lives on a farm, but the farmer does not want to part with his prize winning pig.
Plot[]
Jackie travels to Malaysia to acquire the Noble Rooster with the power of levitation and telekinesis, which he finds around the top of a pair of twin skyscrapers. However, the Enforcers have also arrived there, and cut Jackie's harness. Thankfully, however, he's able to quickly use a grappling hook to get over to the second tower, where he secures the rooster into Uncle's magic cage which prevents the rooster's power from activating. Ratso, however, also jumps across, shortly followed by Finn and Chow. Jackie gets cornered in front of a locked door, when suddenly Jade slams it open, knocking Finn into Ratso and Chow, and all three fall off (and the door also slams Jackie into a wall in the process).
Shortly after, Jackie gets a call from Uncle, who announces that he has found the location of the Noble Pig that possesses the power of the Pig Talisman: heat vision. Jackie and Jade, along with the rooster who Jade has named Eggbert, arrive first (as Uncle and Tohru have trouble finding their way there), and despite not having access to Uncle's locator spell, quickly locate the Noble Pig; Jade reads a newspaper article about a pig named Mordecai winning first prize at the county fair, and both she and Jackie conclude that he's the Noble Animal they seek.
The Chans are unable to persuade the pig's owner, Farmer MacDonald, to part with Mordecai, as MacDonald doesn't trust them, and fails to see why they would want him. Jackie comes back at night in an attempt to steal Mordecai, but has trouble lifting him up. When he finally does manage to lift him up, the startled Mordecai almost hits him with his heat vision. Jade and Eggbert also came along (as usual against Jackie's wishes) and the latter's crowing ends up waking up Farmer MacDonald in the process. MacDonald summons his two very strong sons, and a fight ensues.
MacDonald's sons are getting the better of Jackie, meanwhile MacDonald chases after Jade who has Eggbert as he believes Eggbert is also stolen (also meanwhile, Uncle and Tohru are still struggling to find their way, and it's revealed that Uncle is holding his map upside down). Amidst the chaos, Eggbert's cage is flung open, and he manages to break free before proceeding to fly towards Mordecai. Eventually, Jackie and Jade are caught and tied up, but Mordecai and Eggbert are gone (they're immediately shown to have flown together to a local store and are having a feed).
Jackie and Jade are soon able to free themselves and evade the farmers. They also quickly find Eggbert and Mordecai, who activate their talisman powers and attack when Jackie tries to get them to leave. Jade jumps on Mordecai's back while they chase Jackie, but shortly after Eggbert flies away, severing his magical link to Mordecai, leaving him and Jade to fall out of the sky, the latter of which lands on Jackie while Jade manages to catch herself on a streetlamp. Farmer MacDonald shows up with his two sons who take both Mordecai and Eggbert back with them to the farm.
Shortly after MacDonald arrives back at his farm, Dark Chi Wizard Daolon Wong shows up, and summons the Enforcers to hold MacDonald and his sons back. Luckily, Jackie is able to knock Wong away before he can complete his transfer spell. MacDonald becomes confused as to why everyone's after the animals, and quickly accepts Jackie's explanation about them having magic powers. MacDonald and his sons quickly team up with the Chans to hold off Wong's warriors.
While Chan and the Enforcers are fighting inside the farmhouse where Jade and Mordecai are holding up inside, Eggbert activates his levitation power. As his leg-tether anchored him to the house, the talisman magic traveled along with it, enveloping the whole building, causing both himself and the house to levitate, where it flies across Kansas. Later on during the fight, Finn's blade cuts the rope between the farmhouse and Eggbert, causing the farmhouse to fall out of the sky. Jackie, Jade and Mordecai are just able to catch Eggbert's tether, staying in the air before touching down safely to the ground.
Immediately afterward, however, Daolon Wong materializes in front of them and magically liquifies the ground, burying Jackie and Jade up to their necks before proceeding to absorb both Mordecai and Eggbert's powers. Wong is about to finish Jackie and Jade off with his newly acquired heat vision when Tohru slams Uncle's magic cage designed for Mordecai over him, rendering the power of heat vision useless. Frustrated, Wong dematerializes away, promising that he'll finish them off next time. Back at the farm, Jackie decides to give Mordecai back to Farmer MacDonald, in addition to letting him keep Eggbert, since the animals have become very good friends. The Chans and Tohru get ready to head home, with Tohru not looking forward to another long journey.
Characters[]
Protagonists[]
Antagonists[]
Voice Talent[]
- James Sie - Jackie Chan, Chow
- Stacie Chan - Jade Chan, Woman
- Sab Shimono - Uncle
- Clancy Brown - Ratso, Buford MacDonald
- Adam Baldwin - Finn, E.B. MacDonald
- Noah Nelson - Tohru
- James Hong - Daolon Wong
- Fred Coffin - Farmer MacDonald
Broadcast[]
- USA: The WB (Kids' WB) - Saturday, October 19, 2002
Transcript[]
- Main article: Transcript:When Pigs Fly
Trivia[]
- This is the only episode where Daolon Wong successfully absorbs and keeps any of the talisman powers. These powers make several more appearances during the season.
- When Jackie breaks the stake from the scarecrow he's bound to, the size of the stake changes between shots.
- After mounting Mordecai, Jade exclaims "Yippee Ki-Yay", referencing Bruce Willis' famous line from the 1988 action film Die Hard.
- Metro Goldwyn Meyer's The Wizard of Oz film is referenced several times:
- When Eggbert's powers levitate Farmer McDonald's house, Jade comments "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore." She later explicitly refers to the film when commenting about her reference.
- Finn, who overhears Jade's comment, states "There's no place like home", a famous line from the film.
- When Ratso gets crushed by a house, his feet shrivel up like the Wicked of Witch of the East after she is crushed to death.
- The title of the episode is referred to as the expression of impossibility.