AKU: Long ago, in a distant land,
I, Aku, the shape-shifting master of darkness,
unleashed an unspeakable evil.
But a foolish Samurai warrior wielding a magic sword
stepped forth to oppose me.
(SWORD CLANGING)
Before the final blow was struck,
I tore open a portal in time
and flung him into the future, where my evil is law.
Now the fool seeks to return to the past
and undo the future that is Aku.
♪ Gotta get back
♪ Back to the past
♪ Samurai Jack
♪ Watch out
♪ Gotta get back
♪ Back to the past
♪ Samurai Jack
♪ Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack
♪ Gotta get back
♪ Back to the past
♪ Samurai Jack
♪ Watch out
♪ Gotta get back
♪ Back to the past
♪ Samurai Jack
♪ Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack
♪ Gotta get back
♪ Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack
♪ Watch out
♪ Gotta get back
♪ Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack
- ♪ Samurai Jack - ♪ Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack
♪ Watch out ♪
- (BIRDS CHIRPING) - (LEAVES RUSTLING)
(FOOTSTEPS)
(SCRATCHING)
(BUGS CHITTERING)
(YELLING)
(THUDS)
- (BIRDS AND INSECTS CHIRPING) - (ANIMAL BELLOWING)
(WHOOSHING)
(THUDS)
(SCRAPES)
(YELLING)
(WHOOSHING)
That strike you used was a Sun Fist.
And you used an Ox Fist and Tiger Claw.
And I'll use others.
Monkey steals the peach.
Countered by Dragon sweeps his tail.
The Shadowless Kick!
Countered by horse drinking water.
- How do you know these techniques? - I am Shaolin, like you.
How can that be?
We have been secret for centuries.
If you are truly Shaolin, you must know...
- Mantis! - JACK: I know it as well as...
(YELLS)
Southern Fist.
How about Eagle claw?
Yes. And water beetle.
If you know all of this, then you know the sign of our secret brotherhood.
BOTH: Brother.
The Grandmaster must see you.
(RUSTLING)
(DOORS CREAKING)
(SWORDS CLANKING)
(GRUNTING)
JACK: It is amazing
that you have kept the temple alive for so long.
It is refreshing to see.
Yes. And because of the wisdom and guidance of our Grandmaster,
we are attaining higher levels.
JACK: I see.
(BELL TOLLING)
(BELL TOLLS)
(DOOR CREAKING)
(FLUTTERING)
(CREAKING)
GRANDMASTER TAN ZANG: Step Forward.
Speak, my son.
JACK: Grandmaster, I am the pupil of Master Chu.
I am Tan Zang.
I was also a pupil of Master Chu,
with you at the temple.
How can this be?
I remember the day you arrived at our temple.
I was but a boy then.
An Emperor's son had come to learn our ways.
You were training for your eventual battle
with the ultimate evil.
(BLADES CLANKING)
Eventually, Aku came for us,
and the temple was destroyed.
But the survivors and I rebuilt the temple in secret.
Overtime, I became the Grandmaster.
The years passed, and my chi grew more powerful.
I became one with nature
and received energy and nourishment from the Earth itself.
I have attained the highest levels of awareness and wisdom.
But look at you.
You have lived as long as I,
and you are the same as when I last saw you.
Your youth maintained. Your chi,
and the power within you, must be the... the highest of all.
You have surpassed me.
Uh, no, Grandmaster, it is not as it appears.
Aku tricked me, and sent me into the future.
I quest to return to the past and undo the evil that he has done.
Aku! His eyes are always watching!
I must leave! I have betrayed your secret!
I have revealed you to him!
I should not be here. I must leave!
GRANDMASTER TAN ZANG: Do not concern yourself
for we are safe.
Aku cannot see you here
for I shield this location from his vision.
You are safer here than any other place on Earth.
(WHIRRING, BEEPING)
(STATIC)
I must return to my own time.
Yes. To the north, you will find a mystic temple
guarded by a powerful magic.
Atop the structure, a gateway exists.
A gateway that only functions for a few moments
when the Sun is at its zenith.
We know that way and we will help you fight.
I am thankful, my brothers.
Thank you for your help, Grandmaster.
It was good to see you.
Farewell, young Samurai.
(WIND WHOOSHING)
(WATER SPLASHING)
(CREATURE BELLOWING)
MONK: That is our goal. We must reach the top before noon.
JACK: Then let us waste no time.
(CLATTERS)
(FLOOR BOARD CREAKING)
(BIRDS CAWING, CHIRPING)
(WIND WHOOSHING)
(CRACKS)
(TAPPING ECHOES)
(BIRDS CAWING)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
Shh.
(WIND WHOOSHING)
It was nothing.
(CRUSHES)
(CRUMBLING)
(HEAVY FOOTSTEPS)
Keep moving!
(CRASHING)
(RUMBLING)
(CRASHING)
GRANDMASTER TAN ZANG: A gateway that only functions
when the sun is at its zenith.
Time is short!
(GRUNTS)
BOTH: You must go!
I cannot leave you two like this!
There's no time!
We'll hold them off.
You must go now.
(MONK GROANS)
(CRACKLING)
(MONK GROANS)
(GROANING)
(MONK GROANS)
(GROANING)
(ENERGY SURGING)
He is free. We have done it.
We will not escape this, but we will die with honor.
(SAMURAI JACK SHOUTING)
(SWORD CLANKING)
(SCREAMING CONTINUES)
Head for the cave!
Get behind the statue.
(STATUE RUMBLING)
(RUMBLING CONTINUES)
Thank you, brother, for saving us,
but why didn't you enter the time portal?
JACK: You were prepared to sacrifice.
I was not.
But with the portal destroyed,
you will have to find another way home.
JACK: I am getting used to that.
♪ Watch out
♪ Gotta get back
♪ Back to the past
♪ Samurai Jack
♪ Watch out ♪
♪ Gotta get back
♪ Back to the past
♪ Samurai Jack
♪ Watch out
♪ Gotta get back
♪ Back to the past
♪ Samurai Jack
♪ Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack
♪ Gotta get back
♪ Back to the past
♪ Samurai Jack
♪ Watch out
♪ Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack
♪ Watch out
♪ Gotta get back
♪ Jack, Jack, Jack
♪ Samurai Jack
- ♪ Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack - ♪ Watch out ♪