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Into the Mouth of Evil
Season 2 Episode 23
Episode 36
General Information
Setting San Francisco, (California, USA)
Calcutta
(West Bengal, India)
Aired on January 19, 2002
Production Number 36
Credits
Written by Steven Melching
Directed by Phil Weinstein
Produced by Dean Stefan
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Into the Mouth of Evil is the thirty-sixth episode of Jackie Chan Adventures.

Synopsis[]

At the behest of a colleague in San Francisco, Jackie travels to an archaeology conference in Calcutta (or Kolkata; the capital of West Bengal,[1] India) to ostensibly deliver some photographs, but it becomes apparent to Jackie that there is more to his journey than meets the eye.

Plot[]

Jackie enters a museum to visit its curator, Mr. Jumba, who had requested Jackie's aid in delivering some photos to a colleague in India. However, Jumba is being menaced by three identically dressed men who he claims to be thieves. After identifying the men as yoga masters, Jackie is initially relieved, only to find that they employ the art for combat purposes. Jackie is able to drive them off, but Jumba strikes him in the face with a statuette during the skirmish, apparently while trying to help. An apologetic Jumba then explains that the men were searching for the Sutras of Raktajiba, an ancient artifact of destructive power that he claims is only a myth.

After seeing Jackie in pain, Jumba takes him to see his dentist Dr. Weber, who gives Jackie a filling. Meanwhile, the three men report their failure to their master, Mohajah, who uses his psychic ability to read their minds before traveling to the airport with them in an attempt to intercept Jumba. Jackie, whose mouth is still numb from his dental work, is traveling through security with Jade. Identifying Jackie as Jumba's colleague, Mohajah attempts to read Jackie's mind with his magical powers, but learns nothing useful.

Upon spotting Jumba in the crowd, Mohajah and his men confront him and demand the Sutras, only for Jumba to smugly admit that he no longer possesses them, despite his earlier claims to Jackie that they were merely a legend. Mohajah reads his mind and learns that Jackie has the Sutras, but is too late to prevent him from boarding the plane.

Landing in Calcutta, Jackie attends the archaeology conference and meets with Jumba's colleague, an attractive woman named Portia Martindale. At the conference, Jackie was approached by Portia to talk about the photos and was immediately charmed by her beauty. Seeking better lighting to study the photos, Portia took Jackie to the balcony where she gave Jumba and Dr. Weber the signal. She then suggested that she and Jackie go for a walk, but their plan was interrupted when Mohajah's disciples crashed the conference after Jackie.

While attempting to flee his pursuers in the city streets, Jackie is cornered down an ally and knocked out before being dragged away. Bound to a chair, a bewildered Jackie awakens to the sight of Jumba, Webber and Martindale. After removing his filling, the three reveal to Jackie that he had been in possession of the Sutras all along, explaining to him that the filling itself was the Sutras, leaving him none the wiser so that Mohajah could not read his mind and claim the Sutras, which Jumba and his accomplices intend to use to drain the Ganges in order to collect the centuries of artifacts and riches located on the river bed at the expense of millions of people who depend upon the river.

With Jade's assistance, Jackie is able to break free from his restrains, but the Sutras are thrown down the sink during the ensuing skirmish, inadvertently sending them on their way to the sewers and eventually the river. Jackie and Jade descend into the sewers, desperately attempting to retrieve the Sutras before it is too late. While searching aimlessly in the sewers, Jackie overhears a mystical chanting, identifying it as the Sutras and prevents them from reaching the river in the nick of time before tossing them to Jade. Unfortunately, Jade is cornered by Jumba, Webber and Martindale who demand she hand over the Sutras. Suddenly, the three are immobilized by Mohajah, who Jackie now recognizes as one of the good guys and entrusts the Sutras to his care. Before the episode ends, Mohajah heals Jackie's toothache as a way of thanking him for his help. Additionally, he proceeded to answer Jackie's cell phone call by his power of the mind, indicating that it was Uncle reminding him to bring home curry powder before hitting him on the head due to conveying Uncle's message directly.

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Broadcast[]

  • USA: The WB (Kids' WB) - Saturday, January 19, 2002
  • UK: BBC One (CBBC) - Saturday, May 4, 2002

Transcript[]

Main article: Transcript:Into the Mouth of Evil
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