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Jade Times Jade
Season 2 Episode 7
Episode 20
General Information
Setting San Francisco, USA
Tokyo, Japan
Aired on October 13, 2001
Production Number 20
Credits
Written by Eddie Guzelian
Directed by Christopher Berkeley
Produced by Michael Goguen
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Jade Times Jade is the twentieth episode of Jackie Chan Adventures.

Synopsis[]

Shendu and the Dark Hand find a clue to the first demon portal that will enable him to release his sister, the Mountain Demon. Jackie goes to Japan to stop them, while Uncle begins to train his new apprentice, Tohru. Meanwhile Jade causes havoc with a duplication spell.

Plot[]

The episode opens with the Dark Hand, literally trying to crack open the Pan'ku Box. It is only when Valmont kicks it in frustration do they realize that it's in fact a puzzle box, the Box solves its own puzzle and reveals the location of the portal and a riddle, via a holographic map: 'That which runs but never walks to a mouth that never talks'. Before they can learn any more, the map resends into the Box.

Meanwhile, Uncle is freaking out at the shop because of the threat the Demon Sorcerers pose. He decides to follow Jackie's advice and train an assistant: Tohru, much to both his and Jade's shock. 

Meanwhile, at the Dark Hand's hideout, Valmont and his Enforcers are unable to make the Pan'ku Box work again, neither to show them the location of the original portal or anything more than that; Shendu deduces that this is its method of telling them that they need to find one portal at a time. Based on their brief glimpse of the map, they safely determine the location of Po Kong's portal is in Tokyo, Japan.

Jade, in the meantime, frustrated that she has been overlooked as Uncle's apprentice, sneaks a look at a chi spell book, during which she discovers a spell capable of making a double of herself. To test out the completed spell and to impress Uncle, Jade uses the potion on his priceless, one-of-a-kind vase, which successfully makes it two of a kind.

At that moment, Jackie returns back from Section 13, reporting that Captain Black's intelligence states that the Dark Hand is going to Tokyo, Japan. However, Uncle berates Jackie as Captain Black's intelligence does not tell them which portal is being opened, thus he cannot devise a proper Chi Spell to seal it. Uncle tells Jackie to go to Japan and determine which demon is being freed.

Jade's attempts to tag along with Jackie are shot down since it's a school night and Jade has homework to do; to solve the problem, Jade uses the duplication spell on herself so that the double can do her homework while she tags along with Jackie.

Meanwhile, in Tokyo, the Dark Hand has managed to retrieve a map of the portal, however, it's completely useless since nearly all its land marks have been paved over to build Tokyo, all except for the answer to the riddle. Ratso believes he solved the riddle; the answer is a giant, mechanical recreation of a toy, since it runs on batteries but doesn't walk and has mouth that can't talk. Valmont believes that it's worth a try and the Dark Hand goes to scale the Mascot.

Jackie, having quietly trailed the Dark Hand, learns of the riddle, and proceeds to follow them up the mascot, and Jade, having followed Jackie, discovers that her double has followed her. Meanwhile, back at Uncle's shop, Uncle berates Tohru for casting a spell that turned his one of a kind vase into two of a kind, which suddenly turns into three of a kind.

Back in Tokyo, the Dark hand are trying their luck with the mascot, while Jackie sneaks up on them. Jade discovers the hard way that the spell she cast is still in effect, causing her duplicate to multiply in front of her. All three Jades participate in a bizarre keep away game with Jackie and the Dark Hand, resulting in Jackie and all members of the Dark Hand to plummet into a toy store below.

The Dark Hand gets away with the box, while Jackie discovers that when he landed on the box, it left behind an impression of Po Kong's trigram. Uncle, in San Francisco, now knowing which demon to prepare for, begins gathering ingredients, telling Tohru to stay out of it because of the Chi Spell he cast multiplying his vase out of control, but when Tohru explains that he didn't cast the spell, Uncle realizes it must have been Jade's doing.

In Tokyo, Jade, trying to prevent Jackie from discovering her duplicates in their hotel room closet, directs his attention to the river outside, which Jackie realizes is the answer to the riddle. ("A river runs, but never walks. It has a mouth, but never talks.") At that moment, all the duplicates create duplicates of their own, royally blowing Jade's cover and nearly giving Jackie a heart attack in the process.

Deciding it's best that he doesn't know how this happened, Jackie goes to find the portal, telling all the Jades to stay put. Valmont and the Dark Hand, having followed Jackie, finds and opens the portal using the Pan'ku Box, releasing Po Kong, the Mountain Demon, who evidently lives up to her name being the largest of her siblings. Shendu attempts to feed Jackie to Po Kong, who is saved only by the timely arrival of the small army of Jades, who are continuing to multiply, giving her enough manpower to knock and hold Po Kong down.

Meanwhile, Uncle and Tohru arrive on the scene only for Uncle to realize that Tohru didn't bring a drum, the instrument her banisher once used to seal the spell. Jackie immediately spots one and uses it as the sealer. Uncle states that in order to complete the spell, they have to beat the drum three times. Jackie almost succeeds, but is stopped by Shendu, whom Jackie simply knocks into the drum, thus beating it a third time.

The portal reopens and begins sucking in Po Kong. Luckily the Jades manage to escape just in time to avoid being sucked in with her. The Dark Hand manage to recover the box quietly and escape. In the meantime, the Chans decide to address the issue of the thousands of Jade duplicates. Tohru reveals that during the flight from San Francisco, he studied the spell Jade cast and infers that she applied no finishing charm, hence why the spell continues to repeat itself.

Revealing that he has brought the finishing charm, Tohru states that it will only work on the original Jade. Jackie finds her by informing the clones that whoever cast the spell is grounded for one year with no TV. With that, the clones in unison point out the original, who was also pointing to one of her duplicates.

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Broadcast[]

  • USA: The WB (Kids' WB) - Saturday, October 13, 2001
  • UK: BBC One (CBBC) - Saturday, February 2, 2002

Transcript[]

Main article: Transcript:Jade Times Jade

Gallery[]

Main article: Jade Times Jade/Gallery
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