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Queen of the Shadowkhan
Season 2 Episode 13
Episode 26
General Information
Setting Asia
San Francisco, USA
Aired on November 3, 2001
Production Number 26
Credits
Written by David Slack
Directed by Michael Goguen
Produced by Michael Goguen
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Queen of the Shadowkhan is the twenty-sixth episode of Jackie Chan Adventures.

Synopsis[]

When one of her classmates gets a tattoo, Jade decides to get one also. The design she chooses, however, comes from a magical book, which has unexpected consequences.

Plot[]

At a remote library on the top of a mountain, Jackie locates an ancient book associated with demons that Uncle promises will put an end to the demon portals. Suddenly, the Shadowkhan surround him. As the Enforcers arrive and attempt to tip over the ladder Jackie is on, the martial arts master manages to escape through the window with a curtain as a makeshift parachute, leaving the Enforcers empty-handed with the Shadowkhan.

Meanwhile, Jade and her fellow students are observing a skull and crossbones tattoo on Drew's arm on the playground at school. This entices Jade into desiring a tattoo of her own. After Jackie refuses to let her have one, Jade discovers the symbol depicted on the cover of the Demon Archive and uses a pen to trace it onto a piece of paper, getting it wet before placing it onto her ankle. The next day, the students at Jade's school are even more impressed at Jade's tattoo, while Drew had his tattoo erased (revealing it was a fake).

At the Dark Hand's hideout, Valmont vocalizes his displeasure at wearing a “dress”, which Shendu corrects as a “sorcerer’s robe”. The Enforcers beg to differ. Shendu ignores that and demands to know where his archive is. When the Enforcers explain that the Shadowkhan's involvement interfered with the attempt, and Shendu feels insulted, as the Shadowkhan are his puppets. He orders the Enforcers to reclaim the archive from the Chans. The Enforcers aren't feeling up to it, as they get beaten every time. However, Hak Foo (who had been listening the entire time) volunteers to join them.

Jade returns to the shop and walks in wearing snow boots. A curious Jackie is eventually able to uncover the tattoo (despite Jade's attempts to distract him) and demands that Jade wash it off, only to learn that that it can't be removed with soap and water (as her efforts to do so at school failed). Uncle reacts with horror upon seeing the tattoo, recognizing the mark as a symbol of great evil. He says that they must destroy the tattoo before it brings unspeakable horrors.

Valmont's henchmen return trying to steal the archive, with Jade being the only one left to protect it. She then runs into an alleyway, taking the archive with her, and is cornered there by Hak Foo. She screams for help, and then the Shadowkhan appear, but instead of aiding Hak Foo, they drive him away and cause him to flee before swiftly vanishing themselves, leaving a bewildered Jade alone.

Hak Foo tries explaining to his colleagues that it was the Shadowkhan who had beaten him, but no one believes him. Shendu attempts to prove the loyalty of his ninja minions by summoning them, but nothing happens; Valmont comments that he may have lost his touch. Shendu deduces that Jackie is somehow using the archive against him and demands that the Enforcers get the book back by any means necessary.

The next morning, while Jade is brushing her teeth, she wishes she had time for breakfast. Then after looking in the mirror and finding that the Shadowkhan have appeared behind her, she screams, thinking they want to destroy her. However, they actually offer her breakfast (orange juice, toast, cereal) and then hide above Jackie, who is suspicious that Jade is dressed in black, which Jade dismisses it as being “in a dark mood”.

At school, Drew agitates Jade when he mocks her for claiming she has gnarly ninjas, but she orders the Shadowkhan not to attack him when they were about to do so as the bell rings. Meanwhile, the Enforcers devise a more elaborate plan to seal the archive, digging a tunnel underneath the shop while distracting Uncle with one of the Enforcers dressed as a wealthy art collector. On her way back from school, Jade sees the Dark Hand with the archive after Jackie, Tohru, and Uncle realize it was missing. Tohru's weight then causes a hole in the floor, revealing a tunneled path. Jade orders the Shadowkhan to retrieve the archive from the Enforcers and to spank them, and they do so by pulling down the Enforcers' pants and spanking them. Jackie halts Jade's commands to attack, and thus the Dark Hand retreat in their car. Jade's skin is turning more blue, as observed by Jackie.

Jade requests that she be allowed to keep the Shadowkhan, right when Uncle pulls out a potion that would make Jade's tattoo disappear. However, Jade, now taken over by the evil power of the tattoo, refuses to let it happen and becomes an evil demon, declaring herself as Queen of the Shadowkhan. Jackie's decision to ground her proves futile when she and the Shadowkhan disappear, taking over Section 13 and claiming it as her palace after detaining Captain Black and his colleagues in a prison cell. Seeking even greater power, Jade attempts to study the archive but is unable to understand what the words inside it say, so she orders the Shadowkhan to bring her someone who can translate it, eventually returning with Shendu within his host body. Under false pretense, Shendu states that he could teach Jade the language of reading the archive, but she does not believe she can trust him. Armed with a vial of Uncle's potion, Jackie sneaks into Section 13 dressed up as a Shadowkhan, attempting to erase Jade's tattoo, but is soon exposed by Shendu, forcing him to fight through the Shadowkhan as Jade demands they seize the potion from him. Jackie makes an all-out effort to retrieve the potion, but the vial smashes on contact with the floor and and the potion evaporates. Held captive, Jackie tries reasoning with Jade. When Jade replies by saying she has new friends, he then asks her why Shendu is her friend if he is trying to steal the archive, and Jade realizes that Jackie is right. So, sends the Shadowkhan after Shendu, while Tohru, who has also (yet conspicuously) disguised himself as a Shadowkhan, appears behind Jade; he splashes an extra potion provided by Uncle over Jade's ankle and onto her tattoo, which begins to ease along with Jade's demonic behavior.

Shendu orders the Shadowkhan to destroy Jackie, but Jade with her last bit of command over the ninjas urges them to stop, instead ordering them to destroy the book, to which one of them does, incinerating it to cinders much to Shendu's dismay before being kicked out of Section 13 through the phone booth exit. Remerging outside on the surface, Valmont complains to Shendu that they missed an opportunity to seize the Talismans.

After everything returns to normal, Jade says she has a weird feeling that she did something bad. While receiving a light scolding for getting a tattoo when explicitly told not to, Jade is praised by Jackie for destroying the Demon Archive.

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Broadcast[]

  • USA: The WB (Kids' WB) - Saturday, November 3, 2001
  • UK: BBC One (CBBC) - Saturday, February 23, 2002

Transcript[]

Main article: Transcript:Queen of the Shadowkhan

Notable Quotes[]

Jackie: (after escaping through the library’s window, using a curtain as a parachute) I guess it’s curtains for me.


Boy: (upon seeing Jade’s tattoo) Wow.
Girl: It’s even gnarlier than Drew’s tattoo.
Jade: And I didn’t scream once while they were doing it.
Drew: (scoffs) That looks about as real as those magic ninjas Jade’s always talking about.
Jade: The ninjas are real, and so’s my tattoo — unlike yours. (She lifts up his shirtsleeve to reveal that his tattoo is gone)
Girl: Hey, where’s your tattoo?
Drew: Uh, well... I thought you knew. They peel right off. Like this. (He tries to demonstrate with Jade’s tattoo)
Jade: Hey, watch it. Drew, cut it out! (When Drew pulls his hand away, the tattoo is still there with no smears, much to the surprise of him and the other kids)
Drew: Whoa.
Jade: (looks as surprised as they are, but tries to play it cool) Uh... told ya it was real.


Hak Foo: (running away after being beaten by the Shadowkhan) Bunny flees from vicious jackals! (screams)


Hak Foo: (in bandages) I am telling you, it was the Shadowkhan who did this to me!
Finn: (the rest of the Dark Hand are also in bandages) Chan kicked our butts, too!
Chow: Yeah. You don’t hear us lying about it.


Jade: With ninja tutors, homework is gonna be a piece of cake.


Jade: Do not touch me. I am, and shall remain... Queen of the Shadowkhan!


Shendu: Destroy Chan! (The Shadowkhan turn and head back over to Jackie, only to have Jade stop them)
Jade: No! Destroy... the book! (Shendu turns and gasps as one of the Shadowkhan leaps up into the air and throws a test tube-shaped object at the demon archive, turning it into dust)
Shendu: Noooo! (looks down in shock and disappointment at where the demon archive had been in his hands)

Trivia[]

  • Jade spends the entire episode without socks, even when she is wearing snow boots.
  • When the Enforcers invade Uncle's shop (and with Hak Foo for the first time), Ratso demands the Demon Archive from the Chans before being interrupted by Hak Foo and disappears from this scene.
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