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The J-Team
Season 2 Episode 6
Episode 19
General Information
Setting San Francisco, USA
Tibet, China
Aired on October 6, 2001
Production Number 19
Credits
Written by David Slack
Directed by Alan Caldwell
Produced by Michael Goguen
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The J-Team is the nineteenth episode of Jackie Chan Adventures.

Synopsis[]

Shendu and the Dark Hand go hunting for the legendary Pan'ku Box, which will lead them to the eight Demon Portals. Knowing that the Dark Hand is too strong with the Talismans for Jackie and Uncle to handle alone, Jade recruits El Toro Fuerte and Viper, along with the reformed Tohru, to form the J-Team.

Plot[]

Cornered and seized by the Shadowkhan legions, Jackie and Captain Black are rescued by one of Uncle's chi spells (aided by Tohru and Jade), which causes the ninjas to evaporate and vanish. They all regroup back at the shop, but all they know about Shendu's plan is that he sought one of Uncle's books. To deduce which one, they must take inventory, which requires repairing and reorganizing the shelves. By the next day, they are still at work, but Jackie is flabbergasted to find that Jade has called for some help to deal with the unusually-strong Dark Hand. Viper, El Toro Fuerte, and Paco have all been called to the shop, and once the surprise subsides enough to allow conversation, Jade explains that she called them to form an unbeatable group: the J-Team. Jackie denies that any of them have any business getting involved in this, but just then, Uncle announces he has identified the missing book: a description of ancient artifacts in Tibet.

Uncle and Jackie trail the Dark Hand, telling Tohru to watch after Jade and mind the shop. Jade, however, catches her own flight to Tibet and brings the rest of the J-Team with her, forcing Tohru to accompany her. (She tasks Captain Black with minding the shop.) By chance, Jackie is staying in the same lodgings as the Dark Hand, and he notices them without being detected. When everyone else is asleep, he tries to steal back the talismans, but runs into Viper, who is doing the very same. Their argument causes them to drop the talismans and wake up the Enforcers. While Hak Foo engages specifically at Jackie, Viper calls the reinforcements with Tohru being the first to enter the scene. The enforcers are happy to see Tohru alive and well, but are greeted sarcastically and tossed aside by him. Realizing he has turned against them, El Toro enters and tosses the enforcers into the next room along with the talismans, and causing them to beat up the entire J-Team, and make their escape with Shendu. An argument breaks out, with Jackie angry that the others came along, Uncle claiming that this fight over the talismans isn't the important goal, and Tohru trying and failing to get the others to calm down. It is some time before they notice that Jade and Paco are no longer in the room.

Shendu leads the Enforcers to an ancient chamber, containing an object that was pictured in the book he stole: the Pan'ku Box. He tells the Enforcers to take it, as it is made of good magic and so he cannot touch it. Before the others can approach it, however, Jade and Paco snatch it, but Finn prevents them from escaping with his levitation magic. Just as the children are about to get magically incinerated, the J-Team bursts in, and a melee breaks out. In the confusion, the Pan'ku Box is thrown aside, and Shendu tries to get it into another box (scorching himself with the good magic as he does so). Uncle notices a set of inscriptions on a far wall and immediately focuses all his attention there.

Although the Enforcers are using their Talismans boldly, the fighting reflexes of the J-Team prevent the attacks from connecting. As the fight continues, each of the Enforcers makes a slip-up that allows the opponent to snatch at least one talisman, and their attacks become more haphazard. They even try "borrowing" talismans from each other, which only makes it worse. The only one not in this pattern is Hak Foo, who is fighting Tohru without using magic. However, Tohru does manage to break through Hak Foo's signature combat patterns for a painful blow, and when Hak Foo begrudgingly tries for a turnaround move with the Sheep and Tiger Talismans, he fails to no one's surprise but his own. Before long, the J-Team has all twelve of the Talismans, putting the Dark Hand into a retreat. (However, Shendu had already called them away, having held a cloth with both hands and scooped the Pan'ku Box stretcher-style into its carrying case.) The good guys celebrate at reclaiming the Talismans, but Uncle cuts them off, exclaiming once again that the Talismans are not important before revealing the information he has found.

Uncle informs the others that Shendu was one of eight demon siblings, each of them controlling an element of nature, with Shendu's being Fire, and the others being Sky, Moon, Thunder, Earth, Mountain, Wind and Water. Each demon was defeated by one of the eight ancient immortals and sealed into a parallel dimension. The doors to this dimension were in turn locked, with this locking magic being focused in the Pan'ku Box. Uncle explains that this box is the only thing that can locate and open these portals, and when Jade announces that Shendu managed to escape with it, Uncle is terrified.

Back at the airport, the Chans bid the rest of the J-Team farewell, thanking them for their help. There is still the job of preventing Shendu from opening the demon portals, but they will be able to call on each other again if the situation calls for it.

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Broadcast[]

  • USA: The WB (Kids' WB) - Saturday, October 6, 2001
  • UK: BBC One (CBBC) - Saturday, January 26, 2002

Transcript[]

Main article: Transcript:The J-Team

Trivia[]

  • This is the last episode where Tohru addresses Jackie as "Chan" due to him still getting acquainted with the Chan family (not counting Tohro Who? as he suffered amnesia and was not actually himself.)
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