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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.
[CLASH]
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, 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 ♪
♪ SAMURAI JACK ♪
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ONCE AGAIN I AM FREE TO SMITE THE WORLD
AS I DID IN DAYS LONG PAST.
[BOOM]
WHOA!
MOTHER, AKU HAS RETURNED.
DO AS WE HAVE PLANNED.
OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON IT.
I AM THE LOST SON OF THE LAND THAT YOU HAVE PILLAGED,
I AM HERE TO RECLAIM IT.
[SONIC SCREAM]
WHAT TRICKERY IS THIS?
AKU!
Aku: DO NOT WORRY, SAMURAI,
YOU WILL SEE ME AGAIN,
BUT NEXT TIME YOU WILL NOT BE SO FORTUNATE.
[THUD]
[HORN HONKING]
[SMASH]
[BOOM]
[CRASH]
[CHEERING]
DUDE, THAT WAS BAD, MAN.
YO, JACK, THAT WAS SOME AWESOME SHOW.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A PUNK WITH MOVES LIKE THAT, JACK.
WORD! JACK WAS ALL RICOCHETIC AND JUMPADELIC!
PRODIGIOUSLY ACROBATASTIC!
WORD! WORD!
BUT THEN LIKE WHEN JACK WENT ALL SWIZZORD
AND WAS ALL LIKE SWIG! SWAG! SWOOP!
MAN, RIGHT THROUGH THE CAR!
SWIGATTACK, WHACK, THE SPOILER ON THE BACK, JACK!
OH, YEAH, YEAH!
AND IT WAS ALL SCHWOO, BOOM!
MAN, EAT THAT FLUGGET CRUNKER!
YO, THEN MY MAN JUST LIKE LANDS ALL COOLISH-STYLE.
LIKE NO SWEAT, SURE.
B--BUT THEN THAT GUNNER WANNA COME OUT
ALL RAM-A-LAM-A-LAM-A
AND THE TRASHING AND ALL THE MUNCHING
AND CRUNCHING AND SNACK MIXING.
AND THAT FAT SUPER-CAGA-FRAGILISTIC CYSTIC TIE, YO!
YEAH, BUT JACK'S JUST LIKE WORD,
LET ME GET SOME TIE.
GRAB, ZOOP! I'M OUT, JOE.
[CHEERING]
THANK YOU. WHERE AM I?
JACK, YOU'RE IN THE GUTTER LEVEL
OF THE CENTRAL HUB SECTOR D.
CENTRAL HUB?
YEAH, JACK, THE MOST CROWDEDEST...
STINKIEST...
MOST MISERABLIST...
RESIDENTIAL INDUSTRIAL SPACE PORT ON EARTH.
I HAVE MANY QUESTIONS AND LITTLE TIME.
WHO IS IN CHARGE HERE?
I MUST SPEAK WITH YOUR KING.
[LAUGHING]
SO, JACK...
YOU DON'T SEE AKU, AKU SEES YOU.
AKU?
YEAH, MAN, AKU, THE MASTER OF US...
THE DELIVERER OF DARKNESS...
THE SHOGUN OF SORROW.
NO! HOW CAN THIS BE?
DON'T KNOW.
JUST ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY.
THIS I...
YO, JACK, WHAT'S UP?
YOU DON'T LOOK SO GOOD.
WHAT JACK NEEDS IS SOME LIQUID REFRESHMENT.
PERHAPS YOU ARE RIGHT.
WORD! RIGHT OVER THERE. THEY WILL HOOK YOU UP.
WORD. THAT JOINT IS THE BUSY-BIZALL.
[KNOCK KNOCK]
WHAT... DO YOU... WANT?
A FEW OF THE LOCALS INFORMED ME
THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO REFRESH MYSELF HERE.
WHAT?
HEY, MAN, JACK JUST WANT A DRINK!
A DRINK? WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO?
[LOUD BASS PLAYING]
AND WHAT YOU LOOKING AT?
[KNOCKING]
I APOLOGIZE. I AM NEW HERE.
I DID NOT MEAN TO STARE.
NO, HUMAN, IT IS NOT THAT EASY.
PLEASE, I AGAIN APOLOGIZE FOR MY MISBEHAVIOR.
I DO NOT WISH FOR ANY MORE TROUBLE.
GET UP.
I WISH YOU NO HARM.
HA HA HA!
IT IS NOT ME WHO SHOULD WORRY ABOUT BEING HURT, HUMAN.
IT IS YOU!
AAHHH!
[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]
[BURP]
SO, WHAT DO YOU SAY, OLD CHAP?
WILL YOU HELP US?
[SPEAKING ALIEN LANGUAGE]
SO WHAT DID HE SAY? WHAT DID HE SAY?
WILL HE DO IT?
HE SAID YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR MIND,
YOU BLASTED IDIOT.
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
WE'VE ASKED JUST ABOUT EVERYONE HERE.
[SWORD SLICING]
I SAY, WHAT ABOUT HIM?
YOU MEAN THE LAD
WHO'S ABOUT TO GET HIS BUM DISINTEGRATED?
OOH, I CAN'T WATCH!
YES, THAT'S THE ONE. I LIKE HIM.
[BOOM]
BY JOVE, HE'S GOOD.
AYE, BUT IT AIN'T OVER.
LADS, THAT'S OUR BOY!
AYE, HE'S GOOD, ALL RIGHT, BUT HE'LL NEVER DO IT.
WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT.
BE CAREFUL, ROTHCHILD.
NO WORRIES, OLD FRIEND.
EVERYTHING IS UNDER CONTROL.
AHEM. PARDON ME, FINE SIR.
DOWN HERE, OLD FELLA.
I WAS JUST WONDERING
IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO JOIN US, AS WE ARE--
TALKING DEMON DOGS!
GOOD HEAVENS, WHERE?!
YOU WILL NOT VEST ME THIS DAY, VILE HENCHMAN OF AKU.
HOLD ON A MOMENT, SIR.
I AM BY NO MEANS A DEMON
OR HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH AKU.
BUT YOU SPEAK IN THE LANGUAGE OF MAN.
BUT OF COURSE.
AH, YOU'RE NOT FROM AROUND HERE, ARE YOU?
I SAY, WHY DON'T YOU COME
JOIN MY FRIENDS AND ME FOR A REFRESHMENT,
AND WE'LL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING.
SPLENDID. RIGHT THIS WAY.
YOUR REFRESHMENTS ARE HERE.
SPLENDID.
[CLINK]
[LOUD SLURPING]
MY BOY, I DO APOLOGIZE.
HOW RUDE OF US.
WE HAVEN'T INTRODUCED OURSELVES.
THIS IS SIR DREYFUSS ALEXANDER,
CHIEF OF EXCAVATION.
UM, DREYFUSS, OLD BOY,
YOU'RE DROOLING AGAIN.
UH, OH, SORRY.
YOU BLASTED IDIOT!
YOU'RE GETTING EVERYBODY WET.
AND THIS FINE GENTLEMAN
IS ANGUS McDUFFY, ARTIFACT AFICIONADO,
AND I AM SIR COLIN BARTHOLEMEW MONTGOMERY ROTHCHILD III,
OR ROTHY FOR SHORT.
HE HE HE HA HA!
I'M SORRY. I'M VERY CONFUSED.
YOU WORLD IS NEW TO ME. WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
NO, NO, NO. QUITE ALRIGHT. QUITE ALRIGHT.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF HISTORY
THE IMMORTAL AKU HAS RUTHLESSLY RULED THE EARTH,
PLUNDERING ITS RESOURCES AS HE SEES FIT.
BUT IT WAS STILL NOT ENOUGH.
HE OPENED HIS PORTS TO THE GALAXY
SO THAT HE MIGHT TAKE THE RICHES
OF OTHER WORLDS, AS WELL.
SINCE THEN, HIS OTHER WORLDLY BUSINESS AFFAIRS
HAVE DRAWN SCADS OF RUTHLESS CRIMINALS,
MINDLESS STOOGES, AND QUESTIONABLE MERCENARIES
TO OUR PITIABLE PLANET
MAKING THE EARTH TOPSY-TURVY,
IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF.
THERE ARE OTHER WORLDS ACROSS THE STARS?
HA HA HA. WELL OF COURSE, SILLY.
WHAT WORLD DO YOU HAIL FROM?
BUT I AM FROM EARTH,
YET THIS WORLD IS NOTHING LIKE THE WORLD I REMEMBER.
HOW SO, LAD?
EVEN THE GRANDEST CITIES
WERE NEVER AS OVERWHELMING AS THIS ONE.
CHARIOTS DID NOT FLY
AND DOGS DID NOT SPEAK IN HUMAN TONGUE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WELL I MEAN NO INSULT.
THEY WERE WONDERFUL COMPANIONS,
BUT THE DOGS I KNEW MERELY BARKED.
[GASPS]
YOU SEE? THE ANCIENT MYTHS ARE TRUE!
IMPOSSIBLE!
IF WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE,
HE'D HAVE TO BE THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD.
ASTOUNDING.
THE AGE-O-METER DATES YOUR PARTICLES
ALL THE WAY BACK TO 25 B.A.:
25 YEARS BEFORE AKU ENSLAVED THE EARTH.
YOU, MY FRIEND, ARE A LIVING FOSSIL.
SO THE QUESTION IS NOT WHERE I AM,
BUT WHEN I AM.
PRECISELY.
THE SPELL AKU CAST
MUST HAVE RIPPED ME FROM MY OWN TIME
AND FLUNG ME INTO THE DISTANT FUTURE.
TIME WARP IS HIGHLY PLAUSIBLE.
ALLOWING HIS EVIL TIME TO FESTER
AND INFECT THE ENTIRE WORLD.
McDuffy: OH, MOST UNDOUBTEDLY,
AND I'M SURE HE PLANS TO SPREAD HIS VILENESS THROUGH THE STARS.
NO, I MUST RETURN TO MY OWN TIME
SO THAT I MIGHT UNDO AKU'S EVIL REIGN
BEFORE IT ENVELOPES THE EARTH.
THIS AGELESS DEMON MUST BE STOPPED.
OH! I'M SO GLAD WE AGREE ON THAT POINT,
WHICH ACTUALLY BRINGS US BACK TO OUR PROPOSAL.
YOU SEE, WE ARE ARCHAEOLOGISTS
TRYING TO DIG UP THE REMAINS OF OUR ANCESTORS
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR PAST.
IT WAS ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO
THAT WE DISCOVERED THAT OUR ANCESTORS
WALKED UPON THEIR LEGS AND THEIR ARMS.
THEN ONE DAY DURING OUR EXCAVATION
WE ACTUALLY STUMBLED UPON RARE JEWELS.
AYE. THESE JEWELS ENDED UP
BEING A KEY SOURCE OF POWER FOR AKU.
SO HE ENSLAVED US
TO FOREVER DIG UP HIS JEWELS,
THUS STIFLING OUR EXCAVATION
OF OUR GLORIOUS PAST,
WHICH IS WHY WE NEED YOU.
BUT WHAT CAN I DO?
WITH YOUR TREMENDOUS SKILL,
YOU CAN BREAK US FREE FROM THE GRASP OF AKU
AND WE CAN ESCAPE IN SECRET
TO AGAIN CONTINUE TO DISCOVER OUR HISTORY.
I WILL HELP YOU.
SPLENDID. WELL, WE'RE OFF, THEN.
HOLD IT!
WHAT IS IT NOW, ROTHY?
WHAT'S WRONG?
MY DEAREST APOLOGIES, KIND SIR,
BUT WE NEVER GOT YOUR NAME.
JACK!
JACK WAS ALL...
JACK, JACK!
YO, JACK!
JACK WAS...
JACK!
JACK! JACK!
THEY CALL ME JACK.
JACK. I SAY, THAT'S QUITE NICE.
SO SIMPLE, BUT IT SEEMS TO FIT.
BUT WHO AM I TO COMMENT?
WELL, JACK, WE'RE ON OUR WAY.
WE'LL TAKE OUR ROCKET SHIP.
ROCKET SHIP?
I'M TAKING A BREAK.
[ELECTRIC BUZZING]
MY LORD, WE ARE THE MANAQUAS, FROM THE MOSCONIAN GALAXY.
OUR WATER PLANET HAS BEEN PILLAGED
AND ALL THE OCEANS THAT WERE ONCE OUR HOME ARE GONE.
WE HAVE SEARCHED LONG AND HARD
TO FIND A PLANET WITH OCEANS RICH ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN OUR PEOPLE
AND YOUR WORLD IS OUR LAST HOPE FOR SURVIVAL.
I KNOW OF YOUR PLIGHT, MANAQUAIN,
FOR YOU SEE I AM HE WHO HAS TAKEN YOU WATER
AND THE RICHES WITHIN THEM.
YOU MONSTER!
BE QUIET!
I AM SORRY, MY LORD.
THE BOY IS YOUNG AND FOOLISH.
HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HE SAYS.
[CRYING]
THE BOY WILL RETURN.
HE WILL LEARN PROPER RESPECT FOR AKU
IN THE PIT OF HATE.
YES. A MASTER OF YOUR WISDOM IS UNQUESTIONABLE,
BUT WITH YOU, GOOD LORD AKU,
ALLOW US TO INHABIT YOUR WORLD, FOR YOU ARE OUR ONLY HOPE.
YOU WILL BE ALLOWED.
THE OCEANS OF AKU WILL BE YOUR NEW HOME,
BUT YOU WILL PAY HOMAGE TO ME
BY CONSTRUCTING STATUES IN MY LIKENESS.
ONCE A MONTH, A MONOLITHIC TRIBUTE
WILL RISE FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN
TO REMIND ALL WHO IS THE MASTER OF THIS WORLD.
NOW BE GONE!
MY LORD, MASTER, I HAVE GREAT NEWS FOR YOU.
WHAT INFORMATION CAN BE CONSIDERED GREAT
FOR THE IMMORTAL AKU?
AN ANCIENT WARRIOR OF GREAT POWER AND SKILL
HAS REVEALED HIMSELF.
HE HAS VOWED TO LIBERATE THE CANINES FROM YOUR MINES.
WHAT IMPERTINENCE IS THIS?
SHOW ME THE FOOL!
HA HA HA HA!
SO FATE HAS ARRIVED.
MANY YEARS HAVE GONE SINCE THAT DAY,
AND NOW MY FORMIDABLE FOE,
YOU WILL PAY FOR MY PAIN IN THE PAST
WITH YOUR PAIN IN THE FUTURE.
HA HA HA HA!
[ENGINE STARTING]
[GROWLS]
OH, DEAR, SIR JACK, ARE YOU ILL?
I'M FINE. I JUST PREFER WALKING.
OH, YES. ROCKET RIDES AND SUCH.
SORRY ABOUT THAT, OLD TIMER,
BUT ANYWAY, WELCOME TO OUR CAMP.
AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG
HAD UNEARTHED MANY ASTOUNDING DISCOVERIES
CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF CANINE-KIND,
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AKU HAS SHALL WE SAY
REDIRECTED OUR EFFORTS
PURELY TOWARD THE EXCAVATION OF HIS PRECIOUS GEMS.
AND IF AKU'S UNREASONABLE QUOTAS
ARE NOT FULLY MET,
I'M AFRAID TERRIBLE PUNISHMENTS ARE EXACTED.
MY PEOPLES' SPIRITS ARE BROKEN.
WE SIMPLY CANNOT LIVE LIKE THIS ANY LONGER!
I HAVE SEEN AKU IMPLEMENT THESE ATROCITIES BEFORE,
BUT NO MORE.
EVEN DOGS SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO LIVE LIKE DOGS.
AHEM.
THEY'RE COMING! THEY'RE COMING!
AKU'S DRONES APPROACH FROM THE SOUTH!
THEY WILL BE UPON US BY SUNRISE!
♪ GOTTA GET BACK, BACK TO THE PAST ♪
♪ SAMURAI JACK ♪
WATCH OUT!
♪ GOTTA GET BACK, BACK TO THE PAST ♪
♪ SAMURAI JACK ♪
♪ JACK, JACK, JACK, JACK, JACK ♪
♪ GOTTA GET BACK, BACK TO THE PAST ♪
♪ SAMURAI JACK ♪
WATCH OUT!
♪ JACK, JACK, JACK, JACK, JACK ♪
WATCH OUT!
♪ JACK, JACK, JACK ♪
♪ SAMURAI JACK ♪
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