this will be my "let's reminisce on old childhood obsessions" livetweeting thread: xiaolin showdown edition

idk how often i'll actually tweet will watching but im just gonna put it all here anyways

this is also to see, like, if this show is as good as i remember it. i was OBSESSED with his show as a kid in elementary school. it ran from 2003-2006, so i was 8-10 years old while it was on air.

i dont remember too much other than at the end of season 1, Wuya goes from this to this

so pretty~

this theme song really bringing me back already

i dont think the show ever explained why these other kids end up training at this temple. master fung is just "hey omi we have new students. from all different countries. they just decided to train here."

how did. jack spicer's dad just HAPPENED to find this puzzle box in hong kong that contained wuya's spirit?? was it a rich people auction? are they archeologists? so many questions

i love that kimiko and omi instantly became friends she's like the first to notice how sheltered he was so she patiently introduces him to tech like the video game

oh that's right, rather than a smartphone, kimiko has a flip phone and a pda. a reboot would probably give her a smartphone or even something more futuristically hi-tech

oh right, jack's fursona is a monkey

there's a bit where the kids from a hidden basement door and when they open it there's a groaning sound like someone's in pain from torture and they're like "alright! who wants to go down first?" like um hello did y'all not hear that

oh NOW they hear it. and it was jack as a monkey with a stomach ache

none of them mentioning there's a giant chasm under the emperor's palace with a magical artifact hidden in it?

katnappe is a lesbian

i... didnt realize this was a joke about dojo being caught on the toilet...

aw this show is so fun, im glad i can enjoy it again

oh fuck i forgot jack made a robot that he designed to disguise itself as people and one of them he programed was a kimiko how creepy

a reboot would make jokes about jack having a soundcloud for his terrible evil theme music remixes, or he'd have a blog about his evil plans but gets cyberbullied bc nobody believes him

oh they do a great job at foreshadowing in this show

oh yeah! the episode that scared the shit out of me! the sapphire dragon! you hate to see it!

aaaa!!!!! jermaine's debut episode!!!!!

i can hear whenever tom kenny does a background character voice bc it's always really close to spongebob's voice. but i forget he also does raimundo's voice, which sounds nothing like spongebob

HE!!!!!!!! THERE HE IS!!!!! JERMAINE!!!!!!!

they just instantly become friends i love them so much :')

i know it's a cold take but jermaine deserved to be a recurring character besides the one other episode he shows up in

:'))

oh it's the homophobic dad episode

and coincidentantally omi learns how to milk a cow too. despite the farm they're all on is a beef ranch...

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oh by "homophobic dad" i just mean clay's dad doesn't like that his cowboy son is doing "sissy" things like "meditate" or "learn tai chi" or "save the world from dark forces of evil"

oh the classic "we're breaking apart as a team bc we're getting on each others' nerves" episode

oh shit its the mala mala jong episode. the episode that caused the heroes' downfall

why the FUCK did dashi make mala mala jong from his own magical artifacts? i feel like that was a huge oversight on his part

these monks got bow and arrows to fight off a demon spirit possessing powerful magical artifacts. i can't say this temple was prepared for this level of threat

honestly raimundo acting so recklessly but im glad he actually learns his lesson after this arc

last episode of season 1

i'll save season 2 for another day (probably tomorrow)

damn it felt good watching jack telling wuya to fuck off

raimundo: im working with wuya now
xiaolin gang: huh?
jack: um excuse me? im the only evil angsty boy in the show

chase young, season 2: hold my beer

so far it still hasnt explained how the kids even ended up at this temple. like clay's dad was against clay going but how did clay even find out about the temple? how did kimiko and raimundo hear about it? and raimundo didnt seem like he wanted to come in the first place???

here it is! my childhood bisexual awakening in all its 360p glory!

and there ends season 1

decided to watch the rest on dailymotion bc the hd is so fucking nice.

so much so i forgot to tweet anything in this thread about s2e1 and am already halfway through ep2 lol oops

anyways, dashi is great, i loved his short appearance in omi's time travel trip. i think dashi is also voiced by tom kenny.

(looks at imdb) wait he's also the fucking bean man in season 3???? holy shit

jack switches from calling him omi or oppy. it just reminds me of that quote from parks and rec from ron like "i purposely call someone by the wrong name if we get too chummy" or something