Samurai Jack: Season 6 Episode 3
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AS THE OPENING CREDITS START, THE CAMERA PANS AROUND WHAT LOOKS LIKE THE INSIDE OF A MINE. WE SEE VARIOUS ALIENS AND HUMANS WORKING IN IT. THEIR CLOTHES ARE TORN AND RAGGED. ONE WORKER IN PARTICULAR HAS HIS BACK TO US. WE SEE THAT HIS SKIN IS BRIGHT BLUE, HE'S BALD, AND HE USED TO BE WELL BUILT BUT NOW IS REDUCED TO BEING SUPER SKINNY AND WITH SCARS ON HIS TORSO. A HUGE ALEIN FOREMAN WHOSE SKIN IS ALSO BLUE IS WALKING SLOWLY AMOUNG THE WORKERS WITH A POWERFUL RIFE IN HIS HANDS.
FOREMAN: Come on, let's go! Keep working! Keep moving. Ya know what Lord Aku says, 2,000 dollars worth of this stuff every day or else!
ALIEN WHOSE BACK IS TO US: We're all going as fast as we can here!
FOREMAN: If I were you, pal, I wouldn't get fresh! Ya ain't exactly Mr. Popular here yourself ya know!
THE ALIEN FINALLY TURNS AROUND- IT'S THE GUARDIAN WITHOUT HIS SUNGLASSES! HE LOOKS EXTREMELY WORSE FOR WEAR.
GUARDIAN: Look, we're all tired and thirsty.
FOREMAN: Ya don't meet Aku's quota, ya gonna be worse than that, let me clue ya in!
GUARDIAN: Look, can we at least have some water?!
FOREMAN SIGHS AND TURNS TO HIS RIGHT.
FOREMAN: Water Girl! (beckons)
MIDDLE AGED BLOND HAIR WOMAN ENTERS IN BATTERED CLOTHES, CARRYING A PITCHER OF WATER AND A TRAY OF GLASSES. SHE STARTS TO FILL THE GLASSES AND PASS THEM AROUND. BUT WHEN SHE REACHES THE GUARDIAN SHE WALKS RIGHT PAST HIM WITHOUT LOOKING TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT.
GUARDIAN: Hey, hey, what about me?
WATER GIRL: What ABOUT you?!
GUARDIAN: Well, I'm thirsty too! How about something for me?
WATER GIRL: Oh, you're thirsty? Why didn;t ya say so? (she fills cup, but instead of giving it to the GUARDIAN, she throws it in his face) THERE! (slams cup on tray) ENJOY! (she storms off, while FOREMAN laughs)
WORKER #1 (WHO'S BEEN WATCHING EVERYTHING): Don;t look for any sympathy from any of us, ya jerk!
WORKER #2: You deserved that!
WORKER #3: Ya deserve a lot worse for what you did to Jack!
WORKER #1: Not just to Jack! If it wasn't for YOU Aku would have been dead LONG ago and WE wouldn;t still be here!
GUARDIAN: Why do you all have to keep bringing that up, huh?!
WORKER#1: Cause it's the truth, pal!
WORKER #2: I hear Jack almost went mad! You hear that too?
WORKER #1: Yeah, I heard that too! (to GUARDIAN) Ya see what ya had a hand in doing?
GUARDIAN: Hey, I had to follow my orders, all right, man?!
WORKER #3: Well, how did THAT work out for ya?!
WORKER #2: yeah, where's ya boss now, jerk?!
WORKER #3: We could have been outta here 50 years ago if it weren't for you!
WORKER #1: Ya didn't know he was the chosen one ya idiot?!
GUARDIAN: Hey, look, he wouldn't listen to reason...
WORKER #2: REASON?! YOU wanna talk about reason, da ya know how much he's gone through...
GUARDIAN: Aw, come on..
WORKER #2: This whole thing is your fault!
A VERBAL FREE-FOR-ALL HAS BEGIN WITH THE WORKERS ALMOST WANTING TO GANG UP ON THE GUARDIAN AND THE GUARDIAN DEFENDING HIMSELF
WORKER #1 (getting close to GUARDIAN): You did this to all of us! YOU betrayed Jack!
WORKER #2: You've ruined us all!
GUARDIAN: The Portal told me not to!
WORKER #1: You're tearing me to pieces, buddy, right in here! (points to heart)
WOKER #3: You're mad! See what you did!
THE FOREMAN FINALLY FIRES OFF HIS GUN TO QUIET THEM
FOREMAN: THAT'S ENOUGH! YA ALL HAD YOUR BREAK, NOW BACK TO WORK!
ALL GET QUIET AND RETURN TO THEIR POSTS, STAYING FAR AWAY FROM THE GUARDIAN
WORKER #1 (hissing): It IS your fault, ya know!
WORKER #2: We wouldn't BE here if it weren't for YOU!
GUARDIAN LOOKS DOWN AS IMAGES SLOWLY COME ON TO THE SCREEN, FADING OVER HIS FACE UNTIL THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER THE SCENE COMPLETELY AND THE CURRENT SCENE HAS FADED OFF.
WE ARE NOW IN THE OLD GUARDIAN'S RESIDENCE. HE IS STANDING GUARD AT THE TIME PORTAL WITH HIS RED SUNGLASSES ON. THE CAMERA CLOSES IN ON HIM. SUDDENLY AKU'S BONY BLACK CLAW REACHES INTO THE SCREEN AND GRABS HIM ON THE SHOULDER. HE JUMPS AND QUICKLY SPINS AROUND. THE CAMERA THEN TURNS TO REVEAL AKU STANDING BEHIND HIM.
GUARDIAN: AKU!
AKU: That's my name, don't wear it out!
GUARDIAN: How did you get in here, didn't anybody see you?
AKU: Yes, they saw me. But I spoke to your delightful helpers outside and told them we wished to be alone for a little private chat.
GUARDIAN: Yeah, I bet.
AKU: On your knees, helot!
GUARDIAN: You got the wrong helot!
AKU: On your knees anyway!
GUARDIAN: What do you want here, Aku?!
AKU: Oh, just a nice little present that only you can provide for me! And once I have it, I can leave happily and you will not hear from me anymore!
GUARDIAN: What present is that?
AKU (pointing to the portal behind them): Oh...nothing much. Just this lovely little portal, and the moment I have it, I promise I'll fly right out of here.
GUARDIAN: Never!
AKU: What, never?!
GUARDIAN: Forget it, pal! I'm under orders to never allow anyone to use this portal, unless it's the Chosen One. And I can pretty much garentee that YOU ain;t that man and never will be!
AKU (pretends to scratch his beard in thought): I...see...and this 'chosen one'...he would not happen to be a Samurai...would he?
GUARDIAN: THAT ain;t none of your business, buster!
AKU: Ah...but it COULD be my business...as I'm sure it could be YOURS! You see...heh, heh...(casually leans on the rocks) ..a little birdie told me, that he came here with the humble request to use this portal...and being the genius that you are, you sent him away!
GUARDIAN: Well, maybe it wasn't his time yet!
AKU: Oh...maybe...or maybe it was...and YOU foolishly didn't see that...but now neither one of us will ever know...WILL WE?!
GUARDIAN: And what does THAT mean?!
AKU (standing up straight and reaching for the portal): It means that if you won;t GIVE me this pretty little thing..I'll just have to TAKE it!
GUARDIAN: Over my dead body, bud!
AKU: Hmm...not a bad idea!
GUARDIAN: Forget it, Pal! NO ONE uses that portal until the one most worthy comes!
AKU: The one did come and you sent him away!
GUARDIAN: Because it wasn't his time yet!
AKU: Well, guess what? TIMES UP! (begins to stretch and grow until he's towering over the GUARDIAN) Now, I'll just be taking this...(begins to reach for the portal)
GUARDIAN: FORGET IT! (takes out his guns and begins to blast...only for the bullets to bounce off of AKU easily)
AKU: HA, HA, HA...YOU'RE ABOUT AS FOOLISH AS THAT SAMURAI! DID YOU FORGET WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH?! I AM THE ALMIGHY ULTIMATE EVIL, THE MASTER AND RULER OF THIS WORLD! (not giving in, the GUARDIAN then takes out his bombs and begins to fire them, only for AKU to absorb them easily and yawn loudly) YOU'LL HAVE TO DO BETTER THAN THAT! (GUARDIAN then fires almost every bomb in his arsonal. AKU quickly shrinks down until he's nothing, causing the bombs to explode into the walls. The walls then proceed to shake and crumble. THE GUARDIAN ducks behind a stone piller as his sunglasses fly off and land outside. Finally one wall falls down. He slowly comes out and looks around...only for AKU to surprise him by revealing he was UNDER the portal. He grows and stretches, taking the portal with him, until he's 10 feet taller than the GUARDIAN and holding the portal over his head)
GUARDIAN: Hey, hey...put that down right now!
AKU (pretends he can;t hear and hold his claw up to his ear): What?
GUARDIAN: I said, put that portal down right now!
AKU: WHAT?! I DIDN'T QUITE HEAR THAT!
GUARDIAN: I SAID PUT THE PORTAL DOWN!
AKU: Ooooh, put it DOWN! Why didn't you SAY so?! I'll put it down! (RAISES THE PORTAL EVEN HIGHER)
GUARDIAN (realising what AKU is going to do): NO, NO, DON'T PUT IT DOWN! DON'T PUT IT DOWN!
AKU: HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME!
THERE IS NOW A FARAWAY VIEW OF THE GUARDIAN FROM AKU'S POINT OF VIEW. HE WATCHES, HORRIFIED, AS THE CAMERA COMES WOOSHING UP TO HIM, OBVIOUSLY THE CAMERA IS NOW THE PORTAL BEING DROPPED. SCENE QUICKLY CUTS TO BLACK AS A HUGE SMASHING SOUND IS HEARD. THE SCENE NOW CHANGES BACK TO PRESENT DAY. THE GUARDIAN US STILL STARING AT THE ROCKS.
FOREMAN'S VOICE: HEY! (he walks over to the GUARDIAN): Keep working! No daydreaming ya Blue Baboon!
GUARDIAN (mumbling): Yeah, and only you can tell that, can;t ya? Takes one to know one.
FOREMAN (cocks gun and presses it to the back of the GUARDIAN'S head): Hear that sound? (he nods) Ya don't wanna hear the sound that comes after it, you'll get back to work, and I mean right NOW! (presses it harder)
GUARDIAN: Ah! I'm working! I'm working! (he starts to gather the gold again. As he's loading them into the wagon the other WORKERS taunt him by singing the Japanese National Anthem quietly in his direction, along with taunts of 'You deserve this!' 'This is your fault!')
SCENE CHANGES. NOW WE SEE THE ESTABLISHING SHOT OF AKU'S FORTRESS AND INSIDE WE HEAR HIM LAUGHING. SCENE CHANGES TO AKU'S THRONE ROOM, WHERE HE'S SITTING.
AKU: HA! HA! It won't be too long now! Let's see...if his little lady friend hasn't completely abandoned him yet, one more nightmare tonight ought to do it! Ha ha...maybe I'll have her give birth to my Grandchild...with MY face! HA HA HA! Oh, it's too perfect! I know just what will happen next! She'll get so terrified, she'll either run away in the middle of the night or break up with him that morning. Poor little Broken-Hearted Samurai! I know just what he'll do. He'll stand there broken for a minute or two then he'll try hard not to cry...but he won;t succeed! Ha...the PERFECT time to make the final move! He'll be so distraught and trying to pick up the pieces of his shattered heart he won't see me coming at all! HA! I'll be able to destroy him completely without him even knowing what happened! (strokes his beard) Now...the only problem is HOW to do it. Should it be really fast so he doesn;t even have a chance to blink...or slowly and painfully for my own enjoyment? Will he see it as failure...or putting him out of his misery? (sits up straight) One thing for sure...it'll put me out of MINE! HA HA HA! Oh, soon, just another day or two then my Samurai problem is permanently through! HA HA! He'll be so weak with a broken heart he won;t even have TIME to reach for that sword before I end this once and for all! Then I'll take the sword...AND BURN IT! HA HA! Oh, there's nothing weaker than the human heart (sits up and looks at the audience) ...it's a good thing I don't have one! (suddenly a huge sound comes from the roof and pieces start to fall all around AKU as the room shakes) WHAT THE BLAZES?! (he looks up to see the huge robot over him) CHAMBERLAIN! SOLDIERS! WE'VE BEEN INFILTRATED! (they all begin to rush in as the robot jumps down. A door opens in it as JACK jumps out, followed by ASHI and the SCOTSDAUGHTERS)
JACK (yelling): AKUUUU!
AKU: YOU! (leaps from his throne) I don't know how you managed to get here, and I don't care...
(SCOTSMAN'S GHOST pops up near AKU)
SCOTSMAN: He had a little help from ME, that's how, ya disgusting black no hearted lilly livered baboon!
AKU: STAY OUT OF THIS! (in a rage, tried to use his lazer eyes at the SCOTSMAN, only to have him reappear behind him while the lazer burns a hole in the wall)
SCOTSMAN: Boy, you're stupider than I thought! Did ya forget you roasted me several months ago?! Ya can;t rekill someone who's already dead! HA HA HA!
AKU: That might be true, but just as I can't touch you, you can't touch me!
JACK: But I can, Aku! (AKU then turns sharply.)
AKU: Listen you...(Sees ASHI behind him) Well, isn;t this a pretty picture! What are YOU doing here?
ASHI: Fighting with Jack.
AKU: Ha, don't ya know how it is to be around him?! How anyone who dares to associate with him will never get any peace, as long as I have anything to say about it! He's a walking danger magnet...or perhaps you need another lesson!
ASHI: I don;t need ANYTHING from you, Aku, and nothing you say will scare me away from Jack!
AKU (pretends to sniffle): How touching! Permit me a few minutes...TO THROW UP! (suddenly blinks) WAIT! I thought you looked familiar...(he bends down to observe Ashi) Yes...I've seen your face before. Your mother...is she not my high priestess?
ASHI: WAS, Aku. She suffered...an accident.
AKU: That so? WELL, IF THAT'S TRUE, THEN WHY AREN'T YOU AT MY CAVE TAKING OVER FOR HER LIKE I ORDERED YOUR CULT TO?!
ASHI: It's no longer MY cult, Aku. I disavow that cult, I disavow my mother, and I disavow anything to do with you! I want nothing more of that and nothing more of my mother.
AKU (attempts to swing at ASHI, but she leaps to a higher ground before JACK can help her. AKU points finger angrily) : Disgraceful Daughter! Disobedient wrench! You belong there!
ASHI (lands next to JACK and takes JACK'S hand): I belong with HIM!
AKU: Then die WITH him! (he then reaches out with his claw, which turns into a sharp, pointed stick, the extension of himself reaching out to grab JACK alone! With swiftness that takes everyone off guard, ASHI'S hand is wipped from JACK. She barely misses grabbing hold of JACK again. Crashing onto the far end of the room, AKU begins slamming JACK all over the place. AKU laughs. The camera then cuts to the ARCHERS and the WOOLIES fighting off AKU'S ARMY, lead by the CHAMBERLAIN. We then see the giant robot as they blast some more SOLDIERS. We cut to the inside where the ASTRONAUNTS, led by EXUDOR, are operating it. Camera then goes outside the robot again.)
(ASHI and the SCOTSDAUGHTERS hurry to catch up but are cut off as DEMONGO appears in front of them.)
DEMONGO: Ah, I see my journey to find worthy souls is finally paying off!
FLORA: Who the HELL are you?!
DEMONGO: I am Demongo, collector of souls! I'm hoping to expand my collection today. Let me show you your new roommates - potentially, if you impress me! (camera cuts to AKU)
AKU (stops tossing JACK for a moment and turns) : DEMONGO! I gave you another chance for a reason! Now stop bragging and take care of them! (camera goes back to DEMONGO)
DEMONGO: Yeeeees, Master. At once! (From the skulls on his body he throws out new warriors that not even JACK had faced before!)
LINDA: The hell are those?!
(JACK takes the opportunity given, and finally getting to his sword he slashes through AKU's hand. AKU roars in pain as JACK lands hard, tucking and rolling back on his feet. CAMERA CUTS TO INSIDE THE ROBOT. EXEDOR LOOKS OUT WITH A WORRIED FACE)
EXEDOR: Oh, my! (camera cuts to ASHI)
ASHI: We need to get to Jack!
FLORA: Aye! But we gotta take care of this Joker first!
DEMONGO: WHAT did you call me?!
TINA: She called a Joker ya creep! Exactly what ya are ya pea brained suck up!
DEMONGO: Ooooh, just for that...(proceeds to take out more skulls as TINA, FLORA, PAULA, LINDA, LISA, and ASHI slowly start to back up)
LINDA: Tina?
TINA: Yeah?
LINDA: Next time ya wanna call someone a pea brained suck up...put a lid on it.
TINA: Right.
(DEMONGO THEN THROWS DOWN HIS SKULLS AND IMMIDIATELY SWARMS OF BRAND NEW SOULS BEGIN TO APPEAR)
PAULA (under her breath): Holy gods.
LISA: Ashi...you're the only one who can get to Jack. I got a feeling we're all gonna be kinda busy here.
(ASHI looks up to where AKU and JACK are facing off. Camera cuts to her point of view. Camera cuts back to her. A loud noise startles her and she quickly turns to see the ASTRONAUTS firing lazers at AKU'S CHAMBERLAIN and FOOTSOLDIERS from the robot. The TRICERAQUINNS are using their guns to blast even more, and the WOLLIES are sending GUARDS running, along with the rest of the SCOTSDAUGHTERS. Realising it IS up to her, she takes a deep breath and looks up)
ASHI: I'm coming, Jack!
(cut to commercial)
(JACK Immediately leaps into the air for another strike already. Aku glares distastefully. Aku leans to the side, transforming into a lion with the bottom half of a scorpian. He then slashes JACK in his stomach, causing JACK to cry out. The top half of JACK'S gi falls off. AKU quickly wraps his tail around JACK. The constriction gets tighter. JACK manages to slash part of the tail, causing AKU to yell in pain and let go.
JACK falls, trying to catch his breath, catching hold of one of the many ledges. With haste he lets go and falls onto another ledge as Aku unleashes a wave of flames at him. )
(The camera cuts back to ASHI and the cavalry as DEMONGO laughs heartily. Great giant black apes with flaming manes down their back pop up out of severel of his skulls and proceed to wreak all types of havoc. Another one that pops up is a well dressed "man" in a green and black pin strip suit wearing a pale white cracked mask with a large disturbing grin on it. He throws a bunch of wined up toy boxes. Out of them come out a number of things from a animatronic clown on a spring with boxing gloves to small exploding toy soldiers.)
JACKIE: Does anyone have any clue as to what's happening around here?!
DEMONGO: It's simple! (leaps into the air) There are the essence of many warriors and animals that I have collected. They are under my control...and they will soon add YOU to my collection!
JACKIE: Dream on!
DEMONGO (laughs evilly): Oh ho, we shall soon see! (ANAMONITRONIC CLOWN then lunges at JACKIE, who uses her sword to fight it off. FLAMING APE #1 throws a fireball over to TINA, who ducks behind a stony ledge. FLORA, PAULA, NANCY, and ASHI run over to join her.)
NANCY: We can;t ALL get to Jack and help him with these...THINGS in our way!
FLORA: That's what Aku's plan seems to be.
NANCY: So, what do we do then?
FLORA: We do what we HAVE to do...while someone else does what SHE has to do!
CLARA: How so?
FLORA: Well, there ARE a lot of them...but there are a lot of us!
JACKIE (still fighting the CLOWN): Uh, Girls? I could use some HELP over here!
FLORA: We'll be right there!
JACKIE: Could ya be here sooner rather than later, please?
FLORA: RIGHT! (turns back to her sisters) The way I see it, the way to get Ashi to Jack is to devide and conquer! Each of us takes one of those monsters while I help Ashi reach Jack.
(ASHI understands what FLORA is telling her. She looks towards the DAUGHTERS, nodding her head with a smile. The SCOTSDAUGHTERS run out from the ledge and form a line with ASHI and FLORA at the end, making their way through. One DAUGHTER takes on one opponent that DEMONGO throws. SAMANTHA takes on FLAMING APE #2, NANCY takes on FLAMING APE #3, GRETEL takes on FLAMING APE #4, TINA takes APE #5. CAROL starts fighting the MASKED MAN, JESSICA, BERNADETTE, MIRANDA, CLARA, and REBECCA takes TOY SOLDIERS. Finally FLORA and ASHI are left. They reach the topmost ledge where JACK is still fighting AKU. ASHI jumps into FLORA'S hands. FLORA tosses her over the fray! One gorilla catches sight and leaps towards ASHI. It grabs her legs. ASHI leans in with both hands slamming the GORILLA into the back of its head! It looses its grip and slumps down as Ashi uses it as another needed leap to Jack. One of the TOY SOLDIERS sees ASHI climb up and shoots an arrow at her. ASHI grabs it in midair and uses her arrow throw, hitting the SOLDIER in the shoulder. The SOLDIER starts crying.)
DEMONGO: Stop crying, it's just a scratch.
( Camera cuts to AKU, who is doing his absolute best to keep JACK away. All the while JACK is trying to desperately get that opening. He keeps his eyes concentrated running along the walls slashing away at the dozens of arrows AKU shot at him out of his hand. Arrows from one hand, fireballs with the other. JACK knocks them back at AKU causing him to dodge comically. The camera cuts upward to THE SCOTSMAN'S GHOST, who is unable to fight, but is calling out encouragement from his place)
AKU (laughing): You would make a great baseball player, Samurai! But can you hit one of THESE out of the park?! (makes even more fireballs with his hands. JACK expertly ducks and dodges them. It dawns on AKU.) You think you can beat me after so many years, Samurai? When has it ever gotten closer to defeating you than fighting you on the same eye level! (He then shrinks down, with a long orange beard and his ponytail up top, almost exactly how he looked during episode 48! A form he had before, fighting Jack hand to hand. Only thing time he has two swords, one in each hand. He readies his pose.) Ah, yes, Samurai, you may be able to fight me hand-to-hand. You may be be able to fight me sword-to-sword...but how about ONE SWORD AGAINST TWO?! (Camera cuts to JACK, who by now has his hair loose and free and is sweating, clearly out of breath) It is pointless to struggle, I can sense your weariness. My soldiers and helpers are keeping your friends..ahem...busy. There is no one to help you now..and no one to stop ME! Give up! It has been 50 years! Accept your fate!
JACK: NEVER! You have tried to make me make that mistake, Aku! But you never will again!
AKU: Ah, a brave, yet FOOLISH Warrior to the end! Well, this shall be short and pleasant, I can already tell! (But before AKU can move he gets kicked in the back of the head by ASHI as she Leaps over to JACK)
ASHI: Are you all right, Jack?
JACK: Yes. Thank you.
AKU: YOU! (standing up) You think that have the upper hand, Samurai, just because you now have a Lady Friend to help you! but I tell you, you don't! Let us see how good you are when you see her go right in front of you! (lunges at ASHI, who leaps out of the way. AKU quickly turns around, intending to slash her with his sword, when JACK blocks him)
JACK: No! Fight ME, you cowardly shadow! This is OUR fight!
AKU (amuzed, straightens up) : Tsk tsk, tsk, SUCH an inconsiderate boyfriend you are! (ASHI meanwhile is sneaking behind AKU slowly and steathy) Not wanting to share the spotlight! All about you? Unlike you, Samurai! (ASHI then proceeds to kick him in the back of the head)
ASHI: Who SAYS he's not sharing, Aku?
AKU: THAT'S IT! I'll get rid of you first! (ASHI then leaps out of the way and does an overhead somersault, landing on a ledge below AKU. AKU uses his body to send arrows after her, but ASHI catches one in the air and does her arrow throw back at AKU, who absorbs it back into his body. AKU, in a fury transforms himself into a long snake and begins to slither after her. ASHI jumps lower and lower down, followed by AKU. But the chase abruptly stops when AKU feels horrific pain. He turns and the camera turns with him to see JACK pinning the back of him down with the sword.)
AKU (realizing his bottom half can;t move) NOOOO! This can not be!
JACK: It IS, Aku! (he raises his sword) You will cause suffering and destruction NO MORE! (he leaps into the air and plunges the sword into AKU'S head)
AKU: NOOOOOOOO! (electric sparks begin to surround him. JACK leaps out of the way)
JACK: Ashi, look out! (ASHI leaps out of the way and jumps next to JACK. Holding hands, they both run as AKU proceeds to explode into a pile of black mass. JACK plunges his sword into the mass, soaking it up. He looks at ASHI) Ashi, use one of your sticks. (ASHI knows what he means, and catches one stick that ARCHER #1 throws to her. She uses it to put a large hole in the ground. JACK sticks his sword into the hole. The black mass that was AKU flows out of the sword and into the hole. ASHI then covers it up. Suddenly the ground begins to shake violently as pieces of the ledges start to fall. THE camera goes back to the SCOTSDAUGHTERS battling DEMONGO and his SOULS. Suddenly the SOULS stop fighting the DAUGHTERS as a bright glow comes over them. The SOULS the slowly turn to DEMONGO and begin to surround him. )
DEMONGO: What...what are you all doing? Them! (points to the DAUGHTERS) get them! Fight them! (slowly the SOULS all gather around him) No! Not again! NOOOOOOOOO! (the DAUGHTERS take that opportunity to run off and climb back into the robot, which begins its climb to the surface as the Fortress continues to crumble.)
ASTRONAUNT #1: Let;s get the heck out of here, I think this place is crumbling!
ASTRONAUNT #2: Where's Jack?! Where's Jack?
LINDA: Where's Ashi?
LISA (pointing): There they are! (camera cuts to JACK and ASHI running toward the opening on top. The hole that contains the black essence that was AKU is visible)
EXEDOR: Oh my...I..I think..they've done it!
TINA: They've...they've done it?!
SAMANTHA: That would explain why Demongo's Souls turned on him. They were freed from his spell once Aku bit it!
EXEDOR (calling out the window): Jack! Ashi! Over here! Get in! Quick, get in! (they run to the robot and with EXEDOR'S help get inside. Camera then cuts to the inside of the robot, where the ASTRONAUNTS and DAUGHTERS all surround JACK and ASHI)
TINA: Jack? Ashi? Did...did it happen? Did you...is he..
JACK: Yes. Aku will never unleash his wrath upon this world ever again!
SCOTSMAN'S GHOST pops in
SCOTSMAN: That's my buddy! HA HA HA HA! Ya finally did it! That disgusting filthy piece of goat's turd's now roasting in hell where he belongs, and it's because of you!
JACK (smiling at ASHI): Not just me, my friend. (takes her hand tenderly)
FLORA (softly): The both of you.
(the Robot makes it's way to the top of the crumbling fortress. JACK looks out the window worriedly until he sees that the TRICERAQUINNS and the ARCHERS are following them out, carried on the backs of the WOLLIES. Just as they make it to the top, the fortress finishes collapsing into rubble. One by one they leave the robot.)
(The camera then cuts to the exterior of what looks like a big busting city, very similar to what JACK encountered in the 2nd episode of the series. We at first see flying cars overhead, then the camera goes down slowly, past the oddly shaped buildings and twisty roads where regular cars are and finally stops near ground level. A huge group of people are gathered around a huge billboard-like screen that's showing the interior of the fortress crumbling down. We cut to the faces of the people and aliens alike watching this with somewhat confused looks. Suddenly the whole screen cuts to black, leaving them all in shock.)
MAN #1 (sounds as if he can;t believe it): Did what I think happen just happened?!
WOMAN #1 (turning): Do ya think?
(the screen then lights up again with two newscasters in front of it)
NEWSCASTER #1: This just in, breaking news Ladies and Gentilemen! After almost 5,000 years in agression and servitude, it has finally happened! Aku, the once Grand High Overlord is no more!
NEWSCASTER #2: Our National Hero. Samurai Jack has finally done what we have all hoped. We are now all free. Aku is dead! Aku is dead!
(the PEOPLE and ALIENS stare as if they can;t believe it at first...then all at once they scream for joy! They can't be still, hugging, yelling, crying. Camera then cuts to the mine at the beginning of the episode where the MINERS are still hard at work when they hear the announcement over a loudspeaker)
LOUDSPEAKER: Special annoucement one and all. It has finally happened! Aku is dead! Aku is now dead! We are all free now! Aku is now dead!
(the MINERS immidiately stop what they're doing and take in this news...then slowly turn to the FOREMAN, who begins to have an 'Oh crap' look on his face)
FOREMAN: Uh oh! (drops the gun and slowly begins to back up toward the entrance to the cave...then quickly turns around and runs with the MINERS behind him)
MAN (running after him): I'm gonna give ya 10 blows for every blow ya gave me!
MAN #2: Yeah, you better run! You better run! Where's your Leader NOW, bastard?!
(MINERS all run out of the cave...and right over the GUARDIAN, who staggers to his feet once they're all gone)
GUARDIAN: Hey! Wait for me! (runs out after them)
CUT TO BLACK
END CREDITS START
EPISODE CIV
SAMURAI JACK: PHIL LAMARR
AKU: GREG BALDWIN
ASHI: TARA STRONG
SCOTSMAN: JOHN DIMAGGIO
VARIOUS SCOTSDAUGHTERS: GREY DELISLE GRIFFIN
KARI WALGREN
WENDEE LEE
E.G. DALEY
KATH SOUCE
CATHERINE CAVADINI
MONA MARSHALL
JENNIFER HALE
DEMONGO: KEVIN MICHEAL RICHARDSON
TRICERAQUINN #1/ARCHER #1/ASTRONANT #1/EXEDOR: JEFF BENNET
TRICERAQUINN #2/ASTRONAUNT #2: JESS HARNELL
TRICERAQUINN #3/ ARCHER #2/WOOLIE #2: KEVIN MICHEAL RICHARDSON
ARCHER #3/ WOOLIE #1/ASTRONAUNT #4: TOM KENNY
AFTER THE END CREDITS WE SEE THE CARTOON NETWORK BOX.
THE BOX OPENS UP TO REVEAL JACK AND ASHI STANDING BACK-TO-BACK.
JACK IS HOLDING HIS SWORD AND ASHI IS HOLDING HER SICKLE.
THEY BOTH TURN TO THE AUDIENCE AT THE SAME TIME.
THE BOX CLOSES.