Samurai Jack/Trivia

""Where will the other path take me?" "Space Ace!""
 * Development Hell: The series was intended to end with a movie, but only in the late 2000s/early 2010s does it seem to be getting anywhere.
 * Hey, It's That Voice! - Phil LaMarr (from Mad TV, Pulp Fiction, Static Shock, and Futurama) as Jack, and the now-late Mako, best known before he died as Iroh, as Aku.
 * The Scotsman is John Dimaggio (Bender and Jake), and Tom Kenny (Heffer on "Rocko's Modern Life" and SpongeBob) was a series regular.
 * Some of the early promos had narration from the voice of Frylock
 * For the Venezuelan dub, the same team that dubbed Medabots dubbed this. Particularly notorious in the episode Jack's Sandals, what with the shoe salesman being a referee, and the kids having the voice of the kids of the cast. Jack's voice actor (Juan Guzman) is Hampton the pig, Captain K'nuckles and Geoff.
 * Shout-Out - various...but one notable one: in the Compilation Movie, the sirens were.
 * Planet of the Apes, of all things, gets referenced in "Jack is Naked", when Jack's clothes are stolen as he goes bathing in a lake underneath a waterfall in a forest nearly naked.
 * A lot of Asian cinema, including the classic Lone Wolf and Cub and the visuals of Studio Ghibli.
 * A lot of Star Wars shout outs, especially in Jack and the Flying Prince and Princess and The Scotsman Saves Jack.
 * In one episode, Jack is instructed to follow a certain path at a fork in the road to get to a Dragon's Lair.

""They're after me! They're after you? they're after me!""
 * Is this troper the only one to see Jabu-Jabu references in that episode?
 * Surprisingly, Sonic the Hedgehog in the episode Jack's Sandals. When he's running with a pair of blue sneakers, he leans forward, puts his arms behind his body and his running motion forms an 8. And he's as fast as a car.
 * Another brief one occurs at the beginning of Episode L, with one of the scientists resembling Dr. Eggman. His coworkers resemble Dr. Wily and... Dr. Clayton Forrester.
 * And plenty of references to Tartakovsky's Dexter's Laboratory, including bringing back Huntor and having Jack shout "Who else wants some?!" from the early dodgeball episode.
 * In the cowboy episode on the train, there's a scene between Quick Straw and Bubba Louis.
 * The third episode, two of the dogs resembles Big Dog & Little Dog from Two Stupid Dogs and the city they rediscovered? It's apparently Townsville.
 * The creator of the Ultrabots is basically Professor Frink.
 * Seemed more like a future incarnation of Dexter, what with the giant glasses, body-concealing labcoat, and purple gloves up to his elbows. Heck, his name is Ex-tor!
 * The Ultrabots are plated with Adamantium.
 * "Where are we going?" "The Highlands. Where else?"
 * Followed later in the same episode with describing haggis as "Sheep's stomach stuffed with meat and barely."
 * Maybe this is just me, but one of the gangsters in the aptly named "Jack and the Gangsters" looks a lot like Mr. Brown
 * The group is meant to resemble The Ant Hill Mob of Wacky Races and The Perils of Penelope Pitstop.
 * -Don't forget Mr. Pibbles bearing a striking resemblance to Steve Buscemi
 * From the same episode, the three elementals guarding the Neptune's Jewel are Earth, Wind and Fire.
 * The wolf from "Aku's Fairy Tales" is a shout out to Yogi Bear, down to the sound effects and lusting for "pikinik baskets"
 * And when he hacked a hole through a door with his sword and, with a crazy look in his eyes, said "Here's Jackie". Note that this was in a story Aku was telling.
 * At one point, Jack follows a white rabbit down a hole which leads to a fantastical, whimsical world. Does this even need a Pothole?
 * "Jack and the Creature" is a shout out to My Neighbor Totoro.
 * "Jack and the Labyrinth" introduces a character who resembles Daisuke Jigen from Lupin III—but with Lupin's personality.
 * Mondo Bot seems to resemble Samus' Power Suit.
 * How about the Princess from the ''Princess and the bounty Hunters? None of the other realize she's a woman until she takes off her helmet. Not to mention she's a brunette, much like Samus was in the early years of Metroid.
 * The plot of "Jack and the Flying Prince and Princess" is a reference to that of Star Wars.
 * Wanna hear a story about a nameless, mostly silent samurai armed with a mystic sword that can destroy an evil, shape-shifting demon, only to be cast into the far distant future? Okay, here ya go.
 * A reference to the animated Aladdin movie occurs when Jack and The Scotsman are attacked by Aku's minions, and both simultaneously say to each other.


 * "Da Samurai" is Sho'Nuff from The Last Dragon with a name change. He even says the word.