A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!".
Writer: Bryan Andrews
Air date: 2002-03-01
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Jack comes upon a monkey-man and agrees to train his tribe in the ways of defending themselves if the monkey-man teaches him how to "jump good".
Writer: Chris Mitchell
Air date: 2002-03-08
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Three short stories: Jack vs. the Worm: Jack confronts a two-headed riddling serpent who will grant him his wish if he can answer their questions; The Metal-Eaters: Jack confronts a family that feed on metal and eat Jack's sword; Jack, the Gargoyle and the Fairy: Jack tries to rescue a wish-granting fairy from a gargoyle so that she may grant his wish to return home.
Writer: Chris Reccardi
Air date: 2002-03-15
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Jack is kidnapped and placed in a chain gang of warriors chosen to battle in front of a coliseum audience against the Dome of Doom's Champions.
Writer: Mark Andrews
Air date: 2002-03-22
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: The Scotsman needs Jack's help to save his kidnapped wife. But this woman is hardly the distressed damsel the Scotsman makes her out to be.
Writer: Bryan Andrews
Air date: 2002-03-29
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Jack goes from destroyed village to another looking for those responsible, only to find the destruction was commissioned by Aku.
Writer: Bryan Andrews
Air date: 2002-04-05
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Jack comes upon ruins of a village and realizes it is his home. He then reflects on the past when he was a young boy.
Writer: Charlie Bean
Air date: 2002-04-12
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Jack travels vertically up a mountain with three monks to witness the magic of the mountain only to have the power of the mountain save his very life.
Writer: Chris Reccardi
Air date: 2002-09-06
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: When a flatulent dragon begins stinking out an entire village. Jack slays the beast and ventures inside it to cure to source of its bellyache.
Writer: Genndy Tartakovsky
Air date: 2002-09-13
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Aku hires the best hunters in the galaxy to track down the most elusive of prey - Samurai Jack.
Writer: Mark Andrews
Air date: 2002-09-20
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Aku sends out Demongo, the soul collector, to destroy Jack. Now Jack must fight all the mighty warrior souls that Demongo has collected.
Writer: Chris Reccardi
Air date: 2002-09-27
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: When Jack has his sword and clothing stolen, he must give chase to a white rabbit who took them while trying to maintain his modesty.
Writer: Bryan Andrews
Air date: 2002-10-04
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Jack comes upon a battle where a mere 300 men are fighting a vast, unending army of robots and their evil robotic leader.
Writer: Paul Rudish
Air date: 2002-10-11
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: When a band of bikes mow over Jack's sandals, he goes on a hunt for the perfect footwear.
