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Created by | Christy Hui |
Directed by | Christelle Naga Collette Sunderman (voice director) |
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No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
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Release | August 26, 2013 July 1, 2015 | –
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Xiaolin Showdown |
Xiaolin Chronicles (笑林傳記) is an animated/CG television series presented as a continuation of Xiaolin Showdown.[2] The series premiered on August 26, 2013, with three back-to-back episodes serving as a preview. The full series premiered on September 14, 2013. It was produced by ActionFliks Media Corporation in collaboration with the French studio Genao Productions. It is the only Xiaolin Showdown production made without the involvement of Warner Bros. Animation.[3]
The show aired for twenty episodes from August 26, 2013, to March 6, 2014, on Disney XD, leaving the last six episodes unaired in the United States until July 1, 2015, when Chronicles was made available to watch on Netflix.
In a newsletter published on July 25, 2015, creator Christy Hui announced that Chronicles would not continue with a second season and is a standalone series. However, she stated that there would be a new Xiaolin project that will continue in a format to that of Showdown.[4][needs update?]
Produced in France and the United States with Christy Hui returning as executive producer, the show is animated in 2D animation while CGI was used for all of the Xiaolin Showdown scenes. The show features new character designs and a slightly altered logo for the show. With the exception of Tara Strong (Omi, Ping Pong) and Jennifer Hale (Kimiko in Chronicles only, Katnappe, Willow), the original's voice cast was replaced due to budget and timing issues.[5] All Shen Gong Wu from the original series had to be renamed, although Warner Bros. Animation was not involved with the series before ended the partnership with the series after ended in 2006, the titles and rights to the names was originally produced by Warner Bros. before being moved to ActionFliks Media Corporation during production for unknown reasons. Sunwoo Entertainment contributed some of the animation for this series.
Omi, Kimiko, Raimundo and Clay have recently risen to the rank of Shoku Warrior except for Raimundo (who attained the rank previously), where they must continue to uphold their duty of finding and collecting all of the mystical Shen Gong Wu artifacts before the evil Heylin forces do. They are joined by a recruit from Europe named Ping Pong, who competes with a mysterious girl named Willow for the position of Xiaolin Apprentice. Through the events of the show's pilot, the monks learn that Willow is actually a spy of the formidable Heylin warrior Chase Young called Shadow. She and Chase destroy the temple and take all the Shen Gong Wu. With their temple destroyed, the monks must search for a new temple, while still trying to collect all the Shen Gong Wu and protecting the world from the likes of Chase Young and the villainous Jack Spicer.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date (1–20)[6] Original online release date (21-26) |
U.S. viewers (in millions) | |
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1 | "New Monk on the Block" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Stephen Sustarsic | August 26, 2013 | 0.48[7] | |
After many years has passed since the battle against the Heylins, Omi takes newcomer Ping Pong on as his protégé, but eventually grows jealous of Ping Pong when he becomes everyone's favorite. This causes a rift between the Monks, further complicated by the arrival of a beautiful new candidate. | ||||||
2 | "A Girl Named Willow" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Stephen Sustarsic | August 26, 2013 | 0.37[7] | |
Willow and Ping Pong compete for the Xiaolin Apprentice top spot, as well as for Omi's attention. Meanwhile, Kimiko grows suspicious of Willow's motives. | ||||||
3 | "The Fall of Xiaolin" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Stephen Sustarsic | August 26, 2013 | 0.49[7] | |
When Willow uses her charms on all the boys in the temple, Kimiko becomes even more suspicious and she eventually discovers Willow's secret double identity as Shadow. Meanwhile, Chase Young captures Ping Pong and takes revenge on Xiaolin by destroying the temple. Now the Xiaolin Monks must go on a journey to find a new Xiaolin Temple. | ||||||
4 | "Buddy Blue Ray and the Golden Bunnies" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Stephen Sustarsic | September 14, 2013 | 0.46[8] | |
Dojo dreams about the mysterious dancing bunnies, which lead to the Golden Bunny (a mystical talisman hidden amongst the giant bunnies in an ancient citadel). The Monks must do what it takes to find and protect the sacred object, while keeping the giant bunnies at bay or they will mutate into beastly creatures and destroy the village. | ||||||
5 | "Tokyo Madness" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Stephen Sustarsic | September 21, 2013 | 0.44[9] | |
Kimiko must save the day by going inside Digital Tokyo, a virtual world built by her father to battle a giant cyber worm created by Jack Spicer. | ||||||
6 | "Magic Stallion and the Wild Wild West" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Stephen Sustarsic | September 28, 2013 | 0.51[10] | |
Clay leads the Xiaolin Monks on a Wild West adventure, saving his Grandpappy's cattle from being turned into a casualty of Jack's latest evil scientific experiment at the time when he is collaborating with PandaBubba. | ||||||
7 | "Laws of Nature" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Stephen Sustarsic | October 5, 2013 | 0.45[11] | |
Chase Young discovers a weak link in the ecological order that, if manipulated properly, will cause a domino effect of cataclysmic destruction. Meanwhile, Jack's mishaps causes Chase's evil plan to backfire. | ||||||
8 | "Out of Ping Pong's Mind" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Stephen Sustarsic | October 12, 2013 | 0.34[12] | |
Chase Young grows wary of Ping Pong's power. To destroy him, Chase uses Ping Pong's own mind as a trap, literally. | ||||||
9 | "Xiaolin Redemption" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Stephen Sustarsic | October 19, 2013 | 0.40[13] | |
The heroes must escort the dangerous, slippery Salvador Cumo (a criminal that can turn into a humanoid Komodo dragon) to prison. Along the journey, Raimundo winds up falling prey to Salvador's charm and childhood stories which puts the Monks' lives and mission at risk. Meanwhile, Wuya plans to recruit Salvador Cumo to her side. | ||||||
10 | "Princess Kaila of the Thousand Layer Mountain" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Stephen Sustarsic | October 26, 2013 | 0.42[14] | |
Chase Young launches an all out attack on the Xiaolin Monks turning everyone except Omi into Cat Warriors. To save his friends, Omi must travel back in time to find Grand Master Dashi for advice. | ||||||
11 | "Planet of Dragons" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Stephen Sustarsic | November 2, 2013 | 0.45[15] | |
Dojo learns about his true destiny. A new Shen-Gong-Wu sends the Xiaolin Warriors to the future to the Dragon Planet which is ruled by dragons. The Dragon Planet is where all humans are enslaved and Dojo is the King of Dragon Planet. | ||||||
12 | "The Mask of the Green Monkey" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Stephen Sustarsic | November 9, 2013 | 0.36[16] | |
When the Mask of the Green Monkey surfaces, Omi ignores everyone's advice and insists on going after the mysterious object | ||||||
13 | "Mi Temple, Mi Casa" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui, Marcel Jasny and Stephen Sustarsic | December 6, 2013 | 0.61[17] | |
The Monks discover that their new temple has a mystical talking tree. Meanwhile Chase possesses the tree and uses his powers to manifest the Monks personal fears into reality. | ||||||
14 | "Heylin Within" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Stephen Sustarsic | February 1, 2014 | 0.41[18] | |
Newbie Shoku Warrior Ping Pong duplicates himself with the Ring of Catsumi Shen Gong Wu, but becomes vulnerable to Chase's evil plan to turn him into Reptilian Ping Pong. | ||||||
15 | "Tigress Woo" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Julien Magnat | February 8, 2014 | 0.34[19] | |
When Kimiko's older sister Tigress (Tomoko) shows up on her birthday and one of the Shen Gong Wu mysteriously disappears, Kimiko tries to figure out if Tigress (Tomoko) is on the side of good or evil. | ||||||
16 | "Heal Me" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Stephen Sustarsic | February 10, 2014 | 0.22[20] | |
Jack turns into a great motivational speaker, and Good Jack and Dojo join him. He even helps Good Jack find the Shen Gong Wu. | ||||||
17 | "Rocco" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui | February 11, 2014 | 0.18[20] | |
Dojo and his childhood friend Rocco must work together to rescue the Xiaolin Monks and Master Fung before they turn into zombies. | ||||||
18 | "Super Cow Patty" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui, Mark Zaslove, Thomas Barichella | March 24, 2014 | 0.10[21] | |
When a cow themed vigilante by the name of Super Cow Patty shows up, the monks quickly find themselves being upstaged. Not only is Cow Patty beating them to the Shen Gong Wu, he also has a secret connection to one of the monks. | ||||||
19 | "Chase Lays an Egg" | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui, Marcel Jasny, Mark Zaslove, Peter Saisselin | March 25, 2014 | 0.20[21] | |
Chase experiences unusual side effects when he is accidentally exposed to a toxic serum, causing him to literally lay an egg. Elsewhere, Omi offers his hand in friendship to Jack, and together steal Chase's egg believing it to be a new powerful Shen Gong Wu. | ||||||
20 | "Drawn to Be Evil" | Christelle Naga | Steven Cuden | March 26, 2014 | 0.22[21] | |
A young boy named Tiny Sim aspires to become as evil and villainous as his idol, Jack Spicer. Using the Prism of Genesis Shen Gong Wu, he raises an army of demented weasels, becoming the Evil Weaselnator. | ||||||
21 | "Omi Saves the Holidays"[nb 1] | Christelle Naga | Mark Zaslove | July 1, 2015 | N/A | |
Christmas time comes and all the monks are excited, except Omi. Yet, the monks must save the spirit of the holiday from Jack Spicer, when he tries to make "Jackmas". | ||||||
22 | "Who Shrunk Master Fung?"[nb 2] | Christelle Naga | Eric Shaw | July 1, 2015 | N/A | |
While preparing for Master Fung's return, Dojo accidentally shrinks Fung. It's up to the monks to travel to Chase's lair to save Master Fung's life. | ||||||
23 | "Back in the Flesh Again"[nb 3] | Christelle Naga | Mark Zaslove | July 1, 2015 | N/A | |
Wuya and Jack hunt down two important Shen Gong Wu in order to restore Wuya to her human form. Meanwhile, Omi becomes jealous of Ping Pong when he beats Omi in a talent show, and Shadow abandons Chase. | ||||||
24 | "The Call of the Dragon"[nb 4] | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Mark Zaslove | July 1, 2015 | N/A | |
Kimiko has strange visions about a dragon, and none of the other monks believe her. Meanwhile, Chase is getting closer to the Shanga World and the Xiaolin Chi. | ||||||
25 | "The Mark of the Dragon Spirit"[nb 5] | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Mark Zaslove | July 1, 2015 | N/A | |
With Chase having stolen the Xiaolin Chi, Kimiko travels to the Planet of Dragons while the Boys, accompanied by Jack, follow. Kimiko is given the chance to bond with a dragon, much to Omi's jealousy. Chase realizes he cannot access the Xiaolin Powers without the dragon spirits. | ||||||
26 | "Fly the Dragon!"[nb 6] | Christelle Naga | Christy Hui and Mark Zaslove | July 1, 2015 | N/A | |
Chase Young, now empowered with Chi, begins to destroy the universe. Kimiko must work with a jealous Omi to awake the Cosmic Dragon to defeat Chase. |
The series premiered on Cartoon Network in the United Kingdom on March 4, 2014.[23] Cartoon Network Southeast Asia followed on December 15, 2014.[24] In Australia, Xiaolin Chronicles debuted on Eleven on June 7, 2015, with a second run on Cartoon Network beginning July 17, 2015.[25][26] The series debuted with the launch of Family Chrgd on October 9, 2015 in Canada.[27]
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