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The Best Episodes of Jackie Chan Adventures

Every episode of Jackie Chan Adventures ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Jackie Chan Adventures!

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Jackie Chan teams up with his 11-year-old fictive-niece, Jade, traveling the globe to locate a dozen magical talismans before the sinister Dark Hand. Helping Jackie and Jade is Uncle, a cantankerous but wise antiquities expert.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Jackie Chan Adventures Season 1 Episode 13 - Day of the Dragon
    8.2/10(202 votes)

    #1 - Day of the Dragon

    S1:E13

    Shendu retrieves all twelve talismans and transforms into a humanoid dragon. Now, he is on the loose and ready to destroy the entire continent of Asia. Jackie, Uncle, and Jade must find the demon and annihilate it before Asia is dismantled. Uncle makes a magic potion that allows Jackie to penetrate Shendu's skin to steal the twelve talismans back.

    Director:Jane Wu
    Writer:Alexx Van Dyne

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  2. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 5 Episode 13 - The Powers That Be (2)
    8.2/10(151 votes)

    #2 - The Powers That Be (2)

    S5:E13

    Captain Black, the J-Team, and some old adversaries put their differences aside to come together in order to stop Drago who is on the verge of conquering the entire world.

    Director:Kirk Van Wormer
    Writer:Steven Melching

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  3. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 1 Episode 12 - The Tiger and the Pussycat
    8.1/10(189 votes)

    #3 - The Tiger and the Pussycat

    S1:E12

    The Tiger Talisman splits the dark and light sides of Jackie in two, which makes it easy for Valmont to trick his dark side into working for the Dark Hand. The light Jackie could not do anything, he does not want to fight, while the dark Jackie steals the 12 talismans from Section 13. Both halves fight for the talisman, but Valmont gets to it first and uses it to turn Shendu into it's old self again, an alive, giant dragon demon.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:David Slack

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  4. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 3 Episode 15 - Re-Enter the Dragon
    8.1/10(116 votes)

    #4 - Re-Enter the Dragon

    S3:E15

    Daolon Wong releases Shendu from his etheiral enprisonment in exchange for the talisman power of the Dragon - Combustion. Jackie, Uncle, Jade and Thoru attempt to stop Shendu's return to earth but fail. Shendu goes back on his deal w/ Dalon and absorbs the Dragon power for himself, and then drains Dalon of the tailsman powers he holds. Shendu persues Jackie back to Section 13 where the other talisman animals are. Before Shendu can absorb their powers, Jackie and Jade flee with the animals. Shendu stops Jackie and Jade at the zoo. Depsite Jackie's heroics, Shendu absorbs all of the talisman powers. Before Shendu can finally destroy Jackie, Uncle, Thoru and Section 13 arrive chanting a chi-spell (that Uncle got from Daolon Wong). The spell returns Shendu to his 'original' statue form and the talismans pop-out from his body. The talismans and Shendu are locked up in Section 13's vault for good.

    Director:Christopher Berkeley
    Writer:David Slack

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  5. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 3 Episode 10 - A Jolly J-Team Xmas
    8.0/10(123 votes)

    #5 - A Jolly J-Team Xmas

    S3:E10

    Daolon Wong has captured Santa Claus, who possess good chi in abundance, on Christmas Eve. Jackie, Jade, Uncle prepare for Christmas, with Uncle and Capt. Black trying to convince Jade that Santa is real. An Elf comes to Uncle for help in locating the kidnapped Santa. El Toro and Viper are called into action to help. Tohru, Jade and Paco substitue for Santa in making deliverys that night while Jackie, El Toro and Viper free Santa. Jackie and company go up against Daolon and his evil animated snowmen. Tohru makes a 'nick-of-time' rescue in the sleigh, and is humbled to be sitting beside the Jolly Ol' Elf himself. It's a Merrry Christmas for our heros!

    Director:Michael Goguen
    Writer:Alexx Van Dyne

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  6. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 3 Episode 16 - A Night at the Opera
    7.9/10(112 votes)

    #6 - A Night at the Opera

    S3:E16

    Valmont returns and gives Tohru a magic potion that causes the man-giant to loose his memory. He awakens at Valmonts hideout, and 'remembers' who he is - #1 Enforcer. Uncle creates a locater spell for the missing Tohru and the gang tracks him to India. Tohru believing Jackie to be his enemy, engages him in battle. Triumpant, Valmont and Tohru continue to the Temple of the Golden Elephant. At the temple, Jackie attempts to stop Tohru from stealing a jewel encrusted elephant that will finance the Dark Hand back into action. The removal of the Elephant causes stone statues in the temple to animate. Tohru and Jackie work together to defeat the animated statues while Valmont hides. While Tohru has not regained his memory he relaizes that Jackie helped him while Valmont would sacrifice him, and he aligns himself with Jackie. In attempting to get Tohru under his control again, Valmont accidently spray himself with the amniesia potion and is turned over to the authorities.

    Director:Seung Eun Kim
    Writers:Adam Beechen, Alexx Van Dyne

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  7. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 5 Episode 2 - It's All in the Game
    7.9/10(113 votes)

    #7 - It's All in the Game

    S5:E2

    Uncle has fashioned a locater for the activated relics. As Jade watched a game show called, ""The International Island Challenge,"" the locater senses the next relic, which is the prize on the game show: the gourd containing the Water Demon's chi. Jade pleads Jackie to let them enter the contest held on Boru Island, but Jackie explains that this is a serious mission. However, on the set, the producer mistakes Jackie, Uncle, Jade, and Tohru as a competing family. They must face off against the Dusseldorf family, but they fail in the first task when Tohru falls off the bridge after being pelted by coconuts. However, it is Uncle who is voted out of the family, but he manages to stay on the island for the night after complaining about his supposed fear of flying. In the second round, neither family wins the bug-eating contest, so they must race in the tie-breaking round. When Jackie, Tohru, and Jade near the finish line, Drago appears, manages to obtain the Water Demon chi, and creates a tid

    Director:Jay Oliva
    Writer:Marsha Griffin

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  8. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 3 Episode 2 - The Powers Unleashed
    7.8/10(117 votes)

    #8 - The Powers Unleashed

    S3:E2

    The Enforcers and Daolon Wong both break into Section 13 in search of the talismans. Uncle capture the Dark Chi warriors in a magical urn. Jackie destroys the talismans rather than allowing them to fall into the wrong hands. Doing so unleashes the powers of the talismans from their physical containers, sending the powers to reside inside the decendents of the 12 animals of the Zodiac. Dalon Wong later turns the Enforcers into his new Dark Chi Warriors. The first power that Jackie and team track is the power of Imortality, which leads them to a local dog show. Making off with the dogs before Daolon can harm them, the team encounters the new Enforcers/Dark Chi Warriors in the park. Jackie and company defeat the Dark Chi Enforcers and save the noble canine.

    Director:Michael Goguen
    Writer:David Slack

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  9. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 3 Episode 17 - Attack of the J-Clones
    7.8/10(107 votes)

    #9 - Attack of the J-Clones

    S3:E17

    The J-Team attends the re-dedication of the San Francisco Museum's collection of Jade (the stone, not the niece) and when the collection disappears again, Viper is accused of the theft. El Toro is later caught in the act of stealing more jade. Jackie chases the masked man and Jade discovers that the theif is A CLONE! Capt. Black interviews Chang (who is in prison) and they discover that Chang is also a clone. The real Chang, and his alchemist Yip, watche from a hidden lair, sending the Jackie clone into Section 13. Jackie-Clone is not able to subdue and replace the real Jackie and flees before being captured. Uncle creates a magic power that will determine who is a clone and who is not - and they discover that Paco is a clone! Impersonating their clones, the J-Team infiltrates Chang's hideouts to rescue Paco. Detected, the J-Team is attacked by the J-Team-clones but Uncle finds a way to over-ride the magic clones and turn them on Chang and Yip.

    Director:Michael Goguen
    Writer:Michael Jelenic

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  10. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 4 Episode 13 - Ninja Twilight
    7.8/10(114 votes)

    #10 - Ninja Twilight

    S4:E13

    Jackie, Uncle, Tohru, and Jade discover that they have overlook something in the ancient writings by making the horrible mistake of placing the final oni mask along side the other eight in Section 13. By doing this, they have released Tarakudo and his generals from the masks that bind them. The entire world begins to be engulfed in total darkness as the shadokahn are now free to walk the earth.

    Director:Brandon Vietti
    Writer:Eddie Guzelian

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  11. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 5 Episode 1 - Relics of Demons Past
    7.8/10(124 votes)

    #11 - Relics of Demons Past

    S5:E1

    Drago breaks out of Section 13 on a mission to absorb the demon chi that is held in the original artifacts used to defeat the demons so many years ago. He finds the Enforcers at a petting zoo and transforms them into dragon-human hybrids. Drago locates the fan that holds the chi of the Wind Demon. Meanwhile, Jade gets into the nasty habit of burping. Jackie and Captain Black hunt Drago down to a Chinese-themed car wash, where the fan is located. Unbeknownst to everyone, Jade absorbs the demon chi. At school, her burps create powerful wind storms, and she begins to transform into a frog. Drago attacks Jade at school in order to absorb the chi, but Uncle and Tohru arrive to capture it instead. Drago fires the Enforcers and turns them back into their old human selves after they prove that they are weak and useless.

    Director:David Hartman
    Writers:Greg Klein, Tom Pugsley

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  12. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 2 Episode 26 - The Eighth Door
    7.7/10(136 votes)

    #12 - The Eighth Door

    S2:E26

    Before Bai Tza can use another flood, Uncle uses a gourd from one of the Immortals to seal her away again. Unfortunately, Jade steps too close to the chi spell and is dragged into Bai Sa's portal. Meanwhile, the Demon Sorcerers communicate with and confront Shendu. In order to escape punishment, he promises that all seven of the Demons can use his own Portal – the only one left – to come back to Earth. A race against time ensues as the Chans work from both sides to both recover Jade and close the last portal for good.

    Director:Gary Hartle
    Writer:Hilary Bader

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  13. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 2 Episode 27 - Demon World (1)
    7.7/10(136 votes)

    #13 - Demon World (1)

    S2:E27

    Shendu alters the Book of Ages, and changes history. In a world where demons rule, Jade remembers how things were, and must convince her Uncles to help her set things right.

    Director:Christopher Berkeley
    Writer:David Slack

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  14. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 4 Episode 1 - The Masks of the Shadowkhan
    7.7/10(119 votes)

    #14 - The Masks of the Shadowkhan

    S4:E1

    Daolon Wong's failed attempt to escape from prison through the use of magic reawakens Tarakudo, the king of the shadowkahn who is bent on recovering all nine oni masks that imprison his generals. Tarakudo attempts to free himself and his minions so that they can unleash total darkness upon the earth.

    Director:Frank Squillace
    Writer:Michael Jelenic

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  15. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 4 Episode 2 - Samurai Ratso
    7.7/10(106 votes)

    #15 - Samurai Ratso

    S4:E2

    Ratso obtains the next Oni mask and has summoned a new deadlier type of Shadowkahn with sharp metallic claws and razor pointed feet that appear to be unstoppable. Meanwhile, Uncle begins to doubt himself as believes he is no longer useful to the group because he is not well versed in Japanese legend and magic.

    Director:Seung Eun Kim
    Writers:Duane Capizzi, Louis Hirshorn, Joelle Sellner

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  16. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 4 Episode 4 - Black Magic
    7.7/10(107 votes)

    #16 - Black Magic

    S4:E4

    While attempting to stop the Enforcers from getting the fourth oni mask, it accidentally lands on Captain Black's face. He uses the powers of the mask to help him easily take down the Enforcers. Jackie and the rest of the group become worried when Captain Black becomes very intrigued and excited by his newfound abilities. Captain Black's true good side is able to ward off the influence of the mask for a while, but the dark power of the oni begins to slowly corrupt and take hold of him. When the darker oni Captain Black finally emerges, he attempts to take advantage of his full access to Section 13. Jackie, Jade, Uncle, and Tohru race to work on a way to keep the other three stored masks away from Black as they search for the ingredient needed to perform a removal spell.

    Director:Brandon Vietti
    Writers:Greg Klein, Tom Pugsley

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  17. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 4 Episode 8 - The Shadow Eaters
    7.7/10(104 votes)

    #17 - The Shadow Eaters

    S4:E8

    After many failed attempts to acquire the power of an oni mask, Hak-Foo finally gets one. He is a disappointed in the small size of his shark like shadowkahn, but Hak-Foo soon discovers their monstrous appetite for devouring shadows.

    Director:Brandon Vietti
    Writer:Michael Jelenic

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  18. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 4 Episode 11 - J2: Rise of the Dragons
    7.7/10(107 votes)

    #18 - J2: Rise of the Dragons

    S4:E11

    The J-Team unites to battle the anti-J-Team, and Jade casts a spell that backfires and turns the J-Team into toddlers.

    Director:Seung Eun Kim
    Writers:Greg Klein, Tom Pugsley

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  19. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 5 Episode 12 - The Powers That Be (1)
    7.7/10(111 votes)

    #19 - The Powers That Be (1)

    S5:E12

    Drago succeeds in capturing Jackie, Uncle, and Captain Black. He holds them for ransom in order to get the prize that he so desperately wants, the Chi containment unit. With the lives of their loved ones hanging in the balance, Jade and Tohru confront Drago and turn to an old enemy for research. It appears that Jade and Tohru aren't the only ones hoping to double-cross the son of Shendu.

    Director:Anthony Chun
    Writer:Dean Orion

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  20. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 1 Episode 1 - The Dark Hand
    7.6/10(293 votes)

    #20 - The Dark Hand

    S1:E1

    Captain Black hires Jackie Chan to a secret government agency - Section 13, to track down the artifacts pursued by the Dark Hand, a crime organization far darker than anyone could have known. Also, Jackie's 11-year-old niece came to visit from Hong Kong and finds herself willing to help in the fight against evil. Jackie must gather up all 12 magical talismans that the Dark Hand had started retrieving before the Dark Hand does.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:John Rogers

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  21. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 1 Episode 9 - The Rock
    7.6/10(170 votes)

    #21 - The Rock

    S1:E9

    Jackie is poisoned by the Dark Hand and will give him the antidote for the talismans. Jade steals all the talismans, while the Dark Hand destroys the antidote. When Jackie fully turns to stone, the Horse Talisman heals him.

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:Alexx Van Dyne

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  22. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 2 Episode 28 - Demon World (2)
    7.6/10(137 votes)

    #22 - Demon World (2)

    S2:E28

    Jade, Uncle, and Jackie escape from Shendu's palace with a few talismans taken from Shendu. Using Jade's memories of the Immortal symbols, they embark on a mission to find the other members of the J-Team and manage to banish half of the Demons in the process. Realizing what has transpired, Shendu and the other three remaining Demons make a final stand at Australia to prevent history from being corrected.

    Director:Sean Song
    Writer:David Slack

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  23. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 2 Episode 29 - Enter the Cat
    7.6/10(127 votes)

    #23 - Enter the Cat

    S2:E29

    Jackie finds a highly valued cat statue. Anyone who is scratched by it is magically transformed. Forced to steal it back for a gangster when Jackie is tossed into a jail cell, Jade is able to retrieve the statue, but gets scratched by it in the process. Uncle had been researching into the Cat’s legend, and says that the cure lies within. Jackie soon has an epiphany, and decides the Cat is too dangerous to be in a museum. So he smashes the statue, thus releasing a purple-colored gas that cures Valmont and Jade. With that, Jackie then realizes that “The antidote lies within” meant that the antidote was inside the statue itself (and not within a person, despite what he thought at first).

    Director:Michael Chang
    Writers:Hilary Bader, Dean Stefan

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  24. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 2 Episode 35 - Chi of the Vampire
    7.6/10(125 votes)

    #24 - Chi of the Vampire

    S2:E35

    While examining some antiques in an old castle, Jackie and company encounter a vampire who lives by draining people's chi. When the vampire drains the chi of of the family, the remaining members find a way to temporarily revive their fallen comrade. With the vampire growing stronger with each victim, they must quickly find a way to defeat him permanently.

    Director:Chap Yaep
    Writers:Adam Beechen, Rob Hoegee

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  25. Jackie Chan Adventures Season 2 Episode 36 - The Good, the Bad, the Blind, the Deaf and the Mute
    7.6/10(122 votes)

    #25 - The Good, the Bad, the Blind, the Deaf and the Mute

    S2:E36

    Uncle receives signs from Chi Master Fong, and follows them to the Hidden Valley. They find Daolon Wong as he prepares to unleash the dark chi held in check in a statue. Tohru is struck blind, Jackie is mute and Jade is now deaf, and soon Uncle is captured by his archenemy. The team must learn to use their other senses to free Uncle and defeat Daolon Wong.

    Director:Phil Weinstein
    Writer:Steven Melching

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Best Episodes Summary

"Day of the Dragon" is the best rated episode of "Jackie Chan Adventures". It scored 8.2/10 based on 202 votes. Directed by Jane Wu and written by Alexx Van Dyne, it aired on 3/17/2001. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Powers That Be (2)".