Aku, Shogun of Sorrow: A Respect Thread

[Sol M]

Probably for the same reason none of the heads of the Pantheons killed Aku, despite being fully aware of his existence and location, whatever that might have been.

Besides, killing Aku wasn't strictly their responsibility. Humans created him.

[Surtur]

Probably for the same reason none of the heads of the Pantheons killed Aku, despite being fully aware of his existence and location, whatever that might have been.

Besides, killing Aku wasn't strictly their responsibility. Humans created him.

True, but at the same time the gods were the ones that let that small piece of him slip away from them. Plus the humans did technically create him, but as I understand it..if they had taken no action he would of just been some non-sentient evil thing that would of eventually engulfed the entire planet anways?

[Estrecca]

Hmm now I'm also wondering..why didn't they try to summon Ra to take out Aku?

Good question and no answer with regards to the ancient Egyptians.

As for Jack, he only had the pieces of one summoning scarab, which disappeared after its use. So no repeats there.

Or was it that he could be only summoned once? Or was it just one of those things that was there so the show wouldn't end prematurely?

There is some of that, definitely. There is one awkward scene at the end of the episode that goes:

Ra eyebeams last Minion.

Jack: Hmm... thanks for that. Do you... wouldn't you happen to have a time portal?

Several seconds of silence.

Ra ascends to the sky in a ray of sunlight.

Jack: I guess that's a "No".

[Sol M]

True, but at the same time the gods were the ones that let that small piece of him slip away from them. Plus the humans did technically create him, but as I understand it..if they had taken no action he would of just been some non-sentient evil thing that would of eventually engulfed the entire planet anways?

Aku was affecting other planets as well though.

I suspect the gods discovered that the primordial darkness hadn't been completely destroyed far too late.

[Dark Soul # 7]

There is some of that, definitely. There is one awkward scene at the end of the episode that goes:

Ra eyebeams last Minion.

Jack: Hmm... thanks for that. Do you... wouldn't you happen to have a time portal?

Several seconds of silence.

Ra ascends to the sky in a ray of sunlight.

Jack: I guess that's a "No".

I love that scene. It's hilarious.

I suspect the gods discovered that the primordial darkness hadn't been completely destroyed far too late.

They knew long enough to make a weapon capable of killing the guy.

Maybe they just didn't care that much since he's not a threat to them personally but then he conquered the world, thus limiting their influence on it severly, they can only come in for short instances in their old kingdoms, ala Ra saving Jack from the servants of Set.

[Estrecca]

AKU'S ROBOT ARMY (I)

Background

According to Tale of X-9 (S4E11), during his initial conquest of Earth, Aku was unsatisfied with the speed of his advance, so he made the evil scientists in his employ build him an army. A robot army.

After a number of less than satisfactory prototypes...



...the Evil Scientists eventually satisfied the demands of their dark master with the creation of the X series robots. These robotic gunmen, though limited in terms of intelligence, proved effective enforcers.

http://imageshack.us/a/img835/461/akusrobotsxseries.jpg

Some time afterwards, however, the Evil Scientists developed a new type of combat robot and the X series was phased out of service, except for X-9 (previously described) who retired along with his dog, Lulu.

These new combat robots were the...

Beetle Drones



The Beetle Drones are the basic infantry of Aku's modern robot army.

Though completely lacking in ranged attacks, these seven feet robots are rather dangerous in close quarters combat thanks to their four scythe-arms, can crawl quite fast when running on all six limbs and, at least some units, have wings that allow them to fly.

http://imageshack.us/a/img221/575/beetlesflight.jpg

Moreover, the beetle drones can be attached to ground vehicles designed for such a purpose, giving them the potential for swift deployment.

http://imageshack.us/a/img51/5646/beetlesdeployment.jpg

Overall, in terms of combat capability, these things aren't exactly impressive and much lacking in flexibility. However, even though Samurai Jack may in some episodes take down these things by the thousands, they have shown enough durability in a couple instances to prove that they could be genuinely dangerous against enemies without high yield weaponry.

[Sol M]

They knew long enough to make a weapon capable of killing the guy.

But they were too late to destroy the forest of evil before he was created.

Maybe they just didn't care that much since he's not a threat to them personally but then he conquered the world, thus limiting their influence on it severly, they can only come in for short instances in their old kingdoms, ala Ra saving Jack from the servants of Set.

That episode pretty much implied that the gods can't really affect stuff happening on the planet directly unless they're explicitly summoned using magical artifacts and the like.

Which would certainly explain why they couldn't stop Aku themselves.

[Estrecca]

AKU'S ROBOT ARMY (II) - Other robots

Though the Beetle Drones were by far the robots we saw the most often, Aku's evil scientists (and enslaved non-evil scientists) have created some other robots for the shogun of sorrow.

Arab Robots

Hulking, four armed robots that wear stereotypical Arabian garb. Appeared briefly in Jack and the Warrior Woman (S1E6) and Jack in Egypt (S3E5). They can talk (unlike Beetle Drones) and appear to be somewhat more intelligent. Their only weapons are the scimitars they wield and their perfomance is not particularly superior to the Beetle Drones.

http://imageshack.us/a/img407/2916/arabdroid.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img21/8307/arabdroidsize.jpg

Slim Robots

Thin, humanoid robots that appeared only in Samura versus Samurai (S4E3). Mostly armed with knives, though at least one carried an energy weapon that somehow materialized restraints around people. Aku claimed that these robots were his most powerful and advanced assassins to date, but the fact that Jack destroyed hundreds of them with a bamboo stick suggests that the claim doesn't hold water. These things underperformed in comparison to the beetle drones and that takes quite some doing.

http://imageshack.us/a/img716/2860/a...sslimdroid.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img820/4894/a...mdroidbamb.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img211/2143/a...mdroidener.jpg

Nevertheless, their scrap showed the interesting ability to reform into a giant robot. Not a very impressive giant robot (with a single non-lethal energy attack and limited to crawling around), but a step up from predecessors all the same.

http://imageshack.us/a/img716/7973/a...ntslimoene.jpg


Mantis Robot

Seen only in Jack in Space (S1E5), these droids appear to be the heavy weapons platforms of Aku's horde with two autocannons, one double-barreled machine-gun and a number of rockets built into their frame.

Though their destructive capacity appars to be far greater than their durability, they are also more intelligent than the beetle drones and, in case of encountering strong resistance, their heads can rocket away to Aku's HQ to summon reinforcements.


http://imageshack.us/a/img843/4265/a...tdroidvsma.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img829/9504/a...tdroidrock.jpg

Tick Robot

Also from Jack in Space, these dog-sized drones are part of Aku's space forces. They are capable of flying through space and they can drill through the hull of spaceships, but little else.

http://imageshack.us/a/img209/6195/a...kdroiddril.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img441/2058/akusrobotssize.jpg

Mosquito Robot

From Jack in Space, same as the above. These mechanical insects can pierce the hulls of spaceships with their spear like proboscis and suck out their fuel reserves. In direct combat, they are limited to trying to stab their opponents.

http://imageshack.us/a/img839/5178/a...quitodroid.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img141/5178/a...quitodroid.jpg

Wasp Robot

The final type of combat robot seen in Jack in Space and the most impressive example of Aku's known aerospace forces.

Individually, the wasp drones can fire over half a dozen guided missiles of modest yield, but if this amount of firepower proves inadequate to take down an opponent several dozen robots can fuse to form a giant energy cannon and fire an energy beam of high destructive power.

In the episode, Jack was able to block and reflect the energy beam with his sword. This resulted in the destruction of the energy canon and a truly enormous explosion that propelled the samurai towards Earth's surface from outer space.

http://imageshack.us/a/img33/1714/ak...waspdroids.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img11/2643/ak...pdroidsgui.jpg