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Welcome to your doom.
~ The Lava Monster upon meeting Jack.

The Lava Monster is the main antagonist of the Samurai Jack episode "Jack and the Lava Monster". He is an ancient being who speaks in an archaic manner.

He was voiced by Richard McGonagle.

Appearance[]

The Lava Monster is a behemoth composed of the stone and magma that encased him. He was easily three times Jack's height, with crystal spikes protruding from his shoulders. He was blonde, tall, and had a strong frame when he was human.

Personality[]

The Lava Monster is similar in personality to Jack. He is a strong, powerful, persuasive, and forceful warrior who fights for the ones he loves, but takes more pride in his actions. After centuries of torment, he became extremely destructive, suicidal, cruel, and violent. Nonetheless, he still possesses a great sense of honor, refusing to strike an unarmed Jack down when he refused to fight back.

Biography[]

Backstory[]

Centuries ago, possibly even around Jack's time, the Lava Monster was a human warrior and leader of a Norwegian tribe. He lived a peaceful life with his loved ones until one day when Aku appeared. Try as they might, the warrior and his forces were crushed almost instantly by Aku. To punish the warrior, Aku sealed him within the Earth and made him immortal, making him unable to pass on and join his people in Valhalla, the hall of slain heroes. After countless years of being stuck in the Earth, the warrior learned how to mold the earth around him to create a shell he could use to move and escape his tomb. He then created a perilous cavern and drew heroes to him, hoping that one would be mighty enough to pass through the cavern safely and defeat him.

Present[]

While traveling through a field one day, Samurai Jack began to hear a voice calling out to him. The voice soon led him into a treacherous cavern full of booby traps and the corpses of many before him. After successfully reaching the end, the Lava Monster revealed himself and battled Jack. However, seeing the monster's eagerness to fight, Jack refused and sheathed his sword. The monster begged Jack to continue fighting, then told Jack of his past and his desire to pass on to Valhalla, the only way to reach it is to die in true combat with another warrior. Jack decided to resume fighting the Monster to try and free it. After a fierce battle, Jack defeated him and freed the Warrior of his shell, but the Warrior began to rapidly age. The Warrior thanked Jack, and when he died, a pair of Valkyries descended in a beam of light to carry the Warrior to Valhalla. Before he left the cavern, Jack drew on the Warrior's obelisk a picture of the Warrior and the word FREE in stylized runic. When Jack resumed his journey, the Warrior could be seen looking down on him from the heavens in the company of the gods of Asgard, Odin among them.

In "Episode CI", Jack manages to go back to the past and kill Aku, thus preventing Aku from laying siege to Earth. Because of this, it can be assumed the Viking never became the Lava Monster and therefore continues his happy life with his family and village.

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time[]

In this video game, the Lava Monster reappears as a boss. Samurai Jack remembers him, the two battle again and Jack emerges victorious. This time, however, the Lava Monster had a Pendant of Aku, which Jack destroyed.

Powers and abilites[]

The Lava Monster was a skilled swordsman, albeit not in the same league as Jack. His abilities were such that he could outlast Jack for an extended amount of time. While the sword was clearly his preferred weapon, the Lava Monster revealed the capacity to wield other weapons by forming a mace from his arm. He was also depicted using weapons such as a spear and a bow throughout his recitation of his past. This might indicate that he has a solid awareness of different weapons and strategies. Because of his confinement in the mountain core, the Lava Monster acquired access to his prison, allowing him to govern and shape it to his satisfaction. He utilized this power to make a body rock and the grotto where he dwelt while waiting for a hero to arrive and defeat him. He could also shape his arms into weapons and make a stone crystal blade. If the Lava Monster becomes agitated enough, he can unleash tremendous magma explosions.

Videos[]

Trivia[]

  • The Viking Chieftain's brutal transformation in the seventeenth episode Primal is most likely a callback to the Lava Monster.

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