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Bow before Tarakudo, King of all Shadowkhan, Lord of all Oni!
~ Tarakudo introducing himself.
Ah, now you look much better! Jackie O' Lantern!
~ Tarakudo

Tarakudo is a major antagonist of Jackie Chan Adventures, serving as the overarching antagonist of the first three seasons and the main antagonist of the fourth season. He is a malevolent oni, an ogre-like demon of Japanese mythology, who seeks to rule over the world with his nine generals.

He was voiced by the late Miguel Ferrer, who also played Shan Yu in Disney's Mulan, Big Boss in 20th Century Fox/Blue Sky's Rio 2, and Deathstroke in Teen Titans: The Judas Contract.

Appearance[]

At first, Tarakudo appears to be a large orange-brown floating ghost head with green/yellowish eyes. He has a large white beard with what looks like unruly eyebrows and a mustache. He has black marks at the corners of his mouth and eyes. When at his peak, he wears a large red and black shirt. Without a shirt, he appears to be wearing a gray belt, black baggy pants, and black shoes. He has black handcuffs on his wrists.

Personality[]

Tarakudo is portrayed as being morally and emotionally bankrupt, like other villains in the Jackie Chan world. He does, however, have a sense of humor as seen by the amusing jokes and witty banter he makes while engaged in combat. Tarakudo was initially perplexed by Paco's assertion that he was the Great Pumpkin before choosing to play along with it in jest. He is undoubtedly one of the funniest villains because of this.

The ties between Tarakudo and his minions are revealed to be amicable, in contrast to the other villains who have tense relationships with theirs. The simplest way to illustrate this is by comparing how frequently you forgive the Dark Hand thugs for their mistakes to how harshly and dramatically other villains would punish them. In return, his subordinates treat him with loyalty and respect, referring to him as "Boss Man" or "Master Tarakudo," both of which he likes. He treats each of his generals with the utmost respect and pays them accolades when they carry out their tasks successfully.

In addition, when General Ikazuki was caught on Finn's behind, he showed real compassion for the general. He was not at all upset by General Ikazuki's lighthearted imitation of his shivering, or at the very least he decided to disregard it. This suggests that he and his generals crack jokes on occasion.

Tarakudo is courteous to both his allies and foes, addressing Jackie Chan as "Mr. Chan" (while most villains simply call him "Chan"). Additionally, he refers to the members of the Dark Hand by their given names rather than nick names (such as "Gan, Run, and Chui" as used by Daolong Wong) or "Enforcers".

His lack of interest in seeking revenge sets him apart from other villains. Instead, he is more focused on collecting the masks that contain the spirits of his long-lost loyal generals. If the Chan Clan hadn't kept getting in the way of his plans, he would have simply left them alone or put them off for another time out of pure disinterest. However, Tarakudo's patience is wearing thin due to the Clan's ongoing role in the Oni's failure to revive itself and the Dark Hand's ongoing losses.

Tarakudo punishes the Dark Hand, albeit still less harshly than other villains (by imprisoning them in makeshift coffins or eating Chow's shadow, for example). However, Hak Foo frequently forgets that an Oni mask cannot be removed without effective magic, thus on occasion he finds himself having to forcibly remove Hak Foo from fight (along with his constant failure at getting one). He displays his hatred towards good magic.

In spite of Tarakudo's admissions to being a bitter loser, the attack on the winning party seems to have been non-lethal because the victim was thereafter seen to be OK.

Tarakudo nevertheless wants to cover the entire globe in darkness and gloom and remains an evil force despite these redeeming qualities. Although in Post-Mortem, Tarakudo's aspirations and his crafty schemes to rule the world remain unabated.

Tarakudo is well aware of his flaws, mortality, and limits. While the Demon Sorcerers regarded humans with suspicion, Tarakudo finds utility in them – at least for the time being, until his great empire of Shadowkhan and Oni rises anew. He doesn't appear to have a strong view on people, whether good or evil, but he does regard them as something he can exploit.

Unusually, although though he doesn't seem to have a predisposition towards people, he thinks Jade Chan will eventually assume the role of the Queen of the Shadow Khan, which she formerly held, and return to the Dark Side. He said that Jade will eventually because of her childhood when Jackie brought her away from Tarakudo. As a result, Tarakudo anticipates Jade will one day develop into an evil character and a formidable opponent. In fact, he once made the joke that Jade's Oni Halloween costume represented a "reversal" from her decision to rejoin the forces of Darkness. Despite the fact that Jade has captured his attention, he has no qualms about placing her in danger since he believes she will either survive or use up all of her potential value as a one-time ally or source of leverage.

When engaged in combat, Tarakudo has a propensity of yelling, announcing his identity and his status as a formidable opponent. If his efforts to implant a mask onto one of his minions go astray, he takes use of the opportunity to do all he can to influence the mask-wearer toward the evil forces.

He retained most of his post-mortem personality after being revived, but he also developed a more aggressive, bloodthirsty, and covertly arrogant personality. He used the word and then attacked the J-team with all of his might and might to demonstrate that they couldn't stand a chance against him.

History[]

Tarakudo is an ancient demon, who once engulfed the world in complete darkness along with his nine generals, each controlled a different tribe of Shadowkhan. His reign of terror ended when his generals were trapped within the Oni Masks, which were then scattered throughout the world. Tarakudo had a mask for himself, but he stole it before being imprisoned and hid it in the Shadow Domain, where he went to a deep slumber. Centuries later, Shendu finds one of the masks, and places a sorcery on it to be capable of summoning Shadowkhan without having to wear the mask. Later on, Daolon Wong would do the same thing.

After Daolon Wong loses his powers and is arrested, along with the Enforcers and Hak Foo, he attempts to summon Shadowkhan with improvised ingredients, but ends awakening Tarakudo instead, who then takes the Enforcers and Hak Foo out of jail to help him locate the masks. They first go after the ruined temple of Shendu, but they are followed by Jackie, Jade, Uncle, and Tohru, who recognizes Tarakudo as an Oni, a Japanese demon whom he heard stories during his childhood. Tarakudo retrieves the mask and Chow ends up wearing it. Tohru reads a tablet while Jackie fights the Shadowkhan summoned by Chow and Tarakudo teleports Hak Foo and the other Enforcers somewhere else. By using a special enchantment, Jackie removes the mask from Chow, who is then teleported by Tarakudo. Unlike other villains, Tarakudo wasn't very concerned about this defeat, which the Enforcers noticed right away. Tohru tells about the history of Tarakudo and the masks, so they start a new journey to find the masks before Tarakudo does. They eventually find the Hanafuda Cards, magical cards that help them locate the masks and tells the ingredients to remove each mask. They manage to secure each of the masks, but not without having to fight Tarakudo for each one.

When Jackie and Jade find the last mask, Jade notices it strange that neither Tarakudo nor his henchmen are after it. When all masks are put together in the vault of Sector 13, they all shatter, releasing the Oni Generals, who escape the place and each out spread in a direction, in order to engulf the world in darkness. Jackie, Jade, Uncle, and Tohru, along with El Toro and Viper, decide to fight the generals, only to end up imprisoned by Tarakudo and Ikazuki, his right-hand. Suddenly, the Hanafuda Cards react to the last mask, which was the mask of Tarakudo, that was in the Shadow Domain. They remember how Jade once used a tattoo of Tarakudo and was able to summon Shadowkan, so Uncle makes a tattoo on Tohru for him to travel to the Shadow Domain and retrieve the mask. Tohru manages to get the mask, but then goes insane due the tattoo's corruption.

Tarakudo's full body

Tarakudo's full body

Tarakudo notices the confusion and attempts to kill them, so Uncle starts to make a potion in order for Tarakudo to be able to wear the mask. The team knock Ikazuki out and keep Tarakudo busy while Uncle finishes the potion, which turns Tarakudo into an humanoid form. Tarakudo fights them all hand-to-hand and overpowers them. As he tries to take the mask from Jackie, he notices that Jackie is not holding it before Jade jumps from his back and places the mask on his face, forcing Tarakudo, his generals and all Shadowkan to be sucked into it, forever trapped inside the mask.

Powers and abilities[]

Tarakudo has access to all Oni powers and can call any kind of Shadowkhan because he is the Master of all Shadowkhan and the King of all Oni.

Tarakudo can telekinetically move objects like a floating head, and every time he does so, a recognisable sound boom appears. This is his main attack, and he is skilled enough to utilize it to call any enforcer from a distance and bring them to him in addition to lifting heavy things or numerous ones at once. In order to avoid being sidetracked after engaging the rooster in a tight psychic combat, Tarakudo had to flip off Eggbert using his telekinetic strength, which is equally as strong as the Rooster Talisman but not more so. Tarakudo has the ability to fire pure force blasts, which have nearly always been devastating.

He also has the ability to shapeshift into anything or anybody, as he did when he transformed into another Oni Mask to aid the enforcers in locating the missing Oni Mask. Tarakudo can merge with items to either take on their properties or use them as means of rapid transportation. He is mainly immaterial. In order to spy on humans, he may also merge with specific objects that have faces. He can pass through solid objects through phasing.

Tarakudo is physically strong and a talented martial artist, capable of defeating Jackie in a one-on-one fight.

As the Lord of all Oni and Shadowkhan, he is certainly capable of using any of their abilities.

Tarakudo has power over people who wear his Shadowkhan emblem.

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