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“ | I hate fish. | „ |
~ Tohru |
Tohru is one of the major antagonists in the first season of Jackie Chan Adventures. He later reforms and becomes one of the main characters.
He was voiced by Noah Nelson.
Biography[]
Tohru was a big obese guy who worked for the Dark Hand, being the muscles of the organization. While working for them, he rarely displayed any emotions, being a ruthless henchman. However, Tohru actually despised his work and his boss Valmont, having joined the organization only because he was in need of money. He helped them in the search for Shendu's talismans, but failed at getting the job done.
When Shendu recovers the talismans and changes to his true form, he betrays Valmont, who orders Tohru to fight the dragon, only to get thrown miles away. While Jackie, Jade, Uncle and Black were trying to figure who was this dragon, Tohru appeared at Uncle's shop and revealed them his name was Shendu, deciding to help them against the Dark Hand. After Shendu is defeated, Tohru is left under the custody of Uncle, who turns him into his apprentice. After a sustained period of distrust and awkwardness from all parties, Tohru becomes a stalwart and close friend to the Chan's and their allies whom he has come to consider his family.
Appearance[]
Tohru is portrayed as a large Japanese man, weighing approximately 480 pounds and standing taller than most of the characters in the series. His main outfit consists of a white T-shirt with black or gray overalls and brown sandals. He has black hair in a chonmage hairstyle, which is the traditional hairstyle of samurais and sumo wrestlers.
Personality[]
Tohru is generally a rather slow person, both physically (because of his great bulk) and mentally. This does not mean that he is completely stupid, only that he goes rather easy on letting his mind do the hard work. During his time with the Dark Hand, Tohru was ruthless and would carry out any orders by Valmont to the limits of his efficiency and, if possible, beyond that. Ever since he quit the Dark Hand and joined the Chans, he has become more demure, easygoing and likable (mostly because of being in a more friendly place), and is very protective of his new friends and family. He is especially fond of Jade, with whom he has a brother-sister relationship. However, he is often ashamed of his criminal past and his status as an ex-convict. He even once threatened to turn his old master Valmont inside out if he doesn't keep Jade safe, as well as break free of the Mountain Demon Chi's power when Jade screamed. He often finds himself being pulled into Jade's plans.
Tohru knows detailed and important information about the Oni from childhood stories told by his mother, which become vital during their hunt for the Oni Masks. He is very fond of kittens, likes grape soda and hates fish (which is a cultural irony, considering that in Japan fish makes up a large part of the local diet). The only things he truly fears are Oni and his formidable and constantly critical mother. He also refuses to hit women, as show when faced with the world's strongest woman, who was hired by Bartholomew Chang. However, this statement can be contradicted, considering that he once attempted to cut open Jade's stomach to retrieve the Rooster Talisman and that he was ready to fight Viper's clone with no signs of holding back.
Tohru enjoys serving people, especially those he likes. In The Chosen One, he's dismayed at being forbidden to do chores he'd normally be happy to do. And he shows a great deal of tolerance for other people's antics and bossing (like those of Jade and Uncle), rarely voicing his opinions forcefully.
But Tohru has one condition in exchange for his loyalty: appreciation. His mother's acceptance means so much to him that he briefly considered working with a Japanese crime syndicate in order to regain that acceptance. He put up with Valmont's ungrateful attitude for a long while until he was forced to fight Shendu with obviously slim chances. And he finally got fed up with Uncle in The Demon Behind for attempting to overwork him instead of thanking him.
Powers and Abilities[]
Tohru's fighting style is rather unique from the other characters in the series because of his large size, and combines the use of thrusts and tackles. He is not agile (and as such is unable to dodge attacks as well as Jackie or Jade). However, he has demonstrated fast reflexes at certain times, which is evidenced at one point when he blocked a swordfish Jade threw at him by using the Rooster Talisman. He is not afraid to use his weight to his advantage (which is evidenced by the fact that he used it to break open the water tower in order to defeat Valmont/Shendu).
Out of all the members of the J-Team, Tohru possesses the greatest amount of physical strength and endurance. He is able to lift a sumo wrestler who was 1/3rd larger than him completely off the ground, which means that he is able to lift more than 500 pounds. He is also able to withstand devastating attacks that could potentially kill a normal human but he was able to survive these attacks albeit with injuries or being knocked unconscious.
While working for the Dark Hand, Tohru would use more lethal attacks that could potentially kill his enemies, such as felling a large tree with a single punch, throwing a swordfish at someone like a large javelin, or holding his target in a vice grip. Since joining the Chan family he prefers a more non-lethal approach in his attacks.
Tohru has a habit of picking up from his environment anything he can and using it as a weapon, like a giant boulder or box of tennis balls. In "The Warrior Incarnate", Tohru shows that he can use a nunchaku to the point of twirling it around himself with surprising ease.
Weaknesses[]
Due to his weight, Tohru can only get to places if it is strong enough to support him. He also gets seasick on cruise ships easily. His feet are very ticklish.
Trivia[]
- Tohru is the only protagonist in the show to be of Japanese origin, as opposed to Chinese like the Chan family.
- Tohru weighs 480-485 pounds which he says is too small for a sumo, but in fact the average Japanese sumo weighs three-hundred and thirty pounds. However, the sumos in the same episode he says this were shown to be about fifty percent bigger than him.
- The talisman Tohru commonly uses is the Monkey Talisman, which he uses to turn enemies into kittens (which Uncle scolded him about in one episode, since Uncle is allergic to kittens). He is also known to use the Rabbit Talisman, which allows him to defeat enemies and carry objects over great distances in a short amount of time (perhaps to make up for the lack of agility decorrent of his immense size).
- In the second episode of Season 1, he is buried in several crates' worth of fish until he regains consciousness with a bellow of disgust, prompting the line, "I hate fish." This line becomes a running gag, spanning multiple seasons (at one point when he lost his temper he even commented on the frequency he is "smothered with FISH").
- By pure chance, it was discovered that Tohru is a descendant of samurai.
- Like Jackie and Uncle, Tohru has a background theme that plays occasionally. His theme involves the use of a bass drum.
- Tohru is featured in the first season opening sequence as the large, opposing figure that Jackie knocks to the ground with a single punch. The only other seasons Tohru is featured in the opening is the third and fourth where he only briefly slides over the screen, despite being promoted to a main protagonist.
- Tohru's favorite food is cookies and his favorite drink is grape soda.
- It is revealed in the episode "It's All in the Game" that Tohru has no reservations about eating bugs should the need arise.
External Links[]
- Tohru on the Heroes Wiki
- Tohru on the Pure Good Wiki
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