| “ | One more thing! | „ |
| ~ Uncle's catchphrase |
| “ | Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao | „ |
| ~ Uncle chanting his magic spells |
| “ | Never question Uncle! | „ |
| ~ Uncle Chan |
Uncle Chan is the tritagonist of animated series Jackie Chan Adventures.
He is Jackie's uncle, Jade's great-uncle, and Tohru's magic mentor. Ironically, he is most called Uncle by everyone, therefore his real name is never revealed. He mostly hits Jackie with two fingers just to do the right thing. Also, he has a variety of catchphrases like, "Magic must defeat magic" and the most famous of all, "One more thing".
He was voiced by Sab Shimono.
Overview[]
Appearance[]
Uncle is portrayed as an old man with average height and a skinny build. He has grey hair that appears to spike in many directions. His main outfit consists of white polo under a yellow polyester vest, blue jeans, and brown dress shoes. He also wears small, round, armless glasses on the bridge of his nose.
In his younger years, Uncle looked almost the same as his old-self in terms of body structure, facial features, and hairstyle. The difference was that he had black hair and wore a black long-sleeved, collared shirt under a white vest, white pants, and black dress shoes.
Personality[]
Uncle is known as "Sensei" by Tohru (which is Japanese for teacher), and as "Uncle" by everyone else. He is the uncle of Jackie and great-uncle of Jade. He is a very stereotypical Chinese man. He often talks in third person about himself, draws out words in his speech, and often uses Cantonese in many aspects of his speech, most notably his magic incantation, "Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao" which means "Evil demons and malevolent spirits, be gone!" (in Cantonese); when confounded or irritated, he often exclaimed "āi yā." He is also portrayed as very grumpy and often complains about small things. Despite this he is considered to be the wisest out of all the characters in the entire series.
His most common magical items are a dried salamander and dried puffer fish; they both have backgrounds in Asian remedies. His favorite drink is tea, but often complains that it's too hot or cold, and always throws away the cup after a sip. Digestion is of much concern to him, and his favorite food is a mung bean sandwich.
Uncle is known for jumping to conclusions rather quickly. Most of the time Uncle is correct about these conclusions but some of these conclusions may either be wrong or absolutely ridiculous. Some examples include accusing El Toro Fuerte of being a thief trying to rob his store and claiming that a hotel was terrible because they did not have the ingredients necessary to create Uncle's Chi Spells.
A running gag between Uncle and Jackie is when Jackie does something wrong and Uncle hits him over the head with a two-fingered strike. He has hit other characters such as Valmont, Captain Black, Tohru, Daolon Wong, Hsi Wu the Sky Demon, and, on one occasion, himself (as he had blamed himself for a kidnapping of Tohru) in the same way. Several times, when Jackie is unconscious, he dreams that a ghost head of Uncle is floating above him telling him what's going on and why he should get up. It always ends with Uncle's ghost whacking him over the head as mentioned before. The same dream also actually happens to Uncle in the episode The Dog and Piggy Show.
Uncle is not what one would call technology-savvy, since he does not understand devices such as faxes (he gets all his facts from books), laptops (calling Jade's a "magic waffle iron"), and the World Wide Web. However, ironically, he can understand sending a spell through the phone, but not a piece of paper (as Jackie put it in the Season 2 episode "The Chan Who Knew Too Much"). In the episode "The Shadow Eaters", he is revealed to have a passion for oil painting. His true name is never mentioned, and even Jade's visiting parents call him Uncle.
History[]
Born in the year of the Dog (probably 1922), Uncle owns an antique store (which was originally an 8-track tape store), and became a Chi wizard by learning his skills from Master Fong. As a child, he was part of the Seven Little Fortunes opera troupe (which Jackie Chan was part of in real life), and thus received opera school training. In addition, he is an accomplished martial artist in his own right, and according to Jackie (in The Dog and Piggy Show), Uncle himself was just like Jackie at the same age. Apparently, after he became too old for martial arts, he then studied an unknown fighting style that allowed him to knock out opponents with small jabs to the chest or neck, allowing him to knock out tough opponents like Captain Black (utilized in "Day of the Dragon"), often accompanied by his trademark line "You want a piece of Uncle?". He has also stated to have won a Mahjong tournament in 1955.
Powers and Abilities[]
Uncle uses his spell to cloud Wong's scepter with good magic, turning the Dark Chi-powered Enforcers back to human and stripping the wizard of his powers.
Uncle's most notable ability is his extensive knowledge and mastery of chi magic. He is best known for chanting "Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao", an incantation in Cantonese which means "Evil demons and malevolent spirits, be gone!" His most common magical items are a dried salamander and dried puffer fish; they both have backgrounds in Asian remedies. Uncle is often seen using his trademark incantation in conjunction with either magical tool for a variety of purposes, both in and out of combat.
Uncle's magic often manifests in the form of green energy. During fights, Uncle is capable of firing energy blasts out of his salamander/puffer fish that can stun or vanish evil beings (which he sometimes does in a manner similar to firing a pistol). Even though these attacks happen automatically in a fight, it’s likely that he prepares the spell for them beforehand, as evidenced by his dialogue with Daolon Wong while the two wizards were fighting. As a good chi wizard, he also has a sense for dark chi magic that manifests as "the Willies".
A highly skilled martial artist in his own right, Uncle had incredible prowess when he was younger, being able to move like Jackie. However, as he got older, he started using styles that required little movement, relying on nerve strikes to paralyze or knock out his opponent.
Uncle became much more agile and strong when powered by the Dog Talisman.
When Uncle temporarily wore the Dog Talisman, he proved to be an almost unbeatable opponent with skill dwarfing that of Jackie’s because his health and vigor were restored. Even much larger opponents — like Tohru and Hak Foo — were easily overwhelmed by him.
Uncle has some skills in engineering, in few episodes he has invented some devices like Chi-O-Matic and special glasses to see astral projections.
Weaknesses[]
Due to Uncle's old age, he isn't as agile as he used to be in his younger days and he is unable perform much with physical combat like Jackie. Most of this is shown in Season 1's episode of The Dog and Piggy Show, where he laments about how fragile he's grown after accidentally dropping one of his antiques. Tohru sometimes serves as Uncle's transportation by using the Rabbit Talisman and carrying him to get to places. However, Uncle is not all that frail as he's been capable of performing many impossibilities such as hopping on Tohru to help fend off Finn and Chow when they attacked his shop, as well as taking several hits from any of the main antagonists of the season. Uncle is very oblivious when it comes to technology and significantly struggles to interact with most technological advancements made since the 20th century. This unawareness is so extreme that he believes any sudden changes in a machine's behavior such as a fax machine receiving a fax or a computer screen going black are the work of dark magic. This usually sends him into a paranoid fit where he attempts to destroy the machine (often successfully). Uncle is also allergic to cats.
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Trivia[]
- In Chinese culture, "Uncle" is a common honorific used to address people of an older age group despite not being blood relatives.
- Uncle takes a backseat in the magic department during season 4 due to the threat being Japanese oni, which Tohru is more versed in.
- He frequently mentions his fondness for mung beans and how good they are for digestion. When he briefly loaned Jade some his chi after a jiangshi drained hers, Jade mentioned she kept thinking about digestion; which means Uncle's always thinking about his health.
- While powered by the immorality talisman, Uncle displayed martial arts skills on par with Hak Foo.
- He placed spells on Section 13 to repel Shendu, Dao Long Wong, Oni and Drago.
- The voice actor was actually Japanese, although he would voice characters with Chinese, Japanese, or even Korean accents.
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