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Xiaolin Showdown 8-Disc Box Set DVD
Xiaolin Showdown aired on Kids' WB and later Cartoon Network and Toonami across the early-to-mid 2000s, an animated action-comedy series built around four young apprentice monks training in the ancient Chinese tradition of Xiaolin martial arts. The premise placed Omi, Raimundo, Kimiko, and Clay at the center of a steady quest to recover the world's ancient magical Shen Gong Wu artifacts before they could fall into evil hands, with each episode often resolving through the title showdown ritual where rivals competed for the artifacts.
What stands out is the show's commitment to its particular structural premise. The Xiaolin Showdown ritual itself, in which competitors faced off in elaborate themed challenges to win possession of the magical objects, gave each episode a built-in climactic structure that distinguished the property from other action-comedy cartoons of its era. The animation favored a stylized, anime-influenced visual register, the music carried martial-arts-and-action cues, and the central team's distinctive personalities, voiced with strong character work, gave the storytelling its emotional spine.
In the broader era of mid-2000s Kids' WB and Cartoon Network programming, this kind of action-comedy series was a particular fixture, with multiple shows of the period building around team-of-young-heroes dynamics. It suited household afternoon viewing for elementary and middle-school audiences, fans of martial-arts-flavored adventure, and viewers who appreciated cartoon comedy with sustained mythology. It pairs well with other mid-2000s action-and-magic cable animation.
Favorite episodes include the franchise-launching "The Journey Of A Thousand Miles," the recurring-villain "Mala Mala Jong," the time-travel "The Sands Of Time," the multi-arc "The Apprentice," the search-flavored "Finding Omi," the milestone "The Last Temptation Of Raimundo," the legendary "The Life And Times Of Hannibal Roy Bean," the season-arc "Hannibal's Revenge," and the multi-part finale "Time After Time: Part I." This 8-disc set gathers all 52 episodes across multiple seasons, a complete archive of mid-2000s action-comedy children's animation that disc ownership keeps available.
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 1 – The Journey Of A Thousand Miles
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 2 – Like A Rock!
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 3 – Tangled Web
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 4 – Katnappe
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 5 – Shen Yi Bu
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 6 – Chameleon
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 7 – Ring Of The Nine Dragons
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 8 – Night Of The Sapphire Dragon
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 9 – My Homey Omi
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 10 – Big As Texas
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 11 – Royal Rumble
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 12 – Mala Mala Jong
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 13 – In The Flesh
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 14 – Days Past
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 15 – Citadel Of Doom
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 16 – The Shard Of Lightning
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 17 – The Crystal Glasses
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 18 – Pandatown
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 19 – Sizing Up Omi
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 20 – Enter The Dragon
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 21 – The Sands Of Time
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 22 – Hear Some Evil, See Some Evil
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 23 – Dreamscape
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 24 – Master Monk Guan
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 25 – The Evil Within
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 26 – The Deep Freeze
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 27 – Screams Of The Siren
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 28 – The Black Vipers
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 29 – The Emperor Scorpion Strikes Back
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 30 – The Return Of PandaBubba
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 31 – The Last Temptation Of Raimundo
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 32 – The Year Of The Green Monkey
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 33 – The Demon Seed
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 34 – The New Order
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 35 – The Apprentice
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 36 – Something Jermaine
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 37 – Dangerous Minds
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 38 – Judging Omi
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 39 – Saving Omi
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 40 – Finding Omi
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 41 – Bird Of Paradise
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 42 – The Life And Times Of Hannibal Roy Bean
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 43 – Omi Town
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 44 – Treasure Of The Blind Swordsman
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 45 – Oil In The Family
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 46 – The Return Of Master Monk Guan
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 47 – Dream Stalker
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 48 – Chucky Choo
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 49 – Wu Got The Power
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 50 – Hannibal's Revenge
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 51 – Time After Time: Part I
Xiaolin Showdown Episode 52 – Time After Time: Part II
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