Samurai Jack facts
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The actor who played Marvin in Pulp Fiction is the voice of Herme's from Futurama, Samurai Jack & more!
how did samurai jack end?
Theme song for Samurai Jack was written by Will.i.am
What happened to samurai jack?
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what's samurai jack's real name?
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The composer of the opening theme to Samurai Jack was will.i.am
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A Dexter's Laboratory TV Movie was made. It was the first Cartoon Network movie, surpassing The Powerpuff Girls Movie, and was Genndy Tartakovsky's last Dexter's Lab-based thing before making his next cartoon, Samurai Jack.
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Will.I.Am created the theme song for Samurai Jack
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It is a well-known theory that Samurai Jack and Powerpuff Girls take place in the same universe. There are several billboards and buildings that are present in both the Samurai Jack and the Powerpuff Girls universe. Hence why Professor Utonium and Samurai Jack look alike.
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Marvin from Pulp Fiction (Vincent kills him in the famous car accident scene) is the voice actor of Samurai Jack and appeared in many other animated television series or video games (Futurama, Family Guy, Afro Samurai, Diablo 3, Dota 2 and many others).
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Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, SW: The Clone Wars), Butch Hartman (Fairly Oddparents, Danny Phantom), Craig McCracken (Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home), and Rob Renzetti (M Life as A Teengae Robot, My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic) were all classmates at CalArts
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Iroh (avatar) and Aku (Samurai Jack) have the same voice actor. When he passed away another actor took over both roles as well.
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The voice of the Scotsman in Samurai Jack is John DiMaggio. John DiMaggio is also the voice of Bender in Futurama. The voice of Samurai Jack is Phil Lamarr. Phil Lamarr is also the voice of Hermes Conrad in Futurama.
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Phil Lamarr, the voice actor known for being Hermes on Futurama and Samurai Jack, was also Marvin in Pulp Fiction, the guy that gets shot in the face
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Genndy Tartakovsky creator of Dexters Lab, Samurai Jack. Was suppose to direct and produce a sequel to the film "The Dark Crystal", called "Power of the Dark Crystal"
Why did samurai jack get canceled?
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Aku from Samurai Jack, Mako Iwamatsu, died in 2006 and many of his roles fell to his longtime understudy, Greg Baldwin.
Genndy Tartakovosky (creator of Samurai Jack) almost made an Animated Superman Short that was inspired by the 40s Max Fleisher Superman animations, but was later scrapped by Cartoon Network. - source
The theme for Samurai Jack was recorded by will.i.am. - source
Voice actor Phil LaMarr, (Samurai Jack, John Stewart in Justice League Unlimited) was also Marvin in Pulp Fiction.
In the Samurai Jack intro it doesn't say "Wachaa" it says "Watch Out". (Turn on subtitles in link) - source
When did samurai jack come out?
Iroh (Avatar) and Aku (Samurai Jack) have the same voice actor. When he passed away another actor took over both roles
How does samurai jack end?
....The guy who got his head blown off in Pulp Fiction and was the super hyper UPS guy on MAD TV was/is the voice for Samurai Jack
Marvin from Pulp Fiction is also the voice of Green Lantern of Justice League/JL Unlimited, Hermes of Futurama and Samurai Jack.
Voice actor Phil LaMarr (Hermes Conrad, Ollie Williams, Samurai Jack) also played Marvin in Pulp Fiction
Samurai Jack is the "Professor" from the Powerpuff Girls
