"Xiaolin Showdown" (2003) TV series 2003-

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

1 November 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Plot:

A young Xiaolin monk named Omi with a giant yellow head leads a trio of other students to collect powerful items known as Shen Gong Wu while battling the evil Jack Spicer who is also after the artifacts

Plot Keywords:

Monk | Martial Arts | Dragon | Hand To Hand Combat | Chop Socky

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Jeff Bennett	...	Clay Bailey / ... (53 episodes, 2003-2006)
Danny Cooksey	...	Jack Spicer (52 episodes, 2003-2006)
Grey DeLisle	...	Kimiko Tohomiko (52 episodes, 2003-2006)
Tom Kenny	...	Raimundo Pedrosa / ... (52 episodes, 2003-2006)
Wayne Knight	...	Dojo Kanojo Cho (52 episodes, 2003-2006)
Tara Strong	...	Omi (52 episodes, 2003-2006)
Susan Silo	...	Wuya (38 episodes, 2003-2006)

Series Directed by
Jeff Allen		(16 episodes, 2004-2006)
Stephen Sandoval		(10 episodes, 2005-2006)
Mike Milo		(8 episodes, 2004-2005)
Steve Lyons		(6 episodes, 2003-2004)
Matt Danner		(6 episodes, 2004-2005)
Tim Eldred		(4 episodes, 2003-2004)
Dan Riba		(3 episodes, 2003-2004)

Series Writing credits
Stephen Sustarsic		(13 episodes, 2004-2006)
Bill Motz		(5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Bob Roth		(5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Steve Cuden		(5 episodes, 2004-2006)
Brandon Sawyer		(4 episodes, 2004-2005)
Ray De Laurentis		(3 episodes, 2003-2005)
Amy Wolfram		(3 episodes, 2003-2005)
Marc Drotman		(3 episodes, 2004-2005)
Eric Molina		(3 episodes, 2004-2005)
Brian Swenlin		(3 episodes, 2004-2005)
Mark Zaslove		(3 episodes, 2004-2005)
Madellaine Paxson		(2 episodes, 2003-2004)
David Silverman		(2 episodes, 2004-2006)

Series Produced by
Christy Hui	....	producer (53 episodes, 2003-2006)
Eric Radomski	....	supervising producer (53 episodes, 2003-2006)
Bill Motz	....	producer (15 episodes, 2003-2004)
Bob Roth	....	producer (15 episodes, 2003-2004)
Michelle Pniewski	....	associate producer (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Sander Schwartz	....	executive producer (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Stephen Sustarsic	....	producer (unknown episodes, 2005)

Series Original Music by
Kevin Manthei		(53 episodes, 2003-2006)

Series Film Editing by
Rob Desales		(5 episodes, 2003-2004)

Series Casting by
Lisa Schaffer		(6 episodes, 2003-2004)

Series Production Management
Bonnie Buckner	....	post-production supervisor (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Margaret M. Dean	....	production supervisor (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Howard Schwartz	....	production supervisor (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Aaron Simpson	....	production manager (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Toshiyuki Hiruma	....	production supervisor (4 episodes, 2003-2004)
Jason Wyatt	....	assistant production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Perry Zombolas	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 2004-2005)

Series Art Department
Lance Falk	....	prop designer (40 episodes, 2004-2006)
Matt Danner	....	designer: main title / storyboard artist (6 episodes, 2003-2004)
Jonathan Fisher	....	prop designer (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Bruce Largent	....	prop designer (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Eric Nordberg	....	mark-up/painter (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Eric Radomski	....	designer: main title (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Rich Wilkie	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 2005-2006)
Jeff Allen	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Steve Lyons	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Mike Sosnowski	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
John Calmette	....	background painter (3 episodes, 2003)
Tim Eldred	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Chris Headrick	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Eric McConnell	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Dan Riba	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2003)
Keo Thongkham	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2003)
Shayne Poindexter	....	prop designer (2 episodes, 2004)
Mike Borkowski	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Shannon Denton	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Jason Freedman	....	sound effects editor (26 episodes, 2004-2005)
Kerry K. Brody	....	dialogue editor / adr editor (24 episodes, 2003-2004)
Timothy J. Borquez	....	supervising sound editor / sound mixer / ... (22 episodes, 2003-2004)
Roy Braverman	....	sound editor / sound effects editor (22 episodes, 2003-2004)
Eric Freeman	....	sound editor / sound re-recording mixer / ... (22 episodes, 2003-2004)
Jeff Hutchins	....	sound editor / sound effects editor (22 episodes, 2003-2004)
Brian F. Mars	....	sound editor (22 episodes, 2003-2004)
Daisuke Sawa	....	sound editor (22 episodes, 2003-2004)
Thomas Syslo	....	supervising sound editor / supervising sound effects editor (22 episodes, 2003-2004)
Mark Keatts	....	dialogue editor / supervising adr editor / ... (21 episodes, 2003-2004)
Mark Keefer	....	dialogue editor / adr editor (21 episodes, 2003-2004)
Doug Andham	....	sound editor (18 episodes, 2004)
Mike Garcia	....	dialogue editor (18 episodes, 2004)
Mark Howlett	....	sound editor (18 episodes, 2004)
Mercedes J. Sichon	....	recording coordinator (12 episodes, 2005)
Ed Collins	....	supervising recording engineer (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Jeff O. Collins	....	recording machine operator (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Kelly Ann Foley	....	adr editor / dialogue editor (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Carol Iverson	....	sound reader (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Kerry Iverson	....	adr editor / dialogue editor (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Preston Oliver	....	recording machine operator (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Fred Salinas	....	sound reader (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Chuck Smith	....	adr editor / dialogue editor (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Christopher D. Lozinski	....	recording machine operator (2 episodes, 2004)
Joseph Adorisio II	....	adr recordist (unknown episodes)
Christopher Briles	....	foley mixer (unknown episodes)
Marc Mailand	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)
Jason Piatt	....	foley mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Scarlet Soo-Kyung Kim	....	compositor: Digital eMation Inc (1 episode, 2003)
Jinchul Lee	....	compositor (1 episode, 2003)
Kyunwon Lee	....	compositor (1 episode, 2003)
Sangbong Oh	....	compositor (1 episode, 2003)
Hyoungjun Park	....	compositor (1 episode, 2003)
Gisoo Shin	....	compositor (1 episode, 2003)

Series Animation Department
Matt Danner	....	character designer / character supervisor (53 episodes, 2003-2006)
Melanie Pava	....	color stylist (40 episodes, 2004-2006)
Jeff Starling	....	background supervisor (40 episodes, 2004-2006)
Chris Battle	....	character designer (26 episodes, 2004-2005)
George W. Stokes	....	background supervisor / background designer (13 episodes, 2003-2004)
Richard Collado	....	animation timer (6 episodes, 2003-2004)
James T. Walker	....	timing supervisor / animation timer (6 episodes, 2003-2004)
Artin Aghamalian	....	color stylist (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Jan Browning	....	animation checker (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Susan Burke	....	animation checker (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
John Calmette	....	background supervisor / background painter (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Geno DuBois	....	director of ink and paint (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Chuck Gefre	....	animation checker (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Karl Jacobs	....	animation checker (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Lois Lee	....	character designer (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Chuck Martin	....	animation checker (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Denise M. Mitchell	....	animation checker (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Christian Nguyen	....	animation coordinator (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Azariah Owens	....	animator: main title animation (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Justin Schultz	....	animation checker / animatics (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Gary Montalbano	....	background artist (5 episodes, 2004)
Ted Blackman	....	background designer (4 episodes, 2003-2004)
Robert Haverland	....	background designer (4 episodes, 2003-2004)
Shellie Kvilvang	....	character designer (4 episodes, 2003-2004)
Frank Andrina	....	animation timer (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Herb Moore	....	animation timer (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Mosa Kaleel	....	animation coordinator (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Han Soo Kim	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Insoo Kim	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Fred Miller	....	animation timer (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Craig Robertson	....	background painter (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Jason Wyatt	....	animation coordinator (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Suk-Bun Yoon	....	final checker (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Lawrence Marvit	....	background designer (2 episodes, 2003)
Mike Mangan	....	animatics (2 episodes, 2004)
Edmund Fong	....	story artist (unknown episodes)
Jim Lara	....	animatic editor (unknown episodes)
Miguel 'Gorilla' Lopez	....	background artist (unknown episodes)
Aaron Simpson	....	animator: main title animation (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Liz Carroll	....	casting administrator (4 episodes, 2003-2004)

Series Editorial Department
Myra Owyang	....	assistant editor (27 episodes, 2003-2006)
Tim Iverson	....	vice president: post production (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Bradford Keatts	....	supervising on-line editor (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Michael Miscio	....	post-production coordinator (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Tony Tedford	....	on-line editor (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Christopher D. Lozinski	....	on-line editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Michael Patti	....	composer: additional music (12 episodes, 2005-2006)
Suzi Civita	....	vice president of music (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Chris Vrenna	....	composer: theme / performer: theme / ... (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Clint Walsh	....	composer: theme / performer: theme / ... (5 episodes, 2003-2004)

Series Other crew
Lisa Schaffer	....	voice director (53 episodes, 2003-2006)
Dane Taylor	....	production technology (13 episodes, 2003-2004)
Erika Isabel Vega	....	production intern (10 episodes, 2005-2006)
Dan Butler	....	business and legal affairs (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Athena Christianakis	....	production accountant (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Kim Christianson	....	development and creative supervisor (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Tammy Davis	....	production administration (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Debi Dean	....	business and legal affairs (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Michael Diaz	....	production administration (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Rebecca George	....	production administration (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Marci Gray	....	production administration (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Thommy Hutson	....	production administration (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Bradford Keatts	....	director of technical operations (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Christopher Keenan	....	development and creative supervisor (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
June Kuwatani	....	production accountant (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Michael Lalla	....	business and legal affairs (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Andy Lewis	....	production management (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Bonnie Negrete	....	business and legal affairs (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Jacqueline Olsommer	....	production administration (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Mary Parkinson	....	production administration (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Brandon Sawyer	....	developed for television by (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Peter Steckelman	....	business and legal affairs (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
John Voralik	....	assistant production manager of technical operations (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Amy E. Wagner	....	production administration (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Katrina Waters	....	business and legal affairs (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Jihyoung Bae	....	production staff (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Miok Kwon	....	production staff (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Rita Cooper	....	publicist (unknown episodes, 2004)
Bill Motz	....	story editor (unknown episodes, 2004)
Bob Roth	....	story editor (unknown episodes, 2004)
David Silverman	....	story editor (unknown episodes, 2004)
Stephen Sustarsic	....	story editor (unknown episodes, 2004)
Teri McDonald	....	production checker (unknown episodes)
Jason Wyatt	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Animation
• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• WB Television Network, The
• CW Television Network (2006-) (USA) (TV)
• Cartoon Network (2006-) (USA) (TV)
• Kids' WB (2003-) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Hacienda Post  post-production audio services

Also Known As:

Runtime:

30 min (53 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-Y

Company:

Warner Bros. Animation

Trivia:

The Dragon of Fire is named Kimiko. The Asian character 'ko' (shaped like a 'k' with a line at the side) means 'fire'.

Quotes:

Kimiko:[after Omi runs by with a squirrel down his top] Presenting the mighty Xiaolin Dragon of Water.
Clay:Not exactly his proudest moment, is it?

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Billy Idiot/Home of the Ancients (#4.13)" (2005)

Great

Xiaolin Showdown is a great show. It has funny visual humour, okay-ish jokes, action scenes that are fun to watch and it's (for the most part) well animated.

Most of the characters on the show are good, not all of them, but most of them. Out of the main 5 (Omi, Rai, Clay, Kimiko, Dojo) I only don't like Clay and Omi. Omi is too full of himself and Clay is just plain annoying with his stereotyped 'texas' personality. Apart from that, the characters are good.

Music is also good, with lots of different themes for the characters (Jack's being my favourite).

The first season was fantastic, and the second (while not up to the standards of the first) is also a lot of fun. Overall, a great show.