The Guardian

The Guardian
Information
Gender	Male ♂
Species	Alien

The Guardian is an exceptionally powerful warrior who guards a time portal. He appears in Episode XXXII: Jack and the Travelling Creatures. He is voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.

Character Outline

The Guardian is a tall, bald, muscular man with blue skin and red circular glasses. He is incredibly confident in his own strength and skill and loves the thrill of combat.

The Guardian's appearance is significant, mainly because the episode he takes part in makes it known that Jack's eventual return to the past is inevitable.

He appears to be capable of eating metal, though it is not known whether he routinely ingests it for sustenance, or even if he requires sustenance at all

Personality

The Guardian seems to live only to guard his portal. He is extremely self-confident, and fights with gleeful mannerisms. He is capable of becoming both enraged and showing mercy, as he became very upset after Jack ruined his favorite suit, but still offered to let Jack retreat after it became clear that Jack could not win.

Biography

The Guardian appears after Samurai Jack manages to find a time portal thanks to the help of many mythical creatures. Prior to Jack's arrival, he had spent many eons guarding the time portal, and had defeated all who had attempted to best him. He waited patiently for a single warrior who was prophesied to one day defeat him. Upon meeting Jack, he proclaimed that Jack was not the prophesied one, and the two proceeded to fight. Though Jack held his own for a time, he was clearly outmatched by the Guardian in every respect, with his best efforts resulting only in the Guardian's suit being ruined. After utterly besting Jack, the Guardian prepared to kill him, but was informed by the portal itself that Jack would return one day, and the Guardian relented, summoning a bird-like creature to carry Jack away from the portal and to safety.

Abilities and Skills

In his own words, the Guardian has been guarding the time portal for "countless eons", and has denied (defeated) everyone who came, as only one person has been prophesized to defeat him and gain access to the time portal. He is one of the very few characters to have defeated Jack with little effort. His martial skills and physical capabilities completely outclassed Jack's own.

Super Strength: The Guardian's muscular build gives him incredible fighting strength. He was able to effortlessly lift large holders, and could chew through metal as a normal person would through food. He was also able to shatter metal with his punches.

Super Speed: Despite his large mass, the Guardian possessed remarkable agility, leaping and flipping about with at least the same level of skill as Jack himself.

Durability: The Guardian has great durability. At one point during the fight with Jack, Jack deflected a number of missiles launched from the Guardian's own weapon back at him. Upon impact, they caused no damage to the Guardian himself, simply destroying his favorite suit and angering him.

Weapons Specialist: The Guardian used an incredible variety of weapons against Jack, from a katana to guns, and even rocket launchers. His swordsmanship in particular was extraordinary, as he was able to completely outfight Jack during their sword-bout, and ultimately disarmed him without Jack coming even close to landing a hit. He was also able, while shooting at Jack, to aim a second gun at a number of throwing-stars which Jack had launched at him and shoot them out of the air.

Trivia

• Many fans used to think that the Guardian was the secondary antagonist in Samurai Jack and he may have appeared in the movie.