Scotsman

The Scotsman was introduced early on as a rival, and later friend, to Samurai Jack in Episode XI: Jack and the Scotsman, Part 1.

Appearance

The Scotsman appears, for all intents and purposes, to be a man from a region very closely resembling Scotland. The Scotsman, like Jack, is never explicitly named in any of his appearances. He is a large man with red hair that borders on being orange, a barrel chest, and disproportionately small legs, one of which was replaced with an automatic rifle. Throughout the series, he appears the most often out of all the minor characters to aid Jack in some way or another. He was voiced by John DiMaggio.

Personality

The Scotsman's home

The Scotsman has a personality almost in stark opposite to that of Jack: he is loud, explosive in temperament, and always willing to jump into a fight. This is not to say that he is a completely different man from Jack. The two warriors have very different ideals, as evidenced by the straightforward fighting tactics of the Scotsman. He also differs from Jack in that he appreciates a different style of life than the Samurai: where Jack enjoys the quiet, serene aspects of life, the Scotsman loves that which spells itself out, and nothing so "namby-pamby" as what Jack likes.

Despite their differences, the two are trusting friends and share a mutual respect. When one is in trouble, the other will come to help without hesitation.

However, the Scotsman's something of a hypocrite, at least when it comes to his wife. Whenever he talks about her, he refers to her as though she were the most beautiful woman ever to be, and describes everything about her with a romantic metaphor. When she is finally shown to be significantly less than what she was described as being, the Scotsman is shown to be as smitten with her as a schoolboy. Even when she is yelling about his inadequacies in his face he merely looks at her with doe eyed affection, much to Jack's confusion.

Biography

The Scotsman was first shown crossing a narrow bridge, where coincidentally Jack was also traveling across. When the two met however, neither wanted to step aside to let the other pass and this led to a comical situation where Jack destroyed The Scotsman's bagpipes after the latter had sliced his hat in two, this led to a fierce battle that lasted for hours where neither had the upper hand, after the two were exhausted they found out that they are both being hunted by Aku after being discovered by bounty hunters where one of them fired a pair of cuff-links that tied the two together, after unsuccessfully attempting to defeat their opponents by each going the other way, Jack slashed the bridge underfoot and sent him and The Scotsman plummeting into the river at the bottom of the ravine. After finding their way to an abandoned village The Scotsman and Jack are once again set upon by the bounty hunters and in the ensuing battle managed to break their chains by miraculously allowing a giant bullet fired from one of the bounty hunter's cannons to break through the chains.

Skills and Abilities

Jack meets the Scotsman's clan

Where Jack limits himself almost exclusively to hand-to-hand combat and his own swordsmanship when not improvising or displaying his expertise in a wide range of traditional weaponry, the Scotsman relies heavily on his sword, inscribed with runes that imbue it with powers similar to those of Jack's sword. Apart from this, the Scotsman uses a fighting style relying on brute strength rather than the finesse that Jack displays. As well, the automatic rifle that replaced one of this legs is another favorite weapon of the Scotsman; he demonstrates a moderate level of expertise with it. The Scotsman has also been known to use small explosives, particularly when combating bounty hunters. Though not a weapon, he also frequently carries a set of bagpipes.

Master swordsmanship specialist: This was seen in his many battles alongside Jack, and especially in his first encounter with Jack where he was shown to possess skills rivaling Jack.

Enhanced endurance: The Scotsman is also capable of defeating hundreds of opponents before tiring, as well as being capable of roaming tirelessly for days while also carrying a sleeping Jack when the latter had lost his memory.

Enhanced strength: He has also frequently displayed his herculean strength in battle before deciding to use his sword or shooting them using his automatic rifle and throwing one of his grenades to end it with a bang.