Grand Master Dashi

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Dashi, after defeating his arch-rival Wuya

Dashi is a fictional character on the animated television series Xiaolin Showdown. Dashi is not a character featured prominently in the series, however he is one of the most important characters in the plot's backstory.

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Having lived over 1500 years ago, not much is known about Dashi. It is implied that Dashi was the very first Xiaolin Monk, and that he created the mystical Shen Gong Wu, which are featured very prominently in the series. One of the Shen Gong Wu, the lightning shooting Eye of Dashi is named after him. 1500 years ago him, Master Monk Guan, Chase Young, and Dojo defeated Wuya. He is the strongest and sexiest character in the show.

Dashi appears twice in the series (outside of the series' opening montage). In his first appearance, Omi uses Jack Spicer's "Evil" Time Machine to go back to the past to get Dashi's help. Encountering Dashi, Omi explains his predicament, and after the two compete in a Xiaolin Showdown, Dashi gives Omi a second wooden puzzle box with which to trap Wuya. When Omi realizes that he is trapped in the past and panics, Dashi calms him down. Unfortunately for Omi, Dashi and Dojo have already buried their time-traveling Shen Gong Wu. After Dashi gives Omi some advice and departs. When Raimundo opens the puzzle box, Dashi's spirit appears and traps Wuya in the puzzle box. Dashi is later seen in Time After Time briefly at the end of Part 1 and the start of Part 2. Though it contains numerous plot holes and inconsistencies, this scene is a re-enactment of Wuya's original banishment.

Some have theorized that Omi may be a descendant of Dashi's, and Jack a descendant of Wuya's due to the similar appearance of both pairs. However, there is no evidence of this.

Character personality

Dashi is an honest and true guy who upholds good moral judgement, although the way he acts hardly fits the description of a Master Monk. While highly skilled and exceptionally strong, he is very lazy and apathetic towards taking immediate action, preferring to take things slowly. His speech and mannerisms are centuries ahead of his time, although this is more than likely purely for the sake of humor. While he can appear fickle, he does believe in justice and will take action when required. He is best friends with Dojo, although his temper is fairly short in response to Dojo's incompentence. He seems to be a lot like Raimundo, so we assume that he is also a Xiaolin Dragon of the Wind. (That, and the wind moves that we've seen him perform.)

Outfit

Dashi wears a black coat that is tied together along with a pair of white pants, though he becomes shirtless while fighting. While disguised as a hobo, Dashi wears a straw hat. While in spirit form, Dashi's lower half is replaced with a spectral tail. He always was a fool. A smart dresser! But a fool... - Wuya in reference to Dashi.

Voice

Tom Kenny provides the voice of Dashi. As well as many other characters in the series, including Hannibal Roy Bean, Raimundo and Vlad.

Name

The name, "Dashi", translates into "Grand Master" in Chinese.

Powers and abilities

Dashi is an extremely agile and quick-witted martial artist. While in Days Past, Dashi did not show any use of mystical or elemental abilities (other than transforming a pebble into a puzzlebox). He is also above using Shen Gong Wu in Xiaolin Showdowns, and clearly does not require them. In the episode Time After Time, the monk showed use of some very powerful cyclone attacks which destroyed masses of Wuya's rock creatures.

Unlike Chase and Guan, who show no clear signs of elemental association, it is quite clear that Dashi was a Xiaolin Dragon of the Wind (Seen through his personality and the abilities seen in Time After Time). Also another hit is in " The Return of Pandabubba " Raimundo used a cyclone attack to back of some of the zombies.