Samurai Jack (TV Series)

Episode XIII - Aku's Fairy Tales (2001)

Mako: Aku

Quotes 

• Aku : Here's the truest tale of all: there was an all-mighty, all-powerful wizard and there was a pathetic little samurai and the wizard destroyed him! THE END!

  [vanishes] 

• Aku : Tales of the Samurai's heroics have spread through the world like a virus. But I will cure the world of this plague of hope.

• Aku : The beast was struck, and was transformed, into... BEEEEEEF JERRRRRRRKY.

• Aku : Once upon a time there was a sweet little girl, with a red riding cape and GREAT FLAAAAMING EYEBROWS!

• [after Aku tells a very detailed story about how he is a hero and Jack is evil, the children surrounding him are mystified] 

  Aku : Hmm... Perhaps my story is too complex for these young minds. A story of the purest simplicity must be told.

  [a book of fairy tales is lowered down to him] 

  Aku : Yes, fairy tales are simple, but the heroes within are legendary.

• [Having become frustrated with telling fairy tales that go nowhere, Aku snaps at the children angrily] 

  Aku : Here is the truest tale of all! There was an almighty, all-powerful wizard and there was a pathetic little samurai, and the wizard destroyed him! THE END!

• Aku : [choosing the first story]  Little Red Riding Hood.

  [reading the first line] 

  Aku : "Once upon a time, "there was a little girl who was loved by all." Hmm...

  [smiles deviously] 

  Aku : Yes, I am familiar with this one.