Story Mode:Jack

"Jack" redirects here. For the actor who played Steve in A Minecraft Movie, see Jack Black. For the decoration block, see Jack o’Lantern.
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Jack

Details

Appearance

No eyepatch
Eyepatched

Attack
strength

1 heart ()

Gender

Male

Species

Human

Status

Alive

Aliases
  • Velvet Tornado
  • Iron Sword of Mooji Lake
  • Stab-Walker
  • He Who Slashes Like Thunder
  • Fearless Dagger
  • The Raging Storm of Choon (Jesse)
  • The Legendary Champion (Stella)
  • Jacques (Stella)
Affiliations

Jack's Group

Allies

See § Allies

Enemies

See § Enemies

First appearance

Hero in Residence

Latest appearance

Above and Beyond

Actor

Fred Tatasciore

Jack is a famous and experienced adventurer who has collected many treasures throughout his life. He aided Jesse and their friends on their quest to defeat the Admin. He is voiced by Fred Tatasciore.

Appearance

Jack has dirty-blonde hair and a beard, brown eyebrows, and one black pupil and one gray pupil that he calls his "bad eye." He wears a blue vest called the Vest of Five Fists which was gifted to him by the Singing Clerics of Try'bal Cliff.[1] Jack also wore black gloves, white pants with brown and blue stripes, and black shoes. His left eye is determinantly damaged if Jesse chooses to help Petra get her sword instead of rescuing him in the Sea Temple, and he will have an eye patch for the rest of the game.

In Jailhouse Block, if Jack doesn't become Romeo's "champion", he wears an orange prisoner jumpsuit with the sleeves ripped off.

Jack can get a red gauntlet and have his clothing be mainly red in color in Jailhouse Block, if Jesse chose him to get the giant clock in Giant Consequences. The gauntlet will later be removed by Romeo, but the "champion" clothing will remain for the rest of the game until the later part of Above and Beyond.

In Below the Bedrock, if Jesse refuses to give their swords to PorkChop, Jack will fall off a cliff and have his clothing be mainly dirty; his hair will become messy and will have his clothing mainly covered in dirt and grime.

Personality

Jack is a resilient fighter and cares for and protects his friends (such as Nurm and Petra). He constantly blames himself for the death of his other friends, traumatized after Vos and Sammy died. If Jesse chooses to leave Nurm behind, he becomes determined to get him back. He is resentful towards the Admins, first refusing to believe that the Admin existed in Hero in Residence and doubts Xara's credibility in Jailhouse Block, believing that all Admins act like Romeo, who caused the deaths of Vos and Sammy from his original group of friends.

Jack is also an experienced adventurer. He is shown to be very proud of his adventures, often telling his stories and recalling his experiences with various societies. However, a lot of his claims are shown to be either improvised or punned.

Biography

Adventures

Throughout the time Jack is with Jesse in Season Two, he mentions quite a few people and places from his adventures. Most are brief mentions without much story:​[more information needed]

  • Warriors of the Whispering Mountain - of whom and where Jack was trained[2]
  • Air Titans of the East
  • Villagers of Mushroom Archipelago - of whom know of the Sea Temple
  • Apex Hunters of the Sur’gao Pass
  • Singing Clerics of Trybal Cliff - from whom Jack obtained his "Vest of Five Fists"
  • Ikthata Zombie - of whom Jack defeated
  • Swamps of Foon-jar
  • Deep Dwellers of Hon’bar Crevasse - of whom Jack obtained his diving helmets
  • Pur’gon-gah - where Nurm is from
  • Twisting Death Cavern
  • Mooji Lake
  • Overcompensating Builders of E’gesh
  • Leader of Dresh-Najell Valley
  • Marsh Hoppers of the Har’lang Swamps - of whom Jack trained with
  • Skitarro Crag-Jumpers
  • M’undari Fishcatchers - whom Jack freed
  • TNT Jugglers of Tristy Cove - of whom Jack trained with and where he learned caution
  • The Upper Lowlands - where Jack obtained an artifact
  • Spider-Peak Mountain - where Jack obtained an artifact
  • Ice Crags of Doom - where Jack obtained an artifact
  • Shu'jay Forest
  • Shimmering Plains
  • Goo-Loon Bay
  • Li-Argh Mountain
  • Te'ag Tem
  • Winding Ridge
  • Na'pow
  • Choongie-Choongie Forest
  • Doom Sea - where Jack hid diving helmets on the shore of an island
  • Sea Temple - where Jack's Group had an unfortunate incident

Sea Temple incident

Jack finding Sammy's inventory next to the Elder Guardian that killed her.

I found a gauntlet just like that, once. Teamed up with my friends, Vos and Sammy, to follow it's trail. (Tearful) Neither of them made it out alive. Hence, uh, you know, "lava," "map," "volcano." You remember what I was saying. Anyway. But burning the map couldn’t erase the... horrible memories. And, thanks to the curse of my perfect sense of direction, I couldn’t forget the location of that temple if I tried.

— Jack on the incident

During one of their adventures, Jack's Group traveled to the Sea Temple following a map. Sammy was killed by an Elder Guardian and Vos met an unknown end (possibly from either Romeo, another Elder Guardian, or a Prismarine Foe. Jack, the only survivor, was so distraught that he traveled to a volcano and threw the map into the lava.

Events in Season Two

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Relationships

Allies

Nurm

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Vos

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Sammy

Sammy was close friends with Jack and Vos, frequently adventuring and spending time together. Not much else is known of Jack and Sammy's relationship, but Jack is distraught after finding her remaining inventory near an Elder Guardian in the Sea Temple, where she was killed. Her parrot, Archie, remained with Jack in the Emporium.

Jesse

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Petra

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Lluna

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Xara

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Archie

Archie

Jack keeps his friend Sammy's parrot in his map shop.[3] When Jesse spotted the parrot, they stated that they had been worried all the parrots had left Beacontown. Jack claimed that Archie would never leave. When asked if Archie was his, Jack responded that he was watching the parrot for a friend, choosing not to provide further details.

Enemies

Romeo

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Appearances and media

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Quotes

The Warriors of the Whispering Mountains call me the 'Stab-Walker'. The Air Titans of the East call me 'He Who Slashes Like Thunder'. But you may call me... 'Jack'.

— Jack introducing himself.

There are lots of 'signs' in the world; not everyone's brave enough to follow them.

— Jack (Determinant)

That sass won't fix the pit any faster, you know.

— Jack to Jesse (Determinant)

Always good to see a hero that knows their own worth.

— Jack to Jesse (Determinant)

The bold silence, the bold beginning.

— Jack noticing Jesse's silence (Determinant)

So what can I do for you today? Desert temple? Woodland manssAAIE - Whoa!

— Jack to Jesse and Petra before seeing Jesse's Prismarine Gauntlet

The world's a lot bigger than you think it is, Jesse.

— Jack to Jesse

The 'rules' as you know them? How the world works? Those don't always apply in this Temple.

— Jack to Jesse, Petra, and Nurm before entering the Sea Temple

But burning the map couldn't erase the... horrible memories. And thanks to my perfect sense of direction, I couldn't forget the location of the Temple if I tried.

— Jack to Jesse and Petra

Yeah. Friends are the best. Love... having friends.

— Jack, reminded of his two deceased friends, Vos and Sammy (Determinant)

It's time to chart a course... for Doom Sea.

— Jack before going on the adventure with Jesse's gang

Whaaat? Come on. Time to show this goon what the Skitarro Crag-Jumpers do to town destroyers!

— Jack if Jesse chose to play cool with Romeo (Determinant)

Ah, it's nothing. It's just my perfect reflexes and photographic muscle memory.

— Jack after his landing

Haven't seen anything that grand since the last time I visited the Overcompensating Builders of E'gesh.

— Jack seeing the Icy Palace of Despair

I trained with the TNT Jugglers of Tristy Cove. 'Careful' is the only way I know.

— Jack (Determinant)

So that must've been the treasure the llama was after.

— Jack to Jesse talking about the diamonds, while solving the puzzle (Determinant)

Jack: Hey! I ever told you about the time I freed the M'undari Fishchasers?

Jesse: No?

Jack: Then I won't bother, because it wasn't half as impressive as this.

— Jack to Jesse after smashing the giant clock (Determinant)

I need to find him.

— Jack reminding the others about Vos

Vos... the whole time?

— Jack after "Vos" reveals his true identity

Identity theft is no joke.

— Jack

Maybe, but a friend that abandons a friend is no friend, and I am a friend, friend.

— Jack to Jesse (Determinant)

Well, no matter what it takes, no matter how many heads I have to clobber, I will get him back.

— Jack determined to come back for Nurm (Determinant)

Everybody knows there's nothing under the bedrock except... nothing! And also certain death.

— Jack arguing with Xara

You are both clearly disturbed individuals.

— Jack to PorkChop and another scavenger (Determinant)

When you set off that firework Binta gave you, I'll come running. And hopefully I'll have a few new friends with me.

— Jack to Jesse (Determinant)

Ha, looks like all my training from Marsh Hoppers of the Har'lang Swamps totally paid off.

— Jack after saving Jesse

Well just be like the noble light of truth and shine through the darkness of the mess. Only then will you scatter the shadows and reveal your goal.

— Jack to Jesse (Determinant)

Oh, oh my-- oh my gosh. Do you know who that is? That is Ivor, a founding freaking member of the Order of the freaking Stone. That is a legend. Standing in front of us, Nurm. Within arm's reach. And my shop is a complete wreck! This is so totally embarrassing.

— Jack to Nurm, freaking out about Ivor

This is very bittersweet for me, y'know. Goodbyes are... no good. That we have, Nurmie. So I won't say it this time. Not to people I will see again.

— Jack to Petra and Nurm

Trivia

  • Eric Stirpe wanted Jack and Nurm to have an entire mini-series spin-off of Minecraft: Story Mode.[4]
  • Jack is able to understand villagerese, as shown when he communicates with Nurm. However, he does not communicate in villagerese because he has a terrible accent.[5]
  • Stella calling Jack "Jacques" might be a reference to the first draft of the game, where Jack was depicted as a person who insisted that his name was pronounced "Jacques."[6]
  • In some scenes of the game, Jack's good eye/only eye looks very dark green instead of black.
  • Jack’s name is a reference to Jack Burton from the film Big Trouble in Little China.[7]

References

  1. "Stirpe: “The Singing Clerics of Try’bal Cliff” :)" – Stirpicus, August 8, 2017, Tumblr
  2. [https://stirpicus.tumblr.com/post/729877943472603136"Hahaha some of them (like Choongie-Choongie Forest) were improvised by Jack’s actor, Fred Tatiasciore; but most of them were me making up nonsense. When we started making up Jack’s backstory I wove some of them in - like Pur’gan-Gah is where Nurm’s family lives, and the Whispering Mountains was a place that Jack trained - but they’re mostly just for fun. Seeing them all listed out is funny."] – Stirpicus, September 30, 2023, Tumblr
  3. "That’s Sammy’s parrot, Archie." – Stirpicus, December 4, 2019, Tumblr
  4. "Aw dear Anon. There was a whole miniseries I wanted to make about that, haha." – Stirpicus, December 4, 2021, Tumblr
  5. "Jack maybe *could* but his accent is terrible. Nurm’s vocal cords don’t allow for anything other than villagerese." – Stirpicus, July 19, 2017, Tumblr
  6. "In the first draft of the script, Jack constantly insisted that it was pronounced “Jacques” and would answer to people who pronounced it “correctly” but it just got waay too confusing." – Stirpicus, July 12, 2017, Tumblr
  7. "Ha! I appreciate that, they’re two of my favorites as well! Jack is named in homage to Jack Burton, the protagonist of Big Trouble in Little China, and Radar is a reference to Radar O’Reilly from M*A*S*H." – Stirpicus, November 15, 2023, Tumblr

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