Changes: Jumpin' Jax

Jumpin' Jax
Real Name	Randall Merryweather
Gamertag	JumpinJax
Gender	Male
School	Video Game High School
School Rank	20/436
Occupation	Student at VGHS; Junior Varsity FPS member
Portrayed by	Joey Scoma

Revision as of 04:01, 2 June 2019

Randall Merryweather who goes by the gamer tag of "Jumpin' Jax" is a student at VGHS who is a member of the FPS Junior-Varsity team.

Overview

Season 1

Jumpin' Jax is friends with Annihilist and he is part of Jenny's scrimage team. It is also noted that he has good skills with grenades, since he was asked by Jenny Matrix to put his grenade skills into action while they had a team meeting 30 minutes prior to the game.

Season 2

to be added

Season 3

to be added

Personality

Jumpin' Jax has a rougher personality than most in the series. In most of the scenes he appears in, he is bullying someone else, hinting at his mean persona. He is also somewhat dim-witted, also typical of a bully-like persona. In Season 2 Episode 2 he is seen grabbing 4 Donuts at once during the FPS Practice session being supervised by Jenny Matrix implying that he likes food and is a 'Junky'.

Gaming Skills

"We never address this, but it is constantly hilarious to me how huge of a liability Jumpin' Jax is for the team. I always wanted it to be like there's ONE obscure game mode that he's a total God at, and that's why the team keeps him around, but otherwise? Total liability."

— Freddie Wong, Reddit

Jumpin' Jax supposedly a skilled gamer. His rank during Season 1 was 20th in the school. He participates frequently in the JV team's matches. However, he is often eliminated for stupid mistakes, particularly at high-stakes moments.

Appearances

Season 1

Season 2

Trivia

The writers/directors say that Jumpin' Jax and Wendell Brixby were supposed to form a romantic relationship at some point in the show, hoping for LGBTQ representation. However, they were unable to find a spot for it in the plot.

In the series finale commentary, the crew commented that when Jumpin' Jax and Clutch said "Screw sleep!" in unison, they ought to have turned that moment into the moment "Jax and Clutch found one another."

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 {{Character
+|image = Jumpin' Jax.jpg
-|name = ''Unknown''
+|name = Randall Merryweather
 |gamertag = JumpinJax
 |gender = Male
+|school rank = 20/436
-|portrayed = Joey Bertman
+|portrayed = Joey Scoma
-|occupation = Student at [[Video Game High School (school)|VGHS]]}}
+|occupation = Student at [[Video Game High School (school)|VGHS]]<br>Junior Varsity FPS member |school = Video Game High School|grade = }}'''Randall Merryweather '''who goes by the gamer tag of "'''Jumpin' Jax'''"''' '''is a student at [[VGHS]] who is a member of the [[FPS Junior-Varsity]] team.
-'''Jumpin' Jax''' is a student at [[VGHS]] who took part in the final match of the FPS clan tryouts.
 ==Overview==
+===Season 1===
-JumpinJax has appeared multiple times within the series, appearing first in [[Season 1, Episode 1|Episode 1]] and reappearing in [[Season 1, Episode 5|Episode 5]], [[Season 1, Episode 6|Episode 6]] [[Season 1, Episode 8|Episode 8]], and [[Season 1, Episode 9|Episode 9]].
-From what is known about him, he is friends with [[Annihilist]] and he was part of Jenny's scrimmage team. It is also noted that he has good skills with grenades, since he was asked by Jenny Matrix to put his grenade skills into action while they had a team meeting 30 minutes prior to the game.
+Jumpin' Jax is friends with [[Annihilist]] and he is part of Jenny's scrimage team. It is also noted that he has good skills with grenades, since he was asked by Jenny Matrix to put his grenade skills into action while they had a team meeting 30 minutes prior to the game.
-==='''Personality'''===
+===Season 2===
-JumpinJax has a rougher personality than most in the series. In most of the scenes he appears in, he is bullying someone else, hinting at his mean persona. Not much else is known about him.
+''to be added''
-[[Category:Characters]]
+=== Season 3 ===
+''to be added''
+==Personality==
+Jumpin' Jax has a rougher personality than most in the series. In most of the scenes he appears in, he is bullying someone else, hinting at his mean persona. He is also somewhat dim-witted, also typical of a bully-like persona. In Season 2 Episode 2 he is seen grabbing 4 Donuts at once during the FPS Practice session being supervised by Jenny Matrix implying that he likes food and is a 'Junky'.
+==Gaming Skills==
+{{Quote|We never address this, but it is constantly hilarious to me how huge of a liability Jumpin' Jax is for the team. I always wanted it to be like there's ONE obscure game mode that he's a total God at, and that's why the team keeps him around, but otherwise? Total liability.|[[Freddie Wong (actor)|Freddie Wong]], [http://www.reddit.com/r/VGHS/comments/2jj3bt/denial_ending_by_me_spoilers/ Reddit]}}
+Jumpin' Jax supposedly a skilled gamer. His rank during Season 1 was 20th in the school. He participates frequently in the JV team's matches. However, he is often eliminated for stupid mistakes, particularly at high-stakes moments.
+==Appearances==
+=== Season 1 ===
+* [[Season 1, Episode 2]]
+*[[Season 1, Episode 5]]
+*[[Season 1, Episode 6]]
+*[[Season 1, Episode 8]]
+*[[Season 1, Episode 9]]
+=== Season 2 ===
+* [[Season 2, Episode 1]]
+*[[Season 2, Episode 2]]
+== Trivia ==
+* The writers/directors say that Jumpin' Jax and Wendell Brixby were supposed to form a romantic relationship at some point in the show, hoping for LGBTQ representation. However, they were unable to find a spot for it in the plot.
+* In the series finale commentary, the crew commented that when Jumpin' Jax and Clutch said "Screw sleep!" in unison, they ought to have turned that moment into the moment "Jax and Clutch found one another."
 [[Category:Students]]
+[[Category:Characters]]
+[[Category:Pages needing attention]]