Jack Spicer

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☞ Character Information;
Character Name: Jack Spicer
Canon: Xiaolin Showdown
OU or AU?: OU
Canon point: Right after Season 2, Episode 2.

Setting: The world of Xiaolin Showdown is similar to the Earth we know but the existence of magic is real but not commonplace. Evil villains are also real and have a presence in the world but it is hard to tell if they are taken seriously or if they are simply a sort of subculture that exists on the internet. Within the world and more closely connected to Jack, are the Heylin and Xiaolin sides of a war against good and evil. Both sides are part of a balance that is constantly in flux. The Heylin side wishes to plunge the world into ten thousand years of darkness while it is the Xiaolin side's responsibility to keep that from happening.

One of the main components of this struggle are the mystical objects called the Shen Gong Wu. There are hundreds of items and each of them have an individual power and can be combined together to create different affects as well. This isn't the only source of power, however. As stated before, magic exists in different forms for both the Xiaolin and Heylin sides. The Xiaolin dragons gain control over the elements and the Heylin side has many members who can control various dark magics.

Technology is also more advanced than Earth tech in that certain geniuses shown in the series have helped to create laser guns, hover crafts, jet cars, helecopter backpacks, and an expanded video game corporation that leads the world in the entertainment business.

Overall, the world is cartoony at times but for the everyday person, it is much like the Earth we are accustomed to.

History: There are quite a few details known about Jack's life before he entered the battle for the Shen Gong Wu. Jack was born into a rather rich family. From most of the hints given, his family is rather good despite most of the comments Jack makes about him. What we do know is that his father is often away on business trips and his mother entertains guests at their house and other functions, meaning Jack is usually home by himself. It was due to the lack of attention from his parents that Jack decided to go evil in second grade. It was when he made this decision that his Grandmother bestowed his heli-pack to him.

Despite going evil, his parents continued to ignore him. Sometime during growing up, his mother told him to get a hobby and so he took up building robot companions. Jack's robotics skills were good enough for him to build emotion chips and AI for his Jack-Bots, possibly as a want to not be alone. His robots are his closest companions, though some of them still even betray him in the end. It was in his teenage years that his father sent him a puzzle box that changed the course of his life forever.

Jack got the box one afternoon and was easily able to solve the puzzle box and opened it to find a creepy mask. He tossed the box aside, thinking the mask prize was lame. Little did he know that inside was actually the Heylin witch Wuya. Wuya, seeing Jack was determined to conquer the entire world, told him of the Shen Gong Wu and how if they gathered all of them that Jack's dreams of world conquest would come true. Jack agreed to help her and the first Shen Gong Wu revealed itself moments later. It was the Mantis Flip Coin.

Jack was able to get to the flip coin first and was confronted by the Xiaolin Dragons in training. After he sent his Jack-Bots to attack the heroes, he flew away and made off with the Mantis Flip Coin. The next to awaken was the Two Ton Tunic, which Jack lost after he was tackled by the monks. He told Wuya they would get the next one. The next Wu was the Eye of Dashi, a necklace that could shoot lightning. Omi, the Xiaolin Dragon of Water, both grabbed the necklace at the same time and had to undergo a Xiaolin Showdown.

Jack wagered his Mantis Flip Coin against Omi's Two Ton Tunic. Jack ended up losing the showdown and all his Wu. Fortunately though, there were hundreds of Wu and they just had to wait for the next one to reveal itself. Jack ended up getting the next Wu, the Third Arm Sash, before the monks could. It was when the Fist of Tebigong that revealed itself next. Jack encountered a magical mime named Le Mime that he recruited to help him deal with the Xiaolin Dragons. Jack went to find the Wu while Le Mine dealt with three out of the four dragons. Jack ended up having to do another showdown for the Fist, this time with Clay; Xiaolin Dragon of Earth. Jack, though fierce in trying to catch the bird that the goal of the showdown was, lost to Clay and with it the Third Arm Sash.

Jack was able to retrieve the next Wu, the Jetbootsu, and won a showdown against Kimiko, the Dragon of Fire. He won both the Fist of Tebigong and the Monkey Staff. Due to Jack holding the staff so long, be started to become more monkey-like over time, even gaining monkey feet, fur on his face, a monkey face, and monkey strength. He also claimed he kept having tire swings and banana's on his brain. This led to him losing his next showdown for the Golden Tiger Claws against Kimiko.

The next few showdowns also didn't go Jack's way. He went through two evil sidekicks as well; Katnappe first, who was his cousin Ashley who wished to be evil too. She ended up winning a showdown for them but stole the Golden Tiger Claws for herself. By the time Jack tracked her down, Omi had them and sent the claws to the Earth's core so no one could use them. The next one was Tubbimura, a fat ninja. Tubbimura was able to win Jack the Sword of the Storm but then lost all but one of Jack's Wu in a Shen Yi Bu Dare, a sort of double dare where both contestants put up two Wu for wager instead of one. This left Jack with just one Wu, the Changing Chopsticks that had the power to shrink someone down to the size of a grain of rice.

Despite this massive setback, Jack had a plan. He built a robot he dubbed the Chameleon bot. It had quite a selection of forms it could take, complete with mimicking voice, personalty, everything. Jack's favorite was of Kimiko. His plan was to replace the real Kimiko with the robot double. He succeeded by luring Kimiko away from the others with a letter from a secret admire. The Chameleon bot knocked Kimiko unconscious and Jack stole her away before anyone knew what he was up to. It was during the few days of infiltration that another Wu activated. Jack went to collect it and had to do a showdown with the false Kimiko. He had the robot throw the showdown so he could get the Helmet of Jong that had revealed itself.

It was later that night that the bot made her move to steal the Wu. Omi had been suspicious and took the other dragons to confront the robot after it opened the Shen Gong Wu vault. During the fight, Jack used the Changing Chopsticks to sneak into the vault and collected the remaining Wu inside along with the Wu the dragons stole back from the Chameleon bot and tossed back into the vault. The real Kimiko came in and crashed Jack's hovercar into the robot. Omi was able to then destroy the bot and the monks though they had won. Jack was able to escape once he shrank down with the Wu and flew away. He ended up missing one Wu though, the Mantis Flip Coin. Wuya told Jack he had done well and now that they had the Helmet of Jong that soon Mala Mala Jong would rise again. Though Jack didn't know what a Mala Mala Jong was, Wuya told him all good things, and some bad, would come in time.

The next Wu to activate was the Ring of the Nine Dragons. Jack and Wuya arrived at the temple it was hidden in but the Xiaolin monks found it first. It was later that the Falcon's Eye activated. Jack found it in the mountains and grabbed it the same time as Omi, who had used the ring to split into 5 different Omi's. Jack challenged Omi to a showdown to race down the mountain on snowboards to the Wu. First one to get it won. Though the race seemed to be going in Omi's favor, Jack was able to grab it just before Omi and won the Ring of the Nine Dragons and the Falcon's eye. This ended up being not to great for Jack as the Ring divided a person when used so when he made nine of himself, all of the aspects of him were split nine ways.

The next Wu to activated was inside of a volcano. Jack challenged Omi to a Xiaolin Showdown for it and lost it and the Falcon's eye. He then went home and let the monks deal with the chaos the Wu caused them.

The next Wu to activate was the Serpent's Tail and it was in New York City. Jack took his Giant morphing bot to test it in the city. He had it turn into a train so he could chase the Serpent's Tail around in the subway system of New York. Eventually it went to the surface and Jack followed. It was there he found Omi and a kid Omi had met during his time in the city, Jermaine. Omi challenged Jack to a Shen Yi Bu dare, Omi and Jermaine against Jack and his giant transforming robot. They played basket ball for the Wu. Though it was a close game, the good guys ended up defeating Jack.

Next came the revealing of the Orb of Tornami. This Wu could unleash a flood of water on command. Jack was the first one to grab it. Clay, whose Father was around at the time, tried to strong arm it from Jack but the boy genius was able to use it to trip up the monks and escaped with the orb. Soon after, the Star Hanabi revealed itself. It turned out Clay's dad had it. Jack attacked Clay's family farm to try and take it. He used the Orb of Tornami to flood the farm. Both Jack and Clay reached the star at the same time and Clay challenged Jack to a showdown. Jack wagered the Sword of the Storm against Clay's Serpents Tail. Jack ended up losing the Showdown. As Jack watched Clay and his Dad embrace, he asked Wuya why they didn't have that kind of relationship. She answered; "I'm not your Mother! Now pick up your toys Jackie and let's go home." Jack left with Wuya.

For the next two weeks, no Wu revealed themselves. Then as if to spite everyone for their complaining that no Wu had gone active, four Shen Gong Wu revealed themselves at the same time. Wuya, sure that Jack could not win on his own, recruited Katnappe, Tubbimura, and the Chameleon bot 2.0 to assist Jack. She also came up with the plan to capture the dragons in training and get rid of them once and for all.

Jack ended up in a showdown with Omi and lost. After he lost, they devised a trap for Omi in Jack's evil lair. Omi came as they planned and caught him. They thought they had won but Omi used the Sun Chi Lantern to fuse his Chi with his friends' and was able to defeat Jack's sidekicks. Jack ran away scared as a result and the monks were able to take several of Jack's Wu before they escaped.

The evil boy genius took it upon himself to set up a Shen Gong Wu spreadsheet later so he could keep track of who had what Wu. It was during this process that Wuya detected the Heart of Jong revealing itself. She told Jack he had to get this Wu or she would make him pay. He and Omi ended up finding the Wu first and Omi challenged Jack to a Showdown. It was a competition of gathering acorns and whoever had the most after two minutes won. Jack ended up cheating and knocked Omi out of the air, stealing his acorns and won.

Once they were back in his lair, Wuya had him arrange his Wu to resemble a body. Once Jack placed the Heart of Jong inside the Two Ton Tunic, green fire sprouted from it and completed the rest of the body. Jack was excited to hear that Wuya and he now had an invincible demon warrior on their side. Wuya had other plans and betrayed him, telling Jack Mala Mala Jong was his replacement. She had Jong smack Jack into a wall where he fell unconscious and she left him. During her attack on the monk's temple, Jack was making himself a Shen Gong Wu detection bot. The day after her plans failed, she went to Jack to try and make up with him but he told her to beat it as now that he had his bot, he didn't need her anymore.

The Reversing Mirror revealed itself next. Jack went to collect it at a light house and after a fight with the monks, was challenged to a showdown by Raimundo. Jack and him battled it out and Jack lost. It was then that Raimundo, dragon of the wind, revealed that he had gone evil and joined Wuya. Jack laughed at the monks as he thought it was hilarious. Though it became less funny later.

Wuya used Raimundo to get her body back and thus all of her powers. The Wu were now not strong enough to stop her. The three good monks were about to be captured by Wuya's rock golems and Raimundo when Jack came to their rescue in his jetcar. He told them he wanted their help to defeat Wuya as he wanted to rule the world and couldn't as long as she was in power. They first went to the Xiaolin Temple to speak with Master Fung but it had already been conquered. The jetcar was shot down and the group escaped on the monks' dragon Dojo. They went into hiding and tried to discuss their plan to defeat Wuya. Omi said that the only one who ever defeated her was Grand Master Dashi fifteen hundred years ago. It was when Kimiko mentioned no one could get to Dashi without a time machine that Jack remembered he a had built one.

Though he could only generate enough power to travel back two seconds. The monks told him he could always use the Eye of Dashi, which had an unlimited amount of power. Jack backpetaled and said he couldn't do it until he used the Eye of Dashi was a power source. True to his word, he got it working and sent Omi back into the past fifteen hundred years. The only problem was Jack hadn't thought of a way to get him back since before the beta testing hadn't seen it as a problem. Jack said he could get it working in a week but Wuya's golems found them and attacked. Jack was able to use his Jackbots to destroy the smaller golems but then a massive mountain sized one appeared. Jack quickly surrendered.

It was at Wuya's palace that Jack tried to say he was always on Wuya's side and that he trapped Omi in the past on purpose. Wuya didn't buy it and only offered the Xiaolin Dragons a chance to swear their loyalty to Wuya. They refused and all of them were locked in the dungeon. Though when all seemed lost, Omi reappeared and helped to free the other monks, Dojo, and Jack. They found a safe place to camp for the night and Omi told his story of how he got a puzzlebox from Dashi and then froze himself so that he could wait the fifteen hundred years until Wuya's palace was raised, broke the ice, and freed him.

Jack said since he opened the puzzle box once, he could do it again. Omi and Jack sneaked their way inside the palace while Clay, Kimiko, and Dojo acted as bait to lure Raimundo away from Wuya. Jack couldn't get the box open and Wuya caught them. They put up a valiant effort to defeat her but both of them were captured. It was then Wuya gave the monks another chance to join her and told Jack the offer wasn't for him. When they refused, Wuya told her golems to take them to the dungeon then crush them. Before they could, Raimundo opened the puzzlebox. Wuya was sucked back inside and the golems crumbles. The monks and Jack raced to get out of the collapsing palace and were able to escape.

It was later that day on a hill side that the heroes and Jack rested. Jack told the monks he was leaving but Omi tried to stop him. Omi offered Jack a place at the Xiaolin temple and a chance to be good. Jack refused but seeing Omi's crestfallen face, offered that one day when they weren't all fighting he would take the monks out for ice cream on him. Jack flew off and went home to plot his next move.

Personality: If one word could be used to describe Jack Spicer, that work is childish. Jack is whiny, overconfident, surly, and very spoiled. He used snark and some outdated slang to try and appear cool and impress his enemies or evil cohorts. The boy genius definitely has little common sense and is also clumsy, despite his superior intellect and prowess with technology. He puts on airs of superiority most likely due to his parents wealthy background and upbringing. Jack is a rich spoiled brat on the surface but has more complexities than his more common behavior may suggest.

Jack, underneath it all, is a scared boy who wants someone to acknowledge him. Thanks to his parents never being around, Jack acted out and decided he would conquer the world to get attention. This doesn't always serve in his best interest as it makes him often open up or be attracted to people with power and will still return to them after they use and toss him aside, even if it happens multiple times. Jack has a large inferiority complex that he tries to cover up with a superiority complex of his genius. He is sure that none are smarter than him, which leads him to underestimating his enemies and allies. Because of this, Jack is often blind to the fact that others are gearing toward betraying him or replacing him should someone better come around.

Due to Jack's need for acknowledgement, he will often ally himself with anyone who seems to have the slightest interest in him or try to find those in power to ally himself with. He doesn't look for friends anymore, most likely out of a fear that if he allows himself to be anymore more than allies that he will be hurt. He thinks mostly on his goals of world domination and evil as they are great distractions from his own troubles. Though Jack also will run from confrontation he is sure he is at a disadvantage in. He isn't the type to stay and fight a losing battle. He is much more willing to run away screaming. His cowardliness hinders most of his operations and evil plots though that isn't always the case. If Jack is determined to get something, he will try and try and try again to get it.

Jack Spicer is definitely a determined individual. Even after losing showdown after showdown and Wuya conquering the world, Jack never gave up on his dream of world domination. He never really quits or admits defeat. To him it is always just a small setback or a string of bad luck. He is sure that if he continues to try and keep pushing forward, he will eventually obtain his goal. This would be an admirable trait if it wasn't applied to a goal that would make so many others suffer.

Overall, Jack Spicer is a rich boy who's parents never gave him the attention he needed. This neglect lead Jack to the path of evil in an attempt to get someone to notice him. It is this drive for notice and admiration that keeps Jack going, even in the face of impossible odds. Jack is focused on becoming the evil ruler of the world and finally get the attention he so desperately craves. Jack is a genius that somewhat squanders his talents in pursuit of something that he may possibly never have. Even so, he is going to continue to try for perhaps the rest of his life. There may be some goodness in him yet though, buried somewhere deep under the hurt and false bravado. Maybe someday, someone can reach it.

Abilities: Jack Spicer really doesn't have any real supernatural abilities to speak of. He has two main abilities shown in canon though. One being his superior intellect. Though it seems unbelievable when one looks at how Jack acts and talks, the boy is a genius. His specialty being technology and more focused on robotics. The boy can build some amazing robots out of things he find in a junk yard and if given the proper tools and resources, can create some amazing robots, like his giant transforming bot, the Chameleon bot, and a functional time machine being just a few examples. The boy has a brilliant mind, it simply needs to be pointed in the right direction at times.

Another ability Jack has is figure skating. He can skate well as his mother apparently payed for lessons for him when he was younger. His balance on ice is comparable to ice skaters who do competitions with the grace he can move on the ice.

Besides that, Jack is just your normal human teenager.

How did your character arrive in Rapture? The Teleportation plasmid has gone awry.

Why are you choosing to continue your character's development here from another RP? N/A

Network sample:

[Audio]

Alright Rapture citizens and losers! Jack Spicer, Evil Boy Genius here with yet another wonderful invention for all of you out there! It's so amazing, I'm not going to show it here. You have to see this marvelous new invention in person to believe it! I will be unveiling it in Ryan Amusements tomorrow at four in the evening. Trust me, you'll all want to be there for the demonstration of the newest and greatest addition to the Jack Spicer evil brand of robots! Everyone in Rapture will want to have one!

But what is it, I hear you say? Well let me give you a little bit of a hint. With one of these little beauties, you'll never have to be afraid of walking around Rapture at night again. This invention of mine will make sure you get anywhere and everywhere without so much as anyone pumping into your shoulder without thinking twice. That's right, Ladies and Gentleman, Jack Spicer is going to revolutionize the household security biz! Come one, come all to Ryan Amusements tomorrow to get a special deal on the first of these robots. Being the talk of the town and the envy of all of your neighbors and enjoy the added security brought to you by the Jack Spicer Evil brand. Hope to see you all there!

Log sample: Jack stared at the selection of plasmids. He tapped his boot against the ground as he continued to look over the different types of plasmids and had to wonder just which one to choose. He tapped his chin as he read over the list again. He already had written off a few. There was no way he was getting the Geyser Trap, Incinerate, Sonic Boom, or Winter Freeze. Those were the monks things with their stupid elements and whatever. Why would he want that? He wasn’t a good guy. He was Jack Spicer, Evil Boy Genius! He needed a plasmid that could strike terror in the face of his enemies! It had to just scream evil!

The only problem was they didn’t have anything super evil. Sure, Enrage sounded kinda bad but not the level that was Jack Spicer. Houdini sounded kinda cool but it was like the security command; not evil enough. He needed something he could use in a fight. The other things like stealth and tricking the bots could come later. He wasn’t going to get stuck with something lame for his first plasmid! The first one made a statement about yourself. Like a first tattoo or a first car. You had to make a good impression with it!

It HAD to be a good impression. Jack looked at the Insect Swarm plasmid and shuttered. Bees in your wrists? Skeevy much? No way he was becoming a human honeycomb. He doubted you could even get honey from those bees anyway. Not cool at all. Telekinesis would be cool but was it flashy enough? So what if stuff moved around without you touching it? His Jack-bots could do the same thing and at least they looked cool.

As far as flashy went, Jack’s eyes fell on the Electro Bolt. It sounded almost like having the Eye of Dashi built into your hand. Which was cool. Shooting lightning from your hands was always cool really. And it did scream evil in just the right way. He’d have to throw out ideas for other plasmids sometime though. Some of these were just super lame.

“I’ll take that one.” Jack said confidently and pointed at the display. The shopkeeper raised an eyebrow and nodded. Money was exchanged and Jack held out his arm.

“So this doesn’t hurt, right?” He really hoped it didn’t hurt. Needles. He hated needles. Who in their right mind actually liked them anyway?!

“Shouldn’t be more than a pinch...at first. Close your eyes if it helps.” Jack did just that and put his hand over his eyes for good measure. He still yelped then the needle went in. Then came the rushing. His vision swam and he stumbled backward. He looked down at his hand. He had expected sparks of electricity to be running through his hand and fingers but that wasn’t what he saw. Brown was spreading over his wrists and small holes began to open up in his skin. Red eyes widened as he watched what was happening. Suddenly, black and yellow bugs were crawling out of his skin, out from one hole and into another.

“BEEEEEEEES!” Jack screamed, his voice hitting a pitch one would only think a girl could hit. He started running around in circles and screamed his head off. Poor boy hadn’t been looking at what he pointed at. He missed the Electro Bolt by an inch and pointed at Insect Swarm. And there were no refunds either.