NAME/ORIGIN
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Character name
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Song/Album
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Act
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Writer
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Release Date
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1966
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ABILITIES
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Powers
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Invulnerability and insensitivity to pain
"The kids couldn't hurt Jack/ They tried and tried" |
Skills
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Can live on the beach, with no shelter
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Attributes
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-Sings off key
"The kids would sing/ He would take the wrong key" -Is immune to emotional pain "The kids couldn't hurt Jack/ They... lied and lied |
Vulnerabilities
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None
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Formidability
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Mild. Can take any punishment, but never hurts anyone else
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Attractiveness
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Low, surprisingly. Everyone he knows wants to hurt him just because he can't sing on key.
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Source
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N/A
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Goals
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None. He is already happy.
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POSSESSIONS
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Weapons
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N/A
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Amulets
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N/A
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Objects
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N/A
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Clothing
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N/A
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Vehicles
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N/A
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Dwelling
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"He lived in the sand on the Isle of Man"
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Milieu
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The beach
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BIOGRAPHY
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Gender
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Male
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Age
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Adult: "He wasn't old, but he was a man"
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Physique
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N/A
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Ethnicity
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Manx
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Origin
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The Isle of Man
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Ancestry
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Manx
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Profession
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Beachcomber
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Education
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N/A
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SES
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Very low
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Relationships
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Is rejected and tormented by the local youth
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Pets
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The kids have a "furry donkey"
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PERSONALITY
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Morality
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Moral. Never tried to hurt those trying to hurt him
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Intro/extrovert
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Introvert
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Intelligence
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Low.
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Emotions
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Happy, all the time
"They couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy" |
Sanity
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Sane, although continuing to be happy even after, say, hearing bad news could come across as less than sane.
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Enemies
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The kids.
"They rode on his head on their furry donkey" "They dropped things on his back" |
Narrative Function
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Protagonist
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Other Notes
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Why is Jack so happy that he is known as Happy Jack? Nothing can hurt him. Not physically, not emotionally, not even reputationally. No lie told to him or about him changes his mood, or anyone's opinion of him.
While he seems to live on nothing, and he is constantly set upon, he is beyond contented. While some may be fine with that, it can be assumed that someone who is perennially unruffled, even when there are things that should ruffle one, gets on the nerves of at least some people. "Hey Jack, 1,500 died in an earthquake today! Isn't that awful?" you'd ask, and Jack's reply would be, "But think of all the survivors!" It might get old, quick. Also, you would want a superhero to at least be able to fake some compassion or sympathy, right? But no, Jack is always just... happy. |
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