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| “ | "That's the problem. All the time you belittle me, you dismiss me, you drop me in a pool of lava. I'm the only person who tried to visit you in exile and you just forget me like I'm nothing. I launched nukes at you and you didn't even care." | ” |
—Jack, in an argument with Tommy after his revival | ||
Jack Manifold, also known as Jack and formerly known as Thunder1408 or Thunder, is the eighteenth member of the Dream SMP, joining on August 3, 2020, and was the leader of Manifold Land, formerly a citizen of L'Manberg, and he also recently use to be the Minister of Science for Snowchester. He is the first ever person to have been revived on the server. He was also the first employee of the Big Innit Hotel and later took it over. He is currently the leader of his new faction, away from the the SMP known as New Manifold Land.
Physiology[]
Jack is a human with light skin, a brown buzz cut and red and blue heterochromatic eyes. He usually wears a striped blue and black hoodie, camo pants, knee pads, and black shoes, as well as 3D glasses and a black headset. Similar to Philza's crows or Ranboo's ender particles, Jack's twitch chat is represented by voices and snippets of conversation that occasionally come through his headset.
Personality[]
Jack is a clever teen with a knack for throwing quips at whoever he may be speaking to. His pompous, overconfident personality paints him as a somewhat silly, comic relief style villain, although he has proven himself to be incredibly cunning and resourceful when needed. He also has a very strict (if somewhat grey) moral code, and craves respect and companionship. Over his time on the server, he has become resentful and prone to lashing out at others due to their abandonment and lack respect for him, with these feelings specifically directed at Tommy, his former friend. He also feels like he's been cast aside and left out, like a side character in his own life.[9]
History[]
L'Manberg Independence Arc[]
Joining the Server[]
During Tubbo's stream on July 31, 2020, Tubbo was speaking with Jack and Tommy. George happened to be active because he had ended his livestream a few hours before, so the three set out to try to convince George to whitelist Jack, getting #ThunderforServer trending on Twitter. George responded by presenting them with the question of "What's 9 + 10" as the question to decide whether or not he would join the server. After they got the answer wrong by saying 19, George showed Tubbo that he didn't have the power to whitelist him, regardless of whether or not their answer was correct. After a few more hours, during Tommy's stream, Dream announced that Jack would be whitelisted after the Dream Team SMP vs. L'Manberg War. On August 2, 2020, Jack was officially whitelisted.[10] Jack logged on the following day, and Tubbo gifted him a mushroom named "The Manishroom" upon his arrival,[11] which still remains in his ender chest.
Jack was originally good friends with Tommy and Tubbo, the three calling themselves the "Triple T's." Jack was intended to be L'Manberg's ambassador following the events of the independence war. While an ambassador booth was built for him, it never saw use, and was torn down following the election.
L'Manberg civil conflict[]
- Main article: L'Manberg civil conflict
Initially a witness of the conflict, Jack supported Karl and Tubbo after seeing Fundy scam the two by dropping a netherite scrap instead of an ingot.[12] Jack filled Tommy in on the events and defended Tubbo, pointing out that Tommy started a fight club after Tommy scolded Tubbo for holding a duel with another L'Manbergian and saying that Tubbo was a man of justice for taking Fundy's netherite shovel.[13]
Election[]
- Main article: SWAG2020 vs POG2020 Election
Jack supported POG2020 during the SWAG2020 vs POG2020 Election because he was offered the role of ambassador.[14] After the election and the transformation of L'Manberg into an empire, Jack remained a part of the newly renamed Manberg along with the other original L'Manberg citizens, and presumably kept his role as ambassador despite Wilbur and Tommy being banished from the nation.
Manberg Rebellion[]
Inactivity and return[]
Following Ninja's visit on the server, he went inactive for about a month and a half, which he has described as his character "going into hibernation." in Manberg. When he returned, everyone had departed Manberg due to Schlatt being a dictator, with him left alone as the only true resident of the nation apart from Schlatt himself.[15] He decided to stay neutral in the Manberg vs Pogtopia War until the day it took place, as he both felt resentful towards L'Manberg for leaving him behind, as well as towards Schlatt for ruining L'Manberg.[16]
After he fully returned to the SMP on November 15, 2020, he developed Manifold Land intending to become independent and be the best leader he could be. He claimed the now destroyed Su Puta Madre as part of the region.[17] During the Manberg vs Pogtopia War, Wilbur killed Jack for no apparent reason other than enjoyment. Jack was confused, as he was fighting for Wilbur who'd suddenly killed him and taken a canon life.[18]
Retribution Arc[]
Making a friend and The Egg[]
- See also: The Egg
Jack Manifold was unnerved when he initially discovered the blood vines and The Egg on December 8, 2020, as he quickly left the room not wanting anything to do with it.[19]
Wanting to make friends on the server, Jack approached Ponk about becoming allies. In response, Ponk hatched a chicken (that Jack later named Timothy), asked Jack to protect it, and gifted Jack a pair of diamond boots. Ponk then informed Jack of Church Prime's cleansing effects, leading to Jack returning to the Egg with the intention of farming Primes. The captivating effects of the Egg nearly corrupted Jack, but he was able to resist long enough to escape the room and cleanse himself at Church Prime.[20]
Jack was vocally afraid of the Egg, especially after a red vine suddenly showed up in the hot bar of his inventory. Following a cleansing, Jack returned to the Egg for a third time with the vengeful goal of collecting vines to plant in Connor's home and spread the "bad juju." He was successful in his goal and still managed to resist the Egg's call.[21]
Following a cleansing in Church Prime, Jack's newborn chicken Timothy spontaneously died on the stairs of the Holy Land. Jack blamed the Egg for the death, building a grave along the Prime Path,[22] which would later be torn down by Tommy.
Exile Conflict and visiting Tommy[]
- See also: Tommy's exile and Exile Conflict
After Jack's house was burned down by Dream in the crossfire of the Exile Conflict, Jack attempted to ally Manifold Land with Tubbo, who refused and revealed to Jack that Dream destroyed his house because of Tommy. Jack vowed to get back at both Tommy and Dream, who he soon learned were the two main participants in the event. He began planning and executing a series of pranks on both, such as placing blocks of clay in Tommy's old summer house and attempting to pin it on Dream.[23]
Unbeknownst to him, Tommy had already been tried and sent to exile. When Jack learned this, he expressed sympathy for Tommy and made plans to visit him with gifts, although he didn't know what exile was, assuming it was more of a forced holiday. Jack was in the Nether heading to Tommy's exile base in order to give him these gifts and speak to him when he met Tommy, who was in the Nether as well. He tried to talk to Tommy and give the gift, but a startled and angry Tommy broke the blocks underneath him, causing him to fall down into the lava. Jack attempted to get back up, but Tommy shot him and ended up killing him, which caused Jack's second canonical death.[2] Jack was confused and angry at this sudden killing and didn't know how to react about being murdered by the person he was trying to comfort. Jack was also holding every single item of his when he died. Upon respawning, he attempted to confront Tommy about it, but was met with dismissal and accusations of "not caring" about Tommy, despite explaining that nobody had told him about exile. He proceeded to steal "Hot Girl" from Logstedshire as revenge, but Tommy was morose and unresponsive to the theft.[24]
This incident led Jack to change the motto of Manifold Land from "Be Better." a reference to wanting his country to be better then the ones he'd suffered under, to "Be Worse," and marked the beginning of his descent into self proclaimed villainy. He began the construction of a secret underground lair,[25] although this lair was never officially used.
Estate Conflict[]
- Main article: Estate Conflict
On December 15, 2020, Jack sided with Antfrost against Purpled and Ponk in a scam perpetuated by Purpled and Ponk. In an attempt to gain power, Purpled partnered with Ponk and attempted to claim ownership to the gingerbread house that Jack and Ant built. After Purpled and Ponk demanded that Ant pay for the house, Ant contacted Jack Manifold for support, and the two worked to develop a defense. Realizing that Ponk's Thiccatron was technically unclaimed under Purpled and Ponk's terms (where a sign signified the owner of the land), Ant and Jack worked together in an attempt to get to the tree first to claim it as theirs to use as a countering move.[26]
After many attempts to stall each other, Ant and Purpled arrived at the Thiccatron and placed signs at the same time, putting them in a stalemate. The four agreed to duel, which ended in a draw. Hoping to resolve the situation in his favor, Purpled offered to make a deal where everyone would get their land back if Jack and Ant paid him nine iron blocks. Jack and Ant agreed, but failed to get enough blocks in time. Purpled then took Jack's items and Ant's sword and trident, escalating the situation. To distract the two, Purpled lit the Thiccatron in fire not knowing it was Ponk's. Jack joined the three in extinguishing the fire, and after the fire was put out, Purpled and Ponk left, leaving Jack and Ant without their stolen items.[27]
Jack and Ant were left to converse, and the two decided to grind XP at Sam's spider XP farm, While grinding, Jack shared his plans to get revenge on members of the SMP with Ant. Ant agreed to ally Jack, and in return, Jack granted Ant citizenship in Manifold Land to gain the support of the Badlands.[28]
Doomsday War[]
- Main article: Doomsday War
During the Doomsday War, Jack was on L'Manberg's side, not necessarily because he still felt patriotic towards the nation itself, but because of the people whose side he was fighting for, and he felt like he couldn't sit by and do nothing. For example, Tubbo, the current leader of L'Manberg, was one of the few people who had never wronged Jack, and he wanted to fight for these people.[29]
During the withers' attack, Ze Haus was briefly targeted when Jack took shelter there. He spent the rest of the battle fighting the withers, and was vocally surprised and hurt that Phil had aided Techno in causing so much destruction. Whilst riled up about having lost everything for L'Manberg yet again, he challenged Techno and almost killed him before dying a third canon death.[5][2]
After the fighting had largely ceased, Jack went to sit on the bench next to Tommy's house with Tommy, Tubbo, Quackity and Ghostbur, and they reminisced about what they had lost.[30] In this moment, Jack felt sympathy for Tommy, because all of them were in agreement that they were sad to see L'Manberg gone and mourning it together.[31]
Whatever karmic forces that denote canon lives delayed their judgment until roughly an hour after Jack's death to Technoblade during the fighting. Whilst walking and planning his next move, Jack fell through the Prime Path and seemed to keep falling infinitely. He described this void-like space as hell, considering it some kind of punishment for his actions, and it shared several connections to Ghostbur's description of the afterlife and Tommy's limbo. Jack logged out and back in, which has been described in-universe as climbing out of hell, and when he returned, the glitch was gone. Jack then said he had returned to three canon lives.[6][7] While in the Afterlife, he realized that Tommy and Dream were the central reasons for the conflict on the server, which in turn was the reason why he kept losing everything. The short moment of sympathy he felt for Tommy on the bench was over, and he instead decided to return to life out of spite so he could enact revenge on Tommy and Dream.[31][32] Jack has stated out of character that his character's resurrection functioned similarly to the determination function in Undertale, with his soul too full of emotion and determination to die.[33]
Niki, who had burned down L'Mantree in a fit of rage, showed Jack the ruins and helped him realize that he was being ignored and mistreated by the New L'Manbergians. He laid out that he hated Dream, Technoblade, and Tommy, that he didn't believe Niki was entirely wrong in her beliefs, and that he was otherwise conflicted about who to trust. The two of them plotted, and Jack reflected angrily on Tommy's consistent mistreatment of him such as taking his second canon life for no reason. They both decided to make everyone who wronged them realize that there was more to the world than themselves and that sometimes moving on was not the best tactic.[34]
Broad daylight[]
Jack Manifold’s Snowchester house
On his second day of coming back to life, he spent the majority of his time grinding for netherite. Due to his loss of almost everything he owned spent on aiding the now-destroyed L'Manberg, he had to care for himself. As he was fixing up Manifold Land, he was welcomed with company from Tubbo, who began coaxing him to live in Snowchester alongside Tubbo. Hesitant, Jack refused, saying that he had better things to do, such as fixing his land. Though he was insistent on preserving Manifold Land, Tubbo had told him to give up his land, for it had decreased in land value and wasn't even considered Manifold Land, since it was no use trying to restore it from the ashes of the explosions. Pressured to decide, Jack decided that accepting the deal would benefit him and Niki to progress closer to Tommy. They had planned to rid of Tommy beforehand, and this deal would only help. He accepted the deal (but secretly preserved Manifold Land) and moved to Snowchester to build his Snowchester house with Tubbo.[35]
After learning from Tubbo that he and Tommy were planning on taking down Dream, Jack decided to pretend to be on good terms with Tommy until he could get rid of Dream before then betraying Tommy. Jack didn't want to kill Tommy outright, as this would have caused Tubbo to hate him for killing his best friend, and Jack, who considered Tubbo his best friend, wanted to avoid this. He believed that killing Tommy would ultimately be in Tubbo's best interests, as he believed that Tommy had manipulated Tubbo into being his sidekick for the Disc Wars, and Tubbo didn't actually care for the discs himself.[36]
Planning with Niki[]
Jack and Niki, agreeing that Tommy needed to be taught a lesson for being the cause of many issues on the server, decided to take care of him once and for all. Jack wanted to get back for Tommy being the cause of one of his previous canon lives and the perceived cause of all Jack's misery and struggles on the server.
In Niki's secret city, Jack told Niki about Project Dreamcatcher, Tubbo's plan to use nukes against Dream. Jack didn't tell her absolutely everything, only what he thought she needed to know, but unbeknownst to him, she worked the details out. He and Tubbo were the only one with keycards that would blow the nukes up, as Tubbo trusted him. By the end of the conversation, the two had developed a plan. Niki would earn Tommy's trust, and Jack would be continuing to get into Tubbo's good graces. On the day of the nuke testing, which was January 26, Niki would bring Tommy to the testing area, "accidentally" getting him killed by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.[37]
Empowerment Arc[]
Attempted assassination[]
On January 26, the plan started slowly, with Jack being forced to stall as Niki couldn't find Tommy. Niki found him, and Jack told Niki that Tommy was at the Big Innit Hotel and that he had paid Sam Nook to give Tommy instructions to find spruce wood. Both were positive that the plan would go well, and Niki rushed to the hotel. However, the plan ultimately failed. Tommy kept on walking off and rambled on about things, so they ended up being late to the nuke test despite many attempts by Jack to delay it. The nuke detonated thirty seconds before Tommy arrived at the site, so he did not die. Jack initially blamed Niki, but soon calmed down and stated they needed to come up with another plan.[38]
The two were forced to bitterly celebrate in Snowchester. During the party, Tommy experienced radiation poisoning and became weak. However, Jack decided not to strike and kill Tommy in front of Tubbo. After the party, Jack linked up with Niki again to discuss their future. Jack felt discouraged by the failure, but became convinced by Niki to continue. In the end, the two decided that they needed to take some time to reflect on the failure before developing a new plan.[39]
After the meeting with Niki, Jack traveled to the Big Innit Hotel to build trust with Tommy. Tommy began mocking Jack, and the two of them started to fight. Jack quickly gained the upper hand, almost killing Tommy, but Sam Nook intervened and killed Jack. Tubbo and Tommy then proceeded to steal all of Jack's items including his trident. Tommy made fun of him, as he was unable to get his items back.[40]
Big Innit Hotel[]
After having all of his stuff stolen by Tommy and Tubbo, Jack hated Tommy even more. Taking the opportunity, he got a job at Tommy's hotel where he could gain his trust. Although having a good start, Jack grew slowly more frustrated with Tommy who took it upon himself to annoy Jack as much as possible, belittling him, demeaning him, and forcing him to sign contracts essentially providing free labor. Jack grew very angry at him yet managed to keep his cool. Though, attempts to stay calm made him suspicious causing Tommy to start to have doubts about him. Despite this, Tommy still trusted Jack enough to make him an employee at his hotel and revealed to him the true purpose of the hotel, which was to scam people out of their money.[41] Jack later claimed the hotel as his because of Tommy's imprisonment. He renamed it "The Big Jack Manifold Hotel" because he had had everything taken from him and felt he deserved to have something for himself, and taking it from Tommy would be especially meaningful to him.[42] He also made several rules in an attempt to become richer while doing so, such as charging people with diamonds if they visited, with minor success. He did managed to rent out almost every room, with Tubbo owning a large majority and Foolish owning the penthouse.
Main character day and trying to overthrow Eret[]
During a day where few people were online, Jack briefly dubbed himself the "main character" of the SMP and proceeded to do what he thought were "main character" things. Jack first took over Eret's castle and searched for gold, but instead went mining for gold in the nether after an unsuccessful search. Jack then added a picture of himself wearing a crown on Eret's throne, crafted a gold helmet, and added a resource pack that made it appear as a crown.[43] HBomb then met up with him at the castle and accidentally touched some of the blood vines at Eret's castle, causing Jack to bring him to Church Prime for cleansing. Jack explained that he wanted to investigate the Egg, and the two then went to the Egg room. There, Jack investigated the egg with HBomb and left signs on the Egg disparaging it.[44]
After visiting the Egg, Jack traveled to Foolish's summer house, became impressed by Foolish's building skills, and secretly renamed it "Jack Manifold's summer house."[45] Jack later met up with Ranboo near Tommy's hotel, and Ranboo played around with his silk touch ability in front of Jack. Jack tried to prove that he had the same powers, but failed. Ranboo then started attacking Jack trying to break his crown. Jack tried to convince Tubbo (who was in VC) to return his trident, and Tubbo stated that he'd only return it if Jack won in a duel against Ranboo, which Ranboo won quickly. Jack then returned to retrieve his items from Ranboo and tried to persuade Ranboo to give their netherite hoe to use to remove blood vines. However, Ranboo refused.[46]
Team Rocket[]
Throughout this time, Jack was still infiltrating Snowchester to kill Tommy. However, he slowly shunned Niki - the person who got him into this in the first place - and began to befriend Tubbo despite his agenda. Whilst his partner in crime's mental health got worst, Jack's increased as he began to slowly gain Tubbo and Tommy's trust. The name "Team Rocket" was adopted by Niki for the duo, but it seemed unlikely that they were even a duo anymore. Jack stopped sharing plans with Niki and no longer referring to the two of them within plans and saying that it was his own ideals - seemingly forgetting her input entirely. This effected Niki heavily, whilst Jack began growing very close with Tommy and their rivalry began bordering friendly fighting from rivals.
Grieving for Tommy[]
After Tommy died, Jack realized that he had somewhat liked being around Tommy, as he had been alone for so long. Jack realized that the majority of his time was spent thinking about Tommy and how to get back at him. With Tommy gone, he had no purpose. Jack then had a debate on if it was actually worth it to try and kill Tommy. He eventually came to the conclusion that Tommy dying was something that would benefit the server in the long run, even if he was sad at Tommy's death. However, Jack started doubting his conclusion, talking to himself and wondering if he should feel pride. He walked around L'Manberg and realized that he was lonely and hurting, and that killing Tommy wasn't what he wanted.[47]
Wanting to move on, Jack burnt down Manifold Land with him inside. When he returned, all of it had been destroyed apart from one block, which had an insulting sign that Tommy had left for Jack in the early days of L'Manberg. Jack then realized that Tommy was the closest person he had to a friend and wished that he could go back to the early days of L'Manberg, before he had been abandoned and killed, back when he had had friends that treated him well. Jack put on his original L'Manberg uniform, reflecting on the irony of losing everything for the country, and was comforted by Awesamdude and Foolish.[48]
Later, Jack bumped into Quackity, who was in high spirits, unaware that Tommy was dead. Quackity spoke about how Jack should ask Tommy to sign a contract so Jack can have the hotel and asked for a tour. Jack explained to Quackity that Tommy wasn't in prison anymore, but Quackity misunderstood him. After a long talk, Jack finally got Quackity to listen and told him that Dream had killed Tommy. Quackity encouraged him to keep working on the hotel before leaving.[49]
Following the conversation with Quackity, Jack ran into Antfrost and shared the news. As he was under The Egg's influence, Antfrost tried to hide the excitement and asked Jack if he had any attachment to Tommy. Jack responded that he did, and Ant gave him condolences. Ant also invited Jack to a party before leaving, claiming that it was a "celebration of life." Afterwards, Jack shared that he thought Ant's reaction was suspicious. However, he added it would've been weird to question Ant further.[50]
Discovering Tommy's revival[]
After Tommy's death, Jack decided he needed to go mining and move far away from any land touched by other members. He met with Niki, and she showed him her underground city. Jack started to think that he should not abandon his friends and went back to Snowchester. He stated that Ranboo and Tubbo were "cool," and said that the only thing he wanted was friends.[51]
However, when Tommy came back to the hotel, Jack got extremely mad about him being alive. He stated that Tommy shouldn't be back and wanted to kill Tommy once again after Tommy demanded to get the hotel back and commented that Jack's pay should be decreased to nothing. Tommy said that Jack should listen to him because he came back from the afterlife, and Jack argued back saying that he'd been to the afterlife as well and that nobody mourned him or even noticed. He and Tommy then fought, and Jack attempted to voice his feelings of mistreatment and betrayal to Tommy, even admitting that he tried to kill him. However, Tommy didn't acknowledge him at all, instead talking over him and insulting him. This left Jack even more enraged and reignited his desire to kill Tommy.[52]
Later, Jack visited Niki, who explained that she no longer wanted to kill Tommy, and had made new alliances, although she didn't tell them what they are. They had a brief argument, where he questioned the effectiveness of anarchy and threatened to steal her things and slaughter her animals to prove laws were needed for order. She asked him to leave, but as he did he apologized to her, saying that he had gotten angry and she could have her own beliefs. Niki said she forgave him and that he would always be welcome in her city.[53]
While wandering around the Tommy's Holiday Home expressing his feelings on Tommy's return, Jack ran into Quackity. Quackity escorted Jack away to the hotel, telling Jack that he had something hidden in the area while attempting to hide the news that Tommy was revived. Jack eventually stated the fact that Tommy was alive, and Quackity questioned Jack about his business plans for the hotel while asking about Tommy's whereabouts. Quackity told Jack that it appeared to him that Jack little power over the hotel now that Tommy returned, and Jack attempted to prove his power by showing the sign which still said "Big Jack Manifold Hotel." Jack also said that Tommy allowed him to temporarily keep ownership of the hotel, satisfying Quackity. Quackity then shared his expansion plans with Jack before leaving.[54]
New plan[]
On March 21, 2021, after learning that Pandora's Vault was in search of a new prison guard, Jack decided to make it his new mission to get hired at the prison. He knew that Tommy was going to return to the prison, so he decided that getting a job as a guard would make it easier to kill him. After several mishaps on his way to Antfrost's base, including him dying several times in a water tunnel due to server lag, Jack talked to Antfrost and discovered that the new prison guard would most likely be British, as they needed somebody in an earlier time zone than the current guards, who were all American. Jack made a plan to help Sam find his stolen cameras in order to get on Sam's good side and wrote a new manifesto in which he outlined all of his current goals and plans - killing Tommy, getting revenge on Dream, and improving the former Big Innit Hotel.[55]
On March 25, 2021, Jack went to Sam and followed him to his base. Jack kept on trying to convince Sam that the prison needed a new guard and changed into a detective outfit. Jack said he would find who stole Sam's cameras, but in return, he would have to get a favor from Sam (unknowing to Sam, it was to be a prison guard). Jack began gathering evidence and took some of the items from Sam's base. He came up with three suspects: CaptainPuffy, Ranboo, and Hannahxxrose. Jack went to Puffy and labeled her "suspect number one," as he knew some of the evidence pointed to her. He continually argued with Puffy, but Puffy didn't budge. She didn't give him a clear answer, instead speaking in somewhat of a riddle-type tone.[56]
On March 26, 2021, Jack and Tubbo found one of the two nukes for Snowchester missing. Jack, attempting to calm Tubbo, changed into his detective outfit once again. He said that he would find where the nuke was and started theorizing that Ranboo stole it. However, Tubbo vehemently denied that Ranboo could have any connection to the theft.[57]
After learning he had missed Tommy's visit to the prison, Jack presumably abandoned his detective job.
Wilbur's apology[]
Following the revival and return of Wilbur, Jack was approached by him while at the "Big Jack Manifold Hotel." Wilbur apologized for abandoning him, forgetting about him, and not allowing Manifold Land its independence (despite the fact that Manifold Land was declared on November 15, when Wilbur wasn't president of L'Manberg).[58] Jack was floored by the idea that someone had apologized to him unprompted, and was excited at the thought of having a genuine friend. He returned to working on his pub, which he planned to invite Wilbur to upon its completion.[59]
New Manifold Land[]
- Main article: New Manifold Land
While celebrating his one-year anniversary on the Dream SMP, Jack shared that he had been alone for eighty days and saw no customers in the hotel and pub. Alone, Jack decided to walk around and look at the changes on the server. After finding that part of the hotel was blown up, Jack became upset and shared his feelings, stating that no one had cared to show up to his anniversary and that they only took advantage of him for their own gain. While reflecting on everyone's attitude towards him, Jack decided that he had enough and planned to move away from the Dream SMP to a new place, New Manifold Land. Jack declared that he would he the only member of New Manifold Land and stated that he will not cater to any outsiders. He then began searching for a new place to develop.[60]
On August 19, 2021, Jack broke ground on the new country in a faraway desert. Jack started by building a van (dubbed "The Vanifold") to sell drugs, paralleling L'Manberg's origins and Breaking Bad.[61]
Legacy Arc[]
Aftermath of Prison Break[]
After Dream escaped prison, Jack Manifold visited Niki in her city to question her about what she had done that day. She initially gave vague answers, but soon broke down, saying that she had to help Ranboo and that she wished that it had never gotten to the withers. The two argued, with Jack saying she shouldn't have let Dream out for Ranboo, and her saying she couldn't let Ranboo stay in there. Jack asked why Niki would help Techno with his favor, and Niki argued he was his friend leading to this confrontation.[62]
After they stopped arguing, Jack told Niki about where he'd been and said that he felt that the world was against him and that Niki was the only one who seemed to agree with him. They soon argued again, but this time over the value of their friendship. Niki admitted to Jack that she never tried to look for him, but also mentioned that she was busy and that he wasn't the center of attention. Niki stated that she wasn't going to help him since she felt like she tried her best to do what she thought was right, which was to get Ranboo out of prison. As the two continued, emotions ran high until Niki gave in and said she only wanted to give people happy lives and second chances, and that she wanted Jack to help her in her underground city of peace. Niki added that she wouldn't have to be involved with Technoblade anymore and that he didn't have to run away. The two made up and apologized, accepting their own flaws.[63]
Finishing his conversation with Niki, Jack returned to New Manifold Land to grab a book to write the coordinates to New Manifold Land for Niki and began reflecting on their past together, wondering if he could have treated Niki better. Jack reasoned that The Syndicate would most likely try to help her, but also added that they were only enticing to her because of how lonely she'd been. On his way back to Niki's city, Jack shared that he felt lost and alone, not knowing if he should help Tommy and if he should trust Niki. Arriving back at Niki's underground city, Jack her the book of coordinates to New Manifold Land so they could keep in touch.[64]
Blowing up the Big Innit Hotel[]
On July 11, 2022, Jack Manifold decided to blow up parts of the Big Innit Hotel to send a message to Tommy. Jack decided to frame it on Hannah, as it was the person who was on at the time that Tommy would suspect the most. After Tommy found the damage, Tommy and Tubbo became detectives and investigated the situation. Eventually, Jack joined the two in his detective outfit and gained their trust, allowing him to point at the fake signs he left that said that Hannah did the crime.[65]
The three tracked down Hannah and interrogated her. Although she protested, Jack managed to convince the others that she was guilty. Jack was tasked with escorting her to their jail. On the way there, she revealed that she knew it was him and eventually tricked him into confessing to her. After Jack escorted her to the cell, the detectives continued questioning Hannah. Tommy and Tubbo began suspecting Jack, and Hannah also told the two that Jack admitted to the crime in their private conversation. After Jack admitted to doing the crime to the two detectives, Jack was placed into the cell alongside Hannah. While the detectives were distracted, Hannah and Jack broke out with a wooden pickaxe and TNT. The two managed to escape safely together, and Hannah questioned Jack about his intentions for framing her. Jack revealed his past with Tommy and all of his motives, and Hannah expressed some empathy while expressing anger and fear at him for framing her. In the end, the two agreed to keep in contact.[66]
Briefly after conversation with Hannah, Jack returned to putting the blame on Tommy. Jack decided to return to getting revenge on Tommy and began preparing. He repurposed his original house's basement as his new lair and moved a pet there.[67]
Nuclear Decisions[]
- Main article: Project Early Dawn
On November 11, 2023, Jack received an alert on his nuke status indicator (NSI) while sleeping in his and Michael Clifford's house near Kinoko Kingdom, alerting him to Tubbo's activation of Snowchester's nuclear ICBMs. Jack immediately made his way to Snowchester to investigate, also expressing anger at Tommy on the way there. After some looking around, Jack found that the nuclear platform had been expanded into a large underwater silo and walked towards it to investigate. Looking down the silo, Jack expressed awe and shock at the giant ICBM. He made his way down into the control room and pondered on Tubbo's reasoning for developing and activating it, ruling out Dream as a target since he had been gone for a while. With Dream ruled out, Jack started considering Tommy, stating that Tommy returned recently and caused more conflicts. He then concluded that Tubbo activated it to kill Tommy and therefore end conflict. With his assumption of Tubbo's motive, Jack began wondering why he was alerted to the nukes being activated. Jack came to the conclusion that Tubbo didn't want to kill Tommy himself and instead wanted Jack to intervene for him. Thinking that he had figured everything out and that Tommy was going away for good, Jack merrily reprogrammed the nuke to hit Tommy's house.[68]
On the day Tubbo planned to finally kill Dream, Tubbo found Jack at the silo control panel and questioned him for being there. Jack asked Tubbo to explain the large ICBM, and Tubbo revealed that he stole one of the nukes to develop the large ICBM. Despite Tubbo's explanation that he accidentally left the controls hooked up to Jack's NSI, Jack still assumed that Tubbo intentionally sent a call for help killing Tommy. As Tubbo emotionally told his and Tommy's plan and prepared to launch the ICBM, Jack attempted but failed to hide his excitement, irritating Tubbo. With Jack pressuring him, Tubbo launched the missile with Jack's reprogrammed destination. As Tubbo launched the ICBM, Jack heard Tubbo saying that Tommy was at the prison and began panicking, realizing that he had failed to kill Tommy again. Jack then revealed to Tubbo that he had reprogrammed the destination. In the midst of the panic, Jack also revealed his feelings about Tommy to Tubbo. As Tubbo realized that they had to help Tommy escape and gave his perspective on Dream's role in starting conflicts, Jack realized that he was wrong for wanting to kill Tommy and joined Tubbo in rushing to the prison to help Tommy. The two ultimately failed reaching Tommy due to damages to the prison and lack of access to mechanisms, dying to the nuke along with Dream, Punz, and Tommy.[69]
Items[]
| Items | |
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| Name | Notes |
 Manishroom
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A named mushroom given to Jack by Tubbo and Tommy upon his arrival on the server. Tubbo claimed they had invited him to the server "just to give it to him."[70] A sign of their friendship, it survived both L'Manberg explosions and is kept safely in Jack's ender chest. |
 Manifork
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Mending, Riptide III, Unbreaking III
Jack's trident. Stolen by Tubbo shortly after Jack become a Snowchester resident, and later shortly given to Tommy before coming back into Tubbo's possession. It is currently assumed to have been accidentally blown up by Tommy on May 7, 2021. |
Pets[]
| Pets | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Status | Residence | Notes |
 Godzilla
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Deceased | Jack Manifold's Snowchester house | Died to fall damage on the Prime Path stairs while Jack attempted to transport Godzilla to his new base.[71] |
 Timothy
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Deceased | Jack adopted Timothy as his son on December 8, 2020 after Ponk hatched it from an egg and requested that Jack protect it.[72] However, Timothy died the same day due to suffocation while Jack attempted to walk it up the wooden stairs connecting Church Prime to the Prime Path after giving it a cleansing in holy water. Jack built Timothy a grave along the Prime Path,[22] which was later removed by Tommy. | |
 MILFMAN
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Alive | Jack Manifold's house | Taken by Jack from the Dreamon Hunter Camp after Godzilla's death.[73] |
Jessbee |
Unknown | The Vanifold | Jessbee was Jack Manifold's partner in New Manifold Land.[74] Jessbee was found missing after Jack returned to New Manifold Land after confronting Niki about the prison break.[75] |
Relationships[]
| Relationships with members | |
|---|---|
| Name | Notes |
 Positive |
Jack and Ant built the gingerbread house together, which later became the subject of a land dispute in the Estate Conflict.[76] Jack helped Antfrost during the Estate Conflict and gave Ant dual citizenship with Manifold Land afterward.[77] Ant later advised Jack on how to become a prison guard.[78] Jack currently does not know of Ant's connections to the Eggpire. |
 Negative |
Puffy continuously disagreed with Jack trying to take over the Big Innit Hotel. She removed some of his signs that claimed ownership and added ones for Tommy. |
 Opposed
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Jack has hated the Egg since he discovered it, wanting nothing to do with it.[19] After he was informed of Church Prime's cleansing effect, he returned to the Egg, nearly getting corrupted. However, he was able to resist long enough to escape the room and cleanse himself at Church Prime.[20]
|
 Sworn enemy |
Jack disliked Dream even before the Doomsday War, for all the times he had caused conflict on the server. After he canonically died for the third time and was sent to "hell," he realized that Dream and Tommy were the main reasons he had lost everything and built up enough anger and hate to bring himself back purely out of emotion. He has stated that his only purpose in life after revival is to kill Dream and Tommy.[79] |
| Positive |
Jack and Foolish interacted whilst getting materials several times. They usually have a good time doing so, leaving their relations to be positive. Jack built him a custom, godly TV for when Foolish uses his room at the hotel that plays the movie Jaws and only the movie Jaws.[80] |
 Neutral |
The two did not interact much, but when they did, they did not show much emotion towards each other. |
| Neutral |
After blowing up the Big Innit Hotel, Jack decided to frame Hannah since she was the most convincing suspect on. However, Hannah saw through Jack's lies and knew that Jack had framed her. She eventually got Jack to confess to his crime to Tommy and Tubbo, and Jack was put in the cell with Hannah. The two managed to break out and escape together, and Hannah questioned him about his motives. Jack told Hannah about his past with Tommy, and Hannah expressed empathy for him. In the end, the two agreed to stay in contact.[81] |
 Neutral/positive |
Jack and Niki have always been respectful to each other. Following the events of Doomsday, Niki and Jack formed a tentative alliance with the goal of killing Tommy, who they both saw as a bully and threat to the server. The two have worked together for a while, and generally get along okay. Although at first they didn't trust each other, eventually they came to consider each other friends. Even after parting ways ideologically following Tommy's revival, with Jack still seeking revenge and Niki embracing healing and forgiveness, they still maintain a fairly positive relationship. |
| Neutral |
Following his return to the server, Jack asked Ponk if they could become friends. In response, Ponk hatched a chicken (later named Timothy) that he asked Jack to protect and offered a pair of enchanted diamond boots as a gesture of goodwill while stating that he would consider them as business partners. Ponk also warned Jack about the blood vines and informed Jack that the water in Church Prime cleansed the effects, leading to Jack to visit The Egg briefly and running to Church Prime to farm Primes.[20]
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| Neutral |
During the Manberg vs Pogtopia War, Purpled and Jack made an alliance to help each other when needed on the server since they were both old members that were neutral.[82] It is likely their relationship soured a bit after the Estate Conflict, as they were on opposite sides of the conflict.[77] |
| Neutral/positive |
Ranboo and Jack have decently interacted, and most of their interactions have been good. Ranboo was one of the only people to recognize how often he loses his belongings and express sympathy for him. |
| Negative |
Jack often upsets Sam Nook because of his attempts to take over the hotel and change it without Tommy's permission. Sam Nook threatens to kill him if he is a threat to Tommy or Tubbo in any way. |
| Negative |
Jack considers Techno an enemy, he tries to scrap with Techno quite a bit. He is seen targeting Techno in the Doomsday War. Techno took Jack's last canon life during the said war, resulting in his death and eventual revival from hell. |
| Sworn enemy |
In the early days after the Dream Team SMP vs. L'Manberg War, when Jack first joined the server, he and Tommy had a positive relationship, and were close friends. There were several skirmishes between them, which often ended in Jack losing his things, but ultimately. Jack decided to forgive Tommy for what he had done, and still considered him a friend, which was why he went to visit Tommy while he was in exile.[83] However, after being needlessly and brutally killed by Tommy in this attempt and losing all his belongings yet again, Jack ended up harboring hatred in Tommy and even desired to kill him, because, after this death, Jack realized that Tommy was one of the main reasons why he kept losing everything, and was hurt by this as he had considered Tommy a friend.[79]
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| Positive |
Tubbo and Jack are close friends, and Tubbo had mentioned that they talk quite a bit. Tubbo's even mentioned how they're like the Dream Team with Jack being the Sapnap of the trio.
Jack considers Tubbo a friend and wants to protect him, as Tubbo is one of the only people who has consistently been nice to him and never wronged him.[29][85] In return, Tubbo trusted Jack as part of Project Dream Catcher and one of the first people to move into Snowchester with him. |
| Neutral/positive |
Jack supported POG2020 during the SWAG2020 vs POG2020 Election, and though they had had a lack of conversation, they seemed to be on good terms. However, this soured somewhat when Wilbur killed Jack during the Manberg vs Pogtopia War, as Wilbur seemed to have forgotten who Jack was. Jack was hurt by this as well as the actual death.[58] After Wilbur was revived, he visited Jack Manifold and apologized to him for everything. Jack was heavily impacted by this, as he felt as if nobody cared for him. Jack was happy Wilbur returned after this, and Wilbur told Tommy that Jack was one of the three people he cared about.[58][59] |
Quotes[]
- "Hey, Manifold Land is still good! Yeah" ~ Jack Manifold, after Wilbur blew up L'Manberg.
- "Manifold Land consists of me, Niki. It's me, by myself - trying to do, I don't know, something!"[86]
- "Why! I don't know why - maybe I just thought that maybe if I did something good, they would respect me finally." - Jack, responding to Niki after she asked why he fought against Technoblade for L'Manberg during Doomsday.[87]
- "I have time and time again. Time and time again had everyone I thought was my friend be the reason I lost every single thing I own."[88]
- "This was in the original L'Manberg, and it's the last thing left! None of them even care, 'Oh L'Manberg is gone.' They don't even see this."[89]
- "Maybe we should. Maybe we should make them see."[90]
- "I think it's our turn in the spotlight."[91]
- "You want to make nukes?! In Minecraft!?"[92]
- "Look, Tommy thinks Dream is the worst of the worst at the moment. If you tell him that Dream made you, they'll probably just believe you."[93]
- "Be worse."
- "To have to go through all of this planning again and all of this getting close to Tommy when I really don't like him again is just- is just tiring. It is just so tiring."
- "It's the Wiki's job!"
- "I do want to reiterate. When I joined the server, we were- alright, so to be fair, rest in peace. Bless his soul. But...good day for the server!" - Jack's initial reaction to Tommy's death.[94]
- "It's kind of- it's just kind of hit me though. I've tried for nearly two months to get Tommy. I sat down, I thought about it, I planned, and every time I made a plan to get Tommy, it was always foiled. It started out just trying to prank him, but as it went on, when he got exiled I went to visit him, and he threw me in a pit of lava, and I lost everything. Then he pissed off Dream and Dream burnt Manifold Land down, which was also then Tommy's fault. He's caused every war, everything I ever lost something to was because of him. And he's dead, which I guess should be what I want, but...I'm happy? I'm mostly happy. But it feels kind of...dull." - Jack, realizing that he was not satisfied at Tommy's death.[95]
- "It's the reason me and Niki are close. It's the reason I got to live with Tubbo." - Jack, realizing his hate for Tommy is the reason behind almost everything he does.[96]
- "I finally feel like I've got my win after so many times of losing, you know? So many times. And yet even still, my win wasn't even my win." - Jack, contemplating about Tommy's death.[97]
- "Be worse and all that. Show Tommy that we were worse than Schlatt."[98]
- "Right now, I look at this. I guess I should feel pride, but I do I fucking hate it. With every fiber of my being, I never want to see this again. Ever again." - Jack, before burning down his house.[99]
- "Tommy invited me to join him, and I betrayed him. So really, I supposed this is all getting full circle."[100]
- "Maybe I was always really just upset because I always felt he cared more about the discs then anyone. And I guess I just enjoyed when we were friends... And I've not really had any friends since then, really."[101]
- "It really hurts me to say it, but at the end of the day, Tommy was kind of all I had. Not in a sense that we were friends particularly, more of a personal kind of way, but more of a everything I did was because of him sort of way."[102]
- "That's the problem. All the time. You belittle me. You dismiss me. You drop me in a pool of lava. I'm the only person who tried to visit you in exile, and you forget me like I'm nothing. I launched nukes at you, and you didn't even care. No one's done that on the server - I built a nuclear program!" - Jack, in an argument with Tommy after his revival.[103]
- "I did care! Despite the fact I was trying to kill you for two months. Even when you died, I didn't feel happy. I grieved."[104]
- "Niki, he's been through a lot, but we've been through a lot, Niki, and what we haven't done is sacrifice nations and people."[105]
- "Look, I'm really happy for you that you've managed to find things to do, but the thing is I haven't, I haven't. I can't... I can't just to do things. I can't just go and do things while he's around! Running around and... EVERY time I try to do my own thing, alright... I got involved and entangled in his shit! Alright? I'm sick of it. The ONLY way to stop that, is to remove him from the picture. There's NO redeeming qualities left. I've tried, I've searched for them. He showed up today and he dismissed EVERYTHING I told him. I tried to open up. I told him about what he did to me, and he shrugged it off as if it was nothing." - Jack, talking to Niki after Tommy's revival.[106]
- "Dream didn’t bring back my friend with that book. He brought back a monster."[107]
- "Why is there a penis?"[108]
- "It's time to be worse, Jack Manifold. Be worse to make the world better."[109]
- "I disappeared, because I had enough of everyone doing things, doing things that didn't involve me, and somehow, I still felt the impact. So I went away, and it was fine that no-one came. No-one else came, and that was fine. You were the one person who agreed with me on things. You were the only person that was there when Tommy was- a problem." - Jack, opening up to Niki after the prison break.[110]
- "I wasn't there for her, I guess. The Syndicate were- I suppose when you're that lonely, it's enticing, regardless of what they stand for. I can't- I can't blame her. It doesn't mean I agree with what she did. She's wrong, and she put us all in fucking danger. As much I try and stay away, I just don't believe for a second that everyone won't be dragged into a battle as long as it happens." - Jack, reflecting about Niki and her actions in the Prison Break.[111]
- "He didn't apologize for this, he apologized to me! Like, actually to me. For the things that had happened to me.[112] […] But I don't know how I feel about everything he said. No one ever apologized to me before for, you know, leaving me behind in the L'Manberg stuff.[113] […] I feel like I've got an opportunity now to get my friend back. And that's kind of all I've ever wanted."[114] - Jack, about Wilbur after his revival.
Trivia[]
- On March 5, 2021, Jack did a stream explaining his character's full story and motivations.[115]
- Jack, when talking about his character on stream, said that he was more broken than angry.
- Jack also confirmed in the same stream that he has three canon lives and that he could die in the future.
- Jack lost his three canon lives to each of the founding members of Pogtopia (Wilbur, Tommy and Technoblade).
- Jack said that he picked his origin (blaze) on the SMP with the Origins mod as a reference to his character "burning" (not literally, mentally) inside.
- Jack has said that he enjoys the theory that his character is a robot, and said he may write something related to it in the future.
- Jack has stated that he envisions his character similarly to Dr. Doofenschmirtz from the TV show Phineas and Ferb, who, similarly to Jack's SMP character, always thinks of grand plans that end up being foiled by dumb luck.[116]
- Jack stated in canon that the headset he wears is both strange and important to him, occasionally spitting out messages and bits of information he wouldn't otherwise have known. This was prompted by multiple incidents of Text to Speech donations metagaming or spoiling lore while he was in character.[1]
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