History Characters / PussInBootsJackHorner

* GeniusDitz: Downplayed. Jack is StupidEvil to the bone and prefers to use brute force in fights, but he's also a successful businessman. Even if he inherited it, it would still take a lot of work to keep a large pie factory running and successful, and Jack personally makes sure the pies it produces are top-quality.

** He rules his Baker's Dozen mostly through fear rather than respect, and when most of them end up meeting their doom in the Dark Forest, he's not the least bit bothered by it, even chuckling that "I'm not really stressing about the manpower". ''Eight'' of them die just because he uses them as a human bridge to cross a chasm, then tries to have ''his carriage'' driven over them as well.

* UncannyValley: Jack's character design and voice deliberately push him into mildly freakish territory to align with his evil nature as a spoiled brat who never mentally grew up. Jack has bizarre proportions and grotesque features next to perfect tailoring, and stark visual hallmarks of both childishness and maturity. He also has a youthful voice matching his chubby face and childish haircut, but contrasting his adult nose and teeth and huge frame. The effect of all of these is to create a hulking man-baby clad in the hallmarks of wealth, and it's rather unsettling.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: He has pink skin that almost doesn't look natural, big purple thumbs, and bizarre proportions, with the upper half of his body being considerably larger than the lower half. He's also much bigger than the other humans seen throughout the series, which may imply that he's actually [[OurGiantsAreBigger some sort of giant]].

** He can also be compared to Lord Farquaad from the original ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1''. Both are power-hungry men of high stature and rich means who have a distinct hatred of fairy tale characters (talking animals, specifically) and also gather magical artifcats (Farquaad keeps the Magic Mirror while Jack has a entire trophy room of stolen magical items). They're even opposites when it comes to their figures; whereas Farquaad is TheNapoleon with a manly face and a small body, Jack is a TopHeavyGuy with a plump yet [[TinyHeadedBehemoth rather small (at least on his body)]] and youthful face.

** Puss is an outlaw AntiHero who, despite his pride and selfishness towards his allies, nobly fights for the people and is resourceful enough to outwit his foes. Meanwhile, Goldi is a wanted criminal who, while having a notorious criminal record, confronts her victims reasonably as long as they don't try to defy her, and cares for the Three Bears as her adoptive family (even if she [[spoiler:plans to separate herself from them because she thought she was the outcast among them]]). Both Puss and Goldi also [[spoiler:give up on their respective wishes for using the Wishing Star upon learning the big picture by the time of the climax]].

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Big Jack Horner has pink skin that almost doesn’t look natural, big purple thumbs, and bizarre proportions, with the upper half of his body being much larger than the lower half. He’s also a lot bigger than the other humans in the film, which may hint that he’s actually [[OurGiantsAreBigger some sort of giant]].

* FlatCharacter: Jack Horner's entire character can be summed up as {{Jerkass}} CardCarryingVillain. He has no HiddenDepths, no FreudianExcuse, he's not even a WellDoneSonGuy. He's just evil [[ForTheEvulz for the sake of it]], but his [[LaughablyEvil one-dimensional villainy is often]] PlayedForLaughs [[TropesAreTools and makes him one of the most entertaining characters in the film]].

* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Save for a few brief shots, Jack isn't shown in any of the film's main trailers, and is also not present on any of the posters, despite his prominence in the film.

** A fat, gross, strange collector of items that wants a magical item to be powerful and is based on a nursery rhyme character? Sounds very similar to Jack and Jill, the main villains of the first ''Puss in Boots'' film, right down to sharing a name with one of them.
** He can be compared to Lord Farquaad from the original ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'', being a power-hungry men of high stature and rich means who has a distinct hatred of fairy tale characters (talking animals specifically) and also gathers magical artifcats[[labelnote:*]]With Farquaad keeping the Magic Mirror while Jack has a entire trophy room of stolen magical items[[/labelnote]]. They are even opposites when it comes to their figures, while Farquaad is TheNapoleon with a manly face yet a small body, Jack is a TopHeavyGuy with a plump yet [[TinyHeadedBehemoth rather small (at least on his body)]] and youthful face.

* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Save for a few brief shots, Jack isn't shown in any of the film's main trailers, and is also not present on any of the posters.

* HateSink: PlayedForLaughs. Jack is the only one of the film's villains with absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever, being a cruel, greedy and loathsome crime boss who seeks the Wishing Star purely to increase his own magic abilities. Every single one of these traits is played up so much and Jack is so cheerfully self-aware about it that he ends up becoming hilarious.

* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: He has the facial features of a cute baby but with the mind of a cruel and heartless monster.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: After he finishes talking about his SurprisinglyNormalBackstory, [[WhenHeSmiles he appears to be smiling in a genuine manner]], as he prepares to admit the wish he desires that will bring him true happiness. The Ethical Bug starts to feel enlightened that Jack is finally going to reveal his good side, only to be harshly subverted by the fact that the latter's desire to feel true happiness is to harvest all the magic in the world and leave its inhabitants with none of it. The reveal of Jack's true goals only shocks the [[DisappointedByTheMotive Ethical Bug by how selfish Jack truly is.]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnMulaney [[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]]Nicholas Savard L'Herbier (Canadian French), Guillaume Bourboulon (EU French), Eduardo Bosch (EU Spanish), Creator/OmarPerezReyes (Latin American Spanish; credited as "Faisy"), Creator/AndersOjebo (Swedish), Oliver Kalkofe (German), Sanho (Japanese), Chen Zhe (PRC Mandarin), Gary Lee (HK Cantonese), Meng Qingfu (TW Mandarin), Giorgi Vardiashvili (Russian)[[/labelnote]]

* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: The initial battle at the Wishing Star has Jack use a wizard staff to fight his enemies. He says "bang"to every magical blast fired from the staff, until he accidentally shoots his last baker, [[NeverMyFault which he refuses to accept is his fault.]]

** He can be compared to Lord Farquaad from the original ''Shrek'', being a power-hungry man of rich means who gathers magical artifacts and has a distinct hatred of fairy tale characters - talking animals specifically.

* TopHeavyGuy: He's got a very plump face, massive shoulders and arms, a very large belly...and legs that look about as thick as actual peg legs.

* TrueFinalBoss: Initially just one part of the BigBadEnsemble with Goldilocks and the Wolf, Jack remains antagonistic till the end even after [[spoiler: Goldilocks' HeelFaceTurn and the Wolf sparing Puss]], and thus becomes the overall FinalBoss. He's also the one whose goals would have the biggest repercussions.

* BecomeARealBoy: Lampshaded. Seeing a large audience praise Pinocchio, Little Jack Horner throws a temper tantrum, angrily questioning why the audience finds Pinocchio to be impressive when he had always been a real boy.
--> '''Little Jack Horner:''' ''What's impressive?! I've been a boy the whole time!''

* CompositeCharacter: In addition to the nursery rhyme, Jack takes a number of traits from ''The Friar And The Boy'', the fairytale that it was likely based on. Like the Jack in that story, he seeks payback on those who wronged him (though in movie Jack's case, the wrongs are imagined), wishes factor in, and Jack has magical items at his disposal.

* BagOfHolding: He carries one around to hold his entire collection before setting off to the Dark Forest, and it enables him to be a have quite the HyperspaceArsenal:

* AbnormalAmmo: He has a crossbow loaded with baby unicorn horns instead of regular arrows or at least adult unicorn horns, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick because baby horns are less heavy, twice as sharp compared to adult horns, and can make people explode into confetti.]]

* EvilCounterpart: Intended to be one of Puss. The both of them start off as selfish, egotistical people that squander what life has given them away on trivial things, in Puss's case being his fame, and Jack's being his wealth, and do not feel they'd be fully satisfied until they obtain the star for their own separate purposes. In the end, Puss learns to make the most of what he already has, and obtains real acquaintances throughout the adventure, while Jack still clings onto obtaining the star, and loses all of his assistants due to his carelessness or selfishness.

* EvilCounterpart: Intended to be one of Puss. The both of them squander what life has given them away on trivial things, in Puss's case being his fame, and Jack's being his wealth, and do not feel they'd be fully satisfied until they obtain the star for their own separate purposes. In the end, Puss learns to make the most of what he already has, and obtains real acquaintances throughout the adventure, while Jack still clings onto obtaining the star, and loses all of his assistants due to his carelessness or selfishness.

* EvilCounterpart: Intended to be one of Puss. The both of them squander what life has given them away on trivial things, in Puss's case being his fame, and Jack's being his wealth, and do not feel they'd be fully satisfied until they obtain the star for their own separate purposes. In the end, Puss learns to make the most of what he already has, while Jack still clings onto obtaining the star.

* BoomHeadshot: He threatens to have Perrito shot in the head with a unicorn horn if Puss and Kitty don't give him the map to reach the Wishing Star. The Ethical Bug questions Jack if he’s going to shoot a puppy, in response Jack blatantly admits to the Ethical Bug that he’ll definitely shoot a puppy with a unicorn horn.

* OneHitKill: The unicorn horns he has on hand instantly kill whoever they hit, exploding their corpse into confetti.