The story was formed sort of spontaneously by a user named "Sesseur" on the old Encyclopaedia Dramatica back in 2008, based on speculation about the origin about a particularly unsettling picture on the Creepypasta article called "joy.jpg
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Tropes:
- All There in the Manual: Most information about Jeff is revealed by various Newgrounds comments and DeviantArt posts.
- Body Horror: Jeff's face is disfigured by acid that Jeff tried to use to clean his bathtub.
- Heroic Bystander: Jeff's neighbor saved his life after he heard Jeff's screams and took him to the hospital.
- Slippery Soap: How Jeff tripped in his bathroom and got disfigured by acid.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Jeff's neighbor saves his life, but the disfigured Jeff goes on to become a killer.
- Villainous Lineage: this Deviant Art comment claims Jeff's ancestry is full of criminals and sociopaths.
- Would Hurt a Child: Jeff, given his van with the words "free candy" scrawled on it. A Newgrounds comment on the other hand claims he doesn't hurt kids.
- You Killed My Father: According to this Newgrounds comment and this Deviant Art comment, a Bounty Hunter tried to kill Jeff multiple times because Jeff killed his parents.
