Ability to use the abilities of all types of Jack O'Lantern. Variation of Scarecrow Physiology.
Also Called
- Stingy Jack
- Pumpkin-head Physiology
Capabilities
The user is or has the ability to take on the form of Jack O'Lantern, although the original one was a human banned from the afterlife, most users are more like a scarecrow in appearance and abilities, aside from their fire-related abilities. As a legacy-bearer of a being banned from restful death, they have a high-level resistance against the supernatural.
Applications
- Defunct Physiology
- Enhanced Agility
- Enhanced Jump
- Fear Inducement
- Fear Empowerment
- Fear Manipulation
- Fire Manipulation
- Fire Breath
- Fire Generation
- Fire Ball Projection - In the form of pumpkins.
- Head Liberation
- Head Reattachment
- Hollow Skeleton
- Paranormal Immunity
Variations
Associations
- Halloween Embodiment
- Holiday Manipulation
- Spirit Physiology
- Will-O'-The-Wisp Physiology
Known Users
See also: Stingy Jack
Literature
- Jack Pumpkinhead (Return to Oz)
- Hervoken (Doctor Who: Forever Autumn)
Television
- Pumpkin Rapper (Power Rangers/Super Sentai)
Cartoons
- Jack O'Lantern (Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
- Pumpkin Aliens (Ben 10 Omniverse)
Comics
- Jack O'Lantern (DC Comics); several have used the name.
- Jack O'Lantern (Marvel Comics); currently there have been six.
- Lord Pumpkin (Marvel Comics/Ultraverse)
Manga/Anime
- Halloween (Witch Buster)
- Halloween (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Guardian ÄRM, Trick-Or-Treat (Marchen Awakens Romance)
Video Games
- Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogies Revenge); Pumpkin King
- Jack O'Lantern (The Secret World)
- Jack o' Lantern (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Reaper (Overwatch); via alternate skin
- Pumpkaboo (Pokémon)
- Gourgeust (Pokémon)
- Jack-O' Valentine (Guilty Gear)
Tabletop Games
- Pumpkin Jack (King of Tokyo)
- Jack in Punpkin (Card Fight Vanguard)
- Ghostrick Lanturn (Yugio)
Folklore
Jack O'Lantern was an old Irish folktale that said Jack imprisoned the Devil in a tree and placed crosses around it to prevent the devil from coming down. Jack agreed to let the Devil down as long as he didn't take his soul.
Eventually Jack died and became a wondering spirit, but he banned from Heaven because of his sinful and stingy ways and the Devil did not take his soul due to his trickery during their encounters, so he banned Jack from hell as well. So Jack asked where to go, as he had no light, and the Devil mockingly tossed him an ember from the flames of hell that would never burn out.
Jack carved out one of his turnips (which was his favorite food), placed the ember inside it, and began endlessly wandering the netherworld in search for a resting place. He became known as "Jack of the Lantern", or Jack-o'-Lantern.
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