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|image = [[Image:Jacques.jpg|300px]]
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|species = Fool
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|gender = Male
Reignited=[[File:Jacques_Reignited.png|220px]]
|homeworld = [[Dream Weavers]]
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|appearances = [[Spyro the Dragon]]
|species = Nightmarish Fool
|attack = Box Throw
|gender=Male
|homeworld=[[Jacques (realm)]]
|first_appearance = ''[[Spyro the Dragon (game)]]'' (1998)
|latest_appearance = ''[[Spyro Reignited Trilogy]]'' (2018)
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'''Jacques''' ('''アメージング・ボックス''', '''Amazing Box''' in Japanese) was created by [[Gnasty Gnorc]] to use as a method to defeat [[Spyro]] as he was trying to release all the dragons trapped in crystal. He resides in a nightmare landscape populated by creatures born from bad dreams, and is fought on a series of platforms levitating above a volcanic crater.
{{Quote|Any advice before this battle?|[[Spyro]]}}
{{Quote|Advice, hmmm... A wise dragon once told me. 'Aim high in life but watch out for flying boxes.'|[[Revilo]]}}
{{Quote|Huh?|Spyro}}
'''Jacques''' is a jester-like [[fool]] who served as the penultimate boss in the original ''[[Spyro the Dragon (game)|Spyro the Dragon]]'' game. He resided in [[Dream Weavers]], in a [[Jacques (realm)|nightmarish volcanic landscape]] that was populated by [[Giant Pansie|lava creatures]]. [[Spyro]] confronted Jacques, and fought him on a series of platforms that levitated above a volcanic crater. The young dragon was able to best Jaques, and leave his realm.


Jacques will mostly throw boxes at Spyro throughout the battle. As Spyro chases him, Jacques will move from one platform to the next until he reaches and stands on a dark pink box, where he'll stay put and continue throwing boxes. If Spyro flames him, he will move quickly to the next dark pink box (there are 3 in total) and repeat the same process. Once Jacques is flamed on the last pick box, he will disappear and leave 100 [[Gems]] at the end. It is unclear as to whether or not it takes more than one hit to kill Jacques, since it takes just one hit to kill him at the end and all of his gems appear, and since he simply jumps to the next platform if Spyro gets too close. He gives no indication at any other point in the fight besides the end that he's been hit.
==Strategy==
Jacques mostly throws boxes at Spyro throughout the battle. As Spyro chases him, Jacques moves from one platform to the next until he reaches and stands on a dark pink box, where he'll stay put and continue throwing boxes. If Spyro flames him, he moves quickly to the next dark pink box (three in total) and repeats the same process. Once Jacques is flamed on the last pink box, he disappears and leaves four purple [[gem]]s worth twenty-five each just near the exit vortex.


Jacques seems to have inspired many "Jack-in-the-Box" themed bosses, including Mad Jack in Donkey Kong 64.
==Names in other languages==
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!Language
!Name
!Meaning
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|Japanese
|アメージング・ボックス
|Amazing Box
|}


'Jacques' is also French for "Jack."
==Gallery==
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Jacques Japanese artwork.jpg|''Spyro the Dragon''
Jacques SpyroReignitedTrilogy CharacterArt.jpg|''Spyro Reignited Trilogy''
Jacques SpyroReignitedTrilogy Zbrush3DModel.jpg|Jacques 3D model
Jacques SpyroReignitedTrilogy Colored3DModel.jpg|Jacques' colored 3D model
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*It may have been common for most players of this game to think that Jacques' name was pronounced "Jack-cuse" if this had been their first time coming across this name. The real pronunciation of this name is "Zhahk," which sounds a little like 'shock'.
*"Jacques" is the French spelling of "Jack," appropriate as he is a Jack-in-the-box.
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*Jacques is similar to other Jack-in-the-Box themed video game bosses, such as Mad Jack in ''[[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong 64|Donkey Kong 64]]''.
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*In the June 15th Prototype of the game, Jacques throws boxes textured with a rainbow-colored design.<ref>''[https://youtu.be/Dp_qaOIomkc?t=1814 Spyro the Dragon Prototype (June 15th 1998) - Dream Weavers]''. (Date Posted - Feb. 26, 2020). ''[http://youtube.com Youtube]''.</ref>
*Jacques is one of the two bosses of the game whose realm contains fodder, the other one of the two being [[Metalhead]].
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 10:15, April 23, 2025

Jacques
Species: Nightmarish Fool
Gender: Male
Home World: Jacques (realm)
First appearance: Spyro the Dragon (game) (1998)
Latest appearance: Spyro Reignited Trilogy (2018)
“Any advice before this battle?”
Spyro
“Advice, hmmm... A wise dragon once told me. 'Aim high in life but watch out for flying boxes.'”
Revilo
“Huh?”
Spyro

Jacques is a jester-like fool who served as the penultimate boss in the original Spyro the Dragon game. He resided in Dream Weavers, in a nightmarish volcanic landscape that was populated by lava creatures. Spyro confronted Jacques, and fought him on a series of platforms that levitated above a volcanic crater. The young dragon was able to best Jaques, and leave his realm.

Strategy

Jacques mostly throws boxes at Spyro throughout the battle. As Spyro chases him, Jacques moves from one platform to the next until he reaches and stands on a dark pink box, where he'll stay put and continue throwing boxes. If Spyro flames him, he moves quickly to the next dark pink box (three in total) and repeats the same process. Once Jacques is flamed on the last pink box, he disappears and leaves four purple gems worth twenty-five each just near the exit vortex.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese アメージング・ボックス Amazing Box

Gallery

Trivia

  • "Jacques" is the French spelling of "Jack," appropriate as he is a Jack-in-the-box.
  • Jacques is similar to other Jack-in-the-Box themed video game bosses, such as Mad Jack in Donkey Kong 64.
  • In the June 15th Prototype of the game, Jacques throws boxes textured with a rainbow-colored design.[1]
  • Jacques is one of the two bosses of the game whose realm contains fodder, the other one of the two being Metalhead.

References