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- “Destiny... is a gift. Some go their entire lives, living existence as a quiet desperation. Never learning the truth that what feels as though a burden pushing down upon our shoulder, is actually, a sense of purpose that lifts us to greater heights. Never forget that fear is but the precursor to valor, and to strive and triumph in the face of fear is what it means to be a hero. Don't think. Become.”
- ―Jim during his audition for Romeo and Juliet in "Becoming: Part 2"
James "Jim" Lake, Jr. is one of the main stars in the Tales of Arcadia franchise. He appears as the main protagonist of Trollhunters, a minor character of 3Below, and an upcoming major character of Wizards.
Official Description
"On the surface, Jim appears to be an average 15-year-old student. He goes to school, stays out of trouble, looks after his mom, and selflessly puts others above himself. But there's a piece of him that yearn for a life of adventure outside the doldrums of suburbia. When destiny calls and a magical amulet chooses Jim to be the first human Trollhunter, the protector of a secret world of Trolls living beneath his hometown, Jim is thrust into the greatest adventure of his life. Whether it's rogue gnomes, mischievous goblins or Trolls of the worst kind, Jim has a lot to learn if he wants to live to see graduation."
History
Backstory
Around his fifth birthday, Jim's father walked out on him and his mother, Barbara. His mother then told him that they needed to take better care of each other. Jim has cared for his mother ever since.
Sometime in kindergarten, Jim met Toby Domzalski, who became his new best friend.
Eventually, Claire Nuñez came to town and about a year before he found the amulet, Jim met her at a party held by her mother and subsequently fell deeply in love with her after seeing her dance alone to a song by Papa Skull. Although Jim didn't think she knew he existed, Claire had, in fact, noticed him and was impressed that he had at least attempted to dance during the party, and noted that unlike the boys she knew at her old prep school, he was willing to do things with his mother. This caused Claire to want to get to know him better.[2]
Part One (Trollhunters)
Finding the Amulet
Jim and Toby wake up one day and decide to ride their bikes to school together. Jim makes lunches for himself, his mother, and Toby. He then meets Toby outside and they make their way to school. They decide to take a shortcut to school through the large bridge, where they discover the Amulet of Daylight in the rubble of Kanjigar's body. The amulet starts ominously chanting Jim's name, which prompts the boy to pick it up and take it to school. They then continue to get to school, not knowing that two trolls, Blinky and AAARRRGGHH!!! are eavesdropping on them.
When they arrive at school, Jim stares dreamily at Claire, not paying attention to what is going on. When class ends, Jim's teacher, Mr. Strickler expresses concern over Jim's performance in class. He says that he understands that Jim and his mother have a lot on their plate, so he decides to schedule a parent-teacher conference to discuss Jim's behavior.
In gym class, Jim tries to gain the courage to Claire by speaking some Spanish to her. Claire suggests that Jim should try out for the school's play of Romeo and Juliet. After class, Jim and Toby see that Steve is shoving Eli into a locker (after the latter told him of the trolls that have been lurking in town), and Jim decides to stand up to Steve. When Jim makes snarky comments about Steve, the jock challenges him to a fight, only to be stopped by Strickler.
After school, Jim goes home to watch TV and decides to sell the amulet online. All of sudden, he hears something going on downstairs and hopes that it's just raccoons. He goes downstairs and finds that it's none other than Blinky and AAARRRGGHH!!! Jim is frightened by the two, who explain to him that the amulet is magical and he's been chosen to protect a magical land of trolls from the forces of evil, which causes Jim to faint and the two trolls to leave.
The next day at school, Jim goes to Mr. Strickler's office to explain what had happened, but since he probably wouldn't believe him, he tells him that he is trying out for chess. Strickler commends him on this "extracurricular activity" and Jim happily leaves, not knowing that Strickler is aware of the amulet in his bag. However, the amulet starts glowing again. He goes back to the canal to try to figure out more about the amulet and where it came from. When the amulet's gears shift, Jim takes it out of his bag and finds some writing on the back ("For the glory of Merlin, daylight is mine to command!") He says the incantation and suddenly, a suit of armor appears on him and a sword appears as well, leaving the boy in amazement and shock. Little does Jim realize that Mr. Strickler and Bular are eavesdropping on him since they were trying to steal the amulet for themselves.
The next day at school, Strickler causes the Trollhunter armor to activate, and Jim uses the Romeo and Juliet play auditions to attempt to hide the true nature of the armor. Forced to audition, Jim uses Blinky's speech about destiny and winds up getting the part. Unfortunately, Stickler has also found out and is actually working for Gunmar. Jim starts using the sword and easily masters it with his slicing and dicing skills.
First Arrival in Trollmarket
While outrunning Bular and being guided to safety by Blinky and AAARRRGGHH!!!, Jim and Toby are taken to the land of Trollmarket and are very intrigued by the environment and all of its inhabitants. However, the trolls do not take kindly to the arrival of humans in their town, much less having a human as their protector, especially Draal the Deadly, Kanjigar's son, who wanted to be the new hunter instead of Jim.
When Jim starts his training, Jim begins having difficulty with the dangerous and fearful tasks. Then, Draal decides to battle Jim for the honor of being the Trollhunter, which Jim has no choice to but accept. Jim tries to get rid of the amulet, but it won't leave him alone. Jim has no choice but to accept his newly found fate.
The Double Life Begins
For his first task as the Trollhunter, Jim is sent to stop a gnome named Chompsky, who is stealing everything in Trollmarket. Using a shrinking spell, Jim and Toby capture him. However, Jim is still shrunken on the same day that he is supposed to give his Spanish report. Jim and Toby then come up with a plan to give the report while the shrinking wears off.
Jim decides to give his Spanish report via webcam but runs into some trouble when Chompsky starts rampaging through Toby's house and he starts going back to his normal size. Luckily, Jim gets a passing grade and nobody becomes suspicious. Unfortunately, Jim starts neglecting rehearsals for the school play, which sort of strains his relationship with Claire.
Discovering the Killahead Bridge
Jim and Toby go on a field trip with their class to a museum of ancient history. During that, Toby discovers that some goblins are on the loose and informs his friends about it. They arrive at Eli's house, where the goblins last attacked to stop them. Unfortunately, the goblins get away and leave with Toby's watch.
That night, Jim and Toby track down the watch and break into the museum to see what the goblins are up to. While sneaking in, they find out that the curator, Ms. Normura is actually a changeling, a type of creature that takes the form of its human counterpart when swapped at birth. During the battle, Jim uses Blinky’s advice to outsmart Normua and actually causes her to squish the goblin leader, which makes the goblins turn on her and attack her. During the battle, Toby discovers some sort of bridge, which he believes to be the Killahead Bridge. He takes a photo of it, but the picture comes out blurry. Blinky then informs Jim about the changelings, and how there might be more lurking among them.
The Battle Begins
The day for Jim's battle against Draal begins. Since this is probably his biggest battle yet, he leaves letters to Claire, Toby, and Barbara in case he doesn't live, telling them what is going on and how he truly feels. Jim begins to start studying Troll battle with the amulet, which also is a translator for Troll letters.
Jim heads to Trollmarket, where the battle begins and it becomes quite heated. Using Blinky's information from the book, he manages to defeat Draal and send him hanging from an abyss. Rather than push Draal off the cliff as he is pressured to from the others (and Draal himself), he follows his moral compass and rescues Draal, causing the troll to be shunned by everyone and humiliated.
Jim arrives back home and sees Normua with his mother. While Jim is telling Normua off, Barbara falls asleep and Normua changes into her changeling form to get rid of Jim. Since Jim is nowhere near his amulet, he is helpless against her. Just when all hope seems lost, Draal suddenly shows up and defeats Nomura. Jim asks why, and Draal replies that he's decided to become Jim's protector/trainer to help him be more prepared for his upcoming battles.
Search for the Changelings
Jim and Toby take Blinky, AAAARRRGGGHHH!!!, and Vendel to the museum to see the Killahead Bridge, but it has vanished somehow, and no one believes him (except for Blinky, of course). Blinky says that he will try to find more evidence while Jim continues his training.
Back in school, Jim's high school career is going downhill, and Steve has become his understudy for the school play since he keeps missing rehearsals. Claire takes note of this and decides to ask him to come to her house for a study date.
Jim and Toby go back to Trollmarket to get proof that the bridge is there. Blinky and AAARRRGGHH!!! take them to a troll named "RotGut", who provides them with something called a "Gaggletack", which is basically a horseshoe made of pure iron and has the ability to reveal the true nature of a changeling through physical contact. Jim and Toby try to search for the Changelings, but nobody complies.
While Toby is at the dentist, Claire and Jim are at Claire's house having their study session. Here, Jim and Claire start to do some bonding, and Claire claims that Jim's letter was a metaphor for Jim's psychological issues, and thanks Jim for his compliments in the letter. As soon as they study, Toby calls Jim for help and Jim leaves hastily, which leaves Claire suspicious.
Jim arrives at the dentist, where the Changeling is attacking Blinky, Toby, and AAARRRGGHH!!! Luckily, Jim manages to vanquish the Changeling, but also all the evidence they have for the bridge. On the plus side, Jim accomplished Blinky's rule of "finishing the fight."
Finding NotEnrique
The next day, Jim and Toby find a stuffed bunny fall out of the sky, and Claire claims that it belongs to her baby brother, Enrique. The boys then conclude that Enrique must have been swapped with a Changeling since Blinky told them earlier that Changelings are switched with their human counterparts at birth.
To investigate, Jim arrives at Claire's house to babysit Enrique and find out. When Enrique somehow starts causing trouble, Jim loses the gaggletack and now, the others have to get a new one.
When the gang arrives, Enrique is revealed to be replaced with a Changeling, who starts trashing the place. Now that they have proof, they can do something about the bridge. Unfortunately, this leads to Jim and Toby being in big trouble with Claire, and Claire getting into trouble with her folks. Claire refuses to speak to Jim anymore.
Jim's Birthday Arrives
Jim's birthday eventually arrives, but he does not seem interested in celebrating it, despite the insistence of his friends and mother. Luckily, Jim is given a chance to test drive a moped that he has had his eyes on for quite some time. However, another sub-species of a troll called a Stalkling shows up to attack Jim.
Jim learns from Blinky that he cannot be harmed unless he is truly all by himself, so he decides to make sure he is in the company of someone at all times. Jim goes to rehearsals to try to make amends with Claire and to keep himself safe. Unfortunately, Claire still doesn't trust Jim after her parents blamed her for leaving Jim with Enrique.
Without a ride to take him home, Jim is left on his own and tries to get away from the Stalking, but it catches up to him and carries him into the clouds. All of a sudden, lightning appears and Jim uses it on his sword to strike the Stalking and turn it into stone, in which he succeeds.
A few minutes before his birthday ends, Jim goes back to Trollmarket to receive Blinky's present, which is an unassembled moped that Blinky thinks that they could assemble together. Jim loves the gift and claims it as "the greatest gift [he] has ever gotten."
Strickler's Dark Secret
One day, while training with Draal, Jim feels a little nervous about talking to Claire and the play. To help him, Draal gives him a special necklace that will boost his confidence and fearlessness. Unfortunately, Jim starts to act smug, arrogant, rude, and disrespectful towards his friends and teachers. To make matters worse, Jim decides to go fight Bular himself in the sewer. In this battle, Jim hears Bular call him "Young Atlas," which is Strickler's nickname for him, which causes Jim to figure out that Strickler is evil.
Having found out about Stickler being evil, Jim decides to come up with a plan; he'll keep Strickler occupied while he's having dinner at the Lake's residence and the others will sneak into Strickler's office for some things that could help them get Claire's brother back.
During dinner, Jim and Strickler look at each other with grinning faces, knowing of their dark secrets. When Barbara leaves to get dessert, Jim and Strickler start fighting each other, threatening one another at the same time. When Barbara's back is turned, Strickler changes into his Changeling form, threatening Jim to hand over the amulet, but Jim refuses to comply. When the dinner ends, Strickler leaves the Lake House, with Jim acting subtle, not knowing that Strickler replaced the amulet with a fake one.
Claire Finds Out
When Jim finds out that the "amulet" isn't working, he becomes stuck in a jam in his mission to rescue Enrique. Since they can't go into the Darklands themselves, they send Gnome Chomsky to go in and find Enrique. However, the rope holding him snaps, rendering him trapped in the Darklands.
Before the gang can think of something new, NotEnrique arrives at the house and warns them that he killed one of the goblins and now, they think Claire is responsible and that the bridge has been completed. Jim goes to rescue Claire, while Toby and AAARRRGGHH!!! follow Jim to protect him, and Blinky takes NotEnrique to find out where the bridge is being held.
Jim arrives at Claire's house to warn her, but she will not listen to him and thinks that he is just plain crazy. All of a sudden, the goblins show up to attack them and Jim takes her to the woods for safety. When the goblins arrive, Jim starts getting attacked by the goblins after finding out that the amulet is a fake. When Jim shouts the incantation, the amulet flies out of Strickler’s hands and ends up right in Jim's grasp, which causes the armor to activate, and Jim defeats the goblins. Claire is shocked but also impressed by Jim's amazing abilities, while at the same time regretting how unfair she been to his new double life situation. When Jim tries to explain what happened to Enrique, Nomura arrives and starts attacking Jim. Nomura decides to not to kill Jim because apparently, they need him to use the amulet to unlock the bridge. Just then, Toby and AAARRRGGHH!!! arrive at the same time as Claire's folks, who find Jim unconscious and hurt.
The Battle for the Bridge
Jim wakes up in the hospital, where he receives a call that the Gumm-Gumm army has kidnapped Blinky for ransom. If Jim doesn't arrive with the amulet and open the bridge, Blinky will be destroyed, leaving Jim even more conflicted than before. To make matters worse, Barbara is growing even more worried by the second, and Jim still refuses to tell her what is going on, leaving Barbara more heartbroken and concerned.
Jim leaves the house to go fight Bular and rescue Blinky. He tells Draal that if he does not make it, he'll be the next Trollhunter. Jim arrives at the museum, where he sees Bular and the rest of his minions ready for Jim to use the amulet. Jim goes to the bridge and is about to put the amulet in the bridge (despite Blinky's warnings), when all of a sudden, the rest of the Trollhunters arrive to back Jim up. A huge battle between the heroes and the villains ensues, but Stricklander manages to outsmart Jim and installs the amulet onto the bridge, which opens up the portal to the Darklands. Everybody starts to get sucked into the vortex. Draal manages to use his strength to free the amulet and cause the bridge to explode. Jim finds that Draal's left arm has turned into stone. However, Bular has escaped and is about to destroy the Trollhunters. Our heroes manage to escape into the sewer, but Bular chases Jim to the bridge where Kanjigar died. The two engage in an epic battle on the bridge, just as the sun is setting down. Bular manages to capture Jim and is about to finish him off, but Jim uses his newly found powers from the armor to turn Bular to stone and send him into the river. Blinky, AAARRRGGHH!!!, Toby, and Draal (now with a mechanical arm) congratulates Jim from his heroism, and Draal gains a newfound admiration and respect for Jim.
Jim manages to make it to the play in time and the performance goes on as planned, which immensely helped in mending and strengthening his growing relationship with Claire. Then, during a celebration at Trollmarket, Jim vows to rescue Enrique and find a way into the Darklands, especially since Gunmar and Stricklander will stop at nothing to make them even.
Entering the Void
Now that Bular has been taken care of, Jim is still conflicted on whether or not to tell his mother the truth, Claire's brother still being trapped in the Darklands, and Claire now knowing about the world of the trolls. He and Toby take Claire to Trollmarket for the first time, where she instantly proves to be an expert (having read the history book Blinky gave Jim and from NotEnrique's tutoring).
Suddenly, Jim is summoned to the Void, a place between worlds inhabited by previous hunters. Kanjigar reveals to Jim that they are aware of what Jim has been doing, and condemn him for his choice to go into the Darklands since it could endanger his friends. They inform Jim that the only possible way to escape the Darklands is by destroying Gunmar. Jim informs his friends of this problem and decides that there might be a way to fix it.
Spring Fling King
Jim begins having strange dreams about fighting Gunmar, and how he is going to defeat him. One day during a school assembly, Jim nominated from prom king, along with Steve and Eli. Toby encourages Jim to join in the election because it could help them become more popular, to which Jim reluctantly agrees.
Later, Jim goes back to the Void for some advice from the other hunters, but they inform him that there is no possible way to get rid of Gunmar for good. However, Blinky calls Jim back to the library because he has some interesting news for him, Claire, and Toby. Blinky explains that there are three special gems called "The Triumbric Stones", which can help them destroy Gunmar. However, they are hidden in three different locations around the world, which means that the Trollhunters will have to go on their very first quest. The next day, Jim, Steve, and Eli compete against each other for the theme of the spring dance. While Steve and Eli are coming up with their own respective ideas (Hawaiian for Steve and 80s for Eli), Jim sees a Golem outside created by Strickler and Angor Rot to test his abilities.
Jim fights the golem, which results in his clothes being covered in mud. After the golem is vanquished, Jim goes back into the gym all dirty. Toby and Claire use this as a metaphor for Jim’s theme: moles. Jim wins the challenge since moles are the mascot of the school. Unfortunately, Strickler returns to the school as the new principal (having done something to the old one), which leads to some large conflicts at school.
The Quest Begins
When the quest for the stones begins, Jim covers it up by telling Barbara that he is going camping with his friends, but Barbara is still angry at Jim for getting himself hurt and not explaining the truth to her, though Jim still leaves.
Jim meets his friends in Trollmarket to start the mission. Blinky takes them to a magical gyre that trolls use to get around the world in record time. Blinky takes the gang inside the gyre and takes them to Argentina, where the first stone is located. They arrive there and end up at a place called, "Ojos del Salado", a village underneath a volcano, which is also the home of Gatto, the keeper of the stone. When they locate Gatto, Jim tries to explain what is going on, but Gatto will not give them the Birthstone unless they answer his riddle, "Which begins and has no end, and ends all that which begins?" The Trollhunters try to think of the answer but are too confused to find a logical solution. At the last second though, Claire finds the answer, which is "death", since it ends people's lives and nothing comes after it happens. Unfortunately, Gatto does not take it so well and swallows both Blinky and Toby.
While Blinky and Toby find the Birthstone and try to find a way to get out of the stomach, the others battle Gatto's minions. With the help of Toby's tacos, Toby and Blinky manage to escape the stomach with the Birthstone. However, Blinky also seems to have had a little encounter with one of the spells in the stomach...
A Whole New Blinky
Jim goes back into Trollmarket to continue the quest, only to find that Blinky has transformed into a human as a side effect from one of the spells in Grotto's stomach. Luckily, the effect will only last a few days, so Jim decides to show Blinky the wonders of being a human including surviving the daylight, going to the bathroom, eating human food, and having only one set of eyes and arms. When Barbara arrives home early, she asks who Blinky is, and what he is doing in their house. Jim lies by saying that Blinky is his new guidance counselor, to which Barbara easily buys.
As Jim and Claire take Blinky to look at the sunset, Angor Rot creates glass monsters to attack them. While the gang fights the monsters, Jim sees Angor Rot behind a tree and goes to investigate what is going on. He encounters Angor, who traps him in a large force field. Anger decides to spare Jim's life because he apparently has a worse fate than death in mind for the hunter. Anger then uses his staff to drain some of Jim's powers and use them against him in their next battle.
The Next Stone
Jim is still struggling to ask Claire out to the dance, but also needs to help Blinky adjust to his new life in the human world.
Jim then goes to Trollmarket, having been called by Vendel for something regarding the Birthstone. Vendel then tells Jim to cut the birthstone to unlock its power. Jim uses some tools to cut the stone and then unlocks some sort of geode in the center. When Jim asks why Vendel is helping him, Vendel replied it is because he knows how determined Jim is to save Enrique, which means he will need some extra power in his armor. Vendel installs the gemstone into Jim's amulet, which causes the armor to become red, confusing both of them. Vendel then tells Jim that the next stone: the Killstone is in the Quagawumps Kingdom, not knowing that a goblin spy is secretly watching them for Angor and Strickler.
The Trollhunters go to the gyre to make their way to the Quagawumps in the swampy lands of Florida. However, since the inhabitants are hostile towards outsiders, they will need a mole to assist them. Since Toby looks like their late king, he will pretend to be the reincarnation of him, which will gain the trust of the trolls.
They arrive at the swamp, where the Quagawumps are easily fooled into thinking that Toby is their king. The trolls start worshipping him and throw a party in his honor. When Toby starts making music, which gives everybody dance fever. Jim is reluctant to do so since he doesn't know how to dance, so Claire teaches him how to move his feet to the music and they start dancing together.
Things go smoothly until Blungo the Pretend King arrives and shows the other Quagawumps that Toby is not the Shattered King. Before Blungo can attack Toby, Angor Rot arrives and turns Blungo to stone, causing an epic battle. During the battle, Claire falls into a portal with Angor and manages to obtain his Shadow Staff, which creates portals, but unfortunately loses the Killstone as well. Claire decides to keep the staff, and the Trollhunters bid a heartfelt goodbye to their new friends.
Hand Truck Competition
While training Claire to use the Shadow Staff, Bagdwella arrives with a box for the Trollhunters to deliver to her sister in Utah. Since he has to compete in another prom king challenge after lunch period, he has Toby and Claire deliver the package for him.
Jim arrives at the competition, where the contestants have to keep their hand on a truck and if someone takes their hand off, they are eliminated from the game and the winners will become prom king and queen. Sometime later, Strickland arrives to mock Jim, which also causes Shannon and Mary to be eliminated from the contest, making Darci the winner and leaving Jim, Steve, and Eli the only remaining competitors. Steve begins to mock Jim into letting his hand go, but Jim stands his ground and refuses to surrender. When Steve pathetically starts sobbing, Jim lets his hand off, making Steve gloat about his victory, but it also means that he lost too, because they forgot about Eli, making him the winner of the prom king challenge.
Jim's Worst Nightmare
When the students at school start acting weirder than usual, Jim and Toby suspect that something supernatural must be occurring, so they go to Strickler's office to see if he had anything to do with it, only to find his office empty. Just then, a pixie goes into Toby's nose and starts making him hallucinate his nana, giving him a mental breakdown. Jim calls Blinky to ask him what is causing the hallucinations, and Blinky replies that the pixies are used to create hallucinations to distract enemies.
Angor Rot then arrives at the school to confront Jim, who is ready with his battle armor. Before Jim can attack, Angor uses the spell that he cast on Jim before to take the sword and use it against him. Jim and Angor engage in a battle, with Angor using the sword and Jim using extra weapons from the armor. When Jim ends up in the P.E room, a pixie flies into his ear and causes him to hallucinate the Killahead Bridge and his loved ones all turned into statues. Jim tries to fight Angor without seeing him, but it is no use: he has the upper hand and grabs Jim, holding the sword up against his neck. Angor Rot informs Jim of the Inferna Coupla and wants Jim to steal it so he can get his freedom back, which also means that Barbara will be safe. Jim reluctantly agrees, and Angor sends the Pixies back into their chamber.
Removing the Ring
Jim, Toby, and Claire meet at Claire's house to discuss on how to possibly steal the Inferna Coupla from Strickler, but all of their plans are greatly flawed, so Jim and Toby decide to go to Trollmarket and use Blinky's library for help. Jim and Toby arrive at RotGut's place to find a spell, but they are not helpful, so Blinky decides to take them to his library for a hand. Blinky informs the boys that the books used to belong to his brother, whom he had lost long ago in the Battle of Killahead Bridge. The two begin looking into the books for some answers, but they cannot find anything that'll help them. Toby then finds a vial of some sort of potion and begins guzzling it down. Unfortunately, Toby didn't follow the instructions and the words in the books start flying into his mouth, making him a Troll History bookworm. However, the words start flying all over the room out of control, but Toby also gives Jim some important information on how to get the Coupla from Strickler. They must gain a magical item called "The Kariosect", which will help them get the ring, but it is located at Gatto's Keep. Just then, Toby starts spewing out different letters while trying to tell Jim the secret of life itself, which causes the potion to wear off.
The Trollhunters head to Gatto's Keep to get the Kariosect. They manage to outsmart Gatto and retrieve the Kariosect. They get back to Trollmarket and discover it is an artifact that makes the user travel faster than the speed of light. Jim, Toby, and Claire begin to picture all the accomplishments they can do with this device, but Blinky warns them that only a single person can step out of time, the time-stopping effect only lasts 43 minutes and nine seconds, and it can only be used thrice. Unfortunately, Blinky wasted the first two uses, so they only have one chance to get the ring back.
Jim goes home and starts cramming for the Spanish final. Barbara arrives and informs Jim that she is going to be reaching out to Blinky, but Jim is too busy to pay attention.
The next day, Jim is becoming very stressed out and frustrated; he failed the exam, he is conflicted on whether or not to go with Angor's deal, Bagdwella has an infestation in her house, Steve is mocking him over the next challenge, Blinky has changed back into a troll at a bad time, and it just generally seems that the whole world is expecting him to do everything for everyone. When Jim can't take it anymore, he screams his head off, runs away, and decides to use the Kairosect to freeze time and make his problems vanish.
Remembering that he only has forty-three minutes and nine seconds to get the ring, Jim hops on his scooter and races against the clock. He goes into the hallway and finds the stacking contest in progress. Jim uses this to get back at Steve for being mean to him, finish the test, stop Barbara from breaking into Blinky's stall, bring Blinky back home, take care of the gnomes, and steal the ring from Strickler. When Jim puts on the ring, he gains control of Angor Rot's soul, but also realizes that he can get the Killstone back.
Jim races to Angor Rot's location in the sewer to swipe the stone, but just when he is about to get the stone back, time starts back up again, which means that Angor is after his ring. Right before Jim can put on the ring to control Angor, Angor uses his powers to cause the ring to fly off of Jim and roll onto the floor. Jim tries to defend himself with the armor, but Angor steals the sword and destroys the ring, giving him his soul back and rendering him free to destroy Jim and Strickler. Luckily, Jim manages to escape the sewer and present his friends with the Killstone. Unfortunately, this makes Angor Rot a greater threat than before.
The Battle for AAARRRGGGHH!!!
During the middle of their discussion, members of AAARRRGGHH!!!'s trolls race called "The Kruberas" and their queen, Usurna arrive unexpectedly. Jim asks about the Triumbic Stone, but the queen had lost it years ago. To celebrate this glorious occasion, Vendel has Jim and AAARRRGGHH!!! represent Trollmarket in a friendly game of PyroBligst.
When AAARRGGHH!!! refuses to participate, Draal decides to substitute as Jim's partner. Unfortunately, Jim's no match for the Kruberas and Draal is easily defeated. Just when Jim is about to lose, AAARRRGGHH!!! arrives and helps Jim win the game. Sadly, this also reveals that AAARRRGGHH!!! has been cursed to be turned to stone and that he has been scared to tell the others. Ursuna tells AAARRRGGHH!!! that the only he can survive if he goes back with his Krubera brethren, to which AAARRGGHH!!! reluctantly agrees.
However, AAARRRGGHH!!!'s loyalty to Toby is too great, so he decides to stay with the other Trollhunters until Angor Rot is defeated. While Jim eavesdrops on his two friends, Strickler arrives and asks Jim for some help in defeating Angor Rot, but Jim is understandably skeptical, knocks him out cold, and ties him up to a chair.
Teaming Up with Strickler
The very next morning, Jim wakes Strickler up with a sock and tries to call his friends for some assistance, but Strickler warns him that his friends will not help against a deadly assassin like Angor.
In the kitchen, Jim, Draal, and Strickler discuss how to defeat Angor Rot, but cannot think of anything, so they decide to leave the house until the heat dies down. Barbara then calls Jim and informs him that she will be staying at the hospital for the entire weekend, ensuring her safety.
That night, the three set up a trap for Angor to use the stones to strike him. Just then, they notice Angor's eye spying on them. They try to catch it, but it keeps escaping. Luckily, Jim manages to capture it in the kitchen. Unfortunately, it appears that Angor has arrived already, so they prepare their weapons to strike him, but it isn't Angor; it is Barbara, who wonders what's going on, now that she's seen Draal and the weapons. Jim tries to lie again, but the jig is up; he has to tell her the truth.
Jim explains about his position as the Trollhunter, and that he has to do it for the rest of his life. Barbara expresses great concern for Jim, based on what being the Trollhunter has already put him through. All of a sudden, Angor arrives and begins attacking Jim. While Strickler and Barbara go downstairs, Jim battles Angor with all his might. When they arrive in Jim's bedroom, Strickler activates the trap, encasing Angor in a prison and is surrounded by UV light bulbs, which slowly start disintegrating him. Unfortunately, Barbara arrives and ruins everything, causing Angor to destroy the lightbulbs. While Jim and Strickler struggle to get Barbara to Trollmarket, Draal holds Angor down. Jim carries his mother in his arms, expressing remorse for his actions and dishonesty.
Telling Mom the Truth
Jim hands Barbara to Vendel for help on how to undo the curse and begins waiting with the other Trollhunters. Eventually, Vendel informs them that Barbara cannot fully recover unless the binding spell is removed.
While Toby and Claire go to get the incantation for the reverse spell, Jim talks with Blinky about what he should do next. Blinky informs Jim that his time as a human has taught about the importance of a strong, human bond and that he needs to console his mother. Jim goes to his mother and apologizes for his actions. He explains that he only did it because he didn't want her to be worried or want to protect him, but now he's realized that she was worried either way. Jim tells Barbara that being a Trollhunter was probably his true destiny and that she doesn't need to worry about him as such.
Vendel comes to Jim and informs him that Strickler is refusing to do the reversal spell. Jim goes to confront Strickler, who pathetically begs for mercy and (almost) admits his true feelings for Barbara. He claims that he doesn't want to do undo the spell because it prevents Jim from hurting him and the others will probably throw him to the wolves as punishment. Jim agrees not to hurt Strickler, as long as soon as the spell is reversed, he leaves town for good, to which Strickler agrees.
Vendel then arrives and says that Barbara will be cured of her terrible curse, but she will also lose her memories of the Trollhunters in the process. Before the spell is undone, Barbara begs several times for Jim to remind her of his Trollunting life, so she doesn't have to worry about him again, and Jim agrees. When Claire and Toby arrive with the spell, Vendel reverses the curse and erases Barbara's memory of Trollmarket. When Barbara wakes up in the hospital back on Earth, she asks Jim why she's there. Jim is about to tell her about Trollmarket, but he quickly covers it up by saying that she fainted and bumped her head, breaking his promise again.
Jim goes to the dance to see his friends. Claire says that she wants to go inside with him, but Jim decides not to, and they go to the hill on the mountain to have a private dance of their own. Just when Jim and Claire are about to kiss, Claire realizes that Angor now has access to Trollmarket, since there was a key in Claire's pocketbook.
The Battle for Trollmarket
When the kids inform Vendel of Claire's carelessness, the trolls arrive with Strickler, because he was the one who released Angor. Jim informs the trolls that Angor is on his way because he has a Horngazel, which makes the trolls even more angry with Jim. Just when the trolls are about to punish Jim and Strickler for their actions, Vendel assures the trolls that even though Jim made several mistakes, he still has helped them in their times of need and they need him most of all now that Angor is going to attack their home. When Claire, Toby, Bagdwella, Blinky, AAARRRGGHH!!!, Draal, and NotEnrique come to Jim's defense, the other trolls agree to fight Angor for their home.
While the trolls are preparing for the upcoming battle, Toby and Claire inform Jim that Chomsky has arrived with a message from Gunmar: Since Jim killed Gunmar's son, he is going to retaliate by killing Jim's loved ones. Strickler then arrives with Angor's eye to assist Jim. Strickler informs Jim that he can use the eye in his amulet, which gives him extra power in his armor and fighting.
Jim takes Strickler to the Gyre, where the two have a heart-to-heart conversation about Jim's destiny as the hero and Stickler's reformation. Before going their separate ways, Strickler gives Jim the last Triumbric Stone to defeat Gunmar, both as a sign of eternal friendship and proof that he has truly reformed. Jim also realizes that if he kills Gunmar, he will free all of the familiars and Strickler will be trapped in his monster form permanently.
Angor arrives in Trollmarket and starts attacking all the inhabitants with his Creeper Sun curse. Jim tries to fend off Angor, but he is no match. Just when Angor is about to attack Jim, AAARRRGGHH!!! intervenes and defends Jim, which also triggers the curse and turns both Angor and AAARRRGGHH!!! to stone. Furious, Toby smashes Angor to bits, defeating him. When the Trollhunters see the remains of their friend, Jim feels guilty and decides to go into the Darklands on his own. Despite the protests from his friends, Jim enters the Darklands to find Claire's brother, not taking into consideration the consequences, leaving the rest of the Trollhunters to cover for him on Earth.
Part Two (Trollhunters)
Welcome to the Darklands
As soon as Jim enters the Darklands, he finds himself in a whole new world. He searches for the nursery but does not have any luck doing so. He starts to worry about his friends and his mother back home and starts to think he should have brought some food and water with him for the trip. Jim then steps into a clearing and sees a sleeping Gumm-Gumm. While Jim tries to sneak past him, some a tiny rock hits the Gumm-Gumm on the head, waking him up. Jim quickly hides from the Gumm-Gumm and waits until he falls asleep. As soon as the Gumm-Gumm falls asleep, Jim gets out of his hiding place and decides to rest. When he feels some heat, he starts to think that the armor has given him a blanket, when it turns out to be a sentient fireball. The fireball introduces himself as, "Rob the Unending Fire" and the two instantly bond after a discussion of their favorite movie. Rob offers to guide Jim throughout his journey to the nursery.
Rob takes Jim to amaze, but Jim only ends up getting lost. Jim gets angry and starts blowing up at Rob for his incompetence. When Rob explains how lonely he is in the Darklands, Jim apologizes for his outburst and tells Rob on how he doesn't want anyone to help him get Enrique back or any emotions to cloud his thoughts. They continue their journey through the Darklands when suddenly, a Nyalagroth arrives and starts circling them. Rob tries shooting fireballs at the Nyalagroth, but it turns out that Nyalagroth's are fireproof, so the two start running away. They reach a dead end and Rob mysteriously vanishes. Jim tries to summon his Glaives, but he is too frightened to do concentrate and blacks out.
Jim wakes up to find the Nyalagroth knocked out cold. He finds out that the person who defeated it is a female Gumm-Gumm named "Skarlagk the Scorned, daughter of Orlagk" who offers to help him defeat Gunmar, making Jim faint again.
Jim eventually wakes up and finds himself riding on another Nyalagroth with Skarlagk. She takes the boy to the resistance, filled with rebellious Gumm-Gumms and tamed Nyalagroths. They arrive at the mess hall with the other Gumm-Gumms for some food, but of course, Jim doesn't take too kindly to Troll food. Jim follows Skarlagk to her chambers, where she begins to explain that Gunmar had killed her father when she was sixteen in human years and asks Jim to help the resistance to destroy Gunmar before he destroys the rebels and Jim's loved ones. Jim ponders this for a minute and agrees.
Hours later find a small room containing some strange stones that Skarlagk has apparently dug up. He finds an emerald-like crystal and inserts it in the place where his amulet used to be, and the armor starts to glow green but changes immediately back to red. Before Jim can ponder this conundrum, Rob barges into the room, ready to throw flames at Jim. The Trollhunter demands to know where Rob has been, to which the fireball replies that after they got separated in the maze, Rob retraced his steps, found the Nyalagroth and followed the slime trails to the resistance.
Trapped in the Darklands
Two weeks following his arrival in the Darklands, Jim makes a risky move to steal eggs from a Nyalagroth's nest, managing to get away with one egg for sustenance. Returning to his abode, where he had drew a makeshift map of the Darklands as well as his friends. Unfortunately, he barely was able get to some sleep as he detected goblins coming for him, forcing him to snuff the fire and scratch out his map, but the Gumm-Gumm had already become aware of his presence.
As he fled for his life, Jim accidentally tripped and stumbled right into the Changeling nursery. Checking the cradles for Enrique, Jim finds one infant, Eloise Stemhower, was born in 1894 and rhetorically asked what the goblins were feeding the familiars to keep them ageless. The next familiar he was a Waltolemew Strickler, Stricklander's familiar. He then finds Enrique and vows to come back for the other familiars. the nursery where he finds Enrique, sleeping in his cradle like a baby. Just when Jim can leave with the baby, some goblins catch him, but Jim manages to outsmart them. Unfortunately, the Gumm-Gumms catch Jim and start to chase after him. Before Jim can enter the portal back home, the Troll Tribunal starts to destroy the bridge. Enrique makes it back to Earth, but Jim becomes captured by the Gumm-Gumms. The trolls bring him before a six eyed troll who resembled Blinky, causing Jim to realize this was his brother Dictatious. Dictatious complimented that while his brother may have trained Jim well, evidently was not well enough and knocked him out.
Jim is taken by Dictatious, who brings him to Gunmar's throne. He begins to fight the soldiers, which intrigues Gunmar, who easily beats him in battle. Before the Skullcrusher could execute Jim, Dictatious stopped him, having realized his friends would come for. Gunmar orders the soldiers to take Jim to a prison cell, where he is thrown in next to Nomura (who got imprisoned for failing Gunmar). He decides to try to escape, but Nomura expresses her doubt and hopelessness, but Jim assures her that his friends will come for him, despite the bridge being gone. He also tells her that he will help her escape as well. Together, they share idle and witty conversation, which helps them bond.
Later, Dictatious and the Gumm-Gumms begin to gloat over taking Jim and Nomura to the Gunmar's throne room for the battle. When they leave, Claire, Toby, and Chompsky arrive to break Jim out of his prison. Before they can break him out of his cell, the Gumm-Gumms arrive and take Jim to Gunmar's throne room for the fight. Nomura and the reluctant Jim begin fighting, but Gunmar becomes very impatient and wants the Trollhunter to do away with Nomura. While he gains the upper hand, Nomura still expresses her doubts and starts to overpower Jim when his armor becomes useless. Before she can kill Jim, Gunmar stops her and tells her to let him finish off the Trollhunter himself. Before he can do that, Toby and Claire arrive. Upon seeing this, Gunmar realizes that the Killahead Bridge is open and sends his henchmen after them.
The four then arrive at the exit but find that it is locked. While Nomura uses a Stalkling to distract Gunmar and his minions, Claire uses the Shadow Staff to open the door. Using Nomura's "Darklands smarts" and combat abilities, they manage to dodge several obstacles. Unfortunately, they also run into Gunmar, who has become even more vengeful for Nomura's treachery. When the Gumm-Gumms seem to have overpowered Nomura, Draal arrives with the Gyre and manages to stop the Gumm-Gumms. The kids, Nomura, and the trolls hop in the Gyre and drive back to the bridge's portal. Luckily, they manage to escape right before the portal closes. They all congratulate themselves for their daring escape and head home together. After basking in the warmth of the sun, Jim and Claire share their first kiss.
Unbeknownst to them, Gunmar, Dictatious, and some goblins and Gumm-Gumms have escaped as well.
Back to Arcadia
The very next day, Jim wakes up and is overly joyed to be back home on Earth, to the confusion of Toby and Claire (despite them knowing perfectly well about him being stuck in the Darklands).
Barbecue Disaster
Having mastered the Triumbric Gemstones, Blinky, AAARRRGGHH!!!, and Vendel show Jim different gemstones for his amulets, all of which have different side effects. Jim is invited over for a barbecue over at Claire's house to impress her parents and to make up for wrecking their house. Unfortunately, the Aspectus Stone causes Jim to split up into different clones, each with a distinct personality that start to cause havoc at the party.
A Gruesome Attacks
Saturday Detention
While trying to stop a troll from stealing Senor Uhl's truck, Jim, Claire, and Toby get caught and end up with Saturday detention. However, they see this as a good thing, since they do not have to worry about Trollhunting (though they do briefly discuss who could have possibly let Gunmar in Trollmarket). When Uhl eats Toby's burrito, he begins to get serious gas and heads to the bathroom.
After Uhl has been gone for some time, the kids decide to leave the classroom and have some fun around the school. After a while, Blinky and AAARGGGHHH!!! arrive and inform Jim that Usurna is planning on putting him on trial for all the strange that things that have been occurring since escaping the Darklands. Blinky suggests making up a story, but Jim decides to accept full responsibility, since it was his choice to go into the Darklands on his own, in spite of Blinky's warnings.
Jim goes back into the hallway to catch up with the other kids, when all of a sudden, he hears a strange loud noise and decides to investigate. He, Blinky and AAARRRGGHHH!!! see that it is Draal, who has been taken over by the Gumm-Gumms.
On Trial for Releasing Gunmar
Later that day, Blinky and AAARRRGGHH!!! take Jim, Claire, and Toby over to Trollmarket, where Jim is being put on trial for allegedly releasing Gunmar into Trollmarket. Usurna tells Jim that they will let him go if he surrenders the Amulet and has it destroyed, but Jim refuses to do such a thing and is subsequently thrown into an iron bird cage until the trial.
Feeling useless, Jim wishes he never chose the Amulet in the first place and he couldn't be the Trollhunter anymore. Just then, the Amulet then summons the spirit of Unkar the Unfortunate to help him see what would happen if he never found the Amulet in the first place. He begins living a normal human life and enjoying himself, but he also remembers the Killahead Bridge and follows Strickler and Ms. Nomura to the museum, who are saying that the new Trollhunter is too stubborn and works alone. Realizing who the new Trollhunter might be, Jim goes inside Trollmarket to confront Blinky and AAARRRGGHH!!! on the matter, but as one would expect, they don't believe him and try to kill him. Jim then goes to Strickler's office and tries to explain everything that is going on. After a brief brawl, Strickler believes Jim, but they see that the invasion has already begun. Jim runs to the museum and sees that Draal has been chosen as the new Trollhunter, but has already been killed. Tearfully, Jim destroys the Amulet and admits that he is the true Trollhunter, ready to face the world. Unkar tries to convince him not to fight, but Jim decides to take his chances. Merlin's spirit then appears and reveals that this was all a test to help Jim see what he was made for, so he sends him back to his own world.
Before the trial, Jim deduces that there might be a Gumm-Gumm spy lurking in the village, so he has Claire and Blinky investigate for some evidence while Toby and AAARRRGGHH!!! stall for time, but Toby only ends up getting rocks thrown at him. They use NotEnrique as a witness, who tries to put in a good word for Jim, but it also causes the council to be more suspicious. Jim confesses that everyone is mad at him for his mistakes, but he still wants to do the right thing, in spite of his predicament and that he would do anything to rectify his mistakes. This still doesn't provide enough evidence that Jim is innocent. Just when Jim's friends arrive to inform the council of their new discovery, but Jim has already been found guilty and Usurna sentences him to death in some sort of pit known as, "The Deep" to "face death at the hands of his greatest fear."
In the Deep, Jim finds some sort of mysterious figure in the midst, which looks an awful lot like him with the red armor and a different form. Luckily, Jim manages to escape the Deep and finds out that Usurna has taken over Trollmarket. She claims that Jim is the one who killed Vendel (when it was really her) and they would be better off with her as a protector.
Jim arrives at the caverns, where he reunites with his friends and informs them of Usurna's takeover. He looks at Vendel's remains and tearfully blames himself, but Blinky assures Jim that he had no control over the matter and Vendel truly believed him. Since they don't have any evidence and the other trolls have already been fooled, they go to the Janus Order to stop Gunmar. They immediately encounter Gunmar himself, but is revealed to be Otto, who is being possessed by Gunmar. This is when the gang realizes that Gunmar is in Trollmarket and they head back to stop him.
Evacuating Heartstone Trollmarket
The gang heads back to Trollmarket, where they interrogate Dictacious, who informs them that Gunmar has taken over Trollmarket and is planning to take the Hearthstone to regain his strength, so he can gain a brand new army after his last one got lost in the Darklands. Claire decides to use the Shadow Staff to conjure up a large portal, but Jim doesn't want her to risk her life for the trolls, but Claire says she is willing to take the chance after Jim saved her brother. Instead of the staff, Blinky decides to use the Gyre to help the trolls evacuate while Jim and AAARRRGGHH!!! hold off the Gumm-Gumms. Jim calls Steve to bring some umbrellas to shade the evacuating trolls.
Unfortunately, the Gumm-Gumms manage to track down the gang and try to break down the wall. Claire decides to take her chances by using the Shadow Staff to escape and conjure up a large portal. When Jim sees that the staff is killing her, he, Toby, Blinky, Enrique, and AAARRRGGHH!!! join in and help her conjure up the portal together. They manage to escape in the knick of time and the trolls celebrate their victory. Jim then hands Blinky Vendel's staff and appoints him as the new leader of Trollmarket. They vow to be prepared for Gunmar's army when they strike and find a place to hide the trolls until further notice.
Jim then goes home, only to find Strickler and Nomura, who are offering some assistance in his training.
Part Three (Trollhunters)
Preparing to Fight Gunmar
Since the trolls are stuck on Earth and the Gumm-Gumms are on the loose, the Trollhunters have been putting up signs to help deflect the Gumm-Gumms from attacking. They are not sure that they can defeat Gunmar or keep the other trolls in the clear forever, as they don't know what he is planning. AAARRGGGHHH!!! decides to disguise himself as a Gumm-Gumm in order to get some intel on what Gunmar might be up to.
Jim goes back home to have some food, only to find that Barbara is painting pictures of Jim and his Trollhunting life, a sign that her memory is returning. Jim tells Claire about her memory possibly returning, but also expresses concern about the cold that Claire seems to have caught from the Shadow Staff and tells her to take the night off.
At school, Douxie, a visiting student flirts with Claire and hands her a flyer for a Battle of the Bands competition being held at the end of the school year, to which Claire, Mary and Darci decide to compete in.
After school, Jim secretly trains with Strickler and Nomura, though he feels guilty about going behind Blinky's back. However, Jim isn't used to Strickler's more dark and somewhat insane methods of training. Strickler claims that Jim needs to be more assertive and dark to kill Gunmar.
Jim goes to Blinky, who is in a bit of a bad mood from trying to lead a whole race of trolls for survival. AAARRRGGHHH!!! then arrives with some information about Gunmar's plan. Apparently, he plans to revive his original plan to unleash the Eternal Night, which permanently blocks out the sun and allows trolls to attack the human world. AAARRRGGHHH!!! says that Gunmar doesn't know how to bring the Eternal Night, but he is searching for a way. Jim tells AAARRRGGHHH!!! to keep getting more information.
Claire's Possession
His Mother's Memories
The Quest to Merlin's Tomb
Meeting Aja & Krel
Merlin sends the Trollhunters to retrieve strange ingredients for something he is working on. Jim, Claire, and Toby are sent to retrieve lighting in a bottle, while Blinky and AAARRRGGHH!!! are sent to find the rest of Merlin's ingredients elsewhere.
Jim's "True" Destiny
The Eternal Night War
Leaving Arcadia
With Morgana defeated and the Eternal Night over, Trollmarket has been destroyed. Merlin informs Jim and the other trolls that he senses another Heartstone somewhere in New Jersey. Jim and Claire decide to go with Merlin and the trolls, while Toby and AAARRGGHHH!!! decide to stay in Arcadia as the new protectors. Jim bids a tearful goodbye to his mother and promises to contact her whenever he can. Jim, Claire, Merlin and the trolls head off on their journey for a new home.
Part One (3Below)
Gym Class
Since Part One of 3Below takes place during Part Three of Trollhunters, Jim makes a brief cameo appearance in "Terra Incognita Part Two", where he's seen exercising and chatting with Toby during gym class.
Meeting the Akiridions
One day, a trickster troll named Porgon goes on the loose and the Trollhunters start to track him down. Unfortunately, as Porgon threw a series of supercharged trees at the pursuing Trollhunters, causing a chain reaction that caused them to stumble. Just as they catch up with Porgon, the trickster gets his hands on a strange metal cylinder that causes him to vanish. Blinky assumes that it's because he has somehow found a way to control time and space.
The next day, Jim tells Toby that he saw Porgon at the planetarium, where the school science fair was being hosted. Jim bumps into Aja and remarks that he had never done that before. Just then, Porgon arrives and starts attacking the fair. Before Jim can activate his armor, Aja uses her serrator shield to block Porgon's attacks. Confused at what just happened, Jim asked Aja what her device was. Unfortunately, as Claire teleports Toby up above to smash Porgon, the trickster uses his magic on the cylinder, causing the day to reset to its beginning.
Returning to the science fair, Jim ambushes Aja and introduces himself, saying she can help him. As Aja boasted of being trained as a warrior, suddenly Porgon attacks again. As Aja realized that the day was repeating, Jim remarked that she remembered as his friends interrupt. As Porgon holds up the cylinder, Aja identifies it as Akiridion technology. Claire and Toby try to attack Porgon again but he starts the loop again before they could succeed.
Returning to the science fair again, Jim attempts to approach Aja and flinches when she nearly stabs him with her serrator blade. When she asked why the day kept repeating, Jim then informs Aja about how Porgon is keeping them all in a time loop and it's only because of her serrator shield and his amulet that their memories were protected. As the loop was about to begin again, he asks what Akiridion tech is. Aja explains that the technology comes from her homeworld of Akiridion-5 and reveals her true form to Jim.
As the loop begins again, Jim finds himself waking up in his own bed to find Aja in her true form by his bedside. Aja wants to stop Porgon right away, but Jim stops her and calls the other Trollhunters for assistance.
Both teams meet in the woods, where both of their mentors begin to have a bit of a tiff. They soon hear Porgon attacking the fair again with only the Creepslayerz to defend it, Jim tells Aja to pull up her serrator shield to shield both team's members as the loop restarts. They go back through the time loop and have a meeting at Aja and Krel's house to discuss how they are going to plan their attack on Porgon. The teams conclude that combining the Dekyon Charger and his Troll magic, he is able to control time and space itself, but if he combines it with the Subspace Manifold as well, time could be destroyed. Jim tries to formulate a plan, but being impatient, Aja goes off on her own. Naturally, she fails again and is sent back through the time loop.
When she goes back to the house, Jim tells her she needs to learn patience, which is what Varvatos Vex was trying to teach her. Jim recounts how he foolishly journeyed into the Darklands alone and it was only through the aid of his friends that he made it out. Aja snaps about how determined she is to become a warrior and to defeat the bounty hunters who are out to kill her. Krel and Varvatos explains to Aja that all the training in the world cannot prevent accidents or mistakes, that there will be consequences no matter what. Furthermore, as Varvatos squeezes Jim's neck, he agrees with the Trollhunter that she could not hope to defeat Porgon by herself. Aja ponders this and reluctantly agrees.
The gang decides to put magic stones on the students' volcanoes to distract Porgon while stealing the charger. When they cause the volcanoes to spew out real lava, they manage to defeat Porgon and retrieve the charger. Unfortunately, that also means that they have been exposed to the public. Krel decides to destroy the charger, resetting the loop to ensure that Porgon would not find it and keep their anonymity but that also means the events and their memories will be erased. Blinky assures them that fate would find a way to reunite them all in due course. Both teams then places their hands on the charger as restart the loop one last time.
In the final loop, just as Porgon stumbles across the charger, it self-destructs, allowing the Trollhunters to catch up and slay him.
With no memory of Aja or Krel, Jim accidentally bumps into Aja again during the science fair and apologizes. When he asks her if she's alright, she says that everything is "awesome sauce," a phrase only Toby says, and he and Toby continue enjoying the planetarium.
Whereabouts During the Bonfire
Darci mentions to Mary that Jim, Claire, and Toby were on a trip to visit his "Uncle Marlin" and makes another brief cameo appearance in Merlin's Tomb, redirecting the water with his sword's magic.
The Eternal Night
Jim is briefly seen in his troll form, slicing a flying truck in half with his sword. As soon as he lands, he glances towards Aja and Krel, who recognize him and are confused by why he looked more "blue", until they realized the "Trollhunters" thing after their last encounter with him.
Part Two (3Below)
Ambush in New Jersey
Jim is mentioned several times by Toby as he expresses how much he misses fighting alongside his best friend.
In "Race to Trollmarket", Jim briefly appears when Aja and Krel try to ask him about Kanjigar. However, Jim and Blinky were busy fighting off a mysterious armored figure that was attacking them in the sewers of Hoboken, New Jersey. Toby introduces Jim to Aja and Krel and explains that they're Akiridions, and Jim wonders how they're doing in Arcadia before he resumes fighting.
Part One (Wizards)
TBA
Physical Appearance
- “The way we managed to balance Jim 'teenager' and Jim 'Trollhunter' is all thanks to the design of his armor. Since he is such a skinny character, the only way to make him look like a warrior was to create an armor that would fit his shape and yet enhance his size in a natural way.”
- ―The Team at Headless Animation Studio[src]
In his human form, Jim was about 5 foot 6 inches tall[3] with a slim build. By his own admission[4] and Krel, he has skinny legs. He has blue eyes and short dark hair.
Unarmored, Jim wears a blue zip-up jacket with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and a white shirt underneath. He has blue jeans and blue and white sneakers.
While using the Amulet of Daylight, Jim's armor is a silver suit of knight's armor, complete with a breastplate (the chest area), pauldrons (the shoulder areas), vambraces (the forearm areas), gauntlets (the hand areas), cuisses (the thigh areas), poleyns (the knee areas), greaves (the leg areas), and sabatons (the feet areas) with blue trimmings. Underneath the armor, there is a black inner layer. While wielding the Eclipse Blade, this armor is black with red trimmings. Both armors have their respective amulets mounted on the left side of the breastplates and occasionally their swords (Daylight and Eclipse) stowed on the backs of the armors.
- “I remember sitting in the editing room watching the final five episodes. And after you get over the initial shock of seeing Jim in altered form, by the time you're in episode 51, he's just Jim. You're not thinking about him as Troll-Jim; he's just Jim. And that to me was very special.”
- ―Marc Guggenhem, Executive Producer[src]
In his troll form, Jim's skin pigment became blue, his hair became longer, blacker, and unkempt, he gained two lower fangs, large horns, and pointy ears. His right hand became bigger and lost its pinky finger, becoming more troll-like, while his left-hand remains human but armored. Ever since his transformation, Jim is always seen in his Eclipse Armor.
Personality
- “I think the appealing part about Jim is we all know him in real life somewhere, and I feel like Jim makes the courageous choices we would make in any given situation.”
- ―Elaine Bogan, Director[src]
At the start of the series, Jim was shown being the caretaker around the house, cooking meals for himself and his mother, Barbara Lake. Despite it being Barbara's job to take care of him, he likes taking care of her because of how much work she does as a doctor. He is also shown to have a reputation for being an all-around swell guy, though it is implied this is just to get people to like him.
Jim can get nervous often, as he didn't want to accept his new position as the Trollhunter, having never been in a fight before, or was too nervous to ask his crush, Claire, to the dance. However, when he perseveres and tries, despite his fear, he can succeed in his job which proves how brave and hard-working he really is. After getting used to being the Trollhunter, he was braver than ever, such as fighting against Bular and the Changelings. Jim was also reluctant to kill people as part of his job, but when he started gaining more self-defense instincts, he became somewhat brave enough to do it.
Jim is very overprotective of his loved ones, to the points where he might be considered incompetent. To keep his loved ones safe, like his friends Toby, Claire, Blinky, Draal, AAARRRGGHH!!!, or his mom, he will often try to keep them out of a fight and finish it alone, even though it usually does more harm than good. Another sign of his overprotectiveness is that he's willing to lie to his mom to keep her from worrying about him. Jim kept it a secret, but he didn't keep it hidden because Barbara was fully aware of Jim's lies and kept demanding him to tell the truth, but Jim kept lying to protect her, despite it only straining their relationship even further and putting Barbara in danger.
He's definitely willing to keep lying for his loved ones' safety no matter what the consequences are, even when they spoil his "good boy" reputation toward the people he knows like his teachers, Claire, and especially his mom. Most of all, when his mom finally found out he is the Trollhunter, she had her memory erased and she made him promise to tell her again later. Jim did promise, however, he chooses to break his promise again so she wouldn't worry, even though lying is what caused her to nearly die in the first place. Despite being overprotective and a little bumbling, he knows when he can't accomplish things without help from his team. It's also something he's been learning to overcome, particularly after his dream sequence from Unkar.
Jim is also a bit of the jealous type since he hated it when Douxie was flirting with Claire and she giggled at his witty comments.
When Merlin had Jim change himself into a half-troll, he was reluctant because he would lose half of his humanity forever. After a little consideration and reflections on all he had been through, he willingly turned himself into a troll hybrid. Initially, Jim enjoyed his new feral state and abilities, but then he became depressed when he found out that he couldn't go into the sunlight, eat human food, or go back to school. He felt as if he could never be with his loved ones again and was to remain a monster forever. He was then reminded by his loved ones that he could still have an exciting life, despite it no longer being a normal one.
Powers & Abilities
Powers
- Above-Average Physiology: Jim (when still human) is slightly stronger and more durable than an average teenager.
- Enhanced Durability: Thanks to his magical armor, Jim has been seen taking hits that would have almost certainly broken an ordinary person's bones, as well as withstanding Bular's crushing grip. In "Bittersweet Sixteen", he has even withstood a high-altitude lightning strike, which was sufficient enough to kill a Stalkling and would have severely injured, if not killed, an ordinary human.
- Strength: Jim was shown strong enough to knock Steve out cold with one punch, all while knocking out a tooth as well.
- Reflexes: Even before training, Blinky comments that Jim has excellent reflexes. He was able to avoid a blade from the ground by quickly rolling and running away, despite being in (extreme) close range.
- Human-Troll Hybrid Physiology: After using Merlin's elixir potion, Jim has become a hybrid of human and troll, which granted him greater strength, speed, durability, stamina, senses, agility, and reflexes, to where he defeated Angor Rot and Gunmar simultaneously. Merlin even claims that Jim is now capable of preforming feats beyond that of a human and troll.
- Superhuman Strength: Jim's strength was enhanced to the point he could hurtle Gunmar into a building with nothing but his might, as well as knocking him several feet away with a rookie. He is also able to tackle AAARRRGGHH!!! a few feet away.
- Superhuman Endurance: Jim can endure more than an average human or troll.
- Superhuman Durability: Thanks to his new stone skin, Jim's durability was increased to where he could withstand many of Morgana's deadly spells, managing a nosebleed (which is human red, instead of purple or green like other trolls and changelings). When AAARRRGGHH!!!, a strong troll, punched Jim, he openly said that "[he] didn't feel a thing."
- Superhuman Stamina: Jim can now physical exert himself for long periods of time without wearing himself out.
- Superhuman Speed: Jim is fast enough to out-run Claire and her Shadow Staff, even appearing as a blur. Claire even claims that Jim was moving so fast during their chase that she lost track of him.
- Superhuman Reflexes: He is able to evade most attacks with incredible ease. He was shown easily avoiding every single strike from Claire, as well as Gunmar and Angor Rot’s strong blows.
- Superhuman Agility: Jim is much more agile than an average human or troll.
- Superhuman Leaping: As a half-troll, Jim can jump higher and farther than a normal troll.
- Superhuman Senses: Jim's senses are much more acute than an average human's, though the extent of his senses are unknown.
- Matter Indigestion: As a half-troll, Jim is capable of consuming and digesting any substance without any problems. However, he has sadly lost his appetite for real human food, especially his own.
- Semi-Immortality: As a half-troll, Jim most likely now possesses a troll's ability to live for hundreds of years without aging, but is still vulnerable to being killed.
- Magical Weaponry: After being chosen by the Amulet of Daylight, Jim is able to summon his armor and weapons by chanting "For the glory of Merlin, Daylight is mine to command!", although sometimes he is shown activating the amulet without speaking the incantation since it also reacts to his emotional state. Jim is able to manipulate his armor in any way he desires, including his sword, glaives, shield, and helmet. After his transformation into a half-troll, the armor appears to have permanently attached itself to his body. However, as explained by one of the show’s writers, this is because Jim is under a massive emotional turmoil that his amulet has locked him in his armor and is trying to protect him until he ever felt "safe".
- Sword Conjuring: Jim is able to summon Daylight (including his Eclipse Blade), as well as willing the sword to return to his hand in combat or switching hands.
- Glaive Conjuring: After cleaving the Birthstone, Jim gains the ability to summon two glaives from his thighs, which act a lot like boomerangs and respond to his command.
- Shield Conjuring: After faceting the Killstone, Jim gains the ability to summon a warrior's shield on his left forearm, which protects him from most attacks.
- Helmet Conjuring: After compressing the Eye of Gunmar, Jim gains the ability to summon a large helmet, which protects him from lethal damage and Gunmar's Decimaar Blade. He can also open and close it with his thoughts.
- Wall Walking (briefly): In the episode "Hero with a Thousand Faces", Jim was briefly able to walk on verticle surfaces with no aid through the use of an unknown stone, previously used by Araknak the Agile. He had to keep his focus in order to stay on the surface so if he loses concentration, he would fall.
- Duplication (briefly): In the episode "Hero with a Thousand Faces", Jim was briefly able to summon clones of himself (though in different aspects of his personality) through the use of the Aspectus Stone, previously used by Maddrux the Many. However, he had no control over his own clones, like Hunter Jim.
- Counteracting Angor Rot's Magics: After cutting Angor's eye and placing it into his amulet, Jim gains the ability to ward off his magics. He also regains possession of Daylight from Angor.
Abilities
- Charisma/Compassion: It has been stated by others (Blinky, in particular) that Jim's greatest strength is his humanity and love for others, no matter the cost. It has allowed him to inspire others to find greatness in themselves and come to his aid whenever possible. Even some of his enemies have been inspired by his sense of honor, like Strickler and Nomura. Even after becoming half-troll, it appears that this trait has not diminished at all. He reminds Angor Rot of the hero he used to be before he became Morgana's slave, which convinced him to turn against her and give the Trollhunters the opening they need to seal her away for good.
- Indomitable Will: Jim has a strong sense of will, as he is greatly determined to save his loved ones no matter what, even if odds are close to none. His strong will was most notably shown when he resists Gunmar's cursed blade to where he was deemed almost-to-completely immune to its brainwashing effects.
- Swordsman: After training with Draal, Jim is an accomplished swordsman, able to hold off against Nomura, Strickler, and even Bular himself. Jim's fighting style is somewhat chaotic, but he uses his agility to outsmart larger and stronger foes and get behind their guard. Jim's proficiency has extended beyond Daylight as well, as he is able to parry Angor Rot's attacks with his newly discovered daggers, hold off Nomura using only a frying pan in his house, and fight Strickler with a fork and knife. After his transformation into a half-troll, his swordsmanship has increased to where he could fight Gunmar and Angor Rot blade-to-blade.
- Martial Artist: Although Jim had no formal training in martial arts, he was instructed in the art of hand-to-hand combat by Blinky and Draal. While he relies on his sword for most attacks, Jim has been shown to improvise punches and kicks in combat. It is most likely that he has been taught some techniques from his mother, as she is an orange-belt in Krav-Maga, prior to becoming a Trollhunter.
- Adaptor: Jim is a noticeably fast learner, as he learned how to wield Daylight, with some help from Draal, in mere moments.
- Actor: In the first half of Part One, Jim is shown to be a fairly decent actor, despite never being on stage once. He was even able to land the part of Romeo for the school play (although his chronic tardiness briefly reduced him as an understudy for a time).
- Survivalism: After months of training with trolls, Jim gains remarkable knowledge of survival, as he was able to live in the Darklands for nearly two weeks in spite of having little-to-no resources. He could hunt, lure out, and trick monsters out of their dens while in search for food and avoid being detected by Gumm-Gumms, goblins, Dictatious, and even Gunmar for weeks, at least until he finally finds Enrique.
- Tactician: As the de facto leader of his group, Jim is usually the one who comes up with the strategies. Although most of his plans have been foiled, such as when Strickler anticipated his attempt to send Toby, Blinky, and AAARRRGGHH!!! into his office, Jim has a knack for improvising situations to complete his missions.
- Cooking: Jim is an accomplished cook, making meals for himself and his mother while she works since she is a terrible cook herself. Toby and Strickler have both praised his cooking. Even after he became a troll hybrid, he was still shown to be a terrific cook (despite not being able to taste his own food anymore).
- Faceting/Cleaving: Although only used during his hunt for the Triumbric Stones, Jim has been seen carving and cutting the Birthstone perfectly under the direction of Vendel, the Killstone and the Eye of Gunmar by himself, and the Eye of Angor Rot under the direction of Strickler.
Weaknesses
- Mortality (formerly): As a human, Jim was highly vulnerable to injuries, sicknesses, old-age, and even death. However, after his transformation into a troll, he is now most likely able to live for hundreds of years like a normal troll, but is still capable of being killed.
- Direct Sunlight: After his transformation into a half-troll, Jim now possesses a troll's natural weakness to sunlight as it burns him on contact. However, it's unknown if sunlight will turn him to stone or not since he's still not entirely a troll.
- Feral Instincts: After his transformation into a half-troll, Jim became prone to feral instincts. He has given in to his more animalistic side while he was immensely depressed by his newfound form.
- The Mark of Angor Rot (briefly): After Angor painted his mark on Jim's face in "Blinky's Day Out", he took most of Jim's strength and even his command over Daylight whenever they encountered each other. However, after he cuts Angor's eye under the direction of Strickler in "Something Rotten This Way Comes", Jim is able to counteract the mark and regains his control over Daylight.
- Humanity: Although his love for the people he cares about is strong and true, as well as undoubtedly one of his greatest strengths, it can also be one of his greatest flaws sometimes. His reluctance to end a being's life and put his loved ones's needs before his own has put himself in danger more than once. For instance, he decides to go into the Darklands by himself after AAARRRGGHH!!!'s sacrifice so he could prevent the rest of his friends from getting hurt, and he lies to his mother about his trollhunting life to keep her safe, until it eventually got her into a load of trouble when Angor Rot attacks them. Also, as revealed in "Mistrial and Error", Jim's deepest fear is losing his humanity and becoming a monster. Nomura, Strickler, and even Merlin try to warn him throughout Part Three that his humanity could lead to his and the world's downfall if he never learns to accept his inner troll as well.
Equipment
- The Amulet of Daylight: As the chief weapon of Trollhunters, the Amulet of Daylight called out to Jim in the voice of Kanjigar and chose him as the first ever human Trollhunter. By chanting "For the Glory of Merlin, Daylight is mine to command!" Jim can encase himself in a medieval knight's armor, complete with the Sword of Daylight. The amulet itself allows Jim to translate Troll into English and vice versa, and it will return to Jim if separated, as seen when he tries to dispose of it early on and later when it escaped the clutches of Strickler and Bular. The amulet can be opened and upgraded with special stones, including the Triumbric Stones, the Eye of Angor Rot, and many other gemstones with hidden powers.
- Sword of Daylight: Jim's sword, Daylight, is harmful to trolls, vaporizing them on contact and blinding them with its presence.
- Gemstone Storage: According to Vendel, Merlin made the Amulet malleable so that each Trollhunter could fight evil that even its creator couldn't foresee. When Jim places a magical gemstone within his Amulet, he gains new armor, new powers, and/or new weapons. The Amulet is limited to storing only six gems total.
- Eclipse Blade: After he finds all three Triumbric Stones, his amulet gains the ability to summon his new Eclipse Armor and the Eclipse Blade. Eclipse's capabilities are currently unknown, but it can be assumed that its basic qualities are similar in nature to that of Daylight, and it's the only weapon capable of killing Gunmar. This source is activated with the incantation: "For the Doom of Gunmar, Eclipse is mine to command!"
- Glaives: After cleaving the Birthstone, Jim unlocks his armor's glaives.
- Shield: After faceting the Killstone, Jim unlocks his armor's shield.
- Helmet: After claiming the Eye of Gunmar, Jim unlocks his armor's helmet.
- Bike: Jim's bike is his primary form of transportation in the first half of Part One, and his main way of getting to and from school. Jim uses the bike to escape from foes including Bular and the Stalkling. After he receives a Vespa on his 16th birthday from Blinky, the bike is no longer used. However, he does use his bike on some occasions, like when he returns from the Darklands.
- Vespa 150 G.S. (formerly): Jim's Vespa 150 G.S. was a birthday gift from Blinky and Jim's most desired birthday present. The scooter is Jim's primary form of transportation and seats two, with Toby Domzalski and Claire Nuñez being its most common passengers. However, Merlin later dismantles Jim's Vespa (to his great dismay) and uses its parts to create suits of armor for Claire and Toby.
Relationships
Toby Domzalski
“Sure, I did. You had no problem sneaking into the Darklands when it was to save Claire’s brother, but now that Kanjigar says you’ve got to face Gunmar, you’re having nightmares about him and are freaking out that you’re way out of your league. I can multi-task, Jimbo!" -Toby to Jim in "Mudslinging"
Toby and Jim pose
Toby Domzalski is Jim's best friend and "sidekick". He really loves tacos and has a crush on the school mascot (later revealed to be Darci Scott). He is always by Jim's side during battles. It is noted that Toby likes to be the only one at Jim's side. In the episode Airheads, he is seen arguing and competing with Claire Nuñez for the position of Jim's sidekick.
At the end of the series when Jim leaves Arcadia to find a new heartstone in New Jersey, he gives Toby his job as the city’s protector and promises to contact him whenever he can.
Claire Nuñez
"You mean WE are gonna find him... together." -Claire to Jim in "The Battle of Two Bridges"
Jlaire kiss
At first, Jim merely crushed on Claire from afar and she tolerated him at best until he attempted to woo her with quickly learned Spanish and she invited him to audition for the school play, Romeo, and Juliet. Although he didn't actually want to act, he auditioned to convince Strickler that the armor was for the play. However, due to his tardiness and absence from several rehearsals, their relationship begins to turn sour. After a last-minute attempt to win back her trust, he agrees to babysit her little brother, Enrique, who is actually a changeling, who they dubbed as NotEnrique. After causing a mess in her house, she says she hopes to never see him again. Before he and Draal have their to-the-death rematch, he leaves her a letter, confessing all of his feelings and what has been going on with him. She forgives him, thinking it's metaphorical, but then grows suspicious and, after NotEnrique endangers her and she learns the truth of his new double life situation, the two grow closer as she joins in on the adventures, and prepare to go to the Spring Fling together. They ultimately decide to skip the Fling, and instead dance near a cliff overlooking the city, almost kissing.
During Part Two, Claire is determined to rescue Jim from the Darklands after he saved Enrique first. After everyone manages to get him back, Claire hugs him saying that she misses him and they both share a kiss. After an unconventional barbecue at her parents' house, Claire finally calls Jim her boyfriend and says that she does not care that her parents disapprove of it, officially becoming a couple.
In Part Three, their relationship starts to grow when Jim becomes jealous when Douxie starts flirting with Claire. He also does everything in his power to free Claire from Morgana’s control. After turning into a half-troll permanently, Jim becomes extremely depressed over what he has lost with her, uncertain as to what kind of life they could possibly have together. However, Claire proves her eternal love for him by staying by his side, hugging him when he is believed to be dead, and even deciding to go live with Jim in the new Trollmarket.
Blinky Galadrigal
Blinky comforting Troll Jim
"When I gaze upon you, do you know what I see? I see a champion, a friend... a son. A magnificent son." -Blinky to Jim in "Jimhunters"
Blinky is Jim's mentor and is very loyal to him. He calls him "Master Jim" and is often accompanied by his friend AAARRRGGHH!!!. Blinky helps with problems that Jim faces and looks up remedies to help him fight the rogue trolls and goblins. In later episodes of Part One, it is revealed by Stricklander during a fight with Jim that Jim sees Blinky as his surrogate father. Unfortunately, Jim doesn't necessarily think of Blinky as a good replacement for his birth father, due to Blinky being his trainer. Regardless, the two have shared multiple bonding moments that could hint at this dynamic, including building a Vespa bike together.
This father-son relationship is finally established in "Jimhunters" when Blinky comforts Jim after he becomes saddened by his new form.
Draal the Deadly
"Fleshbag... Maybe you'll make a good Trollhunter after all. When that time comes, I will be proud to fight by your side." -Draal to Jim in "Win, Lose, or Draal"
When first entering Heartstone Trollmarket, Draal goes to Jim, demanding that he prove he's the new Trollhunter. After donning the armor, Jim grows frightened of Draal once he learns that Draal is Kanjigar's son, the last Trollhunter, and believes he himself is the amulet's rightful heir. Saying it's "training", he challenges Jim in the Hero's Forge with Vendel watching. Jim quickly loses and this causes him to question whether the amulet chose correctly. After his doubt settles and with his confidence restored, he asks Draal for a rematch. However, he grows fearful again once it's explained that a rematch would be to-the-death. In their match, Jim, using the knowledge he gained from reading A Brief Recapitulation of Troll Lore, wins the match, but ignoring the chants of the other trolls, doesn't kill Draal and instead spares his life.
Draal, exiled out of shame, takes refuge in Jim's basement and vows to protect his house. He trains Jim how to properly fight and continues to live with Jim for the remainder of Part One, even after he is welcomed back into Trollmarket. The two form somewhat of a bond and always trust each other, quite similar to Toby and AAARRRGGHH!!!'s relationship. Jim even admits that he sees Draal more than just his protector, but as one of his closest friends, so he most likely saw Draal as a brother he never had.
In Part Two, Draal was taken over by Gunmar, and Jim was reluctant to fight him since they're friends. Jim vowed to find a way to restore Draal’s free will.
In Part Three, when Draal was freed from his brainwashing, he helped Jim find Merlin's staff and the two started to work together better than before. Sadly, when Angor Rot and Gunmar arrived, a heated and violent battle occurred and Angor did away with Draal, who sacrificed himself trying to protect Jim. Jim was completely heartbroken since this was the first everlasting death of a close friend he had to deal with in his life. Luckily, Jim avenged Draal when he declared his victory over Gunmar to him.
Barbara Lake
Jim with his mother, Barbara
“I want you to know something. Even before you found this amulet – way before all this – you were always my hero. My beautiful boy…” -Barbara to Jim in "A Night to Remember"
After Jim's father left them around his 5th birthday, he and Barbara vowed to always take care of each other. To the present day, Jim has continued to care for his mother, kissing her goodnight, nurturing her when she was sick, as well as doing all of the cooking and cleaning in the house, even though it was Barbara who is supposed to care for Jim, making Jim somewhat of a mama's boy.
When Jim became the Trollhunter and met his new trolls friends, he was determined to keep it all a secret from her just to keep her from worrying. Unfortunately, she got worried either way. After Jim gets more involved in his occupation as a Trollhunter, his mom grows more worried, as he's begun to return home at late hours, argue, and keep secrets from her. He expresses discomfort that he must do such things but continues to and heatedly tells her that he doesn't want her to see Mr. Strickler again after she invited him over for dinner, even though she's fond of him.
Their relationship continued to strain and only seemed to worsen (though somewhat repaired thanks to a temporarily humanized Blinky) until, while waiting for Angor Rot to enter his house, she comes home early. Unable to make up a lie in time, he quickly reveals the truth to her and after Mr. Stickler is injured, causing Barbara to receive the same injury due to their intertwined fates, he brings her to Trollmarket to heal her. Vendel tells him the only way for Barbara to heal properly is to unbind her from Mr. Strickler, however, she would also lose her memories in the process. Barbara begs several times for Jim to remind her of his life as a Trollhunter when she comes to and promises that he will. Once she loses consciousness, he rushes her to a hospital in the human world so she can heal properly. After she reawakens, she asks Jim what happened. Happily (because she wouldn't believe him), he lies and tells her that she was in an accident, breaking his promise.
In Part Three, Barbara’s memory returns and she confronts Jim for breaking his promise and worrying too much about her. She explains to him that parents have to protect their kids and be concerned, regardless of what they do. Jim finally truly realizes what has done wrong and agrees. After Jim is permanently transformed into a troll, Barbara is just as shocked and saddened by this as Jim himself. When Jim runs away after realizing all the disadvantages to his new form, she expresses her undying love for him and that he will always be himself, regardless of what he has become. When Jim leaves Arcadia with Claire and the trolls to find a new home, Barbara expresses reluctance to let Jim leave town, but he promises to contact her all the time. The two then share a tearful goodbye.
Eli Pepperjack
Ever since Jim stood up for Eli when Steve shoved him into a locker, Eli has been deeply devoted to Jim and was genuinely shocked when he and Steve assumed he was evil. When Steve and Eli helped Jim and the others help the trolls escape Gunmar, Eli said that he has a lot of questions for Jim. It is also shown that Eli believes Jim to be the best person in the world and idolizes him.
However, in part two, he begins to have second thoughts when he and Steve start investigating some of the strange occurrences happening in Arcadia, in which Jim is connected. The duo initially believes that Jim is evil and planning to take over the town and try to stop him, but are soon proven that whatever Jim is involved in, he's not an enemy. Eventually, when Steve and Eli reveal that they knew about his life as a Trollhunter, Eli says that "[Jim] has a lot of explaining to do."
It's unknown if Eli's aware of Jim's departure and transformation into a troll. However, Eli seems aware that Jim is unavailable as he talks to Toby about aliens in Arcadia instead.
Steve Palchuk
Since knocking Steve’s tooth out, Steve had spent a majority of the series trying to get revenge on Jim.
When Jim entered the Darklands and the other Trollhunters told everyone he had a terminal illness, Steve knew it was a trick and decided to find out about what was going on. When Eli and Steve teamed up to investigate, they assumed that Jim was part of an evil supernatural plot, but eventually found out the truth. Since then, Steve has gained respect for Jim and gotten over his loss. It's unknown if Steve is aware of Jim's departure and transformation.
Aja Tarron
The Warrior Princess and the Trollhunter
"You don't understand. My mama and papa did get hurt, and now bounty hunters are after us. This is why I am training to be a warrior. This is why I cannot be patient... I cannot lose anyone ever again." -Aja to Jim in "D'aja Vu"
Originally, Jim and Aja first meet during a science fair in "D'aja Vu" while facing a trickster troll named Porgon, who stole a piece of Akiridion tech so he could combine it with his troll magic to restart time. Aja and Jim are the only ones who remember the time loop (due to Jim's magic amulet and Aja's serrator shield protecting their memories) and they team up to solve this problem. At first, Jim was surprised to learn that Aja is an Akiridion, but says it wasn't that strange to him, considering his experiences with magic and trolls.
Despite knowing each other for a short time, Jim and Aja bond with each other about the importance of being a warrior, as Jim explains to the queen-in-waiting that it takes patience. When Aja expresses why she can't be patient, as she feels unable to protect the people she cares about and wants to prevent any more tragedies, Jim was understanding since he knows the feeling quite well himself. When they succeed in taking the battery away from Porgon, they are caught in public with their friends. They decide to use their tech and magic to go back in time and prevent Porgon from taking it (costing their memories of each other as well). Jim and Aja were both saddened by this but promised that fate would unite them again one day.
During "Lightning in a Bottle/In Good Hands", Jim takes Aja and Krel on a tour of Arcadia (while Aja tries to take Jim's amulet when she mistakes it for her missing serrator). She later helps him capture lightning in a bottle and says goodbye to him and his friends. During the Eternal Night War, Aja immediately recognizes Jim, despite his new troll form, but they don't interact.
Strickler
"Atlas, too, carried the weight of the world on his shoulders, and I'm concerned, like him, you're overextending yourself." -Strickler to Jim in "Wherefore Art Thou, Trollhunter?"
At first, Jim favored Mr. Strickler and looked up to him as a sort of father figure, which he admits to Claire and Toby in "Just Add Water". Even before he became the Trollhunter, Strickler is aware that Jim is overextending himself from taking care of his mother and struggling in class. As such, he calls him "Young Atlas." Jim even tries to convince himself that Strickler is not a changeling as he didn't want to accept the fact until Bular calls him "Young Altas," a nickname only Strickler calls him as. After he learns that Strickler is a changeling, Jim instantly felt betrayed by his favorite teacher. His hatred for Strickler continuously grows when he witnesses him going on dates with his mother and even placed a binding spell on him and his mother (whatever harm comes to Strickler, will happen to Barbara).
However, when Angor Rot loses his soul and is in pursuit to kill Strickler, he begs Jim to protect him, though he was instantly but understandably reluctant. After Jim saves his and his mother's lives by undoing the binding spell, Jim starts to believe that Strickler was beginning to change his ways and earns his trust again. After Gunmar takes over Trollmarket, Strickler returns to Arcadia with Nomura so they could help train Jim.
After Jim permanently becomes a troll hybrid, Strickler shows pity for him and his mother, saying it's confusing to be human and troll, as he never had to deal with both at once since he had to ability to choose one or the other. When Jim says goodbye to his mother, Strickler wishes him luck on his journey and decides to stay in Arcadia to take care of his mother for him.
Nomura
At first, Jim and Nomura saw each other as enemies on sight with Nomura mocking him as a fake.
However, after meeting each other in the Darklands under the captivity of Gunmar, they begin to form a friendship and even help each other escape the Darklands together. After which, Nomura thanks Jim for giving her hope and believing in friends. After Gunmar takes over Trollmarket, she returns to Arcadia with Strickler to help train Jim and later participates in the Eternal Night War with the Trollhunters.
Gunmar
Gunmar is Jim's archenemy. After he hears the death of his son at the hands of the first human Trollhunter, Gunmar instantly came to hate Jim, wanting to replace Bular with Jim by enslaving him or killing him. When the two finally meet each other in person, Gunmar immediately saw him as a weak and incompetent human, but later learns that he's one of the few humans that is not to be underestimated after witnessing his fighting skills.
In the Eternal Night War, Jim (avenging his surrogate brother, Draal) finally kills Gunmar and ends his century-year-old reign once and far all.
Merlin
"Gunmar is free, Trollmarket is in peril, and of all creatures in our worlds, I chose you. Now... show them why." -Merlin to Jim in "Unbecoming"
Jim had an awkward first impression when he finally meets the wizard who created his amulet. When Jim learns that his mother was captured by the Gumm-Gumms along with Strickler, Merlin prevents him from finding them, much to Jim's disbelief. He becomes convinced that Merlin only wants his magic back and begins to fight back against Merlin, only to be easily outmatched by the wizard himself while they had a tense argument. Merlin tensely tells Jim that his humanity and Eclipse Blade will not be enough to end the Gumm-Gumm War, unless he becomes more than human. Merlin creates a potion that will transform Jim into a human-troll hybrid, but he warns that the changes will be permanent, and he leaves Jim with a choice to either remain human or forever become a "true" Trollhunter, leaving his old life behind.
After sealing away Morgana for good, Merlin (with his magic restored) thanks to Jim and his friends for their bravery and helps lead the trolls to a new Heartstone in New Jersey. Also, during "For the Glory of Merlin", Merlin did show an ounce of sympathy for Jim when he saw him mourning over his Draal's death.
Morgana
"Merlin's champion. I have so looked forward to meeting you... and then killing you." -Morgana to Jim during their confrontation in "The Eternal Knight: Part 2"
At first, Jim was instantly unaware of Morgana's existence, until the sorceress possesses Claire and tries to kill him. During their confrontation face-to-face, Jim argues why she hated him on sight, even though he has done absolutely nothing to her. To which, Morgana spitefully reveals that Merlin took her left hand so he could make the Amulet of Daylight and mercilessly injures him with every strength of her magic.
She also mocks Jim's abilities since his sword could not kill her as it was built to kill trolls, not wizards. When she unleashes her magic to kill his friends, Jim quickly steps in and takes the full blast, which almost kills him.
Mysterious Figure
TBA
Quotes
Main article: Jim Lake Jr./Quotes
Episode Appearances
| Trollhunters Part 1 | ||
| "Becoming: Part 1" Appears |
"Becoming: Part 2" Appears | |
| "Wherefore Art Thou, Trollhunter?" Appears |
"Gnome Your Enemy" Appears | |
| "Waka Chaka!" Appears |
"Win Lose or Draal" Appears | |
| "To Catch a Changeling" Appears |
"Adventures in Trollsitting" Appears | |
| "Bittersweet Sixteen" Appears |
"Young Atlas" Appears | |
| "Recipe for Disaster" Appears |
"Claire and Present Danger" Appears | |
| "The Battle of Two Bridges" Appears |
"Return of the Trollhunter" Appears | |
| "Mudslinging" Appears |
"Roaming Fees May Apply" Appears | |
| "Blinky's Day Out" Appears |
"The Shattered King" Appears | |
| "Airheads" Appears |
"Where Is My Mind?" Appears | |
| "Party Monster" Appears |
"It's About Time" Appears | |
| "Wingmen" Appears |
"Angor Management" Appears | |
| "A Night to Remember" Appears |
"Something Rotten This Way Comes" Appears | |
| Trollhunters Part 2 | ||
| "Escape from the Darklands" Appears |
"Skullcrusher" Appears | |
| "Grand Theft Otto" Appears |
"KanjigAAARRRGGHH!!!" Appears | |
| "Homecoming" Appears |
"Hiss Hiss, Bang Bang" Appears | |
| "Hero with a Thousand Faces" Appears |
"Just Add Water" Appears | |
| "Creepslayerz" Appears |
"The Reckless Club" Appears | |
| "Unbecoming" Appears |
"Mistrial and Error" Appears | |
| "In the Hall of the Gumm-Gumm King" Appears | ||
| Trollhunters Part 3 | ||
| "Night Patroll" Appears |
"Arcadia's Most Wanted" Appears | |
| "Bad Coffee" Appears |
"So I'm Dating a Sorceress" Appears | |
| "The Exorcism of Claire Nunez" Appears |
"Parental Guidance" Appears | |
| "The Oath" Appears |
"For the Glory of Merlin" Appears | |
| "In Good Hands" Appears |
"A House Divided" Appears | |
| "Jimhunters" Appears |
"The Eternal Knight: Part 1" Appears | |
| "The Eternal Knight: Part 2" Appears | ||
| 3Below Part 1 | ||
| "Terra Incognita Part One" Absent |
"Terra Incognita Part Two" Cameo | |
| "Mind Over Matter" Absent |
"Beetle Mania" Absent | |
| "Collision Course" Absent |
"D'aja Vu" Appears | |
| "Flying the Coop" Absent |
"Party Crashers" Cameo | |
| "Lightning in a Bottle" Appears |
"The Arcadian Job" Absent | |
| "Truth Be Told" Absent |
"Last Night on Earth" Appears | |
| "Bad Omen" Absent | ||
| 3Below Part 2 | ||
| "Moving Day" Mentioned |
"Moonlight Run" Absent | |
| "Dogfight Days of Summer" Absent |
"Mother's Day" Mentioned | |
| "Ill Gotten Gains" Mentioned |
"There's Something About Gwen (of Gorbon)" Absent | |
| "Asteroid Rage" Absent |
"Luug's Day Out" Absent | |
| "The Fall of House Tarron" Absent |
"The Big Sleep" Mentioned | |
| "Race to Trollmarket" Appears |
"A Glorious End, Part One" Absent | |
| "A Glorious End, Part Two" Mentioned | ||
Trivia
- Jim always wears three outfits in the whole series: his day attire, his armor, and his gym uniform.
- His eclipse armor doesn't really count as they are from the same source.
- Jim is the first human Trollhunter.
- As of "Jimhunters," he is also the first ever half human, half troll Trollhunter.
- He is also the only Trollhunter who doesn't have a real mantra like the past Trollhunters, as most of the trolls called him with insulting ones like "the Dead-Meat" and "the Baby-Handed." However, he has been called Jim "the Bular-Slayer" once, but it's unknown if it's Jim's confirmed mantra or if he'll ever have one.
- Jim is an excellent cook.
- Jim is ambidextrous.[5]
- Along with Claire and Toby, Jim appears in every episode of Trollhunters.
- In the books, Jim's last name was "Sturges", which meant "Warrior" and he came from a family of Trollhunters.
- Jim Lake Jr. is the last character Anton Yelchin ever voiced before his death on June 19, 2016.
- In "Bad Coffee", Anton only does Jim's voice when he and Strickler are sparing. After inhaling the grave sand, Jim's voice permanently changes to Emile Hirsch.
- This not only means that these were all the lines that were recorded from Yelchin before his untimely death, but also that the sand may have done permanent damage/transformation to his larynx. Strickler did say that some of the side effects were permanent.
- This scenario is similar to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012:
- Leonardo wakes up from a coma after narrowly surviving a deadly battle with The Shredder just before the Kraang conquered New York City. As of that moment, his larynx (among other things) have suffered enough damage to the point where Jason Biggs has been replaced with Seth Green for his voice-over role, just as Hirsch replaces Yelchin.
- Having become a human/troll hybrid, Jim is now burned by exposure sunlight, though it is uncertain whether or not the sun can turn him to stone like the other trolls.
- His most human feature after being turned into a troll is he still has red blood as shown in "The Eternal Knight: Part 2".
- In his troll form, Jim bears a very slight resemblance to Beast from the X-Men Marvel comics.
- In "Win, Lose, or Draal" Jim's height (in human form) is revealed to be 5 feet and 6 inches.
- Jim is the first outsider to survive the Deep, the second being Krel.
Gallery
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References
- ↑ Tatiana Maslany, Diego Luna & Emile Hirsch Join DreamWorks ‘Trollhunters Part 3’ On Netflix. (2018). [Website] Available at: http://deadline.com/2018/04/tatiana-maslany-diego-luna-emile-hirsch-cast-dreamworks-trollhunters-part-3-guillermo-del-toro-1202377460/ [Accessed 26 Apr. 2018].
- ↑ Trollhunters: The Adventure Begins by Richard Ashley Hamilton
- ↑ Win, Lose, or Draal
- ↑ Hero with a Thousand Faces
- ↑ It just hit me that Jim Lake is ambidextrous. (2016). [Blog] My Mind Has No Frequency. Available at: http://thearcticflame.tumblr.com/post/155212546142/it-just-hit-me-that-jim-lake-is-ambidextrous [Accessed 20 Dec. 2017].
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