Mad Jack
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Mad Jack is a large seemingly insane jack-in-the-box from the game Donkey Kong 64.
After opening Frantic Factory's boss door Tiny Kong ventured inside of it. Inside Tiny found herself in a pitch dark room with several glowing squares on the floor. Venturing onto one of these squares Tiny was surprised when they rose into the air. Suddenly from out of a nearby toy rejection chute a large box fell, suddenly bursting out of this box was Mad Jack.
Mad Jack first attacks by re-entering his box and hoping from square to square attempting to crush Tiny who much frantically jump to different squares in order to avoid the crazed toy. If Tiny manages to avoid Jack then he will pop out of his box and begin hurling fireballs at the Kong. While Mad Jack is busy doing this Tiny must press a switch on a nearby square, if the square the switch is on is the same color as the one Jack is on then he will be electrocuted.
Eventually, after being damaged multiple times Jack will begin to hop around faster and also shoot energy blasts from his robotic eye, which create shockwaves when they hit the platforms, he will also turn invisible. In order to track where Jack is Tiny must watch the sparkles that trail behind him when he jump. Eventually Jack will sustain to much damage and his square (along with all the other squares) will fall and Mad Jack will (humorously) crash into the ground below. He was apparently destroyed.
[edit] Trivia
- In the beta-version of Donkey Kong 64 Mad Jack was known as Junk-in-the-Box, along with having an extremely different appearance. Junk-in-the-Box is fought in a similar manner to Army Dillo and Dogadon, after throwing fireballs at whichever Kong he is fighting he will become vulnerable to having a TNT Barrel thrown at him. Also he resembled a clown and was slightly shorter. He was apparently replaced with the Toy Monster that Chunky had to fight in the R&D room in the final version of the game.[citation needed]
- Mad Jack is commonly referred to as Quack-in-the-Box, due to a mistake in Prima's Strategy Guide for the game.
- It is said that Mad Jack's face and laugh both bear resemblance to Daffy Duck.[citation needed]
| Donkey Kong 64 | |
|---|---|
| Playable Kongs | Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Lanky Kong • Tiny Kong • Chunky Kong |
| Non-playable Kongs | Cranky Kong • Funky Kong • Candy Kong • Wrinkly Kong |
| Animal Buddies | Rambi the Rhinoceros • Enguarde the Swordfish |
| Other Playable Characters | Krusha • Klaptrap |
| Bosses | Army Dillo • Dogadon • Mad Jack • Puftoss • King Kut Out • King K. Rool |
| Worlds | Jungle Japes • Angry Aztec • Frantic Factory • Gloomy Galleon • Fungi Forest • Crystal Caves • Creepy Castle • Hideout Helm |
| Other Places | Funky's Armory • Candy's Music Shop • Cranky's Lab • Wrinkly's Doors • Snide's HQ • Banana Fairy Island • K. Lumsy Island |
| Items | Blueprint • Golden Banana • Bananas • Battle Crown • Banana Medal • Boss Key • Banana Coin • Melon Crates • Orange Grenade • Headphone • Supply Crate • Crystal Coconut • Rareware Coin • Nintendo Coin |
| Barrels | Kong Barrel • Tag Barrel • Bonus Barrel • TNT Barrel |
| Switches | Kong Switch • Target Switch • Wall Switch |
| Pads | Kong Pad • Music Pad • Battle Arena Pad • Bananaporter |
| Donkey Kong Series Bosses | |
|---|---|
| Donkey Kong Country | Very Gnawty • Master Necky • Queen B. • Really Gnawty • Dumb Drum • Master Necky Sr. • King K. Rool |
| Donkey Kong Country 2 | Krow • Kleever • Kudgel • King Zing • Kreepy Krow • Kerozene • King K. Rool |
| Donkey Kong Country 3 | Belcha • Arich • Squirt • KAOS • Bleak • Barbos • Kroctopus • King K. Rool |
| Donkey Kong 64 | Army Dillo • Dogadon • Mad Jack • Puftoss • King Kut Out • King K. Rool |
| DK: King of Swing | Congazuma • Fire Necky • Davy Bones • Sassy Squatch • King K. Rool |
