Jack O'Lantern Mimicry

The power to use the abilities of all types of Jack-o'-lantern. Variation of Scarecrow Mimicry.

Also Called[]

Jack-o'-lantern Physiology
Pumpkin-Head Mimicry/Physiology
Stingy Jack

Capabilities[]

The user is or has the ability to take on the form of Jack o'lantern, although the original one was a human banned from the afterlife, most users are more like a scarecrow in appearance and abilities, aside from their fire-related abilities. As a legacy-bearer of a being banned from restful death, they have a high-level resistance against the supernatural.

Folklore[]

Jack-O'-Lantern was an old Irish folktale that said Jack imprisoned the Devil in a tree and placed crosses around it to prevent the devil from coming down. Jack agreed to let the Devil down as long as he didn't take his soul.

Eventually, Jack died and became a wandering spirit, but he was banned from Heaven because of his sinful and stingy ways and the Devil did not take his soul due to his trickery during their encounters, so he banned Jack from hell as well. So Jack asked where to go, as he had no light, and the Devil mockingly tossed him an ember from the flames of hell that would never burn out.

Jack carved out one of his turnips (which was his favorite food), placed the ember inside it, and began endlessly wandering the netherworld in search for a resting place. He became known as "Jack of the Lantern", or Jack-o'-Lantern.

Applications[]

Dream Manipulation
Esoteric Flame Manipulation
- Fire Ball Projection in the form of pumpkins or turnips.
- Fire Generation
  - Fire Breath
Fear Manipulation
Lantern Mimicry
- Redundant Physiology
  - Hollow Skeleton
    - Enhanced Agility
      - Enhanced Leaping
- Light Generation
Object Head
- Head Liberation/Reattachment
Paranormal Immunity

Variations[]

Associations[]

Known Users[]

See also: Stingy Jack

Literature

Hervoken (Doctor Who: Forever Autumn)
The Pumpkin Heads (Goosebumps)
Jack Pumpkinhead (Oz franchise)
Jack O’Lantern (Velveteen vs. Series)

Television

Pumpkin Rapper (Power Rangers)
Jack-o'-lantern Minosaur/Squashblight (Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger/Power Rangers Dino Fury)

Movies

Jack O'Lantern (The Cabin in the Woods)

Cartoons

Pumpkin Aliens (Ben 10 Omniverse)
Pumpkinhead (Casper's Scare School)
Grump King (Ghostforce)
Jack O'Lantern (Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
Pumpkin Reaper (Moville Mysteries)

Comics

Jack O'Lantern (DC Comics); several have used the name.
Jack O'Lantern (Marvel Comics); currently there have been six.
Lord Pumpkin (Marvel Comics/Ultraverse)
Ichabod (Third Shift Society)

Anime/Manga/Aeni

Clown Jack (Buster Keel)
Pumpkinmon (Digimon)
NoblePumpkinmon (Digimon)
Jack O' Lantern (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
Trick-Or-Treat (Marchen Awakens Romance)
Halloween (Witch Buster)

Video Games

Jack (Animal Crossing)
Pumpkin Kingpin (Borderlands 2: Headhunter 1: Bloody Harvest)
Mr Pumpkin (Flyff)
Jack-O' Valentine (Guilty Gear)
Pyro Jack (Megami Tensei)
Skeleton (Minecraft); only at halloween
Zombie (Minecraft); only at halloween
Player (Minecraft); via pumpkin
Punkleton (My Singing Monsters)
Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge); Pumpkin King
Reaper (Overwatch); via alternate skin
All pumpkins (Plants vs zombies)
Pumpkaboo (Pokémon)
Gourgeist (Pokémon)
Pumpkin Jack (Pumpkin Jack)
Jack O'Lantern (The Secret World)
Jack o' Lanterns (Summoners War)
Jack o' Lantern (Valkyrie Crusade)