Jack Frost

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Jack Frost is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise. Jack Frost is also a mascot of the Megami Tensei franchise, as well as for Atlus as a whole, appearing in the majority of Megami Tensei games and having cameos in media outside of the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

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Jack Frost is a personification of ice and all cold things, he is said to be responsible for cold weather, frostbite on the extremities of humans, and leaving distinctive fern-like patterns of frost on windows. In modern media, he is often depicted as playful and mischievous by nature. Jack Frost is said to have originated from Anglo-Saxon and Norse folktales, however his first appearance in any surviving literature is in 1734's 'Round About Our Coal Fire, or Christmas Entertainments'.

Design

In Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II, Jack Frost appears as a snowman with arms and legs, with a red hat, pure black eyes, white and blue scarf, red boats, and a red umbrellas with white polka dots. his design is potentially based off modern depictions of Frosty the Snow Man, a character from the song of the same name. The song mentions that he wears a hat, and has eyes made of coal, and a large number of modern depictions also feature him wearing a scarf. however there is also some inaccuracies with this theory as Frosty the Snow Man's original song mentions him having a corncob pipe, button nose, and holding a broomstick, all features missing from his design, as such he may have instead just have been inspired by a regular snowman.

In Shin Megami Tensei, Jack Frost received a complete redesign, appearing again as a pure white, chubby snowman like creature, with arms and legs, but now appearing to wear a blue cap, with long bent horns sticking out of the back half of the top, a simplistic yellow smiley face on the front, and areas that would cover where ears would normally go. He also wears a blue collar with yellow pom-poms on it, reminiscent to that of a jesters, and loosely fitting blue boots with a yellow trim on top. His face is made of simplistic pure black shapes for his eyes and mouth, 2 small white teeth on the top of his mouth, and he is without a nose. he also has 4 fingers on each hand, and a small tail that is the same colour as his body.

In Jack Bros., Jack Frost's design was changed to a far more child like form, with a much larger head and mouth with a pinkish tongue inside it, and large hands and feet. On his hands he now wears yellow gloves and his boots are pure yellow instead of their normal blue with yellow accents.

For Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children Card Game he was lightly redesigned, removing the small pom-poms from his collar, and making his boots more form fitting. these changes would also remain in his Persona 5: The Phantom X design, although with a slightly smaller collar in that design, and slightly less form fitting boots.

For Shin Megami Tensei V, Jack Frost was given a slight redesign by Masayuki Doi. His proportions and facial features were given slight adjustments, while a white outline was added to the edges of his cap and collar. The yellow collar lining of his boots was also modified slightly. Acccording to Doi, updating Jack Frost's design without compromising his original look proved to be challenging.[1]

Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Jack Frost.

Compendium

{{Compendium |collapse=1 |smt1=Origin: England - A winter fairy in the shape of a snowman. It appears with the coming of winter. Though it is usually as innocent as it seems, it also freezes those it dislikes to death. |smt2= |smt3=An elf-like creature who is the embodiment of all that is cool. It is said that he is the one who leaves those beautiful icy patterns on windows in the morning. |smtsj=A mist spirit that appears during the winter and melts away in spring. His body is made of ice and snow, but do not be fooled by his cute appearance. Jack Frost spits ice and freezes people, a smile on his face all the while. Originally, he looked like an abominable snowman, but perhaps he changed form to more efficiently freeze people. |smtsjr= |smt4=A frost spirit that appears during the winter and melts away in spring. He is made of ice and snow, but do not be fooled by his cute demeanor. Jack Frost freezes people with his cold breath, smiling all the while. He originally looked like an abominable snowman, but he may have changed form, the better to freeze people. |smt4a=A frost spirit that appears during the winter and melts away in spring. He is made of ice and snow, but do not be fooled by his cute demeanor. Jack Frost freezes people with his cold breath, smiling all the while. He originally looked like an abominable snowman, but he may have changed form, the better to freeze people. |smt5=A frost spirit made from ice and snow that appears during the winter and melts away in the spring. Do not be fooled by his cute demeanor, however, for Jack Frost is known to freeze people with his cold breath, smiling all the while. Some suggest that he originally looked like an abominable snowman but may have changed form to appear more approachable and thus more easily lure in his victims. |smti=Jack Frost is a sprite of English folklore that only appears in wintertime. He can appear in many different forms, such as a snowman, a child, or an old man. Jack Frost has a mischievous yet innocent personality. He tends to say "hee-ho" frequently and generally acts like a friendly child. He also has a menacing side, though - get him angry, and he'll freeze you solid. |dx2=Frost spirits that appear during the winter and melt away in spring. They are made of ice and snow, but do not be fooled by their cute demeanor. Jack Frosts freeze people with their cold breath, smiling all the while. They originally were ugly creatures but changed in order to let their victims' guard down.

Helper Frost: A Jack Frost that's a big fan of Santa Claus. Upon encountering Meat Balloon on a cold winter's day, Jack Frost mistakes him for Santa and decides to help out. It tries giving presents to each of the Liberators, but fails to get them what they want. After being consoled by Meat Balloon, Jack Frost realizes the true meaning of Christmas and decides to become his helper in the hopes of becoming Santa Claus itself someday.

|desum=出身地：イギリス・アメリカ
冬になると現れる、可愛らしい姿をした霜の精。春になると溶けて消えてしまう。ジャックフロストの体は雪と氷でできている。外見は可愛らしいが、これに騙されると恐ろしい目に会う。
ジャックフロストは笑いながら冷気を吐き、人々を凍らせるのである。
彼はもともと雪男のような恐ろしい化け物であった。今のような可愛い姿になったのは、効率良く人々を凍らせるためなのかも知れない。

Translation: Place of origin: United Kingdom, America
A frost spirit with a cute appearance who appears when it becomes winter. He melts when it becomes spring.
Jack Frost's body is made of snow and ice. Its outward appearance is cute, but those he tricks will have a frightening experience.
Jack Frost laughs while breathing out cold air, freezing people.
He was originally a dreadful monster similar to the abominable snowman. Perhaps he took on the present cute appearance to more efficiently freeze people.


Manual

Manual Descriptions
Jack Bros. Snowballs are this Jack's weapon of choice. When he uses his Special Attack, all enemies will be frozen for a few seconds.

Game Appearances

Shin Megami Tensei: Nine

Jack Frosts run many of the shops in Idea Space.

Shin Megami Tensei: Synchronicity Prologue

Subject No. 02, having been put in the body of a Jack Frost, serves as the main protagonist of the game.

Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2

When the Embryon encounter a Jack Frost in battle, he will prompt them to a quiz game of 100 questions asking 20 at a time. For each correct answer he given them a item.

Audio Drama Appearances

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Drama CD

A Jack Frost has allied itself with the Red Sprite crew. At some point, it scouts ahead and comes across a Pixie and a Nekomata.

Anime Appearances

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Other Appearances

Frost-kun's stats in Guruguru Garakutāzu

Guruguru Garakutāzu

Jack Frost appears in Guruguru Garakutāzu[a] as Frost-kun[b]. It also features a device called the Keychain Game[c] that has Jack Frost's face on the screen.

Jack Frost and Black Frost in SBK: Snowboard Kids

SBK: Snowboard Kids

Jack Frost, along with Black Frost, appears as a secret unlockable character in the Japanese and North American versions of SBK: Snowboard Kids, a game which was published by Atlus in those regions. To unlock him, you have to beat him in a Grade B Exhibition race of the World Tour Challenge mode, and then purchase him from the in-game shop for 75,000 points.

Trivia

The user negotiating with Jack Frost
  • To promote the release of Shin Megami Tensei V, a special Jack Frost-themed augmented-reality filter was made available for Facebook and Instagram. The filter allowed for the user to negotiate with Jack Frost.[2]

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages
Language Name Meaning
Japanese ジャクフロスト JakufurosutoDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II

ジャックフロスト Jakkufurosuto
ジャック・オ・フロスト Jakku o furosutoGiten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation
Jack Frost
Jack Frost
Jack-o'-Frost
Simplified Chinese 杰克霜精 Jiékè shuāng jīng Jack the Spirit of Frost
Traditional Chinese 傑克霜精 Jiékè shuāng jīng Jack the Spirit of Frost
Korean 잭 프로스트 Jaek peuroseuteu Jack Frost
Russian Джек Фрост Dzhek Frost Jack Frost

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Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: ぐるぐるガラクターズGuruguru Galactors, Hepburn Guruguru Garakutāzu
  2. ↑ Japanese: フロストくんFrost-kun, Hepburn Furosuto-kun
  3. ↑ Japanese: キーチェーンゲームKeychain Game, Hepburn Kīchēngēmu

References

  1. ↑ Official ATLUS West on Twitter. Archived: [1]. Published August 10, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2024. Twitter.
  2. ↑ Official ATLUS West on Twitter. Archived: [2]. Published November 9, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2024. Twitter.
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