Jack Darby

Jackson "Jack" Darby is the human protagonist of the Transformers: Prime series. He is a human teenager from Earth and the only son of June Darby. Jack bonded with the Autobot, Arcee, his partner and best friend, and Smokescreen, when he came to earth. He also became close friends with the Autobot, Optimus Prime, who he sees as a father figure. 
He is voiced by Josh Keaton, who also voiced Tailgate in the same series, Spider-Man from animated media relating to the superhero (specifically The Spectacular Spider-Man), young Hercules in the Disney film of the same name and Shiro in Voltron: Legendary Defender. 
==History==
Jackson "Jack" Darby was born in at 1994 to June Darby, who was a nurse, and an unnamed male. When Jack was barely a year old, Mr Darby abandoned his wife and son, leaving June to raise Jack on her own. Because of this, she would become extremely protective of him, fearing he would disappear as well. 
== Trivia==
* By the start of the series, he is sixteen years old. 
* Similar to Miko, Jack is an honorary member of an Autobot faction, in this case, Primes when he saved Optimus' life by restoring his memories. Meanwhile, Miko is dubbed an honorary Wrecker after saving Bulkhead's friend, Wheeljack from Hardshell. 
*Jack's namesakes are the executive producers' Alex Kurtzman's son Jack and Jeff Kline's daughter Darby.
*Being given the Key to the Vector Sigma by Optimus Prime (which would restore his memories) makes Jack an honorary Prime, according to Miko Nakadai.
** The fact he was entrusted with a responsibility by a Prime to save Optimus also makes him similar to Sam Witwicky, the human boy from the live-action Transformers series. However, he was given the Matrix by the Dynasty of Primes to resurrect Optimus, giving to possibility they were both human Primes. 
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