Jacob Fogerty

**Jacob Christopher Fogerty** is a main character on *The Fogerty Diaries* and a recurring character in *The Originals* and *Legacies*. At the beginning of the series, Jacob appears to be a normal teenager but is then revealed to be a supernatural human. In the Season Two episode, *Rose*, he becomes the first ever Advanced Original vampire, the strongest and most deadly of all the originals. In *I'd Leave My Happy Home For You*, he takes the cure to become normal again alongside his best friend and wife, Elena Gilbert.

**Jacob** is a member of the **Fogerty Family** and the **Fell Family**. He is also a member of the **Gilbert Family** and the **Petrova Family** through his marriage to Elena Gilbert as well as the **Saltzman Family** through his nieces, Lizzie and Josie and a member of the **Mikaelson Family** through his goddaughter Hope.

## Personality

* Human/1st Time
* Advanced Original Vampire
* Human/2nd Time

   Jacob is known to have a kind and caring personality amongst his peers and his family. However, despite his easygoing attitude, he does show anger when his friends and family are threatened, especially his twin sister, Sophia and best friend, and later wife Elena Gilbert.
When Jacob became a vampire, his emotions were intensified, including his feelings for Elena.

## Powers & Abilities

* Supernatural Human
* Advanced Original Vampire

Being from a family of supernaturally gifted humans, Jacob has enhanced strength, speed, and healing; however, after he becomes an Advanced Original, his strength and speed increase more. In Season One, Jacob shows off his strength against Damon, who at the time was taking advantage of Caroline, on of Jacob's closest friends.

During his time as an Advanced Original, Jacob's supernatural abilities intensified, including his already established speed and strength. He is shown to be the strongest and most deadliest of all Original vampires, including Enhanced and Upgraded. He could display feats of strength that surpasses his ancestors including Klaus, who Jacob vowed revenge upon for killing his close friend and former babysitter, Jenna. He would later use this strength to kill both Katherine and Esther via decapitation.

## Strengths & Weaknesses

### Strengths

* **Compassionate**: Jacob is very compassionate towards others. He showed sympathy for Elena and Jeremy after their parents died in a car accident and stayed with them to help them cope with their loss.

### **Weaknesses**

* **Jealousy**: Jacob is known to be very jealous of Elena's relationships with both Damon and Stefan.
* **Overprotectiveness**: It has been well documented that Jacob is extremely overprotective of his loved ones which includes his best friend and later wife, Elena Gilbert.
* **Overzealous**: More often than not, Jacob can get overzealous about certain things.
* **Timid**: Jacob is known to lack the courage to tell people how he really feels, especially Elena.

## Physical Appearance

*Main Article: Jacob Fogerty/Appearance*

Jacob is a very handsome young man. His height is 6′ 0″ (183 cm).

## Relationships

Main article: Jacob Fogerty/Relationships

### Elena Gilbert

Main article: Elena and Jacob

*What I want is for you to come home, Jacob You belong with us in Mystic Falls. We miss you. I miss you. Please. I love you.*
— {{{2}}}

Elena is Jacob's girlfriend and later his wife. Jacob met Elena during a school function at Mystic Falls Elementary School which was not that long after meeting Caroline and Bonnie. Coincidentally, Elena is the other best friend of his two best friends, Caroline and Bonnie. In the beginning of the series, Elena and Jacob are established longtime best friends and romantically love one another, though as far as people know; the other doesn't know of the feelings. In *First Encounter*, Elena and Jacob's are excited to see each other during the first day of school although, Elena noticed a change in Jacob's behavior after Stefan.

### Bonnie Fogerty

Bonnie is Jacob's eldest daughter and the only one to be conceived while he and Elena were vampires. Jacob is very protective of Bonnie and her sisters

### Hope Mikaelson

Jacob first met Hope when she was a teenager after he and Elena temporarily lived with his uncle James in New Orleans

### Other Relationships

* Bonnie and Jacob (Close Friends)
* Jacob and Caroline (Best Friends)
* Stefan and Jacob (Good Friends)
* Jacob and Damon (Good Friends/Former Enemies)
* Jacob and Rebekah (Family/Best Friends)
* Klaus and Jacob (Enemies/Family through Hope)
* Elijah and Jacob (Good Friends/Family through Hope)
* Faith and Jacob (Biological Siblings)
* Elizabeth and Jacob (Adoptive Family)
* Hayley and Jacob (Former Enemies/Close Friends)
* Jacob and Jeremy (Good Friends/In-Laws)
* Jacob and Enzo (Good Friends)

## Trivia

* His favorite football teams are the Cleveland Browns and Atlanta Falcons.
* His favorite video game is *Tekken 3* which is mentioned in *Cherry Bomb*.
* In *Three's A Crowd*,

### The Fogerty Diaries

**Season One**
* *First Encounter*
* *Dreams*
* *Burn It To The Ground*
* *96 Quite Bitter Beings*
* *Cherry Bomb*
* *Revelation*
* *Public Enemy*
* *Once In A Lifetime*
* *Hit The Ground Runnin'*
* *You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet*
* *Life In The Fast Lane*
* *Magic Man*
* *Allies*
* *If Looks Could Kill*
* *Silver Wheels*
* *Dragula*
* *Let the Right One In*
* *Sweet Child O' Mine*
* *Last Child*
* *Only The Good Die Young*
* *Welcome To The Jungle*
* *Flirtin' With Disaster*

* *The Return*
* *Brave New World*
* *Bad Moon Rising*
* *Memory Lane*
* *Kill or Be Killed*
* *Plan B*
* *Masquerade*
* *Rose*
* *Katerina*
* *The Sacrifice*
* *By the Light of the Moon*
* *The Descent*
* *Daddy Issues*
* *Crying Wolf*
* *The Dinner Party*
* *The House Guest*
* *Know Thy Enemy*
* *The Last Dance*
* *Klaus*
* *The Last Day*
* *The Sun Also Rises*
* *As I Lay Dying*

* *The Birthday*
* *The Hybrid*
* *The End of the Affair*
* *Disturbing Behavior*
* *The Reckoning*
* *Smells Like Teen Spirit*
* *Ghost World*
* *Ordinary People*
* *Homecoming*
* *The New Deal*
* *Our Town*
* *Blinding Lights*
* *Bringing Out The Dead*
* *The Palace of Insane*
* *All My Children*
* *1912*
* *Break On Through*
* *The Murder of One*
* *Heart of Darkness*
* *Do Not Go Gentle*
* *Before Sunset*
* *The Departed*

* *Legendary*
* *Honor The Fallen*
* *Neon Moon*
* *Ready To Rock*
* *Killer Instinct*
* *The End of Heartache*
* *Revolution*
* *Born For Greatness*
* *No More Mr. Nice Guy*
* *Who Will You Run To*
* *Where The Blacktop Ends*
* *Three's A Crowd*
* *Into the Wild*
* *Down the Rabbit Hole*
* *[[]]*
* *Bring It On*
* *Because the Night*
* *Kick In The Teeth*
* *Why Don't We Just Dance*
* *Ace In The Hole*
* *I Walk The Line*
* *The Walking Dead*
* *Graduation*

* *As Good As I Once Was*
* *[[]]*
* *Original Sin*
* *'Til Death Do Us Part*
* *Monster's Ball*
* *Handle with Care*
* *Death and the Maiden*
* *Dead Man on Campus*
* *The Cell*
* *Fifty Shades of Grayson*
* *500 Years of Solitude* (Body controlled by passenger Katherine Pierce at the end)
* *The Devil Inside* (Body partially controlled by passenger Katherine Pierce)
* *Total Eclipse of the Heart* (Body permanently controlled by passenger Katherine Pierce)
* *No Exit* (Body permanently controlled by passenger Katherine Pierce)
* *Gone Girl* (Freed from passenger Katherine's control at the end)
* *While You Were Sleeping*
* *Rescue Me*
* *Resident Evil*
* *Man on Fire*
* *What Lies Beneath*
* *Promised Land*
* *Home*

* *I'll Remember*
* *Yellow Ledbetter*
* *Welcome to Paradise*
* *Black Hole Sun*
* *The World Has Turned and Left Me Here*
* *The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get*
* *Do You Remember the First Time?*
* *Fade Into You*
* *I Alone*
* *Christmas Through Your Eyes*
* *Woke Up With a Monster*
* *Prayer For the Dying*
* *The Day I Tried To Live*
* *Stay*
* *Let Her Go*
* *The Downward Spiral*
* *A Bird in a Gilded Cage*
* *I Never Could Love Like That*
* *Because*
* *I'd Leave My Happy Home For You*
* *I'll Wed You in the Golden Summertime*
* *I'm Thinking Of You All The While*

* *Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take* (Mentioned)
* *Never Let Me Go* (Mentioned)
* *Age of Innocence* (Mentioned)
* *I Carry Your Heart With Me* (Mentioned)
* *Live Through This* (Mentioned)
* *Best Served Cold* (Mentioned)
* *Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me* (Mentioned)
* *Hell Is Other People* (Mentioned)
* *Things We Lost in the Fire* (Cameo/Hallucination)
* *Postcards from the Edge* (Mentioned)
* *This Woman's Work* (Mentioned)
* *Moonlight on the Bayou* (Mentioned)
* *I Would for You* (Mentioned)
* *Days of Future Past* (Mentioned)
* *I Went to the Woods* (Mentioned)
* *Somebody That I Used to Know* (Mentioned)
* *Requiem for a Dream* (Silhouette/Mentioned)
* *Gods and Monsters* (Archive Footage/Voice)
* *Hello, Brother* (Archive Footage)
* *Today Will Be Different* (Archive Footage)
* *You Decided That I Was Worth Saving* (Archive Footage)
* *An Eternity of Misery* (Mentioned)
* *The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You* (Archive Footage)
* *The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch* (Archive Footage)
* *Nostalgia's a Bitch* (Mentioned)
* *What Are You?* (Mentioned)
* *The Lies Will Catch Up To You* (Mentioned)
* *It's Been a Hell of a Ride* (Archive Footage)
* *We're Planning a June Wedding* (Mentioned)
* *Ever After*

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### Legacies

* *This is The Part Where You Run*
* *Some People Want To Watch The World Burn*
* *There's a World Where Your Dreams Came True* (Mentioned in Wish Reality)
* *Salvatore: The Musical!* (Mentioned)
* *Do All Malivore Monsters Provide This Level of Emotional Insight?* (Mentioned)

**Season Four**

* *We All Knew This Day Was Coming* (Document/Mentioned)

## Quotes

### The Fogerty Diaries

Jacob: (to Caroline) "*I couldn't personally give a damn about this dumb Founder's Day crap, Caroline. I'm out of here, have fun with this freak show."* - *Flirtin' With Disaster*.

Jacob: (to Damon) "*Please save Care-Bear, Damon. She'smy best friend. " - Flirtin' With Disaster*

Jacob: (to Damon and Stefan) "*I swear if either one of you two does anything to hurt or put Elena in danger, I'll hunt you both down and kill you. Do I make myself clear? -*

Jacob: (to Klaus) *"You see I'm not the kind of person you want to piss off, Klaus. Just because you're family doesn't mean I can't kick your ass. I 'm stronger than you know. So I suggest walking away before things turn sour."*

Jacob: (to Bonnie) "*I won't let anyone hurt the people I love Bonnie, that includes you.*"

Jacob: (to Bonnie, Caroline and Elena) "*If the three of you would've told me the truth, we wouldn't be having the discussion.*"

Jacob: (to Rebekah) "*Make no mistake, Rebekah, you cross me, and I will kill you and your family. Don't test me."*

Jacob: (to Katherine) "*I'm stronger than you and there's not a thing you can do about it.*"

Jacob (to Hayley): "*I heard that you're the b\*tch that broke my little sister's neck. If you ever do that again, I will rip your heart out.*"

### The Originals

Jacob: (to Hayley) "*I'll protect Hope until my dying breath, Hayley. I'll make sure she's taken care of. Nobody will harm her while I'm around.*"

Jacob: (to Freya) "*It just so happens I'm related to you. Ask your sister, Rebekah. She'll tell you all about me and what I believe in.*"

Jacob: (to Rebekah) "*Meet your goddaughter, Rebekah. Her name's Bonnie Hayley Rebekah Fogerty." - Bloodlines*

### Legacies

Jacob: (to Hope) "*I'm going to protect you, Hope if it's the last thing I do." - This is The Part Where You Run.*

Jacob: (to Josie) "*You're lucky your father won't let me ground you for the way you treat your sister.*"

Jacob: (to Hope) "*Your father and I had a history together. He killed somebody I cared about deeply and I wanted nothing more than to kill him, then you came along. I made a promise to him and your mother that I would always take care of you. Nobody is going to harm you while I'm around. Nobody.*"

Jacob: (to Bonnie and Caroline) "*I'm dying kiddos, there's nothing you two can do for me except be prepared for when the day comes to where I leave this planet.*"
Jacob: "*Hello everyone. If you're watching this, that means I'm no longer with you, it also means that I'm at peace. Hope my little goddaughter, take care of your sisters, they'll need you now more than ever.*"

Jacob: "*Hello everyone. If you're watching this, that means I'm no longer with you, it also means that I'm at peace. Bonnie, Caroline! You two take care of each other. Daddy loves you.*" *- Heaven Had A Dance Floor*