Jimmy

"I am eight years old. I like video games, coloring, and Mom, Dad, Buck, and Uncle Lars."

### Personality

Empathetic* "You can be like others if you know how they feel. Allows use of imagination abilities."

### Abilities

In Jimmy form:* 5 active skills from other forms
* 3 passive skills from other forms

### Relatives

* Andrew (father)
* Buck (brother)
* GAMM-E (grandma)
* Hans (grandpa - deceased)
* Helga (mother)
* Hitomi (aunt, in-law (married to Lars))
* Lars (uncle)
* Moon Baby (cousin, child of Hitomi & Lars)

Jimmy is an eight year old boy who can take on the forms of other beings through the power of empathy.

His role on the team is very much up to the player, his stats and transformations allow the player to mold him into whatever is most needed.

## Appearance

Jimmy is a young boy who has neatly combed reddish-brown hair, a white Jonathon Bear shirt with red sleeves, blue pants, white socks, and brown shoes.

## Tumblr Blog Description

*"Jimmy is eight years old.  If you were to see Jimmy at the grocery store with his parents, he wouldn’t be the kid who runs around the aisles using everything in site as prop comedy.  He’d be the kind of kid who would hide behind his mother instead of making eye contact with you.  He’s so quiet you might even call him a silent protagonist, but he’s not, really.  He talks to you in all sorts of ways.  Everything you see in the game is a message straight from Jimmy.  He might be the most talkative silent protagonist of all time.*

*Jimmy’s favorite show is Jonathon Bear’s Playtime Forest. Other kids in his grade have made fun of him for it, but they still watch it in secret. He likes to play videogames with his uncle. He looks up to his older brother more than anyone.  He loves his parents very much.  He doesn’t want a dog; they scare him.*

*Jimmy’s core character trait is his **empathy**. Combined with his imagination, this allows Jimmy to transform into a number of monsters he comes across. At the start of the game, Jimmy might not be very strong, but using his powers of empathy, Jimmy will slowly gain strength and learn abilities from the monsters he transforms into."*

## Personality

Despite what the Tumblr blog says, Jimmy seems to be a trouble-maker to some extent, at least in his dream world he is. Most of his forms, especially goon, open up a world of mischief for Jimmy, most prominently seen in the Shinryu Academy section of the game.

## Special Needs

It is heavily implied several times through the Shinryu Academy portion of the game that Jimmy suffers from several learning disabilities, including Dyslexia, shown by him mixing up letters while attempting to read a novel, seeing them jumbling up and just counting the words instead.

ADHD is also implied when Jimmy loses his train of thought after his math teacher introduces the word "Numerator", and Jimmy ends up losing focus on the lesson and just saying the word over and over again in his head.

## In Battle

Jimmy is the single most versatile party member in the game, as he can fulfill any role the player needs him to. By gaining experience for his different forms, he can gain the ability to access their skills (For an example, if the Low-Level-Goon form reaches level 40, he can gain it's ability to use grift in his base form), and gains a slight boost to a corresponding stat, allowing the player to customize his skill set, and add passive abilities to alter his stats in his base form as well.

### Weapons

#### Outfits

 **Jonathon Bear Shirt** | Features the titular character from the beloved show "Jonathon Bear's Playtime Forest."
 **Observation Bubble** | No one can touch you in your personal bubble!

## Jimmy's Transformations

Jimmy as a Revolting BlobJimmy as a Low-Level GoonJimmy as a Happy Little SunflowerJimmy as a Red-Billed SquawkerJimmy as a Grumble BearJimmy as a Rotting Jack O'LanternJimmy as a 50's Style Vampire
## Imagination

Each transformation has its own experience and levels separate from Jimmy. As mentioned before, Leveling a transformation will boost stats and unlock their attacks and abilities for any of Jimmy's forms.

Active and passive skills from the Imagination menu.Active skills equipped to this slot can be used regardless of what form Jimmy is in.Active skills equipped here will only apply to Jimmy's regular form.The passive skill equipped here will apply regardless of what form Jimmy is in.Passive skills equipped here will only apply to Jimmy's regular form.
## Imagination Abilities

### Revolting Blob

 Defense
 Magic Attack
 Magic Defense
 Agility
 Luck
 Level bonus

### Low-Level Goon

 Defense
 Magic Attack
 Magic Defense
 Agility
 Luck
 Level bonus

### Happy Little Sunflower

 Defense
 Magic Attack
 Magic Defense
 Agility
 Luck
 Level bonus

### Red-Billed Squawker

 Defense
 Magic Attack
 Magic Defense
 Agility
 Luck
 Level bonus

### Grumble Bear

 Defense
 Magic Attack
 Magic Defense
 Agility
 Luck
 Level bonus

### Rotting Jack O'Lantern

 Defense
 Magic Attack
 Magic Defense
 Agility
 Luck
 Level bonus

### 50's Style Vampire

 Defense
 Magic Attack
 Magic Defense
 Agility
 Luck
 Level bonus

The following information is meant to be a surprise in game! Don't say I didn't warn you...

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### Punch Tanaka

 Defense
 Magic Attack
 Magic Defense
 Agility
 Luck
 Level bonus

### Phoenix

 Defense
 Magic Attack
 Magic Defense
 Agility
 Luck
 Level bonus

## Tips

### Revolting Blob

The imagination is good for blocking targeted hits and overall not needing much healing due to it's tankiness. Undulate and solidify is easily spammable. Poison sucks. Antibodies is easily available if you don't want to equip barf bag. It's always nice to level the imagination to get more defense but it becomes tricky once the enemy starts using magic. Sticky phlegm might be an option to bring as a starred imagination skill.

### Low-Level Goon

The imagination is a support with some damage. Grit is the most noticable upside but most enemies don't have items so given luck is useless. Helping hand and other utility makes the imagination somewhat similar to Helga. Again, the luck from leveling up this imagination is useless so don't bother. Bully is the most worth bringing as a starred imagination skill to give Jimmy some spammable physical.

### Sunflower

The imagination is a support with some damage. Sunshine and comforting smile is the main glaring skills in this imagination. Mental clarity and pep talk is meh due to first aid kits and vitamins and Helga being able to revive instead. It's always a nice idea to upgrade the imagination so JImmy has more mana to spam more skill and do more damage. Sunshine is always a good idea to bring when fighting undeads as a starred skill but it doesn't do much damage outside of that.

### Red-Billed Squawker

The imagination is a support with some tankiness into it. Annoying squawk is a consistent spammable stun due to Jimmy being really fast in this form. Elaborate dance lets Jimmy dodge all attacks and debuffs which is the best defensive skill in the game. Early riser and natural alarm is good for specific fights. It's always a good idea to level the imagination if the enemies are getting a little too fast compared to Jmmy. Hyperactivity is rarely used as Jimmy is already fast in this form, but is good as a starred skill.

### Grumble Bear

The imagination is a damager with durability. Rampage is good for doing some needed burst damage and better with mana burn. Head-On collision is good for doing consistent dps. Afternoon nap is to get some cheap health and fierce growl for aoe farming, but overall these two skills are meh. It's good to pair up leech with the imagination because of the extra attack. Atk from levelling is always valuable but the bear the mostly the one that can take advantage of it. Rampage is good for rotting jack o' lantern and head-on collision is good overall for damage; Both worth bringing as a starred skill.

### Rotting Jack O' Lantern

The imagination is a glass cannon damager. Combust is good overall for damage, and mana burn for doing even more of it in a quick burst. Matter transfer is not recommended in this form but might be viable in other. It's always worth leveling this imagination to have sunshine and ghost fire have more damage. Ghost fire is really good do bring as a starred skill as it's spammable and does decent damage.

## Trivia

* Jimmy's ability to change forms and gain their abilities from leveling up was inspired by Final Fantasy V's Job System

## References

1. ↑ https://jimmyandthepulsatingmass.tumblr.com/characters
2. ↑ https://jimmyandthepulsatingmass.tumblr.com/post/190459892086/was-the-class-system-in-this-game-inspired-by-the#notes