Jeremy Gilbert

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## Biographical Information

### Born

* October 13, 1994  (Mystic Falls, Age 19/51)

### Occupation

* High School Student  (Graduated)
* Busboy  (Formerly)
* Member of The Five (Currently)
* Vampire Hunter  (Currently)

### Titles

* Jer  (by everyone)
* J  (by Vicki)
* Van Helsing, Karate Kid, Big Jer, Pocahontas, Little Punk, Baby Gilbert  (All by Damon)
* Impertinent Punk, Poor Lad  (both by Klaus)
* Mate  (by Kol)
* Hunter  (by Silas and Klaus)
* Man, Pill Pusher, Punk, Van Gogh  (All by Tyler)
* Little Gilbert  (by Damon and Katherine)

### Species

* Human  (Originally)
* Medium  (Formerly)
* Supernatural Hunter
* Ghost  (Formerly)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Niklaus Mikaelson  (Cousin-In-Law/Brother-In-Law)
* Kol Mikaelson  (Cousin-In-Law)
* Johnathan Gilbert †  (Paternal Ancestor)
* Damon Salvatore  (Former Legal Guardian)
* Theo Salvatore  (Cousin-In-Law/Brother-In-Law/Former Legal Guardian)
* Stefan Salvatore †  (Former Cousin-In-Law/Brother-In-Law)
* Samantha Gilbert †  (Paternal Ancestor)
* Christopher Gilbert †  (Paternal Ancestor)
* Mary †  (Maternal Ancestor)
* Beth †  (Maternal Great-Grandmother)
* Grayson Gilbert †  (Father)
* Miranda Sommers-Gilbert †  (Mother)
* Alaric Saltzman  (Legal Guardian)
* John Gilbert †  (Paternal Uncle)
* Jenna Sommers †  (Maternal Aunt)
* Elena Gilbert  (Older Adoptive Sister/Biological Paternal Cousin)
* Alex Gilbert  (Older Adoptive Sister/Biological Paternal Cousin)
* Ariana Gilbert  (Paternal Cousin)
* Valentina Gilbert  (Wife)
* Jack Mikaelson  (Adoptive Nephew/Maternal Cousin)
* Hope Mikaelson  (Adoptive Niece/Maternal Cousin)
* Jax Salvatore  (Adoptive Nephew/Maternal Cousin)
* Nina Salvatore  (Adoptive Niece/Maternal Cousin)
* Lily Salvatore  (Adoptive Niece/Maternal Cousin)
* Grayson Salvatore  (Adoptive Nephew/Maternal Cousin)
* Sarah Salvatore  (Adoptive Niece/Maternal Cousin)
* Stefanie Salvatore  (Adoptive Niece/Maternal Cousin)
* Adella Mikaelson  (Adoptive Niece/Adoptive Maternal Cousin)
* Vivian Mikaelson (Cousin)
* Vanessa Mikaelson (Cousin)
* Miranda Mikaelson  (Adoptive Niece/Maternal Cousin)
* Jenna Mikaelson  (Adoptive Niece/Maternal Cousin)
* Sebastian Gilbert  (Son)
* Camila Gilbert  (Daughter)
* Issac Gilbert  (Son)
* Nik Mikaelson  (Adoptive Nephew/Maternal Cousin)
* Daniella Mikaelson (Adoptive Great-Niece/Maternal Cousin)

## Supernatural Information

### Significant Kills

* Tony  (as a hybrid)
* Chris  (as a hybrid)
* Patient  (as a vampire)
* Pizza Delivery Girl  (as a vampire)
* Kol Mikaelson  (as an original vampire; Resurrected)
* Kol's Sireline  (through Kol's death)

### Cause of Death

* Broken Neck  (1st and 5th time)
* Gunshot Wound  (2nd time)
* Heart Stasis Desiccation Spell  (3rd time)
* Stabbed through the Neck  (4th time)
* Broken Neck  (5th time)

### Killed By

* Damon Salvatore  (1st time)
* Elizabeth Forbes  (2nd time)
* Bonnie Bennett  (3rd time)
* Elena Gilbert  (4th time)
* Silas  (5th time)

## Physical Appearance

### Height

* 6'0"  (Feet)
* 1.82  (Meters)

## Appearance

### Episode Count

* 100  (TVD) (including 1 archive footage appearance)
* 30  (TO)
* 4  (Legacies)
* 134 (Total)

### First Seen

* *Pilot*  (TVD)
* *Suffering Grief*  (TO)
* *Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn*  (Legacies)

### Last Seen

* *I Was Feeling Epic*  (TVD)
* *When The Saints Go Marching In*  (TO)
* TBA  (Legacies)

**Jeremy Gilbert** is a former main character and a male protagonist on *The Vampire Diaries*. Jeremy is the adoptive brother and biological cousin of Elena and Alex Gilbert, cousin to Ariana Gilbert, as well as a former medium, although this status became defunct following the collapse of the Other Side. He is also a member of the Brotherhood of the Five. His best friends are Matt Donovan, Tyler Lockwood, and Bonnie Bennett, who was also his girlfriend. He is the husband to Valentina Gilbert and father to Sebastian, Camila, and Issac. He's the uncle/cousin to Jack, Hope, Jax, Nina, Lily, Grayson, Sarah, Stefanie, Miranda, Jenna, and Nik, the cousin to Vivian and Vanessa Mikaelson, the adoptive uncle/adoptive cousin to Adella.

Following his resurrection in the Season Four finale, he moved into the Salvatore Boarding House with his sister and her boyfriend, Theo Salvatore since their house was burned down by Alex after Jeremy's death. However, he moved out of the boarding house halfway through Season Five and moved into the Lockwood Mansion with Matt and Tyler.

Prior to the beginning of the series, his parents died in a tragic car accident that Elena and Alex managed to survive thanks to a vampire, Stefan Salvatore, who rescued her before she could drown. As a way of coping with the accident, he started dealing and using drugs, but soon stopped after the death of his first girlfriend, Vicki Donovan, who had supposedly died of an overdose. Following the murder of his second girlfriend Anna, Jeremy purposely overdosed on pills after drinking vampire blood in the hope of becoming a vampire so he could turn off his humanity switch. However, his attempt to become a vampire failed, and the blood healed the damage the pills caused to his system.

He later began a romantic relationship with Bonnie Bennett, which ended after he was caught kissing the corporeal ghost of Anna in *Ghost World*. Jeremy was shot by Sheriff Forbes after Damon dodged the bullet in *As I Lay Dying* and was revived by Bonnie, who is a witch and who at the time was channeling the power of over a hundred massacred witches at the witch burial ground. However, the spell that caused him to be revived also gave him the power to see ghosts, causing him to be haunted by the ghosts of his dead girlfriends Vicki and Anna.

After experiencing multiple traumatic events as a result of the supernatural drama in his town, including being compelled by Klaus to stand in front of a speeding car, Elena feared for his safety and arranged for Damon to compel him to live with family friends in Denver. He returned to Mystic Falls after Elena and Damon learned that Klaus was aware of where he was living and traveled to bring him back. He was revealed to be a potential supernatural vampire hunter and, following the death of Connor Jordan, he activated his membership into The Five. After helping Professor Shane free Silas from his tomb, he was forced by Ariana Gilbert to raise the immortal, who then drained him of his blood and snapped his neck. He was able to survive numerous deaths due to the Gilbert ring, but since he had become a supernatural hunter, the ring no longer worked on him, and his death became permanent. His corpse was burned inside the Gilbert house shortly afterward when Elena and Alex, distraught after losing one of the last biological family they had left, Alex was unable to bear living in the house any longer and set the house on fire, arguing it to was the only believable cover story for Jeremy's death.

Jeremy was brought back to life by Bonnie in *Graduation*, and lived in the Salvatore Boarding House with his sister, Theo, Damon, and Stefan until *Rescue Me*, when he moved in with his best friends, Matt and Tyler, at the Lockwood Mansion. He moved back in the Salvatore Boarding House in *Yellow Ledbetter*, as no one was living there at the time, due to the fact that Damon and Theo were dead and vampires couldn't enter Mystic Falls due to the Magic Purification Spell.

It was also revealed that Jeremy's supernatural hunter status was inactive while in his hometown as a result of the Purification Spell, as it blanketed Mystic Falls with a barrier that nullified any non-traditional magic that crossed over it. After Kai absorbed the the Travelers' spell around Mystic Falls, Jeremy regained his access to his supernatural hunter abilities while inside the town borders again. Later, Jeremy came to the conclusion that it was time for him to move on with his life and leave Mystic Falls and goes to New Orleans to help protect his sister, nephew, and niece. Jeremy made his exit as a main character on *The Vampire Diaries* in the episode *Stay*.

Jeremy comes back to Mystic Falls and he now works as a teacher at Alaric's Salvatore Boarding School.

**Jeremy** is a member of the **Gilbert Family** and one of the members of **The Five**. He has ties to **Mikaelson Family**, **Petrova Family**, **Salvatore Family**, **Lescheres Family**, and **Labonair Family** through his sisters.

## Early History

Jeremy was born to Grayson and Miranda Gilbert in Mystic Falls on October 13, 1994. The two had always wanted a child but adopted two baby girls, Elena and Alex, two years prior to that, who actually are his biological cousins as they fake the adoption. They are actually the daughters of his uncle, John Gilbert and his high school girlfriend Isobel better known for being Alaric Saltzman's wife. As a young teenager, Jeremy was gifted with the talent to draw, however, after both of his parents died, Jeremy became severely depressed and started using drugs and drinking continuously. He briefly had a sexual relationship with Vicki Donovan, although she later broke up with him and started dating Tyler Lockwood.

## Personality

Jeremy was deeply affected by the loss of his parents, and he originally dealt with this pain and trauma through drinking and drugs, relying on them and his love for Vicki to keep him happy. Once Vicki was staked to death by Alex, Elena and Alex had Damon compel his memories regarding Vicki's death so he wouldn't be burdened with the pain of losing another loved one so soon after his parents' death. This drastically changed Jeremy's personality after he stopped using drugs and became more focused on his school work. Damon explained this change as being a side effect of him taking away his suffering, though Jeremy later revealed that while he lost the actual memories of the event, he could still tell something was wrong because he felt empty. Thanks to his ancestor Johnathan Gilbert's journals, Jeremy grew very interested in local vampire legends, befriending Anna, who also seemed to share his passion. He gradually learned that she herself was a vampire and became obsessed with wanting her to turn him into one. However, his love for Vicki was still his primary focus as he thought he could live with her forever. Later, he fell in love with Anna and was shattered yet again by grief when his Uncle John killed her.

After discovering the existence of vampires, Jeremy became more involved in his sisters and the Salvatore's world. He would help them in their efforts against Katherine, always looking out for his friends, showing a vast and sudden maturity that Bonnie Bennett took notice of and grew attracted to. He started a relationship with Bonnie, citing that he wasn't a little boy anymore. His life was thrown into turmoil yet again by personal loss at the deaths of his Uncle John and Aunt Jenna before he, himself, was accidentally killed, only being brought back by Bonnie's magic. The consequences of his resurrection, however, were far from pleasant. He was able to see ghosts of his dead girlfriends, Vicki and Anna, who he grew haunted by. Becoming secretive and turning to drugs yet again, Jeremy found himself confused on what to do.

When the ghosts were all sent away, Jeremy proved that he had grown quite accustomed to living the dangerous life he'd been living the past year, beheading a hybrid on his front step without a second thought. He also showed great disdain and annoyance at all vampires, even Stefan, blaming them for the troubles he'd had in life, going so far as to try and forcibly get Elena out of Mystic Falls. After he became a member of the Five, Jeremy gained the hunter's instinct that all of the members have. It made him unconsciously cold and hateful toward all vampires, giving him the programmed mindset to be able to kill them with more efficiency. This made him dangerous to his friends and family, who worked on removing those instincts so he'd at least be able to avoid killing his friends. Jeremy is shown to struggle with this instinct prior to his death but managed to keep it mostly under control.

Jeremy has consistently shown himself to be very brave. Often, he took on difficult and dangerous tasks without complaint, and is extremely loyal to his friends and family. He is also a talented artist, but since the arrival of the vampires to Mystic Falls, that skill has been sidelined in exchange for his natural fighting talents.

In season six, Jeremy appears to be grieving about the recent loss of Bonnie. Since he can no longer see her, he is dealing with it in his own way. He appears to be playing video games, drinking, and hooking up with random girls and to cover the loss of Bonnie. Jeremy becomes less of a hunter, and doesn't find a reason to keep up with his hunter abilities if he is no longer needed as a hunter.

## Physical Appearance

Jeremy is a handsome young man, standing at 6' foot tall, he has a well-built form and possesses dark brown hair and eyes to match. In the first two season's, Jeremy could be considered "cute" with a lean body, however as seen in the fourth season, his body is much more defined and muscular.

During season one, due to the loss of his parents and his drug addiction, he usually was seen wearing black clothing, hoodies and dark jeans. Post-Season one, his clothing style became much more relaxed, seen wearing lighter colored clothing and wearing a tux for special occasions. His dark hair was originally short, slightly spiked which grew into long bangs, however, in the later two seasons, has returned to his original short brown cut.

## Powers and Abilities

* Medium
* Supernatural Hunter

After being resurrected by Bonnie, Jeremy gained the power of mediumship, or the ability to see ghosts. This ability is now defunct with the destruction of the Other Side.

As supernaturally gifted hunters, members of the Brotherhood of the Five are endowed with peak or above human physical abilities, such as strength, speed, agility, reflexes, and endurance. This includes a natural affinity with weapons combat and hunting.

Prior to being a Hunter, he was able to see the 'invisible' Hunter's Mark tattoo on Connor's arm, which, according to Connor, meant that Jeremy was a potential vampire hunter. Once Connor died, the first part of the Hunter's Mark appeared on Jeremy's right hand, and after he killed a vampire-werewolf hybrid, he activated his powers and became a full member of the Brotherhood of the Five. Becoming a supernatural hunter gave him increased strength and agility; in addition to these physical powers, Jeremy also became immune to Silas' psychic powers, vampire mind compulsion, and could not be a host to a Traveler as a passenger.

Jeremy is also an accomplished hand-to-hand fighter after being trained by Damon, Klaus and Alaric throughout the series, and has personally killed dozens of vampires, many even before he had activated his supernatural hunter abilities. In addition to his hand-to-hand skills, Jeremy has demonstrated that he is a capable marksman with both firearms and a crossbow, as he took a Hybrid down from a good distance with a crossbow, and shot Damon in the head with precision.
## Appearances

### The Vampire Diaries

* *Pilot*
* *The Night of the Comet*
* *Friday Night Bites*
* *Family Ties*
* *You're Undead to Me*
* *Lost Girls*
* *Haunted*
* *162 Candles*
* *History Repeating*
* *The Turning Point*
* *Bloodlines*
* *Unpleasantville*
* *Children of the Damned*
* *Fool Me Once*
* *There Goes the Neighborhood*
* *Let the Right One In*
* *Under Control*
* *Miss Mystic Falls*
* *Blood Brothers*
* *Isobel*
* *Founder's Day*
* *The Return*
* *Brave New World*
* *Kill or Be Killed*
* *Plan B*
* *Masquerade*
* *Rose*
* *Katerina*
* *The Sacrifice*
* *By the Light of the Moon*
* *Daddy Issues*
* *Crying Wolf*
* *The Dinner Party*
* *The House Guest*
* *Know Thy Enemy*
* *The Last Dance*
* *The Sun Also Rises*
* *As I Lay Dying*

* *The Birthday*
* *The Hybrid*
* *Disturbing Behavior*
* *The Reckoning*
* *Smells Like Teen Spirit*
* *Ghost World*
* *The New Deal*
* *Our Town*
* *Break On Through*
* *The Murder of One*
* *Heart of Darkness*
* *Do Not Go Gentle*
* *Before Sunset*
* *The Departed*
* *Growing Pains*
* *Memorial*
* *The Rager*
* *The Five*
* *The Killer*
* *We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes*
* *My Brother's Keeper*
* *O Come, All Ye Faithful*
* *After School Special*
* *Catch Me If You Can*
* *A View to a Kill*
* *Into the Wild*
* *Down the Rabbit Hole* (Death)
* *Stand By Me* (Corpse)
* *Bring It On* (Mentioned)
* *Because the Night* (Mentioned)
* *American Gothic* (Mentioned)
* *Pictures of You* (Hallucination)
* *She's Come Undone* (Mentioned)
* *The Walking Dead* (Corporeal Ghost)
* *Graduation*

* *I Know What You Did Last Summer*
* *True Lies*
* *For Whom the Bell Tolls*
* *Monster's Ball*
* *Handle with Care*
* *Death and the Maiden*
* *Dead Man on Campus*
* *500 Years of Solitude*
* *The Devil Inside* (Archive Footage/Mentioned)
* *Total Eclipse of the Heart*
* *No Exit* (Mentioned)
* *Gone Girl*
* *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 More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get*
* *Do You Remember the First Time?* (Mentioned)
* *Fade Into You* (Mentioned)
* *I Alone*
* *Christmas Through Your Eyes*
* *Woke Up With a Monster*
* *The Day I Tried To Live*
* *Stay*
* *Let Her Go* (Mentioned)
* *The Downward Spiral* (Voice)
* *A Bird in a Gilded Cage* (Mentioned)
* *Because* (Mentioned)
* *I'm Thinking Of You All The While*

* *Never Let Me Go* (Mentioned)
* *Mommie Dearest* (Mentioned)
* *Somebody That I Used to Know* (Mentioned)
* *I Was Feeling Epic*

### The Originals

* *House Of The Rising Son* (Mentioned)
* *Suffering Grief*
* *I Love You, Goodbye*

* *A Ghost Along the Mississippi*
* *Wild at Heart*
* *Dead Angels*
* *Heart Shaped Box*
* *A Streetcar Named Desire*
* *Alone with Everybody*
* *Behind the Black Horizon* (Mentioned)
* *No More Heartbreaks*
* *Give 'Em Hell Kid*
* *The Bloody Crown*
* *Gather Up the Killers*
* *Keepers of the House*
* *I Hear You Knocking*
* *Bag of Cobras* (Mentioned)
* *Voodoo In My Blood* (Mentioned)
* *Phantomesque*
* *Voodoo Child*
* *The Feast of All Sinners*

* *Miracle Babies*
* *From Fiancée To Wife*
* *New Members of The Mikaelson Family*
* *Oh Sweet Memories Vol. 1* (Flashback)
* *Where You Left Your Heart*
* *One Wrong Turn On Bourbon*
* *Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea*
* *Don't It Just Break Your Heart*
* *God's Gonna Trouble the Water*
* *We Have Not Long To Love*
* *There in the Disappearing Light*
* *Til the Day I Die*
* *When The Saints Go Marching In*

### Legacies

* *Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn*
* *We're Being Punked, Pedro*
* *There's Always a Loophole* (Indirectly Mentioned)
* *That's Nothing I Had to Remember*
* *This Christmas Was Surprisingly Violent*