Jivin Pickles

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**Jivin Pickles** is Asperchu's best friend who is black. He is also a real nigga, and therefore does real things. Throughout the story, he tries to help Asperchu in his Love Quest. Though well-intentioned, Jivin's idea of a Love Quest tends to revolve around sex rather than the idea of an interpersonal relationship. As an avid Ebonics speaker, he often refers to women as "bitches" and "hoes" and sees them in terms of their sexual characteristics, particularly their buttocks. Despite their difference in values, Asperchu still follows Jivin's advice due to a lack of confidence in his own abilities to attract the opposite sex. It has been speculated that Asperchu may not even be aware that Jivin is black.

The friendship between Asperchu and Jivin is one of the many uplifting aspects of Alec Benson Leary's storytelling. Asperchu and Jivin come from wildly different cultural backgrounds, follow very different moral codes, and disagree with each other on a large number of topics. Despite these differences, the two of them are fast friends, supporting each other in every way they can, and spending most of their time hanging out with each other and their mutual friend Max.

Jivin is also a particular favorite among the fans for reasons unexplained. Regardless he has become so popular that he has had his own Subepisode dedicated to him, as well as his father, with his own villain to fight, the elusive Denubius King. He is the first character to have achieved this feat and no other characters have had such treatment since.

Also of note is that Jivin is a known master of Soul-Fu, and also the character to have undergone the most changes of wardrobe.

## Sub-episode 1

This episode introduces us to Jivin, a young black male who is the son of a prominent pickle farmer. Jivin's father asks Jivin to fetch some power converters for him, but things quickly turn sour as Denubius King intrudes upon their property to collect a debt from them. As Jivin's father resists, Denubius sends a hitman named Bullet-Time Montgomery to dispose of him.

Just in time however, Jivin arrives back home and rushes to stop the gunman. As he knocks him unconscious, he disarms the assassin and points his firearm at Denubius who flees from the area.

The episode ends with Jivin's father revealing a family secret to Jivin, the legacy of the seven sacred Chaos Pickles.

## Issue 0

This issue introduces us to the friendship between Jivin and Asperchu. Asperchu, anxious about being rejected, is unable to ask Lisa out on a date. Jivin attempts to help Asperchu by telling him that Lisa has fine physical characteristics and that he would have sex with her. This repulses Asperchu, but he quickly admits that his conversational skills with the opposite sex are not up to par.

Asperchu eventually succeeds in asking Lisa out, and Jivin tells Asperchu to get some new clothes to make himself presentable. However, the date goes awry and things take a turn for the worst. In an attempt to cheer Asperchu up, Jivin takes him to see a prostitute. Asperchu disagrees with this and explains that he wants a sweetheart, once again highlighting the vast and perplexing differences between their two values.

Jivin is also the person that inspired Asperchu to put up his first YouTube video using his XBox 360 webcam. Unfortunately, this idea backfired and led to the appearance of Asperchu's next antagonist in Issue 0A.

## Issue 0A

This issue, we learn that Jivin is not welcome in Asperchu's home due to Grandpa Alzheichu's fear that Jivin will steal his vinyl collection. We also learn that Jivin is both intimidated and scared by Grandpa Alzheichu, and is concerned that he will be forced to move.

Later, we learn that Jivin is not a Christian, mainly due to the fact that he needs to "get his dick wet," and we are later treated to another Jivin daydream, this time involving a lesbian sex scene with Lisa and Kendra.

## Issue 0B

In this issue, again we see the manifestation of the true and honest friendship between Jivin and Asperchu when he goes to the Brass Dragon to support Asperchu in his first contest against Jonas. However, Jivin is once again distracted by the "bootyliscious ass" of Dixie.

After consoling Asperchu after he lost against Jonas, Jivin decides to go to Dixie's house in order to court her. However, despite his very suave moves towards Dixie, and the fact that he displayed his body to her, save for a pair leopard print thong underwear, Dixie rejects him since she already has a lover in Jonas. While a normal person would crash into slumber at this point, Jivin takes the rejection in stride, and moves on to support Asperchu and Max in the next Guitar Hero tournament held at the Brass Dragon.

## Issue C

In Issue C, Jivin is shown to assist the dastardly Ian Brandon Anderson (who he thought was Christian Weston Chandler), in an attempt to rescue Asperchu. While he initially questions whether Ian knows what he's doing, Ian is able to convince him about their imminent success. His moral support of Asperchu and Max prove beneficial in the eventual rescue of Asperchu, and the destruction of Ian Brandon Anderson by Metal Asperchu. This is the first Issue to feature Jivin on the front cover.

## Issue 1

Jivin's first appearance in Issue 1 starts with him and Max at his home playing Assassins Creed 2 on the Xbox 360, with Jivin expressing his liking of the game. We then see Metal Asperchu move ominously towards the home. We later hear that he did indeed attack Jivin's home (searching for the Chaos Pickle). Asperchu goes to the house and upon seeing skeletons lying on the floor, assumes the worst and begins to grieve for his fallen friend. However we find out that Jivin and his father both survived (yay!) and that he was merely bruised. We also discover that the skeletons are actually part of a skeleton collection owned by Jivin. We still do not know why he has a skeleton collection, but whatever. He (as well as His father and Max) are then taken into the care of Asperchu's friend Sonichu who Jivin introduces to Mr Pickles. After a while Sonichu is called by Magi-Chan to assist the combo in their fight against Metal Asperchu and since he needs someone to look after Jivin and the others, he calls in his own old friend Mitch Chu who continues the job. Issue 1 closes with Mitch Chu giving Jivin a makeover.

## Issue 2

Issue 2 features Jivin in a new redesigned costume (made for the Chaotic Combo's funeral) and possibly chosen by Mitch Chu. He accompanies Asperchu and Max to the chaotic funeral where he once again has a fantasy, this time about Rosechu who is supposedly Sonichu's wife. He then sits through the rest of the funeral respectfully. He is later seen with Max back at his house playing Assassins Creed again when Asperchu comes in to tell them about his new status as a messenger of GodJesus.

Notably Asperchu shortly after the funeral mistook his clone brother Noir Chu for Jivin, possibly because they are both black, possibly because they speak the same sort of way, or possibly a combination of the two. This is also the second issue to feature Jivin on the front cover.

## Issue 3

In Issue 3, Jivin appears alongside Max once more, as he assists in taking down Ian. The two of them beat up and disguise themselves as Nazi Officers. Jivin, with Max's help tries to fly up to the Mayor's office and help out the others, but unfortunately cannot do much before Metal Asperchu starts doing some crazy shit with the Chaos Pickles. Jivin, Max, Ian and Asperchu are then all drawn in to Metal, and then there is a bright light...

## Issue 3D

In Issue 3D, Jivin reawakens with Max, to discover that they have been warped back in time to the year 1999. The two of them then spent a few minutes disguising themselves, as they find more appropriate clothes to fit in with the times. Jivin gives himself a third change of wardrobe, whilst questioning what The Nightmare Before Christmas is.

He and Max eventually find Asperchu again in Manchester High School, where they observe Ian Brandon Anderson fighting someone whom Max believes is a past version of Ian. They then leave, and meet a past version of Bionic the Hedgehog as well, who is still happy and cheery, even if deluded about how great Past Christian is. Max suggests that Bionic may be able to help them get back to their own time, and wonders if he is related to Sonichu or Chris-Chan. When Christian is later endangered by Principal Blaziken, Bionic senses it and runs to his rescue, with Max and Jivin following closely behind. When Asperchu is mistakenly given credit by Christian for killing Blaziken and saving him, Bionic goes insane and runs away. They try to give chase, but encounter Ian outside. They then decide to split up. Max stays behind to handle Ian, and Jivin goes to help Bionic. He finds him trying to kill himself by hanging, and saves him from doing so by grabbing the rope before he falls to far to actually die, Although this does still cause him the loss of his voice. He then takes a moment to quickly rant about how poorly Bionic is treated, and then tries to take him to a safer place. By coincidence, they end up at 14 Branchland Court, Past Christian's home, where they meet up with him, as well as Max and Ian. They are there for a few seconds before another fight between Ian and Past Christian breaks out, with the added difference that Past is now pregnant for some reason. The battle in question opens a rift in time and space and Asperchu, Jivin, Max and Ian are all sent through time. Where they ended up is unknown, buts its not hard to guess that this will return them to their own time. This is also the third Issue to feature Jivin on the front cover.

## Issue 4

In Issue 4, we learn that much like Max and Asperchu, Jivin awoke in the present day, but somehow had not been captured by Metal Asperchu and was just fine. Why, we do not know. He and the gang go to visit Sonichu at the hospital, where he helps comfort him during his recovery since the loss of his hand. He also vomits when he first sees Asperia. He appears again later, playing a game of dominoes with Max. They are interrupted, however, when Simonchu informs them that Sonichu had been captured by Bionic, and so they set off to help him. After he is ambushed at Bionic's Fortress however, he is forced to fight the Yellow Devil with his amazing Soul-Fu. Within moments, Christian Weston Chandler arrives to assist, and the creature is vanquished. Jivin then accompanies Christian and the others as they go to bury Mitch, who died during the battle.

## Issue 5

In Issue 5, Jivin calls Asperchu to CWCVille, where he reveals that he is helping Christian and Mayorshack Tito in restoring the town, since it had been reclaimed after Ian's defeat. He is also dressed up like a Viking for reasons unexplained.

## Cameo in Capering Berries

Jivin appears briefly in Capering Berries, set 17 years in the future. He is seen in the background of one panel, in a whorehouse, where he is being sucked off by Lolisa Rosechu.