Jack and the Beanstalk

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**Jack and the Beanstalk** is the second episode of the third and final season of American McGee's Grimm and is based on the fairy tale of the same name.

## Characters

**NOTE** This list only includes the characters that played an active role in the story and does not include side characters or Grimm.

* Jack
* Jack's Mother
* Milky White
* Bean Merchant
* Blunderbore
* Ms Blunderbore
* Blunderbore's Golden Goose

## Plot

### Light Version

A poor single mother and her son Jack struggle to get by, having sold almost everything except their cow Milky White. The Mother tells Jack to sell the cow for some money. Jack goes to market and encounters a merchant who offers Jack magic beans instead of money, claiming the beans will create a beanstalk that'll go up all the way to the sky overnight. Jack gives the cow over, believing the man and rushes back home and tells his mother who is disappointed and tells Jack to go to sleep. Overnight the beans grew into a giant beanstalk as the merchant said. Jack is amazed by the sight and decides to climb it but his mother cries out telling him not to. Having climbed to the top, Jack encounters a large female giant who tells him to come inside for safety. The female giant feeds and helps Jack but Jack is disgruntled by the sounds of moaning, where the giant reveals it's her husband Blunderbore. Blunderbore loves the taste of Human flesh and so his wife hides Jack away so he doesn't get eaten, especially as Blunderbore catches the smell of a Human. Once Blunderbore leaves, Jack robs the giant twice and repeatingly gets more gold. He comes back another time and Blunderbore's wife spots Jack and accuses him of stealing, however, Jack claims it was another boy and gets something to eat, hiding before Blunderbore appears. Blunderbore demands his hen (which is a goose) and harp and tells his wife to go to bed. Jack steals the goose and harp but the singing bird screams for help and Blunderbore chases after Jack. Jack climbs down the beanstalk while being chases and gets an axe, cutting down the beanstalk, killing the giant. Jack and his mother become rich and supposedly Jack married a princess sometime later, living happily ever after.

### Dark Version

A poor single mother abuses her son and tells him to make a use of himself by selling the family cow for some much needed money. Jack disgruntled, goes to the market and meets a strange merchant who swindles Jack into getting beans for the cow, which Jack obliges. Jack returns home and tells his mother who ends up crying in misery over this, she ends up beating him and they are forced to eat chicken droppings to survive. Overnight, the beans grow into a large beanstalk and goes up to the sky. Jack believes that with the giant beanstalk, he can get good fortune and retrieve giant beans that can help their starvation, he climbs the beanstalk with encouragement from his mother. Once at top, a large female giant appears and flirts with Jack but he is too stupid to realise this, as a result she decides to protect him knowing he'd be unable to himself. Inside the giant's castle the female giant feeds and helps Jack but Jack is disgruntled by the sounds of moaning, where the giant reveals it's her husband Blunderbore, she also states that instead of giving Jack over as an appetizer she'll eat him later on instead, hiding Jack once her husband smells Human blood. The two giants argue as Blunderbore storms off, leaving his wife with Jack. Ms Blunderbore informs Jack that he should leave as quickly as he an or he'll get eaten. Jack on the other hand decides to steal from the giants. When he returns for more, Ms Blunderbore yells at Jack for stealing from her husband, especially as she was beaten by him. Jack lies and states it was his brother, but Ms Blunderbore is no idiot and decides she'll prepare Jack for her and her husband to eat. Jack is left alone with the giant's prized golden goose and harp, when the Blunderdore demands beer from his wife, Jack pretends to be her as he attempts to steal the goose and harp, but is caught by Blunderbore who chases after him. Jack rushes down the beanstalk with Blunderbore right behind him. Jack gets down before the giant and cuts down the beanstalk, killing the giant. However, all did not end well, Jack's mother struggles to use her legs and Jack is forced to take care of her, never marrying and his fortunes were for nothing. Jack eventually dies of chicken flu and the golden goose and harp only sang at his funeral.

## Levels

### Scene 1

Grimm starts off at Jack's homestead and first goes after the cows, once he finishes the job, he has all the cows killed, except Milky White, by lightning strikes. The mother comes out to tell Jack to take Milky White to market, Grimm must change that scenario, making the mother brutal and punching her son and cow into the next scene.

### Scene 2

Grimm enters a larger area where the market takes place and must transform Bean Merchant on the first island. Once he does so, the Merchant is attacked by farmers and a donkey, kicking him over to Jack. Grimm then goes to the second island and targets the Bean Merchant, Jack and Milky White. Once transformed, Milky White becomes a giant and falls in love with the Bean Merchant, harassing him and chasing him away.

### Scene 3

Back at Jack's homestead, Jack's mother beats Jack overnight but the beans grow into a giant beanstalk. Grimm first must transform the beanstalk's roots. After doing so, Jack begins to climb and Grimm follows, jumping all the way on platform sections to reach the clouds at top. Once the clouds open up, Grimm follows Jack and climbs up the beanstalk, avoiding any falling debris from above or high winds attempting to blow him off. The scene ends with Ms Blunderbore grabbing the two.

### Scene 4

Inside the Giant's castle, Grimm is tiny and starts off on the floor, having to make his way up top and going towards a furnace with some alcohol on top. Once converted, the alcohol falls on the furnace and it explodes, burning Blund3erbore and sending Grimm flying over to Jack who has made a pathway for him to the ceiling. The giants are asleep now and Grimm must travel to the next room, having to avoid swinging obstacles, rats and high winds. Once in the other room, Grimm makes his way to Blunderbore waking him up, but a fist slam causes a cleaver to fly into his wife's head, getting him a beating.

### Scene 5

Back on the beanstalk, Grimm must escape Blunderbore and assist Jack quickly as they make their way all the way back down. After converting the goose, Grimm rides the Golden goose down the beanstalk some more, jumping on clouds and vines to avoid the giant, who ends up falling and hitting his crotch on a vine. Grimm and co get away.

### Scene 6

Back on the ground, Grimm decides to help Jack out by converting all the farmers and pigs nearby, turning the pigs into warthogs and farmers to be helping Jack cut down the beanstalk faster. Once they're done, Jack's Mother reappears and Grimm goes after her, allowing her to throw an axe to deal the final blow, tearing down the beanstalk and killing giant, not before Grimm is kicked out by the mother.