Jestro

* Normal
* First Corruption
* Second Corruption

**Jestro** is the former royal jester of the King and Queen of Knighton. As a child, a knight entered him into the Knights' Academy to try and become a knight himself, but he eventually quit the Academy due to his poor abilities.

After he left, Merlok took him under his wing and tried to help him get a job, and ultimately got him one as the King's jester. He was very proud of his job, though insecure.

After causing a power outage after messing up his act, he ran away in fear and met the Book of Monsters, who he would ally with and become evil.

## Appearance

* Jestro normally
* Corrupted Jestro
* Electrocuted Jestro
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Before his corruption, Jestro had white skin with red lipstick, a dark teal cape with bronze bells, and purple and sky blue striped clothing, including a jester hat.

After his corruption, Jestro remained white-skinned, but the sky blue on his clothing changed to red. Additionally, his bells changed to skulls, his clothing became tattered, and his eyes and teeth turned yellow. His now-twisted smile kept the same red lipstick he previously wore.

After being zapped by the Cloud of Monstrox, his clothing became even more ripped, and his skin turned blue, with lightning coursing through it. The sky blue on his original clothing became purple, while the purple on his original clothing became yellow, and his bells turned into lightning skulls. His eyes became yellow again, and his lipstick turned navy blue. His jester hat perked up whenever he was excited.

In the unproduced Season 5, he wears a blue and orange outfit with a golden belt and jester bells.

## Personality

Jestro is, above all else, incredibly insecure. He's shown to frequently get stage fright, though he seems to be getting better, as he enjoys being on live television, and has little to no self esteem. His nerves often cause him to mess up his performances, and even before becoming a jester he failed at becoming both a knight and a wizard, leading him to feel he can't do anything right. Despite this, he still tries his best, even in the face of repeated failures.

He's also very emotional, and is easily upset. This, tied in with his tendency to make impulsive decisions without being properly aware of the situation, and the fact that he's not always the smartest gets him into bad situations, allows him to easily be manipulated. He's desperate to do something right for once, and be good at it, but sometimes puts that need above even his own morals, which was what caused him to go evil in the first place.

He has no problem going with whatever he's gotten himself into as long as he thinks he's doing relatively well, and falls for even the emptiest of praise without recognizing it's not genuine. He's also easily intimidated and scared, and Monstrox gladly takes advantage of all of this without Jestro being aware of it.

However, despite willingly turning evil in the first two seasons, with little hesitation, he's not actually a bad guy, he'd much rather be on the side of good if he can. He cares a lot about his friends, especially Clay Moorington, and seems to show more reluctance to attacking them than things like becoming evil or attacking the general public.

He even starts to rethink attacking the castle as he heads there simply because, while it would be a great strategic move, the king used to be really nice to him, and he'd feel bad. When the situation arises, he's even willing to sacrifice himself for his friends.

While corrupted, his personality completely changes, especially as he starts to embrace being evil. He becomes more willing to attack anyone in his way, whether he used to have personal ties to them or not, and gains a lot more confidence in his actions. He also becomes less of a pushover, and more inclined to at least try to take charge.

Many of the evil books, after being found, further alter his personality, such as the Book of Greed making him more obsessed with finding and having gold than actually doing evil. The effects of these seem to be more temporary than the Book of Evil's original corruption effect, though, and rarely have an impact for longer than the episode they're featured in. Not all of the effects of the corruption disappear completely afterwards, either, as some of the confidence he gained and his willingness to stand up for himself remain.

After being struck by Monstrox's magic lightning, he acted more serious than before, and more evil. He would occasionally have moments of doubt before Monstrox zapped him once more. He also kept no sentimental connection to the Lava Monsters and criticized Monstrox for having one to them.

## Weapons and abilities

Jestro isn't shown to have a lot of talents, and what few he does have he doesn't seem to recognize. Be that as it may, he's shown to be a great comedian, entertaining the knights and the entire town of Funnyton.

He hasn't been shown to wield any weapons normally, but both times when working with Monstrox, he's had a staff. He shows excellent use in these abilities of the Forbidden Powers.

## LEGO.com description

*Jestro is not bad. He is just no good at being good. Or funny for that matter. He was King Halbert’s jester and every day people laughed at him. Except for when he actually tried to be funny, then they fell silent. One day Jestro had enough and he seized the opportunity to become so powerful that no-one would ever dare laugh at him again.*

## Appearances

Sets
* 70316 Jestro's Evil Mobile (2016)
* 70323 Jestro's Volcano Lair (2016)
* 70352 Jestro's Headquarters (2017)
* 70356 The Stone Colossus of Ultimate Destruction (2017)
* 72006 Axl's Rolling Arsenal (2018)
* 853683 Jestro Keyring (2017 keychain)

*Nexo Knights*
Season 1
* 1. "The Book of Monsters - Part 1"
* 2. "The Book of Monsters - Part 2"
* 3. "The Power of Merlok"
* 4. "The Knight's Code"
* 5. "Fright Knight"
* 6. "The Golden Castle"
* 7. "The Maze of Amazement"
* 8. "The Black Knight"
* 9. "The Book of Total Badness
* 10. "The Might and the Magic"

Season 2
* 11. "Back to School"
* 12. "Greed is Good?"
* 13. "The Book of Obsession"
* 14. "The King's Tournament"
* 15. "Monster Chef"
* 16. "Knight Out"
* 17. "Saturday Knight Fever"
* 18. "Open Mike Knight"
* 19. "The Fortrex and the Furious"
* 20. "Kingdom of Heroes"

Season 3
* 21. "The Cloud"
* 22. "A Little Rusty"
* 23. "Mount Thunderstrox"
* 24. "Rotten Luck"
* 25. "Storm Over Rock Wood"
* 26. "Miner Setback"
* 27. "Knight at the Museum"
* 28. "Hot Rock Massage"
* 29. "Rock Bottom"
* 30. "In Charge"

Season 4
* 31. "Weekend at Halbert's"
* 32. "The Gray Knight"
* 33. "The Good, the Bad and the Tightwad"
* 34. "In His Majesty's Secret Service"
* 35. "The Stranger in the Halps"
* 36. "Krakenskull
* 37. "Heart of Stone"
* 38. "Between a Rock and a Hard Place"
* 39. "March of the Colossus"
* 40. "The Fall"

Webisodes
* 1. "Alliance of the Fortrex"
* 2. "Jestro the Bad... the Really, Really Bad"
* 4. "Lucky to be Lance"
* 5. "Sir Axl... the Ever-Hungry"
* 6. "Joust Game on Aaron!"
* 7. "Macy's Parade"
* 8. "Brave and Bold (and Short) Sir Robin"

App-exclusive
* 1. "Knights of the Realm - Part 1"
* 2. "Knights of the Realm - Part 2"

Games
* LEGO NEXO KNIGHTS: MERLOK 2.0

## Behind the scenes

* The idea for Jestro was that he had to be as likable as the Nexo Knights and had to be quirky.
* Vincent Tong was told to put on a voice similar to Inigo Montaya in *The Princess Bride*.
* He was supposed to have a twin-sided head that switched heads whenever he switched personalities, but changed it because the idea was used for *The LEGO Movie* with Bad Cop.
* Tommy Andreasen intended to have Jestro sing.
* A life-sized LEGO sculpture of Jestro was present at the 2015 New York Comic Con.
* A minifigure version of him in his normal outfit was not made.

## Trivia

* He seems to have motion sickness during fast travel.
* He is the symbol for the Nexo Power Hail to the Jester.
* Jestro is younger than Macy, and he had always wanted Macy to be his big sister.
* He seems to know a few Italian words.
* It is currently unknown what his hair is like underneath his hat, though he does have hair. Vincent Tong, the voice actor of Jestro, guessed that his hair might be a slick back hairdo.
* He has a natural yellow skin color.
* He is a terrible actor.
	+ Despite his poor acting skills, he is good at mimicking others' voices as he can perform impressions of Merlok and the knights with varying degrees of accuracy.
* Jestro has always wanted to be a rock star, but he seems to lack a talent for singing.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.lego.com/en-us/kids/characters/nexoknights/jestro-b3fdef1ebba6498faa0bdbeb3addd2ba
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ac5dZRFaFM
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1282073377751080961
4. ↑ "Between a Rock and a Hard Place"
5. ↑ "The Fall"
6. ↑ *The Book of Monsters*
7. ↑ "Rotten Luck"
8. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/838080641610747904
9. ↑ "Knights of the Realm - Part 1"
10. ↑ "The Golden Castle"
11. ↑ "The Maze of Amazement
12. ↑ "Knights of the Realm - Part 2"
13. ↑ "In His Majesty's Secret Service"
14. ↑ "Mount Thunderstrox"

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