Jab Bush

* Normal
* EX

Jab Bush is a parody of US politician and former Governor of Florida, Jeb Bush. He is the first opponent in Election Year Knockout.

## Fighting Style

Jab Bush is very weak and quite slow, in typical first-opponent fashion. He's very easy to stun, his stun periods last quite a while and he doesn't have many attacks. And unlike other opponents, he only requires 3 knockdowns for a KO. His EX fight improves his defense somewhat and gives him a punching flurry attack, but other than that it's not much harder. Occasionally, his mother will show up with a sign showing her support.

## Normal Attacks

* **Normal Jab:** Basically the only attack he uses. Long wind-up, easily dodged, blocked, countered, and intercepted. In EX mode, the jabs are faster, must be perfectly blocked instead of regularly blocked, and dodging or being hit by the punches increases the damage of the jabs significantly. This increased damage resets if he is hit by any punch, one of his attacks is perfect blocked, if he is distracted by his mother, or if the player is knocked down. After the 3rd jab dodged, the jabs instantly send you to the mat. Try to intercept or perfect block his attacks to prevent this.

## Special Attacks And Attributes

* **Jab's mother:** Jab's mother occasionally appears with a sign supporting her son, which causes Jab to be distracted for a bit, allowing for an easy interception and also, a few hits.

* **Instant KO Trick:** Intercept the jab with a haymaker. Doesn’t work in EX mode.

* **The "Extention" Infinite:** Only works in EX mode. Like Donald Thump, when EX Jab re-centers himself, he flashes red for a moment. You can intercept this with a normal punch for an extra hit. But intercepting it with a haymaker gives you a stun that's long enough to charge up another haymaker, allowing you to repeat the process and rack up damage.
	+ On a similar vein to this, you can extend a stun by landing a haymaker as the last hit.

## Maverick's Advice

 "Keep your feet moving, kid. This guy gets smart to repeated punches. Eventually."

 "Hey Jab, does that hat work on ghosts? ...May I try it?"

## Quotes

### Normal Fight

 *"Wait, what?"* (TKO)

### EX Fight

 *"I'm gonna go work out some more."* (TKO)

## Rule Infractions

* Jab is 67 years old. Boxing associations don’t allow boxers to compete once they reach 40 years old meaning he should’ve retired 27 years ago.
* Instead of boxing shoes or boxing boots, he wears what appears to be sneakers.
* He is not allowed to wear his polo shirt.
* His glasses count as an illegal accessory.
	+ His belt also counts as an illegal accessory, even if it provides a clear line of demarcation for the waist.
* In EX mode, he wears a hat, which is not allowed.
	+ The transformation he goes through when he puts on the hat could possibly be seen as doping, which in real boxing would get him banned for life.

Jab Bush has 6.5 infractions.

## Trivia

* His pathetic fighting style is a jab at how generally unsuccessful his political career has been, especially compared to his brother George W. Bush and father George H.W. Bush, who were both former Presidents.
* He is the only fighter in the game with a instant KO method.
* His Punch Out!! equivalent is said to be either Glass Joe or Gabby Jay, with both of them being the first opponent, being considered too old for boxing, and being the weakest in their respective games.
* His EX portrait is based off the exploitable "Jeb! wins" meme, where Jeb Bush does a victory pose in front of an electoral map where he has won every single seat.
* Standing at a height of 6'3", Jab Bush is tied with Donald Thump as the tallest character in the game with a confirmed height.