Jeff The Ref

> "How's it going, everyone? Name's Jeff the Ref, and I'm the, you guessed it- Ultimate Referee!"
>
> -Jeff in "Jeff the Ref Lost Introduction"

**Jeff the Ref**, also known simply as **Jeff,** is a Referee from Club Penguin Island. His title is the **Ultimate Referee.** Jeff has never appeared in the main series of ***Penguinronpa,*** but was included in an unlisted YouTube video titled "Jeff the Ref Lost Introduction" that was uploaded to Tofu's channel April 12th 2020, due to popularization of the character on the official Discord server. Jeff also made a cameo appearance in the Penguinronpa Halloween Special, as Monobert's Halloween costume, an appearance in the Penguinronpa Valentine's Day Special, as part of the Skeff ship with Skip the Bellhop. Jeff even had his own Instagram story Q&A.

## Appearance

Jeff the Ref is a lime green penguin, who is always seen wearing his referee jersey and a silver whistle. This outfit was referenced during the investigation of The Stage in Chapter Four, as Agent was looking for a costume to wear. They also called Jeff boring for having such an outfit.

## Personality

Jeff is a very friendly and excited penguin, and he has a spirit for athleticism and sports. He often makes meta jokes and breaks the fourth wall due to his presence as a non-canon character. He is very patient and protective of Skip, even crying over the possibility of his death.

## History

### Main Story

#### Chapter 4

Jeff is only indirectly mentioned through Agent's comments regarding his costume in the Costume Trunk of the Stage. They describe him as a "boring character" as a throwaway joke.

### Bonus Content

#### Jeff the Ref: The Lost Introduction

Tofu created a short video of a concept of Jeff appearing in Penguinronpa during the Prologue's introduction scene. He causes chaos by revealing Paige's whistle as evidence for her execution, which causes a chain reaction: Aunt Arctic questioning Agent's role as the new Director according to the symbol on their tie, Agent using their "cursed" front-facing sprite to stop the chaos, and Tofu stopping the bit once the concept of a third sprite for Rockhopper being discussed.

#### Penguinronpa Halloween Special (2020)

Monobert uses Jeff's lime green color and referee jersey to dress as him for Halloween. Agent comments that Monobert's outfit is the scariest of them all.

#### Penguinronpa Holiday Special (2020)

Jeff appears briefly as the world falls apart to say, "Hey guys." His mere presence causes Tofu and the others to freak out and confirm that the world is officially being torn apart. He appears right at the end to say, "Yeah, Happy Holidays!" Tofu then merely says, "Run."

#### Penguinronpa Valentine's Day Special (2021)

Jeff appears carrying Skip on the screen of Rate that Ship. Shadow Guy is confused as to why he and Skip are up their due to their absence in the canon Penguinronpa story. Gamma Gal confirms that the "Skeff" ship is real.

#### Penguinronpa Halloween Special (2021)

Jeff appears as a main star in the Halloween Special. He is recruited by Gary and Rookie to stop Skip's rampage across the island. He attempts to convince Skip to stop, but he has to follow Skip into the Box Dimension and strip him of his powers using his whistle. He chases Skip through several worlds in the Penguinronpa multiverse: the April Fools special, the Valentine's Day special, the Holiday special, the previous year's Halloween Special, the Holiday Special again, the first Q+A of Penguinronpa, the Holiday Special once again, the first panel of the Prologue, a panel of a Danganronpa game, and finally the Wilderness in the actual main series. Jeff warns Skip that he could be killed if he does not stop and consoles him by telling him that the love he receives from fans is much greater than any power. Skip hugs Jeff and allows him to use the remaining ghostly power in the whistle to take them home. He returns to the non-canon world and leaves with the others to throw a Halloween party, dragging Gary away from his call with Aunt Arctic in the process. He appears in the credits alongside Skip as one of the main stars.

#### Penguinronpa Holiday Special (2021)

Jeff appears on the sixth day of the Twelve Days of Penguinronpa to discourage Rory about receiving an invite to the Super Smash Bros series, but he joins the chorus to bring the lyric, "Six Game Day Copies." In the image, he is seen swinging around a Wii remote without the safety strap on, accidentally hitting Rory in the process.

He also appears on the twelfth day to welcome Skip into the chorus, though he does repeat the line, "Yeah, Happy Holidays!" in reference to the Holiday Special of 2021.

#### Penguinronpa - Recap Video (Up to Chapter 5 Daily Life)

Jeff hosts the recap video of Penguinronpa to summarize the events of Chapter 4 Deadly Life and Chapter 5 Daily Life prior to the release of the Chapter 5 execution. He makes a deliberately short intermission in between Chapter 5 Daily Life's summary. He plans to go back to playing Club Penguin: Game Day; however, he is exposed for his pirating of the game via Dolphin Emulator. Before he can escape, he is banned for pirating the game, and the video ends.

## Trivia

* Jeff the Ref's popularization in the Penguinronpa community began after Tofu mentioned that they regretted not including Jeff in the Penguinronpa cast.
* Jeff appears in the Penguinronpa Holiday Special after the universe begins tearing itself apart. However, he appears again after everything returns to normal.
* Jeff likes to break down walls, and refers to himself as the Kool-Aid Man of Club Penguin.
* He owns a pink puffle and a blue puffle named Game and Day respectively.
* He apparently has a mysterious relative named Jeff2, and warns readers to not say his name so loud. This refers to a playthrough of *Club Penguin: Game Day!* that Tofu streamed to the Penguinronpa server, where they named the player penguin Jeff2.
* Jeff mentions that he is friends with Sam and Amy from his acting days at the Stage, where he played as himself in Team Blue vs. Team Red.
* His favorite Club Penguin party was the Penguin Cup.
* After the Halloween Special (2021), every time he is around Skip, his whistle glows green.
* He has revealed that Q+As supposedly have time slots for the order that they will happen in, as he sent Shadow Guy an angry ask about how Sam "stole his time slot."
* The ship between him and Skip spontaneously happened when the Penguinronpa Discord server decided to ship them.
* He is roommates with Skip.
* He was given more sprites during his Q+A and the Halloween Special (2021).
	+ Tofu said during the Q+A that, "...it'd be kind of lame for a non-canon character to have more sprites than Rockhopper... But it'd also be incredibly funny."