Jack is framed as believing everything he says, even his lies, including those regarding his treatment of his daughter, Angel, whom he essentially enslaves. "It was important to us that Jack thinks of himself as a hero, no matter how bad things got."įocused heavily on bravado and looking good, Handsome Jack considers himself "the hero" on Pandora, viewing everyone else as a "bandit". The character is depicted with two differently-colored eyes, giving him an asymmetrical design, as well as a mask of a face that covers his own. Dialogue in Borderlands 2 establishes his past as a "code monkey", before taking credit for the Vault Hunters' actions in the first Borderlands. Introduced as the president of the Hyperion Corporation, in his first appearance Jack and Hyperion have taken over the planet Pandora with Jack becoming a dictator, putting up propagandist posters of himself around the planet. Clarke won "Best Performance by a Human Male" at the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards for his role. Handsome Jack has received critical acclaim. In Borderlands 3, Jack appears in a voice cameo. The Pre-Sequel! revolves around Jack's rise to power, while Tales features Jack as a hologram who gets injected into the mind of one of the game's protagonists. The character is voiced by Dameon Clarke.Īfter his introduction in 2012's Borderlands 2, Jack appears again in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! and Telltale Games' Tales from the Borderlands. Primary concerns fell on making him balance both the seriousness and humor of the game. Jack was conceived early on as a fellow Vault Hunter " frenemy" before being changed to an outright villain to make Borderlands 2 clearer. Jack shows narcissistic traits, believing himself to be a heroic character and savior of others. He is the President of the Hyperion Corporation, which takes control of the planet Pandora, and is the main antagonist of Borderlands 2. Handsome Jack is a fictional character in Gearbox Software's Borderlands video game franchise. "Moxxi's Heist of the Handsome Jackpot" ( Borderlands 3) (2019) Handsome Jack as depicted in Borderlands 2
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