Jake Long is the titular main protagonist of the cartoon series 'The Adventures Of Junior'
Background[]
Jake Long was your average Chinese-American teenager growing up in Romeopolis.
Powers & Abilities[]
- Dragon Physiology: As a dragon, Jake’s body is far better than that of any human. He can take massive blows from beings that can destroy buildings and still get back up and kicking. In addition, his senses are enhanced, making him able to hear sounds a normal human can’t pick up on or see things at longer distances. If he needs to use a particular part of his dragon-body but doesn’t want to go full-dragon, he can transform specific parts of his body to take their appearance and utilize their dragon physiology, whether it be his claws, wings, head, etc. Of course, that’s not the only thing his physiology provides. As expected, Jake’s dragon form also gives him extremely sharp claws and teeth, great for when he needs to get up close and personal with an opponent. In fact, despite being a dragon, close-range combat seems to be Jake’s personal favorite method of fighting. Finally, he sprouts wings that allow him to glide around and fly at incredible speeds. His dragon tail and tongue are also prehensile, allowing Jake to grab enemies with them or trip them up for an advantage.
- Pyrokinesis: By invoking his dragon-self, Jake is able to manipulate fire in various ways. Like most classic European dragons, he usually prefers to shoot a stream of fire out of his mouth (or his butt), though he can shoot and throw fireballs if he so chooses. It's worth nothing that he can even use his fire when not turned into a dragon. This fire is strong enough to send enemies reeling and melt metals in a matter of seconds. Jake’s precision with his fire is to such a great extent that he can even make an ice statue out of snow (somehow).
- Eye of the Dragon: While Jake’s human form is far less impressive than his dragon form, as mentioned above he can still temporarily enhance his senses with his dragon abilities. One of these abilities, the Eye of the Dragon, gives Jake’s vision a massive boost. Not only does it let him see farther, but it also gives him nigh vision.
- Ear of the Dragon: Jake’s vision isn’t the only thing that can get an upgrade. With the Ear of the Dragon, Jake’s hearing is enhanced, allowing him to hear sounds more acutely than normal. It also lets him detect individual sounds, even if they’re dampened or obscured by things like doorways or soundproofing. It’s sensitivity is so potent it can allow Jake to hear things from anywhere across Romeopolis.
- Wings of the Dragon: While not officially named, Jake can summon his dragon wings in human form, usually for slow descents.
- Claws of the Dragon: Allows Jake to manifest his claws in human form, letting him pick locks or perform… other tasks he could do with his claws.
- Duplication: Dragons somehow have the magical ability to create doppelgangers of themselves. These doppelgangers can follow Jake’s directions and are as powerful as he is, but they also take a lot of focus and chi to create. Usually he’s only been seen creating up to one extra clone, however, with chi amplification from special means, he can create up to five doppelgangers.
- Non-Physical Interaction: As shown by the episode “The White Queen”, Jake is capable of hitting ghosts with his melee attacks due to his magical nature as a dragon, despite being completely untouchable to humans.
- Dancing Skills: Jake is a great break-dancer this is also one of his natural skills. It is also worth noting this is not a dragon trait. Although it seems to be common in Jake's family, as his grandfather Lao Shi was a great dancer as well.
- Skateboarding Skills: Jake is also great at skateboarding. He can do cool tricks and air flips with his board. His skateboard has a dragon similar to Rose's birthmark painted on it. While in human form, Jake mostly uses his board for transportation. Before Jake got his dragon powers, he used to hit the skate park with Spud and Trixie, but his dragon duties began to take up too much of his time spent with his friends.
- Gifted Athlete: Jake is great at acrobatics and can-do somersaults, backflips, and many other acrobatics, but this may be due to his dragon heritage. Also, this ability is mostly used while Jake is in human form.
Equipment[]
- Skateboard:
Feats[]
Strength[]
- Knocked over the giant Aztec Guardian Serpent on multiple occasions, even flinging it miles away.
- Shown to be stronger than his little sister, Haley, who could lift an ice cream truck with no issue.
- Should be on par with his master and Grandfather, Lao Shi, who stopped a train.
- Sent the Huntsman flying through an elevator door
- In his human form, Jake was able to knock out bug monsters with one sweep kick, as well as wrestle an alligator.
- Easily held up and tossed boulders with his tail
- Lifted a 400 lbs. giant.
- Tossed another boulder that snapped a tree in half.
- Knocked over several Huntsclan grunts with a swipe of his tail
- His dragon breath could melt the support stands off of a water tower
- Blasted through several walls with a single dragon breath
- Can support his own weight as a dragon with one finger
- Outsped and overpowered a vortex that was destroying a temple
- Far superior to Junior, who was launched into causing it to lean.
- Lifted the Time Square Jumbotron and threw it at a giant monster made of teeth
- Sneezed fire so hard he blew up part of a temple.
- Should scale to Fred Nerk, this goofy-looking Aussie dragon, whose fireballs triggered a small earthquake.
- Comparable to ogres who could throw boulders at 180 mph.
- Went toe-to-toe with the Dark Dragon, whose power was so great that only two other dragons have ever survived direct encounters with him. One of those being Jake himself.
Speed[]
- Stated to fly around 179-180 mph
- Dodges blasts from the Huntsman’s staff, which has exhibited light-like qualities
- Flies 13 times around an island in just a few seconds
- Scales to a Leprechaun who moves in tandem with lightning multiple times
Durability[]
- Got stepped on by giants
- Got crushed by an egg-shaped press.
- Got his kicked in by the Jersey Devil even while in human form.
- Got hit by a train.
- Got hit by lightning.
- Got crushed by a giant kid
- Got hit by a rock going at 180mph, though since he was flying at 179 mph it didn’t do much
- Superior to his problems, who got hit in the head with a boulder and survived
- In his human form, comparable to Spud and Brad, who survived several pieces of heavy sporting equipment falling on them.
- Survived a chemical explosion that created a pillar of energy into the sky in his human form
- Should scale to the Black Dragon, who once got crushed so hard that it made a small crater.
Skill[]
- Has defended Romeopolis from the wrath of mystical forces multiple times
- Became champion of K.E.W.L. (The King Extreme Wrestling League) by defeating all other competitors
- Was responsible for the destruction of the Huntsclan, thwarting their plans multiple times
- Outsmarted his own chi doppelganger and stopped him from absorbing his powers
- Defeated the Kelpy, a monster who absorbed the powers of several mythical creatures.
- Has held the title of American Dragon for over a year
- For a time, He was one of the two dragons to ever survive a direct encounter with the Dark Dragon. The other being his grandfather, Lao Shi.
- Defeated the Avemetus, a monster as old as time itself.
- Helped save Experiment 316 (“Morpholomew”) from Gantu.
- Graduated middle school.
- Found a hidden lair just by listening for it.
- Ate 8033 eggs.
Weaknesses[]
- Human Physiology: Jake’s powerful in his transformed state, but fairly weak in his human form.
- Lack of Intelligence: Jake doesn’t have any specific physical weaknesses, but while he may be “cool and hot like a frozen sun”, he is rather lacking in the intelligence department. While he can come up with a quick strategy here and there, he seems to prefer using brute force over actual tactics.
- Lazy: Often tries to find shortcuts to solve his problems, even when those shortcuts land him in trouble (like the time he tried to use a magic powder to help him create a doppelganger, but accidentally grabbed the wrong one and made an evil, uncontrollable one).
- Clumsy: He’s also occasionally liable to be clumsy in combat, resulting in him getting into unfavorable situations, and there are times where he was forced to revert back to his human form after taking enough damage.
- Dragon Weaknesses:
- Sphinx/Sphinx Hair: Dragons have a weakness to Sphinx Hair. Woven into a net it can render them completely powerless. Too much exposure may even leave a dragon unconscious.
- Strong Winds/Intense wind: Strong winds can prevent a dragon from using their fire breath, depending on its intensity.
- Left Ear: Dragons possess a weakness behind their left ear where a clean strike can result with a kill. As learned in the Huntsclan Academy, a surefire way to kill a dragon is by striking it behind the left ear. During Rose and Jake's climactic battle in the Academy, Rose struck Jake in this location, seemingly killing him, thus allowing her to go back in the field in New York. However, during the battle, the duo utilized a faulty potion Jake and Spud made while undercover at the academy, giving Jake the temporary appearance of death, and thus sparing his life.
- Magic: Dragons can be vulnerable to select spells, potions, and even the magical powers of other magical creatures like Gorgons which are very powerful to affect dragons. Gorgons can turn all living beings, dragons included, into stone. Even weakened Gorgons can blast waves of energy that can be lethal. Also in the same way potions can give dragons greater magical prowess, certain potions can be used to put them under mind control, temporarily strip them of their powers, or immobilize them.
- Brockium: is a chemical substance that forces dragons to shape-shift into their dragon form unwillingly. It was developed by Sigmund Brock in his attempt to expose magical creatures to the world.