User:Wolvo1877



I'm Dan. I replay JS5G once every few years for nostalgia, but also because it's unironically enjoyable. The writing holds up pretty well. My CD copy of that game is one of my most treasured possessions.

Additionally, I've played all the full curriculum games from Preschool to 6th Grade, except for Haunted Island. (I've unfortunately never been able to track down a copy, but if I ever do, I'll be going through it for completion's sake.)

My favourite characters are Jo Hammet from 5th grade and Jess from 6th grade. My favourite games after 5th grade are 2nd and 3rd grade.

Fun fact: Did you know that Kath Soucie (Jo Hammet's voice actress in JS5G) also voiced Cubert Farnsworth in Futurama? She uses near-identical voices for both characters, but Cubert's is more nasal on purpose. Given they're both snarky knowledgeable redheads, I'd like to think the Futurama writers were inspired by JumpStart.

When I made that connection for the first time while rewatching Futurama, it was the single biggest mindblow of my whole life.

My current avatar is a frame from the beginning of JS5G, during the scene where Jo discovers B.F. Skinny can talk for the first time. I can't help but laugh every time I look at it.

Jo: Have you seen anything that might prevent electrocution?

Jimmy the Shadow: Yeah, a governor's pardon. Heh, heh, anything else?

Jo: I guess I couldn't expect anything better from a guy who spends all day surrounded by trash.

Jimmy the Shadow: With all these piles of junk laying around there's bound to be another... "accident". You better beat it, kid.