Jack Jeebs

Jacob "Jack" Jeebs
General information
Real Name:	Jacob "Jack" Jeebs
Species:	Skook
Gender:	Male
Earth Disguise:	Human
Human Occupation:	Pawn Shop owner
Franchise information
Continuity:	Films Men in Black: The Series Video Games
First appearance:	Men In Black
Last appearance:	Men in Black II
Portrayed by:	Tony Shalhoub Billy West

“You have any idea how much that stings?”

—Jeebs, regrowing his head after it was blown off.

Jacob "Jack" Jeebs was an alien living on Earth in the disguise of a pawn shop owner who deals in stolen objects, both alien and human. Jeebs has always been a shady character but has proved useful for Agents Kay and Jay. He has watches and other such stuff for humans, but he also has highly illegal alien technology and guns for the aliens. Jeebs is played by Tony Shalhoub in the films and for a few episodes of the animated series, and is voiced by Billy West in the remainder of the animated series.

Indigenous Appearance

Jeebs is an alien known as a Skook, which externally resemble humans, except their blood is green. His head can be shot off, and it regrows immediately, but never looks exactly the same and stings immensely while regrowing. This has caused Jeebs getting his head shot off to become a running gag in the films and show (mostly when he either angers Jay or Kay, or he refuses to tell them when they need information that he has). It appears that it will grow back no matter what, and it can regrow an infinite amount of times. However, Kay when leaving implied there was at least one organ he possessed that can't grow back.

Jeebs regrowing his head

History

Men in Black

James Edwards seemed to know Jeebs very well as a cop, So Jeebs must have had several run-ins with the police. Jeebs was the owner of a pawn shop that dealt in questionably obtained objects (rolex watches). Jeebs claimed to be a huge crack (i.e. cocaine ) dealer but we don't know if he was joking or not. Whether he was joking or not saying that in front of cop is a bad idea because that is a good way to get Jeebs a visit from the vice squad and/or the ATF and If vice or ATF found the alien guns the clean-up from that would be a nightmare. Jeebs claimed to have not dealt in alien weaponry in five years, but in reality still sold arms to unlicensed aliens. After Kay blew off Jeebs' head, he admitted to selling a Reverberating Carbonizer with mutate capacity to an unlicensed cephalopoid. Jeebs response was "He looked alright to me." He was then interrogated by K as to who the target was that the cephalapoid was going to kill, although he denied any knowledge even under duress. K and J then left the store, although not before K warned him that MIB are taking all the alien weaponry and he had better be on the next transport of this rock or he'll shoot him "where it don't grow back" and J warned about touching up about his sale of stolen watches.

Men in Black: The Series

Jeebs in the Animated Series

Jeebs appeared in a few episodes of the series.

It is also revealed that he has a brother (and the two once became fused together when they were both shot and regenerated in close proximity of each other).  It is also revealed that he can survive without oxygen to breathe, but he still needs oxygen to regrow limbs.

Men in Black II

Despite his shady dealings, Jeebs proves to be very helpful in the second movie (albeit reluctantly, as J implicitly threatened to blow his head off again to use it), restoring Kay's memory to an extent with an unlicensed (and outdated) De-Neuralyzer. His pawn shop basement was largely destroyed during a fight with Serleena's henchmen, and it can be presumed Jeebs had it fixed.

Trivia

• In televised airings of the first film, when first demonstrating his head regeneration ability, Jeebs' line of "You insensitive prick!" was toned down to "You insensitive jerk!".

Appearances

• Men in Black
• Men in Black: The Series
  • The Irritable Bow-Wow Syndrome
  • The Alpha Syndrome
  • The Head Trip Syndrome
  • The Heads You Lose Syndrome
  • The Big Bad Bug Syndrome
  • The Jack O'Lantern Syndrome
  • The Fmall, Fmall World Syndrome
  • The Supermen in Black Syndrome
  • The Black Christmas Syndrome
  • The Blackguard Syndrome
  • The Worm-Guy Guy Syndrome
  • The Cold Sweat Syndrome
  • The Mine, Mine, Mine Syndrome
  • The Lights Out Syndrome
  • The Out to Pasture Syndrome
  • The Sardines and Ice Cream Syndrome
  • The I Want My Mummy Syndrome
  • The Baby Kay Syndrome (Mentioned Only)
  • The "J" is for James Syndrome
  • The Opening Gambit Syndrome
  • The Future's So Bright Syndrome
  • The Loose Ball Foul Syndrome
  • The Virtual Crossfire Syndrome
  • The Breaking News Syndrome
  • The Zero to Superhero Syndrome
  • The Endgame Syndrome, Part 1
  • The Endgame Syndrome, Part 2
• Men in Black II
• Men in Black 3 (Mentioned only)