Jeff

Jeff
Official paper clay model of Jeff from EarthBound.
Universe	EarthBound
Debut	EarthBound (1994)
Smash Bros. appearances	SSB Melee Brawl SSB4 Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Mother 3 (2006, cameo)
Console/platform of origin	Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Place of origin	Winters, FoggyLand
Created by	Shigesato Itoi
Article on WikiBound	Jeff

Jeff Andonuts (ジェフ・アンドーナッツ, Jeff Andonuts) is a character originally appearing in EarthBound, as one of Ness' friends and a party member. He is the only playable character in EarthBound to lack PSI powers, so he uses guns and rockets instead. He appears as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl as well as an Assist Trophy in Brawl, Super Smash Bros. 4, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Origin

Jeff first appeared in EarthBound. In EarthBound, Jeff is an intelligent kid who is the same age as Ness and is attending a school in Winters, but escapes in the middle of the night when he heard Paula's telepathic call for help. He arrives in the Sky Runner to save Ness and Paula from the underground cell in Threed, and joins them on their adventure.

Artwork of some Bottle Rockets from the Mother 2 instruction booklet.

Bottle Rockets are battle items found throughout the EarthBound series. In EarthBound they are Jeff's signature weapon, which only he is capable of using. There are three types of bottle rockets in EarthBound: Bottle rockets, Big bottle rockets, and the Multi bottle rocket. Bottle rockets are one of the most effective items in EarthBound due to the large amount of damage they deliver to a single enemy. Starting with Brawl, Jeff appears as an Assist Trophy and uses the Big bottle rocket (known as Pencil Rocket ×5 in Japan), which launches four small bottle rockets and one large one. The design of the bottle rockets are directly based off of their appearance in the Japanese instruction manual for Mother 2. The side of the big bottle rocket in Smash reads "EAGLELAND" on its side, which is the name of Ness and Paula's home country in EarthBound.

Jeff appears to be sweating whenever he appears as an Assist Trophy. This is likely based on him sweating nervously on the naming screen of EarthBound while awaiting the player's choice of name for him.

In Super Smash Bros.

Ness' 1P Game ending picture. Jeff is third from the right.

Jeff appears on the congratulations screen upon completing the 1P Game with Ness.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee

Jeff appears as a trophy in Melee.

Trophy

Jeff's trophy in Melee

Jeff

Another of Ness's close friends in EarthBound, Jeff is the only son of the famous scientist, Dr. Andonuts. Jeff is a mechanical genius, able to turn common, broken tools into complex weapons like the Hungry HP-sucker and the Slime Generator. He's a bit on the shy side but incredibly intelligent and brave in the heat of battle.

EarthBound (6/95)

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

As an Assist Trophy

Jeff launching missiles at King Dedede in Brawl.

In Brawl, Jeff appears as an Assist Trophy. He sets up four bottle rockets and one big bottle rocket, and nervously takes cover as they launch. Each bottle rocket will home in on a random opponent and explode on contact with them or a surface. The regular bottle rockets deal 10% damage and 2% shield damage while the big ones deal 12% damage and 40% shield damage. The rockets can not be reflected but will change ownership if they hit one, dealing damage to that fighter's opponents instead of the summoner's. He has a 75% chance to fire one set of rockets and a 25% chance to fire two sets.

The regular bottle rockets fire 15 frames after each other, start targeting an opponent after 45 frames, and stop homing after 300 frames. They have an initial speed of 0.5 units per frame (u/f), accelerate at 0.015 u/f per frame, and have a max speed of 3.45 u/f. The big bottle rocket fires 45 frames after the last small one, targets after 60 frames, and stops homing after 420 frames. It has an initial speed of 0.25 u/f, accelerates at 0.008 u/f per frame, and has a max speed of 3 u/f.

Jeff has a spawn chance of 24/760.

Trophy

Jeff's trophy in Brawl

Jeff

Dr. Andonuts's son, who attends a boarding school in Winters. He receives a telepathic message from Paula saying that she and Ness have been captured, and he sets out to rescue them. He's Ness's age but has the knowledge of an established scientist. He repairs broken items and makes them into other things. As his IQ increases, so does the number of things he can create.

: EarthBound

: EarthBound

Sticker

Name	Game	Effect	Fighter(s)
Jeff	Earthbound	Attack +11	Ness Lucas

Jeff (EarthBound)

In Super Smash Bros. 4

As an Assist Trophy

Jeff in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Jeff reprises his Assist Trophy role in SSB4 with a few adjustments from Brawl. The big bottle rocket now deals 18% damage, up from 12% in Brawl. His rocket firing has been slowed down to 25 frames between regular rockets (up from 15 frames) and the big bottle rocket follows 50 frames after (up from 45 frames). Both the regular and big bottle rockets have the same speed which has also been increased: initial speed 0.5 u/f (up from 0.25 for big), acceleration 0.04 u/f per frame (up from 0.015 for regular and 0.008 for big), and max speed 4 u/f (up from 3.45 for regular and 3 for big). The rockets also don't last as long and detonate when their time runs out, lasting 240 frames and 360 frames for regular and big rockets respectively (down from 300 frames and 420 frames).

Jeff has a spawn chance of 30/1254. He cannot be summoned on the following stages in a standard versus match (applies to both games and only the base form unless noted otherwise):

• Arena Ferox
• Brinstar
• Corneria
• Duck Hunt (all)
• Flat Zone X (Omega)
• Magicant
• Onett
• Pac-Land (all)
• Spirit Train
• Wrecking Crew

As a background character

On Magicant, Jeff appears in his original 16-bit sprite form in two of the background scenes that can appear in a rip in the sky.

Trophy

Jeff's trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Jeff's trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Jeff

One of the main party members in EarthBound, he attends Snow Wood Boarding School in Winters. Jeff takes after his inventor father, Dr. Andonuts, creating devices in his free time. One of these is the bottle rocket, which fires one large missile and four smaller ones. And sometimes one extra!

: EarthBound (06/1995)

This boy from EarthBound is the same age as Ness and goes to Snow Wood Boarding School. His dad, the genius scientist Dr. Andonuts, was the brain behind Jeff's weapon: the big bottle rocket. It's made up of four small missiles and one large one. And...who knows? Maybe you'll even get some extra firepower out of it!

: EarthBound (1994 (JP))

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

As an Assist Trophy

Jeff in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Jeff returns as an Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Training Mode describes his Assist Trophy as: Fires a volley of five bottle rockets. Can't be KO'd. His small rockets now have smaller explosions, launch at a lower angle, and have high base knockback and low knockback scaling, rather than the other way around. A similar knockback change was made to his big rockets, but their damage has been upped from 18% to 25%, and thus while not as effective at KOing as before, they still possess KO potential. The delay between rocket launches was mostly reverted to Brawl's timings, being 16 frames between regular rockets (down from 25 in Smash 4, 15 in Brawl) and 45 frames after the last to launch the big rocket.

The bottle rockets no longer have the same speed values and now have a variety of values for each one, except for their initial launch speed which is 1.5 for all of them. They no longer launch straight upwards (aside from the big bottle rocket). The rockets also last longer, 480 frames and 600 frames for regular and big rockets respectively (up from 240 frames and 360 frames).

	Launch angle	Acceleration	Top speed
1	10	0.05	2.1
2	-10	0.06	1.9
3	25	0.07	2.0
4	-25	0.08	1.8
Big	0	0.05	2.2

Jeff has a spawn chance of 30/2086. He cannot be summoned on the following stages in a standard versus match (applies only to the base form unless noted otherwise):

• Arena Ferox
• Brinstar
• Corneria
• Duck Hunt (all)
• Flat Zone X (Omega, Battlefield)
• Magicant
• Pac-Land (all)
• Spiral Mountain
• Spirit Train
• Wrecking Crew

Spirit

Jeff also appears as a Legend-class support spirit.

In Adventure Mode: World of Light, Jeff is presumably one of the countless spirits captured by Galeem during his takeover of the universe. Jeff's spirit is located in the northern town section of The Light Realm.

Jeff's Spirit Battle uses three Inkling puppet fighters starting off with different Shooting Type items, and is fought on the Onett stage. During the battle, Jeff appears as a hostile Assist Trophy while the Inkling puppet fighters' shooting power increases, referencing Jeff's usage and proficiency with firearms.

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Cost	Ability	Series
573		Jeff		★★★★	2	Jam FS Charge	EarthBound Series

Gallery

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  Jeff in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, alongside Ness.

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  Official render in Brawl.

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  Official render in Ultimate.

Names in other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	ジェフ・アンドーナッツ, Jeff Andonuts
English	Jeff
French	Jeff
German	Jeff
Spanish	Jeff
Italian	Jeff
Chinese	Jeff
Korean	제프, Jeff
Dutch	Jeff
Russian	Джефф

Trivia

• In Ultimate, neither Jeff or his bottle rockets cast a shadow.