| Jake Spencer | |
| Basketball Player | |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 17-18 |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Relatives: | Unknown |
| First appearance: | Jeepers Creepers 2 |
| Last appearance: | Jeepers Creepers 2 |
Jake Spencer was one of the students who was on the basketball team and on the bus in Jeepers Creepers 2. He was portrayed by Josh Hammond.
Biography[]
He first appeared on the bus as one of the players celebrating with his team for winning the championship. When the bus punctures a tire the first time, he was out with everyone else enjoying the sun. He was taking a bathroom break next to team manager Andy "Bucky" Buck and school newspaper sportswriter Izzy Bohen. While peeing, he boasts to Izzy about his highlighted play then questions him on why he is writing a lot about his teammate Dante Belasco. While doing this, Jake angers Bucky as he pees on his shoes, to which Jake acts snidely and insults him. Bucky walks away telling Jake off and Jake continues to question Izzy. The conversation then shifts to Jake claiming he knows how Izzy got scars on his face due to trying to hotwire a car while at a gay bar, implying Izzy's sexuality. He then tells Izzy he has a nickname, "Izzy or Isn't He!"
The coaches decide they can limp the bus home after over an hour of radioing for help. Later at night, however, the bus gets completely disabled after their second tire blows out. Jake was present when Coach Charlie Hanna was vanished, only hearing his screaming and seeing the flare he held dropped. He then witnessed Betty getting snatched, only being able to tell Coach Dwayne Barnes that "she flew away." After he sees Barnes get snatched by the Creeper's talon, he along with everyone else get terrified as they all close their windows. The Creeper then comes back about an hour later sniffing everyone out from the front door. After his presence was realized Jake, along with the other students hide in their seats. The Creeper then jumps around and onto Jake's window, sniffing him out then opening his eyes wide to glare in his direction, taking an interest in him. He then listens with everyone else to Minxie Hayes after she wakes up from her dream explaining what the Creeper is and that it picked people out to feast on to rebuild itself. He also learns how tonight is the Creeper's 23rd and final night before it goes into hibernation for 23 years, then will wake up to do it all over again.
Jake, with everyone on the bus, witness in horror of Dante's death by decapitation from the Creeper, who devours Dante's head to replace his own damaged head. After this Scott Braddock, who pretends he is not one of the Creeper's selected victims, tries to persuade the other selected bunch off the bus including Jake, Bucky, and Deaundre "Double D" Davis. Like everyone else, Jake protests. Scotty argues that Minxie said how the Creeper will not stop and will seek out his victims and it is especially going to come with everything it has since it only has until morning. Jake rebukes that Minxie also said after tonight it goes away and for a long time. After Double D has his turn in telling off Scotty for his declaration, Jake follows Double D with everyone else to get off the bus to find help. Scotty follows to convince his girlfriend, Rhonda Truitt, to come back.
Death[]
Jake gets impaled in the head by The Creeper's shuriken.
When the group decided to abandon the bus, the Creeper was hovering above in the sky watching them. Izzy points out and notices this, Jake, along with the others, ran back to the bus, but were prevented from entering by Jonny. The teens were promptly chased into a nearby field as the Creeper swoops in after them. Jake was killed by the Creeper instantly when it propelled a shuriken at him, lodging it in the back of his head.
Trivia[]
- Sadly, Jake last words were to Scotty to argue that the Creeper will go away for a long time after his terrorizing of the bus. He did not get to survive the night and gets killed minutes later.
- It is unknown if the Creeper had time to take Jake's body to harvest later since he was still in hot pursuit of the others.