Kimball "Big K" Ward was a minor supporting character in the film Jeepers Creepers 2. He was one of the Bannon Bantams basketball players on the bus ride returning from winning the state basketball championship and is best friends with Deaundre "Double D" Davis. He was present when the bus gets stranded and stalked by the Creeper. He was portrayed by Kasan Butcher.
Jeepers Creepers 2[]
Day 23:
Kimball Ward aka Big K is first present on Day 23 and is one of the Bannon High basketball players who is celebrating with his team as they return home as the new state champions. The bus gets stranded as they get a flat and Big K replies to teammate Jonny Young who questions about them getting the jack to change the tire. Big K tells him they need a mechanic, who are of course, nowhere nearby. He listens with the other students as the radio news talks about the Poho County update of the House of Pain discovery. With everyone getting out the bus while the adults try to radio for help, Big K is seen accompanying his best friend D and a few others as they take a bathroom break. Big K was the last to finish up and be left alone, during that, he felt a shadow go over his head but did not see that the Creeper was flying over him. Instead, as he was heading back to the bus, he gets startled by the crows flying out in front of him, causing him to scream and get laughed at by his peers. He returns to the bus as the adults decide after over an hour of being unable to reach help to limp the bus home.
Nighttime:
Kimball, in the front looking at the hole in the top of the bus
The bus gets fully disabled on East 9 in Pertwilla County, and Kimball is present as each adult gets abducted one by one. In the heat of the moment, his teammate Scott Braddock gets into an argument with his best friend Double D. Kimball senses the tension to escalate with D and Scotty and Kimball stands up as if he is ready to back up D but is quickly told by him to sit. However, everything stops and Big K along with everyone else hides when the Creeper appears sniffing about the bus. When the Creeper began sniffing out the students among the school bus, he makes silly gestures towards the students he picked out. Kimball, however, did not interest the Creeper. The Creeper quickly nods to him to move aside as he was in the way of his greatest desire, which was his best friend, Double D. Big K's presence on the best was very minor and did not show as much to be afraid throughout and followed in any group decisions, especially with Double D. He witnesses as Double D pins and assert himself towards Scotty after Scotty tries to convince everyone to throw the Creeper's selected victims off the bus. Big K backs up Double D as he decides they get off the bus leaving Scotty behind, who attempts to apologize to D, Big K responds to Scotty saying, "you so right about that." He is last seen as he along with his classmates get locked out of the bus by Jonny Young and is forced to run from The Creeper through a wide-open field along with his other classmates. His fate is unknown and was also last mentioned by classmate Izzy Bohen, who tries to assure Double D that everyone could have gotten away and made it out alive, including Kimball. It is very likely that Kimball did survive as the Creeper already previously demonstrated no interest in him.
Personality[]
It is worth mentioning that despite being a minor character, Kimball has a noticeable presence. One of his biggest presences is by his friendship with Double D. He demonstrates how quickly he is ready to back up D and to follow him on any decisions throughout their time stranded on the bus. It is also noticeable that while the Creeper makes visible gestures to the ones that he picked out, towards Kimball upon seeing him, he quickly nods him to move out of the way having no interest in him at all. Throughout the group tensions and panics and despite witnessing the adults being picked off before the Creeper made his presence fully known, Big K appeared throughout to be very calm and collected. This could explain why the Creeper feigned no desire for him as Big K did not show much fear.
Trivia[]
- A deleted scene reveals Kimball gets sexually aroused from the vibrations of riding a bus. He's masturbating when everyone is being called back to the bus, which is why he takes so long to respond; he needs to finish of be in pain from his arousal being unsated.