Jackie Chu is an Asian-American man and a recurring character in SML School episodes. He is from Korea, Japan, and China and speaks with a stereotypical Asian accent, pronouncing some of his Ls as Rs. As a stereotype, he really likes eating cats, dogs, egg rolls, and other Asian cuisine. He is the teacher of Y U DUMB Elementary, who teaches all the 5 main course subjects, some of which contain high school/college level syllabuses:
- English
- Mathematics (includes Additional Mathematics and Calculus)
- Science (includes Biology, Chemistry, and Physics)
- Social Studies (History, Geography, Civics, Economics, and Sociology)
- Reading
Jackie Chu believes that math is the most important subject in school; he keeps pushing his students to the core in math. Jackie Chu also has a Ph.D. in Advanced Calculus 3.
Before working as a schoolteacher, he worked as a personal chef at a Chinese buffet. He was also Chef Pee Pee's temporary partner when he worked as a chef for Bowser.
As of 2020, Jackie Chu has been working as an elementary school teacher for eight years. He has no plans of retiring anytime soon, saying he loves what he does and doesn't mind teaching children. In 2019, however, Jackie Chu did not teach the summer School season because he went to China to visit his family.
On January 30, 2020, it was revealed that Jackie Chu got COVID-19. He was also wearing a mask during "Jeffy's Online School!", as he got reinfected and hospitalized for the disease.
As of 2021, he works for McDonald's (and he calls it "Mac-a-Donald's"). He still teaches at school; he has been working as an elementary school teacher for nine years. He also uses weird Chinese traps as his security as seen in "Jeffy's Text Message!".
As of 2022, Jackie Chu once again teaches at school, he has been working as an elementary school teacher for ten years.
As of 2023, Jackie Chu falsely got arrested for giving the children some chocolate kisses. However, he still teaches at school, has been working as an elementary school teacher for eleven years, he may go back to calling the children dumb, and he'll possibly go back to calling the children dumb with the sh word after it, unless if he goes back to his old habits at some point.
Personality[]
Jackie Chu is one of the smartest characters in the SML universe and is the teacher for K-5. Because of this, he tends to be rather rude and condescending towards the other characters, often calling them dumb whether it's true or not. He is also shown to be a strict, no-nonsense kind of person, which is especially seen in the classroom.
He has the capability to be nice and generous, as seen in "Chef Pee Pee's Birthday" when he gave Chef Pee Pee a brand-new shirt with his name sewn on it. In "Bowser Junior's Summer School 7", he was seen crying about the session ending as he would miss teaching the class, showing that he cared about them even if they were all dumb.
Despite his intelligence, there are times when he acts unreasonable, such as when he came over to Mario's house to invest the Nintendo Switch earlier than he was supposed to arrive (because of the fact that it was morning time in Japan, and it was nighttime when the video took place) and wouldn't invest if it was not ready.
Jackie Chu's current personality is giving people false information and being an absolute jerk. Despite claiming people to be dumb, he gets a lot of things wrong, such as Spanish and thinking sushi comes from China.
He also has shown to be hot-headed and cranky, as in Hunky Cody!, where he loudly screams at everyone for leaving without dismissing them, and in Jeffy's Anger Management!, where he throws a temper tantrum like a 2-year-old and tries to make everyone write "I will not poop in the sink" one thousand times on a piece a of paper.
History[]
Jackie Chu had a close relationship with his grandfather until he accidentally choked on a fly. Jackie planned to avenge his grandfather ever since.
While studying at college, he earned a PHD in calculus and after that he married Kim Chu. In June 2012, he moved to Pensacola FL, USA, and he currently resides there with his family.
In 2014, Jackie made his debut in Bowser Junior's Cellphone, where Bowser Junior and Toad prank-called him. He tells the duo that he's going to have to kill Junior, Toad, and their families for prank-calling him. He then becomes Bowser's second chef in Bowser's Chinese Food when Chef Pee Pee calls him saying he needs somebody to cook Chinese food for Bowser because he can't. After a few months of absence, Jackie appears in 2014's Thanksgiving special The Big Thanksgiving. He has one line, in which he mentions that he believes in Godzilla. Jackie competed in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?. The questions were too easy for him, and he was the first contestant to win $1,000,000. In "The Fly Problem!", a fly is bothering King Strongbottom so Chef Pee Pee decides to call an exterminator. To make things worse, Bowser Junior, who decides to join the hunt, knocks Chef Pee Pee out with a flashlight while trying to kill the fly. The exterminator fails to kill the fly and only makes it bigger with Raid anti-fly spray. They give up and call the master Jackie Chu who brings his son Jackie Twu. However, not even Jackie and his son could kill the fly so Jackie hands his flyswatter to Tom Brady. He fails and starts throwing things in the kitchen, so Jackie calls the cops. Officer Goodman comes in and kills the fly with his shotgun earning respect from Jackie Chu and Jackie Twu.
Appearance in the Summer School series[]
In Bowser Junior's Summer School, Jackie is the teacher, though, he is not very good at his job. He always calls his students dumb if they do something wrong or don't understand something. He also beats his students with a flyswatter to discipline them. In Summer School 4, he celebrated with the class (for him and his wife just had a son) with cupcakes and cookies. In Part 5, Jackie reveals he doesn't understand what happens when the fire alarm goes off. In fact, he just makes the class go up to the corner of the wall and panic until Brooklyn T. Guy comes in to save the day. In Part 6, he comes to the class late and says that there will be a bigger test in the next part which is the finale. In Part 7, he awards Junior for killing the fly and passes him.
Appearance in the 1st Grade series[]
In Bowser Junior's 1st Grade!, Jackie is called to as a substitute for Harold Wilfred who had broken his hip for a while. He claims to have recognized Bowser Junior, Joseph, Cody, and Toad from summer school, "which says a lot as he cannot see." Junior and Cody become overjoyed when he comes as he is their favorite teacher. He is surprised to find Jackie Twu there who was meant to be in college but isn't smart enough. Jackie Chu becomes angry with him and calls him dumb, s**t, and no longer heir to Jackie Chu Fortune 500. He also orders him to do 2000 calculus problems and to make 2 iPads. Because of this, he lets the class off early but first reads them Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss which he thinks is a bad book for the children. Cody reminds him about homework, and he assigns the class an essay on Dr. Seuss or else they fail, and they will have to come to summer school. After this, Junior does not like him as he wasn't fun anymore. Jackie is not seen the next day and a new permanent teacher, Mr. Winkle, replaces him. In "Bowser Junior's 1st Grade! Part 4", he becomes another permanent teacher due to Mr. Winkle being a pedophile. He tells the class it is Art Day and brings them to the art room. He later comes in to see the class's drawings. He gave Junior an F because Junior wanted to be a helicopter and Jackie told him he could not physically be a helicopter.
Appearances in the Days of School Series[]
He appears in each Days of School video. In First Day Of School!, Jackie Chu is the teacher for the second-grade students. He has everyone introduce themselves and gives the students a ten-page essay. In Substitute Teacher!, he gets sick and has Judy Calvin come in for him. In The Love Potion!, he made cameos teaching the class. In The Baby Project!, he hands out the kids baby doll to kids and gave Junior and Jeffy an A since they burn the baby doll, and they have to burn them since they are female. In Jeffy Gets Bullied!, he got a cameo saying that 8-4=8. In The Test!, he was making sure no one cheats on the test. In Picture Day!, he took the picture of Junior, Jeffy, and Cody. In Jeffy's Shirt!, he made a cameo taking the attendance.
Jobs[]
- School teacher
- Karate sensei
- Fly exterminator
- Investor (sometimes)
- Dry cleaner owner (sometimes)
- Chef (sometimes)
Relationships[]
Chef Pee Pee[]
Jackie Chu and Chef Pee Pee are good friends, but Jackie thinks he is dumb just because he got a PHD in calculus. On Chef Pee Pee's Birthday, he got him a shirt with his name on it which made Chef Pee Pee's birthday better.
Status: Neutral
Bowser[]
Jackie is Bowser's 2nd chef sometimes, but he seems to like Bowser considering he gets paid a lot on his job whereas Chef Pee Pee only gets a few. Bowser also really likes Jackie's food too which is another reason why he gets paid more.
Status: Friends
Bowser Junior[]
Jackie Chu hugging Junior
Bowser Junior is one of his students in the 3-school series so far, Summer School, 1st grade, and 2nd grade (known as the Days of School). In the earlier videos, Jackie got along better with Bowser Junior, but he complains about how dumb he is. Jackie also appreciates that Junior is the only one to kill the fly (or fry according to his accent.) and hugs him for it as seen in the picture.
However, in later seasons and videos, same thing with Bully Bill and Jeffy, Jackie Chu's friendship with Junior is neutral and enemies because of how the latter gets annoyed by him while Junior despises him because Jackie was yelling and giving him 'F's.
Status: Frenemies
Cody[]
Cody is another student that is in 3 schools so far, Summer School, 1st grade, and 2nd grade. Jackie likes Cody because he would do all the work and homework at and also thinks that he's a pretty smart guy. He also likes that he always gets an A+ in the exam during the summer school series. But like the other characters, he can’t stand Cody’s gayness, especially in The Baby Project!.
Status: Neutral
Jeffy[]
Jeffy is Jackie Chu's most hated person on Earth. Ever since they met in First Day Of School!, when Jeffy first attended school, Jackie Chu called him dumb for writing “Poopy Butt” on his name tag and writing his own name multiple times all over his desk. He does not like how he acts towards Bully Bill, as seen in Jeffy Gets Bullied!. When Jeffy got his report card at the end of 2017, it had all Fs, and Jeffy threw his desk at Chu, and then lied saying it was not him. When Jeffy got a cavity, he took a bite of a candy bar and screamed because his tooth hurt him so bad. When Jeffy talked again, Chu sends him to the principal's office. Even though the two hate each other, but on rare occasions, the two can be on good terms.
Status: Enemies
Bully Bill[]
Like his relationship with Jeffy, Mr. Chu has a strong dislike of Bully Bill. He bullies Jeffy, even though Chu hates Jeffy. Jeffy beats up Bully Bill, even though Chu hates Bully Bill. In Jeffy Gets Bullied!, Bully Bill called him a retard multiple times, and Jeffy kept beating him up. Chu then told Mario about it. Jeffy tried to apologize, but Bully Bill threw the paper ball at him, with the paper he wrote saying “RETARD” on it. Jeffy then beat him up a second time, leading to Jeffy getting suspended for a week. Mario didn't know about it, but Jeffy had proof and Rosalina was concerned. The next week, when Jeffy came back from suspension, Bully Bill wondered why Jeffy had the camera on his helmet and asked him what he was filming, he suggested “A Day in the Life of a Retard”, and then Jeffy beat him up once again. Jackie Chu then claimed that Jeffy was no longer in trouble. Bully Bill was the one in trouble. Jackie Chu thought Jeffy taught him a lesson. Bully Bill then called Jeffy by his real name and apologized, but this was all a lie, because he still likes bullying people, and even gave Jeffy a black eye in Picture Day!, when they beat each other up. He and Jeffy might never get along.
Status: Enemies
Atso[]
Not much interaction with Atso has been shown, but Jackie Chu has a slight dislike of Atso, often calling him "Fat as Shit."
Froger[]
Jackie Chu seems to know Froger. Near the ending of “The Frog!”, Jackie Chu has a brief fight with Froger, and it ends with him eating Froger alive. Froger's legs can even be seen sticking out of Jackie Chu's mouth.
Status: Enemies
Quotes[]
- "YOU DUMB!"
- "Oh, I so Asian, I can't see a thing!"
- "You no have PHD in Carcuras."
- "Ding-dong!"
- "Yum-yum ___"
- "DUMB!"
- "You killed my grandfarra!"
- "Alright, crass! ____________________."
- "You dumb as sh*t!"
- "Hello, Dumb Sh*t(s)."
- "CRASS OVER! EVERYONE, GO HOME! I HATE MY RIFE! GO HOME!!!!!"
- "Cream(ing)"
- "Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd. Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh. Ii, Jj, Kk…One more "K" and we'll be f*cked, crass. Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo. Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss. Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww…w…dot Xxx dot com. Yy, and and Zz. Now now, I I know know my my Aa Bb Cc's. Next next time time, won't won't you you sing sing with with me me? NOW I KNOW MY ABC'S!!!"
- "Show and tell...a-bout."
- "Who at the school dance trying to lose their V-card and I say hey!"
- "WHO THREW THEIR POOP AT THE CHALKBOARD?!"
- "ALRIGHT, CRASS!! I AM SO MAD!! I AM SO ANGRY!! CAUSE ONE OF YOU STUPID LITTLE KIDS POOPED IN THE SINK IN THE BATHROOM!! SO, WHEN I WENT TO WASH MY HANDS, I GOT POOP ALL OVER MY HANDS!! SO, I WANNA KNOW, WHICH ONE OF YOU DID IT?!?! HMM?!?!"
- "Oh, haha! Very funny, Jeffy! Jackie Poo! Because my name's Jackie Chu, and you just replaced the "Chu" with "Poo" because I got poo on my hands! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
- “You have bunch of homework? I HAVE TINY WEE WEE!?!”
- "Me rikey egg roll! Me rikey egg roll! Get in my berry! Get in my berry!"
Trivia[]
- Logan said in a live stream that Jackie Chu's ethnicity was originally meant to be Korean. However, he now says that Chu is supposed to be an abstract generic East-Asian character. He is mostly said to be Chinese, but also occasionally Japanese, Korean, and rarely Taiwanese. He is highly unlikely to be Mongolian though, as he talked about his hatred for the Mongolians when he discussed about the Great Wall of China to the class.
- Lance has confirmed in his Meet The Cast as the actor of Chu (one of the characters he played) that they don't know which country he is from.
- Chu is portrayed by a Sunny Toys prince puppet.
- Chu says he can't see because his eyes are so slant. However, he can see people just fine. It is possible he just insults his slant eyes.
- Chu occasionally works for Bowser as his second chef. Chef Pee Pee is enraged by this unfair pay because Bowser pays him $50 an hour; this is how much Chef Pee Pee states he makes in a year.
- It is unknown why Jackie Chu had stopped working for Bowser.
- Chu is probably related to Kung Pow as he and Kung Pow are both Asian and likes egg rolls.
- His favorite students are Junior, Cody, and Joseph while his least favorite student is Jeffy
- Chu owns a laundry place called "Dry Clean Uh", as revealed in Bowser Junior's Cellphone. He also has his own phone number.
- Chu is probably the most racially stereotypical character, next to Tyrone and Black Yoshi. He is also the only one of these racially stereotype characters that do not revolve with African American stereotypes.
- Chu may be a parody of Tuong Lu Kim from South Park. Lu Kim is a character in the show who is notorious for being Asian and mispronouncing words such as City as Sh*tty and Fly as Fry.
- Chu's name is a reference to popular Chinese actor and martial artist Jackie Chan.
- He has a habit of calling people "dumb (shit)."
- Despite being smart, he is shown to be dumb sometimes. Some of these are also shown he thinks that some things mean they are something else because of their name.
- In Bowser's Chinese Food, Jackie Chu misguides Chef Pee Pee to cook Chinese food.
- In The Fly Problem!, he seems to try to kill the fly by waving the fly swatter.
- In Bowser Junior's Summer School 5 and Bowser Junior's Summer School 7, he tells the kids to hide in the corner of the wall during the fire.
- In Bowser Junior's Summer School 7, he didn't notice the obvious paper in Junior's bib (Might be excused on the basis he claims his eyes are: "So slant they can't see shit.")
- In Bowser Junior's 1st Grade!, he doesn't seem to know that his son, Jackie Twu, is attending the first grade until Chu sees Twu in the classroom.
- In The Dog Show!, he brought a cooked dog to the competition.
- In Smart Jeffy, he thought dog is the main ingredient in Sushi.
- In Jeffy Gets Bullied!, he said that 8-4=8. However, since he was teaching "Jeffy's Law" (which became official in Jeffy's Homework!) it could be seen as him being right.
- In The Test!, he said that taking a picture can cause plants to grow (photosynthesis).
- In Picture Day!, he said that the fourth state of matter is "Black Lives Matter" when the fourth state is actually plasma.
- In Jeffy's Switcheroo!, he misread the Chinese letters which actually roughly translates to "You and I, have you ate?" But he says it meant "Do not drop watch in s**t toilet."
- In Jeffy's Imaginary Friend!, Jackie Chu not only mispronounces Dodo Bird as Doodoo Bird, but he also gave the wrong reasoning on the extinction stating that they got extinct because they stink. The dodo birds actually became extinct because of over-harvesting of the birds.
- In Bowser Junior Learns Spanish, he calls the Spanish language “Mexican” and uses the words "el" and "-o" in the beginning and end of every English word (except for No, which is "no", respectively). He even calls Cody dumb for criticizing that what he was teaching was not real Spanish. Eventually, what Jackie Chu was teaching worked at a Mexican restaurant with Felipe addressing himself as "Burrito Taco Burrito." Also when Cody gets the Spanish word for "hello" correct, he thinks that "hola" means "hello" in Hawaiian which is actually false. “Aloha” actually means “hello” in Hawaiian. Additionally, he said that "no" means 'no' in all languages, which is false. In Portuguese, for example, "não" means "no."
- In Mr. Goodman's Son!, while he teaches the class about money, he says that Michael Jackson and Andrew Jackson are siblings. This is not true because Andrew Jackson is not an African American and he died back in 1845.
- In Jeffy and Junior Skip School!, he believes Screwball is actually Bowser Junior despite how he looks nothing like the real Junior and Jackie Chu actually knew Screwball before in Bowser Junior's 1st Grade! Part 4. However, it is possible that he forgot.
- In Invisible Jeffy!, he tells his class that they have to say every letter in the alphabet twice.
- In Bowser Junior's Girlfriend Problem!, Cody is on a video call with Junior and Joseph but Jackie Chu assumes Cody is using his phone in class and turns the phone off. He then fails Cody on his test because he never started it even though he was on a video call instead of physically at the school.
- In The Hair Problem!, he says that bologna sandwiches are Asian cuisine, which is not true.
- In Cody's Robot!, he thinks that Bott Buddy is Cody, although he looks nothing like him.
- In a character Q&A from Lance's channel and the episode The Fly, Jackie Chu said that his grandfather died due to choking on a fly while eating Chinese food, and is also the reason why Jackie Chu doesn't like flies.
- Despite saying he is Chinese, he also says that he is Japanese in Nintendo Switch and Jeffy Skips School!, and claims he’s southeast Asian in Jeffy Gets Hypnotized!, and later Korean in SQUID GAME.
- It is possible that Jackie Chu is a quarter of each of these ethnicities, meaning he could be Chinese-Japanese-Southeast Asian-Korean.
- It is revealed in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, that Chu's favorite book, aside from a calculus book, is Harry Potter.
- Although he says he is Chinese, he says he can also make sushi which is part of Japanese culture.
- In A Character Q&A, Jackie Chu states he became a teacher so he could tell everyone how dumb they are.
- He mispronounces the word "screamed" without the s in the beginning.
- He drives a White 2012 Mazda6.
- He used to own a cat named Pumpkin ever since Jeffy's Pet Tiger!, then in Jeffy The Sheep!, He possibly gave Pumpkin back to Rosalina.
- He also worships Godzilla apparently.
- Jackie Chu has three children: Jackie Twu, Ping, and Pong.
- In Cody's Robot!, it's revealed that Jackie Chu is tenured at Y U DUMB? Elementary School, which explains why he's always the teacher of the main puppets.
- According to Lance’s ‘Meet the Cast’, Jackie is his least favorite character to play, along with Shrek.
- If Jackie Chu hits a clock or says train track in head it can be possible he is suicidal.
- It can be possible that Jackie Chu is Europhobic and has a fear of white people because he has a habit calling them dumb.
- In The Spy Balloon!, It's revealed that he might possibly work for the Chinese Government.
