Jack the Reaper is the mascot for Spirit Halloween. He is a white/grey-colored reaper in a black-hooded robe. Over the years, the body scale, skull design, and eye color of him have changed.
History
As Spirit Halloween had no mascot in their early years, Jack the Reaper was first created in the early 1990’s by Joseph Marver’s then 17 year old daughter Tonya to build the brand more. She drew several monsters in the same style such as a vampire, mummy, etc. until her mother took liking to the reaper, thus Jack was born.
ISE Appearances
- Jack appeared on select blocks and on the Zombie Nursery sign in the Terror Tot Nursery in 2009.
- Jack appeared on top of the Haunted Hearse in 2009.
- Jack appeared on the barrels and crates, and the flags for the posters in the Cirque Du Spirit in 2010.
- Jack appeared on select blocks in the Zombie Baby Playground in 2010.
- Jack appeared on the ticket booth, popcorn bucket, and boxes in the Unnamed Cinema Theme in 2010.
- Jack appeared in the middle of the Window Wall Gallery Display in 2011.
- Jack appeared on the Jack the Reaper Archway in 2011 and 2012.
- Jack appeared on the Vampire Altar in the Vampire Mausoleum in 2011.
- Jack appeared on the ticket booths in the Zombie Baby Scary Swings in 2011.
- Jack appeared on the Spirit Valley Farms sign with a black light in the Terror Mill in 2012.
- Jack appeared on the sign of the Complimentary Child Care Service in 2012.
- Jack appeared on the Spirit Clown Train cars over the 30 years sign in 2013.
- Jack appeared on portraits on each side of the Haunted Mansion in 2013.
- Jack appeared hovering over the Spirit Asylum sign in 2013. He also appeared on the price tags for the Spirit Hallows Nursery cart within the theme as well.
- Jack appeared on the Lawn Scares display holding hedge clippers in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
- Jack appeared on the stone-type floor cover displayed in The Ruins in 2014.
- Jack appeared on the Last Chance Gas sign, and on an "All Psychos Must Wash Knives" sign in the bathroom at the Last Chance Gas in 2014.
- Jack appeared on the "Beware of Dog" sign in front of Cerberus, and on the "Caution Fire Hazard" sign in front of the Incinerator in the Voodoo Swamp in 2015.
- Jack's face appeared in a green splatter on the Spirit Station Z sign in 2015. His likeness also appeared on a transit sign underneath Possessed Wall Hanger and several other places, a large mural of his face with the name "Jack" spray painted underneath behind Smoldering Zombie, and several stickers across the display saying "Reaper."
- Jack appeared all over the Spirit's Ballroom in 2016. Featuring him on big signs, chairs, tables, portraits and merchandise added during the event.
- Jack's face can bee seen in the clock face atop the Clock Tower. In addition, the doorknockers on the doors above Cerberus also carry Jack's likeness. In 2016.
- Jack appeared along the wallpaper in the Haunted Hotel in 2016.
- Jack appeared above the Spirit Hollow sign in 2017, holding it in his hands. Jack, with the entire Spirit logo, also appeared on both sides of the theme, behind Menacing Molly (2017) and the Ghost Swing (2017).
- Jack's face appeared in a triangle on the 'Shock Warning Electric Fence' sign at Area 31 in 2017.
- Jack appeared on the water tower of the Spirit Acre Farms in 2018, sticking his head and arms out of the tower as if he were crawling out.
- Jack appeared in the top window of the Dead Harvest Farm House in 2018, peering out the window with his head and right arm exposed, along with a ghostly outline of him holding an arrow reading 'This way Out' inside the farmhouse leading patrons to the exit of the haunted house, and his head was on the pillars outside of the house.
- Jack appeared at the helm of the S.S. Rip Tide in 2019, turning the steering wheel side to side while reaching his arm out as if greeting the patrons. He also appeared on two Fright Fisher signs with "Capt. J. Reaper" underneath.
- Jack appeared hanging out of the round window above the entrance to the Spirit Aquarium, a part of The Reaper's Wharf in 2019.
- Jack appeared on an opening door sequence in the Spirit Aquarium, a part of The Reaper's Wharf in 2019.
- Jack's face appeared on the entrance banner, and his whole body loomed in the watchtower in the Reaper's Island Village in 2020.
- Jack appeared on the side of Reaper's Island Cave in 2020.
- Jack appeared on-top of the archway and on the Carv-O-Matic machine in the Halloween Factory Assembly Line in 2021.
- Jack appeared on the Halloween Factory sign and on a bulletin board in the Factory Floor in 2021.
- Jack's hands appeared on the "Horror" sign above the Factory Showroom.
- Jack appeared on top of the entrance to the walkthrough of the Reaper's Monster Laboratory in 2022. He also appeared in the ceiling hologram in the walkthrough.
- Jack appeared on top of and in the ceiling hologram of Jack's Mausoleum in 2023.
- Jack appeared above the main archway of the Spirit Carnevil in 2024 and on the hologram fan inside the Fun House of Terror.
Trivia
- Contrary to popular belief, Spirit Halloween had no mascot until the early 1990’s.
- This has been retconned on various merchandise and officially published info for Jack the Reaper such as the Jack the Reaper Statue to state that he has been around since 1983 although this is not the case.
- Jack's name is play on the words of Jack the Ripper; a mysterious serial killer during the Victorian Era.
- Jack's eye color changed to yellow for a short time, then changed back to red.
- Near the end of the 2013 Spirit Clown Train video, people believed Jack's laugh was heard for the first time ever.
- Jack appeared on the Spirit Halloween Chevy.
- Jack has appeared in many ISE's/themes since 2009. Since 2013, he has appeared in several themes as cardboard cutouts.
- In 2019, Jack appeared in the S.S. Rip Tide theme, steering the ship with a moving arm.
- In 2020, Jack was originally going to feature a turning head in the watchtower within the Reaper's Island Village, but that animation was cut.
- In 2020, for the first time ever, Jack's first name was used in a theme, called Jack's Cave. However, the official name for the theme was Reaper's Island Cave, but the title "Jack's Cave" was used on the display price sheet.
- Jack's name was featured on the archway in the Reaper's Monster Laboratory as "Dr. J. Reaper."
- In 2022, for the first time ever, Jack was seen in animated form within the Reaper's Monster Laboratory on a hologram.
Gallery
Versions/Logos
Fright Squad logo
Lawn Scares logo
Featured on Zombie Baby adoption certificate
Featured in Share Like Facebook post
2022 Flagship grand opening promo
Signage/Art
Toe Tagged Corpse alien tag
Bag O' Bones burlap bag
Featured on 2014 AtmosFX brochure
Grand Opening sign July 31st, 2021 at The Flagship Store
ISE Appearances
Featured on ticket booth in Zombie Baby Scary Swings
Spirit Asylum sign
Featured on Ouchy the Clown tag in Spirit Asylum
Featured on Isabella tag in Spirit Asylum
Lawn Scares version 1
Lawn Scares version 2
Behind Smoldering Zombie in Spirit Station Z
Clock Tower doors
Clock Tower clock
Spirit Hollow sign
Shock Warning sign in Area 31
Restricted Area sign in Area 31
Spirit Acre Farms water tower
In window of Dead Harvest Farm House
On pillars in Dead Harvest Farm House
S.S. Rip Tide captain jack
Reaper's Island Village banner
Reaper's Island Cave behind Angeline
Halloween Factory Assembly Line archway
Factory Floor bulletin board
Spirit Carnevil walk-thru
Cutouts
Store Items
Merchandise
Fan-made Funko pop figure concept
Patch included with Pin & Patch Set
Pin included with Pin & Patch Set
Adult costume (1/2)