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Whitney Jammer
Whitney Jammer, played by Lou Wilson, is a basketball player who tells his team that he is all about making it happen MAM E1·00:12:25. He says they have to beat Jefferson MAM E1·00:05:56, and later says he is from Chicago MAM E1·01:33:29. He is the one who sees the owl nobody else sees, saying "Ay, yo, look at that big-ass bird up there!" MAM E1·00:05:18. His familiar is his basketball, which rolls back to him and dribbles a figure 8 MAM E1·02:09:30 MAM E1·02:10:30.
Jammer is a basketball player from Chicago who goes to Gowpenny as one of four American pilot-program students, and he keeps calling the group "Muggles" despite the Headmistress MAM E1·01:01:07 MAM E1·02:24:25. In the second episode he rolls Flight against a child and threatens to tell the child's friends that the child assumed he has a gun MAM E2·00:08:39 MAM E2·00:09:10. He wants to turn Chimeron into "an absolute house of killers" MAM E2·00:25:55 and says "I like Dr. Boodle" MAM E2·01:05:44. He drinks the potion first and says it hits MAM E2·01:42:00.
In the third episode he throws desks at the fire being with telekinesis MAM E3·00:10:30 and gets his wand during the fight, with his basketball nudging his foot MAM E3·00:21:55. He faces Axelby and tells him to listen to Sam MAM E3·00:25:29. He coaches the others on their brooms MAM E3·00:59:48, and when his kind words about Evan make a thread glow, Sam says he may inspire large groups MAM E3·01:02:16 MAM E3·01:09:05. He tells Evan the team stays together and says "No transfers here" MAM E3·01:07:55 and invents the cheer "Goat House on three, family on six" MAM E3·01:08:26. At the game Aabria calls him the team captain, and later he tries to wrench Evan free of whatever holds him MAM E3·02:04:06.
In the finale he argues that Evan must stay: "We kicked that thing's ass, bro" MAM E4·00:10:56. Lou plays Jammer tearing up when the weights are found MAM E4·00:32:00. He tells the others they are "Team Muggle" MAM E4·01:22:22, takes part of the load of Tallulah's necrotic spell on the dragon MAM E4·02:33:55, and coaches the dragon Alexis MAM E4·02:36:23. In his epilogue he says he can be a leader in other spaces than the field MAM E4·02:52:13.
Character sheet — Misfits and Magic
Misfits and Magic sheet of Whitney Jammer (played by Lou Wilson). Only what is said in play or shown on the on-screen stat cards; dotted values are derived from spoken rolls. Values shown are the latest up to your chosen episode.
Features
- The Sandwich Man — Intro scoreboard card title for Whitney Jammer; also written as a scupper nickname idea in Lou's notebook prop. MAM E1·00:04:34 MAM E1·00:00:22
- Familiar: his basketball — He waits to see if any animal is drawn to the basketball; it rolls back to him, dodges his kick and dribbles a figure 8 around his legs: "I got my familiar." MAM E1·02:10:34 MAM E1·02:09:30
- Adversity token gained — Aabria gives everyone an Adversity token for the shopping episode. MAM E1·01:51:22
- Adversity tokens spent: four to Evan — Lou gives four Adversity tokens to help Evan's roll. MAM E1·01:54:55 MAM E1·01:55:01
- Adversity token gained — Aabria: "Jammer, take an Adversity token for me." MAM E1·01:59:29
- Age 16, broom The Bolting 4000 (aka Whip) — Card shows AGE 16 and the broom The Bolting 4000, aka Whip. MAM E2·00:08:38
- Adversity tokens offered to Evan (not counted) — Lou offers Evan two Adversity tokens; Aabria: "I'm not counting your adversity tokens" because he cannot explain how he helps, so the intervention is "for naught". MAM E2·01:32:20 MAM E2·01:31:44 MAM E2·01:32:38
- Adversity token spent on a Grit roll — A 7 against difficulty 8; he spends one token: "seven plus one equals eight." MAM E2·01:49:05 MAM E2·01:49:09
- Adversity tokens spent: all of them to the team — Lou gives tokens to teammates' rolls and runs out: "I'm out of adversity tokens." MAM E3·00:58:28 MAM E3·00:58:08
- Adversity token gained — Aabria gives him an Adversity token after his failed Grit roll (a 3, difficulty 12); the exploded roll is Danielle's. MAM E3·01:29:10 MAM E3·01:29:19
- Familiar named Spalding — Evan: "Spalding seems to like it." Jammer: "Yeah, Spalding's about it, dude." MAM E3·00:22:18 MAM E3·00:22:20
- Adversity tokens received from Sam — On a Charm roll, difficulty 9, he rolls a 5 and needs two more; Danielle: "Boom." MAM E3·01:23:06 MAM E3·01:23:14
- Adversity token spent on water — He adds an Adversity token to a teammate's roll, pulling out a bottle of water ("Hydrate."). MAM E4·01:25:24
- Adversity token spent on a Brawn roll — He takes half of a Brawn difficulty 12 and spends an Adversity token to make it. MAM E4·02:21:31 MAM E4·02:21:46
- Adversity tokens spent: two on a Brawn roll — On the share-the-load Brawn roll, difficulty 18, he rolls 15, has two Adversity tokens, "which gets me to 17". MAM E4·02:35:13
- Adversity token received from Sam — He needs one more for the Brawn roll; Danielle: "Just one, okay. So I go over to help. There you go." MAM E4·02:35:30
Spells
- Baby-powder flick (wand) — Flicks the wand at Sam: Grit roll, difficulty 6, with his Magic die, "exactly a six"; a puff of baby powder scented like a fresh basketball. MAM E1·01:22:34 MAM E1·01:22:44
- Mind-moved free weights (failed) — Brains roll, difficulty 16: a 3 plus the Magic d4 (a 4) makes 5. MAM E2·01:14:08 MAM E2·01:14:19
- Telekinetic desk-throwing — Uses his wand to chuck desks at the fire being; he rolls a 13. MAM E3·00:10:30 MAM E3·00:13:45
- Summon basketball — Brawn roll, difficulty 6 (take half): his basketball appears and starts dribbling drills. MAM E4·01:13:47 MAM E4·01:14:06
- Heisman stiff-arm against a spell — Brawn roll, difficulty 12: a hand held out stops an incoming spell without casting. MAM E4·02:21:26 MAM E4·02:21:52
- Share the load (tether to Alexis) — Brawn roll, difficulty 18 (with his magic die): shares the weight of Tallulah's spell on the dragon with his wand; Sam's Charm roll, difficulty 10, is the other check. MAM E4·02:33:55 MAM E4·02:34:26 MAM E4·02:34:38
Items
- Owl pellet — Picks up the pellet with his bare hand and pockets it: "Don't tell anybody I picked that up." MAM E1·00:11:05 MAM E1·00:11:20
- Wand (wooden dowel) — Flicks his generic wand at Sam; the base later turns darker wood, bamboo. MAM E1·01:22:34 MAM E1·01:25:06
- Basketball — His familiar; it kicks aside his attempt to kick it and dribbles back. MAM E1·02:09:30
- Sneakers (the Irvings / Electro-Lights) — Wears the Irvings, Electro-Lights. MAM E1·01:35:26
- Owl pellet (crushed) — lost: all the students crush their owl pellets at the same time and are teleported away. MAM E1·00:55:13
- Rib Deluxe with scalloped potatoes — Fails his own Charm roll for a McRib (a 2); Evan suggests a Rib Deluxe, Oggles makes it (Brennan's roll explodes), and Jammer throws it on the floor. MAM E2·00:39:08 MAM E2·00:39:50 MAM E2·00:40:09 MAM E2·00:40:40
- Rib Deluxe with scalloped potatoes (picked up) — He picks the food back up after the kitchen objects ("I'm sorry I threw it") and says he will eat the floor ribs. MAM E2·00:43:08 MAM E2·00:46:26
- Basketball (back in hand) — The basketball rolls up and nudges his foot; he picks it up. MAM E3·00:21:55 MAM E3·00:21:59
- Wand (Bamboo, Steel Core) — Takes his wand from the wand bag; the card shows Bamboo, Steel Core: "This does feel like my wand." MAM E3·00:22:20 MAM E3·00:21:43 MAM E3·00:21:15
- Basketball (summoned to him) — gained back: the basketball is not near him, he makes it appear and it starts dribbling drills. MAM E4·01:13:47 MAM E4·01:14:06
By episode
MAM E1: The Chosen Ones |
- Chicago South Side varsity basketball point guard, runs the offense and "coaching the team": "sometimes I feel like I'm coaching the team and you're just kinda hanging out, Coach." — 00:12:25. Practicing "triangle offense" and a Mikan Drill — 00:04:48–00:04:52. Team has a game against Jefferson on Saturday — 00:14:25; team cheer "Madison on three, Family on six" — 00:15:12
- Opening: sees an owl nobody else sees: "Ay, yo, look at that big-ass bird up there!" — 00:05:18. Picks up the pellet with bare hand and pockets it: "Don't tell anybody I picked that up." — 00:11:20
- Calls the group "my Muggles" repeatedly despite Philtrum: "Honestly, let's take it back. We're fuckin' Muggles!" — 01:01:07. Pressed again, says "I'ma say the whole word, I'ma say it every time." — 02:24:25
- Wears "the Irvings" / "Electro-Lights" sneakers — 01:35:26, 01:35:40. Has never been out of the Midwest ("I've just mostly done the tournaments in Des Moines and stuff." — 01:33:43) — 01:33:15
- Wand: flicked at Sam gives a puff of basketball-scented baby powder (Grit DC 6, "exactly a six") — 01:22:34–01:22:44; the base of the wand turns darker wood, bamboo — 01:25:06. Recruited for scuppers by the shopkeeper — 01:46:44–01:47:04
- Steps between Evan and Tallulah (Lou: "we are not getting you thrown out of the game this early") and says "Hey, man, come on. Come on, we got familiars to get." — 01:56:13–01:56:24
- Familiar: his basketball. It rolls back to him, dodges his kick, dribbles a figure 8 — 02:09:30–02:10:30; "I got my familiar." — 02:10:34. Charged "full price" by the shop owner — 02:18:37; later "I'll give you a discount if you go quickly" — 02:20:10
MAM E2: Class Conflict
- Calls the group "muggles" in front of a child: "Yeah, we're the pilot program kids, the [quietly] muggles." — 00:08:05. Chases the child with an opposed Flight roll: "That's a 7, that's a 9." — 00:08:39
- Tells the child he is American and might have a gun, then threatens to tell friends the child assumed so: "you tell all your friends that I have a gun, and then I'm gonna tell all your friends, as well, that you assumed because I'm a Black American that I have a gun" — 00:09:10. The child answers: "That's entrapment, no." — 00:09:26
- Decides to treat Chimeron as an opportunity: "I feel like the four of us could flip this house and turn it into just an absolute house of killers." — 00:25:55
- Spends the walk through the halls on a Brains roll: "I have a D4, the lowest I can roll. I have exploded twice." — 00:35:49. Result stated: "8, 9, it's a 10." — 00:35:49
- Orders a McRib from the kitchen and fails (Charm, "That's a 2") — 00:39:08. Throws the Rib Deluxe on the floor, later apologises and eats the floor ribs — 00:40:40, 00:46:26
- Gives Dr. Boodle a hard time over the name ("Bodle") and likes him: "I like Dr. Boodle." — 01:05:44
- Tries to create free weights with the mind (Brains DC 16, total 5) and causes an iron spike through the floor: "I got the dirt thing really tight and I was like, oh, this is easy." — 01:21:32
- Drinks the potion first: "I just took a big drink, (heaves) oh, God." — 01:42:00; "That stuff hits, bro." — 01:42:34. Says "it's basically like a protein shake" and "This is basically like a recovery smoothie." — 01:37:05, 01:37:29
- Grit DC 8 to judge the Hercinil trio's potion: "Yeah, seven plus one equals eight." — 01:49:09
- Likes Khanh: "She's cute as hell, right?" — 02:10:27. "But Jammer plays the field." — 02:10:41
MAM E3: Family On Six
- Checks on the others after the water blast: "Okay, everybody feelin' good?" — 00:03:35. Throws desks with telekinesis at the fire being (Fight DC 10, "13") — 00:10:30, 00:13:45
- Gets his wand during the fight, with a grip and lacing that moves him; his basketball nudges his foot: "Your little basketball kind of rolls up and nudges you in the foot, gives you a little nod, Spalding side up." — 00:21:55. Jammer: "This does feel like my wand." — 00:22:20. Card shows wand "Bamboo, Steel Core" — 00:21:43
- Faces Axelby: "Bro, go ahead and try." — 00:23:50; taps his head twice (Brawn DC 10, take half; Charm DC 4); Aabria describes Axelby's flicker of regret under the fear — 00:24:44–00:25:24. Tells Axelby: "The next time my girl talks, you should probably listen." — 00:25:29
- Notices Dream's discomfort with the pink wand and offers to talk, without forcing the "Evan mode": "I don't know if you also want to do, just like take the Evan mode where we're just like, that happened and we just kind of roll though it" — 00:27:16. Interrupts for the hooded cultists: "We gotta get our heads in the game." — 00:31:15
- Broom coach: asks before touching, then "helping them through the motion so they can feel it in their own body" — 00:59:48; his kind words about Evan make a thread glow: "My man's the truth." — 01:02:16. He later corrects himself: "you're not a Paul Pierce, that was wrong. You're like a Shaq Diesel." — 01:06:31
- Takes Evan aside: "One, you're not going anywhere, all right, right? Team stays together" — 01:07:44; "No transfers here. The transfer window's closed." — 01:07:55; invents the cheer "Goat House on three, family on six." — 01:08:26
- Learns he may be the source of the threads: "We think that you have the magic ability to be able to inspire large groups of people" (Sam) — 01:09:05; he answers "that's everybody doing their part" — 01:09:34
- At the game: runs a give-and-go (Charm DC 9, a 5), team captain per Aabria ("their attention goes back to Jammer, the team captain") — 01:23:19. After Evan's hit: "Should have stayed on that fucking island, Digby!" — 01:29:13
- After the game ends in confusion: "That's absolute bullshit, the fact that they called the game like that." — 01:43:43; insists on sportsmanship: "Real quick, you gotta, it's the sportsmanship." — 01:45:46; flirts with Khanh; when Sam says "I think I got a date." he answers "Yeah, me too." — 01:49:25
- Tries to grab Evan's hand out of the shadow (Brawn DC 20, 11), then wrenches him free — 01:59:28, 02:04:06
- Sums up the month: "hey, we've been here for a month now so I think this stuff's all becoming, insane things happening is I think less of like a whoa moment" — 01:50:13
MAM E4: We're the Heroes
- Argues Evan must stay: "We kicked that thing's ass, bro." — 00:10:56; "Players make selfish decisions all the time." — 00:12:00; "Just stay until the end of the year, just stay until we win the cup." — 00:12:00
- Leaves Evan to handle the shadow and the Headmistress: "This is not the part we're gonna help with. We're gonna help later on." — 00:29:36. When the weights are found, Lou plays it: "Jammer tears up." — 00:32:00; "It's quiet tears. It's quiet tears. My man hasn't gotten a good pump in over a month." — 00:32:09. To Evan: "Hey, you came back in a big way." — 00:32:35
- Of Evan's rehearsed drink speech: "Yeah, when we practiced this when we were lifting weights, it was way shorter." — 01:01:32
- Bluffs about the tournament (Grit DC 8, 2) and is caught: "I'm mad at myself for not knowing things!" — 01:13:23; produces a basketball: "Jammer needs something to do with his hands right now" — 01:13:47
- Names the team's story: "We all met in an alley, and we didn't know each other, and we were scared of each other, but we are Team Muggle!" — 01:22:22
- Streams Sam's duel: "She just won this wizards duel! She's unstoppable!" — 01:49:30
- Is one of the three captains Philtrum gestures at for the scale (Aabria: "And she gestures at you, at Digby, and a young woman from Tunavik." — 02:08:37); asks "Just because we're new, can we cast magic on the other people?" — 02:08:59
- Offers to share the load of Tallulah's necrotic spell on the dragon: "Jammer would like to take some of this on." — 02:33:55; coaches Alexis: "Flow state, it's me and you." — 02:36:23; earlier he gave her a nickname: "Once I know its name it's got a nickname in my head. A-town." — 02:33:04
- Epilogue (Erika, about Dr. B): "Also, we've tried to get him to integrate NAMP studies." — 02:51:19
- Epilogue: "I can be a leader in other spaces that aren't on the field." — 02:52:13