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For other uses, see Jack (disambiguation).

Timothy Lawrence, formerly known as "Jack", is a look-alike body double of Handsome Jack. Representing the Doppelganger class, "Jack" is the fifth playable character in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, first revealed at PAX Prime 2014. Jack was added as post-release downloadable content released on November 11, 2014, for $9.99 USD/$14.40 AUS. His skill summons two Digi-Jacks to fight for him.

He reappears in the Borderlands 3 Moxxi's Heist DLC, where he is trapped in the Handsome Jackpot, the casino Handsome Jack made before his death. Despite still looking like Jack, he has a crack on the left side of his mask, and he uses his actual name, not his alias.

Background

According to ECHO logs in Jack's Office and as part of "Jack'" ECHO logs granted as a personal item at the start of the game, Jack's real name is Timothy Lawrence. He was elected to undergo the major reconstructive surgery performed by Dr. Autohn to pay off his student loans.

Involvement

The Pre-Sequel

"Jack" is called in as part of the Vault Hunter group that assists the real Jack on Helios.

Borderlands 3

While looting the Handsome Jackpot, the Vault Hunters hear a cry for help. Pretty Boy is sending Loaders after someone in a makeshift hideout. After defeating Pretty Boy's Loaders, it is revealed that Timothy Lawrence is trapped in the casino. His mask has a crack in it, and his right hand has been replaced by a Hyperion-brand cybernetic one. After finding out that Timothy is also trying to get into Jack's Tower, the Vault Hunters team up with him.

Because Timothy's cybernetic hand grants him Winning Hand access in the casino, Pretty Boy kidnaps him, and the Vault Hunters must rescue him. After killing Pretty Boy, the casino activates the "Screw Everyone I'm Rich" Protocol, which starts piloting the casino into a black hole. To stop it, Timothy cuts off his cybernetic hand and gives it to the Vault Hunters to override the protocol.

Appearances

Skills

Action skill: Expendable Assets

Jack's action skill summons two Digi-Jacks to fight for him, who constantly lose health and are continuously resurrected for its duration. They battle using wrist-mounted lasers, punch and kick enemies who come too close, and can serve as a distraction against foes. The Digi-Jacks can be outfitted with modifications via skills, such as a shotgun laser or even being spawned as Badasses.

Base duration for the skill is 40 seconds, and the base cooldown is 40 seconds.

His three skill trees are:

Quotes

Main article: Jack/Quotes

Notes

When created as a new character, Jack will usually spawn with a Hyperion pistol and SMG, both using only Hyperion components, resulting in a Vision and Transmurdera.

Trivia

"Jack" suffers from acrophobia, better known as an abnormal fear of heights.
In the Pre-Sequel, he is legally forbidden to mention his real name after his surgical change, as when asked by Roland, he only says it rhymes with "Jimothy", stating there is a bomb in his face that will detonate if he says otherwise. By the time of Borderlands 3, he can apparently say his real name, but he has a new problem: the bomb in his face will now detonate if he leaves the casino he is on. This leads to his involvement in the DLC.
He used to have freckles before becoming Jack's body double.
He cares for his mother, but she doesn't return the sentiment.
- During the pre-sequel, Timothy muses that he'd much rather be at home with his mother.
- To become Jack's body double, Timothy's death was faked. His mother laughed when she found out, but Timothy tries to tell himself that she was actually crying on the inside.
By the time of the Borderlands 3 DLC, he has started going by "Timothy" again.
Pretty Boy refers to him as "Timmo".
Timothy was injected with some of Handsome Jack's DNA, causing him to compulsively act like Handsome Jack at times.
Timothy's Hyperion designation is Doppleganger 21-C.
Timothy has been trapped in the casino for seven years.
Timothy has acted in movies as Handsome Jack under the moniker "Timothy Doppleman". It is implied that they are pornographic films.
After Handsome Jack was scarred in the Vault on Elpis, he branded all his dopplegangers -- Timothy included -- to match.
- Because of this, Timothy resents Lilith for scarring Handsome Jack.
Timothy is bisexual, as he is seen to have a crush on Moxxi, and has also slept with Trent, a man in the Handsome Jackpot casino.