Jayden (Character)

"I've got to save April!" - Jayden, The Somari Movie

Jayden is a reoccurring character and major supporting character in the Somari Adventures series. Jayden is a good friend of Somari and the gang and is always there to help them when they need him. Originally, Jayden caused the group a bit of mischief, but remained good-willed thereafter. Jayden is part of the original group and based on one of Tye Hiser's real life friends.

Personality
Though originally a little mischievous, Jayden proved himself to be a kind-hearted and heroic person, doing what he can to be there for his friends. Some of his rebel attitude can still be seen however in his love for skateboarding and playing the drums. Jayden is a genuinely kind person who wants what's best for everyone and especially what's best for his friends. This is best demonstrated in The Somari Movie where Jayden saves April from a dark soldier.

Backstory
Sometime before the events of Somari Adventures during grade school, Jayden and Somari meet and become good friends. The two bond over video games and Jayden teaches Somari how to skateboard and Somari would teach him his spin attack and speed moves in return along with his other friends. Eventually, Somari and his friends form a band, and Jayden becomes the band's drummer.

Appearance
Jayden is a cool looking human character with a yellow, green, or blue tee or tank-top, black sweats, and matching color shoes to his shirt. His hair is a vibrant yellow with a spiky Mohawk. Jayden often poses with rebellious or "cool" expressions, with his signature attitude. Like other American characters, Jayden has white skin.

Powers
Like the rest of the gang, Jayden can spin dash, spin attack, and run very fast. He also has excellent skateboarding skills and is a talented drummer. He also seems to be a skilled swordsman, as he was able to effortlessly save April from a dark soldier in The Somari Movie.

Somari Adventures
Jayden's debut in the Somari Adventures series is in the very first episode, "Alex Goes Kaboom", with Jayden being the antagonist of the episode. In the episode, Jayden wants to play hot potato with a Bob-omb, much to the dismay of his peers. Due to his carelessness, he accidentally kills his friend Alex. Despite this, Jayden does not seem to be punished as the body is discarded in the next episode.

Jayden would later get his own focus episode with "Jayden's Warp Pipe", an episode where Jayden attempts to help the gang clean the Civic Center faster by disposing of trash in a warp pipe. Unfortunately, the warp pipe just disposed of the trash back into the Civic Center, and onto Somari's head.

Jayden's second focus episode is "Alex the Boo", where Alex comes back as a ghost to haunt and kill Jayden in his bedroom one night. Fortunately, Jayden uses a Poltergust he had in his closet to catch Alex and is able to go back to sleep.

The Somari Movie
The Somari Movie features Jayden as part of Somari' s rag tag team to take down the Dark Emperor. Here he rides a painted warhorse named Firewind. The movie serves as the turning point for Jayden's character; from this point forward, Jayden's mischief would no longer proceed, and his kindness and good nature would shine through. This is best illustrated when Jayden saves April from a dark soldier holding her hostage. He is able to do this with a single slash, showing expert swordsmanship. In the ending, Jayden does not appear in the hospital. It is unknown of his whereabouts.

A Somari Christmas
Jayden was featured in the lost footage of the cancelled movie A Somari Christmas. He showed Somari a flier advertising a Christmas celebration at the Civic Center.

Adventures of Somari
Jayden appears in Adventures of Somari as an adult- he is now a chaperone for a local library that is selling chocolates. The kid he is chaperoning is Nash's son Kirby. Somari, under the fake identity of Doug, is eventually won over by the idea of all the chocolate, and eventually starts eating it all. This leads to Jayden handing him a bill.

The Somari Show!
Jayden appears in The Somari Show! pilot episode as a background character shopping in the supermarket. Somari says hello to him, in which he responds with "sup!." Here he is seen wearing pajamas.

Hector Redesign
In 2020, Jayden was redesigned to be a completely new character named Hector for certain rereleases of shorts. The only difference was a red and green color scheme. This was done because Hiser hadn't had permission from the real life Jayden to use his likeness (as the two hadn't talked in a while because of school.) Despite similarities between Hector and the Butterfly Animation user Schmoe, the two have no connection.

Trivia

 * According to Hiser, Jayden and April have absolutely no romantic interest in each other. They are just good friends.
 * According to Hiser, Alex's body was found and Jayden turned himself in. However, all charges were dropped.
 * Somari also admitted to throwing away the body, and was also excused.
 * Both Jayden and Nash were never voiced by their real-life counterparts in the original series, though plans were intended.
 * Nash Moss would eventually go on to voice his character in UNO!!.
 * Jayden is one of Hiser's favorite characters.
 * Hiser has stated that Jayden's mischief does not represent the real life Jayden.
 * Jayden's horse in The Somari Movie is named Firewind.
 * Jayden has no set age but is said to be in his adolescence.