Jack is the epynomous protagonist of the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk. In the 1987 animated series, he resides in the Fairytale Dimension, and encounters Raphael and Leonardo after they arrive. He cuts down a beanstalk and almost crushes them with it, and apologizes for it. He declares that he cuts one down "every hour, on the hour" as a tourist attraction. Later, as Raph, Leo, and Hokum Hare flee from the Giant, Jack cuts it down again as they are on the beanstalk, and while Leo, Raph, and Hokum escape through a portal, the Giant is sent crashing to the ground.