The Jester is more than likely the inner child and more whimsical side of this man, the kind of thing that gets drowned out in most people as they get older

This is one of those few games where the main character was in the wrong the whole time

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I do really like The Jester in terms of character design and song

Seeing how Jester is and their design. Like people said ones like an inner child while the other is the sorta whimsical side of the guy they're trying to help. Jesters appearance was mistaken as a nightmare when in reality they were there because of the guys mental state. Their dialogue proves it. 'The minds over worked, hardly gets to go out, see their friends.' Not verbatim what they said but it's around that. Then the chase sequence very much so proves they were repressed at how they reacted. The betrayal of trust and the cage acted as a heavy trigger for them. The guy being screamed at by his wife because of work and the fact something unexpected came up could be a trust issue while the cage could be the fact he hardly gets to go out and have fun family or otherwise. (Note I am not a psychiatrist of any sort. But I am doing my best to take away from what I saw in the cutscenes.) Plus one of the head looks like they have bags under their eyes.

The Jester is officially my favorite character in the franchise. 🎭

Whoever voiced Jester sounded like they were having fun especially towards the end.

Random speculation: the jester slowly changed from the man’s inner child and (in my opinion) passions to the fear of losing one’s true self
I believe this because of the lack of nightmare clouds until the chase and end fight
It could also show this with the jesters masks losing color and cracking in the final fight

Now this is an impressive song-based game - massive respect to the OST of this game.

Jester: “I won’t have anything to do with it” proceeds to dance is his next attack

The Jester songs are my favorite soundtrack in the game, its just so catchy and it just makes me want to dance.

This is the best game ever!!!

crazy how the black hog has such bad posture when the jester is the one carrying the game on their back

The art style in Figment is absolutely stunning, with vibrant colors and unique character designs.

Jester's songs have that Will Wood vibe

I actually compare me and my personality type (adventurer aka ISFP(introverted, observant, feeling, and prospecting)) (mostly my personality type) with the Jester and how they act before, during, and after their boss fights with Dusty and I see countless similarities between me and the Jester. We both want to have fun in our lives and bring fun in others lives as well and we both are quick to trust people and we both feel absolutely betrayed when hurt by the people we are friends with like, for example, when the Jester was trapped in a cage by Dusty. The Jester says "I thought I could trust u" before turning into a giant version of themselves and speaking of the cage trap Dusty set up, the cage had a hidden meaning behind it. It was probably meant to represent the Jester's (possibly biggest fear) feeling trapped, the greatest fear of adventurer personality type people. Adventurer personality types are afraid of being/feeling trapped in a situation they can't escape from. We both get passive aggressive and defient when angry with people and the Jester shows that by ignoring Dusty and Nugget's words at the very last fight against them until Dusty regains the Jester's trust again. I honestly could say a bit more similarities between me and the Jester but I feel like I have said enough about me comparing myself to the Jester. I hope this information helps you guys better understand how and/or why the Jester acts the way he does in the game.

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i love the final achivement ''dance like a idiot''

For the game: Jeseter really really really have great song

I love how at 31:58  dusty tries to join the singing!