Launching jack and Launching jill

Origin:

Created by a guardian angel, Laughing Jack was initially a colorful Jack-in-the-box clown whose personality reflected the personality of his owners. He was later sent as a Christmas present to a lonely boy named Isaac Grossman in the 1800s. Isaac then abandoned Laughing Jack after being sent to boarding school. Laughing Jack grew monochrome and emotionless as a result of his isolation. Meanwhile, Isaac grew up to become a cold-hearted serial killer who kidnapped, tortured and murdered several innocent neighborhood residents. Although horrified at first, Laughing Jack's personality soon emulated Isaac's evil personality. One day, Laughing Jack was accidentally released and he appeared to be a taller, darker and demonic version of himself. Resentful of his traitorous owner, he tortured and killed Isaac with the same weapons he used on his victims. As time passed, Laughing Jack visited several other children, most of them lonely or neglected, and pretended to be their imaginary friend. However, he would eventually torture and kill them all, with their souls trapped in the nightmarish realm of an abandoned fairground. To make matters worse, the song "Pop Goes the Weasel" plays in the background forever, tormenting them.

Appearance Laughing Jack used to be a colorful, tan-skinned clown who would wear a brilliant rainbow attire with shaggy red hair and a long cone nose. After being abandoned for 13 years, his appearance changed to being completely monochrome, leaving him almost demonic-looking.

Personality At first, Laughing Jack was an innocent, sweet, and pure-hearted angelic creation who tried his best to comfort Isaac, considering how lonely he was. However, Isaac's late actions significantly affected in a particularly negative way the gift, which became more and more disturbed and psychotic with time; Laughing Jack, originally colored, lost his hues as Isaac's actions corrupted it. Eventually, Laughing Jack became totally black and white, as he reached a point of non-return and fully embraced his demonic form. Currently, Laughing Jack presents itself as a figure of pure evilness, remorseless and violent in its very core, who take pleasure in killing and torturing those he was once designed to protect (children).

Powers and Abilities Laughing Jack is a magical being, with incredible dark magical powers, being able to teleport in an instant in a puff of pitch-black smoke, turn himself invisible, and being able to mutilate the bodies of his victims. Jack is also able to create nightmares and visual hallucinations, presumably to parents, such as he did in the original story, and can use telekinesis to move objects with his mind, making his victims seem crazy.

Other Stories In an unspecified year in the modern era, Laughing Jack visited a lonely suburban 5-year-old boy named James, under the guise of an imaginary friend. James told his mother, but she dismissed it as a "phase". One night, his mother had a nightmare, witnessing the souls of Laughing Jack's past victims in an abandoned fairground. The next day, Laughing Jack places James' action figures on top of his mother's nightstand, presumably as a way to taunt her. She questions James, but he simply tells her the truth, much to her disbelief. Later, James receives a handful of candy from Laughing Jack in the garden. His mother notices this and demands him to tell her how he got it. James, again, tells her the truth, but she assumes that one of the next-door neighbors gave him the candy. Laughing Jack eventually kills Fido, the family dog, hangs its body on the kitchen light fixtures, and trashes the rest of the kitchen. He also guts its stomach open and replaces it with candy. The mother witnessed this and took her son next door, where she called the police. The police dismiss it as a robbery, but the mother refutes their assertions, claiming that all the doors were locked and none of the windows were open during the incident. She presumes that whoever did this was already inside her house prior to the incident.

They both return home and the mother decides to check on her son via the baby monitor. The mother hears a soft moan and enters James' room, where she sees her son nailed on the wall, disembowelled with his eyes gouged and tongue and teeth removed. She also sees Laughing Jack, in his true, monstrous form, who sadistically cackles at the sight of his "work". Having enough, the mother grabbed a knife and tried to kill Laughing Jack, but he simply vanished into a black cloud. This distracted the mother, causing her to accidentally plunge her knife into James's beating heart instead, killing him instantly. The police arrest her and send her to the Phiropoulos House for the Criminally Insane. She claims that being institutionalized is not that bad, despite noting that somebody (presumably Laughing Jack) keeps playing "Pop Goes the Weasel" outside her room.

Origin:

Mary was a lonely child. Even though she's rich, she's unhappy. Her father works as an entrepreneur and her mother was an alcoholic. She was a smart girl, but she hated it. She wants to be like the other normal kids, but she couldn't. One Christmas, her parents gave her a Laughing Jill in the box. When she cranked up the box, Jill pops out and the minute they talk to each other, they became best friends. Due to this, Mary became rude to her parents, including Jill. Jill would prank her parents and Mary would be blamed for. However, Mary would tell them that it was Laughing Jill who did these pranks, but they thought she was going crazy. This continued for a while until Mary's parents decided to send Mary to church so that she can forget about Jill. Ever since she left, Laughing Jill became upset and started losing her color. After a year, Mary came home for Christmas. She wasn't excited to see her parents, only Jill. She still remembers her because she pretends that she thinks Jill is a demon. Mary found Laughing Jill and saw that she changed. Mary asked why and Jill explained, but after finishing her explanation, Mary was shot. Jill saw that Mary's mother had a gun in her hand and imminently snapped. Later that night, Jill killed her mother, her father, and the nuns.

Appearance Just the same as Laughing Jack, she was also colorful and vibrant. But shortly after when her friend was sent to the church, Jill's colors soon started disappearing and quickly became dark, bland, and lifeless. She is the feminine counterpart of Laughing Jack, only with a few minor differences, such as Jill has much longer and curly hair, and she instead wears a frilly, Victorian-like dress.

Personality When she was colorful, she was a cheery and high-spirited clown. Always loving to pull pranks and other playful shenanigans. After turning dark, she is now unhappy and quite aggressive. However, there is still a little bit of happiness left inside her, but it's not shown that often.

Powers and Abilities Not much is known if whether or not Laughing Jill is just as powerful as Laughing Jack. Though, many do believe that Jill possesses similar skills to Jack. However, one particular trait she has that makes her stand out from Jack is that; whenever Jill is in a combat situation, she is able to turn her hands into long, black and sharp claws at will.