Jean Jacket
| Jean Jacket | |
|---|---|
| Nope race | |
| Also known as | Occulonimbus edoequus |
| First appearance | Nope (2022) |
| Created by | Jordan Peele, John Dabiri, et al. |
| Based on | Sand dollar (body), Cuttlefish (camouflage), Octopus (eye), Bird (gizzard), electric eels and ghost knifefish (bioelectricity), Jellyfish (peacocking) |
| Information | |
| Type | Airborne lifeform |
| Distinctions | Appears as Flying saucer, Cloud when camouflaged; or Jellyfish when peacocking |
The Jean Jacket (also known as a Occulonimbus edoequus)[1] is a fictional airborne extraterrestrial species that serves as the main antagonist of the neo-Western science fiction horror film Nope (2022).[2]
John Dabiri, a Caltech professor, collaborated with Jordan Peele and his filmmaking team on the design of the Jean Jacket, particularly in its UFO form.[3] Its final true "biblical angel" form, which was inspired by those of Neon Genesis Evangelion and invertebrate aquatic locomotion among sea creatures such as jellyfish, octopuses, and squid, to imagine a hypothetical undiscovered previously extinct sky predator, realistically imagining "how could something like this hide in the clouds", with its ability to "generate electric field" taken from electric eels and ghost knifefish, allowing for electric propulsion ("Jean Jacket's fast flying without wings/sails").[4][5][6]
References
- ↑ Oleszkiewicz, Anthony (2022-08-09). "'Nope's Jean Jacket Explained: Flying Saucer or Predator?". Collider. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
- ↑ Hemphill, Sarah Shachat,Jim (2022-10-27). "'Nope': Creating the Sight, Sound, and Spectacle of a Terror in the Sky". IndieWire. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
- ↑ Weekes, Princess (July 25, 2022). "What Does the Gordy Subplot Mean in Jordan Peel[e]'s 'Nope'?". The Mary Sue. Archived from the original on July 25, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Stefansky, Emma (July 25, 2022). "Inside the Eerie UFO Design for Jordan Peele's 'Nope'". Thrillist. Archived from the original on July 25, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Egan, Toussaint (July 25, 2022). "The inspirations behind the monster in Nope". Polygon. p. ]ublicly. Archived from the original on July 25, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
Over the course of the film, the UAP ["unidentified aerial phenomenon"] assumes several terrifying forms, which make it roughly something of a cross between a shark, a flying saucer, a manta ray, a flat humongous man-eating eyeball, and a "biblically accurate" angel, [with] Jean Jacket's appearance and design most closely resembl[ing] those of Sahaquiel, the 10th Angel, which appears in the 12th episode of the original 1995 anime, "A Miracle's Worth," and the second film in the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy, Evangelion[:] 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, [with] Jordan Peele [ mak[ing] his fandom of the series clear on Twitter in the days leading up to the film's release.
Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Adlakha, Siddhant (July 20, 2022). "IGN: Nope Review". Polygon. Archived from the original on July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
(the design of this apparent saucer is, initially, shocking in its simplicity, but by the end, you may as well call it "Biblically accurate").
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