Jon Jafari
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| File:JonTronBirdemic.jpgFile:JonTronBirdemic.jpg Jafari reviewing Birdemic: Shock and Terror, along with his sidekick, Jacques. | |
| Born | Jonathan Jafari March 24, 1990 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 🏡 Residence | New York City, New York |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | California State University Fullerton |
| 💼 Occupation | Internet personality |
| 📆 Years active | 2010 - present |
| Known for | JonTron, Game Grumps |
| 🌐 Website | JonTron page on Normal Boots JonTron page on YouTube |
| JonTron | |
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| File:JonTron - Title Card.jpg | |
| Genre | Review, satire, parody, slapstick comedy, surreal comedy, sketch comedy, musical comedy |
| Created by | Jon Jafari |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 53 |
| Production | |
| Editor(s) | Jon Jafari |
| Running time | 10-20 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | YouTube (2010-present) Normal Boots (2010-12, 2014-present) |
| Original release | August 31, 2010 - present |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
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Jonathan "Jon" Jafari (born March 24, 1990), more prominently known by his internet pseudonym, JonTron, is an American internet personality. He is known for his webseries of the same name,[1] in which he comedically reviews games of notable negative reception, and sometimes participates in sketch comedy.[2] He is a co-founder of video game entertainment website Normal Boots, which hosts several webseries, including JonTron, PeanutButterGamer and Did You Know Gaming?[3] He is also known for being the former co-star of popular YouTube Let's Play webseries, Game Grumps.[4]
Early life[edit]
Jafari was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He attended Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. He also attended California State University Fullerton.
Career[edit]
JonTron & Normal Boots[edit]
Jafari first joined YouTube on August 31, 2010, creating a channel under the name of "JonTronShow". As a pilot episode for his newly created show, JonTron, he immediately uploaded a two part review of Daikatana, a first-person shooter video game. Soon after, he gained a significant boost in viewership after a fan posted his Dino City review[5] on Reddit, with the description "After watching this, video game reviews aren't really the same anymore."[6] Since then, he has refined his videos, as well as upgraded production value.
Jafari is also the co-creator of the Normal Boots website. Normal Boots hosts the content of several video game webseries, including JonTron, PeanutButterGamer,[7] ContinueShow,[8] ProJared[9] The Completionist,[10] Satchbag's Goods[11]and DYKGaming.[12] It was eventually closed down in early 2013, and was brought back January 2014, adding several new YouTube channels, including Satchbag[13] and ProJared.[14][15]
In 2011, he briefly contributed to Channel Awesome, working on subdivisions That Guy with the Glasses[16] and Blistered Thumbs.[17]
He is also a member of Polaris, a company run by multi-channel network Maker Studios.[18]
As of March 9th, 2014, JonTronShow has over 890,000 subscribers, and more than 80,000,000 total views.[1]
Game Grumps[edit]
In late July 2012[19] Jafari and animator Arin "Egoraptor" Hanson,[20] known for creating the Awesome Series,[21] started a joint YouTube channel called "Game Grumps", hosting a show of the same name, Game Grumps. On this show, both Jafari and Hanson played video games that were typically retro or nostalgic in style.[22] In late June 2013, just under a year after the show's inception, Jafari left Game Grumps.[23] In response to his departure, a tribute video was posted on the Game Grumps YouTube channel.[24] Soon after Jafari left, he was replaced by Leigh "Danny" Avidan, also known as "Danny Sexbang" of the musical comedy duo Ninja Sex Party.[25]
Jafari has stated he does not plan to return to the show.[26]
Other work[edit]
In his early years, Jafari made many flash animations on the website Newgrounds.[27] Jafari has appeared many times as a narrator on the popular internet show Did You Know Gaming?.[28] He also provides the voice of the character Sniperwheel from TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise,[29] a Flash-animated webseries about a futuristic virtual reality game.
Jafari is also involved in the voice work for Gears for Breakfast's adventure-platformer game, A Hat in Time, currently credited as the Moon Penguins.[30] At the time of this writing, it is unknown whether he will contribute any more voice work to the game.
Popularity[edit]
In the video game DLC Quest, in the episode "Live Freemium or Die", a reference to one of Jafari's quotes can be found on a gravestone, reading "Here Lies: Villager Jon (???-2013) Killed by the Creatures. Real Talk? He Wasn't Paying Attention."[31]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "JonTronShow". YouTube. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ↑ Ponce, Tony (2013-25-09). "JonTron died and on the third day rose again". Destructoid. Retrieved 2014-11-01. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ http://normalboots.com/
- ↑ Amini, Tina (2013-03-01). "Watch This Silly Source Filmmaker Re-Creation Of Two YouTubers Absolutely Losing It". Kotaku. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
- ↑ "DinoCity BRO!!!". JonTron. YouTube. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ↑ JackSheet. "After watching this, video game reviews aren't really the same anymore". Reddit. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ↑ "PeanutButterGamer". YouTube. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Continue?". YouTube. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ↑ "ProJared". YouTube. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ↑ "TheCompletionist". YouTube. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Satchbag's Goods". YouTube. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Did You Know Gaming - Zelda (ft. JonTron)". DYKGamng. YouTube. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/satchbags
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/user/DMJared
- ↑ "NormalBoots Returns!". ScrewAttack. 2014-25-01. Retrieved 2014-26-01.
|Authors list=missing|1=(help); Check date values in:|accessdate=, |date=(help) - ↑ "That Guy With The Glasses". Channel Awesome. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Blistered Thumbs". Channel Awesome. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Polaris". YouTube. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Game Grumps Announcement". Egoraptor. YouTube. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Egoraptor". YouTube. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ↑ "The Awesome Series". YouTube. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ↑ Ponce, Tony (2012-07-18). "Egoraptor & JonTron twiddle their sticks, play some games". Destructoid. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
- ↑ "Egoraptor's Response to Jon Leaving". reddit. Retrieved 2014-19-01. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ "Ode to Jon". Game Grumps. YouTube. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ↑ Amini, Tina (2013-06-26). "Fans Are Upset Over YouTube Duo 'Game Grumps' Break-Up". Kotaku. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
- ↑ Jafari, Jon. "Jafari states he won't return to Game Grumps on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
- ↑ BirdmanXZ6's profile
- ↑ Ponce, Tony (08-04-2013). "Nintendo bred a new flower to market Pikmin on GameCube!?". Destructoid. Retrieved 2013-12-19. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "TOME Cast Listing". iMDB. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ↑ http://hatintime.com/meet-the-team/
- ↑ "DLC Quest". VGFacts. Retrieved 2014-19-01. Check date values in:
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External links[edit]
- Jon Jafari on IMDb
- Jon Jafari's channel on YouTube
- Jon Jafari on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Jon Jafari on Facebook
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