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Jim is the main antagonist of Edward Scissorhands. He is the ex-boyfriend of Kim Boggs and arch-enemy of Edward.

He is portrayed Anthony Michael Hall.

Background[]

Personality[]

He is very mean to Edward.

Physical Appearance[]

Role in the film[]

Jim was dating Kim Boggs when Edward shows up. He and Esmeralda were the only people in the neighborhood to dislike Edward. Jealous of Kim's attraction to Edward, Jim planned a break-in in his parents' house and suggests Edward to help pick a lock, however when the burglar alarm hit, everyone but Edward escaped. Despite Kim's orders to turn back to get Edward, Jim ignored her, as he wanted Edward to get caught. When Kim got cut by accident, Jim became angry and thought Edward did it on purpose and attacks him. Kim, who was fed up with Jim's behavior around Edward, broke up with him and Jim went to his friends in a van to drink alcohol. Jim, driving in a drunken rage, almost runs over Kevin Boggs, Edward saves Kevin by pushing him out of the way, but accidentally cuts him. The neighbors witness the event, and think that Edward is attacking Kevin, Jim then assaults Edward. Edward than cuts Jim to defend himself and runs away as a mob forms. Jim, who now has obtained a literal gun, follows Kim in the mansion where Edward lived and brutally attacks him. Edward refuses to fight back, until he sees Jim hit Kim when she tried to intervene, Edward than becomes enraged and stabs Jim in the stomach and pushes him out of a window to fall to his death. To protect Edward, Kim tells the mob outside of the mansion that Jim and Edward had killed each other.

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Trivia[]

  • Jim is similar to Gaston from Disney's Beauty and the Beast as they're both arrogant, selfish males who lusted over the male protagonist's love interest.
  • Jim is also known for the iconic quote "I'll give my left nut to see that again".
Villains

Animated Features
Oogie Boogie | (Lock, Shock and Barrel) Aunt Sponge | Aunt Spiker | Rhino | Skeleton Pirates | Robot Shark | Barkis Bittern | (Maudeline Everglot and Finis Everglot) 1 | 8 | Fabrication Machine | Machines (Cat Beast, Winged Beast, Seamstress, Steel Behemoths, Seeker Drones & Spiderbots) | The Chancellor's Party (Chancellor Ferdinand) | Mr. Whiskers | Shelley | Were-Rat | Sea Monkeys | Mr. Burgermeister
Live-Action Features
Francis Buxton | Andy | Betelgeuse | Sandworms | The Joker | Bob Hawkins | Joker Goons | Alicia Hunt | Carl Grissom | Max Eckhardt | Antoine Rotelli | Vinnie Ricorso | Joe Chill | Harvey Dent | Jim | Penguin | Red Triangle Circus Gang (Organ Grinder, Poodle Lady, Tattooed Strongman, Terrifying Clown, Thin Clown, Fat Clown, Sword Swallower & Knifethrower Dame) | Max Shreck | Riddler | Two-Face | Sugar | Spice | NygmaTech (Frogmen) | Neon Gang (Neon Gang Leader) | Salvatore Maroni | Aunt Sponge | Aunt Spiker | Rhino | Skeleton Pirates | Robot Shark | Martian Leader | Martians (Martian Ambassador & Martian Girl) | Poison Ivy | Mr. Freeze | Bane | Snowy Cones Thugs | Golums | Jason Woodrue | Lady Mary Van Tassel | Headless Horseman | Reverend Steenwyck | General Thade | Colonel Attar | Limbo | Zaius | Don Price | Arthur Slugworth | Sweeney Todd | Mrs. Lovett | Judge Turpin | Beadle Bamford | Jonas Fogg | Adolfo Pirelli | Red Queen | Knave of Hearts | Card Soldiers | Jabberwocky | Jubjub Bird | Hamish Ascot | Angelique Bouchard | Julia Hoffman | Adam | Jack Barts | Vadoma | Walter Keane | Mr. Barron | Malthus | V.A. Vandevere | Neils Skellig | Rufus Sorghum | Delores | Rory | Jeremy Frazier
Animated Television
Sandworms | Claire Brewster | Bully the Crud | Scuzzo | Fuzzo
Live-Action Television
Evil Moroccan Magician | Laurel Gates | Tyler Galpin | Joseph Crackstone

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