Jack Horner

Jack Horner is a character in the Fables comics. Widely renowned as a harmless trickster, Jack constantly tries to carry out schemes that benefit himself the most, but usually fails.

Book of Fables Entry
''Jack is always up to something, but he's not nearly as smart as he thinks he is. His plans to get rich often backfire, but his confidence never wavers. He thinks he's the most important person in Fabletown, but everyone knows him as a most harmless smart ass.''

Background
Originally from the Homelands, Jack and the other Fables are forced from their home in the Exodus and relocate to Fabletown. However, Jack doesn't stay restricted to Fabletown and often travels to places around the world.

The Wolf Among Us
At the Trip Trap Bar, Jack annoys Sheriff Bigby Wolf, prompting Holly to tell Jack to fuck off, lest he aggravate Bigby to the point where another barfight erupts. Later, while investigating Ichabod Crane's apartment, Bigby runs into Jack stealing items to sell at the Lucky Pawn. After interrogating Jack, Bigby learns that Crane's witch is Aunty Greenleaf, before confiscating Jack's stolen goods. At the Lucky Pawn, Jack refuses to buy Toad's coat.

Volume 1
Jack hurries to Bigby's office to report that his girlfriend Rose Red's apartment has been trashed and blood has been splattered everywhere. Upon investigating the apartment, Bigby arrests Jack and holds him in a cell. Word spreads around Fabletown that Jack murdered Rose, and when Rose's fiance Bluebeard hears of this, he makes his way into Jack's cell. Bluebeard tries to torture information out of Jack, but Bigby arrives and stops him. At the Remembrance Day ball, Jack wins the lottery and inherits Prince Charming's lands and titles, although they are meaningless as Charming's kingdom is in the Homelands, under the Adversary's control. Later, Bigby reveals that Rose and Jack conspired together to fake Rose's death, so as to avoid being in Bluebeard's debt.

Trivia

 * He is based on Jack Horner from the nursery rhyme Little Jack Horner.
 * Additionally, he is based on Jack from the fairytale Jack and the Beanstalk.

Appearances
Volume 1=
 * Issue 01: "Old Tales Revisited"
 * Issue 02: "The (Un)Usual Suspects"
 * Issue 03: "Blood Tells"
 * Issue 04: "Remembrance Day"
 * Issue 05: "The Famous Parlor Room Scene (Sans Parlor)"
 * -|The Wolf Among Us (Season 1)=
 * Episode 2: "Smoke & Mirrors"
 * Episode 3: "A Crooked Mile" (determinant)
 * Episode 4: "In Sheep's Clothing"
 * Episode 5: "Cry Wolf"