Jackson Darby/Relationships

These are the relationships of Jackson Darby.

June Darby
Jack has a normal loving relationship with his mother although sometimes she can find him acting a little irresponsible, but still loves him greatly after his father left June grew to be overprotective of him often reminding him to call her about his whereabouts.

In Crisscross when Jack returned home after unknowingly breaking curfew she grounded him as well as forbidding him to use his motorcycle and instructed him to use a bicycle, however the next day when Arcee was on a mission June was on route to the house when she discovered that the motorcycle was gone, she lashed out a Jack where the latter hesitantly tried to explain about Arcee and the Autobots, but she did not believe him. When June was captured by MECH Jack went along with Arcee to the rendezvous point where Arachnid and Cylas held her captive which ultimately turned out to be a trap leaving Jack completely vulnerable, he attempted to find his mother near the power plant when he eventually found her. Arachnid trapped him with a web as he attempted to escape until Arcee fought against Arachnid. After the battle he introduced June to Arcee whom she thanked. The day after Jack brought her to the Autobot base to introduce her to the team. June regularly left work early in order to spend time with him, which often annoyed most of the team mostly Arcee and Miko because of her protectiveness over Jack which led to him missing out on a testing mission with Arcee which annoyed Jack, making an angry glare at his mother. When June learned about her problem she had a discussion with Arcee about Jack where she agreed to loosen her grip on him. Yet, she is still concerned about Jack and would do anything to ensure his safety.

William Fowler
Jack rarely interacts with Agent Fowler.

In Persuasion, Agent Fowler talks to Jack about his future and that he is Prime material. Despite Jack having an awkward moment when Agent Fowler hangs with Jack's mom, Jack follows Agent Fowler and helps him out.

Agent Fowler, somewhat, appears like a mentor and a mature role model to Jack.

Miko Nakadai
Jack and Miko became great friends after the meeting up with the Autobots together with Raf. While Miko almost got Jack and Raf killed by Decepticons, she tried to convince Jack to come back to the team. They would hang out and play video games at the base.

In Convoy, Miko held onto Jack's arm while they were on a speeding train heading towards a broken piece of track. When they share a seemingly last moment, Miko moved in to Jack only to snatch her phone from Jack to talk with Raf. They both were thankful when Optimus saved them.

In Orion Pax, Part 2, while it seemed like Miko was jealous that Jack went to Cybertron she was reminded by Jack that she is important to the team.

In Darkest Hour, Jack and Miko looked at each other before leaving their ways with their Autobot partners. Miko seemed to be quite sadden to leave Jack as she wanted to say something as she left with Bulkhead.

In Prey, Miko reunited with Jack in Ultra Magnus's ship where she happily hugged him around the neck and joked around by punching him in the arm referring to him as "weakling".

In Plus One, Miko refers to Jack as her "bro", meaning that she sees him like a brother figure and friend.

In Deadlock, Miko was in the Apex Armor as she pulled Jack from being sucked into the Shadowzone with Soundwave.

Miko deeply cares about Jack and sticks by his side in any situation.

Sierra
Jack actually has a crush on Sierra as shown in Speed Metal. Jack talks with Sierra and would hang with her whenever he could. Sierra seems to hint and return those feelings. In Speed Metal, Jack takes Sierra for a drive on his motorcycle.

In Orion Pax, Part 1, Sierra paid Jack a visit at his job at KO Burger. Jack was surprised to see her and she notes that she does not see him around. Jack responds by saying they have chemistry together, which Sierra smiles but he meant they have chemistry class together. She meant she does not see Jack outside of school, like at parties or at the mall. Jack responded that he was busy with work, studying for the SAT's and other stuff. Arcee unknowingly interrupts their conversation which made Sierra convinced when Jack meant by other stuff. Jack tries to convince the voice was his mother and a motorcycle with a female figure on it appears. Sierra notes Jack's mother looks good in leather on his bike before leaving, which left her unconvinced if it was Jack's mother.

Rafael Esquivel
After meeting Raf, Miko and the Autobots, Jack made friends with both Miko and Raf. Jack acts more like an older brother figure to Raf and Jack is really protective on Raf when he is in danger, like in One Shall Fall.

Raf is like a younger brother to Jack, since he would often hang out with Jack and have their moments as friends. Raf also appears to look up to Jack the most and they act fairly mature as young adolescents.

Optimus Prime
Out of all the humans, Optimus sees the most potential in Jack. He believes that Jack is very responsible, which impresses Optimus.

In Convoy, Jack and Miko were thankful Optimus saved them when they were inside a train that was heading towards a broken piece of tracks.

In One Shall Rise, Part 2, Optimus entrusts the Key to Vector Sigma to Jack and Jack promised Optimus that he won't let him down. This shows that Jack respects and would help Optimus in any way he can.

In Orion Pax, Part 3, Orion asked Jack if he was worthy and Jack replied by stating Orion had no idea which Jack restored his memories with the fully downloaded Key to Vector Sigma and Orion reverted to Optimus Prime.

In Legacy, Optimus partners Jack with Smokescreen in hopes of Smokescreen learning the proper ways of being on Earth. It did not work out when Jack as near to getting killed in battle, which made Optimus and Arcee very upset at Smokescreen for bringing Jack into combat.

However, Optimus still respects and protects Jack along with the other humans on Earth. When Optimus left for Cybertron, he gave a glance at Jack and the other humans before going home.

Optimus is like a father figure and role model to Jack.

Arcee
Arcee is Jack's guardian. Initially the two were suspicious of each other, but as time went on, the two developed a friendship. Arcee soon came to respect and made Jack her junior partner after the events of Predatory. Jack also vouched for the safety of routine tasks to his mother when she became overprotective. When the two were on the run in Beast Hunters, Arcee reassured him that his mother was fine. At the end of the series, when Jack and Arcee said their farewells, her voice implied that she was holding back her tears.

In Deadlock, when Arcee and Jack gave their last goodbyes to each other, Arcee seemed very sad and Jack was full of sorrow. Though Arcee told him to keep in touch or she might hunt him down (in a playful way), she seemed to be sadden to leave her human partner.

Arcee is like an older sister(Perhaps something more) figure to Jack, even with the exception of Jack's real mother or possibly something more.

Ratchet
At first, Ratchet did not like humans which included Jack. However, when Ratchet began working with the humans, he warmed up to them. Jack rarely interacts with Ratchet.

In One Shall Fall, Ratchet compared Optimus to Jack, which Jack seemed a bit surprised.

In One Shall Rise, Part 3, Ratchet was surprised when Jack received the Key to Vector Sigma from Optimus.

In Orion Pax, Part 1, Ratchet explained that Jack was chosen by Optimus to protect the Key Card.

Jack and Ratchet have become close friends after a while.

Bulkhead
Bulkhead and Jack do not interact much, but they do seem to have a good friendship.

Smokescreen
Jack met Smokescreen in New Recruit. Jack helped Smokescreen find a vehicle mode but they were not impressed by the cars that they saw passing by.

In Legacy, Smokescreen took Jack for a joy ride around Jasper. They bumped into Vince on the road, where he threw a burger at Smokescreen's window before taking off. Smokescreen told Jack that they have to stand up for themselves and they ended up trashing Vince's car with burgers. Later, Smokescreen took Jack on a mission to get the next Iacon relic. It turned out to be the Star Saber. Smokescreen was injured in battle after being shot by a Vehicon and Jack was getting chased by a couple of Insecticons. Luckily, team Prime managed to show up and save both of them. Despite being yelled at by the team for putting Jack's life in danger, Smokescreen learned his lesson and stopped his careless ways.

However, Jack and Smokescreen still talk to each other and they remain good friends.

Ultra Magnus
Jack met Ultra Magnus in Prey. Arcee told Jack about Ultra Magnus and to follow his command. Jack did not appreciate Ultra Magnus's command style.

However, in Rebellion, Jack was trying to sound like a Vehicon, but Ultra Magnus was unconvinced.

In Minus One, Jack was there when Ratchet was working on Ultra Magnus's crushed right hand. Jack seemed to feel bad for Magnus like how the others felt.

In Deadlock, Ultra Magnus was impressed by Jack and Miko for securing the Decepticon warship.

Megatron
Upon learning of Megatron's disgraceful actions to Cybertron, Jack no doubt viewed him as an enemy. The first time Jack encountered Megatron was when he was trapped in an underground cave where he eventually found a drill upon his search for the others. After drilling into a wall, he discovered Megatron trapped in-between the rocks, where the Decepticon leader recommended that the latter kill him with the drill. Jack was hesitant, but once Megatron told him that Optimus would do the same, Jack boldly stated that it was not what Optimus would want and proceeded to find his teammates. Megatron was most likely impressed by Jack's willfulness and his decision to allow him to live.

The two would meet each other when Megatron had offered the Autobots a deal by travelling directly into Unicron's body. Immediately when Megatron entered the base, Jack prevented Raf from facing against the Decepticon leader. Megatron then taunted Jack noting that he had remembered his meeting, with Jack only glaring at him. Because of what the latter had previously done to Raf, Jack mostly likely came to despise him even more.

In Darkest Hour, Megatron stated that because Jack was entrusted with the Matrix of Leadership his freedom was worth two Omega Keys.

Starscream
Jack hates Starscream like the humans and Autobots do.

In Darkest Hour, Starscream mocked Jack and scratched the container that he was in. Jack hates Starscream and would even risk his own life to stop him.

Vince
Jack and Vince have a rivalry in school. Vince is an average bully who picks on Jack the most. Jack hates Vince but he feels that Vince's life shouldn't be at stake.

Airachnid
Jack and Airachind meet each other in Predatory when her star-ship crashed on Earth. When he and Arcee where investigation the crashed star-ship where Arcee found out that the Star-ship Belonged to the Decepticon Torture expert: Airachnid. When Arcee was trapped by Airachnid and Jack tried to free her; Arcee Told Him that at Airachnid collects Endangered Extraterrestrial of Species(at least until they meet her) to add to her own Trophy collection. After that warning Jack ran for his life and Airachnid began hunt him. After Jack destroyed her star-ship and Airachnid escape they developed a mutual hatred towards other. Their mutual hatred for each other only increased when Airachind teamed up with MECH to get back at him for destroying her ship by torturing and eliminating his mother.

Silas
Jack meet Silas face to face in Crisscross and they both a mutual hatred towards other after Silas kidnapped his mother and get her to Airachnid to get back at him for destroying her ship; As well trying to Gut his Autobot Partner: Arcee in order to gain access to Cybertronian Technology and Biology to create a new generation of advanced weaponry to overthrow the current world order.