| “ | So, earlier at Amy's, I didn't give a real toast because I didn't know what to say. But, since that time, a wise, unsmiling man named Gerald Jimes made me realize what I am thankful for. So, I'd just like to say that I am happy to be here with my family. My super-weird family with two black dads and two Latina daughters and two white sons and Gina and— (looks at Scully) I don't know what you are. Some strange giant baby? | „ |
| ~ Jake at the Thanksgiving dinner. |
Jacob Zack "Jake" Peralta is the main protagonist of the TV show Brooklyn 99. A cocky, arrogant and immature but talented NYPD detective stationed in Brooklyn's 99th Precinct. Although extremely capable, he refuses to take his job seriously. His disdain for the rules and authority figures and his drive to single-handedly prove his superiority to everyone around him brings him into immediate conflict with his new commanding officer.
He is portrayed by Andy Samberg, who voices Brent McHale in the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs films, Jonathan Loughran from Hotel Transylvania, Ham from Space Chimps, Junior from Storks, Dale in Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Jake Peralta in Brooklyn Nine Nine (which also starred Terry Crews) and Rip Digman in Digman, as well as Scarlet Spider in Spider-Man: Across the Spider Verse and will return in the sequel Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider Verse.
Personality[]
Jake is extremely intelligent and calculative, but this factor is dwarfed by his more comedic factors: he is incredibly immature, childish, laid-back, carefree and wisecracking. He has excellent detective skills, and Terry Jeffords considers him the best under his command. Jake revels in catching criminals and solving puzzles, and proves himself to be great at doing this on numerous occasions. He does admit that he takes his job seriously - he thinks that all that matters is putting away the bad guys, and is otherwise ignorant or lazy to any other activities in his job. He loves movies and games - he frequently displays his love for the Die Hard film series, and enjoys giving himself flashy nicknames and elaborate backstories as if he were the character in an 80s action film.
He has a sarcastic, wisecracking, childlike sense of humor, often joking even in the most serious of situations. At first, Jake hates his new precinct captain - Raymond Holt - because of the man's serious, pragmatic personality, and the fact that he does not respond well to Jake's quirks and jokes. However, he comes to see the man as a father figure and the two make an incredible team. Jake is a good man, empathetic and striving to help people he cares about, and is often deeply affected if he feels he's failed at protecting people in the line of duty.
Pseudonyms[]
Jake, throughout the series, comes up with various names for himself when working:
- Bart Barley - a happy-go-lucky vegetarian who hates violence against animals.
- Rex Buckingham - British secret agent, ballistics expert and ladies' man.
- Dick Kovak - An American cop who was double-crossed and left for dead.
Crushes[]
Jake has had a number of crushes over the years:
- Jenny Gildenhorn - his school crush who dumped him at his Bar Mitzva for Eddie Fung.
- Amy Santiago - his adulthood crush: he and Amy are constantly at each other's throats competitively, but Jake has been shown cryptically, many times, to have a crush on her. Jake and Amy would eventually end up marrying and having a son together