| Jaden Cain | |
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| Portrayed By | Justin Long |
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| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | June 11, 1985 |
| Age | 24 |
| Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
| Aliases | J-Dubb, Cainframe, The New Million Dollar Man, Richie Rich, Madrox, Billion Dollar Brat |
| Place of Birth | New York City, NY, USA |
| Current Location | New York City, NY, USA |
| Occupation | Professional Slacker / CEO of Evolution Software / Vigilante |
| Known Relatives | Cynthia Walters (mother), Edward Cain (father, deceased), Charles Walters (uncle) |
| Significant Other | Enter Your Measurements Here for a Shot at a Date with Jaden Cain! |
| Known Abilities | Replication |
| First Appearance | How To Tell Your Mom She Sucks And Not Hurt Her Feelings |
Jaden Cain is the eccentric CEO of Evolution Software (EvoSoft) and resident Professional Slacker. When he's not finding some unorthodox way to run his inherited Fortune 500 corporation, he can usually be found with a bowl of cereal and a cartoon marathon. In addition to being a hot shot billionaire, he's also the lead guitarist in a fairly capable cover band (complete with cult following): Jaden & The Chipmunks. Underneath all of that, though, Jaden Cain is nothing more than a big ol' kid with big ol' dreams and a crapload of money to spend on 'em. Since his return to the United States, though, there's been something different about Jaden. Something… mysterious. Huh.
History
October 11, 1984. Edward Cain launches his Evolution Software. In celebration, he gets to spend some quality biblical time with aspiring actress, Cynthia "Candy" Walters. That was their only night together. When Edward awoke the next day, there was no Cynthia to be found. No phone number, no anything. So he did the only thing he could possibly do and that's focus on Evolution Software.
Nine months later, on June 11, 1985, Jaden was born. Apparently, Cynthia felt something for Edward because she kept the pregnancy from him her entire term. It wasn't until Jaden was born did she inform Edward of the child. By this time, Evolution Software was already climbing the 'charts' in terms of computer programming and started to make some serious waves. Cynthia didn't ask for a dime. She only wanted Edward to know about his son. She sent pictures, a letter and an assurance that she would keep things quiet. Even from Jaden.
Jaden grew up in a fairly abnormal household. Raised by his mother and her neighbors, he never really had any sort of father figure. Nor did he ever really learn too much responsibility. His mother was blossoming into a fine, B-Movie level actress, which lent her to more late night cable television films than anything actually worthy of mention. All through middle and high school, though, he was the most popular of his male friends as they all seemed to be fans of the Bikini Hero, of which his mother was the buxom star of.
Jaden never really wanted to know about his father. He never had a reason to. He formed a tight bond with his mother to the point where she became his best friend. They spent many nights laughing it up watching her movies and poking fun at each other. All the while, Edward Cain's business was signing contracts all over the place. Their new software programs were revolutionizing the computer imagery and global positioning world, which meant big bucks for Mr. Cain. Contracts with the US Government, Sony, Primatech Paper and others were signed and the money started rolling in. He was on his way to being a software mogul and he loved every minute of it.
School life for Jaden wasn't nearly as fun as his home life. He never really found anything that he was good at. Nothing really seemed to grab him. He maintained a stellar C average and even some of those grades were because he worked his gift of gab on the teachers. It seemed that he was headed for mediocrity and he didn't really seem to mind. He breezed through high school the same way his mother breezed through her movies. One grade after another. He had no high hopes, no real purpose to graduate other than his mom saying he had to.
He did manage to graduate though and his mother was as proud as ever. So was Edward. Not that he was a known person at the graduation. He simply invited himself to the ceremony and watched his son walk across the stage. While Jaden went out to party with his friends, Edward and Candy talked. Edward wanted to use his money and influence to get Jaden into some Ivy League college. Candy didn't want that. They talked. They argued. They threw hissy fits. In the end, Candy walked away with that victory and Jaden could move on to his next destiny, unhindered by his father's interest in his life.
Community College. If there was ever someone that could excel at being in community college, it was Jaden Walters. He somehow found his calling at being something of a 'Welcome to College' guru for the school. It was unofficial, of course, but people (especially freshman) seemed to gravitate to him in terms dealing with people. He was a people person. Always had been. But there really never was anything more to it than that. Not really anyway. Not that he was aware of.
It wasn't until his 20th birthday party did he find out he was something more than just an everyday, normal slacker. A fight broke out between his mother and one of her useless boyfriends on the balcony. He couldn't get through the crowd in time and Bastard Boyfriend smacked Candy down with a drunken fury. She stumbled and went over the railing, but managed to grab on. The drunken fool was intent on getting rid of her though, but it wasn't her time to die. Jaden rushed to the railing, shoving the boyfriend out of the way and reached over to help pull her back up. The drunk boyfriend moved to attack him… but Jaden tackled him to the ground, while Jaden laid into his face with a series of right hands.
Wait. Three Jadens?
With the boyfriend out cold, Jaden helped Jaden drag his mother back up to the balcony. She was a bit too busy clinging to her son to realize that there were three of them on the balcony with her. As the Jadens helped the crowd to disperse, Candy confronted her three sons. Neither one of them could explain what happened and neither could Candy. They're bond was too strong for something like this to break, though and they grew even closer. Candy found herself hugging her Jaden as the other two faded away.
For the next two years, Jaden spent his days training and learning to control this special ability. Not for any other application than using it. Period. He certainly wasn't looking to become some sort of superhero or anything, but he wanted to explore every dynamic of this ability he could. He found that with concentration he could split off duplicates of himself and send them to places near and afar. Then, with even more concentration, absorb the memories of them into his own mind. It was like being two, three, seven places at once. How cool is that?
December 31, 2006. New Year's Eve. The night that everything changed for Jaden and his mother. Edward Cain was found in his apartment, dead, from some highly unnatural causes. Upon his death, his lawyers were instructed to find his son and deliver to him the contents of his safety deposit box. The most important thing in there being his will.
They found Jaden the next morning, sleeping on the floor next to his mother. Both were trashed and apparently on the verge of dual hangovers when the knocking on the door opened their eyes painfully. Jaden and Candy spent most of the meeting trying to sober up, while the lawyers spilled the good and bad news. The bad news was that Jaden's father, Edward Cain, was dead. The good news is that he had left his fortune and the company to Jaden: No Strings Attached.
So this is where everything stands now. Jaden is in the middle of stabilizing his special ability. He's also the sudden new CEO of the new Fortune 500 company, Evolution Software. The news has been broken that software mogul, Edward Cain, is dead and actually fathered an illegitimate child with a somewhat bad actress. Both mother and son have taken on the 'Cain' name, out of respect for the late Edward Cain and the fact that it sounds much cooler on TV.
One Year Later…
As far as anyone is concerned, Jaden Cain has done nothing but run Evolution Software for the time that is considered One Year Later. In all actuality, though, Jaden has been on a non-stop journey across the entire world… at the same time. Jaden's Evolved ability allowed him to be in more than one place at the same time, which also enabled him to take up many different facets of life that he never really had an interest in.
With some poking and prodding from an employee and friend, Jaden found himself studying everything from martial arts to foreign languages to marksmanship to piloting to cultural humanities and then some. It was like he was on a crash course to become something greater than the slacker that he had already proven himself to be. it was a grueling twelve months of hard work, that's for sure. But the many Jadens made it easier on the original, as he didn't do much of anything but engross himself in comic books and superhero movies. Not that he wasn't already an expert, for the record.
Upon returning to the dreaded city of New York, Jaden has taken it upon himself to do more than just make more and more money off the citizens of the world. He has found himself a purpose. A role. He has made a decision that he cannot go back on.
It's Time.
Timeline
When Things Trouble You Call DW —> Jaden makes his first appearance as Darkwing (Dork), assisting some delicious damsels in distress in Central Park.
Replication
Jaden has the ability to replicate himself. Each duplicate, or Ditto as Jaden likes to call them sometimes, comes initially with the skills, talents and features of the original. This gets tricky in the way that with the duplicates being exact copies of Jaden, it's difficult to pinpoint which one is the real one. The trump card that Jaden has over the duplicates is the fact that they're all psychic constructs from his mind. He mentally creates each and every duplicate that pops up into existence.
When duplicates are created, the process is instantaneous. Having a couple of years to play with his ability has given him the luxury of learning and using it well. Upon creation, the duplicate is linked psychically to Jaden's mind. The duplicate's free will can be overridden by Jaden Prime, if necessary. Though, arguments with himself tend to happen often, based on the clashing of the same personalities. On that same token, this also allows them to work together in the most almost perfect of ways.
There are some limitations to the replication ability though, as there are with all powers. Theoretically, Jaden can produce an infinite number of duplicates. However, he has created no more than 25 as of recently. Since the duplicates are created psychically, they pop (literally) into existence within his immediate area. Never more than a couple of feet away from Jaden Prime. The fact that all of his duplicates are created with free will can be something of an issue at times, considering that he knows how himself is and that could lead to problems communicating with each other.
A more personal "catch" to this ability is the fact that it also seems to be linked to his emotional state. In times of stress or great emotionalness, a duplicate or two may just show up without Jaden consciously created them. Because of the psychic link, Jaden also ends up with extreme headaches whenever one of the duplicates feels pain. It's almost as if the manifestation of pain is transferred directly to his mind. If a duplicate dies, it's very likely Jaden could end up unconscious or in worse shape.
Getting rid of duplicates is something that pretty much comes with the territory of creating them. Jaden can simply absorb them back into his mind without needing too much cause. He can just, well, think them away. However, this becomes harder the farther away they are. The range for instantaneous de-duplication is only a few feet. This turns into a problem when a copy decides to run off and party. On the upside, though, he can use his psychic link to keep his copies from doing anything too stupid as well as transfer information from their brains to his. It's like being everywhere at once.
With the duplicates being psychic constructs from his mind, they're not real. But they are real to Jaden. This allows him to "absorb" the duplicates into himself for different stunts and use their abilities, strength, skills, etc. For instance, he's capable of using a duplicate to heal himself of a bullet wound. The duplicate is made of psionic though-waves, but has taken physical form and it actually takes serious concentration to absorb a duplicate. This isn't the same as just making them go away, because then they float back into the ether of his brain. Absorbing duplicates is the act of actually pulling them into his body for different things.
OYL Upgrade: Jaden Cain spent a year training to use his ability to the best of his knowledge. That is all.
Personality
Nothing ever really seems to phase Jaden. This isn't to say he's emotionless or anything, but he just sort of has this constant aura of being calm and collected. He may be freaking out in his mind, but on the surface he'll be trying his hardest to remain in control of the situation. This usually leads to him losing control of situations and ending up freaking out anyway, but at least he's willing to put forth the effort to try and, at least, look like he's got everything under control. Which is the case sometimes.
He's a talker. That's what he does. He's not particularly suave or smooth or fast talky, so much as he's just good with words. He's charismatic, is what he is and he uses this to his advantage as much as possible. Beyond that, he comes from a generally laid back lifestyle. He comes standard with the usual slacker sensibilities: irresponsible, addicted to fun, unable to commit… that whole nine yards. He applies this to his life and tends to just take the days as they come.
He's very slow to anger. In fact, to the point where it seems like he's never really angry. He holds grudges though and will make sure to seek revenge on those that may hurt him or his mother. She's his best friend and he'll do anything for her. Everyone else is, in a sense, expendable. Not in a ruthless or heartless manner, though. It's just the way things are. He's not a malicious dude, but nor is he exactly in the running to become a great hero. He looks out for himself and his Mom and those are the best interests that he cares about the most.
He possess a sense of wit and sarcasm that's probably only rivaled by a man known as Peter Parker. So look out.
Relationships
Jaden Cain has a lot of people that surround him. They've been categorized into different sections via this guy's crazy mind. Some people have even managed to make it into two groups, which means that Jaden must really care about them. Anyway, this is just a list of all those wonderful people that Jaden loves to spend time with. Or is forced to spend time with. Oh, these are just people, dammit! Read on!
This is Candy Cain, Jaden's Mother and BFF. They are inseperable, to say the least. They enjoy the same things, same lifestyle and both are still new to this whole being richer than everyone else thing. Still, though, they are grounded enough to not showboat. They're much rather squander their funds on fun times and parties. Recently, though, Candy's business-mind kicked in and the creation of Candyland Studios was brought to the forefront. Over the past year, Candyland Studios has blossomed from a local production studio into an up and coming powerhouse. Go Mom!
Note: Candy Cain is open for Application. Please contact Jaden on game to audition for this CRUCIAL role. Also, she dorked Christian Bale. ICly. Awesome Canonical History Fact! Had two previous incarnations, one Evolved and one Not.
This is Crazy Uncle Charlie, Jaden's (obviously) crazy uncle. He's about the closest family that the Cains have, being Cynthia's brother and all. He's a freeloading, out of work, but talented comedian that happens to be related to one of the richest families ever created on the face of the planet. Jaden and Uncle Charlie get along, very well, as they both share the same sentiment about a hard day's work: Don't Do It.
Note: Much like his sister, Uncle Charlie is definitely open for application. It would be fun to see the whole Cain family running around the grid. Optional Evolved status.
Darkwing Dork
Jaden Cain spent the entire One Year Later… in training to become a crimefighting superhero. Unfortunately, he's Jaden and he's incapable of becoming as awesome as he could be, due to a variety of factors, most of which involve the female gender. At any rate, Jaden has not given up on his dream of doing his part to protect New York City from the evil that lurks throughout the night… and sometimes early evening. And thus, his transformation into Darkwing Dork has come to pass.
Combining the efforts of EvoSoft technology with the special effects and general showmanship of Candyland Studios, Jaden has created himself a heroic image to do battle with, in homage of one of his most favorite cartoons ever: Darkwing Duck. Of course, being human, the duck doesn't work out too well, so he's settles for Darkwing. The "dork" comes in because, well, he's Jaden.
Perhaps a capable hero, in some regard, Darkwing Dork does his part to right the wrongs that have come to pass. All the while, he continues to keep his Billionaire Playboy image up front to hide his identity from the masses. Only a select few are priviledged enough to know his secet and they, in their own ways, assist him with his nightly struggles to clean up these mean streets!
Keen Gear
Coming Soon!
Roadside Assistance
Coming Soon!
Evolution Software
Evolution Software is currently one of the leading, if not the top tier, in software development. They currently possess contracts all over the world for a multitude of different software programs for computers of all operating systems. All of its products are reverse compatible with older computer models and are updated on a constant basis to allow for utmost perfection in processing and use. Evolution Software is always growing and changing, thus the name.
As a business Evolution Software does amazing things financially. The Board of Directors knows what they're doing and are fiercely loyal to the company, wanting to see it prosper without a single snag in the plans. The company itself rakes in profits in the millions, though the net worth of the corporation lends itself to being in the billion dollar range. It has spent numerous years in the Fortune 500 and shows no signs in losing its steam. Look out, Microsoft.
As far as the product line goes for Evolution Software, they got their start in tracking and satellite imaging. However, since then they've broaden their horizons to encompass a variety of different things. From edutainment and gaming to market research to graphic design… it seems like Evolution Software is all over the computing world.
| Name | Position |
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| Jaden Cain | CEO / President |
| Laurence Lancaster | Silent Partner |
| Shane "Shaggy" Andrews | Vice President |
| Eric Walker | Unofficial Executive Vice President in Charge of Lancaster Relations |
| Ramon Gomez | Board of Directors, Chairman |
| Catherine Barkin | Board of Directors, Member |
| Gene Kensington | Research & Development |
| Ingrid Marie Rivera (Miss Puerto Rico 2008) | Jaden Cain's Secretary |
| Candy Cain | Scooby Snacks Catering |
| Stone Cold Steve Austin | Head of Security |
Evolution Software is an IC company. People are welcome to app into it or have connections with the company in some form or fashion. Just contact me first to talk it out!
Jaden and The Chipmunks
Jaden and The Chipmunks serves Jaden's musical purposes. The initial group itself is something that came about one night when Jaden and his college buddies were higher than all get out. After discussing the social ramifications of singing chipmunks on the world's economy and coming to the conclusion that it was obviously a plot by the American Government to brainwash everyone and cause love and peace for the utmost cute degree, Jaden came up with the idea of starting a band to do the same thing. As a cover band, they travel the nation, performing whatever songs they can memorize and bring a little joy to people. All their concerts are free and pen to everyone. Though, some parental guidance is suggested.
- Members
- Jaden Cain (Lead Guitar and Vocals)
- Shane "Shaggy" Andrews (Drums)
- Christian Naples (Bass Guitar and Vocals)
Soundtrack
Coming Soon!
Quotes
Coming Soon!
Trivia
- Scooby Snacks are a personal favorite of Jaden's. His mother bakes these for him by the pound, so more often than not, he's munching on a couple of these. Yes, even during business meetings.
- Jaden and his mom are BFFs. This bond cannot be broken.
- Jaden has an unnatural obsession with cartoons. More often than not you can find him quoting, watching or generally being addicted to them. He's a big kid.
- Jaden's Phone Number: 238-9333 (WEED)
- Jaden's religion is Kryptonian. "In Zod We Trust."
- Ripley's Believe It or Not says: "Jaden Cain has one true ability, beyond his unknown evolved power. He can literally look at a female and guess their exact measurements, without fail."
- Jaden Cain's vice of depression is Yoohoo Chocolate Milk.
- Jaden now has a Naked Mole Rat for a pet. He keeps it with him at all times. In his pocket. His name is Rufus.
