Jack Staples



Jack Staples (also known as Lumberjack) is the secondary antagonist of the Fillmore! episode "Immune to all but Justice". He is right-hand man of Winston Kotter.

Role
Jack Staples was first seen hiding something in X Middle School's cafeteria during the Canada Cares celebration. He was spotted by Safety Patrol officers Ingrid Third, who chased him throughout the cafeteria and managed to catch him with the help from Fillmore, but Penny Madrid points out that Staples is actually working Kotter, who used his diplomatic immunity to vouch for Staples. Eventually, O'Farrell learned that Staples was smuggling counterfeit baseball cards and printing ink that were in Kotter's possession, prompting Fillmore and Third to head over to confront Kotter for his actions before leaving.

Deciding to take things up a notch, Kotter sends in Staples and several thugs posing as hockey players to attack Fillmore and Penny when they found more of the counterfeit stash. Fortunately, Fillmore and Penny escaped, and the former confronted Winston at the Canadian consulate before leaving. Unperturbed, Winston continues on with his plan by sending Staples to purchase several plates to print out the fake baseball cards. He then spotted Penny calling Fillmore, prompting him to take Penny prisoner in the school's natatorium. As Kotter gets his thugs to produce the baseball cards using a printing press inside the pool, he plans on pinning the blame on Penny to cover his tracks.

However, this wasn't the case when Fillmore and Third arrived to the rescue by taking down Stapels and the other thugs, but Kotter traps Fillmore in a life float, boasting that he can't stop him. Fortunately, Vallejo and the rest of the Safety Patrol arrive to the rescue and shuts down the printing process by filling the pool with water. As Winston and his thugs are taken into custody, he vows to have the entire Safety Patrol expelled, but Vallejo points that he can't use his diplomatic immunity to weasel his way out, much to Kotter's dismay.

It can be implied that Staples, along with Kotter and his other thugs, are taken into custody for their actions; even Fillmore found out that Penny was involved of the operation the entire time and took her into custody for her betrayal.