According to Jafari, in an episode of the Internet gaming webseries Game Grumps, Jacques was originally to speak in a stereotypical jive voice, with Jafari's mouth being super-imposed onto the character's face, rather than his eyes glowing red whenever he talked. Jafari usually incorporates elements of sketch comedy into these episodes, to display his reactions to the video game that he is reviewing. He is usually accompanied by his green-cheeked parakeet, Jacques, who speaks with a robotic voice. In each episode of JonTron, Jafari reviews singular games, as well as games of a particular theme, franchise, or genre. He uploaded a two-part review of the Nintendo 64 version of the game Daikatana, the first installment in his JonTron series. He stated that he chose the name JonTron because it was 'reminiscent of technology' and that the show was originally going to be called JonTron 2.0. On August 31, 2010, Jafari created a YouTube channel called JonTronShow. Jafari uploaded videos on in 2010, reviewing games such as GoldenEye 007 and at ScrewAttack, he met creator Austin 'PeanutButterGamer' Hargrave. In 2006, he made a YouTube account under the same name. Jafari created a Newgrounds account under the name 'BirdmanXZ6' in 2003, and uploaded five animations depicting anthropomorphic onions. He attended Palos Verdes Peninsula High School from 2004 to 2008.

He is of Hungarian descent on his mother's side, and Iranian descent on his father's side. Jonathan Aryan Jafari was born in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on March 24, 1990, to Afshin and Irene Jafari. As of July 2023, his YouTube channel JonTronShow has 6.66 million subscribers and 1.32 billion views. Jafari is the co-creator and former co-host of the Let's Play webseries Game Grumps, and co-created the video game entertainment website Normal Boots. He is best known for his eponymous YouTube web series JonTron, where he reviews and parodies video games, films and other media. Jonathan Aryan Jafari ( / ˈ ɛər i ən/) (born March 24, 1990), better known online as JonTron, is an American YouTuber, comedian, and media reviewer.

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