He was always a real hero, in the way he was portrayed, he usually had a job to do and did it, it sucked cause of the struggle of his brother having one of those aliens in his head though.
Absolutely. Jake... is a war general in a teenager's body. I love them all, but maybe my soft-spot is a little softer for Jake, simply because... God. Nobody should have to make the kind of decisions he did. Ever.