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* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: It's no secret Jackson loved profanity, and he was good at it too. He was so good at it he learned how to do it in two languages (English and Spanish). Quite possibly the only thing he loved more (other than his wife) was his pet parrot, Pol. Jackson loved that bird so much that Pol was even present at the president's funeral... [[Not in Front of the Parrot|right up until he started swearing. In two languages.]] The bird was unceremoniously removed.

* [[Determinator]]: This man didn't let trivial things like getting shot slow him down, kept up his campaign against the Second Bank Of the United States until it was utterly disgraced, and DID NOT back down on his position that secession was illegal.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: Had several moments where he surprised friends and enemies alike.

** Despite his reputation for fighting the British during the War of 1812 and his anti-British sentiments since childhood, he proved very willing to settle diplomatic disputes reasonably and cordially.

** When he got an honorary degree in Law from Harvard, he surprised many in attendance by how erudite he was and displayed [[Canis Latinicus|a profound knowledge of Latin]].

** When he took on the issue of the rechartering of the Second Bank of the US, it's supporters tried to make Jackson look like an undemocratic bully by vetoing its recharter, but he cleverly inverted the same arguments they made and won most of the public to his side in the process, which guaranteed his reelection.

** South Carolina tried to play the underdog over the issue of nullification in 1832. Jackson was expected to do something hotheaded like deploy the army and thus prove their point, but he had cleverly assessed the strength of the resistance and the loyalty of the federal officials long in advance, knew he held the whip hand, and quietly authorized Henry Clay to reduce the tariff rates that had pushed the issue in the first place while saying he wouldn't make the first move. He kept his willingness to let them win the financial side secret so they could claim victory publicly, but he still kept the US together without firing a shot like he wanted in the first place.

* [[Hot-Blooded]]

* [[Immune to Bullets]]: How does a man get shot so many times and still live?

** During the attempt to assassinate him (the first ever attempt on an American President), the would-be murderer pulled a pair of flintlock pistols at point-blank range. Both misfired. Perhaps the damp weather had something to do with it. Or [[Memetic Badass|perhaps the bullets were afraid of him.]]

** During the attempt to assassinate him (the first-ever attempt on an American President), the would-be murderer pulled a pair of flintlock pistols at point-blank range. Both misfired. Perhaps the damp weather had something to do with it. Or [[Memetic Badass|perhaps the bullets were afraid of him.]]

* [[Improbable Age]]: Jackson was all of 12 years old when he joined the American fight for independence.

* [[Insult Backfire]]: His opponents once called him a "jackass" so he adopted that animal as the mascot of the Democratic party.

* [[Made of Iron]]: The sheer amount of bullets he got hit with in life should have killed him several times over, including one lodged a few inches from his heart which never got removed. Eventually he survived so much even his enemies would concede bullets just weren't going to take him down.

* [[Made of Iron]]: The sheer amount of bullets he got hit with in life should have killed him several times over, including one lodged a few inches from his heart which never got removed. Eventually, he survived so much even his enemies would concede bullets just weren't going to take him down.

** [[Dented Iron]]: See above in [[Handicapped Badass]].

* [[Morality Pet]]: His wife, whom he was utterly devoted to, and his much beloved parrot, Pol.

* [[Morality Pet]]: His wife, whom he was utterly devoted to, and his much-beloved parrot, Pol.

* [[Mugging the Monster]]: As mentioned above, an assassin who went after him found out that hard way how bad an idea that was, and Jackson's security was barely able to keep the President from killing the dope.

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: The Creek Indians called Jackson "Sharp Knife".