Jerry Smith MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Jerry Smith? Jerry Smith is an ESFJ personality type in MBTI, 6w7 - so/sp - 639 in Enneagram, SLUAN in Big 5, ESE in Socionics.
He is a very unhealthy Fe dom, who just wants to be loved. His entire personality is built around his need to impress others. That's the reason he doesn't break up with Beth despite them being bad for each other: he simply can't function without her approval. He works a normal office job because he enjoys the approval he gets from others for doing well in it, he's stuck in a toxic relationship with someone he impregnated in highschool because he fears no one else will like him, and while he tries his best to be a good father to Morty and Summer, he has no spine and no real identity, which leads him to be exploited and constantly teased by his own family members, including his wife. Jerry is overly arrogant and overconfident compared to his lack of skill or expertise, which leads him to situations where he refuses help simply to show others he's capable, despite him clearly needing it. In one episode, he gets trapped in the air using one of Rick's gadgets, and refuses help in an attempt to show that he doesn't depend on him. In another episode, he tries to teach his kids how to make smores, and when they get disinterested in him, he teaches an army of rejects how to make them, accidentally becoming their God in the process. In every situation where he gains power and influence in the plot, he becomes a megalomaniac, which causes him to powertrip. This is because the power he gains makes him feel worthy, despite the small dick energy it gives. This dynamic gets flipped on its head completely in season 3 - on that season his wife divorces him, he loses his job and also the respect of his children, which makes it the complete opposite to the 2 seasons beforehand. In this new world, Jerry has to deal with not being the head of the house anymore, not having a routine and having his social needs unmet. On that season we see him externally deal with it pretty well, even finding an alien mate in the process, but it's clear that he didn't get over Beth and the loss of connection with his family, and others can see through him. A different perspective on his character that also shows a different dynamic is that of the original Jerry (the one in the universe our Rick and Morty abandoned). In that universe, Jerry gets buff as hell and is actually capable of defending his family and provide for them. This is supposed to represent the best version of himself, which he ironically only becomes after Rick leaves, showing that maybe he's not the only one who's the problem. In a sense, Jerry is the epitome of a manchild, who's so busy in looking like an adult that he forgets to actually live for himself, and is so invested in the perception of others in society that he fails to look at the world through his own lens. At the same time, all of us are a bit like Jerry: most of us are insecure and worried of what others think of us, and even those that don't rely on social feedback, which is why it's so fun to laugh at him. He's the perfect scapegoat. The truth is that Jerry is simply a representation of what will happen if an average guy will find himself in odd scenarios, because he is really nothing special. He's the everyman, who's externally very happy with his status, job and routine, but doesn't have the courage to look inwards and see that it's all a facade. It's just that here he is forced to look inwards by his own family members, who constantly point to his insecurities and make him reflect on himself. While in the real world guys like him will be the most popular, here he is the odd man out. In short (relatively speaking), he is the prime example of an unhealthy ESFJ. His Fe and inferior Ti are constantly highlighted in the show, with his Si and tert Ne following. The only time we ever see a healthy version of him is when Rick is not in the picture and there's a literal apocalypse, and if that's what is takes for his character to develop then I don't know what saving grace there is to our current Jerry.
