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By contrast, the Davy of the books is so moral that he kidnaps a terrorist, but instead of killing him he dumps him in a hole and gives him food and water until he learns the error of his ways. Seeing the location, David could easily jump there and save people, but he just shrugs and changes the channel. The best example of this is a scene shortly after we are introduced to adult David, when he is lounging in his apartments and flips the channels to find a news report of a flood. Adaptational Jerkass: Done deliberately by Doug Liman due to wanting a protagonist who learns and grows, but it must be said that the David Rice of the movie is rather more amoral and self-centered than the David "Davy" Rice of the books.

Granted, the former is an alcoholic because of said mother leaving them. Abusive Parents: David's father is an alcoholic drunk while his mother is a member of the Ancient Conspiracy tasked with killing all Jumpers, including him.

Abnormal Ammo: Griffin is a master of using Jumping to hurl large and dangerous objects at his enemies, as Roland finds out the hard way courtesy of a double-decker bus.

Jumper provides examples of the following tropes: It's loosely inspired by the novel Jumper by Steven Gould and inspired a Tie-In Novel by Gould, Griffin. Jumper is a 2008 film about people who can teleport around the world, and the fanatical group who hunts them.