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 then 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" à la Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, 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, where he met fellow YouTubers Jirard "The Completionist" Khalil and Barry Kramer, who was also the first editor for "Game Grumps". 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. Jafari is married to Charlotte "Bear" Claw the ceremony took place on October 23, 2019.