Jawbreakers are enemies that are first encountered in Kaos' Kastle, as the villain Brute. They, like the Goliath Drows, can protect themselves with their fists from the front, so is advisable to attack from behind. Jawbreakers have the special ability to launch a mega punch. If the attack fails, it falls to the ground, providing an opportunity to attack. If the attack succeeds, the Jawbreaker pause to laugh, which also serves as an opening in its guard.
Trivia
Strangely, although Jawbreakers appear to be large enemies, attacks that don't affect most large enemies (like Wrecking Ball's Enemy Slurp, Fright Rider's A Real Drag and Crusher's Stone Beam) do work on Jawbreakers. It is unknown if this is a glitch or if it’s because Jawbreakers aren't programmed as large enemies.
A Trap Master Skylander shares the same name as this enemy.
Jawbreakers resemble Trog Wanderers, as both have green skin and yellow eyes. Although Jawbreakers also bear some visual similarities to Drow and Trolls, their actual species in unknown.
In Skylanders Giants, the Jawbreakers' introduction text contains a typo: "He bobs, we weaves, but he also drops his guard."
Jawbreakers were originally going to be called “Iron Spike Trollsen,” implying that Jawbreakers were originally going to be Trolls.
Jawbreakers are not affected by the charm Sudsy Soap, possibly because they are not programmed as large enemies/trolls.
If you trick a Jawbreaker into lunging off the edge of the level to its death, a special animation (completely different from their normal animation for falling off the map) will play. This special animation has the Jawbreaker humorously fall face-first off the island with its legs flailing in the air. Because of this, Jawbreakers are the only enemies in the series to have multiple animations for falling off the map. These animations can also be seen on the 3DS version
On nightmare mode, a single punch from a Jawbreaker can do over 900 damage to a Skylander, making it the strongest attack from in non-boss enemy in all of Giants. Any Skylander, save for a few of the Giants at max level, will be KO’d instantly if they are hit by the attack.
Jawbreakers' voices are lower-pitched versions of Blaze Brewer’s voices. Their voices are reused as the voices of the regular enemy version of Pain-Yatta.