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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * FRIEDMAN JACK   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol JAKKS PACIFIC INC [JAKK] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman and Co-CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O JAKKS PACIFIC, INC., 22619 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/31/2009 (Street) MALIBU, CA 90265 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 12/31/2009   D   120,000 (1) D $ 12.12 (4) 178,067 D   Common Stock 01/01/2010   A   120,000 (2) (3) A $ 12.12 (4) 298,067 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FRIEDMAN JACK C/O JAKKS PACIFIC, INC. 22619 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY MALIBU, CA 90265	X		Chairman and Co-CEO

Signatures

/s/ Jack Friedman		01/04/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Reflects the forfeiture of 120,000 shares issued pursuant to the terms of Holder's Employment Agreement that failed to vest pursuant to the terms of that certain January 1, 2009 Restricted Stock Award Agreement by and between the Holder and the Issuer.
(2)	Such 120,000 shares were issued pursuant to the terms of Holder's Employment Agreement with the Issuer and are further subject to the terms of that certain January 1, 2010 Restricted Stock Award Agreement (the "Agreement") by and between the Holder and the Issuer. The Agreement provides that the Holder will forfeit his rights to all 120,000 shares unless certain conditions precedent are met prior to January 1, 2011, including the condition that the Issuer's Pre-Tax Income (as defined in the Agreement) for 2010 exceeds $2,000,000, whereupon the forfeited shares will become authorized but unissued shares of the Issuer's common stock
(3)	The Agreement prohibits the Holder from selling, assigning, transferring, pledging or otherwise encumbering the 120,000 shares prior to January 1, 2011.
(4)	Represents the closing price of the Issuer's common stock on 12/31/09, as reported by Nasdaq.

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