Jim Levenstein

Jim is the friend who suffers the most embarrassments. His dad, Noah, catches him with a pie in an awkward moment, and always wants to talk about it. Later, Jim lets Nadia, the exchange student, study at his house, and Stifler talks him into setting up a webcam. The stream goes to the whole school and he becomes the joke of the year. With no hope left, he asks Michelle, from the band, to prom. On the night after prom, it's Michelle who surprises him with a boldness he hadn't seen. He, Oz and Finch refuse to follow the pact out of pure pressure, and in the end all four toast to what comes after high school.

In the second film, Jim seeks out Michelle again, now to learn more about life. At a band camp, he is mistaken for a prodigy and embarrasses himself in public. Nadia announces a visit, and Michelle agrees to pretend they're a couple and break up later. Jim realizes he loves Michelle, lets Nadia down gently and rushes to the camp. In the middle of her concert he walks on stage and kisses her. They return to the party together.

Jim goes to propose to Michelle at a restaurant, but his dad shows up with the ring mid-dinner and the proposal becomes a public, awkward moment. She says yes. Jim starts to doubt he's good enough, while Stifler tries to get involved in the plans. The cake is destroyed, the ring goes missing, and his grandmother complains the bride isn't Jewish. In the end Michelle needs help with her vows, and Noah explains that love is made of actions more than feelings. They marry.

Nine years later, Jim and Michelle have a small child and a life that has lost its spark. At the gang's reunion, Jim is tempted to escape the routine. At Kara's party, the neighbor he used to babysit, she tries to seduce him, but he refuses and takes her home for fear Michelle will get the wrong idea. The mix-up ruins the couple's night. After a talk with his dad, a widower with a new relationship, Jim explains himself and repairs things with Michelle.

Universal wanted Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Jim, but he turned the part down. In the first two films, Jim is the thread of the story. The fourth reunites almost the whole original cast.