Jessie

2007-03-22T06:40:13Z

Broly: /* Released */

{{CharacterInfobox|
name=Jessie |
jname=ムサシ |
tmname=Musashi |
slogan=no |
image=[[Image:SugimoriJessie.png|150px]] |
caption=Art from the TCG |
gender=Female |
hometown=Unknown |
region=[[Kanto]] |
relatives=[[Miyamoto]] |
trainer=yes |
trainerclass=[[Team Rocket ranks|Agent]] |
game=yes |
generation=[[Generation I|I]] |
games=[[Pokémon Yellow|Yellow]] |
leader=no |
team=yes |
teamname=[[Team Rocket]] |
teamrank=[[Team Rocket ranks|Agent]] |
brain=no |
anime=yes |
epnum=EP002 |
epname=Pokémon Emergency! |
}}

'''Jessie''' (Japanese: '''ムサシ''' ''Musashi'') is one half of of the [[Team Rocket]] duo that follows around [[Ash Ketchum]] and friends in the Pokémon [[anime]], in hopes of robbing Ash of [[Ash's Pikachu|his Pikachu]], but typically, they never succeed in stealing Pikachu. Her voice actresses are 林原めぐみ ''[[Megumi Hayashibara]]'' ([[EP002]]-[[AG084]], [[AG093]]-present) and ''Akiko Hiramatsu'' ([[AG085]]-[[AG092]]) in Japanese, [[Rachael Lillis]] ([[EP002]]-[[AG145]]) and [[Michelle Knotz]] ([[AG146]]-present) in English, and [[Isabel Cristina de Sá]] in Brazilian-Portuguese. She and her mother are named for [[wp:Miyamoto Musashi|Miyamoto Musashi]], Edo-period author and swordsman.

Jessie's mother, [[Miyamoto]], was a high-ranking Team Rocket agent. When Jessie was around the age of three, Miyamoto left on a mission to the Andes Mountains to record the voice of the elusive Pokémon {{p|Mew}}. However, Miyamoto disappeared, and Jessie was put into a foster home which had very little money. There were times when she had no choice but to eat snow because of a lack of more nourishing food. When she was old enough, she left home to become a Pokémon nurse in [[Johto]]. However, the school she was enrolled in was literally for ''Pokémon'' nurses, so she failed to graduate and left, leaving behind a {{p|Chansey}} she had befriended there. It is assumed that she then travelled back to [[Kanto]], where she enrolled in [[Pokémon Tech]], a trainer's school, met [[James]], and subsequently failed and dropped out. After this, Jessie and James joined a bicycle gang in [[Sunny Town]], where Jessie was known for swinging a chain above her head as she rode her bike (nicknamed "Chainer Jess").

Due to conflicts in canon between Kanto and Johto episodes and the special episode ''[[H012|Training Daze]]'', what happened between Jessie and James after the bike gang is unknown. What ''is'' known, as shown in the special episode, is that they joined Team Rocket separately and were on initially unfriendly terms after being grouped with [[Meowth (Team Rocket)|Meowth]]. However, they quickly made up and the rest is history.

Sometime before joining Team Rocket, and it is not known when, Jessie obtained a [[Contest Pass]] in the [[Hoenn]] region. Also during the years before Team Rocket, she had several boyfriends, all of whom left her and/or treated her badly.

She has a long-standing bitter rivalry with [[Cassidy]], another member of Team Rocket. Another member, [[Wendy]], held a grudge against Jessie for failing to pay for a drink (making Wendy pay), but got her revenge when she added the charge to Jessie's overall Team Rocket bill.

In the episode ''[[Ignorance is Blissey]]'', Jessie was reunited with her friend Chansey from the Pokémon nurse school; Chansey had since evolved into a {{p|Blissey}}.

While Jessie's role in the Pokémon anime has not yet ended, in [[Toshihiro Ono|Toshihiro Ono's]] manga, ''[[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]'', she ended up married to James and with child.

The belief, hope, or theory that Jessie and James will become a romantic couple in the Pokémon anime is [[RocketShipping]].

Jessie seems to have a thing for snake-like [[Pokémon]], owning both an {{p|Arbok}} and a {{p|Seviper}}.

=Name origin=
[[image:Jessie.jpg|right|thumb|Jessie]]
Jessie's English name is taken from [[wp:Jesse James|Jesse James]], an American outlaw. Her Japanese name, Musashi, is taken from 宮本武蔵 ''[[wp:Miyamoto Musashi|Miyamoto Musashi]]'', a famous Japanese swordsman. In his most famous duel, he defeated his rival, 佐々木小次郎 ''[[wp:Sasaki Kojirō|Sasaki Kojirō]]'', after whom James got his Japanese name.

She is based on a combination of [[Takeshi Shudō]]'s old girlfriend from when he was in school and the female antagonist of the ''[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1472 Time Bokan]'' anime series.

=Pokémon=
So far, Jessie has captured at least one new Pokémon in every region but [[Sinnoh]].
==On hand==

* [[Jessie's Seviper|Seviper]]
* {{p|Wurmple}} → {{p|Cascoon}} → [[Jessie's Dustox|Dustox]]
* [[Jessie's Wobbuffet|Wobbuffet]]

==Released==

* [[Brock's Croagunk|Croagunk]] (actually more along the lines of abandoning it)
* {{p|Charizard}}
* {{p|Magikarp}}
* {{p|Ekans}} → [[Jessie's Arbok|Arbok]]
* [[Jessie's Lickitung|Lickitung]]
* {{p|Shellder}} → {{p|Slowbro}}
* Chansey → [[Blissey]]

=Appearances=

* Pokémon anime, [[EP002]]-Present
* [[Pokémon Yellow]]
* [[Pokémon Puzzle League]]
* ''[[It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket!]]''
* ''The Electric Tale of Pikachu''

==Musical appearances==

* ''[[Team Rocket Forever (English)]]''
* ''[[Team Rocket Forever (Japanese)]]'' (ロケット団よ永遠)
* ''[[Meowth's Party (English)]]''
* ''[[Meowth's Party (Japanese)]]'' (ニャースのパーティ)
* ''[[Face Forward Team Rocket!]]'' (前向きロケット団！)
* ''[[Double Trouble]]''
* ''[[Pokémon Christmas Bash]]''
* ''[[The Christmas Song]]''

==In the games==
Both Jessie and James appear in Pokémon Yellow as antagonists. They first attack the main character in [[Mt. Moon]], while trying to take one of the rare [[fossil]]s uncovered there.

Later, in [[Celadon City]]'s [[Rocket Game Corner]], Jessie and James guard Giovanni's room in the Team Rocket base.

They hold Mr. Fuji hostage at [[Pokémon Tower]]. They attack the main character on the seventh floor.

Finally, at [[Silph Co.]] in [[Saffron City]], Jessie and James make their final appearance, once again trying to stall the main character from reaching their Boss.

Unlike in the anime, Jessie and James do not follow the main character around and come up with their usual evil plans to capture Pikachu.

===First battle===
* Level 14 Ekans
* Level 14 Meowth
* Level 14 Koffing

===Second battle===
* Level 25 Koffing
* Level 25 Meowth
* Level 25 Ekans

===Third battle===
* Level 27 Weezing
* Level 27 Arbok
* Level 27 Meowth

===Fourth battle===
* Level 31 Weezing
* Level 31 Arbok
* Level 31 Meowth

==In the TCG==
Jessie and James appear on both versions of the card ''Here Comes Team Rocket'', which originally released in the [[Team Rocket (TCG)|Team Rocket]] set; it was re-released with different artwork in [[EX Team Rocket Returns]]. In that expansion, there was also a preconstructed [[Theme Deck]] based on [[Jessie (TCG)|Jessie]].

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