Officer Jenny (Japanese: ジュンサー Junsar) is (or are) police officers who use Pokémon in their duties. Her Japanese name is a play on 巡査 junsa, police; policeman.

In the anime

Officer Jenny is not a single entity. Rather, there are dozens and dozens of Jennys working as police officers across the regions.

As a rule, Officer Jennys are brave, determined, but ineffective police officers who fight against the likes of Team Rocket, Team Magma, and Team Aqua - along with miscellaneous other criminals.

They are not entirely identical, though aside from themselves, it seems that Brock is the only one who can tell them apart. However, each Jenny will have a different symbol on her hat that indicates location. There seem to be two Viridian Jennys, as during the Indigo Conference, two Jennys with the same hat symbol were seen side-by-side. (We know that the symbol in question--a star--indicates Viridian due to previous episodes.) One of the Viridian Jennys maintains a fierce rivalry with the Jenny of Eterna City.

Supposedly, they are all extremely similar-looking relatives - cousins, sisters, etc. However, fans have proposed various other theories has been suggested for the strange phenomenon - everything from time travel to cloning. However, they are all voiced by the same person. In Japanese, they are voiced by 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura. In English, they are voiced by Megan Hollingshead (EP002-AG040), Jamie Davyous Owens (AG041-AG145), Diane Stillwell (MMoP), Jamie Peacock (AG146-AG154), Maya Rosewood (AG155) and Emily Williams (AG156-present). In the Brazilian dub, they are voiced by Raquel Marinho.

Although there are many exceptions, Officer Jenny will generally have Growlithe to use as a police dog.

There is a very distinct parallel between the families of Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy. This may indicate some sort of relation or deeper connection, and fans have sometimes speculated about such. However, the only thing known about the two families is that they are apparently on good terms.

Ash's Squirtle was given to an Officer Jenny who fights fires. It is the leader of a group of four other Squirtles known as the "Squirtle Squad", who serve as the local firefighting team.

Pokémon

This listing is for Officer Jenny's usual Pokémon in the anime.

• Growlithe

Other

This listing is for Pokémon various individual Officer Jennys have had during the course of the anime.

• Gastly
• Spinarak
• Squirtle (The Squirtle Squad)
• Wobbuffet
• Jumpluff
• Pidgeot
• Parasect
• Tangela
• Meganium
• Blastoise
• Arcanine
• Stunky

In the games

In Pokémon Yellow, Officer Jenny will give out a Squirtle in Vermilion City. An Officer Jenny also replaces the generic male officer in Cerulean City.

External links

• Junsar's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

Trivia

• Officer Jenny may be based on the Officer/Policeman trainer class.