Jennifer "Jenny" Wakeman is the main protagonist of the Nickelodeon animated series My Life as a Teenage Robot.
She is voiced by Janice Kawaye, who also voices Ami Onuki in Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Dorothy Gale in Dorothy meets Ozma of Oz, Yuzu Kurosaki in Bleach, and Shiori in Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon.
Appearance[]
Jenny stands at 6'6" (2.01 m) tall and weighs roughly 600 lbs. She has white skin and lots of green-blue pieces like "pigtails" with bolts connecting them to her head that can act as rocket boosters, "bangs", "clothes" (a matching crop top, a miniskirt, and boots) and a belly-bolt (a bolt that simulates her belly button) which doubles as a linchpin (as mentioned in "Around the World in Eighty Pieces"). She has hands with 4 fingers each and center holes, a "false nose". Jenny has no ears, instead possessing an auditory system "decades ahead of its time" ("Ear No Evil"). Her body processes are carried out by a fully-functional, metallic electronic brain, which her eyes are connected to ("Mind Over Matter"). Her body also contains several access ports for downloading, charging, and other purposes.
Personality[]
Thanks to having advanced artificial intelligence, Jenny's personality is that of an eager, young, tomboyish teenager. She desires a sense of freedom but also wants acceptance from her peers. She generally possesses a kind personality and likes anything pertaining to teenage activities, but becomes agitated when her mother or her duties get in her way of her enjoyment. Unfortunately, being kind and sweet, she is easily trusting of others and, as a result, can be quite naïve. The Crust Cousins, Brit and Tiff, have often taken advantage of this for self-gain or to humiliate Jenny. Despite this, she can also be mischievous, hotheaded, careless, and stubborn at times, but always learns from her mistakes.
In her duties as a crime fighter and global responder, she is vigilant and determined to get the job done, though she can be reckless and quick to jump the gun in very few instances.
Biography[]
XJ-9 was created by her mother/maternal scientist, Dr. Nora Wakeman. She is friends with Brad Carbunkle, Tuck Carbunkle, and Sheldon Lee. Throughout the series she is shown to act like many teenagers when not saving the world, including a desire to be popular, have a boyfriend, and to keep up with the latest fashion trends. This often causes her to have disagreements with her mother, who doesn't understand Jenny at times. Despite her desire to be normal, she is willing to put her desire aside and has a strong sense of justice. While at times selfish, overall she does her best to help people and fight off dangers to the Earth even at the risk of her own elimination. She has turned down the offer of joining the Cluster and ruling over the humans despite often feeling as if she doesn't fit in with them.
Her human “mother” and creator Dr. Nora Wakeman, despite often becoming exasperated over Jenny's desires to live the life of an ordinary teenage girl and tending to slack on her heroic duties, still loves her daughter dearly.
Dr. Wakeman serves as a typical loving mother to Jenny, concerned for her safety and wellbeing, but often calling at inopportune times for Jenny to save the Earth, and inadvertently embarrassing her in front of her friends. Initially, Wakeman kept XJ-9's existence a secret, insisting that the young robot remain in her room while not defending the planet. But Jenny's loneliness and misery soon prompted Wakeman to change her mind. As a result, she enrolled Jenny in high school to learn alongside other teens and make friends.
Other Media[]
Jenny appears as a DLC character in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, as was revealed and released on 13th May. She is also a playable character in Slime Speedway.
Powers and Abilities[]
As a robot Jenny can fly, has superhuman strength, durability, can't age physically, and possesses superhuman reflexes. Jenny can also shoot lasers from her hands and has other weapons like missile launchers, chainsaws, laser cannons and more. Along side all these abilities she can speak fluently other languages besides English though apparently it is tied to a disk which if lost she can no longer speak the language of that particular disk.
Weaknesses[]
Water: Jenny can become incapacitated if she comes into contact with water. When she touches water, her entire body turns into rust and she becomes immobile, as seen in the intro of My Life as a Teenage Robot.
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Trivia[]
- She has a love for clothing, pretty boys, shopping, and has an overall feminine demeanor. But Jenny also has a tomboyish traits, being a proud action girl, loaded with weapons, and whose friends are mostly male.