Jessie
| Jessie ムサシ Musashi | |
[[File: |{{{size}}}]]Art from the TCG | |
| Age | 25 (est. by Pokeani) |
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| Gender | Female |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Hair color | Purple |
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Kanto |
| Relatives | Miyamoto (mother) |
| Trainer class | Agent |
| Generation | I |
| Games | Yellow |
| Member of | Team Rocket |
| Rank | Agent |
| Partner | James |
| Anime debut | Pokémon Emergency! |
| English voice actor | Rachael Lillis (4Kids) Michelle Knotz (PUSA) |
| Japanese voice actor | Megumi Hayashibara Akiko Hiramatsu (temp.) |
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, usually trying to steal Ash's Pikachu, but always fail. Her Japanese voice actresses are 林原めぐみ Megumi Hayashibara (EP002-AG084, AG093-present) and Akiko Hiramatsu (AG085-AG092). Her English voice actresses are Rachael Lillis (4Kids dub) and Michelle Knotz (Pokémon USA/TAJ Productions dub). She is voiced by Isabel Cristina de Sá in the Brazilian Portuguese dub and by Diana Pérez in Latin-American Spanish dub.
In the anime
Character
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 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 (i.e. Chansey), so she failed to graduate and left, leaving behind a 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 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. 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 Blissey.
Starting in Hoenn, Jessie has become a Pokémon Coordinator, entering every contest that she could. She frequently makes it to the battle round, but usually loses there. However, in Borrowing on Bad Faith, she finally succeeded in winning an (unofficial) contest by using Ash's Aipom, which she had saved earlier in the episode. And, in DP061, she finally wins an official contest with her Dustox in at Solaceon City. She has Contest Passes to compete in the Hoenn, Kanto, and Sinnoh regions.
While Jessie's role in the Pokémon anime has not yet ended, in 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 special preference for snake-like Pokémon, owning both an Arbok and a Seviper. In The Ninja Poké Showdown, she expressed a preference for Template:Type2 Pokémon in general.
For unknown reasons, she, James and Meowth mostly use hot air balloons instead of faster ways of transportation.
In the Kanto contests, Jessie disguises herself as Jessebella (which is similar to James former fiancee Jessiebelle)wearing a red dress and glasses. Eventually, Ash, Brock, Max and May finds out her true identity at the last contest.
During the Kanto Grand Festival, Jessie dreses up as Jessalina (Japanese: キャンディ・ムサリーナ Candy Musalina). and wears glasses, long white socks, a yellow and orange dress, and has her hair in pigtails. She works there as an announcer and Lilian Meridian's assistant; Lilian herself says she may not really like "Jessalina"'s style, but recognizes her talent. In the Latin American dub, she enters Super Contests under the name Jessiebella (referencing Jessiebelle again). Jessie currently still continues to use the Jessalina disguise while participating in Super Contests.
Pokémon
So far, Jessie has captured at least one new Pokémon in every region but Sinnoh.
On hand
 Seviper |
 Wobbuffet |
Released
 →  Ekans → Arbok | |
 Magikarp |
 Shellder |
 →  →  Wurmple → Cascoon → Dustox | |
Traded away
 Lickitung (Traded to Benny) |
Borrowed
 Weezing |
- Jessie borrowed Weezing from James in EP052.
 Cacnea |
 Chimecho |
 Mime Jr. |
 Carnivine |
- Jessie has borrowed James' Pokémon from him for various Pokémon Contests.
 Cacturne |
 Banette |
| File:190f.png Aipom |
Temporary
 Charizard |
 Croagunk |
- Jessie received Charizard by mistake and was forced to give it back.
- Jessie abandoned Croagunk, though she never actually captured it.
Achievements
As a member of Team Rocket, she hasn't accomplished much. She often makes it to the Battle Round of contests, only to lose to May, Dawn, or one of their rivals. However, she has still had a couple of successes:
- Unofficial contest in Borrowing on Bad Faith. (Winner)
- Solaceon Town Contest in DP061. (Winner)
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 in-game bosses. They first attack the main character in Mt. Moon, while trying to take one of the rare fossils uncovered there.
Later, in Celadon City's Rocket Game Corner, Jessie and James guard Giovanni's room in the Team Rocket base. During that time, as the player runs into them, they are eager for revenge after the main character busted up their plans at Mt. Moon.
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 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.
Name origin
Jessie's English name is taken from Jesse James, an American outlaw. Her Japanese name, Musashi, is taken from 宮本武蔵 Miyamoto Musashi, a famous Japanese swordsman. In his most famous duel, he defeated his rival, 佐々木小次郎 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 Time Bokan anime series.
Related articles
External links
- Vanity, the fanlisting for Jessie at The Anime Fanlistings Network
- Musashi's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)
- Musashi's Pokémon on Pokeani (Japanese)
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| Rocket Game Corner • Team Rocket Hideout • Viridian Gym • Team Rocket HQ • Rocket Warehouse | |||||
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Archer (Masters) |
Ariana (Masters) |
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| Jessie (Masters) • James (Masters) • Meowth • Team Rocket Grunts (Rocket Siblings) • Scientists (Gideon) Grey (Golden Boys) • Kaede (How I Became a Pokémon Card) | |||||
See also: Pokémon the Series • Adventures • Team GO Rocket • Team Rainbow Rocket
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