Instead of the usual Age/Height thing-y I did with the twerps, let's review what we know:

We know Jessie was completely broke and had a traumatic childhood as a result of her rather strange upbringing. First she has to eat meals made from snow "the way momma used to make it," and then when she was seven the magic was stolen out of her Christmas as was her dolly.

Jessie seemed to have been born out of luck. For Kid's Day, she had to go to school and didn't have any fun, on the other hand, James was being inundated with ice cream and a vacation from school. Plus she never had her very own set of Princess Dolls. I mean, come on, the hottest toy on the market and you don't get it for Christmas/birthday?! From the looks of the way Jessie has turned out, one can guess that her rents didn't raise her well. Where the hell was Dyphus and Social Services when she was growing up?!

Then, her family magically has enough money to send her the Pokemon version of my school: Pokemon Tech. I'm assuming she met up with James and they flunked out together...cute!!! "They frolicked that night for their future seemed bright.." Hmm...and what exactly do you mean by 'frolicked' hmm? Kids these days...

Now some where after PT and before Team Rocket, she and James joined Sunnytown's Bridge Bike Gang, where membership comes complete with a uniform and a nickname. Okay--we know that Jessie swung a chain while riding, thus earning the nickname "Big Jess/Chainer Jess". My question is: what else happened? We didn't learn a lot Anime-wise, but if you recall the Gameboy game, the guys on the bridge in Cerulean are connected with Team Rocket, so perhaps that's when Jessie and James joined up with them all.

And so, we've found our way to the present, and so the story goes on: Team Rocket attempts to catch rare Pokemon (or, Pikachu, rather) every episode, and every episode they get blasted off. (There is however, always the exception on those Rocketshippy bits where the ending is happy for TR, which is, now that you think about it, a rare treat.)

Now that we're done with the timeline, lets check out her faults and goals.

Jessie craves perfection. It's rather obvious since she freaks out if there's even but a trace of any fault on her face. How many times has she smacked Meowth upside the head saying, "How dare you ruin my perfection!"? More times than I've failed an Algebra test, and that's a helluva big number.

Speaking of perfection, or imperfection: the one thing I dislike about Jessie (besides the large ego and short temper) is that she can never admit anything. In other words, stubborn, which is pretty much part of her personality. She tries to convince herself and others that she's always tough, always strong, never one of those criers, when there are actually times where it's okay to break down and lose it. Jessie isn't your regular girl, which makes her stand out more as a female villain.

I have to say that the best "Jessie focus" episode was "Princess Vs. Princess." I mean, she accomplishes several things which I never dreamed could happen:

She CAUGHT Lickitung. CAUGHT it. Can you believe this? Jessie, catch, and Lickitung (or any other pokemon name, for that matter) in the same sentence? That's like saying Ash is smart.

And it gets better:PIKACHU WENT DOWN! I REPEAT: PIKACHU WENT DOWN! JESSIE BEAT PIKACHU......

Well, okay, Lickitung did, but Jessie caught it w/out even weakening it, which does NOT happen in the Gameboy game, might I add. If that thing can knock out Pikachu----I mean, this is Pikachu, the God of the entire show--with one attack that's one KickA$$ Pokemon you have there. PLUS there were some classic Rocketshippy moments too....really cute how James and Meowth cheered for her...I know I have that pic somewhere..don't you just love it when they hold hands??? Okay, the one thing I didn't get was the whole Princess doll thing: Misty gets THREE, count em, THREE WHOLE SETS of Princess Dolls. Three. THREE! Why should she complain? Why? WHY?! Jessie doesn't get crap, okay? I'd rather have three sets of really expensive doll sets than snow on a plate. I really hated the ending because Misty was a total sore winner. But, then again, it wouldn't have mattered if Jessie was deprived of doll sets or not, she's still a bad guy, and bad guys can't win. Ever.

Now whoever says Jessie's a bad influence is a liar. Under all that Queen of Mean/Spice Girl with Hooker Boots crap she's a great role model: she teaches us women never to take crap from anyone who pisses you off(trust me, as a single girl stuck in a school full of power-hungry guys, we NEED that kind of nerve. Just don't go hammer-happy on the poor things, that's only necessary when you're an Anime character.) and to always try to be strong during those, well, tough times. Now that's a cool person. Jessie, Queen Of Mean! Feminism reigns supreme!!

Song--Nine Day's "Story of a Girl" (fits well, no?)Courtesy of FreshMIDIS