Jenny Jergens

Jenny Jerkins is one of the three Outcasts and one of Lee Ping's former friends. She, along with Deuce and Lou are the first people on whom Prank Song's brainwashing powers were tested. Her first appearance, alongside the other two Outcasts, was Outcast Times at A. Nigma High. She returns in Season 3 as a (mostly) one-sided romantic interest and ally to Lee.

History

Prior to Series start

Jenny was once a popular student in A.Nigma High which is backed up by Lee when he spectulates they she might have been part of the brainwashing of Cam and at one points says "They used to be popular." She is also one of Lee's first friends when he was in grade 5 and was invited to his Birthday party. She has no memory of the event however. In sixth grade on a trip to Rocky Road ranch she was kicked in the head by a horse and suffered total amnesia. She is also the first to be brainwashed before the events where Lee was accused of the prank.

It's revealed that her mom is in a band, amusician. But Tina uncovers a photo of Jenny's mom standing with the brainwashing team years ago.

Season 2

Jenny is, once again, not seen at the beginning of Season 2 until Lee reveals a picture of his 10th birthday party where Camillio was hypnotized. They speculate who brainwashed Cam as the only people who could know his trigger word, "Butterscotch", were at the party. During the search for the Red Tatzelwurm's whisker, Cam questions Jenny about Lee's Birthday party and she reminds him that she suffered amnesia a year later and has no memory of the party or the trigger word.

Season 3

In The Outcasts Strike Back it is revealed that the Outcasts accidentally destroyed the Tatzelwurm whisker Lee gave them and then secretly dug their way into the underground tunnels to find a new one. Jenny steals Lee's backpack and the Key inside it to help them search. When Lee finds them she reveals that she also found a library book that she believes contains information on the Tatzelwurm and how to use it's whisker. When Barrage finds out she stole Lee's backpack he sentences her to a week of detention. Jenny decides to use the time to work with Lee in studying the book and helping him unravel the conspiracy behind the pyramid, even joining him on his covert missions to spy on the council and track down Finnwich. Jenny is also seen in the intro waving to Lee.

Season 4

At the start of season 4 Jenny continues to study the book with Tina's help. Now able to read the Arcanum Manifestum thanks to Finnwich's Quadocle the two make great progress in unraveling the secrets of Coral Grove, and they grow close as friends. However when Jenny learns that Tina also likes Lee in Big Chicken she tries to prevent the two from spending time together. She later convinces Tina to make a pact that neither will pursue Lee in order to preserve their friendship. In the episode spliting hairs she accepted a ride with the Serpent on his motorbike with as of Revenge Of The Cycle Killers, Tina still hasn't noticed he is Lee's rival.

Personality

Her sudden fall from popularity to a social pariah due to her hypnotically induced nose-picking habit appears to have made Jenny misanthropic and mistrustful of people. She steals Lee's key instead of asking for it because she assumes that he would refuse to help the Outcasts again. Even when she starts working with him she is sarcastic and snarky to Lee's other allies and especially hostile towards Tina. due to feelings of rivalry. Jenny was clearly touched by Lee's decision to help her and the other Outcasts even after she had stolen his backpack, as evidenced by her decision to stay and help Lee fend off the Blue Tatzelwurms while Lou and Deuce were willing to leave him and run. She seems to have developed feelings for Lee and is not shy about calling him up on video chat. Her antisocial nature may also be due to her dislike of seeing people's look of disgust at her nose-picking which she constantly tells them is a curse that she is unable to control despite her best efforts. On missions Jenny has shown herself to be bold and brash, jumping at the chance to take risks and refusing to be left out. She was also very willing to get revenge on Lynch for kidnapping her and Tina by punching him with boxing gloves Tina gave her. Her fearless nature suggests that because of her outcast status Jenny feels she has nothing to lose. While initially snarky and defensive towards Tina she was begrudgingly accepting of her help in studying the book and over time warmed to her as a research partner and later a friend. Although even then Jenny sought to compete with her for Lee's affections, which suggests a somewhat ruthless attitude.

Abilities

As a detective Jenny is very dilligent and observant. While studying the book she noticed the library card was missing, which was how Lee and Co. were able to find out about Niles Peg. She is also quick-witted and not above using her 'curse' to her advantage. In Pyramid Scheme she was able to get Lee out of class by telling Mr. Langhorne that a blank paper was a note from the principal. Since Jenny offered it to him with her nose-picking hand he decided not to read the note himself and just took her word for it. She later tried to manipulate Tina into leaving her alone with Lee by using her known dislike for Chazz. Though unsuccessful in that instance Jenny seems to have a knack for social engineering.

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Trivia

For most of the time she had been shown at photo from Lee's birthday party yet was properly introduced later on in the series.
She replaces Lynch's place in the intro of the series in the 3rd Season.