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| Lady Jaye | |
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| G.I. Joe character | |
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| First appearance | 1984 |
| Portrayed by | Adrianne Palicki |
| Voiced by |
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| In-universe information | |
| Affiliation | G.I. Joe |
| Specialty | Covert Operations |
| File name | Hart-Burnett, Alison R. Burnett, Jaye (2013 film) |
| Birth place | Martha's Vineyard, MA Cork,Ireland (Action Force) |
| SN | 853-71-HB49 |
| Rank |
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| Primary MOS | Counterintelligence |
| Secondary MOS | Personnel Clerk, Armament Repair |
Lady Jaye is a fictional character in theG.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and animated series. She was originally created as a character for theG.I. Joe animated series produced byMarvel Productions andSunbow Productions in 1984, was later produced as anaction figure, and was finally introduced into the comic book in 1985. Lady Jaye is theG.I. Joe Team'scovert operations specialist. She is portrayed byAdrianne Palicki in the 2013 filmG.I. Joe: Retaliation.
Her real name is Alison R. Hart-Burnett, and her rank is that ofStaff Sergeant E-6.
Lady Jaye was born onMartha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. She is aBryn Mawr graduate, and also did graduate work inTrinity College in Dublin before graduating from intelligence school atFort Holabird.
She is Airborne and Ranger qualified, and an expert with the M-16, M-1911A1 auto pistol and reflex crossbow. She is also an accomplished actress and fluent in several languages. She has a knack for impersonation, right down to the subject's voice and mannerisms.[1]
In the Sunbow animated series and in the Marvel Comics series, she has a romance withFlint, the ruggedwarrant officer. Both first appeared in theRevenge of Cobra miniseries.
In theUKAction Force series, Lady Jaye is fromCork inIreland.[2]
Lady Jaye was first released as an action figure in 1985.[3][4] She is the only figure to have a shoulder patch on her uniform. The patch on the left sleeve of her uniform is the U.S. Army Reserve's 91st Army Reserve Command patch, which today is the 91st Training Division.
Lady Jaye's first comics appearance was in theMarvel Comics seriesG.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #32 (February 1985), where her codename was spelled "Lady J". She arrives withRipcord; the two are meant as replacements forGrunt andScarlett.[5]
She goes up on a training flight withAce as his co-pilot. The duo get into a conflict with theCobra pilotWild Weasel and his co-pilot, theBaroness. After emptying their weapons at each other, the pilots salute each other and fly off. Neither co-pilot understands why.[6]
Lady Jaye leads a training mission in issue #44. She is working with the rookiesCrankcase,Heavy Metal,Bazooka andAirtight. All five are captured by Cobra forces as expendable testers of new weapons systems. Despite the Joes having no ammunition on them or in their vehicles, they destroy the opposition and escape.[7]
One of the more prominent moments in Lady Jaye andFlint's relationship happens when he confronts Scarlett andSnake Eyes over the ruses they had used to rescue other Joes. Angered at his insensitivity, Lady Jaye slugs Flint, which soon leads to soothed emotions instead of anger.[8]
Later, during a Cobra-led war in an Eastern European country, the team of Lady Jaye and Flint would hit a snag. In battle with two Cobra soldiers, Flint is forced to kill his opponent but Lady Jaye manages to subdue hers. Faced with the "burden" of a live, healthy prisoner, Flint urges her to kill him and she resists. Flint even offers to do it himself. The soldier is seen later, still a prisoner.[9]
Lady Jaye is a featured character in the slightly altered 'Action Force' continuity, starting with issue one.[10] This version of Lady Jaye has the same file name, and is a native ofCork,Ireland, according to the 1987 Action Force file card of Lady Jaye.
After G.I. Joe disbanded, Lady Jaye married Flint. When G.I. Joe was re-formed, many Joes commented that her marriage to Flint seem to have a positive effect on him, given how much more mellow he seemed in his later years than he had during the unit's earlier days. She was killed by Red Shadows member Dela Eden while trying to save Flint in issue #42 (2005).[11] Flint was devastated by her death, yet could not bring himself to kill his wife's murderer. Her death marked a critical turning point in Flint's life.
In the comicG.I. Joe America's Elite, a birthdate of June 10, 1966, for Lady Jaye can be read when Flint visits her grave.[volume & issue needed] Lady Jaye also appeared in the Devil's DueG.I. Joe vs. the Transformers series[12] and the DreamwaveTransformers vs. G.I. Joe series.
When Idea and Design Works acquired the G.I. Joe licence from Hasbro in 2009, they began publishing a new monthly series that completely ignored any previous continuity, and Hasbro later officially declared the entire Devil's Due run non-canonical. Lady Jaye's first appearance in this new continuity was inCobra #6 from October 2011.
Lady Jaye is also once again a main character in IDW's continuation of the originalA Real American Hero series, where her and Flint's relationship is continuing as it was in the original Marvel comic. In issue 174 she and Flint lead a team on an operation to kidnap Darklon. As the squad leaves, their helicopter takes fire, with both she and Darklon being seriously wounded. Flint initially orders medical treatment for Lady Jaye, disregarding his orders to bring Darklon back alive at any cost, but Jaye convinces him that the mercenary's intelligence is more important than her life.Roadblock and the other members of the team agree to keep Flint's wavering a secret, and Jaye is rushed into surgery upon their return toThe Pit. Though unaware of what Flint nearly did,Hawk tells Flint that he has decided the two of them won't be assigned to the same team again, to avoid any possible complications from their romantic attachment.
In the SunbowG.I. Joe animated series, Lady Jaye is voiced by Mary McDonald-Lewis.[13] She makes her first appearance in the secondG.I. Joe miniseries, "The Revenge of Cobra". She is the second most featured character in the series afterCobra Commander. Lady Jaye was a more mellow and level-headed person compared to her comic book incarnation, but she did occasionally display a potent temper. Her romance with Flint was a common piece of the storyline throughout the show. Lady Jaye's signature weapons were a variety of specialized throwingjavelins that featured unique properties, similar to the various crossbow bolts her comrade in arms,Scarlett, uses for her preferred weapon.
Lady Jaye's major roles in the series include investigating gang attacks relating to a mayoral election with Scarlett;[14] being kidnapped along with Flint, Baroness and Cobra Commander by a mentally ill entrepreneur;[15] stopping Cobra from owning a special love perfume and the largest shipping fleet in the world;[16] and disguising herself as the Baroness to learn about Cobra's "Vortex Cone" weapon, which she and Flint then lead a mission to destroy.[17]
Lady Jaye also has a prominent role the first-season episode "An Eye for an Eye", in which she helps a civilian settle a score with Cobra after his home and family were caught in the crossfire of a battle. They end up trapped on an island when Cobra tests their new weapon, the Power Destroyer, on theirSkystriker. Lady Jaye is captured and interrogated, but is rescued by the civilian, who then destroys the Power Destroyer through her encouragement.[18]
In "Skeletons in the Closet", it is revealed that she is related to the Joes' enemy,Destro, but the degree of relationship was never specified.[19]
Lady Jaye was featured in one of the series'public service announcements, in which she teaches a child to stop and think before acting.
Like most of the characters from the original series, Lady Jaye makes a minor appearance inG.I. Joe: The Movie. She is part of a unit of Joes led by Roadblock who go after the fleeing Cobra forces after Cobra's first attempt to steal the Broadcast Energy Transmitter (B.E.T.) and become captives of Cobra-La.[20]
Lady Jaye makes her first appearance as a member of theSgt. Slaughter's Marauders, wearing a blue version of her original uniform in the five part mini-series,Operation Dragonfire. She still uses her javelins as her primary weapon. As the regular season progressed, Lady Jaye's personality began to change from her original version. She would be used in episodes paired withCaptain Grid-Iron instead of Flint, as Flint was not part of the cast for this season. By the time Flint returned to the cast, Lady Jaye had been dropped.
Lady Jaye appears in the 2009 animated webseries,G.I. Joe: Resolute, though she has no speaking lines and is only seen on theUSS Flagg aircraft carrier.
Lady Jaye appears inG.I. Joe: Renegades, portrayed asLatin American and voiced byNika Futterman. In the series, she puts together the Joe team for Scarlett's mission to Cobra Pharmaceuticals. When the Joes become outlaws she is assigned to assist Flint in capturing them. OwingDuke a favor for saving her life, as well as believing they are innocent, Lady Jaye quietly helps whenever possible. Her actions are always carefully hidden to keep Flint from discovering the truth. In an interview with writerHenry Gilroy, Gilroy stated that the relationships between Flint and Lady Jaye as well as Scarlett andSnake Eyes would be evolving as the series progresses.[21]
Lady Jaye is the only female Joe to appear in the direct to video cartoon "Old Soldiers Never Die"[22] which was the only cartoon appearance ofSgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles (which was also produced by Sunbow Productions, the same company that produced the original Real American Hero cartoon). Lady Jaye, along withDoc and Hawk were part of the team that rescued Sgt. Savage from cryogenic storage. These three Joes (as well as Cobra Commander) appeared in this cartoon as a way of bridging the change from the Real American Hero toyline to the Sgt. Savage line.
In this incarnation, Lady Jaye's hair is blonde and approximately shoulder length. She was voiced byKathleen Barr.
Lady Jaye is a supporting character in theFind Your Fate novelsOperation: Dragon Fire[23] andTheEverglades Swamp Terror[24] byBallantine Books.
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Adrianne Palicki portrays Lady Jaye inG.I. Joe: Retaliation, the sequel toG.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.[25] Palicki described her character as a "tough girl", adding, "She's got a little bit of a chip on her shoulder. She's like the only chick around all these guys so she kind of has to hold her own."[26] This version of the character is in theMarine Corps, as opposed to the previous versions being in theU.S. Army. Jaye's father was displeased at having a daughter instead of a son to carry on his family's three generations of military tradition. He died before she could rise high enough to outrank him, leaving her bitter about not having earned his final acknowledgment.[27]
In the film, she, Roadblock and Flint are the only survivors of a military strike that kills most of the G.I. Joe Team. The Joes return to the United States and set up a base in a former community center. After the President of the United States announces that Cobra will replace G.I. Joe as the premier U.S. special forces team, Lady Jaye deduces that someone is impersonating the President. Posing as Amy Vandervoort ofFox News, she infiltrates a dinner event held by the President and dances with him, obtaining a sample of his hair in the process. Through his DNA, the Joes confirm that Zartan is impersonating the President. Lady Jaye joinsGeneral Joseph Colton in rescuing the real President, and is later promoted to Captain at a White House ceremony honoring the fallen Joes.
On February 25, 2021, it was announced Lady Jaye was to star in her own television series which would have been released onAmazon Prime Video.[28] This was later scrapped, however, in May 2023 it was speculated that Paramount may be developing a solo film for the character.[29]
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