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Janice Avery

Evil-doer

Full Name

Janice Avery

Alias

None

Origin

Bridge to Terabithia

Occupation

Student

Powers / Skills

Insults

Defaming
Taunting
Thievery
Intimidation

Goals

Charge for entering the girl's restroom at school.

Seek revenge on Jesse and Leslie(formerly failed).
Date Willard Hughes(failed).
Give Gary a good beat for bullying Jesse during his depression.(succeeded).

Crimes

Incrimination

Abuse
Theft

Type of Villain

Tragic Bully

“	Consider it a free lunch program, farmer boy!	„
	~ Janice taunting Jesse.

“	Sorry about your friend.	„
	~ Janice's redemption as she sympathizes with Jess after Leslie's death.

Janice Avery is the secondary antagonist of the 1977 children's novelBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, as well as its 1985 and 2007 live action film adaptations of the same name. She is a slightly fat seventh grader (eighth grader in the film) who bullies younger children at school.

She was portrayed by Bridget Ryan in the 1985 film, and Lauren Clinton in the 2007 version.

Biography[]

Janice and her two friends, Wilma and Bobby Sue, go to the same school as Jesse Aarons and Leslie Burke. The trio commonly bully younger students, such as Jesse who's teased for being poor (and Janice even throws her sandwich on him in the school bus. During break time, the girls usually stand in front of the girl's restroom and put a fee on entering. Janice also secretly smokes there.

Frustrated from being bullied, Leslie once sits on the back seat where only older students sit. However, Jesse sees Janice and her friends coming, so he rushes to his friend to help her. Janice tells them to get out, causing Jesse to thoughtlessly insult the bully for her obesity. As revenge, Janice later pretends to be tripped by Jesse in the school bus, resulting in Jesse being ordered by the driver to walk home as a punishment.

When Janice steals Twinkies from Jesse's younger sister May Belle, Leslie decides to stop the bully. At first, she gets a group of younger children and they head to the restroom, shouting "Free to Pee!" However, the older girls only laugh at them. Jesse and Leslie then decide to make a prank on Janice. They write a love letter "from Willard Hughes", the object of her affection, who "wants to see her after school", and Jesse then hides the letter in Janice's notebook. Next day, Janice really waits for Willard after school, but he doesn't appear. In the 2007 movie, she speaks to him in front of all his friends, much to his surprise. When Janice finally realizes the letter was fake, all the students who see it laugh at her.

Janice and her friends taunt May Belle Aarons.

Jesse and Leslie feel good because of their victory, until they hear Janice sobbing in the girls' restroom. Leslie comes in to talk with the bully, and discovers she suffers abuse from her sadistic father. Leslie advises her to pretend she has no idea what the other girls are talking about; she does, and the other students soon forget about it. Since then, Leslie develops sympathy for and a friendship with the miserable bully.

The main reason for Janice's crying is different in the book and the movie. In the novel, Janice tells her friends about her father abusing her, but the girls then blab about it and everybody at school knows; in the movie, the police are recently called to Janice's house, and now, knowing she's beaten at home, the whole 7th and 8th grade ostracize her.

After this, Janice stops being a bully. While still an outcast, she becomes a kind of friend of Leslie. She also shows her own standards in addition to her newly reformed nature when she confronted Gary for being a bully after seeing him shove Jesse to the floor in the hallway. While on the bus, Jesse then looks out the window and sees Gary with a bloody nose; after Janice sits next to him on the bus and greets him with "Hey" while smiling, he realizes she was responsible for Gary's bloody nose.

Quotes[]

“	You're gonna have to use your pants.	„
	~ Janice denies Leslie to enter the restroom.

“	Jess Aarons tripped me! On purpose!	„
	~ Janice frames Jesse, for tripping her on purpose.

Gallery[]

Janice meeting Leslie Burke for the first time.

Janice bullying Leslie.

Janice mocking Leslie when she asks what her problem is.

Janice confused when Leslie tells a story about trolls.

Janice stopping Leslie from entering the girls' bathroom.

Janice not allowing a little girl to use the restroom.

After school, Janice waits for Willard Hughes after receiving a "love letter" from him.

Janice talking to Willard Hughes.

Janice watching Willard and his friends walk away in confusion and amusement.

Janice confused and embarrassed, unaware that the "love letter" was a trick played by Jess and Leslie as payback for bullying them and May Belle.

Trivia[]

In the movie, there is a giant troll with Janice's face seen.
The connection between Janice and the troll is given a subtle foreshadowing when Leslie first talks to Janice; she compares her bathroom tolls to the story of troll bridges.
The troll based on Janice is also similar to how theDark Master's other minions are based off of Scott Hoager and Gary Fulcher.

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