Juniper Lee

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Juniper Kim Lee.

This article is about fictional character. For the television series she appears in, see The Life and Times of Juniper Lee.

Juniper Kim Lee (voiced by Lara Jill Miller) is the titular main character in the American animated television series The Life and Times of Juniper Lee.

[edit] Description

Juniper Kim Lee (mostly called "June" for short) is an eleven-year-old Chinese American girl that lives in Orchid Bay City. In the episode "Adventures in Babysitting", at the age of ten, she was given the responsibility of being the Te Xuan Ze. It is the duty of the Te Xuan Ze to maintain the balance between the human and magic worlds. As such, she has been magically enhanced with superhuman abilities allowing her to overcome most hostile magical beings, with a few notable exceptions.

June regularly wears a pair of blue jeans and a green shirt that has the series symbol on it and exposes her lower belly and naval. She regularly wears her black hair (with a red stripe in it) back. She rarely wears anything beyond this, except when she goes to bed.

Juniper is relatively uneducated in the world of magic, mostly relying on brute force and the guidance of her grandmother, Jasmine Lee (also known as Ah-Mah) who was supposed to give up the position well before she did, and her enchanted dog, Monroe, to defeat her foes. The magenta stripe in her hair (originally white, but dyed) is the symbol of the Te Xuan Ze. The Te Xuan Ze trait didn't pass to Michael, her father and Jasmine's son. Monroe went as far to refer to him as "being about as magical as a sack of hammers."

She has a younger brother named Ray Ray and an older brother named Dennis. The three of them have a rock band called the "Short Angry Freuds," which comes from the comic strip Frumpy the Clown by series creator Judd Winick.

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Juniper has enhanced reflexes, giving her cat-like agility in battle. She has a vertical leap of a few dozen feet, can run faster than a speeding car, and is capable of performing superhuman feats that border on the comical (for example, she can run down the vertical face of a building without falling off). She also has superhuman strength, enabling her to do battle with creatures far larger than she is with little trouble. Juniper's strength level far exceeds that of most demons, even though the average demon has strength far above the human norm, and on multiple occasions Juniper is seen over-powering demons that are supposedly high-level. The exact limits of her strength are not known, but she is seen holding up snapped suspension cables on Orchid Bay Bridge, which would undoubtedly require several tons of force to keep in place. Most magical beings, with a few exceptions (Jorden the Destroyer, Loki, the largest version of the Ray Ray monster), are relatively weak in comparison.

Juniper can also use spells, amulets, charms, and other magic items to assist her in battle, though her skill in this regard is somewhat lacking. Her inexperience with such items leads her to rely on brute force to accomplish her goals. Ah-Mah, on the other hand, consistently used/uses magical items to assist her in battle, only relying on her enhanced strength as backup. Juniper turns to Ah-Mah and Monroe for advice when brute force proves to be ineffective.

As a result of her profession, regardless of the fact that she didn't choose it, Juniper is bound to Orchid Bay. Around the city is a barrier, which repels her should she try to walk beyond it. Only when a new Te Xuan Ze is assigned will she be able to pass through the barrier. Ah-Mah is working on a way to bypass this restriction.