Jenny Jump
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- for the state forest in New Jersey, see Jenny Jump State Forest
| Jenny Jump | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | The Wonder City of Oz (1940) |
| Last appearance | The Runaway in Oz (1943/1995) |
| Created by | John R. Neill |
| Information | |
| Species | human, half fairy by transformation |
| Gender | female |
| Age | 15 (at time of first appearance) |
| Date of birth | unknown, New Jersey |
| Date of death | probably immortal so long as she remains in an enchanted country |
| Occupation | clothing designer |
| Title | First Duchess of the Realm and Chief Stylist of the Land of Oz |
| Family | unknown |
| Spouse(s) | none |
| Children | none |
| Relatives | unknown |
| Address | Emerald City Style Shop |
| Nationality | United States |
Jenny Jump is an important character in the four Oz books of John R. Neill.
Jenny is a teenager in New Jersey who captures a leprechaun called Siko Pompus, who grants her a wish. She wishes to become a fairy, but he escapes when he is only halfway through, so one side of her body becomes fairy, while the other side remains normal. It has no effect on her appearance, just in terms of power. With her fairy foot, she leaps to Oz.
Jenny is not a fan of the traditional, single color fashions favored by the Ozites, and she sets up a shop with a magic turnstyle that dresses people according to their personalities.
Neill's text of The Wonder City of Oz was rewritten by an anonymous editor at Reilly & Lee, and that editor added some controversial changes to the story, in particular, involving Jenny Jump. These additions include creatures who live in the Deadly Desert called Heelers, who live on votes. Jenny is goaded into running against Princess Ozma as ruler of Oz. It is not taken very seriously by the Ozites, and it is decided that shoes will be used for votes in an Ozelection. The Ozelection and that which leads up to it is not in the manuscript. Furthermore, near the end of the novel, the Wizard casts a spell to make her younger and more obedient, some would say lobotomized. Neill was not enamored of these changes and did not illustrate them, and Jenny seems to have gone back to her old self in the two sequels.
As Jenny is a copyrighted character, she is not found in published Oz Apocrypha.
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