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Lady Jaye is a fictional character in the toyline, comic books and animated series. She was originally created as a character for the produced by Marvel Productions and Sunbow Productions in 1984, was later produced as an action figure, and was finally introduced into the comic book in 1985. Lady Jaye is the G.I. Joe Team's covert operations specialist. She is portrayed by Adrianne Palicki in the 2013 film .
Lady Jaye was born on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. She is a Bryn Mawr graduate, and also did graduate work in Trinity College in Dublin before graduating from intelligence school at Fort 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.
In the Sunbow animated series and in the Marvel Comics series, she has a romance with Flint, the rugged warrant officer. Both first appeared in the Revenge of Cobra miniseries.
In the UK Action Force series, Lady Jaye is from Cork in Ireland.
She goes up on a training flight with Ace as his co-pilot. The duo get into a conflict with the Cobra pilot Wild Weasel and his co-pilot, the Baroness. After emptying their weapons at each other, the pilots salute each other and fly off. Neither co-pilot understands why. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #34 (April 1985)
Lady Jaye leads a training mission in issue #44. She is working with the rookies Crankcase, Heavy Metal, Bazooka and Airtight. 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. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #44
One of the more prominent moments in Lady Jaye and Flint's relationship happens when he confronts Scarlett and Snake 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. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #67
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. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #149
In the comic G.I. Joe America's Elite, a birthdate of June 10, 1966, for Lady Jaye can be read when Flint visits her grave. Lady Jaye also appeared in the Devil's Due G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers series "G.I. Joe Vs. The Transformers" #1 (June 2003) and the Dreamwave Transformers vs. G.I. Joe series.
Lady Jaye is also once again a main character in IDW's continuation of the original A 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 to The 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.
Lady Jaye's major roles in the series include investigating gang attacks relating to a mayoral election with Scarlett; being kidnapped along with Flint, Baroness and Cobra Commander by a mentally ill entrepreneur; stopping Cobra from owning a special love perfume and the largest shipping fleet in the world; and disguising herself as the Baroness to learn about Cobra's "Vortex Cone" weapon, which she and Flint then lead a mission to destroy.
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 their Skystriker. Lady Jaye is captured and interrogated, but is rescued by the civilian, who then destroys the Power Destroyer through her encouragement.
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.
Lady Jaye was featured in one of the series' public service announcements, in which she teaches a child to stop and think before acting.
In this incarnation, Lady Jaye's hair is blonde and approximately shoulder length. She was voiced by Kathleen Barr.
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 of Fox 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 joins General 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 on Amazon Prime Video. This was later scrapped, however, in May 2023 it was speculated that Paramount may be developing a solo film for the character.
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