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“ | I recommend you SHUT THE F**K UP! | „ |
~ Needy's most iconic quote. |
“ | "Best friends forever," HUH?! YOU KILLED MY F-CKING BOYFRIEND! YOU GODDAMN MOSHTER! YOU DUMB B-TCH! | „ |
~ Needy's heroic breakdown as she's attempting to kill Jennifer. |
Anita "Needy" Lesnicki is the main protagonist of the 2009 horror comedy film Jennifer's Body.
She is a high school student from Devil's Kettle, Minnesota who used to be best friends with the film's titular Jennifer Check, a cheerleader who got turned into a human-eating demon thanks to the band Low Shoulder, lead by Nikolai Wolf. Being investigative about such phenomenon, it's up to Needy herself to stop Jennifer from pursuing the latter's serial murders.
She was portrayed by Amanda Seyfried, who also played Mary "MK" Katherine in Epic, Samantha Jackson in Ted 2, and Daphne Blake in SCOOB!.
Biography[]
Birthdate: May 21st, 1992 Insecure Anita "Needy" Lesnicki and popular flag girl Jennifer Check have been best friends since childhood, despite having little in common. One night, Jennifer takes Needy to a local dive bar to attend a concert by indie rock band Low Shoulder. A suspicious fire engulfs the bar, killing several spectators, and Jennifer is taken by the band despite Needy's attempts to stop her. Later that evening, Jennifer, covered in blood, appears in Needy's kitchen and proceeds to eat food from the refrigerator. Unable to digest the matter, she vomits a trail of black fluid and then leaves in a hurry as Needy calls after her.
The next morning at school, Jennifer appears fine and shrugs off Needy's concerns. While the small town is devastated by the numerous deaths caused by the fire, Jennifer seduces the school's football captain, and then attacks him in the woods, naked, where his bloodied corpse is found later. The band gains popularity due to their rumored heroism during the fire.
A month later, Jennifer is beginning to look pale and accepts an invitation by school emo Colin, only to brutally kill him that night. While Needy and her boyfriend, Chip, engage in sex, Needy senses something dreadful has happened. She leaves in a panic and almost runs over Jennifer, covered in blood. She rushes home and finds Jennifer in her bedroom makes out with her and soon explains what happened after the fire: Low Shoulder took her into the woods, and offered her as a virgin sacrifice to Satan in exchange for fame and fortune. However, although the sacrifice and greedy exchange were a success, Jennifer was not a virgin, and when the lead singer Nikolai murdered her, a demonic spirit took over her body.
The next day at school, as the town is stunned by Colin's death, Needy goes to the school library's occult section and surmises that Jennifer is a succubus; she is weakest when she is hungry, and must eat flesh in order to sustain her life and appearance. Needy tells Chip about her discoveries and warns him not to attend the dance. He does not believe her and she subsequently breaks up with him in order to protect him.
Chip goes to the dance, hoping to meet with Needy, but he is intercepted by Jennifer, who seduces him and takes him to an abandoned pool house. Needy arrives there and finds Jennifer feeding on Chip. Needy tries to drown Jennifer and then helps Chip out of the pool. Jennifer, hovering in the air, attacks Needy but is later stabbed by Chip with a pool skimmer. Jennifer escapes while Needy watches her boyfriend die.
Needy goes to Jennifer's home, enters through the window and attacks her with a boxcutter. Stabbing her in the heart, she kills her. Jennifer's mother comes in and finds Needy with the boxcutter on top of her daughter's body. Soon after, Needy is committed to an asylum. As she was bitten by Jennifer, she has obtained some of Jennifer's supernatural abilities. Set upon revenge, she escapes the facility and hitchhikes a ride to the hotel where Low Shoulder is staying; she makes her way to their room and butchers them all. What happens to Needy is unknown.
Powers and Habilities[]
- Superhuman Strength: Needy was able to punch a hole through a metal wire fence and overpower, then slaughter the entire Low Shoulder band.
- Superhuman Speed: Along with his strength, Needy managed to kill all four members of the Low Shoulder band instantly, before any of them could run away or scream for help.
- Immortality: Needy, after being bitten by Jennifer, she obtained eternal life and youth and unable to die from natural causes.
- Regeneration: Needy can regenerate from any injury.
- Levitation: Needy levitated to a cell window to escape the asylum.
- Seduction: After escaping the asylum, Needy's beauty increased tenfold (it also gave her perfect eyesight, eliminating the need for her glasses) and she was able to persuade a driver to give her a ride, catching his eye in the process. However, as she is not a full Succubus, she does not need to feed to maintain her appearance.
Quotes[]
- "I'm kind of the s**t."
- "I am a kicker. K-I-C-K-E-R."
- "I like toastems."
- "I recommend you SHUT THE F**K UP!"
- "God, I hate this f**king song!"
- "It's freaktarded."
- "Jesus didn't invent the calendar."
- "What the F**K is happening!?"
- "Hell, is a teenage girl"