Jamie Robinson (Voltes V: Legacy)

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NOTE: This article is about Voltes V: Legacy character. For the original character from the 1977 anime, see Megumi Oka.

Jamie Robinson is one of the main characters of the Filipino live-action series Voltes V: Legacy. She is portrayed by Ysabel Ortega.

Jamie is based on Megumi Oka from the original anime.

History[]

Jamie was taught how to be a ninja by her father, General Oscar Robinson, and trained under him ever since she was a child. She was enrolled at Camp Big Falcon, where she learned how to fly mecha.

Jamie didn't know the full story of the creation of Camp Big Falcon. The camp was the brainchild of Ned Armstrong a.k.a Baron Hrothgar. Baron Hrothgar was an alien who's spaceship crashed on Earth by accident. Upon being taken in for questioning, he revealed his past to those would listen - he arrived from Planet Boazan, the where he was forced to live as a slave after the throne was usurped from him. Hrothgar was the son of the Emperor's little brother, but he was born without horns, which were considered an anomly in Boazania. Only those with horns were allowed to be nobles, while those without them were subject to extreme cruelty and treated as slaves. To make sure he didn't live a life of slavery, Hrothgar's parents fashioned for him a pair of fake horns. Hrothgar lived amongst the nobled, and because of his skill in technology and invention, the Emperor chose Hrothgar as his succesor.

On the day of his coronation, Hrothgar was exposed hornless by his jealous and ambitious cousin Zambojil. Zambojil's minions had tortured doctor that delivered him into admitting his dark secret. Hrothgar was booed by the crowd, and then forced to work as a slave. Branded a traitor, he was told by Zambojil that his wife, Rozalia, and their newborn child were dead. In actuality, Rozalia died in childbirth, while the newborn child, Zardoz, was raised by Zambojil.

Hrothgar managed to escape to Earth, with the knowledge that Emperor Zambojil will set his sights to Earth. His ship crashed and he was found by Mary Ann Collins Armstrong. She learned of his story and fell in love with him. He adopted the name "Ned Armstrong" on Earth. While many people didn't believe Ned Armstrong's warning, Dr. Richard Smith did, and together they set up Camp Big Falcon.

Ned/Hrothgar and Mary would go on to have three children, Steve, Bert and John. Hrothgar created the robot Voltes V because he knew the Boazanians would invade, and wanted a way for Earth to defend itself. He returned to Boazania to convince Zambojil not to invade the planet. This didn't work, but he managed to escape arrest and flee to Earth where he would manage the Mechanical Eagle. Mary and Richard believed Ned/Hrothgar was dead as he never came back, so they began training pilots at Camp Big Falcon to join the Voltes team. Apart from training Steve and Bert, Dr. Smith also oversaw the training of other pilots including Mark Gordon, Jamie Robinson, Eva Sanchez, PJ Santiago, Ally Chan and Tomas del Rosario. Jon Armstrong wanted to join them, but due to his age, he was rejected as a potential candidate.

When the Boazanians inevitably invaded, with Hrothgar/Ned's son Zardoz leading the invasion, Steve, Bert, Jon, Mark and Jamie were the only available pilots and working together, managed to repel their Beast Fighter from the Earth. As a result they became permanent members of the Voltes team.

In combat, each member of the Voltes team was assigned a different unit - Steve piloted the Volt Cruiser, Bert piloted the Volt Panzer, Jamie piloted the Volt Lander, Jon piloted the Volt Frigate and Mark piloted the Volt Bomber. These vehicles would combine to form Voltes V. Dr. Richard Smith would guide them in battle, instructing them on how to defeat the Boazanian's Beast Fighters. Unfortunately, he died when the Boazanians sent a fake robot Ned to Camp Big Falcon, who choked Smith by the neck and stabbed him.

After he died, he was replaced by Dr. Hook as Camp Big Falcon's lead scientist, though his style was radically different from Smith's. Jamie grieved the loss of Dr. Smith as he was close to her and her family.

Many Big Falcon cadets, including Bert Armstrong, noticed that Jamie's co-pilot, Steve Armstrong, was starting to show signs of a crush on her. This made Steve's ex girlfriend Eva Sanchez jealous, and as a result she decided to make Jamie's life on Big Falcon hell, from occasionally bullying her to going to extreme lengths and destroying her room and everything in it. When Jamie confronted Eva, the two had a fight before it was broken up by Mark. Eva gets extremely bitter when she sees Jamie and Steve together and frequently tries to barge in on them and flirt with Steve to make her jealous. Steve, who's too kind to tell Eva off, usually doesn't rebuff her.

When Jamie accused Eva of being a spy, Eva humiliated her in front of Big Falcon and forced her to apologize on her knees. However, Steve intervened and protected her. When Eva confronted him, Steve admitted he had a crush on Jamie but was not going to act on it.

Eva attempted to have Jamie killed by convincing Apable to assassinate her (threatening to out Apable as a spy for a Defense Contract Supplier if he didn't). Apable managed to spike a drink and have Jamie rendered unconscious, but before he could kill her, Steve and Mark managed to save her. Though her father, Commander Oscar Robinson, swore revenge on whoever set it up, no one found out that Eva was behind this plot.

Mark, another of the Voltes V pilots, also has a crush on Jamie and makes it known many times. He frequently flirts with her (like his anime counterpart, Ippei) and brings her gifts, and even plans elaborate proposals for her. He learned Japanese cooking because he knows Jamie loves Japanese dishes, surprising her with it. Steve walks in Jamie's room and sees this, which makes him feel awkward and he apologizes and leaves. Mark and Jamie later become a couple, which breaks Steve's heart.

One day, while Jamie is asleep, Steve finally confesses his love to her. Unbeknownst to him, Jamie was awake, and demands he explain himself. Steve, knowing he's been caught, tells her the truth - that he was in love with her but unwilling to act on it. He tells her he loves her, but Jamie says that she cannot be with someone unwilling to tell her he loves her and that she is with Mark now. Steve accepts this even though it hurts him. Mark notices that Jamie's mood changed after she talked to him and asks Steve what happened. Steve admits he told Jamie he liked her. Enraged, Mark punches Steve and the two brawl back and forth until Big Bert breaks it up.

Realizing that Jamie still has feelings for Steve, Mark breaks up with her. Not wanting his heart to be broken again, he tells her they are now teammates working professionally. Jamie is ashamed for using Mark to spite Eva since she only announced they were dating because Eva kept making her jealous by making moves on Steve.

Later, as Mark is walking down the halls of Big Falcon, Eva approches him and insists they should do a double date with her and Steve, joined by him and Jamie. Mark replies that him and Jamie have broken up and when Eva asks why, he tells her to ask Steve. Eva then witnesses Jamie call Steve a coward for not being upfront about his feelings.

Oscar Robinson visits Camp Big Falcon and Jamie tells him that she has a present for him. Before she can give it to him, they have a spar and Oscar defeats her by holding her in a lock until she tells him she gives up. Nevertheless, he tells her he is proud. Oscar is then called to a meeting where he discusses his resignation from the Earth Defense Force.

At home Oscar tells Jamie he quit, much to her shock. He then becomes emotional and tells her that ever since she was child, he was always protective of her and even hoped she wouldn't pass her training and become a pilot for Voltes V due to the risk of her dying. Jamie is surprised, but he tells her he is proud of her and he wants to spend the rest of his days making good memories with her.

Oslak uses his mind control device on Jamie by leaving the ring on the beach while she's collecting seashells. Jamie, under his control, steals a rover and attacks several Big Falcon guards, while killing the ones protecting her father, Commander Oscar Robinson. She tries to kill her father but he has her in lock and removes the ring. Once Oslak finds out his plan failed, he shoots Commander Oscar Robinson. Jamie cries and begs for Steve to call an ambulance but Steve tells her it is hopeless since he doesn't have a pulse anymore.

Jamie is escorted to her room through a wheelchair and when she sees the suit she bought for her father, she cries. However, Bert then enters the room. He tries to console her but she tells him she wants to be left alone. Bert tells her it's not her fault Commander Robinson died, but Jamie insists it is. Bert then tells Jamie that her father had cancer.

Jamie is surprised and doesn't believe it. Bert tells her the truth - Oscar had cancer, which is why he resigned, and he didn't want Jamie to worry. He also tells her that her father had promised her a letter in case his surgery for cancer was unsuccessful in saving her life. Jamie reads the letter, where her father tells her he is proud of her and he is always with her.

Steve hugging Jamie in the hospital — Steve hugging Jamie

With Commander Robinson out of the way, Eva feels like she has a chance to finally get rid of Jamie once and for all. She disguises herself and ambushes Jamie, shooting her. Jamie survives and is taken to the hospital quarters of Camp Big Falcon.

Jamie is injured so badly she can no longer fight. In the hospital ward, she has hallucinations of her deceased father. Steve is heavily concerned for her sake and once he sees her awake on the hospital bed, he hugs her tightly.

Due to Jamie needing to rest, Eva tries to take her place alongside Steve, Mark and Bert during a training drill. During this time, Jon is attending a science conference due to being a child prodigy at technology. Steve and Mark express discontent at having to work with Eva. Eva hints replacing Jamie, but Mark shuts it down. The four are participating in a training exercise, and Eva is assigned to be the team sniper while Mark, Steve and Bert retrieve the hostage. They all demonstrate their skills and successfully retrieve her. At the end of the exercise, Mark says that he hates to admit it, but Eva is a really good sniper.

Marquise Zaki dispatches Takeo and Arisa to kidnap Little Jon Armstrong, the youngest member of the Voltes team. Takeo and Arisa disguise themselves as humans and try to take Jon hostage, but other Camp Big Falcon personnel come to his aid. While Jon tries to use his invisibility device to hide himself, he is still discovered and then kidnapped. Dr. Hook then regretfully informs the Voltes team that Jon has been taken hostage. He orders Eva to join the team in the search for him. However, Jamie arrives, healed from her injuries. She says "Dream on, Eva", before saluting Dr. Hook. Eva feigns concern and says that Jamoe should rest, but she insists she can fight. Dr. Hook tells Steve that since he's the leader, he can choose whether it should be Eva and Jamie that will accompany him, Bert and Mark in looking for Jon. Steve picks Jamie, stating that she is their teammate, while Eva looks heartbrokenly at her gear. Steve, Mark, Bert and Jamie proceed to look for Jon but fall into a trap set up by the Boazanians.

The trap leads them to a stage constructed by Marquise Zaki. Bert realizes that the stage has a force field around it, meaning they can't escape. Feeling hopeless, Mark angrily insults Jon and blames him for being kidnapped. Steve angrily retorts that it isn't his fault, but Mark repeats his claim that the Armstrong brothers are magnets for misfortune. Steve then tries to hit Mark, but Jamie intervenes, only to get injured in the process by Steve, causing her to fall. Both boys are horrified and apologize to her, feeling ashamed. Jamie scolds them both, reminding them that she's just been discharged from the hospital and forced herself out of the ward to save Jon. The four then hear laughter, coming from none other than Marquise Zaki. She calls their fight entertaining.

The four begin attacking Zaki's guards, but when Steve turns a gun on Zaki, she threatens Jon by holding a knife to his neck. Steve, Bert and Jamie surrender and drop their weapons but Mark refuses. Mark loads his gun anyway, pointing it at Zaki despite her pressing the knife further, until Steve wrestles the gun out of his hands. Zaki then releases Jon and he reunites with the Voltes team.

Zaki and her guards then lead the four into another room, where they are observed by Horned Boazanian nobles. Zaki announces that they are to spar with Takeo and Arisa for their entertainment. The Voltes team underestimate the twins, with Bert saying they're not Beast Fighters so they don't stand a chance. Before the fight, Takeo and Arisa ask the Voltes team of the fate of General Watson. Steve tells them that he's dead and he gave his life for the good Boazanian rebels. Takeo is dumbstruck, whispering to Arisa "Our adoptive father is gone....". Arisa, however, is skeptic and calls Steve a liar. Marquise Zaki chides them for talking and says that they must send two fighters from their team to battle Takeo and Arisa one-on-one. Jamie says that she will fight Arisa, and Bert decides to fight Takeo.

Meanwhile, Prince Zardoz asks Zandra and Draco where Marquise Zaki has gone. They both say they don't have any idea. Zardoz expresses frustration at the fact that when his uncle sent him aides, both disappeared suddenly - first General Oslak, and now Marquise Zaki. However, Draco was suspicious of Zaki and had a soldier tail her before she left. The soldier reveals to Draco, Zandra and Zardoz that Marquise Zaki is having the Voltes team battle Takeo and Arisa, which is directly against what Zardoz ordered. Zardoz finally loses faith in his uncle and accuses him of trying to replace his position. Takeo and Arisa lose the fight. However the Voltes team refuse to kill them (even though it's the tradition of Boazan duels). This touches their hearts and they change sides, helping the Voltes team escape.

Differences[]

Jamie is Filipino, Megumi is Japanese.
Jamie has brown hair with blue highlights that slightly reaches the half of her back. Megumi has long blue hair that she ties into a ponytail.
Jamie is canonically attracted to Steve. Megumi never had a crush on Kenichi. By the end of the anime she has no love interest, though it's implied on multiple occassions that Ippei has a crush on her.
Jamie and Mark end up dating and Jamie even kissed Mark. Later, they break up. Megumi, on the other hand, replied by teasing Ippei (such as stating that she was picking flowers for a boy) when he flirted with her, though they never became a couple.
Megumi doesn't experience a love triangle arc like Jamie did.
In the original anime, Megumi was specifically chosen to pilot the Volt Lander due to her skills. Jamie was only chosen because Eva and decided to have a party with the other potential candidates during the alien invasion.
When Jamie is insulted or bullied, she usually cowers and doesn't stand up for herself. When Megumi witnessed Ippei being rude to the Go brothers, she told him off and tried to find out why he felt that way, uncovering his tragic past about his parents dying while they were in America.
Jamie's best friend is Anna, while Megumi isn't shown to have friends outside of Big Falcon. She considered the Voltes team her best friends and vice versa; and they would often play games and fish together.
Megumi is terrified of crabs, while Jamie isn't.
Jamie fought Zandra one-on-one, while Megumi never fought Katherine one-on-one. She did, however, fight Belgan one-on-one, and nearly killed him by throwing shuriken at him. He was only protected thanks to a picture of Zambajil blocking the weapon from hitting any major body arteries.
Jamie here is a medic, where Megumi wasn't.
In the original anime, Megumi knitted a sweater for her father. In Legacy, Jamie buys him a suit from the mall. Both never get to to give it to their fathers because he dies.
Jamie's father knows of her romances with the Voltes team. In the original anime, Generel Oka had no idea that Ippei was flirting with Megumi.
Jamie states that she was very clumsy as a child, but Megumi, by 13, was already a skilled kunoichi.
Commander Robinson states that he wants to spend time with Jamie to make up for not being there for her when she was a child, something never mentioned in the anime.

Trivia[]

Jamie has a stuffed toy dog in her room.
In real life, Jamie's actress (Ortega) is dating Steve's actor (Tanfelix).
Many fans heavily disliked Jamie's romance arc with Steve and Mark and openly criticized it. This caused one of the writers of Voltes V: Legacy, Suzette Doctolero, to snap back.^[1]^[2]