Jinx is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. She debuted in 1987, and her code name has also been the identity of several other incarnations of the same female ninja character: one of Snake-Eyes' apprentices in Sigma 6, Chuckles' undercover contact in Cobra, a cameo character in The Rise of Cobra (returning as a major character in Retaliation), and Storm Shadow's cousin in Renegades.
Profile[]
Jinx is one of only a handful of G.I. Joe Team members whose real name is top secret. She has been studying and competing in several forms of martial arts since she was seven. She grew up in Los Angeles, California, and is a Bryn Mawr graduate. On a vacation trip to Japan, she discovered her familial ties to a ninja clan known as the Arashikage, and was officially initiated into the clan. She was then recruited by Snake-Eyes, a fellow ninja and member of the G.I. Joe Team. She has since underwent training with the Blind Master, a ranking ninja sensei, and studied the seven silent forms, including the "Eye That Pierces", the "Iron Hand" and the "Heart That Waits".
Cartoons[]
G.I. Joe: The Movie[]
In the continuity established by Sunbow, her first and only appearance was in the 1987 animated film, G.I. Joe: the Movie voiced by Shûko Akune. She is established as a member of the Rawhides, a group of G.I. Joe rookie recruits trained by Beach Head. She is often blamed for any unlucky occurrences, and her code name reflects this. She was also Lt. Falcon’s love interest in the film. During a sparring session with Beach Head, she made a reference to her blind ninja master. The climax of the film brought her in the duel with Cobra-la’s most lethal member Pythona. She fights at her best blindfolded, as she was trained in this method by the Blind Master.
G.I. Joe Renegades[]
Rescued by Snake-Eyes at the age of eight and was an instrumental part of Hard Master adopting a moral path for the clan when she protected Snake-Eyes from Hard Master's punishment. Jinx believed that her cousin Tomisaburo (Storm Shadow) was responsible for the death of her father, while her cousin thought that Snake-Eyes was the killer.What they don't know was that the Hard Master was poisoned, while he was still alive he wanted Snake-Eyes to lead the clan, once he stopped breathing Snake-Eyes tried to slit the throat so air could get in, Tomi came in and thought that Snake-Eyes had killed him, before he could explain Tomi slit his throat with a ninja star, and then Tomi was tossed out the window, when it was over, Snake-Eyes was too late, as the Hard Master had died, Snake-Eyes then took his master's daughter to train her, though he also took the Sword of Arashikage for unknown reasons. After she began training she called herself Jinx, thinking she had bad luck.
Snake-Eyes decided to take the Joe's to his dojo, to train them, while Jinx and Scarlett were hostile towards each other, when Storm Shadow attacked they put aside their differences. Snake-Eyes admitted (non-verbally) to have slit her father's throat, though she thought that meant that he was the killer and that her cousin was right.
Later on, after being convinced by Storm Shadow that Snake-Eyes killed her father, Jinx (now called Kimi) joins her cousin. While Storm Shadow goes after Snake-Eyes, Kimi goes back to Japan to lead the Arashikage in his place. Before heading back, she found a similar throat poker that Snake-Eyes tried to use to save Hard Master (until Storm Shadow's interference) and squeezes it in her hands.
In "Cutting Edge", Jinx was hired by Destro to assassinate Cobra Commander. She fails in the mission, but during a confrontation with Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow, the truth about the Hard Master's death finally comes out. He had actually been poisoned by Tomi, but only because the poisoned cup had been meant for Snake-Eyes, but they had accidentally been switched. An apologetic Storm Shadow formally turned control of the Arashikage over to Jinx and left to seek his own atonement. In this episode Kim Arashikage wore a high-tech suit with optical camouflage and force field technology.
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