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* RememberTheNewGuy: She was {{retcon}}ned into Marvel continuity as a Midtown High student who had a crush on Peter Parker (she was even there when he was bitten by the spider). From there, she was supposedly a minor superhero known by ComicBook/CarolDanvers since UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks. Jessica's AntiHero stint as Knightress before she started Alias investigations was also retconned into ''The Pulse''.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Jessica still has lingering trauma as a result of her time as a slave of the Purple Man, whose effect on her with his ability was essentially MindRape.
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* BreakTheCutie: One of the more extreme examples in the MarvelUniverse.Franchise/MarvelUniverse.
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* LighterAndSofter: An EnforcedTrope via Marvel Comics' policies on their MAX publications, in which Jessica started. Marvel only permitted a limited few of their characters (such as Luke Cage, Punisher and Jessica herself) from making extended appearances in a MAX book outside of being TheCameo. Due to the mature language, sexual content, and other things, the vast majority of their exhaustive cast of characters were not allowed to participate. When Bendis felt he had done all he could with the character under these limited conditions, he ended ''Alias'' and integrated Jessica into the main MarvelUniverse. As a result, she had to become a much lighter and softer character.
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* LighterAndSofter: An EnforcedTrope via Marvel Comics' policies on their MAX publications, in which Jessica started. Marvel only permitted a limited few of their characters (such as Luke Cage, Punisher and Jessica herself) from making extended appearances in a MAX book outside of being TheCameo. Due to the mature language, sexual content, and other things, the vast majority of their exhaustive cast of characters were not allowed to participate. When Bendis felt he had done all he could with the character under these limited conditions, he ended ''Alias'' and integrated Jessica into the main MarvelUniverse.Franchise/MarvelUniverse. As a result, she had to become a much lighter and softer character.
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* ''ComicBook/{{The Variants|2022}}'' (2022)
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* AdultFear: During the events of the storyline "Purple Daughter," her skin had mysteriously turned the color purple, a sign she may have actually been the daughter of Jessica's CompellingVoice arch enemy Purple Man. [[spoiler:Thankfully, it turned out to all be a temporary issue caused by the Purple Man's MuggleBornOfMages son, who did it in a failed attempt to break Jessica.]]
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: As part of her Jewel costume, she dyed her hair a purplish pink.
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A former Daredevil villain who was transplanted into being Jessica's ArchEnemy. See [[Characters/DaredevilCentralRoguesGallery here]] for more information.
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She soon put on a costume and created a heroic identity: Jewel. She had a pretty low-key career and was somewhat known to the New York superheroes, especially ComicBook/CarolDanvers until she encountered the [[Characters/Characters/DaredevilCentralRoguesGallery Purple Man]], who seized control of her mind for eight months and subjected her to psychological abuse. He sent her to ComicBook/TheAvengers' Mansion in order to kill ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and she attacks the only person wearing red at the mansion: the ComicBook/ScarletWitch. Jessica endures a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown by ComicBook/IronMan and ComicBook/TheVision until ComicBook/CarolDanvers saves her. Jessica slips back into a coma and is brought out only by psychic therapy by [[ComicBook/XMen Jean Grey]]. Soon after therapy, and after a short stint as a hero named Knightress, Jessica decides to hang up the cape for good.
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She soon put on a costume and created a heroic identity: Jewel. She had a pretty low-key career and was somewhat known to the New York superheroes, especially ComicBook/CarolDanvers until she encountered the [[Characters/Characters/DaredevilCentralRoguesGallery [[Characters/DaredevilCentralRoguesGallery Purple Man]], who seized control of her mind for eight months and subjected her to psychological abuse. He sent her to ComicBook/TheAvengers' Mansion in order to kill ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and she attacks the only person wearing red at the mansion: the ComicBook/ScarletWitch. Jessica endures a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown by ComicBook/IronMan and ComicBook/TheVision until ComicBook/CarolDanvers saves her. Jessica slips back into a coma and is brought out only by psychic therapy by [[ComicBook/XMen Jean Grey]]. Soon after therapy, and after a short stint as a hero named Knightress, Jessica decides to hang up the cape for good.
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She soon put on a costume and created a heroic identity: Jewel. She had a pretty low-key career and was somewhat known to the New York superheroes, especially ComicBook/CarolDanvers until she encountered the ComicBook/PurpleMan, [[Characters/Characters/DaredevilCentralRoguesGallery Purple Man]], who seized control of her mind for eight months and subjected her to psychological abuse. He sent her to ComicBook/TheAvengers' Mansion in order to kill ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and she attacks the only person wearing red at the mansion: the ComicBook/ScarletWitch. Jessica endures a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown by ComicBook/IronMan and ComicBook/TheVision until ComicBook/CarolDanvers saves her. Jessica slips back into a coma and is brought out only by psychic therapy by [[ComicBook/XMen Jean Grey]]. Soon after therapy, and after a short stint as a hero named Knightress, Jessica decides to hang up the cape for good.
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!Jessica's Family
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!!Luke Cage
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[[caption-width-right:250:[[{{Catchphrase}} Sweet Christmas!]]]]
Luke Cage is Jessica's husband and father of her daughter. They met during ''ComicBook/{{Alias}}'' and had a one-night stand, which resulted in the pregnancy, but both agreed to give a real relationship a try. They got married in the pages of ''ComicBook/NewAvengers''.
Cage has superhuman strength and bulletproof skin from an experiment while in prison. He first appeared in ''ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire'' #1.
For more, see: Characters/HeroesForHireI.
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!!Danielle Cage
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Danielle "Dani" Cage-Jones
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Danielle Jones-Cage
!!! '''Debut:''' ''The Pulse'' #13 (March, 2006)
Luke Cage and Jessica Jones daughter.
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* AdultFear: During the events of the storyline "Purple Daughter," her skin had mysteriously turned the color purple, a sign she may have actually been the daughter of Jessica's CompellingVoice arch enemy Purple Man. [[spoiler:Thankfully, it turned out to all be a temporary issue caused by the Purple Man's MuggleBornOfMages son, who did it in a failed attempt to break Jessica.]]
* AmbiguouslyGay: She is married to Lucy Rand, daughter of Danny Rand and Misty Knight, in one universe. However, this seems to be the only universe where she is romantically interested in anyone.
* CheerfulChild: Being as she is a toddler. When Doctor Strange exposed the New Avengers to a magic spell that was meant to expose everyone's true nature, Dani just giggled, much to Jessica's surprise. Stephen explains that there's no purer spirit than a baby.
* FutureBadass: Her future in multiple universes is as her generation's Captain America, and in at least one universe she is that universe's Thor.
* LegoGenetics: Most future versions of her have inherited a mix of both her parents' powers, making her a FlyingBrick.
* MixedAncestry: Her father is black while her mother is white.
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!!Luke Cage
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[[caption-width-right:250:[[{{Catchphrase}} Sweet Christmas!]]]]
Luke Cage is Jessica's husband and father of her daughter. They met during ''ComicBook/{{Alias}}'' and had a one-night stand, which resulted in the pregnancy, but both agreed to give a real relationship a try. They got married in the pages of ''ComicBook/NewAvengers''.
Cage has superhuman strength and bulletproof skin from an experiment while in prison. He first appeared in ''ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire'' #1.
For more, see: Characters/HeroesForHireI.
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!!Danielle Cage
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Danielle "Dani" Cage-Jones
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Danielle Jones-Cage
!!! '''Debut:''' ''The Pulse'' #13 (March, 2006)
Luke Cage and Jessica Jones daughter.
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* AdultFear: During the events of the storyline "Purple Daughter," her skin had mysteriously turned the color purple, a sign she may have actually been the daughter of Jessica's CompellingVoice arch enemy Purple Man. [[spoiler:Thankfully, it turned out to all be a temporary issue caused by the Purple Man's MuggleBornOfMages son, who did it in a failed attempt to break Jessica.]]
* AmbiguouslyGay: She is married to Lucy Rand, daughter of Danny Rand and Misty Knight, in one universe. However, this seems to be the only universe where she is romantically interested in anyone.
* CheerfulChild: Being as she is a toddler. When Doctor Strange exposed the New Avengers to a magic spell that was meant to expose everyone's true nature, Dani just giggled, much to Jessica's surprise. Stephen explains that there's no purer spirit than a baby.
* FutureBadass: Her future in multiple universes is as her generation's Captain America, and in at least one universe she is that universe's Thor.
* LegoGenetics: Most future versions of her have inherited a mix of both her parents' powers, making her a FlyingBrick.
* MixedAncestry: Her father is black while her mother is white.
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Jessica Jones is a Creator/MarvelComics superheroine, originally created by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis. She was the main character of ''Comicbook/{{Alias}}'' (November 2001, also written by Bendis) which was the first comic released under the [[DarkerAndEdgier R-Rated]] [[Creator/MarvelMAX MAX]] imprint, which notably had the word "FUCK!" on the first page.
Jessica Jones, also known as Jessica Cambell as a teenager, lived in Forest Hills, New York, where she attended Midtown High, where a [[Comicbook/SpiderMan certain wall-crawling hero]] also attended at the same time. On a family drive one day, her father lost control of the vehicle and collided with a military convoy carrying radioactive material. Her entire family (father, mother, and little brother) were killed and she ended up in a coma. When she awoke, she was adopted by the Jones family and she soon discovered she had superpowers.
She soon put on a costume and created a heroic identity: Jewel. She had a pretty low-key career and was somewhat known to the New York superheroes, especially ComicBook/CarolDanvers until she encountered the ComicBook/PurpleMan, who seized control of her mind for eight months and subjected her to psychological abuse. He sent her to ComicBook/TheAvengers' Mansion in order to kill ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and she attacks the only person wearing red at the mansion: the ComicBook/ScarletWitch. Jessica endures a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown by ComicBook/IronMan and ComicBook/TheVision until ComicBook/CarolDanvers saves her. Jessica slips back into a coma and is brought out only by psychic therapy by [[ComicBook/XMen Jean Grey]]. Soon after therapy, and after a short stint as a hero named Knightress, Jessica decides to hang up the cape for good.
She goes on to start Alias Investigations, a private detective agency where she soon finds out she cannot outrun her past as a superhero (as it's brought up by almost everyone she meets). In between solving cases and [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]], she vacillates between romantic feelings for [[ComicBook/AntMan Scott Lang]] and for ComicBook/{{Luke Cage|HeroForHire}}. By the end of the book, she realizes she's pregnant with Luke's child and the both of them start a romantic relationship.
After ''Alias'', she was a character in ''ComicBook/ThePulse'' (a series focusing on the ''Daily Bugle''), in which she and Luke are a couple and she gives birth to their daughter, Danielle. She later marries him in ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'' and is a sometimes member of the team, when she's not being a mother. She also played a significant role in the first few arcs of ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers''.
A television show based on this character, originally intended for Creator/{{ABC}}, was said to languish in {{development hell}} for years ... until Creator/{{Netflix}} ''finally'' dusted it off for their line of shows set within the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, with Jessica being portrayed by Creator/KrystenRitter. The entire first season of ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' was released on November 20th, 2015, to wide critical acclaim, and the show was renewed for a second season as of January 2016. Jessica teamed up with [[Series/{{Daredevil 2015}} Matt Murdock]], [[Series/LukeCage2016 Luke Cage]], and [[Series/IronFist2017 Danny Rand]] in a mini-series called ''Series/{{The Defenders|2017}}'', based on the Marvel Comics team of the same name.
In October of 2016, Jessica once again got her own solo series. After Brian Bendis left Marvel to go to DC Comics; Kelly Thompson took over the title by his request.
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!! Jessica Jones appears in:
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* ''ComicBook/{{Alias}}'' (2001 -- 2004)
* ''ComicBook/ThePulse'' (2004 -- 2006)
* ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' Vol. 1 (2005 -- 2006)
* ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'' Vol. 2 (2010 -- 2012)
* ''Jessica Jones'' (various runs):
** ''ComicBook/JessicaJones'' Vol. 1 (2016 -- 2018)
** ''Jessica Jones: Blind Spot'' (2018)
** ''Jessica Jones: Purple Daughter'' (2019)
* ''ComicBook/{{The Defenders|2017}}'' Vol. 5 (2017)
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* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2015 -- present), played by Creator/KrystenRitter ([[Characters/MarvelComicsJessicaJones page]]):
** ''Series/{{Jessica Jones|2015}}'' (2015 -- 2019)
** ''Series/{{The Defenders|2017}}'' (2017)
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* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'' (2015)
* ''VideoGame/MarvelContestOfChampions'' (2015)
* ''VideoGame/MarvelPuzzleQuest'' (2018)
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance3TheBlackOrder'' (2019)
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!! Jessica Jones provides examples of the following tropes:
* ActionMom: She's a superheroine/detective and fiercely protective of a daughter.
* AlliterativeName: '''J'''essica '''J'''ones.
* TheAlcoholic: Several dialogue bubbles had Jessica say, "Where is mu [[SymbolSwearing $%&/()(/&%]] drink!?"
* BreakTheCutie: One of the more extreme examples in the MarvelUniverse.
* BrokenBird: After the incident with the Purple Man, leading her to quit being a superhero.
* ByronicHero: She means well and tries to help people, but she's an internally traumatized and considerably temperamental wreck and alcoholic who struggles with her tragic superhero past and future as a detective and mother of a child out of wedlock.
* CharacterDevelopment: Thanks to the need to lighten her so she could appear in stuff outside of the MAX imprint (see bellow in LighterAndSofter), the Jessica of ''Alias'' is very different than the Jessica of ''New Avengers''. As a result, it ends up looking like her relationship with Luke and the ending of ''Alias'' helped her get out of her depressed state and grow as a person.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Expy}}: She shares a lot of similarities with Bendis's version of ComicBook/SpiderWoman, both with the private detective background, the friendship with Carol Danvers and the snarky KnightInSourArmor demeanor. In fact, ''Alias'' was originally going to star Jessica Drew, but Bendis could not use her, so Jessica Jones was created instead. The two team up at one point during ''Alias''.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when Carol Danvers enemy Star shows up to the Alias Investigations office.
--> '''Star:''' You're ... you're not Danvers' friend ... that's the other one, Jessica ''Drew'' ... the Spider-Woman. \\
'''Jessica Jones:''' Yeah. We share her. Joint custody.
* FirstPersonSmartass: Her narration in ''Alias''. Spider-Man has a rival to the throne of Marvel's premier DeadpanSnarker.
* {{Flight}}: She says she can't fly very well, though it seems that she's just out of practice. In her early days as Jewel, she flew just fine.
* FlyingBrick: Flight? Check. Super Strength? Check.
* HappilyMarried: Her marriage to Luke Cage has a lot of love. In fact, their love for each other and their daughter has helped them defeat a lot of problems together.
* LighterAndSofter: An EnforcedTrope via Marvel Comics' policies on their MAX publications, in which Jessica started. Marvel only permitted a limited few of their characters (such as Luke Cage, Punisher and Jessica herself) from making extended appearances in a MAX book outside of being TheCameo. Due to the mature language, sexual content, and other things, the vast majority of their exhaustive cast of characters were not allowed to participate. When Bendis felt he had done all he could with the character under these limited conditions, he ended ''Alias'' and integrated Jessica into the main MarvelUniverse. As a result, she had to become a much lighter and softer character.
* MamaBear: Do '''not''' mess with her daughter. Norman Osborn and Kang the Conqueror both found this out the hard way.
* MindRape: The extent of the Purple Man's mental torture was so severe, she couldn't tell whether or not she was doing things with her own will or ''his.''
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Subverted. Several people ask her if Kilgrave ever raped or sexually abused her while under his control, and she insists that he never did. ''However'', she also insists that she feels no less humiliated, traumatized and violated than if he did.
* RememberTheNewGuy: She was {{retcon}}ned into Marvel continuity as a Midtown High student who had a crush on Peter Parker (she was even there when he was bitten by the spider). From there, she was supposedly a minor superhero known by ComicBook/CarolDanvers since UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks. Jessica's AntiHero stint as Knightress before she started Alias investigations was also retconned into ''The Pulse''.
* SirSwearsALot: One of Marvel's biggest examples, and certainly the biggest female one. She curses ''very'' frequently in ''Alias''. She was cursing even as a teenager, and even ''after'' she moved beyond MAX's mature imprint and onto the G-Teen rated comics, she kept it up, sometimes being covered up by SymbolSwearing.
* TheSnarkKnight: Not just a DeadpanSnarker, but she had some serious self-esteem issues before finally working on them at the end of ''Alias''.
* SuperStrength: An undefined amount, thought it's at least enough for her to lift and toss cars.
* SuperToughness: Jessica is much tougher than an ordinary person, and though she survived being beaten by Iron Man and the Vision, she sustained serious injuries. She also admits that she is unsure of whether or not she is bulletproof. As of ''Blind Spot'', [[spoiler:it turns out she's not bulletproof. Jessica was killed by a bullet to the head from Evil!Jared, but then resurrected by Good!Jared.]]
* TheUnhug: When people give her hugs, Jessica tends to accept them passively with her arms hanging at her sides.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: As part of her Jewel costume, she dyed her hair a purplish pink.
Jessica Jones is a Creator/MarvelComics superheroine, originally created by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis. She was the main character of ''Comicbook/{{Alias}}'' (November 2001, also written by Bendis) which was the first comic released under the [[DarkerAndEdgier R-Rated]] [[Creator/MarvelMAX MAX]] imprint, which notably had the word "FUCK!" on the first page.
Jessica Jones, also known as Jessica Cambell as a teenager, lived in Forest Hills, New York, where she attended Midtown High, where a [[Comicbook/SpiderMan certain wall-crawling hero]] also attended at the same time. On a family drive one day, her father lost control of the vehicle and collided with a military convoy carrying radioactive material. Her entire family (father, mother, and little brother) were killed and she ended up in a coma. When she awoke, she was adopted by the Jones family and she soon discovered she had superpowers.
She soon put on a costume and created a heroic identity: Jewel. She had a pretty low-key career and was somewhat known to the New York superheroes, especially ComicBook/CarolDanvers until she encountered the ComicBook/PurpleMan, who seized control of her mind for eight months and subjected her to psychological abuse. He sent her to ComicBook/TheAvengers' Mansion in order to kill ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and she attacks the only person wearing red at the mansion: the ComicBook/ScarletWitch. Jessica endures a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown by ComicBook/IronMan and ComicBook/TheVision until ComicBook/CarolDanvers saves her. Jessica slips back into a coma and is brought out only by psychic therapy by [[ComicBook/XMen Jean Grey]]. Soon after therapy, and after a short stint as a hero named Knightress, Jessica decides to hang up the cape for good.
She goes on to start Alias Investigations, a private detective agency where she soon finds out she cannot outrun her past as a superhero (as it's brought up by almost everyone she meets). In between solving cases and [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]], she vacillates between romantic feelings for [[ComicBook/AntMan Scott Lang]] and for ComicBook/{{Luke Cage|HeroForHire}}. By the end of the book, she realizes she's pregnant with Luke's child and the both of them start a romantic relationship.
After ''Alias'', she was a character in ''ComicBook/ThePulse'' (a series focusing on the ''Daily Bugle''), in which she and Luke are a couple and she gives birth to their daughter, Danielle. She later marries him in ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'' and is a sometimes member of the team, when she's not being a mother. She also played a significant role in the first few arcs of ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers''.
A television show based on this character, originally intended for Creator/{{ABC}}, was said to languish in {{development hell}} for years ... until Creator/{{Netflix}} ''finally'' dusted it off for their line of shows set within the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, with Jessica being portrayed by Creator/KrystenRitter. The entire first season of ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' was released on November 20th, 2015, to wide critical acclaim, and the show was renewed for a second season as of January 2016. Jessica teamed up with [[Series/{{Daredevil 2015}} Matt Murdock]], [[Series/LukeCage2016 Luke Cage]], and [[Series/IronFist2017 Danny Rand]] in a mini-series called ''Series/{{The Defenders|2017}}'', based on the Marvel Comics team of the same name.
In October of 2016, Jessica once again got her own solo series. After Brian Bendis left Marvel to go to DC Comics; Kelly Thompson took over the title by his request.
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!! Jessica Jones appears in:
[[AC:Notable Comics]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Alias}}'' (2001 -- 2004)
* ''ComicBook/ThePulse'' (2004 -- 2006)
* ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' Vol. 1 (2005 -- 2006)
* ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'' Vol. 2 (2010 -- 2012)
* ''Jessica Jones'' (various runs):
** ''ComicBook/JessicaJones'' Vol. 1 (2016 -- 2018)
** ''Jessica Jones: Blind Spot'' (2018)
** ''Jessica Jones: Purple Daughter'' (2019)
* ''ComicBook/{{The Defenders|2017}}'' Vol. 5 (2017)
[[AC:Television]]
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2015 -- present), played by Creator/KrystenRitter ([[Characters/MarvelComicsJessicaJones page]]):
** ''Series/{{Jessica Jones|2015}}'' (2015 -- 2019)
** ''Series/{{The Defenders|2017}}'' (2017)
[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'' (2015)
* ''VideoGame/MarvelContestOfChampions'' (2015)
* ''VideoGame/MarvelPuzzleQuest'' (2018)
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance3TheBlackOrder'' (2019)
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!! Jessica Jones provides examples of the following tropes:
* ActionMom: She's a superheroine/detective and fiercely protective of a daughter.
* AlliterativeName: '''J'''essica '''J'''ones.
* TheAlcoholic: Several dialogue bubbles had Jessica say, "Where is mu [[SymbolSwearing $%&/()(/&%]] drink!?"
* BreakTheCutie: One of the more extreme examples in the MarvelUniverse.
* BrokenBird: After the incident with the Purple Man, leading her to quit being a superhero.
* ByronicHero: She means well and tries to help people, but she's an internally traumatized and considerably temperamental wreck and alcoholic who struggles with her tragic superhero past and future as a detective and mother of a child out of wedlock.
* CharacterDevelopment: Thanks to the need to lighten her so she could appear in stuff outside of the MAX imprint (see bellow in LighterAndSofter), the Jessica of ''Alias'' is very different than the Jessica of ''New Avengers''. As a result, it ends up looking like her relationship with Luke and the ending of ''Alias'' helped her get out of her depressed state and grow as a person.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Expy}}: She shares a lot of similarities with Bendis's version of ComicBook/SpiderWoman, both with the private detective background, the friendship with Carol Danvers and the snarky KnightInSourArmor demeanor. In fact, ''Alias'' was originally going to star Jessica Drew, but Bendis could not use her, so Jessica Jones was created instead. The two team up at one point during ''Alias''.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when Carol Danvers enemy Star shows up to the Alias Investigations office.
--> '''Star:''' You're ... you're not Danvers' friend ... that's the other one, Jessica ''Drew'' ... the Spider-Woman. \\
'''Jessica Jones:''' Yeah. We share her. Joint custody.
* FirstPersonSmartass: Her narration in ''Alias''. Spider-Man has a rival to the throne of Marvel's premier DeadpanSnarker.
* {{Flight}}: She says she can't fly very well, though it seems that she's just out of practice. In her early days as Jewel, she flew just fine.
* FlyingBrick: Flight? Check. Super Strength? Check.
* HappilyMarried: Her marriage to Luke Cage has a lot of love. In fact, their love for each other and their daughter has helped them defeat a lot of problems together.
* LighterAndSofter: An EnforcedTrope via Marvel Comics' policies on their MAX publications, in which Jessica started. Marvel only permitted a limited few of their characters (such as Luke Cage, Punisher and Jessica herself) from making extended appearances in a MAX book outside of being TheCameo. Due to the mature language, sexual content, and other things, the vast majority of their exhaustive cast of characters were not allowed to participate. When Bendis felt he had done all he could with the character under these limited conditions, he ended ''Alias'' and integrated Jessica into the main MarvelUniverse. As a result, she had to become a much lighter and softer character.
* MamaBear: Do '''not''' mess with her daughter. Norman Osborn and Kang the Conqueror both found this out the hard way.
* MindRape: The extent of the Purple Man's mental torture was so severe, she couldn't tell whether or not she was doing things with her own will or ''his.''
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Subverted. Several people ask her if Kilgrave ever raped or sexually abused her while under his control, and she insists that he never did. ''However'', she also insists that she feels no less humiliated, traumatized and violated than if he did.
* RememberTheNewGuy: She was {{retcon}}ned into Marvel continuity as a Midtown High student who had a crush on Peter Parker (she was even there when he was bitten by the spider). From there, she was supposedly a minor superhero known by ComicBook/CarolDanvers since UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks. Jessica's AntiHero stint as Knightress before she started Alias investigations was also retconned into ''The Pulse''.
* SirSwearsALot: One of Marvel's biggest examples, and certainly the biggest female one. She curses ''very'' frequently in ''Alias''. She was cursing even as a teenager, and even ''after'' she moved beyond MAX's mature imprint and onto the G-Teen rated comics, she kept it up, sometimes being covered up by SymbolSwearing.
* TheSnarkKnight: Not just a DeadpanSnarker, but she had some serious self-esteem issues before finally working on them at the end of ''Alias''.
* SuperStrength: An undefined amount, thought it's at least enough for her to lift and toss cars.
* SuperToughness: Jessica is much tougher than an ordinary person, and though she survived being beaten by Iron Man and the Vision, she sustained serious injuries. She also admits that she is unsure of whether or not she is bulletproof. As of ''Blind Spot'', [[spoiler:it turns out she's not bulletproof. Jessica was killed by a bullet to the head from Evil!Jared, but then resurrected by Good!Jared.]]
* TheUnhug: When people give her hugs, Jessica tends to accept them passively with her arms hanging at her sides.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: As part of her Jewel costume, she dyed her hair a purplish pink.
