Percy Jackson

Perseus Jackson, also known as Percy Jackson, Seaweed Brain and Kelp Head, is the titular main protagonist from the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.
== Charactah Account ==
The son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and clear-sighted mortal Sally Jackson. The titular hero of the first series, the books start in Percy's sixth grade year when he kills one of the Furies, masquerading as his pre-algebra teacher. He is introduced to Camp Half-Blood along with the audience and struggles to survive quests in the world of gods and monsters while coming to terms with likely being the demigod at the center of the Great Prophecy.
Percy is a brave, spirited natural leader, and is willing to risk his life to save friends, family, strangers, and sometimes even enemies. He has a sarcastic and smart sense of humor, a laid-back demeanor, and has earned the respect of all the Olympians, including Artemis (who strictly dislikes men), Dionysus (who hates most heroes because of what happened with Ariadne),Hades (who generally hates demigods), and Zeus (who naturally hates children of Poseidon). He also earned the trust and respect of the Romans of Camp Jupiter (who usually don't trust Greeks). Percy remains true and never goes back on his word. However, he is definitely not perfect. Percy is somewhat short-tempered, and thus has trouble controlling his anger (such as when he sees bullying) and tends to do or blurt out things before thinking, no matter the consequences, causing him to get into a lot of trouble. He also feels responsible for everyone and anything which goes wrong. Percy is also really reckless and rebellious.
Many people tell him he is brave, such as friends, family, strangers, and even gods and goddesses. He also states that he has the same "brooding" look as his father, that always branded him a rebel, and that his mom, Sally Jackson, also has a rebellious streak just like him. Annabeth mentions that he is technically smart but seems to act dumb; and is obtuse, meaning he doesn't always see the obvious even when it is right in front of him, such as people's feelings and what they are trying to say indirectly. Despite this he is perceptive when he wants to (or needs to) be; he could tell that Gaea wanted to keep him alive and gambled his life knowing that he was too valuable to Gaea for him to die at that time. Percy can also be derisively sarcastic and moody, and he dislikes being manipulated or forced to obey. Percy also has small feelings for Annabeth Chase at the beginning of the series and these feelings became romantic over the course of the series, but he finally confirms it in The Last Olympian. Although Percy is a leader at Camp Half-Blood, he is considered a troublemaker in school, with a track record of expulsions, like most demigods. His dyslexia makes learning and reading difficult and his ADHDmakes it hard for him to be attentive or to sit still in class. He has never been one of the "cool" kids in class because he hangs out with supposedly "un-cool" people, such as Tyson or Grover Underwood. Possibly because of his bad history in school, Percy feels a strong level of affection and attachment to Camp Half-Blood. 
== Appearance ==
=== Literature ===
* Demigods & Magicians
* Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
* Percy Jackson and the Olympians
* Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo
* Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes
* The Heroes of Olympus
* The Heroes of Olympus: The Demigod Diaries
* The Trials of Apollo
=== Movies ===
* Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
* Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
=== Video Games ===
* Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
== Trivia ==
* Percy Jackson is based on Rick Riordan's son, Haley, who has ADHD and Dyslexia.
* Percy's real name, Perseus, is used by many of his enemies and many gods in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. In The Heroes of Olympus, he is mostly addressed as Percy, with the exception of The Blood of Olympus, in which he is referred to as Perseus by Polybotes and Kymopoleia.
** Percy never revealed his real name to anyone prior to the events of The Lightning Thief, when he first arrived at Camp Half-Blood.
* Along with Leo and Meg, Percy is the only known demigod to be mostly called by his shortened first name.
* Rick Riordan has said that he gave Percy the name "Perseus" simply because he liked the name. In Greek Mythology, Perseus was the son of Zeus, not Poseidon. Riordan made Percy a son of Poseidon because, in his words, "everyone is a son of Zeus". In myth, most of the known demigods are children of Zeus and he found it unfair. He also thought it'd be too obvious.
* Percy is similar to Jason Grace in several ways:
** Both were named after legendary Greek heroes
** Both are children of the big three gods
** Both are looked at as leaders of their respective camps
** Both were praetors of Camp Jupiter at one point
** Both are dense about love (Jason didn't realize how his actions made both Reyna and Piper jealous at times, and Percy didn't know Annabeth Chase had a crush on him since she was 12)
** Both are accomplished swordsmen
* Percy is thus far the only known demigod to be written in the two major prophecies in both series: he is the "half-blood of the eldest gods" mentioned in the Great Prophecy and one of the seven half-bloods in the Prophecy of Seven.
* Percy has fought a total of five Titans, two of which he defeated (Artemis ultimately defeated Atlas).
* As of The Crown of Ptolemy, Percy is the first mortal to have no known Blood of the Pharaohs who hosted an Egyptian goddess.
* Percy is the only known bearer of the Curse of Achilles not to be killed by their weak spot and the only one known to lose it.
* As of The House of Hades, Percy, Annabeth, and Nico are the only demigods known to have gone to Tartarus and survive the experience.
* Percy is the only one that has been able to keep the River Lethe from erasing his memories, as he won't get wet in water because he is a son of Poseidon.
* It was mentioned in The Son of Neptune that it was unheard of for a probatio like Frank Zhang to be promoted directly to centurion rank. Percy was still probatio when he was made praetor, the highest rank at Camp Jupiter.
** He is also the first and only known Greek to hold a position of leadership within Roman ranks.
* Percy was one of the only two demigods in Camp Half-Blood (the other being Thalia) who was considered to be capable of equaling Luke. Although unlike Thalia, Percy was fairly easily beaten by Luke in their only duel to the death whereas Thalia not only fought Luke equally but even beaten him in their only duel to the death.
* Percy has only led one quest but has been on multiple others.
* Percy is on his school's swimming team.
* Percy claims to have never gotten a grade higher than a C- in The Lightning Thief. However, in The Ultimate Guide, his report card gives him a B- in science. This may be from after the events of The Lightning Thief, possibly from his time in seventh grade since he and Tyson successfully completed a science exam the fastest thanks to the latter's clumsiness.
* While acting as a narrator, Percy heavily censors explicit content.
* Percy's favorite color is blue. This was in rebellion to Gabe Ugliano's statement about blue food not existing. Also, it is the color of the sea, Poseidon's realm.
* Percy told Thalia in The Titan's Curse that he likes listening to alternative rock and bands such as The White Stripes. He says that it's one of the "only CDs he owned that his mom liked."
** It was revealed in Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, that Percy's favorite type of music is rock 'n' roll.
* Percy's favorite brand of chewing gum is Trident.
* Like Annabeth, Percy dreamed of getting his parents back together at one point.
* Percy has done many things that previous demigod heroes and mortals from mythology have such as:
** Killed a snake as a young child as Hercules did (The Lightning Thief).
** Slew the Minotaur (twice, once in The Lightning Thief and later in The Last Olympian) and defeated Procrustes as Theseus did.
** Killed Medusa as Perseus did (The Lightning Thief).
** Successfully won a fight with Ares as Diomedes did (The Lightning Thief).
** Took the Gray Sisters' eye and threatened them for directions to a location as Jason and Perseus did (The Sea of Monsters).
** Faced the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, Circe, and Laistrygonians as Odysseus did (The Sea of Monsters).
** Taunted Polyphemus and escaped his cave as Odysseus did (The Sea of Monsters).
** Got the Golden Fleece as the first Jason did (The Sea of Monsters).
** Battled and defeated the Nemean Lion, fought the Erymanthian boar and the Hydra, and entered the Garden of the Hesperides as Hercules did (The Titan's Curse).
** Held the weight of the sky like Hercules did. (The Titan's Curse).
** Spent time with Calypso, like Odysseus did (The Battle of the Labyrinth).
** Entered the Labyrinth with the help of a mortal with a clear sight like Theseus did (The Battle of the Labyrinth).
** Entered the Underworld alive (multiple times) and returned alive as Hercules, Orpheus, Odysseus, and Houdini did.
** Bore the Curse of Achilles as Achilles did (The Last Olympian).
** Carried Hera/Juno in another form across a river like Jason did (The Son of Neptune).
** Confronted Phineas, like Jason and the Argonauts did (The Son of Neptune).
** Faced Alcyoneus, like Hercules did (The Mark Of Athena).
** Fought Ephialtes and Otis, like Hercules and Dionysus did (The Mark of Athena).
** Fought in the Giant War like Hercules and Dionysus did (The Blood of Olympus).
* During The Son of Neptune, the only things Percy remembers are the fact that he is a demigod, Annabeth (including the way she laughed, her looks, her vague connection with San Francisco), and their romantic relationship (including the way she kissed him every time he did something stupid).
* As Percy states in Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, the only demigod son of Poseidon that he is ashamed of being related to is Halirrhothius, who tried to rape Ares' daughter Alcippe.
* Percy appears on the cover and in the storyline of almost every novel in both the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and The Heroes of Olympus series. The only novel in which he does not appear on the cover or in the story is The Lost Hero.
* Percy has some similarities with Mac Begay from Race to the Sun under the Rick Riordan Presents imprint.
** Both never knew a parent until they were twelve years old (Poseidon, Bethany Begay).
** Both had to deal with bullies at school (Nancy Bobofit and Matt Sloan, Adrien Cuttlebush).
** Both are able to control Water.
** Both have delt with a bully using their control over water (Clarisse La Rue, Cuttlebush).
* Percy and Luke are alike in several ways:
** Both of their mothers can see through the Mist.
** At some point they were both in Hermes' Cabin.
** Both of them, at one point, felt resentment towards their respective fathers.
** Both of them are their father's favorite sons.
** They are both excellent sword fighters (Percy himself learned from Luke at camp while training during their first friendship).
** Both of them have met Ladon, the guardian dragon.
** Both of them held the weight of the sky, and escaped. This resulted in a streak of grey hair for both of them.
** Both of them have bathed in the River Styx.
** Both of them saw Annabeth while bathing in the River Styx (Luke also saw Thalia).
** They were both possessed by a figure from Greek mythology, turning their eyes gold (Kronos and eidolon respectively).
** Both of them are subjects of the Great Prophecy.
** Annabeth was interested romantically in both of them at one point in time.
** Both were brought to camp by the satyr, Grover Underwood.
* On the original American cover of The Battle of the Labyrinth, he is seen opening Kronos's sarcophagus, while in the book he was wearing Annabeth's invisible Yankees cap.
* Hazel thinks that Percy and Jason Grace are similar in personality, as they both give off the aura of power and authority, but also a sadness like that they have seen their destinies and are waiting for the day when they will face a monster that they cannot beat. Other ways that they have in common (besides being best friends) are:
** They have both been praetor at some point by being raised on a shield.
** They have/had a girlfriend who is the daughter of a goddess (Annabeth Chase, Piper McLean).
** Aside from each other, they had a best friend who performs more comic relief than they do (Grover Underwood, Leo Valdez)
** At some point in the quest, each had girls that did not trust them (Piper McLean wasn't sure of Percy at first and didn't catch her eye as a hero, and Hazel Levesque and Annabeth Chase disliked Jason as he seemed too perfect).
** They were kidnapped and switched by Hera in The Lost Hero for the purpose of forging bonds between the camps.
** Both of their godly parents (Jupiter and Poseidon) didn't appear at all in The Heroes of Olympus series until The Blood of Olympus.
** Both were under charmspeak by a sorceress (Circe, Medea) which backfired.
** They were both compared to a superhero (Aquaman and Superman respectively).
* As in revealed in The Blood of Olympus, Percy's zodiac sign is a Leo.
* Percy is one of only two characters, along with Annabeth, to have his POV told in both first- and third-person. The original series is all his perspective in first-person, while he had third-person POV chapters in three books in The Heroes of Olympus. Additionally, all of his perspectives in companion books for all three series are told in first-person.
* Percy is both the oldest and the youngest of the Big Three’s kids. Thalia was born before him but it biologically younger, the same goes for Bianca, Hazel and Nico. Jason was younger and died (so is out of the equation). Bianca also died. Most of them were born before Percy but are technically younger.
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== External Links ==
* Percy Jackson at Riordan Wiki
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