Lee, Jubilation (person)

**Jubilation Lee**, also known as **Jubilee**, is a mutant born with the ability to generate explosive energy blasts, often referred to as "fireworks". After her parents were killed, Jubilee was sent to an orphanage, but ran away and hid in a Hollywood shopping mall. Eventually, she was caught by mall security, but was rescued by the X-Men and decided to follow them through a portal to their base in Australia, ending up joining the team.

As an X-Man, Jubilee formed a close bond with Wolverine and carried his teachings with her when she joined the teenage mutant team called Generation X. Since then, she has rejoined the X-Men on multiple occasions and been a part of numerous other teams, including the X-Corps, the New Warriors, Excalibur and even a vampire group called The Forgiven, during her time as a vampire. Despite initially being the youngest member of the X-Men, Jubilee has since grown into a valued member of the team and has even become a teacher at the Xavier Institute to pass on what she had learned.

## Jubilation Lee

### Relatives

Zhan Lee (father, dead), Jingyi Lee (mother, dead)

### Affiliation

Excalibur, X-Men, Department X, Patsy Walker Temp Agency,[7] Forgiven, New Warriors, X-Corps, Generation X

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

Beverly Hills, California, United States of America, Earth, Sol system, Space Sector 2814

## History

### Early Years

The daughter of two prosperous Hong Kong immigrants, **Jubilation "Jubilee" Lee**, was born and raised in Beverly Hills, California, and lived a charmed life. Jubilee attended an exclusive Beverly Hills school, where she discovered her great talent for gymnastics.

Jubilee first discovered her mutant power to generate blinding and explosive energy "fireworks", while running away from mall security. The stress of running away from the security guards caused Jubilee to emit a large light energy blast while in a back alley. This completely disoriented the men and allowed the frightened young girl to escape.

Her life changed completely in one night, when her parents were killed in a mysterious car accident, leaving Jubilee with no one to turn to.

Jubilee was then sent to an orphanage but ran away and hid in a Hollywood shopping mall. Frustrated with the young girl's rebellious nature and powerful lightshows, the mall security hired mutant hunters, known as the M-Squad, to capture her. Jubilee held her own by blasting the M-Squad's energy tractor beams, but she was eventually caught. Lucky for her, Jubilee was rescued by the X-Men Dazzler, Psylocke, Rogue, and Storm, who happened to be shopping at the mall. Curious about these strange women, she followed them for a while and later jumped into a portal after them.

### Meeting the X-Men

On the other side of the portal, Jubilee found herself at the X-Men's temporary base in the Australian outback. Jubilee stayed hidden and, while living in the underground base, the mutant known as Gateway was the only person aware of Jubilee's existence. During her stay in the base, Jubilee stowed away in Dazzler's quarters and found an immediate kinship, in the extent of Alison Blaire's wardrobe. Jubilee stole food and borrowed clothes from several of the X-Men to create a makeshift costume for herself. Jubilee was present when Nanny and Orphan-Maker ambushed the X-Men at their base, but simply hid while the battle ensued. Once while the X-Men were out, Jubilee was harassed and hounded by a Reaver guard dog that was left at the base. Jubilee stayed in hiding until the X-Men had abandoned the base, and their enemies the Reavers had captured Wolverine and taken over the base.

While sneaking around the caverns in the outback base, Jubilee was startled to find Wolverine hung up on a cross and near death. Jubilee helped Wolverine get down from the cross, and nursed him back to health. Together, they travelled to Hong Kong, where they learned that the Mandarin had consolidated his control over Hong Kong's criminal scene by allying himself with The Hand. As they investigated, they were ambushed and captured by Mandarin's prime assassin, Lady Mandarin. It was then revealed that Lady Mandarin was actually Psylocke, brainwashed and transferred into an Asian body. After Psylocke established a mental link with Wolverine upon attacking him with her psychic knife, the backlash of memories of the X-Men broke her free, leading the Mandarin's defeat. During this time, Jubilee held her own against The Hand and blew up a section of the Mandarin's castle with her powers.

After hearing of mutants being attacked on the island nation of Genosha, the trio made their way there, meeting Boom Boom and Rictor, who had lost their powers. Jubilee was left taking care of the depowered mutants, while Wolverine and Psylocke infiltrated Cameron Hodge's Citadel. Despite some friction between them, the young mutants managed to avoid capture several times and make their own way into the citadel, where they joined the other X-teams for the final stand against Hodge.

Upon returning to the United States, Jubilee joined Storm, Wolverine, Psylocke, Forge, Banshee, and Gambit as a member of the X-Men. Although she accompanied them on many of their missions, they remained wary of placing her in harm's way because of her young age. When Wolverine was kidnapped by The Hand, Jubilee argued that she should be allowed to help (as she had previously fought and defeated The Hand), and found an unlikely ally in Psylocke. After run-ins with the Skrulls, the Brood, Omega Red, and Mojo, Jubilee was finally made to stay at the mansion by the X-Men due to her age.

Jubilee and Wolverine grew a close father-daughter relationship with one another. Jubilee needed the guidance of a parent, while Wolverine needed the peace and joy of a child. The duo teamed up to fight Sabretooth, Omega Red, Sauron, Sentinels, and even sought revenge on Reno and Molokai, who she believed had murdered of her parents.

When Professor X was almost killed by a villain named Stryfe, who appeared to be Cable, the X-Men were quick to suspect Cable of the deed. It was Jubilee who persuaded the X-Men that he might not be the culprit, as no one knew what Stryfe really looked like, and he could therefore be disguised as Cable. Once Professor X was cured and regained the use of his legs for a short time, Jubilee took him rollerblading to cheer him up. After spending some time bonding with him she realized that he wasn't the stuffy old man she took him for, and they grew closer. After his legs began to weaken, Jubilee helped him back into his wheelchair, realizing that just being there to help meant more to him than anything she could say.

Back at the mansion, Jubilee became close friends with Colossus's little sister Illyana. When Illyana was diagnosed with the Legacy Virus, Jubilee spent all of her time at Illyana’s bedside. When Kitty Pryde arrived, Jubilee was jealous of her at first, because she was Wolverine's first sidekick, but the two soon formed a friendship. Despite all their attempts, the X-Men were unable to save Illyana. Jubilee took her death extremely hard, almost as bad as Colossus. Several weeks later, after Magneto violently removed the Adamantium from Wolverine's skeleton, Logan decided to leave the X-Men, fearing that he was a liability to them. Knowing how much this would affect Jubilee, he wrote her a touching goodbye letter and left his favorite cowboy hat for her. A short time later, Sabretooth was brought to the mansion by Professor X and held in captivity there. Jubilee was terrified of him, and had nightmares of him killing the X-Men and leaving her for last. Attempting to get over her fears she began to bring food to Sabretooth, who taunted the poor girl mercilessly. One night her nightmares almost came true when the mansion's security system went down and Sabretooth escaped from his cell. He hunted the X-Men throughout the mansion, but in the end it was Jubilee who took him down with a neutralizer pistol.

With the other X-Men busy, Banshee was the only person to notice that Jubilee was having trouble coping with Wolverine's absence, as well as all that had happened to her since he left. When the Phalanx assimilated most of the X-Men, Jubilee and Banshee were forced to team up with Sabretooth and Emma Frost (who had recently awoken from a coma in the mansion's medical facility) to escape from them. This unusual group worked together to gather all the young mutants listed by Professor X as future allies. The Phalanx was later defeated thanks to the sacrifice of a young mutant girl named Blink.

### Generation X

Feeling that she needed a rest from the stresses at the mansion, Jubilee volunteered to join a new group of teenage mutants known as Generation X. The team was led by both Banshee and Emma Frost, and was comprised mainly of Jubilee, Husk, Synch, M, Chamber, Skin, and Penance.

Both Banshee and Emma Frost educated the teenagers in school subjects as well as combat and field skills. Jubilee and the other mutant teens honed their unique abilities and occasionally battled minions such as the Juggernaut, Omega Red, and their arch-rival Emplate. Time after time, Jubilee used her experience with the X-Men to help her teammates outsmart their enemies. On one occasion, Jubilee used her sarcasm when Emplate siphoned her powers so that he would become enraged enough to not have control over them, causing him to blast himself with Jubilee's energy blasts. Another time, Jubilee blew up Proudstar Hall in order to defeat him. Her teammates survived the massive explosion, covered with an ice shield by Iceman.

During her stay at the Massachusetts Academy, Jubilee was kidnapped and held hostage by Bastion during Operation: Zero Tolerance. She managed to resist his mental probes for a good amount of time, hiding valuable information on the X-Men. Jubilee staged an escape early on after being kidnapped, literally knocking several armed soldiers unconscious with a large plasma volley. Her innocence and morals led to her capture once more, as she decided to give CPR to one of the guards she injured. She eventually escaped with the help of Bastion's assistant Daria. While wandering the desert after her getaway, she was attacked by a Prime Sentinel and held her own by blasting his vision receptors. She was saved at the last minute by Wolverine, who took her back to the X-Men until she was comfortable enough to return to Generation X.

One of the most important details from her time with Generation X was when she discovered the true killer of her parents, Hunter Brawn. She staged a solo operation, using all of her powers, skills, and abilities to track down Brawn. With the help of her friends and teammates, she managed to take him down. Enraged at how he had destroyed her family, her powers flared to a massive level. Instead of killing the man, she took out her aggression and blew up his warehouse, leaving him to be arrested by local authorities.

After Generation X disbanded, Jubilee moved to L.A. with former teammate Skin to pursue an acting career. She was unfortunately cast in stereotypical Asian roles, and after her agent tried to seduce her, she blasted him with a powerful plasma blast.

### X-Corps

Around this time she was offered a position on Banshee's militaristic X-Corps team, alongside former teammates Husk and M. The three young women hesitantly joined Banshee in order to keep an eye on him. During her run with the X-Corps, Jubilee held off an uprising in Paris by blinding hostile enemies. Jubilee and Husk, with the help of Stacy X, also managed to take down the Blob and rescue Banshee from Mystique.

### Holy War

Jubilee returned to L.A. with Skin, but the two of them along with Magma and other mutants were kidnapped and crucified on the front lawn of the X-Mansion by the Church of Humanity. Jubilee and Magma recovered from the attack because of Angel's healing blood, but Skin and the others weren't so fortunate. Jubilee became slightly depressed due to the loss of her friend and reunited with her friend Husk. The two of them, along with Angel, attended Skin's funeral. Since the grave keeper wouldn't allow a mutant to be buried in his cemetery, he had Skin cremated and unemotionally handed Jubilee Skin's ashes. From then on, Jubilee went on a few missions with Nightcrawler and Havok's Uncanny team, but was taken off of the active roster when Cyclops decided Jubilee needed a mental break.

### Aunt Hope

Jubilee was contacted by a long lost relative, her Aunt Hope. Hope decided to adopt Jubilee and take her into her home in Los Angeles, which gave Jubilation a much-needed break from mansion life. Jubilee attended Payton Noble High School and became a peer adviser. She got into a few fights in school, and was reprimanded because of her power display. She also befriended a mutant named Shane Shooter, and helped him take down a gang leader. Unfortunately for Jubilee, her aunt was caught in a crime ring, as she was an assassin.

While Wolverine was visiting Jubilee, the two of them along with her aunt (and her butler Brad) got into a battle with Hope's old boss. Hope was caught in a violent explosion and seemingly died, causing a distraught Jubilee to move back to the mansion with Wolverine.

## Attributes

### Powers

* **Lumikinetic Explosive Light Blasting:** Jubilee possesses the mutant ability to generate what she calls "**fireworks**" (also known as **Energy Plasmoids** or **Lumikinetic Explosive Light Blasts**). These are essentially globules of energy that vary in power and intensity. The explosions can result in anything from a multitude of colorful sparkles, capable of temporarily blinding a person, to a fairly powerful detonation capable of smashing tree trunks or metal objects. Jubilee can also absorb the generated fireworks back into her own body without harm.
	+ **Atomic Blast**: According to Emma Frost, Jubilee had the potential to detonate matter at a sub-atomic level. After waiting to try it for a while, she was able to do so safely while in space on the Collector's Ship. The use of power making her body translucent except for her skeleton, she generated a massive explosion that completely obliterated the vessel and was bright enough to be seen from Earth. Jubilee herself was recovered by Magik, the explosion having blasted away all hair on her body in addition to her clothes.
* **Psionic Shields:** Jubilee's mind possesses a natural defense against telepathic detection or attack. These psionic shields render her mind "slippery" and invisible to telepathic beings unless they know precisely what to mentally scan for.

### Abilities

Jubilee is skilled in gymnastics. She is also a good hand-to-hand combatant, having received training from Wolverine and later with Generation X. She also seems to have the makings of a good leader.

### Weaknesses

* Jubilee suffers from **Dyscalculia**; a learning disability that causes severe difficulty in making arithmetical calculations.
* Jubilee is lactose intolerant.

## Notes

* Jubilee claims she can do more handsprings than Black Widow.

## Trivia

* Jubilee was involved in a galactic adventure trying to protect her favorite clothing store from being overtaken by space aliens and subsequently ending up married to an alien prisoner named Thorak. Apparently, her memory of the episode was wiped clean and she was returned to Earth. There has been no evidence since, however, that this episode actually happened.
* Jubilee hated Christmas as it reminded her of her deceased family. However, this changed after she met Santa Claus and helped rescue him.