Michelle Jones-Watson

**Michelle Jones-Watson (also known as "MJ")** is a fictional character based on the Marvel Comics. She is portrayed by Zendaya.

## Background

Michelle Jones-Watson, also known as MJ, is a student at Midtown School of Science and Technology, who greatly enjoyed mocking all of her fellow students there, which included Peter Parker and Ned Leeds. Despite keeping her distance socially, Jones was eventually given the opportunity to take over from the departing Liz Toomes as captain of the Academic Decathlon Team, and began to open up more with her fellow teammates, which included Leeds and Parker.

### **The BIip**

Jones was a victim of Thanos' Snap in 2018. But along with all other victims, she was resurrected by the Hulk in the Blip five years later.

### **School Vacation**

Jones affections were sought out by Parker and Brad Davis during Midtown Tech's trip to Europe. When she deduced Parker's identity as Spider-Man, Jones helped discover Mysterio's fraudulence, by exposing him as the one who staged the Elemental crisis.

### **Back to New York and Multiversal Chaos**

Shortly after their trip to Europe, Jones and Parker began dating. After their first date, Jones was horrified when *The Daily Bugle* showed a modified video of Mysterio and Spider-Man, claiming that Parker was responsible for the casualties of the Battle of London.

With Parker's identity exposed, he and Jones tried to resume their normal lives, but this was thrown into jeopardy when Parker sought the help of Doctor Strange to make the world forget his identity as Spider-Man. This resulted in visitors from other universes being sent to Jones'; she and Ned Leeds worked with Parker to track down and capture the rogue visitors, but then went against Doctor Strange in order to try and redeem the visitors instead of sending them to their deaths. Ultimately, the majority of the visitors would betray Jones and her friends, who then encountered other versions of Peter Parker from alternate universes. Jones and her allies successfully sent the visitors back to their home universes, but tragically, instabilities in spacetime caused by Doctor Strange's spell meant that Jones had to forget her entire history with Parker. The two shared a kiss before Jones' memories were erased, and she resumed her new job as a barista while Parker tried to rekindle their forgotten companionship.

## Abilities

* **Gifted Intellect**: Jones is a smart, well-read, curious and observant individual, using her great intellect to help the Academic Decathlon Team in the Decathlon finals and win the competition. She was later even chosen to replace Liz Toomes as team captain, when Toomes moved to Oregon. Jones was also smart enough to notice Peter Parker repeatedly wandering off on more than one occasion, and eventually figured out that he was Spider-Man. Jones also possesses a vast amount of knowledge in history, crime and conspiracy theories, given her fascination with morbid and controversial topics.
* **Bilingualism**: In addition to her native English, Jones understands Italian, as she regularly had to correct her chaperone Roger Harrington during the class trip to Venice and translated the news reports on Mysterio for her classmates.

## Relationships

### Family

* Mother
* Father

### Friends

* Peter Parker - Ex-Girlfriend
* Ned Leeds

### Classmates

* Brad Davis - Former Admirer
* Flash Thompson
* Betty Brant
* Liz Toomes - Former Classmate

### Allies

* Happy Hogan
* Doctor Strange
* Hulk - Ressurector
* Spider-Man (Friendly Neighborhood Variant)
* Spider-Man (Amazing Variant)
* Doctor Octopus - Former Enemy
* Electro - Former Enemy
* Sandman - Former Enemy
* Lizard - Former Enemy

## Trivia

* In the comics, the nickname "MJ" is used by **Mary Jane Watson**. Kevin Feige (producer) described this as a fun homage to Spider-Man's past adventures and his past love in the comics.
* According to *Spider-Man: Homecoming* co-writer John Francis Daley, Michelle Jones was intended as a reinvention of Mary Jane Watson.