Jessica Cruz(Green Lantern) (SJC)

## Jessica Cruz

### Personality

Pacifistic, persistent, easy-going, active, kind, caring, naïve, disobedient (sometimes), righteous, self-sacrificing, hard-working, dedicated, resolute, gregarious, idealistic, peaceable, diplomatic, friendly, affectionate

### Goal

Proving her pacifist ways
defend Metropolis from evil

### Like

Being vegan, Bumblebee, Pamela Isley, her friends, the environment, her van, animals, Hal Jordan (sometimes), making new friends, teasing Hal Jordan, peace, trees, McTodd Steel

### Dislike

Violence, meat, trees getting torn down, Hal Jordan (Sometimes), bad behavior in her Van, not being worthy, being misunderstood, steel jaws

### Friend

Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, Karen Beecher/Bumblebee, Zee Zatara/Zatanna, Kara Danvers/Supergirl, Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn, McTodd Steel/Light Steel, Tatsu Yamashiro/Katana, Garth Bernstein/Aqualad, Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Super Villain Girls (occasionally), Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy

### Enemy

Carol Ferris/Star Sapphire, Poison Ivy, Lena Luthor, Cheetah, Dex-Starr, Sinestro, Ember, Lex Luthor, Legion of Doom, Catwoman, Livewire, Giganta, Blackfire, Volcana, Laser Whip, Cythonna, Steel Jaw X, Crimson, Carnage, Steel Jaw Army, Nega Harley, Super Villain Boys

Jessica Cruz is a character DCSHG G2. She is one of the main characters in the series. Jess is also a member of the Super Hero Girls This article will focus on the Steel Jaw Continuity timeline version of character.

## Appearance and background

Green Lantern is curvaceous girl that has long dark brown hair, green eyes, light brown skin & wears a long sleeve green crop top shirt, with a long green dress with sleeveless straps on shoulders underneath. Along with light green hoop earrings, a green hat, a long green skirt with the green lantern corps symbol pattern on the bottom, and a pair of green ballet shoes. *Since The Battle For Earth*, she now has a robot arm. Her original arm was lost due to a severe injury caused by Steel Jaw X. Her robot arm is the same color as her skin so that it's not as noticeable.

## Role in the show

### season 1 and 2

Green Lantern is one of the main characters in the show and one of the original members of the super hero girls. She first appeared in Sweet Justice and has appeared in most of the episodes. Some of Jessica's most notable achievements throughout the first 2 seasons include, dealing with Hal Jordan and Star Sapphire's love issues, making Friends with Poison Ivy's civilian form Pam, dealing with cat turned red lantern Dex Starr, babysitting the Tween Titans, and winning a school president election.

### season 3

She appears in all season 3 episodes except *The Metal Army* and *Return of Nega Harley*. She has the most focus episodes in season 3. One of her most notable roles throughout season 3 is her friendship with McTodd Steel/Light Steel. Jess first met him in *The Metal Monster*, and they have been good friends since.

Season 3 revealed that Jessica had a father. However, he was killed by Jessica's 2nd mother, Angela. Angela ended up being an evil voodoo witch that killed Jessica's father in order to marry Jessica's original mother. Jessica discovered Angela's secrete and she was arrested. Later in the season, Jessica was at the trial for Angela, who was found guilty of all her crimes.

Jessica also had a short villain nemesis in Diesel. This rivalry started when Diesel had his robots destroy Jess's new indoor garden. As Green Lantern, Jessica and Poison Ivy defeated the robots. Diesel would later kidnap McTodd and use him to blackmail Jess into giving him the deed to her garden. Jessica came to diesel's lair as Green Lantern. She fought him and saved McTodd. Diesel died due to engine failure, thus ending the rivalry between Jess and Diesel.

However, Jessica's most important achievement in season 3 was killing Steel Jaw X. After Green Lantern was severely injured by Steel Jaw X during the Battle of Metropolis, She used her anger and hatred for the giant steel jaw to grab McTodd's disintegration ray and vaporized Steel Jaw X. After the battle, Jessica was taken to a green lantern medical facility, where she was given a robot arm to replace her original arm.

### Season 4

Jess continues her main character role in season 4. Her first major role is in *Extreme Heat*. In the episode, she helped batgirl track down and fight Volcana, a new villain with lava powers. They defeated her by spraying her with water.

In *Return of Light Steel*, She helps McTodd overcome his worries that the Battle of Metropolis has caused everyone to hate his Light Steel identity due to being a steel jaw. She convinces him to return as Light Steel by telling him that he shouldn't care what others thought of him. As Green Lantern, Jess and Light Steel fight their first villain together since the steel jaw invasion. She helped the rest of the Super Hero Girls fight off Light Steel, who had been taken over and controlled by Lex Luthor. After they saved Light Steel, the girls went to confront Lex and gave him a warning never to mess with them or their friends again.

A later episode had Jess try to get Hal Jordan and McTodd Steel to work together after they were assigned to a school project together. when Dex Starr and Atrocitus attacked them, Jess tried to get the 2 to work together in defeating the villains. After Jess was captured by the red lanterns, Hal and McTodd finally worked together to save Jess and defeat the villains.

Jess was put in charge of training a new green lantern named Guy Gardner. After several failed training attempts, Jess realized that Guy was not worthy to be a green lantern. After Guy became a Red Lantern, Jess and Kilowog had to team up to take him down.

Season 4 saw Jess and McTodd become romantically involved. This relationship had been building up since season 3. This made Jess the first Super Hero Girls member to get a boyfriend. Jessica also used her new experience as McTodd's girlfriend to help Hal and Carol Work things out and become a happy couple.

## Personality

Jessica is a pacifist who was initially reluctant to become a Green Lantern. She actively refuses to physically hit anyone, except for Hal Jordan. She also refuses to accept the idea that her pacifistic ways may not always work. She is also an environmentalist and a vegan. She also has a penchant for being overbearingly persistent and this can be a real problem at times. She seems to be somewhat arrogant and dismissive. She is also an activist. Despite what she lacks in violence she makes up for her kindness for her friends. Despite her passive-aggressiveness to those who don’t listen to her, she is an easy going, and kind person, who believes everyone needs a friend, and there's no such thing as a lost cause. However, Jess does have some flexibility in her non violent ways. In *Retreat*, she actively fought off plant monsters that were trying to kill her. She also uses more violent tactics against steel jaws, due to them being the thing that killed off her friend, McTodd's, race. She was even the one to destroy Steel Jaw X by using McTodd's disintegration ray.

## Friends, Allies, and Enemies

### Friends

* Super Hero Girls
	+ Diana Prince/Wonder Woman
	+ Kara Danvers/Supergirl
	+ Barbara Gordon/Batgirl
	+ Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn
	+ Karen Beecher/Bumblebee
	+ Zee Zatara/Zatanna
* McTodd Steel/Light Steel
* Invinci Bros
	+ Hal/Green Lantern
	+ Garth/Aqualad
	+ Oliver/Green Arrow
	+ Barry/Flash
	+ Carter/Hawkman

* Pam Isley(Civilian only)
* Red Star
* Katana
* Justice League
	+ Batman
	+ Superman
	+ Aquaman
	+ Green Lantern(John Stewart)

### Enemies

*Characters with (formerly) next to them have died.*

* Super Villain Girls
	+ Catwoman
	+ Livewire
	+ Poison Ivy(villain only)
	+ Blackfire
	+ Cheetah
	+ Volcana
	+ Laser Whip
* Steel Jaws(formerly)
	+ Steel Jaw X
	+ Crimson
	+ Carnage
	+ Darksteel
* Super Hero Boys
	+ Ares
	+ Black Adam
	+ Guy Gardner(Red Lantern)
	+ Sebastian Faust
	+ Bullet Ant
	+ Trickster
	+ Owlman
* Diesel(formerly
* Giganta(formerly)
* Nega Harley(formerly)
* Star Sapphire
* Volcana
* Laser Whip
* Floronic Man(Formerly)
* Lex Luthor
* Dex Starr
* Atrocitus

## Trivia

* Jess is revealed to have had a father in Mother Issues.
* Jess Likes transit as her father used to be a bus driver for Metropolis Transit.
* Jess owns a blog called JessIsCruzin.
* She had a nightmare about Steel Jaw X before she even knew who he was.
* Jess can be considered the main character of season 3 because she has the most episodes dedicated her then any other character from the main Super Hero Girls team. Her story also develops the most throughout the season.

## Gallery

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