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Jubilee (real name Jubilation Lee) is a fictional character, a mutant superhero in Marvel Comics' universe. She first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #244, August, 1989.
History
Jubilee is a Chinese-American girl, was born in Beverly Hills, California, where she lived with her wealthy immigrant parents. However, her life was destroyed when her parents were murdered by two hit men.
Jubilee was sent to an orphanage, but she ran away and hid in a Hollywood shopping mall, stealing food to survive. When she discovered her mutant powers to create energy "fireworks," she realized she could earn money by using her powers to entertain customers in the mall.
Mutant hunters tried to capture her, but she was rescued by four female members of the X-Men: Dazzler, Psylocke, Rogue, and Storm. Curious, she followed them into a portal.
She found herself in the X-Men's temporary base deep in the Austrailia outback. She stayed in hiding until the X-Men had abandoned the base, and their enemies the Reavers had captured Wolverine.
She possesses the ability to generate bursts of plasma, which are generally not useful for much more than a distraction in a combat situation, although it has been shown that her powers have vast untapped destructive potential. This is likely due to her true power, the ability to release energy from matter at the subatomic level. She has been a member of the X-Men and Generation X, and is a frequent partner of Wolverine.
Film and TV
she was first portrayed in the cartoon version of X-Men in 1992 voiced by Alyson Court
In 1996 the TV film Generation X was made and the character was portrayed by Heather McComb
The first X-Men saw Katrina Florece play the character while her portrayel in the second film X-2 was by Kea Wong.
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