Jayna

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Junior SuperFriends Team Member

Jayna
Information
Real name:	Jayna
AKA:	Joanna Flemming (secret identity)
Species:	Exxorian
Home Planet:	Exxor
Hair:	Black
Relatives:	Zan (twin brother)
Base:	Hall of Justice
Affiliations:	Superfriends Wonder Twins
Abilities:	Transforms into any animal
Voiced by:	Louise Williams

Jayna is the twin sister of Zan. The two of them make up the Wonder Twins, which replaced Marvin, Wendy and Wonder Dog as Junior SuperFriends.

Contents 1 Junior SuperFriends Team Member 2 History 3 Abilities 4 Episode Appearances 5 Notes 6 Appearances in Other Media 7 Other Versions 8 External Links 9 References

[edit] History

Continuity from SuperFriends Comic Book
Zan and Jayna were born mutants on the planet Exxor. They are genetic throwbacks to an ancient race of Exxorian shapeshifters. While still infants, a great plague swept across Exxor killing hundreds, including their parents. The twins were raised in an interplanetary circus until such time that they came of age. While their they cared for Gleek. Soon they became frustrated with the enslaved life of a carnival performer, so they fled from Exxor and traveled to Earth where they eventually aided the Super Friends in battling the forces of Grax.^[1] Not long after the Wonder Twins first arrive on earth and help the Super Friends defeat Grax, their english is still not the greatest. The Super Friends ask Professor Nichols if he would allow them to stay with him so he could teach them how to adjust to their new life on earth. He accepts, and he becomes their mentor.^[2] Meanwhile, the Super Friends also assist in training them at the Hall of Justice.^[3]

[edit] Abilities

• Metamorphosis: Jayna possesses the ability to shape-shift her body into any known animal form. This includes mythological animals and animals from her home world of Exxor. If she can envision a specific animal, she can transform into it.

[edit] Episode Appearances

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[edit] Notes

• The character of Jayna was originally developed for the Saturday morning Hanna-Barbera animated series, the SuperFriends.
• Jayna was also featured in the SuperFriends comic book adaptation.
• Jayna's origin was revealed in Comic Book issue #14.

[edit] Appearances in Other Media

Jayna Zan and Jayna said they were exchange students from Sweden. This is used to conceal their true identity (which was not revealed in the Smallville episode, ‘Idol’). They are super-powered admirers of the Blur who come to Metropolis to aid his fight against crime. They wear purple clothes with a touch of punk accessories. When their powers activate and deactivate, there is a blinding purple light that appears. Their eye color also briefly flash purple when they transform. Both Zan and Jayna have to activate their powers by touching each other. When they do so, they say, “Powers Activate”. When their powers activate or deactivate, there is a blinding purple light.Although Gleek their pet space monkey does not appear on Smallville, Jayna’s phone has on it a picture of him on it. Jayna can shapeshift into animals and insects. This version of Jayna is based on the Smallville TV series (2001-??) as seen on the CW. She appeared in the episode, Idol on November 10, 2009. - Go to the Smallville Wiki for more on the Zan

[edit] Other Versions

Shifter Shifter is a fictional character featured in the animated series Justice League Unlimited and is a member of the Ultimen. - Go to DCAU for more on the Shifter

[edit] External Links

• See the Jayna disambiguation page at the DC Database
• The Wonder Twins at wikipedia.org
• The Wonder Twins at Seanbaby's SuperFriends Page

[edit] References

1. ↑ As shown in Super Friends # 14
2. ↑ As shown in the comic book Super Friends #10
3. ↑ As shown in various issues of the Super Friends comics as well as the series.