Television
- Geoff Johns announced that there will be a live action TV series featuring the Jaime Reyes version of Blue Beetle. They made a test trailer with Garrett Plotkin stuntman and actor as Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle. Scenes of this trailer were shown as part of the upcoming DC Nation block of programming in 2012 on Cartoon Network during the premier of Green Lantern: The Animated Series.
- Jaren Brandt Bartlett portrayed Jaime Reyes in "Booster", the 18th episode of the tenth season of Smallville. In the episode, Jaime is portrayed as a bullied teenager from Metropolis who accidentally becomes attached to the Scarab after being present at a traffic accident involving a car that was transporting it to a Kord Industries facility. After seeking out Booster Gold in hopes that the hero could help remove the Scarab from his spine, Jaime transforms into the Blue Beetle and attacks Booster, unable to control the armor. After nearly strangling Booster to death, Jaime is able to gain control over the Scarab when Booster convinces him to stand up and assert himself over the Scarab. After Jaime reverts to his normal self, Ted Kord offers to have the Scarab removed, but Jaime tells him that he wishes to keep it and learn how to become a hero. The episode ends with Booster offering to help Jaime control his powers, with Lois Lane being convinced by Booster Gold to interview him. This version of the battle suit is rather bulky and lacks the traditional mouth seen in the comics (as the effect is difficult to pull off in live action). The name Blue Beetle was not used in the episode.
- Even though this incarnation of Jaime is shown being from Metropolis, he is seen in the episode wearing a shirt reading "El Paso", a nod to his comic book roots.
- Jaime Reyes is a featured character in the animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold voiced by Will Friedle, and the Scarab is voiced by Ioan Gruffudd. He has appeared in the episodes, "The Rise of the Blue Beetle!", "Fall of the Blue Beetle!", "Game Over for Owlman!", "Night of the Huntress!", "Revenge of the Reach!", "Aquaman's Outrageous Adventure!", "Darkseid Descending!", "Shadow of the Bat!", "Time Out for Vengeance!" and "Crisis: 22,300 Miles Above Earth!", with a few teaser appearances in "Invasion of the Secret Santas!" and "Cry Freedom Fighters!". He has a non-speaking role in "The Fate of Equinox!", "The Power of Shazam!", "The Siege of Starro! Part One" and "The Siege of Starro! Part Two".
- In this same series, Reyes also had an evil counterpart called the Scarlet Scarab (not to be confused with the Marvel comics character of the same name). The Scarlet Scarab was also voiced by Will Friedle. He wears a red version of the suit which can also talk, which was voiced by Ioan Gruffudd.
- Jaime Reyes appears as one of the lead characters in Young Justice: Invasion voiced by Eric Lopez. He appears as a member of the Young Justice team. Jaime believes it to be a piece of technology created by Ted Kord, the former Blue Beetle, prior to his death at the hands of The Light. The Scarab speaks to Jaime only in English in this version, although Jaime continually argues with it. Unlike his comic book counterpart, he does not experience any discomfort when transforming into Blue Beetle. He alongside Robin and Lagoon Boy were sent to a Zeta Point to investigate the aliens there. He has yet to reveal that his suit is actually sentient and frequently talks to it, making his teammates believe he is talking to himself. During the fight, Jaime discovers that his suit enables him to translate what an alien is saying. In "Salvage", he revealed to Superboy that the suit is actually sentient and that he has yet to fully understand its potential. In the episode Darkest Jaime and Impulse travel out to the desert to have fun and waste time, when they are confronted by the Terror Twins, Icicle jr., Tigress, and Aqualad, they escape and return to mount justice with a device thought to be a tracker. It is revealed that the device was needed by the villains to infiltrate the cave, who put collars on the heroes to disable their powers. The Scarab is able to disable Jaime's collar, but Jaime refuses to let the Scarab disable it. The Scarab then takes over forcefully and attacks the villains, he succeeds but is then shocked by Aqualad, and taken along with Beast Boy, and Impulse.
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