Jump Start Advanced 2nd Grade - Character Details

Character Details

All of the characters below are anthropomorphic animals. Also, most of the characters are not wearing their "normal" outfit in JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade; that is, the outfits they wear in this game are not the same ones they wore in other games released around the same time.

Frankie: As stated above, Frankie is a dog who first appeared in JumpStart 1st Grade. In this product, he is the head of the JumpStart Intelligence Agency and is prominent on the box art, but despite these points, he does not play as big a part as other characters, such as C.J. Frog, and seems to be more of a mascot than a main character. In this game, he is a semi-light brown in color and wears a white suit (though his outfit on the box art is much different). In most other games released around the time, such as other JumpStart Advanced titles, he wore a red sweater with yellow lining and a blue dog collar. Though the box art seems to suggest Frankie going on daredevil missions, he never does so in the game; he simply stays at headquarters while C.J. does the adventuring. Frankie's taking on of leadership roles is common in recent games.

Hopsalot: Referred to as "Mr. Hopsalot" in some other products and nicknamed "Hops", Hopsalot is a rabbit who first appeared in JumpStart Kindergarten. In this game, as in other games in the JumpStart Advanced series, he seems to be naturally bright and is talented at creating new inventions. In this product, he appears to be the scientist for the J.I.A., is light brown in color, and wears goggles with a white suit. His "normal outfit" at the time of the original JumpStart Advanced was simply a teal T-shirt.

C.J.: A frog and one of the main characters, C.J. first appeared in the original JumpStart 2nd Grade game. As in his original appearance, he is adventurous. His looks are different from his original looks, however; he is more thinner and taller, making him look somewhat more like a human, is bright green, and wears sunglasses, a light coat, and, like his original incarnation, a hat. His normal outfit at the time contained a tan shirt, pants, a brown vest, and lacked sunglasses (though the hat is the same). He is occasionally referred to as "Pond" by Frankie and Dr. O, a possible James Bond reference.

Edison: C.J.'s firefly sidekick who also debuts in the original 2nd Grade. In this game, he seems to dislike adventuring (onceexpressing that he wishes the gadget pieces were hidden in "quiet places" like golf courses and petting zoos) and, as in most games made after 2nd Grade where he appears, sports an Irish-sounding accent. His looks are much different than they were originally; he is blue-green in color with a different hat and outfit.

Lucy: A female frog resembling C.J. in some ways, but with a darker color and red lipstick. She appears in the different continents that C.J. and Edison visits as an "agent in the field", though she always says her name is some sort of variant of Lucy; for example, she calls herself "Dr. Lucicle" in Antarctica and "Lucianova" in Russia (Europe). She wears sunglasses like C.J. and her eyes are never seen (C.J.'s eyes are, however, shown in the beginning cutscene).

Dr. O: A snail and the game's main villain, Dr. O is a snail with yellow-orange body, a large brown shell, a spectacle, and a brown shirt with a red tie. He does various evil-doings, especially vandalism, which must be fixed using machines Hopsalot creates. Not surprisingly, he dislikes CJ, and to some extent, they seem to have a rivalry. He bears an uncanny resemblance to the character Dr. Listick, a villain who appeared in the older JumpStart Reading for Second Graders and the book CJ and the Mysterious Map.

Despite appearing in other JumpStart Advanced games, Casey Cat, Pierre Polar Bear, Eleanor Elephant, and Kisha Koala are absent from JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade, not including the All-Star feature and the cameo made by Kisha, Eleanor and Casey as faces on Mount Jumpmore. Interestingly, a few of the comments made by these characters in the All-Star feature (and the fact that they all are wearing shades) seems to indicate that they are intelligence agents themselves, even though they do not appear in the main game.