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| alt = A red-haired student wearing a blouse and pleated skirt. She has a smile on her face. |
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| designer = Justin Roiland |
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| voice = ]<ref name=":L" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/KariWahlgren/status/1407106343425609738|title=I'm a Time God... #RickandMorty|last=Wahlgren|first=Kari|author-link=Kari Wahlgren|date=June 21, 2021|website=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622210057/https://twitter.com/KariWahlgren/status/1407106343425609738 |access-date=June 21, 2021|archive-date=2021-06-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://toonado.com/adult_swim/rick-and-morty-star-kari-wahlgren-on-her-crazy-ride-playing-jessica-and-ricks-computer-exclusive-a5919|title=''Rick and Morty'' Star Kari Wahlgren On Her Crazy Ride Playing Jessica And Rick's Computer (Exclusive)|last=Wilding|first=Josh|date=May 23, 2022|website=Toonado|access-date=May 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhTXNfnYfNA|title=Kari Wahlgren Talks Voicing Jessica, Rick & Morty, Music & More!|date=August 17, 2021|website=]|publisher=WISECASTS by Wisecrack|access-date=August 17, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.looper.com/1190918/rick-and-mortys-kari-wahlgren-shares-how-she-keeps-a-handle-on-all-of-those-different-character-voices|title=''Rick and Morty''{{'}}s Kari Wahlgren Shares How She Keeps A Handle On All Of Those Different Character Voices|last=Stanichar|first=Joseph|date=February 12, 2023|website=]|access-date=February 12, 2023}}</ref><ref name=":BTVA">{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Rick-and-Morty/Jessica|title=Jessica Voices (''Rick and Morty'')|date=August 8, 2021|work=Behind the Voice Actors|access-date=August 8, 2021|postscript=. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.}}</ref><br>Misa Ishii ('']'')<ref name=":BTVA" /> |
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| full_name = Jessica |
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| first = {{ubl|'''Jessica C-131:'''|"]" (2014)|'''Jessica Prime:'''|"]" (2013)}} |
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| gender = Female |
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| title = Time God |
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| occupation = ]<br>] of ] |
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'''Jessica''' is a recurring ]al ] in the American ] '']'' and ]. Voiced by ] and created by ] and ], loosely inspired by ] from '']'', Jessica is the ] and later ] ] of protagonist ], who for the first four seasons of the series is oblivious to his feelings being partially reciprocated by Jessica. A ]-savvy student, in "]", Jessica is turned into a ] ] after spending millennia frozen in time within an alternate dimension where-in time passed faster. Known for her kind, inquisitive personality, the character has received a positive critical reception.<ref name=":L" /><ref name=":CBR" /><ref name=":I" /><ref name=":D" /> |
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Alternate versions of Jessica from parallel universes appear throughout the series, and are featured as ]s in the ] ] '']'', as well as in several ] ]. |
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==Development== |
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The character was created by ] and ], who first met at ] during the early 2000s, derived from Roiland's 2006 animated short film ''The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti'', parodying '']''; when the concept of ''Rick and Morty'' was brought up to ], the ideas for an expanded supporting cast and Jessica being featured as a "will they, won't they" ] for ] was introduced, depicted as having red hair due to Harmon's love of ]s, and loosely inspired by ] (portrayed by ] and ]), the films' love interest of ] (the inspiration for Morty).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://splitsider.com/2013/11/dan-harmons-rick-and-morty-premieres-on-adult-swim-on-dec-2|title=Dan Harmon's ''Rick and Morty'' Premieres on Adult Swim on Dec. 2|publisher=The Awl|work=Splitsider|date=12 November 2013|access-date=7 January 2017|last=Czajkowski|first=Elise|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702121402/http://splitsider.com/2013/11/dan-harmons-rick-and-morty-premieres-on-adult-swim-on-dec-2/|archive-date=2 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SndbyN4u0j4|title=''Unedited: See Dan Harmon's Full interview About {{'}}''Rick & Morty'',' Writing, Success, 'Incels' & Kanye''|date=November 2, 2021|access-date=November 2, 2021|via=]|work=]}}</ref> In 2020's ''Rick and Morty Character Guide'', an ] sees Jessica be given the initialized name "Jessica W." in reference to the surname of her voice actress: ]; whether this surname is considered ] to the series' Jessica has yet to be confirmed.<ref>{{Cite comic|artist=Albro Lundy|title=Rick and Morty Character Guide|volume=.1|date=December 23, 2020|publisher=]|location=]|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Morty-Character-Guide-Albro-Lundy/dp/1506716903|access-date=December 23, 2020}}</ref> On the design of ] in the 2020–2021 ] '']'', the series' artist ] described her as "the most enigmatic character in the book needed a look both threatening and characteristically sylish some fun ]-] vibes a black bodysuit strung with silver and bone", after the series' writer ] had requested she be designed with "threatening but also step-on-me vibes".<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=]|artist=] and ]|title=Rick and Morty: Ever After|date=June 15, 2021|publisher=]|location=]|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rick-Morty-Ever-After-Vol/dp/162010881X|access-date=June 15, 2021|quote='']'' "Bonus Materials: Creating the world of ''Ever After'' – Art by Sarah Stern and Emmett Helen" – "'''Sarah:''' "Witch Jessica is the most enigmatic character in the book, and she needed a look that's both threatening and characteristically stylish. I wanted to giver her some fun ]-] vibes, so I gave her a black bodysuit strung with silver and bone. The big, fluffy feather cloak is very insulating on chilly mornings too, I'm sure!" '''Sam:''' "I think the best thing about Evil Witch Jessica is how much I would absolutely wear her outfit right now. ]-circa-2009 wishes. I wanted threatening but also step-on-me vibes, and that's exactly what Emmett and Sarah gave us. Iconic.}}</ref> |
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Jessica is voiced by ] in '']'' and by Misa Ishii in both the ] ] of the series and '']''.<ref name=":BTVA" /> |
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==Fictional character biography== |
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===Seasons 1–4=== |
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In the series' "]", Jessica is introduced as Morty stares at her during their math class, saying her name instead of the class's chanted times tables, which she hears slightly, looking around confused. Later, when Rick crashes through a portal into the cafeteria with Morty, Jessica express interest in both the portal and getting to know Morty more, before Morty is taken away.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Collins|first=Hannah|date=November 16, 2019|title=''Rick and Morty''{{’}}s Season 4 Premiere Is One Big Callback to the Pilot|url=https://www.cbr.com/rick-and-morty-season-4-premiere-callback-pilot|access-date=November 16, 2019|website=]|quote=In ], the ] whisks ] off, out of the blue, to another world –– Dimension 35-C –– to harvest mega-seeds from mega-trees, leaving ] and ] to quarrel about Rick's influence on their defenseless son. Morty spends much of the episode longing for Jessica, tortured by Rick drunkenly promising in the cold open that he'll use a ] to obliterate the Earth and install Morty and his crush as "the new ]."}}</ref> In the ] episode "]", a ] given to Morty by Rick mutates with Jessica' ] to lead to everyone at the school dance to become obsssed with Morty, a subsequent attempt by Rick at curing everyone leading to everyone in the world not related to Morty being turned into "]" monsters, and Morty and Rick abandoning the reality, the Prime Dimension, for another one, Dimension C-131, where they fixed everything and their other selves had just died.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/60189-rick-and-morty-rick-potion-9-review-cronenberg-replacement-dimension-multiverse|title="Rick Potion #9" proves {{‘}}''Rick and Morty''{{’}} has the scariest multiverse ever|last=Plante|first=Corey|date=October 16, 2019|website=]|access-date=October 16, 2019}}</ref> C-131's Jessica makes her first formal appearance in the ] "]", attending Rick's and Summer's party and the Smith family house while ] and ] are out of town. Irritated by her boyfriend ], Jessica allows Morty to comfort her and he takes her on a tour of Rick's garage, showing her a map of the universe that fills the room and telling her of his adventures, before they are interrupted by ].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schwarz|first=John|date=April 15, 2014|title=Review: ''Rick and Morty'' – 'Ricksy Business' – Bubbleblabber|url=https://www.bubbleblabber.com/2014/04/review-rick-morty-ricksy-business|access-date=April 15, 2014|website=Bubbleblabber}}</ref> Jessica is next seen in the ] of "]", back in shock when Morty transforms into a car, before returning in "]", beginning talking with Morty again after "]" leads to his and Summer's social statuses rising.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/rick-and-morty-big-trouble-in-little-sanchez-1798184864|title=''Rick and Morty'', "Big Trouble In Little Sanchez"|last=Handlen|first=Zack|date=September 14, 2015|website=]|access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref> |
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Jessica next appears in "]", where after Jessica breaks up with Brad, Morty attempts to ask her out, only to be interrupted by Rick and dragged into an exhausting six-day adventure which leads both to decide to take a break and get "detoxified" at an alien spa, which splits Morty into two people, a Toxic Morty within the detoxifier and an insecurity-free Confident Morty outside of it. The detoxified Morty asks Jessica for a date, with his newfound confidence shuttering it in leaving her feeling he would "get bored with her", which the detoxified Morty takes in his stride. After the detoxified Morty flees Rick's attempt to merge him back with his insecurities, Jessica helps Rick track him down weeks later, Rick stating that she had been calling round asking for him. Later, back together with Brad, as Morty is pulled off to another adventure, Jessica calls out to him that she is glad to have him back.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 20, 2023|title=Five {{‘}}''Rick and Morty''{{’}} Episodes That Are Incredibly Hard to Watch Now|url=https://www.cracked.com/article_37711_five-rick-and-morty-episodes-that-are-incredibly-hard-to-watch-now.html|last=McNab|first=JM|access-date=April 20, 2023|website=]|language=en-US}}</ref> A deleted ] in the episode further explored Jessica herself "detoxed", with her split versions described as "very co-dependent".<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 18, 2018|title=''Rick and Morty'' Season 3: 13 Crazy Stories You Didn't Know|url=https://decider.com/2018/05/18/rick-and-morty-season-3|last=Cobb|first=Kayla|access-date=May 18, 2018|website=]|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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In "]", Morty becomes obsessed with using a "time crystal" to follow a life path towards a future where he will die peacefully with Jessica telling him she loves him, turning down an offer from the present-day Jessica to go ] with her and her friends in the process. In the episode's epilogue, Morty overhears Jessica talk about how she wants to be a nurse and comfort the alone and unloved as they die, realising he had been following the path of the wrong future.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Matadeen|first=Renaldo|date=November 14, 2019|title=''Rick and Morty'' Finally Reveals the True Destiny of Jessica|url=https://www.cbr.com/rick-and-morty-reveals-true-destiny-jessica|access-date=November 14, 2019|website=]}}</ref> In "]", while using a "do-over" remote to explore alternate life paths, Morty tries a route where he acts as though he does not know Jessica well ("Hey, Jessica, right?"), excluding a wave of coolness that leads her to squeal as he walks away, Jessica mentioning to him later that she likes him as he is, with these interactions displaced to another reality by the episode's end.<ref name=":AV1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Greene|first=Steve|date=May 18, 2020|title="''Rick and Morty''" review: "The Vat of Acid Episode" is a solid high-concept escape act|url=https://www.salon.com/2020/05/18/rick-and-morty-review-the-vat-of-acid-episode-is-a-solid-high-concept-escape-act_partner|access-date=May 18, 2020|website=]}}</ref> |
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===Seasons 5–present=== |
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In the ] ] "]", as Rick's Ship is crashing, believing himself about to die, Morty calls Jessica to admit his feelings for her, only for her to reciprocate and invite him to watching a movie that night, with Morty agreeing and proceeding to save his own life, at the cost of Rick having to host ] at the house that night for negotiations. During his date with Jessica, as their attempts at making out are interrupted by Nimbus repeatedly taking/breaking the flasks of wine Rick has Morty retrieve from a "]" dimension where time passes faster whenever the door is closed in the family garage, Jessica considering leaving due to thinking he is busy, the other dimension begins to view the "immortal" Morty as a demonic figure, sending a soldier whose actions lead to Jessica being sucked into the dimension, where she is frozen in time as a lure for Morty. After Nimbus and Rick help Morty rescue Jessica, Morty tries to continue their date, only for Jessica to reveal how due to spending "endless time" in stasis with only her thoughts for company, she has a changed perspective on life and the universe, telling a crestfallen Morty that they should just be friends "for now", before walking off into the night, proclaiming to a ] to "Fuck off, I'm a time god."<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 18, 2021|title=''Rick and Morty'' Season 5: Forget Nimbus – Morty Has A Date with Jessica!|url=https://bleedingcool.com/tv/rick-and-morty-season-5-forget-nimbus-morty-has-a-date-with-jessica|last=Flook|first=Ray|access-date=June 18, 2021|website=]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":AV2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/an-all-new-rick-and-morty-treads-comfortable-entertain-1847138190|title=An all-new ''Rick and Morty'' treads comfortable, entertaining ground|last=Handlen|first=Zack|date=June 20, 2021|website=]|access-date=June 20, 2021|quote=“Fuck off, I’m a time god.”—Jessica, ascendant.}}</ref> |
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Jessica returns in the ] episode "]" (following Morty's move to the Parmesan Dimension in "]"), where a ] reveals her and Morty to now be casually dating, their walk through the park after seeing a movie being interrupted by a mugger, whom Morty unwittingly shoots a clone of ] at, before the couple run away. Jessica is then confirmed to still be attending school in "]", Morty later witnessing a simulant of her witness him perform a rap within the mystical "Fear Hole" in "]".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gunning|first=Cathal|date=November 20, 2023|title=''Rick & Morty'' Season 7 Episode 6 Recap: 12 Funniest Gags & Moments|url=https://screenrant.com/rick-morty-season-7-episode-6-recap-funny-jokes-moments/#morty-rsquo-s-many-guns|access-date=November 20, 2023|website=]|quote=When ] simply gifted ] a “gun,” it inexplicably turned out to be a weapon that produced a clone of ] and ruined a date with Jessica in the process.}}</ref> |
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===Comic series=== |
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In ], a backup story to ''The Rickfinity Crisis'', a ] is depicted where Morty waxes poetic to Jessica on a date before the two bring their story to Morty's bedroom. Before they can have ], Jessica pulls off her face to reveal Scary Terry, and ], the dream revealed to have been hers in a ], Jessica having a ] on Morty herself since the events of "]".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Little|first=Matt|date=November 2, 2015|title=''Rick and Morty'' #7|url=https://www.cbr.com/rick-and-morty-7|access-date=November 2, 2015|website=]}}</ref> |
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In ], Morty invites Jessica to a school dance, which she initially rejects due to having already been asked to go by ], before deciding to go with Morty after Brad leaves her. Due to Morty already having made plans to attend with Princess Decoria of ], he has his ] "Spare Parts Morty" go with Jessica instead, rather than say he cannot go.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schwarz|first=John|date=June 28, 2017|title=Comics Review: ''Rick and Morty'' – Issue #27 – Bubbleblabber|url=https://www.bubbleblabber.com/comics-review-rick-and-morty-27|access-date=June 28, 2017|website=Bubbleblabber}}</ref> |
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In '']'', Morty and Jessica bond over the ] collection ''Tales of Avalonia'' and how unexpectedly dark it was (as compared to its film adaptations) while leaving class, bonding the further the next day on taking their test, Morty oblivious to Jessica's reciprocal interest in him when she offers to drive him home.<ref name=":Syfy" /> |
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In '']: ]'', Time God Jessica is depicted as waging a one-woman war on ] (who nicknames her "Time Lord Jessica") for his role in her preservation in time. and transformation into a time god (in him having forced Morty to go back for wine so many times). Now equipped with time-altering powers, she dooms various alternate versions of Rick and Nimbus to a living hell of reincarnation, romance, and murder, while ] how the two originally met.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Connolly|first=Spencer|date=November 5, 2021|title=''Rick and Morty'' Will Be Venturing To ''Dune'' In Upcoming Issue|url=https://screenrant.com/rick-morty-dune-comic-hericktics|access-date=November 5, 2021|website=]|quote=The latest ] threw fans into the distant future where ] was battling his arch nemesis ] in '']: ]'' #1 written by Alex Firer with art by Ryan Lee and Doug Garbark. Simultaneously, Time God Jessica acts as the narrator of the issue, telling the origin of Nimbus and his relationship with Rick before returning readers to the future in which the current storyline takes place.}}</ref> |
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In the opening of ], Time God Jessica is revealed to maintain a ] across all Jessicas of the Central Finite Curve (in a take on ] and ] from '']''), choosing to attend class as normal in the Parmesan Dimension (where Morty moved to following the events of "]") while continuing as a ] in other dimensions. |
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==Other versions== |
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===''Head-Space''=== |
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{{see also|Lady Jessica}} |
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In the '']'' arc of '']'', 180 years into the future of Dimension C-132 (based on ]'s '']''), where an apathetic Morty C-132 rules as the ] ] Morty'Dyb, he is depicted as having miniature "Jessiclamps" based on her visage crawl over his body as he listens to his speaker inform him of the affairs-of-state, while regularly sleeping with alien ] '']s'' of Jessica, the Morty'Dyb having wed his Jessica decades prior, before her eventual death.<ref>{{cite web|author=CBR Staff|date=May 21, 2016|title=''Rick and Morty'' #14|url=https://www.cbr.com/rick-and-morty-14|access-date=May 21, 2016|website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic|writer=]|artist=CJ Cannon|title=Rick and Morty|volume=.3|date=September 21, 2016|publisher=]|location=]|url=https://www.amazon.com/Rick-Morty-Vol-3-Headspace/dp/1785859854|access-date=September 21, 2016}}</ref> |
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===''Ever After''=== |
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{{anchor|The Witch|Evil Witch Jessica|Witch Jessica}}In the ] '']'', a horned red-haired sorceress "kinda" in the likeness of Jessica known simply as "'''The Witch'''" (promotionally as "Witch Jessica/Evil Witch Jessica") is manifested in the fantasy realm of Avalonia after Morty operating Rick's Osmonator too soon leads to the two being trapped inside the latter's ] storybook ''Tales of Avalonia'', physically manifested in a ] from both of their minds, with the Witch assisting Morty in taking on the realm's ] (who resembles Morty's father ]), using his own Osmonator (built in an attempt to escape to reality) to return to their own reality.<ref name=":Syfy">{{Cite web|last=Spry|first=Jeff|date=October 7, 2020|title=Rick and Morty travel to the twisted realm of Avalonia in new Oni Press one-shot|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/rick-and-morty-travel-to-avalonia-in-new-graphic-novel-ever-after|access-date=October 7, 2020|website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Benton|date=April 19, 2021|title=''Rick and Morty: Ever After'' Throws the Adult Swim Heroes Into a Fantasy World|url=https://www.cbr.com/rick-and-morty-ever-after-review|access-date=April 19, 2021|website=]}}</ref> |
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===Miscellaneous=== |
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Further alternate versions of Jessica appear in the web series '']'' (2016–2021), the video game '']'' (2016–present), and the anime series '']'' (2024–present). Additionally, the comic book series '']'' (2019–2020) features a dimension where-in every person, animal, and plant is identical to Jessica, as a dimension Morty occasionally absconds to when he has the portal gun to himself, while the 2021 ]] short film '']'' features a simulated Jessica as an antagonist, generated by the titular eternal nightmare machine of ].<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9vcTf3_nro|title=Rick and Morty in the Eternal Nightmare Machine ''— adult swim''|date=April 30, 2021|last=Robertson|first=Paul|access-date=April 30, 2021|via=]|work=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|last=Robertson|first=Paul|user=probzz|number=1388694455289622529|title=''Rick & Morty in the Eternal Nightmare Machine'' — my 17 minute short for @adultswim & @RickandMorty — music & sound: @BusbyBrent — reboot sequence: @sixveeceear — full version: https://youtu.be/x9vcTf3_nro}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
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The character has received a positive reception. '']'' ranked the character as the series' best ] across the series' then-five seasons,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/rick-morty-love-interests-ranked|title=''Rick and Morty'': Morty's Love Interests, Ranked|last=McCarrick|first=Michael|date=September 17, 2021|website=]|access-date=September 17, 2021}}</ref> lauding her "compassionate nature and interest in the trappings of Morty's adventures one of the few people in Morty's life who doesn't immediately mock him when he blunders",<ref name=":CBR">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/rick-and-morty-on-morty-level-not/#on-morty-s-level-jessica|title=''Rick & Morty'': 5 Characters on Morty's Level (& 5 Nowhere Close)|last=Clogston|first=Taylor|date=February 5, 2022|website=]|access-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref> with '']'' calling her "a fan-favorite recurring player".<ref name=":L">{{Cite web|url=https://www.looper.com/1033231/why-jessica-from-rick-and-morty-sounds-so-familiar|title=Why Jessica From ''Rick and Morty'' Sounds So Familiar|last=Storc|first=Matt|date=September 30, 2022|website=]|access-date=September 30, 2022}}</ref> '']'' ranked Jessica as the series sixth-most-likeable character,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/rick-and-morty-main-characters-ranked-by-likability|title=''Rick and Morty'': Main Characters Ranked By Likability|last=Gentile|first=Alex|date=December 17, 2021|website=]|access-date=December 17, 2021}}</ref> noting her development from "a much more passive character placeholder for the idea of a high school crush",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/rick-and-morty-out-of-character-quotes-against-personality|title=''Rick and Morty'': A Quote From Each Main Character That Goes Against Their Personality|last=Suarez|first=Amanda|date=December 5, 2021|website=]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref> to a Time God wondering whether "Could I be more?".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/rick-morty-season-6-jessica-time-god-impact|title=''Rick and Morty'': How Jessica's Time God Powers Could Change Season 6|last=Zabo|first=Marta|date=December 7, 2021|website=]|access-date=December 7, 2021}}</ref> |
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'']'' described Jessica as "the archetypal ] a kid like Morty always has in shows and movies, the unattainable hottie who barely knows his name and wears absurdly short skirts to class", noting that "every time Jessica pops up, it's this weird bit of stupidity behaves like is like romancing a character in '']'' that stupidity is part of the gag",<ref name=":AV1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/its-live-die-repent-you-ever-doubted-rick-on-rick-and-1843512500|title=It's live, die, repent you ever doubted Rick on ''Rick and Morty''|last=Handlen|first=Zack|date=May 18, 2020|website=]|access-date=May 18, 2020}}</ref> complimenting her character in "]" as "mak her more interesting" as compared to her depiction in earlier seasons,<ref name=":AV2" /> with ] similarly lauding her storyline as "one of the best sci-fi subplots" and a potential end to her storyline, noting that were to the character to return, the series "needs to invest more in Jessica or let her go entirely".<ref name=":I">{{Cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/rick-morty-season-5-premiere-episode-1-review|title=''Rick and Morty'' Season 5 Episode 1 proves it's time for the show to move on|last=Plante|first=Corey|date=June 14, 2021|website=]|access-date=February 20, 2024}}</ref> ] described "Jessica’s arc from normal teenager to literal time god peak ''Rick and Morty''", expressing interest her receiving her own ] solo series, lauding the "interesting and comedically rich premise" created for a character who has "paid her dues as a side character".<ref name=":D">{{Cite web|url=https://decider.com/2021/06/30/rick-and-morty-jessica-time-god-episode|title={{‘}}''Rick and Morty''{{’}} Needs a Jessica Spin-Off|last=Cobb|first=Kayla|date=June 30, 2021|website=]|access-date=June 30, 2021}}</ref> |
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