Jasmine Lee

Jasmine Lee Gender: Female Species: Human Age: 68 69 (since "Party Monsters") 65 (in "Adventures in Babysitting") 25, physically (in "Little Big Mah") 11, physically (in "Little Big Mah") Born: China Hair color:       Black (natural)       White Eye color:       Brown Personal Information Occupation:   The former Te Xuan Ze Residence:   Orchid Bay City Homeworld:   Human world Friends:   Monroe (advisor/confidant) Enemies:   Many monsters and evil beings H.A.M. Love Interests:   Her unknown husband Interests:   Archeology Magical artifacts Charms and talismans Spellbooks Buying ugly fake moose heads Motorbike riding Dragon riding Various competitive sports Extreme sports and introducing monsters to them Goal:   To assist her granddaughter Juniper in her destiny Family Parents: Unnamed father Uncle Eddie (uncle) Grandparents: Unnamed grandmother Spouse(s): Unknown husband (possibly deceased) Children: Michael Lee (only child/son) Grandchildren: Dennis (oldest grandson) Juniper (granddaughter) Ray Ray (youngest grandson) Siblings: Rose (elder sister) Lily (younger sister) Pets: William (possible former mentor/advisor) Production Information First Appearance:   It's My Party and I'll Whine if I Want To Last Appearance:   Every Witch Way But Loose Voiced by: Amy Hill

"Okay, bye, go, have fun! ....The babies are safe with their Ah-Mah."

―Jasmine to her son in Adventures in Babysitting

Jasmine "Ah-Mah" Lee (Chinese: 阿嬤; pinyin; literally "grandma") as Juniper calls her, is Dennis, June and Ray Ray's paternal grandmother. She was the previous Te Xuan Ze for many decades before being succeeded by Juniper.

Legacy

Many in the magical world consider her to be the greatest Te Xuan Ze in existence; next to the rogue and corrupt Kai Yee, who is not remembered or revered as such.

Appearance

Current Appearance

Ah-Mah is a gray-haired old woman with some overweight, due to her age and a white streak of hair, not because of her age, but because of her Te Xuan Ze status.

When Young

When she was younger, she was very similar to her granddaughter when it comes to physical aspect, though with a few differences; Jasmine is a bit taller, still wears her hair in a ponytail, her cheekbones are a bit more visible, with her whole face shape being slightly more angular, resembling a triangle more or less rather than an oval. At 11-years old, Jasmine appeared to be thinner than Juniper.

The streak in her hair was a deep purple shown when she was aged down to roughly ages of 25 and 11.

Personality

She is calm and deliberate in most respects but crude and tough when she needs to be. The 69-year-old gives June advice on dealing with the magical community and their expectations of her, and assists her when she is in serious trouble. As of the "Monster Con" episode, and is pragmatic, in the sense that she prevents June from shirking her responsibilities. While she primarily gives advice in most episodes, she is seen often returning to action as well.

She is firm when she needs to be. In "Little Big Mah", she claims that she knows about 26 different styles of hand-to-hand combat, and that she hasn't been to China for 40 years.

She is very helpful, wise, smart and humorous at times, doting, supportive, fierce, experienced, comedic, serious, skilled, and resilient

Powers and Abilities

Magical Abilities

After her father was no longer the Te Xuan Ze, Jasmine became the Te Xuan Ze in his place and gained all of the powers that are associated with the role of The Protector including superhuman strength, speed, durability etc. She also gained the ability to see through the magical barrier that prevents mortals from seeing magical creatures, and also acquired magical abilities of her own. As she served as the Te Xuan Ze and gained experience, Ah-Mah became a powerful and skilled user of magic. As she began to age past her prime, however, using these abilities began to wear on her physical being. Her stamina seemed to suffer the most, as she was unable to continue standing after two or three minutes of all out combat. She was effortlessly defeated by the strongest and "younger" Kai Yee and was forced to draw energy from the magical source itself in order to continue to fight him. This weakness due to age cements Ah-Ma as a former Te Xuan Ze, leaving the role and responsibility up to her granddaughter Juniper. 

Other Skills

• Master Martial Artist: In "Little Big Mah", she claims that she knows karate and about 26 other different styles of hand-to-hand combat. 
• Motorcyclist - Jasmine owns a motorcycle and it can be assumed that she has been using one for a long time.
• Dragon Rider - Jasmine has been shown to ride dragons on numerous occasions so it can be assumed that she is skilled at this as well.

Appearances

She appears in 7, 5 and 5 episodes in seasons 1, 2 and 3 respectively, making it a 17 episodes over all.

• Season 1
• Season 2
• Season 3

Season 1 episodes

• It's My Party and I'll Whine if I Want To (narration and first)
• New Trickster in Town (cameo)
• Enter Sandman
• Ding Dong, the Witch Ain't Dead
• I'll Get By with a Little Help from My Elf
• Take My Life, Please
• Meet the Parent (non-speaking cameo)
• Monster Con

Season 2 episodes

• Adventures in Babysitting
• I've Got You Under My Skin
• Welcome Bat Otter
• Dog Show Afternoon

Season 3 episodes

• Party Monsters
• Feets Too Big (cameo)
• Out of the Past
• Little Big Mah
• Every Witch Way But Loose (final)

Gallery

Jasmine among her ugly fake mooseheads.

Ah-mah's ugly fake moosehead collection.

Jasmine's hockey outfit.

Ah-Mah telling June that they have to summon the elders.

Juniper and Ah-mah summoning the elders.

Jasmine's face when hearing Phoebe mentioned.

Barbara taking food to the dining room for the rest of the family

June scolding uncle Eddie mistaking him for just another lost green monster.

Honorary statues of previous Te Xuan Ze, including Jasmine.

Jasmine as a jade statue in her foyer among the other memorialized Te Xuan Ze.

Jasmine using a Karakus stone to ward off the thieves.

Jasmine's house.

Jamine's Te Xuan Ze cave under her house.

A map of Orchid Bay displayed while using a tracker to find Kai Yee. The Blue dot shows Kai Yee heading to Diamonds' Ravine.

Ah-Mah, Monroe and the kids using a magical tracker to find Kai Yee.

Jasmine calling the shots again.

Jasmine citing the oath of the Te Xuan Ze in Out of the Past.

Jasmine's battle armour.

The Shrine of the Elders in the Heart of Enhancement.

Jasmine threatening Kai Yee.

The ascension ceremony doesn't work

Jasmine at age twenty-five.

Eleven-year-old Jasmine in Little Big Mah

Jasmine staying over with June, pretending to be her cousin "Roxy".

Jasmine wearing June's space pajamas as temporary night clothing.

June and Jasmine talking about what to do next, June implying that she could leave Orchid Bay now that Ah-Mah is young again.

Jasmine going to sleep sad about this talk

Jasmine and Juniper vs Darnock 2

Lila and the other's helping Ah-Mah

Jasmine 'ruff' construction notes for season three.

Jasmine 'ruff' pose notes for season three.

Trivia

• She is a secondary recurring character.
• She hasn't been to China in forty years (as Roxanne: "I haven't been to China in 40 years! ...Uh, I mean weeks. Four weeks.")
• Jasmine has a license in flying dragons. She tells Juniper in season one that she's been taking classes. We see her flying dragons over borders in season two and riding one instead of her motorcycle in season three.
• Jasmine collects ugly moose heads as a side-hobby.
• In Party Monsters we find out that Jasmine was also a middle child like June, with her older and younger sisters Rose and Lily appearing similar to Dennis and Ray Ray in build and headshape.
• Jasmine's voice-actor Amy Hill had already played a grandma of a main character before, on 1994's "All-American Girl" about a young rebellious Korean-American girl played by comedian Margaret Cho.
• After Juniper became Te Xuan Ze, Jasmine began traveling the world trying to find a way to free her from the protective barrier of Orchid Bay, or to find a loophole in the rules governing all Te Xuan Ze.
• Jasmine was once de-aged into a teenager by a monster that sucked out her life experiences in order to gain access to a Te Xuan Ze temple. She looked almost identical to Juniper, but was more athletically built.
• As shown in the flashback episode to three years prior, Jasmine really wanted to retire as Te Xuan Ze due to her advanced age; Michael not awakening as her successor was incredibly frustratingly. When Juniper did and accidentally had some her magix transferred to Ray Ray, this left Jasmine shocked. Nonetheless she trained Juniper as Ray Ray only had the vision power.

See also

• Jasmine's house
• Te Xuan Ze
• Adventures in Babysitting