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'''Jessiebelle''' (Japanese: '''ルミカ''' ''Rumika'') was the woman appointed to be [[James]]'s fiancée by his [[James's parents|parents]] in the [[Pokémon anime]].  

She first appeared in ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]'', where James returned to his parents' mansion in [[Kanto]] after receiving word that they had died. However, this was just a hoax to lure him into marrying Jessiebelle; if he did marry her, he would receive his massive inheritance. However it soon became apparent that James was absolutely terrified of Jessiebelle; he explained to [[Jessie]], {{MTR}}, {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} how the marriage had been arranged when he and Jessiebelle were young, and she had always been bossy. She would follow him around constantly tormenting him and telling him what to do and how he should do things. She's the main reason why James ran away from home.

[[File:Jessiebelle debut.png|150px|thumb|left|Jessiebelle in her debut appearance in ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]'']]

Since he had not seen Jessiebelle for years, James was shocked to discover that she had an almost [[Doppelgänger|identical appearance]] to [[Jessie]]. Jessiebelle expelled Jessie, Meowth, and Ash's group from the home and chased James around the mansion's basement, threatening him with her {{p|Vileplume}}'s {{m|Stun Spore}} and a long whip. Eventually, Growlie broke out from its doghouse and came to rescue James from Jessiebelle. The two had a Pokémon battle, with Growlie being victorious and Jessiebelle running off the estate.

Jessiebelle is, as demonstrated by her debut appearance, extremely controlling and obsessive. She is a stuck-up, elitist woman with a dominatrix personality, and her professed affection for James may very possibly be a front just to get at his parents' money, though his parents are oblivious to the possibility as they deem her to be their idea of a "perfect daughter-in-law."

James still appears to not have changed his feelings on Jessiebelle. On arrival in Sinnoh in ''[[DP002|Two Degrees of Separation!]]'', he was happy to visit his second summer home until he was told that Jessiebelle was on her way there, and he, along with Jessie and Meowth, promptly left the premises. She reappeared in ''[[DP153|The Treasure Is All Mine!]]'', where she once again fiercely chased after her eternal run-away fiancé, much to his horror. In the same episode it was revealed the arrangement was actually made after James expressed interest in her while they were children. Unfortunately it wasn't until after the engagement was announced that James was exposed to her less than tolerable personality, apparently starting with her insulting his beloved pet {{p|Growlithe}}, [[Growlie]].

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|desc=Vileplume is Jessiebelle's only known Pokémon. Jessiebelle has had it ever since it was an {{p|Oddish}}, and it evolved into a {{p|Gloom}} and then a {{p|Vileplume}} sometime after James had ran away from home. Vileplume was used in ''[[EP048|Holy Matrimony!]]'' to make sure Jessiebelle could slow James down and keep him from escaping, in which it not only affected James, but {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, and {{an|Brock}} also. However, with the help of [[Growlie]], James managed to escape. Vileplume later reappeared in ''[[DP153|The Treasure Is All Mine!]]'', where Jessiebelle used it to open a blocked passageway.

* Jessiebelle's English name is both a pun on Jessie's name and a near-homonym of {{wp|Jezebel (Bible)|Jezebel}}.

*** The term "belle" is also used to describe a southern young woman (southern-belle), which may relate to Jessiebelle's steel-magnolia accent.

* There were 571 episodes between Jessiebelle's first appearance and her second appearance, which to this date is the longest time between a particular human character's first and second physical appearances within the show (while she did appear in ''[[DP002|Two Degrees of Separation!]]'', it was only in one of James's flashbacks).  

* Despite her similarities to Jessie, Jessiebelle's hair color has remained red throughout the series, while Jessie's turned purple when the coloring began to be done digitally in ''[[EP261|Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid]]''.

* Possibly because of her many similarities to Jessie, the voice actresses (in many countries) that have played Jessiebelle are played by the same voice actresses who played Jessie.

* In the original series, Jessiebelle has jade-colored irises, but later on in the DP series, the eye color swapped to a more bluish tone, most likely due to the animators changing to digital coloring.

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