Jessie Rasberry

Description \ Bio

Jessie Rasberry is a non-player character in the Final Fantasy VII series. She has a minor supporting role in Final Fantasy VII, Hoshi o Meguru Otome, Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis, and a major supporting role in Final Fantasy VII Remake, Final Fantasy VII Remake Trace of Two Pasts, and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. She is a core member of Barret Wallace's independent Avalanche cell along with childhood friends Biggs and Wedge, and was crucial to the bombings of Mako Reactor 1 and 5. Jessie is the mechanic of Barret's Avalanche cell, providing explosives, counterfeit IDs, and procuring other items and tools necessary for their missions. She is generally confident and upbeat, but is burdened with guilt at the devastation caused by her bombs. She tends to flirt with Cloud Strife and often teams up with him on missions. Jessie is a 23-year-old woman with a slender build. She has fair skin, brown eyes, and medium-length reddish-brown hair tied in a high-set ponytail. Jessie wears a red headband, a metal breastplate, a blue undershirt, metal-plated brown gloves with red bands, a brown leather belt and holster, knee-length green capris, and armored boots. In Remake, she also wears a black shirt under her breastplate, black wristbands, and silver stud earrings. Jessie is determined, spunky, and charismatic. Like Biggs and Wedge, she is upbeat and playful. She is fearless when it comes to romance, openly flirting with Cloud to the point that he calls her "desperate". Jessie feels embarrassed to play "damsel in distress" and tries to push herself even when injured. Beneath her vibrant and animated demeanor, Jessie feels culpable for her actions as part of the terrorist group, and after trying to blame something else, eventually blames herself; Biggs and Wedge notice this isn't normal of her. However, Jessie continues to harbor guilt up until her final moments, feeling she deserves to die for all the deaths her bombs caused. Her talents as an actress enable her to mask her insecurities behind her smile and sense of humor. Jessie grew up with Biggs and Wedge. She had great respect for Barret, her leader, choosing to trust him with leadership and stick with him even after Barret cut ties with the rest of Avalanche. She and Tifa have a close friendship, bonding quickly as the two shared a strong mutual admiration, to the point of Jessie sharing clothes and acting tips with Tifa, greatly boosting Tifa's confidence. Though their friendship is close, Jessie appears to have somewhat of a romantic rivalry with Tifa, asking Cloud if he is close to her, and later commenting that she'd "rather have a professional" like him instead of Tifa during a mission. Jessie frequently gushes over Cloud and eventually invites him on a date. Wedge believes this is a mere game to her. Cloud sometimes reacts with irritation to Jessie's advances, but normally responds awkwardly and flustered. Jessie is comfortable opening up to Cloud, even entrusting him with a mission she did not tell Biggs and Wedge about. Her attempts to break his hardened persona have sometimes yielded success, making him smile on a few occasions, which is rare for him. In Final Fantasy VII Remake, Jessie commonly uses the slang term "Psych!" after acting flirty with Cloud. According to Motomu Toriyama, she does this "to hide her romantic feelings behind a joking smile."