Letās go over some things, shall we?
Jenny was originally designed to be a shape-shifting superhero; herĀ āpigtailsā are rocket thrusters, and her entire body can morph and shift to create weapons. Given her standard appearance is more to look like a humanoid girl, it seems reasonable that thatās an appearance she chose, rather than her default, especially because we know she canĀ modify her appearance however she likes, albeit restricted to her two base colors unless she gets a new paint-job.
Though her mother learns to be more supportive of her later on, Jenny was originally confined to house arrest save for doing her job, supposedly because the world around her wouldnāt accept her.
She is canonically six-foot-six, which is rather tall, though it seems the average height of humanity has also gone up. So itās not too uncommon for other men to be taller than her, but sheās also taller than most people. She has so far only dated other men who are taller than her.
She gains two different disguises for looking human. The first one doesnāt pass at all, while the second passing one convinces her to behave like a normal human girl, whispering into her ear to not only look, but behaveĀ like aĀ ānormalā girl, even if itās not in her best interests.
Itās evidently quite common for androids to be made from different base personality points- Kenny, a boy she dated for a little while, was a re-purposed dog robot, and still carried over some of his dog traits.
The two most popular girls in school specifically have it out for her, because sheās a robotĀ āpretendingā to be a girl.
Jenny is allowed to play in her high schoolās male football team.
Donāt forget this scene:Ā
Iād suspected Jenny was trans coded for a long time, but this scene was what had me 100% convinced.Ā
Prior to this episode Jenny had always treated Ms. Wakeman as her mother, always referring to her asĀ āmom/motherā; which caused Wakeman to be mocked by her peers. Ms. Wakeman was typically cold towards Jenny, always referring to her as XJ9 (essentially Jennyās deadname) and usually treating her as nothing more than a defence droid. But in this scene Ms. Wakeman is actually seeing Jenny in danger and rushes to protect her, finally calling herĀ āmy daughterā for the first time. As soon as she does, the pure joy and amazement in Jennyās voice just makes my heart swell.Ā
This show is so incredible and SO ahead of itās time.Ā
Worth noting that the creator of the show acknowledged this, basically saying āWe didnāt intend for Jenny to be trans coded, but weāre ecstatic that trans people are finding comfort in her. Just because we didnāt intend the subtext doesnāt mean itās not there.ā Very cool and way the hell better than Hartman handles shit like this.
