Rebecca Henry

Rebecca Anne Henry is a fictional character from Rita Christensen's Jane Hoop Elementary series. She the member of Jane Hoop Elementary, and she was the only girl of the member to gain super abilities at a young age. She gained very good friendship with Danny and Alec, who would later ended being Danny's girlfriend in the later series. She is chosen as sidekick to Danny, leader of the team, alongside Alec.

Character Development
Christensen intents to add a female character for the group of the franchise. Although, Rebecca is the second female character into the Jane Hoop Elementary franchise to be introduced, the first being Mrs. Bella Watson from the beginning of the first book, Jane Hoop Elementary: The First. She praises that Rebecca may be the only girl in the member, but she was also the smartest member of the group.

Rebecca, however, is been called by mostly many people by her short name, Becca, although she is ok with it, but she does not want people to call her by another name that is related to her full name like; Becky or Reba. The only name she prefers to be call short is Becca. She states that it suits her name perfect for short of Rebecca.

Jane Hoop Elementary: The First
Rebecca first appears in Jane Hoop Elementary: The First. She is seen tripped over a wet stop, where Danny catches her and her lunch shockingly before they fell to the ground. Danny fell in love with Rebecca. Although, after being rescued from tripping over, Rebecca secretly fell in love with him back. Meanwhile, Cincinnati is under attack and Rebecca, alongside Danny, Alec, Cory and Jaquille were taken to the building in Cincinnati, calling it Jane Hoop Elementary Base. Rebecca has found out that she had superpowers, in which revealed that she have one when she was a baby, as well as Danny, Alec, Cory and Jaquille. Meanwhile, they met up with mysterious woman, Salma White after being attacked by thugs, and they help her to do things for her, which becomes wrong. It turns out that they helped her rule the world, and doing bad things, and reveals that Salma is now Catwoman, and is evil. Rebecca helped the boys to rule the world for the first time. Also, Rebecca, Danny and Alec heard about The First, which Jane Hoop Elementary kept it safety as Catwoman foils to steal it and use it to take over the world.

Jane Hoop Elementary: The Cyber Escape
In Jane Hoop Elementary: The Cyber Escape, Rebecca celebrates with the gang for the world premiere for the relase of their reality video titled Jane Hoop Elementary: The Game with their friend Kirk Waters. With his absences, Rebecca journeys with her friends inside the video game to find him. Kirk went inside the video game and decides to stay inside where he enjoys being inside the game. Rebecca has a secret crush on Kirk, but she sees when she is accidentally flirting with Evil Kirk instead of the real Kirk in which attacks and kills her losing a life. Mistakingly, she realizes that she must have true feelings with Kirk over Danny. In that case, she kissed Kirk where Danny is hearted with jealousy. However, she realizes that she is in love with Danny over Kirk and chosen him instead of Kirk. However, Danny an Rebecca both revoke their relationship and stay as friends instead because the two are not ready for a serious relationship. Later when he asked to stay into the game, they led him stay. Before leaving Rebecca kissed Kirk in the cheeks goodbye.

Jane Hoop Elementary: Goldenman's Revenge
In Jane Hoop Elementary: Goldenman's Revenge, Rebecca criticizes Alec's behavior over his jealousy winning the golden trophy. As the two got off each others back messing things up and other stuffs, Rebecca and Alec got into it. Later, the two make up as Rebecca found out that the Golden trophy has been stolen from Danny, which was to be Catwoman who stole it. It begin to transform and it transformed into a man covered in gold, Goldenman. It was said that he has been unearth 13000 years ago after fighting with his brother-in-law, Evan. He joined Catwoman's side to defeat Jane Hoop Elementary and take over the world. It turned out that Goldenman is a godfather, and was revealed to be Danny, which shocked Rebecca and Alec, and they did not told Danny. In the meantime, Naudia, Cory and Jaquille got kidnapped, so Rebecca helped Danny and Alec to rescue them. As they are on they way, they got attacked by Catwoman's pet dog, Killer. As Rebecca and Danny arrived, she blurts out that Goldeman is Danny's godfather. In the meantime, Goldenman is taken to a guillotine as punishment to ruling the world. As it killed him, Danny gets attacked by his ghostly hallows, and rescued by an unseen person. In the meantime, Rebecca and Danny went back in time a few hours before the night's events, revealing that Goldenman is still alive and has escaped his punishment, but taken to prison. Rebecca uses her powers to break the jail cell and escape, and joined Jane Hoop Elementary. Later, Rebecca and Alec ended their feud.

Jane Hoop Elementary: The Magic Ball
In Jane Hoop Elementary: The Magic Ball, Rebecca got invited with her friends to the Cincinnati Bengals football game after Danny is having a horrible nightmare about the murder of young couple. Meanwhile, she joined the situation about magical object, The Magic Ball. But Catwoman retrieves superpowers from it after capturing it. Rebecca joined the boys into a war against Catwoman and her army, but she freezes the world, including the heroes, mentors and backup team, leaving Rebecca and Danny to fight Catwoman alone. As Shego attempts to kill Danny, Rebecca went into his way and ended up getting stabbed in the chest. Before dying, she gave him a good luck kiss on the cheeks. In the meantime, Danny fights against Catwoman, eventually tricking her by reversing the spell back to normal. This made the world is now unfrozen, but Rebecca's body is missing, in which she might be pronounced dead. As the heroes mourn on her death, she is seen alive and well reuniting with the heroes, and reported that she had recovered from surgery on her chest.

Jane Hoop Elementary: Morphin the Power
In Jane Hoop Elementary: Morphin the Power, Rebecca is now a teenager as well as the boys of the team. As Rebecca and Danny almost develop a romantic relationship with each other, she joined the situation about Goldenman's brother-in-law, Evan being unearthed from a giant green egg that was taken to Cincinnati Museum. As a result, Evan joined Catwoman's side to defeat Goldenman as well as Jane Hoop Elementary and take over the world. Evan cast a spell that he could put a evil medicine inside the heroes body, that they could multiple themselves as the gang meet the evil version of themselves. Rebecca fights against her evil self. But all the sudden, the gang loses their powers all because the clones has had them, as well as Catwoman, her army and Evan destroys the Jane Hoop Elementary Base, and Evan stabs Goldenman and is losing power and dying. Rebecca journeys with the boys to Morphin the Power on a quest to get The Crystal Power, an object that will give their powers. They met Dacia and takes them to the Second Power where she gave them karate powers before heading off to the Third Power. Rebecca retrieves the power of wind. She has the power to control the breeze. After fighting with monsters at the Third Power, the gang got the Crystal Power and their powers back and headed back to Cincinnati. Rebecca also joined the boys into a final fight against Evan and the evil Jane Hoop Elementary. After they are defeated, Rebecca and Danny romantically share a first kiss, meaning that they have fallen in love with each other. She got devastated to hear the reports that Danny decides to retire from being leader of Jane Hoop Elementary, realizing that Catwoman won't be back anytime soon.

Jane Hoop Elementary: Turbo of Catland
In Jane Hoop Elementary: Turbo of Catland, Rebecca is still a member of Jane Hoop Elementary, where Alec was the leader, but there is no Catwoman around, but fighting against different villains, in which Jane Hoop Elementary beat them easily. As they found out that Catwoman is coming back, Danny decides to return as leader of Jane Hoop Elementary, after he apologies to Rebecca and the gang for leaving them behind. Throughout that, Danny and Rebecca begin dating, and Danny gave her a ring which written "Danny and Rebecca forever". Later, Danny disappears, so Rebecca, Alec, Cory and Jaquille begin searching for him. While asking a guy in a red hoodie question where Danny is located at, he mysterious ran away from them as the gang try to catch up with him, but ended up attacking them. It was revealed to be Danny under the red hoodie attacking them. He broke Rebecca's heart saying he no longer has feelings for her, and is now in a relationship with Catwoman's daughter, Catgirl. Not just that, he also joined Catwoman's side.

As Alec comforts weeping Rebecca, they saw Danny and Catgirl together, and Rebecca removes the ring off of her finger and uses her power that almost killed Danny and Catgirl to stay away from her. As a result, Blaze, a wizard, is kidnapped by Catwoman, and Rebecca found out that Catwoman puts Danny on a spell to join the dark side. So she, Alec, alongside their #1 fan Alice, and enemies Jack and McKenzie journey to save Danny, as well as Blaze and his family, also kidnapped. However, they went into a bad time and got captured by Catwoman. Rebecca and Alec are lowered into the volcano where they become possessed attacking the Jane Hoop Elementary members; Cory, Jaquille, Naudia, and newcomers Stephanie and Hunter. Blaze and Martha cured Rebecca and Alec back to goodness. In the meantime, Rebecca follows Danny and Catgirl to the cave, where the potion has worn off on Danny, becoming normal ending the marriage between him and Catgirl. Danny and Rebecca's relationship has been rekindled. After returning to Cincinnati, the villains stole the Magic Ball and stabs SWAT leader David to death. Rebecca comforts on weeping Danny.

In the end, Danny warns Rebecca and Alec saying that they will be staying at the Jane Hoop Elementary Base and not come back home because they have a journey to go to. As a result, Catwoman's latest plan failed, she planned another one; unleashing dangerous objects, The Final Rush, so the gang will have to find three objects; The First, The Magic Ball and the Crystal Power that could give them the ultimate power to stop the Final Rush and defeat Catwoman once and for all.

Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush
In Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush, Rebecca leaves her family's home and never come back. She, however, has possessed her family by erasing their memories and keep it for saftey. She's also learning about what is the Final Rush all about. While it is coming, she went on a quest with the boys Danny and Alec as they start to go to three places - Morphin the Power, Evan's World and Turbo of Catland - to find all three objects - The First, The Magic Ball and The Crystal Power - to destroy the Final Rush. Within it, they were kidnapped by Catwoman, as she stole The Magic Ball from them. Meanwhile, they sneak out, without the Magic Ball, as she places it for safty. While being attacked, Catgirl threatens Rebecca's throat. She is eventually, along with Danny and Alec, rescued by Blaze and his family while escaping. Rebecca continue with Danny and Alec on searching for The Crystal Power, which they caught it and head back to Cincinnati to get the Magic Ball.

While searching for one more piece of the Magic Ball at King's Island, Rebecca begins to have feelings for Alec and passionally kissed, causing Danny to threaten Alec. For a moment of time, she says that she loves Danny more than Alec and he later forgives her and Alec. In the final battle, Rebecca managed to rescued Alec and Hunter from getting attacked by Catgirl who is taking revenge after they killed her boyfriend Luke Watson, but when getting attacked and injured by Catgirl badly, Alice rescues her by killing Catgirl with the Black Buzzer.

Epilogue
Thirteen years after Catwoman's death, Rebecca and Danny Gorden are married and have two children: Dano Gorden and Dana Gorden. She retired from being a superhero and has given her daughter her superpowers for replacement. Rebecca works as a classroom interpreter for children who are deaf or hard of hearing, while Danny is a professor at a university college. It was later revealed by Christensen that Rebecca has restored her family's memories, and were relieved to see their daughter again. Her siblings were also cheerful to see their sister once again.

Portrayed Development
Amy Tammie has portrayed Rebecca in all of the Jane Hoop Elementary films. However, she responds and is unsure if she could take the part. It was confirmed by Christensen that Tammie is her perfect choice to play Rebecca, beating over 15,000 girls to play the role after seeing her test screening.

Before being cast, she does not know anything about acting, but she did read the books, and did play the role. Tammie admits that her character Rebecca is her favorite Jane Hoop Elementary character, and was very thankful to staff members to cast her as the role.

While portraying Rebecca, Tammie is forced to wear a wig for her character's signature long hair up because of the actress has normal short hair. Tammie states that she hates wearing wigs until she finally has her hair grown long and has used her real hair until filming Morphin the Power. She states while finally had to use her real hair besides a wig for Morphin the Power: I got so relieved that I finally have some more hair, because I have been waiting forever to let my hair grow." Although, Tammie admits that she wants her character with longer hair, so she puts on extensions for the role in the last three films.

Before starting production for Turbo of Catland, Tammie states she won't be returning, but eventually she changed her mind and does not want to see anyone else to play Rebecca, stating "leaving Jane Hoop Elementary without finishing up is the worst idea of my career". However, rumors confirmed that Tammie indeed will not return. Christensen responses to rumors: "It will not feel like home without Amy. I have no interest in seeing another young actress to play Rebecca. It just does not fit well. The only thing I want a young actress to play Rebecca is... Amy. End of story."

Screenplay Brian Clark admits that Rebecca is his favorite Jane Hoop Elementary character.

Appearance
Rebecca's appearance is with extremely long sunny blonde hair and watery blue eyes. It was revealed that her biggest fear in The Magic Ball is getting all of her hair cut off. Christensen reveals that she was originally going to color Rebecca's hair brunette, but Christensen said that she would suit better with only blonde hair. Since she is the only female member of the heroes, way before Stephanie Slaven and Alice Kingston joins until Turbo of Catland, she was also the shortest member in height. In the earlier series, Rebecca stands around 3 and a half feet. But in the later series, Rebecca has grown taller to 4 feet and 11 inches, which she is still the shortest member ever.

Personality
Rebecca is described as a "sweet" and "very shy girl", and sometime she "funny". Despite that she is the only girl in the member, but she is also the smartest of the member, and the most kind member yet. Rebecca is also as strong as the boys, but the strongest heroine of the team, surprising Stephanie and Alice. Rebecca was also the first one to be introduced as a heroine, although she, again, was the second female Jane Hoop Elementary character introduced after Mrs. Bella Watson from the beginning of the first book.

Super abilities
Like Alec, Rebecca is also Danny's sidekick and female assistant. Her signature color is pink. She has the ability to read people's minds. She also is able to make explosive super abilities. As she waves her hands randomly, she can create a super sonic boom that causes eruption like being used to break solid objects. She also can use super power with her long hair as well when it becomes alive and attack victims with it.

In other result, Rebecca could also form a force field as well and turn invisible sometimes. In Jane Hoop Elementary: Morphin the Power, Dacia has given Rebecca her brand new super ability, the karate powers. She retrieved the pink wind, which she now can control breezes and air.

Family
Rebecca's parents Tina and Jerry gave birth to their daughter on November 25, 1993. She has a brother named Justin and a sister named Anne, name given after Rebecca's middle name, and she is the oldest sibling in the family. In The Final Rush, during the epilogue scene, Rebecca and Danny were married and have two children: Dano and Dana. Also, due to Naudia marrying Alec, the two are now their cousin-in-law.

Reaction
To state a rating, Rebecca is the popular character before Hermione Granger of the Harry Potter series by British author, J. K. Rowling.[1] Brief to rate Rebecca used to became geek, as a tomboy, she changes her looks to more girly and popularity beautiful, she uses to be one of the popular girl in the Base.[1] Rebecca is ranked #1 for Book Crush in 2011 beating Hermione Granger and Jacob Black.