Line #104 WebVideo/JennaMarbles


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4	Jenna Nicole Mourey (born September 15, 1986), better known as [[https://www.youtube.com/@JennaMarbles Jenna Marbles]], is an American former Platform/YouTube personality. Over the span of 10 years, she amassed a peak of over 20 million subscribers and approximately 1.8 billion total views on her videos.
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6	A good majority of Jenna's videos are satirical impressions such as celebrity impersonations, tutorials on sociability (sometimes as a joke), general self-mockery, and other comedic representations of real-life living aspects.
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8	She has five dogs -- a Chihuahua named Mr. Marbles[[note]]full name Charles Franklin Marbles[[/note]] (who was actually the inspiration for her {{stage name\|s}}[[note]]Jenna adopted a stage name after her mother, unemployed when she began making videos, complained about her videos dominating the Google search results for "Mourey", which she thought might put off potential employers[[/note]]), two Italian Greyhounds named Kermit and Peach, a rescue Greyhound named Bunny, and another Greyhound named Loni. Her dogs frequently featured throughout her videos, especially in their endings, where she often talks affectionately to them in addition to encouraging viewers to subscribe to her channel.
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10	Jenna was featured in ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'' as [[Literature/TheBible Eve]], and also made appearances in ''Series/{{Ridiculousness}}'', WebAnimation/TheAnnoyingOrange show, ''Film/SmoshTheMovie'', and Music/{{Pitbull}}'s music video for "Fireball". Alongside Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox of WebVideo/{{Smosh}}, she became the first [=YouTuber=] to have her likeness appear as a wax figure displayed at Madame Tussauds New York, which she unveiled in 2015.
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12	On June 25, 2020, Jenna uploaded a video addressing controversy and accusations of racism over several of her older videos, mainly posted between 2011 and 2012. She apologized for the content in the videos, calling it "shameful" and "awful", and announced that she would be taking an indefinite break from [=YouTube=]. The following day, Julian Solomita, a fellow [=YouTuber=] and Jenna's then-boyfriend, announced that their joint podcast and Twitch streams would also be put on hiatus.
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14	In April 2021, Jenna and Julian got engaged; they later married in November 2022.
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16	In addition to her main channel, Jenna also started a vlog channel in 2011 that has since had all its videos wiped.
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19	!![[WebVideo/ShaneDawson Hey what's up you guys, here's the tropes]]:
20	* AgeInappropriateDress: PlayedForLaughs in "I Gave Myself a Claire's Makeover", which is exactly what it says: Jenna gets a bunch of items from Claire's and puts them all on at once, all the while lampshade-hanging the absurdity of a woman in her 30s wearing sugary-cute accessories meant for tween girls, though she does comment that if she wore one of two of the accessories at a time instead of ''all of them'', they'd probably be viewed as cute and fun.
21	* AmbiguouslyBi: Quite a few of the people listed in ''People I would fuck'' are women. With that said, some of them are also animals, and inanimate objects, so it's hard to say how honest she's being.
22	* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: She has an upstate New York accent, being from Rochester. However, [[WordOfDante someone close to the source of the videos]] states she has a Pacific Northwest accent like in Idaho or Washington.
23	* AttentionWhore: Kermit, who cries if he's not the center of attention.
24	* BerserkButton: See ''[[http://youtu.be/VzcBDXyJO_w What Bitches Wear At The Airport]]''. She raises some valid points and is understandably pissed about them.
25	** Also seen in her video "People Piss Me Off At the Gym."
26	** She no longer mentions him on air, but on Twitter or whatever, don't bring up Max. Just don't.
27	* BigEater: Peach, who is very much snack-motivated and had to be put on a diet from how much weight she gained. She even randomly grew boobs in "Reading Mean Comments About My Dogs 2."
28	* BigLittleSister: Bunny is actually the youngest of Jenna's dogs, but she towers over them as a greyhound.
29	* BreastExpansion: Demonstrates how a woman - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag4C0MFRnmE in this case herself]] - can go from boyish to curvy depending on the top.
30	* CaptainMorganPose: Done to show off Asics sports shoes in her crossdressing video ''[[http://youtu.be/bIAjnBqZ7KU?t=49s How Guys Pack A Suitcase]]''.
31	* CaptionHumor: In the ''[[http://youtu.be/swsEvb2yytU Landshark]]'' and ''[[http://youtu.be/OPi2s1K_pgU I Hate Being A Grown Up]]'' skits, the occasional captions match only the first couple of words from Jenna's rapping, [[BottomOfTheBarrelJoke only to display completely different words that change the context as a cheap gag]].
32	* Catchphrase:
33	** "Hey what's up you guys yes", jokingly stolen from her friend WebVideo/ShaneDawson
34	** "Aw, hell yeah!"
35	** Julien has "When the ____ hits..."
36	* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: ''[[http://youtu.be/DtuqJZqEIi8 Interrupting Adele]]'' has Jenna trying to take a leak/dump when Adele abruptly barges in. Offering to clean her posterior.
37	* CensorSuds: Come in handy in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxH20-Us2QM Thoughts From a Bathtub]]''.
38	* ChewingTheScenery: In many brief instances throughout her videos, but most noticeable in the music video ''[[http://youtu.be/YwLMM_QBkMc Bounce That Dick]]''.
39	* CloudCuckooLander: This also falls into {{Kayfabe}} territory.
40	* ClusterFBomb: In many of her videos, especially the rant videos. See BerserkButton entry.
41	* CordonBleughChef: ''[[http://youtu.be/AWjX1Uj4KV8 Cooking With Sarah Palin]]''.
42	-->'''Jenna'''(as Palin)''':''' ''...The next ingredient we wanna add is [[RuleOfThree three]] eggs. But we're not going to crack the eggs because that's abortion.''
43	* CosmeticCatastrophe: The ''[[http://youtu.be/qH8kYwq0LI0 Magic]]'' video depicts Jenna's mascara deliberately made messier looking as time goes by.
44	** And then there's the "100 layers" video where Jenna puts on 100 layers of lipstick, hairspray, fake tan and eyelashes.
45	* CowardlyLion: [[HiddenDepths Believe it or not]], [[NervousWreck Kermit]] is actually the most socially confident of the four dogs. In fact, Jenna mentions Kermit's useful for introducing Bunny to new things, as seeing him try it makes her more accepting of the idea.
46	* {{Crossdresser}}: Whenever she acts out a topic involving boys. With a drawn mustache and a jockey cap to keep the hair.
47	* CurseCutShort: In her ''[[http://youtu.be/OYpwAtnywTk?t=51s How To Trick People Into Thinking You're Good Looking]]'' video, as she gives a possible reason for spending a significant amount of time showering. See JumpCut entry.
48	-->'''Jenna:''' ''Probably took a while cuz you're one ugly mother-''
49	* DeadpanSnarker: Especially when having a guest (usually Max, her (now ex-)boyfriend) on the videos. Case in point, in the episode where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XLZwO1OklA he does her make-up]], Jenna begins the video excited; as Max reveals how clueless he is with makeup, however...:
50	-->'''Jenna''': ...For some reason, I ''thought'' this was gonna be fun. ''Now'' I feel a tension in my chest.
51	* DumbBlonde: ''Gloriously averted.'' She has a Master's degree and is rather bookish.
52	* {{Fanservice}}: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtAkRE8yw9w What I Would Have Done In Cancun]]''.
53	* FlexingThoseNonBiceps: Subverted as Jenna does have noticeable biceps whenever she flexes them.
54	* FollowTheLeader: Jenna got the idea of making a train for her dogs from a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m384NEQZwfA Cream Heroes]] video where they made one for their cats.
55	* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "Doing an Easter Egg Hunt For My Dogs" Jenna casually mentions that it would be the sort of thing that's fun with a big dog. The following video was the official introduction of the newest member of the family: Bunny, a rescue greyhound.
56	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Peach is Sanguine, Kermit is Choleric, Bunny is Phlegmatic, and Marbles is Melancholic.
57	* FreezeFrameBonus: Jenna's usual way to get crap past the radar is though fast changing notes in her intoduction texts. For instance, the full title of "How to midly annoy your dogs part 2" is "How to midly annoy your dogs part 2 the remix motherfucker".
58	* FriendToAllLivingThings: Jenna and Julian are big-time animal lovers. They have four dogs, and a hamster. Jenna managed to raise some caterpillars a fan sent into butterflies, made a ''thirty'' minute video about her plants, and gushes over her friend's cat Melody. Julien made friends with a Pitbull that showed up at his door.
59	* GentleGiant: Jenna and Julien's fourth dog, Bunny. For starters, she's a greyhound and is physically the biggest dog of the four; however, because of her background as a blood donor dog, she's painfully timid and shy. She's been shown to get along with the other three dogs, and is the most gentle of the four.
60	* GrowingUpSucks: What ''[[http://youtu.be/OPi2s1K_pgU I Hate Being A Grown Up]]'' is about.
61	* {{Guyliner}}: Jenna gives one pair to [=MaxNoSleeves=] in the sequel video ''[[http://youtu.be/qSrGZIt0VTU?t=3m15s I Do My Boyfriend's Makeup]]''.
62	* HypocriticalHumor: Deliberately invoked in her video ''[[http://youtu.be/gooNX0870yk Tips For Good Hygiene]]''. See VomitIndiscretionShot entry.
63	* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: One of Julien's hobbies is cooking, and he has no problems wearing girl's accessories or letting Jenna turn him into a pinup girl, his only question being would his mustache still work with the outfit. (Surprisingly, it does.)
64	* InherentlyFunnyWords: In her video "Playing Episode: Love Life", Jenna names her character "Beech", and promptly cracks up laughing every single time a character in the game calls her by name.
65	--->'''Noah:''' Pretty basic of you, beech.
66	* {{Irony}}: Peach is the only one of the dogs who does not like fruit.
67	* JumpCut: Works well with a stationary camera angle, where each bits of speech are trimmed appropriately to stay concise and preserve viewer attention, sometimes to hilarious effect. See CurseCutShort entry.
68	* {{Kayfabe}}: A [[DownplayedTrope downplayed example]]. She has a slightly more exaggerated personality for public appearances but it's not ''quite'' AlterEgoActing. What is certain though, is that it's more of a public persona, but close to her real one.
69	* TheKlutz: Kermit, Kermit, Kermit. From 2015-2018, he's sprained his tail, fell into the house's pool, got bit by a spider, stepped on a bee's stinger, hurt one of his legs, and [[AmusingInjuries so on]].
70	* LaserGuidedKarma: Belives this to be the reason why she broke her hand in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYl7qSC5Pvo How I Broke My Hand]]''.
71	* LadyDrunk: A lot of her videos feature her talking about alcohol, doing something while drunk, or drinking/getting drunk.
72	* MiddleChildSyndrome: Kermit. They've forgotten his birthday once.
73	** After Jenna adopted Bunny, Peach has begun to suffer this trope as well, namely being omitted from a beach trip with Bunny and Kermit.[[note]] It's worth noting that Marbles didn't go either, because only two dogs are allowed on the beach per family.[[/note]]
74	* MotorMouth: One example is in the video ''[[http://youtu.be/rOL97F4ICPs Text Message Decoder]]'' where she plays a female stereotype.
75	* MrMuffykins: Kermit, who is quite spoiled and a big-time AttentionWhore who has a habit of humping on dogs at the park. Averted with Marbles and Peach, who are also small and spoiled but don't have as many behavioral issues as Kermit does.
76	* NervousWreck: Kermit. Jenna frequently describes him as "nervous", plus he's prone to crying for attention and apparently doesn't like being left at home.
77	* NotSoAboveItAll: In "Playing Episode: Love Life", Julian frequently comments on how stupid the game is, while getting really invested in the story and staring intently at the screen the entire time.
78	* PantsPullingPrank: Julien does this to Jenna in "I'm Dog Stairs For Halloween", much to her ire. She gets him back later in the video.
79	-->'''Julien:''' Ha ha, I am naked.
80	* {{Parody}}: Especially with celebrity impersonations.
81	* PottyDance: ''[[http://youtu.be/sIfJSEnuz4w?t=1m39s My Favorite Dance Moves]]''.
82	* RunningGag:
83	** [[Website/{{Vine}} My name is Jenna I'm [age] and I have a basketball game tomorroooooow!"]]
84	** Julien's inability to distinguish Creator/JuliaRoberts, Creator/AnneHathaway and Creator/SandraBullock has became this, with highlight goes to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC5bgxkxEYM&t=567 this moment]].
85	** Jenna's inability to have a good prank against Julien has been brought up frequently.
86	** Fans thinking that Marble is dead, no matter how many times Jenna tries to prove he is in fact alive.
87	** Jenna and Julien being very affectionate, [[SarcasmMode despite being just friends]].
88	** Peach owes Jenna money.
89	* {{Satire}}: Particularly noticeable regarding videos that show her pretending to be a stereotypical male/female dealing with certain issues.
90	* SelfDeprecation: Edges really close to this in her ''[[http://youtu.be/bRKOB2xY4Ao Apps Are Ruining My Life]]'' video.
91	** Also her "I'm Addicted to Leggings" video.
92	* SheCleansUpNicely: A topic of several videos, be it serious or satirical. Regardless, seeing videos that show her devoid of makeup contrasting with the rest of her appearance with, strongly suggests this trope.
93	** Deliberately invoked and deconstructed in the ''[[http://youtu.be/Ag4C0MFRnmE Some Idiot/How Sports Bras Work]]'' video. Explaining that yes, women can look different (and be treated differently as a result) depending on what they're doing. Like competing in the Olympics.
94	* ShrinkingViolet: In contrast to Jenna's other dogs, Bunny is very timid and prefers to keep to herself. Justified in that she was rescued from donating blood to racing Greyhounds.
95	* SpoiledBrat: Kermit, Kermit, ''Kermit'', who once demands Jenna buys him everything in a pet store and pisses on the floor when she refuses to get him an entire aisle of Greenies. He also bites Jenna on-camera and she never disciplines him despite clearly being in pain from him doing so.
96	* ToiletHumour: The ''[[http://youtu.be/vu4O7Bs9quI My Dogs Hate Farts]]'' video. Also, Jenna generally makes random references to posteriors and excrement every now and then in her various videos.
97	** [[http://youtu.be/5XLZwO1OklA Extended to [=MaxNoSleeves=] belching in her face when he's about to put on make-up for her.]]
98	** Many of her "What Guys Really Do" videos portray the guys as {{Gasshole}}s.
99	* {{Tsundere}}: Kermit, towards Jenna, such as in the beach video when he growls when Jenna tries to cuddle him, but when she walks away from him to take Bunny down the beach for five minutes, he promptly starts whining and looking around for her.
100	* ValleyGirl: Jenna plays one in ''[[http://youtu.be/dp-AxFdUe4A Things Girls Lie About]]''.
101	** Whenever she does a voice for Peach, Jenna makes her sound like this, even though Peach is actually easily the smartest of Jenna's dogs.
102	* VerbalTic: ''WEEEE'' in a very affectionate and whimsical tone. To the point that it was a criteria for taking a shot as part of a drinking game.
103	* VomitIndiscretionShot: Used as punctuation for scenes in ''[[http://youtu.be/gooNX0870yk Tips For Good Hygiene]]'', and as an eventual consequence. PlayedForLaughs when Jenna barfs all over a conveniently present banana while on her belly... before proceeding to peel and eat it. Then she rolls over and [[SpitTake shoots the partially digested mixture out]].
104	* WesternZodiac: Whenever Jenna and Julien work on something together, it's specifically mentioned that Jenna is a Virgo and Julien is an Aries. That's because they tend to play into their zodiac's stereotypes whenever they approach a task: Jenna is more perfectionistic and to the book, while Julien has a huge amount of chaotic energy. Interestingly, the roles reverse when they paint.
105	** All of their dogs were born in June, making them Gemini - except for Bunny, who they thought was a Gemini as well before they found out she was actually born in March, making her a Pisces. Comments on the video joked that this was obvious because Bunny's favourite place to be is in the pool and Pisces are a water sign.
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