Jeanette Miller is the second of The Chipettes, younger than Brittany and older than Eleanor. Her last name is Miller in the 80's cartoon, but she does not have a stated last name in the CGI series. It is presumed to be Seville because of The Chipettes being adopted by Dave. However, this would be controversial, as it would make her Simon's adopted sister in addition to his love interest.
Biography
80s Series
Jeanette can best be described as the "absent-minded professor" of the group. Gifted with extraordinary intelligence, she often is so caught up in contemplating the universe that she forgets the simple matters of life, such as not tripping over her own feet. She is actually more like Theodore than Simon in a sense, as they are both sweet, timid, and shy, but her interests and talents are closer to Simon's. Jeanette has very poor vision and is virtually helpless without her glasses. She is also very clumsy and tends to knock into things often. Jeanette gets along well with Simon of The Chipmunks, however, they are very shy of their relationship.
CGI Films
Though her CGI version retains many of the traits she had in the 80s series, there are some notable differences. She has an insecure personality, regularly saying "I'm not good with things like this." However, she eventually learned to be brave and take more risks, though still being cautious. She is also slightly more outspoken, sometimes surprising even her sisters. Though this may be seen in the third movie, she is not shown to be very clumsy at all; when dancing and performing, she can actually keep up well with her sisters and The Chipmunks, never faltering or stumbling.
CGI Series
Jeanette is initially shown to be very gullible (as in Jeanette Enchanted where she believed she could fly when Alvin blew cayenne pepper in her face) in her past, but has worked (mostly) past it. She retains her shy, insecure personality, though less pronounced as she works past it with the help of Alvin (My Sister The Weirdo). Her clumsiness also isn't quite as noticeably as in the 80s series. She hasn't yet shown much of her traditional higher intelligence (ie. experiments), but has shown her surprising abilities as a cat whisper (Good Luck Mr. Whiskers). She also seems to be more eco-conscious in comparison to previous incarnations (The Tree House), where she nonviolently protests against their tree-poisoning neighbor, Mr. Crabble, by living in the tree that would become The Chipettes' tree-house, refusing to let it get cut down by him.
Appearance
In the Alvin and the Chipmunks series, she has brown hair in a loose bun and blue/green eyes, and her signature color is purple. She wears a blue/purple turtleneck shirt with baggy sleeves and a purple pleated skirt. She has black glasses in the first season of the series and Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman while having pink glasses in the second to the final season as well as the specials. She can generally be found with her shoelaces untied, one knee sock wrinkled around her ankle, and her buttons undone.
Jeanette in the CGI films has violet eyes and purple glasses. In Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, she wears a blue denim jacket with a light purple shirt and a blue/purple skirt. In Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked she wears a purple- and white-striped shirt with a blue white-starred skirt and purple belt, a purple-sparkle dress, and purple-flowered garments. In Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, she wears a purple- and white-striped shirt and a skirt with white, pink, and purple rectangles between blue vertical and horizontal stripes topped with a black belt.
In ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks, her hair, held in a bun with a purple band or sometimes a clothespin, is brown (still darker than her sisters) and she has violet eyes with violet eye shadow and lilac glasses. She's frequently seen wearing a striped shirt of various shades of purple with a purple jacket, blue jeans, and purple shoes.
Relationships
Brittany
Jeanette isn't brave enough to stand up to Brittany. Brittany pushes Jeanette around a lot and takes advantage of her kindness, but deep down they love each other very much and are very loyal to each other. Brittany gets very defensive of Jeanette when someone else is mean to her, in most situations. Even when Brittany is mean to Jeanette, she is extremely loyal despite her behaving awful towards her, saying "You're my sister, Brittany."
Eleanor
Eleanor always stands up to Brittany when she tries to push Jeanette around, and always defends her when anyone says something negative. For example, refusing to help Brittany join a group that called Jeanette a nerd.
Alvin
Jeanette and Alvin are friends. It's not uncommon for Alvin to stick up for Jeanette if someone is spreading lies or taking advantage of her, but there are still a few times Alvin uses her such as in My Fair Chipette. He has also shown moments where he becomes defensive of Jeanette as in Sisters when Brittany is ignoring her. He played Jeanette's boyfriend in Chip Tracy, but they are actors in this episode. When Jeanette lands the helicopter in the school on the day of the Music Mania, Alvin and Jeanette high-five each other. In My Sister The Weirdo, Alvin helps Jeanette get over her shyness at her request.
Simon
Simon and Jeanette have a very strong relationship. During the series it is a relationship that can be described as best friends who has secret crushes with one another. Simon is always looking out for Jeanette and stands up for her. Simon seems very protective of Jeanette, and the two of them spend a lot a time together. In My Sister The Weirdo, it is shown that he can be jealous of others helping her instead of asking him. In Big Dreams, they are married in the future.
Theodore
Jeanette and Theodore are friends but don't interact with each other very often. In Jeanette Enchanted, Theodore extended her "magical powers" just to make her happier longer.
Quotes
| A breeze?! It was a hurricane, just like Simon said!: The Chipmunk Adventure |
| Oh, that Simon is dreamy.: The Squeakquel |
| Guys! We get it!: The Squeakquel |
| In our...pajamas?: Chipwrecked |
| One day on this island, and we've become...ANIMALS!!!: Chipwrecked |
| B-B-B-But... the volcano is about to explode!: Chipwrecked |