CJ

CJ is a male frog character who first appeared in JumpStart 2nd Grade with his best friend and partner Edison.

His home is Frog Manor.

Appearance
CJ has green skin. Originally, he only wore a tan hat.

In JumpStart Reading for Second Graders, CJ wears a light tan hat, a green vest over a brown shirt, and olive-green shorts. He is depicted with gray irises.

In the JumpStart Advanced series, he wears a tan vest over a white shirt and dark cream-colored pants.

In JumpStart 3D Virtual World, he wears a brown hat, a cream-colored shirt, and light brown pants. He also wears a belt, which has a whip attached.

Personality
CJ is adventurous, enthusiastic, and optimistic. The JumpStart Blog says, "Brave, daring and energetic, CJ is always on the lookout for a good adventure. If there’s a lost treasure, a sunken ship or secret caverns, CJ will lead the expedition…even if it is all in his imagination."

In the JumpStart Advanced series, each of the JumpStart All Stars has their own unique learning style. CJ's learning style is 'The Explorer'. JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade's manual says, "CJ teaches children using his naturalistic learning style. He's an expert at classifying and ordering the world around him."

CJ has a habit of making somewhat unusual exclamations when he speaks, such as "Zounds!" and "Egads!".

JumpStart Advanced Preschool
CJ is one of the JumpStart All Stars. The player can select him as their partner and call him for help.

JumpStart Advanced Kindergarten
CJ is one of the JumpStart All Stars. The player can select him as their partner and call him for help.

JumpStart Advanced 1st Grade
CJ is one of the JumpStart All Stars. The player can select him as their partner and call him for help. The player can also visit him at his house and play an activity there.

JumpStart 2nd Grade
CJ and Edison have a clubhouse above the classroom.

JumpStart Math for Second Graders
CJ and Edison are on a quest to save a medieval kingdom from the villainous Ratso.

JumpStart Reading for Second Graders
CJ and Edison are on a quest to find the lost city of Ursalab. CJ and Edison must visit different locations to collect rubies and jewels to uncover the secrets of Ursalab. However, CJ's nemesis Dr. Listick intends to find the city first.

Disc 1: Fundamentals
CJ is one of the JumpStart All Stars. The player can select him as their partner and call him for help. CJ and Edison are agents working for JumpStart Headquarters. They have to stop the schemes of the nefarious Dr. O. CJ and Edison must travel around the world and collect gadget pieces for Hopsalot's inventions.

Disc 2: Field Trip Adventure
CJ and Edison go on round-the-world trips and collect souvenirs.

Disc 3: Mystery Club Vol. 1
CJ is an agent who takes on various spy training missions. All of these missions involve finding where Edison is hiding by investigating clues.

JumpStart Adventures 4th Grade: Haunted Island
CJ makes a cameo appearance in the woods.

JumpStart Around the World
CJ and Edison are the player's travel buddies in the second grade version.

JumpStart Explorers
CJ and Edison travel around the world to different locations in time to find CJ's nieces and nephews.

JumpStart Learning Games: Phonics
CJ and Edison appear in the Fire Station game.

In Videos
CJ and Edison make a few cameos in JumpStart Preschool: Who Left the Juice in the Caboose?.

In JumpStart Kindergarten: Why Did the Bus Stop?, CJ and Edison are firefighters.

Quotes

 * "I'm CJ, and my best friends, aside from Edison of course, are bugs and animals and plants. My favorite thing is to explore our world." - Self introduction from JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade

Trivia

 * According to the Jumpstart Blog, CJ's initials stand for Calaveras Jumper.
 * In JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade, CJ's last name is stated to be Pond. In most other media, his last name is Frog.