Editing Jade West (section)

==Personality==
Jade West has a sharp, prickly personality and is known for being sassy, tough, dark, grouchy, and sarcastic. She is often described as "freaky," which she sometimes takes offense to, but she embraces being called "weird" when it suits her. Jade is obsessed with scissors, as seen in her "ScissorLuv" Slap username and her locker decoration, and her favorite movie is ''The Scissoring''. She has a sadistic sense of humor, enjoying watching others get hurt and often making macabre jokes about accidents.

Jade is usually portrayed as jealous, insatiably mean, and needlessly rude. She often displays authority and control at Hollywood Arts by yelling at or using physical force against others. She is also very possessive of her boyfriend, Beck, and is jealous of anyone who shows interest in him. Jade often flaunts her relationship, even though it is unpopular. Despite her tough exterior, she does have fears and insecurities.

As a "bad girl" stereotype, Jade is rebellious and dislikes being told what to do. She often emphasizes that she does things solely because she wants to, not because she is told to. However, Beck is the exception, as he can calm her down and make her behave more politely.

Jade is a hardworking student at Hollywood Arts, where she writes, acts, and sings, often focusing on dark and scary projects. She prefers to create and star in her own works, such as the play ''Well Wishes'' in "Wok Star" and ''Clowns Don't Bounce'' in "Prom Wrecker." Although some of her works are well-received, others are considered weird and disturbing. Despite her talents, Jade shows indifference toward performing, especially if she feels the role is beneath her or if she can gain something by undermining Tori. She has also shown a lack of dedication, abandoning projects or refusing roles if they don't align with her interests or style. Additionally, she can be lazy and manipulative, often forcing others to solve her problems or do the work she deems beneath her.

Jade is often full of herself, aware of her talents in the performing arts and overconfident about them. She enjoys boasting about her achievements to the point that Beck once accused her of making his profile video about herself (though she argued it was about both of them). Her ego is so inflated that she struggles with being seen as second best, which reveals a lack of readiness for the competitive world of performing arts. Ironically, this makes her similar to [[Trina Vega|Trina]], as both tend to overstate their talents and expect success without much hard work.

Beneath her tough exterior, Jade is actually lonely, sad, and insecure, which partly explains her rude behavior. She doesn't have a strong connection with her family, so Beck often serves as her boyfriend, confidant, and friend. Jade's insecurity is evident in her frequent suspicions that Beck is cheating on her, even with little or no evidence. For example, in "Wi-Fi in the Sky," she barges into Beck's trailer to confront a neighbor she mistakenly believes is a romantic rival, only to discover the neighbor is a nine-year-old girl. Similarly, she is devastated when Beck doesn't take her back immediately after a breakup in "Jade Dumps Beck," revealing how important their relationship is to her. Jade also appears to value her father's opinion, inviting him as the guest of honor to watch her play, "Well Wishes."

Despite her flaws, Jade occasionally helps solve the group's problems, such as when she suggests looking in the least popular ice cream flavor in "Ice Cream for Ke$ha" or scaring thugs away with a confetti cannon in "Terror on Cupcake Street." However, her plans often fall short due to her impulsiveness and lack of foresight, as seen in "A Film by Dale Squires" and "The Great Ping Pong Scam." Jade describes herself as smart and deep in her profile video on TheSlap, but her behavior is often immature, petty, and foolish, undermining her claims. She often rushes into situations without thinking, such as entering "Brain Squeezers" unprepared and ending up losing several teeth.

Jade has many petty dislikes, as shown in her ''TheSlap'' segment "What I Hate," but she also created two segments titled "What I Love" to avoid being predictable. While she comes across as tough and intimidating, her threats often prove empty. She loses her only physical altercation with someone other than Tori or Cat (who did not fight back) when Sheema quickly knocks her down in "Locked Up!" She frequently threatens others, such as breaking [[André Harris|André]]'s phone or physically attacking Trina, but rarely follows through. Despite her dark persona, Jade is also disgusted by "gross" things, like Trina Vega's pimple in "Victori-Yes."

Jade often displays hypocrisy, particularly in her dislike of being censored or controlled while frequently silencing others and insisting on her own way. For example, in "Locked Up!" and "Terror on Cupcake Street," she is less brave than she pretends to be, showing fear in situations that only slightly unnerved Tori. Jade is also unwilling to take responsibility for her actions, such as when she incites jealousy in Tori in "Cat's New Boyfriend" and then blames Tori for interfering in Cat and Daniel's relationship. She similarly endorses Tori lying on her resume in "Beck Falls for Tori" but later criticizes her for it. Jade also denies and takes offense at being called mean or scary, despite the persona she projects, and appears to become depressed after breaking up with Beck, contradicting her claims that she doesn't need anyone.

Her hypocrisy is evident in her "Jade with Tots" videos, where she asks why she has no friends, despite her own behavior driving others away. In "The Worst Couple," she lists reasons why she doesn't consider the gang her friends, yet they often try to be genuine friends with her and do what she commands. In "Tori Gets Stuck," she criticizes Tori for considering passing up a chance to work with Lady Gaga in favor of a small play, even though Jade herself breaks the law to get the lead role in the same play. In "Survival of the Hottest," she feels hurt that Trina didn't share her water, despite spending the day telling Trina, "No one likes you." In the "Pilot" and "Prom Wrecker," despite tormenting others, Jade appears cowardly and is stunned when Tori fights back, acting as if such retaliation is unwarranted. Many of her Slap posts show her demanding others solve her problems and then throwing a "virtual temper tantrum" when they refuse, revealing her thin-skinned nature.

Jade also exhibits entitlement, feeling she deserved the lead role in "Tori Gets Stuck" and throwing a tantrum when she didn't get it. She barges into Beck's RV during "Wi-Fi in the Sky," disrupts a project he is working on, invites herself to join the parade, forces a kiss on Moose while Cat and Tori try to apologize to the guys, and demands help in removing a bad picture of her in "The Bad Roommate," while being borderline abusive to those assisting her. She is often shown as spoiled and ungrateful, such as in the aforementioned bad picture incident, refusing to drive Tori home in "Jade Dumps Beck" despite Tori helping her reconcile with Beck and Jade promising a favor in return (which she never fulfills). She dismisses Tori for protecting her from Sheema, forces Cat to stay over in "André's Horrible Girl" while keeping her at a distance, and is generally unwilling to help her friends unless Beck intervenes, despite everything they do for her.

An interesting and consistent aspect of Jade's personality is that while she is generally cruel and abrasive when interacting with the entire group, she often appears much kinder to them, including Tori, when engaging with them individually. Despite this occasional kindness, her more negative behavior seems to make her one of the least popular members of the group, possibly alongside Trina and [[Rex Powers|Rex]].

Jade has a particular aversion to being touched, especially around her shoulders, and often reacts strongly, even threateningly, to anyone who does so—even Cat, her best friend. The only exceptions are Beck and Tori, whom she never pushes away or threatens for touching her. However, Jade seems comfortable with physical contact when she initiates it herself.

Despite her tough exterior, Jade shows a softer side when dealing with young children, as seen in her "Jade With Tots" segment on TheSlap.com. In these interactions, although she remains true to her character, she displays a gentler approach, using terms like "sweetheart" and engaging in friendly conversations with the preschoolers. She exhibited a similar attitude toward Cat in the first half of Season 1, though this demeanor quickly faded.