Ray Ray Lee (voiced by Kath Soucie) is a tritagonist in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee.
He is Juniper's hyperactive eight-year-old younger brother. Like Juniper, Ray Ray can see through the magic barrier, though this is not a naturally-occurring ability and is immune to some magical effects, like a freezing spell. In the episodes after "Star Quality", he is occasionally seen watching monster TV. When Juniper first gained her powers, a group of demons attempted to drain her powers. Ray Ray unwittingly intervened, causing some of her powers to transfer to him, as seen in "Adventures in Babysitting". Whether or not he'll gain other powers similar to hers remains to be seen, as Ah-Mah has implied that he may over time.
Personality
Ray Ray is always cheerful, playful, spirited and energetic. He likes to tag along with his older sister on her adventures. He is hyperactive and careless, and often gets himself into trouble when dealing with the magic world. Ray Ray is often over-eager in regards to the magic world, finding every single event involving it, no matter how bad or ominous, to be "cooool." A recurring joke about him is that asks if he has ever run out of energy, where someone would say, "but there's always a first time." He also has a sibling rivalry relationship with Juniper, although it is often seen that he cares for her deeply. Since episode "Feets too big", he has a crush on Lila, the Sasquatch. In the episodes after "O Brother, What Art Thou?", Ray Ray is a homunculus, his mind having been transferred to an artificial body after accidentally mutating his original body into a massive monster by ingesting the growth potion that was supposed to make a giant grow back to his proper size. In "Meet the Parent", Monroe states that Ray Ray has a bladder control problem, though this has never been confirmed, save in "The World According to LARP" when Juniper said that he wet his pants on the jungle gym once, and again in "Dream Date" where he has trouble making it to the bathroom after drinking punch. Since he is very young still, it is probable he will outgrow these tendencies. In "Te Xuan Me", where after Juniper was erased from knowledge he took up being the Te Xuan Ze, and being particularly skilled at his position, even earning Monroe's praise. However, after everything was set back to normal, Ray Ray started to study in magic spells as a way to help his sister in future battles.
He is rambunctious, imaginative and creative, but can often get in the way of Juniper's goals on her work field, many times even being too snarky or sarcastic in a situation to take it seriously. Despite this, he is always ready to support June in anything she does.
Trivia
- Ray Ray is similar to Haley Long.
- Aside from Juniper and Monroe, Ray Ray is the only other character to appear in every episode.
- Even though he is eight years old, he is extremely short for his age, even next to other kids. While in later episodes this could be attributed to his body having been magic-artificially re-made, he is still quite short.
- In that same episode, Ray-Ray's original body could have briefly been almost banished.
- Ray Ray also exhibits some extraordinary skills that go unmentioned or unnoticed during the show. Such as: being able to jump really high for an eight-year old, being able to mingle with monsters really well, noticing small details or unusual events. Whether some of these are simply cartoon exaggeration or not remains to be unknown.
- In season three, Ray Ray dons an outfit similar to Superman's daytime persona: Clark Kent; it possibly being a reference to the famous comics character.
- In later episodes, Ray Ray becomes quite proficient at spells and wands.
- According to himself, Ray Ray's favorite foods are Won Ton noodles and dim sum.
- Ray Ray appears in the online games Monster Mayhem and Out of Charm's Way as a power-up giving NPC of sort, giving June a charm or spell when the player encounters him in these games.
