| Annabeth Chase | |
|---|---|
| Percy Jackson & the Olympians,
Magnus Chase and The Gods of Asgard Trials of Apollo character | |
| First appearance | The Lightning Thief |
| Last appearance | Wrath of the Triple Goddess |
| Created by | Rick Riordan |
| Portrayed by | Alexandra Daddario in the movies
Leah Jeffries in Percy Jackson and the Olympians series Kristin Stokes in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical |
| Information | |
| Nickname(s) | Wise Girl (by Percy) Princess (by Clarisse) Annie Bell (by Mr.D) |
| Species | Demigod |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Architect of Olympus |
| Title | Architect of Olympus, Daughter of Athena |
| Family | Athena (mother) Frederick Chase (father) Mrs. Chase (stepmother) Bobby Chase (paternal half-brother) Matthew Chase (paternal half-brother) Magnus Chase (paternal cousin) Athena Cabin (maternal half-siblings) |
| Significant other(s) | Percy Jackson |
Annabeth Chase is a fictional character in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus series. She is a demigod, half-mortal and half goddess. Her father is the mortal Frederick Chase and her mother is Athena, the goddess of wisdom, crafts, arts, and battle strategy. She first appears in the debut novel of Percy Jackson & the Olympians, The Lightning Thief. Throughout the series she becomes close friends with Percy Jackson, later becoming his main love interest and girlfriend.
In The Last Olympian, Annabeth becomes the architect of Olympus to help repair the place after war damage.
She is played by the actress Alexandra Daddario in the movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, which is based on the first book, The Lightning Thief. She played the same part in the movie The Sea of Monsters, which is based on the novel Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters.
She is played by Kristin Stokes in the musical The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, which is based on the first novel in the series, The Lightning Thief.
She is most recently played by Leah Sava Jeffries in the Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Rick Riordan, was asked in an interview, "Do you feel those who said the main characters, such as Grover and Annabeth, are heroes in their own right?". He answered, "Annabeth is Percy's rational side. She can think through things and look at options that sometimes evade Percy in his moments of battle panic." This means she can think even when there is a fight going on, unlike Percy, and can find solutions to problems. That is also why Annabeth is a daughter of Athena because she is the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy.
Annabeth Chase is the half-blood daughter of the goddess Athena and the mortal man Frederick Chase. She was born on the 12th of July. Being a daughter of Athena, who is a virgin, she was not physically born, but is a literal 'brain child'; she was born as a gift to her father. When she was seven, she ran away from home. On her journey, she met Luke Castellan, Thalia Grace, and later Grover Underwood. Together, they traveled to Camp Half-Blood, running from and fighting hordes of monsters. When they got to the borders of Camp half blood,Thalia sacrificed herself fighting monsters so that Luke, Grover and Annabeth could safely get into camp. Thalia's father, Zeus, changed her into a pine tree out of pity, positioned on the top of a hill. The tree came to be known as Thalia's Pine Tree. Annabeth lived at Camp Half-Blood for five years prior to Percy Jackson's arrival.
It's shown in The lightning Thief that Annabeth does not get along with her father and step-family. According to her, her father was not very happy when she was born and tends to see her as a nuisance. Her half-siblings seem to dislike her and are afraid of her, her stepmother is the same and felt that she endangered the family by being a demigod. At the end of The Lightning Thief, Annabeth returns to her family to see if she can get along with them. She is able to stay with them for approximately a year, but it is unknown if her feeling towards her family have changed; however, in The Titan's Curse, her father and stepmother seem to care for her deeply, and her father helps fight off Kronos's army to save Annabeth.
Annabeth is a good fighter, and has been shown to be able to think on her feet in very hard situations. Despite this, Annabeth dreams of being an architect, and many references have been made to this. In The Lightning Thief, she enjoys and quickly becomes addicted to the 3-D holographic SimCity-esque game at the Lotus Hotel and Casino. In The Sea of Monsters, it was shown that Annabeth’s greatest dream is to redesign the whole world to make it better, make Luke good again, and be accepted by her mother and father. In The Last Olympian, she is granted the status of being the architect of Olympus.
Hubris, or deadly pride, is Annabeth's fatal flaw. Annabeth thinks that she is able to do anything: get her parents back together, build great monuments, and save Luke, as shown in the second book. She sometimes even thinks she can rebuild the world into an even better place than the immortals did. She also has a deep fear of spiders, due to the rivalry between Athena and Arachne.
Annabeth is described as being athletic and having curly blond hair, tan skin, and stormy gray eyes. Percy Jackson describes her as "cute" at first but eventually she becomes "seriously beautiful."
Annabeth first appears in The Lightning Thief at the age of twelve. She was nicknamed "Wise Girl" by Clarisse, in a spat of insults. The name was meant as an insult but, now it's an affectionate pet name from Percy.
She first meets Percy Jackson after he was attacked by the Minotaur and makes his way into Half-Blood Hill. When he first saw her, Percy described Annabeth as "pretty" with blond hair curled "like a princess" After Percy heals from the Minotaur attack, Annabeth hears that he is to go on a quest (search) and she wants to go along, thinking Percy is "the one" from The Great Prophecy. Together, she, Percy, and Grover go searching for Zeus's stolen lightning bolt. Throughout the book, Annabeth shows her unique intelligence, which she inherited from her mother, and also her arachnophobia that she shares with all her siblings on her mothers side
Annabeth, Percy and Tyson, having been forbidden from joining the quest to obtain the Golden Fleece, for treating Thalia's Pine tree, and to find Grover by Chiron's temporary replacement; Tantalus. They decide to sneak out of Camp Half-Blood to do so. During the book it is revealed that Annabeth's greatest dream is to redesign the whole world to improve it, save Luke (from himself), and be accepted by her mother and father. After getting stranded on the island of the Queen-Witch Circe, Annabeth saves Percy after he is turned into a Guinea Pig using the multivitamins given to them by Hermes. During the fight with Polyphemus Annabeth (while invisible with the use of her Yankee's Cap) pretends to be Nobody and distracts him long enough for Percy to vanquish him. Annabeth is injured fatally during the fight but is healed with the help of the Golden Fleece.
Annabeth is kidnapped along with the goddess Artemis and has to be saved by Percy, Thalia, Grover, and the huntresses Zoë Nightshade and Bianca di Angelo. In a dream Percy has, Annabeth is on a mountain, and she sees Luke holding up a black roof (unknown to Percy, that being the sky). Annabeth helps him hold it, and then Luke slips out from underneath, making Annabeth hold it alone. This is later used to trick Artemis into holding the sky, as Artemis would not be able to resist helping a maiden. Unlike the other books, Annabeth's role is quite small. It is hinted in this book that there will be a romantic future for her and Percy. Aphrodite, the goddess of love, also convinced Percy about his feelings for Annabeth, though she also made it even harder for them to fall in love. In the end, Percy saves both Annabeth and Artemis, while Thalia is fighting Luke until he falls off a cliff.
During a game at Camp, Percy and Annabeth find an entrance into the labyrinth, she soon realizes that Luke may try to use this entrance to invade Camp.
A quest is given shortly after though the prophecy the Oracle gave Annabeth appears to have scared her and she refuses to say the last line. Annabeth leads the quest into the Labyrinth, fulfilling one of her ambitions. She goes into the Labyrinth with Percy, Grover, and Tyson to find a way to stop Kronos's army from entering the borders of Camp Half-Blood by searching for the Labyrinth's inventor, Daedalus. As they go into the Labyrinth, they face many hardships. Annabeth faces a Sphinx and finds the riddles (which are actually factual questions) not challenging and an insult to her intellect. They escape the claws of the Sphinx and continue on to find Hephaestus so he can tell them about where to find Daedalus.
As they head towards Hephaestus' forge in Mount St. Helens, they find telekhines there making a weapon for Kronos. Percy tells Annabeth to escape while she can. She kisses him for luck and they part ways. Annabeth believes that he dies when Mount St. Helens erupts, but this is not the case. Percy fell onto the island Ogygia, prison of the nymph Calypso, a daughter of Atlas. When Percy returns to camp, Annabeth is performing a funeral ritual for him. When she notices him, she hugs him, making a scene. However, when she finds out about Calypso, she is very jealous. Percy then asks a clearsighted mortal girl, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, to help them on their way through the Labyrinth. Annabeth becomes very jealous at how close Percy and Rachel are getting. The three of them discover Luke, who has become Kronos's vessel. After a battle at Camp, Luke is forced back into the Labyrinth, leaving two casualties. Annabeth refuses to believe that Luke is all bad, and gets quite mad at Percy for saying otherwise.
After they fulfilled their mission, Annabeth and Percy are standing on Half-Blood Hill, and are matching their goals with the prophecy. Annabeth reveals the last line of her prophecy, "To lose a love to worse than death" and is confused, not sure about her feelings for Luke, or a secret love for Percy. At the end she leaves with her dad to go to a private school in San Francisco.
In this final book, Percy Jackson and his demigod friends have to defend Olympus and the city of Manhattan. They had many challenges and try to solve them. And much more on their quest.
In the first book of this series, Annabeth appears when she arrives at the grand canyon in search of Percy. Instead she finds 3 demigods, Piper McLean, Leo Valdez, and Jason Grace. She takes them all back to camp half blood to be properly trained.
Magnus Chase And The Gods Of Asgard, Book 1 The Sword of Summer
Annabeth appears in this book searching, with her dad, for her cousin Magnus. She finds Magnus after his death standing over his coffin, this leads her to believe he is a Greek or Roman demigod.
Magnus Chase And The Gods Of Asgard, Book 2 The Hammer of Thor
Annabeth appears at the end of the book when Magnus Chase learns that he needs to go on a quest to prevent Ragnarok travelling in a ship. He asks Annabeth for tips, in which Annabeth quotes "I don't know much about the sea, but my boyfriend does. It's time you met Percy..."
Magnus Chase And The Gods Of Asgard, Book 3 The Ship of Dead
In the beginning of the book the first chapter is called "Percy Jackson Does His Level Best to Kill Me". Annabeth and Percy give tips about the sea but Magnus fails at everything to do with the ocean, getting himself killed once and nearly killed in a variety of different ways.
She appears at the end of the book via a phone call with Magnus, who says it sounds like she'd been crying; this was likely because she had been told of Jason Grace's death.
In the movie, Alexandra Daddario plays Annabeth, a warrior at Camp Half-Blood with Percy and potential romantic interest. In the movie trailer, Annabeth says to Percy, "I definitely have strong feelings for you. I just haven't decided if they are positive or negative yet." Another scene shows them leaning in, seemingly to kiss. It was really a tease, which was revealed when she suddenly steals Percy's sword from his sheath and she brings her own sword to his throat and says, "First rule of battle strategy, never let your opponent distract you." In the movie, Annabeth is seen with brown, straight hair, a definite change from the book's description of her. She is shown in the movie with blue eyes not gray. She does not display much love towards Luke.
Annabeth was played by Leah Jeffries in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians Disney + show. In Leah’s portrayal, Annabeth is seen with dark brown skin and wears straight, black box-braids. Her appearance is the most drastically different from the original book portrayal of the character. She’s shown to have initial irritation with Percy, (which is at the same time accompanied by wonder, as she immediately began to question if he was “The One.” from the prophecy, before being hushed by Chiron.) but, she slowly begins to develop a friendship with him with beginning hints of romantic feelings. The 2023 show’s Annabeth is also the 2nd strongest portrayal or her love for Luke, as they are shown interacting and supporting each other all throughout the season. It’s not yet clear if Annabeth’s interest in architecture will remain in this adaption of the series, (As there is only two Seasons, and Season Three has been confirmed but is not yet released.) but, she is shown to have an interest in Hephaestus craftsmanship in his amusement park.
A key subplot in the series is the relationship between Annabeth, Percy, and Luke. Luke is Annabeth's hero and one of her first demigod friends. Annabeth likes Percy, which she hints at, but she still has feelings towards Luke. At the end of The Last Olympian, Luke reciprocates his feelings for her. These feeling are present despite the fact that Luke and Percy are arch enemies and he has attempted to kill Percy many times. In The Sea of Monsters, it is shown that one of her life's wishes is to save Luke from Kronos.
In the beginning of The Lightning Thief, Annabeth is shown to dislike Percy when she finds out that Percy is the hero of the prophecy. She thinks he is weak, and is influenced by the rivalry between her mother, Athena, and Percy's father, Poseidon. But while they are on their quest, they have to ride a truck to get to their destination. This is the first time they actually talk. In The Mark of Athena, Annabeth says that's when she chose to "like" him. At the very end of The Sea of Monsters Annabeth kisses Percy on the cheek after winning the chariot race. In The Titan's Curse, there are suggestions of some romance between Annabeth and Percy, although this is complicated by her lingering feelings towards Luke and the fact that her mother, Athena, disapproves of her "friendship" with Percy. In The Battle of the Labyrinth, Annabeth finally expresses her feelings for Percy by kissing him good luck before vanishing using her Yankee's cap. When Percy returns, she is highly jealous, because she knows he has been with the sad but seductive Calypso. It is implied that Percy is trying to tell Annabeth about his feelings, but Annabeth remains distant, still due to her lingering feelings towards Luke.
In The Last Olympian, after the defeat of Kronos and the saving of Luke's soul, the romantic relationship between Percy and Annabeth is solidified. Annabeth also states Percy looks 'cute when he's worried' when he first checks on her after she took a knife that was meant for him. Annabeth tells Luke as he dies that she always saw him as a brother, but never loved him. Later, she and Percy share their second kiss after she tells him that she will never, ever make things easy for him. He describes it as if his brain felt it was melting through his body. But nosy campers snoop on this and throw them into the camp lake. Then comes a third kiss underwater in an air bubble made by Percy. They are together at the end of the series. It is hinted that they might be married one day in the future, as Annabeth said she wanted "to build something permanent," and Percy states that maybe they were "getting a good start together.”
They continue their relationship through the Heroes of Olympus series and the Magnus Chase series.
B. Allison Gray praises how in Battle of the Labyrinth: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4, Riordan "successfully conveys Annabeth's emotions."
The casting for the movie has had a varied reception. On one hand, as Rama's SCREEN reports, "the one that’s been causing argument is Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth Chase...apparently some of Rama’s SCREEN readers out there did and the comments on her casting were in mixed response...Ashley thought Annasophia Robb (Race To Witch Mountain) should’ve played that role meanwhile Kara and Victoria saw Daddario as too old because apparently, the character Annabeth Chase in the book is about 12 years old but Lily thought Daddario should be given a chance to prove herself worthy and Joe said that to make this work, the movie needs to make her hot, athletic, with blond hair and grey eyes." On the other hand, Katey Rich writes that Daddario "looks just right for that Hermione-esque role of the brainy brunette...Daddario, who has been in movies like The Hottest State and the recent Jonas Brothers concert movie, may have just signed on for a role that will take over her life, poo and bring her plenty of Emma Watson-scaled fame in the process. I hope she's got her wizard's wand-- oh, wait, I mean mythical god powers-- ready for the challenge."
The casting of Annabeth as Leah Sava Jeffries was very controversial. Many fans were quick to point to the fact she differed in appearance to the book as the actress is Black with dark brown hair and brown eyes as opposed to the books where she is white, blonde with grey eyes. Rick Riordan and his wife, Rebecca Riordan were quick to condemn the hate that Leah Jeffries was receiving online.
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