Jabari Newman

Jabari Newman is a fictional character and the main deuteragonist in the American fantasy comedy web television series Merman Academy. He is portrayed by Jabari Leggette.

About
Jabari Marcus Newman is a main principal character of the American fantasy/comedy web television series Merman Academy. Jabari Newman is an 11-year-old human-to-merman hybrid. He made his first debut in the fourth episode of season two, Revealed, in the same episode he was turned into a human/merman hybrid by his younger brother, Jaden Newman, and becomes his apprentice to learn how to be a merman and use his powers.

Appearances
Jabari has appeared in almost every episode including and after his debut.

Powers & Abilities

 * Demi-Merfolk Physiology: when Jabari became a human/merman hybrid, he gained various abilities of one. Some of which include: the ability to grow a tail, and the ability to breathe underwater for long periods of time but not as long as a full merperson


 * Thermokinesis: Jabari has the power to create and manipulate heat and heat particles. He mainly uses this ability to dry off his tail.
 * Pyrokinesis: Jabari has the ability to create and manipulate fire with his hands, this was demonstrated in Revealed when he used this power with thermokinesis to create a ball of fire which extruded from hands and onto his tail.
 * Trans-teleportation: Jabari has the ability to transteleport and move through 3-dimensional space by snapping his fingers, this ability was one of the first powers he used when he became a half-merman.

Production Notes & Trivia
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 * Jabari Newman is portrayed by Jabari Leggette.
 * His birth date is July 27, 2004.
 * He is the older brother of Jaden Newman.