Jennie

Jennie was the first microwave used on the show, as well as Matthew's former home microwave. She was bought in 1978 and was originally the microwave owned by Matthew's parents. She was used for minimally dangerous experiments as well as to temporarily replace microwaves for some time (such as Demi and Renee) until her retirement. She was the first microwave to be originally unnamed. Jennie has made at least one appearance in every season except for season 7 (in which only a cameo was made) up to Season 17, the final season before her unexpected death.



Facts
Name: Jennie

Brand: GE Dual Wave II

First Experiment: #1 (Hot Pockets)

Last Experiment: #461 (Astronaut Ice Cream)

Fate: Dead

Description
Jennie was Matthew's former home microwave. She was initially the sole microwave on the show from the beginning before being routinely used for relatively safe and calm experiements. She was bought by Matthew's parents back in 1978, making her seven years older than Matthew. according to the description, she is a GE Dual Wave microwave, often used for non-dangerous and minimally dangerous experiments, similar to the unnamed microwave of Season 1 of "Is It A Good Idea To Microwave This?". She wasn't named until the second episode but is still just credited as "1978 GE Dual Wave Microwave" until episode 7.. The most explosive items done inside of Jennie were the chestnuts and the fruit cup, and although some items did arc, nothing actually caught fire until the gravy packet, which not only caught fire but let off plasma..

Death
After a fairly long absence from the show, Jennie suddenly died, likely of old age, behind the scenes when Matthew was trying to microwave a bowl of soup, as revealed in his Vlogmas 2016 video, bringing her relatively peaceful career to an end. Jennie was replaced by another, newer G.E. Microwave. While the new microwave was unnamed through the duration of it's run on the show, it kept Jennie's spirit and role, feeling like a redesign of her identity, due to similarly being used for safe experiments and as Matthew's personal home microwave.

Trivia

 * Jennie in a way is very similar to Jareth, while their roles were complete polar opposite. Like Jennie, Jareth was still kept around after his initial run to be used as either a backup microwave when Matt was short of microwaves or for specific types of experiments. Unlike Jennie, Jareth's experiments were the complete opposite of hers, as he was reserved for experiments thought to be highly dangerous while Jennie was reserved for very safe experiments.
 * Her unexpected death makes her the only microwave to die behind the scenes and not during a filmed experiment.
 * Being that she was made in 1978, she was the oldest microwave ever used on the show for a long time until being surpassed by the unnamed Litton microwave used in Season 17, which was made in 1976.