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Emma Evangeline Ross is one of the three main protagonists of Bunk'd. She was born to Morgan Ross and Christina Ross in New York City. She is the only biological child in the Ross family and is also the oldest child. She is currently 19-years of age. She is a bubbly teenager, eager to re-order the world as she sees it. A C.I.T. (Counselor In Training), Emma is determined to become a picture perfect counselor, following in the footsteps of her mom during her previous years. She is now a counselor at Camp Kikiwaka as of We Didn't Start the Fire.
Emma is portrayed by Peyton List.
History
Background
Emma was sent to Camp Kikiwaka with Ravi and Zuri to follow the footsteps of her mom. Even though Emma and her family are wealthy and lives in a penthouse in Manhattan, they are not spoiled rich kids. She's the popular girl at her school, and is known for her unique taste in fashion. She's the only biological kid to Morgan and Christina Ross, and the first girl and child overall in the family.
Biography
Welcome to Camp Kikiwaka
In Welcome to Camp Kikiwaka, Emma, along with Zuri, and Ravi are forced to attend a summer camp in Maine where their parents first met. There, she meets Hazel and her aunt Gladys, who don't like her family, due to Christina "stealing" Morgan, title for best counselor, and a happy life from Gladys. She later meets Lou, a counselor at Camp Kikiwaka and head Woodchuck, she starts to think Lou is weird, when she yells at her to sit. That night, she meets Xander whom she ultimately develops a crush on. Sparks fly between the two, making
Hazel jealous. Once she sits, and starts talking to Xander, Hazel tells her he is hers, and to back off. The next day, she is doing an obstacle course, when Hazel shoots an arrow at her, later, she is confronted by Hazel, and other Weasels who call her the worst C.I.T after Tiffany and Zuri are arguing, later, while walking on a tightrope over a tub full of mud, Hazel throws Emma a dodge ball in the face, so she can fall into the mud, and Xander won't like her, however, he goes over to help her. Later, while Emma is getting cleaned up, a note flies over to her bed, thinking it's from Xander, she goes to a spot on the woods, just like the note said, Zuri follows her, as they hear growling, they believe it's the Kikiwaka, they run. Later, they encounter Ravi, Lou, Xander, Jorge, Tiffany, and Hazel (who was the one who sent Emma that note so she can be with Xander) who went to find them, after climbing up a tree, Emma comes up with a plan to scare the Kikiwaka with their flashlights, Tiffany's annoying violin, and Jorge's loud farts, after the plan works, Xander and Lou seem proud. Later, Emma believes the summer will be pretty great.
Gone Girl
In Gone Girl, Emma is waiting for Xander to ask her out, she does everything to determine her fate, even wish on a Magic 8 Ball. Lou then comes in and comforts her by saying that boys are like hotdogs. Emma then decides to not focus on boys anymore. But when Xander
comes in with his guitar, Emma seems excited. Xander then asks her to a date by singing a song he wrote to her, which she immediately says yes to. However, Ravi tells her he's plotting to kill her, but she doesn't believe him. At her date, she starts to believe he's actually trying to kill her, however, he reveals the hole was for s'mores, and, the axe was a guitar. The next day, they are eating s'mores at camp.
Camp Rules
In Camp Rules, Emma is first seen knocking the door to the bathroom, wanting Zuri to get out of it. She then plugs the blow dryer onto the wall, but soon causes a small fire. She then extinguishes the fire, but made Zuri want to stay in the bathroom more. She is later at the camp's counselor meeting, which was hosted because she caused a fire at the Wood Chuck's cabin. Emma, along with other counselors are given a citation book, which she uses to annoy Zuri. Emma, angry with power, then tears and throws all of Zuri's stuff out of the cabin. Lou then takes the two to the dock and tries the canoe therapy on them. However, then the therapy doesn't work, Emma and Zuri have to work together before they are lost forever.
Smells Like Camp Spirit
In Smells Like Camp Spirit, Emma is seen at the choosing of the spirit stick guardian ceremony. Unexpectedly, the stick land on Emma's back. Since she touched it first, she became the guardian of the stick. Hearing that Xander had always wanted to be the guardian, she gives the stick to Xander without knowing that losing the stick or giving somebody else the stick will bring their entire cabin bad luck. The bad luck then struck, Emma fell and had a cup of smoothie spilled on her. Then a strong wind came, resulting her to fall on top
of Xander. Emma, Zuri, Lou, Xander, and Hazel can't stand the bad luck anymore, so they decide to go into the woods to get their luck back again. To do so, everyone must bring what they treasure very much and give it to the spirits of the woods. Emma then gives a pair of heels that she hates very much to the spirits. The next morning, the sun is out and the weather had turned. She is seen at Ravi's swim test along with Xander. At the end of the episode, Emma reconciles with Xander.
The Ones That Got Away
In The Ones That Got Away, Emma teams up with Xander on the fishing competition and is excited as its like a date. While fishing, they realise they have nothing in common and argue. Emma ends up throwing the bait into the water, angering Xander even more. Emma later talks to Gladys about her relationship problems and she tells Emma to go for it even if they want different things. Later, Emma heads down to the dock and tries taking to Xander but a fish bites on the fishing rod before she can. They catch it and share a hug afterwards. Xander says they should be friends as he thinks its what she wants and Emma agrees as she thinks its what he wants. She walks off the dock and gives him one last look before leaving. When the others talk about the fish they caught Emma says she had a great catch who had green eyes, a huge smile and could play a guitar like an angel, referring to Xander.
Can You Hear Me Now
In Can You Hear Me Now, Emma and Zuri try harboring a phone that should be handed in. They need a router so they trick Ravi and Tiffany into building one on top of the Grizzly cabin flagpole. When Lou discovers that Emma has the missing phone, she feels betrayed as she defended Emma and Zuri when Hazel accused them of having it. To show Lou she's sorry, Emma destroys the router taking the totem pole with it. Lou accepts her apology and they share a hug.
Friending with the Enemy
In Friending with the Enemy, Emma feels bad for Hazel and tries to become her friend. Her and Lou eventually gain her trust but Hazel moves into the WoodChuck Cabin. At first Emma and Lou are against it but change their minds when Hazel shares all the luxuries she gets as Head Counsellor with them. Hazel hears them say how their using her and goes into her 'crazy' mode. She makes them do all the digesting job including crushing cranberries with their feet. Lou ends up pulling Hazel into the cranberry tub and they all fight inside it. Emma stops the fight and apologises to Hazel and they set aside their differences for the episode.
Waka, Waka, Waka!
In Waka, Waka, Waka! Emma, along with Lou and Hazel, compete in sales to become the Kikiwaka Queen as Xanders the Kikiwaka Queen. Xander wants Emma or Lou to win so Hazel doesn't become the Kikiwaka Queen and get to dance with him. Emma, Xander and Lou perform a song and dance number to try and boost sales. When Emma goes to the bathroom, Hazel wrecks Emma's booth and angers her and Lou. To get Hazel back, Lou and Emma tell her that they've put Putra Berries in her food making her go crazy and try to stop people eating her food. At the end of the episode, Emma watches Xander dance with Gladys who was crowned the Kikiwaka Queen.
Secret Santa
In Secret Santa, Emma tries to find the best gift to Lou for their CIT Gift Exchange. Things don't go to plan though thanks to Ravi and Emma ends up getting her a Wood Chuck which escapes from its cage! Lou performs a song and dance routine for Emma but that also ends in disaster. They both realise that its not the gift but the thought that counts and neither of them end up disappointed.
Counselors' Night Off
In Counselors' Night Off, Emma sneaks out to The Spot as all the Counselors are having a party there. She worries that Xander might be falling for Hazel and leaves Ravi alone at camp to watch all the campers. She spies on Xander and reveals herself when he's about to play his new song for Hazel, which he said he'd play for her. Her and Xander argue and she accidentally knocks his guitar into the fire. She apologises and they reveal their feelings for each other and officially become a couple. At the end of the episode, Xander sings a song that he wrote about The Spot dedicated to Emma.
There's No Place Like Camp
In There's No Place Like Camp Emma works with the others to cheer Jorge up since he's homesick and works kitchen duty in the mess hall. After breaking the oven and the microwave, the girls go to the forest and forage for food but Lou accidentally covers herself in Diablo Leaves making her hallucinate. Later on everyone, besides Lou, dress up like Jorge's family and act out a dinner scene. Emma pretends to be Jorges mother while Xander pretends to be Jorges father. By the end of the episode, Lou's fine and Jorge's back to normal.
Luke's Back
In Luke's Back Emma fights in an archery battle with all of Camp Kikiwaka and her brother Luke to win The Spot over Camp Champion. Luke tells Xander about one of Emma imperfections and they end up arguing over it. Xander tells her one of his imperfections and later on she accidentally mentions it. They talk about it and both apologize to each other but unfortunately get shot in the archery battle, rendering them both out of the game. At the end of the episode Emma and her siblings share a hug before Luke goes back to New York, now that they've won The Spot.
No Escape
In No Escape Emma and Xander go after Zuri and Jorge who have snuck into town, without permission. While in town, they accidentally break something in one of the stores and are forced to work to pay it off as the shop owner claims its priceless. Jorge and Zuri later find out that what they broke is only worth ten dollars and the four of them go back to camp. They manage to sneak back into camp and luckily Gladys doesn't find out that they left in the first place.
Close Encounters of the Camp Kind
In Close Encounters of the Camp Kind Emma, as well as Ravi, receive their mid summer evaluations from Lou and Xander. They both receive bad results and are mad at their friends for giving them bad scores. They later on argue with Xander and Lou and end up having a water fight, accidentally splashing Gladys in the process. To pay for it, Gladys makes them do team building exercises and if they refuse Lou and Xander will lose their jobs. They complete the exercises and apologise to each other, ending the episode as friends again.
Crafted and Shafted
In Crafted and Shafted Emma, as well as Xander, take Zuri, Jorge and Tiffany on a camping trip in the woods. They try to rush through the night so they can have some alone time but it goes wrong when the two of them get stuck in an old mine shaft with no way to contact the others. Tiffany and Zuri end up finding them but get stuck in the mine shaft as well, leaving Jorge to save them. At the end of the episode Tiffany, Zuri and Jorge set up a date for Emma and Xander in the mine shaft to show their thanks.
Boo Boos and Birthdays
In Boo Boos and Birthdays Emma and Lou try to plan the perfect birthday party for Tiffany as she has never had one before. They forget about what Tiffany likes and end up doing everything their way. They hold the party out in the woods but they are attacked by wild animals and almost get killed. At the end of the episode, they hold a little party for Tiffany in their cabin and include stuff she likes.
For Love and Money
In For Love and Money Emma, Zuri and Lou are sent into town to pick up Gladys' bug spray. Lou meets a good looking lumberjack named Noah and falls for him. He seems nice but Emma and Zuri realize he's using Lou for carpentry work. They expose Noah but upset Lou in the process.
Appearances
Appearances : 42/42
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Personality
Emma is a girly, sweet, and very fashionable teenage girl. Though she is a bit of an airhead or sometimes a lot dim-witted but can be pretty smart at times, she strives to do her best with everything she does. Emma displays a little bit of sass into most things, similar to her sister Zuri. She has a very good close sisterly bond with Zuri, but usually fights with Luke and occasionally Ravi. She is assumed to be a Directioner, because in random conversations or dreams, she brings up the band.
She's shown the most development out of any character in the whole series. She started out as a shallow, snarky, somewhat conceited, but still a jerk with a Heart of Gold. Over the course of the series "JESSIE", she's learned from her mistakes and has grown up into a hardworking, compassionate, forgiving, borderline nice girl. She's easily the nicest character to Bertram and Jessie and tries to help the other characters with their problems. She's even now seeing it's inside that matters as shown with her friendship with Maybelle and how in "Morning Rush" she was going to go out with a nice geeky boy over a self centered guy who was really attractive, during the whole episode she couldn't decide to go out with.
Though not to the same extent of big bad Mrs. Chesterfield, Emma acts this way from time to time and more than the others, especially in the crossover episode. In fact, if she wasn't rich and pretty, it would've just been super creepy for Austin and friends to stay the night, not to mention dangerous. But since the Ross family is rich, they all but begged to stay in the penthouse.
Emma is shown to be less bratty and more kinder in Bunk'd then "Jessie".
Physical Appearance
- Main article: Emma Ross/Appearance
She has long, blonde wavy hair along with hazel eyes. She is very beautiful and very attractive. Although when she hasn't washed her hair it turns to a darker blonde. She has pale, creamy skin and is unusually tall for her age. She likes girly clothes, and is known for her obsession with fashion. She occasionally has an outstanding fashion sense and curls her hair and it is quite frequent as of season 4 of "JESSIE". She normally wears her hair down, but sometimes also wears it up. Her regular choices of shoes are usually flats but sometimes can be seen wearing heels. She wears glasses in some episodes, suggesting she may be wearing contacts most of the time.
In "Jessie", she wears fancy clothes but in Bunk'd she dresses more casual.
Peyton R. List, a real life fashionista, mentioned in an interview that Emma's original wardrobe prior to her being hired was cute but somewhat normal compared to Peyton herself. As a result the wardrobe people used Peyton's own style to help make Emma more of a true fashionista. They sometimes collaborate Peyton's clothes with the wardrobe choices for Emma to create even more outfits.
Relationships
Romances
Xander McCormick
EX -Boyfriend/Close Friends
- Main article: Emma and Xander
Emma and Xander first meet in the Pilot episode, and both seem to like each other. Emma and Hazel seem to have bad blood because of their crushes on Xander. Hazel even went as far as to sabotage Emma. They go on their first date in Gone Girl. After misinterpreting a conversation between Xander and Lou, Ravi warns Emma that Xander is going to kill her on their first date. In the end it turns out that Xander just wanted to have a nice date with Emma, which causes her to apologize. Xander accepts and they continue to grow closer to each other.
Emma And Xander holding hands on their first date.
Xander cares very much about Emma, as seen from his actions from the first episode. Xander helped clean off the mud off of Emma when Hazel made Emma fell in the mud, thinking that he would hate her from that. Xander was also very worried when he found out that Emma and Zuri were in the woods alone at night. When he found Emma, they shared a hug.
In the episode The Ones That Got Away, it was shown that Xander and Emma don't have much in common. They had got in a fight when they went fishing and Emma did not want to lose their relationship so she went back to tell him that even though they have many differences she would like them to stay together. However, before Emma was even able to tell him, he told her that he feels like they should only be friends but he actually secretly wants to be with her. He only told her that because he felt like she wanted that, so then Emma pretended to be happy with it and said yes. Then later on Xander was sitting alone on the bench telling the chef of the camp that he didn't want to lose Emma but he knew he had to move on. They become a couple in Counselors' Night Off. In Hey Jealousy Emma gets curious if Lou and Xander dated before when they were young, However, Emma apologized to Xander and he forgave her with a kiss. In the episode Tidal Wave, Xander messed things up because he didn't know how to tell her his feelings and left her broken-hearted, but he saved it when he wrote her " Tidal Wave " that expressed everything he felt for her. He told her she was beautiful and sweet and was his everything and they share a hug.
Family
Emma and Ravi looking for a WoodChuck.
Ravi Ross
Brother
- Main article: Emma and Ravi
Ravi is Emma's younger brother. They fight occasionally, but get along most of the time. They've had many sub-plots together in the show. When Ravi thought Xander was gonna kill Emma, he ran to the Spot to try and save her. They care about each other a lot. Emma and Zuri make fun out of Ravi a lot since he prefers schoolwork to having fun.
Zuri Ross
Sister
- Main article: Emma and Zuri
Emma and Zuri by the lake.
Zuri is Emma's younger sister. They love hanging out with each other and enjoy each other's company. Emma braids Zuri's hair occasionally and Zuri sits on Emma's lap a lot. She helps Emma with her fashion web cast Kitty Couture by making stuff such as (g)litter boxes and steaks. Their relationship together is very nurturing and they love each other. Though, at times, Emma makes Zuri mad as she discovers her older sister isn't as, "imaginative", as she used to be and is rather in love with the latest fashion styles. Though, Emma will go just out of her will after the day is done to go and help Zuri. Though sometimes she finds Zuri rather as, "the annoying nuisance", and Zuri messes up Kitty Couture by selling merchandise though Emma has told her once, well, twice, that she doesn't want it, they always find a way to get along.
Friends
Lou
Lou and Emma by the flagpole.
Best Friend
- Main article: Emma and Lou
They are both part of the staff in Camp Kikiwaka, with Lou being a counselor and Emma being a C.I.T. Lou often mentors Emma in getting to be a good CIT, and is always there for Emma. Emma and Lou are best friends.
Tiffany
Emma and Tiffany in the mess hall.
Friend/Cabin Mate
Main Article: Emma and Tiffany
Emma and Tiffany are both part of the Woodchuck Cabin. They seem to be good friends but Tiffany is closer with Emma's little sister Zuri Ross.
Jorge
Emma and Jorge (and Ravi and Lou) in the promotional pictures.
Main Article: Emma and Jorge
Emma and Jorge are friends. Jorge shares a cabin with Emma's little brother Ravi but Emma and Jorge do spend time together.
Enemies
Hazel Heidi
Hazel and Emma by the campfire.
Enemy
- Main article: Emma and Hazel
They are enemies since Hazel is set out to get the Ross siblings, including Emma herself. Hazel tried to get Emma by hitting her with a dodge ball, causing her to fall in the mud, shooting her with an arrow, and sending her out to the woods to die. Emma tried to make friends with Hazel but she made it too hard for her and Lou. She even gave her a handmade friendship charm.
Trivia
- Emma's birth date is only 13 days after the real-life birth date of Peyton List (April 6, 1998).
- She is now a counselor at Camp Kikiwaka as of We Didn't Start the Fire.
- It's revealed in the episode, Luke's Back when she is tickled on her elbow, she laughs and snorts.
- She can't remember Ravi's birthday. (Camp Rules)
- She has been in every episode.
- She was a CIT at Camp Kikiwaka.
- She is part of Woodchuck cabin.
- She claims she would still love Xander if he ran a puppy mill Gone Girl which assumes she is against puppy mills.
- On her first date with Xander, she thought he was going to kill her. (Gone Girl)
Quotes
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