Team JNPR

JNPR (pronounced "Juniper") is a team in the world of RWBY. In Players and Pieces, the team had its first fight together against a Death Stalker.

Later in the same episode, the team was officially formed. During initiation, the team brought back the White Rook pieces.

Trivia

 * The members of Team JNPR are based on characters who are said to have disguised themselves as the opposite gender in their original stories.
 * Jeanne d'Arc, upon whom Jaune Arc is based, is known to have disguised herself as a man.
 * Achilles, upon whom Pyrrha Nikos may be based, is said to have disguised himself as a red-haired girl, assuming the name Pyrrha upon doing so.
 * Thor, upon whom Nora Valkyrie may be based, disguised himself as the goddess Freyja to infiltrate the giant Þrymr's fortress and retrieve his hammer, Mjölnir.
 * Hua Mulan, the possible basis for Lie Ren, disguised herself as a man to serve in the army in place of her aging father.
 * JNPR (Juniper berries, blue) is a possible allusion to Rooster Teeth's other series, Red vs. Blue when compared to their rival Team RWBY (Ruby, red gemstone).
 * Team JNPR is made up of four people whose fighting styles are based on archetypical warriors from a different culture: Jaune is Frankish/Norman, Pyrrha is Greco-Roman, Ren is East Asian, and Nora is Nordic.
 * Team JNPR is the only group to be made up of names that each lends itself phonetically to the team name. Jaune, No(ra), Pyrrha or Pyr(rha), Ren.