Jason Voorhees
Main Film Series: Friday the 13th (1980) | Friday the 13th Part 2 | Friday the 13th Part III | Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter | Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood | Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday | Jason X | Freddy vs. Jason
Other Continuities: Friday the 13th (2009) | Friday the 13th: The Game
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Tommy Jarvis
Pam
Pam Roberts
Played by: Melanie Kinnaman
The assistant director at the halfway house Tommy Jarvis attends and the Final Girl of Part V.
- Action Survivor: Doesn't kill Jason or his imposter but keeps both herself as well as Reggie alive.
- Final Girl: Of A New Beginning.
- Ironic Name: Considering she shares it with Jason's equally psychotic mother, but is pretty much a Nice Girl.
- Team Mom: Does everything in her power to protect Reggie.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: The very end of Part V features Tommy going insane, donning Jason's hockey mask, and preparing to kill her, with no mention of her in further sequels. While the novelization of Jason Lives reveals that Tommy regained some foothold on his sanity and stopped himself before he hurt her, there has yet to be any official material revealing whether she's still alive or not.
Reggie
Reggie Winter
Played by: Shavar Ross
A young boy living in Pinehurst with his grandfather.
- Action Survivor: Tries to kill Jason with a tractor.
- Audience Surrogate: The writers were well aware their audience included adolescent boys.
- Big Brother Worship: He clearly adores and looks up to his older brother Demon.
- Intergenerational Friendship: He develops one with Tommy Jarvis.
- Tagalong Kid: Is this to the Final Girl and Antihero.
Matthew Letter
Matthew "Matt" Letter
Played by Richard Young
A kindly young doctor who heads the Pinehurst program and believes strongly in a very soft approach to helping troubled teens.
- Decoy Protagonist: With his role as the friendly head of the halfway house, Matt seems like he'll be a key player in the plot of the film, however about halfway through he disappears entirely and turns up as a corpse, killed offscreen with zero fanfare.
- Nice Guy: Matthew is a genuinely decent and patient man who tries his best to help the teenagers, and seems passionate about his job.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Dr Letter's very liberal approach to helping teenagers with mental health issues by allowing them free range with activities, for the most part, is a success, but he made a severe mistake by giving Vic an axe despite the fact that Vic was clearly unstable and prone to raging at others over the smallest of things, let's just say that wasn't a good idea and not only leads to the death of poor Joey, but the rest of the house, Matt included as well as some other civilians, with only three residents making it out alive as a result of Roy's rampage over the death of his son. Well-intentioned as Matt was, this was a big and deadly oversight.
- Team Dad: He's a very fatherly person despite not being much older than the teens under his care (Richard Young was 28 during filming), and does a mostly good job at looking after a group of troubled teenagers who all seem to genuinely respect him.
Robin
Robin
Played by Juliette Cummins
A nice redheaded girl whom Jake has a crush on.
- Everyone Has Standards: Despite getting annoyed by Joey even she felt bad for him when he dies at the hands of Vic.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: She dies by getting impaled by Roy's machete.
- My God, What Have I Done?: She feels bad for making fun of Jake when he tries to profess his feelings for her.
- Nice Girl: She's very nice and polite for a red-headed girl.
Violet
Violet
Played by: Tiffany Helm
A much beloved new wave chick living at Pinehurst.
- New Wave Music: A fan of the genre, as she is seen dancing to a song by Australian new wave band Pseudo Echo shortly before her death.
- Nice Girl: Seems to be one of the success stories of the group. Although she can be rather sharp, she's shown to be friendly and very charismatic, and is very kind to Reggie.
- Perky Goth: More Perky Punk but basically the same genre.
Jake
Jake
Played by Jerry Pavlon
A nerdy guy with a stutter.
Joey
Joey
Played by: Dominic Brascia
A obese guy with an eating disorder living at Pinehurst.
- An Arm and a Leg: Vic chops off his arm with an axe while killing him.
- Big Eater: He's constantly seeing munching on snacks.
- Conveniently an Orphan: No immediate family to talk about, but it turns out his dad is the copycat killer out to avenge his death.
- Fat Idiot: Pretty fat, and not bright enough to realize you shouldn't handle clean laundry with chocolaty fingers...or pester the unbalanced guy with the axe.
- For Want Of A Nail: If he hadn't been so insistent on befriending a mean stranger, Roy's rampage could have been completely avoided and Jason Voorhees may have stayed dead forever, which would have prevented many, many deaths.
- Good Is Dumb: He's not the sharpest tool in the shed but one of the nicer people at Pinehurst.
- I Just Want to Have Friends: His attempts to befriend others ultimately lead to his death.
- Nice Guy: He's a genuinely kind guy, but he tends to rub people the wrong way.
- Plot-Triggering Death: Joey's murder sets his father, Roy Burns, off on a murderous rampage.
- Small Role, Big Impact: It's his death that starts the new series of murders near the Crystal Lake.
- Too Dumb to Live: Seriously, Joey, you thought annoying an irate psychopath with an axe was a good idea?
- Trademark Favorite Food: He enjoys eating chocolate bars considering that he's always seen eating them.
Eddie
Eddie
Played by: John Robert DixonA guy who made the mistake of having sex in the area of (a) Jason.
- Jerkass: Is mean to Tommy for how little we knew him.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Gets one from Tommy after he pranks him by wearing one of his monster masks.
- Out with a Bang: Is killed in the woods in the middle of sex with Tina.
- Too Dumb to Live: He goes out of his way to play a prank on Tommy by wearing one of his monster masks which results in him getting a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown from him.
Tina
Tina
Played by: Debbie Sue Voorhees
A beautiful young girl who loved having sex with her boyfriend.
- Eye Scream: Gets stabbed in her eyes with hedge shears.
- Ms. Fanservice: One of the biggest ones in the entire series, a buxom girl with a lengthy sex scene.
- Out with a Bang: Is killed in the woods in the middle of sex with Eddie.
Ethel
Ethel Hubbard
Played by: Carol Locatell
A local farm owner with an adult son and a hatred of Pinehurst.
- Abusive Parents: Treats her developmentally disabled son like crap.
- Asshole Victim: One of the biggest in the entire series.
- Hypocrite: Repeatedly derides Pinehurst by saying mentally ill people deserve to die and that its patients are future murderers, while raising a casually violent son who's significantly lower functioning than any of Pinehurst's patients.
- Jerkass: A foul-mouthed woman who shows no remorse in swearing at everyone and also shows no remorse in mistreating her mentally-challenged son.
- Properly Paranoid: There really was an ax murderer at the halfway house. It just wasn't Jason or even his Copycat Killer.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: Most of her dialogue consists of her swearing at the other characters. In fact not even her son is safe from her foul mouth.
Junior
Junior Hubbard
Played by: Ron Sloan
The mentally challenged son of Ethel Hubbard.
- Asshole Victim: Like his mom, he dies at the hands of Roy Burns after he gets his head decapitated by a giant meat cleaver.
- Bullying the Dragon: Goes out of his way to needlessly provoke Tommy into a fight not knowing that he can fight back and give him a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown for his troubles.
- Fat Idiot: Very fat and not bright either as seen when he provokes Tommy into a fight which results in him getting his ass kicked by him.
- Jerkass: Like his mom he shows no remorse in antagonizing the Pinehurst residents. He even goes out of his way to make fun of Tommy for no reason other than he was a Pinehurst resident.
- Manchild: Despite being a grown man he's got the mindset of a kid considering that he acts very immature for his age.
- Never My Fault: He blames Tommy for beating him up despite the fact that it was his fault for provoking him in the first place.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Gets one from Tommy after he provokes him into a fight.
- Off with His Head!: Gets decapitated when the killer holds out a meat cleaver in front of his motorcycle path.
- Too Dumb to Live: He goes out of his way to provoke Tommy for no reason and ends up getting beaten up by him afterwards.
Victor
Victor James Faden
Played by: Mark Venturini
A murderous halfway house resident.
- Ax-Crazy: Literally. He kills Joey with an axe.
- Disproportionate Retribution: He kills Joey simply for annoying him.
- Jerkass: He's extremely rude to Joey when he tries to make friends with Victor, and he eventually kills him just for getting on his nerves.
- Hate Sink: Has no redeeming qualities, the audience can't feel any sympathy for him wanting to leave Pinehurst for what he does to Joey.
- Hypocrite: Hates living in Pinehurst as the residents there have mental learning disabilities, whereas he's a few bricks shy of a finished chimney himself.
- Laser-Guided Karma: He is arrested after murdering Joey, although this ironically saved him from becoming one of Roy's victims.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He is only in the film for a few moments, but his murder of Joey results in Roy's rampage. Furthermore, the events of this movie likely played a part in Tommy's continued nightmares and ultimate decision to dig up Jason's grave to try and cremate his body, resulting in his resurrection. In short, the events of the rest of the series can likely be attributed to him.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Joey just tries to make friends with him and offers him a chocolate bar. Victor responds by taking an axe to it...and then to Joey.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Had he not murdered Joey, not only would Roy not gone on a murderous rampage, but there's a good chance Jason would have stayed dead forever due to Tommy's trauma likely not becoming as bad as it ultimately did and having no reason to dig up Jason's body.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: We never find out what happened to him after he was arrested, but it is very likely that he was incarcerated for life.
Duke
Played by: Caskey Swaim
A paramedic. He is a complete douchebag.
- Asshole Victim: Murdered by Roy presumably as revenge for laughing at Joey's corpse. While he didn't know Joey was Roy's son, making fun of a dead person is extremely tasteless in general.
- Bubblegum Popping: He is seen chewing gum in both of his scenes and at one point blows a bubble which pops. He still has a wad of gum in his mouth after he is killed.
- Dude, Not Funny!: Nonverbal example. Roy murders him presumably for making fun of his dead son.
- Jerkass: He laughs when he sees a dead body and mocks the people who show sadness and discomfort upon seeing the body.
- No Sympathy: He shows no sympathy to the halfway house residents who are distraught by Joey's death, mocking them for being a "bunch of pussies".
- We Used to Be Friends: He and Roy may not have been actual friends, but they were partners. This did not stop Roy from killing Duke after he laughed at his son's dead body.
Demon
Demon Winter
Played by: Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Older brother to Reggie. Visits Pinehurst together with his girlfriend Anita.
- Big Eater: Has a large selection of takeout food in his camper van, including tacos, egg rolls, and a pizza. Some of this food results in him being killed on the can.”It’s those damn enchiladas!”
- Camping a Crapper: Dies in an outhouse.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Gets impaled by a metal bar through his stomach.
- Nice Guy: Despite being named Demon, he is a sweet, loving older brother, instantly friendly upon meeting Pam, and has a very loving relationship with his girlfriend.
The Killer (Unmarked Spoilers)
Roy Burns
Played by: Dick Wieland (unmasked), Tom Morga and John Hock (when masked).
"I thought you were talking to me."
The infamous copycat killer of Part V: A New Beginning. He was an ambulance driver in Crystal Lake who in the past had an illegitimate child. That child was Joey, who was brutally murdered at the Pinehurst halfway-house. After learning about his son's death, Roy went into a murderous frenzy and spent next two days killing anyone near the place disguised as Jason.
- Ax-Crazy: After his son Joey's death, Roy went on a murderous rampage, slaughtering everyone he could find in or around the halfway house where Joey was killed.
- Big Bad: Of Part V.
- Cool Mask: Roy wears a hockey mask similar to Jason's, albeit it has blue markings instead of red ones.
- He actually wears two masks: one is the hockey mask, and the other is a rubber-hood like mask, made to look like Jason's head, which gets ripped off when he is impaled on the tractor harrows.
- Demonic Possession: The Novelization of Part VI hints that he was in fact possessed by Jason's spirit, which then drove him to kill. This isn't played up in Part V, but its ending supports this. It's up to the watcher if this is Canon or not, if they consider the film to be
canon in the first place. - Determinator: Roy doesn't share Jason's inherent Made of Iron status, as he is shown to feel the injuries and pain inflicted upon him. Despite that, he still keeps on going until his death.
- Disappeared Dad: Roy played no part in Joey's life (for whatever reason) until after the poor boy was dead.
- Disney Villain Death: Falls off the top of a barn loft onto a tractor harrows.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Went after everybody except the guy who killed his son. Doubles as Misplaced Retribution.
- The Dog Was the Mastermind: He was onscreen unmasked for a minute, tops.
- Expy: Of both Jason and Pamela Voorhees. His jumpsuit is also very Michael Myers-esque. The latter fact itself is ironic as Morga had played Michael a couple of years later for a brief scene in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, thus making him the only actor to play both Michael Myers and to some extent, Jason Voorhees.
- Foreshadowing:
- Roy is visibly disturbed at the scene of Joey's death. On a first viewing, this can be taken for simple human compassion, but after The Reveal, it becomes clear exactly why Roy is so horrified at the sight of Joey's corpse.
- "Jason"'s look is noticeably different than it was in his previous appearances; he's wearing a suit of coveralls, as opposed to his usual shirt and pants, and his hockey mask has blue chevrons, as opposed to the previous red, all of which hints at this not being the real Jason.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: He falls to his doom when Tommy cuts his hand with his own machete.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Died when he fell on to tractor harrows sitting right next to the barn where Part V's climactic battle took place.
- Implacable Man: Not as much as Jason, though.
- Interim Villain: Jason's death in Part IV actually stuck for this movie, leaving Roy to don his likeness for the copycat murders that encompassed Part V. Come Part VI, however, Jason returns from the dead to reclaim his Big Bad mantle.
- Jack the Ripoff: Copies Jason's look for his murders.
- Machete Mayhem: Machete is his main weapon in the climax, albeit one with a sleeker design than the ones which the real Jason usually used.
- Motive Decay: Though his murderous rampage was started by the murder of his son, he didn't go to the one person who was directly involved. This was very much like Pamela's Sanity Slippage from the first movie who went after innocent counselors that had no complicity in her son's neglect, bullying or drowning.
- Not So Invincible After All: Twice during the final fight. First after being hit with the tractor, where he takes a moment to examine the massive wound bleeding heavily on his chest. Second when Tommy sticks his pocket knife between his legs, causing him to cover his eyes in excruciating pain. Even though he dresses and acts like Jason, he does not have Jason's immunity to pain or his fast-healing abilities.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Not only is Roy's son killed, but Roy is one of the paramedics responding to the scene, forcing the man to see his own son's bloodied corpse.
- Papa Wolf: A psychotic example, just like Pamela.
- Riddle for the Ages: As one cop at the end of the movie notes, we'll probably never know why he kept his relationship with his son hidden.
- Sanity Slippage: His son's death drove him insane.
- Silent Antagonist: He can speak, but he does not do so while dressed as Jason.
- Spear Counterpart: To Pamela, as he shares her Freudian Excuse (death of son) and modus operandi (killing people, and putting the blame on the legend of Jason).
- Tragic Villain: Suffered a mental breakdown after his son was killed.
- Walking Spoiler: He has only two unmasked scenes prior to the reveal, so any mention of him will eventually spoil twist.
- Would Hit a Girl: Several women were among Roy's victims, all killed in senselessly brutal ways.
- Would Hurt a Child: He chases Reggie just as fervently as he does with any other victim.
