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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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    Jason Voorhees 
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    Tommy Jarvis 

    Megan Garris 

Megan Garris

Played by: Jennifer Cooke

The Final Girl of Part VI as well as Tommy's Love Interest, although Megan is definitely far more wild and snarky than your typical Final Girl.

  • Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Despite disobeying her father numerous times and having arguments over their beliefs about Tommy in the film, at the climax, Megan does love and trust her police officer father as she tries to find him and cry for help (which he heard and gave his own life trying to save her) and refuses to not wait for him when Tommy insists to.
    Megan: Dad! Answer me! Daddy, where are you! Help us!
    *To Tommy as he prepares the trap*
    Megan: You gotta help me look for him...We need him to help us.
  • Dating What Daddy Hates: She takes a liking to Tommy, much to her father's chagrin due to Tommy's mental health problems that is enough to be a danger to anybody.
  • Deadpan Snarker: She is full of spunk and can be snappy. Her father is one too except when Chewing the Scenery, turns out it runs in the family. Their bickering over if Tommy is innocent of the murders or not could be seen as Snark-to-Snark Combat, except when she is making most of the snarks.
  • Final Girl: Of Jason Lives, even managing to give the final blow to put Jason down (but not out).
  • The Gadfly: Towards her father, from Dating What Daddy Hates and being a rebellious punk to him being a sheriff.
  • Improvised Weapon: In the finale of the film, Megan uses an outboard motor from a broken boat to free herself and Tommy from Jason's grasp as he attempts to drown the both of them.
  • Only Sane Woman: Is the only person in Jason Lives who initially believes Tommy's claims that Jason has come Back from the Dead.
  • Rebellious Spirit Contrasting her strict sheriff father, she's more of a wild and free spirit. A perfect showcase of this is when her father is afraid that Tommy will do something crazy, then it cuts to Megan driving recklessly with his head on her lap and Tommy pleading with her not to do anything crazy.
  • Uptight Loves Wild: Tommy is a serious person looking to fix his mistake. Megan is a wild girl who has no problem of breaking the law and disobeying her overly authoritative and strict father... who is the sheriff.

    Sheriff Mike Garris 

Sheriff Mike Garris

Played by: David Kagen

Garris is the local sheriff of Forest Green and Megan's father who happens to be ironically the unlikely Big Good of Part VI. When Jason is first resurrected, he naturally doesn't believe Tommy's warnings and even believes Tommy himself is behind Jason's killings.

  • Ambiguous Situation: After Megan insisted that Tommy was with her during the killings and thus could not possibly have done it, that obviously hits him on more than one level, but he masks his reaction before proceeding to head off to the summer camp. It's unknown if he's just being a shortsightedly dismissive and disbelieving Rabid Cop who never once considers the possibility that Tommy saw a copycat dressed up as Jason and assumed the worst as if he truly had heard of Tommy’s attempt on Pam’s life that there would be no reason why he wouldn’t be aware of the copycat Jason and made him come across as jumping to conclusions and less of a genuine concern orinvoked if he actually was confused on how his prime suspect can be at two places at once and he just didn't answer Megan because he didn't want to look like an idiot at his job, but actually go to Camp Forest Green to clarify what his daughter said was true. Garris spent most of the film suspecting Tommy of being the killer, so he didn't have to leave for Camp Forest Green since Tommy was already in jail and the case, in his mind, would technically be closed if he was that close-minded. But if he indeed never did considered a possible alternative of another copycat killer on the loose when focusing on apprehending Tommy, maybe Megan's giving of Tommy's alibi was what finally causes him a Heel Realization to accept that there could be a possibility of a second suspect besides Tommy.
  • Ambiguously Evil: The fact he shown traits of a downplayed Dirty Cop as noted below can make him come across as this, but can also qualify as a Nominal Hero and an Anti-Hero overall.
  • Anger Born of Worry: Sure he's a jerk, but it's only out of deep care for both his daughter's safety and if Tommy's mental issues could potentially and likely harm the town's peace.
  • Anti-Hero: He is no doubt a Rabid Cop and possibly a downplayed Dirty Cop, but he does have good intentions and was a War Hero during the Vietnam War.
  • Artistic License – Gun Safety: Tommy comes running into the sheriff's office shouting, and Garris immediately, before he even recognizes Tommy, pulls his gun on him. He even tells Tommy later that he nearly shot him. There are a lot of reasons someone might come running into a sheriff's office shouting, and pulling a gun is an appropriate response to very few of them. This could be explained by either being a Crazy-Prepared Cowboy Cop Heroic Wannabe who does this for the sake of showing off his badassery when it come to the job or PTSD from his military service in Vietnam, but if either he does this for Rule of Cool or his trauma has left him a Rabid Cop that quick on the trigger, he shouldn't be a sheriff.
  • Asshole Victim: Downplayed and eventually subverted and defied. He is a dick towards Tommy, but he has a good reason to be, he is really a loving and concerned father even if he's a Knight Templar Parent, his final actions before his death were Pet the Dog moments which shows he is a Friend to All Children and he did go out trying to stop Jason with his death doubling as a Heroic Sacrifice and a Dying Moment of Awesome.
  • Authority Equals Asskicking: He loves to show off this in his position as sheriff, which initially gave off the impression he is a belligerent and blinkered Rabid Cop when he uses this on Tommy constantly, but then Garris really proves himself as this when he gave Jason a beating to protect Megan and the camp's children at the cost of his life. Also, the sixth film's script describes him that this is the reason "why he took this job a few years back."
  • Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Despite having Anger Born of Worry arguments with Megan over her rebellious behavior and her belief over Tommy's innocence, Garris does show he really love and care for his daughter which when he noticed Jason advancing towards her direction crying for help and out of his fatherly instincts ambushes him to try to stop him at the cost of his life.
  • Badass Normal: Despite starting out as an insufferable Heroic Wannabe, he's one of the few who ever get the chance to give Jason such a beating, absolutely up to par with his Authority Equals Asskicking even up to the end and definitely backing up his total macho-ness who was earlier annoyingly stringing the audience along with. His Establishing Character Moment that introduces him has him leaping to his feet with his revolver drawn with lightning speed after he was waken up after just nodded off in his nap and startled by Tommy's entrance.
  • Badges and Dog Tags: He's The Vietnam Vet War Hero-turned-sheriff.
  • Big Good: Besides the fact he's an annoyance for Tommy, he is The Sheriff of Forest Green who does his hardest to be its protector and was a War Hero during the Vietnam War. Also, the movie's script describes him as having "seen enough trouble and don't want no more." Garris definitely cements himself as this through giving Jason himself a beating before suffering a Dying Moment of Awesome.
  • Bond One-Liner: "That, what we call it in the books, is screwing the pooch! Iron this punk!"
  • Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: Though it cost him his life, Garris is the only person to physically beat up Jason. Who at this point was so strong, that whacking him with a shovel only broke the shovel. Garris however knocks him down, kicks him, knocks him down again with a huge branch and proceeds to repeatedly bash his head with a rock. He looked like he had a chance until Jason grabbed him and broke him in half.
  • Chekhov's Skill: Earlier in the movie, he tackles down Tommy running through the cemetery to re-apprehend him to established how he is a Rabid Cop towards Tommy. Then in the climax, he tackles down Jason to give him a beating to stop him at the cost of his life.
  • Chewing the Scenery: For a Rabid Cop, his intimidating attitude stemming as a Heroic Wannabe and his constant Ham-to-Ham Combat are quite entertaining to behold.
    Tommy: Will you listen, dammit?!
    Garris: (aggravated) Don't piss me off or I really will repaint this office with your brains!
    *When chasing Tommy in his truck enroute to the cemetery*
    Garris: Fuckin' A! What did I tell you? Hit the noise and the cherries.
    *After taking Tommy to the edge of his jurisdiction*
    Garris: For all the grief you've given me, you should be leaving wearing your balls as earrings. And if I ever see you around here again, you can guarantee it.
    Garris: That, what we call it in the books, is screwing the pooch! Iron this punk!
  • Combat Pragmatist: If being that Crazy-Prepared stemming from his military combat experience give anything way. Also, after emptying his firearms on Jason and left defenseless, he chooses to run to save himself and later hide, which can be seen as an evasive tactic to lure Jason away from the camp while keeping his attention on himself as bait to ensure the children's safety.
  • Cowboy Cop: He's a Police Are Useless Rabid Cop, but is quite Badges and Dog Tags-stemmed combative-wise formidable in his duty and even tried to stop Jason with his bare hands.
  • Crazy-Prepared: Which is likely why he is a zealous Rabid Cop who would immediately jump into action to put an end to any threat under his watch at a drop of a hat and how script describes him as having "seen enough trouble and don't want no more." This is exemplified by his Establishing Character Moment when he make his debut. However, the only problems are it was misguided towards Tommy and results in his own closed mindedness and habit on jumping to conclusions then out of genuine concern.
  • Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Despite being an overprotective dad for Megan and an obstacle of a Rabid Cop for Tommy, Garris does proves himself to be quite a combat-wise formidable and valiant policeman once realizing Jason is really back, trying to shoot down the latter in defense of Forest Green and even beating an inch of his life in an attempt to save his daughter before dying too. There's a good reason why Garris was a decorated War Hero during the Vietnam War before becoming the sheriff.
  • Dad the Veteran: He is a 43 years old (as the script describes him) combat veteran of the United States Armed Forces (apparently during the Vietnam War); behind his desk in a Freeze-Frame Bonus when Garris makes his debut, he has framed a Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, and Vietnam Service Medal hanging on his office wall, which also shows he's a War Hero for having that much commendations for his military service. This could explained his aggressive and overprotective nature and being Crazy-Prepared with firearms and the readied use of physical force against any threat he sees as to Forest Green while on duty as the sheriff. But most importantly at the climax, all that past combat experience almost came in handy when he managed to give a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown on Jason and even hit him with a log that broke after meeting the impact until Jason broke him in half in a Curb-Stomp Battle in his favor.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Not exactly deadpan, but for a Rabid Cop, he's not without a dry sarcastic sharp-tongued quippy sense of wit to a point of Chewing the Scenery and engaging in Snark-to-Snark Combat with Tommy and his daughter Megan (who's also one).
    *After Tommy barges into the police station and Garris held him at gunpoint briefly*
    Garris: (exasperated) You in show business, kid? You sure know how to make an entrance.
    *While Tommy's in jail*
    Tommy: (defiantly) You're going to be sorry if you don't listen to me.
    Garris: (more defiantly) You're going to be sorry if you don't shut up.
    *After arresting Tommy at the cemetery*
    Garris: (very icily sarcastically) Now see what you've done. You made my deputy draw his revolver. He's been dying to try out his mail-order laser scope.
    Garris: Now, that's what's known in the book as "screwing the pooch."
    Garris: That, what we call it in the books, is screwing the pooch! Iron this punk!
    Tommy:You have me where you want me. There's no reason...
    Garris: If I had you where I wanted you, they'd be pumping your ass full of formaldehyde.
  • Decoy Protagonist: Downplayed. He protagonizes his own plot to investigate and put an end to the latest killing spree, but erroneously thinks Tommy is responsible during the majority of his screen time. He present himself as a Fake Ultimate Hero through his implied combat experience as a War Hero, his role as the sheriff who would use heavy-handed protocol to protect Forest Green (except, however, he used this on the wrong guy - Tommy) and did tried to stop Jason with everything he got once facing him and realizing the truth before being added to the body count himself at the climax.
  • Dirty Cop: Downplayed, especially when compared to other examples. Garris only accused Tommy of committing these murders because Tommy started dating his daughter. His obsession with Tommy allowed Jason to go around killing even more people and escalating the chaos. In a sense, he's something of a self-righteous and misguided Knight Templar Well-Intentioned Extremist, but despite this, he still qualify as the sixth installment's Nominal Hero and Anti-Hero for his sincere effort to stop Jason upon realizing the truth even if it cost him his life.
  • Dirty Coward: Subverted. At first, once he runs out of ammunition, he starts to run off and hide to seemingly save himself (though it could possibly be a pragmatic evasive tactic to draw Jason away from the children for their safety with the latter's attention on him and that trying to continue to fight him head-on then unarmed would be impossible, while making a run for it would be the most logical thing to do instead of just standing there like most slasher film characters), but when he hears his daughter's cries for help and see Jason being drawn to those cries, he pulls a Heroic Sacrifice trying to stop Jason to get to his daughter.
  • Dude, Where's My Respect?: Despite being Megan's father and The Sheriff, Megan still pokes fun at his expense with Snark-to-Snark Combat much to his annoyance.
  • Dying Moment of Awesome: Dies trying to fight Jason to protect his daughter (and by extension, the young children of Camp Forest Green) and nearly won if not Jason took the upper hand and broke him in half.
  • Experienced Protagonist: Or Experienced Tritagonist, due to him being The Vietnam Vet Hero of Another Story and a decorated War Hero who according to the script has "seen enough trouble and don't want no more."
  • Fantasy-Forbidding Father: As Megan's father, he not happy about Tommy "poisoning" his daughter with the latter's "warped sense of humor" about Jason being back.
  • Freudian Excuse: While Garris is a Jerkass Rabid Cop, the sixth film's narrative reveals he's a widower and The Vietnam Vet, so it's possible the passing of his wife of The Lost Lenore served as a Cynicism Catalyst for his grouchy behavior in general and his frustration at trying in his late wife's memory to single parent his offspring who only just disobeys him, while at the same time could be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from his decorated military service that partly explains his borderline violent, abrasive and aggressive personality and obsessive paranoia about Tommy being trouble because of his mental health history, with his wife's death and his possible grieving over it only exacerbating his surliness.
  • Friend to All Children: See Pet the Dog below.
  • Good Is Dumb: If his own closed mindedness and habit on jumping to conclusions then out of genuine concern is taken to consideration, possibly negative results of his Crazy-Prepared approach to his job. Hypocritically ironic considering Garris has a zealously no-nonsense Surrounded by Idiots attitude throughout most of his screen time. His daughter telling him that Tommy was with her during Jason's killing spree may have caused him to have a Heel Realization over his close-mindedness and why he didn't think there could be a second suspect besides Tommy before, causing him to mask his reaction in self-embarrassment, but while he still have Tommy locked up as a precaution, he may went to camp to check if his daughter was telling the truth. Also, as Garris is also The Vietnam Vet, he could be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from his past military service which could have in part clouded his judgment in general.
  • Good Is Not Nice: He a Jerkass Rabid Cop through and through and described by the film's script as a "hard-ass," but he is a Jerkass Has a Point in regards to dealing with the indeed mentally traumatized Tommy, sincerely cares for the welfare of Forest Green, was a Vietnam War Hero and does love and care for his daughter.
  • He Who Fights Monsters: While he never truly crosses the line into actual villainy, his zealous commitment to his duty as sheriff turns him into a mean-spirited Rabid Cop and making him develop closed mindedness and a bad habit on jumping to conclusions then out of genuine concern.
  • Heel–Face Door-Slam: He is killed just after realizing Tommy was telling the truth and attempted to stop Jason.
  • Heel Realization: Overlapping with Jerkass Realization. When Megan tells him that Tommy was with her during Jason's RV killing, that obviously hits him on more than one level, followed my masking his reaction as he head to the camp to investigate further before deciding to officially close the case. It can be interpreted by someinvoked that Garris was undergoing this after hearing that and starting to think of the possibility of a second suspect that he couldn't initially because of his Police Are Useless-based closed mindedness earlier, prompting him to head off to the camp to see if she was telling the truth.
  • Hero of Another Story: His highly decorated Vietnam veteran War Hero background hints him to be an Experienced Protagonist (or Tritagonist in his case) of handling past threats with readied force that he shown using towards Tommy and later used during his first and last encounter with Jason. As noted in the film's script's description of him: "a hard-ass Vietnam vet who, at forty-three, has "seen enough trouble and don't want no more." That's why he took this job a few years back."
  • Heroic Sacrifice: Goes down fighting Jason when Jason was advancing towards his daughter.
  • Heroic Second Wind: Upon finally facing Jason himself and emptying his shotgun and revolver against him to no avail, Garris is forced to run for his life and later hide in the bushes in a Miles Gloriosus moment for him as it seemed like Garris was just being an arrogant Dirty Coward poser as a Heroic Wannabe beforehand, but once he hears his daughter's cries for help, with The Power of Love for her as a father, he regrows a pair, forgets about saving himself and valiantly fights Jason to the death with his bares hands to save her until his Dying Moment of Awesome Heroic Sacrifice.
  • Heroic Wannabe: Played with, as he is The Sheriff who proves Authority Equals Asskicking under his watch to preserve Forest Green's peace's recovery from Jason's past killing sprees and tried to put a stop to the new one that plaque the town he is sworn to protect, even though it was misguided as he mistook Tommy for being the latest killer. When he realized Jason is back, he took upon himself to give him a beating even though it was futile and cost him his life, but was still commendable and valiant enough coupled with his job occupation for Garris to still qualify as the sixth installment's Big Good, while definitely backing up the fact is a hero in his profession despite acting otherwise earlier.
  • Hidden Depths: Despite being sold as a Rabid Cop in the film, he shows a surprising amount of depth which makes him more three-dimensional than your typical Friday the 13th Jerkass or any slasher movie Jerkass, including, but not limited to the fact the's The Vietnam Vet War Hero based on his display of medals, having a soft spot for children and how he indeed does love and care for his daughter deep down in spite of their bickering earlier throughout. There is a legitimate reason why Garris can be considered one of the least terrible Asshole Victims or the least terrible Asshole Victim in either perspective in the franchise.
  • Hidden Heart of Gold: Most of his screen time consists of him being an insufferable and unpleasant Rabid Cop who refuses to believe Jason is back and clashing with Tommy and his daughter Megan, but deep down he is still a morally decent person like how any police officer in the line of duty should be or any father who does love and care for his daughter should be as well. It's only before his death his redeeming qualities started to become truly upfront like his kindness towards kids aside from his protective prowess for them and how he selflessly gave his life to save his daughter despite earlier tried to save himself when Jason started to come after him after being left unarmed.
  • Hope Spot: Looked like he had a chance to beat Jason to death once and for all, until Jason took the upper hand and broke him in half.
  • Inspector Javert: Refuses to believe that Jason is back until he sees him with his own eyes, and actually ends up believing that Tommy himself is the killer.
  • Jerkass: He's aggressive and antagonistic towards Tommy and to anyone like his daughter (in an Anger Born of Worry kind of sense due to his nature as an overprotective dad) who backs him up and mostly acts like he's Surrounded by Idiots. Even the movie's script described him as a "hard-ass." However, compared to others in the films who are this, he's the least terrible out of them.
  • Jerkass Has a Point:
    • Now if anyone with history of mental trauma (who even actually attacked someone innocent before, as shown with Tommy advancing towards Pam wearing a hockey mask at the end of the fifth film) told you they saw a serial killer come back from the dead, they'd be right not to believe them.
      • He does do the logical thing for a person in his position to do though, like when he locks up Tommy for grabbing for some guns. Would you let a guy you know has mental issues go and grab a loaded gun?
      • Also, before the events of the sixth film, the previous installments never experienced supernatural phenomena such as Jason here actually coming back from the dead as a zombie, which is very understandable why Garris would instantly disbelieve Tommy when he first tells him about such supernatural activity and has to see it to believe it, which Garris did in the climax.
      • That being said, Garris still never once considers the possibility that Tommy saw a copycat dressed up as Jason and assumed the worst (however, given that Tommy said to him that he saw Jason coming out of his grave right before his eyes which is something a copycat would not possibly tried to pull off and how that testimony is quite hard to believe anyway). If he truly had heard of Tommy’s attempt on Pam’s life there would be no reason why he wouldn’t be aware of the copycat Jason. Thus his accusations against Tommy come across as more Garris jumping to conclusions and less of a genuine concern. These are likely setbacks of his Crazy-Prepared nature and approach to his duty as the sheriff.
      • However, while still quite unprofessional at his job and his bad habit of jumping to conclusions in regards of his mishandling of dealing with Tommy, outside his job occupation as sheriff Mike's combativeness towards Tommy is still a justifiably relatable natural reaction, especially since Garris has a daughter whom he tries to keep her away from Tommy given how he nearly harmed someone in the past, even if he did possess knowledge of another maniac on the loose (as in the fifth film when Tommy was indeed going crazy to a point he attacked another person viciously in public even if the person in question Junior did provoked him at the same time the fifth film's killer was on the loose).
    • Sure, he was a Knight Templar Parent, and one of those Love-Obstructing Parents, but it was out of Anger Born of Worry due to Tommy's mental issues that makes the latter a danger to others in the past with the incident with Pam as an example and the possible potential of Tommy harming Megan if he ever goes into his madness again. He has every right to be protective of his daughter in this situation. What sane parent/guardian would want their daughter dating someone who in the past committed attempted murder like that?
    • Despite Megan trying to back Tommy up to convince her father of his innocence which he stubbornly dismissed, but given her established notoriety before the events of film as disobedient law-breaker and how her playful teasing and trolling of his father as The Gadfly in the film can come across as disrespectful after a fashion considering his stressful situation, Garris has every reason to not to believe her and think instead Megan is only backing up Tommy's alleged lying and protecting him out of All Girls Want Bad Boys on her part.
      • Also when Megan was trolling him as The Gadfly, she cooly and playfully brings up her deceased mother and Garris's wife, which can be seen as disrespectful, so you sometimes can't blamed Garris when while overstressed by his work tells her to Get Out! as anyone in their right mind should Never Speak Ill of the Dead, including their own family members.
    • Also, if one thinks more deeply, turns out Garris is not entirely wrong of Tommy causing trouble... See Right for the Wrong Reasons below for more information.
  • Jerkass to One: Exclusively he's a Rabid Cop towards Tommy, otherwise is a caring father even if he's an overprotective dad exasperated with her rebellious antics towards Megan, which can be seen as Tough Love and a Friend to All Children.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite his abrasive hero antagonism towards Tommy, he does legitimately love his daughter and even died trying to save her from Jason when the killer advances to her direction that definitely backs up how deeply cares for her like how any parent should for their children. Plus, there's also the fact not only he's The Vietnam Vet, he's a War Hero too based being that heavily decorated. Also, as his duty as the sheriff, he makes sure he protects the well-being of Forest Green (aka Crystal Lake) no matter how aggressive his methods are. Even after re-apprehending Tommy, when bickering with Megan to convince her that Tommy's dangerous, he changed his tone of voice from belligerent to reasonable with sincere concern as a way to show how much he cares for her even though he's wrong about Tommy being the killer. In addition, Garris is also a Friend to All Children, such as when he consoles a scared little girl who ran into him from Jason's murder spree and instructs the camp's kids to hide for their protection (see Pet the Dog below). Upon realizing Jason is alive and running amok killing people again, it's unknown if Garris changes his opinion and attitude about Tommy after the realization up to his death, but if he did survivedinvoked, Garris would have lightened up his attitude towards Tommy, thanked him for taking down Jason to save his daughter and allowed his daughter to date Tommy. Garris was a close-minded Jerkass Rabid Cop towards Tommy and possibly at worst a downplayed Dirty Cop, but was a good man with good intentions looking out for the best interests of the town he was sworn to protect in his duty and his daughter who happens to be his only present family following the death of his wife even if his judgment was flawed.
    Garris: (bravely and selflessly charging towards Jason before tackling him) NO! NOT HER!!!
  • Jurisdiction Friction: While Tommy's not a cop like Garris, their clashing from the get-go while both being heroic and/or good-intentioned characters out to stop latest killings, while Garris suspects Tommy of being responsible for the bloodshed rather than Jason can be seen as such.
  • Knight Templar Parent: Expresses his Anger Born of Worry towards his rebellious daughter Megan and does not like seeing her and Tommy together.
  • Large Ham: His zealous, intimidating yet still tongue-in-cheek performance as a Jerkass Rabid Cop is layered with this, likely reflecting on his nature as a Heroic Wannabe. His clashing with other characters can be seen as Ham-to-Ham Combat. His portrayer David Kagan is clearly enjoying himself in this role.
    Garris: Fuckin' A! What did I tell you? Hit the noise and the cherries.
  • Last Stand: Even without his firearms, Garris tries to stop Jason with his bare hands even it cost him his life immediately.
  • The Lost Lenore: Turns out his wife and Megan's mother have passed away before the events of the film, with him being a single parent to frustratingly handle his disobedient daughter at the same time fulfilling his duty as sheriff to investigate a new string of killings, is it any wonder he would be not in a good mood throughout the film? He can also be viewed as a Jerkass Woobieinvoked by some for being a widower.
  • Love-Obstructing Parents: When he gets in-between the Ship Tease between his daughter and Tommy that he absolutely disapproves.
  • Miles Gloriosus: Subverted, not only Garris screams in horror at suddenly seeing the circumstances in the aftermath of one of his subordinates Pappas' death, but when Garris tried to gun down Jason upon realizing the truth, he runs out of ammo when Jason No-Sell his shooting, forcing him to flee and later hide to save himself (which however could be an evasive tactic to lure Jason away from the camp's children by using himself as bait), throwing all the Authority Equals Asskicking macho-ness he has as a Heroic Wannabe annoyingly throughout the film out the window, but when he hears his daughter's cries for help, Garris is powered by love for his daughter Megan, forgets about the safety of his own life and valiantly and selflessly give Jason a commendably vicious beating before his Heroic Sacrifice.
  • The Millstone: As much Tommy is at fault for bringing back Jason in the first place, Garris however caused the plot to go From Bad to Worse when he gets in Tommy's way and obstruct his efforts to undo his mistake.
  • Mythology Gag: Garris believing Tommy to be a Jack the Ripoff to continue Jason's legacy is likely a nod (as well as a Take That! due to it being an erroneous assumption on Garris' part) to the Aborted Arc of Tommy becoming the new killer following the end of the last film, until the negative reception of it caused a change to bringing back Jason himself in the sixth installment.
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: His obsessive persecution of Tommy and closed mindedness is what caused the plot to escalate. He does make up for it with his Heroic Sacrifice however.
  • Nominal Hero: Garris is maybe the Sheriff who sincerely fulfill his duty to protect the well-being of Forest Green and a Vietnam War Hero, but however, he mostly act as a Rabid Cop obstacle for Tommy, can be considered a downplayed Dirty Cop for his personal biased reasons and even think Tommy is behind the killings to prove Jason's return, but only accused Tommy of committing these murders because Tommy started dating his daughter, until at the climax when he realized the truth himself and dies trying to stop Jason.
  • Papa Wolf: See Pet the Dog below and Dying Moment of Awesome and Heroic Sacrifice above.
  • Pet the Dog: Upon arriving at the camp, he consoles a scared little girl who was fleeing from Officer Pappas' death and then instructs the children to hide underneath their beds in their cabin until the danger ceases. See also Heroic Sacrifice above. In fact, these Pet the Dog moments were his final acts before pulling a Heroic Sacrifice and suffering a Dying Moment of Awesome trying to fight Jason.
  • Police Are Useless: When Tommy tries to warn Garris of Jason's return, he ignore him due to his past institutionalization. When Sheriff Garris discovers the bodies of the paintballers Jason had previously killed, he decides that Tommy did so while acting out a delusion of Jason's return, dismissing Megan's insistence that Tommy was with her during the killings and thus could not possibly have done it (though it may not be just being dismissive, but probably a maskedinvoked Heel Realization over that he was being this trope this whole time, finally starting to think of a possibility of a second suspect that he didn't before because of his close-mindedness and shortsightedness and may have gone to the camp to check if Megan was telling the truth while keeping Tommy jailed as a precaution, as if he really insisted Tommy's the only main killer, Garris would have not gone to the camp, go straight to closing the case and waited at the police station for the rest of the night until his court sentence for being charged with multiple murder). It's only when he and his men chase Tommy and Megan to Camp Crystal Lake (renamed Forest Green) and see Jason with their own eyes that they're forced to acknowledge the truth, and they all die trying to stop him. Had it been Jason when he was a mortal deformed human serial killer back in the original four films, Garris would have averted this and his Crazy-Prepared Cowboy Cop approach to his job would have been truly effective, but unfortunately not with Jason as an indestructible zombie that he is here in this film.
  • Properly Paranoid: Sure, he foremost thinks Tommy's a public menace, but given his mental health records, you would be wary of him too.
  • Rabid Cop: He threatened to kill Tommy over an insult, arrested him with absolutely no evidence, had a clear bias against the kid and ignored many alternate reasons for why Tommy thought he saw Jason. Also see Jerkass and Jerkass Has a Point above for information.
  • Redemption Equals Death: A variation. Garris was acting like a Rabid Cop and a secondary antagonist, but he had good reasons, but can also be viewed as a downplayed Dirty Cop for his own biased reasons behind persecuting Tommy. His valiant attempts to stop Jason after realizing the truth which cost him his life at the climax does make up for it.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure: Zig-Zagged. While absolutely averted when dealing with Tommy, even though he has a reason to be hostile towards him due to Tommy's past mental issues and the possibility of it disturbing the peace in Forest Green, it is played straight when Garris arrives at the summer camp and sees into the children's safety. Then he realized Tommy was telling the truth about Jason being back and did whatever it took to stop him from using firepower until it runs out to using his bare hands until he loses his life.
    • Also, despite initially never considering the fact that Tommy might saw a copycat dressed up like Jason (though when Tommy tells him that he saw Jason come out of the grave, it is hard to believe even for a copycat who practically wouldn't pull that off that would justifiably and logically cause Garris to have little motivation to think of that theory) and initially assumed Tommy's hallucinating and later the killer without thinking carefully first, but when his daughter Megan said Tommy was with her during the killings that make it impossible if he's the killer, his reaction could be that Tommy's alibi given by Megan probably made him realized his error in his initial judgment and make him finally starting to think of the possibility of another suspect for being a copycat killer besides Tommy, prompting him to head off without a word to the camp to confirm if what his daughter said could be true, while still keeping Tommy incarcerated just for in case. If Garris was really that close-minded, after jailing Tommy again following having spent most of the film suspecting him of being the killer, he would jumped that the case is closed with what he thinks to be the main killer in his custody and he didn't have to leave for Camp Forest Green and just waited in the station to present Tommy at the town's court.
  • Right for the Wrong Reasons: He is both Wrong for the Right Reasons and this. He acts as a Rabid Cop towards Tommy for being a public nuisance disturbing Forest Green's recovery from Jason's past killing sprees with his assumed tall tales and hallucinating and then for being behind the sixth film's killings, but in some way, Tommy did somewhat deserved the heat from Garris, as Tommy was the one who brought Jason back to life, making him more of an indestructible killing machine than he ever was before, and causing more deaths which does disturbs the town's recovery and ruins the peace and harmony restored after the events of the fourth film, including Garris' own death and endangering the life of his daughter, which is much worse then just disturbing the peace with hallucinations. Also, while Tommy was being falsely accused as a Jack the Ripoff, Tommy was indeed indirectly responsible for all the death in the sixth film after accidentally resurrecting Jason. Additionally, Garris is not completely wrong about Tommy's own mental trauma causing trouble in his jurisdiction, as Tommy's traumatic memory of his killing of Jason is what caused him to have a Heroic Breakdown and repeatedly speared Jason's then-inanimate corpse with a fencepost until he leaves the fencepost inside him before the lighting struck it and brought Jason back to life and increasing the body count.
  • Sacrificial Lion: See Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu, Dying Moment of Awesome and Heroic Sacrifice above.
  • Seen It All: The movie's script describes him as have "seen enough trouble and don't want no more."
  • Shell-Shocked Veteran: It's possible he could be this as he's The Vietnam Vet and is suffering from post traumatic stress disorder from his service, which in part explains his borderline violent and aggressive personality and paranoia about Tommy being trouble in his jurisdiction. This is probably what the movie's script could have meant when describing him as have "seen enough trouble and don't want no more."
  • Struggling Single Father: He's a widower who struggles to both uphold the law while looking out for his daughter's best interests.
  • Supernatural-Proof Father: He is Megan's father and doesn't believe in dead killers coming back to life until the climax.
  • Supporting Protagonist: While erroneous on his part due to mistaking Tommy for being the killer for the sixth film's body count, few of the film's events are told from his viewpoint as he investigates to put an end to the killings.
  • Surrounded by Idiots: Has this vibe when he encountered Megan's flaky and irresponsible-looking friends at the beginning of the film to which he questions Cort's denim jean Clothing Damage fashion sense and tells him to stop sitting on one of the station's desks, exasperated with his daughter's Rebellious Spirit antics and briefly went Mean Boss towards his Clueless Deputy Pappas out of Anger Born of Worry for Megan.
  • Tough Love: Garris is strict towards his spunky and law-breaking daughter, only because he loves her and cares for her like how a concerned parent should.
  • Tritagonist: He protagonizes a plot-line of his own in his most screen time investigating the murders, despite constantly mistaking Tommy for the killer and refusing to believe that Jason is back, but really cements himself as this at the climax (though of the Decoy Protagonist variety as he also falls victim to the killer) when facing Jason for the first time and then attempts to gun him down with no avail before eventually performing a Heroic Sacrifice to buy his daughter Megan and inadvertently (or notinvoked) Tommy time to make a trap to stop Jason.
  • Unlikely Hero: In a way, but for a character who's supposedly the sixth film's Big Good Tritagonist, he also happens to be a Jerkass Rabid Cop who clashes with The Hero throughout the film only because his daughter is Dating What Daddy Hates and even possibly be a downplayed Dirty Cop for his methods and personal reasons, but overall still an Anti-Hero and a Nominal Hero who does make an effort to put a stop to the sixth film's killings once and for all to protect the town's peace by using his prior combat experience as a War Hero back in Vietnam in his job despite being misplaced at thinking the hero's the killer.
  • Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: Given the sixth movie ventures into Self-Parody, he would qualify in his role as the Tritagonist due to being a Rabid Cop Jerkass to One certain protagonist named Tommy Jarvis throughout most of the film, while also simultaneously acting as the Big Good.
  • The Vietnam Vet: His collection of medals in his office behind his desk indicates he is one. Even the film's script described him as such.
  • War Hero: Due to his collection of his medals awarded to him, indicating he's a decorated veteran.
  • War Is Hell: The movie's script describes him as having "seen enough trouble and don't want no more." likely referring to the horrors of war during his tour in Vietnam.
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: Persecutes Tommy out of Anger Born of Worry of what he might do to his daughter Megan and the townspeople he's sworn to protect.
  • The Worf Effect: Not even Garris, a Rabid Cop who loves to show off Authority Equals Asskicking with his military War Hero combat experience, could stop Jason and is added to the body count.

Supporting/Minor Characters

    Deputy Rick 

Deputy Richard "Rick" Cologne

Played By: Vincent Guastaferro

    Paula 

Paula

Played By: Kerry Noonan
  • Decoy Protagonist: The virginal good girl of the movie. Doesn't work out for her as the notably less innocent Megan is the sole survivor. She is perhaps the most likeable of all of Jason's victims, helping the scared little girl camper overcome her fear.
  • Gory Discretion Shot: Her death happens offscreen but given the amount of blood that is left behind, it wasn't pretty.

    Sissy 

Sissy

Played By: Renee Jones
  • Deadpan Snarker: The snarkiest character in the film, if not the entire franchise.
  • Off with His Head!: Jason gives her a Neck Snap and for good measure twists her head around until it tears off. A deleted scene would have her head being discovered inside of a car and dropping off of a car seat.
    Cort 

Cort

Played By: Tom Friedly
A lazy, music loving counselor.
  • Drives Like Crazy: He drives a bit wildly without even letting Nikki sit down and buckle up.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When he sees signs that someone cut the RV's power cable and might be lurking outside, Cort is quick to suggest driving off. Unfortunately for him and Nikki, Jason has already got inside the RV.
  • Sex Signals Death: Jason kills him immediately after he has sex with Nikki.
  • You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: He doesn't say this but his expression screams it when Nikki says to keep having sex for ten more minutes when Cort already looks fairly strained.

    Martin 

Martin

Played By: Bob Larkin
Local gravekeeper of the Eternal Peace Cemetery where Jason's body was buried.
  • The Alcoholic: Is frequently seen drunk and chugging on a bottle of whiskey.
  • Breaking the Fourth Wall: All of his scenes are spent addressing the audience.
  • Death by Irony: His final moments were him telling his empty whisky bottle that it would be the death of him. True enough when Jason catches it after Martin throws it away, he breaks it in half and stabs Martin on the throat with the sharp end.
    "Darling, you're gonna be the death of me. Yeah, but what a way to go!"
  • Expy: He looks and acts remarkably similar to Crazy Ralph from the first film, there has been implication that he could be even related to him as well.

    Allen Hawes 
Played by: Ron Palillo
Tommy's former fellow mental patient and friend. He gets wrapped up in a plan by Tommy to cremate the remains of Jason.
  • Attack on the Heart: Jason kills him by punching him through the chest and tearing his hear out along with it.
  • Irony: He practically foreshadows his own death.
    Allen: My heart can't take any more of this!
  • Shovel Strike: When the resurrected Jason attempts to kill Tommy, Allen tries to save his friend with a shovel but unfortunately it doesn't work.
  • The Watson: He asks the same questions the audience is thinking about why Tommy needs to see and destroy Jason's body.
  • We Hardly Knew Ye: He's killed immediately after helping to dig Jason up.

    Nikki 
Played By: Darcy DeMoss
  • Aggressive Submissive: Inverted. She's more submissive toward Cort outside of sex but is the dominant partner while they're having sex and tries to make him hold off his orgasm for another ten minutes.
  • Bratty Teenage Daughter: She takes her stepfather's RV without permission and has sex with her boyfriend in it.
  • Chewing the Scenery: While she isn't a Large Ham like Garris, Cologne, Stan and Burt, her lines filled with "friggin" ironically after her Precision F-Strike can count.
  • Don't Come A-Knockin': She and Cort are having sex strenuously enough to make an RV shake from side to side.
  • Right Through His Pants: Unusually for the franchise, she and Cort are still wearing their shirts and underwear as they have sex.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When their RV's power cord gets unplugged while there is an alleged killer lurking around, Nikki doesn't need much prompting to agree with Cort that they should get out of there.

    Darren 

Darren

Played by: Tony Goldwyn

    Lizbeth 

Elizabeth "Lizbeth" Mott

Played By: Nancy McLoughlin
  • Ain't Too Proud to Beg: As Jason closes is on Lizbeth, she desperately holds out a handful of cash and her ATM card.
  • Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Lizbeth falls into a mud puddle without getting a speck of dirt on her face. Then, when Jason seemingly impales her with a fencepost, the impact forces her head under the surface of the puddle, so the injury isn't shown.
  • Cool Big Sis: Lizbeth is Paula's sister, and Paula's eagerness to work with Lizbeth and concern over her disappearance indicates the two are close.
  • Genre Savvy: She has an appropriately wary reaction to seeing Jason.
    Lizbeth: I've seen enough horror movies to know any weirdo wearing a mask is never friendly.

    Officer Pappas 
Played By: Michael Swan

    The Paintball Players 
Played by: Alan Blumenfeld (Larry), Matthew Faison (Stan), Ann Ryerson (Katie), Whitney Rydbeck (Roy), and Wallace Merck (Burt)

Five insurance salespeople on a paintball-playing retreat who run into Jason.

  • The Ace:
    • Burt, apparently. According to Larry, he has never been pelted before. Katie also names him "Mr. Commando".
    • Katie's defeat of Burt and his equally experienced friends on her first paintball retreat also makes her qualify.
  • Action Girl: Katie is a newcomer to the paintball game while the men have apparently been doing it for a while, but she handily beats Stan, Larry, and Burt. Unfortunately, these skills don't translate into being able to fight Jason.
  • An Arm and a Leg:
    • Burt's arm is ripped off in a Literal Disarming moment.
    • Roy's corpse is severed to pieces.
  • Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Burt. He's Mr. Commando who "never gets shot". Needless to say, he doesn't take being shot for the first time by a woman too well.
  • Asshole Victim: Stan and Burt are abrasive misogynists who really don't inspire any sympathy when they die.
  • Big Eater: Larry is the fattest of the group and repeatedly complains that he's hungry, while everyone else seems fine. According to Stan, it also regularly hinders his insurance sales.
  • Chewing the Scenery: Stan and Burt, especially when they whine as Sore Losers.
  • Cone of Shame: Sort of. All players have a headband with the word "DEAD" written across it, which they have to wear when they've been pelted.
  • It's Probably Nothing: As Jason stalks the group, Katie hears his movements and is concerned by them, while Stan and Larry are dismissive. Seconds later, Jason proves Katie's concerns correct.
  • Large Ham: Stan and Burt, especially the latter when going on Chewing the Scenery in a Stay in the Kitchen rant.
  • Little "No": Roy mutters several Nos after losing his paintball gun (before Jason shows himself).
  • Machete Mayhem: During his Sore Loser rant, Burt is armed with a machete which he uses to hack away at the vegetation. Jason is more than happyto take it off his hands, literally.
  • Not So Above It All: Larry displays concern over how seriously Stan takes paintball but he is mad about being eliminated, whines that their teammate Burt has never been eliminated before, and complains that Katie shouldn't have been allowed to come.
  • Off Screen Moment Of Awesome: Prior to appearing onscreen Katie narrowly avoids being pelleted by Burt The Ace and then knocks him out of the game.
  • One Hit Poly Kill: Jason takes out Stan, Larry, and Katie with a single swing of Burt's machete.
  • Pet the Dog: Stan grudgingly and hammily acknowledges that Katie deserved a shot at their "damn company exec game" because she is a "damn company exec".
  • Plucky Comic Relief: All of them (besides Burt, whose entire screen time is a misogynistic rant as he chops brush with a machete) have a bit of humor but Roy stands out, with the bumbling way he tries to stealthily move through the woods and how he tries to shoot Jason with his paintball gun. He seems to have a Butt-Monkey reputation, as Katie jokes that he's probably already pelleted himself by accident or gotten lost.
  • Serious Business:
    • Stan views the game with a militaristic, obsessive eye and Larry tells Stan that he "becomes a different person when we're out here".
    • During his Straw Misogynist Sore Loser rant, Burt claims that the game is NOT "a game", but life.
    • Roy also puts a lot of effort into trying to move around like a soldier (with laughable results).
  • Smug Snake: Katie after defeating the Blue Team singlehanded. Though it was probably a retaliation against their Straw Misogynist tendencies.
  • Sore Loser: Stan, Larry, and Burt all bitterly complain after Katie "kills" them in the game.
  • Straw Misogynist: Stan says that the game requires a man's cunning and intelligence and Burt launches into a Stay in the Kitchen tirade during his Sore Loser rant.
  • Women Are Wiser: In addition to being a better paintball player than her male opponents, Katie also seems to be nicer and less serious about the game.

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