Jonesy

Jonesy Biographical information Born Died Rank Serial/ID number Physical description Gender Male Species Cat Hair color Eye color Chronological and political information Affiliation Status Unknown Behind the Scenes information First appearance Alien Last appearance Aliens Portrayed by

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Jonesy (sometimes referred as Jones) was a cat, more specifically a ginger tom, kept aboard the USCSS Nostromo. Jones was owned by Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley, with whom he shared a Cryo Chamber. Jones and Ripley were the only two to survive the Nostromo incident caused by a Xenomorph and the ship's subsequent destruction.

History

The Intruder

Jonesy was nearly killed by the Alien who had erupted violently from Officer Kane's body after being impregnated by a Facehugger. Jones later came up on the motion tracker made by Ash. Ripley and Parker sent Brett to catch Jonesy. When Brett finally caught up with Jonesy in a cargo room, he started to try to coax the cat out to make sure it didn't set off the motion tracker again. Jonesy noticed the strange silhouette behind Brett and began to hiss. By the time Brett turned around, the creature attacked him and carried him up into the air ducts with Jones witnessing the ordeal. Jonesy was attacked by the alien when Ripley left him in his cage, but the alien left him alone because he was too small to sustain a host. He was put in cryo-sleep after escaping the Nostromo with Ripley.

57 Years later

Ripley and Jonesy remained in cryostasis for 57 years. The salvage crew that picked them up initially thought the unusual readings from the cryotube was that of an alien life form, but visual inspection revealed to them that they were simply reading the human and feline sets of DNA as one organism. After their recovery, they were reunited in the hospital of Gateway Station by Carter Burke. Jonesy then went to stay with Ripley at her new apartment. It is unclear what became of Jones after Ripley's assignment to the USS Sulaco and subsequent death on Fiorina 161.

Trivia

• Jonesy has been referenced several times in the Halo universe, a series of games by video game developer Bungie. Many aspects of Halo were inspired by elements from the Alien franchise.
• Jonesy has been referenced in World of Warcraft and can be found in Dalaran in the The Legerdemain inn resting comfortably on a ledge as you go up the stairs to the second floor. The various marines from Aliens are scattered throughout the game.