Ginny (Friday the 13th)
| Ginny Field | |
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| Friday the 13th character | |
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| First appearance | Friday the 13th Part 2 |
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| Portrayed by | Amy Steel |
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| Full name | Virginia "Ginny" Field |
| Occupation |
Camp counselor (former) Psychologist |
Ginny Field (only known as Ginny in the second film) is a fictional character and a protagonist in the Friday the 13th franchise. Created by Ron Kurz and Phil Scuderi and portrayed by Amy Steel, she first appears in Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) and subsequently in Friday the 13th Part III (1982) and Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) through archive footage. She also appears in the novels and merchandise based on the films. Ginny is the first person to battle Jason Voorhees and survive. In early drafts for the third film, Ginny was set to return as a main character but Steel declined to reprise her role. Ginny has been regarded as an example of the "final girl" archetype.
In Friday the 13th Part 2, Ginny is an aspiring child psychologist who is Paul Holt's girlfriend, she arrives at Crystal Lake late for training. At the campfire that night, Paul tells the camp counselors the legend of Jason Voorhees and the disappearance of Alice which occurred months after Jason allegedly witnessed his mother being beheaded, to scare the other counselors from entering Camp Crystal Lake. Later on, Paul offers them a trip to the next town, but only Ginny and Ted accept his offer. At a bar, Ginny admits that she takes the legend of "Camp Blood" seriously. She feels sympathetic towards Jason Voorhees, because of his traumatic childhood and she believes the legends of him witnessing Alice beheading his mother. Meanwhile, Jason begins to murder all of the counselors. When Ginny and Paul return, she believes that something is wrong. Ginny is soon forced to fight for her life. After Jason knocks Paul out, Ginny becomes his new target. After a evading Jason numerous times and fighting back, Ginny stumbles across Jason's shack in the woods, and finds a shrine for Pamela Voorhees. She puts on an old sweater, belonging to Pamela, in effort to convince Jason Voorhees that she is his mother. Jason believes her, and she manages to calm him down before he notices his mother's head behind Ginny. He then slices open Ginny's leg just as Paul comes in. As Jason prepares to kill Paul, Ginny comes up behind Jason and drives a machete into his shoulder. In the end of the film, Ginny is seen being carried away in a stretcher, crying out for Paul, whose fate is unknown.
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