Joseph Dunn

He is a supporting character in Unbreakable and one of the tritagonists of Glass.
Joseph Dunn is the son of David Dunn, the Overseer. After hearing theories that his dad could be a superhuman, he tries to prove to his father that he is a hero. When his father finally accepts his role as a hero, Joseph becomes his technical support and aids his father in finding criminals.
He was portrayed by Spencer Treat Clark.
== Biography ==
===Unbreakable===
Joseph was born to David and Audrey Dunn in the late 1980s. David and Audrey were high school sweethearts but David grew emotionally distant from his family and was considering moving to New York. Despite his parent's turmoil, Joseph remained close to them and loved them deeply. In 2000, Joseph witnessed a news report of the Eastrail 177 train crash, the same train his dad took. Joseph and Audrey waited in the hospital for David's recovery and Joseph was relieved to see his father survived unharmed. But David's survival had caught the eye of Elijah Price, who suspected David could be a superhuman. Joseph accompanied his father to meet Elijah at his art gallery where Elijah revealed his theories that comics are based on true stories; and that David could be a superhuman, an invincible man to contrast his personal fragile existence. David believes Elijah is a scammer or insane, but Joseph secretly believes Elijah's theories about his father.
Joseph attempts to prove Elijah's theories by trying to prove David's powers. Joseph first invites his dad to play football with him and the neighbors, but David refuses to play. Joseph then alters his plan and helps David workout. As David bench-presses, Joseph secretly adds more weights to the bar and is astounded to see his father lift 300 lbs. Wanting to test his dad's limits, Joseph encourages David to add more weight and the two are amazed to see David lift 350 lbs. Firm in his belief that his father is a superhuman, Joseph desires to convince his dad as well.
Joseph gets involved in a school fight after he defended a girl from bullying. When David arrives to pick up his son, Joseph confides he was hoping he had powers like his father. David denies his powers because of past injuries he suffered much to Joseph's refusal. At home, Joseph later confronts his parents with a loaded gun. Joseph insists that his father has powers and threatens to shoot David to prove it. His parents plead with Joseph by reminding him of David's previous injuries, but Joseph refuses to accept it. Joseph only concedes after David threatens to leave for New York if he shoots him.
Meanwhile, Elijah contacts David once more and encourages him to rethink his past "injuries" as being his superhero weakness. Realizing Elijah may be right, David goes searching for criminals and stops his first one. The next morning, David shows Joseph a newspaper article about a mysterious vigilante that saved two children from a murderer. Realizing that the sketch of the hero resembles his father, David accepts his role as a superhero and assures Joseph he was right along. Joseph then promises to keep it a secret.
===Sidekick role===
5 Years before the start of Glass, Joseph lost his mother to leukemia and David quit his job as a security guard. The father and son opened up their own store called "Dunn Home Security", where they sold cameras, alarms and other security devices.
At some point, David allowed Joseph to help him fight crime as a sidekick and revealed Elijah Price was a supervillain named Mr. Glass. Joseph would assist David from afar by monitoring criminal activity and sharing leads with David. Joseph would also monitor David's notoriety to ensure his father kept a low profile and avoided contact with the police.
===Glass===
By 2019, Joseph would continue aiding his father's vigilantism and help him find small criminals. However, with the emergence of The Horde, a cannibalistic serial killer, Joseph prioritizes taking down the killer even if it risks drawing attention to themselves. Over the course of 3 weeks, Joseph instructs his dad around a specific route to find the killer. With little success of finding the killer in the geographic profiling zone, Joseph theories that the killer's hideout could be just outside the zone in the factory area. Joseph notes that the public is referring to David as the Overseer and also warns him to be careful because the police are searching for him. The next day, David insists on patrolling in daylight but Joseph pleads with him to wait until nighttime to avoid unnecessary attention. Begrudgingly, Joseph allows David to patrol and guides him on where to look. David bumps into Hedwig and sees a vision of The Horde's hideout with the kidnapped cheerleaders. Based on David's description, Joseph pinpoints the hideout could be the abandoned brick factory.
David would rescue the kidnapped cheerleaders and confront the Beast, who is revealed to be another superhuman. The two superhumans enter a stalemate until they are cornered by the "police" (the Clover organization). Joseph watches as his father and the Horde are arrested and institutionalized in Raven Hill Memorial psychiatric hospital. Joseph attempts to free David by claiming to Dr. Ellie Stapple that his dad was just a fan of the Overseer and was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Dr. Stapple sees through the lie and questions Joseph about his belief in superhumans. Joseph defends his father saying he's protecting innocents, but Stapple claims their vigilantism is dangerous and illegal. Staple then questions Joseph about his mother's death and theorizes that Audrey's death could have fueled Joseph and David's delusions of powers. Joseph remembers back to his childhood when he first believed his dad had powers (long before his mother's death) and leaves Raven Hill conflicted. 
Joseph goes to a comic book store to try and find proof he's not delusional about his father. After looking in the heroes section, Joseph prepares to leave disappointed until he notices the villains section. The villain comics inspire Joseph to look for more information about the Horde. Joseph researches about Kevin Crumb's parents and learns that his father Clarence W. Crumb was killed in the Eastrail 177 train crash. With proof that his dad and the Horde are interconnected, Joseph returns to confront Dr. Stapple alongside Casey and Mrs. Price. The three claim there are too many "coincidences" to explain away what they know. Meanwhile, Mr. Glass and the Horde enact their escape plan. 
In Stapple's office, the three hear Stapple's broadcast that Mr. Glass and the Horde are planning to attack the Osaka tower. Mrs. Price realizes her son is following the climax of a limited edition comic, where the hero and the villain are going have a public showdown. The three exit to the front lawn to stop the fight. Joseph runs in-between his dad and the Beast, and reveals Mr. Glass' secret: that Kevin's dad died on Eastrail 177 and Mr. Glass is responsible for his death. Mr. Glass professes that he created the Overseer as well as the Horde and they owe their existence to him. The Beast thanks Mr. Glass for their creation but claims Elijah cannot be trusted to protect Kevin. The Beast mortally wounds Mr. Glass before resuming his fight with David. The Beast throws David into a water tank and nearly drowns him. David breaks out of the tank but is left weakened while the Beast leaves for the Osaka tower.
As more "SWAT" arrive, Joseph pleads with them to help his dad but they begin drowning David instead. Joseph is restrained and can only watch as his father is killed in front of him. Joseph holds his father's body and mourns his death. Joseph, along with Casey and Mrs. Price receive Elijah's final massage about the Clover Organization's intent to suppress superhumans. The three from an alliance and foil Stapple's plan by broadcasting footage of the Overseer and the Beast to ensure their relatives didn't die in vain. Joseph meets with Casey and Mrs. Price in a public place to witness their plan unfold as the world learns of the existence of superhumans.
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