Jack Marston

John "Jack" Marston, Jr. (born January-May, 1895) is the deuteragonist of the 2010 action-adventure game , a major character in its 2018 prequel , and a minor character in the non-canon DLC pack .
Jack was born to John Marston and Abigail Roberts, and spent the first four years of his life in Dutch van der Linde's gang. Once the gang fell apart, Jack moved to an old plot of land known as Beecher's Hope, where he lived until his father was shot and killed by government agent Edgar Ross' men. Years later, after his mother had passed from grief, Jack hunted down Ross in Mexico and killed him.
He was portrayed by (Red Dead Redemption), Marissa Buccianti (Red Dead Redemption II; age 4), and Ted Sutherland (Red Dead Redemption II; age 12).
==Personality==
Born into a gang of criminals, Jack's upbringing was that the gang was family to him and he called most of them his aunts and uncles. Even when he was only four years old, Jack could already read and write. He even learned how to fish through Arthur Morgan, and also learned some Italian after being taken by an Italian Crime Boss. When he is at this age he was much more open and wanted to be around people more but that wouldn't last long as by the time he is twelve he is shy and nervous and has started feeling inferior to his father. As a result of his upbringing, Jack initially lacked his father's courage and superior combat, farming, and survival skills, but possessed intelligence and empathy that far surpasses John's.
Jack was a bright young man and spent most of his time reading different books that further expand his knowledge. By his own admission, he greatly enjoyed reading about wild adventures and brave heroes, which gave him a more romanticized view on the Old West, and his remarks in 1914 suggest he looked up to the legendary Landon Ricketts. His love for books and stories prompted him to aspire to become a writer or a scholar, which his parents partly approved, as they also wished for him to be a rancher.
At times he appeared to be somewhat timid and was often mild-mannered when speaking to his family or friends. A major theme of his character is his sense of inferiority when compared to his father John, a veteran and experienced gunslinger and hunter. This led Jack to feel insecure and frightful whenever John approached him and made him all the more desperate to prove his worth to both his father and himself.
Despite the mutual struggle to understand each other, Jack shared a very close bond with John. He also cared deeply for his mother Abigail, who worried about Jack's condition after the two were released from the Bureau control. He was also the only member of the Marstons who seemed to be in a constant positive relationship with Uncle, who taught him several inappropriate things much to John's disapproval.
The death of his family and the decline of the Marston ranch, all happening in a very short amount of time, greatly darkened Jack's personality. His grief and loneliness appear to have developed a severe case of depression and self-loathing. Many of the lines he says in different activities imply he became a death seeker with a subtle sadistic streak. He also appears to be both proud and ashamed of his heritage.
He became somewhat cold and ruthless, making some dark jokes whenever he kills a horse, an outlaw or a woman, but also shows signs of disgust at himself and questioning his own actions. He also developed an intense hatred for the American government and its law enforcement organizations, deeming them the real criminals and the people responsible for the demise of his family.
Jack's deep love for his family also ironically results in becoming the very thing his parents didn't want him to be: an outlaw. It was this love and grief that led him to hunt down Edgar Ross three years after his father's death, determined to avenge the Marstons even at the cost of his own innocence and future. At the same time, however, he also showed self-doubts about his motives, and even a hint of regret after gunning Ross down.
In his quest for revenge, Jack kept a rather calm and friendly demeanor, and had his anger in check, only showing his intense hatred for Ross when the latter dismissed John's death upon being confronted.
==Quotes==
Scenario 	Quote
Combat 	I'm John Marston's boy!
Combat 	My ma would turn in her grave.
Combat 	Go ahead! I got nothin' to live for, anyway!
Combat 	Aw, c'mon fellas, I'm just a kid!
Combat 	This ain't gonna end well, friend.
Combat 	Remember the name Marston?
Combat 	My pa knew Landon Ricketts, friend!
Combat 	I grew up with gunslingers, partner!
Combat 	I'm sending you straight to hell!
Combat 	Somebody taught me well!
Combat 	I'm John Marston - Junior.
Combat 	When you meet my pa in hell, tell him I said 'hi'!
Combat 	Now do you believe I'm a Marston?
Combat 	You're a joke!
Combat 	You gonna shoot me or not?
Combat 	This is where you die, mister!
Combat (Mexico) 	Give it up, amigo!
Combat (Mexico) 	You're gonna be muerto!
Combat (Mexico) 	So much for my Mexican vacation!
Killing a sheriff 	Y'all killed my pa!
Killing a sheriff 	This one's for you, pa.
Killing a sheriff 	I hate lawmen more than anything!
Killing someone 	Watch and learn!
Killing someone 	I'm a Marston, fool!
Killing someone 	Not bad for a youngster!
Killing someone 	Yep, I'm a Marston alright.
Killing someone 	Guess I didn't like the way you look.
Killing someone 	You've gone and got yourself killed, friend.
Killing someone 	This is one of those life-or-death moments, my friend.
Killing in Dead Eye 	Down they go!
Killing in Dead Eye 	Did you see that?!
Killing in Dead Eye 	I could do that in my sleep!
Killing in Dead Eye 	You don't learn that in school.
Killing in Dead Eye 	Landon Ricketts, eat your heart out.
Killing a lawman w/ low honor 	I'm doing the people a favor!
Killing a Mexican gangster 	How do you say 'corpse' in Spanish?
Killing with a gatling 	DIE!
Throwing fire bottle 	Ah, why not!
Throwing fire bottle 	They want a hoodlum, I'll give them a hoodlum!
Brawling 	Jack Marston, remember it!
Pistol-whipping 	I'm gonna teach you a lesson about looking out!
Killing a horse 	Why the long face? Heh heh.
Killing an animal 	Bullseye!
Killing an animal 	I used to love animals.
Killing an animal 	If pa could see me now.
Killing an animal 	I love natural selection!
Killing a bird 	Bye, birdie!
Killing a bird 	Try flyin' now.
Killing a bird 	Come down here.
Killing a bird 	Sorry, my feathered friend.
Killing a dog 	Aw, I'm sorry, boy.
Killing a dog 	That didn't feel good.
Killing a dog 	I guess I just miss Rufus.
Knifing a predator 	I feel like a musketeer!
Knifing a predator 	I'm gonna skin you like an elk!
Attacked by a dog/wolf 	I don't want yer rabies!
Accepting a duel 	I'm gonna enjoy killing you.
Accepting a duel 	I can't wait to kill you.
Accepting a duel 	Hope you can back that up, partner.
Accepting a duel 	You talk some big words, mister.
Accepting a duel 	Those are big words, my friend.
Accepting a duel 	It would be my pleasure.
Accepting a duel 	You're gonna regret this.
Lassoing someone 	How do you like that?
Lassoing someone 	I just wanna talk!
Hogtying a woman 	And they say romance is dead.
Slicing a hogtie's throat 	Who's next?
Slicing a hogtie's throat 	I had a bad role model.
Slicing a hogtie's throat 	Sorry. I was raised bad.
Slicing a hogtie's throat 	It's kill or be killed, friend.
Slicing a hogtie's throat 	I guess I am my father's son.
Slicing a hogtie's throat 	I wasn't always like this, miss.
Hijacking a horse/cart 	Sorry, friend. My father was a killer, nothing more!
Saving a prostitute 	Stop that! Get away from her!
Skinning an animal 	Let me take your coat, madam.
Skinning an animal 	Ugh. This one reeks.
Skinning an animal 	Now for the nasty part.
Skinning an animal 	Should be able to sell this.
Skinning an animal 	This should fetch a good price.
Skinning an animal 	Just like you showed me, pa!
Skinning an animal 	And pa said I wasn't a hunter!
Skinning a horse 	This what I've become? A horse killer?
Finding treasure 	Jack's gettin' an automobile!
Finding treasure 	Oh my good lord!
Finding treasure 	I don't believe it!
Finding treasure 	Haha! I'm rich!
Finding treasure 	What do we got here?
Riding a horse 	Let's go!
Riding a horse 	Run!
Riding a horse 	Faster!
Riding a horse 	C'mon!
Riding a horse 	Giddy up!
Riding a horse 	Yee-haw!
Riding a horse 	Let's get goin'!
Riding a horse 	C'mon! Faster!
Riding a horse 	Faster! Faster!
Riding a horse 	Let's go! Let's go!
Riding a horse 	Work, ya damn nag!
Riding a horse 	Stop dilly-dallyin' and work!
Riding a horse 	Come on, ya dumb nag, work!
Riding a horse 	Whoa!
Riding a horse 	Slow up, now.
Riding a horse 	Well done! Easy.
Riding a horse 	Whoa, boy. Easy.
Riding a horse 	Easy, boy! Great.
Riding a horse 	Let's slow down.
Riding a horse 	Slow down. Good.
Riding a horse 	C'mon, slow down!
Riding a horse 	Whoa whoa whoa, whoa.
Shopping 	That'll do me for now.
Shopping 	That'll keep me going.
Shopping 	Thank you very much.
Shopping 	I can't buy the whole store.
Shopping 	That's all I got.
Shopping 	That's about it.
Shopping 	Only the best, sir.
Shopping 	I wish I had more for you.
Shopping 	It's nice to have a little money in the pocket.
Mounting a hogtie 	I'll try to ride slow.
Mounting a hogtie 	You comfortable?
Mounting a hogtie 	Horse, meet idiot.
Mounting a hogtie 	It's the only way to travel.
Mounting a hogtie 	Stay there and don't annoy the horse.
Mounting a hogtie 	Ah! Thank God for that!
Mounting a hogtie 	Enjoy the ride.
Mounting a hogtie 	We're going on a little journey.
Mounting a hogtie 	I'm gonna enjoy this!
Mounting a hogtie 	You'll enjoy this. I promise.
Mounting a hogtie 	Don't fall off now.
Mounting a hogtie 	You're going on a little ride.
Mounting a hogtie 	Agh! You got someone else in there?
Mounting a hogtie 	It's gonna be a bumpy ride.
Greeting Mexicans 	Hola, lady.
Greeting Mexicans 	Como son, señora.
Greeting Mexicans 	Si... hola, hombre.
Greeting Mexicans 	Si... buenas, señor.
Greeting Mexicans 	Uhh... Hola. Sorry, no hablo español.
Paying a bounty 	This is to clear my name.
Paying a bounty 	I'm here to clean my record.
Paying a bounty 	Name's Marston - Jack, not John.
Paying a bounty 	Maybe now I can do my business without the law chasin' me.
Looting a body 	Hmm. Let's see.
Looting a body 	I'm sorry, mister.
Looting a body 	Just a quick look.
Looting a body 	You won't be needing this.
Looting a body 	What have you got for me?
Looting a body 	Might as well be me, mister.
Looting a body 	It's no wonder I've got problems.
Looting a woman 	I'm so sorry, miss.
Looting a woman 	No wonder I'm alone.
Looting a woman 	What have I become?
Looting a woman 	There goes the last of my innocence.
Bumping into an NPC 	Sorry. I was miles away.
Bumping into a woman 	My apologies, ma'am.
Bumping into a woman 	Stupid woman!
Talking to lawmen w/ low honor 	Oooh, look at the big, bad lawman!
Talking to lawmen w/ low honor 	Why don't you shove that badge up your ass, see if it makes you smile!
Bumping into a lawman w/ low honor	Oh look, another dumb lawman.
Bumping into a lawman w/ low honor	I wish I could say that was a mistake.
Talking to prostitute 	I'll pay for it when I'm old!
Talking to prostitute 	I don't need to pay for it, lady.
Talking to prostitute 	What would Pa say about this?
Talking to prostitute 	Sorry, ma'am. I ain't interested.
Talking to prostitute 	I'm trying to be a good boy, miss.
Talking to prostitute 	My mama would turn in her grave.
Talking to prostitute 	I really wasn't raised this way, ma'am.
Talking to prostitute 	Uncle warned me about ladies like you.
Talking to prostitute 	My uncle told me about women like you.
Talking to prostitute 	I don't need any crotchrot right now, thanks.
Talking to prostitute 	You're doing terrible things to my hormones, miss.
Flirting with prostitute 	I hope you like it rough.
Flirting with prostitute 	You'd better have a personality.
Flirting with prostitute 	I hope you're as aroused as I am.
Flirting with prostitute 	I could bring a smile to your face.
Flirting with prostitute 	You got me feeling all funny inside.
Flirting with prostitute 	You're a picture of masculinity, ma'am.
Flirting with prostitute 	I'd give anything to be that petticoat right now.
Flirting with prostitute 	They tell me I'm at my sexual peak, sweetheart.
Flirting with prostitute 	You're doin' terrible things to my hormones, miss!
Flirting with prostitute 	You must've been in your prime when I was only knee-high.
Flirting with prostitute 	What do you say you and me? I've always liked an older woman.
Hunting bounties 	Sergio Abelda, I've come to collect on the bounty!
Hunting bounties 	Show yourself, Winkler!
Hunting bounties 	Are you gonna come quietly, Honovi/Dakota/Ralph?
Hunting bounties 	You're coming with me, Dale!
Hunting bounties 	Americus Roe, I know you're here!
Hunting bounties 	End of the line, Ramiro!
Hunting bounties 	You know why I'm here, Mo!
Hunting bounties 	I've come for you, Artiz!
Hunting bounties 	REYNOSO!
Taunts 	You call yourself a man?
Taunts 	You're one pitiful excuse for a man.
Taunts 	You ever been beaten by a teenager before?
Taunts 	I don't whether to call you Mr. or Mrs.
Taunts 	Are you always this stupid? Or making a special effort today?
Taunts 	Why don't you just walk away, mister?
Taunts 	Must be hard being you, mister.
Taunts 	You got one of those annoying faces, now move before it annoys me anymore.
Taunts 	You're an embarrassment to mankind.
Taunts 	Does your mama know you're out this late?
Taunts 	Hahaha! Did your ma drop you on your head when you was a baby?
Taunts 	I might be young but I know a fake when I see one.
Taunts 	Hahaha! Don't be scared mister I won't hurt you.
Taunts 	Don't they have special homes for people like you these days?
Taunts 	I could drop you with one hand behind my back.
Taunts 	I bet even the whores turned you down.
Taunts 	Look at this - the circus is in town.
Taunts 	Boy, you must be one happy man.
Taunts 	Your wife must be one ugly woman.
Taunts 	My god! Your father must've beaten you.
Taunts 	You know who my father was?
Taunts 	I'm a Marston, dammit!
Standing in rain 	Oh, come on!
Standing in rain 	I better get inside.
Standing in rain 	Always rains when you don't want it to.
Entering deserted location 	Somethin' don't feel right here...
Entering deserted location 	Man, this place is deserted...
Entering deserted location 	Where is everybody?
Manning a gatling 	This is gonna be fun!
Manning a cannon 	I never had any toys as a kid.
At a camp fire 	I think I read about that in a book once.
When someone folds in poker 	Someone forget to bring their balls?
Running out of ammo 	I thought I had more than that.
Failing mission 	That was NEVER gonna work!
Miscellaneous 	You taught me well, Pa.
Miscellaneous 	You think I care about the law?
Miscellaneous 	That was fun. Can we do it again?
Miscellaneous 	'Course, Pa. Everyone knows about that.
If bumped into by John 	Oh God!
==Gallery==
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Undead-Jack-and-Abigail.png|An undead Jack and Abigail.
JohnJackMarston.jpg|John hugs Jack for the last time.
JackMarstonCredits.png|Jack after killing Edgar Ross.
JackMarston-Redemption-Epilogue.png|Jack as an adult.
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==Trivia==
===General===
*Jack Marston and Edgar Ross are the only characters in the series to appear in all four time periods: 1899 and 1907 in RDR2; 1911 and 1914 in RDR.
*Jack is shown to meet Ross only twice; during "A Fisher of Men" and "Remember My Family". In both instances, they were near a river and Ross was holding a shotgun.
*Grand Theft Auto V, another game, includes a reference to Jack in an easter egg for Red Dead Redemption; a book in Franklin Clinton's second house is called Red Dead, written by J. Marston, possibly indicating he eventually gave up on being a gunslinger to pursue his dream of becoming a writer.
===Red Dead Redemption 2===
*Jack had a little sister that was born after Arthur's death, but she died before the Marston family's return to Strawberry.
*A randomly occurring audio glitch became famous due to it changing the player's voice to one that sounds almost identical to Josh Blaylock's take on Jack from the first game. Upon discovery, it caused a great deal of speculation among players, but evidence that the lines seem to belong to a random NPC also voiced by Blaylock later surfaced.
===Red Dead Redemption===
*Like John, Jack cannot swim.
*When playable, Jack may mutter to himself - or even towards his dead father - when idle for stretches of time.
*If Jack has low honor, he is the only Red Dead character not to reject prostitutes. However, in turn, he himself will be rejected instead.
*The player can use a cheat code to play as an adult Jack before the final mission, though activating it locks any storyline missions and the ability to save.
*The only time the player controls Jack when he's 15-16 is during the last mission; the player can dismount the horse and freely roam as Jack. He has his own sprinting animation but uses John's other animations.
**This makes Jack one of the youngest playable characters in a Rockstar game, being older than Red Harlow (aged roughly 12) and Jimmy Hopkins (aged 15), but younger than Rembrandt (aged roughly 16-18).
==Licensing==
This article contains content derived from the "Jack Marston/Quotes" article on the Red Dead Wiki, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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