Jake Sully

Jacob "Jake" Sully is the main protagonist of James Cameron's Avatar franchise.
He is a paraplegic former soldier who lost his legs and becomes to be part the Avatar Program after his twin brother, Dr. Tom Sully, was killed. He was assigned to Pandora to be part of the Avatar Program to test out his new Avatar form on Pandora.
He is played by , who also portrayed Alex Mason in Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Marcus Wright in Terminator: Salvation, Greek hero Perseus in Clash of the Titans and Wrath of the Titans.
==Personality and traits ==
Jake has a good heart, although his Marine attitude sometimes gets in the way of that. At first, he seems callous and sarcastically indifferent, but as he becomes familiar with someone, he begins to trust and respect them. He is courageous, determined, passionate, and possesses exceptional strength of character. In his own words, "I can pass any test a man can pass". He later also proves that he can pass any test a Na'vi can pass, being one of the few to bond with a great leonopteryx and the only avatar to ever accomplish the feat. Despite being a human born, he falls in love with the Na'vi princess, Neytiri.
Jake initially has very little knowledge on Pandora or its inhabitants. However, he is a fast learner and quickly adapts to the Na'vi way of life, becoming a member of the Omaticaya clan in only three months. Though he notes that with Neytiri, it is "learn fast or die", he relishes the challenges she provides him with and refuses to give up on them no matter how hard they are.
Over time, Jake really begins to care about nature, the Na'vi way of life and the Omaticaya people. When Eytukan is killed during the RDA's assault on Hometree, Jake is saddened and tries to comfort Neytiri despite having been rejected as a traitor. When Grace is shot by Quaritch during the avatar team's escape from Hell's Gate, Jake does everything he can to ensure that she doesn't die. However, when Grace succumbs to her wound and dies, Jake feels pain and sorrow, but uses these emotions to solidify his determination to stop the RDA. He also prevents Quaritch from killing Neytiri during the final battle and fights against the Colonel despite Quaritch being in an AMP suit at the time.
The Omaticaya's trust for Jake is shattered when they learn about his initial mission. Jake regains their trust by risking his life to tame a toruk. He displays leadership skills and charisma when he unites the Na'vi clans and leads them into battle against the RDA. However, when Tsu'tey is gravely wounded in the final battle and wishes for Jake to take the title of Olo'eyktan, Jake is hesitant to accept, feeling that he was not "officer material", and is unwilling to kill Tsu'tey despite his urging of Jake to end his pain. Jake does so with much sadness and wishes his spirit to go with Eywa.
==Abilities==
Jake is a skilled and resourceful warrior who adapts to his environment, owing to his former occupation as a Recon Marine. He is agile and quickly becomes acute to the bow and arrow. His skills are best displayed during his fight with Colonel Quaritch, where he takes an AMP suit GAU-90 bayonet and uses it against him. Jake appears to be a skilled hand-to-hand combatant: in his human body, he manages to physically beat a bullying bar patron despite his spinal cord injury, and in his avatar body, he uses his skills as a Marine to catch Tsu'tey off guard when the latter tries to kill him in a blind rage, even he uses Knife and Hatchet to keep up fighting against Quaritch's Recombinants even Lyle Wainfleet, some of RDA's solders even one of Quaritch's most loyal soldiers one by one some of them stay behind with Quartich while the employees escaping from ship wreck, Jake fighting Colonel Quaritch with knifes fight which jake able to keep up fighting Against Colonel Quaritch with his knife almost, His resourcefulness is displayed when he successfully destroys both the Valkyrie shuttle by throwing a grenade into one of its engines and the Dragon Assault Ship via a grenade and a detached missile during the Assault on the Tree of Souls. 
Jake also quickly adapts to flying an ikran. While hunting sturmbeest from the back of his ikran, he succeeds in killing one of the creatures. He manages to escape from a toruk along with Neytiri on their respective ikran, guiding Neytiri to safety in the process. Later, Jake rides a toruk skillfully during the final battle with the RDA. Despite his flying skills, Jake is not very good at riding direhorses and keeps falling off of them.
==Trivia==
*Jake Sully was originally named "Josh Sully" in James Cameron's first concept for Avatar (Project 880).
* After waking from cryosleep aboard the ISV Venture Star, Jake's locker can be seen still labeled as "Sully, T."; it was originally assigned to Jake's dead twin brother Tom.
*Jake Sully is 22 Earth years old before he sets off for Pandora.
* Jake Sully's avatar body is estimated to be 17 years old biologically. It is, however, less than six years old chronologically, having been grown during the ISV Venture Star's journey to Pandora.
*In the script, Neytiri becomes pregnant with Jake's child. While the idea was not included in the final release, it does factor into the sequels, as Jake and Neytiri have two sons and a daughter. Neytiri being pregnant is among the deleted scenes (New Life) from the Extended Collector's Edition.
*Sam Worthington won a Saturn Award for his portrayal of Jake Sully.
*Jake Sully has a "Born Loser" tattoo on his back. It is not shown in the film, but it can be found in the script and in a making of video of the Extended Collector's Edition.
*In 2006, temporary actor Daniel Bess played the role of Jake in a prototype to demonstrate the new technology.
*"Jake" is the short form of the name "Jacob", which means "to seize by the heel, supplanting". "Sully" means "south meadow", while the word "sully" means "to damage the purity"
*Sam Worthington beat out two other actors James Cameron was considering for the role: Chris Evans and Channing Tatum. This was based on his delivery of the crucial speech to the Na'vi at the Tree of Souls.
*Before Sam Worthington was cast, Matt Damon was considered to played Jake Sully.
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