R. J. MacReady

==Summary==
R.J MacReady is the main protagonist of the 1982 film "The Thing". MacReady previously worked for Hughes Aircraft as a test pilot. After getting into a confrontation with the company's top management, he resigned in order to be able to take the assignment at the Antarctic.
While station with eleven other men in an Antarctic research base during the winter of 1982, the men of U.S Outpost 31 were secretly infiltrated by a unknown extra-terrestrial organism which began assimilating some of the men of the outpost. However, MacReady and the men at Outpost 31 discovered this shapeshifting organism after it attacked the sled dogs at the kennel, and fought it off. Dubbing this monstrosity 'The Thing', MacReady eventually stepped up to the role of the group's leader after paranoia festered amongst the group, not knowing who was human and who was actually The Thing. 
MacReady would eventually kill The Thing with dynamite, after nearly every man at the outpost was either killed or assimilated. The movie ends with MacReady and Childs waiting to freeze to death in the arctic night. MacReady would later play a major role in the Dark Horse comics The Thing from Another World, Climate of Fear and Eternal Vows and have a minor appearance at the end of The Thing video game.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: physically, via various firearms, , likely higher w/ dynamite
Name: R. J. MacReady
Origin: John Carpenter's The Thing
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown, Likely in his 30's
Classification: Human, Helicopter Pilot
Powers and Abilities: Weapon Mastery (Competent with various firearms. Was able to turn and shoot Clark within the span of a second despite initially aiming at Childs), Vehicular Mastery (Skilled helicopter pilot), Fire Manipulation via flamethrowers, Explosion Manipulation via dynamite
Attack Potency: Athlete level physically, Street level with his 12 gauge Ithaca 37, Street level with Gary's .357 magnum Colt Trooper Mk III, Street level with a Flamethrower, Wall level, likely higher w/ dynamite (A single stick of dynamite was able to completely destroy the Palmer-Thing, who had just burst through a wooden wall.)
Speed: Peak Human physically (Worked as a test pilot before the events of the movie) and with a Flamethrower, Supersonic with his Ithaca 37 and Colt Trooper
Lifting Strength: Likely Above Average Human
Striking Strength: Athlete level
Durability: Athlete level
Stamina: Likely above average (Managed to make his way back to Outpost 31 after being purposefully lost in the storm by Nauls, and was still able to break a window to re-enter the base)
Range: Standard Melee Range normally, several meters w/ dynamite, dozens of meters via the flamethrower, around 50 meters with his Ithaca 37, up to hundreds of meters with Gary's Colt Trooper Mk III (Comparable to Colt Python, whose maximum firing range is over 200 yards or 182.88 meters)
Standard Equipment: A 12 gauge Ithaca 37 shotgun
Optional Equipment: A Flamethrower and Gary's .357 magnum Colt Trooper Mark III revolver, dynamite and flares.
Intelligence: Above Average (A skilled helicopter pilot and former test pilot, MacReady is also proficient with various weapons ranging from shotguns and pistols to flamethrowers and dynamite. When Garry stepped down from being the group's leader, MacReady took the position and was the one responsible for managing Outpost 31 and the group stationed there whilst The Thing was among them. Managed to put together a hot needle test capable of identifying who was The Thing after witnessing Norris-Thing's head move while detached from its body, correctly hypothesizing that each individual cell of The Thing was its own being with a desire to protect its own life. Usually level-headed and a good leader, but hates losing and can and will resort to brash and self-destructive actions to avoid losing, even if it leads to his own death.
Weaknesses: Normal human weaknesses. Hates losing enough that his own actions can lead to his death.
==Notable Matchups==
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