Jim McMahon

Jim discovering a shocking truth

Jim McMahon is the protagonist in Neo Blade Runner 2021, acting as the only remaining Blade Runner in the force following the death of Steve Wilson. McMahon typically is the night shift Runner for the Neo Stroudsburg Blade Runner Chapter, mainly specializing in field work while Wilson would usually perform the Turing Tests. McMahon is known to be a skilled fighter who can both take a beating and take down replicants who are much stronger or faster than him. He is a seasoned Blade Runner, boasting a high number of replicant shutdowns, but during the events of Neo Blade Runner 2021 a new revelation of his past leads towards a critical take on his career.

## In Neo Blade Runner 2021

McMahon is first seen in his apartment watching Not Blade Runner when his is called by Director Brown. Brown is hyperactive as Blade Runner Steve Wilson was just killed by the now escaped replicant Richard Dick, so he tells McMahon to get to his office immediately. McMahon seems unenthused as he states he did not even get a hello from the Director, but he agrees to come in. He arrives at the station quickly and catches the Director off guard as he is listening to Plastic love, so he reminds Brown that he was just called in. McMahon is briefed partially on the stats of the HB-5J replicant that he must hunt so he partially dismisses it as not being much more difficult than the 4Js. Brown quickly corrects this thought as he tells McMahon that this repo managed to kill Steve Wilson, shocking McMahon and causing him to reassess the difficulty of this target. He is informed that a man matching the description of Richard Dick had run towards a place called Jacopksi Indizinziki's Lumberyard so he heads out immediately.

When arriving at the lumberyard he sees two strange workers attempting to cut down a tree by punching it like it is Minecraft. McMahon then finds the foreman of the Lumberyard standing in a shed so he inquires about Richard Dick. The foreman informs him that Dick is an employee here but his shift just ended. He then points McMahon towards his best friend, George Bonzinziki. McMahon thanks him before going to question this other worker. Jim begins questioning George not about Richard, but about himself. Through this he notices that George is incredibly nervous and potentially giving fake answers like how he was up North from Northburg. McMahon watches his eyes while asking about Richard Dick and how close the two were. He catches George lying as the foreman had just revealed that the two were close while George claims they were not.

Jim notices that George begins to exhibit replicant behavior towards tough questions, making Jim realize that this man was most likely another rogue replicant working to hide out with Richard. McMahon begins to say how Richard Dick is a rogue replicant and how he believes that George already knew this, when George then pokes him in the eyes like the three stooges do before running off into the woods. McMahon gives chase through the woods but is ultimately too slow to catch the repo. He attempts to shoot him but misses, so he continues to follow until they round a warehouse. As McMahon does this he is clotheslined by Richard Dick and begins to fight him. Punches prove useless against the construction bot as he is unable to harm him, while Richard lands some bone breaking blows on the Blade Runner. With his gun knocked out of his hand, Jim resorts to his cyber knife, capable of cutting through most materials which he uses to slash out at Richard. He manages to sever a few fingers briefly startling Dick, allowing him to then chop off his hand entirely. In anger, Dick then picks Jim up with one hand and throughs him into the warehouse garage door, knocking Jim out for the count.

During this time Jim is taken to the hospital for broken ribs and other internal damage. Upon getting discharged he immediately heads to the Directors office. Director Brown insists that Jim is in no shape to continue and should rest up at home. Jim now set on vengeance, is angry at being sent to do nothing as two dangerous replicants are on the loose, so he manages to get Brown to give him a file on Dick as well as his severed hand so he could examine the case from home. Upon returning home, Jim has a conversation with his computer wife Alexa. He only alludes that he had a rough day at work before sitting down to examine the file. He accidently knocks down a baby picture of him with his mother, which causes him to examine it and set it back up. Alexa then asks Jim when she would be able to meet his mother. Jim solemnly replies she would not be able to since she had died, but Alexa insists she is still alive, bringing up Alexandria Belford. Jim does not know this woman and states that his mother was Bethany McMahon, but Alexa startles him by stating how this was not his real mother.

She then brings up how Bethany was just a replicant purchased by his father, a fact Jim denies. Alexa is able to locate and print the order of sale on the replicant as well as the divorce filings between his father and Alexandria Belford, so Jim reads them over and is in shock that a replicant could be capable of such emotions he experienced. He defends her status as a wonderful being to Alexa before she begins to compare Bethany to Richard Dick and George Bonzinziki. Jim beings to get angry at this suggestion as he deems those two as criminals, but Alexa begins to elaborate how these replicants where made by the same people, built in the same facility, and made of the same materials. She states how from what she has been told that George has done nothing wrong, and while Richard did kill Steve Wilson, he only did it to protect his own life, something Jim's mother would have done to protect her own life or even Jim's. Jim gets angry and ends the conversation so that he could look over the evidence. He quickly realizes that Dick would have to find a new hand, and that there would not be many places to find such a part. He locates through the police database the only known place where such an operation could be done, Paul von Doofenstein's electronics store. He memorizes the address and prepares to leave when Alexa asks why these replicants must die. Jim is unable to give a response as he himself does not know the answer, and leaves.

McMahon finds Doofenstein's store just after the engineer finishes his operation on Richard Dick. Doofenstein lets the Blade Runner into his workshop, and Jim begins to question Doofenstein about his business and his past. McMahon is able to sense his nervousness around the subject of working on replicants, confirming in his mind how Doofenstein is very likely to indeed be working on them. McMahon did not wish to pry further and instead begins to grow more hostile as he demands to know if Dick and Bonzinziki had been in. Doofenstein attempts to reach for his drill but McMahon stops him and makes him talk at gunpoint. Doofenstein cracks and tells him that they went out the back, so McMahon quickly leaves and the chase begins. Jim quickly catches up to the repos and stops them at gunpoint, informing them that they have gone rogue in the eyes of the law and need to be brought down. He rejects Richard's offer to turn himself in so that George can go free, and asks whether this will be done the easy way or the hard way. The hard way is chosen as George quickly unleashes a fury of punches on Jim. Jim is staggered, but able to collect himself enough to dodge a wind up punch from George. He is then able to beat George into the ground, but Dick then comes over and tackles him off him. Now aquatinted to fighting this replicant. Jim successfully dodges some punches and goes straight for his cyber knife, stabbing Richard in his new hand. Unknown to Jim, this set off a system failure that ended up killing Richard, greatly surprising the Blade Runner as he says "How about that".

This sets George into a rage which Jim unsuccessfully attempts to calm. The knife is knocked out of his hand causing him to say, "Drat". He then gets the crap beat out of him by George's whirlwind of punches, breaking more bones and causing spinal damage. Jim is knocked to the ground and nearly killed by George when suddenly the replicant stops. George then explains he never wished to kill a man, and only wanted his freedom, elaborating on his emotions and experiences before allowing Jim to finish him. This testimony finally connected in his mind that these replicants where indeed no different from his mother, so he allows George to leave. Jim tells him to go to New New York as he could easily blend in there, promising to falsify the report saying he was taken down. As George runs off into the night, Jim is surprised to see Director Brown appearing behind him. He asks the Director how long he had been watching to which he only states, "As long as I've needed to". He also reveals that he knows that Jim had learned about the truth of his mother. Jim is also surprised that the Director knew of this but is unable to elicit as to how, but he does not truly care anymore as he begins to explain that letting George go is the only thing that made sense to him now. He states how this repo truly was like his mother, and he asks Brown if George will be safe. Jim is pleased to hear from the Director that George can go free, but then suffers mixed feelings when told he will need to retire now. Once Brown leaves Jim looks up to the sky to contemplate his life thus far, and maybe ponder what he will do in the future. He then takes his badge out of his coat pocket and drops it onto the ground, before searching for a new life himself.

## Trivia

- The name Jim McMahon was chosen by Jack as it is a favorite funny name that came about after his dad did a Macho Man Randy Savage impression calling Vince McMahon by Jim on accident. Jack wanted to use this name as a character in a video so he originally chose this as his own name for Neo Blade Runner, but then decided a name like Jim McMahon should be held by a lead character so he gave it to Jesse.

- McMahon wears the same outfit as Giovanni Linguine at the end of Cops 1/2.

Ha, what a dummyAt the LumberyardWoods chaseOOOOOOOOOOFFFSlicing the handIn the Director's officeWhere they goHow did you know about my motherOut of a job