Joey

*Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light...**This article is about The Dark Pictures Anthology's third installment,* ***House of Ashes***
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* **Joey**
* Gallery

## Joey

* Human
* Vampire

## Physical Information

### Species

Vampire
Human (Formerly)

## Relationships

### Other

Jason (Squad leader)
Nick (Squadmate)
Merwin (Squadmate)

## Game Information

### Cause of Death

Shot
Blood loss

## Technical Information

### Model

Jonathan Burteaux

Lance Corporal **José Gomez**, also known as **Joey**, is a supporting character in *The Dark Pictures Anthology*'s third installment, *House of Ashes*. He is a United States Force Reconnaissance Marine Lance Corporal of Mailman 2-1. He was voiced and motion captured by Sammy Azero and was modelled on Jonathan Burteaux.

## Appearance

He wears a standard invasion-era marine uniform:

* Interceptor body armor in tan camouflage - with water, magazine pouches and miscellaneous gear
* PASGT helmet in three color desert camouflage - with a small light
* 3-color desert camouflage fatigues
* Earpiece and radio
* Tan backpack

In addition, he wears glasses, and a crucifix that Nick later finds.

## Personality

Joey is a marine who is comfortable working on a support job rather than fighting on the front-lines as he says that "people behind desks" don't tend to catch bullets. He trusts his gut feelings and is immediately worried when briefed about the operation Eric wants to launch. However, he seems to be interested in catching Saddam, as he holds an ace of spades card with his picture on it. He is religious as shown with him wearing a crucifix pendant. Joey is also superstitious about common held beliefs such as never looking behind when disembarking a helicopter.

He shares the same sense of humor as Merwin, hyping him up and responding to his jokes with more banter. He is not as outwardly disrespectful to women as Merwin is, however. Joey also has a habit of whistling, which carries through even when he becomes a vampire.

## *House of Ashes*

### Main Story

#### Act 1

Joey is first seen sitting behind on his desk in the briefing room, whom he meets Eric, Jason, and Clarice. Joey is forced to give Eric full site access, much to his dismay. He participates in the briefing and later is seen holding a card depicting Saddam.

In the helicopter, Joey switches "mum" jokes with Merwin, who is then silenced by Rachel. Later, both him and Clarice converse about superstitions. When landing near the shepherds' farm, Merwin distracts Joey to look behind, much to his anger. After infiltrating the farm, Joey stands outside to guard the farm. He then notices that one of their helicopters got shot down, and is the first to be shot by the Iraqi forces. Jason, Nick, and Merwin attempt to save him, to which they can fail or succeed to do so, only for Joey to die regardless.

#### Act 2

Joey is briefly mentioned by Jason, who attempts to radio contact him but can learn by Nick that he didn't make it. When Jason and Nick explore one of the temple's hallways, they hear Joey's scream, much to Nick's disbelief. They then venture out to look for Joey.

In the caverns, they find Joey's helmet and med kit. They soon see his shadow, but are immediately ambushed by Dar. Joey can possibly be mentioned by Jason when reuniting with Nick. Back at the temple, Joey will approach a resting Merwin if he's alive, but do nothing. He walks past Eric when the latter is busy in the tent. He as a vampire starts to attack Jason on a crane above the chasm. Regardless of what they do, Joey will always fall into the chasm. If Clarice didn't reach the temple and Rachel told the truth or Jason shot Clarice, Joey would briefly be mentioned by Jason about his fate.

## Possible Deaths

Possible Deaths
 Shot

## Relationships

### Merwin

Merwin, being a fellow junior enlisted marine, shares the same sense of humor as Joey and they are seen to have a very brotherly, rough-and-tumble relationship, cracking jokes at each other and not getting offended, but instead hyping each other up. If Merwin stays alive, Joey will approach him as a vampire but then walk away, leaving it unclear if Merwin is infected.

## Trivia

### *Pictures*

* Joey as a vampire appears in 1 picture: Staked.

### *Facts*

* Joey mistakenly refers to Saddam Hussein as "Chemical Ali." It was actually the nickname of Ali Hassan al-Majid, a relative and the Defense Minister of Saddam Hussein. He notably used chemical weapons on Kurds rebel groups and has been nicknamed since by Iraqis.
* Joey had a pet horse named "Lucky" who ironically ran away.

### *Deaths*

* Joey is one of many characters in the anthology who always dies.
* Joey is one of many characters in the anthology who can die from:
	+ Being shot. In Joey's case, he can be shot by Iraqi soldiers.
	+ Blood loss. In Joey's case, blood loss caused by gunfire.

### *Other*

* Joey shares the same face model as:
	+ Jonathan Finn from *Hidden Agenda*.
	+ David Miller from *The Inpatient*.
	+ Tinman from *Bravo Team*.
	+ Charles Anderson from *Man of Medan*.
	+ Daniel, Dennis F. Clarke, and David Milton from *Little Hope*.
	+ The H.H. Holmes stand-in actor from *The Devil in Me*.

## Quotes

* Spoken by Joey
* Spoken about Joey