Richard Jones

### Appears in

Legacy Cut: The Ultimate Ghostbusters (Mentioned, seen in deleted scenes and extended lore)

### Debut

Legacy Cut: The Ultimate Ghostbusters (Mentioned, seen in deleted scenes and extended lore)

Richard Jones, sometimes nicknamed Rich or Richie, was a former Ghostbuster and receptionist for the Legacy Ultimate Ghostbusters from 2017-2020. He joined the team right before their battle with Ivan Walker as a receptionist but battled Ivan as the fifth Ghostbuster.

When Shangoli attacked Sydney in March of 2020, Richard laid his life on the line and sacrificed himself to ensure the job could be completed and Shangoli defeated.

## Biography

### Early Life

Not much is revealed about Richard's early life prior to 'Legacy Cut: The Ultimate Ghostbusters'.

Moving to Sydney when he was 14 in 2014, Richard befriended S., M., and Left Walker. By 2015, the friends had a falling out as Richard claimed they all went crazy thinking they were Gods. The three would end up being revealed as relatives of Ivan Walker.

In the fall of 2015, Richard became employed at his father’s storage facility company, a business Richard helped manage. Richard enjoyed working the storage facility and was doing so by himself in 2017 just when paranormal activity started to occur in mid-June of that year.

### Joining The Ghostbusters

After having a paranormal elimination job done by the Ghostbusters at is storage facility company, Richard was in need of more money and something more sustaining. He put in a resume with the Legacy Ultimate Ghostbusters and was hired immediately in December of 2017 as a receptionist.

### Suiting Up

Once the threat of Ivan Walker heavily loomed over the Ghostbusters and a battle was soon to ensue, Richard Jones suited up as the fifth Ghostbuster to aid in the team in what would be the fight of their lifetime

### The Final Battle

Making it the Shandor Co. Louisa "Gardens" Park, the park where Fennett, Frank, and Neil all once studied at, they prepare for Ivan's arrival. Richard, Neil, and Teo all join Fennett, Frank, the Fast, and Déjà Vu for what would be the fight of a lifetime. The sun starts to set and sure enough, Ivan arrives. He tells the team his plan to take back the world that once rejected him with his army of ghosts, but the Ghostbusters vow to not let that happen. Ivan begins to attack them all with his powers, but they are able to put up a fight with their proton streams. However, those start failing quickly and they switch to an alternate setting on the packs, the stasis stream. It begins working but Ivan uses his unholy powers to paralyze the Ghostbusters onto the ground while the Fast and Déjà Vu manage to escape the immediate area. Stuck to the ground, Fennett begins to insult Ivan who ups the pain they're feeling, causing all of the men to scream in agony. Before he can continue the torture, the Fast arrives at a super sonic speed and punches Ivan across the jaw, knocking him into Déjà Vu who punches him back over to the Fast. This frees the Ghostbusters who get back up but at the cost of Ivan now freezing the Fast. Déjà Vu uses his powers to mess with Walker's mind, letting go of the Fast and immobilizing the demi-god. The Fast warns the Ghostbusters that they can't hold him much longer and need to try something, so all they blast Ivan with their proton streams and with the assistance of the Fast and Déjà Vu. Suddenly, Richard stops shooting and begins walking towards Ivan. The team calls out for him as he turns around, possessed by Ivan. Fennett uses the extraction stream to unbind the two, putting Ivan back into his body. The team call off their shots and duck behind a park bench. Teo tells them sternly that he has one last idea, to cross the streams, a dangerous move that could result in every molecule in one's body exploding at the speed of light and just one of them has a three percentage chance of survival. Knowing it's their only chance to stop him, they all agree to it and begin the plan. Déjà Vu starts it off by using his powers, along with the Fast next. Fennett begins firing his proton stream and so does everyone else simultaneously.

The clock strikes midnight as they enact their plan, meaning it's now January 1, 2018. They say their goodbyes briefly and cross the streams, causing a massive explosion to consume the park as the team tries to run but get caught in it. The smoke lifts and they all lay motionless on the ground until Frank is heard talking to himself as they all get up, realizing they somehow survived. The Fast comes back over to the scene, having gotten away from it at the speed of life possibly responsible for saving everyone's life.

The same day, they're awarded the key to the city by Mayor Whilson for saving it at the Sydney Waterfront.

### Post-Legacy Cut: The Ultimate Ghostbusters

Upon defeating Ivan Walker on January 1, 2018, Richard continued working as a receptionist for the company despite how slow things had gotten for the team. In June of 2018, Richard had picked up a job at the Canadian Post Office delivering mail as a mailman for extra cash.

### Self-Sacrifice & Death

Things got super busy for the boys in 2020 with another world-ending threat when Shangoli the Conqueror invaded the city. During the climax of their fight with the deity on March 16, 2020, Richard opted to sacrifice himself to defeat Shangoli. With a proton pack rigged to blow up and reverse the particle flow through the gate Shangoli opened, Richard manually triggered the explosives and died.

## Personality

While Richard's personality is never shown on screen and only in deleted scenes, he was known to be rather "dumb" and makes poor decisions, much to the chagrin of the team. However, Richard made up for his lack of intelligence with his unstoppable bravery.

## Abilities

* **Bravery:** Richard was known to be very brave and heroic, usually being the first one to tackle a situation head-on and even willing to sacrifice his life, something he did during the battle of Shangoli.

## Equipment

### Ghostbusting

* **The Proton Pack:** The nuclear accelerator worn on the Ghostbusters back that houses all the necessary technology to fire a proton stream. The packs are estimated to be around 30 pounds.
* **The Particle Thrower:** The wand attached to the proton pack that fires the ionized stream of protons (proton stream) that's used to wrangle ghosts and hold them.
* **The Ghost Trap:** Opened with a foot pedal, the ghost trap sucks in any spirit above its opened doors into the small box to temporarily house the ghost while its transported.
* **The PKE Meter:** A device used to detect psychokinetic energy in the immediate vicinity and can be used to track ghosts or any other paranormal presence.
* **The Storage Facility/Containment Grid:** The storage facility is grid built behind the fire house wall to permanently house and store all ghosts caught by the Ghostbusters and is impossible to escape unless purposely opened.

## Facilities

* **The Downtown Storage Facility:** A family owned business in the downtown of Sydney that Richard helped manage.
* **The Ghostbusters Firehouse (Sydney):** The Ghostbusters Firehouse is the base of operations for the Ghostbusters and where the storage facility is located.
* **Canada Post Office**: Where Richard temporally worked when in need of extra income.

## Relationships

### Allies

* **Legacy Ultimate Ghostbusters** - Colleagues
	+ Fennett H. W. MacIntyre
	+ Frank Hennick
	+ Neil Adams
	+ Teo Spengler

* **The Fast** - Former Partner
* **Déjà Vu** † - Former Partner

* **Christina Webber** - Friend

### Enemies

* **Ivan Walker** † - Vengeful spirit
* **Shangoli The Conqueror** † - Vengeful spirit, indirect killer
* **Multiple unnamed ghosts** †

## Trivia

* The character of Richard Jones was originally named Eleanor Jones, however Bennett MacIntyre changed it, not liking that name.
* All footage involving Richard has been forever lost after the phone it was on was stolen.
* Richard was always meant to die at some point in the franchise. This was never filmed nor were any sequels, so Richard died off-screen.