Jonathan Byers

Born Between November 1967 Age 20 Residence Hawkins, Indiana (1967-1985): Byers house (1967/1968 October 1985) Lenora Hills, California (October 1985 - March 1986): Byers house Relationship status Dating Nancy Wheeler Family Lonnie Byers (father) Joyce Byers (mother) Will Byers (younger brother) Darlene (maternal grandaunt) Other relations Nancy Wheeler (girlfriend) Eleven (friend/sister figure) Argyle (best friend) Steve Harrington (friend/rival) Mike Wheeler (friend) Lucas Sinclair (friend) Dustin Henderson (friend) Max Mayfield (friend) Robin Buckley (friend) Jim Hopper (friend) Bob Newby † (friend) Murray Bauman (friend) Tom Holloway † (former boss, enemy) Bruce Lowe † (former co-worker, enemy) Agent Harmon † (protector) Agent Wallace (protector) Affiliation The Byers family The Hawkins Post (formerly) Occupation Student at Hawkins High School (1982-1985) Intern at The Hawkins Post (1985) Student at Lenora Hills High School (1985-1986) Height 5'8" (173 cm) Eye color Brown Hair color Brown appearance: dark brown hair (often messy and longer as the series progresses), brown eyes, and a generally introverted look, typically seen in casual, layered 80s attire like flannel shirts, worn jeans, and a beanie. personality: Jonathan is smart, introverted, asocial, kind, independent, and brave. Despite being a small-town boy, according to Joyce, he wants to go to college at New York University. He has a strong bond with his family and is implied to have a soft spot for animals, as he cried for a week after his tenth birthday when his father forced him to kill a rabbit on a hunting trip. He also has a keen interest in music, creating several mixtapes for himself and his brother, and is an aspiring photographer.

In 1984, Jonathan's personality managed to change a little bit. He became protective of Will, but not as much as his mother. He even encouraged Will to not let his differences bother him and that it's okay to be different not matter what. Jonathan tries to be by his brother's side despite it being difficult as Jonathan noted that Will has changed a lot since his time in the Upside Down. Jonathan was also not too happy with his mother's relationship with Bob Newby as both he and Joyce suffered from constant verbal abuse from his father than Will ever did. Jonathan also became friends with Steve Harrington and was on good terms with him. Jonathan also developed feelings for Nancy Wheeler, who shared his trauma, but struggled to accept them until he was encouraged by Murray Bauman. And by a month later, Jonathan was happy to start a relationship with Nancy. In 1985, Jonathan had become a devoted boyfriend to Nancy as he was willing to help and take care of her while they both worked at The Hawkins Post. Jonathan disapproved of how his co-workers treated Nancy and always comforted her after she was insulted while trying to stay loyal to his job. Jonathan was even willing to assist Nancy in gaining respect from their co-workers, but when Nancy started to go through such lengths to earn the approval, she believed she deserved, Jonathan became reluctant and worried that Nancy was not making the right decisions. When Nancy's determination led to the both of them getting fired, Jonathan angrily blamed Nancy for costing him his job and means to support his family, thus causing his relationship with her to become strained. However, when informed that the Mind Flayer had returned to Hawkins and that both of their brothers could be danger, Jonathan didn't hesitate to work with Nancy to protect their brothers and friends while stopping the Mind Flayer. This allowed Jonathan to apologize to Nancy for not fully supporting her and Nancy to apologize to him in turn for criticizing hi

In 1985, Jonathan had become a devoted boyfriend to Nancy as he was willing to help and take care of her while they both worked at The Hawkins Post. Jonathan disapproved of how his co-workers treated Nancy and always comforted her after she was insulted while trying to stay loyal to his job. Jonathan was even willing to assist Nancy in gaining respect from their co-workers, but when Nancy started to go through such lengths to earn the approval, she believed she deserved, Jonathan became reluctant and worried that Nancy was not making the right decisions. When Nancy's determination led to the both of them getting fired, Jonathan angrily blamed Nancy for costing him his job and means to support his family, thus causing his relationship with her to become strained. However, when informed that the Mind Flayer had returned to Hawkins and that both of their brothers could be danger, Jonathan didn't hesitate to work with Nancy to protect their brothers and friends while stopping the Mind Flayer. This allowed Jonathan to apologize to Nancy for not fully supporting her and Nancy to apologize to him in turn for criticizing him, as the two rekindled their relationship.

In 1986, Jonathan had grown to be more carefree and relaxed upon meeting his new best friend, Argyle, beginning to smoke weed with him daily and hiding it from his mother by wearing sunglasses. In turn, he became more goofy and unaware of his surroundings, much to his brother's frustration. His smoking of weed stemmed from his strained long-distance relationship with Nancy, as they both originally planned to attend Emerson College in Massachusetts. He eventually revealed to Argyle that he didn't even apply to Emerson, instead choosing to go to Lenora Community College locally in order to be closer with his family. He didn't want to chase a dream with Nancy that wasn't his and further revealed that he was planning on ending things with Nancy, believing that if Nancy followed him, she would grow bitter and the pair's relationship would form into Joyce and Lonnie's poor marriage. As the search for Eleven progressed, however, Jonathan slowly grew out of his habit, getting easily annoyed by Argyle's antics. He also slowly started to notice how Will was struggling with his sexuality and revealing his feelings to his best friend, Mike. In turn, Jonathan apologized for not being there for Will, saying that he had been distant due to prioritizing his silly antics, and promises Will that he'll always be there for him and love him no matter what, causing Will to weep and embrace him. Upon traveling across the country to save Nancy and his friends, Jonathan displayed his love for his girlfriend when reuniting with Nancy, but still failed to admit the truth about his Emerson acceptance letter, and also becoming worried about their relationship after Nancy admits admiration of Steve's maturity.

Background: Jonathan was born to Lonnie and Joyce Byers in Hawkins, Indiana, in 1967, Jonathan has mentioned that although Joyce and Lonnie "loved each other at some point, [he] wasn't around for it", meaning his parent's marriage was already a mess to begin with. On March 22, 1971, Jonathan's younger brother, William "Will" Byers, was born. By 1973, six-year-old Jonathan desired to go NYU to study photography. Although Jonathan and Will were close to both each other and their mother, Lonnie was extremely unsupportive of both of his sons' interests. On Jonathan's tenth birthday, around 1977, Lonnie made Jonathan go hunting with him, forcing his son to kill a rabbit and making him cry for a week, mentioning to Nancy that he was "a fan of Thumper" from the movie, Bambi. By 1982, Lonnie abandoned his family and moved to Indianapolis. The day he left, Jonathan and Will spent the day building Castle Byers in the woods, using Will's drawing as a blueprint. The fort took time to built due to Will struggling to use the hammer, and despite it beginning to rain, the boys managed to finish the fort, and the two eventually got sick for a week afterward.

One day, after Lonnie skipped out taking Will to a baseball game, Jonathan played a mixtape he made for him, including the Clash single, "Should I Stay or Should I Go", a song Will loved. Hearing their mother arguing on the phone with Lonnie, Jonathan shuts the door. When Will asks if Lonnie is coming, Jonathan asks if he even likes baseball. Will says no, but explains that sometimes it's fun to go with his father. But Jonathan asks if he ever lets Will do what he wants to do, like the Arcade. Jonathan then tells him that he shouldn't be forced to do things because people want him to, especially not their father. But Jonathan asks if he likes the Clash, to which Will happily says yes. Jonathan cranks up the volume, and the two jam out together on his bed. On November 6, 1983, Jonathan decided to work late to cover a shift for his co-worker, Eric, thinking that he and his mother could benefit from the extra cash. That same night, Will mysteriously disappeared. The next day, as Jonathan was making breakfast, he helped Joyce find her keys by telling her to check the couch. Joyce told him he should have woken Will up which Jonathan apologized for. However, Joyce noticed that Will wasn't in room and asked Jonathan if he had returned home the night before. Jonathan explained that he had worked late, and Joyce reminded him not to do so while she was also working. She then called Karen Wheeler to ask if Will had spent the night at her house. However, when Karen declined and said that Will had left to go home, both Jonathan and Joyce began to worry that Will had gone missing. After Will was officially reported missing, Jonathan and Joyce searched near their house for him, including Castle Byers. Later, as Jonathan began to make missing posters for Will, the Chief of Police Jim Hopper arrived carrying Will's bike. Jonathan asked why the Police were searching their house, and Hopper suggested that Will was hiding.

That night, as a search party was formed, Jonathan and Joyce looked for a photo of Will to put on the missing poster. Jonathan blamed himself for the disappearance, saying that he should have been around at home to look after him. Joyce comforted him and reassured him that Will was close. As they decided on a photo, the house telephone rang. Joyce answered it and Jonathan saw his mother getting frantic until the phone suddenly got fried up. Crying, Joyce tearfully told Jonathan she heard Will's voice on the other end before Jonathan comforted her. The next morning, Jonathan and Joyce were visited by Jim Hopper whom Joyce had called to inform him of the strange phone call from last night. Hopper also informed them that Will had not been found last night. When explaining about the phone call last night to Hopper, Jonathan asked if it was possible to trace the phone call, but the police chief said it wasn't possible. As Hopper started to leave to continue the search for Will, Jonathan asked if he can go visit Lonnie as he knew his brother would run if he were approached by the cops. Hopper refused, telling Jonathan he needs to be with his mother right now. Jonathan went to the school to hang up some missing posters for Will when he was approached by Nancy Wheeler, the elder sister of his brother's best friend, Mike. Nancy reassured Jonathan that Will was probably okay as he is a pretty smart kid. Jonathan thanked her and watched her go to class with the other students. However, instead of joining his classmates, Jonathan left school and went to drive out of Hawkins to go see Lonnie, thus disobeying Hopper's orders. As Jonathan drove out of Hawkins, he let his car's radio play "Should I Stay or Should I Go" to think about Will as it was his brother's favorite song.

When Jonathan arrived in Indianapolis, he went straight into Lonnie's house where he met Lonnie's girlfriend, Cynthia. As Jonathan looked for Will, he was suddenly greeted by Lonnie who informed him that Will was not with him. Jonathan confronted his father for not getting in touch with him or Joyce for not helping them look for Will. This led to Jonathan getting into an argument with his father over living with his mother where Lonnie wants Jonathan to live in the city with him instead of in Hawkins. Jonathan, realizing it was pointless to visit his father, bitterly gave him one of the missing posters of Will to remind him what his other son looked like before leaving. Having returned to Hawkins by nightfall, Jonathan searched the area Will's bike was found, taking photos in an attempt to capture evidence. He eventually got distracted and captured many pictures of Steve Harrington's party in motion including a shot of Nancy in her undergarments. He unintentionally took a picture of Nancy's best friend, Barbara, with her feet dangling in Steve's pool whilst something strange stood behind her. Barb was abducted only seconds after, but Jonathan failed to notice, as he was busy adjusting his camera. The following morning, Jonathan woke up to the sound of Joyce's voice. He found her in Will's bedroom surrounded by lamps attempting to communicate with her son. She explained that Will was speaking by blinking the lightbulbs, which Jonathan told her was just the electricity. Worried for his mother's well-being, he told her to get some sleep and went to make breakfast.

Jonathan developed the photographs in the Hawkins High dark room. Nicole sneaked a glance at his photographs of the party, but Jonathan rushed to pull them off the dryer and bolted. Nicole told Steve and his friends about his photos, who then assaulted Jonathan and forcefully snatched his shoulder bag to see the pictures for themselves. Carol and Tommy H. mocked Jonathan by making comments about the topless photos of Nancy and calling him a stalker. Steve ripped up the photographs and dropped Jonathan's camera, breaking it. Jonathan scrambled to salvage remnants of his camera and photos where he was helped by Nancy. After Nancy saw Barb in the ripped photo pieces, she decided to collect as many pieces of the photo as possible before leaving with her friends. Jonathan heard about a discovery at the local quarry, where Will's body had been found. As he drove to the quarry, he came across Joyce in the middle of the road. He got out and they embraced, sharing their grief and shock. At the Byers household, Chief Hopper attempted to console Joyce. Joyce was struggling to cope with the news, saying Will was hiding in the wall and that an "animal" that "didn't have a face" had chased her, and that this same creature was stalking Will. Jonathan and Hopper dismissed her, believing she was being hysterical. The next day, Jonathan and Joyce went to see the body at the coroner's, but Joyce exclaimed the body wasn't Will's and refused to sign a document. Jonathan argued with her on the street, with Jonathan accusing her of being out of her mind.

Jonathan went to a coffin shop, where Nancy found him. She asked about an inconspicuous feature of the photograph he took of Barb, which she had pieced back together. He speculated this feature could have been produced as a result of "some kind of perspective distortion", although he was unsure and admitted it was "weird". Nancy mentioned that when she went to look for Barb near Steve's house, she saw a man with no face. In that moment, Jonathan realized that maybe his mother wasn't being as delusional as he had thought. Jonathan and Nancy went to the dark room to enlarge the photo, and Nancy was certain it was the same creature she had seen earlier. At Will's funeral, Jonathan and Nancy decided to look for the creature in the forest. Jonathan took a gun from his father's car and together they practiced shooting. In the forest, Nancy and Jonathan talked about the photos he took and ultimately ended up lashing out at each other. After dark, they found a wounded deer. They agreed to kill it out of mercy, but before they could it was suddenly dragged away into the darkness. Following the blood trail, Nancy entered a portal in the base of a tree and found herself in the Upside Down. She saw the Monster appearing to feed on something and ran away as it gave chase. Following Jonathan's voice, Nancy made her way out of the dimension unscathed. Jonathan watched in wonder as the portal resealed. Traumatized by the experience and wanting company, Nancy had Jonathan sleep over. The following day, she theorized about the Monster's nature based on her knowledge of animals, and they bought weapons to face it again. While downtown, they found Steve and his friends tagging slurs about Nancy. They realized that Steve had seen Jonathan in her room the previous night and tried to explain that he misunderstood. Jonathan and Steve ended up in a fist fight, which led to Jonathan's arrest and their weapons being confiscated.

Hopper and Joyce found Jonathan and Nancy at the police station and enlisted their help in trying to find Will's friends Lucas, Dustin, Mike as well as the escaped test subject Eleven. They eventually assembled at the Byers household, where they decided to build a makeshift sensory deprivation tank which Eleven could use to look for Barb and Will using her psychic abilities. The group broke into Hawkins Middle School, and Jonathan assisted Hopper in collecting de-icing salt. They learned through Eleven that although Barb had been killed, Will was still alive. The group separated, with Jonathan and Nancy deciding to lure the Monster to the Byers household. They went to the police station, taking back their weapons, before setting up a trap at the house. The two cut themselves, drawing blood so that the Monster would be attracted. Steve came to the house to apologize to Jonathan, although they were distracted by the Monster breaking through the ceiling. With Steve's aid they caught the Monster in the trap, setting it alight and maiming it. The Monster escaped into the Upside Down and would later be destroyed by Eleven. Hopper and Joyce were successful in their attempt to find and save Will; Jonathan was the first visitor at the hospital. In the month that followed, Jonathan was focused on being there for his brother, with the Byers trying their best to readjust to normal life. Though Nancy and Steve continued dating, Nancy was still curious about pursuing something with Jonathan. However, in the immediate aftermath of Will's rescue, Jonathan wanted to remain focused on being there for Will and also wanted to respect Nancy and Steve's relationship. Nancy waited, hoping Jonathan would change his mind, but after a month, she grew disappointed and saddened over his inaction and decided to stay with Steve.

In December, on Christmas Eve, Jonathan went to the Wheeler household to pick up Will after his Dungeons & Dragons game. As they were leaving, Nancy handed Jonathan a Christmas gift and affectionately kissed him on the cheek. While Jonathan turned on his car engine, he let Will open the gift for him. The gift turned out to really be from Steve who wanted to give him a new camera to replace the one he broke as a token of good will and turning over a new leaf. They drove home, and before their meal, Jonathan tested out the new camera, taking photos of his mother. On October 30, as Jonathan and Nancy were leaving class, they received a flyer for Tina's Halloween party. Nancy tried to convince Jonathan to attend, however, he refused. Later, Jonathan went to Will's room to get him to come out to see a movie with him, their mother, and her boyfriend, Bob Newby. When Jonathan noticed Will drawing an illustration of his cruel nickname "Zombie Boy", Jonathan tried to have a conversation with Will, but his brother snapped as he was tired of being treated like a baby and feeling like he's a freak. Wanting to cheer Will up, Jonathan tells Will that being a freak is the best and he shouldn't let it, or anyone bother him about it. After making Will better with those words of wisdom, Jonathan joins his family in watching Mr. Mom.

The next morning, Jonathan photographed Will in his Ghostbusters costume. That evening, after being lent Bob’s video camera, Jonathan and Will left to go trick-or-treating. While he was originally supposed to stay with Will, Jonathan decided to instead let him go by himself. Now having nothing else to do, Jonathan decided to go to Tina’s Halloween party. When he arrived, he spotted Nancy and Steve dancing among several other people. He was then approached by Samantha, another party attendee, and had a brief conversation with her. Sometime after Steve had left the party due to Nancy's intoxicated confession that she did not have feelings for him, he asked Jonathan to take her home, which Jonathan accepted upon noticing how upset Steve was. Jonathan drove Nancy home where he laid her on her bed before taking off her boots and covering her with a blanket. A drunken Nancy reached out to Jonathan before she passed out where Jonathan took one last look at her as he closed the bedroom door.

During lunch the next day, Nancy spoke with Jonathan for confirmation of the party’s events where he revealed that he did take Nancy home after the party due to Steve asking him to do so when Nancy revealed she did not love him while blaming him and herself for Barb's death due to being intoxicated. Jonathan tried to comfort and reassure Nancy that people say and do things they don't mean when getting drunk, Nancy revealed she wondered if she meant what she said to Steve and confided in Jonathan, telling him how hard she pretended to feel like everything was fine while really it was not. When Jonathan expressed he felt the same way, Nancy pointed out it was different for him as Will was able to come back alive while Barb did not. However, Jonathan revealed to her that despite Will being brought home, his brother had changed greatly in personality and behavior, making it difficult to try to help him. When Nancy started to express her anger towards the people of Hawkins National Laboratory, blaming them for ruining other's people's lives and being able to get away with what they done. When Jonathan tried to reassure her that the people at the lab are dead, he is unable to answer her question of whether he truly thinks the people at the lab are truly dead. When Nancy asked if his mom's boyfriend works at RadioShack, Jonathan tells her that Bob does and asks her what she has in mind. She informs him that she has an idea to possibly expose the lab, and Jonathan decides to help her in her plan where they both skipped fourth period, going to RadioShack to buy a Walkman.

After school and buying the Walkman, Jonathan accompanied Nancy to her house and had a brief short conversation with Mrs. Wheeler where he and Nancy told her they have to study for a test before they proceeded upstairs to Nancy's bedroom. When they go into her bedroom, both Jonathan and Nancy express their doubts on the plan, but they proceeded to do it anyway. Jonathan watched Nancy hesitantly call Marsha Holland, telling her that she hasn't been honest about Barb and to meet her at Forest Hills Park the next morning while knowing the lab would be listening to Nancy's phone conversation with Marsha before watching Nancy ended her chat with Mrs. Holland and hang up the phone. Later that night, Jonathan returned home after helping Nancy with their plan to expose the lab. Upon entering the house, Jonathan could not find his mom or Will. Concerned, Jonathan started searching for his family until he found Will and their mom sleeping together. Deciding not to wake up them up, Jonathan closed the bedroom door to let his mom and brother sleep before going to bed himself. After waking up the next morning, Jonathan left a note to his mom, saying he would be out most of the day, as he could not inform her himself due to his mom still being fast asleep. After leaving home, Jonathan met with and picked up Nancy on Maple Street after the latter had finished eating breakfast with her family. When Nancy got into Jonathan's car, she tried to convince him that he did not had to help her with the plan, but Jonathan said he wasn't backing down and that he will stand by her no matter what. With that said, Jonathan and Nancy proceeded to head to Forest Hills Park.

After they arrived at the park, Jonathan and Nancy waited to meet Mrs. Holland, only to find their waiting was taking longer than they expected it to be. As they viewed their surroundings, they had a suspicion of being watched, prompting them to leave. Once they got inside his car, Jonathan tried to start the engine, only to find that his car had been tampered with. He and Nancy were then approached by government agents, disguised as civilians, who proceeded to take Nancy and Jonathan to Hawkins Lab. After being taken to the lab, Nancy and Jonathan were locked in an interrogation room where they waited for hours to meet with someone. Eventually, they were greeted by Dr. Sam Owens, the new head of scientist of the lab who proceeded to give them a tour of the lab. When Owens admitted his predecessors' nefarious deeds, calling them "mistakes," Nancy countered his predecessors had killed Barb and when asked by Owens how long he had been in a relationship with Nancy, Jonathan corrected him by explaining he and Nancy are not dating. As Owens showed Jonathan and Nancy the Gate to the Upside Down, Owens admitted he cannot fix his predecessors' mistakes, but he can stop them from spreading, giving off the example of what would happen if the Soviet Union learned about the Upside Down and tried to open a portal to the dimension. Jonathan and Nancy then watched in silence as a worker burned some vines surrounding the Gate while Owens grew confident that he gave the two older teens a valid point in why the Upside Down must be kept a secret before releasing them. Once in the car, Nancy revealed the Walkman, having recorded everything that Owens had said.

Jonathan and Nancy then traveled in the direction of Bauman's location, spending the night in a motel. While there, they showed each other their matching scars, reminiscing about their previous adventure. Nancy asked what happened between them, saying that she waited for Jonathan before ultimately ending up with Steve again. Jonathan retorted by saying she only waited a month and he was busy looking after Will. No more was said and the two went to sleep. When they arrived at Bauman's residence, they presented the recording of Owens. Bauman claimed it wouldn’t be enough evidence to shutdown the lab, as it could easily be destroyed and the details of the story would be too extraordinary for the public to accept. He then proposed to Jonathan and Nancy that they "water down" their story in order to make it more appealing to the public. After altering their story to say that Barb died from a chemical leak originating from the lab, they placed the evidence in several envelopes to be sent to the Chicago Sun-Times. When Bauman offered his guest room to the two of them, Jonathan asked if he could sleep on the couch instead. Bauman questioned them on their 'relationship' to which they denied being romantically involved. He easily deduced there was sexual tension between them, and suggested to forget their issues and finally get together. Jonathan and Nancy were both left restless, mulling over what Murray had said. Eventually, they gave into the sexual tension and Jonathan kissed Nancy, which was reciprocated and the two slept together, consummating their relationship.

Jonathan and Nancy woke up the next morning, after Bauman had served them breakfast. When they arrived back in Hawkins, they found the Byers household abandoned, strewn with Will's drawings of the underground tunnels. They traveled to Hawkins Lab to investigate, where they were met by Steve, Dustin, Lucas, and Max. When they gained access to Hawkins Lab, they were unaware that they were in the midst of a Demogorgon outbreak, with Hopper, Joyce, Bob, Mike, and Will in the lab attempting to evacuate. After Bob was killed by Demodogs, the group fled Hawkins Lab and took refuge at the Byers' house. The group formed a battle plan on how to stop the Mind Flayer. Everyone helped to free Will from the influence of the Upside Down. Jonathan, along with Joyce and Mike, attempted to free Will by sharing nostalgic stories with him. While Will was still controlled, he subconsciously tapped out Morse Code to signal a message to the group, deciphered to be "CLOSEGATE". With this information, Hopper and Eleven traveled to Hawkins Lab, Steve stayed and watched the kids, and Jonathan, Joyce and Nancy traveled to Hopper's cabin to force the entity out of Will. Jonathan found it incredibly difficult to watch his brother being tortured but was ultimately reunited with Will after the Mind Flayer his expelled from his body. Sometime later, Hawkins Lab was shut down after being forced to acknowledge their involvement in the coverup of Barb's death after Murray revealed the evidence Jonathan and Nancy presented to him. Although Jonathan did not fully know Barb, he attended her funeral to show his respects and support Nancy. On December 15, Jonathan attended the Snow Ball, volunteering as a photographer for dance photos. He and Nancy were still together and appeared to be happy, sharing a smile with one another, showing they have finally started a relationship.

On Christmas Day, Jonathan and his family welcomed Mike, Lucas, Dustin, El, and Hopper who came over to celebrate Christmas with them. Jonathan and Will presented Eleven her present from all of the boys which was a walkie-talkie from Radio Shack that the gang had all saved their money for. Jonathan and Will then revealed that they had collected several Christmas specials in VCR form to help make Eleven's first Christmas celebration extra-special. The gang then took turns in explaining the plot of each VCR special to Eleven where Jonathan helped Will explain the plot of A Christmas Carol after their mother mentioned it. Dustin then began to insist that there was a creature outside in the snow, referencing Dart, a creature Dustin took care of before finding out it was an adolescent Demogorgon. However, the kids had found out the creature turned out to be a rabbit caught in a trap which they took back to the house so they can help tend to his injuries. Once they got back to the house, Jonathan and the others watched his mom attended to the rabbit and shortly after, they all sat down to watch all of the Christmas specials together. Sometime before the summer of 1985, Jonathan and Nancy got jobs as interns at The Hawkins Post, getting the position as the newspaper's photographer. However, despite this, Jonathan disapproved how his male colleagues coldly treated Nancy as they were all misogynists expect for Jonathan. Whenever Nancy was cruelly insulted or belittled, Jonathan always came to Nancy's aid and comforted her, but did not stand up to his co-workers as Jonathan feared of getting fired if he tried to stop his girlfriend's cruel treatment inflicted by his co-workers.

On the morning of June 29, Jonathan and Nancy (who had spent the night) awoke late for work, due to a power outage occurring in Hawkins last night. They quickly got ready and rushed over to their job at The Hawkins Post. As Jonathan started to leave, Joyce tried to get him to eat something, but Jonathan refused as he did not want to be late. His mother noticed a lipstick stain on his cheek and wiped it off, as she was happy for Jonathan to have a girlfriend. Jonathan said good-bye to his mom and Will and left with Nancy, managing to get to their jobs on time. The next day, Jonathan accompanied Nancy to Doris Driscoll's residence to investigate her claim about diseased rats. While there, she explained how the rats had eaten several bags of fertilizer and subsequently showed them a rat that she had captured in a cage, which Jonathan attempted to photograph. When Nancy found a lead regarding the "rabid" rats, she and Jonathan departed from the residence. Immediately after they had left, the rat exploded into a pile of flesh and escaped its cage. After Jonathan developed his photos of the rat, Nancy tried to convince their boss, Tom Holloway, and the other journalists at the Post to print the story to no avail. Following a prank involving a plastic rat set up by Bruce, Nancy and Jonathan decided to return to Doris's residence to retrieve the rat in order to prove Nancy's story. When they arrived at her house that evening, they found Doris devouring fertilizer. They promptly called the police and Doris was loaded into an ambulance and taken to Hawkins Memorial Hospital.

The next morning, on July 2, Jonathan and Nancy sat outside Tom's office at the Post as their investigation at Doris's house had reached word to all of their co-workers. After Officer Callahan finished talking to Tom, Jonathan and Nancy were called into his office and were berated for their actions and disobeying his orders. Jonathan watched as Nancy tried to justify their actions, but she was interrupted by Tom who told them that Doris was in a bad state and that her family was furious. After Tom claimed that Doris's family would be suing the Post, he immediately fired Jonathan and Nancy on the spot. On their way home, Nancy began to suspect Tom was on drugs due to acting strange and sweating heavily, but Jonathan laughed it off and angrily berated his girlfriend for not listening to him and costing him his job and means to support his family. The couple argued in the car, with Jonathan continuing to berate Nancy for her reckless decisions and getting them fired, only for Nancy to retort that he was just like the Post's reporters. With both Jonathan and Nancy on the verge of tears, they concluded that they no longer understood each other. After their argument, Jonathan dropped Nancy off at her house and presumably drove back home.

Arriving at the Holloway residence, Jonathan, Nancy, and the kids find nobody home, the temperature in the house to be super cold, and destroyed household chemical products that the Holloway family must have eaten. Jonathan then listens to his brother, Mike, and Lucas recall a science lesson they learned from their teacher, Mr. Clarke on how chemicals could create new substances when mixed together, leaving Mike to theorize that the Flayed could making a new type of material with the chemical they are eating. When the group investigated further, Jonathan and Nancy discovered a blood stain on a carpet, causing them to remember Tom having a bandage on his forehead when he fired them. They surmised that Heather’s parents had been attacked, tied up, and taken to an unknown location where they were flayed. Will then proposed that they use Driscoll to find the source--the location where the flaying was taking place, in order to stop the Mind Flayer. Jonathan, along with Nancy, Eleven, Mike, Will, Lucas and Max, went to visit Doris at the hospital. However, they were all told by the receptionist that only two visitors at a time could see Doris. This resulted in Jonathan and Nancy volunteering to go see Mrs. Driscoll first while the others waited in the lobby. While going up an elevator, Jonathan and Nancy apologized to each other and reconciled. When they exited the elevator, Jonathan and Nancy arrived at Doris' room, only to find the old woman gone. The teens were then confronted by a Flayed Tom, covered in blood, who began to menacingly approach them. Nancy tried to reason with Tom to no avail, leaving Jonathan to strike him with a flower vase. However, once they exited Doris' room, they were confronted by Bruce Lowe who is revealed to also be Flayed, leaving the teens to run as the Flayed Bruce began pursuing them, with the intent of killing them.

Jonathan and Nancy ran throughout the hospital, passing by corpses of doctors and patients who were killed by Bruce and Tom. Jonathan and Nancy tried to call for help through a speaker and a phone to no avail before the Flayed Bruce was able to find them. Jonathan tried to fight the Flayed Bruce, only to be overpowered by his super strength. Just before the Flayed Bruce could kill him, Jonathan was saved by who stabbed Bruce with a pair of scissors. Jonathan urged Nancy to run just as the Flayed Bruce set his eyes on killing her, leaving Nancy to flee as the Flayed Bruce started chasing her. Just as the injured Jonathan recovered, he was attacked and ambushed by the Flayed Tom. Despite Jonathan's best efforts, he was knocked unconscious by the Flayed Tom who proceeded to kill him with the scissors. However, Tom was stopped when he felt Bruce's pain during an attack by Nancy through the hive mind, leaving Jonathan to wake up and stab Tom in the throat with the scissors, killing him. Just after killing Tom, Jonathan witnessed his corpse melt away where his remains crawled to meet the melted corpse of Bruce who had been killed by Nancy. Jonathan and Nancy watched in horror as the melted remains merged together to create a monster. When the creature began chasing Nancy, Jonathan tried to get its attention to no avail, leaving him to follow the creature. However, when the creature entered a room by oozing underneath the door, Jonathan was unable to open the door due to it being locked from the hospital. Luckily, Mike, El, Max, Lucas, and Will arrived to help where El used her powers to fight the monster and push it out of a window. After that, Jonathan checked on Nancy to see if she was alright before they joined the kids in witnessing the wounded monster escape into the sewers.

Jonathan later accompanies the kids, Nancy, Steve, Robin, Joyce, Hopper and Murray at the Starcourt Mall on the 4th of July to try and kill the Mind Flayer. Jonathan succeeds in saving Eleven by throwing fireworks at The Mind Flayer and evacuates the mall just in time before it is completely destroyed. Three months later, Jonathan helped to pack up his house as his family prepared to leave Hawkins. Jonathan shared a passionate kiss with Nancy in his empty bedroom. As Jonathan and Nancy said goodbye, Nancy cried, as she was upset about Jonathan leaving. Jonathan, Joyce, Will and Eleven then leave the Byers house for good as Nancy, Mike, Dustin, Max and Lucas watch them leave. With the assistance of Dr. Owens, the Byers family had been relocated to Lenora Hills, California, as a way for them to lay low and stay safe. Jonathan, Will, and El - who now went as Jane Hopper publicly - became enrolled at Lenora Hills High School, with Jonathan becoming a senior and Will and El becoming freshmen. Within his time in Lenora Hills, Jonathan befriended a lonely stoner named Argyle, who delivered pizzas for Surfer Boy Pizza. Shortly after his family's move, Jonathan's car broke down, causing Argyle to carpool him and his siblings to school. The two became quick friends, and Jonathan began to smoke marijuana alongside Argyle due to stress about his future and relationship with Nancy. In addition, Jonathan and Nancy had agreed to both apply and attend Emerson College in Massachusetts, despite the university putting Jonathan in financial jeopardy while also not being where he wanted to go.

On the morning of March 21, Jonathan took a hit from a bong in his bedroom when he heard Argyle pull into his driveway honking the horn. Panicking, he fanned the smell away using a record album cover and quickly throwing his bong underneath his bed before running out the door with Eleven and Will. Arriving at school, Jonathan put sunglasses on to hide his dilated eyes as he headed to class for the last day of school before spring break. At wood shop class, Jonathan and Argyle worked on their projects where Argyle attempted to show off his marijuana-themed birdhouse, only to notice that Jonathan looked glum. Jonathan denied feeling upset at first, but then revealed to Argyle that Nancy would not be visiting him in California during spring break. When Argyle said Nancy was definitely ditching him, Jonathan protested, claiming that she wasn't and that she had to work as she now worked for the Hawkins High School newspaper now. A confused Argyle then attempted to break down Jonathan's flawed plan to go with Nancy to Emerson College despite it putting him in financial stress and ultimately not being what he truly wanted to do. Jonathan defended Nancy, saying that she was incredibly ambitious and hardworking and that he loved her and his relationship with her was perfect, but Argyle remained suspicious.

The next day, Jonathan, Will, El, and Argyle arrive at the Lenora Hills Airport to pick up Mike who would be visiting them for spring break. When El spotted Mike amidst a crowd of people exiting from his plane, Jonathan greeted him along with El and Will. Jonathan then introduced Argyle to Mike and watched some awkwardness develop between the two of them when Argyle said the shirt Mike was wearing was "shitty knockoff", but told him that he would hook him with the "good threads" and heard a lot about Nancy before they all decided to leave. As the crew left the airport, Jonathan once again put on his sunglasses to hide being stoned.

While eating dinner with Murray, Argyle, Mike, and his family, a high Jonathan listened to Murray explain he arrived in California on a business trip and decided to stop by the Byers's house to spend the night. Jonathan and Argyle barely paid attention to the conversation at the dinner table as they were still high from the weed they smoked. When Joyce told him he was in charge, Jonathan expressed confusion on what was going on. Jonathan was then told by Argyle that his mom was leaving tomorrow to go to Alaska to for a business trip, much to his surprise. When his mom questioned why he was acting strange, Jonathan hid his high behavior as feeling stressful, but Murray was able to see past his lie and chose not to say anything about it. Jonathan and Argyle then mentioned the incident of Angela getting injured at the roller rink where they described it to Joyce and Murray. When Argyle stated he believed Angela was going to be fine, this caused Mike to make an offhand comment about it as he had been deceived by El earlier and for El to abruptly excuse herself from the table and storm off into her bedroom. As Joyce and Murray looked confusion over the tension between the children, the high Jonathan and Argyle assured Murray that the problem was not his dinner and that they found it delicious.

The next morning, Jonathan's attempts to coax a glum Mike and Will to get out of house by showing him an ad for the movies is unsuccessful. While Mike brought a dish of waffles to El in her bedroom, Jonathan read the newspaper while Will watched T.V., until they were interrupted by the doorbell. Jonathan opened it to find two police officers asking if Jane Hopper lived there. Jonathan, addressing himself as El's brother, said that their mother was out of town, and was shocked when the officers said they had a warrant for El's arrest due to the incident at Rink-O-Mania. As El was arrested, Jonathan asked if the cuffs were necessary as she was placed in the police car. Will asked Jonathan if Joyce's flight had left yet, causing Jonathan to bolt inside and call, but it had been too late. At the police station, Mike, Will, and Jonathan speak to the front desk, with the woman explaining that El was being processed and would be transferred to juvenile hall. Despite Will and Jonathan telling her that they were El's brothers, the woman said that since Joyce was El's legal guardian, they couldn't release her. Leaving, Jonathan and Will bickered about what to do, until they notice Mike bolting into the street to chase the car escorting El out of Lenora Hills.

As Jonathan tried to get in touch with the airlines and the juvenile detention center, he, Will, and Mike were surprised by the arrival of government agents, Ellen Stinson and her two colleagues. Letting the agents inside his home, Jonathan, Will, and Mike were told by the federal agents that they, along with Dr. Owens, had rescued El and dropped the charges against her. However, they also revealed to the boys that Dr. Owens has escorted El away to help her regain her powers as there was a murder spree connected to the Upside Down occurring in Hawkins. While completely shocked by these turn of events, Jonathan asked the agents how it will take for El to get her powers back, which Stinson theorized it would probably take weeks or months. Jonathan the listened to Will and Mike object to the agents about staying safe in California by pointing out their friends lived in Hawkins. However, Jonathan, Will, and Mike heard Stinson that there was another faction within the government hunting for El right now as they wrongly believed El to be the culprit behind the murders. In addition, Jonathan, Mike, and Will were told they could not risk contacting their friends as it would endanger them and their loved ones. After Stinson asked the boys to trust her, Owens, and the agents, Jonathan watched Stinson give Mike a letter from El, causing him to go into another room to read it. As Jonathan and Will took a moment to accept these new developments, Stinson left them in the care of her colleagues, Agents Wallace and Harmon.

While on the road, after escaping from the soldiers, Jonathan, Will, and Mike tended to the wounded Harmon as Argyle continued driving his his van. Jonathan instructed Argyle to drive to St. Mary's Hospital so they could help Harmon get proper treatment for his wounds. However, Harmon told the boys to not take him to a hospital and revealed to them that the soldiers would soon figure out where El was located and that they had to warn Dr. Owens. At this information, Jonathan questioned Harmon on how they would find Owens where he heard Harmon mutter the name "Nina". Jonathan, Will, and Mike were then given a pen by Harmon, making them realize Harmon had a phone number that could be used to contact Nina. The boys tried to get Harmon to write down the phone number as Jonathan tried to keep Harmon alive, only to become horrified to watch Harmon succumb to his injuries and die. As the boys let the moment sink in, they spotted a car tailgating them, prompting them to yell at the paranoid Argyle to drive off road. Once Argyle did what he was told, Jonathan and his friends were able to lose their pursuer and escape into a desert.

By the afternoon, the boys pulled off to an abandoned junkyard to bury Harmon's corpse. Argyle began to have a panic attack upon being told of Eleven's true identity and why the boys were on the run, fearing they will all be killed. Jonathan yelled to Argyle that things would be okay if they opened their minds, causing Argyle to spiral even further as he pointed out the open grave in front of him. Jonathan grabbed Argyle and shook him to calm down, soothing him by telling him to smoke more Purple Palm-Tree Delight. As Argyle apologized and went to go smoke, Will scolded Jonathan for encouraging him to have more weed, but an exhausted Jonathan said he didn't have any better ideas and instructed to just finish burying Harmon. Later, Jonathan was looking at a map when Argyle asked what Harmon's name was, making a headstone out of a pizza box titled "Unnamed Hero Agent Man". Jonathan pointed out how making a headstone with their names on it defeated the purpose of them hiding Harmon's body but gave up and cursed under his breath. When the pen Argyle used wasn't working, Mike realized that Harmon gave them a pen that didn't work for a reason, unscrewing it to find a note with a number for Nina.

The boys had Argyle pull off at a phone booth by the side of the road. Will and Jonathan stood by as Mike put the number into the phone, only to get robotic noises on the end. Will and Mike noticed that it sounded like effects from the movie WarGames. causing Jonathan to realize they were calling a computer. Opening up the van's trunk, Mike laid open their map, pointing out that if Nina was a code, they'd need a hacker, and the only hacker he knew lived in Salt Lake City, Utah. Will began to chuckle when he realized who Mike was talking about. Jonathan, confused, asked what Will was talking about, but soon began to cringe when Will started to sing "The NeverEnding Story", realizing the hacker was Dustin's girlfriend, Suzie Bingham. Though Jonathan was skeptical, Mike explained that Suzie saved the world last year and could help them save it again.

Suzie printed out the coordinates and led the trio downstairs to the front yard, sniffing the air and saying that they might've spooked a skunk. Noticing smoke and music coming from the Surfer Boy Pizza van, the group opened it to find a high Argyle and Eden laying on one another, much to Suzie's shock. By the morning of March 27, the boys had arrived to Nevada. Jonathan, taking over the drive due to Argyle remaining high, struggled to stay awake as he smacked his face. Argyle perked up when he noticed Surfer Boy Pizza had expanded to Nevada and joked that they would take down Dominoes, annoying Jonathan. But Jonathan's annoyance melted when he noticed Will revealing to Mike in the back of the van the painting he worked so hard on. Will lied that Eleven had commissioned the painting and used El's name to orchestrate how he felt about Mike. Will explained that "El" felt like a mistake due to being "different", and Mike's heart caused "El" the courage to go on. Cheering up Mike, Will turned away to silently sob in his hand, leaving Jonathan disheartened as he he continued to drive. Nine hours later, the boys were in the outskirts of the desert, with Jonathan skeptical of Suzie's coordinates being accurate despite Mike and Will saying she was a genius, with Jonathan saying even geniuses made mistakes. Argyle's commentary that Nina was a small woman hiding caused Jonathan to slam down on the van brakes and reassess the map before they got more lost. Jonathan was left frustrated after the measurements remained the same, but he and the boys were alerted by Argyle that he found something: large tire tracks, which meant military were close to finding Nina as well. The boys climbed back into the van and followed the tracks.

Eleven explained to the boys that the true perpetrator of the murder spree plaguing Hawkins was an entity named Vecna by their friends. Vecna originally was the very first child test subject of Hawkins Lab, being named "One", and went on a murderous rampage before Eleven banished him to the Upside Down back in 1979. Now activated, Vecna's plan was to kill four people in Hawkins using his abilities, with Max Mayfield being the fourth and final victim targeted that will cause portals to the Upside Down to rip open and destroy the world. As the group stopped at a gas station to fill up the Surfer Boy Pizza van, Jonathan called up numerous airports and pleaded for a last-minute flight to Hawkins, claiming he had a sick relative in need. With no success, he informed Mike and Will the earliest flight would be the next morning, which they all agreed would be too late. The trio grew bothered when Argyle suggested asking if they could sit in the baggage department, forgetting they would suffocate. Eleven interrupted and explained that she had a way of protecting Max from Nevada. Drawing a blueprint on the van's windows with fog, she explained to the boys that both Vecna and her have the ability to go into Max's mind at the same time. Just like how she infiltrated both her mother and Billy Hargrove's minds, El could protect Max from their current location using a bathtub of some kind as a substitute for a sensory deprivation tank. Mike, Will, and Jonathan struggled to figure out where they could find a place to have a tub of water and enough salt for Eleven's buoyancy. Argyle, taking Eleven's measurements, told the group he knew a place where they could get all the salt they needed, and climbed into the van to drive off.

The crew soon drove into a local Surfer Boy Pizza parking lot. Inside, Argyle greeted an equally stoned yet equally friendly Surfer Boy Pizza employee. Argyle explained the situation to the employee, and told him that in order for El to save the world, they'd need his restaurant. The employee was hesitant since he had to meet someone at Taco Bell, but Jonathan had a solution by offering the employee Argyle's Purple Palmtree Delight as payment for giving them the restaurant. After sending the employee on his way, Jonathan put the closed sign on the door and helped the crew get to work. Jonathan and Will poured salt into an empty pizza dough freezer while Mike taped cardboard around sunglasses to block out El's vision.

Later, as Will and Jonathan continued mixing the salt into the freezer, Jonathan noticed Will sadly watching El, Mike, and Argyle have fun in the dining area. Distracting him, Jonathan asked Will if he remembered the time one of his LEGO figurines named Larry got stuck in his nose. Will was initially confused, but began laughing as Jonathan reminisced about how Will begged Jonathan to get it out using tweezers. As the brothers laughed, Jonathan commented how he felt like Will didn't come to him for help the way that he used to, but admitted that he had become distant the past year from being stoned. He took accountability for how hiding from his problems affected his relationship with Will, admitting that he missed talking with him incredibly, and that they needed to talk more than ever. As Will grew emotional, Jonathan emphasized that he didn't want Will to forget that he'd be there for him and love his brother no matter what, and nothing would ever change that. A teary Will agreed and said he'd always be there for Jonathan as well. Jonathan said he knew he would and pulled Will in for a hug as his brother wept. As Will composed himself, Jonathan told him things would be okay, before saying there deprivation tank was finally ready. Alerting El, Jonathan grabbed a radio and changed it to white noise. Soon, El was lowered into the tank as the quartet of boys watched over her as she transported herself into the Void.

In there, El told the boys that Max's plan to bait Vecna into her mind so that the Party can kill him while his body was vulnerable wasn't working, but this changed when Max was soon possessed. Using her abilities, El transported herself into a memory of Max at a skatepark in California during the late 1970s. El eventually found Max, young and unresponsive to her, but soon discovered the memory of the Snow Ball back in 1984 combining with the current memory, causing a dark cloud to rift through. There, El brought herself into the Snow Ball and rescued Max in time by stopping Vecna, causing a battle to break out between the two. Vecna proved to have the upper hand, pinning El with tentacles so she could watch Max be killed by Vecna. El began to hyperventilate in reality, choking as the boys hoisted her out of the freezer and placed her on the table. Jonathan held his sister's arm for comfort as Mike admitted that he loved her, motivating her to fight and stop Vecna from torturing Max. Though Vecna faded from the Void after the Party attacked him in the Upside Down and ultimately disappeared, the damage had already been done to Max, who succumbed to her injuries and died, allowing the four gates to open and tear apart through Hawkins. But El refused to let Max go, and used her telekinesis to restart Max's heart.

On March 29, two days later, the Surfer Boy Pizza van had finally arrived to Hawkins, being the only car entering Hawkins as a line of cars exited out. Hawkins had now become a center of hysteria within the news, with the opening of the gates being seen as an earthquake, leaving the townspeople either dead, injured, or homeless. The group drove the car throughout their old town in shock as they saw buildings in ruins and people displaced from their homes. Finally arriving at the Wheeler house, Eleven, Mike, Will, and Jonathan reunite with Dustin, Nancy, Steve, Robin, and Karen. Nancy and Jonathan ran up to one another as Jonathan picked Nancy up to hug her. As they asked if one another was okay, Jonathan explained to Nancy that he knew Hawkins wasn't destroyed by an earthquake and knew a lot more than she thought. Nancy asked how he could since they've been trying to call them, but Jonathan interrupted and apologized, saying they couldn't risk contact. He further explained that he'd tell her everything, but was just happy she was safe, planting a kiss on her head as the couple hugged tight. Later, El, Mike, Will, Nancy, and Jonathan visited Hawkins Hospital, where Lucas and Erica Sinclair sat with Max, now comatose and her limbs in casts. Lucas informed the group that the doctors weren't sure Max would wake up or not, and that her heart restarting was nothing short of a miracle.

With Dustin missing, Steve needs someone to track Hopper from the surface while he drives in the WSQK van during the Crawl. Will volunteers, but Joyce refuses. Jonathan goes in his place at Joyce's suggestion. Steve and Jonathan bicker while monitoring Hopper’s movement from the right side up while Joyce coordinates. Steve and Jonathan follow Hopper’s signal from the Rightside Up, as he travels deeper into the Upside Down. When Hopper crashes and the Demogorgon appears. The van's equipment explodes, leaving Steve and Jonathan unable to locate Hopper. While they wait for a jump from one of Steve's ex's, Jonathan is dismayed at the news of Nancy's parents being attacked and Holly being taken into the Upside Down. Steve wants to drop by the hospital to check on Nancy but Jonathan reminds him that they have to stay to locate Hopper. When Steve suggests on giving Nancy flowers, Jonathan gets annoyed and calls him out for instigating these competitions for Nancy's attention. He says that since he got back from Lenora,Steve is constantly showing off in front of Nancy and that he is sick of it. But with Nancy's family in jeopardy, it pisses him off even more and he calls Steve a selfish, chauvinistic meathead. The two then encounter a beat up and bloodied Dustin. As they continued the search for Hopper, an exasperated Jonathan pleaded for Dustin and Steve to stop arguing so he could listen for any possible answer of Hopper. Though Jonathan manages to pick up a noise, it is just interference that could be from the military or from eletromagnetic interference.

Abilities: High-Level Intelligence: Jonathan is shown to have an above-average level of intellect in planning out strategies, options, and tactics in desperate situations. When his brother went missing, he went in the woods to find any clues by taking photos of everything unusual he found and when Nancy asked for his help about her friend Barbara going missing after he edited her picture and saw that the creature known as the Demogorgon took her and Will into the Upside Down and planned to go after it. He used a map to mark all known areas the monster travels and knew it’s next current location then on the day after, Both he and Nancy went to a hunter store for tools and supplies to as a trap to destroy the Demogorgon in his house and took his mother's advice that when the lights go off it would arrive, then when it got caught in the bear trap they set it on fire as their tactic which worked. Expert Photographer: As a hobby Jonathan is an excellent camera photographer as he prefers to observe people instead of talking to them for he said when he captures the right moments, he could read them better. He sneaks in the woods near Steve Harrington's and takes multiple photographs of everyone in the pool, Nancy and Steve were in his bedroom, including Barbara near the pool alone then edited all of them in perfect shape. He managed to get great pictures at a virus carrying rat before it exploded by the Mind Flayer.

Investigation Expertise: Jonathan is very skilled, in doing detective work. He was capable to reconstruct a crime scene in Heather’s house by mind looking at the blood, chemicals, and materials around the scene of everywhere. Craftsmanship: When getting in preparation for setting up a trap for the Demogorgon, he took nails and hammered them to a baseball bat creating a spiked melee weapon to use against it with ease. Gunmanship: He has basic proficiency in wielding a firearm, as he used to go hunting with his father when he was 10 and shot a rabbit as his first kill. Hand-To-Hand Combatant: Jonathan is very skilled in using his bare fists in fighting against opponents in close combat. He demonstrated this ability when being provoked by Steve and punched him in his face, hits him harder after getting attacked a few times which caused him a concussion, and placed scars/bruises to his face. Jonathan defeats Steve in the process. Melee Weapon Proficiency: Jonathan is capable to wield melee weapons, any weapon used in direct hand-to-hand close-quarter combat just by putting his hands on ranging blunt, edged, or pointed materials. He quickly grabbed a flower vase to bash against Tom’s face which also affected Ben, then a pair of scissors to stab it in Tom’s neck lethality killing both them due to being Flayed by the Mind Flayer. And he was able to pierce through the Mind Flayer skin with an axe with ease.