game Friday the 13th: The Game, making him one of five playable characters from the films, alongside Jason Voorhees, Roy Burns, Fox, and Sheldon "Shelly" Finkelstein. Thom Mathews, who portrayed Tommy Jarvis in Part VI, reprised his role. Tommy is a special character, and only one of the players who have either died or escaped can play as him, after contacting him from a randomly placed CB radio; he has the best stats out of all survivors, and when spawned, comes equipped with a shotgun, pocket knife, radio, map, and first aid spray. Tommy is also the only character who can kill Jason, although this only can be accomplished if Jason has lost his mask due to heavy damage, as well as a feminine character finding Jason's shack, taking the sweater, then "enchanting" Jason into thinking she is Pamela Voorhees whilst Tommy attacks. The game also features collectible cassette tapes known as the "Tommy Tapes" written by filmmaker Adam Green and starring voice actor and animator Chris Niosi as Tommy Jarvis. The tapes feature audio recordings of Tommy at various points in his life, from after the events of Part 4 and until shortly after Part 6, thus filling in most gaps between the films. They also provide an explanation for Part 5'''s ending where Tommy states that he only dreamed about killing Pam and had never actually done so. Tommy's claims of Jason Voorhees being the killer from the events of Parts 2 through 4 are dismissed due to the logical absurdity of Jason being alive in spite of him drowning as a child, and the murders are instead blamed on an unidentified copycat killer. His claims of Jason rising from the grave in Part 6 are further dismissed, and soon Tommy is blamed for exacerbating Jason's legend and attracting more copycats. Tommy is then sent to several mental institutions, including Glen Echo, New Orleans Psychiatric, and Smith’s Grove, before finally being committed to Springwood Mental Institution, paranoid the authorities are trying to cover up Jason’s existence; while institutionalized at the latter, he inexplicably begins lacerating himself in his sleep. The tapes also reveal the fate of Tommy's sister Trish who, unlike him, moved on from her trauma caused by Jason and went to college; she remained in contact with Tommy, but eventually stopped talking to him after he was institutionalized in Springwood. Development The character of Tommy Jarvis