Joe Bonham

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Well now I know they'll never let me out. They'll keep me a secret here until someday when I'm an old old man i'll sneak away from them and die. It isn't easy though, inside me I'm screaming and yelling and howling like a trapped animal and nobody pays any addition. If I had arms I could kill myself. If I had legs I could run away. If I had a voice I could talk and be some kind of company for myself, i could yell for help but nobody help me not even God because there isn't any God couldn't be in a place like this... And... And yet I've just got to do something because I... I don't see how I can go on like this much longer... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me...

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Well now I know they'll never let me out. They'll keep me a secret here until someday when I'm an old old man i'll sneak away from them and die. It isn't easy though, inside me I'm screaming and yelling and howling like a trapped animal and nobody pays any addition. If I had arms I could kill myself. If I had legs I could run away. If I had a voice I could talk and be some kind of company for myself, i could yell for help but nobody help me not even God because there isn't any God couldn't be in a place like this... And... And yet I've just got to do something because I... I don't see how I can go on like this much longer... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me...

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Well now I know they'll never let me out. They'll keep me a secret here until someday when I'm an old old man i'll sneak away from them and die. It isn't easy though, inside me I'm screaming and yelling and howling like a trapped animal and nobody pays any addition. If I had arms I could kill myself. If I had legs I could run away. If I had a voice I could talk and be some kind of company for myself, i could yell for help but nobody help me not even God because there isn't any God couldn't be in a place like this... And... And yet I've just got to do something because I... I don't see how I can go on like this much longer... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me... S.O.S help me...

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Background

Joe Bonham is the main protagonist of the anti war novel Johnny Got His Gun and its movie adaptation. He is a World War 1 solider who survived getting heavily disfigured by a artillery shell but in the process lost all of his limbs and facial features making him only able to think and feel. Years after his injures he tried using Morse code to communication with the hospital staff and army only to realize that they wouldn't grant any of his wishes including the simple wish to be killed leaving him to live trapped within his body until he becomes old and dies.

Codex Statistics

Tier: 10-C

Name: Joe Bonham

Origin: Johnny Got His Gun

Sex: Male

Age: Over 20 (Stated to be 20 years old plus the years he's counted)

Classification: Heavily Injured World War 1 Solider

Species: Human

Occupation: Former United States Solider

Status: Alive

Alignment: Neutral Good (Joe is a man who deeply cares for his family and girlfriend. He joined the army in order to serve his country)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Below Average Human (Joe lost all of his limbs and facial features)

Durability: Below Average Human

Striking Strength: Below Average Human

Lifting Strength: Below Average Human

Travel Speed: Immobile

Combat Speed: Immobile

Reaction Speed: Immobile

Stamina: Below Average

Range: Below Standard Melee

Intelligence: Above Average (Was able to use Morse code to commutate with those around him)

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Powers and Abilities

Enhanced Senses (Due to losing 4 of his 5 main senses Joe's sense of touch has been enhanced to the point where he can tell when people enter and leave his room just by the vibrations of their footsteps. Along with this Joe can feel his blood pumping in his veins)

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Other

Standard Tactics: Due to his physical limitations he is only able to twitch his body and move his head.

Weaknesses: Joe lost all of his limbs and facial features, he can't move, see, taste, talk, smell, and hear. He can only eat through a feeding tube and breath through a tube. Joe has a hard time telling weather he is awake or dreaming. By the end of the story Joe wishes someone would kill him and end his suffering.

Trivia

• The name Johnny Got His Gun is based on the saying "Johnny get your gun" a rally call commonly used to get young Americans to join the army in late 19th and early 20th centuries.
• Joe's early life in Colorado and Los Angles is based of Dalton Trumbo's early life.
• The story of Johnny Got His Gun is inspired by articles about two men with severe injuries that Trumbo read about: the tearful hospital visit of Edward, Prince of Wales to Curley Christian, considered to be the first and only Canadian soldier in WWI who was a quadruple amputee, and a British major whose body was damaged so horrifically that he was reported as MIA to his family. The family would later learn the truth years after his death in the hospital
• In the 1971 film adaptation of Johnny Got His Gun Joe is played by Timothy Bottoms and Kerry MacLane.
• The song One by Metallica uses clips from Johnny Got His Gun in its music video due to the song and the novel sharing a similar story.
  • Additionally Metallica bought the rights to the Johnny Got His Gun movie so they wouldn't have to pay royalties.

Gallery

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  Johnny Got His Gun

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  The 1971 Johnny Got His Gun film

• Metallica's One which features clips from Johnny Got His Gun

  Metallica's One which features clips from Johnny Got His Gun

• Lars Ulrich of Metallica explaining why the band used clips from Johnny Got His Gun

  Lars Ulrich of Metallica explaining why the band used clips from Johnny Got His Gun

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