Theodore "Ted" Bowen is a character in the film Friday the 13th Part 2.
Biography
In the summer of 1984, when Paul Holt opens a camp counselor training center in the Packanack Lodge near Crystal Lake, Ted decides to attend, arranging to have his out-of-town friends Jeff Dunsberry and Sandra Dier pick him up. Called by Jeff for directions at one point, Ted, to make sure his friends reach him in a timely manner, has local gas station owner Max do him a favor by towing Jeff's pickup truck through town. When Max arrives with Jeff's truck, Ted greets Jeff and Sandra, who were forced to chase after Max, and reveals the towing was all his idea.
While proceeding to Packanack Lodge, the three are briefly sidelined by a fallen tree in the road. After stopping and clearing the debris, Sandra finds an old sign for Camp Crystal Lake, to which Ted absentmindedly remarks about the nickname the locals have given it, "Camp Blood". Eventually reaching the Packanack Lodge, Ted, after an orientation meeting, concocts a prank with Paul. During a night campfire where Paul tells the story of Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake to the in-training counselors, Ted jumps out of the bushes, wearing a monster mask and brandishing a spear, successfully frightening the counselors. Ted laughs at his success, then Paul remarks Jason is ancient history. Paul then gets serious, saying that Camp Crystal Lake is off limits, as local authorities have condemned the property.
After a day of participating in training exercises, Ted, the second night at the Packanack Lodge, decides to go into town when Paul offers the counselors one last night of fun. Hanging out in a bar with Paul and his assistant Ginny Field, Ted, at one point, listens to a somewhat drunk Ginny ramble on about how Jason Voorhees could possibly be real. If he somehow managed to survive the drowning as a boy, given his limited intelligence, he would have grown in the woods as an amoral and feral man. Like Paul, Ted dismisses Ginny's theories. Back at the cabin, in an ironic sense, Jason uses the spear that Ted had used to scare the counselors to skewer Jeff and Sandra. As the night drags on, Ted decides to stay at the bar when Ginny and Paul set off back to Packanack Lodge. Ted admits he is too drunk to drive and requests if he can find a motel in town to sleep off his buzzed state, to which Paul approves. Ironically, this ended up saving Ted's life, as he was far away from the killing spree Jason inflicted on his fellow students.[1]
Appearances
Films
- Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Novels
- Friday the 13th Part 2 (1988)
References
- ↑ Friday the 13th Part 2