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"My name's Jessie. The man you saw earlier is Brad. That's all I'm authorized to tell you."
—Jessie introducing herself to Frank.

Jessica McCarney, more commonly referred to as Jessie, is one of the two tritagonists of Dead Rising. She is an agent for the Department of Homeland Security and is a main character key to solving the mystery behind the Willamette Incident.

She was sent to Willamette with her partner Brad Garrison to find Dr. Russell Barnaby and safely escort him out of the mall. As Jessie discovers the details behind the Willamette Incident, she allies with Frank West to help him solve the mystery surrounding the outbreak. 

She is found in the Security Room for most of the story, and watches closely over the security monitors, keeping Frank informed if she sees anything that may be of interest.

She communicates to Frank using the Transceiver.

Story Mode[]

Note: For more information on Dead Rising's full story, see 72 Hour Mode and case files. This article only covers Jessie's role.

Introduction

Jessie is first met in the security room after Frank is the last survivor to make it to safety. She notices Frank's camera and asks to take a look at his pictures. She sees a photo of Dr. Barnaby that Frank has taken, but does not disclose any information to him about it.

She is initially distrusting of Frank, and keeps her motives secret. 

Case 1-1: A Dangerous Encounter

Jessie notices Brad being attacked by Carlito Keyes on the security monitors and leaves to aid him. While going through the warehouse she is attacked by Frank with a fire extinguisher, as he mistook her for a zombie. Jessie sprains her ankle as she falls, and has no choice but to give her handgun to Frank so he'll help Brad while she goes back to the Security Room.

Case 2-2: Rescue the Professor

Jessie has been in the Security Room watching the monitors. She sees Dr. Barnaby being taken by Carlito and sends Frank and Brad to rescue him from the Entrance Plaza before he is suspended into a group of zombies.

Case 2-3: Medicine Run

When Frank and Brad return to the Security Room from rescuing Dr. Barnaby, Jessie tends to the injured Brad, who has suffered a gunshot to the leg. Jessie asks Frank to get medicine for Brad as he is running a high fever. She will watch over Brad while Frank goes to get the medicine.

Case 3-1: The Professor's Past

When Dr. Barnaby wakes up, he overhears Frank mention Santa Cabeza to Jessie. When he starts to act suspicious, Jessie starts to question him. He refuses to speak after seeing Frank's camera, so Jessie is left to interrogate Barnaby privately to see what she can learn.

Case 6-1: Santa Cabeza

Brad and Jessie are waiting for Frank when he comes back with a badly injured Isabela. After she wakes up, Brad interrogates her. She tells them about the truth behind Santa Cabeza as Dr. Barnaby emerges from the closet and attacks Jessie. He is immediately kicked off of Jessie by Frank.

Barnaby states that he never meant to cause any of this before dying. Frank turns to take a picture of Isabela, and then Brad. Brad immediately pulls out his handgun, and directs Frank to move, so that he may shoot a now zombified Barnaby.

Case 8-1: Jamming Device

Jessie, optimistic about rescue, is still worried that she cannot contact headquarters. Isabela remembers that Carlito has a computer that she may be able to use to gather information located in their secret hideout. She tells Frank that she will lead him to their hideout.

Case 8-3: Jessie's Discovery

After learning of Carlito's plan to blow up the mall, Frank and Brad leave to the Maintenance Tunnels to stop him. After the bombs have been safely detonated, Isabela and Frank leave to see if they can get information from Carlito's computer in his hideout. While they are gone, Jessie spots Carlito getting captured by Larry Chiang, and alerts Frank to go and investigate.

The Facts

After Larry is killed, Frank and Isabela are able to disable the jamming device, allowing Jessica to finally establish communication with DHS Headquarters. She soon learns that the government has denied any involvement or existence of the situation and she says that Special Forces will arrive for cleanup at midnight, meaning that they are coming to get rid of any evidence of the incident, including humans and zombies.

Two Special Force Soldiers arrive and confront Jessie. They tell her that she will be taken into custody and will be free to go if she agrees not to say anything about the incident. She then attacks the agent, revealing that she was infected by Dr. Barnaby. The second soldier was also killed by a zombified Jessie. If Frank reaches the Security Room, he finds the deceased soldiers and the zombified Jessie wandering nearby. Frank has the option to put the zombified Jessie down.

Alternative Fate

In Endings B and E, Jessie along with whoever was present in the Security Room will be airlifted out of Willamette, where she is seen quietly on the helicopter.

Infinity Mode[]

Main article: Infinity Mode

In Infinity Mode, a zombified Jessie is found on the Rooftop, from 6:19:00 to 7:00:00. When she is killed, she drops spoiled meat, a rotten pizza, an apple, a handgun and a hunting knife.

Trivia[]

  • If you take a photo of her while she is in zombie form, you will get the Snuff Shot: J achievement.
  • Jessie makes a cameo appearance in Frank's Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars ending along with Brad Garrison.
  • Frank can take an upskirt and breast photo of Jessica when she is sitting on the bed next to Brad for Erotica points.
    • It is recommended to take this photo if the player is struggling to complete Photo Challenge.
  • In Dead Rising Mobile, Jessie is now playable if you update the game.
  • In the initial Dead Rising Beta trailer, Jessie runs through the maintenance tunnels, presumably being chased by zombies. Then a bloody Jessie sits against a wall as Frank takes a picture of her, hinting that she was originally supposed to die much earlier in the story.[1]
  • In the true ending, it is unknown if Jessie knew of Brad's death in the time she was alive before she met her own demise - as Frank does not tell her (per Brad's dying request), nor does she inquire for Brad's whereabouts after the bomb mission is complete. However, it is possible that she might have suspected/sensed that Brad had died - as time had lapsed between her last communication with him and she also grows very morose and gives up hope when the DHS tell her that they are going to be cleaning up all traces of the Willamette incident.
Return of the Mall mention Brad and Jessie
  • She is one of the few characters from the first game to have their voices in Dead Rising 4.
    • This is heard through Frank's Nightmare at the beginning of the game.
  • One of the "Willamette Mysteries" in Dead Rising 4 mentions that the new Willamette Mall is planned to have a Zombietopia Amusement Park opening in 2025 which will feature animatronic zombies of notable victims of the original outbreak, including one of Jessie.
  • In the Java version of Dead Rising, Jessie was eventually killed by a kitchen knife thrown by Larry Chiang rather than by Barnaby's infection.
  • In Resident Evil 6 Sherry Birkin looks similar to Jessie in appearance, as she has short blonde hair and is around the same age as her too. Also Sherry works for the government. Both are betrayed by the government, Jessie before turning is told she will be taken into custody while Sherry is betrayed by her boss and antagonist, Derek C. Simmons, who killed the president and caused the destruction of Racoon City. Ironically Sherry had previously been infected like Jessie In Resident Evil 2, but she is able to recover and become immune to it.

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References[]

  1. X05 Trailer, IGN, (October 04, 2005).
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Major Characters
Frank West - Brad Garrison - Jessica McCarney - Isabela Keyes - Russell Barnaby - Otis Washington - Carlito Keyes
Survivors
Rich Atkins - David Bailey - Mindy Baker - Wayne Blackwell - Bill Brenton - Kelly Carpenter - Paul Carson - Nathan Crabbe - Lilly Deacon - Rachel Decker - Nick Evans - Michelle Feltz - Ross Folk - Jennifer Gorman - Tad Hawthorne - Gil Jimenez - Kindell Johnson - Cheryl Jones - Shinji Kitano - Alyssa Laurent - Josh Manning - Ray Mathison - Leroy McKenna - Jeff Meyer - Natalie Meyer - Sally Mills - Kay Nelson - Barbara Patterson - Jonathan Picardsen - Simone Ravendark - Sophie Richards - Floyd Sanders - Ronald Shiner - Beth Shrake - Greg Simpson - Gordon Stalworth - Janet Star - Leah Stein - Brett Styles - Aaron Swoop - Yuu Tanaka - Burt Thompson - Heather Tompkins - Pamela Tompkins - Susan Walsh - Tonya Waters - Debbie Willett - Jolie Wu
Psychopaths
Paul Carson - Steven Chapman - Larry Chiang - Sam Franklin - Roger Hall - Jack Hall - Thomas Hall - Cliff Hudson - Reginald Jenkins - Sean Keanan - Adam MacIntyre - Brock Mason - Cletus Samson - Jo Slade - Special Forces - Miguel Sanchez - Kent Swanson - True Eye
Victims
Armed Woman - Connie - Dakota - Female Motorist - Ed DeLuca - Lindsay Harris - Chris Hines - Ryan LaRosa - Male Motorist - Freddie May - Todd Mendell - Alan Peterson - Kathy Peterson - Mark Quemada - James Ramsey - Brian Reynolds - Sid - Dana Simms - Special Forces Escort - Special Forces Guard - Grace Stein - Verlene Willis
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