- "Baby, it's fiction! People like to read descriptive adjectives. It sets the scene."
- ―Ronald Jones[src]
Ronald "Ronnie" Jones was a character in Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later, played by LL Cool J.
Biography[]
Ronald Jones was a security guard at Hillcrest Academy and an aspiring romantic novelist. He was married to Shirley Jones, with whom he had good relationship, although she did not support Ronnie's dream, because she felt it was going nowhere. Ronnie was on good terms with the students at Hillcrest, but he had some trouble with John Tate, the son of headmistress Keri Tate, as he was one of the few students who always tried to get Ronnie to let him out of the school. Ronnie had let John out before and, when the latter got caught, Keri told Ronnie that he would be fired if it happened again.[1]
On October 31, 1998, John and his friend Charles Deveraux wanted to sneak off again, and Ronnie agreed on the terms that John and Charlie would be back before afternoon classes started. They were still caught by Keri and, once they returned, Ronnie tried to come up with an excuse, yet it appeared that Miss Tate did not believe him.[1]
Later that night, Ronnie noticed that a car was parked outside the gate and decided to investigate. As he searched the car, finding no one there, Michael Myers slipped past him and walked onto the school grounds as Ronnie turned off the car engine. Ronnie tried to tell his wife that something strange was going on, but was interrupted by the car lights switching off, and decided to lock the back door of the security booth. As Ronnie tried to explain to his wife what was happening, Michael banged on a window of the booth and cut the phone lines, causing Ronnie to leave the booth to find out what was going on.[1]
Second-rate security guard and aspiring author Ronnie Jones discusses the fine art of literature with his ever-critical wife, Shirley
Ronnie went to Miss Tate's home and was almost shot when he arrived. Keri told Ronnie that the phones were out, and he confirmed this. Ronnie also told her about the strange car parked at the gate, adding that he could find no signs of trespassing. Keri told Ronnie to try and get the phones back up, while she looked for the students who did not go on the school trip to Yosemite National Park, and said that they would rendezvous at the security gate. Ronnie went to look for them, but was later shot by Will Brennan, who thought that Ronnie was Michael, because their shadows looked similar. This only knocked out Ronnie for a few minutes, and he soon woke up and found Keri about to decapitate Michael following their battle. Ronnie stopped Keri and told her that Michael was already dead, then led her out of the school.[1]
After the ambulance and police arrived, Ronnie called his wife and told her that he had now been inspired to write a romantic thriller. Ronnie's wife got excited about this idea, and then Ronnie and Shirley reaffirmed their love for one another to finish off their emotional phone call.[1]