Jonathan Ishii

Huh? No, no. You must let me get this communication out. [[Earth— They]] have to be warned while there is still time! I can't... You don't know what I've [[Hell (seen]], you can't possibly understand or comprehend! The devil is real. I know... I built his cage.|Jonathan Ishii's last moments before the invasion begins|Doom 3)

Doom 3

Spoiler summary mirrored from the Doom Wiki (trimmed).

Dr. Jonathan Ishii is a minor character in Doom 3.

Dr. Johnathan Ishii is one of the scientists from the Delta Labs who works under Dr. Malcolm Betruger. He and the other scientists helped to create a new portal to another dimension. Eventually, it turns out one of the dimensions they opened the portal to leads directly to Hell, much to Ishii's shock and horror. Despite this, Ishii was forced by Betruger in continuing the experiments to set a direct path for Hell to invade Mars City.

Fearing the inevitable doom that is to follow, Ishii went AWOL in order to send a warning to Earth about the situation.

Doom: Mercury Rising

Jonathan Ishii appears in the Doom: Mercury Rising SnapMap campaign (2141, Mercury — Catullus Steelworks). Additional details regarding this character's Mercury career — and any DATAPAD text — will be expanded here when ready.

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| image = <gallery>
Jishii.jpg|Human
Jonathan Ishii (Zombie).png|Zombie
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| rank = Scientist
| alignment = *Friendly (until demonic conversion)
*Hostile (after conversion)
| fate = [[Zombie (monster)/Doom 3|Zombie]]/Dead
| onlyappearance = [[Mars City Underground: Union Aerospace Subsystems]]
| voicedby = Keone Young
}}
{{Quote|Huh? No, no. You must let me get this communication out. [[Earth|They]] have to be warned while there is still time! I can't... You don't know what I've [[Hell|seen]], you can't possibly understand or comprehend! '''The devil is real. I know... I built his cage.'''|Jonathan Ishii's last moments before the invasion begins|Doom 3}}
Dr. '''Jonathan Ishii''' is a minor character in ''[[Doom 3]]''.

==Background==
Dr. Johnathan Ishii is one of the scientists from the Delta Labs who works under Dr. [[Malcolm Betruger]]. He and the other scientists helped to create a new portal to another dimension. Eventually, it turns out one of the dimensions they opened the portal to leads directly to Hell, much to Ishii's shock and horror. Despite this, Ishii was forced by Betruger in continuing the experiments to set a direct path for Hell to invade Mars City.

Fearing the inevitable doom that is to follow, Ishii went AWOL in order to send a warning to Earth about the situation.

== ''Doom 3'' ==
Upon arriving on Mars, the [[Doom's protagonists|player]] finds an email in regards to a missing staff, which happens to be Ishii himself. Following the reports that Ishii was last spotted heading to the old communications facility, Sergeant [[Thomas Kelly]] then assigns the player to go there to search for Ishii and bring him back unharmed.

Once the player reaches the comm facility and successfully locates Ishii, the scientist panics, desperately begging the player to let him send a transmission to [[Earth]] to warn them of [[Malcolm Betruger|Dr. Betruger]]'s experiments. Both of them then witness a video terminal of the [[Delta Labs]]. The main portal suddenly undergoes a containment breach, causing countless demonic spirits to pour out. Forced to partly bear the responsibility for the horror he has just unleashed, Ishii helplessly watches the video cameras throughout the base, as the demonic forces are seen attacking and quickly possessing the majority of the human residents on Mars. Shortly after, Ishii suffers the same fate as one of the demonic spirits appears inside the room and turns him into a [[Zombie (monster)/Doom 3|Zombie]], forcing the player to kill him.

Finally understanding what Ishii was talking about, the player can choose to send his incomplete transmission, only for it to fail, as a footage is instead given of a man being strangled to death by a zombie.

==Email - Code-Black: Missing Staff (11-15-2145)==
This email can be downloaded directly from an information terminal in Mars City.

NOTE: The email cannot be downloaded after returning from the old communications facility.

''Dr. Jonathan Ishii from the Delta Science Team is missing. Security is concerned that he may be injured and unable to respond to pages or return to his post. Please keep an eye out for Dr. Ishii and report to UAC Security if he is located.''

''He was last seen in Mars City Underground approaching the airlock leading to the old communications array.''

==Transmission Input==
[[File:Ishii Transmission.jpg|thumb|Dr. Ishii's unfinished Transmission Input]]
NOTE: Ishii never completed this transmission input as he was interrupted by the player's sudden arrival, followed by the immediate start of the invasion.

''CODE STATUS: 1131 - TOP PRIORITY URGENT''

''FROM: J. ISHII - ACCESS CLEARANCE DB1''

''EMERGENCY REPORT ON CURRENT RESEARCH''

''I have recalculated the effects of a containment failure and they exceed our prior estimate. No biological entity in the blast radius is likely to survive, yet Betruger is pushing the stabilization fields far beyond system limita'' (end)

==Trivia==
*It's possible to kill Ishii before he is possessed, thus saving some pistol bullets.
*Ishii is the first enemy and the first casualty the player encounters.
*Shortly before Ishii becomes possessed, the player is given the option to talk to him. However, he is not responding.
*If the player tries to send Ishii's message on the monitor, an error will occur and a zombie is shown wringing the neck of a civilian and then shouting at the camera. After that the screen turns black.
*When the invasion begins one of the screens displays the exact cinematic footage presented in the leaked Alpha Build of Doom 3 from 2002.
*According to the ''Making of Doom III'' book, the original story called for Ishii to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head. By looking in the game's folders, an unused audio file can be found called "jonathan_end" which contains Ishii's voice saying "It's too late. There's nothing I can do now. I'm sorry, it's up to you." This is presumably his last line from the earlier version where he commits suicide. It remains unknown why this sentence was cut from the game.
*Ishii is referenced during ''[[Doom Eternal]]'' ''[[The Ancient Gods - Part One]]'' as in the Blood Swamps, there is a castle found in the level named Ishii's Keep.

== Doom: Mercury Rising ==
'''Jonathan Ishii''' appears in the ''[[Mercury Rising|Doom: Mercury Rising]]'' SnapMap campaign (2141, Mercury). Additional details regarding Jonathan Ishii's Mercury career — and any DATAPAD text — are documented within the campaign's Development mirror and will be expanded here when ready.

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