Jennifer Simpson (Clock Tower)
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| Jennifer Simpson | |
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| Clock Tower character | |
 Jennifer Simpson in the 1995 Clock Tower | |
| First appearance | Clock Tower (1995) |
| Based on | Jennifer Corvino (Phenomena) |
| Designed by | Hifumi Kono |
| Voiced by |
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Jennifer Simpson is a character in the Clock Tower series of video games. She first appears as the protagonist of the 1995 Clock Tower, and later appeared in the sequel Clock Tower on the PlayStation, where she was co-protagonist with the character Helen Maxwell. She is a normal teenage girl, and is forced to run and hide from a relentless killer called Scissorman. She was created by the game's director, Hifumi Kono, who took inspiration for both her name and design from the character Jennifer Corvino played by Jennifer Connelly in the film Phenomena. Jennifer Simpson has been the subject of commentary by critics, both in terms of her similarities to Corvino and how well she represents the role of the "final girl" in the series.
Jennifer Simpson first appeared in the video game Clock Tower as its protagonist, where she is adopted alongside other girls by a woman named Ms. Mary Barrows and taken to live in the Barrows Mansion. After searching for Ms. Barrows, Jennifer returns to find everyone missing. As she progresses through the mansion, she finds her friends either dead or endangered, and discovers that Ms. Barrows intends to feed all the girls to her other children. She also contends with a villainous stalker called Scissorman, who stalks Jennifer through the mansion with a large pair of garden shears. Jennifer is required to run and hide for much of the game to survive. The game can end in multiple ways, most of which involving Jennifer dying.[4] She reappears in the sequel, Clock Tower for the PlayStation, having survived the encounter at the mansion and moving to Oslo. She tells police about the murders, and the incident becomes known as "The Scissorman Murders". A year later, she begins working with Helen Maxwell and undergoing therapy, and a copycat killer of Scissorman begins killing people Jennifer knows. The game allows people to play it from the perspective of either Jennifer or Helen.[5]
A Clock Tower pop up store was opened in Akihabara, featuring merchandise depicting Jennifer as well as other iconography from the series.[6]