| “ | Play by the rules, and we both might make it. He's watching. | ” |
— Amanda talks to David Tapp.[src]
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Amanda Young, also known as Mandy, is a fictional character from the Saw franchise. She was a supporting character in Saw: The Video Game.
She was voiced by Jen Taylor.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Amanda Young was a young woman who was addicted to heroin. Therefore, she became a patient at a free recovery clinic for drug addicts run by Dr. Jill Tuck. One of the other patients was Amanda's boyfriend, Cecil Adams. (Saw: The Video Game, Saw II: Flesh & Blood)
The Robbery[]
One night, Amanda suffered from severe withdrawal symptoms and convinced Cecil to rob the clinic and steal the medical drugs. They drove to the clinic and entered the building when they encountered their pregnant doctor, Jill. While Amanda hid in a corner, Cecil threatened Jill with a pair of scissors, forcing her to open the door to the drug supplies. After she obeyed his order, Cecil told her to stand back. He quickly stole the medications and then ran back. Upon doing so, he accidentally slammed a doorknob into the doctor's stomach. As she saw the blood on her skirt, she slumped down and started to cry. When he realized what he had done, Cecil quickly fled and left Amanda behind. Shocked by watching the accident, Amanda panicked and stayed in her hiding spot. (Saw II: Flesh & Blood)
Abduction[]
Sometime later, Amanda was targeted by John Kramer, better known as the Jigsaw Killer. The latter was Jill's ex-husband and the father of her miscarried son, Gideon. After abducting her, he took her to an abandoned warehouse. He strapped Amanda to a chair and put a mechanical contraption on her head. This device was hooked into Amanda's upper and lower jaws. He also abducted another of Jill's patients, Donald Greco, and injected him with an opiate overdose, rendering him unable to move or feel anything. When John prepared Amanda's game, he made Donnie swallow a key. After finishing all of his preparations, the killer left the building. (Saw: The Video Game, Saw II: Flesh & Blood)
Test[]
Shortly afterward, Amanda woke up. Although initially confused, she quickly panicked upon realizing she was trapped. Amanda desperately tried to free herself from the chair but stopped when a TV turned on next to her. A mechanical ventriloquist puppet named Billy appeared on-screen and introduced her to a perfidious game. The doll described the device on her head as a "reverse bear trap." The trap would rip Amanda's mouth open if she did not free herself within 60 seconds. To do so, she had to cut the key to the device from the stomach of her supposedly dead cellmate.
When the TV turned off, Amanda panicked again. After initially struggling, she ultimately freed her arms from her restraints and spotted Donald Greco's seemingly lifeless body. After a brief hesitation, Amanda realized her cellmate was not dead but only paralyzed. Nonetheless, she took a knife lying next to him and repeatedly stabbed the helpless man.
After killing him, Amanda searched through his stomach for the key. When she eventually found it, she unlocked the trap and freed herself only moments before its activation. In a panic, Amanda fled and ultimately found a way out of the building. (Saw: The Video Game, Saw II: Flesh & Blood)
Aftermath[]
Following her near-death experience, Amanda went to the Metropolitan Police Department. After a doctor examined her wounds, she was interrogated by Detective David Tapp. Shortly afterward, Amanda gave an interview on the steps of the city hall to tell the public how she felt during her traumatic experience. However, a press officer kept her from publishing details about the case.
Sometime later, she was asked to come to the police station again to repeat her testimony in the presence of Dr. Lawrence Gordon, a suspect in the case. When she left the station, she was followed and observed by Detective Mark Hoffman. Amanda went to her apartment to refresh herself and then went to the International District to meet a drug dealer named Sarah Blalok, who was, in fact, a police informant. Amanda asked her about Cecil Adams' whereabouts, not knowing that Cecil was killed during one of Jigsaw's games earlier. (Saw: The Video Game, Saw II: Flesh & Blood)
Second Abduction[]
After escaping her trap and surviving her game, Amanda turned to self-harm to deal with her issues and emotional stress. Because of these self-harming tendencies, she was eventually kidnapped by Jigsaw again. Following her abduction, he took her to the abandoned Whitehurst Insane Asylum and strapped her to a medical chair on the lower level of the asylum's surgical theater. (Saw: The Video Game)
David Tapp's Test[]
Upon waking up, Amanda panicked as Jigsaw, who concealed himself with a cloak and a hood, worked on the chair for some final preparations. Amanda desperately told him that she had passed her test already. However, he responded that she did not learn her lesson as she still did not overcome her drug addiction and self-harming tendencies, which were the reason for her test in the first place. To Amanda's surprise, he informed her that Detective Tapp was on his way to save her. She tried once more to convince Jigsaw to free her, promising that she did not tell the police anything about him and that she would overcome her drug addiction and her acts of self-harm. However, Jigsaw calmly denied her plea for freedom and ultimately left her behind.
After that, Tapp finally reached the surgical theater. A white curtain was lifted, revealing Amanda. Moments later, a TV turned on in front of them. Jigsaw's ventriloquist puppet appeared on-screen and confronted Amanda about her previous misdeeds. It also informed her that only Detective Tapp could save her from her trap. Meanwhile, two needles injected her with poison.
Amanda sits in the medical chair.
When the tape ended, Tapp sat down on a second chair and was injected with poison by two needles piercing his neck. Between him and Amanda was another large machine, which processed colored vials of the different antidotes. Tapp had to ensure that each vial was processed to the right chair. The red vials would cure Amanda, while the blue vials would save Tapp. While Amanda panicked, Tapp tried administering all the colored vials correctly.
Amanda argues with Tapp.
Eventually, he managed to cure himself and Amanda of the poisons, and both were released from their chairs. As Amanda was still agitated, Tapp tried to calm her down. When she told him she had seen Jigsaw, Tapp asked her who he was and what he looked like. This question angered Amanda, who scolded Tapp for showing more interest in Jigsaw than the fact that the trap had almost killed her. She also blamed the former detective for having been tested again. Nonetheless, the two of them went on and continued their way together. (Saw: The Video Game)
Assault by Pighead[]
Tapp and Amanda continue their way.
As they continued, Amanda warned Tapp that they had to obey Jigsaw's rules to escape the asylum. When he asked her why she was tested again, Amanda responded that she did not learn her lesson in the killer's eyes. Furthermore, she made no secret of her aversion to Tapp and reminded him that Jigsaw controlled everything around them. Upon going down a staircase, they reached a door with numerous TVs around it, showing Jigsaw's puppet. Additionally, there was a tape recorder in a small box and the words "Find secrets buried in the basement" written on the wall. Once Tapp started the tape, the TVs switched to a live feed of one of Tapp's former colleagues, Jennings Foster. The latter was strapped to a metal table underneath a giant pendulum-shaped blade. The recording informed Tapp that he had to reach Jennings in time. It also urged him to ask Jennings about the truth behind a hit-and-run accident they both worked on years earlier, indicating that Jennings had something to do with it.
Amanda is abducted.
When the tape ended, the door opened, and Tapp and Amanda went on. After a few steps, another set of TVs turned on, showing Jennings. Upon waking up, he immediately screamed for help but was interrupted by Jigsaw. To his surprise, Jigsaw knew the truth about the car accident. It was Jennings who had killed a homeless man while intoxicated. Afraid that Tapp might discover the truth, Jennings manipulated the evidence and framed an innocent man, who was subsequently sent to prison. When Jigsaw confronted him about his crimes, Jennings showed no remorse and, despite his fear, angrily insulted his abductor. When the TVs turned off again, the next door opened. However, it slammed shut behind him once Tapp passed it, separating him and Amanda. Moments later, a man with a pig mask attacked Amanda and dragged her away. (Saw: The Video Game)
Personality[]
Amanda Young was a selfish woman who only cared about fueling her drug addiction to the point where she neglected and even prostituted herself to get a shot. While doing so, she had almost no scruples, as seen when she convinced Cecil to rob Jill's clinic, although the latter had tried everything to help them. Furthermore, Amanda was emotionally unstable and could not deal with stress properly, which caused her to develop self-harming tendencies.
These tendencies ultimately made her a target of Jigsaw on two occasions. However, even though she was frightened by her kidnapper, she barely blamed Jigsaw directly. Instead, she held Tapp responsible for her second abduction and openly displayed her aversion to him. Amanda's antipathy against the former detective was also reflected in her lack of gratitude after Tapp had saved her from Jigsaw's trap.
Appearances and References[]
| Films | |||||||||
| Saw | Saw II | Saw III | Saw IV | Saw V | Saw VI | Saw 3D | Jigsaw | Spiral | Saw X |
| Flashback | Appears | Appears | Archive, Corpse, & Mentioned | Archive, Corpse, & Mentioned | Flashback & Archive | Archive | Absent | Absent | Appears |
| Other Media | |||||
| "Saw" (2003 Short) |
Saw: Rebirth (2005 Comic) |
Full Disclosure Report | The Scott Tibbs Documentary | Saw: The Video Game | Saw II: Flesh & Blood |
| Absent | Appears | Pictured & Mentioned | Recording & Mentioned | Appears | Mentioned |