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I'm gonna prove that I can survive a brush with death and come out stronger in the end!
— Scott decides to test himself.[src]

Scott Tibbs is a fictional character from the Saw franchise. He was the primary protagonist of The Scott Tibbs Documentary.

He was portrayed by Zach Starr.

Biography[]

The Scott Tibbs Documentary[]

Scott Tibbs was a psychotic young man and the leader of the rock band Wrath of the Gods. One day, Scott's best friend, Adam Stanheight, disappeared mysteriously. Scott eventually concluded that Adam was likely dead and suspected a wanted serial killer known as Jigsaw behind the crime. Therefore, he and his fellow band members decided to film a documentary to learn more about the killer. While filming, Scott's friend, Lark, worked as the editor.

Shortly afterward, Mr. D, one of Scott's friends, called him to the Wilson Steel Plant. When Scott arrived there, the whole plant had been secured by the Metropolitan Police Department. Mr. D told Scott that the police had supposedly caught the Jigsaw Killer. However, the latter had managed to escape. Detective Jenkins, who gave a press conference outside the building, confirmed these events. He told the public that the killer had been identified as John Kramer and advised them to come to the police if they had any information about him. Furthermore, Jigsaw had taken the lead detective, Eric Matthews, as his hostage while eluding custody. Therefore, Jenkins directly appealed to John to show mercy to Eric just like he had shown mercy to his son, Daniel Matthews, who had also been one of his victims but was released by the killer.

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Scott interviews Detective Jenkins.

Upon hearing the news, Scott continued his research about Jigsaw and learned about the latter's cancer, which was one of his motivations for testing his victims' will to live. Additionally, Scott arranged an interview with Detective Jenkins in his office. The detective told him that John and Eric had left the steel plant in a hidden elevator and had already escaped when the reinforcements arrived. Scott tried to provoke the detective by asking him what Eric had done wrong to become a target of Jigsaw, as Jigsaw only selected morally corrupt people. Therefore, the detective became angry and ended the interview.

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The guard confronts Scott at the hospital.

Shortly afterward, Scott went to the Saint Andrews Hospital and asked a doctor what it took to survive the life-threatening situations that Jigsaw forced his victims to endure. Due to his strange behavior, the doctor also decided to end the interview. However, Scott learned that Daniel Matthews had been taken to the same hospital. He hid his camera inside his bag and went to the psychiatric ward's reception counter, pretending to be Daniel's cousin. When the nurse asked him to sign in, Scott ignored her and entered the station despite her protests. When he believed himself to be unwatched, he knocked on the door of room 8502 and asked Daniel if he could come in. However, he was soon caught by the nurse and a security guard, who forced Scott to leave the building.

As he was highly unsatisfied with his visit to the hospital, Scott decided to interview random people on the streets and asked them about their opinion on Jigsaw. However, as they felt harassed by him and thought Jigsaw's deeds were morally wrong, they refused to grant him interviews. This repeated rejection angered Scott and caused him to make a fatal decision. He wanted to test himself to prove that Jigsaw was correct and that surviving his games would make his victims appreciate their lives. (The Scott Tibbs Documentary)

Self-Test[]

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Scott is strapped to the chair.

Alongside his friends, Scott built a primitive trap on his own. While duct-taped to a chair, Scott had to shove his fingers into a saw blade behind him. If he did not manage to do so, an axe would swing down from the ceiling and impale his chest. After testing the mechanism, Scott told his friends to duct-tape him. However, after doing so, they gagged him and left the room. Therefore, Scott started to panic. He freed his hands but was still held back by the tape around his chest. He yelled at his friends and threatened them in fear and anger. As they took the camera with them when they left the room, it remained unknown whether Scott survived his trap. (The Scott Tibbs Documentary)

Personality[]

Scott Tibbs was a psychotic man who did not respect the people around him. Therefore, he was generally disliked even by his friends. He was also a narcissist who considered himself superior to others and often spoke of himself in the third person singular. The only other person he admired was the Jigsaw Killer, as he genuinely thought the latter was a hero whose deadly games helped his victims. This admiration soon became a downright obsession and motivated Scott to learn more about the killer.

Trivia[]

  • Scott Tibbs was mentioned in the first Saw film by Adam Stanheight. According to him, Scott had stabbed him with a rusty nail on Adam's sixth birthday.
  • The logo of Scott's band can be seen on Daniel Matthews' T-shirt in Saw II.
  • The logo was also printed on some flyers Adam handed out to Amanda Young in a deleted scene in Saw III.
  • Despite Scott's implied death, Zach Starr has stated that his fate was intentionally left ambiguous in case the filmmakers wanted to include Scott in later Saw films.

Appearances and References[]

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