Jones, commonly known as Jonesy, is a fictional ginger American Shorthair cat from the Alien franchise. He is the ship's cat on the Nostromo, the setting of the first film of the franchise. In Alien, Jones was portrayed by four lookalike cat actors. [1]

Due to a different cat actor being used in the 1986 film Aliens, Jones is noticeably bigger than he was in Alien. In the commentary for Aliens, James Cameron explains that the crew showed the cat playing Jones another cat to get him to hiss on camera.

2 days ago · As revealed by Rascal’s “cat cam,” a mission objective order appears on MU/TH/UR’s computer screen that nearly matches the one viewed by Ripley on the Nostromo in the original "Alien ...

2 days ago · Alien: Earth, the upcoming sci-fi horror series on Hulu, premieres this summer. ... The clip ends with the cat cowering and hissing at the end of a corridor as emergency klaxons sound and the crew ...

May 28, 2020 · Jones from Alien (1979) is possibly the most famous cat in horror, but what's the real significance behind the crew of the Nostromo's pet mouser?

2 days ago · As terrifying as FX’s new Alien: Earth series is probably going to be, it’s going to be so much more alarming if we get to see some of how things go sideways from the perspective of the USCSS ...

Mar 6, 2025 · Alien: Earth released five new videos teasing what’s to come when the sci-fi series from Noah Hawley premieres on FX on Hulu this summer. The clips show a few cast members being seen for the ...

Oct 21, 2018 · Jones, also referred to as Jonesy,[2] and "little shit-head," was a cat kept aboard the USCSS Nostromo as Ellen Ripley's pet. While the cat's official purpose was to control rodents aboard the...

Jones, (nicknamed "Claude" by members of the Nostromo and "Kitteh" by The People's Admin ILJ69) was a cat, more specifically a ginger tom, kept aboard the USCSS Nostromo. Jones may have been owned by Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley, with whom he shared a cryotube, although Brett was the one who...

Apr 26, 2024 · Remembering Jonesy, the best-written cat in film, on this Alien Day. Stacked against other felines in film, Ellen Ripley's cantankerous companion is unarguably the most realistic. Image credit: 20th Century Fox