Jonas Brisbane is a character affiliated with Jungle River Cruise who has only appeared as the morally-dark protagonist in the 2014 show Horrors of the Amazon. He was portrayed by Hong Kong celebrity, Power Chan.
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Biography[]
Jonas Brisbane was the nephew of an adventurer named Ebenezer Brisbane. Jonas himself was employed by the Jungle Navigation Company in the early half of the 20th century, working as a skipper. Jonas' dream however was to join the Society of Explorers and Adventurers, an aristocratic secret-society of colonial thieves and globe-trotters.
At some point, Ebenezer disappeared in the Amazon rainforest and left his journal behind for Jonas to find. Jonas travelled to the Amazon in an attempt to locate his lost uncle. Following his uncle's map, he happened upon many monstrous creatures which he captured and imprisoned. This included a bird-woman, a monkey-man, and a severed zombie's head. On this mission, Brisbane also grave-robbed the tomb of an Amazonian witch-doctor and stole the carcass to add to his collection.
Jonas would put all of these stolen rarities on display in a show which he called, "Horrors of the Amazon" in hopes that the Society of Explorers and Adventurers would recognize him as a suitable recruit. While exploiting the witch-doctor's corpse, it came to life and decided to punish Jonas with a painful death. Jonas attempted to cannibalize the witch-doctor's blood to protect himself, only to have his body controlled by the witch-doctor. Jonas and the witch-doctor then disappeared, with the implication being that Jonas was killed for his crimes.[2]
Appearances[]
Horrors of the Amazon[]
Jonas was the lead character in this Hong Kong Disneyland show.