Jason Voorhees films, parodied in television series, and was the inspiration for a horror punk band. Several toy lines have been released based on various versions of the character from the "Friday the 13th" films. Jason Voorhees's hockey mask is a widely recognized image in popular culture. Jason Voorhees first appears during a nightmare of the main character Alice Hardy (Adrienne King) in the original "Friday the 13th" film; he becomes the main antagonist of the series in its sequels. As well as the films, there have been books and comics that have either expanded the universe of Jason, or been based
Friday the 13th: The Series the last episode was to unite the movie and television franchises by having the final item recovered (see "Premise" above) be the hockey mask belonging to Jason Voorhees. This remains unfounded and while there was talk about having a hockey mask on one of the sets as an in-joke, there was never any serious intention to mix the film series into the television series. The series, about a group of individuals rooting out evil supernatural occurrences, created a mold which many later series fit into. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Angel (1999 TV series)", and "The X-Files" all have many episodes