Alyssa Jones is a fictional character in Kevin Smith's 1997 film Chasing Amy. She was portrayed by Joey Lauren Adams. Kevin Smith at a comics convention in 2005 Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American screenwriter, film director, comic book writer, and creator of View Askew. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chasing Amy is a 1997 romantic comedy about two comic book artists: Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck), a heterosexual male, and Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), a lesbian. ... Joey Lauren Adams in Mallrats (1995) Joey Lauren Adams (born January 6, 1971 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA) is an American actress with appearances in over 30 films. ...

Alyssa is tangentially connected to characters in Smith's other films (as, indeed, are most of the major characters in Smith's "View Askewniverse"): She is the older sister of Trish "The Dish" Jones and a younger sister Heather Jones (Heather featured in Clerks). She had a brief fling with Shannon Hamilton (featured, along with Trish, in Mallrats), and is the former best friend of Caitlin Bree (featured in Clerks). To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A clerk can be someone who works in an office and whose duties include record-keeping or correspondence. ... Mallrats is a 1995 film written and directed by Kevin Smith. ... A clerk can be someone who works in an office and whose duties include record-keeping or correspondence. ...

She is a self-identified lesbian (though arguable bi-sexual) comic book artist whose feminist comic, Idiosyncratic Routine, barely figures in the "Big Guns, Big Pecs, Big Tits" world of graphic novels. She meets Holden McNeil, the co-creator of the far more popular Bluntman and Chronic, at a comic book convention and they hit it off, persuading Holden to believe she is attracted to him. At a party a few nights later, however, he discovers where her romantic leanings truly lie when she publicly makes out with her lover, Kim. Embarrassed, he withdraws from her completely. Lesbian describes a homosexual woman. ... In human sexuality, bisexuality describes a man or woman having a sexual orientation to persons of either or both sexes (a man or woman who sexually likes both sexes; people who are sexually and/or romantically attracted to both males and females). ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... A graphic novel (GN) is a long-form comic book, usually with lengthy and complex storylines, and often aimed at more mature audiences. ... Banky Edwards is a character played by Jason Lee in the movie Chasing Amy by Kevin Smith. ...

The next day, Alyssa shows up at Holden's door, offering friendship, and they form a bond after she explains the mechanics of lesbian sex, information he receives with his jaw dropped to the ground. The two become close friends, much to the annoyance of Holden's best friend and Bluntman collaborator, Banky Edwards, who is homophobic. It is also implied that he is jealous of Alyssa's closeness to a friend that "he had first." Banky Edwards is a character played by Jason Lee in the movie Chasing Amy by Kevin Smith. ... The term homophobia literally means an irrational fear of or contempt for homosexuality or homosexuals. It is derivable from the words homosexual and phobia (meaning fear or panic in Greek). ...

Holden, however, is still in love with Alyssa, and breaks down and tells her so one night. At first, Alyssa is angry that he would ask her to completely change her life for him, but eventually gives in to romantic feelings she herself had harboured for him and becomes his lover. She reasons to herself that there was no point in closing herself off from a viable relationship simply because Holden was not of the gender she usually preferred (this would seem to suggest that she is bisexual rather than gay, but such a conclusion would be the same "labeling" that the movie condemns.) Her lesbian friends ostracize her for her "treason," but she is otherwise quite happy; in a very short time, she has fallen in love. In a variety of different contexts, gender refers to the masculinity or femininity of words, persons, characteristics, or non-human organisms. ... In human sexuality, bisexuality describes a man or woman having a sexual orientation to persons of either or both sexes (a man or woman who sexually likes both sexes; people who are sexually and/or romantically attracted to both males and females). ... In modern society, gay is a word which can be used as either a noun or adjective. ... Treason also commonly refers to a book by Ann Coulter In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to ones nation or state. ...

Weeks later, Banky confronts Holden with secrets from Alyssa's past — namely, that she had indulged in a ménage à trois in high school with two men. This shatters Holden's idyllic notion that he was the first man she had been with, and he angrily confronts her during an ice hockey game. She refuses to apologize for her past sex life, which makes him even angrier. A ménage à trois is a relationship or domestic arrangement in which three people, often a married couple and another lover, live together or are romantically or sexually involved. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...

After advice from recurring Smith characters Jay and Silent Bob, however, he realizes that he is in danger of losing her forever. He calls both Alyssa and Banky over to his apartment to talk, where he confesses that her past sexual exploits make him feel small and inexperienced in comparison. Holden also tells Banky point-blank that the hostility between him and Alyssa comes from subconscious sexual desire for his best friend. Holden's solution is that the three of them should all have sex together. Banky sort of eventually agrees, but Alyssa refuses, saying she has already explored such territory and didn't find what she was looking for, and that she is hurt that Holden would want to "share" her. She breaks up with him right there, and leaves. Banky also leaves, effectively ending the already-sabotaged friendship they had, and Holden is alone. Kevin Smith as Silent Bob, Jason Mewes as Jay Jay and Silent Bob are two fictional characters who exist in the View Askewniverse created by actor/writer/director Kevin Smith. ... Subconscious may refer to: that which is subliminal to consciousness the underlying consciousness see subconsciousness. ...

A year later, Alyssa is once again exclusively lesbian, and Idiosyncratic Routine is topping the charts (Bluntman & Chronic, meanwhile, has been discontinued.) Holden shows up at one of her book-signings, and the two have a quietly emotional conversation in which they wish each other well. Holden gives her a comic he drew called Chasing Amy, which details their relationship, as a way of letting her know how he feels. It's unknown whether they ever see each other again.

Alyssa makes a cameo appearance in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, in which she and her sister exit a showing of the movie version of Bluntman & Chronic, which neither of them like (even though Alyssa admits that it was "better than Mallrats.") When Trish asks Alyssa why she doesn't make a movie out of Holden's Chasing Amy comic, Alyssa replies, "It wouldn't work." Since its first use in 1851, a cameo role or cameo appearance has been a brief appearance in a play (or later, a movie) that stands out against the general context for its éclat or dramatic punch. ... Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is the fifth movie from Kevin Smith, famous for his cult films Clerks. ...

Chronologically, she is first seen attending Julie Dwyer's funeral in the animated short "Clerks: The Lost Scene" where she has a breif conversation with Dante, telling him how Julie died and why, but not before swearing her hate for Randall. Once Randall spots her and says "Hey! Fingercuffs!" she told him to go to hell and stormed off.