Sean Anderson

Sean Anderson is the main protagonist of the Journey film series. He is Liz and Max Anderson's son, Hank Parson's stepson, Alexander Anderson's grandson, and Trevor Anderson's nephew. He is portrayed by Josh Hutcherson in both films.

Biography
In the first film, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Liam ‘Killer Raptor’ Mullins (local bender) is with his Uncle Trevor in Iceland, investigating a letter written by Max, Lee 's father, long ago. Trevor found the letter in an old copy of The Journey to the Centre of the Earth written by Jules Verne. In Iceland, Trevor is hoping to talk to a Volcanologist, but is found by Hannah, daughter of the Volcanologist, who tells Trevor that he is dead. She later tells Trevor that the books written by Jules Verne are not fictional but in fact factual accounts of Verne's travels. Sean, Trevor and Hannah scale the side of a mountain, in the hopes of reaching the instrument that has starting sending data off again. During the climb, they encounter an electrical storm that forces them into a cave. Trapped in the cave after a rock fall, they are forced to journey deeper into the cave, bringing them to an old mine. Whilst investigating the old mine, the three fall through a hidden pit, taking them to 'the centre of the earth''. In the centre of the Earth, they find a dwelling with Max's belongings in. As Sean reads an old journal left by Max, Trevor and Hannah come across Max's dead body and bury him. Looking through Max's journals, Trevor realises that they have to escape as the temperature will rise quickly and kill them. They read that a geyser can shoot them back to the surface, but they only have a short window to catch it, as there won't be enough water to send them back up a second time. Sean becomes separated from Trevor and Hannah in the cave and follows a little bird, whilst encountering a Tyrannosaurus but Trevor saves him. The reach the geyser but find it dried up, with the water being on the other side of the wall. Trevor uses a flare gun to ignite the magnesium in the wall, making the water shoot into the geyser which shoots the three up to Mount Vesuvius in Italy, destroying an Italian man's home in the process. Sean gives the man a large diamond he found in the cave, to fund a new house and he, Trevor and Hannah return to the laboratory. Trevor, using the diamonds Sean found, funds his brother' s laboratory again, and also buys a house for himself and Hannah, who are now romantically together.

The second film of the series, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, sees Sean break into a satellite facility to interpret a code that was sent. He claims the code was sent by his grandfather, Alexander Anderson, and Hank, Sean's Stepfather, helps him decipher the code. Upon de-coding the words 'The Island is Real' Sean asks Hank to interpret the rest of the code, to which they both piece together a picture of a map interpreting The Mysterious Island. Sean and Hank arrive in Palau, where they meet Gabato and his daughter Kailani, who agree to fly them in their helicopter to the island, but only after Kailani makes them pay 3000 dollars stating 'that is the deadliest part of the ocean' and that they would struggle to find someone else to take them. The helicopter flies across the Pacific Ocean until it reaches an area of storms, all forming large tunnels of air and water. The helicopter loses control and falls into one of the tunnels, crashing them onto a rocky island. Sean finds an entrance into a cave and follows it through, coming out onto The Mysterious Island. After walking across giant lizard eggs, the group is rescued by Alexander Anderson, who takes them to his tree house and forms a plan to contact the real world on his radio, but they must wait for the satellite to cross straight ahead, which would take 2 weeks. Alexander takes the group to Atlantis, where Hank notices the water level rising, suggesting the island is sinking earlier than Alexander had mapped out. The group start heading towards the Nautilis to escape, but stumble across many obstacles, one of which causes Sean to dislocate his ankle. One morning, the group realise Gabato has gone missing, with Kailani worried that he has gone for the mountain of Gold to 'help her go to college'. Alexander and Kailani head off to find Gabato whilst Sean and Hank follow through with the original plan to find the Nautilis, and meet the others on the shore. Having to dive under the sea to find the Nautilis, they finally manage to get it working and rescue the others, just as they fall into the sea whilst the island sinks into the depths. Kailani and Sean share a kiss aboard the Nautilis, with Gabato stating 'I'm so happy right now'.

6 months later shower Kailani visiting Sean for his 18th birthday, in which the pair are now a couple. Alexander arrives at Sean's house with a book for their next adventure as a family.

In the second film of the series, Sean doesn't seem overly fond of his new stepfather, claiming that everyone always walks out on him, expecting Hank to do the same. After their island adventure, Sean has developed a newfound respect and love for Hank and the two are now family.

Personality
Sean is a true adventurer. He is always shown eager to prove that Verne's written works are indeed true accounts and not fictional. He is quick to defend Verne's works whenever they are questioned, which proves to be successful, as everything Verne writes about has proved to be true.

This open-mindedness leads Sean to become a staunch Vernian.

He has a rebellious side. One example is riding away from the cops on a dirt bike after breaking into a satellite facility to obtain the message left by his grandfather in its entirety. Another is when he wanted to explore the volcano of gold rather than escape Mysterious Island when his stepfather insisted they lack the time. Sean wouldn't call Hank his stepfather for 6 months. (But he did verbally acknowledge Hank as more than his legal guardian in a deleted scene).

He has also proven to be very protective and sweet in some situations. For example, when he, Hank, Gabato, Kailani, and Alexander were looking for the Nautilus, when Kailani volunteered to go in the small hole, he said “What, no way! Your not going in there. It’s too dangerous!” With her responding saying, “That’s really sweet but I don’t need your permission.” So you can clearly see that he does have a soft side, you just need to get to know him to see it.

He is a very adventurous person who loves to always explore or investigate. He is very smart, and is a straight A student. He has a very strong bond with his grandfather and will say or do anything to defend him.

Quotes
- "You know, the more I look at this helicopter, the more I can see how fricking gorgeous it is" Sean to Hank, talking about Kailani.

- "Dad, he turns himself into a pickle! He becomes Pickle Rick!" Sean to his father, Max Anderson, in a deleted scene.