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|name=Jonathan Cross
|image=NFSMWCareerPrologue Cross.jpg
|appearances=''[[Need for Speed: Most Wanted]]''<br>''[[Need for Speed: Carbon]]''<br>''[[Need for Speed: Payback]]'' (Voice)
|affiliations=[[Rockport Police Department]]<br>[[Cross' Unnamed Partner]]<br>[[Gregory MacDonald]]<ref>Prima Official Game Guide - Need for Speed: Undercover (GMac's FBI file)</ref>
|vehicles=[[Chevrolet Corvette C6.R (2005)|Chevrolet Corvette C6.R]]<br />[[Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (2006)]]<br />[[Police Federal Cruiser|Federal Cruiser]]
|played by =[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0571506/ Dean McKenzie]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Williams_(actor) Chris Williams] (Voice - ''Most Wanted'')
}}{{cleanup}}
'''Jonathan Cross''' (also known as '''Sergeant Cross''' or '''Cross''') is a character that appears in ''[[Need for Speed: Most Wanted]]'' and ''[[Need for Speed: Carbon]]'' through live action segments as well as during gameplay. He also has a short cameo in ''[[Need for Speed: Payback]]''.

In ''Need for Speed: Most Wanted'', Cross works as a police sergeant for the Street Racing Unit of the [[Rockport Police Department]]<ref>Voice Message by Mia ("Cross has your file.")</ref>. He is constantly accompanied by his [[Cross' Unnamed Partner|unnamed female partner]].

In ''Need for Speed: Carbon'', Cross works as a bounty hunter to hunt the [[Player (Most Wanted & Carbon)|player]].

===''Need for Speed: Most Wanted''===
Cross first appears during the prologue of ''Need for Speed: Most Wanted'', where he pulls the player over for street racing and driving a unsuspectingly [[BMW M3 GTR (E46)|non-street legal car]]. Due to an emergency call, Cross is forced to release the player, leaving a big scratch on the car caused by his car keys beforehand, but still gets his chance of arresting him after the player loses their car to [[Razor]]. The player is later released from custody due to a lack of evidence.

Cross makes his final appearance after the player defeats Razor and becomes the number one on the [[Blacklist]]. As [[Mia Townsend|Mia]] has let the player go, Cross calls in all units of the Rockport Police Department to catch the player once and for all. After the player jumps through an incomplete bridge and successfully evades all units, Cross issues them the national Most Wanted status.

===''Need for Speed: Carbon''===
Cross discovers the player on the Carbon Canyon on their way to [[Palmont City]] and starts to chase them. The player fails to escape from him due to totalling their car in a crash in a construction site. When Cross is about to apprehend the player, he is called off by [[Darius]], who offers him to pay the player's bounty.

Cross' last appearance takes place after Darius betrays the player by turning them over to him again. Owing to a deal with [[Nikki]], which obliges her to pay the player's bounty, Cross sets the player free and drives off.

===''Need for Speed: Payback''===
Cross makes a brief appearance in ''Need for Speed: Payback'' through a voice recording that plays during the mission [[Covert Courier]].

==Pursuit==
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Cross has a small chance of appearing in [[Pursuit|Heat Level 5 or 6 pursuits]] to aid other pursuing officers.<ref>Prima Official Game Guide - Need for Speed: Most Wanted, p.33</ref> The player receives a [[Bounty|bounty]] of $100,000 for wrecking his car. He also appears as a police unit in ''Need for Speed: Carbon'' despite not being intended to do so.<ref>Prima Official Game Guide - Need for Speed: Carbon, p.68 (not mentioned in the heat level summary)</ref>

==Vehicles==
[[File:NFSMW_Chevrolet_Corvette_Cross.jpg|200px|right]]Cross' pursuit vehicle is a [[Police Federal Cruiser|Federal Cruiser]] with a unique livery that appears in heat condition 5 or 6 pursuits. He is featured with different cars outside of pursuit events:
*Cross is seen driving a [[Chevrolet Corvette C6.R (2005)|Chevrolet Corvette C6.R]] during FMV cutscenes of ''Need for Speed: Most Wanted'' and a [[Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (2006)|Chevrolet Corvette Z06]] in ''Need for Speed: Carbon''. The latter may be unlocked as a [[Need for Speed: Carbon/Reward Cards|reward card]] for [[Quick Race|Quick Race play]] without upgraded performance.
*Cross' Chevrolet Corvette Z06 in ''Need for Speed: Carbon'' is fitted with a bodykit overlaid on top of the stock body.
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*The PlayStation 2 demo of ''Need for Speed: Most Wanted'' features an unused variant of Cross' Corvette with a yellow stripe livery, which only appears in the introduction film of the final release.
*Cross' pursuit vehicle featured in ''Need for Speed: Most Wanted'' can be found in the game files of ''[[Need for Speed: World]]''.
*Unused textures show that at some point of the game's development, Cross' car was going to be a C6.R interceptor instead of the Z06 interceptor he drives in ''Need for Speed: Most Wanted''.

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NFSMWCareerPrologue CrossStoppingPlayer.jpg|Chevrolet Corvette C6.R<br /><small>(''Need for Speed: Most Wanted'')</small>
NFSMWCrossCorvettePS2Demo.jpg|Unused Model in the Demo<br /><small>(Need for Speed: Most Wanted)</small>
NFSMWIntro Corvette.jpg|Unused Model in the Intro<br /><small>(Need for Speed: Most Wanted)</small>
NFSCChevroletCorvetteZ06Bonus.png|Chevrolet Corvette Z06<br /><small>(''Need for Speed: Carbon'')</small>
NFSMW_Chevrolet_Corvette_Cross.jpg|Federal Cruiser<br /><small>(''Need for Speed: Most Wanted'')</small>
NFSCCrossCorvette.jpg|Federal Cruiser<br /><small>(''Need for Speed: Carbon'')</small>
NFSW_COPSPORT.jpg|Federal Cruiser<br /><small>(''Need for Speed: World'')</small>
</gallery>

==Trivia==
===''Need for Speed: Most Wanted''===
*After defeating the number 5 on the Blacklist - [[Webster]] - the player receives a voice message from Cross, which states that he will "help them out" with some pinstripes and looks forward to busting them repeatedly. This means the player can now get up to heat level 5 in pursuits.<ref>Voice Message by Cross ("Pin stripes.")</ref>
*The scene in which Cross shouts "Everyone" in ''Need for Speed: Most Wanted'' is a reference to the 1994 French Motion Picture - "Léon: The Professional".

===''Need for Speed: Carbon''===
*Some trailers for ''Need for Speed: Carbon'' show Cross' RPD Interceptor being driven by players during a Pursuit Knockout event, which was replaced by the [[Police Federal Cruiser]] in the final release.
*[[Darius]] jokingly mispronounces Cross' name as Crog or Crawl.
*The player has a $150,000 bounty according to Cross.
*The player has to drive Cross' Corvette Z06, fitted with performance parts, in the Gold Canyon [[Need for Speed: Carbon/Challenge Series|Challenge Series event]] along the ''"Eternity Pass"'' course against a [[BMW M3 GTR (E46)|BMW M3 GTR GT]].
*During the prologue, Cross will actively attempt to ram and hit the player repeatedly, going as far as to turn around if passed. This is the only instance of cop A.I. behaviour in a Canyon Duel.

===''Need for Speed: Undercover''===
*Cross is said to be affiliated with [[Gregory MacDonald]] in ''[[Need for Speed: Undercover]]'', who is a police lieutenant turned criminal.
*Cross' full name - Jonathan Cross - is the only transcript with his first name and appears as part of Gregory MacDonald's FBI file in the Prima Official Game Guide for ''Need for Speed: Undercover.''<ref>Anthony, B. 2008. Gregory "GMCAC" MacDonald. In: ''Need for Speed: Undercover - Prima Official Game Guide'' (pp. 103).</ref>

===''Need for Speed: World''===
*In ''Need for Speed: World'', a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 "Cross" style was released as part of the [[Need for Speed: World/NFS Classic Cars|NFS Classic]] series.

===''Need for Speed: The Run''===
In ''[[Need for Speed: The Run]]'', a [[Chevrolet_Corvette_Z06_Carbon_Limited_Edition_(C6)|Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon Limited Edition "Cross"]] signature edition is included as part of the [[Need for Speed: The Run/Heroes and Villains Pack|''Heroes and Villains'' pack]].

===''Need for Speed: Payback''===
*In the mission "Covert Courier", the recording of Cross is voiced by Dean McKenzie.

=== ''Need for Speed: Heat'' ===
*An Easter egg reference to Cross with a sign for the Sgt. Cross Memorial Bridge, which can be found in Mendoza Keys, [[Palm City]].

==Gallery==
===''Need for Speed: Most Wanted''===
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NFSMWCareerPrologue Cross2.jpg|Cross with his partner<br><small>(Prologue)</small>
NFSMWCareerEpilogue Cross.jpg|Confronting Mia<br><small>(Finale)</small>
NFSMWCareerEpilogue_BridgeCross.jpg|Failing to catch the Player<br><small>(Finale)</small>
</gallery>

===''Need for Speed: Most Wanted''===
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NFSCCareerPrologue Cross.jpg|"Guess Who's Back"<br><small>(Prologue)</small>
NFSCCareerPrologue Cross2.jpg|Confronting the Player<br><small>(Prologue)</small>
NFSCCareer CrossSpyingPlayer.jpg|Spying on the Player
NFSCCareer_CrossNikkiDeal.jpg|Cross and Nikki
</gallery>

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