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At the Francher place, a battle ensued between Klaus, who had [[Tyler Smallwood]] on his side, and Matt and the group. Tyler gave Matt a concussion and raked Meredith's leg to the bone, but Bonnie managed to knock him unconscious while Damon, who arrived with his own [[Damon Salvatore's white ash spear|spear]], distracted Klaus while they tended to Stefan, who was badly injured. Thankfully, Bonnie summoned Elena's spirit and the ghosts of the [[Civil War]] soldiers who died in the town. The soldiers took Klaus to [[Judgement]], while Elena was returned to life.
 
At the Francher place, a battle ensued between Klaus, who had [[Tyler Smallwood]] on his side, and Matt and the group. Tyler gave Matt a concussion and raked Meredith's leg to the bone, but Bonnie managed to knock him unconscious while Damon, who arrived with his own [[Damon Salvatore's white ash spear|spear]], distracted Klaus while they tended to Stefan, who was badly injured. Thankfully, Bonnie summoned Elena's spirit and the ghosts of the [[Civil War]] soldiers who died in the town. The soldiers took Klaus to [[Judgement]], while Elena was returned to life.
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===Shinichi and Misao's plans===
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A week after Elena's rebirth, Stefan allowed Matt, as well as Meredith, Bonnie and [[Caroline Forbes]], to visit her at [[Theophilia Flowers]]' [[Flowers boardinghouse|boardinghouse]]. Before heading to the boardinghouse, the four of them signed an [[oath of secrecy concerning Elena Gilbert|oath]] concerning the secrecy of Elena's return to life. At the house, Elena kissed them in order to identify and remember them. When she kissed Matt, Meredith and Bonnie hurriedly distracted Stefan so that he would think nothing of it. In fact, Matt secretly enjoyed the kiss.
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The following day, as Matt left the boardinghouse in his [[Matthew Honeycutt's car|new car]] with Bonnie and Meredith, they were attacked by [[Tree-Man|ambulatory trees]] that poisoned them with their [[Tree-Man sap|sap]]. Though [[Damon Salvatore|Damon]] arrived, he chose only to save Bonnie, and left Matt and Meredith behind. Fortunately, Stefan went to save them after Damon explained to him why Bonnie was injured and unconscious.
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The day after, Matt went to [[Jim Bryce]]'s [[Bryce house|house]]. Arriving there early, he saw Caroline leave, and deduced that she had spent the night with Jim. Before Caroline left, she made a suggestive comment to Matt. Furthermore, [[Tamra Bryce|Tamra]], Jim's younger sister, pressed her body against Matt in the doorway. In the afternoon, Matt, Stefan, Elena, Bonnie and Meredith went to the [[Fell's Church cemetery|cemetery]] for a [[picnic in the Fell's Church cemetery|celebratory picnic]]. There, he told them about Caroline and Tamra Bryce, and they came to the conclusion that they may be possessed by [[malach]].
   
 
==Physical description==
 
==Physical description==

Revision as of 17:35, 5 March 2012

Matt Honeycutt
Matthew Jeffrey Honeycutt
Biographical information
Born

c.1973

Marital status

Single

Alias
Titles

Outstanding Male Athlete (1991)

Physical description
Species

Human

Gender

Male

Height

5'11"

Hair colour

Blonde

Eye colour

Blue

Skin colour

White

Family information
Family members
Affiliation
Occupation

Odd-job worker[1] (temporarily; 1990)

Loyalty
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"But just because it's hopeless doesn't mean it's all right to stop fighting. Even if I knew it was hopeless, I'd still have to try. I have to try, damn it!"
—Matt to Stefan Salvatore[src]

Matthew Jeffrey[2] "Matt" Honeycutt (born c.1973) was a resident of Fell's Church, Virginia and son of Mr. Honeycutt and his wife, who remarried after her husband's death. He was in a romantic relationship with Elena Gilbert until she broke up with him in 1991.

After learning of the existence of the supernatural from Elena and Stefan Salvatore, Matt helped save Elena during her short time as a vampire, and worked to protect the town from the dogs influenced by Katherine von Swartzschild, from the Old One known as Klaus, and from Shinichi, Misao and Inari, and the phantom Jealousy.

Biography

Childhood

Matt was born in 1973 or 1974 to Mr. and Mrs. Honeycutt. He grew up in Fell's Church, Virginia, and was particularly close to his great-uncle Joe. His family was not particularly wealthy, and his father died when Matt was young.

During the summertime, Matt often, if not always, went to his grandparents' farm to help out, which resulted in him getting a long-lasting suntan.

Twelfth grade

Friendship with Stefan

"Elena, you are incredible. You twist people around your little finger and I don't think you even know you're doing it. And now you're going to ask me to do something to help you ambush Stefan, and I'm such a dumb sucker I might even agree to do it."
—Matt confronting Elena[src]

In September, 1991, Elena broke up with Matt, though she denied that it was because of Stefan Salvatore. Though upset, Matt agreed to remain friends, and soon developed a friendship with Stefan, who joined the football team. Despite accepting Elena's feelings for Stefan, as well as remaining friends with her, he was hurt when he heard the untrue rumor that Frances Decatur had spread; that Elena had embarked on a romantic relationship with Jean-Claude while on holiday in France. Elena admitted to Matt that she had caused Frances to spread the rumor before attempting to ask him a favor, but Matt refused, angrily commenting on her selfishness. He apologized afterwards, and later went to the Homecoming Dance with her. After Elena disappeared from the party with Tyler Smallwood, Vickie Bennett and Dick Carter, Matt went with Bonnie and Meredith to find her. Instead, they found Vickie Bennett, who had been attacked by Katherine von Swartzschild.

Matt later attended the Haunted House fundraiser dressed as a werewolf, and was present when Tanner was discovered dead. Matt, on Elena's urging, went to the boys' changing rooms and found Stefan, who had been accused of the murder, telling him to run. Stefan did so, after making Matt promise to look after Elena.

"I followed you. I figured you'd find a way to get around your aunt and go out again. So I sat in my car across the street and watched your house. Sure enough, you three came climbing out of the window. So I followed you here."
—Matt to the girls[src]

True to his word, Matt stayed outside of Elena's house in his car, making sure she did not leave. However, she did sneak out, with Bonnie and Meredith, prompting Matt to follow them to Wickery Bridge. Matt learnt that Bonnie, who was psychic, had had a vision of Stefan stuck in a cold, wet place, and thought that that meant Drowning Creek. Matt, however, deduced that it was a well, and might be the well at the Francher family farmhouse. He was correct, and the four of them proceeded to rescue him.

Defending the town

"Stefan, what's going on? I still don't understand. What's happened to Elena? Is she going to be like this forever? Isn't there anything we can do?"
—Matt[src]

After Elena "drowned" in the creek (in reality, became a vampire), Matt was devastated. Stefan approached him and asked him what he would do for Elena. Answering that he would do anything, Stefan took him to Elena and urged her to drink his blood, which she did, though Matt was shocked at learning what she had become. He was even more so once he learnt that Stefan had attacked Tyler Smallwood, who had tried to rape Elena after the Haunted House fundraiser.

In his own way of dealing with the revelation of vampires, Matt pretended that Elena was dead, and that vampires did not exist, shunning Stefan when he tried to speak with him. But after Elena visited him one night, he concluded that vampires must be real, and offered her some of his blood. Elena accepted, and Matt then decided to help her, Stefan, Meredith, Bonnie and Alaric Saltzman save Fell's Church.

At the Snow Ball, Matt, along with Meredith, Bonnie and Alaric, tried to save Robert E. Lee High School from the town's dogs, who were being controlled by Katherine to attack. They managed to save everybody by hiding behind a fire, with help from Caroline Forbes on the school's speaker-system. Unbeknownst to them, at the same time, Elena died by exposing herself to the Sun, sacrificing her life while killing Katherine and saving the town.

Matt attended Elena's funeral, and punched Tyler after he insulted her memory.

A new threat

"Matt turned to the door, then hesitated. Abruptly, he turned again and held out his hand. "Stefan - I'm glad you came back." Stefan gripped it. "I'm glad to hear it," was all he said, but inside he felt a warmth that took away the stabbing pain. And some of the loneliness too."
—Matt reunited with Stefan[src]

Six months after Elena's death, Matt, in Bonnie's opinion, seemed depressed, and indifferent to just about everything. He was the only one willing to help Meredith and Bonnie fight against a new supernatural threat in Fell's Church who killed Sue Carson at Meredith's birthday party, which Caroline held. He helped with Bonnie's summoning spell to bring Stefan back to the town, going to the Fell crypt and gathering some of Stefan's hairs that he left after Katherine's attack.

After Stefan and Damon arrived in the town, they learnt that evil was attracted to Fell's Church due to the large amount of bloodshed that occurred in the Battle of Fell's Church, something that Matt knew about.

Soon after, Matt began to doubt their investigation into Sue Carson's death, arguing that there would always be more evil in the world. Stefan, however, tricked him into convincing himself otherwise, and he agreed to go on fighting, breaking into the library to look at Honoria Fell's journal, as Stefan correctly believed that Tyler Smallwood was a werewolf. He then went with Bonnie and Meredith to safeguard Vickie Bennett, who was shaken up by Sue's death. He also became the first to learn that Damon had killed Tanner in self-defence, not as an act of murder.

Graduation and fighting Klaus

Confirming that Tyler was a werewolf, Matt and the others formed a plan to capture and interrogate him over the "blond man" that Vickie had mentioned. They ambushed him in the cemetery and threatened to chop off one of his feet before he gave in and told them about Klaus, that there was one type of wood that could injure him, and that he planned on killing Vickie that night. The group quickly departed for Vickie's house, where they found her dead.

In search of the one wood that could harm Klaus, Matt went with Stefan, Meredith and Bonnie to a mental hospital in West Virginia, where Meredith's grandfather, one of Klaus's victims, resided. They learnt that the wood was white ash, and quickly returned to Fell's Church and made a spear out of it.

Shortly afterwards, Klaus, who had kidnapped Caroline Forbes from Herron, sent the group a message, telling Stefan to face him at the Francher homestead. They refused to let him go without them, but he threatened to kill them if they followed him. Naturally, they followed him in secret.

At the Francher place, a battle ensued between Klaus, who had Tyler Smallwood on his side, and Matt and the group. Tyler gave Matt a concussion and raked Meredith's leg to the bone, but Bonnie managed to knock him unconscious while Damon, who arrived with his own spear, distracted Klaus while they tended to Stefan, who was badly injured. Thankfully, Bonnie summoned Elena's spirit and the ghosts of the Civil War soldiers who died in the town. The soldiers took Klaus to Judgement, while Elena was returned to life.

Shinichi and Misao's plans

A week after Elena's rebirth, Stefan allowed Matt, as well as Meredith, Bonnie and Caroline Forbes, to visit her at Theophilia Flowers' boardinghouse. Before heading to the boardinghouse, the four of them signed an oath concerning the secrecy of Elena's return to life. At the house, Elena kissed them in order to identify and remember them. When she kissed Matt, Meredith and Bonnie hurriedly distracted Stefan so that he would think nothing of it. In fact, Matt secretly enjoyed the kiss.

The following day, as Matt left the boardinghouse in his new car with Bonnie and Meredith, they were attacked by ambulatory trees that poisoned them with their sap. Though Damon arrived, he chose only to save Bonnie, and left Matt and Meredith behind. Fortunately, Stefan went to save them after Damon explained to him why Bonnie was injured and unconscious.

The day after, Matt went to Jim Bryce's house. Arriving there early, he saw Caroline leave, and deduced that she had spent the night with Jim. Before Caroline left, she made a suggestive comment to Matt. Furthermore, Tamra, Jim's younger sister, pressed her body against Matt in the doorway. In the afternoon, Matt, Stefan, Elena, Bonnie and Meredith went to the cemetery for a celebratory picnic. There, he told them about Caroline and Tamra Bryce, and they came to the conclusion that they may be possessed by malach.

Physical description

Personality and traits

Possessions

Relationships

Family

Stefan Salvatore

Elena Gilbert

Bonnie McCullough

Meredith Sulez

Damon Salvatore

Tyler Smallwood

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. Matt and Elena - First Date
  2. The Return: Midnight


Robert E. Lee High School football team
Coach
Lyman (before 1990 - unknown) · Simpson (c.1990)
Halfback
Terry Watson (c.1990)
Quarterback
Matthew Honeycutt (unknown – 1992; captain)
Safety
Dick Carter (unknown – 1992)
Tackle
Tyler Smallwood (unknown – 1992)
Wide receivers
Stefan Salvatore (19911992)