Jason Mars was the first son of Ethan and Grace Mars, and the older brother of Shaun Mars. Two years before the events of Heavy Rain, he became separated from his father when the family went to visit a mall. Jason's mother Grace took his brother Shaun to buy him some new shoes, leaving Ethan with the responsibility of looking after Jason. Jason wanders away from Ethan, who proceeds to search for his son until he either finds him or begs his father to buy him a balloon from a clown. Ethan buys him a red balloon and Jason walks off at once while Ethan finds his wallet to pay for the balloon.