Boonie MacFarlane

"Oh call me Boonie you fool, call me Boonie!"

- Boonie MacFarlane

 is a major character and a primary ally of John Marston in Red Dead Redemption part I and III, and also his ally in Undead Nighmare.

With the addition of the Liars and Cheats DLC pack,  is also a multiplayer character that can be selected in the "Cheats" section of the Outfitter.

Background
Boonie MacFarlane is the daughter of Drew MacFarlane, and the owner of MacFarlane's Ranch and she has spent her whole life working on the ranch with her father. She had six brothers and one sister, but five of them died from either illness or foolish choices and the sister gone away far as poosible and never come back. Her sole surviving brother moved to Miami, where he supposedly is employed as a banker. With the majority of her generation deceased and the only other survivor leaving the family and the ranch, Boonie feels it is up to her to become the "man" of their family's ranch.

Red Dead Redemption
She is first seen on the train from Gold Town. It is unknown why; she is possibly getting supplies for her ranch. The next morning, Boonie rescues John by the road after he is seriously wounded in the initial confrontation with Bill Williamson at Fort Mercer. Boonie pays the doctor $15 to heal Marston's wounds and provides lodging in return for assistance with duties on the ranch. John does several missions at the ranch, such as night watching, herding cattle, and breaking horses. After finding out that Boonie is helping John at the ranch, Bill Williamson's men set the ranch's barn on fire and John risks his life to rescue the horses out of the burning barn. Boonie is later taken hostage by members of Bill Williamson's gang, who threaten her life unless Marston and the Marshal release Norman Deek from the Silver Town jail. After traveling to the ghost town of Black Town and attempting to hand the man over, it is revealed to be an ambush. The gang attempts to hang a brutally beaten Boonie, but the rope tightens around the side of her throat, preventing her neck from being broken. After an intense battle, John then shoots the rope from which she is hanging and she survives. Marshal Leg Johnson takes her back to Silver Town after all of Williamson's men are killed.

After the death of Dutch van der Linde, John returns to MacFarlane's Ranch and visits Boonie to buy some cattle for free. Shortly after, Boonie calls upon John by telegraph to bring the ranch some corn to make up for corn lost to pests at their ranch. After John and Abigail Marston leave the ranch, she gazes longingly after the couple, shuffling her feet as she watches the wagon leave. She then turns her face to Rico Pedrosa as he walks into the general store and then follows him in, making her last appearance in the main storyline. It is suggested by Abigail that Boonie had developed feelings for John as they ride back to Beecher's Hope. The way in which she stared at the two as they left also supports this.

Epilogue
In 1913, Boonie has gotten married, though it is not stated to whom. Jack Marston is still welcome at the MacFarlane's Ranch and is still able to make use of the cabin his father once recovered in. Boonie is not seen by Jack, although the ranch operates just as it did in 1909.

In 1913, peoples in Silver Town can be heard discussing that she found a husband.

Undead Nightmare
Bonnie appears at the ranch, seemingly unfazed by the zombie epidemic, but seems mentally disturbed from her words. She nonchalantly tells John that Drew was rounding up the undead in the barn and was there since the day before, and asks John to check on him, which begins the side-mission "Paternal Pride". After John tells her the fate of her father, she states she is glad that he fought protecting those he loved and walks back into the house.

Red Dead Redemption

 * "Exobus In America"
 * "New Friends, Old Problems"
 * "Obstacles in Our Hand"
 * "This is Sparta!, USA"
 * "Women and the Cattle"
 * "Wild Horses, Black Passions"
 * "A Tempest Looms"
 * "The Burning"
 * "Hanging Bonnie MacFarlane"
 * "The Outlaw's Return"
 * "Old Friends, New Problems"

Undead Nightmare

 * "Paternal Pride"

Quotes
"If you think I'm going to lower myself by making a joke about being 'all tied up' - you've got another thing coming lets go."

- Bonnie MacFarlane after nearly being hanged

"Change is only good when it makes things better."

- Boonie MacFarlane To John

"You do so love to talk in riddles, Mr. Marston."

- Boonie MacFarlane after Marston told her about his life

""Stupid" is the word we use around here."

- Boonie MacFarlane to John Marston

"He replaced his saddle for a tie, and that's fine. I just never met a man in a tie that I could trust."

- Boonie MacFarlane referring to her only living brother

Trivia

 * Bonnie's brothers's graves can be found buried at Coot's Chapel.
 * Boonie hints some sort of love or passion for John Marston. Rico can be heard saying "don't tell anyone I said this, but I heard that Miss Boonie MacFarlane is sweet on that Marston fella". Abigail supports this by telling John that Bonnie "blushed redder than a shepherd's sunset when she saw you", but John replies with "I tend to have that effect on women".
 * Boonie appears in the corner on the left on de map when player opens it.
 * Abigail Marston is suspicious about Boonie having an flirty with John.
 * It is implied by Norman Deek that Bonnie was to be soon raped while she was taken hostage. It was implied by the state in which Boonie was in that this almost did occur. Her belt was untied and her shirt was ripped down.
 * John only calls her "Boonie" twice and "Bonnie" once in the series. The rest of the time he refers to her as "Miss MacFarlane".