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->''I can't wait to see their faces when I spring\\
Yes, sir!\\
'Cause they think that I'm a dog\\
But I'm The Thing!''
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Yes, sir!\\
'Cause they think that I'm a dog\\
But I'm The Thing!''
-->--'''Creator/JonAndAlKaplan'''
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* FollowTheLeader: All future adaptations followed the first movie's AdaptationalNameChange.
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Not to be mistaken for ComicBook/TheThing, member of the Creator/MarvelComics superhero team ComicBook/FantasticFour.
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Not to be mistaken for ComicBook/TheThing, member of the Creator/MarvelComics superhero team ComicBook/FantasticFour.ComicBook/FantasticFour nor does it have anything to do with the 1979 cartoon also known as ''WesternAnimation/TheThing''.
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* ''TabletopGame/WhoGoesThere'', a 2018 TabletopGame based on the novel.
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* ''TabletopGame/WhoGoesThere'', a 2018 TabletopGame based on the novel.novella.
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* ParasiticHorror: The titular villain is an extraterrestrial single-celled organism that infects its victims just by mere touch, and hides inside of them. If its cover is blown, the Thing creates a [[BodyHorror horrific mish-mash of meat, tentacles, and mouths]] ''out of its host's body''. To make hiding and hunting easier, the Thing creates and spreads paranoia to the heroes, causing them to accuse each other for being the titular monster.
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Not to be mistaken for The Thing, member of the Creator/MarvelComics superhero team ComicBook/FantasticFour.
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** ''ComicBook/TheThingTheNorthmanNightmare'', a comic about vikings encountering the Thing.
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** ''Film/TheThing2011'', a horror film which is a prequel to the 1982 film.
* ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'', the 1951 film adapted from the novel.
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* ''Literature/WhoGoesThere''
''Literature/WhoGoesThere'', the original novella by Creator/JohnWCampbell.
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** ''Film/TheThing2011'', ahorror film which is a prequel to the 1982 film.
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** ''ComicBook/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'', the comicbook comic book continuation of the 1982 film.
** ''TabletopGame/TheThingInfectionAtOutpost31'', aboardgame board game based on the 1982 film.
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* EerieArcticResearchStation: The original is set at an Arctic scientific outpost, while the remake was set in Antarctica. There are two Antarctic research stations seen in the remake. One is the Norwegian post which discovered the alien spacecraft embedded in the ice crust. The other is the American post which adopts a sled dog that had been fleeing Norwegian commandos. The dog later turns out to be an evil, pleomorphic alien. While trying to learn more about their foe, the Americans visit the Norwegian post, which is found to be a thoroughly burnt and ravaged ruins.
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** ''TabletopGame/TheThingInfectionAtOutpost31'', a boardgame based on the 1982 film.
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** ''VideoGame/TheThing'', a video game sequel to the 1982 film.
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A franchise about an alien shapeshifter hunting the personal of an arctic base.
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A franchise about an alien shapeshifter hunting the personal personnel of an arctic base.
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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Could happen to anyone.
* AntagonistTitle: The Thing is the alien creature trying to take over the protagonists.
* TheAssimilator: Let's face it, almost any villain in any medium that can absorb or infect people to replicate them draws some inspiration from Carpenter's The Thing. It's a monster that's best described as a living virus as each part of its body can live and act autonomously from the main body and all it needs to do is [[ViralTransformation infect a person]] with even a small piece of itself for its tissue to spread, grow, replicate, and consume the host. It has the ability to [[ShapeShifting partially or completely assume the form]] of any creature it has previously infected and absorbed and can use the knowledge and skills of the people it has copied.
* AntagonistTitle: The Thing is the alien creature trying to take over the protagonists.
* TheAssimilator: Let's face it, almost any villain in any medium that can absorb or infect people to replicate them draws some inspiration from Carpenter's The Thing. It's a monster that's best described as a living virus as each part of its body can live and act autonomously from the main body and all it needs to do is [[ViralTransformation infect a person]] with even a small piece of itself for its tissue to spread, grow, replicate, and consume the host. It has the ability to [[ShapeShifting partially or completely assume the form]] of any creature it has previously infected and absorbed and can use the knowledge and skills of the people it has copied.
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* ParanoiaFuel: The fact that at least one among anyone may be The Thing.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Most terrifying of all is the fact that The Thing can change shape, infecting a person on a molecular level and then relentlessly absorbing and duplicating their cells, imitating them from the inside out until there is nothing human left.
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* ParanoiaFuel: The InUniverse and out, the fact that at least one among anyone may be The Thing.
* TenLittleMurderVictims: The bulk of the films essentially boil down to the cast wanting to kill the Thing, but not knowing who is or isn't infected.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Most terrifying of all is the fact that The Thing can change shape, infecting a person on a molecular level and then relentlessly absorbing and duplicating their cells, imitating them from the inside out until there is nothing human left. The only exception is the 1951 film.
* TenLittleMurderVictims: The bulk of the films essentially boil down to the cast wanting to kill the Thing, but not knowing who is or isn't infected.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Most terrifying of all is the fact that The Thing can change shape, infecting a person on a molecular level and then relentlessly absorbing and duplicating their cells, imitating them from the inside out until there is nothing human left. The only exception is the 1951 film.
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* BodyHorror: What happens when The Thing reveals itself, ripping its way out of its host.
* ParanoiaFuel: The fact that at least one among anyone may be The Thing.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Most terrifying of all is the fact that The Thing can change shape, infecting a person on a molecular level and then relentlessly absorbing and duplicating their cells, imitating them from the inside out until there is nothing human left.
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* ''Literature/WhoGoesThere''
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novel.
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* ''[[Film/TheThing1982 The Thing]]'', ''Film/TheThing1982'', a 1982 horror film that was also adapted from ''Literature/WhoGoesThere''
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* ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'', the original 1951 film adapted from the novel ''Literature/WhoGoesThere''
* ''[[Film/TheThing1982 The Thing]]'', a 1982 horror film that was also adapted from ''Literature/WhoGoesThere''
** ''[[Film/TheThing2011 The Thing]]'', a 2011 horror film which is a prequel to the 1982 film.
** ''VideoGame/TheThing'', a video game sequel to the 1982 film.
** ''ComicBook/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'', the comicbook continuation of the 1982 film.
* The Thing, member of the Creator/MarvelComics superhero team ComicBook/FantasticFour.
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* ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'', the original 1951 film adapted from the novel ''Literature/WhoGoesThere''
* ''[[Film/TheThing1982 The Thing]]'', a 1982 horror film that was also adapted from ''Literature/WhoGoesThere''
** ''[[Film/TheThing2011 The Thing]]'', a 2011 horror film which is a prequel to the 1982 film.
** ''VideoGame/TheThing'', a video game sequel to the 1982 film.
** ''ComicBook/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'', the comicbook continuation of the 1982 film.
* The Thing, member of the Creator/MarvelComics superhero team ComicBook/FantasticFour.
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