History Film / Mimic

* AdaptationExpansion: The film expands on the short story by necessity (as even in audiobook form, the original story is about 20 minutes long), and adds the entire plot about the Judas Bugs. In the original story, the Mimic's are implied to be a natural form of mimicry adaptation, with parallels drawn between them and the insect species living alongside ant hives in disguise, and also has a TwistEnding that reveals that the Mimics are not the only species that have adapted to live under mankinds nose unseen.

* CockroachesWillRuleTheEarth: A similar concept used, a race of insects evolve in record time and became not only huge, but also a real treat for humanity.

** And of course the whole concept of Mimic 2 is completely absurd.

* BittersweetEnding: In the third film, Marvin manages to survive a Judas Breed attack and even save a few of his family and friends, but it's indicated that Judas Breed nests have sprung up underneath most if not all major American cities without anyone being aware of it, and that at any day the creatures will reach a critical enough mass that they'll swarm the surface and kill thousands.

* HumanDisguise: Done somewhat realistically; instead of morphing into an actual human-like appearance, the Judas Breed instead fold their wings to imitate a trenchcoat and have a carapace that folds over their insect head which looks like a mold of a human face. It would never hold up to even moderate inspection, but in poor lighting it creates a human-like silhouette which works decently enough to allow the bugs to get close enough to strike.

* HumanDisguise: Done somewhat realistically; instead of morphing into an actual human-like appearance, the Judas Breed instead fold their wings to imitate a trenchcoat and have a carapace that folds over their insect head which looks like a mold of a human face. It would never hold up to even moderate inspection, but in poor lighting it works decently enough to allow the bugs to get close enough to strike.

''Mimic'' (1997) is an American sci-fi/{{horror}} film by Creator/GuillermoDelToro, inspired by a short story of the same name by Donald A. Wollheim.

* HardToLightFire: The hero of the first film has to resort to striking sparks by banging scrap metal against pipes in order to [[spoiler: set off the trapped gas and roast the bugs]].

* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: Subverted: Two kids are horribly slaughtered by warrior bugs when they find and try to mess around with an egg case.]]
** Justified with Chuy at the end; he [[spoiler:figures out how to mimic the bugs' clicking communication with his spoons, so the bugs accept him as one of them]].
** [[spoiler: Subverted again in the third film. The very first victim of the Judas Breed is a young boy who lives with his father and pre-teen brother. A scene later in the movie shows the inside of the apartment, where the older brother and the father have been torn to pieces.]]

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* {{Determinator}}: The human-sized Judas Breed. In the second movie, the resident jock brandishes a blade torn from a paper cutter and a leg severed from a bug, suggesting they should attempt to fight their way to safety with improvised weapons, only to be upstaged by the resident geek pointing out that, yeah, he's strong enough to chop off a bug's head - that just means it will die of thirst in about a week. Humans like themselves will be long dead as the reflex action of the bug's body will have shredded them. In the first movie, a bug takes [[MoreDakka a full magazine from a pistol]] ''after'' being '''[[WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody sliced in half by a sliding door]]''' and '''''still''''' manages to scurry out of sight after maiming the shooter. In short, the bugs can only be killed by the equivalent of being [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill crushed to paste]] - like being hit by speeding subway trains or incinerated with high explosives.

'''''Mimic''''' (1997) is an American sci-fi/{{horror}} film by Creator/GuillermoDelToro, inspired by a short story of the same name by Donald A. Wollheim.

* {{Determinator}}: The human-sized Judas Breed. In the second movie, the resident jock brandishes a blade torn from a paper cutter and a leg severed from a bug, suggesting they should attempt to fight their way to safety with improvised weapons, only to be embarrassingly upstaged by the resident geek pointing out that, yeah, he's strong enough to chop off a bug's head - that just means it will die of thirst in about a week. Humans like themselves will be long dead as the reflex action of the bug's body will have shredded them. In the first movie, a bug takes [[MoreDakka a full magazine from a pistol]] ''after'' being '''[[WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody sliced in half by a sliding door]]''' and '''''still''''' manages to scurry out of sight after maiming the shooter. In short, the bugs can only be killed by the equivalent of being [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill crushed to paste]] - like being hit by speeding subway trains or incinerated with high explosives.

** Termites have kings ''and'' queens, but the giant mantis/termite hybrids seem to have the former without the benefit of the (much more important) latter.

* {{Determinator}}: The human-sized Judas Breed. In the second movie, the resident jock brandishes a blade torn from a paper cutter and a leg severed from a bug, suggesting they should attempt to fight their way to safety with improvised weapons, only to be embarrassingly upstaged by the resident geek pointing out that, yeah, he's strong enough to chop off a bug's head - that just means it will die of thirst in about a week. Humans like themselves will be long dead as the reflex action of the bug's body will have shredded them. In the first movie, a bug takes [[MoreDakka a full clip from a semiauto pistol]] ''after'' being '''[[WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody sliced in half by a sliding door]]''' and '''''still''''' manages to scurry out of sight after maiming the shooter. In short, the bugs can only be killed by the equivalent of being [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill crushed to paste]] - like being hit by speeding subway trains or incinerated with high explosives.

''Mimic'' was followed by two {{Direct To Video}} sequels, ''Mimic 2'' (2001) and ''Mimic 3: Sentinel'' (2003). In 2011, a "Director's Cut" was released on Blu-Ray.

* TheDeterminator: The human-sized Judas Breed. In the second movie, the resident jock brandishes a blade torn from a paper cutter and a leg severed from a bug, suggesting they should attempt to fight their way to safety with improvised weapons, only to be embarrassingly upstaged by the resident geek pointing out that, yeah, he's strong enough to chop off a bug's head - that just means it will die of thirst in about a week. Humans like themselves will be long dead as the reflex action of the bug's body will have shredded them. In the first movie, a bug takes [[MoreDakka a full clip from a semiauto pistol]] ''after'' being '''[[WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody sliced in half by a sliding door]]''' and '''''still''''' manages to scurry out of sight after maiming the shooter. In short, the bugs can only be killed by the equivalent of being [[NoKillLikeOverkill crushed to paste]] - like being hit by speeding subway trains or incinerated with high explosives.

** Justified with Chuy at the end; he [[spoiler:figures out how to mimic the bugs' clicking communication with his spoons, so the bugs accept him as one of them.]]

* RecycledINSPACE: ''Mimic 3'' is ''RearWindow'' [-WITH GIANT GENETICALLY ENGINEERED HUMAN-MIMICKING BUGS!-]
* RearWindowWitness: ''Mimic 3''.

* CreepyCockroach

* YouFailBiologyForever: So many things:

* TheDanza: Josh Brolin.