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A monstrous entity is accidentally created when four different ingredients - [[LegoGenetics muriatric acid, trisodium phosphate, silica gel and hamburger meat]] - combine in a UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} sewer catch basin. It starts as a [[FromASingleCell microscopic organism]] but swiftly grows into a huge green blob which Thomas and Wilhelm insist on calling a "[[YouKeepUsingThatWord clone]]."

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A monstrous entity is accidentally created when four different ingredients - [[LegoGenetics muriatric acid, trisodium phosphate, silica gel and hamburger meat]] - combine in a UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} sewer catch basin. It starts as a [[FromASingleCell microscopic organism]] but swiftly grows into a huge green blob which Thomas and Wilhelm insist on calling a "[[YouKeepUsingThatWord clone]]."clone."
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
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* SkunkStripe: Dr. Agnew has one.

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* DeathOfAChild: Many of the clone's victims are children.



* InfantImmortality: Averted. Many of the clone's victims are children.
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* ItCameFromTheSink: The eponymous quasi-living organism resides in Chicago's drainage systems and initially attacks bathers through various sinks (before it grows large enough to just start killing people in the streets).
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* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler:Although the novel ends with the clone's destruction]], we're warned that similar monstrosities may one day be created if we continue pouring noxious chemicals into our sewers. The original short story ended even more ominously, [[spoiler:with the same warning but the clone still alive.]]

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* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler:Although the novel ends with the clone's destruction]], we're warned that similar monstrosities may one day be created if we continue pouring noxious chemicals into our sewers. The original short story ended even more ominously, [[spoiler:with the same warning but with no one listening about not dumping chemicals into the clone still alive.sewers.]]

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* DecompositeCharacter: The short story's unnamed Chief Pathologist becomes two different characters, Mark Kenniston and Rudolph Agnew, in the novel. Also counts as NamedByTheAdaptation.
** The short story's police officer character Sergeant Alton also becomes two characters in the novel, Sergeant Eddie Dwyer and his superior Captain Prescott.

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* DecompositeCharacter: The short story's unnamed Chief Pathologist becomes and Sergeant Alton from the original short story each become two different characters, characters:
** The Chief Pathologist is split between
Mark Kenniston and Rudolph Agnew, in the novel.Agnew. Also counts as NamedByTheAdaptation.
** The short story's police officer character Sergeant Alton also becomes two characters in the novel, Sergeant Eddie Dwyer and his superior Captain Prescott.

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* AdaptationNameChange: In the short story, the clone's first victims are Frank and Maude Wendal. In the novel, they're Frank and Maude Wend''ell''. Also, the police sergeant in the short story is named Alton and Eddie Dwyer in the full novel.

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* AdaptationNameChange: In the short story, the clone's first victims are Frank and Maude Wendal. In the novel, they're Frank and Maude Wend''ell''. Also, the police sergeant is named Alton in the short story is named Alton and Eddie Dwyer in the full novel.


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** The short story's police officer character Sergeant Alton also becomes two characters in the novel, Sergeant Eddie Dwyer and his superior Captain Prescott.


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** Sergeant Alton in the original short story. After the diner massacre, he immediately phones up the Chief Pathologist, instead of sticking his head in the sand like his [[DecompositeCharacter counterpart(s)]] Dwyer and Prescott in the novel.

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* AdaptationNameChange: In the short story, the clone's first victims are Maude and Frank Wendal. In the novel, they're Maude and Frank Wend''ell''. Also, the police sergeant in the short story is named Alton and Eddie Dwyer in the full novel.

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* AdaptationNameChange: In the short story, the clone's first victims are Frank and Maude and Frank Wendal. In the novel, they're Frank and Maude and Frank Wend''ell''. Also, the police sergeant in the short story is named Alton and Eddie Dwyer in the full novel.


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* DecompositeCharacter: The short story's unnamed Chief Pathologist becomes two different characters, Mark Kenniston and Rudolph Agnew, in the novel. Also counts as NamedByTheAdaptation.
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* AdaptationNameChange: In the short story, the clone's first victims are Maude and Frank Wendal. In the novel, they're Maude and Frank Wend*ell*. Also, the police sergeant in the short story is named Alton and Eddie Dwyer in the full novel.

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* AdaptationNameChange: In the short story, the clone's first victims are Maude and Frank Wendal. In the novel, they're Maude and Frank Wend*ell*.Wend''ell''. Also, the police sergeant in the short story is named Alton and Eddie Dwyer in the full novel.
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* AdaptationNameChange: In the short story, the clone's first victims are Maude and Frank Wendal. In the novel, they're Maude and Frank Wend*ell*. Also, the police sergeant in the short story is named Alton and Eddie Dwyer in the full novel.

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* DaChief: The extremely acerbic Captain Prescott, who's got no time for Mark and Harry's stories about killer blob monsters absorbing diners full of people.

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* DaChief: The extremely acerbic Captain Prescott, who's got no time for Mark and Harry's stories about killer blob monsters absorbing diners full of people. [[spoiler:He eventually ends up leading evacuation efforts, proving to be a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.]]
* DeadlineNews: [[spoiler:Reporter Peter Vashli gets killed along with everyone else in Illinois Central Station when the clone oozes its way into the building while Vashli is covering evacuation efforts.]]
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* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:Attempted by Dory Bernheim using his blowtorch. It doesn't work. It ''does'', however, cause the clone pain, and using it gives everyone except himself and one little boy enough time to escape the school.]]
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* BlobMonster

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* BlobMonsterBlobMonster: The clone, although it's composed of a kind of amorphous fleshy green substance as opposed to the usual gelatinous glop.

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