History YMMV / TheClone

* ScienceMarchesOn: Thomas and Wilhelm's definition of "clone" is a little vague and uses an older if technically correct meaning, quoted above. The creature ''was'' sort of "cloned" from dead hamburger meat, and ''does'' sort of "clone" itself by turning its victims into more of its own tissue, however this is far and away from the more popular concept wherein a clone is understood to be just an exact duplicate of an individual.

* {{Tearjerker}}: The deaths of [[spoiler:Dory and the little boy]] in the school. The way the authors describe him hugging and comforting [[spoiler:the child]] as they're absorbed together is very moving. There's also the tragic fate of [[spoiler:Dr. Almquist]], who refused to abandon the patients at the hospital who were too sick to be moved when the authorities evacuated the building, the man who [[spoiler:lost his entire family to the clone and throws himself to it in a fit of despair]], and [[spoiler:"Tiny" Anderson]], who refuses to let his friend Frank Crewson try to save him after the clone has gotten his feet, lest he, too, get absorbed, complete with a surprisingly calm dying wish that Frank warn everyone not to touch the creature, indicating that he has accepted his fate and is ready to die.

* {{Tearjerker}}: The deaths of [[spoiler:Dory and the little boy]] in the school. The way the authors describe him hugging and comforting [[spoiler:the child]] as they're absorbed together is very moving. There's also the tragic fate of [[spoiler:Dr. Almquist]], who refused to abandon the patients at the hospital who were too sick to be moved when the authorities evacuated the building, the man who [[spoiler:lost his entire family to the clone and throws himself to it in a fit of despair]], and [[spoiler:"Tiny" Anderson]], who refuses to let his friend Frank Crewson try to save him after the clone has gotten his feet, lest he, too, get absorbed, complete with a surprisingly calm dying wish that Frank warn everyone not to touch the creature, indicating that he has accepted his fate and is willing to die.

* {{Tearjerker}}: The deaths of [[spoiler:Dory and the little boy]] in the school. The way the authors describe him hugging and comforting [[spoiler:the child]] as they're absorbed together is very moving. There's also the tragic fate of [[spoiler:Dr. Almquist]], who refused to abandon the patients at the hospital who were too sick to be moved when the authorities evacuated the building, and [[spoiler:"Tiny" Anderson]], who refuses to let his friend Frank Crewson try to save him, lest he, too, get absorbed, complete with a dying wish that Frank warn everyone not to touch the creature.

ScienceMarchesOn: Thomas and Wilhelm's definition of "clone" is a little vague and uses an older if technically correct meaning, quoted above. The creature ''was'' sort of "cloned" from dead hamburger meat, and ''does'' sort of "clone" itself by turning its victims into more of its own tissue, however this is far and away from the more popular concept wherein a clone is understood to be just an exact duplicate of an individual.

* NeedsMoreLove: It is rather underrated and considered irrelevant by many, not even meriting a {{Wikipedia}} entry, despite a promising variation on the standard BlobMonster premise.
* ParanoiaFuel: The ending's warnings about all those hazardous chemicals still in the sewers and what they may yet create.

* NeedsMoreLove: It is rather underrated and considered irrelevant by many, not even meriting a {{Wikipedia}} entry, despite a promising variation on the standard BlobMonster premise.

* DesignatedHero: Junior pathologist Mark Kenniston, by dint of being one of the first people to see the clone and survive, obtain a sample of it, figure out its weakness, and also because he is pretty chummy with Health Commissioner Sorensen. Mark is eventually placed in direct command of the fire department's efforts to combat the creature.