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* CompleteMonster: [[DragonInChief Assistant Director Janson]], debuting in [[Film/MazeRunnerTheScorchTrials the second film]], is a cold, self-serving man who serves as the chief operative of WCKD, helping to oversee the Maze experiments with many dozens of children immune to the Flare virus exposed to the horrors of WCKD's Mazes, with countless numbers of them killed. Trying to trick the survivors into letting their organs be harvested under the false pretense of giving them refuge, and later aiding in an attack on the Right Arm while personally executing Mary, one of their leaders, Janson comes into his own in ''[[Film/MazeRunnerTheDeathCure The Death Cure]]'', where he becomes even more ruthless in trying to procure a cure to the Flare. Janson orders a crowd of protesters fired on by cannons to get at Thomas, smugly implores Thomas to shoot Teresa when he takes her at gunpoint, and having Thomas's friend Minho exposed to [[MindRape horrible, potentially lethal psychological experiments]] to lure him out. Janson ultimately [[spoiler:murders WCKD's head Dr. Paige]] himself and, with the cure revealed to be in Thomas's blood, reveals his true goal to [[AGodAmI build a future of his own design]] by selecting who gets to be cured while leaving all the rest of humanity to be driven insane and slowly die from the Flare. Even in an organization of mad scientists with little regards to [[WellIntentionedExtremist how far they have to plunge to root out a cure to the Flare]], Janson stands out as an utter sociopath with no scruples or benevolent intentions whatsoever.
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* CompleteMonster: [[DragonInChief Assistant Director Janson]], debuting in [[Film/MazeRunnerTheScorchTrials the second film]], ''[[Film/MazeRunnerTheScorchTrials The Scorch Trials]]'', is a cold, self-serving man who serves as the chief operative of WCKD, helping to oversee the Maze experiments with many dozens of children immune to the Flare virus exposed to the horrors of WCKD's Mazes, with countless numbers of them killed. Trying to trick the survivors into letting their organs be harvested under the false pretense of giving them refuge, and later aiding in an attack on the Right Arm while personally executing Mary, one of their leaders, Janson comes into his own in ''[[Film/MazeRunnerTheDeathCure The Death Cure]]'', where he becomes even more ruthless in trying to procure a cure to the Flare. Janson orders a crowd of protesters fired on by cannons to get at Thomas, smugly implores Thomas to shoot Teresa when he takes her at gunpoint, and having Thomas's friend Minho exposed to [[MindRape horrible, potentially lethal psychological experiments]] to lure him out. Janson ultimately [[spoiler:murders WCKD's head Dr. Paige]] himself and, with the cure revealed to be in Thomas's blood, reveals his true goal to [[AGodAmI build a future of his own design]] by selecting who gets to be cured while leaving all the rest of humanity to be driven insane and slowly die from the Flare. Even in an organization of mad scientists with little regards to [[WellIntentionedExtremist how far they have to plunge to root out a cure to the Flare]], Janson stands out as an utter sociopath with no scruples or benevolent intentions whatsoever.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: If you ask a Maze Runner fan who their favorite character is, 9/10 times they will say [[StoicWoobie Newt]]. Thanks to his [[FountainOfMemes memorable one-liners]], [[BungledSuicide tragic backstory]], and [[TheHeart likable personality]] (the fact that he's played by PrettyBoy Creator/ThomasBrodieSangster doesn't hurt either), he has a ton of [[EstrogenBrigade fangirls]], and even critics of the characters have said he was one of the few they liked. [[DeadpanSnarker Minho]] is also one to a lesser extent.
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* {{Narm}}: Unfortunately, the books are rife with these moments.
** In The Scorch Trials, take a shot every time a chapter includes or ends with Thomas passing out and/or falling asleep. It gets to the point where the vast majority of character interactions and, frankly, plot development are all offscreen while the reader is treated to some more flashback dreams.
** Also in the Scorch Trials, almost any character who isn't [[TheHero Thomas]], [[TheLancer Minho]], Brenda, Aris, [[BigFun Frypan]] or Newt gets no description, no significant dialogue and not even ''names''. Out of the 20 Gladers the book [[DwindlingParty starts with]], Thomas interacts with almost none of them. Non-Glader characters are only referred to by the most prominent feature on their body (Blondie, Ratman[[note]] Assistant Director Janson who actually does go on to become a major character being the exception[[/note]], etc). The author really wasn't concerned about introducing new or particularly memorable characters.
** In The Death Cure, the revelation that [[spoiler: Teresa and the other escapade Gladers were captured immediately after getting to Denver and accomplished absolutely nothing after being off page for two-thirds of the book.]] is a bit disappointing.
** In The Scorch Trials, take a shot every time a chapter includes or ends with Thomas passing out and/or falling asleep. It gets to the point where the vast majority of character interactions and, frankly, plot development are all offscreen while the reader is treated to some more flashback dreams.
** Also in the Scorch Trials, almost any character who isn't [[TheHero Thomas]], [[TheLancer Minho]], Brenda, Aris, [[BigFun Frypan]] or Newt gets no description, no significant dialogue and not even ''names''. Out of the 20 Gladers the book [[DwindlingParty starts with]], Thomas interacts with almost none of them. Non-Glader characters are only referred to by the most prominent feature on their body (Blondie, Ratman[[note]] Assistant Director Janson who actually does go on to become a major character being the exception[[/note]], etc). The author really wasn't concerned about introducing new or particularly memorable characters.
** In The Death Cure, the revelation that [[spoiler: Teresa and the other escapade Gladers were captured immediately after getting to Denver and accomplished absolutely nothing after being off page for two-thirds of the book.]] is a bit disappointing.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: In ''The Scorch Trials'', almost any character who isn't [[TheHero Thomas]], [[TheLancer Minho]], Brenda, Aris, [[BigFun Frypan]] or Newt gets no description, no significant dialogue and not even ''names''. Out of the 20 Gladers the book [[DwindlingParty starts with]], Thomas interacts with almost none of them. Non-Glader characters are only referred to by the most prominent feature on their body (Blondie, Ratman[[note]] Assistant Director Janson who actually does go on to become a major character being the exception[[/note]], etc). The author really wasn't concerned about introducing new or particularly memorable characters.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
** In ''The Scorch Trials'', take a shot every time a chapter includes or ends with Thomas passing out and/or falling asleep. It gets to the point where the vast majority of character interactions and, frankly, plot development are all offscreen while the reader is treated to some more flashback dreams.
** In ''The Death Cure'', the revelation that [[spoiler: Teresa and the other escaped Gladers]] were captured immediately after getting to Denver and accomplished absolutely nothing after being off page for two-thirds of the book is a bit disappointing.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
** In ''The Scorch Trials'', take a shot every time a chapter includes or ends with Thomas passing out and/or falling asleep. It gets to the point where the vast majority of character interactions and, frankly, plot development are all offscreen while the reader is treated to some more flashback dreams.
** In ''The Death Cure'', the revelation that [[spoiler: Teresa and the other escaped Gladers]] were captured immediately after getting to Denver and accomplished absolutely nothing after being off page for two-thirds of the book is a bit disappointing.
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** Teresa: [[spoiler:Forced to betray her best friend to save their lives. Said friend refused to forgive her for the rest of the series. Tries to save that friend and gets crushed to death just seconds away from safety]].
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** Teresa: [[spoiler:Forced to betray her best friend to save their lives. Said friend refused to forgive her for the rest of the series. Tries to save that friend and gets crushed to death just seconds away from safety]].
safety. And that's not even going into what she endured in ''The Kill Order'', BEFORE joining WCKD]].
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** Also in the Scorch Trials, almost any character who isn't [[TheHero Thomas]], [[TheLancer Minho]], [[TheChick Brenda]], Aris, [[BigFun Frypan]] or Newt gets no description, no significant dialogue and not even ''names''. Out of the 20 Gladers the book [[DwindlingParty starts with]], Thomas interacts with almost none of them. Non-Glader characters are only referred to by the most prominent feature on their body (Blondie, Ratman[[note]] Assistant Director Janson who actually does go on to become a major character being the exception[[/note]], etc). The author really wasn't concerned about introducing new or particularly memorable characters.
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** Also in the Scorch Trials, almost any character who isn't [[TheHero Thomas]], [[TheLancer Minho]], [[TheChick Brenda]], Brenda, Aris, [[BigFun Frypan]] or Newt gets no description, no significant dialogue and not even ''names''. Out of the 20 Gladers the book [[DwindlingParty starts with]], Thomas interacts with almost none of them. Non-Glader characters are only referred to by the most prominent feature on their body (Blondie, Ratman[[note]] Assistant Director Janson who actually does go on to become a major character being the exception[[/note]], etc). The author really wasn't concerned about introducing new or particularly memorable characters.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Teresa truly in love with Thomas and [[spoiler: is sorry for what she did in The Scorch? Or is she actually a [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who manipulates Thomas' feelings for her to her advantage? She [[LackOfEmpathy doesn't seem to realize that Thomas would be upset with her actions, opting instead to declare that she's done apologizing and he should get over it.]] It doesn't help matters when she goes over to Thomas acting all cuddly when he obviously wants his space. And also, was her AnguishedDeclarationOfLove genuine, or was it a final mind screw to hurt Thomas since she's dying?]]
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Teresa truly in love with Thomas and [[spoiler: is sorry for what she did in The Scorch? Or is she actually a [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who manipulates Thomas' feelings for her to her advantage? She [[LackOfEmpathy doesn't seem to realize that Thomas would be upset with her actions, opting instead to declare that she's done apologizing and he should get over it.]] It doesn't help matters when she goes over to Thomas acting all cuddly when he obviously wants his space. And also, was her AnguishedDeclarationOfLove genuine, or was it a final mind screw to hurt Thomas since she's dying?]]
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* IdiotPlot: WICKED's plan is basically this: instead of studying the Immunes actual immune system (the part of the body responsible for fighting diseases) they instead focus on mapping their neurological system (that is, the part of the body responsible for making decisions, and feeling emotions, and interpreting data, and making you "you") and never once do they realize that not only are these bodily systems completely unrelated, but that even if they could analyze the human brain to the point where they could copy its layout into another human being, it still wouldn't do anything because the body is dying of a disease, which is why the Immune are immune: their immune system is independent of the brain. WICKED should have studied that much more understood part of the body, but if they had, we would have no plot.
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* StoicWoobie: Newt. He's overwhelmed with guilt and depression from his friends who died in the Glade. When he [[spoiler: tries to take his own life]], it doesn't work. He buries all of his pain and any regard for his own well-being deep inside for the sake of his fellow Gladers. And when he's told he [[spoiler: has The Flare, he tries to keep a cool head about it, even though he's terrified.]] Poor guy.
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* StoicWoobie: Newt. He's overwhelmed with guilt and depression from his friends who died in the Glade. When he [[spoiler: tries to take his own life]], it doesn't work. He buries all of his pain and any regard for his own well-being deep inside for the sake of his fellow Gladers. And when he's told he [[spoiler: has The Flare, he tries to keep a cool head about it, even though he's terrified.]] terrified]]. Poor guy.
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* FountainOfMemes: Of all the characters in Maze Runner, Newt is probably spawned the most iconic quotes, i.e "Great, we're all bloody inspired" and [[spoiler: pretty much every line from his death scene.]] Then there's the Mama Newt meme, which features TMR scenes with captions about Newt acting like an overprotective mother.
* StoicWoobie: Newt. He's overwhelmed with guilt and depression from his friends who died in the Glade. When he [[spoiler: tries to take his own life]], it doesn't work. He buries all of his pain and any regard for his own well-being deep inside for the sake of his fellow Gladers. And when he's told he [[spoiler: has The Flare, he tries to keep a cool head about it, even though he's terrified.]] Poor guy.
* StoicWoobie: Newt. He's overwhelmed with guilt and depression from his friends who died in the Glade. When he [[spoiler: tries to take his own life]], it doesn't work. He buries all of his pain and any regard for his own well-being deep inside for the sake of his fellow Gladers. And when he's told he [[spoiler: has The Flare, he tries to keep a cool head about it, even though he's terrified.]] Poor guy.
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* {{Narm}}: Unfortunately, the books are rife with these moments.
** In The Scorch Trials, take a shot every time a chapter includes or ends with Thomas passing out and/or falling asleep. It gets to the point where the vast majority of character interactions and, frankly, plot development are all offscreen while the reader is treated to some more flashback dreams.
** Also in the Scorch Trials, almost any character who isn't [[TheHero Thomas]], [[TheLancer Minho]], [[TheChick Brenda]], Aris, [[BigFun Frypan]] or Newt gets no description, no significant dialogue and not even ''names''. Out of the 20 Gladers the book [[DwindlingParty starts with]], Thomas interacts with almost none of them. Non-Glader characters are only referred to by the most prominent feature on their body (Blondie, Ratman[[note]] Assistant Director Janson who actually does go on to become a major character being the exception[[/note]], etc). The author really wasn't concerned about introducing new or particularly memorable characters.
** In The Death Cure, the revelation that [[spoiler: Teresa and the other escapade Gladers were captured immediately after getting to Denver and accomplished absolutely nothing after being off page for two-thirds of the book.]] is a bit disappointing.
** In The Scorch Trials, take a shot every time a chapter includes or ends with Thomas passing out and/or falling asleep. It gets to the point where the vast majority of character interactions and, frankly, plot development are all offscreen while the reader is treated to some more flashback dreams.
** Also in the Scorch Trials, almost any character who isn't [[TheHero Thomas]], [[TheLancer Minho]], [[TheChick Brenda]], Aris, [[BigFun Frypan]] or Newt gets no description, no significant dialogue and not even ''names''. Out of the 20 Gladers the book [[DwindlingParty starts with]], Thomas interacts with almost none of them. Non-Glader characters are only referred to by the most prominent feature on their body (Blondie, Ratman[[note]] Assistant Director Janson who actually does go on to become a major character being the exception[[/note]], etc). The author really wasn't concerned about introducing new or particularly memorable characters.
** In The Death Cure, the revelation that [[spoiler: Teresa and the other escapade Gladers were captured immediately after getting to Denver and accomplished absolutely nothing after being off page for two-thirds of the book.]] is a bit disappointing.
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* WhatAnIdiot: The Glader policy of absolute secrecy and disdain towards greenies leaves a lot to be desired. For example, when Thomas has just been dumped in the glade and is greeted by its inhabitants.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' This being a song and dance all these characters are well acquainted with, Thomas would be sat down (by force if necessary), then told in detail the exact conditions of his new life. It is in their absolute best interests to make sure every new person that pops up becomes a contributing member of their society after all.\\
'''Instead:''' The characters outright refuse to tell Thomas anything until "the tour" and respond with disproportionate hostility to his questioning. There is no benefit to anyone to just leave new arrivals in the dark, especially when everyone is ostensibly working towards the same goal of '''leaving the maze'''. Instead of every member of the Glade using their noggin to solve the problem, only a select few are entrusted to actually even attempt to solve the maze while everyone else twiddles their thumbs in ignorance. The real kicker is that unlike the movie, this is never really brought up after Thomas becomes a runner. No explanation is given to why the Gladers ostracize newcomers outside of not wanting to hear a thousand questions.
'''You'd Expect:''' This being a song and dance all these characters are well acquainted with, Thomas would be sat down (by force if necessary), then told in detail the exact conditions of his new life. It is in their absolute best interests to make sure every new person that pops up becomes a contributing member of their society after all.\\
'''Instead:''' The characters outright refuse to tell Thomas anything until "the tour" and respond with disproportionate hostility to his questioning. There is no benefit to anyone to just leave new arrivals in the dark, especially when everyone is ostensibly working towards the same goal of '''leaving the maze'''. Instead of every member of the Glade using their noggin to solve the problem, only a select few are entrusted to actually even attempt to solve the maze while everyone else twiddles their thumbs in ignorance. The real kicker is that unlike the movie, this is never really brought up after Thomas becomes a runner. No explanation is given to why the Gladers ostracize newcomers outside of not wanting to hear a thousand questions.
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'''You'd Expect:''' This being a song and dance all these characters are well acquainted with, Thomas would be sat down (by force if necessary), then told in detail the exact conditions of his new life. It is in their absolute best interests to make sure every new person that pops up becomes a contributing member of their society after all.\\
'''Instead:''' The characters outright refuse to tell Thomas anything until "the tour" and respond with disproportionate hostility to his questioning. There is no benefit to anyone to just leave new arrivals in the dark, especially when everyone is ostensibly working towards the same goal of '''leaving the maze'''. Instead of every member of the Glade using their noggin to solve the problem, only a select few are entrusted to actually even attempt to solve the maze while everyone else twiddles their thumbs in ignorance. The real kicker is that unlike the movie, this is never really brought up after Thomas becomes a runner. No explanation is given to why the Gladers ostracize newcomers outside of not wanting to hear a thousand questions.
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* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Newt is shipped with every other character in the series. The most popular is him with Thomas, but he is also often shipped with Minho, Alby, Teresa, Brenda, and Gally, along with OT3 pairings with Thomas and Minho or Thomas and Teresa. He has even been shipped with Stiles from ''Series/TeenWolf''.
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* OneTrueThreesome: Thomas/Newt/Minho is the most popular threesome pairing, with tons of fanfics for it. The three are the most popular characters, share lots of HoYay all around, and have great chemistry with each other. It is made up of three popular ships: Thomas/Newt, Thomas/Minho, and Newt/Minho, and helps to avoid any shipping wars. Fans have also been known to either throw Teresa in or have her replace Minho.
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* PortmanteauCoupleName: The series has a lot of this. There is "Newtmas" (Thomas/Newt), "Thomesa" (Thomas/Teresa), "Thominho" (Thomas/Minho), "Trenda" (Thomas/Brenda) and "Minewt" (Minho/Newt), to name a few.
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* ActorShipping: A lot of fans have taken to shipping Creator/DylanOBrien and Creator/ThomasBrodieSangster, due to the two playing the fandom's most popular ship, Thomas/Newt, and their off-screen friendship. It helps that they almost kissed and fake made out in bloopers for fun. Both actors are well aware of this and love to fuel the fans by playing up their closeness or pretending to flirt.
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These are just complaints with the story, not Narm.
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* {{Narm}}: Unfortunately, the books are rife with these moments.
** In The Scorch Trials, take a shot every time a chapter includes or ends with Thomas passing out and/or falling asleep. It gets to the point where the vast majority of character interactions and, frankly, plot development are all offscreen while the reader is treated to some more flashback dreams.
** Also in the Scorch Trials, almost any character who isn't [[TheHero Thomas]], [[TheLancer Minho]], [[TheChick Brenda]], Aris, [[BigFun Frypan]] or Newt gets no description, no significant dialogue and not even ''names''. Out of the 20 Gladers the book [[DwindlingParty starts with]], Thomas interacts with almost none of them. Non-Glader characters are only referred to by the most prominent feature on their body (Blondie, Ratman[[note]] Assistant Director Janson who actually does go on to become a major character being the exception[[/note]], etc). The author really wasn't concerned about introducing new or particularly memorable characters.
** In The Death Cure, the revelation that [[spoiler: Teresa and the other escapade Gladers were captured immediately after getting to Denver and accomplished absolutely nothing after being off page for two-thirds of the book.]] is a bit disappointing.
** In The Scorch Trials, take a shot every time a chapter includes or ends with Thomas passing out and/or falling asleep. It gets to the point where the vast majority of character interactions and, frankly, plot development are all offscreen while the reader is treated to some more flashback dreams.
** Also in the Scorch Trials, almost any character who isn't [[TheHero Thomas]], [[TheLancer Minho]], [[TheChick Brenda]], Aris, [[BigFun Frypan]] or Newt gets no description, no significant dialogue and not even ''names''. Out of the 20 Gladers the book [[DwindlingParty starts with]], Thomas interacts with almost none of them. Non-Glader characters are only referred to by the most prominent feature on their body (Blondie, Ratman[[note]] Assistant Director Janson who actually does go on to become a major character being the exception[[/note]], etc). The author really wasn't concerned about introducing new or particularly memorable characters.
** In The Death Cure, the revelation that [[spoiler: Teresa and the other escapade Gladers were captured immediately after getting to Denver and accomplished absolutely nothing after being off page for two-thirds of the book.]] is a bit disappointing.
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* FanPreferredCouple: You'd be hard pressed to find someone who actually ships Brenda with Thomas, as is implied to be canon. Arguably the most popular ship in the fandom is Thomas and Newt (Newtmas), and those who don't ship that usually pair Thomas with either Teresa (Thomesa) or Minho (Thominho).
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* FanPreferredPairing: You'd be hard pressed to find someone who actually ships Brenda with Thomas, as is implied to be canon. Arguably the most popular ship in the fandom is Thomas and Newt (Newtmas), and those who don't ship that usually pair Thomas with either Teresa (Thomesa) or Minho (Thominho).
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'''You'd Expect:''' This being a song and dance all these characters are well acquainted with, Thomas would be sat down (by force if necessary), then told in detail the exact conditions of his new life. It is in their absolute best interests to make sure every new person that pops up becomes a contributing member of their society after all.\\
'''Instead:''' The characters outright refuse to tell Thomas anything until "the tour" and respond with disproportionate hostility to his questioning. There is no benefit to anyone to just leave new arrivals in the dark, especially when everyone is ostensibly working towards the same goal of '''leaving the maze'''. Instead of every member of the Glade using their noggin to solve the problem, only a select few are entrusted to actually even attempt to solve the maze while everyone else twiddles their thumbs in ignorance. The real kicker is that unlike the movie, this is never really brought up after Thomas becomes a runner. No explanation is given to why the Gladers ostracize newcomers outside of not wanting to hear a thousand questions.
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* Narm: {{Narm}}: Unfortunately, the books are rife with these moments.
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** Also in the Scorch Trials, almost any character who isn't [[Protagonist Thomas]], [[TheLancer Minho]], [[TheChick Brenda]], Aris, [[BigFun Frypan]] or Newt gets no description, no significant dialogue and not even ''names''. Out of the 20 Gladers the book [[DwindlingParty starts with]], Thomas interacts with almost none of them. Non-Glader characters are only referred to by the most prominent feature on their body (Blondie, Ratman[[note]] Assistant Director Janson who actually does go on to become a major character being the exception[[/note]], etc). The author really wasn't concerned about introducing new or particularly memorable characters.
** In The Death Cure, the revelation that [[spoiler]] Teresa and the other escapade Gladers were captured immediately after getting to Denver and accomplished absolutely nothing after being off page for two-thirds of the book.[[/spoiler]] is a bit disappointing.
** In The Death Cure, the revelation that [[spoiler]] Teresa and the other escapade Gladers were captured immediately after getting to Denver and accomplished absolutely nothing after being off page for two-thirds of the book.[[/spoiler]] is a bit disappointing.
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** Also in the Scorch Trials, almost any character who isn't [[Protagonist [[TheHero Thomas]], [[TheLancer Minho]], [[TheChick Brenda]], Aris, [[BigFun Frypan]] or Newt gets no description, no significant dialogue and not even ''names''. Out of the 20 Gladers the book [[DwindlingParty starts with]], Thomas interacts with almost none of them. Non-Glader characters are only referred to by the most prominent feature on their body (Blondie, Ratman[[note]] Assistant Director Janson who actually does go on to become a major character being the exception[[/note]], etc). The author really wasn't concerned about introducing new or particularly memorable characters.
** In The Death Cure, the revelation that[[spoiler]] [[spoiler: Teresa and the other escapade Gladers were captured immediately after getting to Denver and accomplished absolutely nothing after being off page for two-thirds of the book.[[/spoiler]] ]] is a bit disappointing.
** In The Death Cure, the revelation that
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* Narm: Unfortunately, the books are rife with these moments.
** In The Scorch Trials, take a shot every time a chapter includes or ends with Thomas passing out and/or falling asleep. It gets to the point where the vast majority of character interactions and, frankly, plot development are all offscreen while the reader is treated to some more flashback dreams.
** Also in the Scorch Trials, almost any character who isn't [[Protagonist Thomas]], [[TheLancer Minho]], [[TheChick Brenda]], Aris, [[BigFun Frypan]] or Newt gets no description, no significant dialogue and not even ''names''. Out of the 20 Gladers the book [[DwindlingParty starts with]], Thomas interacts with almost none of them. Non-Glader characters are only referred to by the most prominent feature on their body (Blondie, Ratman[[note]] Assistant Director Janson who actually does go on to become a major character being the exception[[/note]], etc). The author really wasn't concerned about introducing new or particularly memorable characters.
** In The Death Cure, the revelation that [[spoiler]] Teresa and the other escapade Gladers were captured immediately after getting to Denver and accomplished absolutely nothing after being off page for two-thirds of the book.[[/spoiler]] is a bit disappointing.
** In The Scorch Trials, take a shot every time a chapter includes or ends with Thomas passing out and/or falling asleep. It gets to the point where the vast majority of character interactions and, frankly, plot development are all offscreen while the reader is treated to some more flashback dreams.
** Also in the Scorch Trials, almost any character who isn't [[Protagonist Thomas]], [[TheLancer Minho]], [[TheChick Brenda]], Aris, [[BigFun Frypan]] or Newt gets no description, no significant dialogue and not even ''names''. Out of the 20 Gladers the book [[DwindlingParty starts with]], Thomas interacts with almost none of them. Non-Glader characters are only referred to by the most prominent feature on their body (Blondie, Ratman[[note]] Assistant Director Janson who actually does go on to become a major character being the exception[[/note]], etc). The author really wasn't concerned about introducing new or particularly memorable characters.
** In The Death Cure, the revelation that [[spoiler]] Teresa and the other escapade Gladers were captured immediately after getting to Denver and accomplished absolutely nothing after being off page for two-thirds of the book.[[/spoiler]] is a bit disappointing.
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