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* CoolGuns: The customized AKS-47 with a scope Alex finds.

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[[caption-width-right:300:"[[ShutUpHannibal Superior? You're a]] [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[ShutUpHannibal fish with a drug habit!]]"]]

->''"Proteus had moved on to new level. It had converted shark's tissue into a new form. Amorphous. That night, it crawled out of tank and consumed every other specimen in the aquarium. [[ForScience We were overjoyed!]] ({{beat}}) We were idiots..."''

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->''"Proteus had moved on to new level. It had converted shark's tissue into a new form. Amorphous. That night, it crawled out of tank and consumed every other specimen in the aquarium. [[ForScience We were overjoyed!]] ({{beat}}) ''[{{beat}}]'' We were idiots..."''
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the book, Charlie was completely immune to any sort of man-made weapon, and was only defeated [[spoiler: when he absorbed the mind of a heroin addict]]. In the movie, on the other hand, an ordinary flamethrower is enough to kill him.

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* AdaptationalWimp: In the book, Charlie was completely immune to any sort of man-made weapon, and was only defeated [[spoiler: when he absorbed the mind of a heroin addict]]. In the movie, on the other hand, an ordinary flamethrower is enough to kill him. [[spoiler: Although the ending implies that Charlie isn't actually dead]].
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* TheMeanBrit: Alex in the movie.

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* EvilOldFolks: Leonard Brinkstone. He's basically [[TheSimpsons Mr. Burns]] in designer sunglasses.

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* EvilOldFolks: Leonard Brinkstone. He's basically [[TheSimpsons [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Mr. Burns]] in designer sunglasses.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the book, Charlie was completely immune to any sort of man-made weapon, and was only defeated [[spoiler: when he absorbed the mind of a heroin addict]]. In the movie, on the other hand, an ordinary flamethrower is enough to kill him.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Alex. In the novel, he's a drug dealer. Now he's a heroic DEA agent.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Alex. In the novel, he's a drug dealer.dealer and was easily one of the most despicable characters in the entire story. Now he's a heroic DEA agent.
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''Proteus'' is 1995 horror film. It concerns drug smugglers Paul, Mark, Linda and Christine, along with two undercover DEA agents named Alex and Rachel, being shipwrecked and seeking refuge on an abandoned oil rig owned by the mysterious Brinkstone Corporation. Aboard, they find a top secret genetic engineering facility, and the shapeshifting horror that the Brinkstone scientists accidentally unleashed.

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''Proteus'' is 1995 horror film.film starring Craig Fairbrass and Creator/DougBradley. It concerns drug smugglers Paul, Mark, Linda and Christine, along with two undercover DEA agents named Alex and Rachel, being shipwrecked and seeking refuge on an abandoned oil rig owned by the mysterious Brinkstone Corporation. Aboard, they find a top secret genetic engineering facility, and the shapeshifting horror that the Brinkstone scientists accidentally unleashed.

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