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* AntiHero: Mo is an industrial spy and saboteur whom the narrative acknowledges has done some rather unscrupulous things, but once he realizes just what the Stuff actually is, he doesn't hesitate to put himself in harm's way to save the world.



* BrandX: Oddly, the titular monster.



* BrandX: Oddly, the titular monster.



* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: The Stuff's parallels to cocaine are pretty blatant.

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* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: The Stuff's parallels to cocaine are pretty blatant. It's an addictive white substance that causes people to lose weight and gain energy but also adversely impacts their behavior and can eventually kill them.

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* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The Colonel is probably a parody.
* SealedEvilInACan: The Stuff apparently bubbles up from the center of the Earth.
** It also comes sealed in a convenient ice cream tub.

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* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The Colonel is probably a parody.
parody. His first reaction upon being told by Mo about the Stuff and its onslaught is to blame it on a Communist plot.
* SealedEvilInACan: The Stuff apparently bubbles up from the center of the Earth.
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Earth. It also comes can be sealed in a convenient ice cream tub.



* SniffSniffNom: Pretty much how the movie starts.

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* SniffSniffNom: Pretty much how the movie starts. Some man stumbles upon the Stuff bubbling up from what appears to be the center of the Earth, and for some reason his first reaction is to taste it. Him finding it tasty is what eventually kickstarts its mass commercialization.

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