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* ImprobableInfantSurvival: A [[ScoutOut junior campers troop]] is attacked (offscreen) by The Blob. The scout leader is killed, the kids escape.

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* ImprobableInfantSurvival: A [[ScoutOut junior campers troop]] is attacked (offscreen) by The Blob. The scout leader is killed, the kids escape. Averted '''hard''' in the film's beginning where the titular blob eats a ''kitten'' (again offscreen), but we do see it being dragged and hear it's terrified mews as it's being eaten.
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''Beware! The Blob'' (also known as ''[[RevengeOfTheSequel Son of]] Blob'') is the 1972 sequel to ''Film/TheBlob1958'', directed by Creator/LarryHagman and starring Creator/RobertWalker, Gwynne Gilford, and Creator/RichardStahl.

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''Beware! The Blob'' (also known as ''[[RevengeOfTheSequel Son of]] Blob'') is the 1972 sequel to ''Film/TheBlob1958'', directed by Creator/LarryHagman and starring Creator/RobertWalker, Robert Walker Jr., Gwynne Gilford, and Creator/RichardStahl.

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''Beware! The Blob'' (also known as ''[[RevengeOfTheSequel Son of]] Blob'') is the 1972 sequel to ''Film/TheBlob1958'', directed by Creator/LarryHagman and starring Creator/RobertWalker and Gwynne Gilford.

A construction crew working on a new Alaskan oil pipeline has uncovered the frozen Blob. Not knowing what it is, the construction foreman brings a small chunk of it home to southern California with him, upon which it promptly escapes, grows, and terrorizes the community, slinking through the sewers. Eventually entering the brand new bowling alley (and attached, still-under-construction ice-skating rink), the Blob is ultimately defeated by freezing the ice rink floor. A decidedly campy film, ''Beware!'' nonetheless plays many monster movie tropes dead straight, particularly the CassandraTruth-spewing heroes and the ObstructiveBureaucrat who runs the bowling alley.

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''Beware! The Blob'' (also known as ''[[RevengeOfTheSequel Son of]] Blob'') is the 1972 sequel to ''Film/TheBlob1958'', directed by Creator/LarryHagman and starring Creator/RobertWalker and Creator/RobertWalker, Gwynne Gilford.

Gilford, and Creator/RichardStahl.

A construction crew working on a new Alaskan oil pipeline has uncovered the frozen Blob. Not knowing what it is, the construction foreman brings a small chunk of it home to southern California with him, upon which it promptly escapes, grows, and terrorizes the community, slinking through the sewers. Eventually entering the brand new bowling alley (and attached, still-under-construction ice-skating rink), the Blob is ultimately defeated by freezing the ice rink floor.

A decidedly campy film, ''Beware!'' nonetheless plays many monster movie tropes dead straight, particularly the CassandraTruth-spewing heroes and the ObstructiveBureaucrat who runs the bowling alley.
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Marianne and Chester, a black couple, are the first human victims of the Blob.

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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Marianne and Chester, a black couple, couple in a film largely comprised of white characters, are the first human victims of the Blob.
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%% * BlackDudeDiesFirst: Marianne. Well, technically it's a black woman, but Chester soon follows.

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%% * BlackDudeDiesFirst: Marianne. Well, technically it's Marianne and Chester, a black woman, but Chester soon follows.couple, are the first human victims of the Blob.
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A construction crew working on a new Alaskan oil pipeline has uncovered the frozen Blob. Not knowing what it is, the construction foreman brings a small chunk of it home to southern California with him, upon which it promply escapes, grows, and terrorizes the community, slinking through the sewers. Eventually entering the brand new bowling alley (and attached, still-under-construction ice-skating rink), the Blob is ultimately defeated by freezing the ice rink floor. A decidedly campy film, ''Beware!'' nonetheless plays many monster movie tropes dead straight, particularly the CassandraTruth-spewing heroes and the ObstructiveBureaucrat who runs the bowling alley.

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A construction crew working on a new Alaskan oil pipeline has uncovered the frozen Blob. Not knowing what it is, the construction foreman brings a small chunk of it home to southern California with him, upon which it promply promptly escapes, grows, and terrorizes the community, slinking through the sewers. Eventually entering the brand new bowling alley (and attached, still-under-construction ice-skating rink), the Blob is ultimately defeated by freezing the ice rink floor. A decidedly campy film, ''Beware!'' nonetheless plays many monster movie tropes dead straight, particularly the CassandraTruth-spewing heroes and the ObstructiveBureaucrat who runs the bowling alley.



* FlatWhat: Sheriff Jones's reaction when the thawed Blob clings onto his leg, and the last line of the movie.

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* FlatWhat: Sheriff Jones's reaction when he sees the thawed Blob clings clinging onto his leg, and the last line of the movie.
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* FlatWhat: Sheriff Jones's reaction when the thawed Blob clings onto his leg, and the last line of the movie.
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* TheAlcoholic: Chester.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Marianne. Well, technically it's a black woman, but Chester soon follows.
* {{Camp}}: The '70s sequel.

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%% * BlackDudeDiesFirst: Marianne. Well, technically it's a black woman, but Chester soon follows.
%% * {{Camp}}: The '70s sequel.



* LargeHam: The mustard-plant obsessed Scoutmaster Adelman.

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%% * LargeHam: The mustard-plant obsessed Scoutmaster Adelman.
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* OneBookAuthor: This was Larry Hagman's sole feature film as a director.
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''Beware! The Blob'' (also known as ''[[RevengeOfTheSequel Son of]] Blob'') is the 1972 sequel to ''Film/TheBlob1958'' directed by Creator/LarryHagman and starring Creator/RobertWalker and Gwynne Gilford.

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''Beware! The Blob'' (also known as ''[[RevengeOfTheSequel Son of]] Blob'') is the 1972 sequel to ''Film/TheBlob1958'' ''Film/TheBlob1958'', directed by Creator/LarryHagman and starring Creator/RobertWalker and Gwynne Gilford.
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* TheEndOrIsIt: The film ends with the Blob frozen (again), but a thoughtlessly-placed TV light thaws enough of it out to allow it to attack the local sheriff as he gives an interview.

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* TheEndOrIsIt: The film ends with the Blob frozen (again), but a thoughtlessly-placed TV light thaws enough of it out to allow it to attack the local sheriff Sheriff Jones as he gives an interview.



* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Particularly notable in this one, in which the leading lady is not believed... mainly because she just keeps mewling "It came ''after'' us!" ''ad infinitum.''

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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Particularly notable in this one, in which the leading lady Lisa is not believed... mainly because she just keeps mewling "It came ''after'' us!" ''ad infinitum.''

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''Beware! The Blob'' (also known as ''[[RevengeOfTheSequel Son of]] Blob'') is the 1972 sequel to ''Film/TheBlob1958'' directed by Creator/LarryHagman and starring Creator/RobertWalker.

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''Beware! The Blob'' (also known as ''[[RevengeOfTheSequel Son of]] Blob'') is the 1972 sequel to ''Film/TheBlob1958'' directed by Creator/LarryHagman and starring Creator/RobertWalker.
Creator/RobertWalker and Gwynne Gilford.



* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Well, technically it's a black woman, but her husband soon follows.

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* TheAlcoholic: Chester.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Marianne. Well, technically it's a black woman, but her husband Chester soon follows.



* DecoyProtagonist: The film starts out focusing on Chester and his wife before the Blob eats them both.

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* DecoyProtagonist: The film starts out focusing on Chester and his wife Marianne before the Blob eats them both.


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* LargeHam: The mustard-plant obsessed Scoutmaster Adelman.


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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Chester is the one who brings the Blob home, while Marianne is the one who inadvertently allows it to thaw.
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* DecoyProtagonist: The film starts out focusing on Chester and his wife before the Blob eats them both.
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''Beware! The Blob'' (also known as ''[[RevengeOfTheSequel Son of]] Blob'') is the 1972 sequel to ''Film/TheBlob1958''.

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''Beware! The Blob'' (also known as ''[[RevengeOfTheSequel Son of]] Blob'') is the 1972 sequel to ''Film/TheBlob1958''.
''Film/TheBlob1958'' directed by Creator/LarryHagman and starring Creator/RobertWalker.
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* ActorAllusion: Due to being directed by Creator/LarryHagman, after ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' became a hit, the film was reissued with the {{Tagline}}: "The Film That J.R. Shot!"
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* TooDumbToLive: When an uniformed policeman confront the Blob, he shoots it with his service revolver but it has no effect. He then repeatedly shoots at it, but it never occurs to the officer to retreat, so the monster merely engulfs and devours the officer when he trips.
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* SealedEvilInACan: A foreman for an oil pipeline construction crew brings home a chunk of the Blob from Alaska ([[spoiler: where it had been deposited in the original film]]) in a sealed thermos.

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* SealedEvilInACan: A foreman for an oil pipeline construction crew brings home a chunk of the Blob from Alaska ([[spoiler: where (where it had been deposited in the original film]]) film) in a sealed thermos.
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* DeadStarWalking: Of the five actors advertised on the film's poster, only Robert Walker has any more than a few minutes of screentime. And of the remaining four, only Godfrey Cambridge's character has any particular relevance to the story outside of being a random Blob victim, and even then only because he happens to be the poor schmuck who unwittingly retrieves a sample of the original Blob and allows it to thaw out.
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Infant Immortality has been renamed and split per Trope Repair Shop.


* InfantImmortality: A [[ScoutOut junior campers troop]] is attacked (offscreen) by The Blob. The scout leader is killed, the kids escape.

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* InfantImmortality: ImprobableInfantSurvival: A [[ScoutOut junior campers troop]] is attacked (offscreen) by The Blob. The scout leader is killed, the kids escape.
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* TheEndOrIsIt: The film ends with the Blob frozen (again), but a thoughtlessly-placed TV light thaws enough of it out to allow it to attack the local sheriff as he gives an interview.
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Misuse. It\'s primarily a casting trope. The actual director being billed with a pop-culture pun wouldn\'t fall under that.


* BillingDisplacement: ''Beware! The Blob'' was directed by [[{{Dallas}} Larry "J.R." Hagman]], resulting in the recent {{Tagline}} "The Film That J.R. Shot!"
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Misuse. Body Horror is about mutation of the body, not about mutilation of the body.


* BodyHorror: In the sequel, when the Blob kills someone and we see them being killed. Although it isn't as bad as the '80s remake.
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''Beware! The Blob'' (also known as ''[[RevengeOfTheSequel Son of]] Blob'') is the 1972 sequel to ''Film/TheBlob1958''.

A construction crew working on a new Alaskan oil pipeline has uncovered the frozen Blob. Not knowing what it is, the construction foreman brings a small chunk of it home to southern California with him, upon which it promply escapes, grows, and terrorizes the community, slinking through the sewers. Eventually entering the brand new bowling alley (and attached, still-under-construction ice-skating rink), the Blob is ultimately defeated by freezing the ice rink floor. A decidedly campy film, ''Beware!'' nonetheless plays many monster movie tropes dead straight, particularly the CassandraTruth-spewing heroes and the ObstructiveBureaucrat who runs the bowling alley.

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!!This film provides examples of:

* BillingDisplacement: ''Beware! The Blob'' was directed by [[{{Dallas}} Larry "J.R." Hagman]], resulting in the recent {{Tagline}} "The Film That J.R. Shot!"
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Well, technically it's a black woman, but her husband soon follows.
* BodyHorror: In the sequel, when the Blob kills someone and we see them being killed. Although it isn't as bad as the '80s remake.
* {{Camp}}: The '70s sequel.
* InfantImmortality: A [[ScoutOut junior campers troop]] is attacked (offscreen) by The Blob. The scout leader is killed, the kids escape.
* RecursiveCanon: ''Beware! The Blob'' has the Blob devouring a man while he's watching the original film on TV.
* SealedEvilInACan: A foreman for an oil pipeline construction crew brings home a chunk of the Blob from Alaska ([[spoiler: where it had been deposited in the original film]]) in a sealed thermos.
* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Particularly notable in this one, in which the leading lady is not believed... mainly because she just keeps mewling "It came ''after'' us!" ''ad infinitum.''

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