History Literature / TheTroop

* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler: The mutant tapeworms that cause the outbreak were supposed to be used as diet aides, since tapeworm infestations are characterized by a loss of weight. However, the specific type of worm that was being used doesn't stay in the colon. The infected loose weight, alright...]]

* ExplosiveBreeder: [[spoiler: the tapeworms are basically a MixAndMatchCreature of a tapeworm and a [[Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles Tribble]].]]

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Deconstructed, the infected can't eat enough to maintain themselves-no matter how much they eat. And since everything they eat is either digested at a normal pace or [[spoiler: scarfed by mutant tapeworms]], they do themselves severe internal damage and starve to death.

* MadScientist: Dr. Clive Edgerton, the man who [[spoiler: genetically modified a tapeworm into a Zerg-like monstrosity.]] He's actually copared to [[GodwynsLaw "doctor" Mengele]]

* AdultsAreUseless: Averted. The boys believe that it's totally OK to pass things off to the adults, since when a grown-up handles things, it gets done Right The First Time.

* ManlyTears: Several of the boys mention that they cried when either their pets died or [[spoiler: the most beautiful creature they ever saw was needlessly destroyed]].

* CanadaEh: Averted since nobody actually talks like that.

* HorrorHunger: In this case, it's not the ''what'' they're eating that's horrifying and destructive-but ''how much''. PatientZero devours an entire Greasy Spoon's worth of eggs (in a "hungry-man" breakfast platter intended to keep a stevedore or fishing trawler crewman satiated until lunchtime, that contains pancakes, sausages, and bacon besides, of which he gobbles ''five orders''), and eats enough to do himself severe internal injury-and he's still hungry. Eventually, he eats live crabs and spiders, rock slime (that snot-like algae on beach rocks), a handful of sand, and finally, the stuffing out of an old couch. [[spoiler: Scoutmaster Tim]] eats wallpaper out of desperation, and [[spoiler: Kent]] eats the entire food supply for the weekend in one go.

* AccidentalInnuendo: The cabin's closet is wallpapered.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Deconstructed, the infected can't eat enough to maintain themselves-no matter how much they eat.

* KidsAreCruel: Everyone picks on poor Newt.

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* HillbillyHorrors: An inversion; the horror is happening to them, not perpetrated by them. And since it's Canada, they're newfies.

* ExplosiveBreeder: [[spoiler: the tapeworms are basically a MixAndMatchCreature of a tapeworm and a Tribble]].

* ChestBurster: [[spoiler: And every orifice besides. The mutant tapeworms do this when their host croaks]]

* HorrorHunger: In this case, it's not the ''what'' they're eating that's horrifying and destructive-but ''how much''. PatientZero devours an entire Greasy Spoon's worth of eggs (in a "hungry-man" breakfast platter intended to keep a stevedore or fishing trawler crewman satiated until lunchtime, that contains pancakes, sausages, and bacon besides, of which he gobbles ''five orders''), and eats enough to do himself severe internal injury-and he's still hungry. Eventually, he eats live crabs and spiders, rock slime (that snot-like algae on beach rocks), a handful of sand, and finally, the stuffing out of an old couch. [[spoiler: Scoutmaster Tim]] eats wallpaper out of desperation, and [[spoiler: Kent]] goes after bugs.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Deconstructed, the infected can't eat enough to maintain themselves.

* XMeetsY: ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies meets ''Film/{{Parasitic}}''

Scout Master Tim Riggs has led a troop of boyscouts-Ephraim, Maxwell, Kent, Newt, and Shelly-to a secluded island off PEI for a camping trip. However, the sudden appearance of a rail-thin stranger throws those plans into ruin...

* UncannyValley: InUniverse, Shelly (the resident [[TheSociopath Closeted Sociopath]]). Ephraim even thinks of him as "something" rather than "someone" at one point.

Scout Master Tim Riggs has led a troop of boyscouts to a secluded island off PEI for a camping trip. However, the sudden appearance of a rail-thin stranger throws those plans into ruin...

* HorrorHunger: In this case, it's not the ''what'' they're eating that's horrifying-but ''how much''. Patient Zero devours an entire Greasy Spoon's worth of eggs (in a "hungry-man" breakfast platter intended to keep a stevedore satiated until lunchtime, that contains pancakes, sausages, and bacon besides, of which he gobbles five orders), and eats enough to do himself severe internal injury-and he's still hungry. Eventually, he eats live crabs and spiders, rock slime (that snot-like algae on beach rocks), a handful of sand, and finally, the stuffing out of an old couch.
* VirusVictimSymptoms: [[BigEater Ravenous hunger]] and a smell like bad fruit.
* XMeetsY: ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies]] meets ''Film/{{Parasitic}}''

Scout Master Tim Riggs has led a troop of boyscouts

* HillbillyHorror: An inversion; the horror is happening to them, not perpetrated by them. And since it's Canada, they're newfies.