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* BatmanGambit: "Drill" manipulates children and [[spoiler: John Doe]] to get his goals met.

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* BatmanGambit: "Drill" manipulates children and [[spoiler: John Doe]] Sean Bennigan]] to get his goals met.

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* HumanNotepad: The bearded man [[spoiler:a.k.a. Sean Bennigan]] has tattoos all over his body and he has no idea where they come from, but they apparently tell how to keep track of the children and "Drill"'s plans.
* IdentityAmnesia: A bearded man is admitted to a hospital in the pilot. He does not seem to remember where he came from, has tattoos all over him and the ability to occasionally speak languages other than English. [[spoiler:It turns out he's Agent Bennigan's husband, believed to be dead in a plane crash.]]

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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: The amnesiac bearded man is Agent Claire Bennigan's presumed missing husband, Sean.
* HumanNotepad: The bearded man [[spoiler:a.k.a. Sean Bennigan]] Bennigan has tattoos all over his body and he has no idea where they come from, but they apparently tell how to keep track of the children and "Drill"'s plans.
* IdentityAmnesia: A bearded man is admitted to a hospital in the pilot. He does not seem to remember where he came from, has tattoos all over him and the ability to occasionally speak languages other than English. [[spoiler:It It turns out he's Agent Bennigan's husband, believed to be dead in a plane crash.crash. [[spoiler:He does eventually regain his memories, including his wife's affair, given the incredibly angry DeathGlare he gives Wes.]]
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[[spoiler: EnergyBeing]]: [[spoiler: What Drill is revealed to be.]]

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* [[spoiler: EnergyBeing]]: [[spoiler: What Drill is revealed to be.]]
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[[spoiler: EnergyBeing]]: [spoiler: [What Drill is revealed to be.]]

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[[spoiler: EnergyBeing]]: [spoiler: [What [[spoiler: What Drill is revealed to be.]]
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* CowboyCop: Agent Bennigan annoys her assigned partner Agent Rollins by bending rules of procedure.

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* CowboyCop: Agent Bennigan annoys her assigned partner Agent Rollins by bending rules of procedure. This ultimately gets her booted off the case when her son gets involved. She does ask Rollins to keep her in the loop.



* IdentityAmnesia: A bearded man is admitted to a hospital in the pilot. He does not seem to remember where he came from, has tattoos all over him and the ability to occasionally speak languages other than English. [[spoiler:It turns out he's Bennigan's husband, believed to be dead in a plane crash.]]

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* HumanNotepad: The bearded man [[spoiler:a.k.a. Sean Bennigan]] has tattoos all over his body and he has no idea where they come from, but they apparently tell how to keep track of the children and "Drill"'s plans.
* IdentityAmnesia: A bearded man is admitted to a hospital in the pilot. He does not seem to remember where he came from, has tattoos all over him and the ability to occasionally speak languages other than English. [[spoiler:It turns out he's Agent Bennigan's husband, believed to be dead in a plane crash.]]

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The Whispers is a series on Creator/{{ABC}} which focuses on an entity named "Drill" manipulating kids into murder, pretending to be an "imaginary friend." It follows children in Washington, D.C., who all start talking with the same imaginary friend named Drill, who persuades them to play dangerous "games".

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The Whispers is a series on Creator/{{ABC}} which focuses on an entity named "Drill" manipulating kids into murder, "Drill", who is pretending to be an "imaginary friend." It follows children ImaginaryFriend to kids in Washington, D.C., who all start talking with the same imaginary friend named Drill, who persuades manipulating them to play into murder and other dangerous "games".
acts, all in the guise of a "game", while agents of the [=FBI=] and [=DoD=] try to figure out what's really going on.

Based on the short story ''Zero Hour'' by Creator/RayBradbury, in which [[spoiler: Drill is an extraterrestrial manipulating Earth's children in preparation for an [[AlienInvasion invasion]] of Earth]].



* AdaptationNameChange: Minx in the series is based on Mink from ''Zero Hour''.



* Batman Gambit: "Drill" manipulates children and [[spoiler: John Doe]] to get his goals met.

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* Batman Gambit: BatmanGambit: "Drill" manipulates children and [[spoiler: John Doe]] to get his goals met.



* OminousMusicBoxTune: The opening theme song

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* OminousMusicBoxTune: The opening theme songsong.
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* Batman Gambit: "Drill" manipulates children and [[spoiler: John Doe]] to get his goals met.
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cleaning up Cowboy Cop - I accidentally put in a word that didn\'t make sense in context,.


* CowboyCop: Agent Bennigan annoys her assigned partner Agent Rollins with by bending rules of procedure.

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* CowboyCop: Agent Bennigan annoys her assigned partner Agent Rollins with by bending rules of procedure.
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* OminousMusicBox: The opening theme song

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* OminousMusicBox: OminousMusicBoxTune: The opening theme song
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* WeAreEverywhere: "Drill" can seemingly move about unhindered to almost any place, and can even interfere with electricity.

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* WeAreEverywhere: "Drill" can seemingly move about unhindered to almost any place, and can even interfere with electricity.electricity.
* YourCheatingHeart: Two marriages were strained by this, with aftereffects that continue into the time period of the series. [[spoiler:"Drill" uses this to manipulate Minx and keep her at odds with her parents and Agent Bennigan, but the tactic ultimately fails, albeit not in time to prevent an attack on a nuclear power plant.]]
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* RRatedOpening: In the first episode, [[spoiler: Harper tries to murder her mother]] "before the opening credits."

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* RRatedOpening: In the first episode, [[spoiler: Harper tries to murder her mother]] "before ''before the opening credits."''
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* RRatedOpening: In the first episode, [[spoiler: Harper tries to murder her mother]] before the opening credits.

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* RRatedOpening: In the first episode, [[spoiler: Harper tries to murder her mother]] before "before the opening credits."
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* R-RatedOpening: In the first episode, [[spoiler: Harper tries to murder her mother]] before the opening credits.

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* R-RatedOpening: RRatedOpening: In the first episode, [[spoiler: Harper tries to murder her mother]] before the opening credits.

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* CreepyChild- Basically the premise of the series, self explanatory.

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* CreepyChild- CreepyChild: Basically the premise of the series, self explanatory.


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* CreepyChild


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* CreepyChild- Basically the premise of the series, self explanatory.
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* CreepyKid

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* IdentityAmnesia: A bearded man is admitted to a hospital in the pilot. He does not seem to remember where he came from has tattoos all over him and the ability to occasionally speak languages other than English. [[spoiler:It turns out he's Bennigan's husband, believed to be dead in a plane crash.]]

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* IdentityAmnesia: A bearded man is admitted to a hospital in the pilot. He does not seem to remember where he came from from, has tattoos all over him and the ability to occasionally speak languages other than English. [[spoiler:It turns out he's Bennigan's husband, believed to be dead in a plane crash.]]
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Clarification on Identity Amnesia.


* IdentityAmnesia: A bearded man who does not seem to remember where he came from has tattoos all over him and the ability to occasionally speak languages other than English. [[spoiler:It turns out he's Bennigan's husband, believed to be dead in a plane crash.]]

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* IdentityAmnesia: A bearded man who is admitted to a hospital in the pilot. He does not seem to remember where he came from has tattoos all over him and the ability to occasionally speak languages other than English. [[spoiler:It turns out he's Bennigan's husband, believed to be dead in a plane crash.]]
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* IdentityAmnesia: A bearded man who does not seem to remember where he came from has tattoos all over him and the ability to occasionally speak languages other than English. [[spoiler:It turns out he's Bennigan's husband, believed to be dead in a plane crash.]]
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* AdultFear: Children being tempted by adult-like people who masquerade as the most apparently harmless thing in the world, because people like "Drill" are ''literally'' invisible.

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* AdultFear: Children being tempted by adult-like people who masquerade as the most apparently harmless thing in the world, world (childhood imaginary friends), because people like "Drill" are ''literally'' invisible.
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Clarification on Adult Fear.


* AdultFear: Children being tempted by adult-like people who masquerade as the most apparently harmless thing in the world.

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* AdultFear: Children being tempted by adult-like people who masquerade as the most apparently harmless thing in the world.world, because people like "Drill" are ''literally'' invisible.
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The Whispers is a series on Creator/{{ABC}} which focuses on an entity named "Drill" manipulating kids into murder, pretending to be an "imaginary friend." It follows children in Washington, D.C., who all start talking with the same imaginary friend named Drill, who persuades them to play dangerous "games".

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The Whispers is a series on Creator/{{ABC}} which focuses on an entity named "Drill" manipulating kids into murder, pretending to be an "imaginary friend." It follows children in Washington, D.C., who all start talking with the same imaginary friend named Drill, who persuades them to play dangerous "games"."games".

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!!This series provides examples of:
* AdultFear: Children being tempted by adult-like people who masquerade as the most apparently harmless thing in the world.
* CowboyCop: Agent Bennigan annoys her assigned partner Agent Rollins with by bending rules of procedure.
* ThrowingOffTheDisability: "Drill" seems to have very advanced capabilities, as [[spoiler:Bennigan's deaf son has had his hearing restored as part of Drill's manipulations.]]
* WeAreEverywhere: "Drill" can seemingly move about unhindered to almost any place, and can even interfere with electricity.
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The Whispers is a series on creator/{{ABC}} which focuses on an entity named "Drill" manipulating kids into murder, pretending to be an "imaginary friend." It follows children in Washington, D.C., who all start talking with the same imaginary friend named Drill, who persuades them to play dangerous "games".

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The Whispers is a series on creator/{{ABC}} Creator/{{ABC}} which focuses on an entity named "Drill" manipulating kids into murder, pretending to be an "imaginary friend." It follows children in Washington, D.C., who all start talking with the same imaginary friend named Drill, who persuades them to play dangerous "games".
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The Whispers is a series on ABC which focuses on an entity named "Drill" manipulating kids into murder, pretending to be an "imaginary friend." It follows children in Washington, D.C., who all start talking with the same imaginary friend named Drill, who persuades them to play dangerous "games".

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The Whispers is a series on ABC creator/{{ABC}} which focuses on an entity named "Drill" manipulating kids into murder, pretending to be an "imaginary friend." It follows children in Washington, D.C., who all start talking with the same imaginary friend named Drill, who persuades them to play dangerous "games".
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The Whispers is a series on ABC which focuses on an entity named "Drill" manipulating kids into murder, pretending to be an "imaginary friend."

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The Whispers is a series on ABC which focuses on an entity named "Drill" manipulating kids into murder, pretending to be an "imaginary friend."
" It follows children in Washington, D.C., who all start talking with the same imaginary friend named Drill, who persuades them to play dangerous "games".
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The Whispers is a series on ABC which focuses on an entity named "Drill& manipulating kids into murder under the guise of an imaginary friend.

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The Whispers is a series on ABC which focuses on an entity named "Drill& "Drill" manipulating kids into murder under the guise of murder, pretending to be an imaginary "imaginary friend."
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The Whispers is a series on ABC which focuses on an entity named "Drill& manipulating kids into murder under the guise of an imaginary friend.

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