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The Thing (character)
This article is about the fictional alien.
The thing organismFor the Marvel superhero, see Thing (comics). For other uses, see Thing.
Fictional character
The Thing is a fictional shapeshifting and telepathic alien and the titular antagonist of the science fiction horror franchise of the same name.
It first appeared in the novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, which has been adapted into various media, including films, literature, and video games.
Fictional character biography
In Who Goes There?, the Thing is discovered by a team of Antarctic scientists frozen in its spaceship, which had crashed on Earth 20,000,000 years before.
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After it thaws, it kills and takes the form of the team's physicist, Connant, unbeknownst to the others. It uses its leftover body mass to transform into a sled dog. The team discovers the dog-Thing and kill it as it is transforming.
The pathologist of the crew, Blair, goes insane with guilt as he was the one who had lobbied to thaw