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* [[Voice Changeling]]: Arcane is capable of imitating other people's voices. |
* [[Voice Changeling]]: Arcane is capable of imitating other people's voices. |
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* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Arcane, who even recites Nietzche to Alec before he is caught on fire. |
* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Arcane, who even recites Nietzche to Alec before he is caught on fire. |
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=== ''The Return'' has the additional examples: === |
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* [[Amazon Brigade]]: Miss Poinsettia is briefly shown leading one to attack Swamp Thing |
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* [[Attempted Rape]] |
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* [[Axe Before Entering]] |
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* [[Batter Up]]: Swamp Thing uses one to beat up some mook. |
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* [[Battle in the Rain]]: Swamp Thing's second battle with the leech man. |
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* [[Big Damn Heroes]] |
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* [[Big Eater]]: Darryll. |
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* [[Blind Without'Em]]: One of the office workers in the beginning. |
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* [[Car Cushion]] |
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* [[Chainsaw Good]]: Gunn carries a chainsaw during his last attempt at Swamp Thing's life. |
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* [[Chairman of the Brawl]] |
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* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Every battle between Swamp Thing and Gunn. |
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* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Abby. |
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* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Miss Poinsettia, Gunn's assistant. |
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* [[Dead Hat Shot]] |
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* [[Doomed Expedition]] |
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* [[The Dragon]]: Gunn. |
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* [[Dramatic Thunder]]: Used gratuitously when the camera is panning over Arcane's mansion. |
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* [[Eighties Hair]] |
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* [[Explosive Overclocking]] |
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* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: One of the mooks wears an eyepatch. |
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* [[Fan Service]] |
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* [[Five-Bad Band]] |
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* [[Flatline]] |
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* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Poinsettia and Gunn are both covered in scars and they start [[Scar Survey|to compare them]] at one point. |
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* [[Groin Attack]]: When Gunn is trying to come on to her, Abby gives him a swift kick to groin which is then followed by [[Use Your Head|a headbutt]]. |
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* [[Healing Hands]] |
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* [[Highly-Conspicuous Uniform]]: Arcane's orange-wearing [[Mooks]] .. |
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* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: Dr. Rochelle's death. |
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* [[Hollywood Silencer]] |
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* [[Hot Scientist]]: Lana. |
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* [[Immortality Immorality]] |
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* [[Impending Doom POV]] |
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* [[Kissing Discretion Shot]] |
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* [[Leitmotif]]: Swamp Thing's apperances are accompanied by a short heroic tune. |
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* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr. Rochelle, who is more interested in causing mutations than doing what Arcane wants. |
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* [[Mad Scientist Laboratory]] |
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* [[Made of Explodium]]: After being set on fire, the leech man runs to the bog and promptly explodes. |
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* [[Moment Killer]]: When Gunn and Poinsettia are about to kiss each other, one of the mooks interrupt them. |
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* [[My Brain Is Big]]: Mutated Dr. Rochelle. |
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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Mr. Gunn. |
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* [[Out of the Inferno]] |
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* [[Polly Wants a Microphone]]: Arcane's parrot. |
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* [[Porn Stash]]: Omar and Darryll are about to dwell into one when leech man appears. |
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* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Leech man. |
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* [[Regeneration]] |
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* [[Revenge of the Sequel]] |
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* [[Screaming Woman]] |
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* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]] |
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* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Swamp Thing's fight with the leech man causes various cars around them to explode. |
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* [[Sword Sparks]]: More like ''sword lightning''. |
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* [[Tap on the Head]] |
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* [[Tested on Humans]]: Dr. Rochelle's method of conducting experiments. |
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* [[Third Time's the Charm]]: It takes three time before Swamp Thing gets rid of Gunn for good. |
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* [[Those Two Guys]]: Omar and Darryll, the two bumbling [[Comic Relief]] kids. |
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* [[Two-Faced]]: One of the caged mutants. |
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* [[Waif Fu]]: 10 years of karate study in Okinawa has nothing on a girl from LA! |
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* [[Weaponized Car]]: Gunn tries to take Swamp Thing out with an armed jeep. |
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* [[Window Pain]] |
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* [[You're Insane!]]: Abby says this to Anton near the end. He then notes that he has never felt saner. |
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* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Abby appears in such outfit early in the film. |
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Latest revision as of 15:12, 26 June 2023
Not long ago, in the unexplored reaches of an unmapped swamp, the creative genius of one man collided with another's evil dream and a monster was born. Too powerful to be destroyed, too intelligent to be captured, this thing still pursues its savage dream. —Opening text
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Swamp Thing is a 1982 film directed by Wes Craven, based on the DC comics character.
The film centers around Dr. Alec Holland, who studying a formula that could possibly grow plants anywhere, and Alice Cable, a Washington agent who is sent to look after the research in the middle of a swamp. During an attack on the facility orchesrated by Anton Arcane, who seeks the formula for himself, Holland is dosed with his bio-restorative formula and is turned into the eponymous being. Now Alec must protect Alice as Arcane's men hunt them.
In 1989 it was followed by a campy sequel The Return of Swamp Thing.
- Action Girl: Alice.
- Alliterative Name: Anton Arcane.
- Always with You: Swamp Thing's parting words to Alice in the end.
- An Arm and a Leg: Ferret manages cut off Swamp Thing's hand with a machete.
- Between My Legs: Shown when Swamp Thing creeps up on Bruno.
- Big Fancy House: Arcane's mansion.
- Car Fu: Ferret and the other mooks attempt to run Swamp Thing down with their Jeep, but are stopped dead on their tracks by his strenght.
- Chekhov's Gun: The small propane tank in the command center.
- Drop What You Are Doing: When Arcane's assistant Karen sees the early stages of his transformation, she drops the tray she's holding.
- Every Car Is a Pinto: Two boats explode when they crash.
- Fanservice Extra: Some of Aracne's visitors in his mansion.
- Groin Attack: Alice knees Ferret to the groin when he tries to pull the moves on her.
- Halfhearted Henchman: Bruno, who shows remorse for his participation in the mooks' misdeeds.
- Healing Hands: Swamp Thing has this power.
- Hired Guns: Arcane's mooks.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Swamp Thing defeats Arcane with his own sword.
- I Like Swords: After he is transformed into a monster, Arcane grabs a sword.
- Idiosyncratic Wipes
- Latex Perfection: Arcane's disguise as Ritter.
- Machete Mayhem: After Alice escapes from Arcane's boat, Ferret swims after her and starts chasing her with a machete.
- Malaproper: Bruno wonders if Swamp Thing is "one of those Abdominal Snowmen".
- Man On Fire: Alec after he is accidentally doused with his mixture.
- Mook Lieutenant: Ferret.
- Murder by Mistake: While searching for Swamp Thing, the mook Tyrone calls out to Ferret and others and is accidentally shot by Danny.
- Not in Kansas Anymore: Said by Alice when she arrives to the swamp.
- One-Winged Angel: Arcane turns into a hideous monster when he tries Holland's mixture himself.
- Outdoor Bath Peeping: Alec peeps on Alice as she bathes.
- Painful Transformation: Bruno's transformation into the pig creature.
- Planimal: Alec's work is based on a combined cell of an animal an a plant.
- The Power of the Sun: Swamp Thing manages to regrow his arm and break his bonds thanks to sunlight.
- Redemption Equals Life: Bruno (mutated into a piglike midget) helps Swamp Thing escape Arcane's dungeon and briefly distracts the mutated Arcane for him, and manages to survive the story, albeit still mutated into a pig-midget.
- Save the Day Turn Away
- Shirtless Scene: Provided by Arcane.
- Signature Style: Harry Manfredini did the score for the film, so don't weirded out if Ferret chasing after Alice machete in hand reminds you of something else.
- Stock Scream: One of the mooks lets out a Wilhelm scream when Swamp Thing throws him off a boat.
- Sword Plant: After defeating Arcane, Swamp Thing plants his sword next to him.
- Tagalong Kid: Jude, the gas station kid.
- Touch of the Monster: Used on the posters and video releases.
- Voice Changeling: Arcane is capable of imitating other people's voices.
- Wicked Cultured: Arcane, who even recites Nietzche to Alec before he is caught on fire.