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* [[Action Girl]]: Alice.
* [[Action Girl]]: Alice.
* [[Alliterative Name]]: Anton Arcane.
* [[Alliterative Name]]: Anton Arcane.
* [[Always With You]]: Swamp Thing's parting words to Alice in the end.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[Between My Legs]]: Shown when Swamp Thing creeps up on Bruno.
* [[Big Fancy House]]: Arcane's mansion.
* [[Big Fancy House]]: Arcane's mansion.
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* [[Healing Hands]]: Swamp Thing has this power.
* [[Healing Hands]]: Swamp Thing has this power.
* [[Hired Guns]]: Arcane's mooks.
* [[Hired Guns]]: Arcane's mooks.
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: Swamp Thing defeats Arcane with his own sword.
* [[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.
* [[I Like Swords]]: After he is transformed into a monster, Arcane grabs a sword.
* [[Idiosyncratic Wipes]]
* [[Idiosyncratic Wipes]]
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* [[Man On Fire]]: Alec after he is accidentally doused with his mixture.
* [[Man On Fire]]: Alec after he is accidentally doused with his mixture.
* [[Mook Lieutenant]]: Ferret.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: Arcane turns into a hideous monster when he tries Holland's mixture himself.
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* [[Save the Day Turn Away]]
* [[Save the Day Turn Away]]
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Provided by Arcane.
* [[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 [[Friday the 13th (Film)|reminds you of something else]].
* [[Signature Style]]: Harry Manfredini did the score for the film, so don't weirded out if Ferret chasing after Alice machete in hand [[Friday the 13th (film)|reminds you of something else]].
* [[Stock Scream]]: One of the mooks lets out a Wilhelm scream when Swamp Thing throws him off a boat.
* [[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.
* [[Sword Plant]]: After defeating Arcane, Swamp Thing plants his sword next to him.
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* [[Axe Before Entering]]
* [[Axe Before Entering]]
* [[Batter Up]]: Swamp Thing uses one to beat up some mook.
* [[Batter Up]]: Swamp Thing uses one to beat up some mook.
* [[Battle in The Rain]]: Swamp Thing's second battle with the leech man.
* [[Battle in the Rain]]: Swamp Thing's second battle with the leech man.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]
* [[Big Eater]]: Darryll.
* [[Big Eater]]: Darryll.
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* [[Healing Hands]]
* [[Healing Hands]]
* [[Highly-Conspicuous Uniform]]: Arcane's orange-wearing [[Mooks]] ..
* [[Highly-Conspicuous Uniform]]: Arcane's orange-wearing [[Mooks]] ..
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: Dr. Rochelle's death.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: Dr. Rochelle's death.
* [[Hollywood Silencer]]
* [[Hollywood Silencer]]
* [[Hot Scientist]]: Lana.
* [[Hot Scientist]]: Lana.
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* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Swamp Thing's fight with the leech man causes various cars around them to explode.
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Swamp Thing's fight with the leech man causes various cars around them to explode.
* [[Sword Sparks]]: More like ''sword lightning''.
* [[Sword Sparks]]: More like ''sword lightning''.
* [[Tap On the Head]]
* [[Tap on the Head]]
* [[Tested On Humans]]: Dr. Rochelle's method of conducting experiments.
* [[Tested on Humans]]: Dr. Rochelle's method of conducting experiments.
* [[Third Time's the Charm]]: It takes three time before Swamp Thing gets rid of Gunn for good.
* [[Third Time's the Charm]]: It takes three time before Swamp Thing gets rid of Gunn for good.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Omar and Darryll, the two bumbling [[Comic Relief]] kids.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Omar and Darryll, the two bumbling [[Comic Relief]] kids.

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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

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.

The film has:


The Return has the additional examples: