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| ⚫ | === This change was introduced in the first film. Thomas and Teresa are supposed to be able to communicate telepathically. However, when the filmmakers began outlining the first movie, they decided that they weren’t going to include this story line in the movies. In <em>The Scorch Trials</em>, this connection between Teresa and Thomas is pretty important, but it’s completely absent in the movie. === |
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| ⚫ | === Like Thomas and Teresa, Aris and Rachel are supposed to have a special telepathic bond. However, Aris informs the gladers that Rachel was killed during the maze trials. In the movie, Rachel makes a very brief appearance. Aris recognizes her hanging body. She’s one of the people that WCKD is trying to harvest a cure from. === |
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| ⚫ | This change was introduced in the first film. Thomas and Teresa are supposed to be able to communicate telepathically. However, when the filmmakers began outlining the first movie, they decided that they weren’t going to include this story line in the movies. In <em>The Scorch Trials</em>, this connection between Teresa and Thomas is pretty important, but it’s completely absent in the movie. |
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| ⚫ | === In the book, there was only two groups: Group A and Group B. In the movie, there are more than two groups. It is unknown how many groups there are, as it was never mentioned. Since Groups A and B were a 3:1 ratio for gender, Group A having all boys and one girl; Group B having all girls and one boy, it can be assumed that some of the extra groups were mixed. === |
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| ⚫ | Like Thomas and Teresa, Aris and Rachel are supposed to have a special telepathic bond. However, Aris informs the gladers that Rachel was killed during the maze trials. In the movie, Rachel makes a very brief appearance. Aris recognizes her hanging body. She’s one of the people that WCKD is trying to harvest a cure from. |
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| ⚫ | In the book, there was only two groups: Group A and Group B. In the movie, there are more than two groups. It is unknown how many groups there are, as it was never mentioned. Since Groups A and B were a 3:1 ratio for gender, Group A having all boys and one girl; Group B having all girls and one boy, it can be assumed that some of the extra groups were mixed. |
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| ⚫ | === In the book, Rat Man (his real name isn’t yet revealed) is only at the beginning of the story and is there to charge the gladers with their next task: survive the Scorch. In the movie, Rat Man becomes one of the main two antagonists and spends his time chasing the gladers through the Scorch. === |
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| ⚫ | This was without doubt one of the most drastic changes to the story. In the book, Rat Man explains to them that they must travel through the Scorch as part of their next trial. However in the movie Thomas and the others escape WCKD and enter the Scorch seeking refuge. (It kind of makes you wonder why they kept the title ‘The Scorch Trials’ if these weren’t actually trials?) |
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| ⚫ | === This was without doubt one of the most drastic changes to the story. In the book, Rat Man explains to them that they must travel through the Scorch as part of their next trial. However in the movie Thomas and the others escape WCKD and enter the Scorch seeking refuge. (It kind of makes you wonder why they kept the title ‘The Scorch Trials’ if these weren’t actually trials?) === |
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| ⚫ | In order to motivate the gladers to complete the Scorch Trials, Rat Man explains to them that they’ve been infected with the Flare and that a cure awaits them at the end of this phase. In the movie, however, this doesn’t exist at all. The gladers are healthy and immune to the Flare (or most of them, at least). |
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| ⚫ | === In order to motivate the gladers to complete the Scorch Trials, Rat Man explains to them that they’ve been infected with the Flare and that a cure awaits them at the end of this phase. In the movie, however, this doesn’t exist at all. The gladers are healthy and immune to the Flare (or most of them, at least). === |
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| ⚫ | In James Dashner’s version of <em>The Scorch Trials</em>, Teresa is upset about something. She tells Thomas that he and the others need to stay away from her. She isn’t present very much after that. She spends her time communicating with Thomas telepathically, pretending to betray him. She’s actually working with WICKED and Aris. In the movie this doesn’t happen. |
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| ⚫ | In the books, the cranks are living at various stages of insanity. Most of them don’t want to tear peoples’ flesh off. Jorge is supposed to be a crank and Thomas and the others are able to talk and have conversations with him. In the movie, this is completely the opposite. The cranks are straight out of ‘World War Z’. There’s no talking to them. You’ll be eaten alive. |
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| ⚫ | Winston doesn’t get attacked by a crank in the book, although he is attacked by a molten metal ball. He does, however, die–but he doesn’t die because of the crank bite. Rather, when the gladers are running away from the lightning storm, he’s supposed to disappear, assumed to get struck and die. In the movie, Winston kills himself in order to avoid becoming a crank. |
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| ⚫ | === In James Dashner’s version of <em>The Scorch Trials</em>, Teresa is upset about something. She tells Thomas that he and the others need to stay away from her. She isn’t present very much after that. She spends her time communicating with Thomas telepathically, pretending to betray him. She’s actually working with WICKED and Aris. In the movie this doesn’t happen. === |
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| ⚫ | The Right Arm, the organization fighting WCKD, plays a huge role in the movie. The gladers’ main motivation is to find them in hopes of escaping their past. But like it was already said, the book has the gladers racing across the Scorch for a cure. The Right Arm doesn’t make an appearance until <em>The Death Cure</em>. |
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| ⚫ | Like it was said earlier, Jorge is supposed to be a crank in the book. But in the movie’s he’s completely healthy and is dedicated to making sure that Brenda doesn’t catch the Flare. What’s more is that the community that Jorge lives in is supposed to be full of cranks. In the movie, Jorge mentions that the people they live with are mostly from gangs who have wandered in to seek refuge. |
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| ⚫ | === In the books, the cranks are living at various stages of insanity. Most of them don’t want to tear peoples’ flesh off. Jorge is supposed to be a crank and Thomas and the others are able to talk and have conversations with him. In the movie, this is completely the opposite. The cranks are straight out of ‘World War Z’. There’s no talking to them. You’ll be eaten alive. === |
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| ⚫ | This was a very large addition to the plot. In the movie, one of the men living in Jorge’s community calls in WCKD, hoping to sell the gladers back to them. Jorge and Brenda help everyone escape and then blow up their shelter. In the book this doesn’t happen at all. The original version has the gladers eating dinner with Brenda when the roof caves in and Thomas becomes trapped with Brenda. |
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| ⚫ | Thomas and Brenda do get tricked into entering a sketchy club in the book. However “Blondie” essentially kidnaps them and plans to keep them. It isn’t until the Gladers come and rescue Thomas and Brenda that they’re able to leave. As they try to escape, Blondie shoots Thomas. The wound becomes infected and that eventually leads Thomas into the hands of WICKED. In the movie, Jorge comes to the rescue and then interrogates <em>Marcus</em> about the whereabouts of The Right Arm. Thomas never ends up getting shot and thus never falls into the hands of WCKD. |
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| ⚫ | === Winston doesn’t get attacked by a crank in the book, although he is attacked by a molten metal ball. He does, however, die–but he doesn’t die because of the crank bite. Rather, when the gladers are running away from the lightning storm, he’s supposed to disappear, assumed to get struck and die. In the movie, Winston kills himself in order to avoid becoming a crank. === |
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| ⚫ | In the book, after Thomas becomes infected, WICKED finds him and takes him into a berg–a sort of aircraft that they use to get around. They want to heal Thomas. While this is happening, Thomas overhears someone mention that him getting shot wasn’t part of the plan, suggesting that something about their experience has been staged. They eventually take him back to the rest of Gladers. This entire plot is non-existent in the movie. |
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| ⚫ | Again, another major Scorch Trials difference. Like in the movie, the book shows us that there were multiple groups of teenagers in the maze. However a major plot line didn’t get translated into the film. In the book, Thomas and his friends were in Group A. Aris, on the other hand, was in a maze filled with girls–Group B. While in the Scorch, Group B approaches Group A and attacks them. Teresa is with them. Thomas ends up being capture by them. After deciding not to kill him, they move forward hoping to get to the end of the trial. Group B is hardly in the movie. Only a few of them make an appearance, like Aris who’s present during the entire movie. |
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| ⚫ | Teresa does, in fact, betray Thomas in the book. But it’s very different from the movie. In the book, Teresa reveals that she’s been working with Aris and that they had been in a romantic relationship before the maze. They then force Thomas into a gas chamber. After Thomas passes out, Teresa then reveals that she was being forced to betray Thomas by WICKED and that it was all part of their larger plan. However Thomas is having a hard time buying it. This is the point in which Thomas loses his romantic feelings for Teresa. |
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| ⚫ | === The Right Arm, the organization fighting WCKD, plays a huge role in the movie. The gladers’ main motivation is to find them in hopes of escaping their past. But like it was already said, the book has the gladers racing across the Scorch for a cure. The Right Arm doesn’t make an appearance until <em>The Death Cure</em>. === |
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| ⚫ | Like we said before, the Right Arm isn’t supposed to make an appearance in the movie. However the movie leads up to the gladers catching up with the rebels and preparing to leave for a safe haven, away from WCKD. Before they can leave, Teresa betrays them by contacting WCKD with their coordinates. Of course, this isn’t in the book at all. |
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| ⚫ | === Like it was said earlier, Jorge is supposed to be a crank in the book. But in the movie’s he’s completely healthy and is dedicated to making sure that Brenda doesn’t catch the Flare. What’s more is that the community that Jorge lives in is supposed to be full of cranks. In the movie, Jorge mentions that the people they live with are mostly from gangs who have wandered in to seek refuge. === |
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| ⚫ | All of that leads up to a huge ending fight that doesn’t appear anywhere in the books. It results in WCKD capturing the Gladers. Just as they’re being loaded into the aircraft (berg?), Thomas grabs hold of a detonator that Jorge built. He threatens to blow everyone up. WCKD isn’t expecting this. Their shock gives the Right Arm and the Gladers just enough time to fight back. In the fighting, Minho is electrocuted and knocked out. WCKD takes Minho and retreats into their airship with Teresa by their side. |
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| ⚫ | === This was a very large addition to the plot. In the movie, one of the men living in Jorge’s community calls in WCKD, hoping to sell the gladers back to them. Jorge and Brenda help everyone escape and then blow up their shelter. In the book this doesn’t happen at all. The original version has the gladers eating dinner with Brenda when the roof caves in and Thomas becomes trapped with Brenda. === |
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| ⚫ | === Thomas and Brenda do get tricked into entering a sketchy club in the book. However “Blondie” essentially kidnaps them and plans to keep them. It isn’t until the Gladers come and rescue Thomas and Brenda that they’re able to leave. As they try to escape, Blondie shoots Thomas. The wound becomes infected and that eventually leads Thomas into the hands of WICKED. In the movie, Jorge comes to the rescue and then interrogates <em>Marcus</em> about the whereabouts of The Right Arm. Thomas never ends up getting shot and thus never falls into the hands of WCKD. === |
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| ⚫ | === In the book, after Thomas becomes infected, WICKED finds him and takes him into a berg–a sort of aircraft that they use to get around. They want to heal Thomas. While this is happening, Thomas overhears someone mention that him getting shot wasn’t part of the plan, suggesting that something about their experience has been staged. They eventually take him back to the rest of Gladers. This entire plot is non-existent in the movie. === |
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| ⚫ | === Again, another major Scorch Trials difference. Like in the movie, the book shows us that there were multiple groups of teenagers in the maze. However a major plot line didn’t get translated into the film. In the book, Thomas and his friends were in Group A. Aris, on the other hand, was in a maze filled with girls–Group B. While in the Scorch, Group B approaches Group A and attacks them. Teresa is with them. Thomas ends up being capture by them. After deciding not to kill him, they move forward hoping to get to the end of the trial. Group B is hardly in the movie. Only a few of them make an appearance, like Aris who’s present during the entire movie. === |
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| ⚫ | === Teresa does, in fact, betray Thomas in the book. But it’s very different from the movie. In the book, Teresa reveals that she’s been working with Aris and that they had been in a romantic relationship before the maze. They then force Thomas into a gas chamber. After Thomas passes out, Teresa then reveals that she was being forced to betray Thomas by WICKED and that it was all part of their larger plan. However Thomas is having a hard time buying it. This is the point in which Thomas loses his romantic feelings for Teresa. === |
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| ⚫ | === Like we said before, the Right Arm isn’t supposed to make an appearance in the movie. However the movie leads up to the gladers catching up with the rebels and preparing to leave for a safe haven, away from WCKD. Before they can leave, Teresa betrays them by contacting WCKD with their coordinates. Of course, this isn’t in the book at all. === |
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| ⚫ | === All of that leads up to a huge ending fight that doesn’t appear anywhere in the books. It results in WCKD capturing the Gladers. Just as they’re being loaded into the aircraft (berg?), Thomas grabs hold of a detonator that Jorge built. He threatens to blow everyone up. WCKD isn’t expecting this. Their shock gives the Right Arm and the Gladers just enough time to fight back. In the fighting, Minho is electrocuted and knocked out. WCKD takes Minho and retreats into their airship with Teresa by their side. === |
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The following are noted differences between The Scorch Trials book and it's film adaption Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials. ===