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- "I just... feel like I need to save everyone. To redeem myself."
- — Thomas to Newt, The Maze Runner
- "Anyway, listen to me. I've never seen anything like it. He didn't panic. He didn't whine and cry, never seemed scared. Dude, he'd been here for just a few days. Think about what we were all like in the beginning. Huddling in corners, disoriented, crying every hour, not trusting anybody, refusing to do anything. We were all like that, for weeks and months, till we had no choice but to shuck it and live. Just a few days after this guy shows up, he steps out into the Maze to save two shanks he hardly knows. All this klunk about him breaking a rule is just beyond stupid. He didn't get the rules yet. But plenty of people had told him what it's like in the Maze, especially at night. And he still stepped out there, just as the Door was closing, only caring that two people needed help. But that was just the beginning. After that, he saw me give up on Alby, leave him for dead. And I was the veteran - the one with all the experience and knowledge. So when Thomas saw me give up, he shouldn't have questioned it. But he did. Think about the willpower and strength it took him to push Alby up that wall, centimetre-by-centimetre. It's psycho. It's freaking crazy."
- — Minho describing Thomas' actions in the Maze, The Maze Runner
Thomas was the last male Glader to enter Group A's Maze. He was the main protagonist of the The Maze Runner Series and was named after Thomas Edison. Thomas was one of the creators of the Maze, alongside Teresa Agnes, and formerly one of the Creators' mentors. His original name was Stephen[1].
Biography
The Kill Order
Thomas undergoes an operation for the Swipe so he can be sent alongside the other Gladers into the Maze. Through the entire operation, Teresa is by his side, scared about what will happen to her and Thomas, but calm, believing that WICKED will find a cure for the Flare for the sake of humanity. Thomas is then put into the Box and lifted into the Maze.
In the epilogue, it is revealed that Thomas was named after Thomas Edison because a WICKED agent pointed out a hanging light bulb in his mother's house, saying, "You know who made that, right? We should call this one Thomas."
The Fever Code
Thomas is referred to as Stephen early on in the book. Two days have passed since Stephen has been taken from his family by WICKED, the same organization that wants Stephen to accept a new name: Thomas. However, Stephen continues to prove adamant until a man named Randall Spilker takes him to a chair, then injects a pain stimulator into Stephen's neck. Stephen tries to stay with his old name, but, at the touch of a button, Randall activates the Stimulator, causing excruciating pain. Seconds after the first wave of pain, Stephen wakes up, strapped with leather to the chair. Randall is in front of him with the button, Stephen starts to cry, and then Randall presses the button. This happens several times, after four waves of pain, Stephen gets used to the torture's never-ending pain. Stephen tries to fake accepting his new name. Randall then responds saying "I don't believe you." and presses the button, causing more and more pain. Randall then continuously asks Stephen his name. Giving up hope, he responds with 'Thomas' and accepts his new name. Randall administers a final wave of torture to remind Stephen (now Thomas) that he can always inject a new stimulator if he even mentions his old name. After this, Thomas does not see Randall for years, which he is thankful for, as he hated him.
Throughout the course of several years, Thomas spends much of his time attending advanced classes with different teachers. He meets and develops a fondness for Dr. Ava Paige, as she treats him with the most kindness out of all the WICKED staff members. Three years after the incident with Randall, he is allowed to meet a girl named Teresa, whose room was next to his. They form a close bond, and as they grew older, they were promoted to designing and building the Maze. That night, Thomas decides to sneak out of his room and find Teresa so he can talk to her about this new development. But on the same night, a boy named Newt came to introduce him and Teresa to his friends Minho and Alby. They become close friends who secretly meet every night. But the first time their new friends show Thomas and Teresa the way outside the building, they get caught by Randall. They are led to the Crank pits (all except Newt, who isn't immune) and forced to walk along a narrow corridor with Cranks pressing against the fences to their left an right. They also meet the former Chancellor John Michael, who is infected. He holds up a sign which says "WICKED is good". He tells the kids that he had been essential to the organization and that he wanted a more dignified ending than being thrown into the pits. He begs them to save him or at least others. Randall finally shoots him dead. Thomas and Teresa are now working for WICKED. Their job is to program optical illusions for Maze A. Months after the Crank pit evening, Teresa finds a way to enable them to meet their friends again without being caught by guards. They also meet a new boy named Chuck, who is younger than them. To them, he's like a little brother. But Minho still plans to escape, no matter the advantages of staying with WICKED his friends point out. Together with a boy named Gally, he attempts to flee. They get caught, and Randall forces Thomas to watch the cruel punishment. After that, Minho is traumatized. When their friends are about to be inserted into the Maze, they learn that Thomas and Teresa will not join them, and feel betrayed. Thomas spends most of his free time watching his friends in the Maze. One day, Dr. Paige needs the help of the four elites (Thomas, Teresa, Aris and Rachel): The Flare has infected several WICKED staff members. It needs Immunes to go to them and kill them. After this so-called Purge, Thomas feels guilt and avoids his friends. When he goes to the control room for the first time after the Purge, he sees Alby supporting Newt, who can't walk by himself. He finds out that Newt has tried to kill himself in the Maze. Some time later, it's Chuck's turn to be inserted to the Maze. This causes Thomas to develop a plan to finally help his friends. He wants to go into the Maze himself.
The Maze Runner
Thomas wakes up in a lift with no memory except for his name. When the lift opens, he is surrounded by other boys, who also have no memory except their names. This place is called the Glade. The Glade is surrounded by a gigantic Maze with the Walls moving and changing every single night. Every morning, the Doors to the Maze open, and every night, they close. The Gladers do not want to be stuck in the Maze when the walls close, for they could be "stung" by the slug-like monsters called Grievers that lurk in the Maze. As Thomas adjusts to life in the Glade, he befriends a younger boy named Chuck.
When Thomas sees the Runners going into the Maze to try to find a way out, he feels that he should be a Runner. Then, when a girl comes up in the Box, Alby and Newt call Thomas over because they feel that the girl and Thomas have a connection. Thomas denies having any memory of her, but he does feel like he knows her. The girl is in a coma and the Med-jacks take care of her.
In the morning, Alby and Minho go into the Maze to inspect an apparently dead Griever Minho found. At night, just as the walls begin to close, Thomas sees Minho dragging an unconscious Alby towards the Glade; the Griever had been playing dead and Alby had been stung. Thomas wants to go and help and, ignoring the rules, dashes into the Maze right before the walls close. Minho is angry at Thomas for doing something so pointless, as he believes all three of them will die. At the sound of Grievers in the distance, Minho leaves Thomas and Alby and runs off, believing their chances will be better if they split up. Thomas drags Alby to the wall and starts tying him to the vines, working him higher and higher above the ground. When a Griever finally appears, Thomas lures it away from Alby by running deeper into the Maze. When he finds himself surrounded by several Grievers, he runs away and then, turning around, he leaps over the one chasing him before it can slow its momentum.
Thomas later meets up with Minho and the Grievers chase them. Minho tells Thomas to follow him and they go to the Cliff. The Grievers are still chasing them, but Minho has an idea based on what Thomas did with his run-and-jump maneuver. They both stand at the edge of the Cliff, and when the Grievers charge at them, they jump away and the Grievers fall over the edge. Several feet beyond the Cliff, there is an invisible hole seemingly suspended in mid-air, which is where the Grievers usually return after roaming the Maze.
In the morning, Thomas takes Alby off of the wall vines. Thomas, Alby, and Minho are the first people to survive in the Maze for a whole night. Alby is given an antidote for his Griever sting. When Thomas visits him, Alby tries to tell Thomas what he saw during his Changing. However, Alby grabs his own neck and starts choking himself. Thomas calls for Newt, and together they get Alby to stop hurting himself. Newt says that Alby is crazy, even though Alby says that he was being controlled and he didn't know what he was doing.
When Thomas visits the girl, she speaks in his head. Thomas is frightened and in denial about this at first. He learns that her name is Teresa. Teresa tells him telepathically that she triggered "The Ending." Thomas does not know what this means, but soon, the walls do not close and bad things begin to happen.
When Teresa is fully recovered, she rushes to Thomas. They talk and begin to form a bond, with Thomas definitely having a crush on her. They also realize that they must have known each other before coming to the Maze.
With the Walls no longer closing, The Grievers begin to enter the Glade each night, taking one kid at a time. Thomas and Teresa eventually figure out a code to the Maze. Thomas purposely gets stung by a Griever so he can remember his life before the Maze. He learns that there is only one way of escape: through the Griever Hole. The Gladers make it through the Griever Hole, losing half of their members, including Alby. They are greeted, both by someone who works WICKED, and by Gally, who throws a knife at Thomas, but Chuck takes the knife instead in an act of self-sacrifice by jumping in front of Thomas. Broken by this, Thomas loses control of his ferocity and savagery and subjects Gally to a far more ferocious and savage beatdown until he is pulled away by his friends. Then a rescue team comes in and seemingly kills the WICKED members, rescuing the Gladers.
The Scorch Trials
Thomas, alongside the other Gladers, are rescued and brought to a safe dormitory, only to find out that it was all a hoax: They were never rescued and WICKED has been behind the whole thing. Teresa is taken and put in Group B, an all-girl experiment that has been run exactly the same as the Gladers (Group A). Phase 2 of the Trials begins as 'The Rat Man' (known as Janson in The Death Cure) from WICKED tells them they have two weeks to travel 100 miles of wasteland, in order to reach a safe haven and be given a cure for the Flare. On the way, the Gladers meet Brenda and Jorge, who say they are infected with the Flare and make a deal to reach the Safe Haven together.
Thomas's relationship with Teresa deteriorates drastically throughout the book, as Teresa is told by WICKED that unless she makes Thomas feel utterly betrayed (presumably to stimulate Killzone patterns in his brain), they'll kill him. Thomas does not believe her explanation, and there is a distinct coldness in his attitude towards her. Added to that is his budding relationship with Brenda, which seemingly makes Teresa somewhat jealous more than once.
The Death Cure
Thomas awakes in a white enclosed room and is stuck in there for weeks until it is revealed to him that he and his friends will be able to get their memories back. The group is informed that some of their members, Newt included, are not immune to the Flare and are ultimately dying. Thomas, alongside Newt, Minho, and Frypan, refuse to regain their memories and are sent back to their rooms. Later, Frypan changes his mind and leaves the group, deciding to have his memories returned.
Thomas and his friends then formulate a plan to escape with the help of Brenda and Jorge. Newt, realizing that his days are numbered due to the Flare, writes a note and gives it to Thomas, telling him to only read it when the time is right. The group manages to escape, finding along the way that Teresa and the others have all escaped without them. Thomas and his friends escape to Denver, a supposedly safe city that has not been badly affected by the Flare. However, things turn out horribly and Newt, being Flare-infected, is taken by some quarantine workers to the local Crank Palace (the place where infected people live out their remaining days). Thomas, Minho, Brenda, and Jorge try to get him out, but Newt refuses to go with them, aiming a Launcher at them until they finally leave in despair. Thomas reads the note Newt gave him earlier, finding that it reads, "Kill me. If you've ever been my friend, kill me."
Thomas and his friends then meet up with a group called the Right Arm, who are opposed to WICKED. The Right Arm has been kidnapping Immunes (Teresa and her group among them) as part of a ploy to take down WICKED. Thomas joins forces with them. A short time later, as he and a couple of Right Arm members are driving to where the bergs are located, Thomas sees Newt among a group of Cranks on the road. He runs over to his friend, only for Newt to angrily scream at him for not following the note's instructions. Newt then jumps him and pins him to the ground. Frightened by his friend's attack of madness, Thomas slowly reaches for his pistol out of self-defense, only to have Newt notice and grab Thomas' hand, forcing the pistol to his own forehead. Newt yells at Thomas to kill him and make everything right, and Thomas, horrified but seeing no other choice, pulls the trigger.
In an exploding final journey, Thomas leads an evacuation of hundreds of Immunes from the WICKED compound just as a series of bombs are being set off by the Right Arm. A concrete slab falls from the ceiling directly over him, but Teresa throws herself in the way and is crushed instead. Thomas says that he is very sorry, and Teresa says that she is, too. She tries to tell Thomas that she only ever cared about him, but she dies before she can finish her sentence. 200 of the Immunes get out with Thomas, which include about half of Group A and Group B, before they make it to the Flat Trans that leads to a Safe Haven, which is apparently an island. They emerge in 'paradise', and it is implied that they will repopulate the earth with their immune genes. In the end, Brenda kisses Thomas as they watch the sunset together.Thomas died of unknown causes during the 73 year gap between The Death Cure and The Maze Cutter.
Film
The Maze Runner
Thomas wakes up in an underground lift without his memories, being sent to the Glade, a place full of teenage boys. Gally, the first to welcome him, quite roughly pulls him out of the Box and throws him onto the grass before the group of boys. Thomas tries to sprint away from the group, but stumbles, falling on the ground. The other Gladers laugh at his misfortune. He stands up and looks around, disorientated. Cheers can be heard from the other Gladers. Thomas meets Alby, the leader of the Glade, and Newt, the Second-in-Command. Chuck, the last Greenie before Thomas, sticks to him, clearly looking for a friend.
Thomas finds himself in a large square clearing, surrounded by gigantic walls. In the middle of each wall, there's an opening as high as the walls themselves. When he attempts to explore these doors and the way beyond on his first evening, Gally stops him from walking into the Maze just a moment before the doors close for the night.
The next day, Thomas helps out in the gardens, coming up with all kinds of ideas to escape. Newt only replies that whatever he can think of, they have tried that before. Thomas makes his way into the woods to get fertilizer by Newt's order and discovers George's grave at the deadheads. Suddenly, Ben, a Runner, appears and attacks him. Ben has been stung by a Griever in open daylight, which has apparently never happened before. Thomas tries to defend himself, hitting Ben in the head with a skull, managing to run away and cry for help. Ben catches up to him, but is hit in the head with a shovel by Newt and later banished from the Glade by the Gladers.
The next day, the boys are waiting for the return of Minho and Alby, who have not yet returned from the Maze. Just when the doors are about to close, the missing Runners appear at the far end of the corridor. Minho half carries the Griever-stung Alby along. The Gladers hurry them on, but when it becomes clear that the two won't make it in time, Thomas squeezes through the closing doors to help them survive the night in the Maze. Minho knows that it's clear that they are already dead. But, having no idea of the horrors of the Maze, Thomas still hopes and makes plans such as hiding the unconscious Alby in the ivy thicket up the wall. Minho assists him, but when a Griever comes, he runs away. Thomas can hide under the ivy. Later, the two boys are reunited and chased by a Griever. Thomas manages to get it crushed between two closing walls of the moving Maze.
The next day, the doors open to reveal a very hopeful Chuck and a very skeptical Newt looking for the three boys who spent the night in the Maze. Just when Newt turns away, bereft of all hope, Chuck sees them turning around the corner. Most of the Gladers are impressed and happy that they made it alive, but Gally insists that Thomas needs to be punished for breaking Rule No. 1. In the absence of Alby, who is cared for by the Med-jacks, Newt calls a Gathering to discuss the matter. Before they come to a conclusion, the alarm rings, the Box appears and delivers the first girl, Teresa, with a note in her hand that says "She's the last one, ever." Newt, having jumped down to get the new Greenie out of the Box, first assumes she is dead, but she suddenly wakes up and utters Thomas' name before going back to sleep. Thomas, Minho, Frypan, Winston, and Zart enter the Maze together to find the crashed Griever in the hope to learn something useful. They can retrieve a metal cylinder with a number 7 on it. They return to the Glade and examine the device. During another Gathering, Newt appoints Thomas as a Runner after one night in the Pit as a punishment for breaking rules. Gally, clearly unhappy with this solution, storms out of the Council Hall in anger. Thomas and Minho make their way into the Map Room, where Minho shows Thomas the model of the Maze he and the other Runners built over 3 years. He admits that he's run every part of the Maze, but they've been unsuccessful in finding a pattern. He notes that Section 7 was open last night, which is unusual, as it is not supposed to be open for another week. He and Thomas plan to go out and check out the Section the next morning. Jeff and Clint run into the Map Room, informing them that Teresa is awake. The four boys rush out and approach Chuck, who points up to the tower, prompting them to see the girl sitting on the platform, throwing stones at the Gladers, lest they come closer. Only Thomas is allowed to get up to her and they talk. At night, they are called over to Alby, who goes through the Changing. When he is flailing around wildly, Teresa produces a syringe with a serum of unknown purpose. She manages to inject it into Alby's chest and he calms down immediately.
Thomas in The Slammer
At nightfall, Gally escorts Thomas to the Pit. Chuck appears and talks to him, confiding in him how he longs for his parents. Chuck, convinced that Thomas will finally make it out of the Maze, gives Thomas a small figurine as a lucky charm, asking him to tell his parents that he loves them, but Thomas refuses and insists that Chuck will tell them himself.
The next day, Thomas goes with Minho into the Maze. They explore a section Minho has never been to before: The Griever Hole. Thomas inserts the device and a door opens. Then the walls start to move and Thomas and Minho run back, taking the device with them.
That night, the doors do not close, and the Grievers attack the Gladers. Alby saves Chuck's life by hacking off a Griever's limb, only to be killed seconds later. Many Gladers are killed in that night. When the attack is over, Gally subjects Thomas to a punch in the face in ferocity and savagery, blaming him for everything that has happened. Thomas stabs himself in the thigh with the hacked off Griever sting, hoping that he will regain some memory to help them finally escape. In his memory dream, he can see himself working beside Teresa for WCKD, experimenting on his friends. Thomas wakes up in the Pit, afflicted by feels of guilt. Newt reassures him that none of the past matters any more. The only thing that matters is who they are now and what they do now.
Gally, having taken command, has Thomas and Teresa tied up to poles right in front of the open doors as an offer to the Grievers. He attempts to offer the two in order to pacify the Grievers/Creators in the hopes that the peace of the Glade will be restored and they will be safe again, but Thomas knocks out his captors, his friends free Teresa, and two parties form. Thomas, Teresa, Newt, Minho, Frypan, and Chuck are determined to go for the Griever Hole and find the exit. A number of Gladers join in, among them are Winston, Jeff, Jack, Mike, Tim, Billy, and Peter, while Gally and his own group of Gladers choose to stay behind.
Thomas and his group make it to the Griever Hole unharmed, but right there, numerous Grievers attack them. Teresa punches in the code while the Gladers fight off the Grievers, suffering many losses. When the hole finally opens the survivors find themselves in an endless corridor with many doors. One that is labelled exit.
They pass it and stand in a control room. It is devastated, and corpses lie everywhere. On screens and monitors, they can see images of the Glade and their own faces, alongside data. Thomas switches on another one, thus starting a video message from Chancellor Ava Paige, who tells them about the Sun Flares that had struck the earth, about a disease called the Flare, and the necessity to find a cure. Finally, she points a gun at her own temple, closes her eyes, and pulls the trigger. Everyone averts their eyes as the gunshot is heard.
Gally, having been stung by a Griever, which restored all his memories, appears with a gun, insisting that they will never be free. He fires a bullet at Thomas, but Chuck takes the bullet instead in an act of self-sacrifice, giving Minho a chance to throw a spear at Gally, causing it to impale him in the chest, but the spear only impaled Gally's left lung, causing Gally to drop to his knees, drop the gun, and collapse on his right side on the floor. While the Gladers break down crying in heartbreak and devastation over Chuck's dead body, masked and armed men arrive and usher them to a waiting helicopter, telling them that they are safe now.
The Scorch Trials
In a flashback set before the film adaptation of The Scorch Trials, Thomas is being dropped off by his mother and taken in by Ava Paige and WCKD. Thomas snaps out of this flashback-dream when Minho yells at him to wake up, since the helicopter they are in is about to land. When they arrive, Thomas grabs Chuck's Relic, and the Gladers are sent to a facility run by Janson.
While they are medically tested, Teresa gets separated from the group. In the canteen, the Gladers meet other children from other mazes. One boy is sitting all by himself; Aris.
At night, Thomas wakes to Aris coming into their dorm through the ventilation shaft. The boy beckons him to follow because he wants to show him something. The two boys observe nurses wheeling bed with a covered person into a room.
The next day, Thomas incites a fight with the guards in the canteen, saying he wants to see his friend Teresa. He has no chance of getting through, but in the brawl, he manages to retrieve the key card off one of the guards. That night, he and Aris break into the room where the nurses had brought the covered person the previous night. They discover rows after rows of children, alive but unconscious, hung up on stands with lots of medical devices. Still shocked by that sight, they overhear a conversation between Chancellor Ava Paige and Janson.
The Death Cure
In the opening scene of the film adaptation of The Death Cure, Thomas, alongside Vince, get on board a train that transports Aris, Sonya, and the Immunes to the WCKD main complex, while Brenda and Jorge distract the berg which came to aid the guards. Thomas manages to decouple the wagon while Brenda and Jorge hijack the berg. With the help of Newt and Frypan, they use the berg to lift the container with the Immunes off the wagon and fly to a place near the sea. They intend to finally leave and go to the Safe Haven, but Minho is not among the rescued. With that, Thomas resolves to leave the rest of them and try to rescue Minho on his own accord, also allowing Newt and Frypan to come with him.
Thomas, alongside Newt and Frypan, drive into the sewers, where the Cranks attack them. Frypan shoots at them with a shotgun, but soon runs out of ammo. Brenda and Jorge arrive and save them from the Cranks. Thomas tells Brenda that he didn't want to put anyone in danger and Frypan thanks Brenda and Jorge for saving them.
Thomas, alongside Newt, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge, arrive in the Last City. Thomas is scanned at the gate, and the WCKD guards recognize him. WCKD aims turrets at the crowd, forcing Thomas to run alongside Newt, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge to run to avoid being attacked by the turrets.
Thomas runs into a safe corner alongside Newt, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge where they encounter a crew wearing gas masks, who force Thomas into a van alongside Brenda and Newt, Frypan, and Jorge into another van. The crew drive Thomas to the hideout alongside Newt, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge.
At the hideout, one of the crew members reveals his true identity as Gally. Thomas, still consumed by ferocity and savagery over Gally killing Chuck during the escape from the Maze, and despite Gally's genuine pleas for Thomas to not throw a punch at him, subjects Gally to a punch in the face as revenge for the punch in the face that he was subjected to by Gally after the Grievers' attack on the Glade, with the punch sending Gally to the ground, shattering Gally's composure. However, Thomas stops himself from throwing another punch once Gally is incapacitated. Despite this, Thomas finally loses control of his ferocity and savagery, gets on top of Gally, and subjects him to a far more ferocious and savage beatdown, finally damaging Gally and also damaging Thomas, but Thomas ferociously and savagely refuses to care about himself and Gally being damaged, just caring about subjecting Gally to karma, further shattering Gally's composure and reducing him to just pleading and begging for Thomas to stop, which fail to get through to Thomas. After Thomas finishes beating Gally, Newt rushes over and stops Thomas. Thomas reminds Newt of when Gally killed Chuck. Newt replies that he remembers that Gally killed Chuck because he was stung by a Griever and half out of his mind. With that, Thomas gets off Gally, but Gally's composure is still shattered. Newt asks Gally how he is still alive, as he, Thomas, and Frypan watched him die. Gally replies that he, Thomas, and Frypan left him to die, then explains that they, Brenda, and Jorge would have been killed by the turrets if Gally and his crew hadn't rescued them. Newt explains to Gally that Minho is being held in the WCKD Tower and that he, Thomas, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge are looking for a way in. Gally offers to help them get into the WCKD Tower. Thomas, at first, insists that he will not follow Gally, but Gally replies that he can get him, Newt, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge through the walls of the Last City.
While following Gally to Lawrence's hideout alongside Newt, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge, Thomas is told by Gally that after he, alongside Newt, Frypan, and the other Gladers, left him behind in the WCKD lab, he was found still lying on the floor with the spear still in his chest by Lawrence's crew, who, after discovering that he is immune to the Flare, pulled the spear out of his chest and took him to the Last City to meet Lawrence, who healed Gally of the spear wound, cured him of the Griever sting, and convinced him to join his crew. Thomas is told by Gally that Lawrence's crew is working to destroy WCKD. Thomas is warned by Gally not to stare at Lawrence.
Thomas, alongside Newt, Gally, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge, arrive in Lawrence's hideout. Thomas tells Lawrence that he, Newt, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge need to get into the WCKD Tower, as Gally said that he can get them through the walls of the Last City. Lawrence replies that the way into the WCKD Tower is impossible. Gally replies that the way into the WCKD Tower won't work without Thomas. When Lawrence asks Thomas why he should trust him, Thomas replies that WCKD has something they both want. Lawrence tells Thomas that he can go with Newt and Gally into the Last City while Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge stay behind with him. Thomas agrees and shakes Lawrence's hand. As Gally lowers a ladder into the sewers, Thomas is advised by Jorge to be careful going with Newt and Gally into the Last City, to which Thomas complies.
Thomas, alongside Newt and Gally, walk through the tunnels where Gally uses a generator in the tunnels to turn on the light bulbs so he can lead Thomas and Newt through the tunnels.
At night, Thomas goes on a tour of the Last City alongside Newt and Gally. They hear an announcer telling everyone in the Last City to return home. With that, Thomas, alongside Newt and Gally, decide to return to Lawrence's hideout. On the way back to Lawrence's hideout, Thomas, alongside Newt and Gally, hide from the WCKD soldiers.
After Thomas, alongside Newt and Gally, return to Lawrence's hideout, Gally uses a telescope to look at the WCKD Tower and tells Thomas and Newt about its security system. When Thomas asks Gally about the way in that he had mentioned before, Gally urges Thomas to look through the telescope. Thomas complies and sees Teresa working in a lab. Gally reveals to Thomas his plan to use Teresa to get into the WCKD Tower.
The next day, in Lawrence's hideout, Thomas, alongside Newt, Gally, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge, go over plans to use Teresa to get into the WCKD Tower. Thomas is reluctant to use Teresa as their way into the WCKD Tower. Brenda reminds Thomas of when Teresa betrayed them, prompting Gally to remark to Thomas that he likes Brenda. Newt becomes consumed by ferocity and savagery over Thomas' reluctance and screams at him, accusing Thomas of still having feelings for Teresa. Remorseful over lashing out at Thomas, Newt apologizes before leaving.
Upon finding Newt sitting on a rooftop, Thomas discovers that he has been infected by the Flare, as revealed by the black veins on his right arm. Newt explains that the reason WCKD put him in the Maze was because they wanted to tell the difference between Immunes like Thomas and people like himself. Thomas tells Newt that he can cure him. Newt replies that curing Newt will happen once they rescue Minho, to which Thomas agrees.
The next night, after informing Gally of Newt's infection, Thomas goes with Gally into the Last City to capture Teresa, while Newt, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge go to an abandoned church. As Teresa leaves the WCKD Tower, Thomas goes to lure Teresa into an alley while Gally waits in the alley. Teresa sees Thomas on the other side of the street and follows him into the alley where they talk. After they finish talking, Thomas signals for Gally to put a sack on Teresa. Thomas, alongside Gally, take Teresa to the church where Newt, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge are. Teresa is shocked to see that Gally is alive, and Gally asks her where Minho is. Teresa replies that Minho is in Sub-Level 3 with the Immune children. Gally takes a scalpel, preparing to use it to cut off Teresa's finger, but Thomas stops him by taking the scalpel from him. Thomas convinces Teresa to remove their trackers.
While removing Thomas' tracker, Teresa discovers that Brenda is looking good and healthy and asks Thomas when her last treatment was. Thomas replies that Brenda's last treatment was back in the mountain camp of the Right Arm. Teresa removes Thomas' tracker. Gally approaches Thomas and Teresa, asking them if everything is okay, which Thomas confirms.
Disguised with WCKD soldier overall uniforms and face-masking helmets alongside Newt and Gally, Thomas goes with them and Teresa to the WCKD Tower, while Frypan climbs up a crane, Brenda goes to a parking lot to steal a bus, and Jorge returns to the Right Arm's hideout.
Thomas, alongside Teresa and Newt, enter the WCKD Tower through the main entrance while Gally enters the WCKD Tower through the parking garage.
Thomas, alongside Teresa, Newt, and Gally, arrive in a stairwell. While Newt starts coughing due to his infection while leaning over the stairwell railing and Gally plugs a jamming device into the electrical box, Thomas talks to Frypan and Brenda via a walkie-talkie.
Thomas, alongside Teresa, Newt, and Gally, arrive in Sub-Level 3 where Thomas, alongside Newt and Gally, shoot the WCKD guards using Launchers. After working with Newt to let the Immune children out of their cells, Thomas discovers that Minho is not in the cell and asks Teresa where he is. Teresa shows Thomas Minho's profile and tells him that Minho has been moved up to the medical wing. Thomas, alongside Teresa and Newt, goes to find Minho, while Gally takes the children and the vials of serum that he had taken out of the vault to Brenda.
Thomas, alongside Teresa and Newt, take the elevator to find Minho. Janson joins them in the elevator and talks to Teresa, but then realizes that Thomas is in the elevator alongside Newt, but Thomas manages to escape along with Teresa and Newt. When Thomas asks when the Flare will stop, Teresa replies that it stops when WCKD finds a cure. Thomas angrily retorts that there is no cure. Janson holds them at gunpoint, but Teresa manages to let Thomas and Newt go to find Minho while she goes to do a blood test on Thomas' blood.
After reuniting with Minho, Thomas runs with him and Newt to escape from Janson and the WCKD soldiers. Thomas manages to lock himself in a room alongside Newt and Minho. Thomas and Minho manage to shatter the window and they, alongside Newt, jump out of the window and into the pool. When they climb out of the pool, four masked soldiers appear, ordering them to surrender, but one of them shoots the other three, then takes off his helmet and reveals his true identity as Gally. Minho is shocked to see that Gally is alive, while Thomas and Newt already knew, and Gally tells Thomas, Newt, and Minho that they are nuts. Thomas reassures Minho that he, Newt, and Gally will explain how Gally is alive later.
While hiding from the WCKD soldiers alongside Newt, Minho, and Gally, Thomas asks Gally how far the tunnels are. Gally replies that the tunnels are twelve blocks away from the WCKD Tower. While Minho and Gally talk to each other, Thomas carries Newt off into the Last City.
While heading with Newt, Minho, and Gally to meet up with Frypan, Brenda, and the Immune children outside the walls, Thomas sees the walls exploding as a result of Lawrence sacrificing himself to destroy them and allow the Crank army to storm the Last City and battle the WCKD soldiers. Gally expresses worry that the Crank army is destroying the whole of the Last City when they are supposed to destroy only WCKD. Thomas reassures Gally that he doesn't have to worry about that, then urges him to come with him, Newt, and Minho.
While hiding behind garden beds alongside Newt, Minho, and Gally, Thomas sees the battle between the WCKD soldiers and the Crank army. Unwilling to watch the battle, Thomas is forced to escape alongside Newt, Minho, and Gally.
Newt is unable to get to the berg due to his infection, prompting Minho and Gally to run to the berg to get the serum from Brenda. Newt gives Thomas his necklace before passing out. While carrying Newt into a train station, Thomas hears Teresa telling him that his blood can cure Newt like it did Brenda. Newt becomes a Crank and attacks Thomas. Thomas fights Newt and stabs him in the chest with a knife. Minho, Gally, Frypan, and Brenda arrive and see Newt's dead body. While Minho and Frypan kneel at Newt's dead body, with Gally and Brenda watching on, Thomas walks off to the WCKD Tower.
Thomas enters the WCKD Tower and approaches Ava Paige, who tells Thomas that he save them, but is shot in the back by Janson, who knocks out and takes Thomas to a lab where Teresa is extracting his blood. Janson reveals to Thomas that he has been infected by the Flare and plans to inject the serum with Thomas' blood into his arm, causing Teresa to hit Janson in the head with a glass flask, knocking him unconscious. Teresa tries to free Thomas, but Janson regains consciousness and knocks Teresa down. Thomas frees himself and engages Janson in a fight, but Janson overpowers him and prepares to shoot him, when Lawrence's crew fires a missile at the WCKD Tower, knocking Thomas, Teresa, and Janson down. Teresa carries Thomas to the medical wing, but not before Janson shoots Thomas in the stomach. Teresa offers to give Janson the serum containing Thomas' blood, but Janson refuses and wants Thomas himself. Thomas throws a very heavy object at a glass front, allowing the Cranks that are locked inside it to break out and attack Janson. Thomas is carried to the roof by Teresa, who gives him the serum containing his blood before kissing him. Minho, Gally, Frypan, Brenda, Jorge, Vince, and the Immune children arrive in a berg. Thomas is unable to get on the berg due to his wound, prompting Teresa to throw him onto the berg, allowing Minho, Gally, Frypan, Brenda, and Vince to pull him aboard. Teresa falls to her death when the WCKD Tower collapses. While being flown away from the tower alongside Minho, Gally, Frypan, Brenda, Vince, and the Immune children by Jorge, Thomas loses consciousness, while his wound is bandaged by Gally.
Sometime later, Thomas, alongside Minho, Gally, Frypan, Brenda, Jorge, Vince, Aris, Sonya, Harriet, the Right Arm, and the Immune children, arrive at the Safe Haven. Thomas wakes up in a hut and discovers the bandage on his stomach, then leaves the hut and approaches Minho, Gally, Frypan, Brenda, Jorge, Aris, Sonya, Harriet, the Right Arm, and the Immune children. Thomas shares a hug with Minho. At night, at the campfire, Thomas, alongside Minho, Gally, Frypan, Brenda, Jorge, Aris, Sonya, Harriet, the Right Arm, and the Immune children, listen to Vince give a speech.
Minho gives Thomas Newt's necklace, which Thomas discovers contains a note from Newt. Thomas reads the note, in which Newt tells him to look after everyone, before thanking Thomas for being his friend. Thomas approaches Minho, Gally, Frypan, Brenda, Jorge, Vince, Aris, Sonya, Harriet, the Right Arm, and the Immune children at the campfire, hugs Gally and Brenda, and sits down with them, Minho, Frypan, Jorge, Vince, Aris, Sonya, Harriet, the Right Arm, and the Immune children at the campfire. The next day, Thomas goes to the Memorial Rock and engraves Teresa's name on it. Thomas walks along the beach, stops walking, looks at the ocean and the ship, pulls out the serum, looks at it, and looks out into the distance.
Physicality & Personality
In The Maze Runner, Chuck tells Thomas that he was around five foot nine and also describes him jokingly as being as "ugly as fried liver on a stick". He tells Thomas that he looks sixteen years old. Thomas is shocked because he feels older than that. He is, however, younger than Newt, who is repeatedly referred to as "the older boy". In The Kill Order, Thomas is described as having sandy brown hair. In the film adaptations, Thomas is portrayed by actor Dylan O'Brien, who is known for his role as Stiles Stilinski in the TV series Teen Wolf.
Thomas has always been an inquisitive person, before and after being sent to the Maze. He has a habit of becoming frustrated when answers are kept from him, something he experiences regularly. In The Maze Runner, Thomas starts off as timid and somewhat aloof but steadily grows bolder and more sociable throughout the series. He does not easily give up on anyone and would rather rush back and help them than leave his friends behind.
Powers & Abilities
Powers
"Thomas inhaling the airborne virus but not getting infected."
- Enhanced Antibiotic System: Thomas proved to be immune to the deadly Flare virus. In the film adaptation of The Maze Runner, he stabbed himself in the thigh with a Griever's tail that contained a stronger version of the Flare and was injected with the last syringe of serum used to help Alby. Afterwards, he showed that he had not lost control over his humanity. In the film adaptation of The Scorch Trials, Dr. Mary Cooper instructed Vince to spare Brenda because she knew taking some of his blood would stop her infection from spreading further. Then, in the film adaptation of The Death Cure, when Ava Paige told the people in the Last City that the virus was airborne and they needed to wear masks, Thomas was seen breathing normally around it while waiting for Teresa to follow him. After leading Teresa into a trap where Gally caught her, Thomas persuaded her to take off the device from his neck. She then took it to WCKD for a DNA sample so they could find out how Brenda had recovered since their last meeting. They discovered that Thomas' blood contained special antibiotics that could cure and eliminate the effects of the Flare virus. When she told Thomas that his blood held the key to saving infected people from the Flare completely, just as it had helped Brenda, it was a significant revelation.
Abilities
"Thomas finding the Last City on the map."
- Gifted Intelligence: Thomas is curious and thinks quickly. He can solve puzzles and problems, and he often finds ways to escape tricky situations. For instance, he figured out how to discover the code for the Maze. He also managed to talk his way out of dangerous situations and learned where WCKD was sending a cargo train with Minho and the other 28 immune kids to the Last City. He based this on the railway information Aris shared with him and mapped it out to be just a few hundred miles from where he currently was.
"Thomas feeling deep sadness over Winston's death."
- Compassion/Empathy: Throughout the entire series, Thomas displays various traits repeatedly. His relationship with Chuck shows his loyalty and compassion. He feels guilty about working with WCKD and helping them create the Maze. Even when Ben tries to harm him while under the influence of a Griever, Thomas still manages to empathize with him. He also risks his safety by going into the Maze to assist Minho and Alby. Thomas genuinely wants to do what is right and deeply cares for his friends, sometimes more than he realizes. For instance, he becomes frustrated with WCKD's cruel experiments on both immune individuals and regular people as they search for a cure. He values their lives and wishes to protect them. When he meets Mary Cooper, another lead scientist, he expresses his disapproval of WCKD by sharing important information about their trials, compounds, and labs. He gives this information to her so that she can pass it on to a rebel group called the Right Arm, which aims to help immune people find safety away from both the Flare and WCKD.
"Thomas standing against Gally."
- Charisma: Thomas appears to be a born leader, especially in the final book of the Maze Runner trilogy. People tend to pay attention to him, follow his guidance, and do what he says, even though he is quite young.
"Thomas willingly pricking himself to recall his memories."
- Determination: This can also be seen as a flaw because being stubborn often leads people into trouble, and Thomas is no exception. However, his strong will helps him get through many challenges. He is ready to face things that scare him for the sake of his friends and when he believes it's the right choice. For instance, he rushes into the Maze just as the doors are closing, fully aware of the dangers, because he knows Minho and Alby need his support. From the Maze to the Scorch to WCKD and Denver and beyond, his commitment to survive and help his friends keeps him alive and mentally stable during terrifying situations. Thomas manages to recall details from his childhood, including memories of his parents and being taken by WCKD, through dreams that slowly piece together thanks to a device called the Swipe that WCKD placed in his mind. His determination also enhances his physical strength, allowing him to exert great force capable of breaking tough objects effortlessly and without help. In the film adaptation of The Death Cure, when Janson holds Teresa at gunpoint, Thomas uses all his strength despite being injured from a gunshot to throw a microscope at the containment chamber hard enough to break it open. This allows two Cranks inside to escape and kill Janson, ultimately saving both Thomas and Teresa.
"Thomas's muscular physique."
- Peak of Human Physical Condition: After years of tests by WCKD, which included tough conditions and a strict diet, Thomas has developed an amazing body. He shows incredible strength, speed, endurance, and metabolism. These abilities have helped him survive many dangerous situations.
"Thomas tossing a microscope with enough force to shatter a containment chamber."
- Peak Human Strength: Thomas is depicted as a strong and muscular boy, both physically and mentally. His muscles can lift opponents who weigh significantly more than he does. In the film adaptation of The Maze Runner, during a fight with Gally, Thomas manages to push him to the ground even while being pulled by him. In the film adaptation of The Scorch Trials, he kicks a Crank several feet down an escalator and makes another one fall off a platform to save Newt. After that, he runs away from a group of Cranks in a damaged building with Brenda. To save her from a Crank that was about to attack, Thomas grabs a piece of rebar and easily breaks the glass window, causing the Crank to fall several stories down while he catches Brenda in his arms to keep her safe. In the film adaptation of The Death Cure, filled with ferocity and savagery after Gally turns up alive after being impaled in the chest by Minho's spear as the spear only impaled his left lung, Thomas, despite Gally's pleas for Thomas to not throw a punch at him, subjects Gally to a punch on the left side of the face in revenge for the similar punch he was subjected to by Gally after the Grievers' attack on the Glade, with the punch sending Gally to the ground, damaging both Thomas and Gally, shattering Gally's composure, and reducing Gally to just pleading and begging for Thomas to stop, which fail to get through to Thomas. When Newt nearly turns into a Crank and tries to stab Thomas with a knife, Thomas uses his grip strength to stop it before it can go deeper into his chest. Later, when Janson knocks Teresa down, Thomas charges at him with even more rage than before, lifts him off his feet through glass onto the floor, and delivers powerful punches that slam him against the wall hard enough to give him a brief concussion.
"Thomas sprinting toward the main vault door just in time to slip under it before it shut."
- Peak Human Speed: Thomas showed he could run faster than most throughout the Maze Runner trilogy. In the film adaptation of The Maze Runner, when Minho carried Alby, who had been stung by a Griever, Thomas dashed into the Maze just as the doors were shutting and managed to get through. Later that night in the Maze, while being chased by a Griever, Thomas jumped onto the vines at the edge of a wall and led the Griever into a trap where the wall almost closed on him. However, he made it back to the Glade alive the next morning with Minho and Alby. The other Gladers watched and came over to offer support and comfort. The following day, Thomas returned to the Maze with Minho to search for a way out. As sections changed, they raced back to the Glade through dangerous obstacles without getting crushed or stuck just in time. In the film adaptation of Scorch Trials, after Thomas and his friends break free from the WCKD facility, Janson tells the security team to close the main vault door. Just as it begins to shut, Thomas manages to slip underneath it. Once outside in the Scorch, he runs faster than a group of Cranks. While following Brenda to find a way out of the warehouse, WCKD soldiers chase after them. However, Thomas quickly walks along the edge of a reel with impressive balance and makes it through safely. In the film adaptation of The Death Cure, when Thomas and his friends reach the entrance of the WCKD headquarters called the Last City, Janson tells the guards to turn on the remote gun turrets and shoot at anyone they see. However, Thomas and his group quickly run to a safe spot to avoid the gunfire, where Gally and his Crank crew come to help them find a hiding place. In a scene that was cut from the final film, Thomas races past a fast-moving train in the tunnels with Newt and Gally just in time to reach a secret entrance to the city.
"Thomas and Brenda moving just before the scaffolding crashes down on them."
- Peak Human Reflexes: At 16 years old, Thomas has peak reaction speed, giving him better reflexes to dodge many attacks around him. In the film adaptation of The Maze Runner, when a Griever got stuck in some vines, it pulled out its stinger, almost hitting Thomas. However, he quickly moved his head away. In the film adaptation of The Scorch Trials, after Thomas and Brenda jumped into the basement following an explosion at the warehouse, he noticed scaffolding about to fall on them. Luckily, they escaped just in time. In the film adaptation of The Death Cure, as Newt began turning into a Crank, he pulled out his combat knife to attack Thomas. But Thomas skillfully avoided all of Newt's strikes without getting hurt. Later, during a fight with Janson, Janson challenged Thomas to hit him again. Thomas was so quick that he managed to get back up and punch Janson right in the face.
"Thomas headbutting Barkley, showing no signs of pain or annoyance in his skull."
- Peak Human Durability: Thomas displayed incredible mental strength and determination, allowing him to endure pain without his muscles or bones showing any signs of weakness in pursuing his goals. In the film adaptation of The Maze Runner, Gally, filled with ferocity and savagery, stormed up to Thomas and subjected him to a punch on the left side of his face. Despite this, Thomas quickly got back up with a nearly bruised cheek. In Scorch Trials, he headbutted Barkley in the face without hesitation, struck a WCKD soldier wearing a helmet in the face with his elbow, and took punches from Janson in both the stomach and right side of his face without complaining. In Death Cure, while trying to escape from the WCKD building with friends Newt and Minho, they jumped out of a 20th-floor window to escape Janson and his armed men but landed safely in a pool without any injuries. When defending himself against an infected Newt, Thomas got slightly hurt in the shoulder yet could still move his arm. After fighting Janson, he was punched in the face and kneed in the stomach but stood back up to fight again, even after getting shot in the lower right side of his back. Still, he was strong enough to support himself before needing Teresa's help to get to the rooftop.
- Peak Human Regeneration: Thomas' immune system has proven to help his body recover from minor injuries at an amazing level. After he woke up in the Safe Haven, the gunshot wound on the lower right side of his back, inflicted by Janson, healed completely in just a few days. He was able to handle the pain without complaining or needing any help.
"Thomas dashing quickly to stealthily grab the guard's keycard ID."
- Peak Human Thievery: In the film adaptation of The Scorch Trials, Thomas showed great skill in stealing important items without being noticed. However, he attracted attention after Janson announced the selected subjects who were called to the restricted door. When Thomas got close to it, the security guards told him to go back to his seat, but he tried to run past them. His friends stopped him by holding him back, and then Janson ordered that they be taken to their room. As they were escorted away, the others asked Thomas if he really thought he could get through. Thomas then revealed that he had taken a keycard ID from one of the security guards so he could access the door with Aris.
"Thomas and his team quietly entering the WCKD facility while pretending to be assets."
- Stealth Mastery: Thomas was skilled at using stealth to enter highly secure locations without being noticed. He had a knack for blending in. In the film adaptation of The Scorch Trials, he and Aris quietly snuck into the harvest room and hid while Janson talked with Ava Paige, all without drawing attention. In the film adaptation of The Death Cure, Thomas wore a WCKD uniform and carried the same gear as he confidently walked through the main entrance of the Last City's headquarters, passing by many WCKD guards to meet Teresa, Newt, and Gally. Later, while sabotaging the WCKD security system, he made his way to where the Immune children were kept. When the door opened, Thomas, Newt, and Gally started shooting at all the guards before freeing the children from their cells. He also stayed hidden in the Medical Wing to avoid Janson's watchful eye until he quietly broke open a chamber holding two Cranks and attacked them to escape.
"Thomas swiftly shooting his pistol at two WCKD soldiers who are on top of the cargo."
- Peak Human Accuracy & Weapon Proficiency: Thomas demonstrated his skill in using spears, explosives, and projectile weapons effectively in both close and long-range combat. In the film adaptation of The Scorch Trials, he picked up a Kel-Tec KSG launcher and shot an approaching guard, knocking him to the ground. After that, he took aim with a scope to fire the last few rounds at Janson but missed. In The Death Cure, Thomas improved his aiming skills and showed great accuracy while using a P226 pistol from a distance. While on a train fighting off WCKD soldiers in the Scorch, he shot one soldier directly through the left side of his heart, killing him. He also wounded two others—one in the right shoulder and another in the left—while standing on the cargo container platform as they were being carried by the Berg. Later, while sneaking into the WCKD lab in disguise, Thomas used a launcher to shoot several enemies down to their knees. Before taking cover with Newt, he fired the remaining bullets from his pistol at two guards, hitting one in the heart and another in the neck, killing both. After getting hurt by Janson's gunfire, Thomas summoned all his strength to aim a microscope at the containment cell holding two Cranks. This action caused them to break free and attack Janson, saving both himself and Teresa.
"Thomas setting off an explosive on WCKD soldiers."
- Explosive Proficiency: In the film adaptation of The Scorch Trials, Thomas demonstrated impressive skills with a dangerous explosive, like a bomb or grenade, and was able to handle it without setting it off. When snipers ambushed them, Jorge explained how to use the grenade. Later, when WCKD tried to capture the immune kids, Thomas cleverly hid the grenade in his pocket. He then took it out and threatened to use it against them or even blow himself and the Gladers up. This tactic bought enough time for Jorge to crash a truck into a helicopter, giving everyone a chance to fight back. Thomas then threw the bomb at four WCKD soldiers and moved to safety before triggering the explosion.
"Thomas hurling his spear like a javelin at a Griever."
- Spear Proficiency: During his time in the Maze, Thomas showed that he was good at using a spear for close-range fighting. In the film adaptation of The Maze Runner, when Gally told two boys to tie him up, Thomas pretended to be unconscious. Then, he quickly hit one boy and grabbed the spear from him, using it to strike the other boy in the face. As Thomas guided the others out of the Maze, he threw his spear like a javelin at a Griever just before it got crushed by a closing wall.
"Thomas applying his skills in Defendu to battle Janson."
- Expert Martial Artist: Thomas showed strong defensive skills when it came to fighting. In the film adaptation of The Maze Runner, he managed to push Gally to the ground and helped his friends shove a Griever off the edge while another swarm was closing in on them. In the film adaptation of The Scorch Trials, Thomas faced a Crank that appeared in front of him and kicked it off the escalator, sending it crashing onto its back. He then kicked another Crank away from his friend Newt, making it fall off the platform. Later, when Barkley pointed a gun at him, Thomas pushed the gun aside and headbutted Barkley, which made him stumble back with a slight concussion and bleed from his nose. When WCKD attacked the Right Arm headquarters and began capturing all the immunes, Thomas elbowed the WCKD soldier behind him. In the graphic novel The Death Cure, Thomas works with the Right Arm, who are well-trained in close-quarters combat (CQC). This suggests that he picked up some strong Defendu skills from them. We first see this when he sneaks into a WCKD warehouse and uses his knee to kick a fully armed WCKD soldier in the stomach, with Newt helping by tripping him. Six months later, in the film adaptation of The Death Cure, Thomas showed off his Jujutsu skills when Newt, infected by the Flare, tried to attack him with a knife. Thomas skillfully dodged and countered every strike aimed at him. Later on, when an angry Janson tried to take the serum from Teresa, Thomas bravely charged at him and started fighting back. After taking a punch from Janson, Thomas responded with boxing techniques, hitting him twice with right hooks. Although Janson put Thomas in a chokehold, Thomas managed to push him against the wall and escape. He then got back up quickly and struck Janson's face and gut hard with powerful blows, including hooks and one strong uppercut.
"Thomas sensing Janson about to shoot at Teresa, but he quickly moves her to safety."
- Danger Detection: Before and after the Maze, Thomas had a strong sense of curiosity that helped him notice many things in life. He could feel when danger was nearby or when something wasn't right. In the film adaptation of The Maze Runner, he sensed that a Griever was getting close, so he quickly hid to avoid being seen. Later, in the film adaptation of The Scorch Trials, when he arrived at the base compound, Thomas realized that the people claiming to rescue them were actually hiding important information from him. He found out that his group had never truly escaped because those people were part of WCKD. While traveling in the Scorch, he heard the WCKD aircrafts coming and quickly hid under a bunker before they could find him and his friends. In the film adaptation of The Death Cure, after a shootout with WCKD security guards, Thomas and Newt ran around searching for Minho while being chased. Thomas knew to wait until the soldiers got close to their spot so they could fight back. Later, as he walked with Teresa toward the exit, he suddenly turned around and saw Janson getting ready to shoot at her. He quickly moved out of the way and headed into the medical room just in time to stay safe from the gunfire.
Quotes
- "If you want to throw me in jail for trying to save someone's life, then go ahead. Next time, I promise I'll point at them and laugh, then go eat some of Frypan's dinner.” The Maze Runner (Book)
- "This place... it's not what we thought it was. It's not a prison, it's a test. It all started when we were kids. They'd give us these challenges. They were experimenting on us. And then people started disappearing... every month, one after the other, like clockwork." The Maze Runner (film)
- "Maybe... but I know what I'm supposed to do now. It's not just about Minho, it's about all of us. It's about everyone WCKD's ever taken, everyone they will take. They'll never stop. They'll never stop, so I'm gonna stop them. I'm gonna kill Ava Paige." Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
- "Look, even if we find Minho, there's no guarantee we'll make it back from this." Maze Runner: The Death Cure
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