Changes: Centipede-Thing

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The Centipede-Things were a pair of scuttling Things, formerly Edvard Wolner's arms, which split off from the Edvard-Thing. The creatures appeared in the 2011 film The Thing.

History

After he is injured by an exploding flamethrower fuel tank, Edvard Wolner is carried back to the rec room by Colin and Jonas, who grab each of Edvard's arms, with Jonas taking his left arm. As they cross the room, the Edvard-Thing's left arm detaches and clings to a now terrified Jonas's left hand and begins attacking him, its newly-formed limbs slicing into Jonas's flesh as it crawls up his arm. Jonas grabs it with his bare right hand in attempt to prevent it from smothering him, but the Centipede-Thing has considerable strength despite its small size, and it latches onto Jonas's mouth and begins the process of assimilating him.

The Edvard-Thing begins to mutate, its right arm splitting off and scuttling away. In the ensuing chaos, the Edvard-Thing kills Derek and successfully drags away a screaming Adam. As Kate arrives with a flamethrower, she spots Jonas, whose right arm is fused to the first Centipede-Thing, with its tentacles deeply embedded in his face. Kate incinerates him and the creature.

The second Centipede-Thing is later discovered clinging to a wall by Carter and Kate, the former splitting it with an axe, and the latter burning it as it attempted to merge its two halves.

Trivia

Prior to being incinerated by Lloyd and Carter, a deleted scene showed that the second Centipede-Thing found Colin in the camp's radio room, leading to him committing suicide in order to escape the fate which befell Jonas.
Pre-production artwork from The Thing (2011) reveals the presence of autonomous creatures formed from Wolner's legs which did not make it into the final film.
The Centipede-Things bear a strong resemblance to the Limb Scuttlers from the 2002 video game The Thing.
The Centipede-Things are similar to the Norris-Thing, with Jonas' death mirroring that of Windows in the 1982 film The Thing.
Jonas' actor Kristofer Hivju has stated that The Centipede-Thing's name is Kathy.

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+{{Infobox thing
-{{Infobox_thing||image = The_Thing_Alien.jpg
+|image = Centipede-Thing_-_Profile.png
 |name = Centipede-Thing
+"Kathy"
-|distinction = Human-Centipede-like appearance<br>Made of separate assimilated body parts
+|appearance = ''[[The Thing (2011 film)]]''
-|attacks = Attacks enemies by clinging to them}}The '''Centipede-Thing''' is a sentients part of the [[Edvard - Thing|Edvard-Thing]], the result of [[Edvard Wolner]] being assimilated at an earlier time and being knocked unconscious during the stand off between the Americans against [[Peder]] and Edvard.
+|actor = Not applicable
+|distinction = Formed from amputated limb<br />Teeth on former arm joint<br />Multiple tentacles and 'legs'<br />Can reform after being cut in half
+|host = [[Edvard Wolner|Edvard Wolner]]
+}}The '''Centipede-Things''' were a pair of scuttling [[The Thing (organism)|Things]], formerly [[Edvard Wolner]]'s arms, which split off from the [[Edvard-Thing]]. The creatures appeared in the 2011 film ''[[The Thing (2011 film)|The Thing]]''.
 ==History==
+After he is injured by an exploding [[flamethrower]] fuel tank, Edvard Wolner is carried back to the rec room by [[Colin]] and [[Jonas]], who grab each of Edvard's arms, with Jonas taking his left arm. As they cross the room, the Edvard-Thing's left arm detaches and clings to a now terrified Jonas's left hand and begins attacking him, its newly-formed limbs slicing into Jonas's flesh as it crawls up his arm. Jonas grabs it with his bare right hand in attempt to prevent it from smothering him, but the Centipede-Thing has considerable strength despite its small size, and it latches onto Jonas's mouth and begins the process of assimilating him.
-Both [[Derek Jameson|Derek]] and [[Jonas]] grab each of Edvard's arms, with Jonas having his left hand holding Edvard's left hand. As they carry the Edvard-Thing into the rec room, its left arm detaches and clings to a now terrified Jonas's left hand and begins attacking him. Jonas grabs it with his bare right hand in attempt to prevent it from smothering him. During the chaos, the changing Edvard-Thing lashes out with a stomach tentacle that injures [[Adam Finch|Adam]] before killing Derek who was trying to kill it with his pistol. The Edvard-Thing successfully drags away a screaming Adam as [[Kate Lloyd|Kate]] arrived with a flamethrower. Kate spots Jonas, who at this point has his whole right arm fused to the Centipede-Thing as well as has it's face tentacles deeply embedded in his face with one covering his left eye. The Centipede-Thing also was in the process of forcing Jonas to swallow a bile that more than likely sped up the assimilation process. Jonas looked at Kate with a pleading look, and Kate ignited him and the Centipede-Thing as a mercy killing and save him from a even slower death at the hands of the Thing.
+The Edvard-Thing begins to mutate, its right arm splitting off and scuttling away. In the ensuing chaos, the Edvard-Thing kills Derek and successfully drags away a screaming [[Adam Finch|Adam]]. As [[Kate Lloyd|Kate]] arrives with a flamethrower, she spots Jonas, whose right arm is fused to the first Centipede-Thing, with its tentacles deeply embedded in his face. Kate incinerates him and the creature.
-A second Centipede-Thing split off from the main Edvard-Thing while it was transforming but was cut with an axe by [[Sam Carter|Carter]] and later burned by Kate.
+The second Centipede-Thing is later discovered clinging to a wall by [[Sam Carter|Carter]] and Kate, the former splitting it with an axe, and the latter burning it as it attempted to merge its two halves.
 ==Trivia==
+*Prior to being incinerated by Lloyd and Carter, a deleted scene showed that the second Centipede-Thing found [[Colin]] in the camp's radio room, leading to him committing suicide in order to escape the fate which befell Jonas.
+*Pre-production artwork from ''The Thing'' (2011) reveals the presence of autonomous creatures formed from Wolner's legs which did not make it into the final film.
+*The Centipede-Things bear a strong resemblance to the [[Limb Scuttler]]s from the 2002 video game ''[[The Thing (video game)|The Thing]]''.
+*The Centipede-Things are similar to the [[Norris-Thing]], with Jonas' death mirroring that of [[Windows]] in the 1982 film ''[[The Thing (1982 film)|The Thing]]''.
+*Jonas' actor Kristofer Hivju has stated that The Centipede-Thing's name is Kathy.
+==Images==
-*While the fate of this second one was not seen in the theatrical cut of the 2011 film, a deleted scene showed that it found [[Colin]] in the camp's radio room, leading to him committing suicide in order to escape the fate which befell Jonas.
+<gallery orientation="landscape" widths="190" bordersize="none">
+centipede leg.jpg|Leg-Thing pre-production artwork for ''The Thing'' (2011).
-*Some sketches reveal the presence of legs then cut from the film.
+thing leg 1.jpg|Leg-Thing pre-production artwork for ''The Thing'' (2011).
+10152217729035010 371313870 n.jpg|Centipede/Tongue-Thing concept artwork for ''The Thing'' (2011).
-*The Centipede-Things are similar to the [[Norris-Thing]].
+The_Thing_Alien.jpg
-*The Centipede-Thing is similar to a [http://deadspace.wikia.com/wiki/Divider Divider's arm] in [http://deadspace.wikia.com/wiki/Dead_Space Dead Space].
-==Pictures==
-<gallery orientation="none">
-centipede leg.jpg|Leg concept 1
-thing leg 1.jpg|Leg Concept 2
-10152217729035010 371313870 n.jpg|A Centipede/Tongue-Thing from Edvard
 Thing 3b.jpg
 TheThing02 creature-arm.jpg
 </gallery>
 {{Film Thing Beasts}}
 [[Category:Creatures]]
-[[Category:The Thing (2011 film)]]
+[[Category:Creatures (2011 Film)]]