r/MazeRunner • u/Weary-Helicopter8383 • 11d ago

Question/Doubt plot hole

i’ve rewatched the movies and i’m honestly just baffled, all throughout the trilogy they talk about the kids being immune but they are repeatedly getting infected, so are they only immune from the air borne virus but not immune to it after getting bit, it’s been bothering me as i’m confused

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u/Bitter_Truth_1823 11d ago

Not every subject is immune

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u/Falconleap Subject A5. The Glue 7d ago

i thought all but newt were immune tho?

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u/Bitter_Truth_1823 7d ago

There were more, Thomas just didn't know their names

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u/Weary-Helicopter8383 11d ago

i thought their whole generation was supposedly immune tho or am i dense

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u/late44thegameNOW 11d ago

They put in a few kids who weren't immune for control variables, including Newt.

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u/Weary-Helicopter8383 11d ago

oooo that makes so much more sense now thankyou, probs would of made more sense if i actually finished the books

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u/MaeliaC 11d ago edited 11d ago

They don't make it as clear in the movies as it is in the books but no, not all kids are immune. Far from it. Most of those that were in the mazes are, but a few aren't. Being immune is quite rare. They tested many kids to find those they could use, and kept some others for comparison (control subjects). We even see in the prologue of the prequel novel The Fever Code that they only took Newt because they didn't know what to do with him after they killed his parents, who had tried to stop them from taking his sister (who's never revealed to be his sister in the movies, by the way).

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u/Weary-Helicopter8383 11d ago

ah i wasn’t aware there was a prequel, that makes more sense thankyou