The Scorch Trials Characters

One Depressing Piece of Klunk "You're one depressing piece of klunk, slinthead" (9.19). That's what Minho has to say about our hero, Thomas—and there are some pretty good reasons why he might thi...

The LeaderThomas might be the real leader of the Gladers, but Minho is the real real leader. Huh, you ask? Let us explain. See, Thomas has something special about him that's a mystery to both us an...

The BetrayerRemember that innocent girl who was in a coma for half of Book One? Well, in the beginning of Book Two, we find out that she's the subject labeled "The Betrayer." Umm. That's not a good...

The GlueBack in the Maze, Newt was pretty much the second-in-command to Alby. But when Alby died, Newt became the leader. But then, all of the kids were given tattoos overnight in the dormitories,...

Nice to Meet You... I'm a CrankYep, she's a Crank… but she isn't a full-blown Crank. Brenda's one of the survivors in the Scorch the Gladers pick up along the way to the safe haven. But she's not...

The New KidAris is the kid who takes Teresa's spot in the dormitories at the beginning of the book. He's Teresa's Group B equivalent, as he was sent, comatose, to the Maze that was occupied by girl...

Rose Took My Nose, I SupposeCranks are the citizens in the Scorch who are slowly going insane. Some Cranks are only half-crazy, like the ones Thomas meets at the party. These Cranks are able to fun...

Similar to Brenda, Jorge is a Crank who hasn't quite gone crazy yet. He's the leader of the sane-Cranks. He's Hispanic, and he likes to call people hermano, the Spanish word for "brother." We shoul...

SubjectsThe other Gladers we catch glimpses of in the Trials are pretty much just Subjects. They're fill-ins. They're bodies. It doesn't seem like WICKED really cares about them, especially given t...

WICKED Is GoodWICKED is the group that is in charge of the whole Maze and Scorch Trials experiments. They claim that their intentions with the kids are to save the human race, but we can't trust th...