Alas, Poor Villain: Ava Paige is shot in the back by Janson after suffering a Heel Realization and deciding she'll stop testing the immunes.Adaptation Distillation: The plot of the third book is distilled to incorporate elements of the previous installment, The Scorch Trials.Conversely, Lawrence is now the leader of a different faction that not only intends to destroy WCKD (like the Right Arm on the books) but also the entire city, which is established to be the last remaining bastion of civilization left in the world.

Vince truly cares about the kids as well, and refuses to risk any of them on Thomas's endeavor. Adaptational Heroism: Vince and the Right Arm they truly intend to save the Immunes and take them far away from WKCD.In the film? Janson outright betrays and murders Ava Paige and tries to hijack the cure in Thomas' blood to play pick-and-choose with who lives and who dies to create a future of his own design. While in the books, he was a ruthless and undeniably evil Mad Scientist, he was still a Well-Intentioned Extremist who's overall goals aligned with WCKD's. Assistant Director Janson is hit with this as well.

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