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Not to be confused with The Thung.

The Thing

Character Information

Gender:	Male ♂
Status:	Alive
Occupation:	Superhero
First appearance:	"I Am Furious (Yellow)"

The Thing is a superhero.

History

Stan Lee once jammed a Thing action figure into Database's Batmobile, breaking the toy in the process.^[1] On Comic Book Guy's list of greatest quotes of all time is "It's clobberin' time!" by The Thing.^[2]

Behind the Laughter

The Thing is a comic book superhero created by writer Stan Lee.
The Thung, a parody of The Thing, appeared in the episode "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes".

Appearances

Episode – "I Am Furious (Yellow)"
Episode – "Husbands and Knives" (mentioned)
Comic story – Bart's Beard (poster)
Comic story – Bartless on a Tuesday
Book – Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture (mentioned)

References

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[1] "I Am Furious (Yellow)"

[2] Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture

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