The Hospital Monster (also known as the Tom-Bruce Monster) was a thrall of the Mind Flayer that vaguely resembled a crab, born from the remains of the Flayed humans Bruce Lowe and Tom Holloway. It was an indirect reference to the Gibbering mouther from Dungeons And Dragons, which consisted entirely of bones and cartilage.^[1]

History

1985

At Hawkins Memorial Hospital, on July 3, Nancy Wheeler and Jonathan Byers fought the Flayed humans Bruce Lowe and Tom Holloway.

Upon being killed, Lowe and Holloway’s bodies dissolved into organic masses of flesh which flowed down a hallway and merged. A monster formed from the merged remains and grew as it ate the remaining organic matter. This creature was under the control of the Mind Flayer. The creature then began attacking the pair, chasing after them through the building.

While pursuing Nancy, she closed a door on it; however, the creature simply melted and crept underneath the door, re-solidifying on the other side. It attacked Nancy while Jonathan tried to break into the room.

At the last second, the Party arrived where Eleven broke down the door with her powers before fighting the beast, beating it to a pulp. After being thrown from the window, the creature oozed into the sewers, where it would be re-absorbed into the Mind Flayer's proxy.

Appearances

Season Three appearances
Suzie, Do You Copy?	The Mall Rats	The Case of the Missing Lifeguard	The Sauna Test
The Flayed	E Pluribus Unum	The Bite	The Battle of Starcourt

Gallery

For this subject's gallery, see The Mind Flayer/Gallery#The Flayed.

References

Locations	The Upside Down • Creel House • Curse gates • Gable Ridge Road Base • Gates • Hawkins • Hawkins National Laboratory • Lover's Lake • Hawkins Public Library • Hawkins Middle School • Hawkins Tunnel System • Mothergate • Forest Hills Trailer Park • Wall
Entities	D'Artagnan • Demobats • The Demogorgon • Demogorgon (species) • The Flayed • Flesh Thralls • Hospital Monster • The Mind Flayer • Russian Demogorgon • The Spider Monster • Hawkins Tunnel System • Vecna • Vines
The Flayed	Billy Hargrove • Heather Holloway • Bruce Lowe • Tom Holloway • Janet Holloway • Doris Driscoll
Visitors	Robert Akers • Murray Bauman • Robin Buckley • Joyce Byers • Will Byers • Scott Clarke • Vickie Dunne • Eleven • Steve Harrington • Dustin Henderson • Barbara Holland • Jim Hopper • Dr. Kay • Max Mayfield • Eddie Munson • Bob Newby• Eight/Kali Prasad • Shepard • Lucas Sinclair • Mike Wheeler • Nancy Wheeler
Miscellaneous	The Abyss • Camazotz • Cyborg Demodogs • Dungeons & Dragons • Exotic matter • Fabric of space-time • Hellscape • MAC-Z • Mind Lair • Pain Tree • The Keys • The Void • Upside Down Egg • The Upside Down (episode) • The Upside Down (track) • Vecna's curse