Newt

Portrayed by Thomas Brodie-Sangster.

Newt is the Second-in-Command of the Gladers.

The Maze Runner
Newt is present when Thomas arrives in the Glade. When Thomas starts to run, but trips and falls, Newt and the Gladers laugh at this.

Alby introduces Thomas to Newt and tells him that he will be in charge when Alby is not around.

When Gally stops Thomas from walking into the Maze, Newt and the Gladers join Gally in stopping Thomas from walking into the Maze.

At night, at the bonfire, Newt tells Thomas about the Maze, the walls, the Grievers, and the Runners. Newt watches Thomas and Gally wrestle before Thomas knocks Gally down to the ground, but Gally knocks Thomas down to the ground as well, causing him to remember his name.

The next day, Ben gets stung by a Griever and attacks Thomas, Newt and the Gladers manage to get Ben off Thomas.

Later, Newt and the Gladers banish Ben from the Glade.

The next day, Newt watches Thomas run into the Maze to help Minho and Alby, who have gone into the Maze to retrace Ben's steps when Alby got stung by a Griever.

The next day, Newt is present when Thomas, Minho, and Alby return to the Glade.

In the Council Hall, during the Gathering, Newt is present when Gally suggests that Thomas should be punished for going into the Maze to help Minho and Alby.

When Teresa arrives in the Glade, Newt jumps down into the Box, takes a note from her hand, and reads "She's the last one ever."

Newt decides that Thomas will spend one night in the Pit with no food, causing Gally to leave the Council Hall in anger.

Later, Teresa, who has woken up and fled to the tower, throws rocks at Newt and the Gladers, but Thomas stops her and goes up to talk to her, while Newt and the Gladers leave.

At night, in the medical hut, Alby starts attacking Thomas, but Newt, Jeff, and Clint manage to restrain him, allowing Teresa to inject the serum she had with her when she arrived in the Glade into his chest. Newt, Teresa, Jeff, and Clint watch over Alby while Gally takes Thomas to the Pit.

The next day, when Thomas and Minho return to the Glade, Newt watches Thomas and Gally argue with each other, when Teresa calls out to them and the Gladers and tells them that Alby is awake.

In the medical hut, Newt watches Alby tell Thomas that he remembers that Thomas worked for WCKD.

At night, during the Grievers' attack on the Glade, Newt, Thomas, Teresa, Minho, Frypan, Alby, Chuck, Winston, Jeff, and Clint hide in the Council Hall from the Grievers. Newt watches Clint get killed by a Griever. Chuck is caught by a Griever, but Alby sacrifices himself to save him.

After the attack, Gally punches Thomas in the face, causing Newt, Minho, Frypan, Winston, and Jeff to restrain him. When Thomas stabs a Griever stinger into his leg to regain his memories, Newt, Teresa, Minho, Frypan, Chuck, Winston, and Jeff tend to him.

The next day, Thomas tells Newt, Teresa, Minho, Frypan, Chuck, Winston, and Jeff that he and Teresa worked for WCKD and created the Maze.

Gally takes command and has Teresa tied to the pole and attempts to have Thomas tied to the pole. Newt knocks down a Glader while Thomas fights off two Gladers and Teresa kicks a Glader in the groin, allowing Frypan to cut her free. Newt escapes with one half of the Gladers while Gally stays with another half of the Gladers in the Glade.

Newt helps the Gladers fight off the Grievers, but Jeff dies trying to save Minho from a Griever. The Gladers go into the WCKD lab and watch a video left by Ava Paige, who shoots herself at the end of the video.

Newt and the Gladers are about to leave when Gally, who is stung by a Griever, arrives with a gun and tells them that they will never be free. Gally points the gun at Thomas, but Minho throws a spear at Gally, impaling him in the chest, while Gally shoots a bullet at Chuck, hitting him in the chest. Newt watches Chuck die in Thomas' arms before a group of masked soldiers arrive and take the Gladers to a helicopter.

Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Newt helps Thomas, Frypan, Brenda, Jorge, Vince, Harriet, and the Right Arm rescue Aris, Sonya, and a group of Immune kids and take them to their new hideout.

At night, when Thomas leaves the hideout to go to the Last City to rescue Minho, Newt and Frypan join him.

The next day, Newt, Thomas, and Frypan drive into the sewers, where they are attacked by Cranks. Brenda and Jorge arrive to rescue them.

Newt, Thomas, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge arrive in the Last City. While walking to the walls of the Last City with Thomas, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge, Newt notices a crew wearing gas masks following them and alerts Thomas, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge to the crew's presence. WCKD aims turrets at the crowd, forcing Newt, Thomas, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge to run to avoid being attacked by turrets.

Newt, Thomas, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge arrive in a building. The crew, who has arrived in the building before Newt, Thomas, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge, force them into vans with them. The crew takes Newt, Thomas, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge to a hideout.

At the hideout, a member of the crew takes off his mask and reveals himself to be Gally. Thomas, remembering when Gally killed Chuck while stung by a Griever, punches him in the face. Newt rushes over to stop Thomas from punching Gally. Thomas reminds Newt of when Gally killed Chuck. Newt replies that he remembers that Gally was stung by a Griever and half out of his mind. With that, Thomas gets off Gally. Newt asks Gally how he is still alive, as he, Thomas, and Frypan watched him die. Gally replies that he, Thomas, and Frypan left him to die and that if he and his crew hadn't found them, Brenda, and Jorge, they would be dead. Newt tells Gally that Minho is being held in the WCKD tower and that he, Thomas, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge are looking for a way in. Gally offers to help them get into the WCKD tower. Thomas, at first, refuses to follow Gally, but Gally replies that he can get him, Newt, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge through the walls.

While going with Thomas, Gally, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge to Lawrence's hideout, Newt is told by Gally that he was found lying on the floor of the WCKD lab with the spear still in his chest by Lawrence's crew, who, after discovering that he is immune to the Flare, pulled the spear out of his chest and took him to the Last City to meet Lawrence, who nursed Gally back to health and convinced him to join his crew. Newt is told by Gally that Lawrence's crew is working to destroy WCKD. Newt is told by Gally not to stare at Lawrence.

Newt, Thomas, Gally, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge arrive in Lawrence's hideout. Thomas tells Lawrence that he, Newt, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge need to get into the WCKD tower, as Gally said that he can get them through the walls of the Last City. Lawrence replies that the way into the WCKD tower is impossible. Gally replies that the way into the WCKD tower won't work without Thomas. When Lawrence asks Thomas why he should trust him, Thomas replies that WCKD has something they both want. Lawrence tells Thomas that he, Newt, and Gally can go into the Last City while Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge stay behind. Thomas agrees and shakes Lawrence's hand. As Jorge tells Thomas to be careful going with Newt and Gally into the Last City and Frypan tells Gally to take care of Newt and Thomas, Newt sits down to straighten his shoes, but notices his right hand twitching and realizes that he has been infected by the Flare.

Newt, Thomas, Gally walk through the tunnels where Gally approaches a generator and turns on the lightbulbs so he can lead Newt and Thomas through the tunnels.

At night, Gally leads Newt and Thomas through the Last City. They hear an announcer telling everyone in the Last City to return home. With that, Newt, Thomas, and Gally decide to return to Lawrence's hideout. On the way back to Lawrence's hideout, Newt, Thomas, and Gally hide from the WCKD soldiers.

After Newt, Thomas, and Gally return to Lawrence's hideout, Gally uses a telescope to look at the WCKD tower and tells Newt and Thomas about its security system. When Thomas asks Gally about the way in that he had mentioned before, Gally convinces Thomas to look through the telescope. Thomas agrees and sees Teresa working in a lab. Gally reveals to Thomas that he plans to use Teresa to get into the WCKD tower.

The next day, in Lawrence's hideout, Newt, Thomas, Gally, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge go over plans to use Teresa to get into the WCKD tower. Thomas is reluctant to use Teresa as their way into the WCKD tower. Newt reacts with extreme aggressiveness, screaming at Thomas for still having feelings for Teresa. After this, Newt calms down, apologizes, and walks out.

Thomas finds Newt sitting on a rooftop. Newt reveals to Thomas that he has been infected by the Flare, as revealed by the black veins on his right arm. Newt reveals that the reason WCKD put him in the Maze was because they wanted to tell the difference between immunes like Thomas and people like himself. Thomas tells Newt that he can cure him. Newt replies that they need to get Minho out of the WCKD tower. Thomas agrees.

The next night, while Thomas and Gally go into the Last City to capture Teresa, Newt goes with Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge to an abandoned church. Thomas and Gally take Teresa to the church where Newt, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge are. Teresa tells Newt, Thomas, Gally, and Frypan that Minho is in Sub-Level 3 with the Immune teenagers.

After Gally and Frypan get their trackers removed by Teresa, Newt approaches them and gives them WCKD soldier overall uniforms and face-masking helmets.

Disguised with WCKD soldier overall uniforms and face-masking helmets, Newt, Thomas, and Gally go with Teresa to the WCKD tower, while Frypan climbs up a crane, Brenda goes to a parking lot to steal a bus, and Jorge returns to the Right Arm's hideout.

While Gally enters the WCKD tower through the parking garage, Newt, Thomas, and Teresa enter the WCKD tower through the main entrance.

Newt, Thomas, Teresa, and Gally arrive in a stairwell. While Thomas talks to Frypan and Brenda on a walkie-talkie and Gally plugs a jamming device into the electrical box, Newt coughs from being infected by the Flare while leaning over the stairwell railing.

Newt, Thomas, Teresa, and Gally arrive in Sub-Level 3 where Newt, Thomas, and Gally shoot the WCKD guards. While Gally drills into the door of the vault, Newt and Thomas let the Immune teenagers out of their cells.

When Thomas and Teresa discover that Minho has been moved up to the medical wing, they and Newt go to find him, while Gally takes the teenagers and the vials of serum that he had taken out of the vault to Brenda.

Newt, Thomas, and Teresa take the elevator to find Minho. Janson joins them in the elevator and talks to Teresa, but then realizes that Newt and Thomas are in the elevator, but Newt, Thomas, and Teresa manage to escape. When Thomas asks when the Flare will stop, Teresa replies that it stops when WCKD finds a cure. Thomas replies that there is no cure. Janson holds them at gunpoint, but Teresa manages to let Newt and Thomas go to find Minho while she goes to do a blood test on Thomas' blood.

Newt and Thomas reunite with Minho and they and him escape from Janson and the WCKD soldiers. Newt, Thomas, and Minho manage to lock themselves in a room. Thomas and Minho manage to break the window and they and Newt jump out of the window and into the pool. When they get out of the pool, four WCKD soldiers approach them and tell them to surrender, but one of them shoots the other three, takes off his helmet, and reveals himself to be Gally. Minho is shocked to see that Gally is alive, and Gally tells him, Thomas, and Newt that they are nuts.

While Newt, Thomas, Minho, and Gally are hiding from the WCKD soldiers, Minho asks Newt how he is feeling. Newt replies that he feels terrible. While Minho and Gally talk to each other, Thomas carries Newt off into the Last City.

While going to the berg, Newt, Thomas, Minho, and Gally see the walls of the Last City exploding as a result of Lawrence sacrificing himself to destroy them.

While hiding behind garden beds, Newt, Thomas, Minho, and Gally see the battle between the WCKD soldiers and Lawrence's crew. Newt, Thomas, Minho, and Gally manage to escape.

Newt is unable to get to the berg due to being infected by the Flare, leading Minho and Gally to run to the berg to get the serum from Brenda. Newt gives Thomas his necklace before passing out. While carrying Newt into a train station, Thomas hears Teresa telling him that his blood can cure Newt like it did Brenda. Newt becomes a Crank and attacks Thomas. Thomas fights Newt and stabs him in the chest with a knife. Minho, Gally, Frypan, and Brenda arrive and see Newt's dead body. Minho, Gally, Frypan, and Brenda gather around Newt's dead body while Thomas walks off to the WCKD tower.

Sometime later, at the Safe Haven, while Minho carves Newt's name on the memorial rock, Thomas discovers that the necklace Newt gave him had a note inside. Thomas reads the note, in which Newt tells him to look after himself and everyone, before thanking Thomas for being his friend.