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* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]]: In the book, she is portrayed as being rather pudgy and covered in acne. In the film, she is played by Sissy Spacek. [[Subverted Trope|However]], the book's description is given as she is looking in a mirror at her own face, so the written portrayal could be interpreted as how she sees ''herself'' at that moment, in which case her flaws are being exaggerated (as teenagers in [[Real Life]] are fairly prone to doing), whereas most might actually see her as rather pretty. Tommy actually thinks she's beautiful when he picks her up for the prom.

** Averted with [[Angela Bettis]] in the '02 version; see below.

* [[Anti Villain]]

* [[Anti-Villain]]

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Near the end, famously.

* [[Ballroom Blitz]]

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* [[Blessed With Suck]]: Her powers cause her mother to think that she's an evil witch and try to kill her.

* [[Blood Is the New Black]]

* [[Blood Splattered Wedding Dress|Blood-Splattered Prom Dress]]

* [[Blood-Splattered Wedding Dress|Blood-Splattered Prom Dress]]

* [[Coming of Age Story]]: One that [[It Got Worse|goes horribly, horribly wrong]].

* [[Dawson Casting]]: 26-year-old Spacek in the '76 version, 29-year-old Bettis in the '02 version.

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* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: After a lifetime of being made feel worthless by everybody around her -- ''especially'' her own mother -- the three people to finally reach out to her also (at least in her mind) betray her. Tommy, Sue, and the gym teacher were all completely innocent (the real villains were Chris and Billy), but she didn't know that. Understandably, this would dash any last shred of hope for humanity she might have had. The utter shame of it all is that Tommy had genuinely fallen in love with her, and (in the movie) was visibly angry when the prank was pulled.

* [[Deus Angst Machina]]: Not only does she have to contend with an abusive mother, but she's also a complete social outcast in school.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything]]: A teen outcast, subject to heavy bullying by peers, [[Useful Notes/Columbine|snaps and goes on a killing spree]]... even [[Stephen King]] has made the connection.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: A teen outcast, subject to heavy bullying by peers, [[Useful Notes/Columbine|snaps and goes on a killing spree]]... even [[Stephen King]] has made the connection.

** A retroactive example, given that ''Carrie'' was published 25 years before Columbine.

* [[The Dog Bites Back]]

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* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: This trope is a large part of her problem with getting accepted by her classmates.

* [[Memetic Outfit]]: Her blood-drenched pink prom dress.

* [[My God What Have I Done]]: In the movie, she does this after {{spoiler|killing her mother}}.

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: In the movie, she does this after {{spoiler|killing her mother}}.

* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]:

{{quote| '''The principal:''' We're really sorry about this incident, Cassie...

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* [[Ordinary High School Student]]

* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: She burns down her high school and kills scores of people during her rampage. In the book and the remake, she also destroys most of the town.

* [[Pre Mortem One Liner]]: In the book, before killing {{spoiler|Margaret}}:

* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: In the book, before killing {{spoiler|Margaret}}:

{{quote| "You gave me darkness instead of love, {{spoiler|Momma}}; now I'm going to give you darkness, so you can join whatever god lives there."}}

* [[Pstandard Psychic Pstance]]: She does this subtly -- usually, all she does is look at her target, as evidenced when she throws the asshole kid off his bike, or locks down the school gym. However, when she slams shut all the windows and doors in her house, she doesn't even do this.

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* [[Womanin Black]]: In the novel, she usually wears black clothing. She's evil, of course.

** In the '76 film she not only wears black, ''she wears a cape.''

* [[Well Intentioned Extremist]]: Everything she does in the story, from [[Knocking On Heathens Door|visiting people's doors]] to {{spoiler|attempting murder}}, is because she believes she's helping people in desperate need of saving. Her intentions are good, but her actions are reprehensible.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Everything she does in the story, from [[Knocking On Heathens Door|visiting people's doors]] to {{spoiler|attempting murder}}, is because she believes she's helping people in desperate need of saving. Her intentions are good, but her actions are reprehensible.

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{{quote| '''Played by:'''

Amy Irving (1976 version, and [[The Rage Carrie 2 (Film)|its sequel]])

Amy Irving (1976 version, and [[The Rage: Carrie 2 (Film)|its sequel]])

Kandyse McClure (2002 version)

Gabriella Wilde (2013 version) }}

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Rita L. Desjardin is the gym teacher at the high school, who feels a mix of pity and annoyance at Carrie for her social awkwardness. After Carrie is humiliated in the showers, Rita is quick to punish those responsible with a week's detention, with her, after school, with failure to show up leading to one being barred from the prom.

In the 1976 film, her name was changed to Miss Collins, while in [[Screen to Stage Adaptation|the Broadway adaptation]], she became Miss Gardiner. The 2002 remake kept the name she had in the books, but [[Spell My Name With an S|changed the spelling]] to "Desjard''e''n".

In the 1976 film, her name was changed to Miss Collins, while in [[Screen to Stage Adaptation|the Broadway adaptation]], she became Miss Gardiner. The 2002 remake kept the name she had in the books, but [[Spell My Name With an "S"|changed the spelling]] to "Desjard''e''n".

* [[Air Vent Passageway]]: She and some students use this in the '02 version to escape the burning gym.

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* [[Dawson Casting]]: 26-year-old Allen in the '76 version, 20-year-old de Ravin in the '02 version.

* [[Delinquents]]: Her characterization in the book. It's stated that she's been sent to detention 73 times in four years, twenty of them for bullying, and that she skipped most of them. In addition, during [[Junior High]], she had once put a firecracker into a girl's shoe and nearly blew off two of her toes. The film adaptations largely downplay this to focus on her [[Alpha Bitch]] tendencies.

* [[~~Its~~ All About Me]]

* [[It's All About Me]]

* [[Spoiled Brat]], [[Screw the Rules I Have Money]]: Her father, a rich lawyer, got her into Oberlin despite her poor grades, and threatens to sue the school if they punish Chris for what she did to Carrie in the shower. He backs off when he sees her record of violations. Later, after getting kicked out of the prom, she plans to humiliate Carrie as payback for it, feeling that she is entitled to go to the prom. She's so annoying you just want to squash her. {{spoiler|Thanks, Carrie!}}

* [[Spoiled Brat]], [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Her father, a rich lawyer, got her into Oberlin despite her poor grades, and threatens to sue the school if they punish Chris for what she did to Carrie in the shower. He backs off when he sees her record of violations. Later, after getting kicked out of the prom, she plans to humiliate Carrie as payback for it, feeling that she is entitled to go to the prom. She's so annoying you just want to squash her. {{spoiler|Thanks, Carrie!}}

* [[Tomboyish Name]]

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{{quote| '''Played by:'''

[[John Travolta]] (1976 version)

[[John Travolta (Creator)]] (1976 version)

Jesse Cadotte (2002 version) }}