Carrie/Characters: Difference between revisions

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

'''Carrie:''' IT'S ''CARRIE!'' }}

* [[No Periods Period]]: Averted in the first five minutes. She gets her first period at age 17 -- and she is under the impression that she is bleeding to death.

* [[No Periods, Period]]: Averted in the first five minutes. She gets her first period at age 17 -- and she is under the impression that she is bleeding to death.

* [[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.

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* [[Puberty Superpower]]: Semi-averted. She had latent powers since birth, but only managed to gain control over them at adolescence.

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]

* {{spoiler|[[Self Made Orphan]]}}: In the short time between {{spoiler|Margaret's death and her own}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Self-Made Orphan]]}}: In the short time between {{spoiler|Margaret's death and her own}}.

* [[Shrinking Violet]]

* {{spoiler|[[Spared By the Adaptation]]}}: In the remake.

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* [[Hollywood Heart Attack]]: In the book and in the '02 version, {{spoiler|Carrie kills her by psychically squeezing her heart until it stops beating}}.

* [[Knight Templar]]

* [[Knocking On Heathens Door]]: In the original, she is seen doing this at Mrs. Snell's house.

* [[Knocking On Heathens' Door]]: In the original, she is seen doing this at Mrs. Snell's house.

* [[Large Ham]]: Piper Laurie's performance in the '76 version. Laurie felt that her performance was so over-the-top that the film ''had'' to be a comedy... before she saw the finished product, of course.

* [[My Beloved Smother]]

* [[Religious Stereotype]]: She is every stereotype of Christian fundamentalists rolled into one and mixed liberally with raving insanity.

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

* [[Woman in 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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