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* [[Ability Over Appearance]]: Sissy Spacek was widely thought to be too pretty for the title role, the character in the book being described as chunky, mousy-haired and covered in pimples with Spacek being a tall thin redhead with clear skin. But Spacek's Oscar nomination speaks for itself. The character was then rewritten slightly, saying that she would be pretty if she made an effort to tidy herself up a bit.
* [[Ability Over Appearance]]: Sissy Spacek was widely thought to be too pretty for the title role, the character in the book being described as chunky, mousy-haired and covered in pimples with Spacek being a tall thin redhead with clear skin. But Spacek's Oscar nomination speaks for itself. The character was then rewritten slightly, saying that she would be pretty if she made an effort to tidy herself up a bit.
** Angela Bettis from the TV remake is another example, not really matching the book's description but giving a great performance as Carrie. Though she did [[Beauty Inversion|work hard to match other parts of the character's description]].
** Angela Bettis from the TV remake is another example, not really matching the book's description but giving a great performance as Carrie. Though she did [[Beauty Inversion|work hard to match other parts of the character's description]].
* [[Billing Displacement]]: [[John Travolta]], who was then the star of ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]'', got second billing on the posters behind Sissy Spacek, even though Billy was, at best, the ''seventh'' most important character. Home video releases continue this tradition now that Travolta is a Hollywood icon.
* [[Billing Displacement]]: [[John Travolta]], who was then the star of ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]'', got second billing on the posters behind Sissy Spacek, even though Billy was, at best, the ''seventh'' most important character. Home video releases continue this tradition now that Travolta is a Hollywood icon.
* [[Creator Backlash]]: Before he finished writing, [[Stephen King]] threw the entire manuscript in the trash, disappointed with how it was turning out. His wife Tabitha read it, loved it, and pushed for him to continue writing. The rest is history. He still regards the book as one of his weaker efforts, without the polish of his later novels.
* [[Creator Backlash]]: Before he finished writing, [[Stephen King]] threw the entire manuscript in the trash, disappointed with how it was turning out. His wife Tabitha read it, loved it, and pushed for him to continue writing. The rest is history. He still regards the book as one of his weaker efforts, without the polish of his later novels.
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** (He also used the word "trope" in this essay, which you'll find in his book ''Harlan Ellison's Watching''.)
** (He also used the word "trope" in this essay, which you'll find in his book ''Harlan Ellison's Watching''.)
* [[Creator Preferred Adaptation]]: King believes that DePalma's film adaptation is a superior work to his novel.
* [[Creator Preferred Adaptation]]: King believes that DePalma's film adaptation is a superior work to his novel.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Both the 1976 and 2002 versions employ this.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Both the 1976 and 2002 versions employ this.
** Carrie White: 26-year-old Spacek in the '76 version, 29-year-old Bettis in the '02 version. Averted in the 2013 remake with 15-year old [[Chloe Grace Moretz]], is a year younger than Carrie in the book and three years younger than the 2013 Carrie (age 18). Played straight with the other teenage characters which makes Carrie look even younger, smaller, and more vulnerable in comparison.
** Carrie White: 26-year-old Spacek in the '76 version, 29-year-old Bettis in the '02 version. Averted in the 2013 remake with 15-year old [[Chloë Grace Moretz]], is a year younger than Carrie in the book and three years younger than the 2013 Carrie (age 18). Played straight with the other teenage characters which makes Carrie look even younger, smaller, and more vulnerable in comparison.
** Sue Snell: 23-year-old Irving in the '76 version, 22-year-old McClure in the '02 version, and 23-year-old Wilde in the '13 version.
** Sue Snell: 23-year-old Irving in the '76 version, 22-year-old McClure in the '02 version, and 23-year-old Wilde in the '13 version.
** Tommy Ross: 25-year-old Katt in the '76 version, 26-year-old Mehler in the '02 version.
** Tommy Ross: 25-year-old Katt in the '76 version, 26-year-old Mehler in the '02 version.
** Chris Hargensen: 26-year-old Allen in the '76 version, 20-year-old de Ravin in the '02 version, and 24-year-old Doubleday in the '13 version.
** Chris Hargensen: 26-year-old Allen in the '76 version, 20-year-old de Ravin in the '02 version, and 24-year-old Doubleday in the '13 version.
** Billy Nolan: 22-year-old Travolta in the '76 film, and 24-year-old Russell in the '13 version. However, it's stated in the '13 version that he doesn't go to the school, meaning that there's a good chance he's older than high school age.
** Billy Nolan: 22-year-old Travolta in the '76 film, and 24-year-old Russell in the '13 version. However, it's stated in the '13 version that he doesn't go to the school, meaning that there's a good chance he's older than high school age.
* [[Dyeing for Your Art]]: Portia Doubleday, a natural blonde, became brunette to play Chris in the 2013 film.
* [[Dyeing for Your Art]]: Portia Doubleday, a natural blonde, became brunette to play Chris in the 2013 film.
* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: Several cases.
* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: Several cases.
** Sue Snell's mother was played by Amy Irving's [[Real Life Relative|real life mother]], Priscilla Pointer, which caused some real-life emotions to spill into the scene where she comforts Sue following her nightmare at the end of the film. If you listen carefully, she even slips up and calls Amy by her real name at one point.
** Sue Snell's mother was played by Amy Irving's [[Real Life Relative|real life mother]], Priscilla Pointer, which caused some real-life emotions to spill into the scene where she comforts Sue following her nightmare at the end of the film. If you listen carefully, she even slips up and calls Amy by her real name at one point.
** During filming of the scene where Mrs. Collins is chewing out the girls in gym, Brian DePalma was standing behind Amy Irving just off screen and whispering horrible cruel and hurtful things into her ears in order to make Sue's look of misery and guilt on camera look genuine.
** During filming of the scene where Mrs. Collins is chewing out the girls in gym, Brian DePalma was standing behind Amy Irving just off screen and whispering horrible cruel and hurtful things into her ears in order to make Sue's look of misery and guilt on camera look genuine.
** In the prom attack scene, they used an actual fire hose on P. J. Soles (who played Norma). Her screaming and collapsing onto a table and then passing out was real. She ruptured her ear drum doing that sequence.
** In the prom attack scene, they used an actual fire hose on P. J. Soles (who played Norma). Her screaming and collapsing onto a table and then passing out was real. She ruptured her ear drum doing that sequence.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: Both the director and Chloe Moretz said that the 2013 film would be more like the book, it ended up being essentially a [[Shot for Shot Remake]] so either this trope is in effect or [[Lying Creator]] took place.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: Both the director and Chloe Moretz said that the 2013 film would be more like the book, it ended up being essentially a [[Shot for Shot Remake]] so either this trope is in effect or [[Lying Creator]] took place.
* [[Fake American]]:
* [[Fake American]]:
** The 2002 version, having been shot in [[Stargate City|Vancouver]], was so jam-packed with Canadians-playing-Americans that it would be simpler to list the actors who ''weren't'' Canadian: the Americans [[Angela Bettis]], [[Patricia Clarkson]], Rena Sofer and David Keith, and the Australian Emilie de Ravin.
** The 2002 version, having been shot in [[Stargate City|Vancouver]], was so jam-packed with Canadians-playing-Americans that it would be simpler to list the actors who ''weren't'' Canadian: the Americans [[Angela Bettis]], [[Patricia Clarkson]], Rena Sofer and David Keith, and the Australian Emilie de Ravin.
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* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]/[[Retroactive Recognition]]:
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]/[[Retroactive Recognition]]:
** In [[The Musical]], Miss Desjardin/Collins herself, Betty Buckley, plays Margaret.
** In [[The Musical]], Miss Desjardin/Collins herself, Betty Buckley, plays Margaret.
** [[The Hustler|Sarah Packard]] has spent the last fifteen years converting to Christianity, having a daughter and going batshit crazy.
** [[The Hustler (film)||Sarah Packard]] has spent the last fifteen years converting to Christianity, having a daughter and going batshit crazy.
** Believe it or not, Carrie's prom date is also ''[[The Greatest American Hero]]''.
** Believe it or not, Carrie's prom date is also ''[[The Greatest American Hero]]''.
** It's a surprise that nobody's written a ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' [[High School AU]] [[Crossover]] fic setting [[John Travolta|Vincent Vega]] [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|against Carrie]]. <ref>''Ideas'', people.</ref>
** It's a surprise that nobody's written a ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' [[High School AU]] [[Crossover]] fic setting [[John Travolta|Vincent Vega]] [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|against Carrie]]. <ref>''Ideas'', people.</ref>
** Subverted by Sissy Spacek -- while her most famous role is her Oscar-winning turn as Loretta Lynn in ''Coal Miner's Daughter'', this is probably her second most famous (and it also got her an Oscar nomination).
** Subverted by Sissy Spacek -- while her most famous role is her Oscar-winning turn as Loretta Lynn in ''Coal Miner's Daughter'', this is probably her second most famous (and it also got her an Oscar nomination).
** In the 2002 version, Carrie is [[May]] [[Angela Bettis|Canady]], she went to school with [[Lost|Claire Littleton]], [[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Anastasia Dualla]] and [[Ginger Snaps|Ginger Fitzgerald]], and her mother is [[Six Feet Under|Sarah]] [[Patricia Clarkson|O'Connor]].
** In the 2002 version, Carrie is [[May]] [[Angela Bettis|Canady]], she went to school with [[Lost|Claire Littleton]], [[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Anastasia Dualla]] and [[Ginger Snaps|Ginger Fitzgerald]], and her mother is [[Six Feet Under|Sarah]] [[Patricia Clarkson|O'Connor]].
** For the 2012 version, may God help all the supervillains in New York, because [[Kick-Ass (film)|Hit-]][[Chloe Grace Moretz|Girl]] now has ''real'' superpowers. (On top of her [[Let the Right One In|being a vampire]].) Meanwhile, [[Chronicle|Matt Garrety]] has lost ''his'' superpowers and is now experiencing what it's like to be on the receiving end of them.
** For the 2012 version, may God help all the supervillains in New York, because [[Kick-Ass (film)|Hit-]][[Chloë Grace Moretz|Girl]] now has ''real'' superpowers. (On top of her [[Let the Right One In|being a vampire]].) Meanwhile, [[Chronicle|Matt Garrety]] has lost ''his'' superpowers and is now experiencing what it's like to be on the receiving end of them.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Both the original movie and the TV remake were dubbed in Japan and both versions has very interesting casting choices, since many of the voice actors worked in many classics of the [[Mecha]] genre as protagonists:
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Both the original movie and the TV remake were dubbed in Japan and both versions has very interesting casting choices, since many of the voice actors worked in many classics of the [[Mecha]] genre as protagonists:
** Carrie [[Keiko Han|is]] [[Sailor Moon|Luna]] and [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Lalah Sun]]. This is also considered as [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] since both girls have psychic powers and {{spoiler|both Carrie and Lalah end their days in a very violent way.}} In the TV remake, [[Yuko Goto|her younger self]] is [[Haruhi Suzumiya|Mikuru Asahina]], [[Queen's Blade|Menace]] and [[Code Geass|Anya Alstreim.]]
** Carrie [[Keiko Han|is]] [[Sailor Moon|Luna]] and [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Lalah Sun]]. This is also considered as [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] since both girls have psychic powers and {{spoiler|both Carrie and Lalah end their days in a very violent way.}} In the TV remake, [[Yūko Gotō|her younger self]] is [[Haruhi Suzumiya|Mikuru Asahina]], [[Queen's Blade|Menace]] and [[Code Geass|Anya Alstreim.]]
** Chris Hargensen [[Rihoko Yoshida|is]] [[Getter Robo|Michiru Saotome]].
** Chris Hargensen [[Rihoko Yoshida|is]] [[Getter Robo|Michiru Saotome]].
** Billy Nolan [[Yuji Mitsuya|is]] [[Combattler V|Hyoma Aoi]].
** Billy Nolan [[Yuji Mitsuya|is]] [[Combattler V|Hyoma Aoi]].
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: The original musical adaptation had an ''extremely'' short run and for the longest time was never heard from again. Miraculously, a small handful of bootleg recordings of the production were made and managed to survive long enough to be put onto the internet. It wasn't until the recent revival in 2012 that an official soundtrack recording was made available.
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: The original musical adaptation had an ''extremely'' short run and for the longest time was never heard from again. Miraculously, a small handful of bootleg recordings of the production were made and managed to survive long enough to be put onto the internet. It wasn't until the recent revival in 2012 that an official soundtrack recording was made available.
* [[Method Acting]]:
* [[Method Acting]]:
** In the 1976 version, Sissy Spacek deliberately isolated herself from her castmates during filming.
** In the 1976 version, Sissy Spacek deliberately isolated herself from her castmates during filming.
** In [http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/director-kimberly-peirce-weighs-in-on-the-carrie-remake-starring-chloe-moretz the 2013 version], [[Chloe Grace Moretz]] sewed her own dresses, and spent hours on end locked in a closet in order to simulate what Carrie's mother put her through.
** In [http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/director-kimberly-peirce-weighs-in-on-the-carrie-remake-starring-chloe-moretz the 2013 version], [[Chloë Grace Moretz]] sewed her own dresses, and spent hours on end locked in a closet in order to simulate what Carrie's mother put her through.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: Emilie de Ravin is more known for playing heroic characters. Her turn as [[Alpha Bitch]] Chris in the '02 film was different for her.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: Emilie de Ravin is more known for playing heroic characters. Her turn as [[Alpha Bitch]] Chris in the '02 film was different for her.
* [[Production Posse]]: [[Brian De Palma]], [[John Travolta]] and Nancy Allen reunited five years later for the film ''Blow Out''.
* [[Production Posse]]: [[Brian De Palma]], [[John Travolta]] and Nancy Allen reunited five years later for the film ''Blow Out''.
* [[Real Life Relative]]:
* [[Real Life Relative]]:
** Amy Irving and her mother Priscilla Pointer played Sue and her mother respectively.
** Amy Irving and her mother Priscilla Pointer played Sue and her mother respectively.
** The song that plays during Carrie and Tommy's dance at the prom is sung by Katie Irving, Amy's sister and Priscilla's ''other'' daughter.
** The song that plays during Carrie and Tommy's dance at the prom is sung by Katie Irving, Amy's sister and Priscilla's ''other'' daughter.
** In the Japanese dub of the 2013 remake, both [[Keiko Han]] and Megumi Han voice Margaret and Carrie respectively, who are also mother and daughter respectively both in film and in real life.
** In the Japanese dub of the 2013 remake, both [[Keiko Han]] and Megumi Han voice Margaret and Carrie respectively, who are also mother and daughter respectively both in film and in real life.
* [[Star-Making Role]]: The 1976 version was this for Sissy Spacek.
* [[Star-Making Role]]: The 1976 version was this for Sissy Spacek.
* [[Stillborn Franchise]]: The 2002 version was a [[Pilot Movie]] for a series that was never made.
* [[Stillborn Franchise]]: The 2002 version was a [[Pilot Movie]] for a series that was never made.
* [[Technology Marches On]]: In the 2002 version a teenage girl using her cell phone to make a call in lieu of texting and mentions of e-mail being used as communication between two teenage girls horribly dates the movie that was at one time intended to be an update.
* [[Technology Marches On]]: In the 2002 version a teenage girl using her cell phone to make a call in lieu of texting and mentions of e-mail being used as communication between two teenage girls horribly dates the movie that was at one time intended to be an update.
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
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