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* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Averted when Carrie gets covered in pig blood.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Pretty much the moral of the whole story.
* [[Billing Displacement]]: [[John Travolta (Creator)]], 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.
* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: This trope is likely the reason for Chris's [[Adaptation Dye Job]] in every adaptation. In the book she is black-haired but is blonde in both movies. The remake also has a gang of blonde extras who are frequently seen turning their noses up at Carrie. Averted with Helen in the remake.
* [[Blood-Splattered Innocents]]: Guess.
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* [[Pilot Movie]]: The remake was intended to be this for a show on [[NBC]], but it was never picked up due to low ratings.
* [[Prank Date]]: Subverted. Carrie thought this was the case when Tommy asked her to the prom. However, he had benign intentions, as did his girlfriend Sue, who arranged for him to take Carrie to the prom instead of her due to her feeling sorry for joining in on Carrie's humiliation in the shower. Chris found out, though, and she wanted to make sure it went very badly. [[It Got Worse|And it did.]]
* [[Production Posse]]: [[Brian De Palma]], [[John Travolta (Creator)]] and Nancy Allen reunited five years later for the film ''Blow Out''.
* [[Psychic Powers]]
* [[Psycho Strings]]: Heard whenever Carrie uses her powers.
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* [[There Are No Therapists]] / [[Social Services Does Not Exist]]: Justified. Margaret probably thinks that therapists would lead Carrie down the path to Hell, and she'll be damned if she'll let the "godless" government social workers take away her daughter -- in the book, at least, it's established that she regards the government as a den of sin.
* [[Token Romance]]: The 1976 film adds a kiss scene between Tommy and Carrie, implying he has fallen for her. In the original book this never happened since Tommy was in love with Sue. You then realise that Tommy pretty much cheated on Sue. The book states he only thought of Carrie as a friend.
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: The trailer showed off pretty much the entire climax, including the deaths of nearly every major character, which makes one wonder why anyone bothered to go see the film. It's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJe0iVo8y3A#t=1m47s particularly hilarious] when they dramatically mention {{spoiler|"[[John Travolta (Creator)]] in his first motion picture role" and promptly have his car explode}}.
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: They're not breasts, they're "dirtypillows."
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Carrie. She's also type II anti-villain.
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