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Line 1: {{work\|wppage=Christine (novel)}} {{Multiple Works Need Separate Pages}} [[File:christineposter_2143.jpg\|frame]] {{quote\|''"She had the smell of a brand new car, and that's just about the finest smell in the world, except maybe for pussy."''\|'''Roland D. LeBay''' to Arnie Cunningham regarding the worst auto purchase in history. For both of them.}} A'''''Christine''''' is a 1983 novel by [[Stephen King]] that was ~~also~~ adapted into a feature film in the same year by [[John Carpenter]]. The basic premise is that the [[Unlucky Everydude\|most unpopular guy]] in a Pittsburgh area high school buys his first car, much like any other teenager the world over. The problem is that his car is [[Yandere\|extremely and psychotically attached]] to him. The novel details his transition from normal, if nerdy and unhappy, teenager into a somewhat popular greaser loner, and eventually into a lonely psychotic as ~~the~~ the car and the ghost of the previous owner begin to ~~exact~~exert an ever -increasing amount of control over him. {{tropelist}} Line 13 ⟶ 14: * [[Big Bad]]: Christine. * [[Black Dude Dies First]]: In the movie, at least. * [[A Boy and His X~~\|A Boy And His Evil Car~~]]: Arnie and Christine. * [[The Bro Code]]: Dennis's violation does not go unpunished. * [[Car Fu]] Line 26 ⟶ 27: * [[Finger-Twitching Revival]]: Or, in this case, a chrome-twitching revival. * [[Flash Back]]: Dennis Guilder is writing the story down four years later. * [[Funny Background Event]]: When Darnell harshly lays the ground rules to Arnie, Dennis [[Flipping the Bird\|flips him off]] behind his back. * [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Roland LeBay. When every description of you includes the words "unending fury," you are made for this trope. * [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: {{spoiler\|Moochie Welch is cut in half between Christine's front bumper and a building}} in the movie. Line 48 ⟶ 50: * [[The Seventies]] / [[The Fifties]]: The novel is set in 1978-79, but Christine often turns time back to 1959 (the Nostalgic Fifties version), complete with [[Seemingly-Wholesome Fifties Girl]] and a radio that plays [[Nothing but Hits]]. ** To be more exact the radio in the 70s plays nothing but hits from the 50s. * [[Something Only They Would Say]]: In the movie, during the showdown between Leigh, Dennis and Christine. It was assumed that like before, Christine was driving on her own when gunning for Leigh. However during one of the attacks, a voice is heard. Arnie's voice, shouting two words that cements that he's not only become as crazy as Lebay, but is actively trying to kill his friends. {{Quote\|'''Arine:''' YOU SHITTERS!!!!}} * [[Split Personality Takeover]] * [[Standard Pre-Ass-Kicking Snippet]]: Former trope namer "Bad to the Bone" is Christine's theme song, sort of. Line 60 ⟶ 64: {{reflist}} {{Top 100 Banned Books 1990s}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Horror Films]] [[Category:The Seventies]] Line 67 ⟶ 73: [[Category:Horror Literature]] [[Category:The 100 Scariest Movie Moments]] ▲[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]] [[Category:Films Based on Novels]] [[Category:Literature of the 1980s]] [[Category:Film]] [[Category:Cult Classic]]