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{{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 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
▲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 extremely and psychotically [[Yandere]] for 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 an ever increasing amount of control over him.
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* [[Animate Inanimate Object]]: The eponymous Christine.
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* [[I Die Free]]: {{spoiler|Arnie died keeping Roland from possessing him}}.
* [[Infernal Retaliation]]: {{spoiler|In the movie, Christine chases Buddy Reperton and one of his cronies to a gas station where they wanted to meet a third. She crashes into Buddy's Camaro, shoves it into the gas station, and [[Stuff Blowing Up|causes it to explode]] [[Impressive Pyrotechnics|in a spectacular fireball]]. Buddy manages to rescue himself and believes that Christine is destroyed in the flames. But she backs [[Out of the Inferno]], burning all over, chases him down the road, and eventually runs over him, leaving his burning corpse lying on the asphalt}}.
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* [[Love At First Sight]]: Arnie and, yes, Christine. When Arnie first sees the car, Dennis describes him like this: "he had been like a man who meets a showgirl, indulges in a whirlwind courtship, and ends up with a hangover and a new wife on Monday morning. It had been... well... like love at first sight."
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Christine is a Plymouth ''[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Fury]]''.
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