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* [[Abusive Parents|Abusive Mother]]
* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]]: While not as extreme an example as Carrie, in both movies she was played by actresses far more attractive than the white-haired, heavyset woman she was described as in the book (Piper Laurie in '76, Patricia Clarkson in '02).
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* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Christianity Is Catholic]]: In the '76 film, a lot of the religious iconography that shows up in her house is Catholic, even though it's strongly implied in the book that her beliefs are rooted in fundamentalist Protestantism of the old-time Puritan variety, which has... issues with the Catholic Church.
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* [[My Beloved Smother]]
* [[Religious Stereotype]]: She is every stereotype of Christian fundamentalists rolled into one and mixed liberally with raving insanity.
* [[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.▼
* [[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.
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* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: She was a brunette in the book, but blonde in both film adaptations.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]▼
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: To a sociopathic degree. Lampshaded in the parody ''Scarrie!'':
{{quote|'''Chris:''' "The Carrie Whites of the world aren't meant to go out with the Tommy Rosses of the world! For if God had wanted that, he would have given her a kick-ass bod, and long hair that ''layers easily'' and '''DANCES IN THE WIND!!'''"}}
▲* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]
* {{spoiler|[[Asshole Victim]]}}
* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: She has a very high IQ, but only a C average.
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William "Billy" Nolan is Chris' boyfriend. He is one of the school's [[Delinquents]], and his characterization ranges from merely a [[Jerkass]] (in the 1976 film) to outright thuggish (in the book). He frequently hits Chris, and in the book he forces himself on her. He breaks into a local farm in order to kill the pigs and drain their blood into the buckets.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]▼
* [[The Alleged Car]]: The original book has him driving a rusty, beat-up, jacked-in-the-back '61 Chevy Biscayne with a broken headlight. The film, fortunately, upgrades him to [[Cool Car|something much cooler]].
▲* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]
* {{spoiler|[[Asshole Victim]]}}
* [[Complete Monster]]: The only character who has absolutely ''zero'' excuse for being utterly loathsome.
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