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[[File:deadzoneposter1_1460.jpg|frame|Poster for [[The Dead Zone (film)]].]]
''[[The Dead Zone]]'' is a 1979 [[Stephen King]] novel about Johnny Smith, a high school teacher who is left in a coma for five years following a car accident - only to discover when he wakes up that, while he has suffered slight brain damage, he has also activated a "[[90% of Your Brain|dead zone]]" in his brain, giving him [[Psychic Powers]]. Now, whenever he touches something or someone, Johnny [[Seers|may have a psychic vision of the past, present or a possible future]]. As he comes to terms with all that has happened in the missing five years of his life and the notoriety he gains with his abilities, he finds himself trying to stop the election of Greg Stillson, an up-and-coming politician whom Johnny foresees will cause a nuclear apocalypse.
The story has been adapted twice into visual media. [[The Dead Zone (film)|The 1983 film]] stars [[Christopher Walken]] as Johnny and was directed by [[David Cronenberg]]. In 2002, [[The Dead Zone (TV series)|a television series based loosely on the novel]] aired on the USA Network, starring [[Anthony Michael Hall]] as Smith.
Not to be confused with the ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' movie "[[Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone]]".
{{tropelist|General Tropes found in the novel, movie, and TV show:}}
* [[90% of Your Brain]]: Johnny's powers come from the "dead zone" of his brain being activated.
** That's how this is explained in the series. In the novel, the accident left Johnny with a "dead zone" in the brain, related to names of places and certain objects which he cannot evoke anymore, and an inactive part of the brain was activated to take its place; this part is responsible for his visions.
* [[Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male|Abuse is OK When It's Female on Male]]: Averted hard by Frank Dodd's appalling mother.▼
* [[Because Destiny Says So]] {{spoiler|Averted. Turns out the the visions of the future allows one to change it.}}
* [[Came Back Strong]]: Johnny is critically injured in a car accident and is in a coma for five years. When he wakes up, he has [[Psychic Powers]], including [[Seers|precognition]] and psychometry.
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* [[Digging Yourself Deeper]]
* [[Dirty Coward]]: {{spoiler|Stillson}} reacts to the attempt on his life by {{spoiler|grabbing a baby and using it as a [[Human Shield]]}}.
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* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: Stillson in the book; he lived with his mother and supported her financially until she died when he was 25. When Johnny is doing research on him, he finds that his mother was the only important woman in Stillson's life.
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