| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | !Members |
| 4 | [[folder:As a whole]] |
| 5 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: |
| 6 | ** In the '76 version Chris and Norma are Blonde, Sue is Brunette and Helen has Auburn hair. |
| 7 | ** In the 02 version, Chris and Helen are Blonde, Tina is Brunette and Sue has dark Brown hair that does look somewhat like a deep shade of red depending on lighting. |
| 8 | ** In the '13 version Chris and Tina are Brunettes, Sue is Blonde, and Heather is a Redhead. |
| 9 | * GirlPosse: Chris's gang, though the members are different in each version. |
| 10 | ** In the '76 version, the gang consists of Chris, Norma, Helen and Sue. A pair of twins called Rhonda and Cora also appear to be close with the group. |
| 11 | ** In the '02 version, it's Chris, Tina, Helen and Sue, with Norma being a Preppy girl who annoys the other girls. |
| 12 | ** In the '13 version, it's Chris, Sue, Tina, Heather and a pair of twins named Nicki and Lizzy. |
| 13 | [[/folder]] |
| 14 | [[folder:Sue Snell]] |
| 15 | !!Susan "Sue" Snell |
| 16 | |
| 17 | [[quoteright:314:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zzz_amy_irving_in_carrie_12927602_gal.jpg]] |
| 18 | [[caption-width-right:314:1976]] |
| 19 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b875c31b153b1f62f8f5228f769c71d3.jpg]] |
| 20 | [[caption-width-right:350:2002]] |
| 21 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_0400.jpg]] |
| 22 | [[caption-width-right:350:2013]] |
| 23 | |
| 24 | ->'''Played by:''' |
| 25 | --> Creator/AmyIrving (1976 version, and [[Film/TheRageCarrie2 its sequel]])\ |
| 26 | Creator/KandyseMcClure (2002 version)\ |
| 27 | Creator/GabriellaWilde (2013 version) |
| 28 | |
| 29 | A popular high school student who [[TheAtoner feels guilty]] about taking part in the humiliation of Carrie in the showers. To make up for it, she asks her athlete boyfriend Tommy to take Carrie to the prom instead of her, choosing to stay home on prom night. She is one of the survivors of Carrie's rampage, and in [[Film/TheRageCarrie2 the sequel]], she has become a guidance counselor at the new high school. She functions as ''The Fairy Godmother'' to Carrie's ''Cinderella''. |
| 30 | ---- |
| 31 | * ActuallyPrettyFunny: Her reaction in the 2013 version to Carrie accidentally hitting her in the head with a volleyball. |
| 32 | * AdaptationalDyeJob: Blonde in the book, Brunette in the 1976 and 2002 films, and Blonde in the 2013 version. |
| 33 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: |
| 34 | ** The 2002 film makes her motives more sympathetic, and she goes out of her way to befriend Carrie before the prom. |
| 35 | ** Mildly the case in the 2013 movie. In the book and the 1976 film, she enthusiastically throws tampons at Carrie. In 2013, she only throws ''one'' before looking horrified and stopping. |
| 36 | * AlliterativeName: '''S'''ue '''S'''nell. |
| 37 | * AnonymousBenefactor: In every version but the 2002 film she asks Tommy to take Carrie to the prom in order to make up for what she did, but never talks to her or helps her out directly, possibly because she figured that [[EvilIsPetty Chris will bully her as well if she tries to befriend or stand up for Carrie.]] |
| 38 | * TheAtoner: |
| 39 | ** In every version of ''Carrie'', she tries to atone for going along with the other girls in pelting Carrie with tampons by asking Tommy to take Carrie to the prom in her place to ease her conscience. |
| 40 | ** The book featured snippets of her autobiography/memoirs in which she attempts to make amends for what had happened that night. In the '76 film, she's suffering from nightmares about it at the end, and in the sequel, it's her memory of the incident that drives her to stop the bullying against Rachel before it's too late. |
| 41 | * BigNo: She repeatedly screams "No!" after her DreamSequence with Carrie grabbing her arm at her grave in the end of the '76 film. |
| 42 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: In the '13 film, Sue is blonde, Tina and Chris are brunettes, Heather is a redhead, and Nicki and Lizzy have black hair. |
| 43 | * BlueIsHeroic: She is shown to wear a blue dress in the '76 film and sympathizes with Carrie and tries to atone for teasing her. |
| 44 | * BreakTheCutie: So very much; it gets so bad she hopes she makes enough money from the memoir she writes after The Black Prom so she can move far away where nobody knows her. |
| 45 | ** And considering that she lost her friends and teachers after Carrie killed them one by one, she also has nightmares about being haunted by Carrie who died with her mother and appears very traumatized in the end of the '76 film. |
| 46 | * ButtMonkey: She probably has it as bad as Carrie as she tried to make things good for her, but fails and it backfires on her. |
| 47 | ** In the novel, she was made the scapegoat, along with Tommy who were believed to be the culprits behind the pig blood prank, but she proved their innocence by writing a memoir of what really happened. |
| 48 | ** She has it worse in the 1976 film where Miss Collins doesn't believe her intentions are good. When Sue sneaks into the prom, Miss Collins throws her out who believes she's trying to set up a disaster and becomes traumatized of her experiencing Carrie's rampage. She even has a nightmare of Carrie grabbing her arm when she places flowers on the rubble of her house. |
| 49 | ** In the sequel, her trauma led to her going to an asylum for a while, and she tries to help Rachel who has telekinesis like Carrie did, but doesn't get listened to by Rachel and gets called "crazy" by her, [[spoiler: and even gets killed trying to stop the rampage Rachel was causing]]. |
| 50 | * BystanderSyndrome: Sue recognises this as one of her major problems when she joins in on everyone bullying Carrie in the shower. She later corrects it after her JerkassRealization. |
| 51 | * TheCassandra: Downplayed, but she has psychic intuition that something is going terribly wrong at the prom — and, in the '76 and '13 versions, she sees Chris and Billy plotting to drop the bucket — but is disregarded and ignored even after Chamberlain is on fire. |
| 52 | * CatapultNightmare: In her dream where she lays down flowers on Carrie's grave, Carrie's arm rises up and grabs Sue's arm and Sue wakes up screaming with her mother trying to comfort her. |
| 53 | * ConvictedByPublicOpinion: In the book, after the "Black Prom", she and Tommy are blamed for having driven Carrie over the edge. From the snippets we see of her memoirs, she spends the rest of her life trying to live it down. |
| 54 | * TheCynic: Some of her lines in the book suggest that she has a bleak view of human nature. At one point, she says that people don't change for the better when they grow up, they just get more skilled at hiding their true nature. |
| 55 | * DeadpanSnarker: She can be sassy at times, mostly towards Chris. |
| 56 | -->'''Chris:''' (while running in place) She can't get away with this. I'm gonna get her. |
| 57 | -->'''Sue:''' (rolls her eyes) Let it go, Chris. |
| 58 | -->'''Chris:''' (stops running in place) Like hell I will! |
| 59 | ** and sometimes to Tommy. |
| 60 | -->'''Tommy:''' Did you apologize to Carrie White? |
| 61 | -->'''Sue:''' Did you apologize to Danny Patrick? |
| 62 | * DeathSeeker: The closing lines of her memoir suggest that she's become this. |
| 63 | * DefectorFromDecadence: In all of the versions she starts out as a member of Chris' GirlPosse, but leaves after she feels guilty for helping terrorize Carrie in the shower scene. |
| 64 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: Sue gets the most focus in the book after Carrie herself, one of the strongest character arcs, and can be seen as the actual hero of the story. |
| 65 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: A notable one in the 2002 film. When Helen calls Carrie "retarded" during the baseball game, Sue doesn't say anything, but it's clear from the look on her face that she doesn't approve. |
| 66 | * FinalGirl: [[spoiler:In the book, she survives Carrie's rampage and is the one to confront her at the end, though Carrie is already dying when Sue finds her. She is the only survivor out of the main cast in the '76 version.]] |
| 67 | * GuiltRiddenAccomplice: She helps torment Carrie in the shower, but quickly has a [[HeelFaceTurn change of heart,]] and [[TheAtoner tries to make up for what she did.]] |
| 68 | * HeelFaceTurn: Very early on, after her JerkassRealization described below. |
| 69 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: In the sequel, she suffers this fate as she arrives at Mark's house and tries to get in, but Rachel throws a fire poker through the door, impaling her and Brad's heads who tries to escape]]. |
| 70 | * InnocentBetaBitch: She is a friend of Chris, the cruel leader of the popular girls, but later feels guilty for joining Chris and her friends in the bullying of Carrie. |
| 71 | * JerkassRealization: After being on the receiving end of Chris' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech after Chris ditches detention, she realizes that [[NotSoAboveItAll she is no better than Chris for bullying Carrie]]. |
| 72 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She may have tormented Carrie, but she soon feels bad for it and tries to make it up to her. |
| 73 | * KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:She gets impaled through a door when she tries to stop Rachel in the sequel]]. |
| 74 | * LovableAlphaBitch: She may have participated in the tormenting of Carrie, but she does have a JerkassRealization and [[TheAtoner tries to set things right with Carrie by having Tommy take her to the prom]]. |
| 75 | * MindRape: At the end of the book, [[spoiler:a dying]] Carrie does this to her, angry about the prank that she thought Sue had pulled on her... only to find that she had meant her no harm, and that she hadn't planned to humiliate her at the prom. She even lets her into her mind intentionally to prove this to her. |
| 76 | * MomentOfWeakness: {{Implied|Trope}}. According to Rita Desjardin, Sue Snell is not a bully by nature and therefore joining her classmates in gleefully taunting Carrie and pelting her with tampons was very out of character. It is implied that Sue only acted under peer pressure, being one of Chris Hargensen's cronies. Sue was actually disgusted with herself; she unfriended Chris, and tried to make up with Carrie by having her boyfriend take her to the prom. |
| 77 | * MoralityPet: She tries to be this to Chris, but fails. She could also be seen as this to Carrie, as she spends most of the climax trying to find Carrie and try to calm her down. After reading Sue's mind, Carrie comes to understand that she was trying to help her, and allows Sue to comfort her as she dies. |
| 78 | * MostWritersAreWriters: Downplayed, but she writes a memoir that is one of the central texts of the book. |
| 79 | * MsFanservice: The 2013 version gave her an additional ShowerScene other than the one in the opening and a sex scene with Tommy. In addition, her introduction has her wearing a blue one-piece swimsuit. |
| 80 | ** Also, in the locker room scene in the '76 version, she has a lingerie on while talking to her friends. |
| 81 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Her whole reason for asking Tommy to take Carrie to the prom was to [[TheAtoner make up for helping bully her]] and [[ThrowTheDogABone make it so Carrie's actually happy for once.]] While it works at first, Carrie eventually gets completely humiliated and kills dozens to hundreds of people (depending on the version). Tommy also dies from the bucket landing on his head. Sue has it the worst in the 1976 movie, where she's badly traumatized after and has frequent nightmares. |
| 82 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Chris [[JerkassHasAPoint correctly]] tells her she has no right to act self-righteous to her since she went along with pelting Carrie with sanitary napkins. |
| 83 | * NotSoSimilar: To Chris. Chris may be right that Sue may have bullied Carrie with her, but unlike Chris, she has a JerkassRealization and changes for the better, even deciding to give up her own prom for Carrie to make up for it, whereas Chris ''blames Carrie'' for her being banned from prom, and decides to ''punish'' Carrie for it. |
| 84 | * OhCrap: In the sequel, she has this when she sees Rachel telekinetically destroying the snowglobe in her office in a fit of anger. She remembers very clearly what had happened with Carrie, thank-you-very-much. |
| 85 | * OnlySaneWoman: In the 1976 version, she finds out about Chris and Billy's plot against Carrie at the prom and very nearly blows the whole thing wide open. |
| 86 | * PetTheDog: In addition to having Tommy take Carrie to the prom to [[TheAtoner make up for what she did,]] she's the only person in the book who puts in a good word for Carrie at the White Commission, saying that Carrie wasn't really evil, but was DrivenToMadness by the bottomless cruelty of her [[AbusiveParents mother,]] and [[TeensAreMonsters classmates.]] |
| 87 | * RaceLift: She was played by black South African-Canadian actress Kandyse [=McClure=] in the '02 version. This adds an interesting nuance - she's part of the clique, but still set apart from them and more primed to see herself as an outsider. |
| 88 | * ReformedBully: A downplayed example. Sue never went out of her way to be a bully, but joined in with her classmates' bullying of Carrie due to peer pressure. She repents deeply, and goes as far as sacrificing her own prom night for the sake of giving Carrie one beautiful evening. |
| 89 | * TheScapegoat: With Tommy in the book. |
| 90 | * ScreamingWoman: She wakes up screaming uncontrollably from her nightmare in the 1976 version. |
| 91 | * StatuesqueStunner: She's 5'9 1/2" in the 2013 version, played by the beautiful Gabriella Wilde. |
| 92 | * SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:She gets a fire poker through the eye the moment she arrives at the front door of the party in ''Rage''.]] |
| 93 | * SupportingProtagonist: She can be seen as the book's actual protagonist, even though Carrie is the title character. |
| 94 | * TeenPregnancy: Suggested in the book. During the climax, it's strongly implied that [[spoiler:Carrie uses her powers to cause her to have a miscarriage]]. In the '13 film, it's stated outright when Carrie places her hand on her belly and tells her she has a baby girl. |
| 95 | * TokenGoodTeammate: She's the only popular girl who feels bad for Carrie — the others have no problem bullying her. |
| 96 | * TookALevelInKindness: In all versions. She feels bad for her bullying and asks her boyfriend Tommy Ross to take Carrie to the prom. |
| 97 | * ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted in the sequel. It's revealed that she went into psychiatric care after surviving Carrie's rampage, and by the events of the film, she ''is'' the therapist. |
| 98 | * TheUnapologetic: A rare example of this trope where the character is very sorry for what they have done and believe that a simple apology is not enough. Sue Snell joins her friends in taunting Carrie and pelting her with tampons after she had her first period. She was disgusted with herself after a talk with her boyfriend Tommy Ross, who helped her realize how disgusting her behavior was. Despite this and Tommy calling her out for not apologizing, Sue does not apologize to Carrie because she thinks that an apology was not enough. Instead, she decides to have her boyfriend take Carrie to prom so she can feel accepted for one night, with tragic consequences. |
| 99 | * TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled: In the sequel, she is the only one who knows what psychics like Carrie and Rachel are capable of. [[spoiler:She gets killed trying to stop Rachel.]] |
| 100 | * ZenSurvivor: After her experience in the first film, she's become this in the sequel. |
| 101 | [[/folder]] |
| 102 | [[folder:Chris Hargensen]] |
| 103 | !!Christine "Chris" Hargensen |
| 104 | |
| 105 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/christinehargensen1976.jpg]] |
| 106 | [[caption-width-right:350:1976]] |
| 107 | [[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chrishargensen2002.jpg]] |
| 108 | [[caption-width-right:340:2002]] |
| 109 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_9324.JPG]] |
| 110 | [[caption-width-right:350:2013]] |
| 111 | |
| 112 | ->'''Played by:''' |
| 113 | --> Creator/NancyAllen (1976 version)\ |
| 114 | Creator/EmilieDeRavin (2002 version)\ |
| 115 | Creator/PortiaDoubleday (2013 version) |
| 116 | |
| 117 | The AlphaBitch of the school and Billy's girlfriend. She leads the class as they humiliate Carrie in the shower. Feeling that Carrie is responsible for her misfortune, she sets out to get revenge on her after finding that she is going to the prom with Tommy, enlisting her GirlPosse, her boyfriend Billy, and his friends in the plan. |
| 118 | ---- |
| 119 | * AccuserOfTheBrethren: Why she grows to hate Sue. Sue regrets the shower incident they pulled on Carrie and tries to [[TheAtoner make up for it]] and Sue breaks off from Chris' GirlPosse because of this. |
| 120 | -->'''Sue:''' She doesn't like me much?...\ |
| 121 | '''Helen:''' Susie, she hates your guts. |
| 122 | * AdaptationalJerkass: |
| 123 | ** The French translation of the book states that she got multiple detentions for [[BullyingTheDisabled bullying handicapped students]], as opposed to "misfits" in the original. Her language is also more vulgar at several points. |
| 124 | ** In the 1976 film, she is even worse than in the book, being in every way the driving force behind the prank and trying to run Carrie over, which she wasn't willing to do in the book. |
| 125 | ** Her villainy is also ratcheted up in the 2013 version, as she not only leads the class in humiliating Carrie in the shower but also films it all on her phone and posts it on Website/YouTube, where it goes viral. The [=YouTube=] video is also displayed at the prom after the pig blood scene, which, together with Tommy getting knocked out/killed, sets Carrie off. |
| 126 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the book she was not only a {{Jerkass}} but also a juvenile delinquent and had no problems threatening other students with serious harm; the films tone her down to simply being a vindictive AlphaBitch. The 2002 film goes further; in this version she shows reluctance to follow through with the prank after seeing Carrie happy, and only does so under pressure from Billy; she also vainly screams for Billy to stop when he is about to run Carrie down, in stark contrast to the other two films in which she herself attempts to kill Carrie (or urges Billy to do so). |
| 127 | * AdaptationalUgliness: In the 2013 film where Portia Doubleday's Chris is done up as an overly tanned and made-up ratchet with ratty extensions, contrasting to Carrie's more natural beauty. |
| 128 | * AdaptationDyeJob: She has Black hair in the book, but blonde in the '76 and '02 versions. Ironically in the 2013 film, her actress is a natural blonde (but dyed dark brown for this). |
| 129 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: It's said in the book that the main reason she stays with Billy is because he's the only boy she can't manipulate. Also when he makes advances on her, she finds that she loves his aggression. |
| 130 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: In the book and in the 2013 version. She ''is'' the AlphaBitch for a reason! |
| 131 | * AlphaBitch: To a sociopathic degree, going out of her way to make students like Carrie miserable, and leading a GirlPosse of accomplices (nicknamed the "Ultras" in the 2002 film). This gets lampshaded in the parody ''Scarrie!'': |
| 132 | -->'''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!!'' |
| 133 | * AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Her surname is probably meant to sound like German or Danish (following the model of names like "Jørgensen"), but seems to have been made up by Steven King, as Googling it only turns up references to the character. |
| 134 | * AssholeVictim: The AlphaBitch with no redeeming qualities, who humiliated a girl that had done nothing to her. [[spoiler:She's given a cruel death in every version of the story]]. |
| 135 | * AxCrazy: By the end of the 2013 film. Chris is aware of the mass murder done to her senior class by Carrie, and when she sees Carrie in the road she orders Billy to run her down despite all logic telling her that [[MindOverMatter trying to run over Carrie]] isn't a good plan, proving Chris has just about lost all her sanity. |
| 136 | -->'''Chris:''' Run. Her. Down. Kill her. Kill her, Billy. ''KILL HER, BILLY! KILL HER!''\ |
| 137 | '''Billy:''' Shut up, I got this! |
| 138 | ** In the book, she wasn't really all that mentally well even before Carrie goes off the deep end, what with her trying to blow someone's toes off with a firecracker simply because she had a cleft lip. |
| 139 | * BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: In all the versions she has Billy bash some poor pig's head in to harvest its blood. In the 1976 and 2002 versions she is [[InLoveWithYourCarnage disgustingly thrilled]] as she watches Billy kill the thing. The 2013 version makes it even worse: she personally [[SlashedThroat slits the pig's throat.]] |
| 140 | * BeautyIsBad: She's gorgeous and pretty, but is a horrendous person. |
| 141 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: [[spoiler:Averted in the '13 version, where she gets thrown through a windshield, leaving her face torn up with huge shards of glass sticking out of it... and that's ''before'' Carrie inflicts the CoupDeGrace by blowing up the car.]] |
| 142 | * BigBadEnsemble: She and Billy along with Margaret are the main antagonists in the story. |
| 143 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: In the '13 film, Chris and Tina are brunettes, Sue is blonde, Heather is a redhead and Nicki and Lizzy have black hair. |
| 144 | %%* BrattyTeenageDaughter: To her father. |
| 145 | * BreakTheHaughty: In the book, but it doesn't stick in the films. Having been brutally attacked by Billy, raped by him, and being on the brink of being abandoned by him, she still begs him to take him with her, while he plans not to. |
| 146 | * BrilliantButLazy: She has a very high IQ, but only a C average. |
| 147 | * BullyingADragon: She's got a pretty good idea of both how [[PersonOfMassDestruction destructive Carrie has become]] and [[TranquilFury how utterly]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge enraged she]] is over her little stunt with the pig's blood by the time of their final meeting. However, instead of doing something sensible, like [[KnowWhenToFoldEm backing up the car]] and [[RunOrDie hitting the gas in the opposite direction]] or at least attempt to apologise, she instead tries to mow her down. It's even more utterly dumb in the 2013 version where even after seeing her boyfriend's head pancaked by the steering wheel, she tries to run her down ''again'', receiving only a faceful of glass and a Darwin Award for her stupidity. |
| 148 | * BullyBrutality: Aside from tormenting Carrie over her first period, and the pigs' blood prank, it's noted in the book that she's committed such horrible things as stuffing fireworks on someone's shoes and nearly blowing her toes off. The principal of the school even flat-out tells Chris' father that, with all of the things she's done, they could easily have her thrown in prison. |
| 149 | * BullyingTheDisabled: In junior high, she slipped a firecracker in someone's shoe and nearly mutilated her foot because she had a ''cleft lip''. |
| 150 | * ClassicVillain: She's very [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious,]] [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]] and [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans power hungry.]] Her main sins are Envy, Pride, and a little Wrath. Finally, her whole goal throughout the story is to inflict maximum suffering on Carrie, first just to indulge her petty sadism, then later for "revenge" for getting banned from the prom. |
| 151 | * DaddysGirl: Chris is a particularly toxic example. Her father is an AmoralAttorney who has spoiled his daughter and ignores everything she's done. He tries to sue the school district, only backing off when he learns that they will counter-sue him for Chris's record of violations. It's downplayed in that Chris is happy to use his influence to get what she wants, but she doesn't seem to care about him at all on a personal level. |
| 152 | * DaddysLittleVillain: And how. Her father is an AmoralAttorney and she is a very spoiled, violent monster. Except in the 2013 film where her father seems to believe she didn't participate in the shower incident - [[EveryoneHasStandards and he's furious to learn that Chris filmed a video and uploaded it]]. |
| 153 | * DeadlyPrank: Not only was her plot to rig the election so Carrie became Prom Queen, and then traumatize and humiliate her in front of everyone unbelievably cruel to begin with, it leads directly to Carrie losing it and killing dozens of people (hundreds in some versions.) |
| 154 | * DeadpanSnarker: She has a pretty sarcastic banter, especially towards Billy and Carrie. |
| 155 | * DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the AlphaBitch, TheBully, and the {{Delinquents}}. What kind of person do you have to be to enjoy humiliating and hurting other people so badly? A ''really'' damaged person. Her "friends" don't actually like her that much, the principal thinks she needs to be locked up, and the only reason she hasn't is because her father is a corrupt attorney. Chris is so twisted, she is ''exhilarated'' by the abuse she gets from Billy. |
| 156 | * {{Delinquent|s}}: Her characterization in the book. It's stated that she's been sent to detention 73 times in four years, twenty of them for bullying, and that she skipped most of them. In addition, during JuniorHigh, she had once put a firecracker into a girl's shoe and nearly blew off two of her toes. The film adaptations largely downplay this to focus on her AlphaBitch tendencies. |
| 157 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: |
| 158 | ** Even if Carrie didn't have any PsychicPowers, it's unlikely Chris would have gotten away with what she did. She would be the first person everyone would suspect, since she has the most reason to want revenge, and it's highly likely her GirlPosse would [[TheStoolPigeon rat her out]] for a lighter sentence, particularly considering Tommy's [[DeadlyPrank death]] would put them on the hook for manslaughter, if not outright murder. |
| 159 | ** In the 2013 film, she not only leads the other girls in humiliating Carrie in the showers, but films the entire incident and posts it on Website/YouTube. Apparently she never considered that doing such a thing would provide concrete evidence of her being the ringleader of the incident, which is exactly what happens in the principal's office. |
| 160 | * DisproportionateRetribution: |
| 161 | ** In Junior High, she nearly blew off a girl's front two toes because she had a harelip. |
| 162 | ** She ruins Carrie's life by dumping pigs blood on her at the Prom because she was pissed off that she was banned from attending. |
| 163 | * EntitledBitch: She's furious that she's banned from the prom after what she did to Carrie in the shower, believing it's her right to go. |
| 164 | * EnfantTerrible: The book version at least was awful even when she was younger, as they mention a time when she [[AgonyOfTheFeet put a firecracker in a girl's shoe]] for no reason other than [[BullyingTheDisabled the girl had a cleft pallette.]] |
| 165 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 166 | ** As cruel as Chris is to her, she never wanted to kill Carrie. Right before [[spoiler:Carrie kills her and Billy]] she screams in her mind at Billy not to kill Carrie. In the 1976 and '13 version, though, she completely subverts this by being the person who ''wants'' Carrie dead, and it's debatable how sincere she is when she thinks that. |
| 167 | ** In the '76 film she can be seen watching the prom massacre from the outside with a look of horror on her face. In fact, when Miss Collins is killed by the falling basketball board, Chris looks horrified. |
| 168 | ** She displays some redeeming qualities in the '02 film, appearing reluctant to pull the bucket once she sees how happy Carrie is (and Billy eggs her on). When Billy tries to run Carrie down on the road, Chris screams at him to stop (in contrast to '76 where she's the one driving, and '13 where she cheers Billy on). |
| 169 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: In every version she doesn't get why Sue feels guilty about being so cruel to Carrie, and assumes she must just be faking it to get into the prom. |
| 170 | * EvilCounterpart: To Sue. Both of them are popular girls and they both bully Carrie in the shower and get punished for it, along with the other girls, but the difference is that Sue [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone feels remorse for what she's done]] and has a HeelFaceTurn and tries to make it up to Carrie by asking her boyfriend, Tommy to take Carrie to the prom, while Chris has no change of heart and remains a sociopathic bully, and even thinks Carrie deserved it and tries to get revenge on her by dumping pig blood on Carrie in order to humiliate and traumatize her, and asks her boyfriend Billy to help. |
| 171 | * EvilFeelsGood: Her whole reason for being so cruel to Carrie (and a bunch of other victims, in the book version) is basically just "because it's fun." |
| 172 | * EvilIsNotAToy: Towards the end of the book Chris is finding out the hard way that the utterly sociopathic Billy is not someone she can use and throw away as she has her other boyfriends--he's beaten her, raped her, and is planning to abandon her and flee the state. |
| 173 | * EvilIsPetty: Chris only gets banned from prom because she can't hold out on detention, which she thoroughly deserved. For this she blames Carrie, and sets about ruining and humiliating her one last time. |
| 174 | * FacialHorror: [[spoiler:In the '13 version. Getting thrown through a windshield will do that to you.]] |
| 175 | * FatalFlaw: She suffers from a ''bad'' combination of pride and wrath. Even when her peers know messing with Carrie again will only get them in trouble, she still strives to make poor Carrie miserable. |
| 176 | * ForTheEvulz: Her actions both in the book and the various films seem to be motivated by little more than either petty sadism or the desire to be a violent thug for its own sake. |
| 177 | * FauxAffablyEvil: In the '02 film, she tries to convince Carrie to doubt Sue by acting friendly to Carrie in the locker room, and she tells her lies about Sue to do so. |
| 178 | * GenderBlenderName: More of "gender blender nickname." Chris is a name associated with men, but this is what people call her. |
| 179 | * HateSink: In every version of the story (save the 2002 film), Chris is presented as a sadistic, violent, and vulgar bully without any redeeming qualities and no motivation behind her bullying other than the pleasure of it. It's very clear Chris isn't meant to be liked. |
| 180 | * HiddenDepths: In the '13 film, director Kimberly Pierce states the overly-make up and tan look Chris has in the movie is supposed to represent the character's insecurities. |
| 181 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Despite being a terrible bully and tyrant all her life, she's managed to avoid being send to military school or juvenile hall due to [[DaddysLittleVillain her father pulling strings on her behalf]]. She almost manages to get unbanned from the prom when her father [[FrivolousLawsuit threatens to sue the school]] but, thankfully the school doesn't cave. When she pours blood on Carrie, she and Billy manage to escape before everything gets pear-shaped. [[spoiler:They plan to flee, but have the bad luck to run into Carrie. Chris [[BullyingADragon tries to run Carrie over,]] but Carrie makes the car crash and she finally pays for her cruel actions.]] |
| 182 | * ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Suggested in the book. Her previous boyfriends were college fraternity brothers who she always had following her around like lost puppies. However, other characters say that Billy is largely under her control (most of the time) and would do anything for her. |
| 183 | -->''"Billy had not been her first lover, but he was the first she could not dance and dandle at her whim."'' |
| 184 | * JerkassHasAPoint: While she may have [[AssholeVictim deserved it,]] she's still correct in saying Miss Collins shouldn't hit her students in the 1976 version. |
| 185 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Anytime Chris shows a hint of basic human decency or even remorse over what she does, it’s either a ploy to better manipulate someone or, in the case of the 2002 version, does not give an ounce of justification for what she both does and what she would go on to do. |
| 186 | * JustJokingJustification: In the 2002 version she talks to Carrie after the shower incident, pretending to be contrite, and tells Carrie she and the other mean girls were [[BlatantLies "Just playing around."]] |
| 187 | * KarmicDeath: Especially in the versions where she thinks [[spoiler:hitting Carrie with a car is enough to murder her.]] |
| 188 | * KickTheDog: She does this a '''lot'''. Her first very first act in the 1976 version is going right up to Carrie and telling her "You eat shit!" after she misses a volleyball that was deliberately thrown at her with the hope she'd miss. While this pales in comparison to most of what she does through the movie, it still [[EstablishingCharacterMoment well illustrates her base cruetly]]. |
| 189 | * NeverMyFault: Though it was clearly her own fault that she got detention and was banned from the prom, instead of taking responsibility, she decides to plot an elaborate revenge against Carrie. She even tries justifying herself by claiming that Carrie was "running around saying everyone except her and her gilt-edged momma were going to hell" as an excuse. |
| 190 | * PetTheDog: |
| 191 | ** Heavily downplayed in the 2002 version, she appears reluctant to pour blood on Carrie after seeing how happy she is, and it seems like she would have not gone through with it if it weren't for Billy calling her chicken. That said… she still does it, [[TheSociopath and clearly enjoys her humiliation.]] |
| 192 | ** A ''very'' minor one, but, in the 2013 version of the shower scene she initially tells Carrie it's just her period and hands her a tampon, and only starts terrorizing her when she (Carrie) accidentally gets blood on her hand. |
| 193 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: According to the book, Chris bullied "misfit pupils", including one girl with a cleft lip whom she almost blew a couple toes off of by sticking a firecracker in her shoe. She also sneers that one of her classmates, who is Jewish, would never win prom queen for that reason. |
| 194 | * ThePrankster: An '''incredibly''' malicious example. Her "pranks" include such things as [[AgonyOfTheFeet nearly blowing some poor girl's toes off with a firecracker]], getting everyone to terrorize Carrie in the locker room when she's having a HeroicBSOD about her first period, and, of course, pouring blood on her. In all cases, her "jokes" aren't meant to be funny to anyone but her and her vile minions. |
| 195 | * PrivilegeMakesYouEvil: Her father is a rich lawyer who often uses LoopholeAbuse to ensure she never faces the consequences for her actions. |
| 196 | * PromWrecker: Plans to get revenge on Carrie by rigging the vote so she gets elected prom queen, and them dumping pig's blood on her. Arguably the TropeCodifier, as most examples of this trope reference this in some way. |
| 197 | * ReallyGetsAround: In the book, she had several boyfriends before Billy, all of whom were college fraternity brothers. This detail doesn't appear in any of the adaptations. |
| 198 | * {{Sadist}}: Though she clearly enjoys Carrie's humiliation at the Prom in all the versions, in the '76 and '13 films she ''relishes'' in it, shaking with excitement and licking her lips in the '76 version, and laughing uncontrollably and even screaming "freak" despite hiding on the catwalk in the '13 film. |
| 199 | * TheSociopath: In the book. Toned down in the adaptations, but not by much. |
| 200 | * SpoiledBrat[=/=]ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Her father, a rich lawyer, got her into Oberlin despite her poor grades, and threatens to sue the school if they punish Chris for what she did to Carrie in the shower. He backs off when he sees her record of violations (or, in the 2013 movie, when mention was made of the video she had on her phone of the shower incident). Later, after getting kicked out of the prom, she plans to humiliate Carrie as payback for it, feeling that she is entitled to go to the prom. She's so annoying you just want to squash her. [[spoiler:Thanks, Carrie!]] |
| 201 | * StupidEvil: It's most prominent in the 2013 film, but trying to run down Carrie after it's astonishingly clear that she could literally end their life by simply thinking about it was not the most intelligent decision she could have come up with. |
| 202 | * TeensAreMonsters: She's 17, and is an incredibly cruel young woman. The book reveals that she was like this [[EnfantTerrible even when she was younger.]] |
| 203 | * ThrewMyBikeOnTheRoof: She [[BloodSplatteredInnocents pours blood on Carrie,]] both to humiliate and traumatize her, and to ruin the beautiful prom dress she worked so hard to make. |
| 204 | * TooDumbToLive: Despite witnessing Carrie waste an ''entire school'' with just her ''mind'', Chris still thinks it's a good idea to mow Carrie down instead of, say, running like hell for her life. It's especially egregious in the '13 version, where she continues trying to kill Carrie even after watching her [[spoiler:kill her boyfriend and]] tear up the road in front of them...especially when she hits the pedal to run her over after Carrie contemplates ''sparing her!'' |
| 205 | * TomboyishName: Her full name is Christine but she's known as Chris by everyone except her father. |
| 206 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: It's implied the other girls don't actually hate Carrie (other than [[BetaBitch Norma/Tina]] and a few others), and are mainly mean to her just because Chris encourages them to be, and possibly out of fear they will be her next victims if they dare stand up for Carrie. |
| 207 | * UnbuiltTrope: Can be considered one to the [[BarbaricBully bullies]] that populate some of Stephen King's later works. On the one hand, she's only slightly less cruel than [[Literature/{{IT}} Henry Bowers]], with relatively close levels of BullyBrutality. On the other hand, she does not have the benefit of Derry's perception filter, and [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the school officials know full well]] that she is a DevilInPlainSight and threaten her father with a very, ''very'' ironclad countersuit. |
| 208 | * TheUnfettered: If she wants something, nothing can hold her back. |
| 209 | * UnreliableNarrator: In the ‘13 film, despite Chris's father appearing to realize that she was behind the shower prank, Chris says in the next scene that he's still suing the school over it. It's unclear if she's telling the truth or not. |
| 210 | * UptownGirl: Chris is a rich lawyer's daughter while her boyfriend Billy is a common street thug and delinquent. They're a match made in hell. |
| 211 | * VileVillainLaughableLackey: While her 1976 incarnation is [[AdaptationalJerkass even crueler than the book version]], that movie's version of Billy has been DemotedToDragon, and is a dim-witted buffoon who she [[ManipulativeBitch plays like a fiddle.]] |
| 212 | * VillainSong: "Crackerjack (Out for Blood)" in the original 1988 production of the musical and "The World According to Chris" in the 2012 revival. |
| 213 | * VillainousBreakdown: In the '13 version, she completely loses it when she realizes that Carrie has PsychicPowers. |
| 214 | * VirtueIsWeakness: When Sue tells her she feels guilty about being so cruel to Carrie, Chris just scoffs and acts disgusted. |
| 215 | * WoundedGazelleGambit: Chris tries to get her friends to do this to get out of detention in the '13 film. |
| 216 | [[/folder]] |
| 217 | [[folder:Norma Watson]] |
| 218 | !!Norma Watson |
| 219 | -> '''Played by:''' |
| 220 | --> Creator/PJSoles (1976 version) |
| 221 | --> Creator/MeghanBlack (2002 version) |
| 222 | |
| 223 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/norma1976.jpg]] |
| 224 | [[caption-width-right:350:1976]] |
| 225 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/norma2002.png]] |
| 226 | [[caption-width-right:350:2002]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | A classmate of Carrie's who greatly changes from one version to another. She's a minor survivor in the book, Chris's BetaBitch in the 1976 movie and the peppy prom organizer in the 2002 film. |
| 229 | ---- |
| 230 | * AdaptationalDyeJob: Norma is blonde in the book and played by blonde PJ Soles - but she becomes a brunette in the '02 film. |
| 231 | * AdaptationalHeroism: In the 2002 film, Norma is a much more sympathetic character than any of her other portrayals, and the worst thing she does is laugh with the GirlPosse when they make fun of Carrie in gym class. She is genuinely kind to Carrie at the Prom, and is disgusted once she realizes Carrie was subjected to a cruel prank by someone. |
| 232 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Norma was a StudentCouncilPresident in the original book and in the '02 version, and barely figured at all in the story. The '76 version upgrades her to Chris' partner-in-crime, replacing Tina. |
| 233 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Norma in the 1976 film, especially after she laughs at the Prank and Tommy's death.]] |
| 234 | * AmbiguousInnocence: Like Tina, it's unclear if she helped set Carrie up at the Prom in the novel, all that's known is Chris called in a few favors to secure Carrie wins Prom Queen, and that Norma and Tina were in charge of the Prom ballots. Her interactions with Carrie before the latter is crowned Prom Queen, as well as the novel she writes after surviving the Black Prom, only add fuel to the debate. |
| 235 | * BaddieFlattery: Acts all nice when taking Carrie's prom vote from her in the '76 version. |
| 236 | * BetaBitch: Her P.J. Soles version, anyway. She doesn't hang out with Chris in the book or the '02 film. |
| 237 | * BigEater: In the 2002 film, she eats at least two donuts during her police interview. |
| 238 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: While the book version isn't as outright malicious as the 1976 version, her compliments to Carrie about her dress seem [[SugaryMalice very insincere,]] and she's the first one to laugh at Carrie's humiliation. |
| 239 | * BloodSplatteredInnocents: In the '02 version, she gets splattered with some of the blood dumped on Carrie. |
| 240 | * ButtMonkey: In the 2002 film, Norma gets picked on a little by Tina, and Helen hurries away when she sees Norma coming at the prom. However, she is shown giggling with the rest of the girls when they taunt Carrie during gym class. |
| 241 | * CallousnessTowardsEmergency: Norma's reaction after [[spoiler:Tommy is downed by the falling metal bucket in the '76 film.]] |
| 242 | * CompositeCharacter: Tina was Chris's best friend in the book while Norma was a side character. The 76 film gives Norma Tina's role as Chris's gal pal. |
| 243 | * DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Survives in the book and the second film, but not in the '76 version.]] |
| 244 | * TheDragon: To Chris, in the first film. |
| 245 | * EnigmaticMinion: She taunts Carrie and Tommy at the prom, though she claims innocence afterwards. Chris claims that she set up Carrie and Tommy's victory with friends, and Norma was in charge of running the prom, but it's never directly confirmed that she was involved. |
| 246 | * EvilCounterpart: She is this to Sue in the 1976 version. Sue is an InnocentBetaBitch who is strongly implied to normally be a NiceGirl who just happened to succumb to [[PeerPressureMakesYouEvil peer pressure]], hence why she [[TheAtoner feels so guilty afterwards]]. Norma, on the other hand, is a straight-up BetaBitch who feels no remorse for her actions, and is almost as cruel as Chris herself. |
| 247 | * FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Her 1976 version is rather cute, with her GirlishPigtails and TomboyishBaseballCap. It's also by far her most villainous incarnation. |
| 248 | * FakeoutMakeout: In the 1976 film, this what Norma does with Freddie as a cover up so she can swap the ballots from Prom King and Queen with mock ones. |
| 249 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Norma seems to have this status in the book. Even Tina, whom she escapes with, doesn't actually like her at all. In the 2002 film, when Helen sees her coming, she shuffles away saying "life is too short". |
| 250 | * GenkiGirl: Meghan Black's portrayal of Norma. |
| 251 | * GirlPosse: She's part of Chris's in the 1976 movie. In the '02 version she teases Carrie when she has her period with the other girls, but Norma states to the police Chris and her friends weren't really close due to Norma's peppy nature. |
| 252 | * IconicOutfit: Norma's [[TomboyishBaseballCap red baseball cap]] in the '76 version, which she is never seen without -- she wears it to prom, and even ''at the hairdresser'', where it's sitting atop her hair dryer. Reportedly, this was P. J. Soles' idea. ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' had Creator/KatharineIsabelle (who played Tina in the 2002 version) wearing a similar hat as a direct ShoutOut. |
| 253 | * JerkJustifications: Her whole excuse for laughing at Carrie's humiliation is: |
| 254 | --> " It was either laugh or cry, and [[LackOfEmpathy who could bring himself to cry over Carrie after all those years?"]] |
| 255 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:[[AmbiguousInnocence If she actually did assist Chris with ensuring Carrie is humiliated at Prom]], then she definitely qualifies as she's among the 11 people who escaped. Even if she wasn't involved, she still was the first person to laugh at Carrie's humiliation (which got everyone else laughing at her and set her off), and tried to justify what she did in an ''incredibly'' callous way.]] |
| 256 | * MostWritersAreWriters: In the novel, after the incident is over, Norma writes a book called "We Survived the Black Prom". |
| 257 | * MotorMouth: In the 2002 film. She's implied to be this in the book too. |
| 258 | * PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: Norma ''claims'' this happened to her in the book - that she couldn't stop herself from laughing after seeing Carrie covered in blood, especially after Carrie was bullied by others - but it's ultimately left ambiguous if this is true. |
| 259 | * {{Sadist}}: Her reaction to Carrie's humiliation at the prom is utterly stomach-churning in the book and the 1976 film. |
| 260 | * TomboyishBaseballCap: The aforementioned IconicOutfit of hers in the 1976 version, which she wears all the damn time. |
| 261 | * UncertainDoom: Norma's fate is [[spoiler:left unanswered]] in the 1976 film, as Sue confirms in the 1999 sequel that a few people somehow survived Carrie's massacre with her, and Norma is never seen [[spoiler:dying on-screen]]. But considering Norma's last appearance is her being [[spoiler:knocked unconscious, or even possibly killed, by the water hose by Carrie's telekinesis powers, her chances aren't good.]] |
| 262 | * UnreliableNarrator: In the book, Norma claims that she felt nothing but sympathy for Carrie and just couldn't restrain herself from laughing. This rather clashes with the fact that she taunted Carrie and Tommy earlier in the night, and judging by her expression, seemed to be hoping something bad would happen. |
| 263 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In the 1976 film. Mind you, Norma isn't innocent in laughing at the prank and [[spoiler:Tommy's death]] at all, but she also had no idea that by doing so, once Carrie, whose mind had snapped from all the abuse she suffered over the years, witnesses her laughing, would then imagine ''everyone'' attending the Prom laughing at her. This directly is what causes Carrie's [[spoiler:RoaringRampageOfRevenge that killed all of Norma's classmates.]] |
| 264 | * VerbalTic: In the book, Norma has a HABIT of PUTTING random EMPHASIS on her WORDS. |
| 265 | * VillainousBreakdown: She loses her shit after the doors slam on Freddie and Kenny in the 1976 film. |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder:Tina Blake]] |
| 269 | !!Tina Blake |
| 270 | ->'''Played by:''' |
| 271 | --> Creator/KatharineIsabelle (2002 version)\ |
| 272 | Zoë Belkin (2013 version) |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tina2002.png]] |
| 275 | [[caption-width-right:350:2002]] |
| 276 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tina2013_0.jpg]] |
| 277 | [[caption-width-right:350:2013]] |
| 278 | |
| 279 | Tina Blake is Chris' [[TheDragon best friend]] and part of her GirlPosse, and just as catty as she is. While AdaptedOut of the 1976 film, she assists Chris in her plan to humiliate Carrie in both subsequent films, where she is the one who switches out the ballots to get her and Tommy in position. |
| 280 | ---- |
| 281 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Tina was merely just Chris's friend in the book. The most evil thing she does is allow Chris to look at the King and Queen ballots without realizing why she wanted to know. In the films she has a direct role in the evil prank pulled at the Prom by swapping the ballots. |
| 282 | ** This is taken a step further in the '13 version, where she flirts with her English teacher just so Carrie will have another bully and also [[spoiler:displays the humiliating locker room video in front of all the Prom-goers just to extend Carrie's humiliation. [[AssholeVictim It's very cathartic when Carrie singles her out during her slaughter.]]]] |
| 283 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Tina is described as redhead in the book but is brunette in the '02 and '13 films. |
| 284 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: In addition to the AdaptationalVillainy below, Tina gets upgraded into quite the ditz in the '02 film. |
| 285 | * AmbiguousInnocence: Like Norma, it's unclear if she helped set Carrie up at the Prom in the novel, all that's known is Chris called in a few favors to secure Carrie wins Prom Queen, and that Norma and Tina were in charge of the Prom ballots. She is the only character at the Prom to scream after the blood is dropped on Carrie, though this could just as easily be a case of PragmaticVillainy to feign innocence. |
| 286 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:In both films where she's upgraded to Chris' BetaBitch. Especially in the 2013 film where she plays the humiliating locker room video in front of all the prom-goers, promptly after Carrie has pigs blood dumped onto her. No tears were shed for Tina when Carrie [[KillItWithFire burned her to death]] in her rampage.]] |
| 287 | * BaddieFlattery: She does this when collecting Carrie's ballot from her in the '02 and '13 films. She even tells Carrie she and Tommy have her vote in the '13 version, but Carrie expresses doubt on her face. |
| 288 | * BetaBitch: In the second and third film versions. Implied to be this in the novel too, as she's Chris' best friend and lets her look at the Prom ballots. |
| 289 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: In the '13 film, Tina and Chris are brunettes, Sue is blonde, Heather is a redhead and Nicki and Lizzy have black hair. |
| 290 | * CallousnessTowardsEmergency: Tina's reaction after [[spoiler:Tommy is downed by the falling metal bucket in the '02 film.]] |
| 291 | * ChekhovsGun: Played with in the '13 film. Tina having a sexual relationship with her teacher, Mr. Ulmann, just to get him to torment Carrie further is obviously repulsive, but it almost saves her life during Prom because he tries to find and help her and they head for an exit, before Carrie notices them in time and she starts to focus on killing Tina. |
| 292 | * CompositeCharacter: Tina was Chris's best friend in the book while Norma was a side character. The ‘76 film gives Norma Tina's role as Chris's gal pal. |
| 293 | * DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In both films she appears in, having made it out the fire doors in the book.]] |
| 294 | * DemotedToExtra: In the '76 film when Miss Collins is doing the register, she calls out a 'Blake' - which implies that Tina is among the nameless students who get no lines. |
| 295 | * DisabledInTheAdaptation: In the '13 film, Tina has a heart condition, according to Chris. |
| 296 | * TheDitz: In the 2002 film. She's the only one of the girls to fail to recognise that Miss Desjardin's suggestion of skipping softball is sarcastic. She also believes a Brazilian wax is in the shape of the country. |
| 297 | * TheDragon: To Chris. |
| 298 | * EnigmaticMinion: In the book, Tina takes part in the shower incident, but it's ultimately unclear whether she was involved in the prank, though Chris mentions that she "set it up" with her friends so that Carrie would win. |
| 299 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: In the '13 film, [[AdaptationalVillainy despite arguably being at her worst]], she stops her malicious laughter and is genuinely horrified when Tommy is hit with the bucket, unlike the previous two films where Chris' BetaBitch only [[CallousnessTowardsEmergency laughs harder at such]]. |
| 300 | * EveryoneHasStandards: In the book, Tina is one of Carrie's bullies, but doesn't seem to know about the prank, and seems horrified when told that the stuff on Carrie was blood. |
| 301 | * EvilGloating: While Tina is collecting the ballots from Tommy and Carrie, she wishes them “good luck” with a suspicious smile in the second and third film adaptations. |
| 302 | * EvilRedhead: In the book, Tina is described as a "small, pretty girl with a billow of red hair". However it's a subversion since she's not explicitly ''evil'' in the book - as the worst thing she does is participate in the shower incident. In the films where she is evil, she is brunette. |
| 303 | * TheFavourite: towards her English teacher Mr Ullman, [[TeacherStudentRomance with whom she seems to have a relationship from which she receives various favours.]] |
| 304 | * GirlPosse: Part of it, and the most important member barring Chris herself. |
| 305 | * Jerkass: She is sadistic and malevolent, so much so that in the 2013 adaptation she shows the video where Chris humiliates Carrie in front of everyone. |
| 306 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:[[AmbiguousInnocence If she did in fact help Chris humiliate Carrie at the Prom by securing Carrie wins Prom Queen that is]], she survives the massacre so she qualifies.]] |
| 307 | * KarmicDeath: |
| 308 | ** In the 2002 film, [[spoiler:Tina is given such a death. As she's slapping someone away from getting out through the fire doors, Carrie makes a basketball hoop come loose, knock Tina to the floor and then crush her. She either dies instantly, gets trampled by other students or electrocuted when the scoreboard comes down]]. |
| 309 | ** In the 2013 film, [[spoiler:Carrie singles her out as direct punishment for playing the video. She's separated from Mr Ulmann when a decoration is hurled at them, then whipped with live electrical cords and finally set on fire]]. |
| 310 | * KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:Her death in the '13 version. Carrie sets her dress on fire and immolates her alive.]] |
| 311 | * LaserGuidedKarma: |
| 312 | ** In the '02 film, Tina is seen slapping someone trying to escape the gym during the massacre. Carrie's powers then make the basketball hoop fall on her. |
| 313 | ** [[spoiler: after all the mistreatment meted out to Carrie, culminating with the screening of the humiliating video, she is whipped with electric cables and killed by the latter through immolation.]] |
| 314 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Tina lets Chris look at the prom ballots in the book, but seems shocked at the prank. It's possible that Chris didn't tell her because she's on the prom committee, [[EveryoneHasStandards and wouldn't want any disruption.]] Averted in the films, where she's fully on-board with it. |
| 315 | * MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: In the '13 film, she serves one scene to indicate that Chris' GirlPosse are no longer on good terms with Sue, via when Miss Desjardin is confronting Sue and Tommy about asking Carrie to the prom, Tina gives Sue a bitchy look as she passes by the trio. |
| 316 | * ModestyTowel: In the '02 film, Tina is in a towel as she's testing the locker room showers' water due to Katherine Isabelle refusal to do nudity. |
| 317 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: in the 2013 film she shows the humiliating video of the shower in front of everyone: this leads Carrie later to [[spoiler: target, torture and kill her personally.]] |
| 318 | * OhCrap: she gives a frightened look to Carrie when she separates her from Mr. Ullman [[spoiler: to torture and kill her.]] |
| 319 | * PragmaticVillainy: In the '13 film, Tina briefly objects to posting the shower video online, only because she can be seen in the video. Chris tells her that nobody will notice. |
| 320 | * RaceLift: In the 2013 film, where she is played by the mixed race Zoë Belkin. |
| 321 | * {{Sadist}}: She ''gleefully'' reacts to Carrie's humiliation at the Prom in her film appearances, extra points to Tina in the '13 film, who reacts the same way while also displaying the humiliating Website/YouTube video at the Prom. |
| 322 | * SkewedPriorities: In the middle of Carrie's rampage in the 2013 version, she takes the time to retrieve her laptop. To say she had a chance of escaping Carrie's wrath at all would be laughable, but perhaps running and hiding might've been smarter all the same. |
| 323 | * TheSociopath: In the '13 film, Tina has a sexual relationship with her teacher solely for Carrie to have another bully, and gleefully uploads the shower video onto the TV screen during Prom to further humiliate her. |
| 324 | * SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:Rita Desjardin and George Dawson watch in horror when she's burned alive in the 2013 film.]] |
| 325 | * TeacherStudentRomance: Downplayed. While it's not explored enough to know if she does it for SextraCredit, in the 2013 film, Tina has a romantic (or at least sexual) relationship on some level with her English teacher, Mr. Ulmann, and they openly exchange flirty smirks in class. It's heavily implied she utilized this affair with an authority figure as leverage for Mr. Ulmann to single Carrie White out in his class, to humiliate her and belittle the poem she chose for her assignment. |
| 326 | * TemptingFate: Tina gleefully displaying the locker room video in the 2013 film promptly after the pigs blood is dumped on Carrie, not to mention her sadistic laughter in both adaptation films she’s in. |
| 327 | * TwoFirstNames: Tina and Blake are both commonly used as given names. |
| 328 | [[/folder]] |
| 329 | |
| 330 | [[folder:Helen Shyres]] |
| 331 | !!Helen Shyres |
| 332 | ->'''Played by:''' |
| 333 | --> Creator/EdieMcClurg (1976 version)\ |
| 334 | Creator/ChelanSimmons (2002 version) |
| 335 | |
| 336 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/helen1976_1.png]] |
| 337 | [[caption-width-right:350:1976]] |
| 338 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/helen2002.png]] |
| 339 | [[caption-width-right:350:2002]] |
| 340 | |
| 341 | A minor side character in the book who functions as one of Sue's best friends. In the first film, her role as Sue's best friend is given to Frieda Jason, while Helen herself functions as a completely different character. In the TV remake, Helen is once again combined with Frieda, taking her role of being nice to Carrie at the prom. |
| 342 | ---- |
| 343 | * AdaptationalHeroism: While not an ''evil'' character in the book, the '02 film has her being nice to Carrie at the prom and spotting the bucket of blood moments before it spills, and trying to stop it. She's also seen trying to move [[spoiler:Tommy's body while the rampage is going on in the prom]]. |
| 344 | * AdaptationalUgliness: While attractiveness isn't stated in the novel, she is mentioned to be a Prom Queen candidate, and the TruerToTheText 2002 film casts the very pretty Chelan Simmons. In the '76 film she's portrayed as a chubby ButtMonkey of the girls, who doesn't appear to have a date for the prom. |
| 345 | * AdaptedOut: Her name is on the Prom ballot as a cameo in the '13 version, but otherwise her role is given to Heather. |
| 346 | * BigFun: Edie [=McClurg=] played her this way in the '76 film. |
| 347 | * BitchSlap: Delivers a big one to Kenny in the 2002 film when he laughs cruelly at Carrie. |
| 348 | * ButtMonkey: In the '76 film, she seems to get picked on a lot by Chris's group despite being a member. |
| 349 | * CompositeCharacter: With Frieda Jason in the '76 and '02 films. Helen is the one who talks with Sue while decorating the prom, and Frieda is the girl who is nice to Carrie at the prom. Frieda takes both roles in the '76 film (and Helen has a completely different role) while Helen does both in the '02 film. |
| 350 | * DeathByAdaptation: Her fate isn't stated in the book, but [[spoiler:she's strongly implied to die in both the 1976 film and 2002 films]]. |
| 351 | * DecompositeCharacter: In the 2013 version, Helen's name is seen on the prom ballot... and that's all we see or hear of her. Instead, her role from the book and 1976 version are given to Heather. |
| 352 | * EnigmaticMinion: In the book, she seems to express remorse for the shower incident, but Sue suspects that she knows something about the prank and is deliberately keeping quiet. |
| 353 | ** In the '02 film it's also ambiguous if she took part in filling Carrie's locker with tampons early on. |
| 354 | * EvenTheGirlsWantHer: In the '02 film, she excitedly comments on [[StupidSexyFlanders how great Carrie's ass looks in her dress]]. |
| 355 | * EveryoneHasStandards: In the 1976 film, she's seen looking horrified when Carrie is covered in blood. |
| 356 | * EvilRedhead: In the 1976 version. |
| 357 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: She's part of Chris's gang in the book, but Chris isn't fond of her, sneering that she "couldn't get elected dogcatcher". She's one of Sue's best friends though. |
| 358 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Notably her most positive portrayal is in the one adaptation where she's blonde. |
| 359 | * HeelFaceTurn: In the 2002 film she starts out as one of the bullies - she calls Carrie 'retarded' in gym class and is laughing at her expense with Tina after Chris is suspended. However, she acts nice to Carrie at the prom, and slaps Kenny for laughing at her. |
| 360 | * HypocriticalHumour: She mocks Tommy and Roy for their HoYay...and immediately compliments Carrie's ass. |
| 361 | * JerkassRealization: Like Sue, she seems guilty and introspective during Ms. Desjardins' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech at them after the locker room prank. |
| 362 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the '02 film. She picks on Carrie at first but is revealed to be a nice enough girl who never really hated her. |
| 363 | * MsFanservice: In the 2002 film, she hasn't put her top back on for the shower incident and spends that whole scene in her bra. |
| 364 | * OfficialCouple: With Roy in the 2002 film. |
| 365 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: In the '02 film, she earns her redemption by trying to help Carrie at the prom - and is soon among those killed in the massacre. |
| 366 | * UncertainDoom: |
| 367 | ** Her fate isn't mentioned in the book, though her mother died from stepping on one of the downed power lines. During the White Commission, one of the survivors mentions the Shyres' address in her testimony and says it's where "they live" in present tense, which implies that she may have survived. |
| 368 | ** Possibly also in the '02 film, as while she is seen being shocked, based on the number of survivors given by Jackie Talbot it's possible that a few of the prom-goers survived being electrocuted. |
| 369 | * WhenSheSmiles: Shows some dazzling smiles in the '02 film, like when she and Sue playfully comment about their falling out with Chris, and the rumors about a lesbian relationship between Sue and Carrie. |
| 370 | [[/folder]] |
| 371 | |
| 372 | |
| 373 | !!!Movie exclusive |
| 374 | [[folder:Rhonda and Cora Wilson]] |
| 375 | !! Rhonda and Cora Wilson |
| 376 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/DeirdreBerthrong and Creator/CindyDaly (1976 version) |
| 377 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/corawilson_8.png]] |
| 378 | [[caption-width-right:280:Cora Wilson]] |
| 379 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rhondawilson.png]] |
| 380 | [[caption-width-right:280:Rhonda Wilson]] |
| 381 | ---- |
| 382 | * AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Averted, they're fraternal twins. |
| 383 | * BoyishShortHair: Rhonda's hair is cut pretty short. |
| 384 | * CompositeCharacter: In the book there's twin sisters in Chris's clique named Lila and Mary Grace Thibodeau, and a prom-goer named Rhonda Simard who has a mother named Cora. |
| 385 | * GuiltRiddenAccomplice: They take part in the shower prank but show some silent remorse afterwards. |
| 386 | * HeroicBystander: Both of them go to try and help Tommy as the gym devolves into chaos. |
| 387 | * InformedAttribute: The final cut of the film doesn't reference their relationship much. |
| 388 | * TookALevelInKindness: Both of them turn their backs on Chris and show happiness for Carrie at the prom, and disgust at the prank. |
| 389 | * TheVoiceless: Neither of them says anything in the final version of the film, although they had a couple FinishingEachOthersSentences lines in the original script. |
| 390 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: They spend a while trying to carry Tommy during the prom disaster, then stumble, fall and just disappear from the story. |
| 391 | [[/folder]] |
| 392 | |
| 393 | [[folder:Nicki and Lizzy Watson]] |
| 394 | !!Nicki and Lizzy Watson |
| 395 | ->'''Played by:''' |
| 396 | --> Katie and Karissa Strain |
| 397 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nickiandlizzywatson.png]] |
| 398 | [[caption-width-right:280:Nicki and Lizzy Watson]] |
| 399 | A set of CreepyTwins who serve as supporting antagonists in the 2013 film and almost always seen when tormenting Carrie. They are based off a mix of Norma Watson's role ([[spoiler:assisting Tina in swapping the Prom King and Queen ballots]]), and also the twin Thibodeau sisters from the novel. |
| 400 | ---- |
| 401 | * AdaptationalVillainy: In the books, Norma Watson and Donna and Mary Thibodeau were Chris's friends but they weren't as evil as Nicki and Lizzy. The 1976 film also features a pair of twin sisters, Rhonda and Cora, among those involved in the shower incident, but neither participates in the prank (and in fact seem horrified by it) and they also try to [[spoiler:drag the dead or unconscious Tommy to safety]] for a while before things get out of control. |
| 402 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the books, Norma was a goody-two shoes type character. Nicki and Lizzy are Chris's second best friends. Although both Norma and Nicki and Lizzy help Tina replace the ballots. |
| 403 | * AlasPoorVillain: They're evil, but it's sad to watch [[spoiler:them scream each other's name and holding each other's hands when they know they're toast.]] |
| 404 | * AllThereInTheScript: The original script reveals Nicki's last name to be Watson. |
| 405 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: They have the darkest hair of the girls, are implied to be bitchy and less outwardly so than Chris and Tina. |
| 406 | * AscendedExtra: Downplayed, as their role is still quite small. But the Thibodeau twins are mentioned only twice in passing in the book and the Wilson sisters have no dialogue. The Watsons get to be proper members of the GirlPosse. |
| 407 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:[[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] compared to some of the other GirlPosse due to their brief AlasPoorVillain scenes, but they're still bullies and participated in the evil prank Carrie in subjected to at the Prom.]] |
| 408 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: In the '13 film, Nicki and Lizzy have black hair, Tina and Chris are brunettes, Sue is blonde, and Heather is a redhead. |
| 409 | * BrokenHeel: Lizzy can be seen slipping on her heels when the sprinklers go off in the gym. |
| 410 | * CompositeCharacter: The twins are based seemingly on Norma Watson and the Thibodeau sisters. |
| 411 | * CreepyTwins: Their movements are completely synchronized, their expressions are always identical, they hardly ever talk, and when they do, they almost always talk simultaneously. |
| 412 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:They come to a rather gruesome end at the hands of Carrie in the prom scene. She holds them down with her telekinetic powers and the other prom-goers trample Nicki and Lizzy to death.]] |
| 413 | * TheDragon: To Tina seemingly despite the fact that Tina herself is also TheDragon. |
| 414 | * HighHeelHurt: A very dark example. [[spoiler:The twins are trampled to death, and focus is given to several feet wearing high heels going over their backs, and their bodies have puncture marks where the heels stabbed them]]. |
| 415 | * HoldingHands: [[spoiler:As they're being trampled to death, one twin grabs her sister's hand]]. |
| 416 | * IdenticalTwinMistake: Mr Ulmann can heard getting them mixed up in English class. |
| 417 | * MyNaymeIs: It's not 'Nikki' (or 'Nicky' for the male variant) and 'Lizzie'). |
| 418 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Even the teachers call them Nicki and Lizzy. |
| 419 | * {{Sadist}}: One sister is seen looking excited when the humiliating video is played. |
| 420 | * SatelliteCharacter: Don't really do much, if anything, outside of the GirlPosse and fulfilling their worker bee duties (Like sneering at Carrie at the Prom and helping Tina [[spoiler:swap the Prom ballots]]). They basically only exist for [[spoiler:more deaths at the Prom]]. |
| 421 | * SingleMindedTwins: Whenever they speak, it's in unison. They dress identically and one never appears without the other. The only time they're not 100% identical is during an English class when one sister has her hair in pigtails. |
| 422 | * TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:They briefly hold hands as they're trampled to death by the Prom-goers.]] |
| 423 | [[/folder]] |
| 424 | |
| 425 | [[folder:Heather]] |
| 426 | ->'''Played by:''' |
| 427 | --> Creator/SamanthaWeinstein |
| 428 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/heathershyres.jpg]] |
| 429 | |
| 430 | A girl from Carrie's class and a minor member of Chris' GirlPosse. She only appears in the 2013 film adaptation of ''Carrie'', and is primarily based on the novel's Norma Watson and Helen Shyres. |
| 431 | ---- |
| 432 | * AdaptationalNameChange: Although Heather is a CompositeCharacter of multiple characters from the novel and past film adaptations, her name itself is modernized from Helen Shyres. |
| 433 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Unlike Helen Shryes from the novel, she unambiguously laughs maliciously at the prank poor Carrie is subjected to, and only stops when she's the one in trouble. |
| 434 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:[[AmbiguousInnocence Regardless if she was aware of the prank itself]], she laughs very maliciously at it, just as hard as the rest of the GirlPosse, making it hard to feel sorry for her when she gets a face full of broken glass.]] |
| 435 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: At first she seems to know nothing of the prank, even telling Sue that Chris was nowhere at the Prom, [[spoiler:only to gleefully laugh at Carrie getting pig's blood dumped on her and Tina displaying the locker room video in front of the whole class.]] |
| 436 | * BlatantLies: Maybe because of some slight bad editing (which is likely since a lot of her scenes were deleted), but it seems that Heather is unaware that the prank is about to happen at first, as implied when she says at the Hair Salon that she knows Chris isn't coming to prom because she's suspended, and when she tells Sue at prom that Chris isn't there. However, judging by her reaction to the eventual prank, which is glee and laughter, it becomes blatantly obvious that she knew the whole time and lied to Sue. |
| 437 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: She's a redhead, Tina and Chris are brunettes, Sue is blonde, and Nicki and Lizzy have black hair. |
| 438 | * CompositeCharacter: Of Helen Shyres and Norma Watson. Arguably of other minor past GirlPosse members too. |
| 439 | * DeathByAdaptation: She is a CompositeCharacter of Norma Watson and Helen Shyres, and [[spoiler:Norma survives the prom massacre in the novel and 2002 version. Helen's fate is unknown in the novel but she dies in the two previous film adaptations as well. In this version, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath she's flung across the gym by Carrie and smashed into a gym door, for Sue to watch]].]] |
| 440 | * EvilRedhead: She's visually distinguishable from the rest of the GirlPosse by her red hair, and is seen laughing cruelly at the blood prank, implying she knew what was going on. |
| 441 | * HopeSpot: A villainous example. [[spoiler:Heather is the first prom-goer to notice that [[ChunkyUpdraft blood is levitating off of Carrie]], and promptly rushes to the gym doors and almost makes it before Carrie sees her and flings her across the gym.]] |
| 442 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: She almost seems to have some HiddenDepths unlike the other girls, as she seems completely unaware of the prank, [[spoiler:that is until the blood is dropped, and she laughs hysterically.]] |
| 443 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:She's singled out by Carrie during the latter's RoaringRampageOfRevenge because of her evil laughter at Carrie's humiliation. It's also implied by her laughter that she was in on the prank]]. |
| 444 | * MythologyGag: A minor example, she wears [[TomboyishBaseballCap a baseball cap]] during the gym class scenes, a reference to Norma Watson from the 1976 version who always wore her signature red baseball cap. She's a CompositeCharacter of Norma Watson and Helen Shyres. |
| 445 | * PetTheDog: She sees Sue looking nauseous while hanging decorations and sincerely asks if she's alright. |
| 446 | * {{Sadist}}: Like the rest of the GirlPosse, she relishes in Carrie's suffering at the Prank. |
| 447 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: She tries to get her date to go with her when she sees the blood levitating off Carrie - but when no one will budge, she runs for the exit. |
| 448 | * TemptingFate: She lies to Sue that Chris is not at prom, delaying Sue from finding her and sabotaging her prank. |
| 449 | * YouCanSeeThatRight: Heather, who was maliciously laughing at Carrie, at prom asks her boyfriend, "Are you seeing this?" when Carrie begins making the blood on her body levitate. What happens next leaves little room for doubt. |
| 450 | [[/folder]] |
| 451 | |
| 452 | !Associates |
| 453 | [[folder:Billy Nolan]] |
| 454 | !!William "Billy" Nolan |
| 455 | |
| 456 | [[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carrie_044pyxurz.jpg]] |
| 457 | [[caption-width-right:340:1976]] |
| 458 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img20.jpg]] |
| 459 | [[caption-width-right:320:2002]] |
| 460 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4459191.jpg]] |
| 461 | [[caption-width-right:350:2013]] |
| 462 | |
| 463 | ->'''Played by:''' |
| 464 | --> Creator/JohnTravolta (1976 version)\ |
| 465 | Jesse Cadotte (2002 version)\ |
| 466 | Alex Russell (2013 version) |
| 467 | |
| 468 | 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 [[RapeAsDrama forces himself on her]]. He breaks into a local farm in order to kill the pigs and drain their blood into the buckets. |
| 469 | ---- |
| 470 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: A lot of his more reprehensible aspects are toned down in the film adaptations. While he's still an asshole in the films, in the original book he was a straight-up thug who hits dogs with his car for fun and beats and rapes Chris. The '13 film is the closest to the book's depiction, as he's shown to be controlling and abusive to Chris, and even more heartless (compare Chris' reaction to Tommy's death to Billy's complete non-reaction.) |
| 471 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: Billy is a sociopath in the book, but John Travolta portrays him as a bumbling dork. |
| 472 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Part of his appeal to Chris is the fact that he's aggressive and abusive. The book says that part of the reason Chris is with him is because she's used to manipulating other boys, but Billy is the only one she hasn't been able to do that with. This is arguably inverted in the 1976 film, where Chris is the bad girl to Billy's IneffectualSympatheticVillain (although he still hits her several times). |
| 473 | * TheAllegedCar: The original book has him driving a rusty, beat-up, jacked-in-the-back '61 Chevy Biscayne with a broken headlight. The film versions, fortunately, upgrade him to [[CoolCar something much cooler]]. |
| 474 | * AndStarring: The 1976 film has "And introducing John Travolta, in his first motion picture role". |
| 475 | * AssholeVictim: He's so relentlessly horrible that it's hard to feel anything when Carrie kills him. |
| 476 | * BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: In the book, he runs over stray dogs with his car for fun and kills two pigs to get the blood for the prank. The films tone it down to just one pig, but the cruelty of it is emphasized in the '13 film, when he gleefully does the deed himself (complete with kissing the hammer) after one of his cronies [[EvenEvilHasStandards can't bring himself to do it.]] |
| 477 | * BerserkButton: He hates it when Chris calls him a "stupid shit." |
| 478 | * BigBadDuumvirate: With Chris. While in some of the film adaptations - notably, '76 - he's mostly just along with it because she's his girlfriend, in the book, he enjoys every step of it, and even plans to abandon Chris and his supposed friends to face the consequences, although he's never met Carrie. |
| 479 | * BullyingADragon: First there was his role in the prank, but even more egregiously, he tries to run Carrie down rather than get as far away from her as possible after learning about her powers and rampage. |
| 480 | * CallousnessTowardsEmergency: In the '13 version, Billy actually witnesses Tommy’s death and doesn't react at all to it, even Chris at least is briefly taken aback. |
| 481 | * CoolCar: The films all upgrade his choice of ride over the old jalopy he had in the book, giving him a '67 Chevelle in the '76 film, a souped-up Ford truck in the '02 film, and a '70 Pontiac GTO in the '13 film. [[spoiler:Which makes it a much greater shame when Carrie blows it up.]] |
| 482 | * DeadpanSnarker: He can be pretty dry like Chris and fires insults right back at her. |
| 483 | * {{Delinquents}}: Both him and his friends. |
| 484 | * DomesticAbuse: He is frequently shown hitting Chris, and in one scene in the book, rapes her. When trying to run Carrie over at the end, he admits to himself that he wishes it was Chris (and his stepfather) going under his tires. |
| 485 | * DragonInChief: To Chris in the book where he seizes control of the plan early on and becomes the driving force behind it. |
| 486 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Disturbingly subverted in the book. While he seems to love Chris at first, he turns out to be an abusive asshole who hates her just as much as everyone else, and even [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rapes her at one point.]] Also, as he is setting up the buckets we read his inner monologue and find he doesn't care who gets covered in blood, even if it was Chris herself, just as long as he [[ForTheEvulz gets to terrify and humiliate someone.]] In the adaptations, [[AdaptationalNiceGuy he actually does seem to love her]]. |
| 487 | * EvilerThanThou: To Chris. While Chris is a very cruel AlphaBitch, Billy is a brutish and psychopathic delinquent who simply love to hurt others for no apparent reasons. It's also implied he might have homicidal tendencies. Not in the '76 film where Chris is the more evil of the two - even [[spoiler: trying to run Carrie down herself.]] The 2013 film has Chris be just as evil as Billy since she cheers him on as he [[spoiler: tries to run Carrie down.]] |
| 488 | * EvilCounterpart: To Tommy. Tommy's a lovable jock who comes to care for Carrie. Billy is a damaged asshole who takes joy in the suffering of others. |
| 489 | * ForTheEvulz: Where Chris wants to harm Carrie personally, Billy is out to ruin the prom for everyone for no reason beyond his own amusement. |
| 490 | * FreudianExcuse: While it's not fully spelled out, the book implies that he has a troubled home life, with his father absent and his mother constantly fighting with her four boyfriends. Doesn't excuse his actions though. [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse Doesn't excuse them]] ''[[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse at all]]''. |
| 491 | * GreaserDelinquents: In the book, and to a lesser extent in the '76 film, as the subculture had a revival in that era. Both remakes largely update him and his friends to a more modern "white trash" portrayal. |
| 492 | * HateSink: If it wasn't made obvious enough already, Billy is designed to be a completely loathsome piece of crap. This is ''particularly'' true for the book version. Margaret may be a ''very'' abusive nutcase, but she has a pretty big FreudianExcuse. Even ''Chris'' engenders more sympathy than this asswipe, consider he tells her he'd be just as happy if she was the victim of the blood-pouring, and even [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rapes her,]] something that's been removed from all of the adaptations thus far. |
| 493 | * HatesEveryoneEqually: In the book, Billy seems motivated only by general disdain for everyone around him. It's clear that his preferred target is Carrie, but he ultimately wants to ruin the prom for whoever wins, regardless of who it is. When setting up the prank, he thinks to himself that he would find it just as funny if Chris was the target of the pig blood, and later tells her directly that he would have done it to her if he could. |
| 494 | * HellBentForLeather: He wears a black leather jacket in the book. |
| 495 | * HenpeckedHusband: |
| 496 | ** Averted in the book, where his refusal to be this is the reason Chris is attracted to him. |
| 497 | ** Played straight in the '76 version. While he slaps her around once or twice, it's made clear that Chris is calling the shots in their relationship. |
| 498 | ** In the original script for the '13 version, Sue states that, for all of Billy's bravado, Chris essentially has him under her thumb, with it being implied that this is why he agreed to go through with Chris' prank. Ironically, the actual finished film has the exact opposite portrayal, with him acting controlling toward Chris and putting pressure on ''her''. |
| 499 | * {{Jerkass}}: Almost every page he's on has him doing something reprehensible or expressing the desire to hurt someone. While the films tone down his villainy somewhat, he's still portrayed as an all-around asshole. |
| 500 | * KickTheDog: |
| 501 | ** Literally. In the book, one of his hobbies when his mother and stepfather are fighting is to take his car for a drive and look for stray dogs to run over. |
| 502 | ** Leaving his "friends'" fingerprints on the buckets. |
| 503 | ** Raping and planning to abandon Chris. |
| 504 | ** Not to mention he kills the pigs on a night when the farmer is away at his mother's funeral. |
| 505 | * LackOfEmpathy: He barely knows who Carrie White is, he just wants to destroy her life. In the book, it's stated that he does the prom prank only ForTheEvulz, and that he would find it just as funny if Chris was the target of the pig blood. And his reaction to learning the town is burning? "This place sucks anyway." |
| 506 | * LeanAndMean: Jesse Cadote's portrayal of him in the 2002 film. He's much skinnier than FatBastard Jackie Talbot and Tommy's HeroicBuild. |
| 507 | * ManipulativeBastard: He pushes his greaser friends into helping him slaughter the pigs by playing on their desire for revenge against the farmer. He doesn't tell them what he wants the blood for, and even sets them up to get arrested if things go south. |
| 508 | * MisanthropeSupreme: Billy hates everything and everyone, and he wants them all to suffer, even if he doesn't know them, like Carrie, or even if he does, like Chris. |
| 509 | * NoHonorAmongThieves: In the book he tells Chris he'll take her with him, but his InnerMonologue shows that he actually plans to just leave Chris behind to get killed by Carrie. |
| 510 | * PetTheDog: In the '13 film, he actually seems sincere when he tells Chris he will take her with him when he plans to ditch town, even promising her everything will be okay. |
| 511 | * ThePowerOfHate: Hatred towards everything motivates all his monstrous actions. |
| 512 | * PsychopathicManchild: John Travolta plays him like this in the De Palma film. Stephen King called his performance "half funny, half crazy." |
| 513 | * {{Sadist}}: The only time Jackie recalls seeing him smile in his whole life is after they slaughter the pigs and attain their blood for the prank. |
| 514 | * ScrewThisImOutOfHere: When he learns of Carrie's rampage, he decides to leave for California, intending to dump Chris and leave her at Carrie's mercy. He doesn't get far. |
| 515 | * SexGod: When Chris flashes back in the book to TheirFirstTime, we learn Billy made unwanted advances on her and she was initially disgusted. But she quickly finds herself enjoying it and gets into it. Essentially, Chris is with him because Billy is ''really'' good in the sack. |
| 516 | * TheSociopath: Billy in the book is a psychopath who kills animals for fun, beats his girlfriend, and wants to murder both her and his stepfather. |
| 517 | * StupidEvil: He [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder intentionally leaves his "friend's" fingerprints on the buckets]], even though, as Chris points out, his friends could well testify against him if they are caught. |
| 518 | * TwoFirstNames: While not common, his last name can be used as a given name. |
| 519 | * TheUnfettered: Nothing holds him back. Not even his "beloved" girlfriend. |
| 520 | * VillainBall: He tries to set his friends up to get arrested for the prank, despite having no sane reason for doing so. He realizes too late that they would immediately turn him in if they were caught. [[StupidEvil He also tries to run Carrie down with his car when he sees her]], which even Chris was smart enough in the book to know not to do. |
| 521 | * VillainousCrush: Downplayed in the 1976 film, he has no qualms with dumping pigs blood on Carrie and ruining her Prom experience, but still will voice Chris that he thinks she’s attractive still: |
| 522 | -->'''Billy''': That Carrie White sure is cute! |
| 523 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: His "friends" honestly seem terrified of him, and Billy deliberately leaves their fingerprints on the buckets, hoping they'll get arrested afterwards. |
| 524 | %%* WrongGenreSavvy: Billy's inner thoughts in the book make it clear he seems to think he's some sort of [[GreaserDelinquents Greaser Delinquent ]] hero like [[Creator/JamesDean Jim Stark]] in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause''. This is made clear at the end when he seems to think he's just going to ride off into the night to California and start over again, just like what usually happens to such characters when things get dicey for them. Unfortunately for him, he's in a horror novel and happens to be the instigator of one very pissed-off telekinetic who just had her mind completely snap from the prank he helped pull on her... |
| 525 | [[/folder]] |
| 526 | |
| 527 | [[folder:Jackie Talbot and Kenny Garson]] |
| 528 | !!Jackie Talbot/Freddy and Kenny Garson |
| 529 | ->'''Jackie Played by:''' |
| 530 | -->Michael Talbott (1976 version)\ |
| 531 | Malcolm Scott (2002 version)\ |
| 532 | Max Topplin (2013 version) |
| 533 | ->'''Kenny Played by:''' |
| 534 | --> Rory Stevens (1976 version)\ |
| 535 | Miles Meadows (2002 version)\ |
| 536 | Kyle Mac (2013 version)\ |
| 537 | |
| 538 | Members of Billy's GangOfBullies in the novel and fairly minor characters in the novel, along with the other members of Billy's gang. In the films, Jackie and Kenny are both adapted as the {{Composite Character}}s of every member of Billy's gang in the book (save the '76 film, where Jackie is renamed Freddy), and they both play a more active role in the prank. |
| 539 | ---- |
| 540 | * AdaptationalJerkass: Kenny is a much bigger bully in the '02 film than in the novel, as he laughs the hardest at Carrie's humiliation, and snorts like a pig to mock her, as well as laughs at her in their science class with Tina. |
| 541 | * AdaptationalKarma: Jackie and Kenny assist Billy in killing the pigs in the novel, but are never punished for it. In every film version, [[spoiler:they both die.]] With the sole exception of [[spoiler:the '02 film, where Jackie survives, but is exposed to the police for his role in the Prom.]] |
| 542 | * AdaptationalVillainy: In every film, they're aware of what the pig's blood they collect with Billy [[BloodSplatteredInnocents will be used for at the Prom]] and they go along with it just fine, even going to the prom to watch and take part in mocking Carrie (except Jackie in '02 film). |
| 543 | ** This is especially the case for Kenny in the '02 film, where he openly mocks and laughs at Carrie after she's drenched in blood. |
| 544 | * AdaptationNameChange: The CompositeCharacter equivalent to Book!Jackie is named Freddy in the '76 film. |
| 545 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the films, at least one of them attends the prom with Chris' BetaBitch to help her swap the prom ballots with mock ones to ensure Carrie is Prom Queen. In the novel, neither of them interact with any of Chris' friends. |
| 546 | * AllThereInTheScript: Kenny's name is never mentioned in the '76 film, but his actor is credited as "Kenny" in the after-film credits. |
| 547 | * AmbiguouslyBi: This rather suspect line from Freddy in the 1976 film: |
| 548 | --> '''Ernest:''' Take it easy, man. |
| 549 | --> '''Freddy:''' I'll take it any way I can get it. |
| 550 | * AscendedExtra: Kenny's biggest role is in the '02 film, whereas in the novel he only appears when Billy kills the pigs. Freddy and Jackie also have bigger roles in the '76 film and '13 film respectively, than Jackie in the novel. |
| 551 | * AssholeVictim: In the films where they [[spoiler:perishes in Carrie's RoaringRampageOfRevenge]], due to [[LaserGuidedKarma their roles in her own humiliation]]. |
| 552 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Freddy tells Ernest in the '76 film that he wants on the Prom committee and wants to collect the Prom King and Queen ballots because he has pride in their school, however Chris' evil smirk in the background while watching this shows Freddy is up to no good. |
| 553 | * BookDumb: Kenny can only read at a third-grade level in the book. |
| 554 | * CallousnessTowardsEmergency: Kenny's reaction when Tommy is hit with the bucket in the '76 and '02 films. |
| 555 | * CompositeCharacter: With other AdaptedOut members of Billy's gang. |
| 556 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: |
| 557 | ** [[spoiler:In the '02 film, Kenny's arm is crushed in the gym door, and he is trapped there the entire prom disaster until he eventually is electrocuted like the other prom-goers.]] |
| 558 | ** In the [[spoiler:'13]] adaptation, [[spoiler:Carrie zones in on Jackie and closes the bleachers as he desperately runs up them to escape her rampage, only for her to slam them shut and bisect him inside them.]] |
| 559 | * DeathByAdaptation: Jackie and Kenny don't die in the novel, [[spoiler:But with the exception of Jackie in the '02 film, and possibly Kenny in the ‘13 one, they're both killed off in every film adaptation.]] |
| 560 | * DemotedToExtra: A minor example in the '13 version. Kenny Garson was always a minor character even in the novel, but he was a supporting character in the 1976 and 2002 films as Norma and Tina's accomplices in rigging the ballots (Jackie plays that role in this film), in this film he's barely present, appearing in 3 scenes (one in which he's at the farm ready to kill the pig with everyone else), only named once, and his fate isn't answered during prom, the last time he's seen is when falls off the bleachers after Carrie forcefully closes them. |
| 561 | * {{Delinquents}}: Both of them. Jackie's criminal record goes back to when he was a kid. |
| 562 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 563 | ** Jackie objects to killing the second pig in the book, only to be ignored. It's also implied that he wouldn't have gone along with Billy in the first place if he'd known what the blood would be used for. |
| 564 | ** Freddy in the '76 film refuses to kill the pig, doesn't laugh at Carrie getting drenched, or Tommy when he's downed by the bucket, Jackie clears Sue's name in the '02 film of any involvement with the evil prank, and in the ‘13 film Jackie both refuses to kill the pig and gasps in shock when Tommy is downed by the bucket in the. |
| 565 | ** Averted with Kenny in every film where he only has KickTheDog moments contrasted to Freddy/Jackie, except when he refuses to kill the pig in the ‘02 film and the '13 film where he is shocked when Tommy is hit with the bucket. |
| 566 | * FakeoutMakeout: Freddy does this with Norma in the '76 film as a front to replace the prom ballots with mock ones to set up Carrie for the prank. |
| 567 | * GreaserDelinquents: In the book. Every remake largely updates them and Billy to a more modern "white trash" portrayal. |
| 568 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Freddy in the '76 film proves himself to be this when he joins the Prom committee under the pretense of having school spirit, but really, he's only a part of it for his role in the prank. |
| 569 | * KarmaHoudini: The book implies that all of Billy's friends survived, them included. It's downplayed, since they weren't aware of the actual prank and cooperated with the investigation afterwards. |
| 570 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: In the book, Billy doesn't tell them why he wants the pig blood. They only go along with it becuse they want to get back at the farmer for prosecuting one of their friends. |
| 571 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jackie is horrified in the book and 2002 film when he realizes his unwitting role in the prom disaster (and that Billy is going to let him take the fall for it). |
| 572 | * PsychopathicManchild: Kenny in the book. He's said to have a third-grade reading level, and he can't stop giggling and making bad jokes when helping kill the pigs. |
| 573 | * ShoutOut: When trying to get psyched up to kill the pig, Jackie Talbott says, [[Film/TheShining "Don't worry, little piggy, Uncle Jack's just gonna bash your head right in."]] It's very similar to Jack's threat when he's coming after Wendy in the baseball bat scene. |
| 574 | * SickeningCrunch: Kenny's arm in the '02 film when it's crushed in the door. |
| 575 | * TheStoner: Other than the long distance back to their hometown, the only other reason Jackie goes along with Billy to the pig farm in the novel because of the weed Billy provided. Kenny is also stoned out of his mind throughout the scene. |
| 576 | * TragicDropout: Subverted with Kenny in the novel, as Sue mentions he only has a third-grade reading level. |
| 577 | * UncertainDoom: Kenny in the '13 film. He is last seen falling off the bleachers after Carrie shuts them, and it's not answered if he escapes the Prom or not. |
| 578 | * YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Their general personalities scream this even when they're unaware they’re helping with the prank. In their short amount of screen time they spend it on getting stoned, breaking into someone else’s property to slaughter a pig, and Kenny is a high school dropout with a third-grade reading level. Jackie is slightly more downplayed than Kenny but not by much. |
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