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Christine is a possessed red 1958 Plymouth Fury vintage vehicle with a life of her own and the titular main antagonist of the Stephen King novel, Christine, as well as its famous 1983 horror film adaptation of the same name directed by the famous horror master, John Carpenter.
Despite being a vehicle, Christine is often referred to as a female and seems to have the mannerisms of a mean-spirited girlfriend when it comes to her new owners.
Plot
In the original novel and film, Christine kills anyone who torments her new owner, Arnold Richard "Arnie" Cunningham. The relationship between the two becoming more and more disturbing as the car's corruption took control, turning him away from everyone including his own two parents Michael and Regina Cunningham. In the end, Christine's owner was killed and she seemed to express a moment of genuine grief over his passing before attempting to kill the other two protagonists of the film named Dennis Guilder and Leigh Cabot.
The film also shows her killing both an assembly line inspector and the manager Mr. Will Darnell of his do-it-yourself auto-repair garage by crushing them against the steering wheel with her seat, the former due to dropping cigar ash on her seat. In the book, the inspector does not appear and the garage owner Darnell is run-down when Christine drives into his home. Another scene occurs when Arnie's girlfriend Leigh begins to choke on a hamburger and Christine attempts to entrap her within the cab by locking the doors and such.
However, they fought back against her and did great damage to the car, however, Christine rapidly repaired herself and the heroes were forced to crush the car completely to stop her returning, however, the audience eventually sees Christine slowly trying to repair herself, despite being completely destroyed, although she remains in her crushed state.
In the original novel, however, Dennis is led to believe that Christine has made a return when he reads of the death of the surviving Repperton gang member getting run-down at a drive-in theater by a red car. Thus, it is hinted that Christine has survived.
Roland D. LeBay
In the original novel, Christine is accompanied by the spirit of her previous owner, George LeBay's late brother and retired American WWII-veteran Roland D. LeBay, whose role is greatly nonexistent in the film adaptation, who aids her in the murders of the Repperton Gang, particularly taunting the gang leader Buddy as he kills him.
Before his suicide by exhaust fumes inside Christine, his 5-year old daughter Rita LeBay choked on a small hamburger while sitting in that same car, and his wife Veronica ("Rita" in the film adaption), after being broken the tragedy of their only child, soon died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the similar suicidal fashion as her callous husband Roland later had.
He is also implied to have been responsible for somehow causing the deaths of Arnie and his mother Regina as they attempted to flee in another car. When confronted, LeBay and Christine come with Arnie's father Michael dead. Following Christine's defeat, LeBay seems to be taken out in the process.
Victims
- Rita LeBay
- Veronica "Rita" LeBay
- Roland D. LeBay
- Tommy Deckinger
- Police Officer
- Moochie Welch
- Richie Trelawney
- Don Vandenberg
- Buddy Repperton
- Will Darnell
- Regina Cunningham
- Michael Cunningham
- Arnold Richard "Arnie" Cunningham
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Trivia
- Along with Cujo, Christine makes a cameo appearance in the film Cat's Eye.
- Christine is a 1958 Plymouth Fury.
- It has a bumper sticker that reads: "Watch out. I am pure evil. I am Christine".
- While not openly mentioned, Christine appears in The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition. While attempting to return to Boulder Tom and Stu come across a "very old Plymouth". Unlike most of the other cars the two men came across, this one had no driver behind the wheel.
- The key fob bares the initials "A.C.", an obvious nod to the late Arnie Cunningham.
- She also makes an unnamed appearance in Stephen King's It, driven by a cadaveric Belch Huggins (one of the many disguises of Pennywise/It) who helps Henry Bowers to reach the hotel where The Loser's Club/Lucky Seven members are.
- Christine made a cameo at the starting line in Ready Player One.