Similarity	Carrie Bradshaw	Carrie White
Critical Age	16	16
Social Standing	Well-liked, with core group of friends.	Complete outcast, ridiculed.
Super Power	Word wizard and diction diva.	Telekinetic.
Mother Issues	Mother died just before the start of the novel and TV show.	Mother is religious, mentally-unstable fanatic
High School	Castlebury High School.	Bates High School (a reference to Norman Bates of 'Psycho').
Embarrasing High School Moment	Passes out in the halls during school.	Gets her first period in the locker room shower.
Fashion Sense	Trendy, innovative and colorful.	Old, outdated and puritanical.
Creativity	Turned a ruined handbag into a accessory featured in Interview Magazine.	Sewed her own prom dress.
Appearance	Small, thin framed blonde.	Small, thin framed blonde.
Siblings	According to the TV show, one younger sister. In the novel, she has two younger sisters.	Only child, but in 'The Rage: Carrie 2' it is revealed that Carrie has a half sister who also has telekinetic powers.
Love Interest	Sebastian Kydd.	Tommy Ross.
Hobbies	Writing and self-styling.	Making her classmates miserable.
Bad Habbit	Smoker, often seen with Marlboro Lights.	Eating sweets that gives her pimples.
Famous Quote	"I like my money where I can see it, hanging in my closet."	"If I concentrate hard enough, I can move things."
Little Known Fact	Carrie has an abortion when she's 22 (1988) after a one-night stand with a waiter.	Directors George Lucas and Brian De Palma held joint auditions for 'Carrie' and 'Star Wars'.
Fate	Becomes successful sex columnist in NYC.	Dies after a spell of telekinetic killings (according to most tellings, although one iteration claims Carrie survives and moves to Florida to start her life over.