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** The book itself has become a real example of "writers on drugs" jokes, due to King being [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs high on cocaine]] while writing.
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* TheWoobie: Poor, poor Cujo. He really was a good dog that loved people very much who just ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Seeing the world in his perspective as he starts descending into rabid madness is even more tragic because he was never a bad dog at all, and he sadly thinks he is a bad dog after he gets bitten (believing that it was his fault, and that he will get it trouble for breaking some kind of rule). From reading Cujo's perspective, he comes off as a young child who simply can't speak.
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* TheWoobie: Poor, poor Cujo. He really was a good dog that loved people very much who just ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Seeing the world in his perspective as he starts descending into rabid madness is even more tragic because he was never a bad dog at all, and he sadly thinks he is a bad dog after he gets bitten (believing that it was his fault, and that he will get it in trouble for breaking some kind of rule). From reading Cujo's perspective, he comes off as a young child who simply can't speak.
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* TheWoobie: Poor, poor Cujo. He really was a good dog that loved people very much who just ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Seeing the world in his perspective as he starts descending into rabid madness is even more tragic because he was never a bad dog at all.
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* TheWoobie: Poor, poor Cujo. He really was a good dog that loved people very much who just ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Seeing the world in his perspective as he starts descending into rabid madness is even more tragic because he was never a bad dog at all.all, and he sadly thinks he is a bad dog after he gets bitten (believing that it was his fault, and that he will get it trouble for breaking some kind of rule). From reading Cujo's perspective, he comes off as a young child who simply can't speak.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: The plot point about Red Razberry Zingers dying children's digestive tracts red is based on a real incident: when [[Advertising/MonsterCereals Franken Berry Cereal]] was first introduced in the early 1970s, it included an indigestible pink dye that turned many children's feces pink, prompting General Mills to change the recipe.
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* ItWasHisSled: [[spoiler:Tad dies, averting InfantImmortality]]. A hugely unexpected gut-punch at the time, but now one of the most well-known things about the book. Stephen King has discussed the ending in a few of his ''Entertainment Weekly'' columns, and even spoiled it in one of the ''[[Literature/TheDarkTower Dark Tower]]'' books (where [[AuthorAvatar he appears as a character]]).
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* ItWasHisSled: [[spoiler:Tad dies, averting InfantImmortality]].subverting ImprobableInfantSurvival]]. A hugely unexpected gut-punch at the time, but now one of the most well-known things about the book. Stephen King has discussed the ending in a few of his ''Entertainment Weekly'' columns, and even spoiled it in one of the ''[[Literature/TheDarkTower Dark Tower]]'' books (where [[AuthorAvatar he appears as a character]]).
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"Idiot Plot" is now Flame Bait.
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* IdiotPlot: Really, the entire story could have been avoided if Cujo's owners had the common sense to make sure he was properly vaccinated.
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* ItWasHisSled: [[spoiler:Tad dies, averting InfantImmortality]]. A hugely unexpected gut-punch at the time, but now one of the most well-known things about the book. Stephen King has discussed the ending in a few of his ''Entertainment Weekly'' columns, and even spoiled it in one of the ''[[Literature/TheDarkTower Dark Tower]]'' books (where [[AuthorAvatar he appears as a character]]).
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* GeniusBonus: [[spoiler:After Cujo's death, Brett gets a new dog named "Willie". Cujo himself is named after the American domestic terrorist Willie Wolfe, who was known to the press by the alias "Cujo" (a misspelling of his actual alias "Kahjoh").]]
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* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: King actually ''was'' on drugs while writing the novel (to the point that he has no memory of writing it), but despite this, it isn't surreal or incomprehensible. This also put him in the unusual position of being able to read one of his own books just like an unspoiled fan, and he ended up saying he really likes it and wishes he could remember the writing process.
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* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: King actually ''was'' on drugs while writing the novel (to the point that he has no memory of writing it), but despite this, it isn't surreal or incomprehensible. [[note]] Understandable, considering his drug of choice at the time was ''cocaine'', which doesn't generally result in an altered or impaired perception of reality.[[/note]] This also put him in the unusual position of being able to read one of his own books just like an unspoiled fan, and he ended up saying he really likes it and wishes he could remember the writing process.
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* IdiotPlot: Really, the entire story could have been avoided if Cujo's owners had the common sense to make sure he was properly vaccinated.
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* RealismInducedHorror If you're a dog owner, or know a dog owner, the premise of a rabid St. Bernard violently attacking its owners, comes off as extremely unsettling.
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* RealismInducedHorror RealismInducedHorror: If you're a dog owner, or know a dog owner, the premise of a rabid St. Bernard violently attacking its owners, comes off as extremely unsettling.
