| MR. SMILEY-SMILE | ||
| D | Peter Jackson's sister's trademark. Deidre puts the yellow smiley face sticker on everything, including the bag of pot under the spare tire in her car. | |
| R | Peter Jackson was wearing a T-Shirt with Mr. Smiley-Smile on it while talking with Cary Ripton. | |
| CHINA PIT | ||
| D | The open-pit copper mine, home of Tak. | |
| R | The open-pit copper mine, located in Desperation, is mentioned in the Allen Symes letter. | |
| CASSSIE STYLES AND HER DREAM FLOATER VAN | ||
| D | Pie Carver was wearing a T-Shirt with Cassie and her van on it. | |
| R | Cassie and the Dream Floater were major players in The Regulators. | |
| THE RYDER TRUCK | ||
| D | Steve Ames is driving the Ryder Truck, following Johnny on his cross-country tour. | |
| R | Steve Ames is driving the Ryder Truck, which breaks down on Poplar Street. | |
| "DON'T CALL ME COOKIE AND I WON'T CALL YOU CAKE." | ||
| D | Steve calls Cynthia Smith "Cookie," and she responds with this quote. | |
| R | Steve calls Cynthia Smith "Cookie," and she responds with this quote. | |
| BEAR STREET WOODS | ||
| D | This is where David and Brian's Viet Cong Lookout is located. | |
| R | This turns into a nasty desert in The Regulators. | |
| "LITTLE BITTY BABY SMITTY, I SEEN YOU BIT YOUR MOMMY'S TITTY" | ||
| D | Scrolled on a wall in the American West theater. | |
| R | One of the things the voice on the telephone says to Johnny. | |
| LEAVING ON A JET PLANE | ||
| D | Collie asks Mary how can you sing this song without Paul. He later sings a few verses himself. | |
| R | Gary hears Johnny playing this song on his guitar and joins in, just before hell breaks loose. | |
| MELISSA SWEETHEART | ||
| D | Kirsten's favorite dolly. | |
| R | Audrey's invisible playmate when she was five-years-old. | |
| HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE | ||
| D | Johnny rides one on his cross-country tour. Collie buries it out in the desert. | |
| R | Johnny's got one in his garage. | |
| THREE MUSKETEERS | ||
| D | David finds a wrapper while in the Land of the Dead. | |
| R | Ellen and Ralphie buy one at the store just before hell breaks loose on Poplar street. It's dropped. | |
| COUGAR ATTACK | ||
| D | Inside the American West Theater, a cougar attacks Steve Ames. | |
| R | In the Bear Street Woods, a "sinister Picasso" mountain lion attacks Steve Ames. | |
| Note: | Much of the prose involved in describing the two attacks is verbatim. "a bizarre waltz was going on...the creature (cougar) was up on her hind legs, paws on Steve Ames's shoulders....He (Steve) had crossed his arms in front of his chest; his elbows and forearms were against the cougar's (cat's) chest....'Shoot it!' he screamed. 'For Christ's sake, shoot it!'....darted its triangular head forward....tangoed drunkenly, the cat's claws digging deeper into Steve's shoulder, and now Cynthia (Johnny) could see blood-blossoms spreading on the his shirt (coverall)....Its tail was lashing madly back and forth." A lot more identical text was used here. | |
| SKIRT/HURT | ||
| D | When Billingsly is about to die, he says: "Skirt," he whispered hoarsely. "Skirt." | |
| R | As Collie lies dying, he says: "Hurt," he whispered hoarsely. "Hurt." | |
| Note: | I think I remember reading somewhere where King mentioned this commonality in a humorous way. | |
| RUSSIAN THISTLE | ||
| Mentioned in both books, it is more commonly known as tumbleweed. | ||
| CLOUD IN SKY | ||
| D | After the explosion caves in the China Pit for good, a cloud of dust rises into the sky. It takes the shape of a wolf with a "grotesquely elongated snout." | |
| R | A last thunderhead after the storm takes the shape of a horse and cowboy, the horse having a "grotesquely elongated snout." | |
| Note: | Both the wolf and the cowboy and horse were symbols/used by Tak. | |
| BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA | ||
| D | Cynthia was heading for Bakersfield when Steve picked her up in the van. | |
| R | Cynthia was from Bakersfield. | |
| WORRELL | ||
| D | Worrell's Grocery Store was located in Desperation. | |
| R | Tom Billingsley's home turns into Worrells Dry Goods Store, (or Worrell's Market and Mercantile, depending on which page you believe) the 1858 Desperation version. | |
| LUSHAN | ||
| D | The Lushan brothers caused the original cave-in of Rattlesnake Number One back in 1859. | |
| R | The Jackson's home turns into Lushan's Chinese Laundry | |
| OWL | ||
| D | The Owl Tavern was located in Desperation. | |
| R | The Hobart house turns into Owl County General Store, the 1858 Desperation version. | |
| SNAPPLE | ||
| D | Snapple is mentioned on a sign in front of a trailer. | |
| R | Snapple was available at the E-Z Stop | |
| ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO | ||
| D | Steve Ames thinks about the flying saucer that crashed there. | |
| R | Steve Ames thinks about the flying saucer that crashed there. | |
| TRÈS CREEPY | ||
| D | Johnny Marinville tells the cop that the howling of the coyotes is “trés creepy.” | |
| R | Audrey Wyler refers to No Face as “trés creepy.” | |
