Wendy Christensen

Final Destination 3 (Main)

Coin Flip: Tails

Should Wendy Honk Again?

Should Wendy Take Another Look?

Step Right

Map

Wendy Christensen
Full Name	Wendy Christensen
AKA	Wen Control Freak
Gender	Female
Hair Color	Brown
Eye Color	Brown
Place of Origin	McKinley, Pennsylvania
Born	1988
Age	17
Status	Deceased
Died	November 2005
Cause of Death	Hit by a subway train
Occupation	High School Student & Yearbook Photographer (formerly) College Student
Relations	Mr. Christensen－Father Mrs. Christensen Mother Julie Christensen－Sister; Deceased Jason Wise－Boyfriend; Deceased Carrie Dreyer－Best friend; Deceased Kevin Fischer－Friend; Deceased Laura－Best friend/Roommate; Deceased Sean－Friend; Deceased
Actor	Mary Elizabeth Winstead
First Appearance	Final Destination 3
Last Appearance	Final Destination 3 (on-screen) Final Destination 5 (closing credits)

When I come to the cemetery to see him, I feel this is proof that there is no life after death. Because I don't see or hear anything. It's just silent. Wendy to Kevin about Jason.

Wendy Christensen is the protagonist of Final Destination 3. She is the visionary and a survivor of the Devil's Flight roller coaster derailment, as well as the visionary of the Train 081 crash. She is the first known character in the franchise to have premonitions of different accidents.

Wendy is the tenth and final survivor of Devil's Flight to die.

Biography

Wendy lived in McKinley, Pennsylvania, with her younger sister Julie and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Christensen. She attended McKinley High School and was the school's yearbook photographer. She was also dating Jason Wise and was the best friend of Carrie Dreyer; she also had Kevin Fischer in her group, who was her best friend's boyfriend. Wendy and Julie were known for not getting along, as they had distinct personalities. She apparently wasn't very close to other peers outside of her group, with the apparent exception of Ashley Freund and Ashlyn Halperin, with whom Wendy seemed to be on good terms.

Final Destination 3

Wendy's vision

Wendy visited the carnival with Jason, Carrie, and Kevin for their senior class field trip. When they board the Devil's Flight roller coaster, Wendy has a premonition that the roller coaster will crash, killing everyone on board. When she panics, a fight breaks out between Kevin and fellow students Lewis Romero and Ian McKinley. As a result, several students are forced off the ride moments before the roller coaster crashes as Wendy predicted. The remaining passengers are killed, including Jason and Carrie, which leaves Wendy devastated.

Weeks later, Wendy, still distraught over Jason's death, returns to McKinley High School one last time to pick up her diploma, having decided not to attend graduation. Before leaving, she bumps into Kevin, who tells her about Flight 180, but Wendy refuses to listen to him and drives off. When she returns home, she looks at the photos she took the night of the accident and realizes that a photo she took of Jason foreshadowed his death. She tries to call Ashley Freund & Ashlyn Halperin to warn them both, but is too late as the girls get stuck inside their tanning beds and burn to death.

Wendy telling Kevin about the photos

After Ashley and Ashlyn die, she tells Kevin about the photos. After the girls' funeral, they go to a drive-through where they try to find clues in Frankie's picture. While discussing how Frankie will die, a delivery truck backs up into the side of their car, trapping them in the drive-through. While trying to get out of the car, a runaway truck rolls towards them, but they manage to escape through the windshield, just moments before the truck crashes into Kevin's truck, resulting in Frankie's death. When she and Kevin look through the photos of the survivors once again, they realize that they had looked at the wrong photo of Frankie for clues. The next day, they go to a gym to warn Lewis that he is next on Death's list, but he rudely rebuffs them before being killed by a damaged weight-lifting machine. They later visit Ian and Erin at the hardware store, but he and Erin are skeptical about Death targeting them as well. During a wild series of events, Wendy manages to save Ian, but Erin is killed by a nail gun, causing Ian to resent Wendy.

Wendy later discovers that Julie was also on the roller coaster, along with someone else who was sitting next to her, and contacts Kevin, who is working as security at the Tricentennial celebration, where Julie and her friends have gone. Kevin saves Julie from being impaled by a harrow that a panicking horse was going to drag her under. When Wendy asks Julie who was sitting next to her on the roller coaster, her question is immediately answered when Julie's friend Perry is suddenly impaled by a flagpole.

Wendy dodges fireworks with Kevin and Julie.

After saving Kevin from an exploding barbecue grill, they almost manage to escape, but Ian arrives at the Tricentennial and blames Wendy for Erin's death. Wendy falsely believes that Ian will cause her death, which he also comes to realize. During the standoff, a large container filled with fireworks goes off in their direction, but they duck, and they hit the cherry picker behind Ian instead. As Ian shouts that Death cannot kill him, the cherry picker suddenly collapses and crushes him in half as Wendy, Julie, and Kevin watch in horror.

Death

The train, rapidly advancing towards Wendy, which reveals itself to be a second premonition.

Five months later, Wendy is on a subway train with her roommate, Laura, and her friend, Sean, when she starts to see more omens and encounters Kevin and Julie. Suddenly, the train comes off its track, throwing everyone to the ground. During the chaos, Wendy hangs on to a pole and witnesses the brutal deaths of Julie and Kevin. The train comes to a sudden halt and is ripped open in the process, in which Wendy is thrown out of it directly onto the train tracks. Wendy ends up surviving, injured with a broken leg. After taking in her surroundings, she hears the screech of an incoming subway train. The train speeds towards her as she screams in terror.

Wendy trying to escape the train, staring in fear at her impending fate.

However, it is revealed to be only a premonition. A single tear drips from Wendy's eye as she processes what is about to happen. Kevin asks Wendy what's wrong and quickly realizes that she just had another premonition. He pulls the emergency brakes, but to no avail. Wendy and Julie try to pull open the train door to escape before the screen cuts to black, followed by the sound of screeching metal.

Signs/Clues

Wendy's photo as to how she will die.

Death's First Attempt

• A black wolf crosses the street in front of her car and stares at her. Black wolves are a sign of bad luck.
• Three separate fireworks go off in the background behind Wendy's head multiple times after Wendy notices Ian following her after saving Kevin.
• Wendy notices the wind suddenly changes direction during the standoff with Ian.
• Wendy's picture shows her arm over Jason's shoulder. During the chaos at the McKinley Tri-Centennial, Wendy would be in a similar position but with Kevin instead.
  • Furthermore, Jason and Kevin were wearing red, white, and blue clothes. In Wendy's picture, Jason is wearing a white T-shirt and a navy-blue jacket with red and white stripes running down the sleeves. However, Kevin was wearing a light blue-collar shirt with a white undershirt underneath and a red jacket.
• Wendy notices Death's presence when a strange wind comes on several occasions. This alerted her to her impending death at the McKinley Tri-Centennial.
• Wendy is wearing a T-shirt with "McKinley" written on it. She mistakenly believes it's a reference to Ian McKinley, but it is actually a reference to the cherry picker, which also has "McKinley" written on it, and would have caused her death hadn't Ian gotten in the way.

Death's Second Attempt

• In her premonition of the Devil's Flight derailment, Wendy died by falling on the roller coaster tracks. In her actual death, she died on the train tracks.
• The voice of the mortician from the first two movies played the conductor on the train.
• A subway musician started singing "Turn Around, Look At Me," which was a recurring song in the movie.

As in her death picture, where the face of her deceased boyfriend looks blurred, Wendy watches blurry faces through the windows of the train while remembering her photograph.

• In Wendy's photo, Jason's face was blurred. On the train, the people sped past Wendy, and all of their faces were blurry during the chaotic derailment.
• While looking in the mirror, Wendy noticed the train's number. Backwards, it read 180.
• Wendy received several reminders of the deaths of the other Devil's Flight survivors.
  • Wendy saw a sign advertising the drive-through restaurant where Frankie died.
  • One of the men boarding the train was bald and sported a white and red tattoo, with the tattoo on the left side of his head - which made him eerily look like Frankie Cheeks when he died.
  • Wendy saw a sign advertising the store where Erin died.
  • Wendy saw a sign advertising the tanning salon where Ashley and Ashlyn died.
  • On the train, there is a sign advertising 'Slushee: Totally Cool,' the drink Ashley and Ashlyn were drinking.
  • Some people in the train were cheering for the Bruins, the rival team of The Sultans, the football team that Lewis wanted to play for.
• Wendy saw a sign stating, There is no escaping DEATH and taxes.
• The train conductor menacingly stated, "The next stop is the end of the line."
• Jason said, "I'll meet you at the end," before boarding the coaster and dying in the Devil's Flight derailment, presumably foreshadowing her death AT THE END of the movie, and her reunion with him.
• When Wendy and Kevin went to the gym, while Wendy was looking around, Kevin and Lewis talked about the signs in the background. Kevin said something about two sisters who were killed when going to visit each other. Wendy and Julie talked about visiting each other, and they both died on the train.
• On the train, there is a sign saying, "Today might be your lucky day".
• In an alternate ending in the Choose Their Fate special feature, Wendy observed the train schedule and noticed the last stop said END in bold, red letters.

Final Destination Bloodlines

It is mentioned by William Bludworth that there are only two ways to cheat death, "By killing, or by dying", indirectly confirming that Wendy is deceased as she did not kill anyone or do a method that would lead to her temporarily being deceased, giving a conclusive answer to the fate of Wendy, a subject that has been consistently debated since the film's release. However, it is unclear whether William's statement accounts for all survivors from the previous films in general, or simply among the many individuals he claims to have come into contact with or been visited by, as he never met Wendy or Nick O'Bannon.

Personality

According to several people in the film, including herself, Wendy is "a control freak". She becomes depressed after failing to stop Devil's Flight from derailing, which led to the deaths of her boyfriend and best friend. She becomes increasingly distressed throughout the film when she is unable to save the other survivors from their fates. She is shown to be a very emotional person, often shedding a tear and shouting out with emotion when faced with extreme distress. She was shown to be a bit harsh towards her friends.

Trivia

• She is the protagonist who has seen the most other well-known characters die.
  • She saw 16 people die in the roller coaster accident, and herself in her vision.
  • She saw Jason Wise, Carrie Dreyer, Frankie Cheeks, Lewis Romero, Erin Ulmer, Perry Malinoswki, and Ian McKinley die.
  • She saw Julie, Kevin, and herself die in her second premonition.
• She would sit in front of the roller coaster along with Jason, Kevin, and Carrie if it weren't for her fear.
• Wendy and Kevin would sit behind Ashley and Ashlyn if Frankie hadn't arrived earlier.
  • If that happened and Wendy had the vision anyway, Wendy would be the likely third victim of Death.
• Wendy, Kevin, and Julie survive in the novelization of Final Destination 3. However, it should be noted that this may be because the novel ends before the train derailment from the movie occurs.
• In an alternate ending, Wendy was run over and splattered by a train, and then the credits roll.
  • In another alternate ending, Wendy, Kevin, and Julie all survive. At the end of the movie, Ian is completely crushed to a pulp by the cherry picker. Wendy picks up the camera, and after Julie says she didn't take any more pictures, Wendy smashes the camera on the ground, saying to forget it since it's broken. After Wendy, Kevin, and Julie leave, the camera lets out one last flash, ending the film.
  • In a third alternate ending, Wendy has the premonition of Devil's Flight derailing before she and her friends have entered it. She freaks out and leaves along with Jason, Carrie, and Kevin. All of them witness the accident and ultimately survive. After that, text appears showing what happened to them, revealing that Wendy apparently changed her name to Ming and uses her talent to help others.
    • The reason none of them died is because, as stated in the fifth movie, since someone else took their place on Death's list (after they left, people who weren't meant to die took their seats on the coaster), they gained their lives.
• Ian was possibly never meant to kill Wendy. Wendy just mistook the clue in the photograph (her wearing a shirt with 'McKinley' on it) as a sign that Ian would be the cause of her death. Ian died because he was (unknowingly) intervening with Wendy's death just by standing in their way and possibly giving her time to realize the firework heading towards her.
• There is strong controversy about Wendy, Kevin, and Julie's deaths. There is a slight possibility that the train stopped after several attempts to activate the emergency stop by Kevin, but this is highly doubtful. Not only that, but since it just so happens Wendy was on the same train Julie and Kevin were on, it would have been a great opportunity for Death to finish up the list; the chances of Wendy surviving are low. But another possibility is that since Wendy had a premonition of the collision, she could have used her knowledge of what was going to happen to her advantage in order to save Julie, Kevin, and herself from their gruesome fates. But of course, this is still unknown.
  • However, in the behind-the-scenes video for Final Destination 3, they are said to be dead.
• A strange fact about Kevin, Wendy, and Julie's deaths is that usually, if at the end of the movie it is unknown whether the survivors lived or not, in the next movie, their fates are revealed. At the end of Final Destination, it is unknown whether Alex, Clear, and Carter survive, but their fates are revealed in the next movie. Yet, Wendy, Kevin, and Julie's deaths aren't mentioned in The Final Destination, but producer Craig Perry has stated that they are most likely dead. Furthermore, in The Final Destination, since the opening credit sequence shows numerous deaths in the Final Destination series at the time, including a scene with a subway train, it could've been a hint that Wendy died getting run over by a train.
  • However, Lewis Romero's premonition of death is also featured in the same title sequence, possibly debunking this claim.
• The scene with the black wolf is likely a reference to Ginger Snaps, due to both movies having Kris Lemche and Jesse Moss in the cast and a dark-haired, teenage protagonist trying to save her sister at one point.
• Alexis Bledel auditioned for the role of Wendy.
• Wendy is one of two visionaries to have a premonition of a second major disaster, the other being Nick O'Bannon. Wendy saw the Train 081 derailment, and Nick saw the Springfield Centre Mall explosion, although Nick was able to stop the disaster while Wendy couldn't.
• At the start of the film, Wendy admits that she doesn't care for Kevin. Though as the movie goes on, she slowly forms a caring relationship with herself and Kevin.
  • The novelization takes this even further, with their relationship becoming romantic.
• In the script of Final Destination 3, she is described as: WENDY CHRISTENSEN, 17, is attractive, yet, not the hottest girl on campus. Intelligent, tough and positive, Wendy is an upbeat leader of school related activities.
• Wendy's locker number is D073.
• Wendy used to own a red 2004 Volkswagen Jetta. Its license plate is a Pennsylvania license plate reading "WEZ-115".
• In the opening credits of The Final Destination, Wendy's death is referenced by the Train 081 appearing and colliding with the credits.
• In the novelization, instead of the cherry picker possibly being the death meant for Wendy, it's the firework that nearly hits her during the Tri-Tricentennial sequence. This is further reinforced when a mylar balloon passes in front of Wendy's face, and in the reflection of its surface, she realizes that the way Kevin is hanging on to her is identical to her picture with Jason, and she drops to the ground as the fireworks blast at her from behind.
  • However, it is unclear if this intention stayed in the final draft of the film. It is still argued upon by fans if the cherry picker was meant for Wendy or Ian.

Appearances

• Final Destination 3 (first appearance) (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)
• Final Destination 3 (novel)
• Final Destination 5 (archive footage) (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)