History Film / PrinceCaspian

* PuttingOnTheReich: WordOfGod [[http://web.archive.org/web/20080209204701/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/narnianews.php?id=36746 states]] that Telmarine aesthetic was designed to give them a fascist feel.

* DemotedToExtra: Pattertwig the squirrel and Bulgy Bear have only a handful of lines between them. Bulgy Bear had a bigger scene but it was cut.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: [[spoiler:Miraz falls victim to treacherous Telmarine Lords who don't like to be ordered around by a King]].

** In the film Lord Glozelle and the unnamed Telmarine who takes up Aslan's offer of going back to the island from whence the Telmarines first came are combined. This is achieved by giving Glozelle AdaptationalHeroism, portraying him [[PunchClockVillain as a reluctant follower of Miraz.]]

** Like in the book, Trumpkin still deduces right away that the four children who save him from drowning are the ancient monarchs of Narnia, summoned to help by Queen Susan's magic horn. However in the film Trumpkin was not immediately present when the horn was blown, as he charged off to fight the soldiers pursuing Caspian, and was not present for the explanation of the horn's power either. In the book the horn was blown much later, with all of Caspian's supporters present, and Trumpkin was specifically sent to Cair Paravel, as it was predicted that the help would likely arrive there.

** In the book, Nikabrik, the hag and the werewolf only suggest resurrecting the White Witch and are stopped before they can go through with it. In the film, [[spoiler:they partially succeed, and the Witch is very nearly liberated from the spirit realm. Peter himself seems tempted by the Witch's offer to help them, until [[MustMakeAmends Edmund destroys the portal]]]].

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In spades. In the book, none of the Pevensies seemed too affected by abruptly leaving Narnia and becoming children again, after having ruled as kings and queens for over a decade and all but forgetting their old lives. In the film, both Peter and Susan have been affected badly - Peter getting into fights and Susan becoming anti-social. Peter and Caspian likewise have a rivalry that isn't in the book.

-->'''Aslan:''' [[Nothing happens the same way twice.

* BadBoss: Miraz, ever so much. He constantly denigrates his closest advisers, abuses (both physically and verbally) his lieutenants (especially Glozelle), and spends the lives of his troops like nothing. It's no wonder [[spoiler: Sopespian stabs him in the back near the end.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: While Caspian is convincing the Narnians to side with him, Nikabrik remarks that he would gladly [[spoiler: fight alongside the White Witch again]] to rid Narnia of the Telmarines. Later, [[spoiler: he helps to try resurrect her]].

** The attack of [[spoiler: the Walking Trees and the River God on the Telmarines]] at the end also qualifies.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Glozelle]].

** There's an elaborate StormingTheCastle sequence halfway through the film. In the book this was one of a few suggestions made to Caspian which he decided against in favour of blowing Susan's Horn (as he didn't blow the Horn until later, after arriving at Aslan's How).

* BloodlessCarnage: Averted. There is a slit of blood on Caspian’s hand when Nikabrik, the hag and the werewolf cut it open to resurrect Jadis.

* CallBack:
** "Five more minutes"
** When the Telmarine cat gets BoundAndGagged by the mice, it's a reference to [[spoiler:when the white witch and her henchmonsters tied Aslan up in the first film.]]

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder[=/=]TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Miraz falls victim to treacherous Telmarine lords who don't like to be ordered around by a king]].

** The raid on the castle takes up a considerable portion of the second act. In the book, the idea was only discussed, and was quickly abandoned.