History Film / TheNeverEndingStoryIITheNextChapter

** Artax, who was resurrected after dying in the first film but not in the novel, continues to live through this movie as well.

* ObviouslyEvil: As in the book, Xayide lives in Horok Castle, shaped like a menacing, taloned hand, making it unlikely that anyone with good intentions calls it home. Falkor {{Lampshades}} it.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Heights for Bastian. He feels fine when riding Falkor, but he was severely spooked by the high-dive at the pool. He has to face his fears when using Artax to jump over a gorge and again when leaving Fantasia.

* ObviouslyEvil: As in the book, Xayide lives in Horok Castle, shaped like a menacing, taloned hand, making it unlikely that anyone with good intentions lives there. Falkor {{Lampshades}} it.

** Bastian loses his memories when he makes wishes on AURYN because Xayide's minion Tri Face has created a machine that makes it work that way. In the book, AURYN worked that way naturally. This wasn't shown in the first film, so it required an explanation in this one. Also, giving Bastian an amulet that makes him lose memories of his human life wouldn't have been in line with the more standard BigGood role given to the Childlike Empress in the movies, as opposed to her moral ambiguity in the novel.

** Tri Face, the Wambos, the Mudwarts, the Lavaman, the Windbride and the Instrument Spinster do not appear in the novel, and Pyornkrachzark the Rock-chewer does not have a baby son as far as we know. Tri Face is somewhat similar to a mentioned creature called a Four-Quarter Troll, who has four faces displaying different emotions.

* AdaptationalContextChange: Bastian wishes up Smerg in an attempt to create a mount to take himself to Horok Castle, rather than to produce a challenge for Hero Hynreck to overcome so that the hero can impress Princess Oglamar of Luna (both the hero and the princess are AdaptedOut).

* ParentalNeglect: Barney works full-time, so he and Bastian don't spend a lot of time together (and when they do, things are pretty tense). Well-into his adventure, Bastian genuinely doesn't think the old man has even noticed that he's gone missing.

* DeathByAdaptation: At one point, while losing his identity, Bastian [[spoiler:actually accidentally kills Atreyu as they fight over AURYN. While they turn against each other for a time in the novel, this does not happen. And Bastian likely wouldn't have been able to bring Atreyu back to life if it had; what evidence there is suggests undoing death is one of the few things beyond AURYN's power in the book]].

* SparedByTheAdaptation: In a sense, the Silver City of Amarganth. Since the movie doesn't include Bastian's ill-advised wish turning the Acharis into the butterfly-clown-like Shlamoofs, the acid lake presumably isn't doomed to eventually dry up and the city to lose its gleam as in the novel.

* DeathByAdaptation: At one point, while losing his identity, Bastian [[spoiler:actually accidentally kills Atreyu as they fight over AURYN. While they turn against each other for a time in the novel, this does not happen. And Bastian likely wouldn't have been able to bring Atreyu back to life if it had; what evidence there is suggests bringing the dead back to life is one of the few things beyond AURYN's power in the book]].

* ParentWithNewParamour: Bastian certainly thinks this is the case, derisively talking about "Miss Station Wagon" picking up the old man who just so happens to be wearing his best tie. Still struggling with his mother's death, Bastian is taking this very hard. For his part, Barney is very evasive on this topic rather than simply saying nothing is happening. Reading the book to follow along on the adventure causes Barney to better understand his son.

** Tri Face, the Wambos, the Mudwarts, the Lavaman, the Windbride and the Instrument Spinster do not appear in the novel, and Pyornkrachzark the Rock-chewer does not have a baby son as far as we know.

* AdaptationalContextChange: Bastian wishes up Smerg in an attempt to create a mount to take himself to Horok Castle, rather than to produce a challenge for Hero Hynreck to overcome so that the hero can impress Princess Oglamar (both the hero and the princess are AdaptedOut).

** The manipulation of Bastian by Xayide in the film is used as the primary cause of Bastian's slow downfall, unlike the novel. While Xayide is in the novel and does manipulate him, she is not the main antagonist and is not responsible for his memory loss. The novel is about Bastian's slow descent into becoming the primary villain through his own self-loathing and desire to be loved, leading to some very bad choices that also cause the loss of memories of his former self. Likewise, his final repentance and search for his true self and desires are completely omitted from the film and replaced by a message about facing one's fears. This message was in fact a part of Bastian's journey through the original novel, but it was a part of the bigger picture of Bastian slowly discovering who he is and what he truly wants.

* AdaptationalContextChange: Bastian summons Smerg in an attempt to create a mount to take him to Horok Castle, rather than as a challenge for Hero Hynreck (who is AdaptedOut) to overcome.