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* AdaptationContextChange: 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.
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* AdaptationContextChange: 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.
* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: While the lake around the Silver City of Amarganth is still made of acid that keeps the city shining, there's no appearance by the wormlike Acharis whose acidic tears fill the lake.
* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: While the lake around the Silver City of Amarganth is still made of acid that keeps the city shining, there's no appearance by the wormlike Acharis whose acidic tears fill the lake.
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* 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.
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Bastian (Creator/JonathanBrandis) is struggling to do well on the swimming team because of his fears. When he goes to the library to find information on how to gain courage, he comes across Carl Coreander and his ''[=NeverEnding=] Story'' book again. Thanks to a cry of distress from the Childlike Empress, he learns that Fantasia is under the threat of a new foe known as The Emptiness. Therefore, he sets out, with the help from Atreyu, to stop The Emptiness from ending Fantasia. Things get only more complicated when Bastian's dad finds out his son his missing, leading to a journey of his own.
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Bastian (Creator/JonathanBrandis) is struggling to do well on the swimming team because of his fears. When he goes to the library to find information on how to gain courage, he comes across Carl Coreander and his ''[=NeverEnding=] Story'' book again. Thanks to a cry of distress from the Childlike Empress, he learns that Fantasia is under the threat of a new foe known as The Emptiness.Emptiness, personified as the evil sorceress Xayide. Therefore, he sets out, with the help from Atreyu, to stop The Emptiness from ending Fantasia. Things get only more complicated when Bastian's dad finds out his son his missing, leading to a journey of his own.
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* FaceDeathInTheDignity: In the hospital memory, Bastian's mother is at peace over her imminent death and comforts him over it.
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* FaceDeathInTheDignity: FaceDeathWithDignity: In the hospital memory, Bastian's mother is at peace over her imminent death and comforts him over it.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During the climax, Bastian refuses to make his final wish, due to how that would affect Fantasia. Xayide's threats don't do any good, but her simple question rattles his cage.
-->'''Xayide:''' Very well, but how would your father feel if he never sees you again?
* ArmorPiercingResponse: Early into the movie, Bastian's father disapproves of the kid's sweater, calling it an old rag. His flippancy evaporates with this response.
-->'''Bastian:''' Mom made it.
-->'''Xayide:''' Very well, but how would your father feel if he never sees you again?
* ArmorPiercingResponse: Early into the movie, Bastian's father disapproves of the kid's sweater, calling it an old rag. His flippancy evaporates with this response.
-->'''Bastian:''' Mom made it.
* BigYes: Barney, after Bastian saves himself in the river.
* CallItKarma: According to what Barney reads in the book, Bastian thinks that drowning in the river is deserved punishment for what he did to Atreyu. Barney urges him to save himself instead of think that way, and Bastian later says he heard this.
* DramaticIrony: While camping out with the others, Bastian expresses certainty that no one back home misses him. By this point, we've already seen Barney trying to find out what happened to him.
* EurekaMoment: Down to his very last wish and surrounded by enemies, Bastian realizes how he can use it to stop Xayide and save Fantasia for good.
* EurekaMoment: Down to his very last wish and surrounded by enemies, Bastian realizes how he can use it to stop Xayide and save Fantasia for good.
* FaceDeathInTheDignity: In the hospital memory, Bastian's mother is at peace over her imminent death and comforts him over it.
* TheGlomp: Bastian when reunited with Barney at the end of the movie.
* HiddenDepths: Following along with the book, Barney expresses surprise that Bastian can ride a horse.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Whereas Bastian desires a life of fantasy and adventure but feels lacking in courage, Barney is a practical engineer who initially has no time for flights of fancy and regularly displays confidence.
* MeaningfulEcho: When explaining his HeelFaceTurn to Bastian, Nimbly repeats what he heard Bastian's mother say in the hospital memory: "We're all part of a neverending story."
* MissingMom: Bastian's mother being dead hangs over his head for the whole movie, straining his relationship with his father and making him think there's nothing back home.
-->'''Bastian:''' The only one I miss isn't there.
* MommasBoy: Bastian had much more in common with with his mother than with his father, so he takes her absence and a perceived attempt to replace her very badly.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: Barney is rather dismissive of Bastian's torn up sweater and openly says he doesn't like it, only to be reminded that his dead wife made it in the first place.
* 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.
* ParentsAsPeople: Barney is depicted as a well-meaning father who just doesn't understand his son's needs or interests.
* 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.
-->'''Bastian:''' The only one I miss isn't there.
* MommasBoy: Bastian had much more in common with with his mother than with his father, so he takes her absence and a perceived attempt to replace her very badly.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: Barney is rather dismissive of Bastian's torn up sweater and openly says he doesn't like it, only to be reminded that his dead wife made it in the first place.
* 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.
* ParentsAsPeople: Barney is depicted as a well-meaning father who just doesn't understand his son's needs or interests.
* 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.
* TitleDrop: The book's actual title is naturally mentioned multiple times, but the hospital memory features a more typical example. Bastian's mother told him about "the neverending story" they're apart, and Nimbly later repeats this quote towards the end of the movie.
* TragicKeepsake: Bastian's ragged sweater was made by his mother. The implication is it's in worsening condition because he wears it whenever possible.
* TragicKeepsake: Bastian's ragged sweater was made by his mother. The implication is it's in worsening condition because he wears it whenever possible.
* 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.
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* YouWouldDoTheSameForMe: "[[{{Jerkass}} ...Yeah, sure]]." [[spoiler:Could we get some context?]]
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: The only way to leave Fantasia requires Bastian to face his fear of heights, but he thinks that's impossible. The Childlike Empress, Barney, and Atreyu all point out he has the courage inside him to do it.
* YouWouldDoTheSameForMe:"[[{{Jerkass}} ...Yeah, sure]]." [[spoiler:Could we get some context?]]Bastian gets blasted by the castle's defenses, but Atreyu saves his life by using the AURYN to reflect the blast. As Bastian thanks him for the save, Atreyu is humble about the whole thing and expresses certainty his friend would've done the same if their roles had been reversed. Due to his own courage problems up to this point, Bastian is privately skeptical that he would've and looks ashamed about that.
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* YouWouldDoTheSameForMe: "[[{{Jerkass}} ...Yeah, sure]]."" [[spoiler:Could we get some context?]]
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** 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 AnAesop about facing one's fears. This aesop 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.
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** 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 AnAesop a message about facing one's fears. This aesop 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.
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''The [=NeverEnding=] Story II: The Next Chapter'' is a 1990 film that is a sequel to ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory''. While the first film adapts the first half of [[Literature/TheNeverendingStory the original book]], the second film is (more loosely) based on the second half.
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''The [=NeverEnding=] Story II: The Next Chapter'' is a 1990 film that is a sequel to ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory''.''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'' (1984). While the first film adapts the first half of [[Literature/TheNeverendingStory the original book]], the second film is (more loosely) based on the second half.
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* CanonForeigner: 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. Nimbly is a borderline example; there's no individual named Nimbly in the book, but nimblies are mentioned as a species of feathered rabbits. Which makes this an AdaptationalSpeciesChange, as the movie Nimbly is a big bird.
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** 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 weknow. know.
** Nimbly is a borderline example; there's no individual named Nimbly in the book, but nimblies are mentioned as a species of feathered rabbits. Which makes this an AdaptationalSpeciesChange, as the movie Nimbly is a big bird.
** 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
** Nimbly is a borderline example; there's no individual named Nimbly in the book, but nimblies are mentioned as a species of feathered rabbits. Which makes this an AdaptationalSpeciesChange, as the movie Nimbly is a big bird.
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** Xayide is now a HumanoidAbomination as the personification of the Emptiness. In the book, she was "merely" the most powerful and wicked sorceress in Fantastica, and her ability to control anything empty with her will was not a cosmic force comparable to the Nothing.
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** Xayide is now a HumanoidAbomination as the personification of the Emptiness. In the book, she was "merely" the most powerful and wicked sorceress in Fantastica, and her ability to control anything empty with her will was not a cosmic force comparable to on the scale of the Nothing.
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* AdaptationalAbomination: Inverted. Smerg in the movie is a standard evil Western dragon stereotype. In the book, he had a more detailed grotesque appearance: the body of a rat, wings of a bat, tail of a scorpion and back legs of a grasshopper, with the heads of an old man and old woman in place of eyes.
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** Xayide is now a HumanoidAbomination as themovie is personification of the Emptiness. In the book, she was "merely" the most powerful and wicked sorceress in Fantastica, and her ability to control anything empty with her will was not a cosmic force comparable to the Nothing.
** Inverted with Smerg. In the movie, he's a standard evil Western dragon stereotype. In the book, he had a more detailed grotesque appearance: the body of a rat, wings of a bat, tail of a scorpion and back legs of a grasshopper, with the heads of an old man and old woman in place of eyes.
** Xayide is now a HumanoidAbomination as the
** Inverted with Smerg. In the movie, he's a standard evil Western dragon stereotype. In the book, he had a more detailed grotesque appearance: the body of a rat, wings of a bat, tail of a scorpion and back legs of a grasshopper, with the heads of an old man and old woman in place of eyes.
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* BigBad: Xayide, [[spoiler: who is actually the personification of the Emptiness]].
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* BigBad: Xayide, [[spoiler: who is actually the personification of the Emptiness]].Emptiness.
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''The [=NeverEnding=] Story II: The Next Chapter'' (usually referred to as just ''The [=NeverEnding=] Story II'') is a 1990 film that is a sequel to ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory''. While the first film adapts the first half of [[Literature/TheNeverendingStory the original book]], the second film is (more loosely) based on the second half.
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** Nimbly helps Bastian find Xayide within the last few minutes of the movie. However, he's unwilling to directly confront Xayide with him and flies away.
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** Nimbly helps Bastian find Xayide within the last few minutes of the movie. However, he's unwilling to directly confront Xayide with him and flies away.away to live another day.
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** Nimbly helps Bastian find Xayide within the last few minutes of the movie. However, he's unwilling to help him stop Xayide and flies away.
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** Nimbly helps Bastian find Xayide within the last few minutes of the movie. However, he's unwilling to help him stop directly confront Xayide with him and flies away.
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* AdaptationalAbomination: Inverted. Smerg in the movie is a standard evil Western dragon stereotype. In the book, he had a more detailed grotesque appearance: the body of a rat, wings of a bat, tail of a scorpion and back legs of a grasshopper, with the heads of an old man and old woman in place of eyes.
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* CanonForeigner: Tri Face, the Mudwarts, the Lavaman, the Windbride and the Instrument Spinster do not appear in the novel. Nimbly is a borderline example; there's no individual named Nimbly in the book, but nimblies are mentioned as a species of feathered rabbits. Which makes this an AdaptationalSpeciesChange, as the movie Nimbly is a big bird.
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* CanonForeigner: Tri Face, the Wambos, the Mudwarts, the Lavaman, the Windbride and the Instrument Spinster do not appear in the novel.novel, and Pyornkrachzark the Rock-chewer does not have a baby son as far as we know. Nimbly is a borderline example; there's no individual named Nimbly in the book, but nimblies are mentioned as a species of feathered rabbits. Which makes this an AdaptationalSpeciesChange, as the movie Nimbly is a big bird.
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* DefeatMeansFriendship: Invoked and subverted. Xayide pretends to become Bastian's humble servant after he defeats her giants in Horok Castle, but it's just a ruse to manipulate him. As in the book.
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* DefeatMeansFriendship: Invoked and subverted. Xayide pretends to become Bastian's humble loyal servant after he defeats her giants in Horok Castle, but it's just a ruse an act to manipulate him. As in the book.
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* HeelFaceBrainwashing: Of a sort [[spoiler:Bastian's last wish is for Xayide to "have a heart". She immediately starts shedding TearsOfRemorse and magically undoes all the evil things she's done]].
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* HeelFaceBrainwashing: Of a sort sort. [[spoiler:Bastian's last wish is for Xayide to "have a heart". She immediately starts shedding TearsOfRemorse and magically undoes all the evil things she's done]].
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* TheEvilGenius: Tri Face, Xayide's minion who created the Memory Machine.
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* HumanoidAbomination: Xayide, who is the human embodiment of emptiness.
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* HumanoidAbomination: Xayide, who is the human humanoid embodiment of emptiness.
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** Bastian seems to be clutching the idiot ball for dear life, if for no other reason is how easily he's manipulated by [[BigBad Xayide]]. You'd think he'd be less inclined to make wishes, particularly for such reasons, when the self-professed villain and her bird-boy lackey (who he should be able to notice is working for her) both keep insisting he make wishes. Not only that, he accepts magical (possibly boobytrapped) gifts from her and despite knowing and having far more reason to trust Atreyu than her, for some reason continues to act like Atreyu is some kind of idiot when he insists the Xayide shouldn't be trusted.
** Bastian is also given opportunities to make wishes with the Auryn (unknown to him that making wishes will cause his memories to be removed from his mind) but most of the time he doesn't even make the wishes. A good example would be when Xayide sends her minions after Bastian, Nimbly tells him to make a wish but he doesn't and Nimbly has to save him.
** Bastian is also given opportunities to make wishes with the Auryn (unknown to him that making wishes will cause his memories to be removed from his mind) but most of the time he doesn't even make the wishes. A good example would be when Xayide sends her minions after Bastian, Nimbly tells him to make a wish but he doesn't and Nimbly has to save him.
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** Bastian seems to be clutching the idiot ball for dear life, if for no other reason is than how easily he's manipulated by [[BigBad Xayide]]. You'd think he'd be less inclined to make wishes, particularly for such reasons, when the self-professed villain and her bird-boy lackey (who he should be able to notice is working for her) both keep insisting he make wishes. Not only that, he accepts magical (possibly boobytrapped) booby-trapped) gifts from her and despite knowing and having far more reason to trust Atreyu than her, for some reason continues to act like Atreyu is some kind of idiot when he insists the Xayide shouldn't be trusted.
** Bastian is also given opportunities to make wishes with theAuryn AURYN (unknown to him that making wishes will cause his memories to be removed from his mind) but most of the time he doesn't even make the wishes. A good example would be when Xayide sends her minions after Bastian, Bastian; Nimbly tells him to make a wish but he doesn't and Nimbly has to save him.
** Bastian is also given opportunities to make wishes with the
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* InformedAbility: Atreyu, despite being described as a great warrior in the first film and even killing [[TheHeavy G'mork]] with a stone dagger, is easily murdered by Bastian here.
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* {{Wishplosion}}: Bastian defeats the villainess by "wishing she had a heart" which, since she personifies emptiness, causes her to go poof and her living crab-armor minions to explode.
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* {{Wishplosion}}: Bastian defeats the villainess by "wishing she had a heart" which, since she personifies emptiness, causes her to [[PuffOfLogic go poof poof]] and her living crab-armor minions to explode.
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* AdaptationalNonsapience: As in the first movie, Artax is an ordinary horse here instead of a TalkingAnimal as in the book.
* BigBad: Xayide, [[spoiler: who is actually the personification of The Emptiness]].
* BigBad: Xayide, [[spoiler: who is actually the personification of The Emptiness]].
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* AdaptationalNonsapience: As in the first movie, Artax is an ordinary horse here instead of a TalkingAnimal as like in the book.
* BigBad: Xayide, [[spoiler: who is actually the personification ofThe the Emptiness]].
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** Xayide's elevation to primary antagonist responsible for Bastian losing his memories. In the book, the memory loss is a [[EquivalentExchange natural function of a human using Auryn to grant wishes]].
** Xayide causing the "emptiness" to spread throughout Fantasia (which is just a rehash of the Nothing from the first film) is fabricated to make her a credible primary villain, when the latter half of the novel on which the film is based was about Bastian nearly becoming the villain and losing himself. In the book, Xayide's will was able to control anything empty (hence the hollow giants), but it wasn't a force comparable to the Nothing.
** Xayide causing the "emptiness" to spread throughout Fantasia (which is just a rehash of the Nothing from the first film) is fabricated to make her a credible primary villain, when the latter half of the novel on which the film is based was about Bastian nearly becoming the villain and losing himself. In the book, Xayide's will was able to control anything empty (hence the hollow giants), but it wasn't a force comparable to the Nothing.
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** Xayide's elevation to primary antagonist responsible for Bastian losing his memories. In the book, the memory loss is a [[EquivalentExchange natural function of a human using Auryn AURYN to grant wishes]].
** Xayide causingthe "emptiness" "the Emptiness" to spread throughout Fantasia (which is just a rehash of the Nothing from the first film) is fabricated to make her a credible primary villain, when the latter half of the novel on which the film is based was about Bastian nearly becoming the villain and losing himself.himself, with some encouragement from her. In the book, Xayide's will was able to control anything empty (hence the hollow giants), but it wasn't a force comparable to the Nothing.
** Xayide causing
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* HeelFaceBrainwashing: Of a sort [[spoiler: Bastian's last wish is for Xayide to "have a heart". She immediately starts shedding TearsOfRemorse and magically undoes all the evil things she's done.]]
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* HeelFaceBrainwashing: Of a sort [[spoiler: Bastian's [[spoiler:Bastian's last wish is for Xayide to "have a heart". She immediately starts shedding TearsOfRemorse and magically undoes all the evil things she's done.]] done]].
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* CanonForeigner: Tri-Face, the Mudworts, the Lavaman, the Windbride and the Instrumental Spinster do not appear in the novel. Nimbly is a borderline example; there's no individual named Nimbly in the book, but nimblies are mentioned as a species of feathered rabbits. Which makes this an AdaptationalSpeciesChange, as the movie Nimbly is a big bird.
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* CanonForeigner: Tri-Face, Tri Face, the Mudworts, Mudwarts, the Lavaman, the Windbride and the Instrumental Instrument Spinster do not appear in the novel. Nimbly is a borderline example; there's no individual named Nimbly in the book, but nimblies are mentioned as a species of feathered rabbits. Which makes this an AdaptationalSpeciesChange, as the movie Nimbly is a big bird.
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''The [=NeverEnding=] Story II: The Next Chapter'' (usually referred to as just ''The [=NeverEnding=] Story II'') is a 1990 film that is a sequel to ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory''. While the first film adapts the first half of [[Film/TheNeverendingStory [[Literature/TheNeverendingStory the original book]], the second film is (more loosely) based on the second half.
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Bastian (Creator/JonathanBrandis) is struggling on the swimming team because of his fears. When he goes to the library to find out how to gain courage, he comes across Carl Coreander and his ''[=NeverEnding=] Story'' book again. Thanks to a cry of distress from the Childlike Empress, he learns that Fantasia is under the threat of a new foe known as The Emptiness. Therefore, he sets out, with the help from Atreyu, to stop The Emptiness from ending Fantasia. Things get only more complicated when Bastian's dad finds out his son his missing, leading to a journey of his own.
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Bastian (Creator/JonathanBrandis) is struggling to do well on the swimming team because of his fears. When he goes to the library to find out information on how to gain courage, he comes across Carl Coreander and his ''[=NeverEnding=] Story'' book again. Thanks to a cry of distress from the Childlike Empress, he learns that Fantasia is under the threat of a new foe known as The Emptiness. Therefore, he sets out, with the help from Atreyu, to stop The Emptiness from ending Fantasia. Things get only more complicated when Bastian's dad finds out his son his missing, leading to a journey of his own.
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* InformedAbility: In a serious case of BadassDecay, Atreyu, despite being described as a great warrior in the first film and even killing [[TheHeavy G'mork]] with a stone dagger, is easily murdered by Bastian here.
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* InformedAbility: In a serious case of BadassDecay, Atreyu, despite being described as a great warrior in the first film and even killing [[TheHeavy G'mork]] with a stone dagger, is easily murdered by Bastian here.
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* {{Wishplosion}}: The end of the movie.
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* {{Wishplosion}}: The end of Bastian defeats the movie.villainess by "wishing she had a heart" which, since she personifies emptiness, causes her to go poof and her living crab-armor minions to explode.
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''The [=NeverEnding=] Story II: The Next Chapter'' (usually referred to as just ''The [=NeverEnding=] Story II'') is a 1990 film that is a sequel to ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory''. While the first film adapts the first half of [[Film/TheNeverendingStory the original book]], the second book is (more loosely) based on the second half.
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''The [=NeverEnding=] Story II: The Next Chapter'' (usually referred to as just ''The [=NeverEnding=] Story II'') is a 1990 film that is a sequel to ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory''. While the first film adapts the first half of [[Film/TheNeverendingStory the original book]], the second book film is (more loosely) based on the second half.
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''The [=NeverEnding=] Story II: The Next Chapter'' (usually referred to as just ''The [=NeverEnding=] Story II'') is a 1990 film that is a sequel to ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''. While the first film adapts the first half of [[Film/TheNeverendingStory the original book]], the second book is (more loosely) based on the second half.
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''The [=NeverEnding=] Story II: The Next Chapter'' (usually referred to as just ''The [=NeverEnding=] Story II'') is a 1990 film that is a sequel to ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''.''Film/TheNeverEndingStory''. While the first film adapts the first half of [[Film/TheNeverendingStory the original book]], the second book is (more loosely) based on the second half.
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This film was followed up by one more installment titled ''Film/TheNeverendingStoryIIIEscapeFromFantasia'', released in 1994.
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This film was followed up by one more installment titled ''Film/TheNeverendingStoryIIIEscapeFromFantasia'', ''Film/TheNeverEndingStoryIIIEscapeFromFantasia'', released in 1994.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} Begin an all new adventure as a young boy returns to a world of wonder on the wings of his imagination.]]'']]
->'''Coreander:''' Put it back! That book asks too much of you.\\
'''Bastian Bux:''' But it's ''The [=NeverEnding=] Story''. I've already read it.\\
'''Coreander:''' Ahh, but have you ever read a book twice? Books change each time you read them.
''The [=NeverEnding=] Story II: The Next Chapter'' (usually referred to as just ''The [=NeverEnding=] Story II'') is a 1990 film that is a sequel to ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''. While the first film adapts the first half of [[Film/TheNeverendingStory the original book]], the second book is (more loosely) based on the second half.
Bastian (Creator/JonathanBrandis) is struggling on the swimming team because of his fears. When he goes to the library to find out how to gain courage, he comes across Carl Coreander and his ''[=NeverEnding=] Story'' book again. Thanks to a cry of distress from the Childlike Empress, he learns that Fantasia is under the threat of a new foe known as The Emptiness. Therefore, he sets out, with the help from Atreyu, to stop The Emptiness from ending Fantasia. Things get only more complicated when Bastian's dad finds out his son his missing, leading to a journey of his own.
This film was followed up by one more installment titled ''Film/TheNeverendingStoryIIIEscapeFromFantasia'', released in 1994.
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!!''The [=NeverEnding=] Story II: The Next Chapter'' contains examples of:
* BigBad: Xayide, [[spoiler: who is actually the personification of The Emptiness]].
* TheBlank: Xayide, which leads to a terrifying appearance.
* DeathOfPersonality: [[spoiler: The Emptiness]] slowly does this to Bastian by erasing his memories every time he makes a wish.
* {{Disneyfication}}: The second film removes many of the deeper themes and messages of the second half of the novel and replaces them with a more generic hero vs villain story.
** Xayide's elevation to primary antagonist responsible for Bastian losing his memories. In the book, the memory loss is a [[EquivalentExchange natural function of a human using Auryn to grant wishes]].
** Xayide causing the "emptiness" to spread throughout Fantasia (which is just a rehash of the Nothing from the first film) is fabricated to make her a credible primary villain, when the latter half of the novel on which the film is based was about Bastian nearly becoming the villain and losing himself. In the book, Xayide's will was able to control anything empty (hence the hollow giants), but it wasn't a force comparable to the Nothing.
** 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 AnAesop about facing one's fears. This aesop 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.
* FanDisservice: Bastian's swimming class, where half of his friends are wearing ''speedos''. Bear in mind that most of them are at best thirteen years old.
* HeelFaceBrainwashing: Of a sort [[spoiler: Bastian's last wish is for Xayide to "have a heart". She immediately starts shedding TearsOfRemorse and magically undoes all the evil things she's done.]]
* HeelFaceTurn:
** Nimbly helps Bastian find Xayide within the last few minutes of the movie. However, he's unwilling to help him stop Xayide and flies away.
** [[spoiler:Xayide goes through a forceful one via a wish from Bastian. This causes her to realize what she's done and is destroyed... somehow.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: Xayide, who is the human embodiment of emptiness.
* IdiotBall:
** Bastian seems to be clutching the idiot ball for dear life, if for no other reason is how easily he's manipulated by [[BigBad Xayide]]. You'd think he'd be less inclined to make wishes, particularly for such reasons, when the self-professed villain and her bird-boy lackey (who he should be able to notice is working for her) both keep insisting he make wishes. Not only that, he accepts magical (possibly boobytrapped) gifts from her and despite knowing and having far more reason to trust Atreyu than her, for some reason continues to act like Atreyu is some kind of idiot when he insists the Xayide shouldn't be trusted.
** Bastian is also given opportunities to make wishes with the Auryn (unknown to him that making wishes will cause his memories to be removed from his mind) but most of the time he doesn't even make the wishes. A good example would be when Xayide sends her minions after Bastian, Nimbly tells him to make a wish but he doesn't and Nimbly has to save him.
** Going the other way, Bastian idly wishes for another way into Xayide's castle, which causes a series of handholds to come out of the wall. However, these stop about half way up and Bastian decides he needs to wish for additional handholds ''individually'' (which of course unbeknownst to him speeds up his loss of memories).
* InformedAbility: In a serious case of BadassDecay, Atreyu, despite being described as a great warrior in the first film and even killing [[TheHeavy G'mork]] with a stone dagger, is easily murdered by Bastian here.
* MagicLibrarian: Mr. Coreander is depicted this way.
* MemoryJar: Bastian is slowly losing his memories, which Xayide is keeping in what appear to be glass orbs.
* SwissArmyTears: How Xayide meets her defeat.
-->'''Bastian:''' I wish you had a ''heart''.
* VillainousBSOD: Xayide meets her demise when Bastian wishes she had a heart. Considering all the destruction and pain she'd caused, it's little wonder this did her in.
* {{Wishplosion}}: The end of the movie.
* YouWouldDoTheSameForMe: "[[{{Jerkass}} ...Yeah, sure]]."
