History Literature / PrinceCaspian

-->''Peter, by the gift of Aslan, by election, by prescription, and by conquest, High King over all Kings in Narnia, Emperor of the Lone Islands and Lord of Cair Paravel, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Lion, to Miraz, Son of Caspian the Eighth, sometime Lord Protector of Narnia and [[PretenderDiss now styling himself King of Narnia]], Greeting.''

* AProtagonistShallLeadThem: The Pevensies.

* EvilUncle: Miraz, to Caspian.

* CombatByChampion: Peter versus Miraz.

--> “I am hunger. I'm thirst. Where I bite, I hold till I die, and even after death they must cut out my mouthful from my enemy's body and bury it with me. I can fast a hundred years and not die. I can lie a hundred nights on the ice and not freeze. I can drink a river of blood and not burst. Show me your enemies."

* BigBad: Miraz.

--> “I am hunger. I'm thirst. Where I bite, I hold till I die, and even after death they must cut out my mouthful from my enemy's body and bury it with me. I can fast a hundred years and not die. I can lie a hundred nights on the ice and not freeze. I can drink a river of blood and not burst. Show me your enemies." [[PaperTiger Ironically, he goes down fairly easily.]]

* BittersweetEnding: The enemy is defeated, but those who are not from Narnia have to leave it, perhaps forever.

* RaceLift: Sort of. The Telmarines' race was never mentioned in the book but they are implied to be white - as Prunaprismia is described as red haired. The film makes them appear Mediterranean and WordOfGod says this is to reflect their pirate origins.

* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Reepicheep the talking mouse has lost his tail in battle, and he argues with Aslan over whether it needs to be regrown. Both of them seem to think a mouse's tail has no practical value, and is of use only as a badge of honor or vanity, but the tails of mice and rats are actually important thermoregulatory structures, without which he'd be quite vulnerable to heat stroke.

--> “I am hunger. I'm thirst. Where I bite, I hold till I die, and even after death they must cut out my mouthful from my enemy's body and bury it with me. I can fast a hundred years and not die. I can lie a hundred nights on the ice and not freeze. I can drink a river of blood and not burst. Show me your enemies."
** [[SmugSnake Ironically, he goes down fairly easily.]]

The second installment in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' and the fourth book chronologically. A year after the events of ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', the four Pevensie siblings are summoned back to Narnia, where a thousand years have passed from the perspective of that world's relative time flow. Narnia has mostly been overrun by the descendants of an exiled group of pirates from Earth called the Telmarines (now ruled by the usurper [[Theatre/RichardIII Miraz]]), but the rightful heir, his nephew Caspian, has magically summoned Narnian help, receiving it in the form of the Pevensies. Once the Telmarines have been beaten back and Caspian proclaimed king, Peter and Susan are told they are now too old ever to return to Narnia.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: After arriving in Narnia, Lucy and Edmund, despite being told it will be cold come the night and not knowing what they could come across, decide to explore barefoot for ''no reason at all''.

* ArbitrarySkepticism : In ''Prince Caspian'', Edmund is the only one to remember that Lucy was right about Narnia in the previous book, while Peter and Susan - who ought to know better - are reluctant to believe her when she says she's seen Aslan.

* BadassBeard: The Telmarines. It comes with the pirate territory.

* DeusExMachina: Aslan comes in during the last battle to help the Narnians win after they began to lose hope.

* GenderFlip: The BBC adaptation cast a woman to play Trufflehunter the badger.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Cornelius is mostly dwarf with some human blood.

* ReversePsychology: How Miraz is goaded into accepting Peter's challenge even though it was to his advantage not to duel. In the book, he seems not to realise that he's being manipulated, while in the movie he's clearly aware of it, but feels he has to do it anyway to save face.

* {{Tearjerker}}: The Pevensies' sad realization that all their friends from the first book/movie are long gone.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Miraz's wife and son are never mentioned after Caspian's escape in the book. This creates a bit of a [[FridgeLogic plot hole]] if you consider that, by Telmarine reckoning anyway, the baby is Miraz's rightful son and heir, yet no one even on Miraz's side takes him into account in their plans. The film shows them going [[spoiler:to live on the Pacific island on Earth with the other Telmarines]].

* ThrowingDownTheGauntlet: Peter issues a formally-worded challenge to Miraz.

* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: The aforementioned challenge contains Peter's credentials, juxtaposed with Miraz's more meager ones. And a greeting.