History Literature / TheLastBattle

* WalkingWasteland: The grass that Tash treads upon dies instantly.

* AuthorTract: An allegory of this world, written by the very Christian C.S. Lewis.

* MakeUpIsEvil: An obsession with makeup is one reason why Susan didn't come.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In a conversation with talking Dogs, it is said that male pups that don't behave are often called "Boys". One mentions that female dogs are called "Girls" instead, and another dog tells him not to use that word because it's rude.

* AntiAntiChrist: [[spoiler:Puzzle the donkey, whom Shift duped into wearing a lion's skin and becoming the fake Aslan.]]

* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:The ending tells the reader that the previous books were just the covers of the true stories, and that the true stories will continue on forever and ever, each chapter better than the last in the true Narnia - that is, Heaven.]]

* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Ginger, Shift, and Rishda Tarkaan were all done away with by [[spoiler:Tash. He turned Ginger into an un-intelligent animal, killed Shift, and took the Tarkaan alive to Hell.]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: If ''{{Literature/The Problem of Susan}}'' is to be believed, [[spoiler: Peter wasn't too badly damaged and just looked like he was "sleeping", Lucy was a little more damaged and Edmund was ''decapitated'' in the train crash that took them to Narnia.]]

* FalseProphet: With the help of a lion skin and his dimwitted friend Puzzle the donkey, the talking ape Shift subjugates the Narnians by insisting Aslan wants them to submit to the invading Calormenes; in the meantime he sets himself up as a prophet and demands food and riches. Later he insists that Asian and the Calormene god Tash are the same being, Tashlan. Interestingly, Aslan doesn't punish Shift for his blasphemy... [[spoiler:The demonic Tash himself does.]]

* GodOfEvil: Tash is described this way, with CrystalDragonJesus Aslan outright stating that Tash is his antithesis. Interestingly, while Tash is very much a CardCarryingVillain, his own religion is not a ReligionOfEvil, given that it apparently includes a number of sincere followers who believe Tash to be a just and righteous god. It gets better - Tash is so evil that you cannot commit a good act in his name - they automatically are assumed as your service to Aslan. The opposite is also true - if you do something terrible in the name of Aslan, you're really serving Tash.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Shift brings the Calormenes into Narnia to help him rule it, they promptly reduce him to a figurehead. Ginger and the Tarkaan Rishda perpetuate the idea of "Tashlan", and are [[spoiler:respectively made-unintelligent and taken to Hell by Tash.]]
* HollywoodTactics: Averted, most notably when Jill and Farsight – the only ranged combatants – are sent to flank the attacking Calormenes. Also when the Calormene spears are very effective at killing dangerous but unarmed animals like boars, bears, and unicorns.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Ginger the cat, who takes over from Shift, creates the idea of "Tashlan", and doesn't believe either Tash or Aslan are real. [[spoiler:Tash is very much real, and he reverts Ginger to a witless beast.]]

** The "Last Judgment" of Narnia is precisely this – Aslan says not a word; the creatures all come up to him, look him in the face, and either love him or reject him, essentially judging themselves and determining their own fate.

** Also, the intended Aesop behind [[spoiler:Susan]]'s "betrayal," which becomes clearer upon reading the author's nonfiction writings.

* DyingDream: [[spoiler: The Pevensie children are revealed to have been involved in a train crash. They will never leave the true Narnia--not that they want to.]]

* FalseProphet: with the help of a lion skin and his dimwitted friend Puzzle the donkey, the talking ape Shift subjugates the Narnians by insisting Aslan wants them to submit to the invading Calormenes; in the meantime he sets himself up as a prophet and demands food and riches. Later he insists that Asian and the Calormene god Tash are the same being, Tashlan. Interestingly, Aslan doesn't punish Shift for his blasphemy... [[spoiler:The demonic Tash himself does.]]

with the help of a lion skin and his dimwitted friend Puzzle the donkey, the talking ape Shift subjugates the Narnians by insisting Aslan wants them to submit to the invading Calormenes; in the meantime he sets himself up as a prophet and demands food and riches. Later he insists that Asian and the Calormene god Tash are the same being, Tashlan. Interestingly, Aslan doesn't punish Shift for his blasphemy... [[spoiler:The demonic Tash himself does.]]

* PutOnABus: Susan.

* MeaningfulName: Emeth's name is derived from the Hebrew word for "truth."

* AmbitionIsEvil: Shift the ape, who becomes a false prophet to the false Aslan.

* AmbitionIsEvil: Shift

* * CruelAndUnusualDeath: If ''{{Literature/The Problem of Susan}}'' is to be believed, [[spoiler: Peter wasn't too badly damaged and just looked like he was "sleeping", Lucy was a little more damaged and Edmund was ''decapitated'' in the train crash that took them to Narnia.]]

The seventh and final installment in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' and the seventh book chronologically. Over a year (on Earth) after the events of ''Literature/TheSilverChair'', Jill and Eustace are summoned back for one last adventure, to aid the current King of Narnia against the treachery of the [[ManiacMonkeys ape]], [[TheQuisling Shift]], and his [[ArabianNightsDays quasi-Arabian]] Calormene allies. The story ends with [[spoiler: Narnia being destroyed utterly, but with all the good inhabitants surviving, and being led by Aslan to the afterlife.]]

** AntiAntiChrist: [[spoiler:Puzzle the donkey, whom Shift duped into wearing a lion's skin and becoming the fake Aslan.]]

* ThatLiarLies: Tirian to Shift. "Ape, you lie damnably. You lie like a Calormene. You lie like an ape." There would have been more, but he gets smacked down before he can finish.

The seventh and final installment in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' and the seventh book chronologically. Seven years (on Earth) after the events of ''Literature/TheSilverChair'', Jill and Eustace are summoned back for one last adventure, to aid the current King of Narnia against the treachery of the [[ManiacMonkeys ape]], [[TheQuisling Shift]], and his [[ArabianNightsDays quasi-Arabian]] Calormene allies. The story ends with [[spoiler: Narnia being destroyed utterly, but with all the good inhabitants surviving, and being led by Aslan to the afterlife.]]

** They all immediately take an extremely distant back seat to [[EldritchAbomination '''Tash''']] once he shows up.

* BoltOfDivineRetribution: In the first chapter, Aslan sends one which Shift begins to think of using the lion-skin to impersonate him. Puzzle sees it for the sign it is, but Shift brushes it off.

* DeadAllAlong: At the end of the book the protagonists find out that they died in a train crash near the beginning of the book, so their entire adventure in Narnia occurred after their deaths. Eustace had suspected it earlier though.
* DemotedMemories: Susan gradually develops a refusal to believe in her own life. In this book, she refuses to believe that any of her adventures ever happened. This saves her life, which is not a good thing in this kind of setting: she's left behind on Earth while everyone else go to heaven to be [[PalsWithJesus Pals With Aslan.]]
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler: Tash is real and everybody dies and goes to heaven]].

* DraggedOffToHell: The eventual fate of [[spoiler: Rishda Tarkaan.]]

* SelfInflictedHell

* SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers: The dwarves end up in Aslan's Country with everybody else, but they're too cynical to believe it, and manage to delude themselves into believing they're still locked in a dark stable eating rotten food.

* SignsOfTheEndTimes: Very much like the Biblical signs, in fact. Given that it's a Christian allegory, this should not come as a surprise.

* ApocalypseHow: Anywhere from X to X-4, depending on the actual nature of Narnia.

* SelfInflictedHell: The "Last Judgment" of Narnia is precisely this – Aslan says not a word; the creatures all come up to him, look him in the face, and either love him or reject him, essentially judging themselves and determining their own fate.

* EvilGenius: Ginger the Cat fits into this role outside the FiveBadBand configuration, serving as TheMole and as Rishda Tarkaan's secret advisor and schemer.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: In the last chapter, anyone who loves and serves Aslan may enter the door to the True Narnia.]] Also, one from a previous story is brought up when the those who are entering the true Narnia are greeted by Reepicheep the Mouse, who went over the wave at the End of the World in ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader''.

* CatsAreMean: Ginger.