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* RelityChangingMinature: Lamia is able to use a voodoo doll to kill [[spoiler:Septimus]] and then puppet his corpse to fight Tristan.

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* RelityChangingMinature: RealityChangingMinature: Lamia is able to use a voodoo doll to kill [[spoiler:Septimus]] and then puppet his corpse to fight Tristan.
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* RelityChangingMinature: Lamia is able to use a voodoo doll to kill [[spoiler:Septimus]] and then puppet his corpse to fight Tristan.
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**[[spoiler: both Yvaine and Tristan become still become stars in the alternate ending]], so YMMV.
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* AllStarCast: Oh yes- RobertDeNiro, [[TheWitchesOfEastwick Michelle]] [[BatmanReturns Pfeiffer]], [[WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Clare]] [[{{Homeland}} Danes]], RickyGervais, MarkStrong... Heck, even TheNarrator is Sir IanMckellen, and PeterOToole has a OneSceneWonder as the King of Stormhold.

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* AllStarCast: Oh yes- RobertDeNiro, [[TheWitchesOfEastwick Michelle]] [[BatmanReturns [[Film/BatmanReturns Pfeiffer]], [[WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Clare]] [[{{Homeland}} Danes]], RickyGervais, MarkStrong... Heck, even TheNarrator is Sir IanMckellen, and PeterOToole has a OneSceneWonder as the King of Stormhold.
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already on the book page, not applicable for film.


* NoManOfWomanBorn: [[spoiler:Lady Una]] is to be released when the moon loses her daughter, if it happens in a week where two Mondays come together. What fulfills the conditions is that [[spoiler:a star (a daughter of the moon) gave her heart entirely to Tristan the week Mr. Monday and Victoria Forester got married (Victoria becomes a Monday)]]. The chain breaks at the moment that this happens.

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* CompleteMonster: Both Lamia and Septimus want to cut a young girl's heart out to obtain immortaility and in their quest they're quite happy to commit various mass killings.

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* CompleteMonster: Both Lamia and Septimus Septimus: they both want to cut a young girl's heart out to obtain immortaility and in their quest they're quite happy to commit various mass killings.murder and/or torture anyone who stands in their way.

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* CompleteMonster: Both Lamia and Septimus want to cut a young girl's heart out to obtain immortaility and in their quest they commit various mass killings.

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* CompleteMonster: Both Lamia and Septimus want to cut a young girl's heart out to obtain immortaility and in their quest they they're quite happy to commit various mass killings.
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* EvilVersusEvil: Toward the climax, Septimus vs Lamia.
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** The film does invent some attributes: the seamen in the book were not pirates, just fishermen of a sort. And their captain was not an (admitted) transvestite.
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* AllStarCast: RobertDeNiro, [[TheWitchesOfEastwick Michelle]] [[BatmanReturns Pfeiffer]], [[WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Clare]] [[{{Homeland}} Danes]], RickyGervais. Heck, even TheNarrator is Sir IanMckellen

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* AllStarCast: Oh yes- RobertDeNiro, [[TheWitchesOfEastwick Michelle]] [[BatmanReturns Pfeiffer]], [[WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Clare]] [[{{Homeland}} Danes]], RickyGervais. RickyGervais, MarkStrong... Heck, even TheNarrator is Sir IanMckellenIanMckellen, and PeterOToole has a OneSceneWonder as the King of Stormhold.
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* AllStarCast: RobertDeNiro, [[TheWitchesOfEastwick Michelle]] [[BatmanReturns Pfeiffer]], [[WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Clare]] [[{{Homeland}} Danes]], RickyGervais. Heck, even TheNarrator is Sir IanMckellen
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* BigNo: Lamia yells this when Tristan and Yvaine escape her, using the Babylon candle.
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A 2007 film adaptation of [[NeilGaiman Neil Gaiman's]] book [[{{Stardust}} of the same name]]. While certain liberties were taken, it remains a very faithful adaptation. A young man sets out to find a fallen star for the girl he's in love with, only to find that the "star" has become human...and that three evil witches want to capture her.

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A 2007 film adaptation of [[NeilGaiman Neil Gaiman's]] book [[{{Stardust}} [[Literature/{{Stardust}} of the same name]]. While certain liberties were taken, it remains a very faithful adaptation. A young man sets out to find a fallen star for the girl he's in love with, only to find that the "star" has become human...and that three evil witches want to capture her.

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* ActionMom: Una knows how to drive a carriage.



* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Tristan gets the throne and his queen while his mother, father, and Capt. Shakespeare look on approvingly.



* BerserkButton: You really shouldn't betray [[MarkStrong Septimus]], or mock him for that matter.
* BigBadEnsemble: Lamia and her sisters are a [[BigBadDuumvirate Big Bad Triumvirate]], plus the various competing princes. By the end, though, Lamia is the last villain standing, so she probably takes precedence as ''the'' BigBad.



* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Lamia and her sisters.
* CampGay: Captain Shakespeare of the Caspartine
* CastFromHitPoints: Lamia. Well, more "Cast From Youth," as each spell she uses drains a little bit of the good looks she got from eating the last of the previous star.



* DecoyProtagonist: An inversion, a Decoy ''Villain''. Septimus seems like he should become a major problem for the heroes [[spoiler: Not only is he actually Tristan's uncle, but the only time he actually meets the two main characters is in the film's climax, just in time to help fight the [[BigBad Big Bads]] and get killed.]]
** Played straight with Tristan's father at the beginning - although he is important. To get the real protagonist, he and [[spoiler:Una]] go into the back room and have ''fun''...



* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "You'll always be our Captain, Captain."
* EleventhHourSuperpower: Yvaine's. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]:
-->'''Tristan''': Couldn't you have done that earlier?



* FallingChandelierOfDoom: Subverted twice, then played straight.



* TheJimmyHartVersion: The ection of Ilan Eshkeri's score [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oydFyUU-ufI (specifically from 3:05 onwards)]] that plays during the scene at the inn is ''very'' similar to ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBl_1A63TU0 Vampire Hunters]]'' from the 1992 film ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle8e9lly3g Bram Stoker's Dracula]]''. Particularly the bass string rhythm.

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* TheJimmyHartVersion: GenderBender: The ection of Ilan Eshkeri's score [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oydFyUU-ufI (specifically from 3:05 onwards)]] that plays during the scene goatherd chap gets this treatment. At least Lamia was good enough to give him a decent rack.
** {{Animorphism}}: Gets this as well - although maybe both
at the inn is ''very'' similar to ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBl_1A63TU0 Vampire Hunters]]'' from the 1992 film ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle8e9lly3g Bram Stoker's Dracula]]''. Particularly the bass string rhythm. same time.
* GreekChorus: The dead princes.


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* HotMom: Una, since she doesn't age as fast as a human.


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* TheJimmyHartVersion: The section of Ilan Eshkeri's score [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oydFyUU-ufI (specifically from 3:05 onwards)]] that plays during the scene at the inn is ''very'' similar to ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBl_1A63TU0 Vampire Hunters]]'' from the 1992 film ''Film/BramStokersDracula''. Particularly the bass string rhythm.


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* LongLostRelative: Una to the princes of Stormhold. [[spoiler:Septimus recognizes her before he gets killed off.]]
* MachoCamp: Captain Shakespeare.
* MadeASlave: ''Twice'', to poor [[spoiler:Una.]]
* MagicalUnderpinningsOfReality: On this side of the Wall, a star is a giant ball of gas and a falling star is a lump of rock and metal, but on the other side of the Wall stars are immortal women who float in the sky and shine at night (unless someone hits them and knocks them down). A fallen star crossing the Wall turns into a lump of rock and metal.


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* MeaningfulName:
** The children of the Lord of Stormhold, Primus, Secundus, ... [[NumericalThemeNaming and so on]]. Una as well, Una meaning 'single' or 'one'.
** The witches are named after demons from Greek mythology said in some myths to be daughters of Hecate, the goddess of witches.
* NoManOfWomanBorn: [[spoiler:Lady Una]] is to be released when the moon loses her daughter, if it happens in a week where two Mondays come together. What fulfills the conditions is that [[spoiler:a star (a daughter of the moon) gave her heart entirely to Tristan the week Mr. Monday and Victoria Forester got married (Victoria becomes a Monday)]]. The chain breaks at the moment that this happens.
* NumericalThemeNaming: The children of the Lord of Stormhold, Primus, Secundus, ... [[NumericalThemeNaming and so on]].


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* PhosphorEssence: Yvaine glows more brightly the happier she is.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Captain Shakespeare's Lightning Pirates don't actually ''pirate'' per se, but make a solid living poaching lightning from thunderstorms, so they may be merely The ''Pirates Who Do Something Else''. The career paths of Shakespeare and crew still offer plenty of opportunities to evade the law (Lightning-Marshalls at that), to mass fortunes on the black market and for combat badassery [[strike:on the high seas]] in the wild blue yonder, so their Pirate work resumes are still quite [[IncrediblyLamePun aglow]].


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* PrisonerOfZendaExit: Septimus' escape from Captain Shakespeare's ship.


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* SkyPirate: Captain Shakespeare and his crew.


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* StealthPun: [[spoiler:When Primus is killed his blood is [[BlueBlood blue]]]]. Whether or not this is true for all natives of Faerie is never addressed, so it counts.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Prince Septimus effectively lobs a sword near the end of the film [[spoiler:during the big battle, which hits and kills one of the Lilim]].


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* VainSorceress: Lamia wastes much of her power attending to her looks, which is kind of stupid, as she's [[CastFromHP casting from hit points]], which... makes her look older. Her sisters immediately point this out to her.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Who knew traveling scenes could be so dramatic?
* WoodenShipsAndIronMen: Parodied to a wacky extent with the crew. [[spoiler:Hilariously subverted with Shakespeare.]]

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Not a spoiler given that Tristran\'s true parentage (apart from his mother\'s title) is known from the start by the reader/watcher.


* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Tristran's [[spoiler: foster]] mother and his younger sister Louisa are not in the film.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Tristran's [[spoiler: foster]] foster mother and his younger sister half-sister Louisa are not in the film.
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** Possibly FridgeBrilliance. Who's to say you'd end up in the same place if you climbed over it than if you went through the gap?
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where did we come up with \"Brendan\"? the goat boy is Bernard - Brevis in the book.


** The horse Brendan uses when traveling with Septimus' soldiers is the one the seer had, explaining why Septimus seemingly had an extra horse.

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** The horse Brendan Bernard uses when traveling with Septimus' soldiers is the one the seer had, explaining why Septimus seemingly had an extra horse.



** And Brendan, the boy-turned-goat-turned-hot-chick, who is ''very'' happy to be helping Yvaine undress.
* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Brenden checks him/herself out after being transformed into a girl.

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** And Brendan, Bernard, the boy-turned-goat-turned-hot-chick, who is ''very'' happy to be helping Yvaine undress.
* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Brenden Bernard checks him/herself out after being transformed into a girl.
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A 2007 film adaptation of [[NeilGaiman Neil Gaiman's]] book [[{{Stardust}} of the same name]]. While certain liberties were taken, it remains a very faithful adaptation. A young man sets out to find a fallen star for his girlfriend, only to find that the "star" has become human...and that three evil witches want to capture her.

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A 2007 film adaptation of [[NeilGaiman Neil Gaiman's]] book [[{{Stardust}} of the same name]]. While certain liberties were taken, it remains a very faithful adaptation. A young man sets out to find a fallen star for his girlfriend, the girl he's in love with, only to find that the "star" has become human...and that three evil witches want to capture her.


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* AbductionIsLove: Tristan starts out trying to force Yvaine to come back to England with him to show her to Victoria, then the two subsequently fall in love.
** Yvaine also gives us this gem, about when she's abducted for love...
-->'''Yvaine''': But of course! Nothing says "romance" like the gift of a kidnapped injured woman!
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* TheJimmyHartVersion: The ection of Ilan Eshkeri's score [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oydFyUU-ufI (specifically from 3:05 onwards)]] that plays during the scene at the inn is ''very'' similar to ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBl_1A63TU0 Vampire Hunters]]'' from the 1992 film ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle8e9lly3g Bram Stoker's Dracula]]''. Particularly the bass string rhythm. Despite that, this troper actually prefers the ''Stardust'' version.

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* TheJimmyHartVersion: The ection of Ilan Eshkeri's score [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oydFyUU-ufI (specifically from 3:05 onwards)]] that plays during the scene at the inn is ''very'' similar to ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBl_1A63TU0 Vampire Hunters]]'' from the 1992 film ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle8e9lly3g Bram Stoker's Dracula]]''. Particularly the bass string rhythm. Despite that, this troper actually prefers the ''Stardust'' version.
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* SpoiledSweet: Victoria is a mild example since she's geniunely a stuck-up brat who is sweet to Tristan more out of pity than any strong feelings toward him. However, she does seem genuinely prepared to marry him at the end, even though she's fallen for someone else.

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* SpoiledSweet: Victoria is a mild example since she's geniunely a stuck-up brat who is sweet to Tristan more out of pity than any strong feelings toward him. However, she does seem genuinely prepared to marry him at towards the end, even though she's fallen for someone else.
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* SpoiledSweet: Victoria is a mild example since she's geniunely a stuck-up brat who is sweet to Tristan more out of pity than any strong feelings toward him. However, she does seem genuinely prepared to marry him at the end, even though she's fallen for someone else.
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* TrainingMontage: In the movie. Tristan [[TookALevelInBadass gets a level in badass surgically injected into him]] by TheCaptain.

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* TrainingMontage: In the movie. Tristan [[TookALevelInBadass gets a level in badass surgically injected into him]] by TheCaptain.TheCaptain.
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A 2007 film adaptation of [[NeilGaiman Neil Gaiman's]] book [[{{Stardust}} of the same name]]. While certain liberties were taken, it remains a very faithful adaptation. A young man sets out to find a fallen star for his girlfriend, only to find that the 'star' has become human... and that three evil witches want to capture her.

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A 2007 film adaptation of [[NeilGaiman Neil Gaiman's]] book [[{{Stardust}} of the same name]]. While certain liberties were taken, it remains a very faithful adaptation. A young man sets out to find a fallen star for his girlfriend, only to find that the 'star' "star" has become human... human...and that three evil witches want to capture her.



* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Lamia]] actually survives the book.

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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Lamia]] [[spoiler: Lamia]] actually survives the book.



* PeoplePuppets: Of the corpse kind. [[spoiler:Septimus is animated by one of the witches to engage in a sword fight with the protagonist.]]

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* PeoplePuppets: Of the corpse kind. [[spoiler:Septimus [[spoiler: Septimus is animated by one of the witches to engage in a sword fight with the protagonist.]]



* ProphecyTwist: Everyone knows that possessing the heart of a star is the key to living forever. [[spoiler:Turns out it works just as well [[ThePowerOfLove metaphorically]] as literally.]]

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* ProphecyTwist: Everyone knows that possessing the heart of a star is the key to living forever. [[spoiler:Turns [[spoiler: Turns out it works just as well [[ThePowerOfLove metaphorically]] as literally.]]
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* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting: The 98-year old Irish sheperd guarding The Wall is somehow proficient in Shaolin Kung Fu in spite of living in 19th to early 20th Century England all his life.

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* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting: The 98-year old 98-year-old Irish sheperd guarding The Wall is somehow proficient in Shaolin Kung Fu in spite of living in 19th to early 20th Century England all his life.

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* FalseSoulmate: Victoria to Tristan.



* FalseSoulmate: Victoria to Tristan.
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* FalseSoulmate: Victoria to Tristan.
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--> '''Secundus''': All of whom you killed before your father, the last king, was feeling even slightly poorly.

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--> '''Secundus''': All of whom '''Septimus''': And you killed them all for your throne before your father, the last king, was feeling even slightly felt poorly.

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