History Film / Stardust

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: The inhabitants of Thornhold, who were humanoid faeries in the book (where they had cat-like eyes and PointyEars, which made Tristran stand out in the village of Wall), appear fully like humans in the film, at least outwardly, although Primus's blue AlienBlood and the references to "the human world" indicate that they're still not.

** In the book, the world across the wall was called Faerie rather than Thornhold; Thornhold was one of many kingdoms within it.

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: The inhabitants of Thornhold, who were humanoid faeries in the book (where they had cat-like eyes and PointyEars, which made Tristran stand out in the village of Wall), appear fully like humans in the film, at least outwardly, although Primus's blue blood and the references to "the human world" indicate that they're still not.

* BlueBlood: When [[spoiler:Lamia cuts Primus's throat in the bath, he bleeds blue.]] It's unclear if it's just because [[spoiler: he's royalty,]] or if all inhabitants of Stormhold have such blood, since nobody else in the movie is seen bleeding. WordOfGod states the decision for the color was made to avoid the "R" rating that [[BlackBlood red blood]] would have caused, with the added benefit of being a visual gag for the character.

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: The inhabitants of Thornhold, who were humanoid faeries in the book (where they had cat-like eyes and PointyEars, which made Tristran stand out in the village of Wall), appear fully like humans in the film, at least outwardly, although Primus's blue blood and the references to "the human world" indicate that they're still not.

* SupernaturallyYoungParent: Una doesn't seem to have aged much in at least twenty years -- though spending most of her time transformed into a bird during those years might have halted the aging process.

** The unicorn that comes to help Yvaine is last seen being trapped in Lamia's fire in the inn before Tristan and Yvaine escape. There's no sign of a body when Septimus's men find the area, so it either burned to death or escaped when Lamia ended the spell.

* TitleDrop: Tristan brings Victoria a lock of Yvaine's hair, but it has turned into nothing more than metal shavings after crossing the wall. Victoria then complains that he only brought her ''stardust''.

* EvilPrince: Septimus, and presumably most of his brothers, though none of them get a chance to perform evil acts onscreen. It's a tradition in Stormhold that the princes be evil -- they're encouraged to kill each other off, proving that the survivor will be a strong king. Primus is an aversion, and the bishop supports him as the first potentially benevolent ruler, but though he takes precautions against Septimus's assassination attempts, he's killed anyway when he happens to get in Lamia's way.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The mistake that leads to Yvaine and Tristan meeting the lightning pirates foreshadows that [[spoiler: two people can use the candle to travel into the heavens with the rest of the stars, as the two of them do in the end]].

* HeirClubForMen: The fact that only males can inherit the throne of Stormhold means that Princess Una isn't a target of her other brothers, who are busy killing each other off because the law also demands that there be only one male contender. It also helps they have no idea where she is. This is also the reason that [[spoiler:the throne passes directly to Tristan once his relation to her is revealed]].

* HeroicFantasy: The film is set in a world of high magic, but the stakes aren't high enough to qualify as HighFantasy, and the emphasis is on the personal adventures of the characters rather than a battle of good versus evil.

* IWasQuiteALooker: The witch sisters all intend to restore their youth and beauty. In the film we only see what [[MsFanservice Lamia's youthful self looks like]], but there's a small MissingTrailerScene that briefly shows them all posing in front of the mirror in all their youth and beauty.

* NeverTrustATrailer: In an aversion of TrailersAlwaysSpoil, the [[CampGay exact]] [[PlayingAgainstType nature]] of Creator/RobertDeNiro's role as Captain Shakespeare was not spoiled by trailers, making TheReveal in the movie a total surprise.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: The witches were collectively known as the Lilim in the book, with the eldest of them (Lamia's counterpart) going by the alias Morwanneg, meaning "wave of the sea", but it was explicitly not her real name. Her true name had been buried beneath the sea with the kingdom the Lilim once ruled, making the alias an in-joke. In the film, their roles are expanded to become Lamia, Mormo and Empusa, all of which are names of vampiric creatures from Greek mythology.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: The witches were collectively known as the Lilim in the book, with the eldest of them (Lamia's counterpart) going by the alias Morwanneg at one point. In the film, their roles are expanded to become Lamia, Mormo and Empusa.

** In the book, Ditchwater Sal was her original name, but she now goes by Madam Semele.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The unicorn that comes to help Yvaine is last seen being trapped in Lamia's fire in the inn before Tristan and Yvaine escape. There's no sign of a body when Septimus's men find the area, so it either burned to death or escaped when Lamia ended the spell.
* Likewise, Bernard is last seen crashing to the ground as Septimus steals his horse and rides off. Given the week he's been having, he's probably just as glad to be well out of things.

* SymbolMotifClothing: Each of the Princes of Stormhold has the Roman numeral that matches their [[NumericalThemeNaming name]] embroidered into the pattern of their clothing.

* CurbStompBattle: The elderly Wall guard administers one to Tristan, despite being 97.

* SymbolMotifClothing: Each of the Princes of Stormhold has the Roman numeral that matches their
[[NumericalThemeNaming name]] embroidered into the pattern of their clothing.

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When a star falls from the sky, Tristan Thorn (Creator/CharlieCox) sets out to find a fallen star for Victoria (Creator/SiennaMiller), the girl he's in love with...only to find that the "star" is a humanoid woman named Yvaine (Creator/ClaireDanes), and that three evil witches, led by the scheming Lamia (Creator/MichellePfeiffer), want to capture her. Yvaine is also being chased by heirs to the throne of the magical kingdom of Stormhold who seek Yvaine's ruby necklace, Prince Septimus (Creator/MarkStrong) foremost among them.

* FalseSoulmate: Tristan wholeheartedly believes he and Victoria are meant for each other. He learns better over the course of the film.

* BreastExpansion: Inverted. Lamia's breasts suddenly deflate after she uses too much magic.

* GagBoobs: Lamia's breasts suddenly deflate after she uses too much magic.