History Film / TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe

** Edmund betraying the siblings in the book is said to be mostly brought on by bad influences at his school, with Peter suggesting he was too hard on him as well. The film upgrades the conflict between Peter and Edmund.

** Downplayed with Jadis. In the book she ''is'' attractive but in a CuteMonsterGirl sort of way -- as her skin is said to be completely white and Edmund is still terrified of her. Creator/TildaSwinton's portrayal is more traditionally attractive, as she's shown as a BitchInSheepsClothing at first.
* AdaptationalBadass: Jadis in the book is implied to only rely on her wand during the battle (and previous adaptations portrayed her as a sneaky combatant who actually flees when Peter confronts her). This version fights on the front lines, and kills plenty of enemies without needing her wand. She beats Peter in a duel right as Aslan shows up.

* AdaptationalNationality: Mrs Macready didn't have her nationality stated in the books. The BBC adaptation made her Scottish, while the live action film has her as Irish.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Mrs Macready downplays this. While a typical stern housekeeper in the books, she gets two PetTheDog moments here; her "small favors" comment when the children arrive and later taking Lucy to get some cocoa when she's found crying.

** Lucy is a blonde in the books but is a brunette here. Georgie Henley's hair was actually lightened for the film but it's still noticeable. Edmund is commonly portrayed as a blond too, but is played by brunet Skandar Keynes. Peter meanwhile is dark-haired in the illustrations but blond in the film. Susan is the only Pevensie to keep her book hair colour (black). Jadis's hair color is never mentioned in the books, but illustrations give her black hair. She is a strawberry blonde in the film.
** The BBC adaptation once again had Lucy as a brunette, and Susan as a blonde.
* AdaptationExpansion: Being an early work aimed at young children, Lewis's original novel is rather short. The main emphasis is also on the spiritual subtext (Lewis was a Christian apologist and theologian). Adapting the source material for a Disney family film therefore required fleshing out some of the more latent aspects, such as the fantasy/warfare elements.
** The film's 10-minute prologue, showing the Blitz and the Pevensies' evacuation to the countryside, is all based on a single sentence in the book: "...they were sent away from London during the war, because of the air raids." The book also offers no further specification as to where the Pevensies are from; in the film they're from Finchley.

** It's also explained in the book that the White Witch's Turkish Delight has some mind control powers over whoever eats it, and shown that Edmund only let her get close to him out of fear, making Edmund's betrayal over a supply of candy seem far less petty.

* AdaptedOut: The group of animals having Christmas dinner that get turned to stone by Jadis. Instead these roles are filled by Mr Fox (Edmund witnessing the witch's cruelty) and Beaver's friends (helpless animals turned to stone).

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted. The fox is initially a shady character and Beaver initially refuses to trust him, saying all his kind work for the White Witch. The fox brushes this off as an "unfortunate family resemblance" with the wolves and proves to be good. Even the wolves are ultimately proven to subvert this as a handful were seen in the stone garden where Jadis kept all those who tried to oppose her. They are brought back to life by Aslan and join him in battle.

* BigBrotherInstinct: The Pensives care about each other and the two older ones are clearly trying to keep the younger siblings out of trouble, though it comes across as AngerBornOfWorry most of the time. For their part Edmund rushes straight into battle to defend his brother and Lucy doesn't hesitate to tend to him with her healing cordial.

* BoundAndGagged: Edmund winds up tied to a tree and gagged mid-way, as Ginabrik taunts him on his upcoming fate. [[spoiler: When Aslan sends his army to follow a wolf after Maugrim is killed, they manage to rescue Edmund... and make Ginabrik take his place as the tied-up individual.]]

* BrokenGlassPenalty: Edmund breaks a window and the children's attempt to hide is what sends them into Narnia.

** The film adds Oreius the centaur, who first introduces the Pevensies to Aslan, trains with Peter and Edmund and leads the charge into battle alongside the former. [[spoiler: He's one of the victims of Jadis's wand]]. In the book there were four centaurs present when the Pevensies first met Aslan, but none were identified by name.
** The Minotaur commander of Jadis's army called Otmin, who is [[spoiler:slain by Oreius]], does not specifically appear in the book either.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Jadis's dwarf]]. Susan shoots him with an arrow in the film, whereas we never find out what happens to him in the book

* DreamWithinADream: Subverted, the characters think their memory of a familiar place is from a dream within a dream, but it turns out to be from where they originally came from in the real world.

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: A DiscretionShot spares us the visual, but [[spoiler:Jadis gets her face mauled by Aslan.]]
* FaunsAndSatyrs: Mr. Tumnus. He starts out trying to kidnap Lucy, but later becomes her friend. The Narnian army also has some satyrs, portrayed as resembling humanoid goats with goblin-like faces, in its ranks.

** The first time, Lucy travels to Narnia alone, and the other three children [[CassandraTruth tell her it's her imagination]]. The second trip, Edmund follows her, but when the older children still don't believe it, he claims he was only playing along. He seriously hurts her feelings with, "Some little children just don't know when to stop pretending." The third trip, all four of the children go, and Lucy is exonerated. First she tells her older siblings, "Don't worry. I'm sure it's just your imagination." Then when Peter makes Edmund apologize to her, Lucy forgives him, but she stings back, "That's all right. Some little children just don't know when to stop pretending."

* LightIsNotGood: Done with Jadis, as she's given strawberry blond hair and light-coloured make-up in contrast to more famous illustrations of her with black hair. WordOfGod says they thought black hair looked too gothic. Jadis does wear two black dresses in the film however -- at the Stone Table and the Battle of Beruna.

* MaliciousSlander: Jadis tells Tumnus, who is in a prison cell next to Edmund, that Edmund is the one who betrayed his secret. While Edmund did provide the information to Jadis that Tumnus had helped Lucy, this was not betrayal as Edmund mentioned it casually while he still had no idea that this was sensitive information. Of course this doesn't matter to Jadis, who is just trying to (and succeeding in) breaking Tumnus' spirit.

** Early in the movie, Peter chides Edmund by asking "Why can't you just do as you're told?" At the end, after [[spoiler: Lucy heals his near fatal injuries with her cordial,]] Peter asks him "When are you gonna learn to do as you're told?", this time thankfully.

** The Pevensie mother's name isn't revealed in the book's either. But Georgie Henley ad-libbed "my mother's name is Helen" when she meets Mr. Tumnus (Helen being her mother's name in real life).

* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Mermaids are briefly glimpsed before the coronation scene. They're shown to have additional fins either side of their tails.
* OurNymphsAreDifferent: Dryads are tree spirits who only become visible as patterns within blowing leaves, flower petals and other plant material.

** The Pevensie siblings can be differenced by this, with Peter and Lucy represented by Red, due to the fact that they are more intuitive, vibrant, [[{{Determinator}} determined]] and, to an extent, more sensitive than Edmund and Susan, who are more logical, cold and down to earth, inclined towards the Blue part. [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience Even their hair show it, due to the fact that Peter and Lucy have lighter hair, while Edmund and Susan are dark haired]].
** And even the book's religious subtext organizes them as this, since Peter and Lucy are meant to represent the better Apostles, Peter being named High King, representing the Apostle Peter, who in reality is the first Leader of the Christian church after Christ ascended, and Lucy, who represents Saint John, who had the most faith in Jesus, just like Lucy has in Aslan. On the other side, Edmund represents [[BiblicalBadGuy Judas Iscariot]], who betrayed Jesus for silver, just like Edmund betrays Aslan for Turkish Delight, and [[spoiler: Susan, who represents "Doubting Thomas", because she loses her faith completely in Aslan and Narnia.]]

** Tilda Swinton described Jadis' dress as a "mood thermometer", reflecting her status in the film. Notably she wears a crown of icicles at the beginning of the film -- which also shrinks as her power wanes, and she goes without it in the latter parts.

** When Peter first pulls out his sword against Maugrim during the standoff on the river, he noticeably fidgets with the weapon, and shows very real reluctance to kill Maugrim, noticeably grimacing at the thought of killing Maugrim in self defence. Peter has never used a sword in his life, and even though he is the eldest of the siblings, he is still a teenager who still balks at killing even in self defence. Maugrim notices this and mocks him for it.

* TakenForGranite: Jadis' wand turns living things to stone, an ability shown numerous times throughout the movie. Incidentally, this movie currently provides the page image for that trope.

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: In the first movie, Susan is seen doing some target practice with her bow and arrow. She hits the ring just around the bull’s-eye. Then Lucy throws her knife at the target and hits dead centre.
* TooImportantToWalk: After the thaw renders her sleigh moot, Jadis resorts to having it carried by a cadre of cyclops. In the battle she also has a chariot pulled by polar bears.

* WouldHurtAChild: Jadis in the Battle of Beruna. She [[spoiler:stabs Edmund when he smashes her wand]] and duels with Peter with the full intent of killing him. Overall Jadis's whole plan involves killing the children.

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: A ViewerDiscretionShot spares us the visual, but [[spoiler:Jadis gets her face mauled by Aslan.]]

* BigBrotherBully: This version plays it up with Peter. Although a lot of it is desire to keep Edmund out of trouble and to stop him picking on Lucy, there are a few straightforward moments like when he makes Edmund wear a girl's coat in Narnia.

* IncorrectAnimalNoise: With the exception of Aslan, all the big cats in the film make puma noises (although none of them are pumas).

* RealityEnsues:
** When Peter first pulls out his sword against Maugrim during the standoff on the river, he noticeably fidgets with the weapon, and shows very real reluctance to kill Maugrim, noticeably grimacing at the thought of killing Maugrim in self defence. Peter has never used a sword in his life, and even though he is the eldest of the siblings, he is still a teenager who still balks at killing even in self defence. Maugrim notices this and mocks him for it.
** Peter, a teenager given sword lessons just a few days ago, against the White Witch, an adult woman who is immortal and with much more experience. Even with UnstoppableRage fueling him, he is nowhere near skilled enough to take her on, and she is visibly toying with him throughout their entire confrontation in the final battle... then the moment she turns serious, he can barely fend her off at all before she proves too much.
** What happens when an enormous amount of ice starts breaking apart? An enormous flash flood that washes away any form of scent. The wolves noticeably are stated to be exhausted from having chased them. The children's scent was washed away, so they had to look for the children the hard way.

** Tilda Swinton described Jadis's dress as a "mood thermometer", reflecting her status in the film. Notably she wears a crown of icicles at the beginning of the film -- which also shrinks as her power wanes, and she goes without it in the latter parts.

* MercyLead: Inverted when the Queen's wolves track down Susan & Lucy.

''The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', based on the first published and second chronological novel in Lewis's ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' series, was released in 2005 and directed by Andrew Adamson. It is the first film in ''Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' series. Creator/WilliamMoseley, Creator/AnnaPopplewell, Creator/GeorgieHenley, and Creator/SkandarKeynes play Peter, Susan, Lucy and Edmund, four British children evacuated during the Blitz to the countryside, who find a wardrobe that leads to the fantasy world of Narnia. There they ally with the Lion Aslan (voiced by Creator/LiamNeeson) against the forces of Jadis, the White Witch (Creator/TildaSwinton). The screenplay based on the novel by C. S. Lewis was written by Stephen [=McFeely=] and Christopher Markus.

''The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', based on the first published and second chronological novel in Lewis's ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' series, was released in 2005 and directed by Andrew Adamson. Creator/WilliamMoseley, Creator/AnnaPopplewell, Creator/GeorgieHenley, and Creator/SkandarKeynes play Peter, Susan, Lucy and Edmund, four British children evacuated during the Blitz to the countryside, who find a wardrobe that leads to the fantasy world of Narnia. There they ally with the Lion Aslan (voiced by Creator/LiamNeeson) against the forces of Jadis, the White Witch (Creator/TildaSwinton). The screenplay based on the novel by C. S. Lewis was written by Stephen [=McFeely=] and Christopher Markus.

** Happens twice. Early in the movie, Peter chides Edmund by asking "when are you going to do as you're told?" At the end, after [[spoiler: Lucy heals his near fatal injuries with her cordial,]] Peter asks the same question, this time thankfully.

** Jadis's dwarf is unnamed in the book but called "Ginnabrik" in the film. WordOfGod says this is a reference to Nikkabrik from the second book -- the dwarf who wishes to resurrect Jadis -- and suggests the two could be related. The dwarf's fate is also unknown in the book -- in the film he is [[spoiler:shot by Susan]].

'''White Witch:''' [[https://youtu.be/_74EUo_enAE?list=PLAmfKcK9PYL_eS8FX-lazp4W6jKYzrp-n&t=81 ''THEN HOW '''DARE''' YOU COME ALONE?'']]

** Jadis's dwarf is unnamed in the book but called "Ginnabrik" in the film. WordOfGod says this is a reference to Nikkabrik from the second book -- the dwarf who wishes to resurrect Jadis -- and suggests the two could be related.

** The film adds Oreius the centaur as someone that Peter and Edmund train with and who leads the charge into battle alongside the former. [[spoiler: He's one of the victims of Jadis's wand]].
** Jadis is given a Minotaur commander of her army called Otmin, who is [[spoiler:slain by Oreius]].
*** In the book, centaurs are frequently mentioned as fighting for Aslan, and Minotaurs for the Witch, though none are identified by name nor are their military roles outlined, making this a specific instance of AdaptationExpansion.

* HollywoodTactics: Peter's tactics are... well exactly what you'd expect from a young boy with no training whatsoever. Despite commanding an excellent defensive position he leads his elites into a disastrous and utterly pointless head-on charge into the core of the enemy army; the resulting rout throws his own lines into complete disarray. He then tries to go toe-to-toe with Jadis, a fight he has no chance in, [[UnstoppableRage although he wasn't exactly thinking clearly at that moment (having seen Jadis hurt Edmund).]]
** On the other side of things, he has gryphons drop stones on the approaching army (imitating the bombing strategies of Earth), and pulls the army back so the enemy runs into their archers.

* ReverseMole: Fox is truly on Aslan's side but pretends to serve the Witch.

* AdaptationalJerkass: A mild case with Peter. he has some BigBrotherBully tendencies that weren't present in the books. He does say he was too hard on Edmund at one point in the books, but it's not shown in action.

* EnforcedMethodActing: Georgie Henley was blindfolded before being taken to the snowy Narnia set for the first time, and she was told to just wander around when the cameras started rolling: her wide-eyed reactions are genuine. Similarly, when she sees James [=McAvoy=] in his Mr Tumnus costume, she had not seen this before, and her reaction is genuine.

'''White Witch:''' ''THEN HOW '''DARE''' YOU COME ALONE?''

* EnforcedMethodActing: Georgie Henley was blindfolded before being taken to the snowy Narnia set for the first time, and she was told to just wander around when the cameras started rolling: her wide-eyed reactions are genuine. Similarly, when she sees James McAvoy in his Mr Tumnus costume, she had not seen this before, and her reaction is genuine.

** Maugrim's secret police – which apparently only consisted of himself and one other wolf in the novel – is replaced with a whole pack of wolves in the film. The pursuit through the tunnel and the confrontation on the frozen river are also elements original to the screenplay.

** The film also greatly fleshes out the personalities of the children. Peter's BigBrotherBully tendencies are played up a lot more between him and Edmund – with Peter feeling that he has to act as a TeamDad to compensate for their father being in the war. Edmund is portrayed as much more sympathetic; the reason for his unpleasantness is shown to be a result of worry for his father and trauma from living under the Blitz (in the book, he'd grown a bad attitude after starting at a new school). Susan likewise becomes an AgentScully type, possibly foreshadowing her later fate in the books.

* AllThereInTheManual: Ankle Slicers, the tiny gremlins that can be seen fighting for the Witch, are only named in behind-the-scenes materials and the tie-in video game. They're so small that it can be hard to even notice them if you don't know they're there - the fact that they're the ones who topple the rhino in the final battle borders on being a FreezeFrameBonus.

** Also Peter to Edmund - "why can't you just do as your told?" - first said angrily after Edmund nearly gets bombed trying to get their dad's picture from the house. And then later said [[spoiler: with relief that Edmund is now alive, after having saved everyone]].
* LightIsNotGood: Done with Jadis, as she's given strawberry blond hair and light-coloured make-up in contrast to more famous illustrations of her with black hair. WordOfGod says they thought black hair looked too gothic. Jadis does wear two black dresses in the film however - at the Stone Table and the Battle of Beruna.

** Jadis's dwarf is unnamed in the book but called 'Ginnabrik' in the film. WordOfGod says this is a reference to Nikkabrik from the second book - the dwarf who wishes to resurrect Jadis - and suggests the two could be related.

* AdaptationExpansion: Being a seminal work aimed at young children, Lewis's original novel is rather short. The main emphasis is also on the spiritual subtext (Lewis was a Christian apologist and theologian). Adapting the source material for a Disney family film therefore required fleshing out some of the more latent aspects, such as the fantasy/warfare elements.
** The film's 10-minute prologue, showing the Blitz and the Pevensies' evacuation to the countryside, is all based on a single sentence in the book: "...they were sent away from London during the war, because of the air raids."

* CallBack / CallForward: Professor Kirk is given a much more interested reaction when Susan mentions Lucy claims she found Narnia in a Wardrobe. An obvious nod to Digory himself having been to Narnia in the book "The Magician's Nephew". Whether this is a CallBack or CallForward depends on whether you go by Chronological Order or Publishing Order.