History Film / TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe

** 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]].

** 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.[[invoked]]

* WalkingShirtlessScene: It's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] with Mr. Tumnus because the character is a faun.
* 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.

* 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 differentiated by this, with Peter and Lucy represented by Red, as 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 shows it, since Peter and Lucy have lighter hair, while Edmund and Susan are dark-haired]].

** 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.

* LightIsNotGood: Done with Jadis, as she's given strawberry blonde 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.

** The BBC adaptation once again had Lucy as a brunette and Susan as a blonde.

** A mild case with Peter. He has some BigBrotherBully tendencies that weren't present in the books, like deliberately giving Edmund a "girl's coat".

** 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.

* AdaptationalJerkass: A mild case with Peter. He has some BigBrotherBully tendencies that weren't present in the books, like deliberately giving Edmund a "girl's coat".

* CallBack / CallForward: Professor Kirke 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". There are a few other touches too like Kirke having his tobacco stored in a container shaped and colored like a silver apple with a flying horse on it. The wardrobe itself has carvings that allude to the events of the Magicians Nephew" Whether this is a CallBack or CallForward depends on whether you go by Chronological Order or Publishing Order.

** The Battle at Beruna, which is only briefly described and mostly happened "offscreen" in the book, is given a vivid rendering in the film.

* TraumaticHaircut: Taken UpToEleven in this adaptation, as Jadis wears Aslan's shorn mane into battle as a pelt the next day.

* {{Corpsing}}: The reaction shot of Peter to Aslan's "Beaver mentioned you planned on turning him into a hat" wasn't in the script. A fly was buzzing around Creator/WilliamMoseley's head and he couldn't stop grinning.

** On the other hand her magic, particularly her most dreaded ability to [[TakenForGranite turn people to stone]] is significantly less dangerous than in the book. Originally she could petrify a victim simply by pointing or waving her wand at them, while in the movie she actually needs to touch them with it. Its power effectively made her [[OneManArmy an army unto herself]] during the final battle, petrifying Narnians "left and right", which is why Edmund smashing her wand when he had the opportunity rather than going for her directly like everyone else who attacked her was described by Peter as the turning point in the battle. While it still gives her a OneHitKill ability in personal combat, it doesn't make her personal presence the same game-changer in the battle that it was in the book.

* 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.

* AdultFear: The opening of the film, ''The Blitz''. Imagine just another day in your home when suddenly the Air Raid Sirens go off and you see parts of the city just a few blocks away erupt into flames. You rush to gather your children and get to your bomb shelter but one of them rushes back into the house to get what could have been the last photo of his father should he never return from war, risking his own death. This is the situation Helen Pevensie finds herself in and it was a reality for ''many'' parents during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

** 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]].

** The Pevensie mother's name isn't revealed in the books 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).

* 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". There are a few other touches too like Kirk having his tobacco stored in a container shaped and colored like a silver apple with a flying horse on it. The wardrobe itself has carvings that allude to the events of the Magicians Nephew" Whether this is a CallBack or CallForward depends on whether you go by Chronological Order or Publishing Order.

** The eagles and griffons' aerial bombing with rocks at the beginning of the Battle of Beruna echos the blitzkrieg of London depicted at the beginning of the movie. It's possible that Peter himself came up with the tactic based on his experiences from his own time/planet.

* AdultFear: The opening of the film, ''The Blitz''. Imagine just another day in your home when suddenly the Air Raid Sirens go off and you see parts of the city just a few blocks away erupt into flames. You rush to gather your children and get to your bomb shelter but one of them rushes back into the house to get what could have been the last photo of his father should he never return from war, risking his own death. This is the situation Helen Pevensie finds herself in and it was a reality for ''many'' parents during [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII]].

** The film's 10-minute prologue, showing the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII 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.

* AdultFear: The opening of the film, ''The Blitz''. Imagine just another day in your home when suddenly the Air Raid Sirens go off and you see parts of the city just a few blocks away erupt into flames. You rush to gather your children and get to your bomb shelter but one of them rushes back into the house to get what could have been the last photo of his father should he never return from war, risking his own death. This is the situation Helen Pevensie finds herself in and it was a reality for ''many'' parents during World War II.

** 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.

* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII: The film opens during the London Blitz and the Pevensie children are evacuated to the countryside because of it.