History Fridge / BedknobsAndBroomsticks

* Why did they go to a comic book world? There's the possibility it's because that's the fairy land the animals retreated to. Another possibility is ''The Isle of Naboomban doesn't exist.'' While the magic in the book is real, the actual place may have long since fallen to ruin or been destroyed. Also, our heroes don't know anything about it save what was made from a comic book so the only place the magic can visualize is from said comic book.

** For that matter, does the magic that makes them anthrophomorphic wear out without that medal?!

** Also, we know Emilius isn’t totally amoral, so he may have a bit of conscience affecting his actions. He can easily justify to himself selling spells from an authentic book of magic (that he believes don’t work because magic is rubbish), but he may be less comfortable composing and selling completely fraudulent spells, making him more willing to just drop the whole thing and move on to the next con.

** He may not feel up to the task of making up convincing material to pad out the ending. Not everyone is good at concocting stories (or magic words) that match somebody else's style.

** The prop looks more like a set of scrolls bound together than an actual book. Every page we actually see is on the right. One sided pages perhaps?

* OK, they have a lion king ([[Disney/TheLionKing no comment from the peanut gallery]]) temporarily changed into a rabbit, with no Star Of Astoroth on his neck to justify his authority (or even identify him, apart from the crown). Do the Naboombans revolt?! What happens to the king?! Maybe hopefully the villagers don't see him as a cute little rabbit and (at best) laugh him out of a job, if he doesn't get eaten first.

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* Emelius quits sending correspondence school spells to Miss Price because the book is torn in half and the rest is missing. Except he considered the whole thing to be rubbish in the first place. So he gave up a perfectly good con just because of a few missing pages?
** He may not feel up to the task of making up convincing material to pad out the ending. Not everyone is good at concocting stories (or magic words) that match somebody else's style.
* The animals on Naboombu seem very friendly toward Emelius and crew, the only hostile moment being at the end of the trip when Emelius has stolen the Star of Astoroth. With such friendly relations, why didn't Emelius just say, 'Hey, nice star, can we write down the words?' The king seemed to have no problem with other people touching it, provided they didn't swipe it.
** Because Emelius is a con-man and a swindler. He doesn't think in terms of honesty and negotiations, he thinks in terms of sleight-of-hand and skulduggery.
* Cosmic Creepers eagerly tried to attack Charlie when he was turned in to a rabbit, and yet when Emelius is transformed the cat doesn't try to make a meal out of him. Cosmic Creepers learned his lesson.
* The filmmakers obviously didn't think through the fact that Miss Price's "missing page" is on the opposite side of the sheet from the one in her possession, so by all rights she should have it. It lets Angela Lansbury do a dramatic page-turn, but at what cost?
** The prop looks more like a set of scrolls bound together than an actual book. Every page we actually see is on the right. One sided pages perhaps?

* Remember all those cute little animals on the Isle of Nabooombu, and their cute little soccer match with all kinds of animal slapstick? Now think back to the legend that explains the origin of these islanders, in which the animals betrayed and killed what was essentially their creator, only to establish a civilization of their own. The entire visit to the island gets decidedly more ominous and creepy -- shades of ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau''.

* Remember all those cute little animals on the Isle of Nabooombu, and their cute little soccer match with all kinds of animal slapstick? Now think back to the legend that explains the origin of these islanders, in which the animals betrayed and killed what was essentially their creator, only to establish a civilization of their own. The entire visit to the island gets decidedly more ominous and creepy--shades of ''Literature/TheIslandOfDrMoreau''.

** There is a high possibility of Professor Brown dying in the war, but the tone the movie leaves off with is that he is going to come back alright. The reason for him joining the ranks: 1. If a troop of Nazis were almost sucessful in invading the isle, then yeah it's all hands on deck. 2. Feels more out of a sense of duty to protect his new found family.

** There is a high possibility of Professor Brown dying in the war, but the tone the movie leaves off with is that he is going to come back alright. The reason for him joining the ranks: 1. If a troop of Nazis tried to invade the isle, then yeah it's all hands on deck. 2. Feels more out of a sense of duty to protect his new found family.