History Fridge / TheNeverendingStory

** In the movie, it is implied that a sinister unknown force, which uses the Nothing as its tool of destruction, sent the G'mork to Fantasia to kill the meddlesome Atreyu, probably with a pact that he will have a place in the new order created in the human world from the resulting chaos. Having failed to complete his mission; he is found abandoned in the Spook City that will soon fall to the Nothing - assuming that wasn't to be his fate all along. (Deleted lines from the script have him resignedly tell Atreyu, whom he doesn't recognize like in the book, to leave him alone, and that he has grown weak from searching for his quarry for so long).

** In the movie, it is implied a sinister unknown force, that uses the Nothing as a tool of destruction and despair, sent the G'mork to Fantasia to kill Atreyu, probably with a pact that he will have a place in the new order created in the human world from the resulting chaos. Having failed to complete his mission; he is found abandoned in the Spook City that will soon fall to the Nothing - assuming that wasn't to be his fate all along. (Deleted lines from the script have him resignedly tell Atreyu, whom he doesn't recognize like in the book, to leave him alone, and that he has grown weak from searching for his quarry for so long).

** In the movie, it is implied a sinister unknown force, that uses the Nothing as a tool of destruction and despair, sent the G'mork to Fantasia to kill Atreyu, probably with a pact that he will have a place in the new order created in the human world from the resulting chaos. Having failed to complete his mission; he is found abandoned in the Spook City that will soon fall to the Nothing- assuming that wasn't to be his fate all along. (Deleted lines from the script have him resignedly tell Atreyu, whom he doesn't recognize like in the book, to leave him alone, and that he has grown weak from searching for his quarry for so long).

** In the movie it is implied a sinister unknown force, that uses the Nothing as a tool of destruction and despair, sent the G'mork to Fantasia to kill Atreyu, probably with a pact that he will have a place in the new order created in the human world from the resulting chaos. Having failed to complete his mission; he is found abandoned in the Spook City that will soon fall to the Nothing- assuming that wasn't to be his fate all along. (Deleted lines from the script have him resignedly tell Atreyu, whom he doesn't recognize like in the book, to leave him alone, and that he has grown weak from searching for his quarry for so long).

* In the movie it is implied a sinister unknown force, that uses the Nothing as a tool of destruction and despair, sent the G'mork to Fantasia to kill Atreyu, probably with a pact that he will have a place in the new order created in the human world from the resulting chaos. Having failed to complete his mission; he is found abandoned in the Spook City that will soon fall to the Nothing- assuming that wasn't to be his fate all along. (Deleted lines from the script have him resignedly tell Atreyu, whom he doesn't recognize like in the book, to leave him alone, and that he has grown weak from searching for his quarry for so long).

** The story also states that Shakespeare went to Fantastica. Near the end, Mr. Coreamder says that there are more ways than one to Fantastica; it's possible that Tolkien, with his interest in old epics and mythology, was able to go to Fantastica himself, which inspired him to write his Legendarium.

** Funny you should say that, because he did the same for me for ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 3''. After all his lamenting about how [[CharacterDerailment out-of-character]] the characters were, I began to think, and I came to realise: ''They are so out of character for a reason!'' At the point where Bastion comes across Falkor, the Nastys already have a hold of the book and are messing around with the story. Considering the fact that they are probably ''barely literate'', and most definitely don't read, all their ideas of characters would be ''pretty much retarded''. Take the Rockbiter and family, for instance: They are essentially a fantastic sitcom, because HEY, this was the nineties, so the Nastys probably watch almost nothing but sitcoms. He sings a stupid rock song because HEY, rock songs are cool! let's have him sing one while on his awesome hog! - Tropers/TheRealCJ

*** I always got a somewhat more cynical impression of why everyone is an idiot in the sequels. Because Bastion is one. At the end of the first film, Fantasia is basically destroyed, but is recreated by Bastion through his wishes. And as his behavior in the 2nd movie shows, he's just not that creative/clever, and even has a streak of jerkass in him. So while his wishes were able to rebuild Fantasia, it's ''his'' version, and just plain not as wondrous as it once was. -Elan

* The first letters of each chapter form the alphabet. This might seem like [[Captain Obvious]] to you if you have one of the first German pressings, otherwise not so much.
* The story contains [[ShoutOut lots of references]] to [[JRRTolkien J.R.R.]] [[ThatsWhatImTolkienAbout Tolkien]] and [[WilliamShakespeare William]] [[TheBardOnBoard Shakespeare]] because Bastian probably knows a lot about their works.

* Watching WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic gave me a FridgeBrilliance moment for ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 2''. The Critic complains that Bastian could [[PlotInducedStupidity just wish for Fantasia to be saved]] and be done with it, but think about it. The last time Bastian interacted with Fantasia, Atreyu got sent on a grand quest to find a human child, only to be told that [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong He Was]] [[NoFourthWall Reading About You]] [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong All Along]]. And, the threat to Fantasia is a manifestation of humanity's growing apathy towards dreams and stories. Again. A quick resolution might not keep Fantasia safe for very long. - Classified

** Same with getting all the characters back in 3. If he just wishes for everything, [[AnthropicPrinciple there's no story.]] Fantasia is literally a storybook fantasyland, and with no story to revolve around, it all falls to ruin. Like how AlanWake had to stay true to the story's internal logic or it would have had a TheBadGuyWins DownerEnding, instead of the BittersweetEnding it did have. A copout ending is incredibly bad news. - dvorak

** Same with getting all the characters back in 3. If he just wishes for everything, [[AnthropicPrinciple there's no story.]] Fantasia is literally a storybook fantasyland, and with no story to revolve around, it all falls to ruin. Like how AlanWake had to stay true to the story's internal logic or it would have had a BadGuyWins DownerEnding, instead of the BittersweetEnding it did have. A copout ending is incredibly bad news. - dvorak

** Same with getting all the characters back in 3. If he just wishes for everything, there's no story. Fantasia is literally a storybook fantasyland, and with no story to revolve around, it all falls to ruin. Like how AlanWake had to stay true to the story's internal logic. A copout ending is incredibly bad news. - dvorak

** Same with getting all the characters back in 3. If he just wishes for everything, there's no story. Fantasia is literally a storybook fantasyland, and with no story to revolve around, it all falls to ruin. Like how AlanWake had to stay true to the story's internal logic. A copout ending is incredibly bad news.

*** I always got a somewhat more cynical impression of why everyone is an idiot in the sequels. Because Bastion is one. At the end of the first film, Fantasia is basically destroyed, but is recreated by Bastion through his wishes. And as his behavior in the 2nd movie shows, he's just not that creative/clever, and even has a streak of jerkass in him. So while his wishes were able to rebuild Fantasia, it's ''his'' version, and just plain not as wondrous as it once was.-Elan

*** I always got a somewhat more cynical impression of why everyone is an idiot in the sequels. Because Bastion is one. At the end of the first film, Fantasia is basically destroyed, but is recreated by Bastion through his wishes. And as his behavior in the 2nd movie shows, he's just not that creative/clever, and even has a streak of jerkass in him. So while his wishes were able to rebuild Fantasia, it's ''his'' version, and just plain not as wondrous as it once was.

* Watching WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic gave me a FridgeBrilliance moment for ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 2''. The Critic complains that Bastian could [[PlotInducedStupidity just wish for Fantasia to be saved]] and be done with it, but think about it. The last time Bastian interacted with Fantasia, Atreyu got sent on a grand quest to find a human child, only to be told that [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong He Was]] [[NoFourthWall Reading About You]] [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong All Along]]. And, the threat to Fantasia is a manifestation of humanity's growing apathy towards dreams and stories. Again. A quick resolution might not keep Fantasia safe for very long. - Classified

* Watching TheNostalgiaCritic gave me a FridgeBrilliance moment for ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 2''. The Critic complains that Bastian could [[PlotInducedStupidity just wish for Fantasia to be saved]] and be done with it, but think about it. The last time Bastian interacted with Fantasia, Atreyu got sent on a grand quest to find a human child, only to be told that [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong He Was]] [[NoFourthWall Reading About You]] [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong All Along]]. And, the threat to Fantasia is a manifestation of humanity's growing apathy towards dreams and stories. Again. A quick resolution might not keep Fantasia safe for very long. - Classified

* Watching TheNostalgiaCritic gave me a FridgeBrilliance moment for ''TheNeverendingStory 2''. The Critic complains that Bastian could [[PlotInducedStupidity just wish for Fantasia to be saved]] and be done with it, but think about it. The last time Bastian interacted with Fantasia, Atreyu got sent on a grand quest to find a human child, only to be told that [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong He Was]] [[NoFourthWall Reading About You]] [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong All Along]]. And, the threat to Fantasia is a manifestation of humanity's growing apathy towards dreams and stories. Again. A quick resolution might not keep Fantasia safe for very long. - Classified
** Funny you should say that, because he did the same for me for TheNeverendingStory 3. After all his lamenting about how [[CharacterDerailment out-of-character]] the characters were, I began to think, and I came to realise: ''They are so out of character for a reason!'' At the point where Bastion comes across Falkor, the Nastys already have a hold of the book and are messing around with the story. Considering the fact that they are probably ''barely literate'', and most definitely don't read, all their ideas of characters would be ''pretty much retarded''. Take the Rockbiter and family, for instance: They are essentially a fantastic sitcom, because HEY, this was the nineties, so the Nastys probably watch almost nothing but sitcoms. He sings a stupid rock song because HEY, rock songs are cool! let's have him sing one while on his awesome hog! - Troper/TheRealCJ