History YMMV / TheLionTheWitchandtheWardrobe

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The 2005 film does this with the Pevensie children:

** Susan's status as the AgentScully in the films is widely accepted by fans as better. Partly because Susan was OutOfFocus for the two books she was in, and thus didn't have [[TheGenericGuy much of a personality]]. It also acts as {{Foreshadowing}} that she will eventually convince herself that Narnia was AllJustADream, and sets it up in a way that lacks the books' gendered UnfortunateImplications. Unfortunately, the film series was cut short before her arc could fully play out... but [[FanficFuel that's what fanfic is for.]]

** In the book, Edmund's betrayal of his siblings is said to be due to magic in Jadis's Turkish Delight (although Lewis points out at the end of the book that horrible influences at school were what first made him start to go wrong). The film puts forward the interpretation that it's more due to Peter's BigBrotherBully tendencies, and Jadis is the [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe first person to really show him affection in a long time]]. ''Even if'' he knows the affection is fake (which is entirely possible that he knows): it's better to at least have someone ''pretend'' they care than nothing at all.

** In the book, Edmund's betrayal of his siblings is said to be due to magic in Jadis's Turkish Delight (although Lewis points out at the end of the book that horrible influences at school were what first made him start to go wrong). The film puts forward the interpretation that it's more due to Peter's BigBrotherBully tendencies, and Jadis is the [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe first person to really show him affection in a long time]]. ''Even if'' he knows the affection is fake (which is entirely possible): it's better to at least have someone ''pretend'' they care than nothing at all.

** In the book, Edmund's betrayal of his siblings is said to be due to magic in Jadis's Turkish Delight (although Lewis points out at the end of the book that horrible influences at school were what first made him start to go wrong). The film puts forward the interpretation that it's more due to Peter's BigBrotherBully tendencies, and Jadis is the [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe first person to really show him affection in a long time]].

* WhatAnIdiot: In the 2005 film, Susan starts arguing with Peter over whether or not the huge, menacing wolf at the head of the Witch's SecretPolice is really their enemy, even agreeing with Maugrim that Peter should drop the sword (that he was given by Father Christmas, of all people). Bonus points for taking this patently ridiculous stance while they're trying to cross a river that's melting under their feet. Peter even calls her out for [[KnowNothingKnowItAll just trying to look smart]].

* FirstInstallmentWins: ''The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'' is the best-known and most adapted book of the series. It's been adapted four times. The 2005 film is likewise considered the best of the three Walden Media Narnia films.

* FoeYay:
** Some signs of it between Jadis and Edmund. Though it goes a little on the MemeticMolester territory since she's an immortal adult and Edmund... ten. Tilda Swinton even flirted with Skandar Keynes between takes to bring some of this out on screen.
** In the 2005 film there is ''definite'' sexual tension between Jadis and Peter in their sword fight. The fight ends with Jadis bearing down on top of him in a manner not unlike that of a rapist.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Santa's big scene can come across as this purely through his completely random appearance and the fact that it's too easy to think of the popular depiction of the jolly old soul when he appears in the book. It's the reason he was merged with Aslan in the animated adaptation. Ultimately subverted in that it is, indeed, an important scene, and the 2005 film's design team was well enough aware of it that they simply redesigned him to fit in more with the setting.

** When the Stone Table cracks, Lucy says "they must be doing something worse to him", hops on the spot for a good few seconds and ''then'' says "come on!"

** In the 2005 film there is ''definite'' sexual tension between Jadis and Peter in their sword fight. The fight ends with Jadis baring down on top of him, not unlike that of a rapist.

** Book wise: Getting to like ''all'' the Narnians that the siblings become close to and even friends with becomes ''depressing'' when you get to ''Prince Caspian'' and learn they all have long passed due to the NarniaTime of the Pevensie leaving Narnia on a hunt ''by accident''.

** Sophie Wilcox who played Lucy in the BBC series says she got lots of comments about being chubby in the first season. She was also described in a 1988 letter to the viewer feedback program “Points of View” as looking like the daughter of Mister and Mrs Beaver because of her buck teeth.

* {{Moe}}: Lucy actually isn't so much in the books, but Georgie Henley's portrayal of her as an AdorablyPrecociousChild results in this. Particularly her comeback to Mr Tumnus asking if she's a dwarf.

** Despite Jadis' enormously LargeHam tendencies in the BBC adaption, there are more than a few fans who enjoyed her for a combination of her acting, costume, and imposing voice; even when she was ChewingTheScenery with abandon.

** The choice of actors in the BBC adaptation. Lucy is of course the youngest sibling but is the tallest of them. Meanwhile Peter is the oldest but is played by the shortest actor. On the other hand, Susan's actor is considered a better choice than her actor in the 2005 film by some fans.

** Sophie Wilcox who played Lucy in the BBC series says she got lots of comments about being chubby in the first season.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The narrator throughout the first few chapters [[{{Anvilicious}} repeatedly reminds us]] that one must always be careful to never shut oneself in a wardrobe, and only a very foolish person would ever close a wardrobe door behind them. Lewis of course was understandably concerned that impressionable children should not try to imitate the Pevensies and get themselves trapped.

* FirstInstallmentWins: ''The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'' is the best-known and most adapted book of the series. It's been adapted four times.

** ''Do not cite the deep magic to me, witch! I was there when it was written.'' [[note]]A quote made by Aslan. Thanks to the movie adaptation, it has become popular to people who witnessed how something started (for example, the first season of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'') to quote it.[[/note]]

--> "I wish you'd all stop trying to act like grown-ups."

** Some signs of it between Jadis and Edmund. Though it goes a little on the MemeticMolester territory since she's an immortal adult and Edmund ....10. Tilda Swinton even flirted with Skandar Keynes between takes to bring some of this out on screen.

* HarsherInHindsight: There's a scene in the 2005 film where Susan apologises to Lucy for not being as much fun as she used to be, and the two sisters bond. It's too bad that in book canon [[spoiler: Susan eventually grows apart from her siblings, dismisses Narnia as "childish fantasies" and is left alone when the rest of them die in a train accident]].

** Edmund in the 2005 film asks Jadis if she can make him taller. Skandar Keynes ended up going through a growth spurt during filming - growing a whole six inches.

--> "...and actually, I'm tallest in my class."

** Lucy can count in the initial parts of the book. It's very sad for her when her siblings don't believe her about Narnia, as she's a very truthful girl - and being accused of making something up is one of the most offensive things in the world to her. It gets even worse when Edmund goes in and then pretends it was all a game just to mess with her.
* {{Woolseyism}}: An ad-lib from Georgie Henley - "my mother's name is Helen" - adds a nice bit of symbolism. The Pevensie mother had not been named in the books. But in the film, she now shares the same name as the first Queen of Narnia. Not to mention the given name of Creator/CSLewis's wife, Helen Joy Davidman.

** Susan's status as the AgentScully in the films is widely accepted by fans as BetterThanCanon. Partly because Susan was OutOfFocus for the two books she was in, and thus didn't have [[TheGenericGuy much of a personality]]. It also acts as {{Foreshadowing}} that she will eventually convince herself that Narnia was AllJustADream, and sets it up in a way that lacks the books' gendered UnfortunateImplications. Unfortunately, the film series was cut short before her arc could fully play out... but [[FanficFuel that's what fanfic is for.]]

** ''Do not cite the dark magic to me witch! I was there when it was written.'' [[note]]A quote made by Aslan. Thanks to the movie adaptation, it has become popular to people who witnessed how something started (for example, the first season of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'') to quote it.[[/note]]
* {{Moe}}: Lucy actually isn't this as much in the books, but Georgie Henley's portrayal of her as an AdorablyPrecociousChild results in this. Particularly her comeback to Mr Tumnus asking if she's a dwarf.

** Father Christmas, played by Creator/JamesCosmo, declares that "Winter is almost over!" Years later, he would feature in [[Series/GameOfThrones another fantasy series]] where he would battle against another menace threatening to bring its own brand of unending winter, and the ArcWords would be "Winter is Coming."

** Father Christmas, played by Creator/JamesCosmo, declares that "Winter is almost over!" Years later, he would feature in [[Series/GameOfThrones another fantasy series]] where he would battle against another menace threatening to bring an unending winter, and the ArcWords would be "Winter is Coming."