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* SoBadItsGood: At best, many people see the third movie as this, finding its artistic and creative decisions so baffling and backwards to the previous movies that they become unintentionally funny. Creator/DougWalker and his brother Rob even admit in their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcDA65X8zg Real Thoughts video]] on the movies that they actually consider the second one to be worst due to finding it boring (though they both agree is still objectively better than the third), while comparing the third one to ''Film/TheRoom'' due to how unintentionally hilarious they found it , in contrast to his Nostalgia Critic review where he had his character show nothing but hatred for the movie.

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* SoBadItsGood: At best, many people see the third movie as this, finding its artistic and creative decisions so baffling and backwards to the previous movies that they become unintentionally funny. Creator/DougWalker and his brother Rob even admit in their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcDA65X8zg Real Thoughts video]] on the movies that they actually consider the second one to be worst worse due to finding it boring (though they both agree is still objectively better than the third), while comparing the third one to ''Film/TheRoom'' due to how unintentionally hilarious they found it , in contrast to his Nostalgia Critic review where he had his character show nothing but hatred for the movie.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The idea that imagination, fantasy and willingness to fight apathy is stronger now more than ever.

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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The idea that imagination, fantasy and willingness to fight apathy are much needed is stronger now more than ever.
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* ParanoiaFuel: The Gmork takes human form in our world. ''You may have met him.''
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* SoBadItsGood: At best, many people see the third movie as this, finding its artistic and creative decisions so baffling and backwards to the previous movies that they become unintentionally funny. Creator/DougWalker and his brother Rob even admit in their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcDA65X8zg Real Thoughts video]] on the movies that they actually consider the second one to be worst due to finding it boring (though they both agree is still objectively better than the third), while comparing the third one to ''Film/TheRoom'' due to how unintentionally hilarious they foundit , in contrast to his Nostalgia Critic review where he had his character show nothing but hatred for the movie.

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* SoBadItsGood: At best, many people see the third movie as this, finding its artistic and creative decisions so baffling and backwards to the previous movies that they become unintentionally funny. Creator/DougWalker and his brother Rob even admit in their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcDA65X8zg Real Thoughts video]] on the movies that they actually consider the second one to be worst due to finding it boring (though they both agree is still objectively better than the third), while comparing the third one to ''Film/TheRoom'' due to how unintentionally hilarious they foundit found it , in contrast to his Nostalgia Critic review where he had his character show nothing but hatred for the movie.
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** Falcor's redesign and recharacterization in the third film; suffice to say, fans were '''not''' pleased at the result.

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** When we first see Morla, Bastian looks up from the book and randomly ''screams at the top of his lungs'', creating a hilariously narmy moment. His simply screaming in shock at something he was reading would be bad enough, but the shot instead feels like he paused and then gave a loud scream deliberately for absolutely no reason.

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** When we first see Morla, Bastian looks up from the book and randomly ''screams at the top of his lungs'', creating a hilariously narmy moment. His simply screaming in shock at something he was reading would be bad enough, but the shot instead feels like he paused and then gave a loud scream deliberately for absolutely no reason. Even better if you've read the book, where he ''doesn't'' scream at this point, but at a much scarier scene in the next chapter.

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* ViewerGenderConfusion: Quite a few mistook Atreyu to be a girl.

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Quite a few mistook Atreyu to be a girl.
** In the third movie, Coil's boyish short hair and androgynous face can make it easy to mistake her for a boy if you only look at images of the movie. Only her voice and her new look following her HeelFaceBrainwashing make it clear she's a
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* SoBadItsGood: At best many people see the third movie as this, finding its artistic and creative decisions so baffling and backwards to the previous movies that they become unintentionally funny. Creator/DougWalker and his brother Rob even admits in their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcDA65X8zg Real Thoughts video]] on the movies that they actually consider the second one to be worst due to finding it boring (though they both agree is still objectively better than the third), while comparing the third one to ''Film/TheRoom'' due to how unintentionally hilarious they found, in contrast to his Nostalgia Critic review where he had his character show nothing but hatred for the movie.
* SoOkayItsAverage / VindicatedByHistory: The second film was pretty polarized by critics and fans when it was initially released, but opinions softened into this as time went on, appreciating that unlike the third film, it at least gave respectful and accurate portrayals of the characters from the first film and was a well-intentioned but misguided attempt to adapt the second half of the novel for the screen.

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* SoBadItsGood: At best best, many people see the third movie as this, finding its artistic and creative decisions so baffling and backwards to the previous movies that they become unintentionally funny. Creator/DougWalker and his brother Rob even admits admit in their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcDA65X8zg Real Thoughts video]] on the movies that they actually consider the second one to be worst due to finding it boring (though they both agree is still objectively better than the third), while comparing the third one to ''Film/TheRoom'' due to how unintentionally hilarious they found, foundit , in contrast to his Nostalgia Critic review where he had his character show nothing but hatred for the movie.
* SoOkayItsAverage / VindicatedByHistory: The second film was pretty polarized by critics and fans when it was initially released, but opinions softened into this as time went on, appreciating that unlike the third film, it at least gave respectful and accurate portrayals of the characters from the first film and was a well-intentioned but misguided attempt to adapt the second half of the novel for the screen.
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* VindicatedByHistory: The second film got a pretty polarized reaction from critics and fans when it was initially released, but opinions softened as time went on, appreciating that unlike the third film, it at least gave respectful and accurate portrayals of the characters from the first film and was a well-intentioned but misguided attempt to adapt the second half of the novel for the screen.



** The third film's villain is Jack Black. To be fair though, he's often considered [[LargeHam the best part of the movie]].
** Julie Cox, who played the Childlike Empress in the same film, is an example of both this and DawsonCasting, considering that she was 19 during filming and a good couple of inches taller than Jason James Richter, who played Bastian. In fact, Cox is only slightly younger in real-life than Creator/TamiStronach, the Empress from the first film -- which was made ''ten years'' before the third. That being said, Cox would actually have been a decent casting choice if the Empress had a PlotRelevantAgeUp in the film, as she ''is'' believable as an older version of Stronach's character.

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** The third film's villain is played by Jack Black. To be fair though, he's often considered [[LargeHam the best part of the movie]].
** Julie Cox, who played the Childlike Empress in the same third film, is an example of both this and DawsonCasting, considering that she was 19 during filming and a good couple of inches taller than Jason James Richter, who played Bastian. In fact, Cox is only slightly younger in real-life than Creator/TamiStronach, the Empress from the first film -- which was made ''ten years'' before the third. That being said, Cox would actually have been a decent casting choice if the Empress had a PlotRelevantAgeUp in the film, as she ''is'' believable as an older version of Stronach's character.
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** Julie Cox, who played the Childlike Empress in the same film, is an example of both this and DawsonCasting, considering that she was 19 during filming and a good couple of inches taller than Jason James Richter, who played Bastian. In fact, Cox is only slightly younger in real-life than Tami Stronach, the Empress from the first film -- which was made ''ten years'' before the third. That being said, Cox would actually have been a decent casting choice if the Empress had a PlotRelevantAgeUp in the film, as she ''is'' believable as an older version of Stronach's character.

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** Julie Cox, who played the Childlike Empress in the same film, is an example of both this and DawsonCasting, considering that she was 19 during filming and a good couple of inches taller than Jason James Richter, who played Bastian. In fact, Cox is only slightly younger in real-life than Tami Stronach, Creator/TamiStronach, the Empress from the first film -- which was made ''ten years'' before the third. That being said, Cox would actually have been a decent casting choice if the Empress had a PlotRelevantAgeUp in the film, as she ''is'' believable as an older version of Stronach's character.
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** ''The Neverending Story'' ended after it's third movie, which isn't all that funny by itself. However, a few years after the first film was released, a certain [[RunningGag dragon-ridingly popular]] [[Franchise/FinalFantasy video game franchise]] debuted on the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], and would go on to have countless sequels, spinoffs, crossovers, and supplementary installments in other mediums, despite its own name implying otherwise. In other words, ''The Neverending Story'' ended, but ''Final Fantasy'' has yet to have its final installment (and likely never will for a long, long time).

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** ''The Neverending Story'' ended after it's third movie, which isn't all that funny by itself. However, a few years after the first film was released, a certain [[RunningGag dragon-ridingly popular]] [[Franchise/FinalFantasy video game franchise]] debuted on the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], and would go on to have countless sequels, spinoffs, crossovers, and supplementary installments in other mediums, despite its own name implying otherwise. In other words, ''The Neverending Story'' ended, but ''Final Fantasy'' has yet to have its final installment (and ([[CashCowFranchise and likely never will for a long, long time).time]]).
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** ''The Neverending Story'' ended after it's third movie, which isn't funny by itself. However, a few years after the first film was released, a certain [[RunningGag dragon-ridingly popular]] [[Franchise/FinalFantasy video game franchise]] debuted on the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], and would go on to have countless sequels, spinoffs, crossovers, and supplementary installments in other mediums, despite its own name implying otherwise. In other words, ''The Neverending Story'' ended, but ''Final Fantasy'' has yet to have its final installment (and likely never will for a long, long time).

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** ''The Neverending Story'' ended after it's third movie, which isn't all that funny by itself. However, a few years after the first film was released, a certain [[RunningGag dragon-ridingly popular]] [[Franchise/FinalFantasy video game franchise]] debuted on the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], and would go on to have countless sequels, spinoffs, crossovers, and supplementary installments in other mediums, despite its own name implying otherwise. In other words, ''The Neverending Story'' ended, but ''Final Fantasy'' has yet to have its final installment (and likely never will for a long, long time).
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** ''The Neverending Story'' ended after it's third movie, which isn't funny by itself. However, a few years after the first film was released, a certain [[RunningGag dragon-ridingly popular]] [[Franchise/FinalFantasy video game franchise]] debuted on the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], and would go on to have countless sequels, spinoffs, crossovers, and supplementary installments in other mediums, despite its own name implying otherwise. In other words, ''The Neverending Story'' ended, but ''Final Fantasy'' has yet to have its final installment (and likely never will for a long, long time).
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* SoBadItsGood: At best many people see the third movie as this, finding its artistic and creative decisions so baffling and backwards to the previous movies that they become unintentionally funny. Creator/DougWalker his brother Rob even admits in their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcDA65X8zg Real Thoughts video]] on the movies that they actually consider the second one to be worst due to finding it boring (though they both agree is still objectively better than the third), while comparing the third one to ''Film/TheRoom'' due to how unintentionally hilarious they found, in contrast to his Nostalgia Critic review where he had his character show nothing but hatred for the movie.

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* SoBadItsGood: At best many people see the third movie as this, finding its artistic and creative decisions so baffling and backwards to the previous movies that they become unintentionally funny. Creator/DougWalker and his brother Rob even admits in their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcDA65X8zg Real Thoughts video]] on the movies that they actually consider the second one to be worst due to finding it boring (though they both agree is still objectively better than the third), while comparing the third one to ''Film/TheRoom'' due to how unintentionally hilarious they found, in contrast to his Nostalgia Critic review where he had his character show nothing but hatred for the movie.
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* SoBadItsGood: At best many people see the third movie as this, finding its artistic and creative decisions so baffling and backwards to the previous movies that they become unintentionally funny. Creator/DougWalker even admits in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcDA65X8zg Real Thoughts video]] on the movies that he actually considers the second one to be worst due to finding it boring, while comparing the third one to ''Film/TheRoom'' due to how unintentionally hilarious he found.

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* SoBadItsGood: At best many people see the third movie as this, finding its artistic and creative decisions so baffling and backwards to the previous movies that they become unintentionally funny. Creator/DougWalker his brother Rob even admits in his their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcDA65X8zg Real Thoughts video]] on the movies that he they actually considers consider the second one to be worst due to finding it boring, boring (though they both agree is still objectively better than the third), while comparing the third one to ''Film/TheRoom'' due to how unintentionally hilarious they found, in contrast to his Nostalgia Critic review where he found.had his character show nothing but hatred for the movie.
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* SoBadItsGood: At best many people see the third movie as this, finding its artistic and creative decisions so baffling and backwards to the previous movies that they become unintentionally funny. Creator/DougWalker even admits in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcDA65X8zg Real Thoughts video]] on the movies that he actually considers the second one to be worst due to finding it boring, while comparing the third one to Film/TheRoom due to how unintentionally hilarious he found.

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* SoBadItsGood: At best many people see the third movie as this, finding its artistic and creative decisions so baffling and backwards to the previous movies that they become unintentionally funny. Creator/DougWalker even admits in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcDA65X8zg Real Thoughts video]] on the movies that he actually considers the second one to be worst due to finding it boring, while comparing the third one to Film/TheRoom ''Film/TheRoom'' due to how unintentionally hilarious he found.
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* SoBadItsGood: At best many people see the third movie as this, finding its artistic and creative decisions so baffling and backwards to the previous movies that they become unintentionally funny. Creator/DougWalker even admits in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcDA65X8zg Real Thoughts video]] on the movies that he actually considers the second one to be worst due to finding it boring, while comparing the third one to The Room due to how unintentionally hilarious he found.

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* SoBadItsGood: At best many people see the third movie as this, finding its artistic and creative decisions so baffling and backwards to the previous movies that they become unintentionally funny. Creator/DougWalker even admits in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcDA65X8zg Real Thoughts video]] on the movies that he actually considers the second one to be worst due to finding it boring, while comparing the third one to The Room Film/TheRoom due to how unintentionally hilarious he found.

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** One of the



* SoBadItsGood: At best many people see the third movie as this, finding its artistic and creative decisions so baffling and backwards to the previous movies that they become unintentionally funny. Doug Walker even admits in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcDA65X8zg Real Thoughts video]] on the movies that he actually considers the second one to be worst due to finding it boring, while comparing the third one to The Room due to how unintentionally hilarious he found.

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* SoBadItsGood: At best many people see the third movie as this, finding its artistic and creative decisions so baffling and backwards to the previous movies that they become unintentionally funny. Doug Walker Creator/DougWalker even admits in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcDA65X8zg Real Thoughts video]] on the movies that he actually considers the second one to be worst due to finding it boring, while comparing the third one to The Room due to how unintentionally hilarious he found.
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** The [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZqNhrXjX_PZNO-rg2s2zp1LTIJ_s8wMX third movie's soundtrack]] could be considered one of its redeeming qualities, if not the ONLY redeeming quality.
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* SoBadItsGood: At best many people see the third movie as this, finding its artistic and creative decisions so baffling and backwards to the previous movies that they become unintentionally funny. Doug Walker even admits in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcDA65X8zg Real Thoughts video]] on the movies that he actually considers the second one to be worst due to finding it boring, while comparing the third one to The Room due to how unintentionally hilarious he found.
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My mistake, it was actually William Hootkins who voiced Falkor.


** The third movie also has Falkor played by Gordon Robertson - the very same puppeteer who would go on to voice Series/{{Zoboomafoo}}!
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* SacredCow: The first film is considered this by many lovers of fantasy flicks.
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* UncannyValley: Falkor's appearance, even in the first movie, can have this effect on some viewers. His face is... well, almost like a dog's. Almost. And there's [[BirdPeople Nimbly]], whose obviously human eyes on an avian body are pretty disturbing.

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* UncannyValley: Falkor's appearance, even in the first movie, can have this effect on some viewers. His face is... well, almost like a dog's. Almost. And then there's [[BirdPeople Nimbly]], whose obviously human eyes on an avian body are pretty disturbing.
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* UncannyValley: Falkor's appearance, even in the first movie, can have this effect on some viewers. His face is... well, almost like a dog's. Almost.

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* UncannyValley: Falkor's appearance, even in the first movie, can have this effect on some viewers. His face is... well, almost like a dog's. Almost. And there's [[BirdPeople Nimbly]], whose obviously human eyes on an avian body are pretty disturbing.
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** In the first film the BigBad is "The Nothingness" an intangible concept of humankind losing their ability to dream and create given physical representation, in the second film the BigBad is "The Emptiness", the evil witch Xayide who wishes to use Bastian by having his wishes drain away his memories. The third movie? The BigBad are some high school gang of thugs called "The Nasty" from the real world ... a ''seriously'' sad step down from the previous enemies.

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** In the first film the BigBad is "The Nothingness" Nothing" an [[EldritchAbomination intangible concept concept]] of humankind losing their ability to dream and create given physical representation, in the second film the BigBad is "The Emptiness", a destructive force commanded by the evil witch sorceress Xayide who wishes to use Bastian by having his wishes drain away his memories. The third movie? The BigBad are some high school gang of thugs called "The Nasty" from the real world ... a ''seriously'' sad step down from the previous enemies.



* UncannyValley: Falkor's appearance, even in the first movie, has this affect on some viewers. His face is... well, almost like a dog's. Almost.

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* UncannyValley: Falkor's appearance, even in the first movie, has can have this affect effect on some viewers. His face is... well, almost like a dog's. Almost.
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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The practical effects in the first film are quite impressive, particularly in the way of the animatronics and the very convincingly realized world of Fantasia.

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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The practical effects in the first film are quite nothing short of impressive, particularly in the way of the animatronics and the very convincingly realized world of Fantasia.
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* EarWorm:
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwF4PPoEWD4 Never Ending Story...oooaah...]]". Produced by Music/GiorgioMoroder.
** "Born to Be Wild" from the third film; not in a good way, however.
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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Everyone in the third movie, but especially Creator/JackBlack, who plays a poorly written, one-dimensional character like a ''diabolical mastermind.''

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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Everyone in the third movie, but especially Creator/JackBlack, who plays a poorly written, one-dimensional character like a ''diabolical mastermind.'''' Possibly averted with Creator/ThomasPetruo (Large Head), who said in an interview that he had a lot of fun in the role.
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** The third movie also has Falkor played by Gordon Robertson - the very same puppeteer who would go on to voice Series/{{Zoboomafoo}}!


* PainfulRhyme: Granted, it was translated from German and the whole thing is impressive considering the translator worked with what he had.
-->WHAT YOU ACHIEVE AND WHAT YOU ARE\\
IS RECORDED BY ME, THE CHRONICLER.

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* MemeticMutation: "Come for me, G'mork! ''I am Atreyu!''"

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"Come for me, G'mork! ''I am Atreyu!''"Atreyu!''"
** That shot of Bastian cheering as he rides Falcor.
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* ColbertBump: The downright reverent appearance of the film's theme song in the Season 3 finale of ''Series/StrangerThings'' naturally got a lot of people talking about the movie again.

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