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* Poseidon rising out of the water in the beginning of the movie. In front of a fisherman. Who clearly acknowledges his presence. Only two minutes in and the filmmakers already show their misunderstanding of source material, where it was made very explicit that The Mist prevents mortals from knowing about gods.

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* [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Poseidon rising out of the water in the beginning of the movie. In front of a fisherman. Who clearly acknowledges his presence.presence]]. Only two minutes in and the filmmakers already show their misunderstanding of source material, where it was made very explicit that The Mist prevents mortals from knowing about gods.
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* Poseidon rising out of the water in the beginning of the movie. [[spoiler:In front of a fisherman. Who clearly acknowledges his presence.]] Only two minutes in and the filmmakers already show their misunderstanding of source material, where it was made very explicit that The Mist prevents mortals from knowing about gods.

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* Poseidon rising out of the water in the beginning of the movie. [[spoiler:In In front of a fisherman. Who clearly acknowledges his presence.]] Only two minutes in and the filmmakers already show their misunderstanding of source material, where it was made very explicit that The Mist prevents mortals from knowing about gods.



* Like in the film, Percy wears the winged shoes, even though he was on Zeus's hit list at the time ''[[FromBadToWorse and]]'' is a son of Poseidon, and is therefore not allowed in the sky, so any form of aviation would be dangerous for him.

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* Like in the film, Percy wears the winged shoes, even though he was on Zeus's hit list at the time ''[[FromBadToWorse and]]'' is a son of Poseidon, and so is therefore not allowed in the sky, so any form of aviation would be dangerous for him.
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*** MORE on that, In he fifth book, it is revealed [[spoiler: that Annabeth's knife was the cursed blade, not Percy's sword, which feels like an AssPull in of itself]]. It just comes as a rushed explanation to just rush the climax and possibly end the films here, but they still hint at getting a sequel before the end credits, the filmmakers clearly didn't make up their minds.

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*** MORE on that, In he the fifth book, it is revealed [[spoiler: that Annabeth's knife was the cursed blade, not Percy's sword, which feels like an AssPull in of itself]]. It just comes as a rushed explanation to just rush the climax and possibly end the films here, but they still hint at getting a sequel before the end credits, the filmmakers clearly didn't make up their minds.
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* Poseidon rising out of the water in the beginning of the movie. [[spoiler:In front of a fisherman. Who clearly acknowledges his presence.]] Only two minutes in and the filmmakers already show their misunderstanding of source material.

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* Poseidon rising out of the water in the beginning of the movie. [[spoiler:In front of a fisherman. Who clearly acknowledges his presence.]] Only two minutes in and the filmmakers already show their misunderstanding of source material.material, where it was made very explicit that The Mist prevents mortals from knowing about gods.
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* Like in the film, Percy wears the winged shoes, even though he was on Zeus's hit list at the time ''[[FromBadToWorse and]]'', so any form of aviation would be dangerous for him.

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* Like in the film, Percy wears the winged shoes, even though he was on Zeus's hit list at the time ''[[FromBadToWorse and]]'', and]]'' is a son of Poseidon, and is therefore not allowed in the sky, so any form of aviation would be dangerous for him.
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* Poseidon rising out of the water in the beginning of the movie. [[spoiler:In front of a fisherman. Who clearly acknowledges his presence.]]. Only two minutes in and the filmmakers already show their misunderstanding of source material.

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* Poseidon rising out of the water in the beginning of the movie. [[spoiler:In front of a fisherman. Who clearly acknowledges his presence.]]. ]] Only two minutes in and the filmmakers already show their misunderstanding of source material.
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* Poseidon rising out of the water in the beginning of the movie. [[spoiler:In front of a fisherman]]. Only two minutes in and the filmmakers already show their misunderstanding of source material.

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* Poseidon rising out of the water in the beginning of the movie. [[spoiler:In front of a fisherman]].fisherman. Who clearly acknowledges his presence.]]. Only two minutes in and the filmmakers already show their misunderstanding of source material.



* Like in the film, Percy wears the winged shoes, even though he was on Zeus's hit list at the time ''[[FromBadToWorse and]]'' , so any form of aviation would be dangerous for him.

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* Like in the film, Percy wears the winged shoes, even though he was on Zeus's hit list at the time ''[[FromBadToWorse and]]'' , and]]'', so any form of aviation would be dangerous for him.



*** MORE on that, In he fifth book, it is revealed [[spoiler: that Annabeth's knife was the cursed blade, not Percy's sword, which feels like an AssPull in of itself]]. It just comes as a rushed explanation to just rush the climax and possibly end the films here, but they still hint at getting a sequel before the end credits, so can the filmmakers make up their minds?

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*** MORE on that, In he fifth book, it is revealed [[spoiler: that Annabeth's knife was the cursed blade, not Percy's sword, which feels like an AssPull in of itself]]. It just comes as a rushed explanation to just rush the climax and possibly end the films here, but they still hint at getting a sequel before the end credits, so can the filmmakers clearly didn't make up their minds?minds.
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* Like in the film, Percy wears the winged shoes, even though he was on Zeus's hit list at the time [[FromBadToWorse ''and'']] , so any form of aviation would be dangerous for him.

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* Like in the film, Percy wears the winged shoes, even though he was on Zeus's hit list at the time [[FromBadToWorse ''and'']] ''[[FromBadToWorse and]]'' , so any form of aviation would be dangerous for him.
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* Like in the film, Percy wears the winged shoes, even though he was on Zeus's hit list at the time, so any form of aviation would be dangerous for him.

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* Like in the film, Percy wears the winged shoes, even though he was on Zeus's hit list at the time, time [[FromBadToWorse ''and'']] , so any form of aviation would be dangerous for him.



** MORE on that, In he fifth book, it is revealed [[spoiler: that Annabeth's knife was the cursed blade, not Percy's sword, which feels like an AssPull in of itself]]. It just comes as a rushed explanation to just rush the climax and possibly end the films here, but they still hint at getting a sequel before the end credits, so can the filmmakers make up their minds?

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** *** MORE on that, In he fifth book, it is revealed [[spoiler: that Annabeth's knife was the cursed blade, not Percy's sword, which feels like an AssPull in of itself]]. It just comes as a rushed explanation to just rush the climax and possibly end the films here, but they still hint at getting a sequel before the end credits, so can the filmmakers make up their minds?



** The former would've been a plot twist in ''The Last Olympian'', so this is a major case of ForegoneConclusion

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** The former would've been a plot twist in ''The Last Olympian'', so this is a major case of ForegoneConclusionForegoneConclusion.
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* Bringing in and defeating [[spoiler: Kronos]] in this movie. We can see how easy it was for Percy to take him down, so there's no point in bring him back later. What makes it worse is that he swallows Luke, and I doubt he’d be willing to allow the Titan to possess him.

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* Bringing in and defeating [[spoiler: Kronos]] in this movie. We can see how easy it was for Percy to take him down, so there's no point in bring bringing him back later. What makes it worse is that he swallows Luke, and I doubt he’d be willing to allow the Titan to possess him.
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* Luke says he never met his father, even though in the book, Annabeth was with him when he saw his father, so he's just lying through his teeth.[

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* Luke says he never met his father, even though in the book, Annabeth was with him when he saw his father, so he's just lying through his teeth.[
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* How the heck did Sally know how to use the fuse box to the elevator?

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* How the heck did For some reason, Sally know knew how to use the fuse box to the elevator?elevator to Olympus.
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* Grover's quest to find Pan was dropped entirely, so, [[spoiler: who will be come Lord of the Wild]]? This could be fixed (if the films had continued) by introducing it in ''The Titan's Curse'' or have an AssPull in ''The Battle of the Labyrinth''.

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* Grover's quest to find Pan was dropped entirely, so, [[spoiler: who will be come Lord of the Wild]]? entirely. This could be fixed (if the films had continued) by introducing it in ''The Titan's Curse'' or have an AssPull in ''The Battle of the Labyrinth''.

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** What’s more confusing is that if he can get through the barrier, why couldn’t the bull?
* Bringing in and defeating [[spoiler: Kronos]] in this movie. We can see how easy it was for Percy to take him down, so why bring him back later? What makes it worse is that he swallows Luke, and I doubt he’d be willing to allow the Titan to possess him.

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** What’s more confusing is that if he can get through the barrier, why couldn’t the bull?
* Bringing in and defeating [[spoiler: Kronos]] in this movie. We can see how easy it was for Percy to take him down, so why there's no point in bring him back later? later. What makes it worse is that he swallows Luke, and I doubt he’d be willing to allow the Titan to possess him.

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* Luke says he never met his father, even though in the book, Annabeth was with him when he saw his father, so he's just lying through his teeth.

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* Luke says he never met his father, even though in the book, Annabeth was with him when he saw his father, so he's just lying through his teeth.

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* Like in the film, Percy wears the winged shoes, even though he was on Zeus's hit list at the time, so any form of aviation would be dangerous for him.

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* Having [[spoiler: the Hydra]] in this movie, when it should have been in ''The Sea of Monsters''.



* Luke says he never met his father, even though, in the book, Annabeth was with him when he saw his father, so he's just lying through his teeth.

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* Luke says he never met his father, even though, though in the book, Annabeth was with him when he saw his father, so he's just lying through his teeth.



* Having [[spoiler: the Manticore]] appear in this movie when it was supposed to be in ''The Titan's Curse''.
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* How the heck did Sally know how to use the fusebox to the elevator?

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* How the heck did Sally know how to use the fusebox fuse box to the elevator?



* Luke says he never met his father,[[spoiler: even though, in the book, Annabeth was with him when he saw his father, so he's just lying through his teeth]].

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* Luke says he never met his father,[[spoiler: father, even though, in the book, Annabeth was with him when he saw his father, so he's just lying through his teeth]].teeth.



* Bringing in and defeating [[spoiler: Kronos in this movie. We can see how easy it was for Percy to take him down, so why bring him back later? What makes it worse is that he swallows Luke, and I doubt he’d be willing to allow Kronos to possess him]].

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* Bringing in and defeating [[spoiler: Kronos Kronos]] in this movie. We can see how easy it was for Percy to take him down, so why bring him back later? What makes it worse is that he swallows Luke, and I doubt he’d be willing to allow Kronos the Titan to possess him]].him.



*** MORE on that, In he fifth book, it is revealed [[spoiler: that Annabeth's knife was the cursed blade, not Percy's sword, which feels like an AssPull in of itself]]. It just comes as a rushed explanation to just rush the climax and possibly end the films here, but they still hint at getting a sequel before the end credits, so can the filmmakers make up their minds?

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*** ** MORE on that, In he fifth book, it is revealed [[spoiler: that Annabeth's knife was the cursed blade, not Percy's sword, which feels like an AssPull in of itself]]. It just comes as a rushed explanation to just rush the climax and possibly end the films here, but they still hint at getting a sequel before the end credits, so can the filmmakers make up their minds?



* The Party Ponies and Cyclopes [[spoiler: help out in the Battle of Manhattan in ''The Last Olympian''. They would just appear out of nowhere]] in that movie, had it ever been made.

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* The Party [[spoiler:Party Ponies and Cyclopes [[spoiler: Cyclopes]] help out in the Battle of Manhattan in ''The Last Olympian''. They would just appear out of nowhere]] nowhere in that movie, had it ever been made.
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** [[spoiler: The former would've been a plot twist in ''The Last Olympian'']], so this is a major case of ForegoneConclusion

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** [[spoiler: The former would've been a plot twist in ''The Last Olympian'']], Olympian'', so this is a major case of ForegoneConclusion
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** [[spoiler: The former would've been a plot twist in ''The Last Olympian'', so this is a major case of ForegoneConclusion

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** [[spoiler: The former would've been a plot twist in ''The Last Olympian'', Olympian'']], so this is a major case of ForegoneConclusion
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* Spoiling [[spoiler: Silena's role as the spy and bringing in Ethan Nakamura too early]].
** [[spoiler: Silena's]] role would've been a plot twist in ''The Last Olympian'', so this is a major case of ForegoneConclusion

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* Spoiling [[spoiler: Silena's role as the spy and bringing in Ethan Nakamura Nakamura]] too early]].
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** [[spoiler: Silena's]] role The former would've been a plot twist in ''The Last Olympian'', so this is a major case of ForegoneConclusion
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** Adding more to that, within the movie itself, it was stated [[spoiler: that it took the combined powers of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades to kill Kronos, but Percy is able to defeat him on his own]].
*** MORE on that, In he fifth book, it is revealed [[spoiler: that Annabeth's knife was the cursed blade, not Percy's sword, which feels like an AssPull in of itself]]. It just comes as a rushed explanation to just rush the climax and possibly end that films here, but they still hint at getting a sequel before the end credits, so can the filmmakers make up their minds?

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** Adding more to that, within the movie itself, it was stated [[spoiler: that it took the combined powers of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades to kill Kronos, but Percy is able to defeat him on his own]].
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*** MORE on that, In he fifth book, it is revealed [[spoiler: that Annabeth's knife was the cursed blade, not Percy's sword, which feels like an AssPull in of itself]]. It just comes as a rushed explanation to just rush the climax and possibly end that the films here, but they still hint at getting a sequel before the end credits, so can the filmmakers make up their minds?



** [[spoiler: Silena's role would've been a plot twist in ''The Last Olympian'', so]] this is a major case of ForegoneConclusion

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** [[spoiler: Silena's Silena's]] role would've been a plot twist in ''The Last Olympian'', so]] so this is a major case of ForegoneConclusion
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* Grover's quest to find Pan was dropped entirely, so, who will be come Lord of the Wild? This could be fixed (if the films had continued) by introducing it in ''The Titan's Curse'' or have an AssPull in ''The Battle of the Labyrinth''.

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* Grover's quest to find Pan was dropped entirely, so, [[spoiler: who will be come Lord of the Wild? Wild]]? This could be fixed (if the films had continued) by introducing it in ''The Titan's Curse'' or have an AssPull in ''The Battle of the Labyrinth''.
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* Blackjack becomes [[spoiler: Percy's companion in the last three books]].

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* Blackjack was removed, which is confusing because he becomes [[spoiler: Percy's companion in the last three books]].
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*** MORE on that, In he fifth book, it is revealed [[that Annabeth's knife was the cursed blade, not Percy's sword, which feels like an AssPull in of itself]]. It just comes as a rushed explanation to just rush the climax and possibly end that films here, but they still hint at getting a sequel before the end credits, so can the filmmakers make up their minds?

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*** MORE on that, In he fifth book, it is revealed [[that [[spoiler: that Annabeth's knife was the cursed blade, not Percy's sword, which feels like an AssPull in of itself]]. It just comes as a rushed explanation to just rush the climax and possibly end that films here, but they still hint at getting a sequel before the end credits, so can the filmmakers make up their minds?
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* Luke says he never met his father, even though [[spoiler: in the book, Annabeth was with him when he saw his father]], so he's just lying through his teeth.

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* Luke says he never met his father, father,[[spoiler: even though [[spoiler: though, in the book, Annabeth was with him when he saw his father]], father, so he's just lying through his teeth.teeth]].
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* Hades never wanted to be king of the gods. [[spoiler: This was officially acknowledged in ''The Last Olympian'']], so he would've looked like a hypocrite in the movie.

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* Hades never wanted to be king of the gods. [[spoiler: This was officially acknowledged in ''The Last Olympian'']], so he would've looked like a hypocrite in the that movie.
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** Adding more to that, within the movie itself, it was stated [[spoiler: that it took the combined powers of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades to kill Kronos, but Percy is able to defeat him on his own]].
*** MORE on that, In he fifth book, it is revealed [[that Annabeth's knife was the cursed blade, not Percy's sword, which feels like an AssPull in of itself]]. It just comes as a rushed explanation to just rush the climax and possibly end that films here, but they still hint at getting a sequel before the end credits, so can the filmmakers make up their minds?

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* What’s more confusing is that if he can get through the barrier, why couldn’t the bull?

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* ** What’s more confusing is that if he can get through the barrier, why couldn’t the bull?



** [spoiler: Silena's role would've been a plot twist in ''The Last Olympian'']], so this is a major case of ForegoneConclusion

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** [spoiler: [[spoiler: Silena's role would've been a plot twist in ''The Last Olympian'']], so Olympian'', so]] this is a major case of ForegoneConclusion


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* Because the first movie didn't mention the Mist, this film had to rush in an explanation. It is introduced as a spray that is very rare to come across, but is later shown to work like how it is described in the book.
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* Poseidon rising out of the water in the beginning of the movie. [[spoiler:In front of a fisherman]]. Only two minutes in and the filmmakers already show their misunderstanding of source material.
* In the book, Ms. Dodds was Percy's math teacher and knew him for much longer than in the film. Here, she's his ''substitute'' English teacher and already knows his name. [[spoiler: One could argue that she was disguised as a Fury and already knew Percy's name, but he didn't know that, so this just makes her look dumb]].
* Percy killing [[spoiler:the Minotaur]] with its own horn. While he did the same thing in the book, it was only because he didn't have his sword, which he had in the film.
* Percy's identity of being the son of Poseidon. It's treating like nothing in the film, but was a big deal in the book. However, that reason was AdaptedOut.
* Having [[spoiler: the Hydra]] in this movie, when it should have been in ''The Sea of Monsters''.
* How the heck did Sally know how to use the fusebox to the elevator?
* Persephone was supposed to be with Demeter during summertime. She even acknowledges such a fact.
* Hades never wanted to be king of the gods. [[spoiler: This was officially acknowledged in ''The Last Olympian'']], so he would've looked like a hypocrite in the movie.
* Luke says he never met his father, even though [[spoiler: in the book, Annabeth was with him when he saw his father]], so he's just lying through his teeth.
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[[folder:''Sea of Monsters'']]
* Tyson questioning how the Colchis bull got inside the camp when he should be questioning how he himself got in. It made sense in the book because Annabeth let him in.
* What’s more confusing is that if he can get through the barrier, why couldn’t the bull?
* Bringing in and defeating [[spoiler: Kronos in this movie. We can see how easy it was for Percy to take him down, so why bring him back later? What makes it worse is that he swallows Luke, and I doubt he’d be willing to allow Kronos to possess him]].
* Spoiling [[spoiler: Silena's role as the spy and bringing in Ethan Nakamura too early]].
**[spoiler: Silena's role would've been a plot twist in ''The Last Olympian'']], so this is a major case of ForegoneConclusion
* Having [[spoiler: the Manticore]] appear in this movie when it was supposed to be in ''The Titan's Curse''.
* The Party Ponies and Cyclopes [[spoiler: help out in the Battle of Manhattan in ''The Last Olympian''. They would just appear out of nowhere]] in that movie, had it ever been made.
* Blackjack becomes [[spoiler: Percy's companion in the last three books]].
* Grover's quest to find Pan was dropped entirely, so, who will be come Lord of the Wild? This could be fixed (if the films had continued) by introducing it in ''The Titan's Curse'' or have an AssPull in ''The Battle of the Labyrinth''.
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