History Awesome / PrinceCaspian

* The entire White Witch encounter was only in TheFilmOfTheBook. The hag and the Werewolf in the book only got as far as ''suggesting'' raising her. Why? Peter's and Edmund's BigDamnHeroes moment where they burst in just in time to stop the ritual from starting in pretty {{Badass}} style.

--> '''Aslan:''' Some might say that you think overmuch of your honor, small one.
--> '''Reepicheep:''' Highest of all High Kings, we mice have not been blessed with great stature. If we did not tend to our honor, certain fools who measure worth by inches might seek to take advantage of us.

* Peter in ''Prince Caspian'' is essentially a series of [=CMoAs=]. Re-enter the High King of Narnia, who may be an English schoolboy but also happens to be a brilliant leader, seasoned warrior, excellent strategist and wise counsellor. Lewis gets extra points for showing exactly why Peter is the High King over all kings in Narnia without turning him into a MartyStu.
* Edmund gets some of this too. Read the chapter where he turns up to give the challenge to Miraz. Glozelle and Sopespian notice him going to Miraz's tent and have brief swooning session over his aura of badassitude.

* The White Witch tempts Caspian and then Peter with the promise of power, but Edmund gets a Moment of Awesome when he stabs her from behind and breaks her spell. Just the whole look on his face, coupled with how he succumbed to her temptations in the first movie but obviously learned something from the experience.
** The entire White Witch encounter was only in TheFilmOfTheBook. The hag and the Werewolf in the book only got as far as ''suggesting'' raising her - though Peter's and Edmund's BigDamnHeroes moment where they burst in in time to stop the ritual from starting is still pretty {{Badass}}.

*** The moment right before then. Bonus points for the completely nonchalant delivery.

*** Also doubles as both a BadassBoast and a StealthInsult. Edmund is referring to his throne name of King Edmund the Just. He's mocking Miraz's lack of knowledge of who he's dealing with, referencing the fact that Aslan (a figure Telemerines fear and despise, if they don't dimiss him as outright fantasy) proclaimed him (Edmund) King over Narnia rubbing Miraz's face in the fact that the Narnia people aren't as dead as he would like and they consider him a usurper, AND corrects and rebukes Miraz ''in front of his own advisors'' while establishing himself as Miraz's equal, effectively proclaiming Peter higher ranked than Miraz. Less than 15 words and he manages all this. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Edmund the Just, King of Narnia

* When the Pevensies meet Trumpkin, and he is unconvinced that the Horn actually called them to Narnia, Edmund [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming offers to fight him (in place of Peter) so that if he loses, it won't be such a loss for them]], but if he wins, it will be in their favour. His fight is awesome, and so is Susan's archery competition, mainly due to Trumpkin's growing disbelief as he's bested by schoolchildren.
* Aslan roars to awaken the dryads (tree nymphs). And not just ''any'' roar, one that echos and carries across a huge distance and rolls across the plains like thunder. Done epically well in the radio drama, not so much in the movie.
** Susan gets one too, when [[spoiler:she manages to take out almost all of a bunch of riders pursuing her and Lucy through the woods. Okay, Caspian has to dispatch the last one, but still...]]

** Peter's defeat of King Miraz:
--->'''Miraz:''' What's the matter, boy? [[ARealManIsAKiller Too cowardly to take a life]]?
--->'''Peter:''' [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself It's not mine to take.]]
* Everything Reepicheep does.
-->'''Pattertwig:''' ''(enthusiastically)'' We can gather nuts!

** At one point he binds and gags a (non-talking) cat - too quickly and subtly for the cat to do ''anything,'' even make a fuss.
** Reepicheep at the end, defending his honor (or rather, defending his right to defend his honor) to [[CrystalDragonJesus Aslan]] himself.
---> '''Aslan:''' Some might say that you think overmuch of your honor, small one.
---> '''Reepicheep:''' Highest of all High Kings, we mice have not been blessed with great stature. If we did not tend to our honor, certain fools who measure worth by inches might seek to take advantage of us.
** His mice get one when he gets his tail cut off. Lucy heals him, but her cordial can't restore his severed tail. Whereupon the mice draw their swords to cut off their own tails, declaring that they will not retain an honor denied their leader. Which could also double as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming. Either way, Aslan is so pleased by their devotion that he gives Reepicheep his tail back.
* Aslan, the girls and the Old Narnians running around putting Narnia to rights while the battle is being won -- the nicest, gentlest RoaringRampageOfRevenge ever (although it works best if you don't apply FridgeLogic to questions such as whether it's really okay to turn small boys into pigs because they've been bratty to their teacher).
** Actually, the book doesn't explicitly say that they got turned into pigs; it says that the boys were never seen again, but a bunch of pigs turned up; which could mean anything or nothing.

* Lucy gets a Crowning Moment of Awesome near the end. [[spoiler:the enemy army is retreating across a bridge from the Narnian army, when Lucy appears at the far end. She draws a small knife. The army stops in its tracks.]] Then again, [[spoiler:there's a lion (which is God) standing right beside her]].
* The Telmarines attempt to retreat back over the river, so Aslan calls up the River-God.
** And Aslan's roar that summons him. It's so powerful that it stops the Telmarines in their tracks, and the shot from above emphasizes it as you seen the water under the bridge ripple outward.
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* The River God. That is all.

--->'''Miraz:''' What's the matter, boy? Too cowardly to take a life?
--->'''Peter:''' It's not mine to take.

* Trumpkin the dwarf, despite having no belief whatsoever in Aslan, High King Peter, or Susan's horn, declares that he will take on the highly dangerous task of going to meet whatever help the horn calls up: "You are my King. I know the difference between giving advice and giving orders. You have my advice and now it's the time for orders."

* The White Witch tempts Caspian and then Peter with the promise of power, but Edmund get a Moment of Awesome when he stabs her from behind and breaks her spell. Just the whole look on his face, coupled with how he succumbed to her temptations in the first movie but obviously learned something from the experience.

--> '''Miraz''': Tell me, Prince Edmund...
--> '''Edmund''': King.
--> '''Miraz''': I beg your pardon?
--> '''Edmund''': It's ''King'' Edmund. Just King. Peter's the High King. I know, it's complicated.

* His mice get one when he gets his tail cut off. Lucy heals him, but her cordial can't restore his severed tail. Whereupon the mice draw their swords to cut off their own tails, declaring that they will not retain an honor denied their leader. Which could also double as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming. Either way, Aslan is so pleased by their devotion that he gives Reepicheep his tail back.

** Yes, yes he does. As does the centaur that's stuck on the wrong side of the gate in that scene who sees his father, nods at him, then turns around and rides into the guards. They will kill him, but by Aslan, he'll take them down with him.

** And let's not forget Peter's defeat of King Miraz:

--->'''Pattertwig:''' ''(enthusiastically)'' We can gather nuts!
--->'''Reepicheep:''' Yes, and we'll throw them at the Telmarines! ''(sarcasm washed away)'' Shut up.

--> '''Aslan:''' Some might say that you think overmuch of your honor, small one.
--> '''Reepicheep:''' Highest of all High Kings, we mice have not been blessed with great stature. If we did not tend to our honor, certain fools who measure worth by inches might seek to take advantage of us.

* Aslan, the girls and the Old Narnians running around putting Narnia to rights while the battle is being won -- the nicest, gentlest RoaringRampageOfRevenge ever (although it works best if you don't apply FridgeLogic to questions such as whether it's really okay to turn small boys into pigs because they've been bratty to their teacher). (Actually, the book doesn't explicitly say that they got turned into pigs; it says that the boys were never seen again, but a bunch of pigs turned up; which could mean anything or nothing.)
* The unnamed Minotaur who holds up the castle gate, even after being peppered with arrows, so that the Narnian army can retreat, also deserves a mention.
** His name is Asterius, btw.
** Yes, yes he does. As does the centaur that's stuck on the wrong side of the gate in that scene who sees his father, nods at him, then turns around and rides into the guards attacking the the others stuck behind that gate. They will kill him, but by Aslan, he'll take them down with him.

--->'''Peter:''' ''(as he hands the sword to Trumpkin)'' Not me. Him. ''(indicating Edmund)''
*** In the book, Edmund volunteers to be the one to duel Trumpkin, reasoning that it will be more embarrassing for Trumpkin to lose to him, and less demoralizing for the Pevensies if he were to lose than it would be if it were Peter.

** The cat.
*** Indeed.
** Reepicheep at the end, the voice actor delivering the EXACT LINES that CS Lewis wrote in such a way that it sounded like a typical ramble from one of his comedy routines.

* Trumpkin the dwarf, despite having no belief whatsoever in Aslan, High King Peter, or Susan's horn, declares that he will take on the errand of going to meet whatever help the horn calls up: "You are my King. I know the difference between giving advice and giving orders. You have my advice and now it's the time for orders."

** Skandar Keynes actually deserves a mention here as well, since his character got pushed to the background in order to focus almost exclusively on Peter, Susan and Caspian; most of his lines from the book were given to other characters, he has a total of one scene with continuous dialog, and his already minor screen-time suffered even more during the editing process. Despite all of this, he still manages to shine in the few moments that he does get, and he's one of the two Pevensieve children that did not end up coming across as a jerk for much of the film.
* When the Pevensieves meet Trumpkin, and he is unconvinced that the Horn actually called them to Narnia, Edmund [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming offers to fight him (in place of Peter) so that if he loses, it won't be such a loss for them]], but if he wins, it will be in their favour. His fight is awesome, and so is Susan's archery competition, mainly due to Trumpkin's growing disbelief as he's bested by schoolchildren.

** The entire White Witch encounter was only in TheFilmOfTheBook. The hag and the Werewolf book only got as far as ''suggesting'' raising her - though Peter's and Edmund's BigDamnHeroes moment where they burst in in time to stop the ritual from starting is still pretty {{Badass}}.

--> '''Edmund''':King.

** The scene where he battles the werewolf and kills it. Then he's the only one who manages to set things right when the White Witch tries to lure Caspian and Peter. He drives his sword through the ice and destroys her, finishing with a true CMOA line towards Peter: [[DeadpanSnarker I know...]] [[IronicEcho you had it sorted]].

** The scene where he battles the werewolf and kills it. Then he's the only one who manages to set things right when the White Witch tries to lure Caspian and Peter. He drives his sword through the ice and destroys her, finishing with a true CMOA line towards Peter: ''[[DeadpanSnarker I know...you had it sorted]]''.

** Throughly smacking down a guard during the assault on the castle with a flashlight.

--> '''Miraz''':Tell me, Prince Edmund...

** In the final battle he steals a crossbow from a Telmarine soldier and uses it to great effect, when his sibling give hime dirty looks he gives them one of his own that basically amounts to "Deal with it."

** The scene where he battles the werewolf and kills it. Then he's the only one who manages to set things right when the White Witch tries to lure Caspian and Peter. He drives his sword through the ice and destroys her, finishing with a true CMOA line towards Peter:''[[DeadpanSnarker I know...you had it sorted]]''.

** Skandar Keynes actually deserves a mention here as well, since his character got pushed to the background in order to focus almost exclusively on Peter, Susan and Caspian; most of his lines from the book were given to other characters, he has a total of one scene with continuous dialog, and his already minor screentime suffered even more during the editing process. Despite all of this, he still manages to shine in the few moments that he does get, and he's one of the two Pevensie children that did not end up coming across as a jerk for much of the film.
* When the Pevensies meet Trumpkin, and he is unconvinced that the Horn actually called them to Narnia, Edmund [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming offers to fight him (in place of Peter) so that if he loses, it won't be such a loss for them]], but if he wins, it will be in their favour. His fight is awesome, and so is Susan's archery competition, mainly due to Trumpkin's growing disbelief as he's bested by schoolchildren.

--->'''Miraz:''' What's the matter boy? Too cowardly to take a life?

* The unnamed minotaur who holds up the castle gate, even after being peppered with arrows, so that the Narnian army can retreat, also deserves a mention.

** And Aslan's roar that summons him. It's so powerful that it stops the Telmarine's in their tracks, and the shot from above emphasizes it as you seen the water under the bridge ripple outward.

--->'''Miraz:''' Too much of a coward to take a life?

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* The White Which tempts Caspian and then Peter with the promise of power, but Edmund get a Moment of Awesome when he stabs her from behind and breaks her spell. Just the whole look on his face, coupled with how he succumbed to her temptations in the first movie but obviously learned something from the experience.

** The White Which tempts Caspian and then Peter with the promise of power, but Edmund get a Moment of Awesome when he stabs her from behind and breaks her spell. Just the whole look on his face, coupled with how he succumbed to her temptations in the first movie but obviously learned something from the experience.
*** The entire White Witch encounter was only in TheFilmOfTheBook. The hag and the Werewolf book only got as far as ''suggesting'' raising her - though Peter's and Edmund's BigDamnHeroes moment where they burst in in time to stop the ritual from starting is still pretty {{Badass}}.
** These are some other [=CMOAs=] Edmund got in the Film of the Book:
*** Throughly smacking down a guard during the assault on the castle with a flashlight.
*** Falling backwards off the tower to be picked up by a griffin.
*** And a minor one when he says this to Miraz: "So you're bravely refusing to fight a man half your age?"
*** In the final battle he steals a crossbow from a Telmarine soldier and uses it to great effect, when his sibling give hime dirty looks he gives them one of his own that basically amounts to "Deal with it."
** Edmund siding with Lucy about changing their plans and going down the gorge where she saw Aslan, because even though he can't see anything, he owes her one from the first book. And later, Lucy pointing out that they're going to have to go down the gorge after all -- ''without'', as Peter points out, saying "I told you so."
** When the Pevensies meet Trumpkin, and he is unconvinced that the Horn actually called them to Narnia, Edmund [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming offers to fight him (in place of Peter) so that if he loses, it won't be such a loss for them]], but if he wins, it will be in their favour. His fight is awesome, and so is Susan's archery competition, mainly due to Trumpkin's growing disbelief as he's bested by schoolchildren.

** His mice get one when he gets his tail cut off. Lucy heals him, but her cordial can't restore his severed tail. Whereupon the mice draw their swords to cut off their own tails, declaring that they will not retain an honor denied their leader. Which could also double as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming. Either way, Aslan is so pleased by their devotion that he gives Reepicheep his tail back.

* Peter in ''Prince Caspian'' is essentially a series of [=CMoAs=]. Re-enter the High King of Narnia, who may be an English schoolboy but also happens to be a brilliant leader, seasoned warrior, excellent strategist and wise counsellor. Lewis gets extra points for showing exactly why Peter is the High King without turning him into a MartyStu.

** Edmund siding with Lucy about changing their plans and going down the gorge where she saw Aslan, because even though he can't see anything, he owes her one from the first book. And later, Lucy pointing out that they're going to have to go down the gorge after all --''without'', as Peter points out, saying "I told you so."

* Reepicheep. Just... Reepicheep.
* His mice get one when he gets his tail cut off. Lucy heals him, but her cordial can't restore his severed tail. Whereupon the mice draw their swords to cut off their own tails, declaring that they will not retain an honor denied their leader. Which could also double as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming. Either way, Aslan is so pleased by their devotion that he gives Reepicheep his tail back.

** When the Pevensies meet Trumpkin, and he is unconvinced that the Horn actually called them to Narnia, Edmund [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming offers to fight him so that if he loses, it won't be such a loss for them]], but if he wins, it will be in their favour. His fight is awesome, and so is Susan's archery competition, mainly due to Trumpkin's growing disbelief as he's bested by schoolchildren.

* Aslan, the girls and the Old Narnians running around putting Narnia to rights while the battle is being won -- the nicest, gentlest RoaringRampageOfRevenge ever (although it works best if you don't apply FridgeLogic to questions such as whether it's really okay to turn small boys into pigs because they've been bratty to their teacher).

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