History Characters / TheNeverendingStory

* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's sweet and friendly, but he's still a warrior and no one to mess with, as Gmork learns the hard way.

* BadassBoast: He gives an epic one to Gmork before killing him: "If we're about to die anyway, I'd rather die fighting! Come for me, Gmork! [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya I AM ATREYU!!!"]]

* CatchPhrase: "With luck!" or variations thereof, whenever someone asks him how some big or impossible task can be done.

* {{Catchphrase}}: In the movie, Vooshvazool has a tendency to speculate if someone is a "nutcase."

* {{Catchphrase}}: "In a manner of speaking."

* SupremeChef: Urgl. The food she makes for Atreyu is described as so delicious that Bastian's mouth waters just reading about it. Averted in the film, when Urgl reveals her healing potion has all kinds of gross stuff in it (a newt's eye, tree mold, old lizard brains, scales of a rancid sea serpent).

* TranquilFury: When he confronts Gmork, he's at first horrified by how evil he is and shouts most of his lines. However, once he hears Gmork's motives for helping the Nothing and realizes he has to be stopped, he suddenly turns very quiet, gives Gmork a long, hard stare, and asks him who he really is in a deadly calm voice. This signals to the audience that Gmork has pushed him too far and is about to die at his hands.

* EvilCounterpart: To Falkor. They are both faithful furry dog-like creatures. But while Falkor is loyal to Atreyu that is genuine without ulterior motives and helps to save Fantasia, Gmork is loyal to the Nothing and those behind the Nothing- though only for the promise of power and authority for aiding them, aiding in Fantasia's destruction. Falkor is white with human-like eyes and expressions while Gmork is entirely black

* GutturalGrowler: In the movie.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: He is killed by Atreyu, and despite his jaws closing on Atreyu when he approaches because even a dead werewolf is full of lingering malice, he does not come back to life. In the book, he starves to death, laughing, after being chained by Gaya.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: After Gmork dies, Atreyu gets too close and Gmork's jaws clamp down on his leg, holding him tight, unable to move. Intended to keep Atreyu from leaving as the Nothing moved in, it also helped to keep him from walking into the Nothing, which attracts Fantasticans when it comes closer. This allowed Falkor to find Atreyu and save him.]]

* PersonOfMassDestruction: More of a (somehow) sentient cataclysm than a person, but it can and does destroy a world.

* KnightOfCerberus: While the situation was already grim with the Nothing gradually destroying the world of Fantastica/Fantasia, his introduction causes the narrative, especially in the film to go from hopeful into the nightmarishly nihilistic deconstruction of stories it's best known for with his scene with Atreyu revealing Gmork as an opportunistic nihilist working with the Nothing to destroy Fantastica/Fantasia in order to rule over the unimaginative masses left in the wake of the oblivion, proving to be an even more vile entity than the calamity destroying Fantasia.

* DarkIsEvil: He sports a dark coat and has an even darker heart.

* EvilCounterpart: To Falkor. They are both faithful furry dog-like creatures. But while Falkor is loyal to Atreyu and saving Fantasia, Gmork is loyal to the Nothing and those behind the Nothing, aiding in Fantasia's destruction.

* GreenEyedMonster: His reason for wanting to destroy Fantastica is envy. His kind can travel between Earth and Fantastica, appearing human on Earth and in Fantastican form while in Fantastica, but they are not of either world for they have no world of their own.

* TheHeavy: In the movie he does most of the on-screen villain work.

* HopeCrusher: His true purpose in the film. Humans who have forgotten their dreams have no hope, those who have no hope are easy to control, thus Fantasia would die and in its place Gmork would reign over humanity as a demon god.

* TheSociopath: He's definitely this in the film as he tries to ensure Fantasia's destruction simply because he enjoys the despair it causes its victims, and is willing to murder a child to ensure this happens.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: With good reason. They come from vastly different parts of Fantastica, and have almost nothing in common, but are united by their quest to see the ChildlikeEmpress. The book notes that they remained friends even after Fantastica was saved.

* RefusalOfTheCall: In the first movie, even when he believes Fantasia is real, he tries to deny it at first because his dad told him to "keep [his] feet on the ground". In the book, it took the Childlike Empress' OmniscientMoralityLicense to force Bastian to give her a new name or go mad in his refusal.

* TookALevelInKindness: At the end of the story, all of Bastian's experiences have shaped him into a much better person, especially after he discovers that what he really wants, and his btrue calling, is to love and care for other people.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: Gluckuk's racing snail.

%%* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: With good reason.

* PetTheDog: {{Jerkass}} that he is, Argax did do one nice thing for the Old Emperors by inventing the "word game" for them. Since they no longer have any language, the word game (which consists of randomly putting letters together) allows them to occasionally make some words. He's actually quite encouraging with them here, telling them to "keep at it."

!!TheTravellers

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!!The Travellers

* RhymesOnADime: In fact, she ''can't'' speak without rhyming, and also cannot hear people if they do not talk to her in verse. (Atreyu manages to get a knack for it rather quickly.)

%%* {{Jerkass}}: Through and through a very unpleasant character. He shows absolutely no sympathy for the Old Emperors (not that they [[FallenHero deserve much]], anyway).%%If the Old Emperors don't deserve empathy, why is Argax a Jerkass for not giving it to them?

* PetTheDog: Argax lets Bastian go after showing him the City of Old Emperors, as Bastian still has a few wishes left in AURYN and because Argax develops a soft spot for the boy. He's also the one who teaches Bastian how to go back to the human world.

* TookALevelInKindness: At the end of the story, all of Bastian's experiences have shaped him into a much better person, especially after he discovers that what he really wants is to love and care for other people.

* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: He's friendly and compassionate to nearly everyone, but when he meets Gmork in the film, Atreyu fears and hates him upon realizing how evil he is, and is willing to kill him to save Fantasia.

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:When they meet up with Bastian for the second time, they reveal just what happened as a result of Bastian's well-intended wish and demand he change them back into Acheris, which he can no longer do at that point.]]

The saddest, ugliest, and most depressed creatures in existence, who fashion the indestructible silver that composes the City of Amarganth and weep endlessly. Later, they are transformed by Bastian into their polar opposites, the Shlamoofs, a race of clowns and everlasting laughers.

* {{Gonk}}: The reason why the Acharis are so depressed and constantly crying -- they're so completely ugly they can't bear to look at themselves, and later beg Bastian to help them. [[spoiler:His attempt to do so has nasty consequences.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:When they meet up with Bastian for the second time, they reveal just what happened as a result of Bastian's well-intended wish.]]

* KeepTheReward: According to one of the "but that is another story and will be told another time" hooks, after Hynreck saves Princess Oglamar from the dragon Bastian creates just for him, she's more than willing to give him the StandardHeroReward, however by that point Hynreck isn't interested in Oglamar anymore and returns her to her father instead.