History Film / FullmetalAlchemist2017

In 2022, two sequel films were released, ''Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar'' and ''Fullmetal Alchemist: The Last Transmutation''.

** Scar and Major Armstrong, both key characters in the manga, are missing here. The director has hinted at adding those two in possible sequels, and Scar isn't as major a character in the section of the story that this film covers.

* CompressedAdaptation: Unlike the source material where the plot points were more spread out, [[spoiler:Hughes's murder and the subsequent FrameUp, Ed and Al discovering the 5th Laboratory, the release of the zombie army, and Mustang beating Lust and Envy]] all happen over the course of one night.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Lust acts as the BigBad leading the Homunculi trio shown but she notes they [[spoiler:have a creator whom they all serve]], though this character is TheGhost in this film.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Hakuro releases the zombie army in a bid to seize power...and is promptly killed by them]].

* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: [[spoiler: The military zombie army is defeated by Riza and a few soldiers, simply aiming for their heads as they shambled slowly towards them.]]

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Shou and Nina Tucker aren't killed by Scar in this version, and Shou instead lives on to work for the homunculi and corrupt military. He is eventually killed in Laboratory 5, while chimera!Nina's fate is never explained.]]

* IJustWantToBeHuman: Seems to be Lust's goal considering her insistence that she is human.

In 2022, two sequel films would be announced to release, with the first one being ''Film/FullmetalAlchemistTheRevengeOfScar''.

* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:Hakuro (with Tucker)]] and Lust are the main antagonists in this picture, but they're completely separate in their goals.

** While his manga counterpart was extremely HotBlooded, Ed is significantly more level-headed and less quick to anger here.

* RoleReprisal:
** Most of the anime cast members returned for the European Spanish, French, and Brazilian Portuguese dubs. The Latin Spanish dub, which was recorded in Mexico, kept Jhonny Torres as Al from the anime (as he moved from Venezuela to Mexico).
** The English dub brings back Creator/VicMignogna as Ed, Creator/AaronDismuke as Al, and Creator/CaitlinGlass as Winry.

* VoiceoverTranslation: When it had no English dub, this is how Netflix's English audio description track handled dialog. Essentially, the subtitles were read out-loud by a female or male voiceover with the Japanese dialog audible underneath, timed so that most of the underlying dialog is unobscured.

** In the source material, [[spoiler:Alphonse's body in the Gate was severely emaciated and haggard in the original, due to spending years without food, water or grooming, which makes the fact that he's naked in this scenario very [[FanDisservice unappealing]] to say the least]]. Here, [[spoiler:though we never see his face, he clearly has smooth, clear skin and isn't much thinner than Ed is. The fact that he's still naked in this scene becomes ''less'' unappealing as a result]].

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* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Ed gets his hands on both Marcoh and Lust's stones but doesn't use it to retrieve Alphonse's body since it would be sacrificing himself as exchange for it. At most he uses it to go where Al's body is, promising to get it back. Thus Ed, Al and Winry set off to find a way to do so safely. Meanwhile Gluttony, mourning Lust's death, escapes Laboratory 5 unseen. Post-credits, Envy is also seen reviving themself in his true form and scurrying off. What's more Lust does mention Hakuro having superiors meaning someone is pulling the strings of the military behind the scenes. Plus, you know, someone had to have made the Homunculi in the first place.]]

** The English dub brings back Creator/VicMignogna as Ed and Creator/AaronDismuke as Al.

** Hakuro appears to be the General in charge of East Command instead of Grumman, who was a separate character in the manga. He's also combined with [[spoiler:the Central Command general who awakens the mannequin soldiers in the manga.]]

** Winry is a brunette here, while she was originally blonde. According to an interview, this was done on purpose to contrast her hair color from Ed's.