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* AdaptationalExplanation: In the book, Engywook tells Atreyu that despite all his research, he has been unable to find any discernible pattern in which people the Sphinxes keep their eyes shut for and let pass them safely and which they open their eyes for and destroy. In the film, he explains that they open their eyes when someone who doesn't believe in their own worthiness passes by.

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* AdaptationalExplanation: In the book, Engywook tells Atreyu that despite all his research, he has been unable to find any discernible pattern in which people the Sphinxes keep their eyes shut for and let pass them safely and which they open their eyes for and destroy. In the film, he explains that they open their eyes when someone who doesn't believe in their own worthiness passes by.
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* DeusExScuseMe: The telephone call that distracts the bookstore owner just when Bastian is about to succumb to the temptation to make off with the old book he's been told not to touch.

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* DeusExScuseMe: The telephone call that distracts the bookstore owner just when owner, allowing Bastian is about to succumb to the temptation to make off with the old book he's been told not to touch.



* NiceJobFixingItVillain: By opting to give Atreyu a big lecture rather than just attack him, Gmork unwittingly gives him some pretty valuable information--such as the fact that he is the only one capable of stopping The Nothing. Atreyu had actually hit the DespairEventHorizon before hearing that, so Gmork's attempts to kill Atreyu only cause Bastian to empathize more with Atreyu and his quest.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: By opting to give Atreyu a big lecture rather than just attack him, Gmork unwittingly gives him some pretty valuable information--such as the fact that he is the only one capable of stopping The Nothing. Atreyu had actually hit the DespairEventHorizon before hearing that, so Gmork's attempts attempt to kill Atreyu only cause Bastian to empathize more with Atreyu and his quest.



** The three bullies at the end get their own taste of this trope when Bastian comes after them - on Falkor's back.

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** The three bullies at the end get their own taste of this trope when Bastian comes after them - -- on Falkor's back.

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