History TearJerker / Onward

** To explain: When Barley and Ian use an illusion spell to disguise themselves as Colt to fool two of his fellow police officers, one of them refers to Barley as a screw-up. Ian disagrees with them... and one of the disguise’s illusory limbs immediately disappears. Why? ''Because the spell requires the caster to speak the truth, and ends once they speak a lie.'' Barley’s understandably hurt to find out his little brother sees him like everyone else in town does.

** To explain: When Barley and Ian use an illusion spell to disguise themselves as Colt to fool two of his fellow police officers, one of them refers to Barley as a screw-up. Ian disagrees with them... and one of the disguise’s illusory limbs immediately disappears. Why? ''Because the spell ends once the caster speaks a lie.'' Barley’s understandably hurt to find out his little brother sees him like everyone else in town does.

** To explain: When Barley and Ian use an illusion spell to disguise themselves as Colt to fool two of his fellow police officers, one of them refers to Barley as a screw-up. Ian disagrees with them... and one of the disguise’s illusory limbs disappears. Why? ''Because once the caster speaks a lie, the spell breaks.'' Barley’s understandably hurt to find out his little brother sees him like everyone else in town does.

** To explain: When Barley and Ian use an illusion spell to disguise themselves as Colt to fool two of his fellow police officers, one of them refers to Barley as a screw-up. Ian disagrees with them... and one of the disguise’s illusory limbs disappears. Why? ''Because the spell breaks once the caster speaks a lie.'' Barley’s understandably hurt to find out his little brother sees him like everyone else in town does.

** To explain: When Barley and Ian use an illusion spell (one requiring the caster to only speak the truth- once they lie, the spell breaks) to disguise themselves as Colt to fool two of his fellow police officers, one of them refers to Barley as a screw-up. Ian disagrees with them... and one of their disguised limbs vanishes. Barley’s understandably hurt to find out his little brother sees him like everyone else in town does.

* Barley’s reaction to learning Ian thinks he’s a screw-up. When he and Ian use an illusion spell (one requiring the caster to only speak the truth- once they lie, the spell breaks) to disguise themselves as Colt to fool two police officers, one of them refers to Barley as a screw-up. Ian disagrees with them... and one of their disguised limbs vanishes. Barley’s understandably hurt to find out his little brother sees him like everyone else in town does.

* Barley’s reaction to learning Ian thinks he’s a screw-up. When they use an illusion spell to disguise themselves as Colt to fool two other officers, one of them refers to Barley as a screw-up. Ian disagrees... and one of their disguised limbs vanishes. The spell only breaks if the user doesn’t speak the truth, so Barley’s hurt when he finds out his little brother sees him like everyone else in town does.

* Barley’s hurt reaction to learning Ian thinks he’s a screw-up. When they use an illusion spell to disguise themselves as Colt to fool two other officers, one of them refers to Barley as a screw-up. Ian disagrees... and one of their disguised limbs vanishes, because the spell requires the user to only speak the truth. That’s when Barley realizes just what his little brother thinks of him.

* Barley reveals to Ian that he [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye never got to say goodbye to his father]] because the sight of him hooked up to medical machinery scared Barley into running out of the room.

* Barley reveals to Ian that he [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye never got to say goodbye to his father]] because seeing Wilden hooked up to medical machinery scared him into running out of the room.

* Barley reveals to Ian that he [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye never got to say goodbye to his father]] because the sight of Wilden hooked up to medical machinery made him too scared to go in.

* Barley reveals to Ian that he [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye never got to say goodbye to his father]] because the sight of Wilden hooked up to medical machinery frightened him.

* Barley reveals to Ian that he [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye never got to say goodbye to his father]] because the sight of Wilden hooked to all that medical machinery frightened him.

* Barley’s hurt reaction to learning Ian thinks he’s a screw-up. When they use a spell to disguise themselves as Colt to fool two other officers, one of them refers to Barley as a screw-up. Ian disagrees... but since the illusion (as a counterbalance to its deceitful nature) only lasts as long as the user speaks the truth, one of their disguised limbs vanishes- and that’s when Barley realizes what his little brother truly thinks of him.
* Barley has no choice but to sacrifice his van to stop the cops.
* Barley reveals to Ian that he [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye never got to say goodbye to his father]] because the sight of Wilden hooked to medical machinery frightened him.

* Barley’s hurt reaction to learning Ian thinks he’s a screw-up. He finds out when they use a spell to disguise themselves as Colt to fool two other officers. When one of them refers to Barley as a screw-up, Ian disagrees...but since the illusion spell requires the user to tell the truth to maintain the illusion, one of their disguised limbs vanishes-and that’s when Barley realizes what his little brother truly thinks of him.

* Barley’s hurt reaction to learning Ian thinks he’s a screw-up. He finds out when they use a spell (one which requires the user to tell the truth to maintain) to disguise themselves as Colt to fool two other officers, one of whom refers to Barley as a screw-up. When Ian disagrees with the officer, one of their disguised limbs vanishes, and that’s when Barley realizes what his little brother truly thinks of him.

* Barley’s hurt reaction to learning Ian thinks he’s a screw-up. He finds out because they are using a spell to disguise themselves as Colt to fool two other officers, one of whom refers to Barley as a screw-up. Since the spell only works as long as the user is telling the truth, Ian says he disagrees with Gore’s comment that Barley is a screw-up, which causes one of their disguised limbs to vanish, and that’s when it hits Barley what his little brother thinks of him.

* Barley reveals to Ian that he [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye never got to say goodbye to his father]] when he was sick because he couldn’t bear to see Wilden in his condition.
* Ian laying into Barley after their adventure takes them back to their school, meaning they just went in a huge circle and the entire adventure was seemingly a waste of time, even calling Barley his standard BerserkButton, a ‘Screw-Up’, much to Barley’s sadness.
* After all they go through, Ian still never gets to meet his father, only going by Barley’s reassurance that Wilden expressed his pride in how both of them turned out.

* Barley reveals to Ian that he never got to say goodbye to his father when he was sick because he couldn’t bear to see Wilden in his condition.

* Barley reveals to Ian that [[spoiler:he never got to say goodbye to his father when he was sick because he couldn’t bear to see Wilden in his condition.]]

* After all they go through, [[spoiler:Ian still never gets to meet his father, only going by Barley’s reassurance that Wilden expressed his pride in how both of them turned out.]]

* The fact that the plot of the movie kicks in because Barley and Ian want to bring their father back to life for Ian's sixteenth birthday. Even worse is the reveal that Ian doesn't remember their dad, either because he wasn't born yet or he was too young to remember him.
* The third trailer begins with Ian listening to a recording his dad had made. It's his forlorn expression when it ends that sells it.

* In the trailers, whenever Ian has to use magic, he seems a bit unsure of himself. It doesn't help when Barley is behind him all the time telling him what to do and how to focus. One instance occurs when Ian can't focus on making the canister of gas grow, and instead shrinks it. So when he can't take Barley telling him to focus anymore, he quickly gives up.
* The fact that the plot of the movie kicks off because Barley and Ian want to bring their father back to life for Ian's sixteenth birthday. Even worse is the reveal that Ian doesn't remember their dad, either because he wasn't born yet or he was too young to remember him.

-->'''Mr. Lightfoot:''' In times of old, the world was full of wonder. It was adventurous. There was magic. But it wasn't easy to master, so the world found a simpler way to get by. But I hope there's a little magic left... in you.

* The fact that the plot of the movie kicks off because Barley and Ian want to bring their father back to life for Ian's sixteenth birthday. Even worse is the reveal that Ian doesn't remember their dad, either because he wasn't born yet or he was too young to remember him.

* In the trailers, whenever Ian has to use magic, he seems a bit unsure of himself. It doesn't help when Barley is behind him all the time telling him what to do and how to focus. One instance occurs when Ian can't focus on making the canister of gas grow, and instead shrinks it. So when he can't take Barley telling him to focus anymore, he quickly gives up.