History YMMV / PrinceCaspian

* DieForOurShip: The Susan/Caspian shippers, despite the fact that there's absolutely no mention of it in the books, they never see each other again, and Caspian marries Ramandu's daughter at the end of Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Curse you Andrew Adamson for [[ExecutiveMeddling including that kiss]].

** Miraz himself comes across as rather stupid, especially when he plans to kill Caspian once Pruaprismia gives birth to a son. It shows a lack of contingency on his part, since a son and a nephew would be better at preventing a SuccessionCrisis, yet still wants to remove one of his heirs from the equation. On the other hand, Caspian was getting close to the age where he could make a bid for the throne, and had the better claim as the son of the previous king. So once a son is born to Miraz, Caspian could easily start rallying supporters to overthrow him, making it more proactive to take him out before he has a chance to.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Reepicheep the Mouse only plays a supporting role but became one of the most beloved characters.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Susan and Lucy partying with Bacchus while the boys rescue Caspian. It has no impact on the plot, the mythology crossover is never explained, and it's never mentioned again.

* SophomoreSlump: Sort of. This was the second book published (though the fourth chronologically), and it's commonly regarded as the weakest. The film is a mixed bag. Some felt it was a step down, others loved it.

** The film adds the possibility that Susan's [[spoiler: denial of Narnia]] later in the series is due to the romance that could never happen with Caspian.

** The film adds the possibility that Susan's [[spoiler: eventual denial of Narnia]] is due to the romance that could never happen with Caspian.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The Telmarines become a FantasyCounterpartCulture of Mediterranean cultures - WordOfGod wanting to emphasise their pirate origins. In order to avoid AlwaysChaoticEvil, Prunaprismia and Glozelle are given AdaptationalHeroism.

* WhatAnIdiot: The assault on the castle in ''Prince Caspian'' (which did ''not'' happen in the book) gave huge helpings of this to Peter. To be fair, everyone from Caspian to ''[[TheHeart Lucy]]'' calls him out on it. Caspian also deserves a share of this one because it was ''his'' fault in the first place that they lost the element of surprise; he went into the castle with his own agenda and despite the obvious results of him changing the plan in the middle of a StealthBasedMission he shows no responsibility or remorse for his actions. To maintain order among the Narnian army, Peter has no choice but to let it go and share the blame.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: ''Prince Caspian'' was allegedly a children's movie and rated as PG. But despite that, ''Prince Caspian'' is probably the highest-bodycount, generally-dark movie to be given a PG rating since ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' spurred the creation of PG-13. In addition, the villains here are not just some fantastical creatures, but [[AdultFear men and women]] who WouldHurtAChild.

** Miraz himself comes across as rather stupid, especially when he plans to kill Caspian once Pruaprismia gives birth to a son. It shows a lack of contingency on his part, since a son and a nephew would be better at preventing a SuccessionCrisis, yet still wants to remove one of his heirs from the equation.

* HarsherInHindsight: The use of "The Call" at the end of ''Prince Caspian'' will likely become this if a film adaptation of ''The Last Battle'' is made.

* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Series/GameOfThrones Tyrion Lannister]] is slightly grumpier, but quite recognizable.

* OneSceneWonder: Tilda Swinton returns as Jadis for one scene, as an expansion of a point in the book where they consider resurrecting her.

** Miraz himself comes across as rather stupid, especially when he plans to kill Caspian once Pruaprismia gives birth to a son. It shows a lack of contingency on his part, since a son and a nephew would be better at preventing a SuccessionCrisis, yet still wants to remove one of his heirs from his equation.

* HilariousInHindsight: On the one hand, you have Ben Barnes, whose portrayal of Prince Caspian drew upon Inigo Montoya; and on the other you have Eddie Izzard, who based his [[{{Flynning}} sword-fighting]] mouse Reepicheep on Creator/ErrolFlynn, who also famously inspired Cary Elwes' performance. So their first meeting is really a ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' reunion by way of {{Captain Ersatz}}es.

** [[Creator/BenBarnes Prince Caspian himself]] is [[Series/ThePunisher Billy Russo]].

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Music/ReginaSpektor 's "The Call" at the end of the movie.

* SophomoreSlump: Sort of. This was the second book published - though the fourth chronologically - and it's commonly regarded as the weakest. The film is a mixed bag. Some felt it was a step down, others loved it.
* StrangledByTheRedString: The romance between Susan and Caspian is accused of this. There was none in the book and it was DoomedByCanon anyway. The whole thing is very chaste and never progresses beyond simple flirtation - culminating in a small kiss at the end. WordOfGod is that the romance was more detailed in the original script, but cut down to a more chaste thing because they wanted to avoid it taking over the movie.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The film adds the possibility that Susan's [[spoiler: eventual denial of Narnia]] is due to the romance that could never happen with Caspian.

* BrokenBase: The Caspian and Susan romance. Some invoke TheyChangedItNowItSucks and StrangledByTheRedString. Others were happy Susan had something to actually do in the film (as she did very little in the book) and liked the foreshadowing to her eventual fate.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: The geek at the train station ([[FanNickname Warren]]) gained a fan club when some fans decided they didn't like the way Susan's and Caspian's [[PromotedToLoveInterest relationship was treated]] and that "[[FanNickname Phyllis]]" was a much better pairing.