Tear Jerker / The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter

• The scene showing Bastian's last memory with his dying mother.
  • The extra heartbreak is that we see this memory because Bastian made a wish.
  • Bastian wants to revive Atreyu (who he accidentally killed during a fight), but he only has two memories left at that point: his mother and his father. To save his friend, he has to sacrifice one of the memories and the implication is that he gets to choose which one to give up.
    Atreyu: Your mother would've been proud.
    Bastian: Who?
• The climax has Bastion's absent father reading the book, realizing how much danger his son is in, and cheering his son on as he fights Xayide.
• Bastion's final wish is that Xayide had a heart, which causes her to cry over the evil she's done and disappear.