Barret Oliver: Bastian

The NeverEnding Story

Bastian

Atreyu: What will happen if he doesn't appear?
The Childlike Empress: [sadly] Then our world will disappear - and so will I.
Atreyu: How could he let that happen?
The Childlike Empress: He doesn't understand that he's the one who has the power to stop it. He simply can't imagine that one little boy could be that important.
Bastian: Is it really me?
Atreyu: Maybe he doesn't know what he has to do!
Bastian: [shouts] What DO I have to do?
The Childlike Empress: He has to give me a new name. He's already chosen it. He just has to call it out.

Bastian: How many wishes do I get?
The Childlike Empress: As many as you want. And the more wishes you make, the more magnificent Fantasia will become.
Bastian: Really?
The Childlike Empress: Try it.
Bastian: My first wish is...

Mr. Koreander: Your books are safe. While you're reading them, you get to become Tarzan or Robinson Crusoe.
Bastian: But that's what I like about 'em.
Mr. Koreander: Ahh, but afterwards you get to be a little boy again.
Bastian: Wh-what do you mean?
Mr. Koreander: Listen. Have you ever been Captain Nemo, trapped inside your submarine while the giant squid is attacking you?
Bastian: Yes.
Mr. Koreander: Weren't you afraid you couldn't escape?
Bastian: But it's only a story.
Mr. Koreander: That's what I'm talking about. The ones you read are safe.
Bastian: And that one isn't?

The Childlike Empress: [worried] Atreyu... Why do you look so sad?
Atreyu: [takes the Auryn off and gives it to the Empress, solemnly] I have failed you, Empress.
The Childlike Empress: [happily shakes her head] No... You haven't You brought him with you.
Atreyu: [confused] Who?
The Childlike Empress: The earthling child--the one who can save us all.
Atreyu: You knew about the earthling child?
The Childlike Empress: Of course. I knew everything.
Atreyu: [suddenly goes furious] My horse died! I nearly drowned! I just barely got away from the Nothing! For WHAT! To find out what you already knew?
The Childlike Empress: It was the only way to get in touch with an earthling.
Atreyu: [still upset] But I DIDN'T get in touch with an earthling!
The Childlike Empress: [smiles] Yes, you did. He has suffered with you. He went through everything you went through; and now, he has come here with you. He is very close... listening to every word... we say.
Bastian: [as he is reading, Bastian can't believe it] *What*?

Bastian's Father: I got a call from your math teacher, yesterday. She says that you were drawing horses in your math book.
Bastian: Unicorns. They were unicorns.
Bastian's Father: What?
Bastian: Nothing.

Bastian: What is that?
The Childlike Empress: One grain of sand. It is all that remains of my vast empire.
Bastian: Fantasia has totally disappeared?
The Childlike Empress: Yes.
Bastian: Then, everything's been in vain.
The Childlike Empress: No, it hasn't. Fantasia can arise anew, from your dreams and wishes, Bastian.

Bastian: I know books, I have 186 of them at home.
Mr. Koreander: Ah, comic books.
Bastian: No, I've read Treasure Island, The Last of the Mohicans, Wizard of Oz, Lord of the Rings, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Tarzan.
Mr. Koreander: Whoa whoa whoa, who were you running from?
Bastian: Just some kids from school.
Mr. Koreander: Why?
Bastian: They wanted to throw me in the garbage.
Mr. Koreander: Why don't you give them a good punch in the nose, hm?

Mr. Koreander: [Bastian enters Mr. Koreander's bookstore, where he takes refuge from the bullies] Get out of here! I don't like kids!
Mr. Koreander: [Bastian makes his way past the stacks of books, where he finds Mr. Koreander] Are you still here? Did you hear what I said, boy?
Bastian: [stammers nervously]
Mr. Koreander: You're hiding, aren't you? The video arcade is down the street. Here, we just sell small, rectangular objects: they're called "books". They require a little effort on your part and make no bee-bee-bee-bee-beeps. On your way!

[extended German cut]
Atreyu: [shouts furiously] What will happen if he doesn't appear?
The Childlike Empress: [sadly] Then our world will disappear... and so will I.
Atreyu: How could he let that happen?
The Childlike Empress: He doesn't understand that he's the one who has the power to stop it. He simply can't imagine that one little boy could be that important.
Bastian: Is it really me? How could I make any difference?
Atreyu: Maybe he doesn't know what he has to do!
Bastian: WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO!
The Childlike Empress: He has to give me a new name.
Atreyu: [fearfully] What if he doesn't come up with the right name!
The Childlike Empress: He's already chosen it. He just has to call it out.
Atreyu: [loses it] WHERE IS HE! WHY ISN'T HE HERE!
The Childlike Empress: He still does not have the confidence.
Bastian: But it's only a story! It's not real, it's only a story!
[the Nothing rumbles the room making Atreyu scream and die]
Bastian: ATREYU, NO!
The Childlike Empress: Atreyu!

Bastian's Father: Good morning, Bastian.
Bastian: [trying to get the lid off of a jar] Morning, Dad. I had another dream, Dad, about Mom.

[first lines]
Bastian's Father: Morning, Bastian.
Bastian: [trying to get the lid off of a jar] Morning, Dad. I had another dream, Dad, about Mom.

Atreyu: If he's so close why doesn't he arrive?
The Childlike Empress: He doesn't realise he's already part of The Neverending Story.
Atreyu: The Neverending Story what's that?
The Childlike Empress: Just as he is sharing your adventures others are sharing his. They were with him when he hid from the boys in the bookstore.
Bastian: But that's impossible!
The Childlike Empress: They were with him when he took the book with the Auryn symbol on the cover in which he's reading his own story right now.