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Tales from the Neverending Story

Tales from the Neverending Story

★ 5.7/10•2001•L•Sci-Fi & Fantasy•Drama•Kids
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Twelve-year-old Bastian Balthazar Bux had lost the wonderful imagination he had as a child somewhere between growing older, watching TV, going to school and playing with his Gameboy. But when his mother dies suddenly, Bastian's limitless imagination is reborn. Bastian comes across a magical book, 'The Neverending Story,' in a curious little bookstore. Inspired by the book, Bastian creates an enchanted world called Fantasia, inhabited by dragons, dark knights and assorted heroes and villains.

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 14, 2001

Episodes

Episode 1 - Heart of StoneE145m

Heart of Stone

Bastian's Mother is in a car accident. Bastian then meets Mr. Coreander, the owner of an old book store. Mr. C gives Bastian a book called The Neverending Story in exchange for a broken video game. Bastian's mother tells him that the book will guide him. Later, he wakes up and his mom is gone. He attends her funeral and has a hard time coping with her death. He begins reading TNES and becomes involved with the characters and events that occur in a mystical land known as Fantasia. He discovers that the land is in grave danger and his being ripped to shreds by dark force known only as ""The Nothing"". The Childlike Empress of Fantasia chooses a young warrior known as Atreyu(son of all) to combat the nothing to and to find a cure for her illness which seems to coincide with the poisoning of the land.

Oct 14, 2001

Episode 2 - The NothingE245m

The Nothing

Mr. Blank (Bastian's teacher) claims that Bastian never handed in an assignment. Now Bastian has to redo the assignment during lunchbreak. Atreyu begins his quest against the darkness.

Oct 21, 2001

Episode 3 - The LuckdragonE345m

The Luckdragon

Bastian is so caught up with the book that he neglects his school work and his chores around the house. In Fantasia, Atreyu meets Fly Girl and finds out the luckdragon is a flying machine flown by Fly Girl.

Oct 28, 2001

Episode 4 - Deleting Mr. BlankE445m

Deleting Mr. Blank

When Bastian learns that nothing in Fantasia can exist without a name, he enlists Marley and Lucas to help him get rid of Mr. Blank by deleting all references to him in the school. Meanwhile, Atreyu joins up with Fly Girl and heads to the Southern Oracle

Nov 4, 2001

Episode 5 - The Gift of the NameE545m

The Gift of the Name

Bastian wants to earn money so he can buy his dad a present for his birthday , he gets a job at the bookstore where he got the book The Neverending Story in Mr. Coreander's shop. In Fantasia, Atreyu goes to find the riddle gate.

Nov 11, 2001

Episode 6 - Home Sweet HomeE645m

Home Sweet Home

Bastian's dad decides to put their house up for sale, because there are to many memories to his late wife in the house. Atreyu meets the wizard, Curiosity, who teaches him how to read. Fly Girl flys Atreyu back to the Ivory Tower and Bastian finds out he has to give the Childlike Empress a new name.

Nov 18, 2001

Episode 7 - The SceptreE745m

The Sceptre

Bastian finds a letter from his mother ,that she wrote to him before she died. He believes that it is a message from beyond. Moonchild (The Childlike Empress) goes on a tour of Fantasia while Atreyu and Fly Girl go to the Dark City to save the luckdragon.

Nov 25, 2001

Episode 8 - The Luck Stops HereE845m

The Luck Stops Here

Bastian is worried about a girl in his class: Fallon. His concern grows when he sees her wearing an old coat of his mothers that he and his dad donate to the poor.

Dec 2, 2001

Episode 9 - Badge of CourageE945m

Badge of Courage

Connor, a bully in Bastian's class challenges Bastian to a fight and bastian decides to accept the challenge. Moonchild sends Fly Girl on a solo mission and takes back the aurin from Atreyu and gives him a rusty old sword which if he says the name of it, it'll become of use to him. Atreyu meets with the woodlanders and 3 fallen heroes.

Dec 9, 2001

Episode 10 - Deus Ex MachinaE1045m

Deus Ex Machina

Because of the fight between Bastian and Connor both are put on detention for a week. During the week, Miss Vinagan tells them to write a compostion on any subject so Bastian decides to write about the book but when bastian and Connor re-write the story, the events change in Fantasia to what they write. In Fantasia, the 3 heroes lock up Atreyu and Tartis but they eventually get out and Atreyu battles Xayide's knights.

Dec 16, 2001

Episode 11 - Stairway to HeavenE1145m

Stairway to Heaven

The school dance is approaching and Bastian wants to take Marley but things don't go the way Bastian wants.Bastian and Lucas have to take Gemma, the daughter of the real estate agent that is trying to sell Bastian's house.

Dec 23, 2001

Episode 12 - The VisitorE1245m

The Visitor

Gemma turns about to be a girl from Fantasia that works for Xayide, she transfers to bastians school in order to steal the book from Bastian which she does. In Fantasia, Moonchild gives Atreyu back the aurin and Curiosity/Mr. Coreander and Fly Girl prepare Atreyu to go into the real world to protect Bastian from Gmork who got turned back into a wolf.

Dec 30, 2001

Episode 13 - ResurrectionE1345m

Resurrection

No one in Fantasia is meant to read the book or they'll grow older as they read it and eventually turn to dust. Xayide now has the book and decides to read the book. April tells Gemma to go to Moonchild to tell her Xayide got the book. In the real world Gemma comes back and returns the book to Bastian. Bastian and Fallon read the rest of the book but Fallon asks Bastian to go back to a part where Xayide was still alive which means he turned back time in Fantasia bringing back Xayide. While they read the book, Fallon said she liked the part about Xayide then Bastian sees her eyes turn yellow.

Jan 6, 2002

Actors

Mark Rendall

Mark Rendall

Bastian Balthazar Bux

Johnny Griffin

Connor

Brittany Drisdelle

Brittany Drisdelle

Fallon

Valérie Chiniara

Marley

Stefano Faustini

Lucas

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