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PhatBoyFlim@reddit

Just a friendly reminder to all of you that have collectively decided that Artax’s death is some unrecoverable deep wound that in the last shot of Atreyu in the film, he is in fact riding Artax.

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gooby1985@reddit

It’s not Artax dying in the movie that’s traumatizing, it’s that the horse died in real life during filming.

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PhatBoyFlim@reddit

https://www.cbr.com/neverending-story-horse-died-real-life/

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ouijahead@reddit

That article goes on forever. Can we get a too long didn’t read ?

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"They gave me one of the horses and a saddle as a wrap gift. But I was going to have to have it shipped and sterilized and all this stuff, so I left the horse in Germany with my riding double. He had the horse for 20-something years. He sent me an email like 10 years ago letting me know that the horse had just passed. It had a great and wonderful life. They had a stable and a ranch in Germany." No. One of the horses lived out a happy life in Germany after filming wrapped.

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PhatBoyFlim@reddit

No.

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PhatBoyFlim@reddit

That is 100% a myth.

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gooby1985@reddit

I did not know, my apologies. Anyway, thanks for the downvote you cranky fuck.

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DiaDeLosMuebles@reddit

You DO NOT want to read the book. His death is so much sadder and he doesn't come back.

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ihatecatboys@reddit

Also if you read the book the horse can talk and he begs for death. The more you knowwwwwwwwwww!

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MezzerDrone@reddit

So tune in to the next episode of Mr. Ed on Nick at Night.

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CheckYourStats@reddit

The book is an absolute fever dream, too. If you want to know what a wild acid trip is like, just read *The Neverending Story*.

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burnafter3ading@reddit

Time for a gritty reboot, Wilberrr!

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moonbunnychan@reddit

Also in the book Artax doesn't get resurrected.

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AdmirableTable1677@reddit

I only think of stranger things when i hear this now 🤣🤣🙏🏻

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chadius333@reddit

![gif](giphy|NjPEDD7S9Jssw|downsized)

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Artistic_Potato_1840@reddit

I used to have “Happy Flight” from the soundtrack as my ringtone back in college

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

God damn

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AlphaSuerte@reddit

In the late 90s, I picked up a white label vinyl with three techno/trance remixes of this on it. I still have to this day.

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animalcrackermafia@reddit

We had this on 45. I had my mom play it kn repeat and I would dance around the living room, singing at the top of my lungs. This sing was later replaced by "Glory of Love" from Karate kidd II and "Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail.

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adjperiod@reddit

Holy shit I always thought it was a black woman’s voice, not a white man

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DiaDeLosMuebles@reddit

This song has a spot in my heart carved out for it.

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ATXGil2L@reddit

Bro fuuuuuuuuuck

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instant_ramen_chef@reddit

Limahl. Fooled many of us before seeing the video. Sounds different with Kajagoogoo.

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Alternative-Light514@reddit

I didn’t know until today that a dude was singing

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hardc0rps@reddit

https://youtu.be/svJvUtCrvj0

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VoidOmatic@reddit

Straight magic.

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Wgfkas@reddit

I like this version better... https://youtu.be/Gf1WT8VEZxk

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elquatrogrande@reddit

I raise you this version https://youtu.be/3YsU08Dg86g?si=XcMW__l5girC9GsC

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

I didn’t even know there was a video

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AnnieGetYaClothesOn@reddit

Limahl!!

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MellowDrift9723@reddit

omg yes the X-Men movies were peak childhood for me lol, what is this scene tho? 😂

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Ltimbo@reddit

This is the scene where storm and wolverine sang the theme to the never ending story. It’s the best part of the movie.

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foxfire_17@reddit

In all seriousness, I’m pretty sure that Longshot was literally designed to look like this dude, specifically. Inspired by the weird mullet hair.

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XxFezzgigxX@reddit

![gif](giphy|EgkNhBeY289z2)

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Forsaken_Marzipan536@reddit

My absolute favorite movie as a kid. The Artax scene didn’t fuck me up as bad since I frequently watched Temple of Doom with its eyeball soup, child slavery and that beating heart scene!

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Nipplasia2@reddit

Istg when I was a kid I thought Naomi and Wynnona Judd sung this song.

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orangeclouds@reddit

Ok please explain

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scoff-law@reddit

This is a tough one for me because I do not like Limahl but I do like Kajagoogoo and I love Mr. Moroder.

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