Bastian — The NeverEnding Story Character Profile

About Bastian

Young reader who discovers the magical book and influences Fantasia.

Bastian — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Imagination, Wish granting, Storytelling, Courage

• Strength: 4/10
• Intelligence: 8/10
• Charisma: 7/10
• Morality: 8/10
• Influence: 9/10

Affiliations

• Fantastica

Quick Facts about Bastian

Occupation

schoolchild

Hair Color

Dark brown hair

Bastian's Known Relations

• Q58345896 — Father
• Bastian's mother — Mother
• Falkor — Significant person
• Atreyu — Significant person
• Q58210746 — Significant person
• Atreyu — Enemy

Bastian appears in 3 titles

• The NeverEnding Story (1984)
• The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990) — character page
• The NeverEnding Story III (1994) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Barret Oliver

Appears in

The NeverEnding Story (1984)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Bastian — father — Bastian's Father (Gerald McRaney)

  角色名包含关系词: father

• Bastian — Narrative Savior — The Childlike Empress (Tami Stronach)

  Bastian becomes the human child capable of restoring Fantasia.

  The Empress asks Bastian to call out her new name, and Bastian saves Fantasia by calling out "Moonchild."

• Bastian — Narrative Story Companion — Atreyu (Noah Hathaway)

  Bastian is the reader whose attention and imagination become directly connected to Atreyu's quest.

  Bastian reads about Atreyu's quest and follows his journey throughout the book. The Empress later explains that Bastian has become part of the story t...

• Bastian — Alliance Beneficiary — Rockbiter / Falkor / G'mork / Narrator (Alan Oppenheimer)

  Bastian's imagination restores the Falkor component and allows their shared adventure to continue.

  After Bastian restores Fantasia, he flies on Falkor's back and later brings Falkor into the real world.

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More characters from The NeverEnding Story

• Atreyu (Noah Hathaway)
• The Childlike Empress (Tami Stronach)
• Rockbiter / Falkor / G'mork / Narrator (Alan Oppenheimer)
• Night Hob (Tilo Prückner)
• Engywook (Sydney Bromley)
• Teeny Weeny (Deep Roy)
• Giant Mushroom Creature (uncredited) (Brian Wheeler)
• Fairy (uncredited) (Silvia Seidel)
• Carl Conrad Koreander - the Librarian (Thomas Hill)
• 3rd Bully (Nicholas Gilbert)
• 2nd Bully (Darryl Cooksey)
• 1st Bully (Chris Eastman)