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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- ChangeWhere the Guide hides
In the book, the Guide sits in the false bottom of an attic chest. In the movie, it's in a secret room, wrapped in cloth.
source ↗ - ChangeHoney for the boggart
In the movie, it takes honey to turn the boggart back into a brownie. In the book, being kind to Thimbletack is enough.
source ↗ - ChangeA Guide in pieces
In the series, Lucinda asks Jared to recover the pages of Arthur's Guide. In the book, he finds the Guide whole.
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- ChangeHogsqueal gets more room here
In the books, Hogsqueal has a much bigger role and sits somewhere between good and bad. The movie uses him far less.
source ↗ - ChangeRedcap grows on screen
Redcap, the goblin who takes Simon in the movie, gets far more screen time than he gets on the page.
source ↗ - ChangeFewer birds on the menu
In the movie, Hogsqueal keeps snacking on birds. In the books, he does it much less.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesDiTerlizzi's favorite
In an early draft, Hogsqueal's first name was Horace. Tony DiTerlizzi says he's his favorite character in the series.
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- ChangeElves become sylphs
In the book, elves hold Arthur prisoner after he tries to trick them. In the movie, sylphs take him after saving him from goblins.
source ↗ - ChangeNo elves, no phooka
This book's elves and phooka never show up in the movie.
source ↗ - ChangeAll in one day
The books play out over a few weeks. The movie fits it all into a single day.
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- ChangeThe book the movie skipped
The movie leaves out nearly all of this book, glass coffin and mines included.
source ↗ - ChangeNo dwarves on screen
The dwarves at the center of this book never appear in the movie.
source ↗ - ChangeMulgarath shows up sooner on TV
Here the siblings finally see Mulgarath. In the series, the ogre is around from the start, posing as Jared's therapist.
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- ChangeArthur turns to dust
In the book, Arthur says goodbye to Lucinda and turns to dust. In the movie, he comes back and takes Lucinda, six years old again, into the forest.
source ↗ - ChangeSwallow or raven
In the book, Mulgarath is tricked into turning into a swallow. In the movie, he turns into a raven on his own to grab the Guide. Either way, Hogsqueal eats him.
source ↗ - ChangeA different battlefield
The book's final fight happens at Mulgarath's garbage palace. The movie moves it to the Spiderwick house.
source ↗ - ChangeThe circle is movie-only
The mushroom circle that guards the house in the movie doesn't exist in the books.
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- Behind the scenesLeaving the estate
Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles swaps the estate for Florida and the Graces for Nick and Laurie Vargas.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesNo split credit
DiTerlizzi and Black don't split credit between writing and art. DiTerlizzi says it all comes out of the partnership.
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- Behind the scenesLonger books
The Beyond books run longer: this one is 176 pages in the US edition, against 128 for the first four Grace books.
source ↗ - ReferenceMermaids with a price
The mermaids want something in return for helping, like in old fairy tales, where nothing comes free.
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- ReferenceRat King and Hydra
The Wyrm King, a mass of dragons stuck together, recalls the Rat King and the Lernaean Hydra of Greek myth.
source ↗ - ReferenceFlorida's sinkholes
The plot taps a real Florida problem: sinkholes that open up in the ground without warning.
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