The NeverEnding Story (1984)

The NeverEnding Story does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is entirely focused on a young boy's escape into a fantasy world and the adventures within it, rendering the portrayal of LGBTQ+ elements as not applicable.

The film features the Childlike Empress and Urgl as significant female characters. However, neither character engages in direct physical combat with any opponents, male or otherwise. No female character is depicted winning a close-quarters physical fight against one or more male opponents.

The 1984 film adaptation of "The NeverEnding Story" maintains the established genders of all major characters from Michael Ende's original novel. No characters canonically, historically, or widely established as one gender were portrayed as a different gender in the movie.

The film adapts characters from a novel where Atreyu is described as green-skinned. The film portrays him as a human character played by an actor of Native American descent. This is an interpretation of a fantastical race, not a swap between established human racial categories.