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Aliens are called Buggers |
Aliens are called Formics |
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Ender eats pudding at lunch |
Ender eats a brownie at lunch
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Ender proves his dominance by killing those that bullied him including Stilson and Bonzo. |
He doesn't kill them. |
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Ender starts the story as a 6 year old and at the end he is in his early teens. |
He is the same teenager through out the story.
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Ender hacks his chat feature on his desk to send the message, "Cover your butt. Bernard is watching. - God" |
He sends the message "Bernard is living proof that they still send chimps into space." |
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Bernard is friends with Bonzo and is with him when Ender kills him in the shower. He is not seen after that. |
Bernard bullies Ender, but eventually he joins Ender's jeesh.
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Ender breaks Bernard's arm when they are on the shuttle to battle school which leads Bernard to bully him. |
This doesn't happen. |
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Peter was the character Locke |
there were no "Locke" character
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Valentine was the character Demosthenes. |
there were no "Demosthenes" character |
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There were major parts which focused on Peter and Valentines involvement with politics |
no talk/plot of politics between Peter and Valentine
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After having his monitor removed he fought a bigger boy and Ender killed him |
we never learn of the boys fate but he appeared mostly OK. |
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Ender fought Bonzo at Battle School he killed him. |
Bonzo was hurt and had a brain injury but lived.
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Ender never played the boy (he ended up fighting) at school before his monitor was removed. |
Ender played the boy (he ended up fighting) at school before his monitor was removed. |
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In Battle School there is an arcade where students play strategy games. |
Not ever a mention of an arcade at BattleSchool but it is where Ender spent time soon after his arrival at BattleSchool
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There are more than 1 battle room. |
there is only 1 battle room. |
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When Ender originally cracked the code for sending messages anonlymously he did it in his dorm room |
We are left to assume Ender broke the code for sending messages in the classroom.
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Bean is not friends with Ender until after he comes to Dragon Platoon |
Bean becomes friends with Ender when they are launchies. |
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Petra, Bean and the others are remote when fighting 'simulations' |
Petra, Bean and the others are not working beside (same room) Ender in the final 'simulations' in Command School.
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COmmand School took place at Eros which was a hollowed out asteroid |
Command School was on a Formic planet. |
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Ender was smaller than everyone but Bean |
Ender seemed a normal size.
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Bonzo was accompanied by 6 students ( including Bernard). |
Bonzo was accompanied by 2 students. |
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Ender breaks Bernards arm on the initial trip up to Battle School from Earth |
Nobody gets a broken arm.
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Ender cracks the internal messaging system and makes it seem like Bernard says "I love your butt, let me kiss it." |
Ender writes another message to defend Alai at the front of the classroom. |
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Valentine is a readhead |
Valentine is a brunette
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Ender played the mind game/mind controlled game much longer before coming to the giant and the 2 choices |
Ender basically started at the Giant. |
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Ender never mentions Bonzo to Valentine on the raft. |
Ender mentioned 'sitting with Bonzo' on the raft with Valentine after his return to Earth before command school
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Ender is part of Rat Army at one point. |
There is never any mention of Ender being part of Rat army |
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Ender shoots his own legs during Battle Room sessions to help increase shooting accuracy ( and would also get others too as well) |
There is never any mention of a strategy where Ender would freeze his own legs to help shooting accuracy
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Formics are referred to as 'Buggers' |
There is never any mention of the Formics being called Buggers |
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Ender trains many others and opens training to anyone who wanted it |
There is no mention of Ender opening up training to all people at Battle School
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Enders Army is worried about Bonzo attaching Ender so they guard him |
Ender is never guarded. |
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Normal story progression |
a drastically sped up timeline
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There is no Formic Queen when Ender retrives the Formic Eggs |
There a Queen Formic on the base when Ender retrieves the last of the Formic eggs |
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The major weapon is called 'Doctor Device' |
it is called 'Little Device'
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During Enders' 'training sessions' he used Doctor Device more than once |
he used 'Dr. Device' once |
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All armies were made up of Toons (platoons). Ender was the first to have 5 toons. |
No mention of Toons ( army groupings..before Ender every Army used 4 toons of 5.
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Peter and Valentine Wiggin play a large roll in attempting to shape the world via the internet. |
They do not. |
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It is finally revealed at the end of the story that Ender has been directing a real army against the buggers all along. |
This information is revealed to the viewer early on, although the children are still unaware.
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