I think I've figured out a way in which to put the main animorphs series into 5 movies. (I did not put any of the MMs or the Chronicles in)
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Movie 1
The Invasion
Important Characters: Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco, Tom, Elfangor,Visser 3,
Secondary Characters: Chapman, Visser 1, Marco's Dad, Ax
Minor Characters: Jake's Parents, Rachel's Parents, Cassie's Parents, Melissa, Erek (He get's an early cameo
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Main Plot Points: Introducing The Animorphs (and their motivations to fight), Introducing The Conflict and Villians, Setting up the Universe, Finding Ax, Finding out about the whole Marco and Visser 1 thing, and Tobias geting stuck as a Hawk
Books Covered: 1-5
Stuff to cut out: Allot of stuff from 2 and 3. (Rachel and Tobias's reasons to fight will be given in a different way in the plot.)
Movie 2
The Stranger
Important Characters: Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco, Ax, Ellimist, Erek
Secondary Characters: Jara, Ket, Visser 3, Marco's Dad , Rachel's Parents
Minor Characters: Jake's Parents, Cassie's Parents, Melissa, Chapman, Visser 1, Tom, Jordan, Sarah
Main Plot Points: Introducing the Ellimist, Introducing the Chee and Erek, Free hork-bajir, Tobias getting his power back, the Animorphs's first major victory with distroying the Kandrona
Books Covered: 7, 10, 13
Stuff to cut out: allot of the stuff from 10 (we just need the introduction of Erek and some of the dad drama from that book)
Movie 3
The Threat
Important Characters: Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco, Ax, David,
Secondary Characters: Visser 3, Visser 1, Erek,
Minor Characters: Ellimist, Chapman
Main Plot Points: The rise and fall of David, the beginning of the break down of the team, the fallout from them destroying the Kandrona in the last movie, The infest the world leaders plot, tensions between V1 and V3 as a subplot
Books Covered: 20-22
Stuff to cut out: Not much, The David trilogy is pretty cohesive
Movie 4
The Answer pt 1
Important Characters: Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco, Ax, Visser 3, Visser 1, Eva, Marco's Dad,
Secondary Characters: Erek, Tom, Loren, James
Minor Characters: Ellimist, Jara, Ket Chapman, Melissa, Rachel's Parents, Cassie's Parents, Jordan, Sarah, Other Auxiliaries, Elfangor
Main Plot Points: Marco killing Visser 1 and getting his Mom back, Tobias finding out that Elfangor was his dad and about his family, the war going public, them telling their parents, the Auxiliaries,Jake's Parents getting captured,Cassie letting Tom get away with the morphing cube
Books Covered: 45-50
Stuff to cut out: Mainly 46, 47, 48
Movie 5
The Answer pt 2
Important Characters: Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco, Ax, Visser 3, Tom
Secondary Characters: Erek, Ellimist, James, Eva, Jara, The Governor
Minor Characters: Ket, Marco's Dad, Chapman, Melissa, Rachel's Parents, Cassie's Parents, Jake's Parents, Jordan, Sarah, Other Auxiliaries, The One, Loren, David (he get's a cameo)
Main Plot Points: The war at it's highest stakes, the group crumbling apart, the subway train full of explosives, dumping yeerks into space, taxxons becoming jungle snakes, death of the auxiliaries, death of Tom, death of Jara, death of V3, death of Rachel, Aftermath of the war, The One.
Books Covered: 51-54
Stuff to cut out: 51 would be seriously condensed
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