Atreyu

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Atreyu
Noah Hathaway as Atreyu
First appearance	The Neverending Story
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Portrayed by	Noah Hathaway Kenny Morrison Tyler Hynes
Created by	Michael Ende

This article is about the character. For the American metalcore band, see Atreyu (band).

Atreyu is a fictional character in Michael Ende's novel, The Neverending Story and the movie series of the same name directed by Wolfgang Petersen. To the viewer/reader, he is a metafictional character who becomes a fictional character as he exists for real in the story.

In the book he is a young Greenskin Warrior, from the Grassy Plains. His parents were killed by a buffalo soon after he was born, so his entire village raised him. By all accounts, he is skilled at archery and self-sufficient. Atreyu's name means "son of all" in his language. In the novel, Atreyu was summoned by the Childlike Empress to embark on a quest to save the land of Fantastica. During Atreyu's quest, his horse, Artax, falls victim to the Swamps of Sadness while Atreyu is protected by the AURYN gem. Bastian follows Atreyu's character in the "real world" while he reads "The Neverending Story".

In the 1984 film version, the character of Atreyu is played by Noah Hathaway. His skin was not green, and he was of the Plains People. The character also makes a return appearance in The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter played by Kenny Morrison. In the 2001 HBO mini-series Tales from the Neverending Story, Atreyu was portrayed by Tyler Hynes and the character changed affiliation yet again to the woodland people. Contrary to popular belief, Noah Hathaway did not reprise the role of Atreyu via voice acting in the short-lived Neverending Story animated series. The voice of Atreyu in the animated series was provided by Dominic Zamprogna.