What's the Difference between I Am Number Four the Book and I Am Number Four the Movie?
In the Book |
In the Movie |
John Smith/Number 4
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John Smith/Number 4
Portrayed by: Alex Pettyfer
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Sarah Hart
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Sarah Hart
Portrayed by: Dianna Agron
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Henri
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Henri
Portrayed by: Timothy Olyphant
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Sam Goode
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Sam Goode
Portrayed by: Callan McAuliffe
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Six
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Six
Portrayed by: Teresa Palmer
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I Am Number Four Book vs Movie
In the Book |
In the Movie |
During the first day of school, Sarah was taking pictures of John. |
She does not take pictures. |
The dog Bernie Kosar is wearing a dog tag with his name on it. |
He isn't wearing the tag, and we just know his name is Bernie Kosar from the dialog.
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Sam Goode wears his father's glasses. |
He doesn't wear them. |
Four people were said to be on the hay bale truck. |
Sarah and John are alone on teh truck.
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Bernie Kosar transformed into a dragon type dreature but without wings. |
He transforms into a giant bulldog. |
Herni is killed during the battle with the Mogadorians during the attach at John's high school. |
He dies after being stabbed by a Mogadorian after John had saved him from the publishers of "They Walk among Us".
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John waits to tell Sam that he is an alien until after they attempt to rescue Henri. |
He has already told Sam. |
Doesn't wear it right away. |
Number Six was already wearing her Loric Costume.
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Sarah's mother is a real estate agent. |
This isn't shown. |
Number 4 has the legacy to not get burned by fire |
Number 6 has this legacy instead of number 4
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Number 4 fights Mark and a bunch of his friends after the hayride, throwing them into the water |
He fights only Mark and doesnt throw him into any water |
Number 4 saves Sarah from a burning house |
Number 4 saves Sarah when she falls off the roof of the house (no fire at all)
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There is no Lorien tracking stone |
There is some sort of Lorien Tracking rock (glows blue on the inside) not mentioned at all in the book. |
Number 4 has the legacy to comunicate with animals, and Number 6 has the legacy to control the elements (ex. creating a thunderstorm) |
They do not have (or show) these legacies at all
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There are 2 different types of Mogadorians, Scouts and Soldiers (Soldiers being taller and having the alien swords) |
There is only one kind of Mogadorian shown, the soldiers, no scouts. And their main weapon is a gun not a sword |
Six is described as olive-skinned with grey eyes, black hair, a wide mouth and high cheek bones. |
Six is blond with blue eyes.
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When they are moving to Ohio, Four creates the name John Smith himself and actually likes it. |
Henri creates the name John Smith and he doesn't like it. |
John tells the principal he's from Santa Fe. |
John tells the principal he's from Toronto.
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Sam wears NASA shirts all the time |
Not once does he wear a NASA shirt |
When John lifts Henri with his telekinesis, he does not get mad and he hugs John and is proud |
When John lifts Henri with his telekinesis he gets mad and John says you are not my dad
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