Wardrobe (Narnia)

The Wardrobe is an object from the 2005 Disney/Walden Media adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It is a magical wardrobe that serves as a portal to Narnia located in Digory Kirke's house.
==Background==
The Wardrobe is a magical object that was located in Professor Digory Kirke's house in the spare room. Prior to World War II, the Wardrobe was placed into the mansion before the Pevensies evacuated from their home due to the air raid. Located within the wardrobe is a large set of coats, followed by the a magical forest which leads to Narnia. The first landmark a person passes through after one enters the world of Narnia via Wardrobe is the Lamppost.
==Appearances==
===The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe===
After the Pevensies adapted their lives into Professor Digory Kirke's house due to the dangers of World War II, Lucy suddenly stumbles upon a spare room where the Wardrobe is draped in clothing and just as she pulls the cloth from it, she suddenly enters the Wardrobe by opening its door, going past various coats placed on a rack and later into a forest where she finds herself in Narnia. Amongst the landmarks she finds is the Lamppost and later Tumnus, a nearby faun, inside. After a conversation with Tumnus, Lucy approaches Edmund, Peter, and Susan who tells them about her experience in Narnia, which the three do not see a portal that leads them to Narnia, telling them that they don't believe in Lucy's claim, much to Edmund and Peter arguing about Lucy's existence of Narnia just before bedtime. That night, Edmund enters the Wardrobe and suddenly finds the snow-covered forest passing by the Lamppost which Lucy saw earlier just before he encounters Ginarrbrik and Jadis the White Witch.
The next day, during a discussing with Professor Kirke, he discusses with Peter and Susan who are concerned about Lucy who felt emotional whom the two thought Lucy found a magical forest inside the Wardrobe to which during a discussion, Kirke discusses with the two, explaining to them that Lucy must be telling the truth, even though she is part of the Pevensie family. Later during a game of cricket, Edmund suddenly hits the ball which breaks one of the windows and knocks down a suit of armor, causing Mrs. Macready to hear the commotion just as the Pevensies enter the room where Lucy found the Wardrobe. The four Pevensies have adventures in the world of Narnia which Susan and Peter think Lucy was right all along.
After Jadis the White Witch was defeated in battle and the Pevensies became kings and queens of Narnia, they suddenly attempt to catch the White Stag, but suddenly encounter the Lamppost instead, causing them to miss the Stag. Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy encounter the Wardrobe's coats just as the four leave the world of Narnia as they end up in the spare room. Professor Kirke then approaches the Pevensies, who tells them what they were doing in the Wardrobe, which they tell him that they had adventures in the world of Narnia. During a mid-credits scene, Lucy attempts to enter the world of Narnia via Wardrobe, which Professor Kirke tells her that she wouldn't use the Wardrobe to get back to Narnia through this method, explaining that this method will probably happen if Lucy is not looking for it, telling her to keep her eyes open just before the Wardrobe partially opens where Aslan's roar is briefly heard.
==Video game appearances==
===The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe===
The Wardrobe serves as an option selector in the console versions of the game, particularly when it comes to players selecting unlocked levels of their choice. In the last part of "The Spare Room" level, the player must break through many crates blocking their path within a time limit while Mrs. Macready is attempting to scold the Pevensies for causing commotion in their house, which the Pevensies were able to escape via Wardrobe.
==Disney Parks==
===Journey into Narnia: Creating the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe===
The Wardrobe appeared in the now-defunct Disney's MGM Studios attraction (now Disney's Hollywood Studios as of 2008). After a cast member announced about the exhibit guests were about to see located within the facility while telling the guests about the experience of how The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe film was made, the doors of the Wardrobe suddenly opened as guests entered to experience the attraction's Narnia theme.
==Trivia==
*The carvings on the wardrobe are actually many elements from The Magician's Nephew, the book chronologically before The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, where Digory Kirke was the main protagonist. The carvings are the Garden of Youth, the Tree of Youth in it, the phoenix that was in the tree, the silver apple that it grew, Jadis' home world of Charn, the bell that woke her up, the rings that Digory and Polly used, the Wood between the Worlds, the sun that rose when Narnia was created, Strawberry, the horse turned pegasus, and presumably the crowns that King Frank and Queen Hellen wore.
==External links==
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Category:The Chronicles of Narnia objects
Category:Magical Objects