The Princess Bride Scenes 46-50 Summary

Scene 46

  • Inigo tries his luck with a guy named Miracle Max, who looks like equal parts Albert Einstein and the creature from the Leprechaun movies.
  • Max tells Inigo and Fezzik the good news that Westley's only "mostly dead." He's seen worse.
  • Max agrees to bring him back, but only because it will make his former employer—Prince Humperdinck—suffer. Sometimes vengeance is the best form of currency.
  • Max and his wife, Valerie, prepare a miracle pill that will bring Westley back from the dead slowly but surely. If you have to come back from the dead, that's probably the safest way to do it.

Scene 47

  • Westley revives outside the castle gates, but he can't move much more than his eyes at first.
  • Fortunately, the gears in his brain are already whirring, and he comes up with a plan on the spot involving a wheelbarrow and a Holocaust cloak, both of which the trio conveniently has access to.
  • Moral of the story? Always carry as many things with you as humanly possible. You never know.

Scene 48

  • Buttercup is looking princess-y in her wedding gown, but insists to Humperdinck that Westley's going to rescue her before the big moment.
  • Humperdinck doesn't appear quite so convinced.

Scene 49

  • Westley, Fezzik, and Inigo get ready to put their plan into action outside the gates

Scene 50

  • The wedding ceremony is beginning. Ugh. Why do they always have to cut these things so close?
  • A clergyman with a notable speech impediment and a bright future as an Internet meme conducts the service. Suddenly everyone hears a commotion coming from outside.