Whether you love it or hate it, the Twilight franchise is here to stay. The paranormal love triangle between Bella, Edward, and Jacob has become one of the most recognizable teen romances all across the globe. The first book was published back in 2005, and as it approaches its fifteenth birthday next year, its popularity shows no signs of slowing down.

The franchise’s popularity was further boosted when it was adapted into a movie just three years later, followed up by four sequels. Fans of the books clamored to see Bella and Edward depicted on the silver screen, and fans of the movies scrambled to get their hands on the international best-selling books. The Twilight craze set off a wave of YA movie adaptations that’s still going strong.

As with any adaptation though, changes had to be made in order to better fit the new medium. Melissa Rosenberg wrote the screenplay for all five films, and added plenty of her own inventions. She also cut a lot of details from the books.

Some of the details were simply unnecessary to the core plot and would’ve just bogged down the pace of the movies. Some omissions actually take away from the richness of Meyer’s world. And some of them are simply weird.

The list below includes content from the movies and the books, as well as the few released chapters of Midnight Sun. If you’re not entirely caught up, you might want to proceed with cautions.

Here are 25 Weird Things Cut From The Twilight Movies (That Were In The Books).

25. Carlisle Has Tinted Car Windows

Cars feature heavily in the Twilight universe, whether it’s the Cullens’ fancy, expensive cars or Bella’s worn-down truck. When Alice, Jasper and Bella escape from James in Carlisle’s car in the book, the car has dark windows. That makes sense since any stray ray of sun would make the vampire doctor sparkle like a disco ball.

But in the movie, the car they use to run away in doesn’t have tinted windows. In fact, sunlight doesn’t seem to be a huge problem at all for the Cullens and they don’t sparkle when physics say they ought to.

24. Bella Dares Edward To Eat Food

In the Twilight book, Bella first sees Edward across the cafeteria with his siblings, so it’s a big deal when she finally sits down at the same table as Edward. Bella has already figured out that Edward is a vampire by then, and tries to learn more about vampirism.

She dares Edward to eat human food, which never happens in the movie. In Midnight Sun, Edward reveals that the slice of pizza he eats is disgusting, and that he’d actually need to vomit up the food later because he can’t digest human food anymore.

23. Bella Faints At The Sight Of Blood

Bella and Edward’s paths cross in biology class, when she’s assigned as his lab partner. She walks into a stream of hot air and her extra tasty scent smacks Edward right in the face. The rest is history. Of course, there’s more than one biology class per semester, and in the book, the students test their blood types.

Edward opts out for obvious reasons, and Bella faints at the sight and smell of blood. She doesn’t even manage to prick her own finger— her classmates’ blood is enough to send her to the nurse’s office.

22. Esme Explains Her Past

Early on in their relationship, Edward takes Bella to one of his family’s baseball games. Since they have superhuman strength, they have to wait for a thunderstorm so they can hide the sound of them hitting the ball.

Before the game starts, Esme tells Bella about her tragic life as a human, a scene that is missing from the movie version. Esme turned into a vampire after throwing herself off a cliff, devastated by the loss of her baby. Just as she was at the end of her life, Carlisle turned her into a vampire.

21. Edward Shares Carlisle's Past

Esme isn’t the only one whose past is explored in the first book. Edward actually tells Bella about Carlisle’s past, but it’s never mentioned, at least not in the first movie.

If you didn’t know already, Carlisle was born way back in the 1600s and was the son of a pastor and literal vampire hunter. Carlisle eventually ed the family business and hunted down some real vampires in the sewers of London, but got turned in the process. He was horrified by his newfound immortality, but soon found that he could live off of animal blood.

20. Bella Has A Job

In the movies, Bella doesn’t seem to have much of a life outside of Edward, Jacob, and various personal and paranormal crises. We know she goes to school at Forks High, but she’s not exactly the most engaged student. However, in New Moon, she actually starts working at Mrs. Newton’s sports hardware store.

Mentioning this little detail would’ve made the movie version of Bella a more three-dimensional character. While Bella is still clearly fixated on Edward even with a part-time job, she would’ve at least had something in her life that has nothing to do with him.

19. Alice Sleeps Over At Bella's Place

Okay, Alice doesn’t technically sleep over at Bella’s house because vampires can’t sleep, but she does spend the night with Bella in the New Moon book. In the movie, however, Alice outright refuses to stay multiple times because of Jacob, who by then had already started phasing.

Werewolves are vampires’ sworn enemies, yet Alice is totally down to have a sleepover, further highlighting how caring and comionate she is. Yet the movie strips that away in order to emphasize the vampires vs. werewolves element, simplifying the conflict between the two species as well as Alice’s character.

18. Jasper Goes To College

The Cullen kids (if they can still be called kids) go through high school and college multiple times in their unending lives. After all, they don’t age, and it’s the only way to maintain their cover. Unlike in the movies, Jasper is actually already in college in New Moon. Instead, the movie has Jasper in the same year as the rest of his siblings and Bella.

Enrolling Jasper a year above the rest of the Cullens would probably raise fewer eyebrows— after all, it’s already unusual for such a young(-looking) couple like Carlisle and Esme to adopt so many kids. It’s awfully convenient that they’re all in the same year.

17. Jasper's Powers Are Explained

All vampires have superhuman strength and speed, as well as immortality and eternal youth. But some of them are blessed— or cursed— with extra powers when they turn. Alice can see the future, Bella can project a mental shield, and Edward can hear people’s thoughts whether he wants to or not.

Jasper’s special power is the ability to sense and influence people’s emotions. He mostly uses it to help people calm down, although he often does it without asking first. It’s referenced in the books multiple times, but not in the movies.

16. Rosalie And Emmett Go To Africa

When Bella’s 18th birthday starts to approach, she’s upset because she’ll be older than Edward, who will always be physically 17. Still, Edward manages to persuade her to celebrate the occasion at the Cullen residence. He mentions to Bella that everyone in his family is excited for the party. As it turns out, Rosalie and Emmett have returned from their trip to Africa.

We don’t know where specifically in Africa they visit— it’s a huge continent with dozens of varying cultures and countries— but it’s yet another detail that shows off how casually wealthy the Cullen family is.