
Apart from Reader Rabbit, only Sam the Lion and the Pi-Rats were retained. Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Nearly all of the supporting characters from the late 1990s titles were left out of the 2001 reboot.A Dog Named "Dog": Baby Bear and Papa Bear, minor characters from the late 1990s games.After they all bid farewell, Buster flies Sam to his castle. Sam finds his imagination, while Mat and Reader find a home of their own to make. Bittersweet Ending: Reading Journey 2 has one.Reader quickly tells him the dragon is a friend.

Having hunted through the entire castle, Sam finally finds Reader Rabbit and announces that he's here to save him from the dragon. In some of the stories for Reading Journey 2, Buster saves Reader, Sam and Mat.
