History AdaptationPersonalityChange / Film

-->'''Murray''': So that's it, you're crazy? That's your defence for killing three young men!?

** Norman Osborn while still deeply unpleasant, tyrannical, misogynistic and insane like the comics still gets some AdaptationalNiceGuy in the Raimi film. Notably his relationship with his son Harry is much healthier as it’s shown he does genuinely love his son, unlike the comic where he’s an abusive father to a disgusting degree. It’s also shown before taking PsychoSerum, Norman is a more affable man, unlike the comic where as Spidey notes all the Goblin serum did was turn Norman FromBadToWorse.
** Dr Otto Octavius similar to Doctor Doom is a notoriously for being a ridiculous petty villain in the comics on top of being a egotistical MadScientist. In the film, he’s witty laidback loving man who turns into a TragicVillain after his wife’s death but partakes in delightful LargeHam as a supervillain later in the film, unlike the comics where he’s a NoNonsenseNemesis.

** Cho in the books was written to be excessively jealous and clingy when she and Harry are dating but none of this is shown in the movies.

** Albus Dumbledore, who provides the page image, is generally calm and unflappable in the books, which Creator/RichardHarris portrayed in the first two films. However, Creator/MichaelGambon's performance starting in the third movie due to Harris' death is more emotional and prone to occasional bursts of anger. The main page image illustrates the difference when Dumbledore asks Harry about whether he put his name in the Goblet of Fire; the book mentions that "Dumbledore asked calmly," but in the movie, he accosts Harry and demands to know the truth. The younger version of the character in the ''Film/FantasticBeasts'' films is much more in line with the book characterization, however.

* ''Film/TheBatman2022'' would do this to the Dark Knight himself as Bruce Wayne. In the comics Bruce while in his public persona, is charmastic and outgoing with his real personailty BeneathTheMask being more serious and brooding. In the 2022 film even when not being Batman, Bruce simply has NoSocialSkills at all and besides Alfred has trouble communicating with people without coming off as [[SociallyAwkwardHero awkward, shy]] and [[TheWoobie depressed]]. Similar to the MCU Mary Jane example, this can be seen as [[PragmaticAdaptation pragmatic choice]] in portraying a young adult with severe (parents brutally murdered) trauma realistically.

** Ororo Munroe in the comics and the early films is a passionate and heroic figure who seeks protect her own Mutantkind as well as the innocent. In this movie she willingly joins Apocalypse becoming one of his Horsemen killing hundreds of lives in the process.

** ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} much like those previous mentioned above is heroic and compassionate in the comics, in the film she's a ruthless enforcer for Caliban and then willingly joins Apocalypse and then tries to kill the X-Men, even sadistically attempting to strangle Beast.
** ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} himself only hams it up at certain moments like making a point or being angry, instead being more soft-spoken and calm, whereas LargeHam is his comic counterpart's default setting. Comic Apocalypse is also more NobleDemon, instead of a tyrannical JerkAss.

* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': {{The film|OfTheBook}} expands the role of Sir compared to [[Literature/TheBicentennialMan the original story]]. He begins [[StandardFiftiesFather mentoring Andrew, providing personal guidance and social instruction]], In addition to [[AdaptationalJobChange changing his job]], he also changes his reaction to Andrew's request for freedom, [[ShooTheDog banishing him from the house]] instead of taking him to court to make sure Andrew is legally recognized as a free robot instead of a member of the ServantRace.

** ComicBook/MilesMorales is more social and assertive than in the comics, where he was shy and an introvert. ''[=ItSV=]'' also presents Miles's more withdrawn moments as more due to him being transferred from a normal public school to an elite charter school (Brooklyn Visions Academy) and having to dealing with various traumatic events [[spoiler:like witnessing with the death of his Peter, discovering that his uncle is a supervillain, and having said uncle soon sacrifice himself to save him]]. His love of graffiti and hip-hop is also far more emphasized in the film.

** Captain George Stacy was a supporter of Franchise/SpiderMan from the start in the comics. However, in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', he starts off distrustful of the webhead and wanting to arrest Spidey before he warms up to him. [[spoiler:Additionally, as he's dying, he asks Peter to stay away from Gwen for her own safety, whereas comics!George asked Peter to look after her.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'': In [[Literature/TheLittleMermaid the original story]], the little mermaid is quiet and thoughtful, in contrast to her livelier, bolder sisters, and is the only one who has no interest in collecting human-made objects from shipwrecks. In the Disney version, Ariel is the liveliest, boldest, and most adventurous of the sea princesses, and collecting objects from shipwrecks is her unique hobby.

** In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'', the Sea Witch becomes a cunning, dishonest, power-hungry villain who tricks Ariel into signing a contract with her, rather than the neutral character in the original tale who warns the mermaid of the consequences of her magic. Also, the mermaid in the original story is a demure ShrinkingViolet, repeatedly mentioned to be very quiet and thoughtful. Disney's Ariel is energetic, rebellious, anything but demure.

** Tinkerbell is toned down in ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'' compared to ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''. She isn't clingy and a jerk anymore, instead being a PluckyGirl. She keeps some of her jealous aspects in the books, though.

** In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'', compared to their book counterparts, Quasimodo is much more gentle, Esmeralda is smarter and [[TheIngenue less naive]], and Phoebus is more heroic, with his womanizer tendencies dropped. Meanwhile, Frollo gets AdaptationalVillainy and loses all his redeeming traits (which are given to an original character, the Archdeacon of Notre-Dame). In the book Frollo is the Archdeacon, making this a case of the DecompositeCharacter.

* Creator/PeterJackson's ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films did this with a multiple characters. Arwen's role is expanded and she becomes an ActionGirl, Boromir is far less of a MightMakesRight {{Jerkass}}, Faramir becomes tempted by the ring and his ParentalFavoritism issues are more played up. Elrond is also made to be bitter and cynical, thinking humans are useless. Gandalf is more gentle and patient and less of a GrumpyOldMan who has a short fuse for foolishness like in the books. Merry was also more serious in the book but in the films is more carefree and comical (though he is still the serious one between himself and Pippin). Legolas displays no racism towards Dwarves like he does initally in the books and is more battle hungry. Denethor also gets a bit of AdaptationalVillainy when he was simply GoodIsNotNice in the book, in particular his emotional contempt of Faramir likely feeding into the latter's own AdaptationalAngstUpgrade.

** Goku in the manga and anime of ''Dragon Ball'' is the archetypal innocent AllLovingHero as well as a BoisterousBruiser who’s very sociable and bold. In the movie Goku is an {{angst}}y introverted teen, who is bullied and wishes he could take revenge. His [[BloodKnight love for fighting]] is also less pronounced and he’s more interested in romance, unlike original Goku who initially thought “marriage” was some kind of food and just looked confused when his future wife Chi-Chi kissed his cheek. ''Dragon Ball Evolution'' Goku [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking is also properly educated]] as he goes to high school unlike his IdiotHero anime counterpart who was illiterate until Master Roshi taught him the basics.

* Clarence Boddicker in ''Film/RoboCop1987'' took sadistic gleee in his actions. His ''Film/RoboCop2014'' counterpart Antoine Vallon was more professional and like a businessman in his work (included delegating the task of taking out a pre-[=RoboCop=] Alex Murphy to underlings, whereas Boddicker literally delivered the first and final shots to Murphy and watched his men do the rest).

** Princess Peach in the games is a kind, benevolent ruler who mostly has passive roles and rarely directly attacks enemies (except in games where she's playable, of course), acting as a standard DamselInDistress more often than not. In the movie, while she is still quite kind, Peach is also a [[{{Xenafication}} much more authoritative leader]] and a less ambiguous ActionGirl; she directly confronts Bowser with a polearm when he attacks the Mushroom Kingdom, only lets herself be captured to further her plans to save her kingdom, and takes an active part in the final battle, even [[WaifFu stunning Bowser with a jumping kick to the face]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', the Lumalee from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' has his personality changed to the point of being PlayedForLaughs. In the games, he was a cheerful shopkeeper no different from other Lumas; in the film, he's a CloudCuckoolander StrawNihilist.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', the Lumalee from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' has his personality changed to the point of being PlayedForLaughs. In the games, he was a cheerful shopkeeper no different from other Lumas; in the film, he's a nihilist due to having been imprisoned by Bowser and wants to die.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'': In [[Literature/TheLittleMermaid the original story]], the little mermaid is quiet and thoughtful, in contrast to her livelier, bolder sisters, and is the only one who has no interest in collecting human-made objects from shipwrecks. In the Disney version, Ariel is the liveliest, boldest, and most adventurous of the sea princesses, and collecting objects from shipwrecks is her unique hobby.

* Most of the characters from ''Film/TheLastAirbender'':

** Sokka, being both the ComicRelief and TheSmartGuy in the show, has little in the way of character traits in the film and does little beyond receive exposition.
** Admiral Zhao is more confident and violent in the series, while in the film he is more indecisive to the point he often consults the Fire Lord on every decision and [[spoiler: he runs away after Iroh makes fire from thin air]].

* The ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'' does this to loads of the characters from [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil the games]]. The standout however is Jill Valentine whom in the games is a compassionate and righteous heroine, while in ''Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse'' Jill gets AdaptationalJerkass being bitchy and rude to pretty everyone including innocent civilians. It also doesn’t help Jill’s heroism and competence is given to CanonForeigner Alice.

* ''Film/TheBatman2022'' would do this to the Dark Knight himself as Bruce Wayne. In the comics Bruce while in his public persona, is charmastic and outgoing with his real personailty BeneathTheMask being more serious and brooding. In the 2022 film even when not being Batman, Bruce simply has NoSocialSkills at all and besides Alfred has trouble communicating with people without coming off as [[SociallyAwkwardHero awkward, shy]] and [[TheWoobie depressed]]. Similar to the MCU Mary Jane example below, this can be seen as [[PragmaticAdaptation pragmatic choice]] in portraying a young adult with severe (parents brutally murdered) trauma realistically.

* Creator/PeterJackson's ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films did this with a multiple characters. Arwen's role is expanded and she becomes an ActionGirl, Boromir is far less of a MightMakesRight {{Jerkass}}, Faramir becomes tempted by the ring and his ParentalFavoritism issues are more played up. Elrond is also made to be bitter and cynical, thinking humans are useless. Gandalf is more gentle and patient and less of a GrumpyOldMan who has a short fuse for foolishness like in the books. Merry was also more serious in the book but in the films is more carefree and comical (though he is still the serious one between himself and Pippin). Legolas displays no racism towards Dwarves like does initally in the books and is more battle hungry. Denethor also gets a bit of AdaptationalVillainy when he was simply GoodIsNotNice in the book, in particular his emotional contempt of Faramir likely feeding into the latter's own AdaptationalAngstUpgrade.

* ''Film/TheBatman2022'' would do this to the Dark Knight himself as Bruce Wayne. In the comics Bruce while in his RichIdiotWithNoDayJob persona, is charmastic and outgoing with his real personailty BeneathTheMask being more serious and brooding. In the 2022 film even when not being Batman, Bruce simply has NoSocialSkills at all and besides Alfred has trouble communicating with people without coming off as [[SociallyAwkwardHero awkward, shy]] and [[TheWoobie depressed]]. Similar to the MCU Mary Jane example below, this can be seen as [[PragmaticAdaptation pragmatic choice]] in portraying a young adult with severe (parents brutally murdered) trauma realistically.