History AdaptationalBadass / AnimeAndManga

* In the [[Anime/TheSnowQueen animated]] version of ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'', the titular character is a full LadyOfWar and she fights the Devil and prevails over him many times.

** Adachi. In the game he was kind of a pushover, however in the anime he manages to thrash Yu quite a bit, and is in control of ''three'' Reapers to kick the crap out of the rest of the protagonists (The Reaper being a fairly powerful optional Boss in the game).

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* Most of the Gym Leaders in ''Manga/PokemonSpecial''. They're so strong that it's generally accepted that only an extreme BadAss can beat them all[[note]] In this 'verse, you don't need any badges to actually compete in the League, but having all 8 badges mean you can skip the preliminaries. This incentive guarantees plenty of challengers[[/note]]. Furthermore, being a Gym Leader also means that your side job is to protect your region from things such as, you know, various terrorist groups. So yeah, expect to see a lot more ass-whooping coming from these guys.

** [[PoisonousPerson Roxie]] in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'': The second gym leader who isn't too hard to beat if you plan ahead. Roxie in the anime: The last Unova gym leader who has Pokemon that are so strong, Ash has to use 6 Pokemon to defeat only 3 Pokemon.

* ''Anime/RuneSoldierLouie'': [[AmazonianBeauty Jeanie's]] fighting ability changes drastically between whether you're reading the manga, or watching the anime. In the manga version, Louie [[OneHitKO lays her out]] [[http://www.kivmanga.com/Rune_Soldier_Louie_Req_by_Valdimir/001.005/11/ with one punch]], when they first meet in chapter 1. Whereas in the anime, she's a much better fighter. When she and Louie fight in episode 12, not only does she outlast him, ''she'' knocks ''him'' out (seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh5Ex0SOf0E from 13:23-16:57).]]

* ''[[Anime/{{Persona 4}} Persona 4: The Animation]]'' gives us Izanagi. In [[{{Persona 4}} the game]], Izanagi's just a cool-looking Persona with low-tier stat growth/elemental affinities/skills that most players will have gotten rid of by the second dungeon; but in the anime he comes off as the biggest badass of the entire bunch, regularly being the go to Persona when Yu needs to wipe out a particularly dangerous Shadow. Then again, it is possible to fuse a really badass Izanagi with skills like Primal Force, Angelic Grace, and Power Charge. ''Much'' later in the game, that is.

** Delibird is one of the weakest Pokémon stat-wise, and is considered a joke to be used in competitive battle. The BigBad of the Gold, Silver, and Crystal arc uses it as his main Pokémon, being so well trained it can hold it's own against ''Ho-Oh''.

** Delibird is one of the weakest Pokémon stat-wise, and is considered a joke to be used in competitive battle. The BigBad of the Gold, Silver, and Crystal arc uses it as his main Pokémon, being so well trained it can hold it's own against Ho-Oh.

* The ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' franchise has Gotsumon. Several series, which are AU to each other, have the little guy as a {{Recurrer}} with the same or similar personality and voice portrayal. Each version tends to be badder than the last. ''Anime/DigimonAdventure''? A cute little guy who'd rather party than fight, his death (along with that of his partner, Pumpkinmon) was used to show how much of a BadBoss the arc's villain was. ''Anime/DigimonFrontier''? His tiny little pebble attack has grown into the ability to create ''giant boulders'' and he is able to hold off enemy enforcers who, according to their stats (type, level, element, etc.), should stomp him like a bug without even knowing they'd done so. He can now become Meteormon, a PaletteSwap who surprises everyone by being ultra-powerful. ''Anime/DigimonSavers''[=/=]''DigimonDataSquad''? let's make him bad again, but ''good'' at it! He bedevils the team for the entirety of their first extended stay in the digital world, then becomes Meteormon. They laugh at his dramatic, LargeHam-moment-prefaced transformation into ''himself, but with lighter coloring'' for all of two seconds before he starts wiping the floor with them.

* While [[ShowyInvincibleHero Vegito]] was already a StoryBreakerPower in the ''DragonBall'' manga, the ''DragonBallZ'' anime [[BeyondTheImpossible managed to still pull this off with him]]. In the manga, he immediately turn [[SuperMode Super Saiyan]] when fighting [[BigBad Majin Buu]], and flattens him. In the anime, he spends an episode fighting Buu without turning Super Saiyan, which as onesided as the fight after he transforms, he still dominates the fight to the point it's clear he didn't actually NEED to transform to overpower Buu, he just did to humiliate him.

* While [[ShowyInvincibleHero Vegito]] was already a StoryPowerBreaker in the ''DragonBall'' manga, the ''DragonBallZ'' anime [[BeyondImpossible managed to still pull this off with him]]. In the manga, he immediately turn [[SuperMode Super Saiyan]] when fighting [[BigBad Majin Buu]], and flattens him. In the anime, he spends an episode fighting Buu without turning Super Saiyan, which as onesided as the fight after he transforms, he still dominates the fight to the point it's clear he didn't actually NEED to transform to overpower Buu, he just did to humiliate him.

* The Gym Leaders in ''Manga/PokemonSpecial''. They're so strong that it's generally accepted that only an extreme BadAss can beat them all[[note]] In this 'verse, you don't need any badges to actually compete in the League, but having all 8 badges mean you can skip the preliminaries. This incentive guarantees plenty of challengers[[/note]]. Furthermore, being a Gym Leader also means that your side job is to protect your region from things such as, you know, various terrorist groups. So yeah, expect to see a lot more ass-whooping coming from these guys.

** Pikachu. It's not really that strong in the games, only half again as strong as the pathetic [[MagikarpPower Magikarp]], but [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash's]] Pikachu has defeated [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pokémon_by_base_stats legendaries that in the games are twice as strong him]].

** [[spoiler: In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', N, while still wanting to free Pokémon from their trainers, is a relatively tame person that releases the Pokémon he uses between battles with the player character. In ''Pokémon Best Wishes 2 Episode N'', N is a much more active character that manages to fight off Team Rocket without using any Pokémon, only summoning some to heal Ash's Pikachu after the ordeal in his introductory episode.]]

* Inverted in the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZero Rockman Zero]]'' manga with the eponymous hero; {{badass}} incarnate in the video games, withering coward in the manga.

** Inverted with [[ThatOneBoss Whitney]], oddly enough. Despite her and her Miltank being feared as one of the most difficult Gym Leader battles in all of Pokemon, she loses all of her fights in ''Manga/PokemonSpecial''. During her only battle where she comes off as a credible threat, she doesn't even use Miltank, instead using Cleffa and Igglybuff (who are Baby Pokemon, and in-game they are exactly as strong as they sound). She was fighting Suicune at the time, [[spoiler: but it turns out that it was just one of Pryce's ice clones. In fact, she is one of the only Gym Leaders whom Suicune doesn't challenge; it's assumed in-universe that this is because Suicune never considered the possibility of her being worthy]]. Basically, she becomes the ButtMonkey of the Johto Gym Leaders.

* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in the ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'' [[AlternateContinuity 2009 TV Special]] where the title character went from being a poster boy of the KillerRabbit trope to a total coward whose hunting is so bad that even his ''prey'' laughs at him.

* In the ''Manga/YuGiOhGX'' manga, Manjoume - the ButtMonkey and heavily subjected to TheWorfEffect - becomes a certified [[TheStoic Stoic]] {{Badass}}, beating BoringInvincibleHero ''Judai'' in a tournament. Sure, he gets curbstomped by [[{{Badass}} Kaiser]] [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Ryo]] in his next duel, but he certainly gets ''much'' more respect than his anime counterpart.

** Wargreymon was began it's life as a PowerupLetdown for Metalgreymon, and was widely reviled for being relatively weak for it's level, having the lowest possible lifespan and even having an abnormally high after battle injury rate. Overtime, as a result of animated adaptations, his flaws tend to be glossed over, lending him a needed air of competence.

** Wargreymon was began it's life as a PowerupLetdown for Metalgreymon, and was widely reviled for being relatively weak for it's level, having the lowest possible lifespan and even having an abnormally high after battle injury rate. Overtime, as a result of animated adaptations, his flaws tend to be glossed over, lending him a much needed air of competence.
* In the [[Anime/TheSnowQueen animated]] version of ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'', the titular character is a full LadyOfWar and she fights TheDevil and prevails over him many times.