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* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'': While the Watson of this series is less physically capable than the Watson of the books, being a surgeon rather than an ''army'' doctor, her [[AdaptationalIntellengence intellectual capabilities]] are enhanced. In the books, Holmes is the one who brings down Moriarty. In "Heroine", [[spoiler:Watson is the one who figures out that Moriarty is in love with Sherlock and launches the plan to capture her]].

* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'': While the Watson of this series is less physically capable than the Watson of the books, being a surgeon rather than an ''army'' doctor, her [[AdaptaptionalIntellengence intellectual capabilities]] are enhanced. In the books, Holmes is the one who brings down Moriarty. In "Heroine", [[spoiler:Watson is the one who figures out that Moriarty is in love with Sherlock and launches the plan to capture her]].

** Watson's military career is given much more emphasis, and it's repeatedly established that Watson accompanies Sherlock because he misses the danger and excitement of his army days. Though, like his original self, he does like his friend, and wants to help him out should he need it, and would ''gladly'' offer his life in exchange for his friend's. And a couple of times (like his [[Literature/SherlockHolmes original self]]), Watson is able to come up with some very well-reasoned deductions, even if they end up being wrong. He also has excellent aiming skills and [[spoiler: shoots the murderer in the first episode through a window with a 9mm P226, through two buildings, in the head, ONE HANDED.]] And, [[CombatPragmatist while tied to a chair at the time, ended a Chinese gangster's life.]] Third episode, he threatened death on a professional killer that had his best friend in a headlock. Than-OH-CRAP-he has a bomb vest strapped to him. Cue him grabbing on to Moriarty and telling Sherlock to get out of the room there in!

** Watson's military career is given much more emphasis, and it's repeatedly established that Watson accompanies Sherlock because he misses the danger and excitement of his army days. Though, like his original self, he does like his friend, and wants to help him out should he need it. And a couple of times (like his [[Literature/SherlockHolmes original self]]), Watson is able to come up with some very well-reasoned deductions, even if they end up being wrong. He also has excellent aiming skills and [[spoiler: shoots the murderer in the first episode through a window with a 9mm P226, through two buildings, in the head, ONE HANDED.]] And, [[CombatPragmatist while tied to a chair at the time, ended a Chinese gangster's life.]] Third episode, he threatened death on a professional killer that had his best friend in a headlock. Than-OH-CRAP-he has a bomb vest strapped to him. Cue him grabbing on to Moriarty and telling Sherlock to get out of the room there in!

* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'': While the Watson of this series is less physically capable than the Watson of the books, being a surgeon rather than an ''army'' doctor, her intellectual capabilities are enhanced. In the books, Holmes is the one who brings down Moriarty. In "Heroine", [[spoiler:Watson is the one who figures out that Moriarty is in love with Sherlock and launches the plan to capture her]].

** Watson's military career is given much more emphasis, and it's repeatedly established that Watson accompanies Sherlock because he misses the danger and excitement of his army days. Though, like his original self, he does like his friend, and wants to help him out should he need it. And a couple of times (like his [[Literature/SherlockHolmes original self]]), Watson is able to come up with some very well-reasoned deductions, even if they end up being wrong. He also has excellent aiming skills and [[spoiler: shoots the murderer in the first episode through a window with a 9mm P226, through two buildings, in the head, ONE HANDED.]] And, while tied to a chair at the time, ended a Chinese gangster's life. Third episode, he threatened death on a professional killer that had his best friend in a headlock. Than-OH-CRAP-he has a bomb vest strapped to him. Cue him grabbing on to Moriarty and telling Sherlock to GET THE BLAZES OUT OF THERE!

** Watson's military career is given much more emphasis, and it's repeatedly established that Watson accompanies Sherlock because he misses the danger and excitement of his army days. Though, like his original self, he does like his friend, and wants to help him out should he need it. And a couple of times (like his [[Literature/SherlockHolmes original self]]), Watson is able to come up with some very well-reasoned deductions, even if they end up being wrong. He also has excellent aiming skills and [[spoiler: shoots the murderer in the first episode through a window with a 9mm P226, through two buildings, ONE HANDED.]] And, while tied to a chair at the time, ended a Chinese gangster's life. Third episode, he threatened death on a professional killer that had his best friend in a headlock. Than-OH-CRAP-he has a bomb vest strapped to him. Cue him grabbing on to Moriarty and telling Sherlock to GET THE BLAZES OUT OF THERE!

* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'': In the books, Holmes is the one who brings down Moriarty. In "Heroine", [[spoiler:Watson is the one who figures out that Moriarty is in love with Sherlock and launches the plan to capture her]]. Subverted in a way, though, since this Watson isn't actiony.

* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'': In the books, Holmes is the one who brings down Moriarty. In "Heroine", [[spoiler:Watson is the one who figures out that Moriarty is in love with Sherlock and launches the plan to capture her]].

** Watson's military career is given much more emphasis, and it's repeatedly established that Watson accompanies Sherlock because he misses the danger and excitement of his army days. Though, like his original self, he does like his friend, and wants to help him out should he need it. And a couple of times (like his [[Literature/SherlockHolmes original self]]), Watson is able to come up with some very well-reasoned deductions, even if they end up being wrong. He also has excellent aiming skills and [[spoiler: shoots the murderer in the first episode through a window with a 9mm P226, through two buildings, ONE HANDED.]]

** [[spoiler: Mary Morstan]], former CIA assassin who kicked ass while being [[PregnantBadass pregnant at the time.]] Not s smart move to mess with her.

** Watson's military career is given much more emphasis, and it's repeatedly established that Watson accompanies Sherlock because he misses the danger and excitement of his army days. And a couple of times (like his [[Literature/SherlockHolmes original self]]), Watson is able to come up with some very well-reasoned deductions, even if they end up being wrong. He also has excellent aiming skills and [[spoiler: shoots the murderer in the first episode through a window with a 9mm P226.]]
** Irene Adler just wanted to be left alone with her new husband in the books. Here, she's a dominatrix who pwns Sherlock, [[spoiler: knocks him out]], makes Moriarty rage and brings the British government, Royal Family and the nation itself to its knees. Almost.

** [[spoiler: Mary Morstan]], former CIA assassin who kicked ass while being [[PregnantBadass pregnant at the time.]]

*** Ironically, the beef-up came because of her character's decreasing popularity - fans got tired of the constant retreading of their romance arc and ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies breakup arc, and her tendency to [[TrappedByMountainLions become the victim of the week a few weeks too often]]. ''Especially'' since it's a {{Prequel}} and in modern ''{{Superman}}'' continuity Lois is Clark's one true love and Lana is the UnluckyChildhoodFriend who has since moved on - the only thing worse than the same romance arc over and over until it feels like reruns is the same romance arc done over and over until it feels like reruns ''that we know to be a ShaggyDogStory.'' Oh, then ''Lois'' gets added to the cast, and is actually ''fun'' to watch interacting with Clark. So Lana got a beef-up, becoming a useful character with more to her than an angsty backstory and a romance arc that had outlived its usefulness. However, they overdid it [[UpToEleven ever]] [[BeyondTheImpossible so]] [[GodModeSue slightly]]. The girl just can't win. Needless to say, her comic characterization resembles the love interest of season one ''waaaay'' more than the GodModeSue of season eight.

** Lana Lang in the original DCU continuity wasn't even half as badass as she comes off in ''Smallville''. Even at her best, she was the outspoken Daily Planet Editor who was a vocal supporter of an aged Batman. In ''Smallville'' Lana is apparently a kickass martial artist, skilled hacker, and master tactician whose skill could apparently rival that of renowned, albeit younger, ChessMaster Lex Luthor, much to his chagrin and respect. Not to mention her highschool abilities, which despite being considerably lesser than what she became in later seasons, is still pretty much impossible to do for a high school student. Apparently she was a straight A student who was at least near the top of the class, regularly competed in high profile horseback tournaments, and to top it all off, somehow found enough time to run a sizable coffee shop as its manager and as one of its waitresses. How in the hell she had enough time, let alone the energy, to do all of this and juggle what was apparently a successful social life (she was a cheerleader for at least a season or two not to mention her general popularity with the other students) astounds me and becomes blatantly obvious that she was a Creator'sPet and AuthorAvatar. Again all these achievements listed above are solely from Smallville and aside from being popular and a cheerleader, had virtually no grains of truth in the DCU canon.

* In a series that typically keeps most characters similar to the originals, Kat from ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' is shown to be a better and more competent fighter than her counterpart in ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger''. Unlike her counterpart, Kat does battle a group of mooks unmorphed, and generally is presented a lot more serious and determined. Also, [[MonsterOfTheWeek Ben-G]], who had had a beef with sentai Doggie for capturing him earlier, is now a ''general of the invaders who nearly wiped out Doggie's planet in the backstory,'' and gets a two-parter as Doggie tries to overcome his HeroicBSOD and avenge his world.

** Also, Rumpelstiltskin is a future-seeing, dark magic wielding, MagnificentBastard and the miller's daughter is a dark sorceress and a ruthless queen.

** In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', Eddard Stark is a capable general, but is not particularly large or strong. WordOfGod states that Ned is a pretty average fighter and never as good as his bigger, stronger brother. In the show, the badasses Jaime Lannister and Barristan Selmy both speak very highly of Ned's skills as a fighter. When Ned and Jaime duel, Ned matches the famous swordsman blow for blow and might be getting the better of the exchange before they're interrupted. Littlefinger also calls Ned "an even more impressive specimen" than his late brother Brandon.

* In ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', Eddard Stark is a capable general, but is not particularly large or strong. WordOfGod states that Ned is a pretty average fighter and never as good as his bigger, stronger brother. In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', the badasses Jaime Lannister and Barristan Selmy both speak very highly of Ned's reputation as a fighter. When Ned and Jaime, Dayne's successor and seen as the premier swordsman of Westeros, duel, Ned matches Jaime blow for blow and might be getting the better of the exchange before they're interrupted. Littlefinger also calls Ned "an even more impressive specimen" than his late brother Brandon, while the book states that Ned never matched Brandon's strength and abilities as Brandon was seen as among the better swordfighters in Westeros.
** In the books, Shae is a shallow prostitute that does little more than sleeping with men and telling them what they want to hear. In the TV series she has way more attitude, seems to care genuinely for Tyrion and takes on a protective role over Sansa to the point of threatening another woman that was going to rat on her with a knife. She also carries the same knife while the city is under siege and says that she is ready to use it on any enemy soldier that tries to rape her.

** This generally happens when female rangers and less active male ones in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' are adapted for ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. The necessity of adding unmorphed fights and ''Power Rangers''-made fight scenes often results in traits that were implied in Sentai to become more apparent in ''Power Rangers''.

* Agatha Cackle and her cronies in ''TheWorstWitch'' were quite easily defeated by Mildred casting a spell to turn them into snails. In the TV series they manage to outwit her and reach the school, even succeeding in turning Miss Cackle into a frog. They return in the season 1 finale with another plan that comes quite close to succeeding.
** Likewise Miss Cackle and Miss Hardbroom in the books were merely just the girls' teachers with little mention of their powers. In the TV series they are very powerful witches and demonstrate great power. Miss Cackle is able to freeze Agatha and her cronies effortlessly while Miss Hardbroom is able to stop a powerful magical blizzard that would have covered the entire world.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' television series, Susan, the Doctor's granddaughter, was very much TheLoad and a ScreamingWoman who spent a lot of time blubbering, despite being from the same time and place as the Doctor himself. The ExpandedUniverse's Susan is... well, ''not.'' Books, audio dramas, and the like don't hesitate to make her the sort of character you'd ''expect'' the Doctor's granddaughter to be like. How {{Badass}} is she? Remember how the old series Master was [[TheNthDoctor re-cast]] by appearing hideously disfigured upon his return? Well, recently, at least ''one'' corner of TheVerse now has it that ''Susan used his Tissue Compression Eliminator on him,'' and it twisted him into the form we see him in in "The Deadly Assassin." The original actress voices her, too.
** Also, the PeterCushing Dalek movies have a much savvier and braver Susan... even though [[WiseBeyondTheirYears she's only ten years old, tops.]] Of course, she needn't actually be as young as she looks, but this was ''waaay'' before a lot of what it means to be a Time Lord had been decided; there's no sign she was intended to be ReallySevenHundredYearsOld.

* And in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', Watson's military career is given much more emphasis, and it's repeatedly established that Watson accompanies Sherlock because he misses the danger and excitement of his army days. And a couple of times (like his [[Literature/SherlockHolmes original self]]), Watson is able to come up with some very well-reasoned deductions, even if they end up being wrong. He also has excellent aiming skills and [[spoiler: shoots the murderer in the first episode through a window with a 9mm P226.]]

* And in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', Watson's military career is given much more emphasis, and it's repeatedly established that Watson accompanies Sherlock because he misses the danger and excitement of his army days. And a couple of times (like his [[Literature/SherlockHolmes original self]]), Watson is able to come up with some very well-reasoned deductions, even if they end up being wrong.

** I'm surprised no-one pointed Lana Lang out, especially considering how much people complained about her character being this. Lana Lang in the original DCU continuity wasn't even half as badass as she comes off in ''Smallville''. Even at her best, she was the outspoken Daily Planet Editor who was a vocal supporter of an aged Batman. In ''Smallville'' Lana is apparently a kickass martial artist, skilled hacker, and master tactician whose skill could apparently rival that of renowned, albeit younger, ChessMaster Lex Luthor, much to his chagrin and respect. Not to mention her highschool abilities, which despite being considerably lesser than what she became in later seasons, is still pretty much impossible to do for a high school student. Apparently she was a straight A student who was at least near the top of the class, regularly competed in high profile horseback tournaments, and to top it all off, somehow found enough time to run a sizable coffee shop as its manager and as one of its waitresses. How in the hell she had enough time, let alone the energy, to do all of this and juggle what was apparently a successful social life (she was a cheerleader for at least a season or two not to mention her general popularity with the other students) astounds me and becomes blatantly obvious that she was a Creator'sPet and AuthorAvatar. Again all these achievements listed above are solely from Smallville and aside from being popular and a cheerleader, had virtually no grains of truth in the DCU canon.

* Done once in a while in the Granada adaptations of ''SherlockHolmes''. For example, in The Lady Frances Carfax, Watson chases down and shoots the villain at the climax (in the original the villain got away), and in The Solitary Cyclist, we get to see Holmes and Woodley's fistfight rather than just hearing Holmes mention it.
* And in ''{{Sherlock}}'', Watson's military career is given much more emphasis, and it's repeatedly established that Watson accompanies Sherlock because he misses the danger and excitement of his army days. And a couple of times, Watson is able to come up with some very well-reasoned deductions, even if they end up being wrong.

* In ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', Eddard Stark is a capable general, but is not particularly large or strong. WordOfGod states that Ned is a pretty average fighter and never as good as his bigger, stronger brother, although Eddard did kill Ser Arthur Dayne, the legendary Sword of the Morning, supposedly in single combat. In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', the badasses Jaime Lannister and Barristan Selmy both speak very highly of Ned's reputation as a fighter. When Ned and Jaime, Dayne's successor and seen as the premier swordsman of Westeros, duel, Ned matches Jaime blow for blow and might be getting the better of the exchange before they're interrupted. Littlefinger also calls Ned "an even more impressive specimen" than his late brother Brandon, while the book states that Ned never matched Brandon's strength and abilities as Brandon was seen as among the better swordfighters in Westeros.