History AdaptationalHeroism / MarvelCinematicUniverse

* Deadpool gets this treatment a lot compared to his comic counterpart. In {{Film/Deadpool|2016}}, he truly loves Vanessa and goes to great lengths to protect her and keep her safe. He is also shown to [[NeverHurtAnInnocent never kill anyone who didn't deserve it]] and that he has a very strong moral compass and he treats Blind Al and Weasel with a lot of respect and care amusingly. Comic Deadpool's relationship with Vanessa does not work out, he is known to be a violent sadist, and he treats Blind Al and Weasel with disdain and anger. His comic counterpart is also much more villainous, but he still has a moral code that is ([[BlueAndOrangeMorality rather warped]]).

* Deadpool gets this treatment a lot compared to his comic counterpart. In {{Film/Deadpool|2016}}, he truly loves Vanessa and goes to great lengths to protect her and keep her safe. He is also shown to [[NeverHurtAnInnocent never kill anyone who didn't deserve it]] and that he has a very strong moral compass and he treats Blind Al and Weasel with a lot of respect and care. Comic Deadpool's relationship with Vanessa does not work out, he is known to be a violent sadist, and he treats Blind Al and Weasel with disdain and anger. His comic counterpart is also much more villainous, but he still has a moral code that is ([[BlueAndOrangeMorality rather warped]]).

** Chief Dooley, whose comic counterpart is infamous for sexually harassing ComicBook/SheHulk, is portrayed as AFatherToHisMen.

* ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'': The Kree-Skrull War is tweaked a bit. [[spoiler: Specifically, the [[GoodAllAlong Skrulls, while they don't necessarily have clean hands, are victims of Kree tyranny who have been forced to do bad things to survive rather than the recurring enemies in the comics]]. In general, the Skrulls are a pretty nice bunch and actually help out Nick Fury in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' and Monica Rambeau in ''Series/WandaVision'', with the events of ''Series/SecretInvasion'' being carried out explicitly by a rogue faction.]]

* ''Series/MsMarvel'': Kamran in the comic books is a LoveInterestTraitor for Kamala. In the series, he is angry and lashes out, especially when Damage Control attacks him, but he is more sympathetic, and turns against his family, the Clandestine, to protect Kamala.

* Druig in ''Film/Eternals2021'' is far more heroic than his comic counterpart, who was once a KGB operative who enjoyed torturing people. In the film, he uses his mind control powers to form a community of people in hiding and helps the other Eternals oppose the Deviants.

* The Flag Smashers in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier''. In the comics, the first Flag Smasher, Karl Morgenthau, while a WellIntentionedExtremist, was also AxCrazy and hell-bent on mass anarchy after his father was killed in a riot. His GenderFlipped version in the show, [[BigBad Karli Morgenthau]], is somewhat more sympathetic since her FreudianExcuse is that the GRC reinstated world borders after Hulk brought back the Snap victims, forcing her and her friends out of their new homes and indirectly leading to the death of her adoptive mother. Thus, her goal is to bring back a united world with no borders to help the displaced citizens. [[spoiler: Although Karli does end up a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist by the end thanks to a SanitySlippage (due to taking the Super Soldier serum), becoming like her comic counterpart]]. Played straight with rest of the Flag Smashers as compared to the psychopaths [[LegacyCharacter who the bore the title]] after Karl in the comics, they have more morals and are willing to call Karli out on her increasingly tyrannical behavior.

** Dr. Stephen Strange himself gets this overall. Despite having a good amount of AdaptationalJerkass on multiple occasions, being far ruder and impatient than he is in the comics, Strange in the films never crosses line into full blown AntiHero like his comic counterpart, who has done numerous questionable actions from endangering people who called him a fraud, erasing Captain America’s memory to personally letting Doctor Doom acquire godhood. In the MCU, Strange’s worse actions like [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar giving Thanos the Time Stone]] or [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome messing up the universe making everyone forget who Spider-Man is]], were for the greater good in the former and out of genuine desire to help a friend in the latter. ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' reinforces this, with MCU Doctor Strange being the only version of the doctor across the infinite universes who never [[HeWhoFightsMonsters went too far]] or betrayed his allies.

* Secondary character Nova Corps Dennerian Garthaan Saal is a cynical jerk, but heroic for the most part. In the comics, he became insane and went on to oppose Nova and the Avengers as the villain Supernova.
* [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Nebula]] also gets this in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and especially ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. In the comics, Nebula is a vicious villainess who destroyed Xandar and after being tortured by Thanos, claims the Infinity Gauntlet herself, and tried to kill the remaining heroes before [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]] stopped her. In movies, she's more of an AntiHero whose attitude and actions are justified thanks to years of abuse under Thanos's hand but thanks to some sisterly bonding with Gamora, [[TookALevelInKindness she becomes nicer]]. In ''Endgame'', Nebula takes it even further as she's ''completely selfless'' and does her best to aid the Avengers and restore the universe, demonstrated when [[spoiler:she kills a past incarnation of herself that had yet to develop any more heroic traits]].

* ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'' sees [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Gamora]] as the most moral of the group, and the first to stand by Peter, as opposed to the comics where she has a well-earned nickname of [[RedBaron "The Most Dangerous Woman in the Galaxy"]] and is on the side of the good guys out of a combination of boredom, spite, and self-preservation.
* ''Gaurdians'' secondary character Nova Corps Dennerian Garthaan Saal is a cynical jerk, but heroic for the most part. In the comics, he became insane and went on to oppose Nova and the Avengers as the villain Supernova.

** Nakia is a genuinely kind and empathetic person who wants to use Wakanda's wealth and power to help those in need. This is in contrast to the comics, where Nakia was a [[{{Yandere}} crazed]] and murderous StalkerWithACrush who was mostly defined by her obsession with T'Challa. Again, her heroism is only magnified in ''Wakanda Forever'' thanks to a lot of her character traits being [[CompositeCharacter fused]] with ComicBook/{{Storm}}[[spoiler:, right down to being T’Challa’s lover and the mother of his child.]]

* ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'' sees [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Gamora]] as the most moral of the group, and the first to stand by Peter, as opposed to the comics where she has a well earned nickname of [[RedBaron "The Most Dangerous Woman in the Galaxy"]] and is on the side of the good guys out of a combination of boredom, spite, and self-preservation. It also has the secondary character Nova Corps Dennerian Garthaan Saal as a cynical jerk, but heroic for the most part. In the comics he became insane and went on to oppose Nova and the Avengers as the villain, Supernova.
* [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Nebula]] also gets this in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and especially ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. In the comics, Nebula is a vicious villainess who destroyed Xandar and after being tortured by Thanos, claims the Infinity Gauntlet herself, and tried to kill the remaining heroes before [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]] stopped her. In movies she's more of an AntiHero whose attitude and actions are justified thanks to years of abuse under Thanos's hand but thanks to some sisterly bonding with Gamora, [[TookALevelInKindness she becomes nicer]]. In ''Endgame'', Nebula takes it even further as she's ''completely selfless'' and does her best to aid the Avengers and restore the universe, demonstrated when [[spoiler:she kills a past incarnation of herself that had yet to develop any more heroic traits]].

* [[BigBad Adrain Toomes]] aka The Vulture in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''. In the comics, he's a [[EvilOldFolks cruel and greedy old bastard]] who steals the youth away from people and has many KickTheDog moments. In the film, Toomes is an AffablyEvil FamilyMan who’s just trying to support his family [[spoiler: especially his daughter Liz]], albeit committing grievous theft, property destruction, and accidental murder while running an underground alien weapons ring to do so. [[spoiler: At the end, despite knowing Spidey's identity, Vulture refuses to rat him out to the Scorpion, having VillainRespect for Peter by contrast in the comics, where Vulture tried to kill Spider-Man when he unmasked himself]].

** Nakia is a genuinely kind and empathetic person who wants to use Wakanda's wealth and power to help those in need. This is in contrast to the comics, where Nakia was a [[{{Yandere}} crazed]] and murderous StalkerWithACrush who was mostly defined by her obsession with T'Challa. Again, her heroism is only magnified in ''Wakanda Forever'' thanks a lot of her character traits being [[CompositeCharacter fused]] with ComicBook/{{Storm}} [[spoiler:right down to being T’Challa’s lover and mother of his child.]]

* [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Nebula]] also gets this in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and especially ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. In the comics, Nebula is a vicious DarkChick who destroyed Xandar and after being tortured by Thanos, claims the Infinity Gauntlet herself, and tried to kill the remaining heroes before [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]] stopped her. In movies she's more of an AntiHero whose attitude and actions are justified thanks to years of abuse under Thanos's hand but thanks to some sisterly bonding with Gamora, [[TookALevelInKindness she becomes nicer]]. In ''Endgame'', Nebula takes it even further as she's ''completely selfless'' and does her best to aid the Avengers and restore the universe, demonstrated when [[spoiler:she kills a past incarnation of herself that had yet to develop any more heroic traits]].

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** Nakia is a genuinely kind and empathetic person who wants to use Wakanda's wealth and power to help those in need. This is in contrast to the comics, where Nakia was a [[{{Yandere}} crazed]] and murderous StalkerWithACrush who was mostly defined by her obsession with T'Challa. Again, her heroism is only magnified in ''Wakanda Forever'' thanks a lot of her character traits being [[CompositeCharacter fused]] with ComicBook/{{Storm}} [[spoiler:right down to being T’Challa’s wife and mother of his child.]]

** Nakia is a genuinely kind and empathetic person who wants to use Wakanda's wealth and power to help those in need. This is in contrast to the comics, where Nakia was a [[{{Yandere}} crazed]] and murderous StalkerWithACrush who was mostly defined by her obsession with T'Challa. Again, he heroism is only magnified in ''Wakanda Forever''.

* ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'': The Kree-Skrull War is tweaked a bit. [[spoiler: Specifically, the [[GoodAllAlong Skrulls, while they don't necessarily have clean hands, are victims of Kree tyranny who have been forced to do bad things to survive rather than the recurring enemies in the comics]]. In general, the Skrulls are a pretty nice bunch and actually help out Nick Fury in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' and Monica Rambeau in ''Series/WandaVision''.]]

** ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' puts the final nail in with the introduction of the morally dubious ComicBook/TheIlluminati, as unlike the comics where Tony is a prominent member (helping carry out things like shooting Hulk into space and brainwashing Cap for him opposing destroying other universes to save 616), here Iron Man [[NotHisSled isn’t part of it]]. While not shown, it is hinted another version of Tony Stark was in the group, but it certainly wasn’t the same Iron Man the audience got to know and love.

* Gorr the God Butcher in ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' gets a good deal of this. In ''ComicBook/ThorGodOfThunder2012'', while he starts off initially as a TragicVillain with sympathetic [[RageAgainstTheHeaven rage at the]] JerkassGods of the Marvel Universe, he soon becomes a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist who kills happily innocent gods and in DramaticIrony becomes a GodOfEvil himself who has reduced the universe to a hellhole where he rules supreme, ultimately showing [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he is no different]] from the gods he made out to be so vile. In the film, Gorr's hatred of the gods is very well founded as Rapu, the god of his own homeworld, was TheHedonist, making his conquest much more righteous. [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, Gorr has a HeelFaceTurn after Thor proves that gods can indeed be good [[labelnote:*]] by holding Jane in his arms as she passes away[[/labelnote]], wishing for Eternity to bring his daughter back instead of wishing for all gods to die like he originally wanted. This ''not'' how Gorr's story ended in the comic, which was instead a massive KickTheSonOfABitch where after being beaten, he learns he was using a god weapon to kill other gods and gets decapitated mid-wailing VillainousBreakdown by a young Thor.]]