History AdaptationalVillainy / MarvelUniverse

*** Trish Tilby, one of Hank's long-time love interests in the comics, is a Prime Sentinel. Likewise, so is Rose Gilberti, Bastion's "mother", who was horrified by Bastion's actions -- and she's also a traditional racist, too, given the combination of BackportedDevelopment and CanonCharacterAllAlong applied to the bigoted waitress from the original series's "One Man's Worth, Part 1" that retconned her into being this universe's Rose.

*** Trish Tilby, one of Hank's long-time love interests in the comics, is a Prime Sentinel.

* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''/''WesternAnimation/XMen97'': Bella Donna gets a great deal of this in "[[Recap/XMenS2E6XTernallyYours X-Ternally Yours]]". In the comics she's somewhere between an AloofAlly and an AntiVillain, she genuinely loves Gambit having been engaged to him since they were children and was heartbroken at him having to leave her due to friction between their Guilds and even more upset upon learning Gambit had found a new love in Rogue. While she does have villainous traits and has done evil things (such as orchestrating Rogue's FirstLove Cody's death out of revenge for Rogue taking her memories) she still [[IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy gracefully accepts]] she's lost Gambit and moves on. The show keeps Bella Donna's backstory, but chucks out all her redeeming qualities as upon meeting Gambit again she puts a [[AgonyBeam painful]] PowerLimiter ring on him and swears that [[{{Yandere}} he'll never escape her again]]. Then when Rogue shows along with Wolverine and Jean to save Gambit, Bella Donna drops everything to try and [[MurderTheHypotenuse right kill her rival on the spot]] screaming that Gambit is hers. She also wants to destroy the Thieves Guild here, unlike the comics where she just wants to the Assassin and Thieves Guilds to combine.

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] is just as awful as his ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' counterpart here and arguably even worse in some regards. While Mags is a AntiVillain in the mainstream comics and thanks to flanderisation from several writers is a pretty awful father who has killed innocent people, he still cares deeply for mutantkind and eventually stops working for {{Supervillain}} teams out of disgust and [[ComicBook/XMen2019 joins the X-Men for good]]. In ''Old Man Logan'', Magneto joins the united super-villains (inlcuding ComicBook/RedSkull) who take over the world and have most mutants killed, something his comic counterpart would never do even at his worst. In ''ComicBook/OldManHawkeye'' its shown not only was Magneto one of the villains who butchered Hawkeye's Avengers team, but he also killed his own (adoptive) daughter ComicBook/ScarletWitch as well, albeit not without some tears of regret.

* Eddie Brock in the comics is a anti-hero and has activley opposed practically everything his ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManUnlimited'' counterpart does in his own series, including being part of an AssimilationPlot and especially working with Carnage of all people.

*** Harry Osborn is notably less sympathetic than he was in the comics, being [[spoiler:the BigBad of the film, and the Green Goblin that's responsible for Gwen Stacy's death, rather than his father. In the comics, Harry was genuinely upset by Gwen's death]].

* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''/''WesternAnimation/XMen97'': Bella Donna gets a great deal of this in "[[Recap/XMenS2E6XTernallyYours X-Ternally Yours]]". In the comics she's somewhere between an AloofAlly and an AntiVillain, she genuinely loves Gambit having been engaged to him since they were children and was heartbroken at him having to leave her due to friction between their Guilds and even more upset upon learning Gambit had found a new love in Rogue. While she does have villainous traits and has done evil things (such as orchestrating Rogue's FirstLove Cody's death out of revenge for Rogue taking her memories) she still [[IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy gracefully accepts]] she's lost Gambit and moves on. The show keeps Bella-Dona's backstory, but chucks out all her redeeming qualities as upon meeting Gambit again she puts a [[AgonyBeam painful]] PowerLimiter ring on him and swears that [[{{Yandere}} he'll never escape her again]]. Then when Rogue shows along with Wolverine and Jean to save Gambit, Bella-Dona drops everything to try and [[MurderTheHypotenuse right kill her rival on the spot]] screaming that Gambit is hers. She also wants to destroy the Thieves Guild here, unlike the comics where she just wants to the Assassin and Thieves Guilds to combine.

* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''/''WesternAnimation/XMen97''
** Bella-Dona gets a great deal of this in "[[Recap/XMenS2E6XTernallyYours X-Ternally Yours]]". In the comics she's somewhere between an AloofAlly and an AntiVillain, she genuinely loves Gambit having been engaged to him since they were children and was heartbroken at him having to leave her due to friction between their Guilds and even more upset upon learning Gambit had found a new love in Rogue. While she does have villainous traits and has done evil things (such as orchestrating Rogue's FirstLove Cody's death out of revenge for Rogue taking her memories) she still [[IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy gracefully accepts]] she's lost Gambit and moves on. The show keeps Bella-Dona's backstory, but chucks out all her redeeming qualities as upon meeting Gambit again she puts a [[AgonyBeam painful]] PowerLimiter ring on him and swears that [[{{Yandere}} he'll never escape her again]]. Then when Rogue shows along with Wolverine and Jean to save Gambit, Bella-Dona drops everything to try and [[MurderTheHypotenuse right kill her rival on the spot]] screaming that Gambit is hers. She also wants to destroy the Thieves Guild here, unlike the comics where she just wants to the Assassin and Thieves Guilds to combine.

** "[[Recap/XMen97S1E06LifedeathPt2 Lifedeath, Pt. 2]]": In the comics, Mister Sinister's Mutant Massacre was carried out by his Marauders against the Morlocks, an atrocity to be sure, but a small-scale one. Here, he's responsible for a massive attack on Genosha that killed ''millions'' of mutants.

** Bella-Dona gets a great deal of this in "X-Ternally Yours". In the comics she's somewhere between an AloofAlly and an AntiVillain, she genuinely loves Gambit having been engaged to him since they were children and was heartbroken at him having to leave her due to friction between their Guilds and even more upset upon learning Gambit had found a new love in Rogue. While she does have villainous traits and has done evil things (such as orchestrating Rogue's FirstLove Cody's death out of revenge for Rogue taking her memories) she still [[IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy gracefully accepts]] she's lost Gambit and moves on. The show keeps Bella-Dona's backstory, but chucks out all her redeeming qualities as upon meeting Gambit again she puts a [[AgonyBeam painful]] PowerLimiter ring on him and swears that [[{{Yandere}} he'll never escape her again]]. Then when Rogue shows along with Wolverine and Jean to save Gambit, Bella-Dona drops everything to try and [[MurderTheHypotenuse right kill her rival on the spot]] screaming that Gambit is hers. She also wants to destroy the Thieves Guild here, unlike the comics where she just wants to the Assassin and Thieves Guilds to combine.

* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'': Bella-Dona gets a great deal of this in "X-Ternally Yours". In the comics she's somewhere between an AloofAlly and an AntiVillain, she genuinely loves Gambit having been engaged to him since they were children and was heartbroken at him having to leave her due to friction between their Guilds and even more upset upon learning Gambit had found a new love in Rogue. While she does have villainous traits and has done evil things (such as orchestrating Rogue's FirstLove Cody's death out of revenge for Rogue taking her memories) she still [[IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy gracefully accepts]] she's lost Gambit and moves on. The show keeps Bella-Dona's backstory, but chucks out all her redeeming qualities as upon meeting Gambit again she puts a [[AgonyBeam painful]] PowerLimiter ring on him and swears that [[{{Yandere}} he'll never escape her again]]. Then when Rogue shows along with Wolverine and Jean to save Gambit, Bella-Dona drops everything to try and [[MurderTheHypotenuse right kill her rival on the spot]] screaming that Gambit is hers. She also wants to destroy the Thieves Guild here, unlike the comics where she just wants to the Assassin and Thieves Guilds to combine.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'':

* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'':
** The {{Gender Flip}}ped character Dr. Kafka is an evil MadScientist, rather than a well-meaning psychologist who genuinely tries to treat her patients as in the comics.
** Harry Osborn is notably less sympathetic than he was in the comics, being [[spoiler:the BigBad of the film, and the Green Goblin that's responsible for Gwen Stacy's death, rather than his father. In the comics, Harry was genuinely upset by Gwen's death]].

* The version of [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOCtavius Doctor Octopus]] in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' is an [[ForScience utterly amoral]] MadScientist from the beginning, with detachable tentacles, whereas the mainstream comics continuity version only became evil after a lab accident which fused his tentacles to his body and damaged his brain.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'':
** [[spoiler: More like Adaptational Antiheroism but [[Characters/SpiderMan2099 Miguel O'Hara]] aka Spider-Man 2099 gets a good amount of this. In the comics while he isn't quite the AllLovingHero Peter is, being full edgy angst and substance addiction typical of a 90s hero, he's still got a fully fuctioning moral compass and was even worthy of wielding Mjölnir. Most importantly he gets along very well with other universe Spider-Men, literally the only hostile encounter was when Peter was [[ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan taken over]] by ComicBook/DoctorOctopus. Here however he's much more of a flawed character, having replaced his dead AlternateSelf who had a family -- resulting in the destruction of that universe. He also demonises Miles, deriding him as a mistake that was never supposed to happen to the point where other Spider-People like Gwen and Peter call him out on his callousness. While Miguel does have justification for his extreme actions regarding Miles, given what happen to him, he's still far more of an antagionist than he's ever been in the comics. In fairness though he's [[BroadStrokes not supposed to be the exact same]] Miguel O'Hara from the comics.]]
** [[spoiler: The Spot is mostly a IneffectualSympatheticVillain in the comics, like Mysterio he's willingly to work with some of the worst of Marvel's villains but is far less scummy than the majority of them. In particular he has a DelicateAndSickly son that he genuinely loves and at one point was able to break free of his PocketDimension and return to normal world ''[[ThePowerOfLove just by thinking about his boy]]''. ''Across Spider-Verse'' keeps Spot's FreakLabAccident origins but dials the FromNobodyToNightmare traits up to eleven and throws out his more likeable and sympathetic qualities from the comics, making Spot a Giygas-like HumanoidAbomination MultiversalConqueror that seeks to ruin Miles's life.]]

** ''ComicBook/HeroesRebornIronMan'' sees Jasper Sitwell as very underhanded, responsible for turning Doc Samson into the ''HR'' [[CompositeCharacter version of the Abomination]].

** The show also depicted [[Characters/MarvelComicsWildPack Silver Sable]] in a far more villainous light than the comics. She even planned to kill several of Peter Parker's close friends to spite him after he refused to give into her demands, something the comic version of Sable would ''never'' do.

** In the ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' comics, [[Characters/MarvelComicsWildPack Silver Sable]] is an [[AntiHero anti-heroic]] mercenary. While she sometimes fights Spider-Man, they usually team up to fight the real villain. In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', Silver Sable is a MafiaPrincess and a straight up villain, since she's the [[DaddysLittleVillain daughter]] of the mob boss Silvermane in the show.[[note]] WordOfGod says that had the show continued, she would have [[HeelFaceTurn evolved]] into her usual anti-heroic persona.[[/note]]

** [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart2 Mr. Freeze]] lacks the redeeming qualities he has in the comics, due to being merged with Nazi scientist [[Characters/MarvelComicsHydra Wolfgang von Strucker]].

** Batroc the Leaper; the comics (especially ''ComicBook/{{Gwenpool}}'') have all shown he is an extremely AffablyEvil NobleDemon who expresses [[VillainRespect respect]] to his opponents especially Cap and his allies. Batroc’s first MCU appearance in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' touched upon this judging by the “I thought you were more than just a shield” line but in ''Falcon and The Winter Soldier'' Batroc TookALevelInJerkass and is more of a SmugSnake, who happily joins the Flagsmashers for the sake of petty revenge after Sam defeated him.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMen II'' picks up where the original left in regards to Peter finding out about [[Characters/UltimateSpiderManMilesMorales Miles Morales]]'s counterpart in the mainline universe -- a friend and former ally of [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin the Kingpin]] back before Fisk did his coup against Don Rigoletto.

** The [[Characters/VenomTheSymbiote Venom Symbiote]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Kraven the Hunter]]. [[spoiler:While Kraven is far from heroic in the mainline comics unlike the Venom symbiote, they combine to become a major villain for the finale of the comic as the Symboite bonds with Kraven for murderous revenge against Spidey, in the 616 universe the Symboite doesn’t actually want to kill Peter since it genuinely loves him and it generally wants to be a hero]].

** The series depicts [[Characters/{{Morbius}} as a willing member of terrorist organization [[Characters/MarvelComicsHydra Hydra]], when he is an anti-hero in the comics.

** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]], Quill, Spike, and [[Characters/XFactor Multiple Man]] are all associated with some branch of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' franchise in the comics, but here, they all appear as members of [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]]'s Brotherhood of Mutants.[[note]][[OlderThanTheyThink Although in the]] [[ComicBook/UltimateXMen Ultimate Universe]], [[OlderThanTheyThink Multiple Man was a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants]].[[/note]]

* Despite being a hero and even a member of Comicbook/TheAvengers, Echo is portrayed as an unambiguous villain in the ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' video game adaptation.

* Variant example in ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesWarOfTheGems''. While [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Nebula]] is typically a villain or AntiVillain anyway, she spent most of ''Comicbook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' as a victim being tormented by Comicbook/{{Thanos}}, and actually played a key role in defeating him in the end (albeit due to her own vengeful nature). In ''War of the Gems'', an adaptation of ''Infinity Gauntlet'', Nebula instead acts as Thanos' enforcer, and is actually the last villain the heroes have to defeat before the final battle with Thanos himself.

** The series depicts [[Characters/SpiderManNeutralCharacters Morbius]] as a willing member of terrorist organization ComicBook/{{Hydra}}, when he is an anti-hero in the comics.

** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]], Quill, Spike, and [[Characters/XFactor Multiple Man]] are all associated with some branch of the ''Franchise/XMen'' franchise in the comics, but here, they all appear as members of [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]]'s Brotherhood of Mutants.[[note]][[OlderThanTheyThink Although in the]] [[ComicBook/UltimateXMen Ultimate Universe]], [[OlderThanTheyThink Multiple Man was a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants]].[[/note]]

* Played with and addressed by Franchise/SpiderMan in ''VideoGame/SpiderManWebOfShadows'', stating that ComicBook/{{Venom}} is acting nothing like himself and is disregarding the very innocents he swore to protect. However, Venom in this case was really DrunkWithPower, and he undergoes a HeelRealization at the end. The [=PS2=] version however, plays this as straight as a line, featuring most likely the most evil incarnation of Venom to date in any media.

** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' sees [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam Archangel]], and [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]] being among [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]]'s Horsemen of their own free will. And even ''before'' meeting Apocalypse, Archangel is depicted as a very vicious and cruel young man. Pyslocke is just as cruel and AxCrazy judging by the climax, showing none of the compassion or nobility of her comic counterpart. Storm still retains her better qualities, but she also stands by as Apocalypse kills thousands of innocent people in front of her, something comic Storm would never do.
** The D'bari gets in this ''Film/XMenDarkPhoenix'' in the comics they're an innocent alien race that is decimated when [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam Jean Grey]] destroys their solar system as [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Dark Phoenix]] during the ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga''. In the film, the D'bari are tyrannical [[VoluntaryShapeshifter shapeshifting]] [[AliensAreBastards alien assholes]] who try to temp Jean into destroying the Earth and serve as the antagonists in the latter half of the film. This is likely as a result of the filmmakers [[CompositeCharacter compositing]] the D'bari with the Skrulls, whom Fox didn't have the rights to.

** [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart2 Mr. Freeze]] lacks the redeeming qualities he has in the comics, due to being merged with Nazi scientist [[Characters/{{Hydra}} Wolfgang von Strucker]].

** [[spoiler: The Spot is mostly a IneffectualSympatheticVillain in the comics, like Mysterio he's willingly to work with some of the worst of Marvel's villains but is far less scummy than the majority of them. In particular he has a DelicateAndSickly son that he genuinely loves and at one point was able to break free of his PocketDimension and return to normal world ''[[ThePowerOfLove just by thinking about his boy]]''. ''Across Spider-Verse'' keeps Spot's FreakLabAccident origins but dials the FromNobodyToNightmare traits up to eleven and throws out his more likeable and sympathetic qualities from comics, making Spot a Giygas-like HumanoidAbomination MultiversalConqueror that seeks to ruin Miles's life.]]