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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin'', this happens to several characters from the [[Franchise/{{Tintin}} original comics]], since the movie itself combines the plots of several albums. The film's version of Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine shares the name of a minor character from ''Secret'', but his more villainous characterization is drawn from the Loiseau Brothers from the comic, and he also inherits some traits of the comic's Omar Ben Salaad, such as his employment of [[TheDragon Allan]] and his taking over the ''Karaboudjan''.
* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinGoldenFilms'' has two examples. The Genie of the Lamp has the same roles of the Genie of the Ring, being him who rescues Aladdin from the Cave. Aladdin received a ring from Haseem, but that ring was just to protect Aladdin from harm. Since Haseem wasn't tricked and killed when Aladdin recovered the castle, Haseem takes the role of his more evil brother of the original tale, trying to kill Aladdin once more.
* Rasputin as he appears in ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'' is actually a mix between the historical character, and a character from Russian folklore Koschei the Deathless.
* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAChristmasCarol'': Catherine is, all rolled into one, a stand-in for Fan (Scrooge's sister), Belle (being a dear person from Eden's past), Bob Cratchit (being her employee in the present), and Fred (as a Christmas enthusiast and Eden's MoralityPet).
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'' was adapted from the ''Batman: Year Two'' storyline. In the comic, the Reaper was Judson Caspian, whose daughter Rachael was in a budding relationship with Bruce Wayne. In the movie, [[spoiler:Andrea Beaumont was both the Phantasm and the love interest.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie'' borrows plots from various different books in the ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' series, but most especially the first (The Adventures of Captain Underpants) and the fourth (Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants), with an ending hinting at the second (Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets), and the main hero getting actual superpowers like the third (Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds). A few characters take their personalities from later books in the series, like Professor Poopypants, going from a [[AdaptationalVillainy sympathetic villain pushed too far and wanting everyone to change their names, to an outright villain from the beginning who wants to get rid of laughter]], Melvin Sneedley, just being mostly a background character in the early books, to being a teacher's pet and helping Poopypants in the movie, and Principal Krupp, [[AdaptationalAngstUpgrade who was given a sympathetic backstory in the movie]].
* In the DirectToVideo movie ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'', there's only one replacement Superman, who has elements of three of the replacements in the original ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'' arc: he's a clone like ComicBook/{{Superboy}}, he has a zero-tolerance approach to crimefighting like the Eradicator, and he's [[spoiler:secretly working for a villain]] like the Cyborg.
* Artemis from ''WesternAnimation/WonderWoman2009'' has a personality and position in Themiscyra that's equal parts ComicBook/{{Artemis}} and Philippus from the ComicBook/WonderWoman comics.
* ''WesternAnimation/JonahAVeggieTalesMovie'': Khalil the caterpillar[=/=]worm, despite seemingly being a CanonForeigner, turns out to actually be one of these - first, he destroys the tree Jonah is using for shade, revealing that he is the film's version of the worm who did so in [[Literature/TheBible the source material]], and an AscendedExtra to boot. Second, he delivers a ''vicious'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Jonah, based on the one given to the wayward prophet by God Himself.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'':
** This Superwoman is the thematic double of Franchise/WonderWoman, but her actual powers and origin are those of [[{{ComicBook/Shazam}} Mary Marvel]].
** There's a Crime Syndicate member named Vamp who physically resembles ComicBook/{{Vixen}}. However, her powers are based on [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Beast Boy]], as she can transform into any animal, all of which retain the colour of her skin.
** Sai's name and affiliation to the counterparts of the Outsiders suggest she is the Crime Syndicate counterpart to Katana. However, her overall appearance and her cat-like mask are clearly based on Cheshire.
** Aurora's outfit, name and blond hair make her a counterpart to Halo, but her powers and rivalry with Green Lantern instead reference Star Sapphire.
* One of the story routes in ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseBatmanDeathInTheFamily'' [[spoiler: sees Jason Todd survive the explosion, but with his face severely burned. After growing increasingly bitter and alienated, Jason dons a BadassLongcoat and begins murdering criminals. When combined with the bandages used to conceal his facial wounds, it becomes clear that rather than donning the mantle of the Comicbook/RedHood as he did in the comics (and [[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood the original movie]]), Jason has instead become this universe's version of [[Comicbook/BatmanHush Hush]]]].[[note]]Jason was intended as a potential suspect for Hush originally, before it turned out to be Thomas Elliot.[[/note]]
* WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse:
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'':
*** Eobard Thawne's Reverse Flash has the {{red|EyesTakeWarning}} and {{black|EyesOfEvil}} eyes of Hunter Zolomon's incarnation.
*** Yo-Yo has some elements of ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, including [[CastingGag one of]] [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman her past]] [[Creator/HyndenWalch voice actresses]].
** [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Damian Wayne]] in ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman'' takes up Adeline Kane's role in causing ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'s eye injury, and [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]]'s role as the Robin that Deathstroke sees as an ArchEnemy.
** In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsRobin'' Dollmaker has the appearance and M.O. of Dollmaker III/Barton Mathis, a Batman villain in the comics, but the name of Dollmaker II/Anton Schott, who was a Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} villain, along with Schott's M.O. of turning children into killer dolls. His backstory continues this, with his father being named Toyman/Winslow Schott, but being a serial killer closer to the comic book's Wesley Mathis.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheDeathOfSuperman''/''WesternAnimation/ReignOfTheSupermen'':
*** Doomsday acts like his comic self, is designed slightly more like his DCAU counterpart and has the heat vision that his ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' counterpart has. ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'' added to this by revealing he's effectively a clone of Superman, much like the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse version had been.
*** ComicBook/{{Superboy}} seems to feature the wardrobe and personality of the ComicBook/PostCrisis Conner Kent, but his overall design is closer to that of the ComicBook/DCRebirth Jonathan Kent, albeit a teenaged version. As well, he's working with Luthor, similar to how the Matrix Supergirl did during that time.
*** [[spoiler:Both Bertron's role in ''ComicBook/SupermanDoomsdayHunterPrey'' as Doomsday's creator and Mongul's role as the power backing Cyborg-Superman are given to Comicbook/{{Darkseid}}.]]
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanHush'':
*** ComicBook/{{Bane}} replaces Killer Croc as the StarterVillain.
*** While Barbara Gordon was in the comic, there she was ComicBook/{{Oracle}}. In the film, she's Batgirl and takes Huntress's role with Alfred and Dick subbing for Barbara's comic role. Likewise, Damian Wayne replaces [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]].
*** While ComicBook/LadyShiva and ComicBook/LexLuthor did appear in the comic, here [[spoiler:because of Ra's al Ghul's death at the start of ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman'' and Talia's death in the climax of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBadBlood'', Shiva replaces Ra's as the one informing Batman of an outsider's use of a Lazarus Pit and because he joined the Justice League at the end of ''WesternAnimation/ReignOfTheSupermen'', Luthor replaces Talia as Batman's Lexcorp contact (in the comic, Luthor was PresidentEvil at the time).]]
*** [[spoiler:The Riddler replaces Tommy Elliot as Hush.]]
** The version of Medusa in ''WesternAnimation/WonderWomanBloodlines'' is a combination of the two Medusas from ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987''; one of which was cloned from a piece of the original whose [[NoOntologicalInertia victims could be saved by her death]] and the other of which was the resurrected original with a CompellingVoice who worked with [[spoiler:Veronica Cale]] try and take down Franchise/WonderWoman.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters'' sees this happen as part of the {{Elseworld}} premise.
** Most notably, Franchise/WonderWoman being Bekka from ''ComicBook/NewGods'' as outside of existing the the same universe, Wonder Woman has nothing to do with the New Gods. Superman is also a version of [[ComicBook/LastSon Chris Kent]] (being General Zod's son) and Batman is Kirk Langstrom (Man-Bat).
** Lex Luthor is Lex Luthor in name only; he is far more similar to Metron. [[spoiler:He even gets the chair in the end.]]
** Tina is basically Francine, Kirk's wife, with a different name. Her name however is meaningful as [[spoiler: her replica is Platinum of the ComicBook/MetalMen who's also called Tina in other iterations.]]
* Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon:
** ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'':
*** The Queen of Hearts is mainly the Queen of Hearts, but has the Duchess's bipolar personality and uses the Red Queen's line "All ways are mine". This makes less sense than it does when the Red Queen says it, since the Red Queen is a chess piece with the ability to go any way she wants on the board. Though for the Queen of Hearts, it's likely due to her ego.
*** The Mad Hatter in the same film gets his obsession with unbirthdays from Humpty-Dumpty.
** ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'': In the [[Literature/TheHundredAndOneDalmatians original novel]], the parents of the puppies were Pongo and Missis; Perdita was later brought in because Missis couldn't nurse all of her puppies by herself. The film adaptations drop that particular plot point altogether, and combine Missis and Perdita into a single character.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' combined a few characters from the [[Literature/{{Bambi}} book]] with others. Friend Owl is an original character to the film. He most resembles the unnamed owl character but has the gender of the screech owl character. He is also referred to in a similar way as Friend Hare, who was [[{{expy}} replaced]] with the younger Thumper (who is a rabbit). In the book, Bambi's father is an unnamed buck. The Great Old Prince of The Forest is an elderly buck who is rarely ever seen. He is mysterious and eventually serves as a mentor to Bambi once he grows up. In the film, his character was combined with Bambi's father, the Great Prince of the Forest.
** In ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' the characters of The Horned King and Arawn are combined. In Lloyd Alexander's five-part book series, Arawn is the BigBad and The Horned King is TheDragon. The movie keeps "The Horned King" as his name and general appearance, but has Arawn's role as "the Dark Lord".
** Ursula from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' is actually a composite of the Sea Witch from the original Creator/HansChristianAndersen fairy tale [[spoiler:and the woman who ended up marrying the prince instead of the Mermaid, and therefore prompting her to commit suicide.]]
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' condensed the two genies (magic ring and lamp) into one (lamp). In fact, this is done in ''most'' adaptations of the story. Many readers aren't even aware of the fact that there ''are'' two genies in the story until they read the original. Interestingly enough, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen at one point]] there were plans for both genies to appear.
*** On the other hand, it could be said that the two genies weren't combined, but rather the ring genie was replaced by the MagicCarpet. After the lamp has been stolen, it's the carpet who takes the ring genie's role of magically transporting Aladdin to the palace. The ring genie's only other contribution to the story was to rescue Aladdin from the cave, which is done by the genie and carpet together in the Disney version.
*** Jafar stands in for ''four'' different characters. In the original tale, Aladdin battles two evil sorcerers, and also has to contend with the vizier trying to get the princess to marry his son. Jafar is the film's only sorcerer as well as the vizier, and he wants to marry the princess himself.
** Clopin in ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' is a composite of the original novel's Clopin (the psychotic King of the Gypsies) and Gringoire (the goofy troubadour). Phoebus also takes some things of Gringoire.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'':
*** The Fates from are a composite of the Fates from Myth/ClassicalMythology (the youngest Fate spins a thread representing a person's life, signifying his/her birth; the middle weaves said thread, therefore determining how long that person will live; and the oldest cuts the thread, therefore killing the person the thread represents) and the Gray sisters (they all share a single eye).
*** Meg is a combination of two of Heracles' wives, Megara (whom she shares her name with) and Deianira (being saved from a perverted centaur).
** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' Kerchak is a composite of Burroughs's Kerchak (leader of the Mangani during Tarzan's childhood) and Tublat (mate of Kala who is vaguely resentful of Tarzan, but not a villain). To confuse things further, ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan'' introduced a character more like the book version of Kerchak (violent killer ape seeking revenge on Tarzan) ... and called him Tublat.
** Also done in ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet''; Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey of the original ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' are combined into [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Doctor Delbert Doppler.]]
** Queen Elsa from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' is a composite character of the Snow Queen and Kai from ''Literature/TheSnowQueen''. Naturally, she is based off the Snow Queen for being a queen with ice powers and a palace made of ice, but her role in the story is closer to that of Kai, a character who grows distant from a loved one (in this movie, her sister Anna) [[spoiler:and they ultimately reconcile through the PowerOfLove.]] What elements of Kai were not used to create Elsa were used, along with those of the Robber Girl, to create Kristoff.
** Maui from ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' is an amalgamation of his mythological counterpart's various stories from different Pacific Island traditions, although a lot of the stories are [[PlayedWith shared among many of these traditions]]. Some of the specific details:
*** In most traditions, Maui pulled that particular people's home island from the ocean. Therefore, the movie Maui has a history of pulling up island after island.
*** Retrieving fire comes from every tradition's depiction of Maui ''except'' the Hawaiian one, ironically.
*** Likewise, halting the once-erratic sun is present in most depictions of Maui.
*** His use of a fishhook as his primary weapon may stem from the Tongan Maui.
*** Creating the coconut trees from the guts of an eel he buried and hoisting up the sky are both taken from the Hawaiian Maui.
*** Having been [[spoiler:abandoned at birth]] is taken from the Maori depictions of Maui, [[spoiler:who was abandoned into the sea as a premature birth, only to be rescued and cared for by ocean spirits and his divine ancestor before returning to his family as a teen.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie'':
** Batman himself, because the film [[CanonWelding takes place in a universe where all the previous incarnations happened]], is one of almost every version of the character to date, but his costume is specifically based upon the first Tim Burton film, but with the glowing eyes of the DC Extended Universe incarnation.
** Robin in the movie is Dick Grayson, but his large glasses and hairstyle are taken from ''The Dark Knight Returns''' Carrie Kelly. His origin story throws out the circus trapeze act and instead has him already in an orphanage, where he empathizes with Bruce Wayne also being an orphan regardless of his background, just like [[spoiler:"Robin" John Blake from ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.]]
** The Joker has the purple suit and a hairpiece resembling his hairstyle in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and the comics, but his forearms have tattoos similar to [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 Jared Leto's take]] on the character.
** Harley Quinn's outfit looks like the New 52 incarnation of the character, but uses the black and red colors from the original ''B:TAS'' design, and her pigtails are much longer, more resembling a jester's hat. She also dons a nurse costume very reminiscent of her ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' design, but it's in her classic colors and obviously isn't a NaughtyNurseOutfit. Another outfit of hers is a dress with a black and red tutu similar to her ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' outfit.
** While Barbara Gordon is still youthful, she's now Commissioner of Gotham City, which she was in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''. Her Batgirl suit looks like a combination of [[Series/Batman1966 Yvonne Craig's purple Batsuit]] and her recent ''Batgirl of Burnside'' redesign (particularly in the torso and boots), while her personality is taken from her time as Oracle.
** Two-Face has the purple hair from [[Film/BatmanForever Tommy Lee Jones' take on the character]], but (half of) the face [[CastingGag and]] [[RoleReprise voice]] of [[Film/Batman1989 Billy Dee Williams]]. The left half of the suit being ruined and the level of damage done to the face also bring to mind Aaron Eckhart.
** Bane's got the bomber jacket (and unique accent) of his ''[[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Dark Knight]]'' trilogy incarnation, but his size and use of venom comes from the comics, while his mask is a mix of the two.
** The Red Hood is a bizarre version. His figure is the tux and domed hood of the Joker, but under the hood, he has Jason Todd's mask. Yet he still seems to be a completely separate character. This is especially confusing since Batman in this continuity has obviously never had a sidekick before.
** [[OfficerOHara Chief O'Hara]] shares the name of Chief O'Hara from the [[Series/Batman1966 '60s TV series]], but her appearance and personality are much closer to that of Renee Montoya from [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the animated series]] and the comics.
** In terms of WalkingSpoiler characters, [[spoiler:[[Series/DoctorWho the Daleks]] seem to have the color scheme of blue, orange or red from their 2010 incarnations (there are no white or yellow ones, [[FridgeBrilliance perhaps because in the actual show]] [[ShownTheirWork only one of each can exist).]] However, they also have flamethrowers, like the 1960s Daleks had, and their body shape seems more similar to the 2005 Daleks'.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MarvelRisingSecretWarriors'' sees ComicBook/SpiderGwen with part of her hair dyed pink ala ComicBook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool and using the codename "Ghost Spider" from an alternate Peter Parker.
* ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'', being a sort of adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' but set in the universe of the movies, combines attributes of the penguins from both continuities in varying degrees, up to Rico basically being a CanonImmigrant.
* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBoots'' the giant in the ''Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk'' tale [[spoiler:is long dead before the story begins. The golden goose that was their target is just a chick, and its ''mother'' (presumably the true goose from the tale) is the giant that Puss and company have to deal with.]]
* Garett, the blind would-be knight in ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'', is something of a composite of Kayley/Lynette's two love interests in ''The King's Damosel''; the knight Sir Gareth and the blind Lucius.
* TheBigBadWolf in ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' is apparently a composite of the wolves from ''Literature/ThreeLittlePigs'' and ''Literature/LittleRedRidingHood''.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'':
** Jefferson Morales retains his distrust of Spider, Man, but his appearance evokes Frank Quaid, another cop in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, and is chasing after his own child like the ''ComicBook/SpiderGwen'' version of Captain Stacy.
** The Prowler is the Aaron Davis version from the Ultimate Marvel imprint, but wears a costume much closer to that of Hobie Brown, the original, heroic Prowler from the mainline Marvel continuity. Notably, Aaron's Prowler costume did not have a cape in the comics, with this instead being a feature of Hobie's outfit.
** ComicBook/TheKingpin evokes both his own Ultimate counterpart (being the Wilson Fisk of Miles's universe) and [[spoiler:the Ultimate version of the Green Goblin (being the killer of the Peter Miles replaces). His desire to find an alternate universe version of Vanessa and Richard also evokes [[ComicBook/SpiderMen 616!Miles's desire to find an alternate universe version of his love, Barbara Sanchez]].]]
** The Green Goblin is a hulking pyrokinetic monster like the Ultimate Green Goblin, but wears a purple outfit that evokes the classic Green Goblin.
** Comicbook/DoctorOctopus is a composite of Otto Ocativus and Carolyn Trainer, having a variant of the former's real name ("Olivia Octavius") and the latter's [[GenderFlip gender]]. Olivia's connection to the Alchemax Corporation also seems to come from Serena Patel, the [[Comicbook/{{Marvel 2099}} 2099]] version of Doc Ock from ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/Tarzan2013'', Tublat takes the role of Kerchak, who was the original rival to Tarzan.
* In ''WesternAnimation/UltimateAvengers'':
** ComicBook/BlackPanther possesses the ability to transform into a werepanther, much like the Coal Tiger, his son from the ''ComicBook/MarvelComics2'' continuity.
** Most of the Avengers visually resemble their more modern Ultimate counterparts, yet have personalities far more in line with their more likable, heroic depictions from the classic comic books.[[note]]As a DarkerAndEdgier retelling of the original Silver Age ''Avengers'' comics, ''Comicbook/TheUltimates'' is infamous for having most of the characters [[TookALevelInJerkass Take A Level In Jerkass]].[[/note]] Black Panther is actually an exception here, as his Ultimate counterpart hadn't yet debuted in the comics when the movies were made.
** Herr Kleiser from ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'' takes Klaw's role as T'Chaka's murderer.
* A variation in ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut''. The six basic emotions in psychology are joy, sadness, anger, disgust, fear, and surprise. The first four of these emotions are each personified by a character named after the emotion, while fear and surprise are personified by one character, simply called "fear".
* Glinda in ''Anime/TheWizardOfOz'' looks a lot like Ozma (who isn't introduced until the second book and doesn't meet Dorothy until the third). She wears a similar ringlet and dress as Ozma.
* ''Animation/SonOfTheWhiteHorse'' combines two versions of the same basic folktale (''Son of the White Mare'' and ''Treeshaker, Irontemperer, Mountainroller''), and in doing so melds multiple characters:
** In ''Son of the White Mare'', the main hero is an only son and meets three powerful but shady men, Treeshaker, Stonecrumbler and Irontemperer, with Treeshaker being the weakest and most useless. After they betray him, he kills all three. In the other version, Treeshaker takes the Son of the White Mare's role and he's the strongest and most capable. He was also born from normal human parents and he spares the lives of the other two. The movie combines them into its own Treeshaker, who is the strongest of the bunch and has a horse for a mother.
** Stonecrumbler is therefor a mix of the original Treeshaker (being the weakest), Mountainroller (he pushes mountains around) and the actual Stonecrumbler. Both him and Irontemperer are Treeshaker's brothers in the movie, thus sharing their origin with the Son of the White Mare. They survive the movie and are hailed as heroes by the end, as opposed to the original folktale where they're evil and are slain by the Son of the White Mare who is unrelated to them.
** In the tales, the man in the forest, the evil Gnome and the king (if the latter appears at all) are separate. In the movie, they're just different forms of the same entity, the primordial Rain King who was partially based on various Eurasian forefather deities (his one eye is a nod to Odin). The White Mare herself is also an amalgamation of the folkloric White Mare and an ancient goddess. In the folktales, there are no gods or deities whatsoever.
** Some of the original stories open with traditional folktale fluff about "77 dragons living on 77 roots". These opening lines are unrelated to the stories, they only serve to grab the listeners' attention. The film opted to actually put these 77 dragons into its plot as living chain links that can interlock and separate at will, and combined them with a giant snake from folk tradition.
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* Tim Burton's ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010''
** The Red Queen is mostly the Queen of Hearts, with visual cues from the Duchess and a few elements of the Red Queen from the second book.
** The March Hare is a cook whose madness is indicated by throwing crockery at people. This one of the primary characteristics of the Duchess's Cook in the book (the other being an obsession with pepper).
** Wonderland and Looking Glass World are combined into a single location.
* Subverted with Deep Throat in ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen''. A number of critics and amateur sleuths were convinced Deep Throat was an invention of Bob Woodward to make it harder to identify one informant in UsefulNotes/RichardNixon’s inner circle. Also because Deep Throat seemed too freaky to be real. [[DatedHistory Until 2005, when former FBI official W. Mark Felt revealed he was Deep Throat]].
* ''Film/AlmostFamous'', the pseudo-biography of director Cameron Crowe, features the fictitious band Stillwater as a composite of several groups Crowe toured with as a ''Rolling Stone'' columnist, including the Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, and the Who.
* Patty Ryan in ''Film/AnAmericanCrime'' is a composite of three real-life girls involved in the historical events - Darlene [=MacGuire=], Anna Siscoe and Judy Duke.
* The film version of ''Theatre/AnimalCrackers'' merged two love interests, Mary and Arabella, into a single character named Arabella.
* In ''Film/{{Apollo 13}}'', a whole team of astronauts and engineers working to figure out how to power up the command module again was rolled into Ken Mattingly and a couple of other guys.
* ''Film/AttackOnTitan'':
** Kubal stands in for Nile Dok (head of the Military Police), Kitz Woerman (advocates for Eren to be executed), and Bertolt Hoover (true form of the Colossal Titan).
** Shikishima replaces Levi (TheAce), Reiner Braun (true form of the Armored Titan), Annie Leonhart (inherits her Titan form's fighting style, including consciously protecting their nape) and Zeke Yeager (Eren's Titan-shifting half-brother).
** Hans/Hange Zoe replaces the also absent Erwin Smith as leader of the Survey Corps.
* ''Film/{{Barbarella}}'':
** BigBad Durand Durand is a combination of three comic book characters: Gronf II was the concierge who conspired to take the Black Queen's throne, Captain Sun was the one who brought Barbarella to meet the Black Queen in the throne room, and finally the movie character took his name from Durand, a prisoner in the labyrinth, who became Professor Ping in the movie. Also note that Captain Sun still exists in the movie, but as a very minor unnamed character (he can be seen in the throne room).
** Dildano, the Sogoite rebel who supports Barbarella, combines two characters: the Dildano from the comics who had a very different personality and wasn't part of the Sogo storyline, and Captain Sun again, because in the comics it was him who rebelled against the Black Queen and helped Barbarella.
* When it comes to the original set of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' films...
** Vicky Vale in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/Batman1989'' was actually a combination of the comic's Vicky Vale (in terms of name and occupation) with Silver St. Cloud (in terms of personality and characterization), a love interest of Batman from TheSeventies who knew his secret identity.
** The same film's version of ComicBook/TheJoker gave him the [[DeathByOriginStory defining role of]] [[spoiler: Joe Chill.]][[note]]Though his partner during the night he killed Bruce's parents could be Joe Chill himself.[[/note]]
** ''Film/BatmanReturns'' has a version of the Penguin that seems to combine elements from his comic book counterpart but also to another member of Batman's rogues gallery, carrying prominent traits of Killer Croc. Things like his origins as a part of the wealthy Cobblepot family, his affinity for birds, his basic physical build, his resentment over being an outcast, and his trick umbrellas harken to the Penguin of the comics. But his much more monstrously deformed condition, how he was bullied/ostracized because of it even further, has some more bestial tendencies in places, and his time as a sideshow performer of some kind with a circus more closely align to Croc.
** ''Film/BatmanForever'':
*** ''Forever'' gives us a composite origin for Robin, who is Dick Grayson in name and occupation (circus acrobat, alongside his parents), but gets his origin combined with Jason Todd's (Two-Face responsible for parents' death, and wanting to kill Two-Face for it). By extention, this merges Two-Face with Tony Zucco (the murderer of Dick's parents).
*** The same movie's take on the Riddler as an eccentric though introverted scientist working for Wayne Enterprise's whose big project is some sort of mind manipulation device is similar to the take on Jervis Tetch, aka the Mad Hatter, from the acclaimed ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. However is desire to prove his genius/greatness, his compulsion for leaving riddles and playing mind games, as well as his deep feeling of under-appreciation are reverent to the Riddler of the comics. And Creator/JimCarrey's manic portrayal of the character is directly inspired by the performance of Creator/FrankGorshin in the 1960s show.
** ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''
*** Comicbook/MrFreeze is a composite of two very different versions of himself. The tragic origins, including a sick wife he tried to cure but had to freeze to preserve, come from his ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' version, while a lot of his behavior -- themed henchmen, {{Card Carrying Villain}}y, and ice puns -- are taken from the 1960s ''Series/Batman1966'' show.
*** Alicia Silverstone's version of Batgirl, Barbara Wilson, is Alfred Pennyworth's niece rather than Commision Gordon's daughter like in the comics. This makes her a bit closer to Daphne Pennyworth, the daughter of Alfred Pennyworth's older brother Wilford. However, Daphne Pennyworth is a considerably obscure character, having appeared in only two issues of the original ''Batman'' comic book (#216 and #227) back in the late 70's.
* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': [[BitCharacter Male President]] of the [[OneWorldOrder World Congress]] is the first judge that Andrew meets while seeking his freedom in {{the film|OfTheBook}}. However, his speech is taken from Andrew's part of [[Literature/TheBicentennialMan the story]] where Andrew talks with Chairman Chee Li-hsing and he has the role of denouncing Andrew as a robot the same way Magdescu (who doesn't appear at all) does during his "Sesquicentennial Robot" toast.
* ''Film/BigTrouble'':
** Monica is combined with Detective Baker (the cop who accompanies the FBI agents in the book).
** Elliot's obnoxious client Bruce, the restaurant customer Henry injures for smoking, and the owner of the car Greer and Seitz commandeer are combined into one ButtMonkey.
* Thanks to budgetary restrictions, ''Film/BirdsOfPrey'' combined Bud and Lou, Comicbook/HarleyQuinn's pet hyenas from the comics, into a single hyena named Bruce (named for Bruce Wayne as a joke).[[note]]The only options for depicting them were two CGI hyenas played by men, or one played by a dog, the latter was chosen, which gave a more justified case of the AllAnimalsAreDogs behaviors that the hyenas showed originally.[[/note]]
* Eric Bana, Ewan [=McGregor=], Josh Hartnett, Orlando Bloom, and William Fichtner's characters in ''Film/BlackHawkDown'' are all composites of various different US Army Rangers and Delta Force operators from the novel of the same name. Necessary, since hundreds of soldiers took part in the Battle of Mogadishu and so making composite characters allowed the producers to cut the cast of dozens from the novel down to less than ten... and because one of the real-life counterparts [[spoiler:would later be convicted of rape and child molestation]].
* CanonForeigner Abraham Whistler in the ''Film/BladeTrilogy'' fills Jamal Afari's role as mentor to Blade, but he's more in line with "Bible" John Carik in looks and personality.
* In ''Film/BonnieAndClyde'', C.W. Moss is a composite of two members of the Barrow Gang, W.D. Jones and Henry Methvin.
* In ''Film/{{Captain America|1990}}'', Steve's girlfriend during the 1940s is a woman named Bernice "Bernie" Stewart, a combination of two of his love interests from the comics. She's named after Bernie Rosenthal, but like Comicbook/PeggyCarter, she's Cap's wartime girlfriend with an [[IdenticalGrandson identical female descendant]] named [[Comicbook/{{Agent 13}} Sharon]] (Peggy's niece and Bernie's daughter) that Steve ends up dating after he's unfrozen in the present.
* In ''Film/CatchTwentyTwo'', Hungry Joe takes Samson's role as the guy [[spoiler: who gets (accidentally) hit by a plane and killed]].
* The real Frank Abagnale Jr. wasn't chased by just one man - Carl Hanratty from ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan'' is an amalgam of several officers.
* ''Film/{{Christine}}'' merged the [=LeBay=] brothers into one character. This also served to completely invert one brother's personality and morals.
* In ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981'', Perseus' life is threatened as a child by his grandfather Acrisius (who is then killed by Zeus) and as an adult by Calibos, the deformed former suitor of Andromeda. In [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010 the 2010 remake]], these are combined into a single character: Acrisius, the husband of Perseus' mother, survives Zeus' attack in a deformed state and takes the name Calibos.
* In the film version of ''Literature/CloudAtlas'', the characters Chang and Hae-Joo Im were combined to create the much more sympathetic character of Hae-Joo Chang, with whom Sonmi-451 falls in love with.
* In the film adaptation of the ''Literature/ConfessionsOfGeorgiaNicolson'' series, Georgia's friends Ellen, Jools, and Mabs were initially replaced by a composite TokenMinority character called Namita. Fans complained, and so Namita's scenes were {{redubb|ing}}ed and she became Ellen.
* In ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'', there were three men who betrayed Edmond Dantes: Danglars, Edmonds ship-mate who coveted Edmonds rescent promotion to captain; Fernand Mondego de Morcef, cousin to Edmonds fiancée Mercedes who coveted Mercedes and betrayed Edmond in order to get him out of the way and Gerald de Villeford, the prosecutor who sent him to the [[HellholePrison Castle d'If]]. In order to stream-line things, make things more personal to Edmond and to get rid of some ValuesDissonance KissingCousins, most adaptations combines Danglars and Mondego into Edmonds ship-mate and best friend who coveted his girlfriend.
* In ''Film/{{Daredevil}},'' Wilson Fisk, aka The Kingpin, takes the place of Slade, [[spoiler:[[YouKilledMyFather the hired thug who beat Matt's father to death]]]].
** ComicBook/{{Elektra}}'s origin has almost nothing in common with that of her comic counterpart, and is much closer to that of Echo, another female martial artist who tried to kill Daredevil after he was framed for the murder of her father. Interestingly enough, Echo appears in the movie's video game adaptation [[AdaptationalVillainy as a villain]].
* ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'':
** The movie Arnold Flass resembled Harvey Bullock more, being dark-haired, overweight, and unshaven rather than being blonde, fit, and clean-shaven as in the comics, but he does have the comics' version's corruption.
** The film Gillian Loeb is Michael Akins with Loeb's name, being young, African-American, and honest, rather than being old, corrupt, and Caucasian. That said, he's still antagonistic towards Batman (due to being a vigilante).
** [[spoiler: Comicbook/RasAlGhul's alias]] Henri Ducard also fits this trope. [[spoiler: In the comics, Henri Ducard was one of the people Bruce Wayne hired to teach him to be good at everything ever. However, he was not a member of the League of Shadows, let alone its leader, or even associated with al Ghul at all.]]
** Lucius Fox's role was expanded to fill his normal role as CEO along side the role of tech support, which was occasionally filled by others or left unexplained and filled in gaps about how Batman uses Wayne Corp resources in his crimefighting.
** [[CanonForeigner John Blake]] has elements of [[spoiler:the first three Comicbook/{{Robin}}s. He grew up on the streets like Jason Todd, he deduced Batman's identity as a teen like Tim Drake and he's an orphan who becomes a police officer as an adult and Batman's eventual successor like like Dick Grayson. His real name being Robin is also an obvious nod.]]
** Bane's role as a chief enforcer/guard for an al Ghul running the League of Assassins (called the League of Shadows in the films) is arguably reminiscent of the comic book character Ubu.
* In ''Film/DarkShadows'', the characters of Victoria Winters and Maggie Evans are now one and the same. Also, Angelique, who is a combination of herself and rival fishery owner Burke Devlin.
* A sixth officer mentioned in the novel, and omitted from the film ''Film/DasBoot'', is the 2nd Engineer who joins the boat on a training cruise in order to take over for the Chief Engineer at the end of the patrol. The 2nd Engineer does not socialize or dine with the other officers and is immediately disliked by the Captain who pledges he will find a way to prevent the man from become the new Chief Engineer. In the film, much of the antagonistic elements of the 2nd Engineer are written into the character of the First Officer.
* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:
** ''Film/ManOfSteel:'' Faora, being Zod's loyal second-in-command, is more like a different Kryptonian villain, Ursa--which is odd, because Faora and Ursa they were originally {{Decomposite Character}}s of the original comic book version of Faora. (Confusing, eh?)
** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'':
*** Franchise/{{Batman}} combines traits of his mainstream comic book, ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' and ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' incarnations.
*** ComicBook/LexLuthor is actually named Alexander Luthor, Jr., a separate character from the comics. He also starts off with a full head of hair like in ''ComicBook/SupermanBirthright'' before losing it and more closely resembling the classic Lex.
*** [[spoiler:Doomsday is created from the corpse of General Zod. His creation, with Zod being infused with Luthor's blood, also invokes the origins of the Connor Kent ComicBook/{{Superboy}} and [[Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace Nuclear Man]] and he also has energy absorption abilities like the Parasite.]]
** ''Film/SuicideSquad2016''
*** While the film version of Comicbook/{{Deadshot}} still carries the comic incarnation's nihilism, the casting of Creator/WillSmith and Smith's own comments about Deadshot trying to rid the world of worse criminals suggests elements of the original Eric Needham Black Spider (an African-American vigilante who fought criminals) were infused into this version of Deadshot.
*** June Moone's role as Rick Flag's love interest on the Squad [[spoiler: who he can't bring himself to kill after she betrays the team]] is taken from Dr. Karin Grace.
** ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'':
*** Franchise/TheFlash is Barry Allen, but has the more jovial, PluckyComicRelief aspects of Wally West's personality.
*** ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} sports his '90s era long hair and beard, but is also a BoisterousBruiser akin to his ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' incarnation.
*** As revealed in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', Batman takes on the role of Adeline Kane in causing Deathstroke's [[EyeScream missing eye]]. While Batman is sometimes a hero who goes up against Deathstroke, him being the one Deathstroke seeks revenge on is specifically taken from [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]], who Zack Snyder has confirmed died as [[ComicBook/{{Robin}}]] in this continuity.
** ''Film/Shazam2019'': Dr Sivana combines his own role in Creator/GeoffJohns's ''Comicbook/{{Shazam}}'' origin with that of Comicbook/BlackAdam (thinking he has the right to the Shazam powers and demands Billy transfer them to him) and Byers/Sabbac (empowered by the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man; the Byers brothers appear in the film, but their father doesn't).
* ''Film/DeadMenDontWearPlaid'' culls together StockFootage of classic movies for humorous effect. So when multiple movies are used with the same stars, their characters are looped together into one. For instance, [[Creator/HumphreyBogart Humphrey Bogart's]] characters become [[Film/TheBigSleep Philip Marlowe]] and Ava Gardner's characters become [[Film/TheKillers Kitty Collins]].
* In the second ''Manga/DeathNote'' movie, Takada replaces [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Higuchi]] completely and has a few elements of Mikami mixed in. She performs the role of the third Kira almost identically to Higuchi's portrayal, down to the character's being [[spoiler: disposed of by Light]].
** In the first movie there's Shiori, Light's new SatelliteLoveInterest -- she's the smart girl on campus like Takada (though as mentioned above Takada does appear later in Higuchi's role) and also fulfills the same role as Yuri, aka [[Fanfic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami the Girl from the Bus]]. Also she has a strong sense of justice, is studying to be a prosecutor, and [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend is very protective of Light]]--like another of Light's allies who never got any screentime in the live action movies--a GenderFlipped prenote![[HoYay Teru Mikami]]?
** [[spoiler: L replaces Near as the one who captures Kira and gives him the "you're just a murderer" speech]].
* ''Film/DeathNote2017'':
** Mia Sutton is mostly based off Misa Amane, but is an AloofDarkHairedGirl like Kiyomi Takada. Her role as a fellow student and girlfriend of Light who is later [[spoiler: manipulated to die at his design]] is taken from Shiori Akino, a CanonForeigner created for the first Japanese movie.
** Taken UpToEleven with L, who manages to combine himself with almost every anti-Kira detective in previous materials. He shares his name with the first HeroAntagonist of ''Death Note'', but his black clothing and hot-blooded personality are more in line with Mello. His use of a mask to protect himself from Death Note Users is taken from Ryuzaki from ''Film/DeathNoteLightUpTheNewWorld''. His desire to hunt Light avenge a loved one comes from Naomi Misora, and [[spoiler: his decision to keep the Death Note for himself at the end mimics that of Near.]]
* ''Film/TheDeparted'' (based on Film/InfernalAffairs): Dr. Madden is a combination of therapist Dr. Lee, the undercover cop's love interest, and Mary, the infiltrator's girlfriend, creating a LoveTriangle where there had been none before.
* The Blank of ''Film/DickTracy'' makes the character also known as Faceless Redrum into the alias of another ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' regular: [[spoiler: Breathless Mahooney.]]
* ''Franchise/DieHard'': As [[Film/DieHard the first]] [[Film/DieHard2 two films]] were [[AdaptationAmalgamation fused from the seperate novels]], ''Nothing Lasts Forever'' and ''58 Minutes'', John [=McClane=] stands in for the two novels' heroes, Joe Leland and Frank Malone. His wife, Holly Genarro, stands in for Stephanie Genarro and Kate Malone, both the daughters of the novels' heroes.
* Subverted (or possibly even double subverted, if the PlayingWith is to be believed) in ''Film/DonnieBrasco''. Lefty in the movie is a composite of the real Lefty, the real Sonny Black, and several other wiseguys Joe Pistone met during his undercover work. Sonny Black appears in the movie, although InNameOnly. Michael Madsen wasn't too happy about that one.
* Most film adaptations of ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' eliminate at least one of Lucy's suitors (almost always Quincey Morris, and often Lord Godalming as well). Sometimes Lucy and Mina are combined into a single DistressedDamsel, and Jonathan stands in for all of her suitors.
** In the parody ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'', Creator/MelBrooks dispenses with all of Lucy's suitors except Seward, who becomes her much-older guardian instead. Harker takes over the role of all the four younger men. It's mentioned that he liked Lucy, while being Mina's suitor. Liked, not LIKE-Liked.
--->'''Van Helsing:''' It must be done by one who LOVED her in life!
--->'''Harker:''' I only LIKED her!
--->'''Van Helsing:''' Close enough, here! (hands him the stake and mallet.)
** Meanwhile, Harker's ordeal in Transylvania is given to Reinfield.
* In ''Film/DraculaUntold'', Mehmet II is combined with Vlad's brother Radu the Handsome. The whole "Vlad's brother who supports the Ottomans and sides against him" motif in the film belonged to Radu in real life.
* ''Film/DragonballEvolution'' fused the two Piccolos (Daimaou and Ma Junior) into one. Although, technically, Ma Junior ''was'' Daimaou in the original, or at least his reincarnation. He also replaces Pilaf as Mai's employer.
** Goku's character acts suspiciously like the teenaged version of his son, Gohan, from one of the later arcs of ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
* An early draft of ''Film/EdWood'' showed Ed meeting his first wife Norma [=McCarty=] (and their subsequent short-lived marriage). After this part was cut some of their dialogue was moved to the scene where Ed first meets Kathy O'Hara, his second wife up to Wood's death.
* Phillip Steele in ''An Englishman in New York'' is based on Quentin Crisp's friends Phillip Ward and Tom Steele.
* In ''Film/TheFantasticFour'', the woman who ran the boarding house Reed and Ben lived at in college was Mary Storm, the mother of Sue and Johnny. This is in contrast to the comics, where the boarding house was run by Sue and Johnny's aunt.
* In the novel ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'', the ticket-scalper character is separate from Mike Damone. The two were combined in the movie.
* Michael Merriman (John Cusack's character in ''Film/FatManAndLittleBoy'') is a composite of two real Manhattan Project physicists, Louis Slotin and Henry K. Daghlian, Jr. [[spoiler: Both died as the result of separate criticality accidents involving the same [[ArtifactOfDoom "demon" bomb core]] ''after the Hiroshima and Nakasaki bombings''.]]
* In the [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action]] ''Film/FistOfTheNorthStar'' movie, Shin's right-hand man Jackal takes his name from a gang leader villain in the manga, but his origin story as a villain who was disfigured by Kenshiro in the past resembles that of Kenshiro's evil adoptive brother Jagi. Neither, Jagi nor Jackal had anything to do with Shin, other than the fact that Jagi was the one who persuaded Shin to turn evil and Jackal was an underling of Shin in the TV series (but not in the manga).
** In the same movie, Shin takes the place of Kenshiro's adopted brother Raoh as the killer of his Sensei, Ryuken.
* In ''Literature/FromHereToEternity'', Maggio is combined with Blues Berry[[spoiler:, the soldier who dies after being repeatedly beaten and tortured by Judson]]. [[spoiler:[[DeathByAdaptation Maggio actually survives in the original novel.]]]]
* Thr role of Kuze in ''Film/GhostInTheShell2017'' is largely based on the Laughing Man. Like him, Kuze is an anti-corporate terrorist who wears a long overcoat to conceal his body and can hack into the cyberbrains of cyborgs. It's been said that the original drafts of the film featured both Kuze and the Laughing Man before they were combined into one character.
* In ''Film/GhostRider'', Johnny Blaze not only takes on qualities of [[Comicbook/GhostRider his comic namesake]], but also his successor Danny Ketch (such as his chain weapon and Penance Stare). His father Barton Blaze also supplants "Crash" Simpson in [[spoiler: being the one whom Johnny tried to save with his DealWithTheDevil.]]
** Also, Carter Slade and the Caretaker were two different characters in the comics.
* In ''Film/GIJoe'', [[spoiler:Rex Lewis]]/The Doctor/[[spoiler:Cobra Commander]] is a merging of Doctor Mindbender and [[spoiler: Cobra Commander]]. Only in role, however, as Mindbender actually shows as a brief character in a flashback. [[spoiler:He also replaces Eugene as the Baroness' brother]].
** In ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation'' Roadblock's background has several elements taken from Stalker in the comics, such as being involved with a gang when growing up in the city, being best buddies with Snake Eyes, and having kids.
* Both film versions of [[Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo]] turn Anita Vanger into a PosthumousCharacter; the woman thought to be Anita turns out to be Harriet Vanger herself.
* The film adaptation of ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'' combines the characters of Billy Costa and Tony Makarios, making Billy the "severed child" looking for his lost daemon instead of having him survive and escape from Bolvangar with Lyra and Roger.
* ''Film/{{Grease}}'': Barry Pearl, who plays Doody, notes in [[https://youtu.be/gTwC23K2tCY?t=200 this interview]] that the greaser boys' personalities were switched when adapting from play to film. Specifically, film Doody acts like play Sonny, film Sonny acts like play Roger/Putzie, and film Roger/Putzie acts like play Doody.
* Each character in ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' is a composite of several people involved in the real event.
* The ''Film/GreenLantern'' movie establishes that Parallax was once Krona, a completely separate villain in the comics.
* In the film adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'', Uncle Jocko and Herbie become the same person.
* In a pretty different sort of case, you've got Dr. Terence Wynn played by Mitchell Ryan in ''Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers''. The character being a retroactive composite of two minor characters that had appeared in the series prior. The Dr. Wynn from the original ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'' played by Robert Phalen who served as a colleague of Loomis' who we see debate with him about Michael Myers as well as the Man in Black from ''Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers'' portrayed by Don Shanks that was a mysterious entity that came to Haddonfield and who watched over things throughout the film and rescued Myers from prison at the end. Both created independently of each other. The latter was a character created for the fifth film by its director Dominique Othenin-Girard to add some dimension of mystery, but nobody had a clue who he'd turn out to be. When writing a sixth installment Daniel Farrands said that his initial intent for ''Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers'' was to "bridge the later films (4-5) in the series to the earlier films (1-2) while at the same time taking the story into new territory so that the series could expand for future installments." Linking together these smaller disconnected characters and revealing him to essentially be the main antagonist of the film, if not the series up to that point, appears to be a product of that.
* ''Film/HarryPotter''
** A boy named Nigel seems to be a composite of the two Creevey brothers (Colin and Dennis). Oddly enough, Colin did appear (with that name) in the second film. WordOfGod is that Nigel was created after Hugh Mitchell (who played Colin in the second film) went through a massive growth spurt and the filmmakers didn't think he'd be able to portray a character who was supposed to appear small and mousy anymore.
** In many of the movies, Hermione was given lines and important actions that belonged to the Weasleys in the books, including the Devil's Snare test in the first movie, defending Harry from Sirius in animagus form in the third movie (both actions of Ron in the books), and the general role of Harry's closest friend, while losing some of her own subplots, such as helping the house elves.
** ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Chamber of Secrets]]''
*** In the book, it's stated that Vernon paid someone to fit the bars on Harry's window. In the movie version, Vernon just does it himself.
*** In the movie, Hermione asks Professor [=McGonagall=] about the Chamber of Secrets rather than minor character Professor Binns. [=McGonagall=] also gets lines originally written for Madam Hooch, as Zoe Wanamaker declined to return for the second film after asking for too much money.
** ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]''
*** In the book, Moody [[spoiler:actually Crouch in disguise]] gives Neville a herbology book hoping that Harry would ask him about Gillywig. When Harry does not ask Neville, he then has a loud discussion about gillywig when Dobby is listening so that Dobby would sneak some for Harry. In the movie Harry does talk to Neville meaning Dobby's role is not nessecary.
*** The character of Ludo Bagman was removed and some of his characteristics combined into the character of Barty Crouch Sr., resulting in Crouch being more comical than his completely serious nature in the book. His commentary is taken up by Cornelius Fudge during the Quidditch World cup. His exclusion is likely due to much of the scenes involving him being cut so what little remained was given to others.
** ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]''
*** Cho is the one who betrays Dumbledore's Army to Umbridge, albeit under the influence of Veritaserum, taking Marietta's place from [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix the book]] while also making the betrayal against her will in contrast to her best friend in the books as Marietta was AdaptedOut.
** ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]]''
*** Bellatrix Lestrange is prominently involved in the battle, but she was not even in the corresponding scene from the book. All her actions in the film version of the scene (coaxing Draco to kill Dumbledore, firing the Dark Mark into the sky, catching Hagrid's hut on fire) were performed by various {{Mooks}} in the book.
*** Luna Lovegood takes over Tonks' role of finding Harry on the Hogwarts Express.
** ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]''
*** Due to actor Jamie Waylett's legal troubles, Crabbe was written out, and his [[HoistByHisOwnPetard ultimate fate]] was given to Goyle instead. Blaise Zabini was then brought in as the third man of Draco's PowerTrio.
* In the [[Film/Hellboy2019 2019 adaptation]] of ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'', Lobster Johnson takes on elements of the Torch of Liberty (a ComicBook/CaptainAmerica {{Expy}} tied up in some rights issues) in being involved in the attack on Project Ragna Rok.
* ''Film/TheHobbit'' has a Composite Object. Thranduil is shown in a flashback being denied a gemmed necklace he allegedly refused to pay for, and later expresses his desire for its gems, eventually receiving them. In the book, he does receive a gemmed necklace, but it was a gift from Bard the Bowman, a descendant of its original owner Girion, who claimed it as his 1/14 of Erebor's treasure. The plot of an Elven king having a conflict with Dwarven jewellers over a necklace he didn't pay for is taken from Elu Thingol's story in ''The Silmarillion'' (Thranduil's liege of old).
* A rare non-adaptation example: the first few drafts of ''Film/HotFuzz'' had a love interest for Nick Angel. When her part was cut, the majority of her lines (as well as the peace lily subplot) were given to Danny Butterman's character, which resulted in quite a bit of intentional HoYay.
* In ''Film/{{Hulk}}'', Bruce's father (who had no abilities in the comics at the time the movie was made) is given the powers of the Absorbing Man, and later transforms into [[ShockAndAwe a being of pure electricity]], much like Zzzax.
* ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjay'':
** In Part 1, Effie's character is given the role(s) played by Fulvia and Katniss's prep team in the story and some of their dialogue from [[Literature/TheHungerGames the book]], while all four of those characters are AdaptedOut. This is reportedly because Creator/SuzanneCollins liked Creator/ElizabethBanks's portrayal of Effie in [[Film/TheHungerGames the first]] [[Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire two movies]] so much that she didn't want to see her DemotedToExtra like she was in the final book.
** In Part 2, Prim is regarded as Peeta's "closest person" and thus is the one allowed entry to his room in hopes of curing his hijacking. The "closest person" in the book is Delly Cartwright, Peeta's best friend who doesn't appear in the film.
* The Baker and the Narrator in ''Film/IntoTheWoods'', more or less. Any Narrator lines that have been left intact are now said by the Baker via voiceover, and new dialogue is included for the sake of exposition. [[spoiler: This concept holds significance, as the film ends with the Baker telling his son the story of his adventure, which happens to be the exact same story that he tells the audience throughout the film]].
* ''Film/JamesBond'':
** Franz Sanchez from ''Film/LicenceToKill'' has elements of Le Chiffre from ''Literature/CasinoRoyale'', Mr. Big from ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie'', and Francisco Scaramanga from ''Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', right down to the latter's name,[[note]]"Frank S-Word-Surname"[[/note]] [[https://image.ibb.co/eVMqDy/38cb28b5_da48_43bf_8084_74b769b9d1ef.jpg similar appearance,]][[note]]Long lean face, hairstyle[[/note]] fashion sense[[note]]ample light-colored apparel and suits[[/note]] and ethnicity.[[note]]Latino[[/note]] Also, his use of a stingray-tail whip as a punishment for his partner comes from Milton Krest in the ''Bond'' story "The Hildebrand Rarity" (from the ''For Your Eyes Only'' anthology). He even has a pet with a diamond collar like Blofeld....except it's a goofy green iguana rather than an adorable, fluffy, white kitty cat.
** Creator/PierceBrosnan's interpretation of the iconic spy is an amalgamation of his predecessors; he has Creator/SeanConnery's charisma, Creator/GeorgeLazenby's vulnerability, Creator/RogerMoore's humour and Creator/TimothyDalton's grittiness. Brosnan's portrayal is therefore the most versatile among the actors who have played 007.
* In many adaptations of ''Literature/JaneEyre'', Helen Burns is combined with Julia Severn, the girl who has her hair cut off as punishment for curling it (making the character even more tragic - she has all her hair cut off and then dies of tuberculosis a few scenes later). In some versions the haircutting happens to Jane herself. Also a few adaptations combine the kindly Miss Temple with Miss Scatcherd.
* ''Film/{{JFK}}'' does this here and there, most notably with Willie O'Keefe. Willie is a composite of several of Jim Garrison's witnesses, among them Perry Russo, the central witness of the case; he exists in the film largely so that Oliver Stone doesn't have to answer why Garrison chose not to use most of them in the trial (and to hide Russo's laughable unreliablity).
* In ''Film/JMenForever'', the multiple villains edited from the original Republic [[FilmSerial Film Serials]] became the singular Lightning Bug. To explain his radically changing appearance, The Lightning Bug was made into a MasterOfDisguise.
** [[Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon Commando Cody]] and Larry Martin (of ''Zombies of the Stratosphere'') are compressed into Rocket Jock; as both characters had virtually the same costume, this required no handwaving.
* In the live-action ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' film, [[spoiler: Yoshikage Kira takes Akira Otoishi's place as the one who murders Keicho]].
* ''Film/JohnCarter'', the film adaptation of ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' appears to have collapsed several minor characters into more major related ones. Notably, Tars Tarkas is chieftain of his own band of Tharks in the film, whereas in the book he was second-in-command to Lorquas Ptormel; Tardos Mors is Dejah Thoris's father in the film, while he was her grandfather in the book, thereby combining him with his son Mors Kajak; and film Sab Than is Jeddak (king) of Zodanga rather than prince, combining him with ''his'' father Than Kosis.
* Kaa in ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'' has the villainy of her [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 1967]] counterpart and the wisdom and size of her original [[Literature/TheJungleBook book counterpart]].
** Bagheera gets his stern and BrutalHonesty from the original Disney movie and the badass skills from the original book.
* The PR guy (Ed Regis) and the lawyer (Donald Gennaro) from ''Literature/JurassicPark'' were merged for [[Film/JurassicPark the movie]].
** The nerdy black kid and the adventurous (and older) blond girl that were Levine's assistants/protegees in ''Literature/TheLostWorld1995'' were merged into Malcolm's black gymnast daughter for [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark the second film]].
** From ''The Lost World'': "Doc" Thorne, BadassBookworm and former scientist that now makes field systems for a living, was merged with Eddie Carr, his no-nonsense, smart employee. The movie version of Eddie has his own field systems company, but is much geekier. Even though he tries to rescue Sarah, Malcolm, and Nick from the falling trailer exactly as Doc Thorne did, he's torn apart by the T.rexes. The original Eddie is killed by raptors instead, while Thorne lives to lead the survivors off the island.
** In ''The Lost World'': the movie's Sarah Harding has elements of Richard Levine's character (for example, the incompetence - novel!Sarah was nowhere nearly as idiotic) and plays his role in parts.
** Owen Grady from ''Film/JurassicWorld'', though an original character for the film, has traits of both Ian Malcolm (a flirting clown and DeadpanSnarker who has common sense about the ethics of genetics) and Alan Grant (a ''Velociraptor'' expert and children protector).
* ''Film/KullTheConqueror'':
** The plot is actually an loose adaptation of the Conan novel ''Literature/TheHourOfTheDragon'' combined with Kull's backstory how he became king, making the main protagonist a composite character of Kull and Conan.
** The main villain Akivasha is a combination of two villains from the novel: a female vampire with the same name that wants to seduce the main character, and Xatoltun of Acheron, an evil sorcerer brought back to life by a couple of scheming nobles and served as the story's BigBad.
* In the sequel to ''Film/KickAss'', Jim Carrey plays a character called Colonel Stars and Stripes, a composite of Colonel Stars and Lieutenant Stripes from the comic.
* The Mage in ''Film/KingArthurLegendOfTheSword'' teeters between this and DecompositeCharacter. She's a combination of Merlin, Nimue, Morgana le Fay, and, if WhatCouldHaveBeen and WordOfGod is to be believed, Guinevere. However, Merlin and the Lady in the Lake (who is often revealed to be Nimue) are separate characters with more or less the same roles as the original Arthurian legends.
* ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'': Creator/MarkHamill is combined with James Arnold to become... James Arnold as played by Creator/MarkHamill. Most of the original James Arnold is transferred to a new character, Richmond Valentine.
* In ''[[Film/LeftBehind2000 Left Behind II: Trbiulation Force]]'', Verna Zee is the composite of her original character with Lucinda Washington, the African-American editor-in-chief of the Global Weekly office in Chicago who was raptured. For the most part, movie Verna is book Verna's personality in Lucinda's body (or a version of Lucinda that never became a believer).
* The 1935, 1952 and [[Film/LesMiserables1998 1998 versions]] of ''Literature/LesMiserables'' either diminish the role of, or remove entirely, Enjolras, giving his role as leader of the Friends of the ABC to Marius.
* Too many to count in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', which had to deal with the books' Loads and LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters. In the books, the elf-lord Glorfindel saved Frodo at the Ford of Bruinen. In the movies, Arwen does it. In the animated film, [[EconomyCast it was Legolas]].
** Not so much a character, but the films clearly imply that the Eye of Barad-dur ''is'' Sauron. In the books, while the references are quite subtle, the Eye is implied to be just a tool of Sauron, separate from him. The Eye existed ''before'' Isildur destroyed Sauron's physical body, and Gollum briefly mentions having seen Sauron's reconstructed physical form while he was tortured in Mordor.
* The protagonist of ''Film/LordOfWar'' is a composite of several real life arms dealers (five, according to IMDB).
* In the 1971 film of ''Film/{{Macbeth|1971}}'', the part of the third murderer was given to AscendedExtra [[AdaptationalVillainy Ross]], instead of [[RememberTheNewGuy some nameless guy]].
* In Creator/KennethBranagh's 2006 ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute'' adaptation, instead of encountering a nameless speaker of the temple after approaching Sarastro's domain, Tamino meets Sarastro himself who simply does not reveal his identity until later.
* Chico in ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'' is a composite of two characters from the original ''Film/SevenSamurai'': Katsushiro, the young samurai who begins a relationship with a village girl, and Kikuchiyo, the boisterous samurai wannabe who tags along with the others uninvited and [[spoiler:turns out to be a peasant by birth]].
* Bert in ''Film/MaryPoppins'' is a merging of several minor characters from [[Literature/MaryPoppins the original short stories]].
* In ''Film/MenOfHonor'', Robert De Niro's role as the hardline, racist Master Chief who makes Brashear's life hell, is an amalgamation of a couple different commanding officers the real Brashear had during his career.
* Whilst Mr Barron from ''Film/MissPeregrinesHomeForPeculiarChildren'' is the film counterpart of the unnamed Wight who killed Abraham and stalked and manipulated his Grandson Jacob in the form of [[spoiler:psychiatrist Dr. Golan]] in [[Literature/MissPeregrinesHomeForPeculiarChildren the book]], his position as leader of the Wights and FauxAffablyEvil nature are taken from Miss Peregrine's evil brother; Caul Bentham.
* ''Film/MonsterVerse'':
** Godzilla is a benevolent, though also DestructiveSavior who fights other monsters like the Showa Godzilla with a willingness to team up with other monsters; he's a force of nature but not a villain like the Heisei Godzilla [[spoiler:as well as having an (albeit non-lethal in this Godzilla's case) SuperMode like Heisei's [[Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah Burning Godzilla]] and the Nuclear Pulse ability the Heisei and ''[[Film/Godzilla2000 2000]]'' Godzillas did]]; his fins are bladed and can act as weapons like the majority of the Millennium Godzillas; and like the Godzilla of ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', he's basically the most powerful of Earth's monsters.
** Dr. Ishiro Serizawa from ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' has the surname and world-weariness of Daisuke Serizawa, is a palaeontologist that wants to study the monsters versus killing them like Dr. Kyohei Yamane, and his insistence that Godzilla will save the day.
** King Kong has the bipedal stance and shape of the [[Film/KingKong1976 1976 version]], scars akin to the [[Film/KingKong2005 2005 version]], the coloring of [[Film/KingKong1933 the original Kong]], and the size of the Toho Kong. In ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'', he fills [[spoiler:a similar role to King Ceasar as an ally to Godzilla against Mechagodzilla.]]
** Mothra's coloring is based on the Showa Mothra, her bioluminescence means she can take on looks very similar to the ''Rebirth'' trilogy's Mothra's Rainbow and Armor forms, has light powers similar to the Heisei Mothras, a stinger like the Mothra of ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'', and at one sports a color scheme akin to [[Film/GodzillaAndMothraTheBattleForEarth Battra]].
** Rodan has the size and powers of [[Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII Fire Rodan]], lived in a volcano like the Showa Rodans, his face and clawed hand homage ''Final Wars'' Rodan, and [[spoiler:serves as TheDragon to Ghidorah like [[Film/GodzillaVsGigan Gigan]]]].
** King Ghidorah's roar mixed the roars of his Showa, Heisei, and ''Final Wars'' versions; he has the sadism and alien origin of the Showa Ghidorah; the three personalities homage [[Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah the Dorats]]; he has the lightning wing powers of [[Film/RebirthOfMothra3 Grand King Ghidorah]]; was found in ice and can hold his wings when not in use like ''GMK'' Ghidorah; has [[Film/RebirthOfMothra Desghidorah]]'s energy absorption and [[Film/GodzillaFinalWars Keiser Ghidorah]]'s LifeDrain abilities; and can summon storms and direct lightning like [[Anime/GodzillaThePlanetEater Anime Ghidorah]]. [[spoiler:And much like the Heisei Ghidorah, he becomes a cyborg in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' -- which adds more of this trope to him as said cyborg is Mechagodzilla, combining the Heisei Ghidorah's Mecha-King Ghidorah form with [[Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla Kir]][[Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS yu]]'s origin of a kaiju/Titan being used in its construction, the [[Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII Heisei Mechagodzilla]]'s origin involving Ghidorah, the [[Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla Showa]] [[Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]]'s role as a weapon for foul intent, the extended arms of [[Film/KingKongEscapes Mechani-Kong]], the autonomous nature of the version of Mechagodzilla in ''Anime/GodzillaCityOnTheEdgeOfBattle'', and the combined role of three Mechagodzillas (Heisei, Kiryu, and anime) as an anti-kaiju weapon.]]
* ''Film/{{Moneyball}}'' merges several of Billy Beane's associates, particularly Paul [=DePodesta=], into Peter Brand. [=DePodesta=] refused to have his name used in the film, which led to this.
* An interesting example can be found in ''Film/TheMothmanProphecies.'' In the film, the Mothman itself and "Indrid Cold", a mysterious man who gives the actual prophecies, are stongly implied to be one in the same being, having the ability to change form. In the book, writer John Keel made it clear his belief that the two were separate entities.
* In ''Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress2017'', Doctor Constantine and Colonel Arbuthnot are merged into Doctor Arbuthnot.
* ''Film/MurderSheSaid'' is based on the Literature/MissMarple novel ''4.50 from Paddington'', in which Miss Marple's friend Elspeth [=McGillicuddy=] has a RearWindowWitness experience which Miss Marple investigates with the assistance of another friend, Lucy Eyelesbarrow. In the film version, the other two characters' roles are absorbed by Miss Marple, who witnesses the murder herself and does all the investigating.
* In the film version of ''Film/MyLeftFoot'', the character ''Dr. Eileen Cole'' never existed. She was supposed to represent an amalgam of several people who helped the main character.
* In the film ''ComicBook/NickFury: Agent of SHIELD'' (starring Creator/DavidHasselhoff, not Creator/SamuelLJackson), Baron von Strucker is succeeded as the leader of Hydra by his daughter Andrea, aka Viper. In the comics, Viper/Madame Hydra is an orphan whose true name is unknown, and Andrea von Strucker is one half of the mutant Fenris Twins.
* In the Russian movie ''Film/NightWatch'', Bear's real name is Ilya. In the books, Bear and Ilya are two different people. The Inquisition in the sequel ''Day Watch'' might also count: in the books they are a big group, a third Watch, while in the movie they are just two old CreepyTwins.
** The incident at the beginning of the first film, with Anton going to a witch to get his girlfriend back happened to a woman in the ''Day Watch'' book and was part of a larger story. Additionally, Anton is not Yegor's father in the books and was recruited as a teen, not an adult.
** The killer of Dark Others in the second film is revealed to be [[spoiler:Kostya's father]]. In the books, they are different characters.
* The made-for-TV movie ''Noah's Ark'' made Noah into a composite of himself and... Abraham, and made other changes, such as Noah living in one of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah (In Literature/TheBible, Abraham explicitly didn't live in either, certainly not that close to their destruction; and those cities were post-flood), and Lot just being some guy Noah knows.
* Dr Langford Fife in the parody film ''The Norman Rockwell Code'' is a composite character of Dr Robert Langdon from ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'', and Barney Fife from ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''.
* ''Film/{{North}}'' had the [=FedEx=] guy and Johnny Fingers from the book merged into one guy who appears to North randomly during his journey to find his parents.
* Based on a true story, ''Film/OctoberSky'' merged Sherman Siers and Jimmy O'Dell into one character called Sherman O'Dell. (The original book, ''RocketBoys'', did not do this.)
* ''Film/PainAndGain'': Dwayne Johnson's character Doyle is fictional, a combination of two or three additional members of the Sun Gym Gang.
* Benjamin "The Ghost" Martin in Creator/MelGibson's ''Film/ThePatriot'' was based primarily on Francis "The Swamp Fox" Marion, with elements of about four other Revolutionary War leaders mixed in.
* In the live-action adaptation to the manga ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'', the parasite known as "A" (who was a StarterVillain in the manga) survives his first fight with Shinichi and Migi so he can take the role of the nameless parasite who [[spoiler:killed Shinichi's mother and took over her body]].
* In ''Film/ThePeopleVsLarryFlynt'', Edward Norton plays a character named Alan Isaacman, after the lawyer who defended Flynt before the Supreme Court. This character essentially stands in for ''all'' the legal assistants Flynt had employed. For instance, he is wounded in the 1978 shooting attack on Flynt; that event happened to Gene Reeves, Jr.
* In the [[FilmOfTheBook film version]] of ''[[Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians The Lightning Thief]]'', Annabeth Chase has the [[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians book version]] of Clarisse La Rue's first major scene, personality, and hair color. She's really more Clarisse than she is Annabeth.
** [[spoiler:Film!Luke takes over Ares' role as the person who duped Percy into taking the Bolt to Hades.]]
* In ''Film/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', Red White is merged with the character of April May. He [[spoiler:murders Mia [[HeKnowsTooMuch after learning she's uncovered certain evidence]]]], but also is the one who [[spoiler:wiretapped her phone to begin with and acts as the witness who accuses Maya of the murder]]. There's a more minor example later. While both Gumshoe and Larry are in the movie, Gumeshoe's role in loaning Phoenix the metal detector so he can look for "Gordy" is given to Larry, who owns the detector and is the only one to use it [[spoiler:until the end of the last trial.]]
* In ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'', the villain Lorenzini is a merger of the characters Mangiafuoco (the Puppeteer) and The Little Man (Land of Toys coachman). Later, he is transformed into a giant sea monster, thus also merging The Terrible Dogfish into his character.
* ''Film/{{Pinocchio 2002}}'': The Talking Cricket was a fusion of some animals Pinocchio found in the book.
* Originally ''Film/{{Popeye}}'' was going to have Eugene the Jeep as a magical creature that could predict the future, but since they couldn't afford the required special effects, Swee'Pea was given Eugene's power of premonition.
* ''Film/ThePostman'' has "Ford Lincoln Mercury", an amalgam of several characters. Abby is a mix of a minor one-chapter character named Abby, and the Love Interest who appeared later (in the chapters about the [[spoiler: fake]] [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot sentient AI]] and the SuperSoldier army that never made it into the film).
* ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'':
** In at least the 1940 and 2005 versions, Mr. Bingley's two sisters Caroline and Louisa are melded into the films' version of Caroline.
** It's common for modern-day adaptations to remove Kitty and/or Mary Bennet and transpose elements of them into Lydia, since fewer families have five children than in Austen's day, and they are the only sisters that don't end up with husbands by the end of the book.
** The Bollywood adaptation ''Film/BrideAndPrejudice'' has Caroline Bingley and Luisa Hurst swapped for just one sister of Mr Bingley as its character Kiran Balraj. ''Bride and Prejudice'' also has Lakhi stand in for the two youngest Bennets, Lydia and Kitty.
** The Latter-Day SettingUpdate has just one sister instead of both Caroline and Louisa. It also reduces Charlotte's character to one scene, with Mary being the one marrying Collins, while Georgiana Darcy and Anne de Bourgh are merged into Darcy's sister Euphemiana.
* In the 1969 film of ''Literature/ThePrimeOfMissJeanBrodie'', the "Brodie Set" is reduced from six to four. In the absence of Joyce and Rose, Mary is the one who dies in the Spanish Civil War and Jenny is the one who Miss Brodie wants to have an affair with Mr Lloyd in her place.
* ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'': Princess Tamina, judging by her actions and behavior, is a combination of all the female characters from the games ([[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime Farah]], [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin Kaileena]], and [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia2008 Elika]]).
* In Creator/HowardStern's self-made biopic ''Private Parts'', Kenny Rushton (played by Creator/PaulGiamatti) is meant to be a general composite of all of the stuffy uptight executives who gave Howard and his crew a hard time during his time working for NBC.
* ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'' combines a number of characters in the novel, while many others are simply removed. Aaron Lightner, the man who recruited Jesse into the Talamasca and was her mentor for a time, is merged into the role of his friend David Talbot. Magnus, Lestat's maker, and Marius are merged into just Marius. Maharet in the novel has a twin named Mekare, and it's Mekare the one who kills Akasha and takes her place as the Queen. In the film, Maharet is never mentioned to have a sister, and she is the one who finishes off Akasha. The roles of makers are also shifted. In the film, Lestat turns Jesse instead of Maharet, and Marius turns David instead of Lestat. The film itself appears to be an amalgamation of the plots of ''The Vampire Lestat'' and ''Queen of the Damned''.
* In ''Film/RagingBull'', the character Joey La Motta, played by Joe Pesci, is a composite of the real Joe La Motta and Jake La Motta's best friend, Pete Petrella. The infamous "You fuck my wife?" scene happened between Jake and Pete, not between the two brothers as depicted in the movie.
* ''Film/TheRedBaron'': "During [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI WWI]] many Jewish pilots fought for the [[UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany German Empire]]. ... They are represented by the fictional character of Friedrich Sternberg." Whose plane is identifiable by the Star of David in its NoseArt.
* The film version of ''Film/TheRelic'' does this with their version of Lt. Vincent D'Agosta, mixing characteristics of both his novel counterpart and that of [[Literature/AgentPendergast Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast]].
* Sheryl Yoast, Coach Bill Yoast's daughter in ''Film/RememberTheTitans''. In real life, Sheryl was one of ''four'' daughters Coach Yoast had. Though the other daughters were okay with it.
* ''Film/ReturnToOz'', itself a composite of ''Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz'' and ''[[Literature/LandOfOz Ozma of Oz]]'', combines the (very different) characters Princess Langwidere from ''Ozma of Oz'', and the minor witch Mombi from ''The Marvelous Land of Oz'', into the evil Princess Mombi.
* In the graphic novel ''Film/RoadToPerdition'', the protagonists are pursued by several faceless goons. The movie combined them all into a single character, which the novel's author admitted was an improvement.
* In ''Film/RurouniKenshin'', Jin-e takes Aoshi's role as Kanryu's bodyguard, as well as Gohei's role as the impostor Battōsai.
** Gein, while seemingly being based on the Gein from the manga with his mask and cloak and initial use of wires to suspend Kenshin in the air, is more closer to being a combination of Aoshi and Hannya. From Hannya, he uses a mask to conceal disfigurement (though not to the level of Hannya) and uses a kodachi like Aoshi, though Aoshi does appear in the sequel.
* In the 2006 remake of ''Film/SchoolForScoundrels'', Creator/BillyBobThornton's Dr P combines Creator/AlistairSim's Dr Potter (the SenseiForScoundrels who teaches Henry/Roger how to be a ManipulativeBastard) and Creator/TerryThomas's Raymond Delauney (the actually manipulative RomanticFalseLead in Henry/Roger's pursuit of April/Amanda).
* Although both appear in the film, Roxy Richter in ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' inherits quite a few traits from [[ComicBook/ScottPilgrim the comic book's]] version of Envy, [[spoiler: including her [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak point]].]] Interestingly, they ''were'' supposed to become one in the film's production, but later volumes convinced the film makers to include both characters.
** Had they kept Roxy from the comic book as-is, they'd also have to include [[spoiler:Knives's overprotective dad]], who helps Scott beat her.
* Warden Norton in ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' was a composite of various characters from the novella; in that, Shawshank prison was run by several different figures with varying degrees of cruelty. The same goes for his [[TheDragon henchman]], Byron Hadley.
* ''Simon Birch'': Reverend Russell is a composite of Reverend Dudley Wiggin and Reverend Louis Merrill from [[Literature/APrayerForOwenMeany the book]]. Russell inherits Wiggin's sternness and from Merrill [[spoiler: being Joe's father.]]
* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'':
** Sonic the Hedgehog has shades of this in both design and personality:
*** Following the redesign, Sonic's design has struck a balance between [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog his Classic, Modern]], and [[VideoGame/SonicBoom Boom]] designs. He has the height, larger torso, and attire from the Classic design in addition of being a little bit younger, the green eyes, darker blue fur colour, and quill length of the Modern design, and the blue arms, scruffy/bushy quills, and visible neck and shoulders from his Boom design. He also maintains his general expressiveness from all three designs. Additionally, his trainers appear to be a hybrid of both his iconic Power Sneakers and the [[GrindBoots Soap Shoes]] from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''.
*** Personality-wise, he's mainly his Modern self: being cocky, cool, and not being one to take most things seriously, but simultaneously knowing when to step up once things truly get dangerous. However, he also likes to horse around and be silly; much like his ''Boom'' and ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' incarnations.
*** In regards to his abilities, along with his speed he also has [[ShockAndAwe electrical powers]] which are tied to his [[EmotionalPowers emotions]], specifically his anger. The only character in the ''Sonic'' mythos who has elemental powers that are fueled by emotions is [[VideoGame/SonicRush Blaze the Cat]].
** The film's version of the Rings are a composite of the Rings that players collect in the games, and the Giant Rings in the games that act as transport to the Special Zones. This has the effect of making the rings identical in appearance and function to the Warp Rings created by Doctor Finitevus in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''.
** Longclaw being an owl who is initially the only character on Sonic's world to be aware of Sonic's existence, makes her a rough analogue of Sophocles an owl from ''Literature/StaySonic'' who was mentioned as the first one to discover Sonic. But her acting as Sonic's mentor and ParentalSubstitute and being the one to give him the Power Rings is taken from Uncle Chuck from ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM''. She is also a mother figure to Sonic that has to abandoned him at a young age from a greater threat much like Queen Aleena from ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''.
** Dr. Robotnik:
*** PlayedWith. Robotnik being a goverment scientist is shared with his grandfather from the games, [[Videogame/SonicAdventure2 Gerald Robotnik]]. His disdain for organic life and instead trusting on machines, while is implied with Eggman in the games, is more in line with Lyric from ''[[Videogame/SonicBoom Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric]]''.
*** His final design, based on a flight red suit is in line with Eggman's design in ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'', with a certain dash of his infamous [[Videogame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 2006 design]]. Both of these designs are known for not having the good ol' doctor as a comical FatBastard, but instead looking fit or average in shape, [[PragmaticAdaptation perfect for a live action movie]].
*** His personality is very silly and over the top like in most games and cartoons. But when he is being threatening to Agent Stone he comes off more like Dr. Robotnik from ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM''.
** Dr. Robotnik's Eggpod has a lot of elements from vehicles of past ''Sonic'' games.
*** The wings bear a resemblance to the wings of the Egg Hawk from ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''.
*** The way it fires missiles is from the Egg Hornet from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.
*** It’s a government-funded vehicle that goes through San Francisco and destroys everything in its path to capture or otherwise eliminate a fugitive Sonic; reminiscent of the GUN Military Truck in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' that does the same thing, while inflicting a similar amount of destruction to a San Francisco-like city.
*** It's also very reminiscent in design and proportion to the redesigned Eggmobile from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', but with a covered canopy and a while color scheme instead of silver.
* ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' uses several examples in its parody of ''Star Wars''. Lone Starr grafts Luke Skywalker's Force (er, Schwartz) powers and role as TheHero onto Han Solo. Colonel Sandurz is a mixture of the various Imperial officers that appear throughout ''Franchise/StarWars'' (although he can be most directly compared to Tarkin). Yogurt is primarily based on Yoda, but also has traits of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
* ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'':
** Comicbook/{{Mary Jane|Watson}} in the first film was a composite of comics Mary Jane, Gwen Stacy and Liz Allan from the comics. She gets Liz Allan's role as most popular girl at Midtown high and Peter's high school crush who is dating Flash but develops an interest in Peter, she gets Gwen Stacy's overall personality and knack for being thrown off a bridge by the Green Goblin and she has Mary Jane's bad home life, name, interest in acting and red hair. All 3 girls were also involved with Harry Osborn like Mary Jane in the films but here the relationship most resembles the one with Gwen where both Peter and Harry were fighting for her. In the comics, Harry and Liz Allan became an item long after Peter had any interest in Liz and Mary Jane and Harry were dating before Peter had much of an interest in Mary Jane.
** There is also some Ultimate MJ influence, since the Ultimate comics were developed at the same time as the first movie. Notably, she and Peter have known each other since childhood, and while pretty, she isn't the seemingly unattainable bombshell she was in the original 616 comics.
** The sequel gave her Tsundere tendencies, which some see as similar to the ones displayed by Gwen in some of her earliest appearances before [[CharacterizationMarchesOn her characterization changed]] (although Mary Jane did have these tendencies in the comics too following her marriage to Peter). Likewise, when Gwen is introduced in the third film, she has MJ's status as 'love rival' from the comic and career as a model. Although in the comics Gwen was introduced as a high school beauty queen. Also, when Peter Parker went to the Savage Land for the Daily Bugle, Gwen was taken along as a bikini model.
** The version of Comicbook/NormanOsborn from Sam Raimi's first ''Film/SpiderMan1'' has traits that bear resemblances to multiple characters form the Spider-Man mythos. In terms of his life positioning he does resemble the Norman of the comics. Being the founder and head of the company OsCorp, having a son with which he has a strained if not quite as intense relationship, the use of the Goblin persona and gear, etc. However the more timid Norman Osborn who is afraid of his dark side including going so far as to refuse to accept what he was capable of in murder with them blaming an "alternate entity" for it (in contrast to the more ruthless Norman Osborn who had a shady side even before becoming a costumed character), his friendship of sorts with Peter Parker before they become enemies, and his first true villainous act being the murder of his assistant after which he becomes a full-on costumed villain resembles that of Miles Warren aka The Jackal. Also notably his status as a scientist who is spearheading some groundbreaking work but facing intense pressure from his colleagues/superiors with the threat of losing his job that leads to him being desperate enough to make some sort of careless mistake that leads to him having an accident that leads him to becoming physiologically transformed and on put on the path to becoming super-criminals could be compared to elements of the lesser known Spider-Man villain Jackson Arvad aka Will o' the Wisp.
** Similarly, the version of Otto Octavius[=/=]Comicbook/DoctorOctopus from Sam Raimi’s ''Film/SpiderMan2'' also has traits that bear resemblances to multiple characters from the Spider-Man mythos. Naturally his status as a successful scientist with mechanical tentacles of his invention that are welded to his back come from his comic-book counterpart, as well as at least a touch of his hubris. And also like his counterpart from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' he is an idol to Peter Parker, and his chief work was a fusion energy project. However his more amiable demeanor, his happily married family life, his friendship with Peter Parker/Spider-Man, his genuine desire to help humanity with his work (in contrast to comic book Octavius’ more self-centered attitude), and his experiment going awry leading to his transformation into a supervillain with something of a split mind of some kind resembles that of Curt Connors aka The Lizard. (According to some sources, the character was in fact originally written to be Connors in an earlier draft) Also notably the character’s “symbiotic” relationship with the mechanical tentacle AI bears a striking resemblance to the character Eddie Brock/Venom. In both cases each was a human man (Otto and Eddie) who becomes combined with some powerful resource that gives him superpowers (the tentacles and the sybmiote) that has a personality of its own that comes to form an alliance with the man and sharing his mind/body. Also in both cases the character started out as a good man whose life was torn apart because of an honest mistake on their part, however both danced around accepting responsibility for it. Doc Ock even refers to himself as “We” during the film’s climax, which is a very well-known trait of the Venom from the comics. (That all being extremely ironic if one considers what Raimi has said of his opinions of Venom in interviews and how that character himself wound up being handled in the following film ''Film/SpiderMan3'')
* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries''
** Gwen Stacy has the original character's name, blonde hair, interest in Science (played up by the movies unlike her depiction in the comics & ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''), status as Peter's first love[[note]]in keeping with the fact that after the wedding comic-writers too went into denial that Peter's actual first love was Betty Brant[[/note]], the police captain father, and Gwen's most iconic moment but also again replaces Liz Allan as Peter's high school crush and gets some of Mary Jane's more playful tendencies. In fact, when Emma Stone was cast many fans felt she would have been more suited to play Mary Jane.
** ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' sees Gwen's dad NYPD Captain George Stacy at first spout similar anti-Spider-Man sentiments to J. Jonah Jameson. Also, like George's ComicBook/UltimateMarvel counterpart, [[AdaptationNameChange John]] Stacy, this version of George is younger and still active in the NYPD instead of being retired.
** ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' sees Harry Osborn combined with some traits from his father, Norman, including being the first to don the guise of the Green Goblin and [[spoiler: the one who causes Gwen Stacy's death.]]
* In TheFilmOfTheBook of ''Literature/TheStand'':
** Nadine Cross and Rita Blakemoor were merged into a single character. In the book, Larry meets Rita in New York, but she kills herself a few days after they leave the city. He then meets Nadine in Maine. But in the movie, he meets Nadine in New York. And although she has Joe/Leo with her in the book, it's Lucy who has Joe in the movie.
** Also, Dr. Dietz in the Atlanta CDC facility and Elder in the Vermont CDC facility were combined into Dr. Dietz in the series who appears in the Vermont facility. Basically, Dietz in the novel was a kind, honest, hardworking doctor who was making a sincere but doomed effort to stave off Captain Trips, before succumbing to it himself; after the Atlanta facility was compromised, Stu Redman was moved to Vermont, and when Elder caught Captain Trips he tried to kill Stu because he didn't want Stu to live while he died. These two characters were combined in the TV Series. Also, Dietz's bedside interaction with Stu was markedly different in the novel from how it was in the TV series; in the TV series, Dietz was nasty and arrogant to Stu while in the novel he was friendly. This difference is exemplified most in how in both adaptations Dietz told Stu "you son of a bitch," but in a different tone in each adaptation; in the TV series, Dietz said it in a very nasty, defensive tone, while in the novel he said it "with a sense of wonder," implying a non-insulting tone.
* In ''Film/{{Starkweather}}'', the character of Sheriff Merle Karnopp is an amalgam of various law enforcement official involved in the Starkweather case: in particular, the real Sherriff Merle C. Karnopp of Lancaster County who investigated the first four murders and instigated the manhunt for Starkweather and Fugate, and Sheriff Earl Heflin of Converse County who arrested Starkweather.
* ''Film/StreetFighter'' combined Blanka (the green man-beast from Brazil) and Charlie (Guile's combat buddy who was killed by Bison) into one character named Carlos "Charlie" Blanka, a combat buddy of Guile who gets captured by Bison and turned into a green man-beast. Even though Blanka's actual origin story in the games made it impossible for him and Charlie to be the same character (for one thing, Blanka's real name is Jimmy, not Carlos), it didn't stop fans from speculating otherwise until Charlie debuted as a player character in the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' {{prequel}} series.
* ''Film/TheStuntMan.'' Director Eli Cross is a combination of Gottschalk the director and Bruno de Fe the cinematographer from the original novel.
* In ''Film/SwampThing'':
** Alice Cable is an amalgam of Abby Arcane and Matt Cable, being a government agent with the surname Cable, and Swamp Thing's love interest with a first name starting with "A".
** Anton Arcane takes the role of the gangsters who destroyed Alec's lab.
* In the original ''Comicbook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Mirage}}'' comic, Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Nagi fought over the love of a woman. Yoshi killed Nagi and the couple fled to New York. Years later Nagi's brother Saki avenged his brother's death by killing them and stayed in New York while calling himself The Shredder. The first [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 movie]] [[AdaptationDistillation simplified]] this by combining the two brothers: Saki is Yoshi's rival; Yoshi flees the country as a way to avoid having to fight him, but Saki follows them, and from there the story follows the comic.
* Eric Sacks from ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', [[spoiler:is [[RedHerring actually not the Shredder]], instead effectively a stand-in for long-time Turtle foe Baxter Stockman, [[CompositeCharacter mixed with]] Oroku Saki's philanthropist/businessman persona from the 2003 series.]]
* The T-1000 in ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' is a CompositeCharacter of the first cop Kyle Resee ran into in ''Film/TheTerminator'' and the T-1000 from ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', which resulted in a dual RaceLift as the disguise's now Asian instead of either being a white guy like Creator/RobertPatrick as the original T-1000 or a black guy like the original cop.
* R.J. [=MacReady=] in ''Film/TheThing1982'' is based on [[Literature/WhoGoesThere the original story's]] [=McReady=] (TheHero, second-in-command of the base) and Van Wall (chief pilot).
* In the film adaptation of ''Film/ToKillAMockingbird'', the characters of Miss Rachel (Dill's alcoholic aunt) and Miss Stephanie (the town gossip) were merged so that Stephanie became Dill's aunt. Nathan Radley Sr. and Jr. were also combined, though given how minor both are this doesn't affect the plot in any meaningful way.
* ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'' has Davie Mitchell's embarrassing incident in the novel given to Spud, along with Second Prize's AlcoholInducedIdiocy. Matty's death in the book happens to Tommy in the film. Many other characters are left out of the film, due to the book having LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.
* Occurs in the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' series. A few examples:
** Sam is based mostly on Spike from the Generation One cartoon. However, his absorbing of the [[MacGuffin Allspark's]] energy and having visions due to it a taken from Buster of the Marvel comics.
** Bumblebee combines elements of his [[KidAppealCharacter G1 counterpart]] (the former TropeNamer), while his design takes cues from Autobots such as Prowl and Bluestreak. Possibly his own upgraded form Goldbug as well. He does not adapt their primary personality traits, however (namely, G1 Bluestreak being a MotorMouth, and Prowl being a bit of a {{Jerkass}} in the comics).
** Megatron takes elements of his ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' descendant and original 1984 character.
** Sentinel Prime is a combination of G1 Sentinel (former Autobot leader before Optimus), Alpha Trion (Optimus's mentor, as well as a scientific genius), and [[spoiler: G1 Nova Prime (Becomes evil, and boasts about the superiority of Cybertronians over all life).]]
** Jetfire is a combination of G1 Jetfire (originally being a Decepticon) and Kup (an old timer who tells stories of old times).
** Brains was based somewhat on Blaster when he took on the form of a laptop, and Rewind, one of Blaster's Mini-cassettes, in that he spouts useless info.
** Optimus Prime is more or less based on his G1 namesake, even having the same voice actor but in Revenge of the Fallen, being repaired with Jetfire's parts is a homage to Jet Convoy, the combination of Convoy and Jetfire from Micron Legend.
** Sideswipe is slightly like himself combined with Hot Rod (rumored name) and Drift (wielding two sword).
* A minor example in ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'', where the bandit Gold Hat makes a second appearance, replacing a totally different bandit in the book.
* Instead of a literal "Hollywood Ten", ''Film/{{Trumbo}}'' rolls several of them into the character of Arlen Hird (Creator/LouisCK).
* In the ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' films, the characters of Jessica Stanley and Lauren Mallory were merged into one character named Jessica.
** Plus Eric Yorkie is himself plus Ben
* In ''Film/VelvetGoldmine'', Curt Wild is mainly supposed to be an {{expy}} of Iggy Pop. A lot of the incidents involving him are based on other real-life figures, such as Mick Ronson, Lou Reed, and [[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]].
** Also, central character Brian Slade, while most ostensibly based on Bowie, is also a composite character and bears definite traces of Brian Eno, Marc Bolan, and Jobriath.
* ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}'': Carlton Drake is the host of the Riot symbiote rather than Trevor Cole, the man who bonded with Riot in the comics.
* Any war movie ever made does this -- both ones based on actual wars/conflicts and ones based on novels.
** Averted in ''Film/ABridgeTooFar'' where there are named historical characters who don't even have speaking roles. In fact, the majority of the characters are based on real people (yes, even the [[CloudCuckooLander guy with an umbrella]]).
* Gul'dan of ''Film/WarCraft2016'' is mostly based on the original game's version of him in terms of plot importance and actions, but shares a few elements with alternate timeline Gul'dan from ''[=WoW=]: Warlords of Draenor'', most notably his appearance and more direct control over the Horde.
* In 2005's ''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' starring Creator/TomCruise, Ogilvy, the man who is trapped in a basement with Cruise's character and his daughter, is a composite of the astronomer of the same name, the artilleryman, and the curate from the original novel.
* In ''Film/WaterForElephants'', the roles of Uncle Al (evil ringmaster) and August (evil animal trainer and Marlena's husband), were merged together to create the film's version of August.
* In ''{{Film/Waxworks}}'', the historical UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper is conflated with the folkloric SpringHeeledJack.
* ''Film/WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt'': Tina Turner's friend Jackie, former back-up singer for The Ike and Tina Revue, isn't based on a real person but is a combination of various real-life backup singers and the actual friend who introduced Tina to Buddhism.
* This induces FridgeLogic in ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''. At the beginning of [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz the book]] by Creator/LFrankBaum Dorothy meets the Good Witch of the North, who tells her to "Follow the Yellow Brick Road." At the end, she meets Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, who tells her that the slippers her sister the North Witch saw her put on are the keys to get her home. In the movie, the characters are merged into Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, which leads you into wondering why she didn't mention the key in the first place. {{Handwave}}d in the film this by insinuating that the shoes, wouldn't work until Dorothy learned for herself that "there's no place like home." Glinda is even asked why she didn't tell Dorothy the shoes' magic power in the beginning and she laughs "she wouldn't have believed me. She had to learn it for herself."
** Webcomic ''Webcomic/CheshireCrossing'' has Dorothy venting [[http://www.cheshirecrossing.net/page.php?issue=2&pagenum=1 her feelings about this]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18881_5-reasons-greatest-movie-villain-ever-good-witch.html This Cracked.com article]] says that Glinda was a villain in the movie (albeit unintentionally).
** Glinda's a CompositeCharacter in ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'' too, though it's with a different character. In [[Literature/TheMarvelousLandofOz the second book]] in [[Literature/LandOfOz the series]] King Pastoria's daughter was a baby girl named Ozma who the Wizard kidnapped and handed over to a witch named Mombi so that Ozma couldn't interfere with the Wizard's takeover of Oz. ''Oz: The Great and Powerful'' [[AdaptedOut removed Ozma]] and made Glinda the heir of the previous King instead. Presumably this was done both to simplify the plot and to avoid the MoralDissonance of her disposal by the Wizard. (The later books also {{Retcon}}ed away this by [[CanonDiscontinuity pretending it has never happened]].)
* In ''Film/TheWolfman2010'', [[spoiler: Sir John Talbot]] replaces the Gypsy's son, Bela, [[spoiler:as the werewolf who gives Lawrence his curse.]] Ben Talbot replaces Frank Andrews as Gwen's fiancé.
* ''Film/YamatoTakeru'' makes the [[{{Orochi}} Yamata no Orochi]] a ScaledUp form of the ([[AdaptationalVillainy adaptationally villainous]]) Shinto moon god Tsukuyomi.
* Iggy Thistlewhite's father and the mayor of Southtown are merged into one character in the LiveActionAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheYearWithoutASantaClaus''.
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** King Kong has the bipedal stance and shape of the [[Film/KingKong1976 1976 version]], scars akin to the [[Film/KingKong2005 2005 version]], the coloring of [[Film/KingKong1933 the original Kong]], and the size of the Toho Kong.

*** As revealed in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', Batman takes on the role of Adeline Kane in causing Deathstroke's [[EyeScream missing eye]]. While Batman is sometimes a hero who goes up against Deathstroke, him being the one Deathstroke seeks revenge on is specifically taken from [[ComicBook/Nightwing Dick Grayson]], who Zack Snyder has confirmed died as [[ComicBook/{{Robin}}]] in this continuity.

** King Ghidorah's roar mixed the roars of his Showa, Heisei, and ''Final Wars'' versions; he has the sadism and alien origin of the Showa Ghidorah; the three personalities homage [[Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah the Dorats]]; he has the lightning wing powers of [[Film/RebirthOfMothra3 Grand King Ghidorah]]; was found in ice and can hold his wings when not in use like ''GMK'' Ghidorah; has [[Film/RebirthOfMothra Desghidorah]]'s energy absorption and [[Film/GodzillaFinalWars Keiser Ghidorah]]'s LifeDrain abilities; and can summon storms and direct lightning like [[Anime/GodzillaThePlanetEater Anime Ghidorah]]. [[spoiler:And much like the Heisei Ghidorah, he becomes a cyborg in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' -- which adds more of this trope to him as said cyborg is Mechagodzilla, combining the Heisei Ghidorah's Mecha-King Ghidorah form form with [[Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla Kir]][[Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS yu]].]]

*** In the movie, Hermione asks Professor [=McGonagall=] about the Chamber of Secrets rather than minor character Professor Binns.

** King Ghidorah's roar mixed the roars of his Showa, Heisei, and ''Final Wars'' versions; he has the sadism and alien origin of the Showa Ghidorah; the three personalities homage [[Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah the Dorats]]; he has the lightning wing powers of [[Film/RebirthOfMothra3 Grand King Ghidorah]]; was found in ice and can hold his wings when not in use like ''GMK'' Ghidorah; has [[Film/RebirthOfMothra Desghidorah]]'s energy absorption and [[Film/GodzillaFinalWars Keiser Ghidorah]]'s LifeDrain abilities; and can summon storms and direct lightning like [[Anime/GodzillaThePlanetEater Anime Ghidorah]].

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie'' borrows plots from various different books in the ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' series, but most especially the first (The Adventures of Captain Underpants) and the fourth (Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants), with an ending hinting at the second (Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets), and the main hero getting actual superpowers like the third (Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds). A few characters take their personalities from later books in the series, like Professor Poopypants, going from a sympathetic villain pushed too far and wanting everyone to change their names, to an outright villain from the beginning who wants to get rid of laughter, Melvin Sneedley, just being mostly a background character in the early books, to being a teacher's pet and helping Poopypants in the movie, and Principal Krupp, who was given a sympathetic backstory in the movie.

** Shikishima replaces Levi (TheAce), Reiner Braun (true form of the Armored Titan) and Annie Leonhart (inherits her Titan form's fighting style, including consciously protecting their nape).