History CompositeCharacter / LiveActionFilms

* Two of the supporting female characters from ''Film/DadsArmy2016'' appear to based on ones from [[Series/DadsArmy the original series]]:
** Walker had a pretty blonde girlfriend called Shirley (Edith in some episodes but played by Creator/WendyRichard regardless of her name). Here, he has a pretty blonde girlfriend called Daphne.
** Pike was sometimes shown to have a somewhat shy girlfriend called Ivy, whereas here he has a somewhat shy girlfriend called Vera.

** 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, regeneration and AncientEvil nature 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'', the lithe body and red eyes of the Mechagodzilla from ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne'', and the combined role of three Mechagodzillas (Heisei, Kiryu, and anime) as an anti-kaiju weapon.]]

* ''CompositeCharacter/DCExtendedUniverse''
* ''CompositeCharacter/MarvelCinematicUniverse''
* ''CompositeCharacter/XMenFilmSeries''

* ''Film/Batman1989'':
** Vicki Vale 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. Silver was originally going to be the character's name but the producers thought the name was too silly for a mainstream movie.
** The film's version of the Joker is given [[YouKilledMyFather the defining role of Joe Chill]].[[note]][[DecompositeCharacter Chill is instead his partner during the deed]].[[/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 the ComicBook/PostCrisis 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). In ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', Dick inherits Jason's brash attitude and [[RecklessSidekick recklessness]].
** 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 his 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.

* 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.

* ''Film/Daredevil2003'':
** Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. the Kingpin, takes the place of Slade, [[spoiler:[[YouKilledMyFather the hired thug who beat Matt's father, Jack, to death]][[note]]Granted, the idea of Fisk playing a role in the death of Jack isn't unique to the film as ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' did it before and ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel did it since, but those combined Fisk with Slade's boss Roscoe "the Fixer" Sweeney as the one who ordered it, not the killer himself[[/note]]]].
** 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]].
** Related to the Kingpin undergoing this, Fallon, the crime boss from early in the film, combines the roles of Roscoe "the Fixer" Sweeney as the man who ordered the death of Jack Murdock and [[spoiler:Don Rigoletto as the former boss of the future Kingpin.]]

* 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.

* ''Film/GhostRider2007'':
** 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/{{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.

* The Cassandra Webb of ''Film/MadameWeb2024'' retains the name and some of the backstory of her comics counterpart. Her look, though, is based on the second Madame Web, Julia Carpenter.

* 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.

* ''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.
** 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 symbiote) 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.]]

* ''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.

* ''Film/HarryPotter''

** ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Chamber of Secrets]]''

** ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]''

** ''[[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]]''

** ''[[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.

* ''Film/TheDeep'': Cloche has a slightly expanded presence and his role envelops those of minor book villains like the man who tries to buy the first vial of morphine and [[spoiler:the diver who is killed by a moray eel.]]

* The PR guy (Ed Regis) and the lawyer (Donald Gennaro) from ''Literature/JurassicPark'' were merged for [[Film/JurassicPark1993 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.

* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'':

*** 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''.

*** 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.

* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022'':

** 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 symbiote) 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'')

* In ''{{Film/Waxworks}}'', the historical UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper is conflated with the folkloric SpringHeeledJack.

** The Hachi-Aug is based on two characters from [[Series/KamenRider the original series]]: a MonsterOfTheWeek known as Wasp Woman (or Bee Woman, depending on the translation) and [[spoiler:Hiromi, Ruriko's best friend]].

** The Hachi-Aug is based on two characters from [[Series/KamenRider the original series]]: a MonsterOfTheWeek known as Wasp Woman (or Bee Woman, depending on the translation), and [[spoiler:Hiromi, Ruriko's best friend]].

** The Hachi-Aug is based on two characters from [[Series/KamenRider the original series]]: a MonsterOfTheWeek known as Wasp Woman (or Bee Woman, depending on the translation]], and [[spoiler:Hiromi, Ruriko's best friend]].

** Megatron takes elements of his ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' descendant and original 1984 character.