History CompositeCharacter / LiveActionFilms

* 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/GhostRider'':

* ''Film/ColorOutOfSpace'':

** The six men who accompanied Pierce to the Gardner farm in the story are condensed into a single Sheriff, [[DecompositeCharacter strangely named Pierce]] (despite otherwise having little in common with the character in the source material).

* 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]].

* ''CompositeCharacter/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse''

* ''CompositeCharacter/TheDCU''

** 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.]]

** 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'', 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.]]

* In the 2006 remake of ''Film/SchoolForScoundrels'', Creator/BillyBobThornton's Dr P combines Creator/AlastairSim'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).

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*** 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]].

** Knuckles combines elements from multiple different incarnations of the character; he's a ProudWarriorRaceGuy like in the ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Adventure]]'' [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 games]] and ''Anime/SonicX'', a DumbMuscle like in ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'', and a BoisterousBruiser like in most other games in the series.

** 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.

* ''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.

* 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]].

* 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).

*** 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''.

* ''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.
** Inverted with the team of men who were tasked with figuring out how to use a square filter in an apparatus requiring a round one. In reality, the dilemma was solved by one engineer in his car on the way to work.

* 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.