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* ''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.
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* ''Film/AreYouBeingServed'': Much like how he had replaced him in [[Series/AreYouBeingServed the show]], Mr. Harman fills Mr. Mash's role from the play the film was based on.

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* ''Franchise/{{Dracula}}'':
** Most film adaptations 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 DamselInDistress, 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.

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* ''Franchise/{{Dracula}}'':
** Most film adaptations 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 DamselInDistress, and Jonathan stands in for all of her suitors.
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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 -->'''Van Helsing:''' It must be done by one who LOVED her in life!
--->'''Harker:''' -->'''Harker:''' I only LIKED her!
--->'''Van -->'''Van Helsing:''' Close enough, here! (hands him the stake and mallet.)
** Meanwhile, Harker's ordeal in Transylvania is given to Reinfield.
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* 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]]

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* Thanks to budgetary restrictions, ''Film/BirdsOfPrey'' ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'' 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]]
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* ''Film/{{House Of Wax 1953}}'' combined three characters from the original ''Film/MysteryOfTheWaxMuseum'' into two: The original film has the heroine, a victim she didn't know who becomes Joan of Arc, and her best friend who almost becomes Marie Antoinette. The remake has Sue (the heroine and the Marie Antoinette victim) and Cathy (the best friend and the Joan of Arc victim).
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* ''Film/TheHorseInTheGrayFlannelSuit'': Helen's riding instructor and Fred's girlfriend/Aspercel's second jockey Suzie are different characters in the book (where Suzie is Fred's secretary), but are combined in the film.
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* Alice in ''Film/ResidentEvil2002'' being a original character took various elements from both Jill Valentine and Claire Redfield the heroines of the actual games as well as a good dose of Ada Wong too (red dress, being the double agent spy lover of a Umbrella scientist). However since Jill, Claire and Ada appear in the sequels anyway it's a case of DecompositeCharacter now.
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** 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.]]

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** Related to the Kingpin undergoing this, Fallon, the crime boss from early in the film 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.]]

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** Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. the Kingpin, takes the place of Slade, [[spoiler:[[YouKilledMyFather the hired thug who beat Matt's father to death]]]].

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** Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. the Kingpin, takes the place of Slade, [[spoiler:[[YouKilledMyFather the hired thug who beat Matt's father father, Jack, to death]]]].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]]]].


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** 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.]]
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* Ben Willis in ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' melds together two characters from [[Literature/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer the original book]], David Gregg and Bud Wilson. In the novel, Julie and her friends accidentally run over David and are stalked by a vengeful Bud. In the film, Julie and her friends accidentally run over Ben, who survives to stalk the main characters.

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* Ben Willis in ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' melds together two characters from [[Literature/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer the original book]], David Gregg and Bud Wilson. In the novel, Julie and her friends accidentally run over David and are stalked by a vengeful Bud. In the film, Julie and her friends accidentally run over Ben, who survives to stalk the main characters.them.
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* ''Film/Tetris2023'': Valentin Trifonov, the corrupt head of the KGB is not a real person. Instead he is meant to represent all the corrupt officers that led to the USSR's downfall.
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* In ''Film/AStudyInScarlet'', AmoralAttorney Thaddeus Merrydew seems to be a combination of Professor Moriarty and Charles Augustus Milverton in the canon Literature/SherlockHolmes stories: being both the head of an elaborate criminal conspiracy and the 'blackmail king of London'.
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** 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.

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** 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. And finally, [[spoiler:her sociopathic traits are taken from [[DecompositeCharacter Light himself]]]].
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* ''Film/RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue'': Movie original character Miguel Ramos is a compilation of three characters from the book, two of which were AdaptedOut. He takes the role of Liam, Alex's old friend with whom he experimented sexually; Rafael Luna, a Hispanic politician who is a friend of Alex [[spoiler:and betrays him, albeit by being a ReverseMole that returns to his side]], and he also takes the role [[spoiler:Jeffrey Richards, as the one who leaked the protagonists' personal emails]].
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* 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.

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** Sideswipe is slightly like himself combined with Hot Rod (rumored name) and Drift (wielding two sword).

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** Sideswipe is slightly like himself combined with Hot Rod (rumored name) and Drift (wielding two sword).swords).
** Bonecrusher in the first movie is an amusing example. He transforms into a type of mine clearing vehicle called a Buffalo, hearkening back to the original version, who turned into a bulldozer and the ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' version, who turned into a bison.
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* 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.

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* Occurs in the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' series.''Film/TransformersFilmSeries''. A few examples:
** Sam is based mostly on Spike from [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers the Generation One cartoon. cartoon]]. However, his absorbing of the [[MacGuffin Allspark's]] energy and having visions due to it a taken from Buster of [[ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel the Marvel comics.comics]].
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* ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'': Igor's role in the story is primarily based off of Fritz from ''Film/Frankenstein1931'', but his name is based on Ygor from the sequel ''Film/SonOfFrankenstein'', as is the fact that his master is only a descendant of the ''original'' DrFrankenstein.
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* ''Film/ShortCuts'': This AdaptationAmalgamation of several Raymond Carver stories likewise amalgamates its characters:
** Betty, Al's wife in "Jerry and Molly and Sam", is mentioned as having a sister named Sandi who gave the family the dog Al abandons by the side of the road. Al and Betty's counterparts in the film are Gene and Sherri Shepard; Sherri's sister is Marian Wyman, one of the main characters of "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?".
** Bill Bush combines elements of Bill Miller from "Neighbors", who housesits for another couple in their apartment building and voyeuristically looks through their belongings, and Bill Jamison from "Tell the Women We're Going", who at the urging of his friend Jerry Roberts pursues two teenage girls (in the film, pursuing the girls is Bill's idea). Honey is likewise a combination of Arlene Miller from "Neighbors" and Linda Jamison from "Tell the Women We're Going".
** Jerry and Lois Kaiser are a combination of the unnamed narrator of "Vitamins" and his wife Patti, the former of whom is uncomfortable with the business the latter is running out of their home, and Jerry and Carol Roberts from "Tell the Women We're Going", the former of whom [[spoiler: suddenly kills one of the girls he and Bill pursue by hitting her with a rock]].
** Doreen Ober from ''They're Not Your Husband'' [[AdaptationNameChange becomes Doreen Piggot]], who takes the place of the unnamed driver who hits Scotty Weiss/Casey Finnigan from ''A Small, Little Thing.''
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* 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.

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* 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.[[note]]Sheryl had died in 1996 from an undiagnosed heart condition, which wasn't mentioned in the film's WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue.[[/note]]
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* The PR guy (Ed Regis) and the lawyer (Donald Gennaro) from ''Literature/JurassicPark'' were merged for [[Film/JurassicPark the movie]].

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* The PR guy (Ed Regis) and the lawyer (Donald Gennaro) from ''Literature/JurassicPark'' were merged for [[Film/JurassicPark [[Film/JurassicPark1993 the movie]].
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* The real Frank Abagnale Jr. wasn't chased by just one man - Carl Hanratty from ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan'' is an amalgam of several officers.

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* The real Frank Abagnale Jr. wasn't chased by just one man - Carl Hanratty from ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan'' is an amalgam of several officers.FBI agents from Frank Abagnale Jr.'s memoir.
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** Most film adaptations 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.

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** Most film adaptations 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, DamselInDistress, and Jonathan stands in for all of her suitors.
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* ''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.

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* ''Film/WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt'': ''Film/WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt1993'': 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.

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** The film 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''.

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** The film fused the two Piccolos (Daimaou and Ma Junior) into one. Although, technically, Ma Junior ''was'' Daimaou in the original, or at least his reincarnation. His role of revealing Goku’s non-human heritage is also similar to Raditz or Vegeta. 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''.''Anime/DragonBallZ'' where Gohan goes to HighSchool.
** Similarly Chi-Chi has her character fused with Videl (her daughter-in-law) being the martial arts loving high-school crush turned ActionGirlfriend of the hero. Rather than someone met during [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood]] while adventuring.
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** 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. He also incorporates the long nose truck mode of his ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' counterpart, and elements of G1 Hot Rod/ Rodimus Prime: the flaming paint job and, in ''/Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'', the six exhausting pipes (three on each side) on the truck mode.

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** 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. He also incorporates the long nose truck mode of his ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' counterpart, and elements of G1 Hot Rod/ Rodimus Prime: the flaming paint job and, in ''/Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'', ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'', the six exhausting pipes (three on each side) on the truck mode.
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** 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.

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** 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. He also incorporates the long nose truck mode of his ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' counterpart, and elements of G1 Hot Rod/ Rodimus Prime: the flaming paint job and, in ''/Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'', the six exhausting pipes (three on each side) on the truck mode.

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The Marius example was already listed above. No matter, I've combined the two examples into one.


* 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.



* ''Film/LesMiserables1935'' combines Marius with the leader of his revolutionary group Enjolras from the novel, making Marius the leader of some students protesting the poor treatment of galleys prisoners.

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* ''Film/LesMiserables1935'' combines Marius with the leader of his revolutionary group Enjolras from the novel, making Marius the leader of some students protesting the poor treatment of galleys prisoners. A few subsequent adaptations, including the 1952 and 1998 films, likewise diminish or remove Enjolras altogether, and make Marius the leader of the Friends of the ABC.

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