History DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation / FanWorks

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14223068/1/A-Savage-Nature A Savage Nature]]'':

** Anubarak and Ner'zul are given their final deaths during the events of ''The Frozen Throne'' and are killed by Tyrande rather than surviving for several more years.

--> ''Don't take it personally, but I need them alive.''

** Garlic Jr.'s [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Spice Boys]] die with their master when [[AdaptationalAbomination Mr. Popo]] [[TheAssimilator assimilates them]], which voids the subsequent Garlic Jr saga where they are vaporized by Gohan. [[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedK3 Dragon Fool Z Kai]] [[TruerToTheText sticks to the Garlic Jr saga a lot closer]], though Spice (Gashew) is instead punched into some spiky architecture. Vinegar, meanwhile, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere hightails it out of there right afterwards]].

* ''Recap/DiaryOfAnAnalog'': In the original ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', upon being cut to pieces by [=WarGreymon=], Machinedramon's remains disintegrate after beginning to fall apart. In ''Diary of an Analog'', his remains don't disintegrate but nothing changes about what happens until three years later, which reveal that while still heavily in disrepair, that Machinedramon's systems are otherwise fully functional, and only a few more repairs are needed until he's properly BackFromTheDead. Judging by the look of horror from Devimon who, alongside Ken, discovered his remains in the first place? It doesn't appear like it'll be that long til Machinedramon decides to rise and shine. Do note, that he still died when he was cut to pieces, as his section of Spiral Mountain still crumbled, but his current state appears to be implied by someone having moved him to Mt. Infinity's Core, as noted by the password that Ken needs to input to access the interior to find him in the first place.

** In canon, Dr. Gero's son was killed in battle by enemy gunfire. Here, he was one of the many casualties of Goku's one man raid on the Red Ribbon Army's headquarters, [[YouKilledMyFather with his death serving as the primary reason Gero wants Goku dead]].

* ''WebVideo/XInXMinutes'': Dio is finally killed in ''Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (Part 2) in 9 Minutes'', not by Jotaro shattering him and The World with a single punch, but by ''[[TeamPet Iggy]]'' farting in his face[[note]]Iggy [[SparedByTheAdaptation avoided his fated death]] by Vanilla Ice [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere by leaving the group beforehand]]. [[/note]].

* ''WebVideo/XInXMinutes'': Dio is finally killed in ''Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (Part 2) in 9 Minutes'', not by Jotaro shattering him and The World with a single punch, but by ''[[TeamPet Iggy]]'' [[note]]Having [[SparedByTheAdaptation avoided his fated death]] by Vanilla Ice [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere by leaving the group beforehand]]. [[/note]]farting in his face.

* ''WebVideo/XInXMinutes'': Dio is finally killed in ''Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (Part 2) in 9 Minutes'', not by Jotaro shattering him and The World with a single punch, but by ''[[TeamPet Iggy]]'' farting in his face.

** With the rest of the fight deviating from how it normally plays out [[ForWantOfANail thanks to Hitomi saving Avdol]], Vanilla Ice is finished off differently than in canon as Avdol ensnares him with Red Bind, followed by Polnareff causing his body to explode from an assault with Silver Chariot's rapier imbued with Magician's Red's flames. The sunlight still plays a role in destroying his remains to make sure he's dead.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14213158/1/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-SEED-Paradox Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Paradox]]'': In the finale of the canon series, Kira Yamato defeats [[BigBad Rau Le Creuset]] by impaling his Providence with the Freedom's beam saber before it gets obliterated by the [[KillSat GENESIS]]. In ''Gundam SEED Paradox'', the Paradox interrupts their fight, allowing Kira to safely rescue Flay, [[ForWantOfANail consequently undoing her death]]. Akiza uses her TimeMaster powers and SEED mode to [[TimeStandsStill stop time]] while in space, rendering the Providence's [[AttackDrone DRAGOONs]] obsolete before impaling the Providence in the same way the Freedom did in the source material. Chapter 6 reveals that Akiza had to [[MercyKill kill Le Creuset out of mercy]], after she [[{{Telepathy}} looked into his memories]] and tried to pity him, [[DontYouDarePityMe keyword "tried"]].

** Also [[FemmeFatale Melisandre]]/Amora the Enchantress. In ''Series/GameOfThrones'' canon, Melisandre dies of old age after the war with the White Walkers is already won.]] Here, since she's the unambiguously evil Amora,]] she's given a much harsher death. Instead, she has her eye put out by a brand thrown by Shireen Baratheon, whom she tried to have sacrificed, and then Ser Davos Seaworth/Loki reveals his true identity, and he cuts off one of her hands, pours venom from one of Skadi's snakes into her face, destroying it, and finishes her off with a spear through her stomach. And Loki adds that since Asgardians arrive in the afterlife with the same appearance they had when they died, Amora will be spending hers deprived forever of her beautiful face- and since she's a VainSorceress, that will be a FateWorseThanDeath for her.

* In canon, if Ajay decides to kill [[DirtyCommies Amita]], either when [[ReligiousBruiser Sabal]] orders him to, or when she takes over Kyrat and [[MeetTheNewBoss becomes no better than Pagan Min]],]] he has to shoot her. In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13492643/3/Kyrat-Zindabad ''Kyrat Zindabad'']], when Ajay realizes Amita has had a FaceHeelTurn, he stabs her through the flank with his [[KukrisAreKool kukri]] and while she's bleeding out, he shoves her into a river to be [[FiendishFish eaten by the demon fish]], so that no-one finds Amita's body.

* In ''Fanfic/AManOfIron'', (a crossover between ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' and the Franchise/MarvelUniverse) [[TheBrute Gregor Clegane]] dies from having a sunstone lodged in his chest and blown up, instead of a slow death by poisonous spear as per the books [[spoiler:or being tackled into a fire from a great height by his brother Sandor as per the TV show.]]

* "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9280076/1/Like-Broken-Glass Like Broken Glass]]" opens with a different death for Lieutenant Barry Frost of ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles''; rather than dying in a car accident (as necessitated by [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim his actor’s suicide]]), here Frost is killed while conducting a personal investigation into [[spoiler:a planned terrorist attack in New York]] while on holiday, leading to JurisdictionFriction as Jane and Maura come to New York to find Frost’s killers and have to work with [[Series/Castle2009 the NYPD]] and [[Series/NCISNewOrleans two branches]] of Series/{{NCIS}} to solve the case.

* In canon, if Ajay decides to kill [[spoiler:[[DirtyCommies Amita]],]] either when [[ReligiousBruiser Sabal]] orders him to, or [[spoiler:when she takes over Kyrat and [[MeetTheNewBoss becomes no better than Pagan Min]],]] he has to shoot [[spoiler:her]]. In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13492643/3/Kyrat-Zindabad ''Kyrat Zindabad'']], when Ajay realizes [[spoiler:Amita has had a FaceHeelTurn]], he stabs [[spoiler:her]] through the flank with his [[KukrisAreKool kukri]] and while [[spoiler:she's]] bleeding out, he shoves [[spoiler:her]] into a river to be [[FiendishFish eaten by the demon fish]], so that no-one finds [[spoiler:Amita's]] body.

** At the end of Harry's second year, the Weasley twins dig up an obscure and Dark ritual to gather information about how the Diary works and what, exactly, it is. One of the requirements of the ritual is the sacrifice of [[spoiler:a longtime family pet]], and for that, the twins use [[spoiler:Scabbers]], unknowingly killing [[spoiler:Peter Pettigrew]] in the process roughly five years earlier than canon. In their defense, they had no idea [[spoiler:Scabbers was anything other than an oddly long-lived rat]], and this predictably causes a few issues once [[spoiler:Sirius breaks out of prison]].
** [[spoiler:Barty Crouch Jr.]] dies when George desperately casts a (perhaps overpowered) household cooking spell at him and pulverizes him into a fine red paste, instead of [[spoiler:getting Dementor-Kissed]] maybe a year or so later.
** [[spoiler:Voldemort]] himself dies for good on the wrong end of Tom's muggle rifle, loaded with bullets engraved with runes that allow them to pierce most shield spells, [[spoiler:in the graveyard maybe two hours after he was resurrected with Barty Crouch Jr. as his only ally]] instead of three years later [[spoiler:at the end of a highly destructive war, brief coup, and a FinalBattle with thousands of Death Eaters at Hogwarts]].

* ''Fanfic/BegrudgingAssistanceRequests'': Right Hand Man dies in [[spoiler: Toppat Civil Warfare via being crushed by an escape pod]], but in this fic, he dies [[spoiler:when the airship crashes after being blown up by Ellie]].

** [[spoiler:Squalo]] has a slightly different death here. [[spoiler:First, he's seemingly killed by Mista shooting him, but then it turns out he survived the attack and goes after the heroes on more time on a boat. While the location is different, Narancia does get to finish him off the same way he did originally]].

** [[spoiler: Utah commits suicide with his Stand]] rather than being killed in a fight with the protagonists in the original version of the story that adapted ''[[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureThe7thStandUser JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The 7th Stand User]]''.
** This happens to [[spoiler:Avdol twice over in the ''7th Stand User'' version. First, he gets actually killed by Hol Horse during the Emperor and Hanged Man arc. Then, he gets brought back with the memories of an Avdol from another timeline. The "new" Avdol survives the events in Cairo, but then goes missing several years later]].
*** [[spoiler:The rewrite on the other hand, zig-zags this. First it averts the first example by summarizing that Avdol's encounter with Hol Horse played out the same as it did in canon]]. Later on, his [[spoiler:presence in a flashback in ''Unbreakable Diamond, Protean Rain'' and how Kakyoin is explained to have died also retains his survival and ultimate fate from the original story]].
** A zig-zagged example, but [[spoiler:Pet Shop seemingly does this at first, but then pulls a VictoryFakeout by beginning to freeze Hitomi about a minute later so he can finish her off. This prompts Iggy to do the same move he did to kill Pet Shop in canon, just with the location being different]].
** [[spoiler:With the rest of the fight deviating from how it normally plays out [[ForWantOfANail thanks to Hitomi saving Avdol]], Vanilla Ice]] is finished off differently than in canon as [[spoiler:Avdol ensnares him with Red Bind, followed by Polnareff causing his body to explode from an assault with Silver Chariot's rapier imbued with Magician's Red's flames. The sunlight still plays a role in destroying his remains to make sure he's dead]].
** [[spoiler: Avdol, Kakyoin, and Iggy all survive the events in Cairo]], but still die later.
* ''Fanfic/TheTwilightMan'': Rather than dying in a duel against Joseph in ''Manga/BattleTendency'', Wamuu dies 50 years earlier in ''Blood Obligation'' [[spoiler:holding off Santana while allowing Jonathan, Erina, and Speedwagon to get away from the Pillar Man]].

** From a technical standpoint, [[spoiler:the one whose death starts the search for Yoshikage Kira. While a different character dies instead of [[SparedByTheAdaptation Shigechi]] in this story, the victim is killed in the same spot of the confrontation, rather than seemingly escaping and being killed by grabbing a door Killer Queen already touched]].

* ''Fanfic/KingdomHeartsTheAntipode'': [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Megara]] is killed by [[spoiler:[[BigBad Xemnas]] in order to foil Hades's plan for godhood and ensure the heroes' survival]].
--> [[spoiler:''Don't take it personally, but I need them alive.'']]

* Retroactive example in the Continuation Fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2407117 The Manifest Completion Project]]''. In chapter 11 of season 5, [[spoiler:Zeke is killed in a car accident when Michaela [[FreakyFridayFlip briefly switches bodies with Angelina]] and causes her car to crash into his]]. Months later when season 4 came out on Netflix, [[spoiler:Zeke dies by performing a HeroicSacrifice to take Cal's returning cancer into himself]].

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14213158/1/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-SEED-Paradox Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Paradox]]'': In the finale of the canon series, Kira Yamato defeats [[BigBad Rau Le Creuset]] by impaling his Providence with the Freedom's beam saber [[spoiler:before it gets obliterated by the [[KillSat GENESIS]]]]. In ''Gundam SEED Paradox'', the Paradox interrupts their fight, allowing Kira to safely rescue Flay, [[spoiler:[[ForWantOfANail consequently undoing her death]]]]. Akiza uses her TimeMaster powers and SEED mode to [[TimeStandsStill stop time]] while in space, rendering the Providence's [[AttackDrone DRAGOONs]] obsolete before impaling the Providence in the same way the Freedom did in the source material. [[spoiler:Chapter 6 reveals that Akiza had to [[MercyKill kill Le Creuset out of mercy]], after she [[{{Telepathy}} looked into his memories]] and tried to pity him, [[DontYouDarePityMe keyword "tried"]].]]

** It's unknown how Applejack's parents died in canon, but here, she confesses that [[spoiler:they entered the Everfree Forest to retrieve one of their pigs that had gotten loose and were fatally injured by ''something'', making it back to Ponyville before dying]].
** Also used in the sequel ''Diplomat at Large''. [[spoiler:In the 2017 film, the Storm King was petrified when the magic of his own Obsidian Orb was intercepted by Tempest Shadow, who then tackled him and thus spread its effects to him; his stone form then fell to the ground and shattered. In this version, he's knocked out a window, hits the ground and is promptly stabbed through the chest by one of Equestria's soldiers, who didn't even know it was him and was acting on instinct.]]

** [[spoiler:Zabuza dies fighting the out-of-control Gaara when he is buried under the wreckage of The Great Channel Bridge]].
** [[spoiler:Instead of dying [[TakingTheBullet taking Kakashi's attack to protect Zabuza]], Haku is killed by Tenten during Rain's invasion of Konoha]].

** In canon, Inoichi Yamanaka is one of the many casualties during the Fourth Shinobi World War. Here he dies during the [[spoiler: Uchiha Coup]].
** [[spoiler:Mikoto Uchiha doesn't die at Itachi's hands. She ends up choked to death by Shikaku Nara in revenge for Inoichi's death. Fugaku on the other hand is still killed by Itachi, but here it's in battle instead of peacefully allowing his son to kill him.]]

** Fuu Yamanaka and Torune were both killed by Kabuto to demonstrate the power of Edo Tensei. Here they both die in battle against [[spoiler:Shizune and Shisui.]]

** Shikaku Nara dies impaled in the back by [[spoiler:Edo Tensei!Fugaku Uchiha]], rather than being among the victims of the Shinobi Alliance who are killed when the headquarters is blown up by the Tailed Beast Ball.
** While Deidara still dies in a explosion, here he's killed in battle by [[spoiler:Konan]] instead of blowing himself up in an attempt to take out Sasuke.

** Despite having a near-death experience during [[spoiler:the Uchiha Insurrection]], the Third Hokage manages to pull through and continues to play a supporting role well into the Fourth Ninja War, until he's killed off by [[spoiler:Edo Tensei!Mito Uzumaki]].

* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfRemnant'': In canon, [[spoiler:Marcus dies before the story begins in a fight to the death with his son]]. Here, [[spoiler:he's hired to assassinate Jaune and is killed by Blake during the attempt]].
* ''Fanfic/ReBoundRWBY'': Roman is killed during his fight with Ruby in episode 1 when Ruby {{accidental|Murder}}ly uses the wrong side of her weapon on him. In canon, he dies [[spoiler:by being eaten by a Grimm at the end of volume 3]].

** First of all, [[DirtyCoward Angelo Lopez]], who canonically dies when the PlayerCharacter blows up the plane that he's trying to escape Stilwater in, here survives the plane exploding, but after he emerges from the wreckage, he's attacked and beaten up by his former girlfriend Luz, who's [[TookALevelInBadass grown more assertive]] with the self-insert's help and [[WomanScorned is feeling vengeful towards him for being an abusive jerk]], and then [[spoiler:his brother Hector, who faked his death in order to go undercover]], shoots him in the head, [[spoiler:because he disapproves of the direction Angelo's taking the Carnales in, and wants [[OnlyICanKillHim to be the one to kill Angelo himself]], because they're still family.]]
** Second, [[TheStarscream Warren Williams]]. Instead of being shot by Tanya Winters as soon as she decides YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness, here, after his failure to kill Benjamin King, the self-insert captures him alive and brings him back to the Saints' hideout before Tanya finds him, so that he can tell [[ScaryBlackMan King]], [[BloodKnight Johnny Gat]], and [[spoiler:a still-living Tony Green]], about how, when he was pretending to be Tanya's chauffeur, he heard her insulting King, Warren, ''and'' [[spoiler:Tony]], and he found her giving Warren a blowjob despite being with [[spoiler:Tony]], and ''then'', Warren called Tanya "Aisha" when he was having sex with her (Johnny Gat is Aisha's on-and-off boyfriend). After that, he leaves all [[spoiler:three]] men to DoWithHimAsYouWill; the next morning, he finds that King, Johnny, and [[spoiler:Tony]] gave Warren a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown until they got bored and then gave him a SlashedThroat, and threw his body into the harbour to be eaten by the fish. [[AssholeVictim Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy]].
** Downplayed with Tanya Winters. She dies pretty much the same as in canon, except the self-insert convinces King to make her death more painful by using a Molotov cocktail on her before dropping her out of a window onto the hood of his car. Also, one of the men who shoots her out of that window is [[spoiler:a vengeful Tony Green]]. Serves you right for [[spoiler:cheating on him and betraying his boss]], Tanya.

** Jon Arryn still dies from poisoning, but this time it's due to the machinations of [[spoiler: Jon Connington and Pycelle]].

** Pycelle is executed for consenting to poisoning [[spoiler: Jon Arryn]].
** Renly Baratheon is executed [[spoiler: for attacking Sunspear]].
** Catelyn Stark [[spoiler: dies after childbirth due to a Lannister assassin causing her to go into labor by pushing her down a flight of stairs]].
** Lewyn Martell dies defending the Targaeryn children during [[spoiler: Euron's raid of the Red Keep]].
** Rodrik Greyjoy is again killed in battle, but instead of Seaguard, it's [[spoiler: in combat with Benjen Stark at Lannisport]].
** Likewise, Maron Greyjoy again dies from Pyke's tower collapsing, but this time it's due to [[spoiler: dragonfire]].

** [[spoiler:Gregor Clegane]] is the one to get his eyes popped out and brain crushed.
** [[spoiler:Ramsay Bolton]] is flayed alive with a dull knife, his genitals hacked off and shoved in his mouth.
** [[spoiler:Petyr Baelish]] is told he'll be let go if nine swords thrown while blindfolded miss him. The Wolf doesn't bother with the ninth, stabbing him in the back.
** [[spoiler:The Night King is still shattered by Arya]], but was distracted due to being in a duel with the Wolf.
** [[spoiler:Euron Greyjoy]] is held underwater, pulled up, emasculated, then drowned for good.
** [[spoiler:Gregor Clegane]] (yes, him again) is beaten in a duel by the Wolf, who tags in after [[spoiler:Sandor is beaten.]]
** [[spoiler:Daenerys tries to stand between the Wolf and Drogon]] and takes a hit meant for him.

* In canon, Super-Shredder was decapitated by Leo. In ''Fanfic/TurtleKittens'', [[spoiler:Master Aspen killed him with a kunai to the heart while he's still a regular human]].

** In the series (and real life) Jane Seymour dies [[DeathByChildbirth as a result of giving birth to Prince Edward]]. In the fanfic she's executed for treason [[spoiler:for knowing that her brother Thomas attempted to murder Anne Boleyn by pushing her down the stairs (and caused her to miscarry the son Henry and England hoped for) to make Jane the next handmaid and saying nothing because she believed he did the right thing.]] She's executed after Edward, in this timeline merely a bastard, is born.
** Conversely, in the series and real life Anne Boleyn is executed for adultery, but in the fanfic she dies about a year after Henry and Katherine did from what [[spoiler:her oldest daughter]] Cecily suspects is a broken heart after losing the two people she cared for the most.

* ''Fanfic/YoureAboutSevenYearsTooEarly'': [[spoiler:In this story, the Core is destroyed when Marcy uses her Calamity powers to supercharge the {{EMP}} she and Andrias had made, causing all electronics in the Newtopia Castle to break down and explode.]]

* In ''Fanfic/DidIMakeTheMostOfLovingYou'', [[spoiler:Tom Zarek is killed on Kobol after he attempts to stage a coup by having ''Galactica'' sabotaged, three years before he was executed in the show]].

** [[spoiler: In canon, Erwin, Marlowe and Moblit die during the Battle of Shiganshina. In this fic they die when Rod's forces ambushes the American base in Hill Zero One and convoy carrying the 104th cadets]]
** [[spoiler: Likewise, Pyxis and Nile both die during Rod's ambush on Hill Zero One instead of being turned into mindless titans during the Marley attack on Shiganshina. Zackly also perishes in the same ambush instead of killed by Yeagerists' bomb.]]
** [[spoiler: The fates of Levi's squad members are also different in this fic. Instead of the entire squad barring Levi himself being completely wiped out by Annie, only Oluo and Gunther were killed by Rod's ambush while Petra and Eld managed to survive along with Levi.]]
** [[spoiler: Ymir also dies in a different way compared to canon. Instead of being consumed by Porco, she is instead consumed by Rod, who also ends up inheriting her Jaws Titan.]]

** Tuba died thanks to Simon electrocuting her hands -- while she was grabbing on a ledge -- and she fell into the train's wheels. Here, [[spoiler:Simon -- turned into the dragon called Destruction -- swoops her into the air and then lets her fall. However, she lives long enough to say her farewells to Hazel and tell Atticus to use his Pendant of Life on Chloe (who fell and died on impact).]]
** Simon died after a Ghom sucked away his life force in the show. [[spoiler:He dies, as Destruction, when the Phantom (the reincarnation of an Apex child that drowned) drags him into Toluca Lake and drowns him.]]

** Instead of being EatenAlive by a Griffon like in canon, Roman Torchwick dies when the airship he was imprisoned aboard is forced to crash into Beacon after being [[spoiler:telekinetically pulled down from the sky by Darth Nihilus]], resulting in a massive Dust explosion that obliterates everything onboard.
** In the show, Adam Taurus is killed by Blake and Yang near the end of Volume 6. [[spoiler:Here, he dies during the Fall of Beacon after Darth Nihilus defeats him in a duel and drains his life.]]
** Penny's death plays out a lot differently here than in canon. Rather than having Pyrrha accidentally rip Penny apart with her Semblance during the Vytal Tournament, [[spoiler:Penny is destroyed during the Battle of Beacon when Darth Nihilus uses his telekinesis to crush her body into a compressed ball of scrap.]]
** [[spoiler:Instead of being killed when Atlas crashes down on Mantle, General Ironwood dies from having his life drained by Darth Nihilus during the Battle of Beacon.]]
** [[spoiler:In canon, Pyrrha dies from being shot in the heart with one of Cinder's glass arrows and then having her body incinerated by Cinder's Maiden powers. Here, Nihilus kills her by stabbing her through the stomach with his sword.]]

** Also [[FemmeFatale Melisandre]]/[[spoiler:Amora the Enchantress.]] In ''Series/GameOfThrones'' canon, [[spoiler:Melisandre dies of old age after the war with the White Walkers is already won.]] Here, [[spoiler:since she's the unambiguously evil Amora,]] she's given a much harsher death. Instead, she has her eye put out by a brand thrown by Shireen Baratheon, whom she tried to have sacrificed, and then Ser Davos Seaworth/Loki reveals his true identity, and he cuts off one of her hands, pours venom from one of Skadi's snakes into her face, destroying it, and finishes her off with a spear through her stomach. [[spoiler: And Loki adds that since Asgardians arrive in the afterlife with the same appearance they had when they died, Amora will be spending hers deprived forever of her beautiful face- and since she's a VainSorceress, that will be a FateWorseThanDeath for her.]]
** Book 3 continues the changes as Joffrey isn't poisoned, but seemingly stabbed [[spoiler: by Littlefinger]].

** Robert Baratheon is poisoned [[spoiler:supplied by Littlefinger]].
** Ned is assassinated by a barbed arrow [[spoiler:courtesy of The Shadow, hired by Littlefinger]].
** Rodrik dies defending Catelyn [[spoiler: from the Crones]].

** Instead of being pushed off a bridge in a secret assassination, Balon Greyjoy [[spoiler: is drowned by Euron at the end of an honor ritual duel.]]
** Mace Tyrell gets [[spoiler: a cannonball to his chest]]. A vastly different death to the show.
** Instead of being killed by a Shadow Assassin conjured by Melisandre, Renly is killed by [[spoiler:Gregor Clegane while retreating from the Battle of Blackwater Plains.]]
** Gregor Clegane is decapitated by [[spoiler: Brienne]] while he's fatally poisoned by Oberyn Martell in the books. Might overlap with DeathByAdaptation since unlike in the books or the show, he doesn't have any easy way to come back this time.
** Loras Tyrell, instead of getting blown up like in the show, [[spoiler: dies in combat with Gregor and his men]].

** [[spoiler: Mahiru Koizumi was bludgeoned by Peko Pekoyama in canon, but instead gets strangled by Rantaro Amami.]]
** [[spoiler: Rantaro Amami was killed by a shot put to the head by Tsumugi Shirogane who framed Kaede Akamatsu for the crime, but here, he's executed as Mahiru's murderer, being forced to climb up a chilly mountain as Monokumas hack him with climbing picks, eventually causing him to die of bloodless and hypothermia.]]
** [[spoiler: Teruteru Hanamura was boiled alive in a volcano as execution for killing the Ultimate Imposter, but in the fanfic, he's ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice by Nekomaru Nidai after he kills Himiko Yumeno]].
** [[spoiler: After being rebuilt as a {{Cyborg}}, Nekomaru was shattered to pieces by Gundham Tanaka, but here, he was executed for Teruteru's murder by being subjected to massive applause, causing internal damage that makes him bleed out]].

* ''Recap/DiaryOfAnAnalog'': In the original ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', upon being cut to pieces by [=WarGreymon=], Machinedramon's remains disintegrate after beginning to fall apart. In ''Diary of an Analog'', his remains don't disintegrate but nothing changes about what happens until three years later, which reveal that while still heavily in disrepair, that Machinedramon's systems are otherwise fully functional, and only a few more repairs are needed until he's properly BackFromTheDead. Judging by the look of horror from [[spoiler:Devimon who, alongside Ken, discovered his remains in the first place? It doesn't appear like it'll be that long til Machinedramon decides to rise and shine. Do note, that he still died when he was cut to pieces, as his section of Spiral Mountain still crumbled, but his current state appears to be implied by someone having moved him to Mt. Infinity's Core, as noted by the password that Ken needs to input to access the interior to find him in the first place.]]

* ''Fanfic/TwelveMoonsAndAFortnight'' has [[spoiler: Wen Qing commit suicide to avoid becoming Jin Guangshan's SexSlave instead of being burned to death]].

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* In canon, Luz's dad Manny died of some undisclosed SoapOperaDisease. In ''Fanfic/TheAmazingSpiderLuzInAcrossTheOwlVerse'', he died in the car-crash that eventually led to Luz gaining her powers.

* "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9280076/1/Like-Broken-Glass Like Broken Glass]]" opens with a different death for Lieutenant Barry Frost of ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles''; rather than dying in a car accident (as necessitated by [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim his actor’s suicide]]), here Frost is killed while conducting a personal investigation into [[spoiler:a planned terrorist attack in New York]] while on holiday, leading to JurisdictionFriction as Jane and Maura come to New York to find Frost’s killers and have to work with [[Series/{{Castle}} the NYPD]] and [[Series/NCISNewOrleans two branches]] of Series/{{NCIS}} to solve the case.

* ''Fanfic BegrudgingAssistanceRequests'': Right Hand Man dies in [[spoiler: Toppat Civil Warfare via being crushed by an escape pod]], but in this fic, he dies [[spoiler:when the airship crashes after being blown up by Ellie]].

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* In ''Fanfic/TheWebOfTheSpiderMan'', Peter's parents were Oscorp scientists who were killed in a lab accident rather than government agents who died in a plane crash.

** Book 3 continues the changes as Joffery isn't poisoned, but seemingly stabbed [[spoiler: by Littlefinger]].