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* ''Film/BangkokDangerous'': The Thai original revolves around its protagonist, a deaf-mute assassin. In the remake starring Nicolas Cage, the protagonist isn't handicapped in any way at all.

* ''Recap/DiaryOfAnAnalog'': In canon ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', Gatomon loses her Holy Ring, reducing her to the power of a Rookie Level, and all of the other 1999 [=DigiDestined=] had lost the ability to go Ultimate or further by giving up the Crests in the year 2000 to free the Sovereigns. However, in this fic, as the crests are still acknowledged as having been destroyed in the final battle with Apocalymon, their powers internalized by the 1999 [=DigiDestined=], and the fact Gatomon's gloves containing [=SaberLeomon=] data being a plot point, this ultimately leads to none of the 8 [=DigiDestined=] of 1999 being {{Nerf}}ed like how they were in canon ''02''.

* ''VideoGame/Marauder'': In the novel, Akhmet [[spoiler:loses some fingers to an explosion]] which doesn't happen in the game.

* Downplayed in ''Film/{{Yakuza}}''; in the [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} original game series]], Goro Majima is missing his left eye, while in the film it's his right eye that is gone. [[RealLifeWritesThePlot This was because of his actor being left-eye dominant.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', [[spoiler:Undyne has both eyes]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'', Lion-O's father Claudus (seen once via TimeTravel and once as a ghost) was blind (he somehow lost his sight in the war with the mutants). He's not blind at all in the [[WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011 2011 reboot]].

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* ''AudioPlay/TheMorgueFiles'': Unlike his inspiration, Ticci Toby, there is no indication that Tobias Adams has Tourette's.
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* ''Fanfic/PeculiarParasiticPhenomenon'': {{Justified}} in case of [[spoiler:Johngalli A, because the story takes place twelve years before the events of [[JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]] and his vision didn't deteriorate to the point he's blind yet.]]

* In ''Literature/TheTaleOfDespereaux'', Miggery had gone partially deaf from all the times her abusive "uncle" slapped her on the ears. In [[WesternAnimation/TheTaleOfDespereaux the film adaptation]] she can hear just fine.

** Edward [[ZigZagged zig-zags]] this. In the anime's GrandFinale, he briefly regains his lost arm and leg before performing a HeroicSacrifice to bring Al back which results to Ed being sent to an AlternateUniverse where he once again lost his restored limbs. The source material's GrandFinale has Ed at least getting his arm restored.
* The original ending of ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' has Kamille Bidan defeating the BigBad at the expense of getting brain damage. The twentieth anniversary theatrical re-release omits this fate.

* Also in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' canon, it's confirmed that Neo is mute. In ''Fanfic/BurningCoals'', Neo is indeed able to speak, but prefers not to due to her own inability to trust and the fact that her throat is damaged, giving her a quiet, raspy voice.

** The combination of Itachi never going undercover and Tsunade and Shizune returning to Konoha much earlier means that Itachi's illness is caught as soon as its symptoms first manifest, and a treatment is devised to heal him before he can get any worse.

** The events that led to A losing an arm to Sasuke never happen, and thus by the time the Fourth Ninja War begins he still has it.

* Lucy in ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' could only see with one eye due to a harpoon-pack related incident making her lose the other one. In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainCrownOfThorns'', she has both eyes.

** He also accidentally heals [[spoiler:All Might]]. At first he wanted to [[spoiler:heal a new injury left by being impalled, but he accidentally restored his lung too]]. Izuku wants to heal ''all'' his injuries, but everyone including the person he healed turn him down hard citing the drawbacks of his quirk.
* ''Fanfic/VowOfTheKing'': Ukitake has his lungs healed by Orihime, enabling him to function normally for the first time in millenia.

* According to [[Literature/TheBible religious texts]] Moses was "slow of tongue", indicating a SpeechImpediment or speech disorder.[[note]]The story goes that when Moses was still a toddler, at one point he took Pharaoh's crown and placed it on his own head; Pharaoh felt this was a sign Moses wanted his throne and ordered a test, placing a piece of gold and a hot coal before him, with the orders that if he took the gold, it was again a sign he wanted the throne and thus was a threat that needed to be eliminated. The angel Gabriel pushed his hand toward the coal (since he was still a baby, he was naturally attracted to shiny things, which was why he'd originally reached for the crown and later the gold before the angel intervened), which he promptly stuck in his mouth, burning his lips and tongue and leaving him with his speech problems.[[/note]] In ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', this is absent. Because the film is a musical, the film makers thought that a stuttering protagonist wouldn't work in this case. Not to mention, in the original source material, the workaround for this was that Moses' brother Aaron spoke for him, even doing most of the miracles as well. Since the film places much more focus on Moses' relationship with Rameses, this would make the story needlessly complicated, so Moses having a speech impediment was ultimately not included.
* ''WesternAnimation/Pinocchio1992'' has the [[AdaptationSpeciesChange Wolf]] and the Cat at the ending. The Fox and the Cat from ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' become disabled for real after faking disabilities. That doesn't happen with the Wolf and the Cat of this version; they just get imprisoned.

* In ''Literature/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents'', Dangerous Beans is almost completely blind, and mostly needs to be led around by Peaches. In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingMaurice'', there's a single reference to him having poor eyesight, but it doesn't seem to affect him much.

** In the comics ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} spent a large part of his run being partially deaf, wearing a hearing aid, and is able to use American Sign Language. In the film incarnation none of this is included. However, this element was [[TruerToTheText brought into the MCU]] in ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'', where he began using a hearing aid after years of being caught in or near loud explosions, and is shown to have learned some sign language.

* [[spoiler:Peeta]] from ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' loses his leg in the books, but not in [[Film/TheHungerGames the film adaptation]] (similarly, Katniss' acquired hearing impairment also doesn't occur). The male tribute from District 10 in the 74th Hunger Games also doesn't appear to have a crippled leg like he does in the books, as he is seen running to the Cornucopia at the beginning of the games.

* In ''Film/WhatsEatingGilbertGrape'', Arnie keeps his mental retardation, but in the novel he also was missing an eye.

** Cassandra Cain in ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}'' has none of the communication difficulties her comic book counterpart has. Similarly Black Mask, instead of having a disfigured face that looks like a skull as a result of self mutilation, wears a mask shaped like a skull instead.

* In the original book of ''Literature/{{Heidi}}'', Klara has never been able to walk and is chronically ill, to the point that the possibility of her dying is sometimes alluded to until she recovers and [[ThrowingOffTheDisability Throws Off the Disability]] in the end. In the 1937 film version and 1968 TV version, she used to be able to walk, but was crippled by an injury (in the 1968 version in the same boating accident that killed her MissingMom), and it's only her fear and self-doubt that keep her from trying to walk again. And in the telenovela adaptation ''Series/HeidiBienvenidaACasa'', she isn't physically disabled at all, but instead has severe agoraphobia.

* In ''[[Literature/GodsAndMonsters2017 Gods and Monsters]]'', the adaptation of Hephaestus' origin story features a variant on this trope. While his typical origin story involves the fact that he was deformed and that Hera, disgusted, threw him off Olympus after his birth as a result. In this, while he's born a normal baby, he loses his legs below his knees as a result of the fall.

** Hunter Zolomon is paraplegic in the comics. Here, he is just fine, and is instead SecretlyDying from a speed drug overdose. However, Eobard Thawne [[spoiler:pretends to be when posing as Harrison Wells]].
** In the comics, Roy Harper loses his right arm during the battle with Prometheus. That did not happened here due to Roy [[LongBusTrip being absent]] during the adaptation of the Prometheus arc. [[spoiler:Subverted later when he ''does'' lose his arm in the prelude to ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'', albeit in different circumstances]].

** In the books, Tyrion actually lost his nose in the assassination attempt on him during the Battle of Blackwater. In the show, it's only a typical facial scar. He's also more generally able due to having a different variety of dwarfism that doesn't affect his proportions-the book Tyrion has exceptionally short legs even for his height, rendering him unable to walk for long distances without pain.
** In the books, Ramsay chops off some of Theon's toes and fingers and even plucked most of his teeth. Theon lacks these injuries in the show, though he does limp around for a while after Ramsey's tortures.
** The show's version of Euron has both of his eyes in display. In the source material he is wearing an eye patch on his left eye, and it's vague what's wrong with it. The difference is mostly due to the character in the show being a composite of Euron and Victarion.

** In the books, Gregor Clegane's undead corpse is missing his head due to it [[DecapitationPresentation being sent]] to the Martells to appease them for Gregor's role in the deaths of many of their family members (Ellia, her children, and Oberyn who in turn was the one who caused Gregor's death). The show's version of the undead Gregor has his entire body intact. Furthermore, when he was alive Gregor suffered from headaches due to his gigantism that even milk of poppy can't numb. In the show no mention is made of his opiates consumption and there are no effects to make him look like an inhumanly huge brute except for the camera angles.

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' originally concludes with the titular mother dying from an unknown illness some time before the DistantFinale. The FinaleSeason DVD release features an alternate ending where she is still alive during that time, heavily implying (since there was no new footage) she was eventually cured at best, or just prolonged her life and is still going to die but in a much later time at worst.

** ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': Gabriel Reyes in the comics was born with an unspecified neurological disorder (the result of his mother having been pushed down the stairs while pregnant), which left him unable to walk and mentally and developmentally slow. In the show, he's a normal 14 year old who's left paraplegic after the attack that gave his brother, [[ComicBook/AllNewGhostRider Robbie Reyes]], his superhero origin story. In fact, it's indicated he's a very intelligent young man who quickly pieces together who Daisy is after spending a few hours with her during a blackout, which the comics version would most likely not be able to do.

** In the comics, Carol's mental illness becomes so out of hand that she committed suicide. In the show it is more subdued and she is SparedByTheAdaptation (for now).
** Maggie and Michonne's mental illness from the comics are AdaptedOut in the show.
** The Governor is severely mutilated by Michonne in the comics, namely: having his left eye gauged out, and both his right arm and penis chopped-off. In the show, Michonne only took out his eye, and it's the right one at that.

** In the comics, Morgan never really got back from his SanitySlippage after his son's death. In the show he got his act together, and like Carol, he is SparedByTheAdaptation (again, for now).

* ''Theatre/{{Newsies}}'': In the [[Film/{{Newsies}} original movie]], Crutchie walks with a limp and is also implied to have some type of mental handicap. In the stage version he's still crippled but doesn't appear to have any mental disability whatsoever.

** In the original ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'' book Elphaba has an allergy to water. She bathes using oils, avoids water in all forms, and as in the original ''Oz'' story, her death involves Dorothy splashing water on her. In the theatrical adaptation there are rumors that water can melt her--and in the song "Thank Goodness" Fiyero gets upset at the absurdity of the idea--but it's not true. [[spoiler:Elphaba ends up SparedByTheAdaptation when she fakes her death.]] Also, as Elphaba's design is based off the MGM Witch and not the original book one, she has both eyes intact.

** In the games, Yoshitsugu Otani has his whole body covered except his eyes and nose which is a nod to historical counterpart who is a leper. However, the game downplays his leprosy as he is able to move freely.

* Calvina Coulange from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment'' suffered nerve damage to her arms during the Lunar Furies' first attack on the Moon in the backstory and is [[CareerEndingInjury unable to pilot]] until she gains control of one of the Furies' [[BrainComputerInterface Cytron-equipped machines]]. She still has full use of her arms in the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' continuity, however. This is presumably for gameplay purposes, as the mainline ''SRW'' games restrict pilots to units from their own series while ''OG'' lets any character use any mech with a few exceptions and making just one character who's completely restricted to Fury units would have been a hassle to program.

* Downplayed in ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle''. Neo from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' is completely mute in her home series but can giggle, grunt and such in ''[=BlazBlue=]''.

* ''Webcomic/BatmanWayneFamilyAdventures'': In the comics, Cassandra had a learning disability that made her illiterate, making it difficult for her to learn a language. She could rarely speak more than a few words at a time in the comics. Here, Cass is TheQuietOne, but otherwise doesn't seem to have difficulty speaking, and she's been shown to be capable of reading.

** This version of Mr. Freeze can survive unharmed in normal temperatures without his suit and has actual ice-based superpowers instead of relying on a freezing gun. The suit merely helps him keep his powers under control. It should be noted that excessive heat will temporarily disable his powers, so that weakness is still present to an extent. And like in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', his body starts deteriorating as he gets older and he uses a spider-like machine to replace the lower portion of his body (though the ''BTAS'' version lost everything except his head).

* In the comics, ComicBook/{{Morbius}} was trying to cure a disease he's suffering from when he got turned into a vampire. While he's still trying to cure a disease, his ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' counterpart isn't afflicted with it.

** Like in the '90s show, Morbius isn't sick before becoming a vampire.

* In ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', the first ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, Barbara Gordon, was shot by ComicBook/TheJoker. She became paralyzed due to the incident but later became the HandicappedBadass "ComicBook/{{Oracle}}", until the ComicBook/New52 reboot {{retcon}}ned her to having recovered the use of her legs after the shooting. In the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse, there are no signs of Batgirl ever having used a wheelchair. In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', she is shown as a senior but her legs work perfectly fine.