History Main / AbledInTheAdaptation

** Cassandra Cain in ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}'' has none of the communication difficulties her comic book counterpart has.

** In the comics, [[ComicBook/CommanderSteel Nathaniel Heywood]] has an amputated leg thanks to an undiagnosed infection. Here, all his limbs are intact and his only disability is hemophilia.

* Subverted, zig-zagged and otherwise played with in ''Fanfic/XCOMRWBYWithin'': Yang ends up losing ''more'' limbs than canon, but the circumstances are radically different and she certainly doesn't find the loss ''disabling'', since they were removed to create a WetwareInterface for a suit of PoweredArmour. An honourable mention also goes to Pyrrha in the sequel, who is an example of [[DisabledInTheAdaptation the opposite trope]] save for the fact that [[SparedByTheAdaptation in canon she was killed outright]] instead of merely left paralysed.

** ''Fanfic/TheGreatAlicornHunt'' involves Scootaloo [[spoiler:Ascending to Alicornhood.]]
** ''Fanfic/IfWishesWerePonies'' has [[RealityWarper Discord]] use his magic to increase the size of Scootaloos' underdeveloped wings.

* In the comics, Deathstroke is missing his right eye after he was shot by his wife. In ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'', both of Slade's eyes are still intact.

* ''Film/GoodFellas'': The real Henry Hill had learning disabilities so severe that he didn't learn the alphabet until he was twenty. The movie doesn't really touch on this fact, aside from him having a difficult time in school, and even then a viewer could easily get the impression that [[BookDumb he did poorly simply because he was already uninterested in an honest living]].

* WebVideo/MagicByMikaila: In [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Lz13FPrsufQ her video]] about Ron from ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', the "Movie" version of Ron walks away from Harry and Hermione, despite his counterpart being unable to walk due to a broken leg. The "Book" version states that his leg is broken but is able to walk without difficulty.

* WebVideo/MagicByMikailan: In [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Lz13FPrsufQ her video]] about Ron from ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', the "Movie" version of Ron walks away from Harry and Hermione, despite his counterpart being unable to walk due to a broken leg. The "Book" version states that his leg is broken but is able to walk without difficulty.

** Zig-zagged with Slade's son Joseph, who is introduced as able to speak when his canon incarnation was rendered mute from a throat injury, but uses his body-surfing ability to stay alive after his father accidentally slashes his throat.

* The incarnation of Snake-Eyes in ''ComicBook/TransformersVsGIJoe'' differs sharply from most incarnations of the character because he isn't mute. That being said, he still speaks significantly less frequently than the other Joes.

* Because of [[Franchise/Ben10 Ben Tennyson's]] interference in her fight against Adam Taurus, [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Yang Xiao-Long]] retains her arm in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13050256/1/Ben-10-RWBY-Volume-1-Dimension-Twist Ben 10 RWBY Volume 1: Dimension Twist]]''. Similarly, Pyrrha is SparedByTheAdaptation when Ben gets involved in her fight against Cinder.

** ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' sees Bloodsport being a genuine veteran and the OnlySaneMan in the new Squad's recruit. His comic counterpart was a draft dodger who went mad with guilt and deluded himself into ''believing'' he had served in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar when his brother went in his place and became a quadruple amputee as a result of injuries he suffered there.

* In the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' games, Nitara is shown wearing an eyepatch over her left eye. In ''Film/MortalKombat2022'', she has both eyes.

* In the ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' games, Nitara is shown wearing an eyepatch over her left eye. In ''Film/MortalKombat2022'', she has both eyes.

* In the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', the Hero's Shade still has both of his eyes.

* Downplayed for Mason Verger in ''Literature/Hannibal''. In the novel, he's bedridden, unable to breathe without a mechanical ventilator, and needs a special lens fitted with a spray device to keep his remaining eyeball moist. In the movie, he can get around in a wheelchair and can breathe (and see) unaided.

* Downplayed for Mason Verger in ''Literature/Hannibal''. In the novel, he's bedridden and can't even breathe without a mechanical ventilator. In the movie, he can get around in a wheelchair and can breathe unaided.

* Ronno from ''Literature/{{Bambi}}'' is just a friendly buck whose has a lame leg due to surviving a gunshot. In the Disney [[WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} adaptation]] and its [[WesternAnimation/BambiII interquel]] Ronno's age was decreased, he became a rival to Bambi, and he lacks any disabilities.

* 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 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.

* The real Blanche Barrow- a member of Bonnie and Clyde's infamous Barrow Gang- was left blinded in one eye during the same incident that killed her husband Buck. In Frank Wildhorn's stage musical {{Theatre/Bonnie and Clyde}}, no mention is made of her sustaining such an injury.

* 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 DisabledBadass "ComicBook/{{Oracle}}", until the ComicBook/New52 reboot {{retconned}} 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.