History Main / AdaptationDeviation

* AdaptationalConsent: A situation originally portrayed as consensual or nonconsensual in a particular work is altered when the work is adapted to a different medium.

** MovieSuperheroesWearMutedColors: Superheroes wearing bleaker versions or/and designs of their iconic outfits in movie adaptations.

** CanonImigrant: A character specifically created for an adaptation that was later incorporated within the source material.

* Winry is taller in the ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' anime (which [[GeckoEnding ended before the manga did]] and has [[OvertookTheManga its own plot]]) than in the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' manga. Edward in contrast never hits a growth spurt like in the manga, so he's always short. In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa'' Winry is taller than the eighteen-year old Edward while in the manga he grows several inches taller than her.
* In the ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'' manga Waku was a ChickMagnet. The anime changes it so that the only girls who came to his soccer games were the cheerleaders.

* At the end of ''Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team'', Ginji wakes up in his house as a human after his adventure ends. In ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonRescueTeam'' the protagonist stays a Pokemon.

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange

* Averted almost completely with ''Franchise/DragonBall''. The show's plot is nigh-indistinguishable from the comic.

* Winry is taller in the ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' anime (which [[GeckoEnding ended before the manga did]] and has [[OvertookTheManga its own plot]]) than in the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Edward in contrast never hits a growth spurt like in the manga, so he's always short. In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa'' Winry is taller than the eighteen-year old Edward while in the manga he grows several inches taller than her.

* The ending to the ''Manga/WanderingSon'' anime implies Takatsuki and Nitori will "grow out" of their gender dysphoria. The manga version of the ending scene is considerably less optimistic and Nitori still identifies as a girl even when she GraduatesFromTheStory. [[spoiler:Takatsuki did stop being male identified though]].

* In Schumacher's ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', Barbara/Batgirl goes from being the commissioner's daughter to Alfred's niece.

* Winry is taller in the ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' anime (which [[GeckoEnding ended before the manga did]] and has [[OvertookTheManga its own plot)]]) than in the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Edward in contrat never hits a growth spurt like in the manga, so he's always short. In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa'' Winry is taller than the eighteen-year old Edward while in the manga he grows several inches taller than her.

* Winry is taller in the ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' anime (which [[GeckoEnding ended before the manga did]] and has [[OvertookTheManga its own plot)]]) than in the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Edward in contrat never hits a growth spurt like in the manga, so he's always short. In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistConquerorOfShamballa'' Winry is taller than the eighteen-year old Edward while in the manga he grows several inches taller than her.

** AdaptationalCurves: Changing a character's design to be more muscular or busty.

See Also the SlidingScaleOfAdaptationModification

''' Examples Not Belonging to a SubTrope:'''

* AdaptationalDyeJobL: Changing the colors of a character's hair or clothes

* AdaptationNameChange - Changing a character's name
* AdaptationOriginConnection - Changing a character's origin to tie in another character
* AdaptationalDyeJob - Changing the colors of a character's hair or clothes
** MovieSuperheroesWearBlack

** AdaptationalAngstUpgrade - Making a character more angst-ridden
** AdaptationalBadass - Making a character more impressive
** AdaptationalComicRelief - Making a character more funny
** AdaptationalHeroism - Making a character nicer and more heroic
** AdaptationalIntelligence - Making a character significantly smarter
** AdaptationalVillainy - Making a character more evil
** AdaptationalWimp - Making a character less impressive
** NotAsYouKnowThem - Completely changing a character's personality beyond recognition
* AdaptationalSpeciesChange - Changing the species or breed of a character's pet
* AdaptedOut - Removing an important character
* AgeLift - Changing a character's age
* CanonForeigner - Inventing a new character out of whole cloth
** GodCreatedCanonForeigner
* CompositeCharacter - Splicing multiple characters into one
* DeathByAdaptation - Killing off a character who survived in the original
* DecompositeCharacter - Dividing one character's role among others
* GenderFlip - Changing a character's sex
* PromotedToLoveInterest - Creating a romance between two characters who weren't romantically linked in the original
* RaceLift - Changing a character's race
* RelatedInTheAdaptation - Self-explanatory
* SparedByTheAdaptation - Sparing a character who died in the original
* {{Xenafication}} - Changing a docile character to be more action-oriented
* YouDontLookLikeYou - Changing a character's appearance beyond recognition

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance - Things in adaptations appear earlier than they did in the original.
* AdaptationDistillation - Paring down elements of the original in order to streamline the plot
* AdaptationInducedPlotHole - Removing a key plot point without removing its effects
* AdaptationalContextChange - Changing the context of a line of dialogue
* AdaptationalInspiration - Creating a mostly new work with roots in the original

* InNameOnly - An adaptation that's completely disconnected from the original
* NotHisSled - Changing the plot twist

* RecycledInSpace - Changing the setting to someplace more exotic
* SettingUpdate - Changing the setting to someplace more familiar

* CulturalTranslation - Replacing a reference in the original with a local equivalent
* {{Woolseyism}} - Replacing a reference in the original with something else

SubTropes:

* PromotedToLoveInterest - creating a romance between two characters who weren't romantically linked in the original

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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole - Removing a key plot-point without removing its effects

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* The anime version of ''Manga/MakenKi'' only adapts parts of the manga in its first season and [[Analysis/MakenKi makes many changes to the main cast.]] Season 2 [[{{Filler}} deviates from the manga altogether]] in favor of [[HotterAndSexier ramping up the fanservice.]]

* SupermanTheMovie gave Krypton a crystal motif, and also invented the idea of Superman's S being a family coat of arms. Before that, it really was an S.
* The 1980's Supergirl movie changed Argo from surviving on a chunk of Krypton to surviving in another dimension.
* One of the X-Men movies infamously depicted Deadpool as not having a mouth. This is not a minor change, either, as one of Deadpool's nicknames in comics is "the merc with the mouth".
* In Schumacher's BatmanAndRobin, Barbara/Batgirl goes from being the commissioner's daughter to Alfred's niece.

* In TheSecretGarden, [[spoiler: Collin's father discovers him just as he's winning a footrace with Mary]]. TheFilmOfTheBook changes this to a game of blind man's bluff, resulting in a somewhat more emotional moment.