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** ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'': Kakeru Shihi/[=GaoRed=] in ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' went through some trials and grief throughout the season but otherwise led a perfectly happy life, Cole on the other hand was orphaned as a toddler, had to leave the tribe that adopted him to achieve his destiny as the Red Ranger of the Wild Force and later on discovers the AwfulTruth that [[spoiler:his parents were murdered by their former colleague, Viktor Adler, who in a fit of jealously ate the Master Org's seeds to become more powerful and enact his petty vengeance. Adler almost breaks him with the revelations until Cole gains his valor back to defeat Adler.]]

* ''LightNovel/TrashSkillGacha'', has the protagonist Crest meet his older brother Albert in [The Lower World] after being banished there, to near certain death, by their father, with the older brother looking to bring him back, at the request of the king, because a prophecy says Crest is needed to deal with a coming monster stampede and save the kingdom. Thing is, Crest's four older brother and father loved to torment him as "murderer who escaped justice" and "devil's child" because his mother died in childbirth, and Crest has good reason not to trust the guy, so the guy came with a "brilliant" plan, ''enslavement.'' How the novel and manga handle Crest's response differs. The novel has Crest ignore his trauma with HeroicResolve, defeat his abusive older brother with ease, [{ExitPursuedByABear at which point Albert gets dragged off by monsters.]] In the manga, Crest's trauma isn't so easily dismissed. Despite being way, way stronger by this point, Crest is still '''horrified''' by what he went through and folds like a napkin. It takes his tamed monsters coming to his rescue and showing him that he can actually fight back before he decides to beat some sense into that BarbaricBully.

* The first ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' anime had this happen on a few occasions:

* In the ''Anime/AceAttorney'' anime:
** Similar to the [[Film/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney live-action movie]] before it, the anime expands on how DL-6 ruined Yogi's life, though not to the same extent as the film.
** {{Inverted|Trope}} with Edgeworth, who does not suffer from his in-game counterpart's fear of earthquakes since this version of DL-6 did not involve one.
** Also {{Inverted|Trope}} with Adrian Andrews. In the game, she's one of the biggest {{Woobie}}s of the series, and being accused of the crime made her break down in court and begging for help in light of her dependency issues. In the anime, her issues were not present or not being forced to get exposed and she managed to be calm most of the time.

* Inverted in the ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' franchise in regards to [[JerkassWoobie Zelgadis's]] [[CursedWithAwesome chimeric state]]; despite being used as a ButtMonkey ploy several times in the anime, he's actually less prudish in regards to his appearance, and ''embraces'' the awe and nicknames that he receives from strangers (i.e "The Heartless, Mystical Swordsman); if for nothing else, he gets upset when he's being used for a silly ploy (such as being used as an anchor.). In the original novels, he is far more sensitive about his appearance and not frivolous at all; a side-story featuring him emphasizes this angst in which he broods over the fact that he made friends who see beyond his appearance in the first place.

* Inverted in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' picture book ''Literature/ASisterMoreLikeMe''. Elsa shows almost none of the depression or angst from the film.

* ''Series/TheBoys2019'': Inverted with Mother's Milk. His family situation is much better than in the comic, where he is divorced and his ex-wife is a drug addict, while his daughter is involved with many unsavory things [[spoiler: and his mother was turned into a horrific mutant]].
** Played straight with Butcher and Frenchie, as the former struggled with [[AbusiveParents an abusive father]] and a younger brother who was DrivenToSuicide over it[[note]]In the comic he died in a car crash[[/note]] [[spoiler: in addition to finding out that his wife was still alive and left him because she was afraid ''before'' watching her die in front of him]], while the latter is indirectly responsible for the death of Malory's grandchildren and has been beating himself up over it for years.

** {{Inverted|Trope}} with Aisha. The series does not include her backstory as an [[LonelyRichKid isolated princess]] who grew up in a very strict environment.

** {{Inverted}} by Loras, who makes little mention of Renly after Season 2 aside from an oblique preference for green-and-gold brocade like Renly wore and takes Olyvar as a casual lover rather than remaining celibate out of grief-stricken loyalty as in the books.

* Inverted in ''Manga/Life2002''. Ayumu in the j-drama is presented as ever so slightly less depressed and troubled than in the manga, mostly due to them removing her SelfHarm habits. The live-action adaptation focuses more on her overcoming her hardships and dealing with her bullies.

** Inverted in the ''Literature/OneTwoBuckleMyShoe'' adaptation. By diminishing the political overtones of the original setting, reducing the unpleasant characteristics of the scapegoat and removing many of the killer's sympathetic qualities, the SadisticChoice that Poirot must face in the books is not apparent in the TV.

* Cloud Strife in ''Anime/AdventChildren'' '''big time''', it's very important to note ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII FFVII]]'' writer Yoshinori Kitase writes Cloud ''very differently'' to how Tetsuya Nomura likes to portray him. Kitase made Cloud a very RoundedCharacter being a pretty chill dude only interested getting paid initially, wants to stop Sephiroth and puts up false bravado thanks to FakeMemories. Sure he goes through HeroicBSoD but all other times Cloud isn't that troubled, he cares for his friends thanking and apologizing for his mental breakdown. Cloud is also far more goofy in his original portrayal cross dressing, entering parades, and doing squats to counter motion sickness. ''Advent Children'', however, throws said traits out the window in favor of making Cloud TheWoobie guilt stricken over Aeirth's death and aloof to his TrueCompanions to point where ''Vincent Valentine'' has to tell Cloud to buck up.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' have Tifa plays up her insecurities and ReluctantWarrior traits a number of times.
** Tifa in the original game was largely dedicated to the cause of Avalanche with little issue on her side about being involved, though the lifestream event says she didn't want to be known as a violent person. In ''Remake'', she's unsure of herself and often wonders if the group's actions are justifiable.
** In the original game, Barret and the others had no reason to question Tifa's resolve, but her reluctance to hurt innocents with Avalanche's bombing plan in the Remake causes Jessie to wonder whether Tifa is truly committed to their cause. During the trip to Mako Reactor 5, she also admits to being nervous, something she never truly expressed in the original game.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' zigzags this, though rather effectively. While the original portrayed them as typically stoic 90s heroes, the remake portrays the entire cast as far more emotional and struggling to come to terms with the horrors they experience. They give themselves pep talks to get through frightening experiences, curse and plead with the monsters attacking them and show their [[NaiveNewcomer relative inexperience]] as a bunch of 20-somethings and a preteen trying to survive. On the other hand, Leon's reason for arriving in Raccoon City LateToTheTragedy is changed from DrowningHisSorrows after an ugly breakup to being warned to stay away because of the developing crisis.

* Inverted in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' picture book ''Literature/{{A Sister More Like Me}}''. Elsa shows almost none of the depression or angst from the film.

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' has a few examples, but none more than Rick Grimes. While the comic book version of Rick has his fair share of angst and problems, the ones in the show stick with Rick for entire seasons and have a much larger effect on him and his group.

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': Waspinator's odd speech and ButtMonkey mannerisms made him the comic relief in WesternAnimation/BeastWars. Here his mannerisms are a result of being locked in a penitentiary for a long time which gradually eroded his sanity to make him into a gibbering mess, and when bad things happen to him they also get played for drama as well as laughs. His lamentations at his lot in life are no longer odd fourth wall-breaking moments, but the insane depressed ramblings of a broken bot.
* In ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'', The Rhino here has much more angst issues about being mutated and bullied into becoming a criminal than his mainstream counterpart.

* ''WesternAnimation/ATaleDarkAndGrim'' [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler kicks off the plot]] with Literature/HanselAndGretel's parents [[spoiler:decapitating and then resurrecting]] them, which freaks them out so much that they run away from home. Even when they find out the reason, they take several episodes to forgive their parents for doing it. This plot point comes from the fairy tale "Faithful Johannes"[[note]](or "Faithful/Trusty John," depending on the translation)[[/note]], where the kids are [[AngstWhatAngst cheerfully indifferent]] to this happening to them.

* Inverted in ''Manga/{{Life}}''. Ayumu in the j-drama is presented as ever so slightly less depressed and troubled than in the manga, mostly due to them removing her SelfHarm habits. The live-action adaptation focuses more on her overcoming her hardships and dealing with her bullies.

* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': This version of Harley Quinn follows her partnership with Poison Ivy, as Harley wants to overshadow the Joker for once while still coming to terms with the abusive reality of their relationship. In season 2, Harley has to learn to trust men and understand what a healthy relationship looks like. She does this because the Joker's abuse tainted her view of relationships and left her with doubts about what an ideal relationship is.

* ''Series/AlteredCarbon'': In the series, Takeshi Kovacs frequently asks WhoWantsToLiveForever and is shown having trouble adapting when he sleeves into a new body. In the novels the series is based on, Takeshi is specially engineered to ''not'' have adverse reactions when sleeving, and has come to terms with being functionally immortal.

* ''Series/AlteredCarbon'': In the series, Takeshi Kovacs frequently asks WhoWantsToLiveForever and is shown having trouble adapting when he sleeves into a new body. In the novels the series is based on, Takeshi is specially engineered to ''not'' have adverse reactions when sleeving, and has come to terms with his immortalit.

** In ''ComicBook/WonderWomanOdyssey'' the Amazons are left as remants hiding as refugees from those who destroyed their Paradise Island and killed their queen and most of their people. Diana is in turn a more violent, but still opposed to killing, Franchise/WonderWoman in this series as she searches for what's left of her people and struggles to protect them.

** Beth's illness is also changed from scarlet fever (which while deadly during the Civil War, is now practically a non-existant threat) to leukemia, which while having a high survival rate, still has a large chance of being deadly.

*** The titular character, Oliver Queen has a lot more grief in his life than his comics counterpart ever had. His ordeal on the island was much more bleaker and torturesome. As a result, he is much more violent, aggressive, and serious.

* The title character of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' in TheMovie [[ComicBookAdaptation manga]] continuity. Fans gave this version of Nanoha the FanNickname of "Emoha". This is especially noticeable in the part after the movie's events where, in contrast to the anime where she's pleased with the outcome but somewhat worried about Fate, she believes in the movie manga that she failed to help anyone. At the beginning of their mock battle in the manga, Fate believes that since she caused Nanoha trouble, she doesn't deserve to be friends with her.

* [[Literature/TheBible Moses]] in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', compared to other films such as ''Film/TheTenCommandments''. In the original source however, he's arguably even more angsty. Aside from not realizing he was adopted, this version also emphasizes the fact that he and Rameses were raised as brothers and friends, giving them a tragic CainAndAbel dynamic not present in the Bible or other versions.