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* ''WesternAnimation/YooHooAndFriends'': [=YooHoo=] doesn't show any romantic interest towards Pammee, unlike in [[Animation/YooHooAndFriends the original series]] where he had a crush on her.
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** Traditionally in most media, Beast Boy and Terra are briefly a couple. In this show, Garfield dated Queen Perdita and him and Tara are just friends.
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* * The [[HighSchoolAU Kindergarten AU]] of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar Official Doujin'' changes Kaguya and Shirogane's mutual feelings to Kaguya having a one-sided PrecociousCrush due to the age gap. Shirogane's primary love interest is instead changed to [[PromotedToLoveInterest Hayasaka]].
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* ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}'' had an early subplot where Yuki has a crush on Miyamura's out of school persona (who she simply knows as "Konoha"). The anime completely skips over this save for [[ItMakesSenseInContext her seeing him jumping over a fence and rambling about eggs]].
* * The [[HighSchoolAU Kindergarten AU]] of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar Official Doujin'' changes Kaguya and Shirogane's mutual feelings to Kaguya having a one-sided PrecociousCrush due to the age gap. Shirogane's primary love interest is instead changed to [[PromotedToLoveInterest Hayasaka]].
* * The [[HighSchoolAU Kindergarten AU]] of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar Official Doujin'' changes Kaguya and Shirogane's mutual feelings to Kaguya having a one-sided PrecociousCrush due to the age gap. Shirogane's primary love interest is instead changed to [[PromotedToLoveInterest Hayasaka]].
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* The 1983 adaptation of ''Literature/SparklingCyanide'':
** In the book, Anthony briefly does fall in love with Rosemary before developing deeper feelings for her sister. In the film, he only flirts with Rosemary to get close to the Kidderminster family whom he's investigating.
** In the book, [[spoiler:Ruth]] is madly in love with [[spoiler:Victor]] since they first meet. In the film, [[spoiler:she]] has feelings for [[spoiler:George]] even after meeting [[spoiler:Victor]] and [[spoiler:kills George's wife Rosemary in the hopes of taking her place]], only going for [[spoiler:Victor]] when it's clear [[spoiler:George]] isn't interested.
** In the book, Anthony briefly does fall in love with Rosemary before developing deeper feelings for her sister. In the film, he only flirts with Rosemary to get close to the Kidderminster family whom he's investigating.
** In the book, [[spoiler:Ruth]] is madly in love with [[spoiler:Victor]] since they first meet. In the film, [[spoiler:she]] has feelings for [[spoiler:George]] even after meeting [[spoiler:Victor]] and [[spoiler:kills George's wife Rosemary in the hopes of taking her place]], only going for [[spoiler:Victor]] when it's clear [[spoiler:George]] isn't interested.
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* ''Theatre/GiulioCesareInEgitto'':
** In an earlier version by Antonio Sartorio, Cornelia accepts DoggedNiceGuy Curius's marriage proposal in the final scene. In the version by Handel which is based on a reworked libretto, she never does it.
** At one point, Curius considers making a move at the beautiful handmaiden Lidia ([[KingIncognito actually Cleopatra in disguise]]) since Cornelia keeps rejecting him anyway. However, most adaptations drop these lines, especially since it's a recitative.
** In an earlier version by Antonio Sartorio, Cornelia accepts DoggedNiceGuy Curius's marriage proposal in the final scene. In the version by Handel which is based on a reworked libretto, she never does it.
** At one point, Curius considers making a move at the beautiful handmaiden Lidia ([[KingIncognito actually Cleopatra in disguise]]) since Cornelia keeps rejecting him anyway. However, most adaptations drop these lines, especially since it's a recitative.
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* ''Literature/AliceGirlFromTheFuture'': In the FairyTaleFreeForAll legend era, [[Literature/ArabianNights Shahrazad doesn't end up with Shahryar]]. She explains she's already in love with [[Literature/SinbadTheSailor Sinbad]] and they plan to marry, and after grumbling about the fact at first, Shahryar is perfectly on board with the idea, since, with a sailor for a husband, Shahrazad will always have new stories to tell him.
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* ''Literature/AliceGirlFromTheFuture'': In the FairyTaleFreeForAll legend era, [[Literature/ArabianNights Shahrazad doesn't end up with Shahryar]]. She explains she's already in love with [[Literature/SinbadTheSailor Sinbad]] and they plan to marry, and after grumbling about the fact at first, Shahryar is perfectly on board with the idea, since, with a sailor for a husband, Shahrazad will always have new stories from all over the world to tell him.
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** In contrast to the [[Literature/PeterPan original book featuring them]], there is no love lost between Peter Pan and Wendy or Peter and Tinker Bell, since Peter gets ''heavy'' AdaptationalVillainy.
** Rapunzel doesn't have a RescueRomance with the prince, especially since said prince is already HappilyMarried to Snow White.
** In contrast to the [[Literature/PeterPan original book featuring them]], there is no love lost between Peter Pan and Wendy or Peter and Tinker Bell, since Peter gets ''heavy'' AdaptationalVillainy.
** Rapunzel doesn't have a RescueRomance with the prince, especially since said prince is already HappilyMarried to Snow White.
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* ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables: In the original book series, Charlie Sloane has an enormous crush on Anne which persists until she rejects his proposal in ''Anne of the Island''. In the 1985 film adaptation, he isn't shown to have any feelings for her and is DemotedToExtra in general.
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* ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables: ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'': In the original book series, Charlie Sloane has an enormous crush on Anne which persists until she rejects his proposal in ''Anne of the Island''. In the 1985 film adaptation, he isn't shown to have any feelings for her and is DemotedToExtra in general.
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* ''Theatre/Pygmalion'' and ''Theatre/MyFairLady'' have a veritable revolving door with this trope and [[PromotedToLoveInterest its inversion]]. In the former, Eliza is explicitly stated to have married Freddy. Then the latter has her ultimately return to Higgins (for good, it's implied) after considering Freddy's proposal. ''Then'' the 2018 Broadway revival of the latter has her leave Higgins after all.
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* ''Theatre/Pygmalion'' ''Theatre/{{Pygmalion}}'' and ''Theatre/MyFairLady'' have a veritable revolving door with this trope and [[PromotedToLoveInterest its inversion]]. In the former, Eliza is explicitly stated to have married Freddy. Then the latter has her ultimately return to Higgins (for good, it's implied) after considering Freddy's proposal. ''Then'' the 2018 Broadway revival of the latter has her leave Higgins after all.
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* ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables: In the original book series, Charlie Sloane has an enormous crush on Anne which persists until she rejects his proposal in ''Anne of the Island''. In the 1985 film adaptation, he isn't shown to have any feelings for her and is DemotedToExtra in general.
** The original ''Literature/TakenAtTheFlood'' novel has an ''extremely'' controversial ending where [[spoiler:Lynn ends up with Rowley after he almost strangles her in a jealous rage]]. In the corresponding episode, they never get back together and she leaves for Africa again in the end.
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* The original Greek myth of Hyacinth is a same-sex LoveTriangle. The PrettyBoy Hyacinth is Apollo's lover, but he's also being pursued by Zephyr, the god of the west wind. Hyacinth is accidently killed by the discus thrown by Apollo, blown off course by Zephyer's wind for IfICantHaveYou reasons. In the opera ''Apollo et Hyacinthus'' by Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart, with a libretto by Fr. Rufinus Widl, the apex of the LoveTriangle is instead Hyacinth's CanonForeigner sister Melia, so Hyacinth and Apollo are nothing more than good friends and Zephyr likewise has no romantic or sexual interest in Hyacinth, killing him purely because he wants to frame Apollo.
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* The original Greek myth of Hyacinth is a same-sex LoveTriangle. The PrettyBoy Hyacinth is Apollo's lover, but he's also being pursued by Zephyr, the god of the west wind. Hyacinth is accidently killed by the discus thrown by Apollo, blown off course by Zephyer's Zephyr's wind for IfICantHaveYou reasons. In the opera ''Apollo et Hyacinthus'' by Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart, with a libretto by Fr. Rufinus Widl, the apex of the LoveTriangle is instead Hyacinth's CanonForeigner sister Melia, so Hyacinth and Apollo are nothing more than good friends and Zephyr likewise has no romantic or sexual interest in Hyacinth, killing him purely because he wants to frame Apollo.Apollo.
* ''Theatre/Pygmalion'' and ''Theatre/MyFairLady'' have a veritable revolving door with this trope and [[PromotedToLoveInterest its inversion]]. In the former, Eliza is explicitly stated to have married Freddy. Then the latter has her ultimately return to Higgins (for good, it's implied) after considering Freddy's proposal. ''Then'' the 2018 Broadway revival of the latter has her leave Higgins after all.
* ''Theatre/Pygmalion'' and ''Theatre/MyFairLady'' have a veritable revolving door with this trope and [[PromotedToLoveInterest its inversion]]. In the former, Eliza is explicitly stated to have married Freddy. Then the latter has her ultimately return to Higgins (for good, it's implied) after considering Freddy's proposal. ''Then'' the 2018 Broadway revival of the latter has her leave Higgins after all.
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* ''Film/TheDogInTheManger'' slightly untangles the LoveDodecahedron mess from [[Theatre/TheDogInTheManger the original]]:
** In the play, Anarda is in love with Fabio and therefore jealous and vindictive towards Marcela, for whom Fabio pines. In the film, she has no romantic feelings for Fabio and is probably the nearest to AllLovingHeroine among the cast.
** In the play, Tristan and Dorotea are [[LastMinuteHookup randomly paired up in the end]]. Nothing of the sort happens in the film, and there's no indication they have a romantic relationship.
** In the play, Anarda is in love with Fabio and therefore jealous and vindictive towards Marcela, for whom Fabio pines. In the film, she has no romantic feelings for Fabio and is probably the nearest to AllLovingHeroine among the cast.
** In the play, Tristan and Dorotea are [[LastMinuteHookup randomly paired up in the end]]. Nothing of the sort happens in the film, and there's no indication they have a romantic relationship.
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* ''Literature/SoundEuphonium'': Kumiko ends up having a ChildhoodFriendRomance with Shuichi in the novels. In the anime, most of their romantic moments are AdaptedOut, and Kumiko's relationship with Reina is more emphasized instead.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'': In the original comics, Casey Jones is April's love interest. Here, he has been DemotedToExtra and when he and April do interact, there is nothing romantic between them.
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* ''WebVideo/PopCrossStudios'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBBc4KlH_uw&list=PLItBjti8LwWGQw4Y2OEtijiAyTtQqPpOz&index=9 "What if DREAMWORKS ANIMATED CHARACTERS Were FANTASY BEASTS?!"]], Christian Pearson's version of the events of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' portrays the titular ogre as a [[AdaptationalNonSapience less sapient, though still intelligent]] version of himself, who does rescue Princess Fiona from the [[DragonsPreferPrincesses dragon]] that was attacking her kingdom, but they never end up in an InterspeciesRomance. Instead, Fiona rewards the ogre by declaring that from now on, his swamp home will be a sanctuary protected for the rest of Shrek's life, seeing as here, Shrek is the LastOfHisKind after centuries of swamp ogres being hunted by humans for their skins and earwax.
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* ''WebVideo/PopCrossStudios'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBBc4KlH_uw&list=PLItBjti8LwWGQw4Y2OEtijiAyTtQqPpOz&index=9 "What if DREAMWORKS ANIMATED CHARACTERS Were FANTASY BEASTS?!"]], Christian Pearson's version of the events of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' portrays the titular ogre as a [[AdaptationalNonSapience less sapient, though still intelligent]] version of himself, who does rescue Princess Fiona from the [[DragonsPreferPrincesses dragon]] that was attacking her kingdom, but they never end up in an InterspeciesRomance. Instead, Fiona rewards the ogre by declaring that from now on, his swamp home will be a sanctuary protected for the rest of Shrek's life, seeing as here, Shrek is the LastOfHisKind after centuries of swamp ogres being hunted by humans for their skins and earwax.
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** Joe and Rachel got married in the ''Walkyverse'' but here they're not only not a couple, they're not even friends.
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** Mike and Amber got married in ''Shortpacked!'', but here they're childhood friends who show no romantic or sexual attraction towards one another.
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* ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles'': In [[Manga/{{Naruto}} canon]], Ino and Sai ended up getting married to each other in the epilogue. Here, they went on a date once, but it didn't go well and they never became a couple. Instead, Ino gets a romance with Choji, while Sai gets a romance with [[OriginalCharacter Kei]].
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** Sharon Carter is well-known to be Captain America's love interest in the comics. But in the movies, her aunt Peggy is Steve's one true love. Sharon and Steve do first meet in ''Film/CaptainAmericaWinterSoldier'' but there's no romance going on between them. In ''Civil War'', Steve did give Sharon a kiss but nothing follows up after that most especially at the end of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' [[spoiler:when Steve reunites with Peggy in the past]].
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** Sharon Carter is well-known to be Captain America's love interest in the comics. But in the movies, her aunt Peggy is Steve's one true love. Sharon and Steve do first meet in ''Film/CaptainAmericaWinterSoldier'' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' but there's no romance going on between them. In ''Civil War'', Steve did give Sharon a kiss but nothing follows up after that most especially at the end of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' [[spoiler:when Steve reunites with Peggy in the past]].
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** Betty Brant, one of Peter Parker's first [[LoveInterest Love Interests]] in the comics way back in the '60s, is demoted to being J. Jonah Jameson's SassySecretary. There is something of a flirtation going on between Peter and Betty during the movies, but it is never followed upon.
** In the third movie, iconic Spider-Man's girlfriend Gwen Stacy makes an appearance, but even though she has a crush on Peter, he doesn't reciprocate her feelings, as Peter in the Raimi version has eyes only for Mary Jane Watson.
** In the third movie, iconic Spider-Man's girlfriend Gwen Stacy makes an appearance, but even though she has a crush on Peter, he doesn't reciprocate her feelings, as Peter in the Raimi version has eyes only for Mary Jane Watson.
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** Betty Brant, one of Peter Parker's first [[LoveInterest Love Interests]] {{Love Interest}}s in the comics way back in the '60s, is demoted to being J. Jonah Jameson's SassySecretary. There is something of a flirtation going on between Peter and Betty during the movies, but it is never followed upon.
** In [[Film/SpiderMan3 the thirdmovie, iconic movie]], Spider-Man's iconic girlfriend Gwen Stacy makes an appearance, but even though she has a crush on Peter, he doesn't reciprocate her feelings, as [[SingleTargetSexuality Peter in the Raimi version has eyes only for Mary Jane Watson.Watson]].
** In [[Film/SpiderMan3 the third
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** In the comics, shapeshifter Mystique and demon-looking Azazel have a romantic fling and conceive Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler). In the movies, Mystique appears since the first movie (2000), but Azazel appears in ''First Class'' (2011), which takes place in 1962. A young Nightcrawler debuts in ''X-Men: Apocalypse'' (2016), which takes place in 1983, but there is no on-screen interaction between any of these characters that acknowledges their familial relationship.
** Sabretooth is sometimes depicted as Mystique's lover in the comics (they even had a son together, mutant-hating politician Graydon Creed!), but in the first movie, they are shown as more of coworkers than close acquaintances.
** Sabretooth is sometimes depicted as Mystique's lover in the comics (they even had a son together, mutant-hating politician Graydon Creed!), but in the first movie, they are shown as more of coworkers than close acquaintances.
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** In the comics, shapeshifter Mystique and demon-looking Azazel have a romantic fling and conceive Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler). In the movies, Mystique appears since [[Film/XMen1 the first movie movie]] (2000), but Azazel appears in ''First Class'' ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' (2011), which takes place in 1962. A young Nightcrawler debuts in ''X-Men: Apocalypse'' ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' (2016), which takes place in 1983, but there is no on-screen interaction between any of these characters that acknowledges their familial relationship.
** Sabretooth is sometimes depicted as Mystique's lover in the comics (they even had a son together, mutant-hating politician Graydon Creed!), but in the first movie, they are shown as moreof like coworkers than close acquaintances.
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* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': In the first season, they introduce Jean Loring, a lawyer that is the official love interest of the Atom in the [[ComicBook/TheAtom comics]]. However, she is a much older woman in the series, and by that time it didn't look like they were ever going to introduce actual superheroes, as the show was relatively grounded. That started to change by the second and third seasons, when they actually introduced lots of superhero elements, including the Atom. He never meets Jean on-screen, but later reveals that he had a fiancee named Anna Loring (Jean's daughter? Niece?).
* In ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'', Kate Kane never actually meets either of her two major comic-book love interests, Renee Montoya or Maggie Sawyer, as both had previously appeared in other shows (Sawyer was in ''Supergirl'', while Montoya appeared in ''Series/{{Gotham}}''), with her love life mostly centering around Sophie Moore, who ''was'' a love interest in the comics, but only in the past.
* In ''Series/TheCountOfMonteCristo1998'', Haydee isn't in love with Edmond and [[spoiler:doesn't end up with him like it happens in the original novel]]. She is PromotedToLoveInterest for Franz instead.
* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': Not exactly a romance, but Daredevil in the comics has a strong FoeRomanceSubtext with Typhoid Mary, a supervillainess with a split personality. It verged on DatingCatwoman at times, as Daredevil fell for sweet, innocent Mary, Typhoid Mary's alter ego. In the TV show, Typhoid Mary exists in the same universe, but she never ever meets Daredevil, instead appearing in the related TV show, ''Series/IronFist2017''.
* ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'' changed the nature of Cliff and Jane's relationship from lovers (as they were in the comics) to close friends with an occasional father-daughter vibe, likely due to the considerable age difference between Creator/BrendanFraser and Creator/DianeGuerrero. The show also downgrades Rita Farr and Steve Dayton's relationship from marriage to a brief fling that happened decades ago.
* In ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'', Kate Kane never actually meets either of her two major comic-book love interests, Renee Montoya or Maggie Sawyer, as both had previously appeared in other shows (Sawyer was in ''Supergirl'', while Montoya appeared in ''Series/{{Gotham}}''), with her love life mostly centering around Sophie Moore, who ''was'' a love interest in the comics, but only in the past.
* In ''Series/TheCountOfMonteCristo1998'', Haydee isn't in love with Edmond and [[spoiler:doesn't end up with him like it happens in the original novel]]. She is PromotedToLoveInterest for Franz instead.
* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': Not exactly a romance, but Daredevil in the comics has a strong FoeRomanceSubtext with Typhoid Mary, a supervillainess with a split personality. It verged on DatingCatwoman at times, as Daredevil fell for sweet, innocent Mary, Typhoid Mary's alter ego. In the TV show, Typhoid Mary exists in the same universe, but she never ever meets Daredevil, instead appearing in the related TV show, ''Series/IronFist2017''.
* ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'' changed the nature of Cliff and Jane's relationship from lovers (as they were in the comics) to close friends with an occasional father-daughter vibe, likely due to the considerable age difference between Creator/BrendanFraser and Creator/DianeGuerrero. The show also downgrades Rita Farr and Steve Dayton's relationship from marriage to a brief fling that happened decades ago.
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* Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}:
** ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': In the first season, they introduce Jean Loring, a lawyer that is the official love interest of the Atom in the [[ComicBook/TheAtom comics]]. However, she is a much older woman in the series, and by that time it didn't look like they were ever going to introduce actual superheroes, as the show was relatively grounded. That started to change by the second and third seasons, when they actually introduced lots of superhero elements, including the Atom. He never meets Jean on-screen, but later reveals that he had a fiancee named Anna Loring (Jean's daughter? Niece?).
* ** ''Series/TheFlash2014'': In the comics, Wally West, also known as Kid Flash, ended up becoming the Flash after his mentor Barry Allen died in the 1980s. Wally has an epic romance with reporter Linda Park in the comics, the kind of love that [[LoveTranscendsSpacetime transcends time and space]]. In the TV show, she briefly dates his mentor Barry Allen instead, and she never even meets Wally. The same thing happens with Tina [=McGee=], another love interest of Wally in the comics; in the TV show, she is a much older woman that shows a brief interest in Barry Allen's father. In both cases, it so happens that many plots that belonged to Wally West in the comics are given to Barry, because Wally never replaces Barry as the Flash, and stays a sidekick. Likewise, while Magenta Kane appears in the show, her relationship with Wally West is not depicted.
** ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'': Brainiac 5 becomes a major character and show regular after season 3, and remains so until the series finale. And yet, he doesn't have one iota of sexual or romantic tension with Supergirl, despite being one of her most known love interests in the comics. This is likely due to Supergirl dating and breaking up with Brainiac's teammate Mon-El in the TV show's seasons 2 and 3, and the writers not wanting to go that route again.
** In ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'', Kate Kane never actually meets either of her two majorcomic-book comic book love interests, Renee Montoya or Maggie Sawyer, as both had previously appeared in other shows (Sawyer was in ''Supergirl'', while Montoya appeared in ''Series/{{Gotham}}''), with her love life mostly centering around Sophie Moore, who ''was'' a love interest in the comics, but only in the past.
* In ''Series/TheCountOfMonteCristo1998'', Haydee isn't in love with Edmond and [[spoiler:doesn't end up with him like it happens in the original novel]]. She is PromotedToLoveInterest for Franzinstead.
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*''Series/Daredevil2015'': Not exactly a romance, but Daredevil in the comics has a strong FoeRomanceSubtext with Typhoid Mary, a supervillainess with a split personality. It verged on DatingCatwoman at times, as Daredevil fell for sweet, innocent Mary, Typhoid Mary's alter ego. In the TV show, Typhoid Mary exists in the same universe, but she never ever meets Daredevil, instead appearing in the related TV show, ''Series/IronFist2017''.
* ''Series/DoomPatrol2019''''Series/{{Doom Patrol|2019}}'' changed the nature of Cliff and Jane's relationship from lovers (as they were in the comics) to close friends with an occasional father-daughter vibe, likely due to the considerable age difference between Creator/BrendanFraser and Creator/DianeGuerrero. The show also downgrades Rita Farr and Steve Dayton's relationship from marriage to a brief fling that happened decades ago.
** ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': In the first season, they introduce Jean Loring, a lawyer that is the official love interest of the Atom in the [[ComicBook/TheAtom comics]]. However, she is a much older woman in the series, and by that time it didn't look like they were ever going to introduce actual superheroes, as the show was relatively grounded. That started to change by the second and third seasons, when they actually introduced lots of superhero elements, including the Atom. He never meets Jean on-screen, but later reveals that he had a fiancee named Anna Loring (Jean's daughter? Niece?).
** ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'': Brainiac 5 becomes a major character and show regular after season 3, and remains so until the series finale. And yet, he doesn't have one iota of sexual or romantic tension with Supergirl, despite being one of her most known love interests in the comics. This is likely due to Supergirl dating and breaking up with Brainiac's teammate Mon-El in the TV show's seasons 2 and 3, and the writers not wanting to go that route again.
** In ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'', Kate Kane never actually meets either of her two major
* In ''Series/TheCountOfMonteCristo1998'', Haydee isn't in love with Edmond and [[spoiler:doesn't end up with him like it happens in the original novel]]. She is PromotedToLoveInterest for Franz
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* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': In the comics, Wally West, also known as Kid Flash, ended up becoming the Flash after his mentor Barry Allen died in the 1980s. Wally has an epic romance with reporter Linda Park in the comics, the kind of love that [[LoveTranscendsSpacetime transcends time and space]]. In the TV show, she briefly dates his mentor Barry Allen instead, and she never even meets Wally. The same thing happens with Tina [=McGee=], another love interest of Wally in the comics; in the TV show, she is a much older woman that shows a brief interest in Barry Allen's father. In both cases, it so happens that many plots that belonged to Wally West in the comics are given to Barry, because Wally never replaces Barry as the Flash, and stays a sidekick. Likewise, while Magenta Kane appears in the show, her relationship with Wally West is not depicted.
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* ''Series/IronFist2017'': it happens to Iron Fist's romance with Misty Knight, probably the first interracial superhero romance in mainstream superhero comics. In the TV series, he hooks up with Colleen Wing instead, and Misty is just his ally.
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'': Not exactly a romance, but Daredevil in the comics has a strong FoeRomanceSubtext with Typhoid Mary, a supervillainess with a split personality. It verged on DatingCatwoman at times, as Daredevil fell for sweet, innocent Mary, Typhoid Mary's alter ego. In the TV show, Typhoid Mary exists in the same universe, but she never ever meets Daredevil, instead appearing in the related TV show, ''Series/{{Iron Fist|2017}}''.
** ''Series/{{Iron Fist|2017}}'': it happens to Iron Fist's romance with Misty Knight, probably the first interracial superhero romance in mainstream superhero comics. In the TV series, he hooks up with Colleen Wing instead, and Misty is just his ally.
** ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'': Not exactly a romance, but Daredevil in the comics has a strong FoeRomanceSubtext with Typhoid Mary, a supervillainess with a split personality. It verged on DatingCatwoman at times, as Daredevil fell for sweet, innocent Mary, Typhoid Mary's alter ego. In the TV show, Typhoid Mary exists in the same universe, but she never ever meets Daredevil, instead appearing in the related TV show, ''Series/{{Iron Fist|2017}}''.
** ''Series/{{Iron Fist|2017}}'': it happens to Iron Fist's romance with Misty Knight, probably the first interracial superhero romance in mainstream superhero comics. In the TV series, he hooks up with Colleen Wing instead, and Misty is just his ally.
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* A minor character in ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' is Noble Pilcher, an entomologist who Clarice Starling consults on her case. They flirt with each other throughout the book, and it concludes with Clarice accepting an invitation to his summer home. In the film, Pilcher's flirtations are presented as mere awkward comic relief.
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* ''Series/The100'': In the original books, Bellamy and Clarke were an OfficialCouple. However, in the show, they are JustFriends and PlatonicLifePartners with the occasional ShipTease that goes nowhere. Instead, both are paired with multiple different characters throughout the show, and by the end, Clarke has [[spoiler:kills Bellamy]].
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Your favorite book ''Adventures in Troperland'' is made into a movie. You turn the movie on, eager to see the epic romance of the OfficialCouple Alice and Bob depicted onscreen... and, wait, Alice and Bob are PlatonicLifePartners? Or Alice is Bob's sister (without IncestSubtext)? Or Alice is in love with Bob, but he never reciprocates?
In short, the romantic couple got hit with Adaptational Romance Downgrade.
The trope can occur for various reasons. For example, in a CompressedAdaptation, there might not be enough time to develop a plausible romantic arc, so the adaptation's creators decide to save themselves the trouble and cut it altogether. Or a CulturallySensitiveAdaptation leaves out the bits that [[ValuesDissonance can offend or unsettle the target audience]] (for example, when a work that includes KissingCousins is adapted in a culture where the trope is less tolerated). Or one or both of the characters get AdaptationalSexuality and the romance from the original can't develop due to IncompatibleOrientation. Or the creators of the adaptation simply think that the romance doesn't fit in with their concept of the plot. In most scenarios, this can be used to prevent StrangledByTheRedString.
Many a fanfic uses this trope to clear the way for {{Shipping}}, claiming that there is little or no real love in whatever [[OfficialCouple canon pairings]] the author doesn't like.
In films or TV shows, an additional factor for this is that there is little to no romantic chemistry between the actors; extreme cases would involve at best a FriendshipOnTheSet, and at worst a HostilityOnTheSet for the on-screen couple.
Not to be confused with RelationshipCompression, where the romantic arc is present in ''both'' the original and the adaptation and the only difference is in how quickly it develops.
Contrast PromotedToLoveInterest. Might lead to NoHuggingNoKissing or DryDocking. Subtrope to AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* In the original ''Manga/AkazukinChacha'' comics, Chacha confesses her love for Riiya at the end of the first chapter, and later refers to him as her boyfriend. In the TV series, this never happens, so [[CockFight Shiine's rivalry with him]] is a little more plausible. An omake in the comic implies that fan letters wanted Shiine to be closer to Chacha.
* ''Literature/BlackSummoner'': In the original light novels, Kelvin's NinjaMaid slave Efil propositions him and he has sex with her, making her the first girl in his budding BattleHarem. At the same point in the anime adaptation, Kelvin pushes her off of him and resolves to put her in her own room when he buys a house of his own later. Crosses over with AdaptationalConsent, because part of the reason he does this is because he's concerned about the power dynamics in their relationship since he's her owner.
* ''Anime/MyHime'': In the anime, Natsuki ends the series in a relationship with Shizuru. In the manga adaptation, Shizuru is still attracted to Natsuki, but Natsuki is now a romantic rival with Mai over Yuuichi Tate, and the series ends with Mai and Natsuki bickering over him.
* The anime adaptation of ''Literature/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected'' left out the interaction between [[DeadpanSnarker Hachiman Hikigaya]] and [[HugeSchoolgirl Saki Kawasaki]] as she starts to see Hachiman as her crush but she CantSpitItOut. This relationship was non-existent in the first season and later was included in the next ones, but it's not even compared with the relationship of those two in the light novel.
* In ''The Astonishing Adventures of the Barsac Mission'', Harry Killer [[ScarpiaUltimatum proposes marriage to]] Jane Buxton; in ''Anime/SecretOfCeruleanSand'', Killer ([[spoiler:who's really her half-brother William]]) feels more like a big brother treating her as his MoralityChain.
* ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'': In the anime it's painfully clear that while Yuji values Kasumi Yoshida and finds her at the very least physically attractive, his feelings for Shana are so much stronger poor Kasumi doesn't stand a chance. The compilation movie meanwhile basically omits Kasumi Yoshida's role as Shana's love rival for Yuji's affection.
* In ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', Tenchi is romantically linked to all the girls in his harem and ends in a MarryThemAll route. In ''Anime/TenchiUniverse'' and ''Anime/TenchiInTokyo'', only Ryoko and Ayeka are treated as serious partners with Tenchi while the others' romantic feelings for him are either small or nonexistent.
* ''Anime/TwelveMonths'': In [[Theatre/TwelveMonths the original play]], April and the girl are the OfficialCouple and get engaged, but the anime makes them nothing more than friends. There is no indication he is more special to her than the rest of the Months, and she calls him "brother"; he is more protective of her than his brothers are but, apart from literally a couple of moments of barely-there ShipTease, doesn't even imply he feels anything beyond BigBrotherInstinct towards her.
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* ''Animation/FlowerFairy'': In the original ''Flower Fairies'' game, Fannie is Kukuru's girlfriend. In the series, while Kukuru did promise to protect Fannie, he eventually decides to [[spoiler:be with An'an instead]], setting off the events of Season 3 when Fannie gets upset about it.
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'', Prince Charming is the ex-husband of three fairy tale princesses: Snow White, Briar Rose, and Cinderella. While in the original tales they each exist separately and live happily ever after with their respective princes, the comic merges the individual princes into one CompositeCharacter, since the series is a FairyTaleFreeForAll.
* In Creator/GeorgePerez's ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1987}}'', Steve Trevor was no longer Diana's love interest. Due to him being old enough to be her father (as his mother was a WWII pilot), and Diana had recently arrived on Man's World, Post-Crisis. Instead he and Etta Candy became a couple and eventually married. Though this was retconned in the ComicBook/New52, with Steve being made young enough to be Diana's love interest again; while later in ComicBook/DCRebirth, Etta Candy [[AdaptationalSexuality has a thing for]] Barbara Minerva.
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* ''Fanfic/AsFateWouldHaveIt'': In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', Curtis was Rosa's ImpliedLoveInterest should the player pick the latter as their character. In this fic, however, Curtis and Rosa aren't romantically involved in any way whatsoever, with Curtis being Yancy's DisposableFiance slash RomanticFalseLead (with Nate being the one that she ends up with), and Rosa instead dating Hugh.
* In ''Fanfic/TheCliff'', Brünnhilde is woken up much earlier than in [[Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung canon]], so she meets Siegfried and the Gibichungs when they are children. As a result, her relationship with Siegfried (her husband in canon) is nothing more than that of aunt and nephew, and to Gunther (who tried to marry her in canon as well), she is likewise an HonoraryAunt.
* In ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', Janine has a one-sided crush on Egon. In a fanfic titled ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/38442796/chapters/96076297?view_adult=true Fan Fiction]]'', she's said to be over him.
* The notorious fancomic ''Webcomic/HowIBecameYours'' altered many romantic relationships from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' in order to put the author's preferred couples together. ''Avatar'' ended with Aang and Katara getting a RelationshipUpgrade and Zuko and Mai getting back together; ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' reveals Katara and Aang got married and had kids, while it's unclear if Zuko and Mai stayed together (a tie-in comic saw them breaking up). Here, Aang and Katara only like each other as friends and Aang has romantic feelings for Toph, while Zuko agrees to marry Mai only out of duty and because Mai secretly sabotages his relationship with his true love, Katara.
* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossing'': In the ''Wild World'' movie, Apollo and Whitney are implied to be exes who reconcile in the end. In the fanfic, Apollo and Whitney aren't romantically interested in each other.
* In ''Fanfic/TheLastWar'', one of the best-known RonTheDeathEater fanfics, the canon Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione pairings never involve any real love. Harry and Hermione have only really loved each other, with Harry only marrying Ginny for her looks and Hermione marrying Ron [[InsaneTrollLogic as a way to stay close to Harry]]. Meanwhile, Ginny went after Harry because she is a GoldDigger, and Ron feels nothing but some lust for Hermione.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime''[=/=]''Film/MrRight'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Love at First Sight|OnceUponATime}}'': In the original show, Emma had two main love interests, Neal and Hook, but here she doesn't know either of them and they are trying to kill her.
* In ''Fanfic/TheMarvelousWorldOfDC'', Mary-Jane Watson is basically [[LikeBrotherAndSister like a sister]] to Peter Parker, instead of being his girlfriend.
* In ''Master of the Universe'', the AlternateUniverseFic of ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' that later became ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'', Bella/Ana only ever has eyes for Edward/Christian and thinks of Jacob/Jose as a brother; he has romantic feelings for her, but she never reciprocates them and the closest they come to intimacy is Jacob/Jose drunkenly kissing Bella/Ana against her will. In ''The Twilight Saga'', while Bella ultimately prefers Edward as a love interest, she does admit to having romantic feelings for Jacob; she briefly considers him as a boyfriend in ''New Moon'' and asks him to kiss her in ''Eclipse''.
* ''Fanfic/MCURewrites:'' Sharon Carter gets romantically involved with Steve Rogers in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse proper, while in this fanfiction series, they remain strictly platonic. The author has expressed distaste for how the MCU reduced an awesome character like Sharon into just being a SatelliteLoveInterest, so that's probably why they're platonic in the fics.
* In ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'', Gomez and Morticia are a HappilyMarried couple. In the fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11744870/1/Morticia-Please Morticia, Please]]'', he still loves her, but she no longer loves him and hooks up with an OriginalCharacter named Jack instead.
* ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'' does this with both Karin and Ino's crushes on Sasuke. Karin's obsession is reduced to a simple schoolgirl crush that has completely faded by the time the two are in their teens, while Ino flat out hates his guts because [[spoiler:her father was killed by his mother during the Uchiha Insurrection and [[SinsOfOurFathers she holds him responsible as one of the few remaining Uchiha]].]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', Zeus never has the affair with Alcmene that resulted in Herakles's birth in the original myths; Hercules is his child by Hera instead.
* In the original ''Literature/TheLordOfTheWinds'' fairytale, Kotura summons a terrible, non-stopping snowstorm to blackmail people into offering him a bride, and the people do end up sending him the girl he likes. In the 1984 Soviet stop-motion adaptation, the entire matter of marriage is cut: the girls are sent simply to appease Kotura with rich gifts, only to learn that the snowstorm doesn't stop because Kotura is too sick and needs someone to help him recover (alternately, it's a SecretTestOfCharacter to find out which one of the people will be kind enough to offer him help). Kotura is a kindly mentor figure and behaves in a purely avuncular manner towards the girls.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', Pavitr Prabhakhar's love interest is Gayatri Singh, an expy of Gwen Stacy, whereas in the comics, his primary interest was Meera Jain, an expy of Mary Jane Watson.
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* In ''The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe'', a 1983 Soviet adaptation of ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}'', by virtue of getting literally DemotedToExtra, Rebecca doesn't fall in love with Ivanhoe. Likewise, Ivanhoe has no fond feelings (that would linger even after his marriage) for her, and Bois-Guilbert desires [[RoleSwapAU Rowena]] rather than her.
* One of many things ''Film/BloodAndChocolate2007'' changes from [[Literature/BloodAndChocolate the book]] is the romantic relationships.
** In the book, Gabriel is sincerely in love with Vivian and it's heavily implied that beneath her hostility towards him, she's [[BelligerentSexualTension attracted to him too]]. [[spoiler:Vivian eventually returns Gabriel's feelings and becomes his mate, after her romance with Aiden ends disastrously]]. In the film, Gabriel merely lusts after Vivian and she despises him, [[spoiler:culminating in her killing him to protect Aiden (a far cry from the book, where she [[TakingTheBullet takes a silver bullet]] to protect Gabriel from ''Aiden'')]].
** Rafe and Astrid become lovers in the book, though the relationship is based more on lust than love. They're not lovers in the film, which is just as well given that Rafe is depicted as Astrid's ''son'' here.
* ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010'': In the original myth and the 1981 film ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}'', Perseus and Andromeda fall in love and marry. In the 2010 remake, Andromeda has feelings for Perseus but he doesn't return them, with his love interest being Io instead. [[ZigZaggedTrope However]], in the sequel ''Film/WrathOfTheTitans'', Io has died between movies and Andromeda gets promoted back to Perseus' love interest.
* ''Film/FantasticFour2015'': In the comics, Sue Storm and Reed Richards are the OfficialCouple and are usually married. Seeing as this movie is an SuperheroOrigin story, they understandably don't start out as a couple, though they never develop a romantic relationship at all, with there merely being hints that Reed has feelings for Sue. It's likely this would've been expanded upon in a sequel, but for various reasons, this never happened.
* ''Film/TheGreatGatsby2013'' has Nick pursuing Jordan for a relationship, only for Jordan to reject him. They however showcase a relationship in the deleted scenes. Nick instead has a one night stand with Myrtle's sister Catherine, when they were just couch talking in the book.
* ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}'': The end of the novel features [[spoiler:Hannibal]] and [[spoiler:Clarice]] becoming lovers and running away together. The movie strongly implies that [[spoiler:Hannibal]] has feelings for [[spoiler:Clarice]], but she doesn't appear to reciprocate; [[spoiler:Hannibal]] escapes by himself while [[spoiler:Clarice]] attempts to stop him.
* ''Film/HowCzarPeterTheGreatMarriedOffHisMoor'': In Creator/AlexanderPushkin's ''The Moor of Peter the Great'', on which the movie is based, the French countess falls genuinely in love with Ibrahim and is heartbroken after he is forced to leave; she does [[AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder find solace with another man]], but only a while after she and Ibrahim are parted. In the movie, Countess de Covignac only views Ibrahim as ForeignFanservice and coldly states as much in her last letter to him.
* In ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', Phillip and Aurora's relationship is far more subtle and subdued compared to their relationship in ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''. In the original, they fall in love almost at first sight, to the point Phillip is willing to break his betrothal with the princess to marry Aurora (he doesn't realise that Princess Aurora and the peasant girl he's fallen for are the same person), Aurora is devastated to learn she has to marry a prince (likewise, she doesn't know Phillip and the prince are the same person) and Phillip wakes Aurora from her cursed sleep using TrueLovesKiss. In ''Maleficent'', Phillip and Aurora do share a mutual attraction when they first meet, but their relationship doesn't progress further and when Phillip kisses her, it fails to wake her because [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome they simply don't know each other well enough for them to be truly in love]] (it's Maleficent's maternal love for Aurora that breaks the curse this time). The ending implies that they will fall in love eventually and [[Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil the sequel]] confirms they get engaged; their romance simply takes ''much'' longer to develop compared to ''Sleeping Beauty''.
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** Black Widow and Hawkeye were lovers when they were first introduced in the comics. In the movies they're PlatonicLifePartners.
** This goes the same with Black Widow and Winter Soldier. In the comics, they have an on-and-off relationship way back during the Cold War. In the movies, there's nothing going on between them asides from being on Captain America's side in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''.
** Sharon Carter is well-known to be Captain America's love interest in the comics. But in the movies, her aunt Peggy is Steve's one true love. Sharon and Steve do first meet in ''Film/CaptainAmericaWinterSoldier'' but there's no romance going on between them. In ''Civil War'', Steve did give Sharon a kiss but nothing follows up after that most especially at the end of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' [[spoiler:when Steve reunites with Peggy in the past]].
** ''Film/{{Thor}}'': In the comics, it is Lady Sif that actually is Thor's most common love interest, while Jane Foster had that role only in the 1960s. In the movies, Sif and Thor are just friends.
* ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'':
** Betty Brant, one of Peter Parker's first [[LoveInterest Love Interests]] in the comics way back in the '60s, is demoted to being J. Jonah Jameson's SassySecretary. There is something of a flirtation going on between Peter and Betty during the movies, but it is never followed upon.
** In the third movie, iconic Spider-Man's girlfriend Gwen Stacy makes an appearance, but even though she has a crush on Peter, he doesn't reciprocate her feelings, as Peter in the Raimi version has eyes only for Mary Jane Watson.
* ''Film/TheWolfhound'': In [[Literature/TheWolfhound the book]], Elen falls in love with Wolfhound, who doesn't reciprocate, but eventually gets over it and ends up in a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage with [[spoiler:Vinitar]]. In the film, she is PromotedToLoveInterest for Wolfhound [[spoiler:and they end up together]], and, as a result, she never falls in love with [[spoiler:Vinitar]].
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
** In the comics, shapeshifter Mystique and demon-looking Azazel have a romantic fling and conceive Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler). In the movies, Mystique appears since the first movie (2000), but Azazel appears in ''First Class'' (2011), which takes place in 1962. A young Nightcrawler debuts in ''X-Men: Apocalypse'' (2016), which takes place in 1983, but there is no on-screen interaction between any of these characters that acknowledges their familial relationship.
** Sabretooth is sometimes depicted as Mystique's lover in the comics (they even had a son together, mutant-hating politician Graydon Creed!), but in the first movie, they are shown as more of coworkers than close acquaintances.
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* In ''Literature/TheSistersGrimm'', many a HappilyEverAfter from fairytales is shown to have actually ended in a breakup:
** William Charming is ''the'' Prince Charming from ''multiple'' fairytales, so it is revealed that he broke up with all of his love interests. At least two of his exes (Cinderella and Briar Rose) have moved on and found love with other men. The only woman with whom he still has an on-again, off-again relationship in the series [[spoiler:and whom he ultimately does marry]] is Snow White.
** Beauty and the Beast split up after finding themselves on opposite sides in the war (the Beast supports the Scarlet Hand and Beauty is against it).
* ''Literature/TheSorcerersDaughter'': In ''Theatre/SwanLake'', on which the novel is based, Odette and Siegfried are genuinely in love. Here, their romantic feelings for each other amount to a brief crush stemming mostly from the idea of a [[WrongGenreSavvy fairytale]]-like RescueRomance. The crush fades very quickly, and from then on they have nothing but familial affection for each other (they are cousins).
* ''Literature/SoundEuphonium'': Kumiko ends up having a ChildhoodFriendRomance with Shuichi in the novels. In the anime, most of their romantic moments are AdaptedOut, and Kumiko's relationship with Reina is more emphasized instead.
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* ''Series/The100'': In the original books, Bellamy and Clarke were an OfficialCouple. However, in the show, they are JustFriends and PlatonicLifePartners with the occasional ShipTease that goes nowhere. Instead, both are paired with multiple different characters throughout the show, and by the end, Clarke has [[spoiler:kills Bellamy]].
* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': In the first season, they introduce Jean Loring, a lawyer that is the official love interest of the Atom in the [[ComicBook/TheAtom comics]]. However, she is a much older woman in the series, and by that time it didn't look like they were ever going to introduce actual superheroes, as the show was relatively grounded. That started to change by the second and third seasons, when they actually introduced lots of superhero elements, including the Atom. He never meets Jean on-screen, but later reveals that he had a fiancee named Anna Loring (Jean's daughter? Niece?).
* In ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'', Kate Kane never actually meets either of her two major comic-book love interests, Renee Montoya or Maggie Sawyer, as both had previously appeared in other shows (Sawyer was in ''Supergirl'', while Montoya appeared in ''Series/{{Gotham}}''), with her love life mostly centering around Sophie Moore, who ''was'' a love interest in the comics, but only in the past.
* In ''Series/TheCountOfMonteCristo1998'', Haydee isn't in love with Edmond and [[spoiler:doesn't end up with him like it happens in the original novel]]. She is PromotedToLoveInterest for Franz instead.
* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': Not exactly a romance, but Daredevil in the comics has a strong FoeRomanceSubtext with Typhoid Mary, a supervillainess with a split personality. It verged on DatingCatwoman at times, as Daredevil fell for sweet, innocent Mary, Typhoid Mary's alter ego. In the TV show, Typhoid Mary exists in the same universe, but she never ever meets Daredevil, instead appearing in the related TV show, ''Series/IronFist2017''.
* ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'' changed the nature of Cliff and Jane's relationship from lovers (as they were in the comics) to close friends with an occasional father-daughter vibe, likely due to the considerable age difference between Creator/BrendanFraser and Creator/DianeGuerrero. The show also downgrades Rita Farr and Steve Dayton's relationship from marriage to a brief fling that happened decades ago.
* One of many things ''Series/Dracula2013'' changes from [[Literature/{{Dracula}} the novel]] is Mina and Jonathan's relationship. In the novel, they are a loving couple who get married part way through the story, are completely devoted to each other [[spoiler:and have a child in the epilogue]]. In the TV show, they're still engaged to start with, but their relationship is far more troubled, with Jonathan being dismissive of Mina's dream of becoming a doctor and Mina being increasingly drawn to Dracula. Mina eventually breaks off the engagement after learning [[spoiler:Jonathan slept with her best friend and condemns him as a murderer after he sabotages Dracula's energy machine, killing dozens of people]].
* ''Series/Dracula2020'': In [[Literature/{{Dracula}} the novel]], Quincey is in love with Lucy and proposes marriage; although she has great affection for him, she turns him down to marry Arthur Holmwood, though Quincey takes it well and does everything he can to help Lucy after she's attacked by Dracula, then seeks to avenge her death. In the 2020 show, Lucy does agree to marry Quincey, but neither of them actually loves the other; Lucy is marrying Quincey for [[GoldDigger his money]], Quincey is marrying Lucy for [[TrophyWife her looks]]. Even when Lucy dies, Quincey doesn't care much; he spends her funeral on his phone and leaves the country immediately after.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': In the comics, Wally West, also known as Kid Flash, ended up becoming the Flash after his mentor Barry Allen died in the 1980s. Wally has an epic romance with reporter Linda Park in the comics, the kind of love that [[LoveTranscendsSpacetime transcends time and space]]. In the TV show, she briefly dates his mentor Barry Allen instead, and she never even meets Wally. The same thing happens with Tina [=McGee=], another love interest of Wally in the comics; in the TV show, she is a much older woman that shows a brief interest in Barry Allen's father. In both cases, it so happens that many plots that belonged to Wally West in the comics are given to Barry, because Wally never replaces Barry as the Flash, and stays a sidekick. Likewise, while Magenta Kane appears in the show, her relationship with Wally West is not depicted.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'', compared to ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** Daenerys and Irri. In the books, they have sex several times. In the series, they have no romantic or sexual relationship (not to mention that [[spoiler:Irri gets an early DeathByAdaptation]]). Downplayed, since in the books, there are few actual romantic or sexual feelings involved on either side (Irri is doing her duty and Daenerys is lonely).
** Sandor and Sansa. In the books, they have a clear mutual attraction (although on his side, it veers towards [[NearRapeExperience the darker and creepier aspects]]). Even months after they last saw each other, Sansa has erotic dreams about him and [[FakeMemories believes]] their last meeting included a kiss when it didn't. In the show, he is protective of her, but it rarely includes any overt sexual undertones, and when he says he wishes he could have raped her, it's left ambiguous whether he means it [[spoiler:or tries to provoke Arya into a MercyKill]]. Meanwhile, Sansa's feelings for him are never shown to be anything but platonic, and [[spoiler:their reunion in Winterfell is nothing but friendly]].
* ''Series/TheGifted2017'' is based off of Creator/MarvelComics. In the comics, twins Andreas and Andrea von Strucker have a canonically incestuous relationship. In ''The Gifted'' they merely have IncestSubtext. Here the von Struckers appear as {{Posthumous Character}}s, parallels to their GenerationXerox descendants, sibling protagonists Lauren and Andy. Lauren and Andy ''also'' have a substantial amount of IncestSubtext -- although theirs is [[PlatonicWritingRomanticReading probably unintentional]] and it doesn't seem the writers intended to go that way. Having Lauren and Andy's OG counterparts be ''canonically'' a couple would have ''highlighted'' that subtext, so it seems the relationship downgrade was done in order to help the show not draw attention to something it would rather not dwell on.
* In ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'', Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian are explicitly a romantic couple, including [[spoiler:getting married in the end]]. Due to Chinese censorship laws around depicting homosexual relationships onscreen, the live-action series ''Series/TheUntamed'' couldn't outright depict them as being in a romantic relationship and presents them more as HeterosexualLifePartners. [[DownplayedTrope That said]], there's a ''lot'' of romantic subtext around their relationship and they refer to each other with terms like "close companions" or "soulmates", so they can easily come off as a same-sex couple with [[HideYourLesbians plausible deniability]] to get past the censorship. The novel, on the other hand, is completely unambiguous about their romance.
* ''Series/InspectorMorse'': ''Last Bus to Woodstock'', the first ''Literature/InspectorMorse'' novel, has intense romantic tension between Inspector Morse and [[spoiler:Sue Widdowson]], with the latter confessing her love for him [[spoiler:even after he exposes her as the murderess]]. The whole arc got AdaptedOut in the corresponding episode.
* ''Series/IronFist2017'': it happens to Iron Fist's romance with Misty Knight, probably the first interracial superhero romance in mainstream superhero comics. In the TV series, he hooks up with Colleen Wing instead, and Misty is just his ally.
* ''Series/{{Marple}}'':
** In the original ''Literature/FourFiftyFromPaddington'' novel, every male in Rutherford Hall is interested in Lucy Eyelesbarrow. In the corresponding episode, only Bryan Eastley and a CanonForeigner inspector are in love with her.
** As a result of [[spoiler:Josie and Adelaide]]'s AdaptationalSexuality in the episode based on ''Literature/TheBodyInTheLibrary'', [[spoiler:Josie]] never secretly marries [[spoiler:Mark]].
** In the episode based on ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced'', unlike in the novel, Edmund and Phillipa never have any romantic relationship at all.
* ''Miss Marple'' (the [=BBC=] series starring Joan Hickson):
** In the original ''Literature/FourFiftyFromPaddington'' novel, every man in Rutherford Hall expressed interest in Lucy. Like in the later [=ITV=] adaptation, here the corresponding episode has only two men vying for her affections (Bryan Eastley and Cedric Crackenthorpe).
** Downplayed in the episode based on ''Literature/TheBodyInTheLibrary''. Like in the novel, Adelaide Jefferson is pursued by [[BettyAndVeronica her old friend Hugo and the hotel's tennis and dancing pro Raymond]]; unlike in the novel, [[spoiler:where she and Hugo get engaged in the end, she makes no choice here and the triangle is LeftHanging]].
* Series/MoneyHeistKoreaJointEconomicArea: In the [[Series/MoneyHeist original series]], Tokyo and Rio develops a relationship before the heist but the Korean remake opts for Rio having a crush on her and a occasional ShipTease.
* ''Series/{{Poirot}}'':
** As a result of Philip Blake's AdaptationalSexuality in the episode based on ''Literature/FiveLittlePigs'', he is in love with Amyas rather than with Caroline, and isn't happy when the latter tries to seduce him (which didn't happen in the novel either).
** In the original ''Literature/DeathInTheClouds'' book, Jean Dupont is in love with Jane Grey, [[spoiler:and in the end, Poirot is certain they will soon marry]]. In the episode based on it, he never shows any romantic interest in her.
** In the original ''Literature/DeathOnTheNile'' novel, Tim Allerton and Rosalie Otterbourne fall in love. In the episode based on it, though she is in love with him, he is implied to be [[IncompatibleOrientation gay]] and rejects her when she kisses him (which leads to a minor AdaptationInducedPlotHole, since Tim and Rosalie's mutual feelings are the sole reason [[spoiler:Poirot [[LoveOverridesTheLaw lets Tim off]] for the theft of the pearls]] in the novel, and it's not explained why he does the same in the adaptation).
** In the original ''Literature/TheMysteryOfTheBlueTrain'' book, Derek Kettering is in a love triangle between Lenox and Katherine. In the corresponding episode, he has no romance with either (apart from Lenox's single comment on how handsome he is). Mirelle is also his mistress in the novel, though he ultimately rejects her; here, she only propositions him once, gets refused, and it doesn't go any further.
* ''Series/Stargirl2020'': Cameron Makent and Artemis Crock are boyfriend and girlfriend in the comics, even having a child together at one point. They have no such relationship in this series where Cameron is paired with Courtney Whitmore.
* ''Series/Supergirl2015'': Brainiac 5 becomes a major character and show regular after season 3, and remains so until the series finale. And yet, he doesn't have one iota of sexual or romantic tension with Supergirl, despite being one of her most known love interests in the comics. This is likely due to Supergirl dating and breaking up with Brainiac's teammate Mon-El in the TV show's seasons 2 and 3, and the writers not wanting to go that route again.
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* ''Music/KidzBop'': The cover of "Exes and Ohs" [[TheCoverChangesTheMeaning changes it]] from a song about sleeping with one's exes to a song about reuniting with one's old friends.
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* The original Greek myth of Hyacinth is a same-sex LoveTriangle. The PrettyBoy Hyacinth is Apollo's lover, but he's also being pursued by Zephyr, the god of the west wind. Hyacinth is accidently killed by the discus thrown by Apollo, blown off course by Zephyer's wind for IfICantHaveYou reasons. In the opera ''Apollo et Hyacinthus'' by Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart, with a libretto by Fr. Rufinus Widl, the apex of the LoveTriangle is instead Hyacinth's CanonForeigner sister Melia, so Hyacinth and Apollo are nothing more than good friends and Zephyr likewise has no romantic or sexual interest in Hyacinth, killing him purely because he wants to frame Apollo.
* In Dmitri Tcherniakov's 2017 staging of ''Theatre/TheSnowMaiden'', the Snow Maiden never falls in love with Mizgir in the end and is as frightened of him as she was throughout the plot.
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* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'' implies that Saber marries Genny, with a novelisation of the NES game also stating they get together. The remake ''Echoes'' removes this aspect, only saying they got married to unnamed people. This is because the remake gives them ages within the game's code: Saber is 34 and Genny is 15.
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* ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'': This is the case for many characters who were couples within the ''Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}'', as David Willis didn't want to retread old ground:
** While Joyce admits she's somewhat attracted to Walky, the two are primarily friends because they share a (girl)friend in Dorothy rather than being an OfficialCouple. In fact, the two often irritate each other due to the former's Christian fundamentalism pre-Book 10 and the latter's atheism.
** Joe and Rachel got married in the ''Walkyverse'' but here they're not only not a couple, they're not even friends.
** Apart from when she came onto him in a depressive stupor, Billie and Danny lack a romantic relationship.
** Mike and Amber got married in ''Shortpacked!'', but here they're childhood friends who show no romantic or sexual attraction towards one another.
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* ''WebVideo/HeadlessASleepyHollowStory'': Most adaptations of ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'' involve the love triangle between Ichabod, Brom, and Katrina. However, in this version Kat couldn't care less about Brom -- they used to date in high school, so she's pretty over him by the time the series takes place. [[spoiler:She also turns out to be lying about any affection towards Ichabod, and was only luring him into sacrificing a year of his life for her]].
* ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'':
** In [[Literature/PrideAndPrejudice the book]], Mr. Collins thinks of proposing to Jane, proposes to Lizzie only to get firmly turned down, and eventually marries Charlotte. In the series, he isn't interested romantically in any of the girls (save for a half-forgotten ChildhoodMarriagePromise with Lizzie which nobody takes seriously) and offers Lizzie, and later Charlotte, a job instead. There are some hints that Charlotte has a crush on him (which is, amusingly, [[PromotedToLoveInterest the opposite trope]], because in the novel she accepted him because she was [[OldMaid desperate]]), but he is happily engaged to another CanonForeigner girl.
** Downplayed with Colonel Fitzwilliam/Fitz. In the book, Colonel Fitzwilliam implies that he would have courted Elizabeth, had he not needed an advantageous marriage. In the series, Fitz is gay, so he has no hint of even potential romantic feelings for Lizzie.
* ''WebVideo/PopCrossStudios'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBBc4KlH_uw&list=PLItBjti8LwWGQw4Y2OEtijiAyTtQqPpOz&index=9 "What if DREAMWORKS ANIMATED CHARACTERS Were FANTASY BEASTS?!"]], Christian Pearson's version of the events of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' portrays the titular ogre as a [[AdaptationalNonSapience less sapient, though still intelligent]] version of himself, who does rescue Princess Fiona from the [[DragonsPreferPrincesses dragon]] that was attacking her kingdom, but they never end up in an InterspeciesRomance. Instead, Fiona rewards the ogre by declaring that from now on, his swamp home will be a sanctuary protected for the rest of Shrek's life, seeing as here, Shrek is the LastOfHisKind after centuries of swamp ogres being hunted by humans for their skins and earwax.
* ''WebVideo/RealTimeFandub'' downplays the relationship between Sonic and Elise, as Sonic is gay.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': InUniverse, ''The Boy in the Iceberg'' play adapts Aang and Katara's WillTheyOrWontThey as a LikeBrotherAndSister dynamic, while Zuko is PromotedToLoveInterest (which causes the real Aang to have a tailspin because he's afraid this is how the real Katara feels).
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'':
** Wonder Woman's relationship with her classic love interest Steve Trevor is limited to some small ShipTease in the three-parter, "The Savage Time". Her other love interests Mike Schorr and Trevor Barnes don't appear in the show at all.
** In the comics, John Stewart and Katma Tui dated and were even married before the latter's death. In the show, John and Katma had a brief fling, with John having a much longer relationship with Hawkgirl and later Vixen.
* ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'' not only reduces the ages of Martin Mystery and Diana Lombard to 16 from being adults in the original Italian comic book ''Martin Mystère'' but makes them step-siblings, originally they were engaged and later married.
* In ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', the title characters are in love. In ''WesternAnimation/PegPlusCat'', they're platonic friends.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'', several romantic relationships are changed from [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower the original version]]. Bow no longer has a crush on Adora, while Adora is no longer interested in Sea Hawk.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SonicPrime'', Amy isn't shown to have any romantic feelings for Sonic like in past iterations.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': Rather than Magenta Kane like in the comics, Jinx is presented as the villain who has a relationship with Kid Flash.
* In the DC franchise, Dick Grayson and Starfire both have a mutual attraction towards each other. In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', Robin is Starfire's HopelessSuitor at best, if not an AbhorrentAdmirer.
* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'': In most Voltron adaptations, TheLeader Keith and Princess Allura typically have either ShipTease or are an OfficialCouple, like in WesternAnimation/VoltronForce. In Legendary Defender, they are not. Instead, Lance is PromotedToLoveInterest. As with anything related to this show, the [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks reactions were quite contentious]], especially because the RelationshipUpgrade was part of a poorly-received final season.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'':
** Mystique is reinterpreted as the principal of a high school both the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants (teenagers, in this version) attend. Destiny is portrayed as Rogue's caretaker and Mystique's friend. This is unlike the comics, wherein Mystique and Destiny have been lovers for decades, although the comic creators at the time had to hide their relationship.
** Because Jean Grey is a teenager and Logan is her teacher in the Xavier Institute, Logan's infatuation with Jean is removed.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'':
** Artemis Crock and Icicle Jr. are boyfriend and girlfriend in the comics. In this show, Artemis is paired with Wally and zero interaction with Icicle.
** Conner Kent and Cassie Sandsmark were a couple in the comics. In this show, Conner is paired with M'Gann and Cassie paired with Tim Drake.
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!!Indexes: MediaAdaptationTropes, AdaptationDeviation, CharacterizationByRelation, ImageSource.ComicBooksMToZ, ImageSource.WesternAnimation.
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[[caption-width-right:350:For Starfire, it went from flying sparks to NoSparks. [[note]]Top: Robin/Nightwing and Starfire, ''ComicBook/{{Titans}}'' (2008); Bottom: Robin having a crush with the oblivious Starfire, ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''[[/note]]]]
Your favorite book ''Adventures in Troperland'' is made into a movie. You turn the movie on, eager to see the epic romance of the OfficialCouple Alice and Bob depicted onscreen... and, wait, Alice and Bob are PlatonicLifePartners? Or Alice is Bob's sister (without IncestSubtext)? Or Alice is in love with Bob, but he never reciprocates?
In short, the romantic couple got hit with Adaptational Romance Downgrade.
The trope can occur for various reasons. For example, in a CompressedAdaptation, there might not be enough time to develop a plausible romantic arc, so the adaptation's creators decide to save themselves the trouble and cut it altogether. Or a CulturallySensitiveAdaptation leaves out the bits that [[ValuesDissonance can offend or unsettle the target audience]] (for example, when a work that includes KissingCousins is adapted in a culture where the trope is less tolerated). Or one or both of the characters get AdaptationalSexuality and the romance from the original can't develop due to IncompatibleOrientation. Or the creators of the adaptation simply think that the romance doesn't fit in with their concept of the plot. In most scenarios, this can be used to prevent StrangledByTheRedString.
Many a fanfic uses this trope to clear the way for {{Shipping}}, claiming that there is little or no real love in whatever [[OfficialCouple canon pairings]] the author doesn't like.
In films or TV shows, an additional factor for this is that there is little to no romantic chemistry between the actors; extreme cases would involve at best a FriendshipOnTheSet, and at worst a HostilityOnTheSet for the on-screen couple.
Not to be confused with RelationshipCompression, where the romantic arc is present in ''both'' the original and the adaptation and the only difference is in how quickly it develops.
Contrast PromotedToLoveInterest. Might lead to NoHuggingNoKissing or DryDocking. Subtrope to AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul.
!! Examples
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* In the original ''Manga/AkazukinChacha'' comics, Chacha confesses her love for Riiya at the end of the first chapter, and later refers to him as her boyfriend. In the TV series, this never happens, so [[CockFight Shiine's rivalry with him]] is a little more plausible. An omake in the comic implies that fan letters wanted Shiine to be closer to Chacha.
* ''Literature/BlackSummoner'': In the original light novels, Kelvin's NinjaMaid slave Efil propositions him and he has sex with her, making her the first girl in his budding BattleHarem. At the same point in the anime adaptation, Kelvin pushes her off of him and resolves to put her in her own room when he buys a house of his own later. Crosses over with AdaptationalConsent, because part of the reason he does this is because he's concerned about the power dynamics in their relationship since he's her owner.
* ''Anime/MyHime'': In the anime, Natsuki ends the series in a relationship with Shizuru. In the manga adaptation, Shizuru is still attracted to Natsuki, but Natsuki is now a romantic rival with Mai over Yuuichi Tate, and the series ends with Mai and Natsuki bickering over him.
* The anime adaptation of ''Literature/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected'' left out the interaction between [[DeadpanSnarker Hachiman Hikigaya]] and [[HugeSchoolgirl Saki Kawasaki]] as she starts to see Hachiman as her crush but she CantSpitItOut. This relationship was non-existent in the first season and later was included in the next ones, but it's not even compared with the relationship of those two in the light novel.
* In ''The Astonishing Adventures of the Barsac Mission'', Harry Killer [[ScarpiaUltimatum proposes marriage to]] Jane Buxton; in ''Anime/SecretOfCeruleanSand'', Killer ([[spoiler:who's really her half-brother William]]) feels more like a big brother treating her as his MoralityChain.
* ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'': In the anime it's painfully clear that while Yuji values Kasumi Yoshida and finds her at the very least physically attractive, his feelings for Shana are so much stronger poor Kasumi doesn't stand a chance. The compilation movie meanwhile basically omits Kasumi Yoshida's role as Shana's love rival for Yuji's affection.
* In ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', Tenchi is romantically linked to all the girls in his harem and ends in a MarryThemAll route. In ''Anime/TenchiUniverse'' and ''Anime/TenchiInTokyo'', only Ryoko and Ayeka are treated as serious partners with Tenchi while the others' romantic feelings for him are either small or nonexistent.
* ''Anime/TwelveMonths'': In [[Theatre/TwelveMonths the original play]], April and the girl are the OfficialCouple and get engaged, but the anime makes them nothing more than friends. There is no indication he is more special to her than the rest of the Months, and she calls him "brother"; he is more protective of her than his brothers are but, apart from literally a couple of moments of barely-there ShipTease, doesn't even imply he feels anything beyond BigBrotherInstinct towards her.
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* ''Animation/FlowerFairy'': In the original ''Flower Fairies'' game, Fannie is Kukuru's girlfriend. In the series, while Kukuru did promise to protect Fannie, he eventually decides to [[spoiler:be with An'an instead]], setting off the events of Season 3 when Fannie gets upset about it.
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'', Prince Charming is the ex-husband of three fairy tale princesses: Snow White, Briar Rose, and Cinderella. While in the original tales they each exist separately and live happily ever after with their respective princes, the comic merges the individual princes into one CompositeCharacter, since the series is a FairyTaleFreeForAll.
* In Creator/GeorgePerez's ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1987}}'', Steve Trevor was no longer Diana's love interest. Due to him being old enough to be her father (as his mother was a WWII pilot), and Diana had recently arrived on Man's World, Post-Crisis. Instead he and Etta Candy became a couple and eventually married. Though this was retconned in the ComicBook/New52, with Steve being made young enough to be Diana's love interest again; while later in ComicBook/DCRebirth, Etta Candy [[AdaptationalSexuality has a thing for]] Barbara Minerva.
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* ''Fanfic/AsFateWouldHaveIt'': In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', Curtis was Rosa's ImpliedLoveInterest should the player pick the latter as their character. In this fic, however, Curtis and Rosa aren't romantically involved in any way whatsoever, with Curtis being Yancy's DisposableFiance slash RomanticFalseLead (with Nate being the one that she ends up with), and Rosa instead dating Hugh.
* In ''Fanfic/TheCliff'', Brünnhilde is woken up much earlier than in [[Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung canon]], so she meets Siegfried and the Gibichungs when they are children. As a result, her relationship with Siegfried (her husband in canon) is nothing more than that of aunt and nephew, and to Gunther (who tried to marry her in canon as well), she is likewise an HonoraryAunt.
* In ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', Janine has a one-sided crush on Egon. In a fanfic titled ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/38442796/chapters/96076297?view_adult=true Fan Fiction]]'', she's said to be over him.
* The notorious fancomic ''Webcomic/HowIBecameYours'' altered many romantic relationships from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' in order to put the author's preferred couples together. ''Avatar'' ended with Aang and Katara getting a RelationshipUpgrade and Zuko and Mai getting back together; ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' reveals Katara and Aang got married and had kids, while it's unclear if Zuko and Mai stayed together (a tie-in comic saw them breaking up). Here, Aang and Katara only like each other as friends and Aang has romantic feelings for Toph, while Zuko agrees to marry Mai only out of duty and because Mai secretly sabotages his relationship with his true love, Katara.
* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossing'': In the ''Wild World'' movie, Apollo and Whitney are implied to be exes who reconcile in the end. In the fanfic, Apollo and Whitney aren't romantically interested in each other.
* In ''Fanfic/TheLastWar'', one of the best-known RonTheDeathEater fanfics, the canon Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione pairings never involve any real love. Harry and Hermione have only really loved each other, with Harry only marrying Ginny for her looks and Hermione marrying Ron [[InsaneTrollLogic as a way to stay close to Harry]]. Meanwhile, Ginny went after Harry because she is a GoldDigger, and Ron feels nothing but some lust for Hermione.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime''[=/=]''Film/MrRight'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Love at First Sight|OnceUponATime}}'': In the original show, Emma had two main love interests, Neal and Hook, but here she doesn't know either of them and they are trying to kill her.
* In ''Fanfic/TheMarvelousWorldOfDC'', Mary-Jane Watson is basically [[LikeBrotherAndSister like a sister]] to Peter Parker, instead of being his girlfriend.
* In ''Master of the Universe'', the AlternateUniverseFic of ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' that later became ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'', Bella/Ana only ever has eyes for Edward/Christian and thinks of Jacob/Jose as a brother; he has romantic feelings for her, but she never reciprocates them and the closest they come to intimacy is Jacob/Jose drunkenly kissing Bella/Ana against her will. In ''The Twilight Saga'', while Bella ultimately prefers Edward as a love interest, she does admit to having romantic feelings for Jacob; she briefly considers him as a boyfriend in ''New Moon'' and asks him to kiss her in ''Eclipse''.
* ''Fanfic/MCURewrites:'' Sharon Carter gets romantically involved with Steve Rogers in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse proper, while in this fanfiction series, they remain strictly platonic. The author has expressed distaste for how the MCU reduced an awesome character like Sharon into just being a SatelliteLoveInterest, so that's probably why they're platonic in the fics.
* In ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'', Gomez and Morticia are a HappilyMarried couple. In the fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11744870/1/Morticia-Please Morticia, Please]]'', he still loves her, but she no longer loves him and hooks up with an OriginalCharacter named Jack instead.
* ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'' does this with both Karin and Ino's crushes on Sasuke. Karin's obsession is reduced to a simple schoolgirl crush that has completely faded by the time the two are in their teens, while Ino flat out hates his guts because [[spoiler:her father was killed by his mother during the Uchiha Insurrection and [[SinsOfOurFathers she holds him responsible as one of the few remaining Uchiha]].]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', Zeus never has the affair with Alcmene that resulted in Herakles's birth in the original myths; Hercules is his child by Hera instead.
* In the original ''Literature/TheLordOfTheWinds'' fairytale, Kotura summons a terrible, non-stopping snowstorm to blackmail people into offering him a bride, and the people do end up sending him the girl he likes. In the 1984 Soviet stop-motion adaptation, the entire matter of marriage is cut: the girls are sent simply to appease Kotura with rich gifts, only to learn that the snowstorm doesn't stop because Kotura is too sick and needs someone to help him recover (alternately, it's a SecretTestOfCharacter to find out which one of the people will be kind enough to offer him help). Kotura is a kindly mentor figure and behaves in a purely avuncular manner towards the girls.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', Pavitr Prabhakhar's love interest is Gayatri Singh, an expy of Gwen Stacy, whereas in the comics, his primary interest was Meera Jain, an expy of Mary Jane Watson.
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* In ''The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe'', a 1983 Soviet adaptation of ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}'', by virtue of getting literally DemotedToExtra, Rebecca doesn't fall in love with Ivanhoe. Likewise, Ivanhoe has no fond feelings (that would linger even after his marriage) for her, and Bois-Guilbert desires [[RoleSwapAU Rowena]] rather than her.
* One of many things ''Film/BloodAndChocolate2007'' changes from [[Literature/BloodAndChocolate the book]] is the romantic relationships.
** In the book, Gabriel is sincerely in love with Vivian and it's heavily implied that beneath her hostility towards him, she's [[BelligerentSexualTension attracted to him too]]. [[spoiler:Vivian eventually returns Gabriel's feelings and becomes his mate, after her romance with Aiden ends disastrously]]. In the film, Gabriel merely lusts after Vivian and she despises him, [[spoiler:culminating in her killing him to protect Aiden (a far cry from the book, where she [[TakingTheBullet takes a silver bullet]] to protect Gabriel from ''Aiden'')]].
** Rafe and Astrid become lovers in the book, though the relationship is based more on lust than love. They're not lovers in the film, which is just as well given that Rafe is depicted as Astrid's ''son'' here.
* ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010'': In the original myth and the 1981 film ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}'', Perseus and Andromeda fall in love and marry. In the 2010 remake, Andromeda has feelings for Perseus but he doesn't return them, with his love interest being Io instead. [[ZigZaggedTrope However]], in the sequel ''Film/WrathOfTheTitans'', Io has died between movies and Andromeda gets promoted back to Perseus' love interest.
* ''Film/FantasticFour2015'': In the comics, Sue Storm and Reed Richards are the OfficialCouple and are usually married. Seeing as this movie is an SuperheroOrigin story, they understandably don't start out as a couple, though they never develop a romantic relationship at all, with there merely being hints that Reed has feelings for Sue. It's likely this would've been expanded upon in a sequel, but for various reasons, this never happened.
* ''Film/TheGreatGatsby2013'' has Nick pursuing Jordan for a relationship, only for Jordan to reject him. They however showcase a relationship in the deleted scenes. Nick instead has a one night stand with Myrtle's sister Catherine, when they were just couch talking in the book.
* ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}'': The end of the novel features [[spoiler:Hannibal]] and [[spoiler:Clarice]] becoming lovers and running away together. The movie strongly implies that [[spoiler:Hannibal]] has feelings for [[spoiler:Clarice]], but she doesn't appear to reciprocate; [[spoiler:Hannibal]] escapes by himself while [[spoiler:Clarice]] attempts to stop him.
* ''Film/HowCzarPeterTheGreatMarriedOffHisMoor'': In Creator/AlexanderPushkin's ''The Moor of Peter the Great'', on which the movie is based, the French countess falls genuinely in love with Ibrahim and is heartbroken after he is forced to leave; she does [[AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder find solace with another man]], but only a while after she and Ibrahim are parted. In the movie, Countess de Covignac only views Ibrahim as ForeignFanservice and coldly states as much in her last letter to him.
* In ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', Phillip and Aurora's relationship is far more subtle and subdued compared to their relationship in ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''. In the original, they fall in love almost at first sight, to the point Phillip is willing to break his betrothal with the princess to marry Aurora (he doesn't realise that Princess Aurora and the peasant girl he's fallen for are the same person), Aurora is devastated to learn she has to marry a prince (likewise, she doesn't know Phillip and the prince are the same person) and Phillip wakes Aurora from her cursed sleep using TrueLovesKiss. In ''Maleficent'', Phillip and Aurora do share a mutual attraction when they first meet, but their relationship doesn't progress further and when Phillip kisses her, it fails to wake her because [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome they simply don't know each other well enough for them to be truly in love]] (it's Maleficent's maternal love for Aurora that breaks the curse this time). The ending implies that they will fall in love eventually and [[Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil the sequel]] confirms they get engaged; their romance simply takes ''much'' longer to develop compared to ''Sleeping Beauty''.
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** Black Widow and Hawkeye were lovers when they were first introduced in the comics. In the movies they're PlatonicLifePartners.
** This goes the same with Black Widow and Winter Soldier. In the comics, they have an on-and-off relationship way back during the Cold War. In the movies, there's nothing going on between them asides from being on Captain America's side in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''.
** Sharon Carter is well-known to be Captain America's love interest in the comics. But in the movies, her aunt Peggy is Steve's one true love. Sharon and Steve do first meet in ''Film/CaptainAmericaWinterSoldier'' but there's no romance going on between them. In ''Civil War'', Steve did give Sharon a kiss but nothing follows up after that most especially at the end of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' [[spoiler:when Steve reunites with Peggy in the past]].
** ''Film/{{Thor}}'': In the comics, it is Lady Sif that actually is Thor's most common love interest, while Jane Foster had that role only in the 1960s. In the movies, Sif and Thor are just friends.
* ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'':
** Betty Brant, one of Peter Parker's first [[LoveInterest Love Interests]] in the comics way back in the '60s, is demoted to being J. Jonah Jameson's SassySecretary. There is something of a flirtation going on between Peter and Betty during the movies, but it is never followed upon.
** In the third movie, iconic Spider-Man's girlfriend Gwen Stacy makes an appearance, but even though she has a crush on Peter, he doesn't reciprocate her feelings, as Peter in the Raimi version has eyes only for Mary Jane Watson.
* ''Film/TheWolfhound'': In [[Literature/TheWolfhound the book]], Elen falls in love with Wolfhound, who doesn't reciprocate, but eventually gets over it and ends up in a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage with [[spoiler:Vinitar]]. In the film, she is PromotedToLoveInterest for Wolfhound [[spoiler:and they end up together]], and, as a result, she never falls in love with [[spoiler:Vinitar]].
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
** In the comics, shapeshifter Mystique and demon-looking Azazel have a romantic fling and conceive Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler). In the movies, Mystique appears since the first movie (2000), but Azazel appears in ''First Class'' (2011), which takes place in 1962. A young Nightcrawler debuts in ''X-Men: Apocalypse'' (2016), which takes place in 1983, but there is no on-screen interaction between any of these characters that acknowledges their familial relationship.
** Sabretooth is sometimes depicted as Mystique's lover in the comics (they even had a son together, mutant-hating politician Graydon Creed!), but in the first movie, they are shown as more of coworkers than close acquaintances.
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* In ''Literature/TheSistersGrimm'', many a HappilyEverAfter from fairytales is shown to have actually ended in a breakup:
** William Charming is ''the'' Prince Charming from ''multiple'' fairytales, so it is revealed that he broke up with all of his love interests. At least two of his exes (Cinderella and Briar Rose) have moved on and found love with other men. The only woman with whom he still has an on-again, off-again relationship in the series [[spoiler:and whom he ultimately does marry]] is Snow White.
** Beauty and the Beast split up after finding themselves on opposite sides in the war (the Beast supports the Scarlet Hand and Beauty is against it).
* ''Literature/TheSorcerersDaughter'': In ''Theatre/SwanLake'', on which the novel is based, Odette and Siegfried are genuinely in love. Here, their romantic feelings for each other amount to a brief crush stemming mostly from the idea of a [[WrongGenreSavvy fairytale]]-like RescueRomance. The crush fades very quickly, and from then on they have nothing but familial affection for each other (they are cousins).
* ''Literature/SoundEuphonium'': Kumiko ends up having a ChildhoodFriendRomance with Shuichi in the novels. In the anime, most of their romantic moments are AdaptedOut, and Kumiko's relationship with Reina is more emphasized instead.
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* ''Series/The100'': In the original books, Bellamy and Clarke were an OfficialCouple. However, in the show, they are JustFriends and PlatonicLifePartners with the occasional ShipTease that goes nowhere. Instead, both are paired with multiple different characters throughout the show, and by the end, Clarke has [[spoiler:kills Bellamy]].
* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': In the first season, they introduce Jean Loring, a lawyer that is the official love interest of the Atom in the [[ComicBook/TheAtom comics]]. However, she is a much older woman in the series, and by that time it didn't look like they were ever going to introduce actual superheroes, as the show was relatively grounded. That started to change by the second and third seasons, when they actually introduced lots of superhero elements, including the Atom. He never meets Jean on-screen, but later reveals that he had a fiancee named Anna Loring (Jean's daughter? Niece?).
* In ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'', Kate Kane never actually meets either of her two major comic-book love interests, Renee Montoya or Maggie Sawyer, as both had previously appeared in other shows (Sawyer was in ''Supergirl'', while Montoya appeared in ''Series/{{Gotham}}''), with her love life mostly centering around Sophie Moore, who ''was'' a love interest in the comics, but only in the past.
* In ''Series/TheCountOfMonteCristo1998'', Haydee isn't in love with Edmond and [[spoiler:doesn't end up with him like it happens in the original novel]]. She is PromotedToLoveInterest for Franz instead.
* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': Not exactly a romance, but Daredevil in the comics has a strong FoeRomanceSubtext with Typhoid Mary, a supervillainess with a split personality. It verged on DatingCatwoman at times, as Daredevil fell for sweet, innocent Mary, Typhoid Mary's alter ego. In the TV show, Typhoid Mary exists in the same universe, but she never ever meets Daredevil, instead appearing in the related TV show, ''Series/IronFist2017''.
* ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'' changed the nature of Cliff and Jane's relationship from lovers (as they were in the comics) to close friends with an occasional father-daughter vibe, likely due to the considerable age difference between Creator/BrendanFraser and Creator/DianeGuerrero. The show also downgrades Rita Farr and Steve Dayton's relationship from marriage to a brief fling that happened decades ago.
* One of many things ''Series/Dracula2013'' changes from [[Literature/{{Dracula}} the novel]] is Mina and Jonathan's relationship. In the novel, they are a loving couple who get married part way through the story, are completely devoted to each other [[spoiler:and have a child in the epilogue]]. In the TV show, they're still engaged to start with, but their relationship is far more troubled, with Jonathan being dismissive of Mina's dream of becoming a doctor and Mina being increasingly drawn to Dracula. Mina eventually breaks off the engagement after learning [[spoiler:Jonathan slept with her best friend and condemns him as a murderer after he sabotages Dracula's energy machine, killing dozens of people]].
* ''Series/Dracula2020'': In [[Literature/{{Dracula}} the novel]], Quincey is in love with Lucy and proposes marriage; although she has great affection for him, she turns him down to marry Arthur Holmwood, though Quincey takes it well and does everything he can to help Lucy after she's attacked by Dracula, then seeks to avenge her death. In the 2020 show, Lucy does agree to marry Quincey, but neither of them actually loves the other; Lucy is marrying Quincey for [[GoldDigger his money]], Quincey is marrying Lucy for [[TrophyWife her looks]]. Even when Lucy dies, Quincey doesn't care much; he spends her funeral on his phone and leaves the country immediately after.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': In the comics, Wally West, also known as Kid Flash, ended up becoming the Flash after his mentor Barry Allen died in the 1980s. Wally has an epic romance with reporter Linda Park in the comics, the kind of love that [[LoveTranscendsSpacetime transcends time and space]]. In the TV show, she briefly dates his mentor Barry Allen instead, and she never even meets Wally. The same thing happens with Tina [=McGee=], another love interest of Wally in the comics; in the TV show, she is a much older woman that shows a brief interest in Barry Allen's father. In both cases, it so happens that many plots that belonged to Wally West in the comics are given to Barry, because Wally never replaces Barry as the Flash, and stays a sidekick. Likewise, while Magenta Kane appears in the show, her relationship with Wally West is not depicted.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'', compared to ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** Daenerys and Irri. In the books, they have sex several times. In the series, they have no romantic or sexual relationship (not to mention that [[spoiler:Irri gets an early DeathByAdaptation]]). Downplayed, since in the books, there are few actual romantic or sexual feelings involved on either side (Irri is doing her duty and Daenerys is lonely).
** Sandor and Sansa. In the books, they have a clear mutual attraction (although on his side, it veers towards [[NearRapeExperience the darker and creepier aspects]]). Even months after they last saw each other, Sansa has erotic dreams about him and [[FakeMemories believes]] their last meeting included a kiss when it didn't. In the show, he is protective of her, but it rarely includes any overt sexual undertones, and when he says he wishes he could have raped her, it's left ambiguous whether he means it [[spoiler:or tries to provoke Arya into a MercyKill]]. Meanwhile, Sansa's feelings for him are never shown to be anything but platonic, and [[spoiler:their reunion in Winterfell is nothing but friendly]].
* ''Series/TheGifted2017'' is based off of Creator/MarvelComics. In the comics, twins Andreas and Andrea von Strucker have a canonically incestuous relationship. In ''The Gifted'' they merely have IncestSubtext. Here the von Struckers appear as {{Posthumous Character}}s, parallels to their GenerationXerox descendants, sibling protagonists Lauren and Andy. Lauren and Andy ''also'' have a substantial amount of IncestSubtext -- although theirs is [[PlatonicWritingRomanticReading probably unintentional]] and it doesn't seem the writers intended to go that way. Having Lauren and Andy's OG counterparts be ''canonically'' a couple would have ''highlighted'' that subtext, so it seems the relationship downgrade was done in order to help the show not draw attention to something it would rather not dwell on.
* In ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'', Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian are explicitly a romantic couple, including [[spoiler:getting married in the end]]. Due to Chinese censorship laws around depicting homosexual relationships onscreen, the live-action series ''Series/TheUntamed'' couldn't outright depict them as being in a romantic relationship and presents them more as HeterosexualLifePartners. [[DownplayedTrope That said]], there's a ''lot'' of romantic subtext around their relationship and they refer to each other with terms like "close companions" or "soulmates", so they can easily come off as a same-sex couple with [[HideYourLesbians plausible deniability]] to get past the censorship. The novel, on the other hand, is completely unambiguous about their romance.
* ''Series/InspectorMorse'': ''Last Bus to Woodstock'', the first ''Literature/InspectorMorse'' novel, has intense romantic tension between Inspector Morse and [[spoiler:Sue Widdowson]], with the latter confessing her love for him [[spoiler:even after he exposes her as the murderess]]. The whole arc got AdaptedOut in the corresponding episode.
* ''Series/IronFist2017'': it happens to Iron Fist's romance with Misty Knight, probably the first interracial superhero romance in mainstream superhero comics. In the TV series, he hooks up with Colleen Wing instead, and Misty is just his ally.
* ''Series/{{Marple}}'':
** In the original ''Literature/FourFiftyFromPaddington'' novel, every male in Rutherford Hall is interested in Lucy Eyelesbarrow. In the corresponding episode, only Bryan Eastley and a CanonForeigner inspector are in love with her.
** As a result of [[spoiler:Josie and Adelaide]]'s AdaptationalSexuality in the episode based on ''Literature/TheBodyInTheLibrary'', [[spoiler:Josie]] never secretly marries [[spoiler:Mark]].
** In the episode based on ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced'', unlike in the novel, Edmund and Phillipa never have any romantic relationship at all.
* ''Miss Marple'' (the [=BBC=] series starring Joan Hickson):
** In the original ''Literature/FourFiftyFromPaddington'' novel, every man in Rutherford Hall expressed interest in Lucy. Like in the later [=ITV=] adaptation, here the corresponding episode has only two men vying for her affections (Bryan Eastley and Cedric Crackenthorpe).
** Downplayed in the episode based on ''Literature/TheBodyInTheLibrary''. Like in the novel, Adelaide Jefferson is pursued by [[BettyAndVeronica her old friend Hugo and the hotel's tennis and dancing pro Raymond]]; unlike in the novel, [[spoiler:where she and Hugo get engaged in the end, she makes no choice here and the triangle is LeftHanging]].
* Series/MoneyHeistKoreaJointEconomicArea: In the [[Series/MoneyHeist original series]], Tokyo and Rio develops a relationship before the heist but the Korean remake opts for Rio having a crush on her and a occasional ShipTease.
* ''Series/{{Poirot}}'':
** As a result of Philip Blake's AdaptationalSexuality in the episode based on ''Literature/FiveLittlePigs'', he is in love with Amyas rather than with Caroline, and isn't happy when the latter tries to seduce him (which didn't happen in the novel either).
** In the original ''Literature/DeathInTheClouds'' book, Jean Dupont is in love with Jane Grey, [[spoiler:and in the end, Poirot is certain they will soon marry]]. In the episode based on it, he never shows any romantic interest in her.
** In the original ''Literature/DeathOnTheNile'' novel, Tim Allerton and Rosalie Otterbourne fall in love. In the episode based on it, though she is in love with him, he is implied to be [[IncompatibleOrientation gay]] and rejects her when she kisses him (which leads to a minor AdaptationInducedPlotHole, since Tim and Rosalie's mutual feelings are the sole reason [[spoiler:Poirot [[LoveOverridesTheLaw lets Tim off]] for the theft of the pearls]] in the novel, and it's not explained why he does the same in the adaptation).
** In the original ''Literature/TheMysteryOfTheBlueTrain'' book, Derek Kettering is in a love triangle between Lenox and Katherine. In the corresponding episode, he has no romance with either (apart from Lenox's single comment on how handsome he is). Mirelle is also his mistress in the novel, though he ultimately rejects her; here, she only propositions him once, gets refused, and it doesn't go any further.
* ''Series/Stargirl2020'': Cameron Makent and Artemis Crock are boyfriend and girlfriend in the comics, even having a child together at one point. They have no such relationship in this series where Cameron is paired with Courtney Whitmore.
* ''Series/Supergirl2015'': Brainiac 5 becomes a major character and show regular after season 3, and remains so until the series finale. And yet, he doesn't have one iota of sexual or romantic tension with Supergirl, despite being one of her most known love interests in the comics. This is likely due to Supergirl dating and breaking up with Brainiac's teammate Mon-El in the TV show's seasons 2 and 3, and the writers not wanting to go that route again.
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* ''Music/KidzBop'': The cover of "Exes and Ohs" [[TheCoverChangesTheMeaning changes it]] from a song about sleeping with one's exes to a song about reuniting with one's old friends.
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* The original Greek myth of Hyacinth is a same-sex LoveTriangle. The PrettyBoy Hyacinth is Apollo's lover, but he's also being pursued by Zephyr, the god of the west wind. Hyacinth is accidently killed by the discus thrown by Apollo, blown off course by Zephyer's wind for IfICantHaveYou reasons. In the opera ''Apollo et Hyacinthus'' by Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart, with a libretto by Fr. Rufinus Widl, the apex of the LoveTriangle is instead Hyacinth's CanonForeigner sister Melia, so Hyacinth and Apollo are nothing more than good friends and Zephyr likewise has no romantic or sexual interest in Hyacinth, killing him purely because he wants to frame Apollo.
* In Dmitri Tcherniakov's 2017 staging of ''Theatre/TheSnowMaiden'', the Snow Maiden never falls in love with Mizgir in the end and is as frightened of him as she was throughout the plot.
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* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'' implies that Saber marries Genny, with a novelisation of the NES game also stating they get together. The remake ''Echoes'' removes this aspect, only saying they got married to unnamed people. This is because the remake gives them ages within the game's code: Saber is 34 and Genny is 15.
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* ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'': This is the case for many characters who were couples within the ''Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}'', as David Willis didn't want to retread old ground:
** While Joyce admits she's somewhat attracted to Walky, the two are primarily friends because they share a (girl)friend in Dorothy rather than being an OfficialCouple. In fact, the two often irritate each other due to the former's Christian fundamentalism pre-Book 10 and the latter's atheism.
** Joe and Rachel got married in the ''Walkyverse'' but here they're not only not a couple, they're not even friends.
** Apart from when she came onto him in a depressive stupor, Billie and Danny lack a romantic relationship.
** Mike and Amber got married in ''Shortpacked!'', but here they're childhood friends who show no romantic or sexual attraction towards one another.
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* ''WebVideo/HeadlessASleepyHollowStory'': Most adaptations of ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'' involve the love triangle between Ichabod, Brom, and Katrina. However, in this version Kat couldn't care less about Brom -- they used to date in high school, so she's pretty over him by the time the series takes place. [[spoiler:She also turns out to be lying about any affection towards Ichabod, and was only luring him into sacrificing a year of his life for her]].
* ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'':
** In [[Literature/PrideAndPrejudice the book]], Mr. Collins thinks of proposing to Jane, proposes to Lizzie only to get firmly turned down, and eventually marries Charlotte. In the series, he isn't interested romantically in any of the girls (save for a half-forgotten ChildhoodMarriagePromise with Lizzie which nobody takes seriously) and offers Lizzie, and later Charlotte, a job instead. There are some hints that Charlotte has a crush on him (which is, amusingly, [[PromotedToLoveInterest the opposite trope]], because in the novel she accepted him because she was [[OldMaid desperate]]), but he is happily engaged to another CanonForeigner girl.
** Downplayed with Colonel Fitzwilliam/Fitz. In the book, Colonel Fitzwilliam implies that he would have courted Elizabeth, had he not needed an advantageous marriage. In the series, Fitz is gay, so he has no hint of even potential romantic feelings for Lizzie.
* ''WebVideo/PopCrossStudios'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBBc4KlH_uw&list=PLItBjti8LwWGQw4Y2OEtijiAyTtQqPpOz&index=9 "What if DREAMWORKS ANIMATED CHARACTERS Were FANTASY BEASTS?!"]], Christian Pearson's version of the events of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' portrays the titular ogre as a [[AdaptationalNonSapience less sapient, though still intelligent]] version of himself, who does rescue Princess Fiona from the [[DragonsPreferPrincesses dragon]] that was attacking her kingdom, but they never end up in an InterspeciesRomance. Instead, Fiona rewards the ogre by declaring that from now on, his swamp home will be a sanctuary protected for the rest of Shrek's life, seeing as here, Shrek is the LastOfHisKind after centuries of swamp ogres being hunted by humans for their skins and earwax.
* ''WebVideo/RealTimeFandub'' downplays the relationship between Sonic and Elise, as Sonic is gay.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': InUniverse, ''The Boy in the Iceberg'' play adapts Aang and Katara's WillTheyOrWontThey as a LikeBrotherAndSister dynamic, while Zuko is PromotedToLoveInterest (which causes the real Aang to have a tailspin because he's afraid this is how the real Katara feels).
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'':
** Wonder Woman's relationship with her classic love interest Steve Trevor is limited to some small ShipTease in the three-parter, "The Savage Time". Her other love interests Mike Schorr and Trevor Barnes don't appear in the show at all.
** In the comics, John Stewart and Katma Tui dated and were even married before the latter's death. In the show, John and Katma had a brief fling, with John having a much longer relationship with Hawkgirl and later Vixen.
* ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'' not only reduces the ages of Martin Mystery and Diana Lombard to 16 from being adults in the original Italian comic book ''Martin Mystère'' but makes them step-siblings, originally they were engaged and later married.
* In ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', the title characters are in love. In ''WesternAnimation/PegPlusCat'', they're platonic friends.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'', several romantic relationships are changed from [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower the original version]]. Bow no longer has a crush on Adora, while Adora is no longer interested in Sea Hawk.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SonicPrime'', Amy isn't shown to have any romantic feelings for Sonic like in past iterations.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': Rather than Magenta Kane like in the comics, Jinx is presented as the villain who has a relationship with Kid Flash.
* In the DC franchise, Dick Grayson and Starfire both have a mutual attraction towards each other. In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', Robin is Starfire's HopelessSuitor at best, if not an AbhorrentAdmirer.
* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'': In most Voltron adaptations, TheLeader Keith and Princess Allura typically have either ShipTease or are an OfficialCouple, like in WesternAnimation/VoltronForce. In Legendary Defender, they are not. Instead, Lance is PromotedToLoveInterest. As with anything related to this show, the [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks reactions were quite contentious]], especially because the RelationshipUpgrade was part of a poorly-received final season.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'':
** Mystique is reinterpreted as the principal of a high school both the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants (teenagers, in this version) attend. Destiny is portrayed as Rogue's caretaker and Mystique's friend. This is unlike the comics, wherein Mystique and Destiny have been lovers for decades, although the comic creators at the time had to hide their relationship.
** Because Jean Grey is a teenager and Logan is her teacher in the Xavier Institute, Logan's infatuation with Jean is removed.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'':
** Artemis Crock and Icicle Jr. are boyfriend and girlfriend in the comics. In this show, Artemis is paired with Wally and zero interaction with Icicle.
** Conner Kent and Cassie Sandsmark were a couple in the comics. In this show, Conner is paired with M'Gann and Cassie paired with Tim Drake.
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!!Indexes: MediaAdaptationTropes, AdaptationDeviation, CharacterizationByRelation, ImageSource.ComicBooksMToZ, ImageSource.WesternAnimation.
