History Main / AdaptationalRomanceDowngrade

* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'': In the comics, Honey Lemon is one of Hiro's love interests. In the movie, she's a platonic big sister figure to him.
* 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.

* ''Miss Marple'' (the [=BBC=] series starring Joan Hickson):

* In ''WesternAnimation/SonicPrime'', Amy isn't shown to have any romantic feelings for Sonic like in past iterations.

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** Rapunzel doesn't have a RescueRomance with the prince who rescues her from the tower, especially since said prince is already HappilyMarried to Snow White.

** Rapunzel doesn't have a RescueRomance with the prince, especially since said prince is already HappilyMarried to Snow White.

** Artemis Crock and Icicle Jr. are boyfriend and girlfriend in the comics and even have a daughter. In this show, Artemis is paired with Wally has and zero onscreen interaction with Icicle Jr. Although one of [[RecursiveAdaptation the show's canonical tie-in comics]] shows that they knew each other when younger due to their fathers working together, but still with no romance.[[invoked]]

** 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.
** 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.

* ''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.

[[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 on the oblivious Starfire, ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''[[/note]]]]

* 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, Aurora is devastated to learn she has to marry a prince (neither initially realises that the other is their betrothed) 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''.

* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': Goldar and Scorpina's counterparts (Griffozer and Lamia) were husband and wifein ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'', but in this series they do not go beyond being allies.

* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': Goldar and Scorpina's counterparts (Griffozer and Lamia) in ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' were husband and wife, but in this series they do not go beyond being allies.

* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': Goldar and Scorpina were husband and wife in ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'', but in this series they do not go beyond being allies.

* AdaptationalSexuality: Regina and Emma are

* One of many things ''Film/BloodAndChocolate2007'' changes from [[Literature/BloodAndChocolate the book]] is the romantic relationships.

* ''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.

* ''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.

** 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]].

* 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''.

* ''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/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.

* 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.
* ''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.

* 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.