History Main / AdaptationalSlimness

* ''Franchise/TombRaider'' has a complicated history with this. The main character was famous for being very busty and subsequent games were always trying to make her more realistic without [[Fanservice sacrificing that appeal]], often making her [[StatuesqueStunner very tall]] and [[AmazonianBeauty muscular]] to compensate. The reboot ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'' redesigned Lara extensively, slimming her down and while still curvy, it wasn't an ImpossibleHourglassFigure.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'': Tifa has a more visibly toned build and a more modest bust, in contrast to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII the original game]] and its spin-offs, where she had a huge rack. [[note]](for the record, Tifa is still very well endowed in the remake (as seen with her revealing cocktail dress), she's just not on the same larger level that she was in the original game's [=FMVs=], or it could be due to the fact that she's now wearing a sports bra that might make her chest look smaller)[[/note]].
* ''Franchise/TombRaider'' has a complicated history with this. The main character was famous for being very busty and subsequent games were always trying to make her more realistic without [[Fanservice sacrificing that appeal]], often making her [[StatuesqueStunner very tall]] and [[AmazonianBeauty muscular]] to compensate. The reboot ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'' redesigned Lara extensively, slimming her down and while still curvy it wasn't an ImpossibleHourglassFigure.

** Rogue is an interesting example, because in the comics she underwent a FanservicePack until she was a statuesque super model and one of the curviest X-girls on par with somebody like [[TheVamp Emma Frost]]. In the first movie, Rogue is aged down to a teenager and played by Creator/AnnaPaquin, who is much shorter and skinnier than the southern bombshell from TheNineties.

** Rogue is an interesting example, because in the comics she underwent a FanservicePack until she was a statuesque super model and of the curviest X-girls on par with somebody like [[TheVamp Emma Frost]]. In the first movie, Rogue is aged down to a teenager and played by Creator/AnnaPaquin, who is much shorter and skinnier than the southern bombshell from TheNineties.

* ''Franchise/TombRaider'' has a complicated history with this. The main character was famous for being very busty and subsequent games were always trying to make her more realistic without [[BuxomIsBetter sacrificing that appeal]], often making her [[StatuesqueStunner very tall]] and [[AmazonianBeauty muscular]] to compensate. The reboot ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'' redesigned Lara extensively, slimming her down and while still curvy it wasn't an ImpossibleHourglassFigure.

* The ''ComicBook/New52'' was polemic because it turned previously non-conventionally attractive characters into much more conventional {{Ms Fanservice}}s:

* A character's portly body type is drawn as natural as possible, but they're still slimmed down regardless. This can be due to [[AdaptationalDiversity diversity]] reasons, since most characters, [[OnlyOneFemaleMold especially the female ones]], are drawn with the exact same proportions, though this isn't always intentional.

** [[Characters/DragonBallSonGoku Son Goku]] is one of the most iconic examples of {{shonen}} heroes with a HeroicBuild and his physique is often idolized by anime fans and Gym goers (to the point that the ''Goku's gym'' [[MemeticMutation meme]] exists) and he constantly suffers ClothingDamage to show off his impressive physique. Movie Goku has a very average. The story arcs the movie is adapting had a less muscular Goku, but that is because Goku was a lot younger in the source material during the King Piccolo saga. The movie gives him an AgeLift, but leaves out his muscular physique, presumably to portray him as a loner/loser.
** Similar applies to supporting character Yamcha, whom, whilst more muscular than the Movie's version of Goku, is still much less muscular than his counterpart in the source manga.

* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'': Linda Lash in the [[VideoGame/DoubleDragonI original arcade game]] had noticeable muscle tone on her arms, whilst still being slimmer then the male characters. Whilst a few adaptations, like the NES version, exaggerated Linda's muscular build, many adaptations like ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'', instead made Linde very lithe and slim without any visible muscle tone.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': The previous versions of Bebop have traditionally been fat and big, while [[DanceBattler Anton Zeck]] (this show incarnation of Bebop) is slim and fit (and smaller), even after becoming a warthog mutant. [[ShownTheirWork This makes sense, given that warthogs aren't that fat in real life, and are actually smaller than rhinos]].

* ''Film/DragonballEvolution'': [[Characters/DragonBallSonGoku Son Goku]] is one of the most iconic examples of {{shonen}} heroes with a HeroicBuild and his physique is often idolized by anime fans and Gym goers (to the point that the ''Goku's gym'' [[MemeticMutation meme]] exists) and he constantly suffers ClothingDamage to show off his impressive physique. Movie Goku has a very average, slim build to the point that even [[ButtMonkey Yamcha]] is more muscular than him. The story arcs the movie is adapting had a less muscular Goku, but that is because Goku was a lot younger in the source material during the King Piccolo saga. The movie gives him an AgeLift, but leaves out his muscular physique, presumably to portray him as a loner/loser.

** ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague2011'': Etta Candy is also made to be skinnier than her original depiction, in which she was a BigBeautifulWoman.

* ''Film/StreetFighterTheMovie'': With the exceptions of Guile, Ryu, Zangief, and Vega, most of the characters from the games are nowhere near as ripped and athletic as they are in the games. Dee Jay being the most prominent example, being a skinny dweeb while his game counterpart is a beefy kickboxer.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': The previous versions of Bebop have traditionally been fat and big, while Anton Zeck (this show incarnation of Bebop) is slim and fit (and smaller), even after becoming a warthog mutant. [[ShownTheirWork This makes sense, given that warthogs aren't that fat in real life, and are actually smaller than rhinos]].

* ComicBook/TheKingpin in Marvel Comics is usually depicted as being as wide as he is tall, but [[StoutStrength deceptively strong]] despite his fat appearance. He ended up being played by Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan in the Film/{{Daredevil}} film and Creator/VincentDonofrio in the Series/{{Daredevil}} series, both tall, heavy-set guys but are more obviously well built compared to the grotesquely obese original version.

* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': Karane started the manga with a small cup size that was drawn progressively flatter as the first few volumes progressed. The anime has her pretty much flat from the first episode.

* ''ComicBook/New52'':

* Livio the Double Fang was very muscular from his first appearance in the ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' manga, but ''Anime/TrigunStampede'' makes him very thin, [[spoiler:although the very brief glimpse we get of Razlo shows him just as muscular as in the manga.]]

* ''VideoGame/TombRaider'' has a complicated history with this. The main character was famous for being very busty and subsequent games were always trying to make her more realistic without [[BuxomIsBetter sacrificing that appeal]], often making her [[StatuesqueStunner very tall]] and [[AmazonianBeauty muscular]] to compensate. The reboot ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'' redesigned Lara extensively, slimming her down and while still curvy it wasn't an ImpossibleHourglassFigure.

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Indexes: MediaAdaptationTropes, AdaptationDeviation, SkinnyTropes

In most adaptations, a character's body shape is drastically altered, being made a lot more curvy, plumpy, or muscular, hence AdaptationalCurves. Then there's the opposite of that trope; a character with a well-developed appearance in terms of weight, muscles or [[BuxomBeautyStandard bust size]] is made a lot more scrawnier or slender in the derivative work.

Nevertheless, this trope can be used for narrative purposes as well, oftentimes [[AdaptationPersonalityChange changing the character's personality as a result]]. Examples range from the {{Hunk}}y MrFanservice becoming a wimp with a [[GeekPhysiques Geek Physique]], the [[BigBreastPride well-endowed and proud about it]] MsFanservice becoming a slender, flat-chested girl with a bad case of the ACupAngst, and the FatBastard becoming a [[LeanAndMean skinny jerk]]. This can also relate with HollywoodThin and HollywoodPudgy, where a character's underweight/average body is considered "average"/"fat" by other characters and the work itself.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': All of the Class 1-A girls (Momo, Mina, Uraraka, Asui and Jiro) have their [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/d7c9284df3875e9fb267ee687ab09716/a9e80351fd60d75c-87/s1280x1920/a345013fc4747d01fd0b9791ce70bce3fce66edf.png stomachs and curves slimed down]] in the anime.

* ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'': Due to possessing his Kryptonian SuperStrength from an early age, Izuku rarely needed to truly exert himself and most of his ten months of training consists of refining his control rather than increasing his raw strength. As a result, he keeps his GeekPhysique when he gets into U.A.

* ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'': While in the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII original game]], Tifa had exaggerated breasts, the follow up movie reduced her cup size because they would have looked jarring on the more realistic character models. Of course, even with reduced breasts, Tifa is still enormously busty.
* ''WesternAnimation/SuicideSquadHellToPay'': Amanda Waller is once again slimmer than she is on the comics. This is justified in-universe, as she is fighting a terminal disease which has caused her to lose weight.
* ''WesternAnimation/WonderWoman2009'': Etta Candy is not only [[AdaptationalJerkass much more hostile]] towards Diana than most incarnations, but is also skinny unlike her chubby comic counterpart.

* ''Film/DragonballEvolution'': [[Characters/DragonBallSonGoku Son Goku]] is one of the most iconic example of {{shonen}} heroes with a HeroicBuild and his physique is often idolized by anime fans and Gym goers (to the point that the ''Goku's gym'' [[MemeticMutation meme]] exists) and he constantly suffers ClothingDamage to show off his impressive physique. Movie Goku has a very average, slim build to the point that even [[ButtMonkey Yamcha]] is more muscular than him. The story arcs the movie is adapting had a less muscular Goku, but that is because Goku was a lot younger in the source material during the King Piccolo saga. The movie gives him an AgeLift, but leaves out his muscular physique, presumably to portray him as a loner/loser.

** Oliver Wood is described as "burly" in the books, but is fairly average in the films.

** Jill, Claire and Ada aren't quite as curvaceous in the films as they are often depicted as in the games.

* ''Film/StreetFighterTheMovie'': With the exceptions of Guile, Ryu, Zangief and Vega, most of the characters from the games are nowhere near as ripped and athletic as they are in the games. Dee Jay being the most prominent example, being a skinny dweeb while his game counterpart is a beefy kickboxer.

** Zigzagged with Rick Flag, in the 2016 film he inverts this being pretty lean compared to the comic where he has the standard HeroicBuild. Averted in the [[Film/TheSuicideSquad 2021 film]] as thanks to Creator/JoelKinnaman being more bulked up he's TruerToTheText.
** Savant, Blackguard, Mongal and Weasel lack the muscly physiques of their comic versions with Savant in particular being out of shape due to being played by Michael Rooker.
* ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'': [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]], the hulking fire breathing turtle from the games is played by the unimposing and averagely-built Creator/DennisHopper.

* ''Series/AmericanGods'': The novel emphasizes Easter as ''curvaceous,'' with an extremely buxom, plus-size body and making Shadow blush when she says the tops of her thighs rub together when she walks. In the series she's played by Creator/KristinChenoweth, who has a much slimmer build.

** In ''Literature/OneHundredYearsAhead'', the gym teacher is extremely overweight to the point Alice and Yulia mistake him for FatBastard Jolly U from a distance. In the series, he is quite lithe and fit (the plot point of them mistaking him for a pirate is still kept since the series give Jolly U VoluntaryShapeshifting powers).

* ''Series/{{NOS4A2}}'': Downplayed. In the book, Lou Carmody is extremely fat, to the point where he risks having a heart attack in the second half while trying to help Vic find Charlie Manx. In the show his actor is still heavyset, but not to the point of being physically unhealthy.

* In ''Literature/TheWomanInWhite'', Count Fosco is very obese. In the 2018 miniseries adaptation, in [[AgeLift addition to becoming about twenty years younger]], he is also slender and athletic. Most likely, it was done to make his canonical attraction to Marian slightly less one-sided than in the book, and allow him to try invoking a DanceOfRomance with her.

* ComicBook/TheKingpin in Marvel Comics is usually depicted as being as wide as he is tall, but [[StoutStrength deceptively strong]] despite his fat appearance. He ended up being played by Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan in the Film/{{Daredevil}} film and Creator/VincentDonofrio in the Series/{{Daredevil}} series, both tall, heavy set guys but are more obviously well built compared to the grotesquely obese original version.

** Doctor Eggman has twice had his physique toned down during adaptions. In ''VideoGame/SonicBoom'' his egg shape is flipped on it's head, giving him more of an extra fluffy HeroicBuild and slimming him down in the process. Then in ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'' the role of Doctor Robotnik is filled by Creator/JimCarrey with no attempt to replicate the doctor's massive heft.
** In ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' following the continuity reboot in 2013, [[WarmHeartedWalrus Rotor the Walrus]] was re-designed to adhere more to mainline Sonic the Hedgehog design sensibilities and in the process his heavyset, pear shaped physique was changed to a [[TopHeavyGuy slimmer and more muscular]] physique similar to characters like Vector the Crocodile and Storm the Albatross. This change also came with him being slightly re-tooled into being [[GeniusBruiser a more active fighter on the front lines]] rather than being mostly a GadgeteerGenius as he was pre-reboot.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'': Tifa has a more visibly toned build and a more modest bust, in contrast to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII the orignal game]] and its spin-offs, where she had a huge rack. [[note]](for the record, Tifa is still very well endowed in the remake (as seen with her revealing cocktail dress), she's just not on the same larger level that she was in the original game's [=FMVs=], or it could be due to the fact that she's now wearing a sports bra that might make her chest look smaller)[[/note]].