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*** The family's WomenAreWiser aspects are played up on account of the two most competent Tyrell sons (Willas and Garlan) being AdaptedOut, Loras' character arc stalling in Season 3 and 4, and Mace's fecklessness being exaggerated from a blustering but tenacious man into an ineffectual and sycophantic MommasBoy.

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*** The family's WomenAreWiser FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife aspects are played up on account of the two most competent Tyrell sons (Willas and Garlan) being AdaptedOut, Loras' character arc stalling in Season 3 and 4, and Mace's fecklessness being exaggerated from a blustering but tenacious man into an ineffectual and sycophantic MommasBoy.
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{{Parod|y}}ies are especially prone to this. That said, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Tropes Are Not Bad]] and some examples are actually more popular and better-developed than their originals (though others...aren't).

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{{Parod|y}}ies are especially prone to this. That said, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Tropes Are Not Bad]] Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad and some examples are actually more popular and better-developed than their originals (though others...aren't).
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* In the film ''Film/JurassicPark'', Ian Malcolm was a comical DeadpanSnarker. In [[Literature/JurassicPark the original novel]], he was a much more serious character, although he did have some humorous moments -- such as dismissing the argument comparing reviving dinosaurs to using cloning to save the California Condor by pointing out the obvious fact that dinosaurs weren't driven extinct by man-made deforestation, and oh, by the way, condors don't eat people. Although, perhaps as a nod to this change, while delirious from drugs and severe injury in the sequel novel, ''Literature/TheLostWorld1995'', he temporarily takes on a talkative, wisecracking persona similar to his movie one, although much more over-the-top.

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* In the film ''Film/JurassicPark'', ''Film/JurassicPark1993'', Ian Malcolm was is a comical DeadpanSnarker. In [[Literature/JurassicPark [[Literature/JurassicPark1990 the original novel]], he was he's a much more serious character, although he did does have some humorous moments -- such as dismissing the argument comparing reviving dinosaurs to using cloning to save the California Condor by pointing out the obvious fact that dinosaurs weren't driven extinct by man-made deforestation, and oh, by the way, condors don't eat people. Although, perhaps as a nod to this change, while delirious from drugs and severe injury in the sequel novel, ''Literature/TheLostWorld1995'', he temporarily takes on a talkative, wisecracking persona similar to his movie one, although much more over-the-top.
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* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' games often dial up a particular eccentricity of a character for the sake of a crossover gag. Notable examples:
** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV'' plays up [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Athrun Zala]]'s status as a ChickMagnet by having nearly every girl he meets start crushing on him, including and in fact ''especially'' the lesbians from ''Anime/CrossAnge''.
** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX'' takes [[Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine Exev]] making a single comment telling one of his subordinates to remove a drill from a robot they were designing, something meant to showcase that Exev was a serious villain without the comedy of ''Might Gaine'''s other antagonists [[spoiler:and followed by an IronicEcho when that same drill is later used to kill him]], and exaggerates it into a pathological hatred of all things drill-related. Since ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is in the game, Exev has plenty to complain about.
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* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' has Del Gruner, an ArcVillain in the third season. His Conan Doyle original, Baron Adalbert Gruner from "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client", was a callous seducer of women who might have murdered one of them. Del is an outright sadistic and sexually-motivated SerialKiller who subjects his victims to days of rape and torture before finally killing them.

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* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' has Del Gruner, an ArcVillain in the third season. His Conan Doyle original, Baron Adalbert Gruner from "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client", was a callous seducer of women who might have murdered one of them. Del is an outright sadistic and sexually-motivated SerialKiller who subjects his victims to days of rape and torture before finally killing them. This was probably so that the writers could [[spoiler:keep the same final fate -- he is gruesomely disfigured with acid by a victim who escaped him -- without having the perpetrator lose the audience's sympathy]].
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* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' has Del Gruner, an ArcVillain in the third season. His Conan Doyle original, Baron Adalbert Gruner from "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client", was a callous seducer of women who might have murdered one of them. Del is an outright sadistic and sexually-motivated SerialKiller who subjects his victims to days of rape and torture before finally killing them.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', Charlotte is a ''lot'' less intelligent and more optimistic in Nickelodeon's TV series than in the web series. For example, in the web series she would have a blank expression on her face and sometimes say "Huh?" if she heard or saw something strange or frightening. She would try to change the topic, find something positive about it, or just ignore it. In the TV series, she responds "Yippee!" to Vendetta's death threats and has absolutely no sense of logic.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', Charlotte is a ''lot'' [[AdaptationalDumbass less intelligent intelligent]] and more optimistic in Nickelodeon's TV series than in the web series. For example, in the web series she would have a blank expression on her face and sometimes say say, "Huh?" if she heard or saw something strange or frightening. She would try to change the topic, find something positive about it, or just ignore it. In the TV series, she responds responds, "Yippee!" to Vendetta's death threats and has absolutely no sense of logic.



* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'':
** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'': Fred was always the one to build the traps for the MonsterOfTheWeek; this incarnation of Fred is literally ''obsessed'' with traps. He reads ''Traps Illustrated'' magazine, has said "For trap's sake!" at least once, and can't think of anything beyond making new traps.
** In several other interpretations such as ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' and ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' he is also more ditzy and oblivious; in the original series he was bumbling but only as much as the others in Mystery Inc. (if somewhat ineffective as a leader).
** All three of the other members of Mystery Inc. tend to undergo this in revival medias, since the original series revolved the formula more around Scooby and Shaggy's comic relief, the others were left with little to behold outside trying to solve the mystery normally, thus they had what few quirks they had originally amped up so as to allow stories to give them more key focus.

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''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'': All three of the other members of Mystery Inc. tend to undergo this in revival medias, since the original series revolved the formula more around Scooby and Shaggy's comedy, the others were left with little to behold outside trying to solve the mystery normally, thus they had what few quirks they had originally amped up so as to allow stories to give them more key focus:
** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'': Fred was always the one to build the traps for the MonsterOfTheWeek; this incarnation of Fred is literally ''obsessed'' with traps. He reads ''Traps Illustrated'' magazine, has said said, "For trap's sake!" at least once, named his teddy bear Mr. ''Trap''ples, and can't think of anything beyond making new traps.
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traps. In several other interpretations such as ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' and ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' he is also more ditzy and oblivious; in the original series he was bumbling but only as much as the others in Mystery Inc. (if somewhat ineffective as a leader).
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** All three In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', Velma is quiet compared to the others, but she still has a fair amount of dialogue, most often [[MsExposition explaining things]]. In ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'', she's ''so'' quiet that on some occasions, when she does speak, one of her friends says, "Velma spoke!".
** Daphne is sometimes shown primping or shopping for clothes, and it's implied she's the richest
of the other members of Mystery Inc. tend to undergo this in revival medias, since the original series revolved the formula more around Scooby and Shaggy's comic relief, the others were left gang. In ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'', she's [[TheFashionista nearly obsessed with little to behold outside trying to solve the mystery normally, thus they had what few quirks they had originally amped up clothes]], and is so as to allow stories to give them more key focus.rich she lives in a mansion with a butler.
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* Dina in ''Webcomic/{{Its Walky}}'' is a shy, socially awkward girl who loves dinosaurs. All these attributes are ramped up in ''Webcomic/{{Dumbing of Age}}'' to the point that [[{{Diagnosed by the Audience}} many fans read her as autistic]].
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* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': The cinematic trilogies put more focus on the Hobbit's pastoral, hedonistic lifestyle but also mentions that they can be sneaky when they chose to be. While the Harfoots are shown being jolly, and having same food-loving tendencies, the series emphasizes on their stealth being their defining trait. Their EstablishingCharacterMoment is about how stealthy they can be.
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* This is the main source of humor in ''ComicStrip/TwistedToyfareTheatre.'' Franchise/SpiderMan's role as UnluckyEverydude turns him into a couch potato DeadpanSnarker, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]]' InsufferableGenius tendencies get taken to a new level, [[ComicBook/AlphaFlight Northstar]] is a CampGay, and Doctor Doom is such a LargeHam that he makes his in-continuity counterpart look underplayed in comparison.

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* This is the main source of humor in ''ComicStrip/TwistedToyfareTheatre.'' Franchise/SpiderMan's ComicBook/SpiderMan's role as UnluckyEverydude turns him into a couch potato DeadpanSnarker, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]]' InsufferableGenius tendencies get taken to a new level, [[ComicBook/AlphaFlight Northstar]] is a CampGay, and Doctor Doom is such a LargeHam that he makes his in-continuity counterpart look underplayed in comparison.
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* This trait is deliberately exploited by Franchise/SpiderMan in the storyline ''ComicBook/{{Identity Crisis|1998}}'', when circumstances prompt him to take on multiple new costumed identities so that he can continue operating as a hero after being framed for murder and assault by Norman Osborn. Each new identity is based on aspects of his actual personality and skills, making it less likely for anyone to work out who these "new" costumed characters really are. Broadly speaking, the four identities are broken down as follows; the Hornet is based on Peter's intellectual genius and ability to make his own tech; Ricochet is based on Spider-Man's agility and speed as well as his MotorMouth tendencies; Dusk is based on Peter's more menacing side and stealth skills; and Prodigy is based on his genuine heroism and desire to do good along with his super strength.

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* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': This trait is deliberately exploited by Franchise/SpiderMan Spider-Man in the storyline ''ComicBook/{{Identity Crisis|1998}}'', when circumstances prompt him to take on multiple new costumed identities so that he can continue operating as a hero after being framed for murder and assault by Norman Osborn. Each new identity is based on aspects of his actual personality and skills, making it less likely for anyone to work out who these "new" costumed characters really are. Broadly speaking, the four identities are broken down as follows; the Hornet is based on Peter's intellectual genius and ability to make his own tech; Ricochet is based on Spider-Man's agility and speed as well as his MotorMouth tendencies; Dusk is based on Peter's more menacing side and stealth skills; and Prodigy is based on his genuine heroism and desire to do good along with his super strength.
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* This trait is deliberately exploited by Franchise/SpiderMan in the storyline ''ComicBook/SpiderManIdentityCrisis'', when circumstances prompt him to take on multiple new costumed identities so that he can continue operating as a hero after being framed for murder and assault by Norman Osborn. Each new identity is based on aspects of his actual personality and skills, making it less likely for anyone to work out who these "new" costumed characters really are. Broadly speaking, the four identities are broken down as follows; the Hornet is based on Peter's intellectual genius and ability to make his own tech; Ricochet is based on Spider-Man's agility and speed as well as his MotorMouth tendencies; Dusk is based on Peter's more menacing side and stealth skills; and Prodigy is based on his genuine heroism and desire to do good along with his super strength.

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* This trait is deliberately exploited by Franchise/SpiderMan in the storyline ''ComicBook/SpiderManIdentityCrisis'', ''ComicBook/{{Identity Crisis|1998}}'', when circumstances prompt him to take on multiple new costumed identities so that he can continue operating as a hero after being framed for murder and assault by Norman Osborn. Each new identity is based on aspects of his actual personality and skills, making it less likely for anyone to work out who these "new" costumed characters really are. Broadly speaking, the four identities are broken down as follows; the Hornet is based on Peter's intellectual genius and ability to make his own tech; Ricochet is based on Spider-Man's agility and speed as well as his MotorMouth tendencies; Dusk is based on Peter's more menacing side and stealth skills; and Prodigy is based on his genuine heroism and desire to do good along with his super strength.
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*** [[AnythingThatMoves Cronus]] is [[FallenHero Eridan]]'s fascination with wizards and his tendency to focus on relationships.

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*** [[AnythingThatMoves Cronus]] Cronus is [[FallenHero Eridan]]'s fascination with wizards and his tendency to focus on relationships.
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** Miranda Richardson on playing Rita Skeeter: "Rita reads rather differently than how I played her. She reads more, to me, like Dame Edna. And there's no way I'm going to do Dame Edna. So it's a different twist on the character."

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** Miranda Richardson on playing Rita Skeeter: "Rita reads rather differently than how I played her. She reads more, to me, like Dame Edna.Creator/DameEdna. And there's no way I'm going to do Dame Edna. So it's a different twist on the character."
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* This trait is deliberately exploited by Franchise/SpiderMan in the storyline ''ComicBook/SpiderManIdentityCrisis'', when circumstances prompt him to take on multiple new costumed identities so that he can continue operating as a hero after being framed for murder and assault by Norman Osborn. Each new identity is based on aspects of his actual personality and skills, making it less likely for anyone to work out who these "new" costumed characters really are. Broadly speaking, the four identities are broken down as follows; the Hornet is based on Peter's intellectual genius and ability to make his own tech; Ricochet is based on Spider-Man's agility and speed as well as his MotorMouth tendencies; Dusk is based on Peter's more menacing side and stealth skills; and Prodigy is based on his genuine heroism and desire to do good along with his super strength.
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** ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGONinjagoMovie'' does this to the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' characters by updating them into a [[HighSchoolAU high-school setting]]. For example, Jay's underlying insecurity from the television show is played up to make him an awkward hipster, while Zane's inability to behave naturally is exaggerated to become a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} ExtravertedNerd.

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** ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGONinjagoMovie'' does this to the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' characters by updating them into a [[HighSchoolAU high-school setting]]. For example, Jay's underlying insecurity from the television show is played up to make him an awkward hipster, while Zane's inability to behave naturally is exaggerated to become a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} ExtravertedNerd.StereotypicalNerd.
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* Sonic's quirkiness and energy level is ramped up in ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020''. He's depicted as barely keeping still in the film, while his [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog game counterpart]] is more laidback.

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* Sonic's quirkiness and energy level is ramped up in ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020''. He's depicted as barely keeping still in the film, while his [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog game counterpart]] is more laidback.laid-back.
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* [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Flonne]] of the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series is a [[NiceGirl nice]], [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} flaky]], [[{{Moe}} adorable]] and [[PluckyGirl optimistic]] {{Otaku}} angel [[LoveFreak whose dream is to spread love to every corner of the galaxy]]. In the [[LightNovel/DisgaeaNovels novels]] she gets possessive ClingyJealousGirl tendencies added to her personality, when a girl gets close to [[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl]] Flonne almost enters the border of BitchInSheepsClothing.

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* [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Flonne]] of the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series is a [[NiceGirl nice]], [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} flaky]], [[{{Moe}} adorable]] and [[PluckyGirl optimistic]] {{Otaku}} angel [[LoveFreak whose dream is to spread love to every corner of the galaxy]]. In the [[LightNovel/DisgaeaNovels [[Literature/DisgaeaNovels novels]] she gets possessive ClingyJealousGirl tendencies added to her personality, when a girl gets close to [[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl]] Flonne almost enters the border of BitchInSheepsClothing.
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* WebAnimation/YouTubePoop is all about this. For example, the King from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames'' is always portrayed as an always-hungry glutton for dinner solely for saying "I wonder what's for dinner" in ''Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon''.

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* WebAnimation/YouTubePoop YouTubePoop is all about this. For example, the King from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames'' is always portrayed as an always-hungry glutton for dinner solely for saying "I wonder what's for dinner" in ''Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon''.
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* Starfire in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' was modeled after ForeignExchangeStudent stereotypes. Unlike in the comics, she speaks in [[SpockSpeak broken English]] due to [[FluentInMyNativeTongue not fully grasping the language]] or [[BluntMetaphorsTrauma slang]]. Alas, some writers (including fans) don't seem to understand how to write her way of speaking like the original cartoon did. For example, in both ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' and ''WebAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls'' she inappropriately overuses "the" a lot more than she did in the 2003 cartoon, to the point where it's a VerbalTic.

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* Starfire in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' was modeled after ForeignExchangeStudent stereotypes. Unlike in the comics, she speaks in [[SpockSpeak broken English]] due to [[FluentInMyNativeTongue not fully grasping the language]] or [[BluntMetaphorsTrauma slang]]. Alas, some writers (including fans) don't seem to understand how to write her way of speaking like the original cartoon did. For example, in both ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' and ''WebAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls'' she inappropriately overuses "the" a lot more than she did in the 2003 cartoon, to the point where it's a VerbalTic.



** Arthur's nephew Gawain in the earliest literature is seen as the best Knight. In Robert Wace's Brut, very closely adapted from Literature/HistoriaRegumBritanniae, Gawain mentions that peace can be useful because among other things it enables the love of ladies. In Creator/ChretienDeTroyes' work Gawain is portrayed as overly interested in the ladies, having a few affairs, but still a fairly decent Knight. Gawain sleeping around is maintained in most adaptations. However in the Post-Vulgate Cycle Gawain is turned into a rapist and treacherous scumbag. In [[Literature/SirGawainandtheGreenKnight Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]] this is possibly played with, as the plot largely involves a Lady trying to seduce Gawain assuming that he'll sleep with her due to the stories she's heard about him and Gawain courteously refusing her advances. The mobile game ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' makes him a noble but open ChivalrousPervert who not answers honestly about how he believes in BuxomBeautyStandard but also has some IncestSubtext with his aunt Altria[[note]]who, along with Lancelot, tricked into dressing like a PlayboyBunny during a Summer Event[[/note]] and his sister Gareth[[note]]when he mentions how he wishes she grows up to be buxom like his Faerie knight counterpart[[/note]].

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** Arthur's nephew Gawain in the earliest literature is seen as the best Knight. In Robert Wace's Brut, very closely adapted from Literature/HistoriaRegumBritanniae, Gawain mentions that peace can be useful because among other things it enables the love of ladies. In Creator/ChretienDeTroyes' work Gawain is portrayed as overly interested in the ladies, having a few affairs, but still a fairly decent Knight. Gawain sleeping around is maintained in most adaptations. However in the Post-Vulgate Cycle Gawain is turned into a rapist and treacherous scumbag. In [[Literature/SirGawainandtheGreenKnight [[Literature/SirGawainAndTheGreenKnight Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]] this is possibly played with, as the plot largely involves a Lady trying to seduce Gawain assuming that he'll sleep with her due to the stories she's heard about him and Gawain courteously refusing her advances. The mobile game ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' makes him a noble but open ChivalrousPervert who not only answers honestly about how he believes in BuxomBeautyStandard but also has some IncestSubtext with his aunt Altria[[note]]who, along with Lancelot, tricked her into dressing like a PlayboyBunny during a Summer Event[[/note]] and his sister Gareth[[note]]when he mentions how he wishes she grows up to be buxom like his Faerie knight counterpart[[/note]].



* The anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'' simplified the main characters to caricatures of MemeticBadass and LittleSisterHeroine, respectively. The most infamous example being the [[IncestSubtext regular screams of "Onii-sama"]] by Miyuki, who in the original novel is noticeably more quiet. It even turned her into a {{Scrappy}} in the west, despite being liked in Japan. Much of this is due to the adaptation cutting out many explanations and internal monologues, leaving Tatsuya and his sister showing only their external side, which is what attracted hatred. As a result, the adaptation only strengthened the reputation of this title among western audiences as epitomising all the worst traits and clichés of light novels.

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* The anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'' ''Literature/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'' simplified the main characters to caricatures of MemeticBadass and LittleSisterHeroine, respectively. The most infamous example being the [[IncestSubtext regular screams of "Onii-sama"]] by Miyuki, who in the original novel is noticeably more quiet. It even turned her into a {{Scrappy}} in the west, despite being liked in Japan. Much of this is due to the adaptation cutting out many explanations and internal monologues, leaving Tatsuya and his sister showing only their external side, which is what attracted hatred. As a result, the adaptation only strengthened the reputation of this title among western audiences as epitomising all the worst traits and clichés of light novels.



** Hinata tends to [[{{Fainting}} faint]] quite a bit more often around Naruto, while she only fainted twice in the manga (once when going to visit him in the hospital after the Sasuke Retrieval arc- which was not shown- and when she sees him for the first time after the TimeSkip).

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** Hinata tends to [[{{Fainting}} faint]] {{faint|ing}} quite a bit more often around Naruto, while she only fainted twice in the manga (once when going to visit him in the hospital after the Sasuke Retrieval arc- which was not shown- and when she sees him for the first time after the TimeSkip).



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* ''Anime/ValkyriaChronicles'' : The anime adaptation is a rather glaring offender. During the transition from the game to anime, many of the characters' traits were exaggerated heavily.

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* ''Anime/ValkyriaChronicles'' : ''Anime/ValkyriaChronicles'': The anime adaptation is a rather glaring offender. During the transition from the game to anime, many of the characters' traits were exaggerated heavily.



* PlayedForLaughs in ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures: ComicBook/TheAvengers'' Issue #24, where Doc Samson boils all the characters personalities down to their base elements in his analyses.

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* PlayedForLaughs in ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures: ComicBook/TheAvengers'' Issue #24, where Doc Samson boils all the characters characters' personalities down to their base elements in his analyses.



'''ComicBook/AntMan:''' They were just so orderly, so purposeful. ''(Doc writes 'Reverse Napoleon Complex')'' \\

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'''ComicBook/AntMan:''' They were just so orderly, so purposeful. ''(Doc ''[Doc writes 'Reverse Napoleon Complex')'' Complex']'' \\



*** Except in [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E3ElementaryDearData}} Elementary, Dear Data]].

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*** Except in [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E3ElementaryDearData}} "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E3ElementaryDearData Elementary, Dear Data]].Data]]".



** Similarly the Tyrells who convey a good image but are really [[SleazyPolitician Sleazy Politicians]] who were quite happy to starve hundreds of thousands of people into submission to help Renly usurp the Iron Throne are presented as much nicer characters who show more care towards people. For example, in the novels they immediately ostracize Sansa once she's engaged to Tyrion rather than consoling her. Other aspects of House Tyrell's collective character is also exaggerated from the source material as part of their AdaptationExpansion.

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** Similarly the Tyrells who convey a good image but are really [[SleazyPolitician Sleazy Politicians]] {{Sleazy Politician}}s who were quite happy to starve hundreds of thousands of people into submission to help Renly usurp the Iron Throne are presented as much nicer characters who show more care towards people. For example, in the novels they immediately ostracize Sansa once she's engaged to Tyrion rather than consoling her. Other aspects of House Tyrell's collective character is also exaggerated from the source material as part of their AdaptationExpansion.



** Brienne of Tarth is a warrior woman in the books but is unsettled by killing. In the four books she has appeared in she only kills people in "A Feast for Crows", and all four were monstrous war criminals who were trying to kill her. In the series Brienne is a much more violent character, remorselessly cutting down people [[spoiler:even murdering the wounded Stannis Baratheon while deliberately speaking to him spitefully]]. The series also makes Brienne more bad-tempered, cynical and rude, rather then the rather naive but ultimately kind-hearted character in the books.
** In ''A Clash of Kings'', the handful of warriors who capture Winterfell under Theon's command openly show their disagreement with what they see as Theon's bad ideas, and don't hide that they don't like him much. However, they always loyally follow him, even choosing to stay and fight to the death with him after he offers them the opportunity to flee. Their counterparts in Season 2 of the show, however, mock and ridicule Theon, blatantly ignore his orders, and betray him the first chance they get.

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** Brienne of Tarth is a warrior woman in the books but is unsettled by killing. In the four books she has appeared in she only kills people in "A Feast for Crows", ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'', and all four were monstrous war criminals who were trying to kill her. In the series Brienne is a much more violent character, remorselessly cutting down people [[spoiler:even murdering the wounded Stannis Baratheon while deliberately speaking to him spitefully]]. The series also makes Brienne more bad-tempered, cynical and rude, rather then the rather naive but ultimately kind-hearted character in the books.
** In ''A Clash of Kings'', ''Literature/AClashOfKings'', the handful of warriors who capture Winterfell under Theon's command openly show their disagreement with what they see as Theon's bad ideas, and don't hide that they don't like him much. However, they always loyally follow him, even choosing to stay and fight to the death with him after he offers them the opportunity to flee. Their counterparts in Season 2 of the show, however, mock and ridicule Theon, blatantly ignore his orders, and betray him the first chance they get.



** Tyrion Lannister gets a SympatheticPOV and has quite a few PetTheDog moments but is still a rather sleazy hedonist who performs very morally questionable acts (such as having a singer murdered to cover up his affair). The series gives him a lot of AdaptationalHeroism, playing up his nicer aspects such as care towards those who are looked down on in society, and make his actions less morally ambiguous, along with removing other unpleasant qualities such as his sexism and classism, Tyrion's use of whores being played more sympathetically and often in a more amusing sense. As a direct result it becomes much more frequent and casual, and is presented as something he does for fun instead of self-loathing necessity. An example is when in a Volantis brothel in the TV Show a whore offers Tyrion free sex after he is nice to her, but he turns it down because he feels it isn't right. In the books Tyrion in the Volantis brothel has sex with a miserable, down-beaten whore, even though he knows she doesn't have any choice in the matter, and even thinks how horrible what he's doing is.

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** Tyrion Lannister gets a SympatheticPOV and has quite a few PetTheDog moments but is still a rather sleazy hedonist who performs very morally questionable acts (such as having a singer murdered to cover up his affair). The series gives him a lot of AdaptationalHeroism, playing up his nicer aspects such as care towards those who are looked down on in society, and make his actions less morally ambiguous, along with removing other unpleasant qualities such as his sexism and classism, Tyrion's use of whores being played more sympathetically and often in a more amusing sense. As a direct result it becomes much more frequent and casual, and is presented as something he does for fun instead of self-loathing necessity. An example is when in a Volantis brothel in the TV Show show a whore offers Tyrion free sex after he is nice to her, but he turns it down because he feels it isn't right. In the books Tyrion in the Volantis brothel has sex with a miserable, down-beaten whore, even though he knows she doesn't have any choice in the matter, and even thinks how horrible what he's doing is.



** Data meets [[Creator/MarkTwain Samuel Clemens]] in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E26S6E1TimesArrow}} Time's Arrow]]". His portrayal is about as stereotypical as it gets, including making up actor Jerry Hardin in a fright wig and having him mention his famous characters like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn almost every other phrase.
** For that matter, "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E24S7E1Descent}} Descent]]" has Data playing cards with UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton, UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein and Creator/StephenHawking (the latter played by the man himself), and both Newton and Einstein are portrayed as stereotypes, with Einstein having the trademark wild hair and thick accent, and Newton referring to the apple being dropped on his head (which didn't actually happen in real life). Still, they were holodeck recreations, so maybe they were TheThemeParkVersion (given that Hawking was acting AsHimself, we can assume some accuracy in his portrayal).

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** Data meets [[Creator/MarkTwain Samuel Clemens]] in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E26S6E1TimesArrow}} "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E26S6E1TimesArrow Time's Arrow]]". His portrayal is about as stereotypical as it gets, including making up actor Jerry Hardin in a fright wig and having him mention his famous characters like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn almost every other phrase.
** For that matter, "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E24S7E1Descent}} "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E24S7E1Descent Descent]]" has Data playing cards with UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton, UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein and Creator/StephenHawking (the latter played by the man himself), and both Newton and Einstein are portrayed as stereotypes, with Einstein having the trademark wild hair and thick accent, and Newton referring to the apple being dropped on his head (which didn't actually happen in real life). Still, they were holodeck recreations, so maybe they were TheThemeParkVersion (given that Hawking was acting AsHimself, we can assume some accuracy in his portrayal).



** [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] InUniverse to hilarious effect with the fake [=CPUs=] that appear late in the game, which are exaggerated... to the point of incompetence. The fake [[TheDitz Purple Heart]] searches for her objective in completely the wrong place, the fake [[GamerChick Green Heart]] is so focused on video games it's completely harmless, and the fake [[TheStoic White Heart]] is so much like her mild-mannered human form it blows its cover [[NotSoStoic when the original start swearing]]. Only the fake [[TheWorkaholic Black Heart]] completes its stated object, by accident, in a failed attempt to outdo the original's ego.

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** [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] {{Invoked|Trope}} InUniverse to hilarious effect with the fake [=CPUs=] that appear late in the game, which are exaggerated... to the point of incompetence. The fake [[TheDitz Purple Heart]] searches for her objective in completely the wrong place, the fake [[GamerChick Green Heart]] is so focused on video games it's completely harmless, and the fake [[TheStoic White Heart]] is so much like her mild-mannered human form it blows its cover [[NotSoStoic when the original start swearing]]. Only the fake [[TheWorkaholic Black Heart]] completes its stated object, by accident, in a failed attempt to outdo the original's ego.



* Next Level Games took the NationalStereotypes of the previous ''Videogame/PunchOut'' games and ran with them to the extreme for the Wii version. Where before their personalities were only communicated through text and a few simple gestures, the Wii game has all the boxers feature hammy voice acting and ridiculous stereotypical antics. Notably, Disco Kid was the result of Kid Quick becoming so exaggerated that the producers made him a separate character. Also, [[WildSamoan King Hippo]] at least communicated in ordinary sentences in the NES game, while he only grunts in the Wii version.

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* Next Level Games took the NationalStereotypes of the previous ''Videogame/PunchOut'' ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' games and ran with them to the extreme for the Wii version. Where before their personalities were only communicated through text and a few simple gestures, the Wii game has all the boxers feature hammy voice acting and ridiculous stereotypical antics. Notably, Disco Kid was the result of Kid Quick becoming so exaggerated that the producers made him a separate character. Also, [[WildSamoan King Hippo]] at least communicated in ordinary sentences in the NES game, while he only grunts in the Wii version.



** The Sorceress' campy behavior is ramped up, making her less intimidating but more like an [[AbusiveParents abusive]] ParentalSubstitute to Bianca.

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** The Sorceress' campy behavior is ramped up, making her less intimidating but more like an [[AbusiveParents abusive]] {{abusive|Parents}} ParentalSubstitute to Bianca.



** [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. Caliborn could be [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation interpreted]] as something like an exaggerated version of Karkat. Where Karkat is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, Caliborn is a ComedicSociopath. Where Karkat has a soft spot for romcoms and romance, Caliborn gets a perverse sexual pleasure out of ordinary non-sexual shows of romantic affection such as hugging. Where Karkat is a pretty terrible artist, Caliborn is so impossibly bad that [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/scraps/DIRKTHISISuS.gif a pile of coloured scribbles]] is what passes for a drawing in his eyes. Even Caliborn's one-sided relationship with Dirk could be seen to hark back to Karkat's unrequited blackrom interest in John. The theory makes even more sense considering Caliborn and Karkat have similar text colors and the exact same blood color.

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** [[InvokedTrope Invoked]].{{Invoked|Trope}}. Caliborn could be [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation interpreted]] as something like an exaggerated version of Karkat. Where Karkat is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, Caliborn is a ComedicSociopath. Where Karkat has a soft spot for romcoms and romance, Caliborn gets a perverse sexual pleasure out of ordinary non-sexual shows of romantic affection such as hugging. Where Karkat is a pretty terrible artist, Caliborn is so impossibly bad that [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/scraps/DIRKTHISISuS.gif a pile of coloured scribbles]] is what passes for a drawing in his eyes. Even Caliborn's one-sided relationship with Dirk could be seen to hark back to Karkat's unrequited blackrom interest in John. The theory makes even more sense considering Caliborn and Karkat have similar text colors and the exact same blood color.



* Nightwing has a [[NeverLiveItDown reputation]] in the fandom for being a womanizer, but in the actual comics this isn't true. His romance escapades are usually kept to Starfire and Batgirl, with the occasional other woman. He's a ChickMagnet but doesn't actually date that many women. In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' Nightwing has slept with Bette Kane and dated Batgirl, Zatanna, and Rocket (a good chunk of the women on his team). He's not even out of his teens in ''Invasion''.

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* Nightwing has a [[NeverLiveItDown reputation]] in the fandom for being a womanizer, but in the actual comics this isn't true. His romance escapades are usually kept to Starfire and Batgirl, with the occasional other woman. He's a ChickMagnet but doesn't actually date that many women. In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' Nightwing has slept with Bette Kane and dated Batgirl, Zatanna, and Rocket (a good chunk of the women on his team). He's not even out of his teens in ''Invasion''.
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** For that matter, "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E24S7E1Descent}} Descent]]" has Data playing cards with UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton, UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein and Creator/StephenHawking (the latter played by the man himself), and both Newton and Einstein are portrayed as stereotypes, with Einstein having the trademark wild hair and thick accent, and Newton referring to the apple being dropped on his head (which didn't actually happen in real life). Still they were holodeck recreations, so maybe they were the ThemeParkVersion (given that Hawking was acting AsHimself, we can assume some accuracy in his portrayal).

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** For that matter, "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E24S7E1Descent}} Descent]]" has Data playing cards with UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton, UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein and Creator/StephenHawking (the latter played by the man himself), and both Newton and Einstein are portrayed as stereotypes, with Einstein having the trademark wild hair and thick accent, and Newton referring to the apple being dropped on his head (which didn't actually happen in real life). Still Still, they were holodeck recreations, so maybe they were the ThemeParkVersion TheThemeParkVersion (given that Hawking was acting AsHimself, we can assume some accuracy in his portrayal).
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** Arthur's nephew Gawain in the earliest literature is seen as the best Knight. In Robert Wace's Brut, very closely adapted from Literature/HistoriaRegumBritanniae, Gawain mentions that peace can be useful because among other things it enables the love of ladies. In Creator/ChretienDeTroyes' work Gawain is portrayed as overly interested in the ladies, having a few affairs, but still a fairly decent Knight. Gawain sleeping around is maintained in most adaptations. However in the Post-Vulgate Cycle Gawain is turned into a rapist and treacherous scumbag. In [[Literature/SirGawainandtheGreenKnight Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]] this is possibly played with, as the plot largely involves a Lady trying to seduce Gawain assuming that he'll sleep with her due to the stories she's heard about him and Gawain courteously refusing her advances.

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** Arthur's nephew Gawain in the earliest literature is seen as the best Knight. In Robert Wace's Brut, very closely adapted from Literature/HistoriaRegumBritanniae, Gawain mentions that peace can be useful because among other things it enables the love of ladies. In Creator/ChretienDeTroyes' work Gawain is portrayed as overly interested in the ladies, having a few affairs, but still a fairly decent Knight. Gawain sleeping around is maintained in most adaptations. However in the Post-Vulgate Cycle Gawain is turned into a rapist and treacherous scumbag. In [[Literature/SirGawainandtheGreenKnight Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]] this is possibly played with, as the plot largely involves a Lady trying to seduce Gawain assuming that he'll sleep with her due to the stories she's heard about him and Gawain courteously refusing her advances. The mobile game ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' makes him a noble but open ChivalrousPervert who not answers honestly about how he believes in BuxomBeautyStandard but also has some IncestSubtext with his aunt Altria[[note]]who, along with Lancelot, tricked into dressing like a PlayboyBunny during a Summer Event[[/note]] and his sister Gareth[[note]]when he mentions how he wishes she grows up to be buxom like his Faerie knight counterpart[[/note]].
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* Humorously invoked in the ''Film/AustinPowers'' films, which poke fun at some of the more dated aspects of the Franchise/JamesBond franchise by imagining how the title character might look if he were a hilariously exaggerated caricature of 1960s British culture, and even ''more'' of a shameless and flamboyant sex fiend.
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* ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'': In the novels, Hestia knew a good deal more about the world then she lets on, and Hephaestus notes that she had matured since she had last saw her. Hestia tries to seem mature around Bell, at least, and it ends up working. [[spoiler: In fact, the fight that led to a [[WarForFunAndProfit War Game]] between the Hestia and Apollo Familias started because a table of Apollo Familia members were bad mouthing Hestia.]] The anime plays up the fact that she is a ClingyJealousGirl and downplays these elements, making the scene where she gives her blessing to an adventuring party who would go out to save Bell [[spoiler: even though said adventuring party was the one who endangered them]] seem out of character.

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* ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'': ''Literature/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'': In the novels, Hestia knew a good deal more about the world then she lets on, and Hephaestus notes that she had matured since she had last saw her. Hestia tries to seem mature around Bell, at least, and it ends up working. [[spoiler: In fact, the fight that led to a [[WarForFunAndProfit War Game]] between the Hestia and Apollo Familias started because a table of Apollo Familia members were bad mouthing Hestia.]] The anime plays up the fact that she is a ClingyJealousGirl and downplays these elements, making the scene where she gives her blessing to an adventuring party who would go out to save Bell [[spoiler: even though said adventuring party was the one who endangered them]] seem out of character.

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