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* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is almost synonymous with ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'', despite the fact he predates them by twenty-two years and wasn't a part of the team's original roster.
* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s origins as a [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] villain are hardly ever mentioned anymore, if at all.
** Although they'll still occasionally get into fights.
* The villainous origins of the ComicBook/ScarletWitch, and ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} have pretty much been swept under the rug. Likewise, ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} started as a straight villain, and now he is best known for his HeelFaceRevolvingDoor tendencies.

* Originally, Franchise/{{Tintin}} [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything did some reporting]], but by the fourth or fifth book, he seemed to have surreptitiously retired to the quiet life of getting swept up in fantastic adventures and foiling the plots of mustachioed movie moguls.

* ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson is regarded as Franchise/SpiderMan's true love, despite her original role as [[BettyAndVeronica The Veronica]].
** Justified, as the Betty has been dead for 40 years.... at least until [[ComicBook/SpiderGwen a still-kicking alternate universe counterpart gained a lot of popularity.]]

* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s origins as a [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] villain are hardly ever mentioned anymore, if at all.

* Mary Jane Watson is regarded as Franchise/SpiderMan's true love, despite her original role as [[BettyAndVeronica The Veronica]].

** Kano was originally Japanese-born American but was retconned into being Australian after Trevor Goddard's portrayal of him in [[Film/MortalKombat the movie]].

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* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'':

** Kano was originally Japanese-American but was retconned into being Australian after Trevor Goddard's portrayal of him in [[Film/MortalKombat the movie]].

** [[Series/MorkAndMindy Mork from Ork]] was originally a villainous alien invader intent on destroying the Earth in his first appearance on ''Series/HappyDays''.

* The ''Manga/YuGiOh'' manga started out as the tale of a teenager whose dark side brings judgment on abusive people with lots of horrific implications. Halfway into the series the card game took over and everything from that point onwards became the tale of people beating each other in a SeriousBusiness card game, with said horriffic implications appearing frpm time to time.

** In the original 'Manga/DragonBall'', Goku originally started out as a wild monkey boy from the distant mountains with inexplicable endurance and martial arts talent compared to normal people. Nowadays since ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', he's more famous for being [[LateArrivalSpoiler descended from alien heritage]] and defeating ever-more fantastic villains with ki blasts.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': These days Raiden is mostly known as the [[BigGood wise and benevolent]] protector of Earthrealm. However, this wasn't always the case. In the first game, Raiden was an arrogant god who attended the Mortal Kombat tournament to prove the superiority of his strength and fighting skills over mortals. This also contradicts the rule in later games that Raiden could not participate in the tournament.

* ''Manga/DragonBall'':

* ''Manga/DragonBall'': Goku originally started out as a wild monkey boy from the distant mountains with inexplicable endurance and martial arts talent compared to normal people. Nowadays he's more famous for being [[LateArrivalSpoiler descended from alien heritage]] and defeating ever-more fantastic villains with ki blasts.

* ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}: The lore of the first game stated that the {{Nephilim}} were beings older than angels and demons. ''VideoGame/DarksidersII'', however, states that they were born from angels and demons. In fact, Lilith explicitly states in the Sequel she is responsible for their birth.

* ''VideoGame/{[Darksiders}}: The lore of the first game stated that the {{Nephilim}} were beings older than angels and demons. ''VideoGame/DarksidersII'', however, states that they were born from angels and demons. In fact, Lilith explicitly states in the Sequel she is responsible for their birth.

** The Beatles' (also known as "The Fab ''Four ''") early incarnation as a FiveManBand.

* Thanks to the breakout success of ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'', Illyasviel von Einzbern is best remembered as the cheery young girl with magical powers straight from [[MagicalGirlWarrior a completely different genre]] than the big sister-like [[spoiler:stunted adult grail vessel]] she was in ''VideoGame/FateStayNight''. Lampshaded by her ''stay night'' self's appearance in ''Videogame/FateGrandOrder'', where [[spoiler:upon meeting her as Sitonai,]] the Protagonist remarks that this is not the Illya they've grown accustomed to.

* The ''Manga/YuGiOh'' manga started out as the tale of a teenager whose dark side brings judgment on abusive people with lots of horrific implications. Halfway into the series the card game took over and everything from that point onwards became the tale of people beating each other in a SeriousBusiness card game.

** Justified, as the Betty has been dead for 40 years.

* Anyone remember when Bulma was one of two main characters in DragonBall?