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* Shion's and Satoshi's friendship is condensed in the ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' anime to the point where it seems like they talked around five times, Satoshi disappeared, and Shion became [[{{yandere}} obsessed]] with him. In the visual novel and manga adaptation they interact more.

* This happens in ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' (comic book to [[Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld film]]) with Scott and Ramona's relationship. Originally, their relationship built up over a year or so before the comic ended. In the movie, the same development had to be cut down to a few weeks.
* Éowyn and Faramir in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' (book to film): In the book, they get more page time than even Aragorn and Arwen, but in the movie, they're a one-scene HookedUpAfterwards (which most people won't even notice unless they've read the books already). The extended version improves things a bit, but not much.

* The 1980 film version of ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' has Dale and Flash falling for each other at an alarming rate.

* Raoul and Christine in ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' (book to musical): The two may be {{Victorious Childhood Friend}}s in both versions, but the two spend hardly any time together on-stage as adults, compared to the longer, more complex (read: [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple painful]]) progress of their relationship in the novel.

* In the [[Theatre/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians musical]] of ''The Lightning Thief'', Silena and Beckendorf are already together by "Another Terrible Day", but they only get together during ''The Battle of the Labyrinth''.

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* Raoul and Christine in ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' (book to musical): The two may be {{Victorious Childhood Friend}}s in both versions, but the two spend hardly any time together on-stage as adults, compared to the longer, more complex (read: [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple painful]]) progress of their relationship in the novel.
* Marius and Cosette in ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' (book to musical): Both versions of their romance have a LoveAtFirstSight vibe, with Marius convinced that life isn't worth living without Cosette even before he knows her name. But at least in the book, they know each other longer.
** Book version: Marius and Cosette meet each other's eye a few times, but don't say a word to each other. Then Valjean moves to another part of town and stops frequenting the park where Cosette and Marius would catch sight of each other, Marius and Cosette ''both'' fall into a long depression, and Marius resorts to stalking and hiring people who knew the area to catch glimpses of Cosette again. Eventually, months after their last meeting, he learns Cosette's address and leaves a notebook filled with his musings on love for Cosette to read, which are clearly talking about her, and soon after this he starts visiting her regularly in her garden Not long after their first conversation together (perhaps ''days''), the two are saying they'll die if they don't get to see each other again... but at least they've been aware of each other for months at that point and go on to have several more months of romance before Marius nearly dies at the barricades.
** Musical version: They meet each other's eyes just once in the street, then have just one romantic interlude in Cosette's garden before the barricades. After just those ''two interactions'' within ''one day'', the two are saying they'll die if they don't get to see each other again. This has strongly contributed to making Marius/Eponine the FanPreferredCouple in the musical, especially because Eponine is portrayed as Marius's longtime friend before he even meets Cosette, whereas in the book he meets Cosette first and is much less fond of Eponine than the musical makes him.

* In the [[Theatre/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians musical]] of ''The Lightning Thief'', Silena and Beckendorf are already together by "Another Terrible Day", but they only get together during ''The Battle of the Labyrinth''.

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* One of the most famous examples is Shakespeare's ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' (book to play), where the romance between the titular couple was compressed from happening over several months (the time given in earlier versions of the story, like Luigi Da Porto and Matteo Bandello's novellas, and Arthur Brooke's poem that directly inspired Shakespeare) to a few days.

* ''[[Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet Sweeney Todd]]'' (play to film). In the stage version, it's compressed enough, since they go from strangers to planning to elope in two songs together, but this is justified as it's in keeping with both [[WideEyedIdealist Anthony]] and [[TheOphelia Johanna's]] characters; she is looking for a way out of a [[WifeHusbandry bad situation]] and he's her best option, while Anthony is naive and idealistic enough about love to think that {{Rescue Romance}}s work in the real world. However, even this is significantly trimmed down in the [[Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet Tim Burton film,]] thanks to the fact that several of their songs together are cut. The result is that Anthony catches a glimpse of Johanna through a window ''once'' and then instantly devotes himself to her, pushing his relationship with her into StalkerWithACrush territory.

* The 1980 film version of ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' has Dale and Flash falling for each other at an alarming rate. Lampshaded by ''WebSite/SFDebris'' who questioned the strength of a relationship built up over one long afternoon.

* Raoul and Christine in ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' (book to musical): The two may be {{Victorious Childhood Friend}}s in both versions, but the two spend hardly any time together on-stage as adults, compared to the longer, more complex (read: painful) progress of their relationship in the novel.

** In the book, Lupin and Tonks's relationship is an (admittedly mostly [[OffscreenRomance off-screen]]) subplot, involving much angst about the possibility of Lupin passing on his lycantropy. In the films, they're already together by Christmas in the sixth film (not hooking up until the end of the book) and only implied to be married with a son by the seventh.

* One of the most famous examples is Shakespeare's ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' (book to play), where the romance between the titular couple was compressed from happening over several months (the time given in earlier versions of the story, like the Matteo Bandello ''novella'' and its adaptations) to a few days.

* In the [[Theatre/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians musical]] of ''The Lightning Thief'', Silena and Beckendorf are already together by "Another Terrible Day", but they only get together shortly after ''The Battle of the Labyrinth''.

* One of the most famous examples is Shakespeare's ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' (book to play), where the romance between the titular couple was compressed from happening over several months (the time given in earlier versions of the story) to a few days.

** In the book, Lupin and Tonks's relationship is an (admittedly mostly off-screen) subplot, involving much angst about the possibility of Lupin passing on his lycantropy. In the films, they're already together by Christmas in the sixth film (not hooking up until the end of the book) and only implied to be married with a son by the seventh.

* Inverted in the film adaptation of the ''Literature/RamonaQuimby'' series -- ''Film/RamonaAndBeezus''. While the relationship between Aunt Bea and Uncle Hobart was never mentioned in "Ramona Forever" until they suddenly came over to the Quimby's household announce their ''engagement'', the two had a lot more screen time together in the movie, and even includes a proposal scene.

* ''[[Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet Sweeney Todd]]'' (play to film). In the stage version, it's compressed enough, since they go from strangers to planning to elope in two songs together, but this is justified as it's in keeping with both [[WideEyedIdealist Anthony]] and [[TheOphelia Johanna's]] characters; she is looking for a way out of a [[WifeHusbandry bad situation]] and he's her best option, while Anthony is naive and idealistic enough about love to think that [[RescueRomance Rescue Romances]] work in the real world. However, even this is significantly trimmed down in the [[Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet Tim Burton film,]] thanks to the fact that several of their songs together are cut. The result is that Anthony catches a glimpse of Johanna through a window ''once'' and then instantly devotes himself to her, pushing his relationship with her into StalkerWithACrush territory.

* Marius and Cosette in ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' (book to musical): Marius seeming to fall in LoveAtFirstSight with Cosette in the musical has strongly contributed to making Marius/Eponine the FanPreferredCouple. Of course, in the book, it's not much better. Marius and Cosette meet each other's eye a few times, but don't say a word to each other; yet when Valjean moves to another part of town and stops frequenting the park where Cosette and Marius would catch sight of each other, Marius and Cosette ''both'' fell into depression, and Marius resorted to stalking and hiring people who knew the area to catch glimpses of Cosette again. At one point, he leaves a notebook filled with his musings on love for Cosette to read; they're clearly talking about her, and are generally expressing the sentiment that life isn't worth living without love -- ''and he still hasn't spoken to her yet, and doesn't even know her name.'' Not long after their first conversation together (perhaps ''days''), the two are saying they'll die if they don't get to see each other again.

* The 1980 film version of ''Film/FlashGordon'' has Dale and Flash falling for each other at an alarming rate. Lampshaded by ''WebSite/SFDebris'' who questioned the strength of a relationship built up over one long afternoon.

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* Marius and Cosette in ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' (book to musical): Marius seeming to fall in LoveAtFirstSight with Cosette in the musical has strongly contributed to making Marius/Eponine the FanPreferredCouple.
** Of course, in the book, it's not much better. Marius and Cosette meet each other's eye a few times, but don't say a word to each other; yet when Valjean moves to another part of town and stops frequenting the park where Cosette and Marius would catch sight of each other, Marius and Cosette ''both'' fell into depression, and Marius resorted to stalking and hiring people who knew the area to catch glimpses of Cosette again. At one point, he leaves a notebook filled with his musings on love for Cosette to read; they're clearly talking about her, and are generally expressing the sentiment that life isn't worth living without love -- ''and he still hasn't spoken to her yet, and doesn't even know her name.'' Not long after their first conversation together (perhaps ''days''), the two are saying they'll die if they don't get to see each other again.

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* Inverted in the film adaptation of the ''Literature/RamonaQuimby'' series -- ''Film/RamonaAndBeezus''. While the relationship between Aunt Bea and Uncle Hobart was barely mentioned in "Ramona Forever" until they suddenly came over to announce their ''marriage'', the two had a lot more screen time together in the movie, and even includes a proposal scene.