History Main / TruerToTheText

* The 2000 ''Series/{{Dune}}'' miniseries took some liberties with [[Literature/{{Dune}} Frank Herbert's book]], but compared to the [[Film/Dune1984 1984 David Lynch movie]], its fidelity is nigh-slavish.
* The 1997 miniseries of ''Series/TheShining'' was far closer to Creator/StephenKing's [[Literature/TheShining book]] than the [[Film/TheShining 1980 film]], [[spoiler:apart from the miniseries' {{Bowdlerise}}d ending]].

* Creator/JohnCarpenter's ''Film/TheThing1982'' compared to ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld''. The older film used [[Literature/WhoGoesThere the book]]'s beginning with the researchers finding a UFO in the ice containing an alien, but from there diverged quite a bit. Carpenter's version had the alien keep its assimilation powers and overall stayed much closer to the plot of the book.
* ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian2011'', according to WordOfGod, was intended to be closer to the original Robert E. Howard novels than [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 the 1982 film]] was. True, Conan isn't MadeASlave and forced to fight in GladiatorGames for years, but the plot is still original.
* The [[Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo2011 American film adaptation]] of ''Literature/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'' is often mistaken for a simple remake, when in fact it's an example of this trope: the Swedish film suffered from some really bizarre adaptational choices, whereas the American version was an almost 1:1 adaptation of the original book [[AdaptationDistillation with some very minor cuts to make the story flow better.]]

** The [[WesternAnimation/DiaryOfAWimpyKidRodrickRules 2022 animated adaptation of Rodrick Rules]] had Greg and Rowley remain trapped in the basement for the rest of the night during Rodrick's party, unlike the live-action film in which Rodrick had to let them out after receiving a call from Susan checking in on him and Greg.

*** ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW is intended to be this to an even greater degree, removing all elements and characters that originated in the previous comic series and ''Sonic [=SatAM=]''.

* ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'': ''Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein'' is a more faithful adaptation of the book than most adaptations, including the iconic ''Film/Frankenstein1931''.

* ''Film/{{Bean}}'', based on the [[Series/MrBean internationally beloved British sitcom]], was a BigDamnMovie that featured more raunchy humor and greater dialogue than what was shown in the source material in order to appeal to American audiences who were generally unfamiliar with the titular character or his trademark use of mime and slapstick. ''Film/MrBeansHoliday'', by contrast, was significantly less Americanized, removing all the raunch and seeing Mr. Bean return to his near-mute, slapstick origins by playing more like an extended skit from the TV series.

* The [=TPCi=] dub of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' (starting with the ''Battle Frontier'' seasons) is known for being more faithful to the original Japanese scripts than the one by Creator/4KidsEntertainment, which frequently altered characterization and morals. This is most evident when the series revisits characters or stories from the [=4Kids=] era; Misty keeps her ProudBeauty traits after they were largely removed from the [=4Kids=] dub, and ''Anime/MewtwoStrikesBackEvolution'' retains the original "ClonesArePeopleToo" [[AnAesop Aesop]] instead of replacing it with the notoriously [[BrokenAesop broken]] "fighting is wrong."

* The [=TPCi=] dub of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' (starting with the ''Battle Frontier'' seasons) is known for being more faithful to the original Japanese scripts than the one by Creator/4KidsEntertainment, which frequently altered characterization and morals. This is most evident when the series revisits characters or stories from the [=4Kids=] era; Misty keeps her ProudBeauty traits after they were largely removed from the [=4Kids=] dub, and ''Anime/MewtwoStrikesBackEvolution'' retains the original "ClonesArePeopleToo" [[AnAesop Aesop]] instead of replacing it with "fighting is wrong."

* ''Film/{{Bean}}'', based on the [[Series/MrBean internationally beloved British sitcom]], was a BigDamnMovie that featured more raunchier humor and a greater amount of dialogue than what was shown in the source material in order to appeal to American audiences who were generally unfamiliar with the titular character or his trademark use of mime and slapstick. ''Film/MrBeansHoliday'', by contrast, was significantly less Americanized, removing all the raunch and seeing Mr. Bean return to his near-mute, slapstick origins by playing more like an extended skit from the TV series.

* The ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey Origins Collection'' for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch consists of remasters of the first three games in the series. In the case of ''[[VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyI Etrian Odyssey I]]'' and ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyIIHeroesOfLagaard'', these lack the new content from the 3DS remakes ''Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl'' and ''Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight'', respectively (most notably Story Mode and classes backported from later games). This means a lot of these games' EarlyInstallmentWeirdness is retained and the 3DS versions' changes reverted, such as enemies having still sprites instead of animatated 3D models, [[RoamingEnemy FOEs]] being represented as glowing spherees when exploring the dungeons rather than the monsters' 3D models, certain skills' balance changes being rolled back[[note]]One notable example is the Medic's Immunize skill in the first game. In the DS original, it mitigates all types of damage. In the 3DS version, [[{{Nerf}} it only mitigates elemental damage]]. The ''Origins Collection'' version goes back to the DS version's behavior.[[/note]], and the games charging fees to rename characters and store items as opposed to being free services in the 3DS games. However, some of the quality-of-life features from the 3DS games were kept, such as multiple DifficultyLevels, the more streamlined auto-walk tool, and the skill upgrade interface presenting skills as a visual TechTree rather than a list.

* The ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey Origins Collection'' for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch consists of remasters of the first three games in the series. In the case of ''[[VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyI Etrian Odyssey I]]'' and ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyIIHeroesOfLagaard'', these lack the new content from the 3DS remakes ''Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl'' and ''Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight'', respectively (most notably Story Mode and classes backported from later games). This means a lot of these games' EarlyInstallmentWeirdness is retained and the 3DS versions' changes reverted, such as enemies having still sprites instead of animatated 3D models, [[RoamingEnemy FOEs]] being represented as glowing spherees when exploring the dungeons rather than the monsters' 3D models, certain skills' balance changes being rolled back[[note]]One notable example is the Medic's Immunize skill in the first game. In the DS original, it mitigates all types of damage. In the 3DS version, [[{{Nerf}} it only mitigates elemental damage]]. The ''Origins Collection'' version goes back to the DS version's behavior.[[/note]], and the game charging a fee to rename characters or store items as opposed to being free services in the 3DS games. However, some of the quality-of-life features from the 3DS games were kept, such as multiple DifficultyLevels, the more streamlined auto-walk tool, and the skill upgrade interface presenting skills as a visual TechTree rather than a list.

* The ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey Origins Collection'' for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch consists of remasters of the first three games in the series. In the case of ''[[VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyI Etrian Odyssey I]]'' and ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyIIHeroesOfLagaard'', these lack the new content from the 3DS remakes ''Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl'' and ''Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight'', respectively (most notably Story Mode and classes backported from later games). This means a lot of these games' EarlyInstallmentWeirdness is retained and the 3DS versions' changes reverted, such as enemies having still sprites instead of animatated 3D models, [[RoamingEnemy FOEs]] being represented as glowing spherees when exploring the dungeons rather than the monsters' 3D models, certain skills' balance changes being rolled back[[note]]One notable example is the Medic's Immunize skill in the first game. In the DS original, it mitigates all types of damage. In the 3DS version, it only mitigates elemental damage. The ''Origins Collection'' version goes back to the DS version's behavior.[[/note]], and the game charging a fee to rename characters or store items as opposed to being free services in the 3DS games. However, some of the quality-of-life features from the 3DS games were kept, such as multiple DifficultyLevels, the more streamlined auto-walk tool, and the skill upgrade interface presenting skills as a visual TechTree rather than a list.

* The ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey Origins Collection'' for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch consists of remasters of the first three games in the series. In the case of ''[[VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyI Etrian Odyssey I]]'' and ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyIIHeroesOfLagaard'', these lack the new content from ''Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl'' and ''Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnif Knight'', respectively (most notably Story Mode and classes backported from later games). However, some of the quality-of-life features from those games as well as subsequent games, such as multiple DifficultyLevels, the more streamlined auto-walk tool, and the skill upgrade interface presenting skills as a visual TechTree rather than a list. This does mean some of the jank and EarlyInstallmentWeirdness of the original games are retained, whether good (like ''[=EO1=]''[='=]s Survivalist's 1st Turn skill not having a fail probability like it's supposed to, or ''[=EO1=]'' Medic's Immunize mitigating all damage types rather than just elemental resistances like what the skill description says), or bad (like steep fees for renaming characters and storing items and not having as many map icon types as later games).

* The ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey Origins Collection'' for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch consists of remasters of the first three games in the series. In the case of ''[[VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyI Etrian Odyssey I]]'' and ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyIIHeroesOfLagaard'', these lack the new content from ''Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl'' and ''Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnif Knight'', respectively (most notably Story Mode and classes backported from later games). However, some of the quality-of-life features from those games as well as subsequent games, such as multiple DifficultyLevels, the more streamlined auto-walk tool, and the skill upgrade interface presenting skills as a visual TechTree rather than a list. This does mean some of the jank and EarlyInstallmentWeirdness of the original games are retained, whether good (like ''[=EO1=]''[='=]s Survivalist's 1st Turn skill not having a fail probability like it's supposed to, or ''[=EO1=]'' Medic's Immunize mitigating all damage types rather than just elemental resistances), or bad (like steep fees for renaming characters and storing items and not having as many map icon types as later games).

* The ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey Origins Collection'' for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch consists of remasters of the first three games in the series. In the case of ''[[VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyI Etrian Odyssey I]]'' and ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyIIHeroesOfLagaard'', these lack the new content from ''Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl'' and ''Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnif Knight'', respectively (most notably Story Mode and classes backported from later games). However, some of the quality-of-life features from those games as well as subsequent games, such as multiple DifficultyLevels, the more streamlined auto-walk tool, and the skill upgrade interface presenting skills as a visual TechTree rather than a list. This does mean some of the jank and EarlyInstallmentWeirdness of the original games are retained, whether good (like ''EO1''[='=]s Survivalist's 1st Turn skill not having a fail probability like it's supposed to, or ''[=EO1=]'' Medic's Immunize mitigating all damage types rather than just elemental resistances), or bad (like steep fees for renaming characters and storing items and not having as many map icon types as later games).

* The ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey Origins Collection'' for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch consists of remasters of the first three games in the series. In the case of ''[[VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyI Etrian Odyssey I]]'' and ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyIIHeroesOfLagaard'', these lack the new content from ''Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl'' and ''Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnif Knight'', respectively (most notably Story Mode and classes backported from later games). However, some of the quality-of-life features from those games as well as subsequent games, such as multiple DifficultyLevels, the more streamlined auto-walk tool, and the skill upgrade interface presenting skills as a visual TechTree rather than a list. This does mean some of the jank and EarlyInstallmentWeirdness of the original games are retained, whether good (like ''EO1''[='=]s Survivalist's 1st Turn skill not having a fail probability like it's supposed to, or ''[=EO1=]'' Medic's Immunize mitigating all damage types rather than just elemental resistances), or bad (like steep fees for renaming characters and storing items and the lack of subclassing for the first two games).

* The ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey Origins Collection'' for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch consists of remasters of the first three games in the series. In the case of ''[[VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyI Etrian Odyssey I]]'' and ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyIIHeroesOfLagaard'', these lack the new content from ''Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl'' and ''Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnif Knight'', respectively (most notably Story Mode and classes backported from later games). However, some of the quality-of-life features from those games as well as subsequent games, such as multiple DifficultyLevels, the more streamlined auto-walk tool, and the skill upgrade interface presenting skills as a visual TechTree rather than a list. This does mean some of the jank of the original games are retained, whether good (like the Survivalist's 1st Turn skill not having a fail probability like it's supposed to), or bad (steep fees for renaming characters and storing items).

* The 1972 Italian animated adaptation of ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' called ''Animation/UnBurattinoDiNomePinocchio'' (A puppet called Pinocchio) is by far the most faithful adaptation of Pinocchio, having dialogue taken from the book and respecting its topics and times. It shows the Busy Bee Island, for example, which is taken out of many adaptations. The Green Fisherman who almost eats Pinocchio is also present in this adaptation when [[AdaptedOut he's usually not seen in other Pinocchio adaptations.]]

[[Film/{{Transformers}} 2007]]: Complex and more organic\\

* The second ''LightNovel/KinosJourney'' anime uses Kino's design from the light novels. The first anime featured a slightly different design with AnimeHair.

** ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries'' is closer to [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} the original Japanese films]] than the film it span off from (''Film/Godzilla1998''). Godzilla [[BehemothBattle fights other monsters]] and has his trademark atomic BreathWeapon

** Creator/TimBurton adapted the book into ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', being more faithful to the book than ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''. For example, in the Tim Burton movie, the lyrics of the Oompa-Loompas' songs are shortened versions of the songs in the book, whereas the songs in ''Willy Wonka'' have completely different lyrics. Subverted with the endings, however; ''Willy Wonka'' kept the ending relatively faithful to the book (although it ended the story slightly earlier), while Tim Burton's version [[NotHisSled threw in a twist]] right at the end.

* ''[[Theatre/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians The Lightning Thief]]'' musical is a much more faithful adaptation compared to the [[Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians 2010 movie adaptation]].

* ''[[Series/JasonAndTheArgonauts Hallmark's miniseries adaptation of Jason and the Argonauts]]'' more accurately depicted the adventures of the Argonauts more than the [[Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts Ray Harryhaussen film]]. It also more accurately represented Greek culture and architecture.

* The 1995 made-for-television film/miniseries ''Moses'' is the most faithful screen adaptation of the Literature/BookOfExodus to date, making some consider it superior to ''{{Film/The Ten Commandments|1956}}'', ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', and that other film. For instance, the parting of the Red Sea is not immediate but takes time as it did in the scriptures. However, instead of the Pharaoh of the Exodus being Horemheb, Thutmose I or Thutmose II as Rabbinical Judaism, Jerome or Ussher's date for Moses' birth lined up with Egyptian history would indicate but rather Merneptah, the thirteenth son and successor of Ramesses II.

* The 1990s films based on ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' took on the much darker humor and more genuinely malicious and occasionally murderous characterisation of the protagonists from the original [[ComicStrip/TheAddamsFamily newspaper cartoons]], compared to the significantly fluffier [[Series/TheAddamsFamily TV series]] (in which the family are essentially just DarkIsNotEvil bohemian proto-{{Goth}}s in a stereotypical white-picket-fence American suburb). Some fans of the TV show found them quite unpleasant. [[WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily2019 The 2019 animated film]] is similarly much closer to the visual style of the comic strip; among other things, Gomez is depicted as quite pudgy and homely (unlike the thin and handsome Creator/JohnAstin and Creator/RaulJulia), Morticia's facial features are noticeably exaggerated, and Wednesday is cartoonishly thin.

** The [[WesternAnimation/DiaryOfAWimpyKid 2021 animated adaptation]] is much more faithful to the book than the live-action film, this version had Greg create Zoo Wee Mama along with Rowley just like in the book, while the live action film had Rowley fully come up with it, and the animated film mentioned the Wizard of Oz play taking place in winter like in the book, unlike the live-action film which had the play take place in spring, Abe Hall is the one to take the cheese touch with him unlike the live action film where it was instead a German exchange student named Dieter Muller, and it had much more involvement from Creator/JeffKinney, the author of the original books.

* ''[[Series/JasonAndTheArgonauts Hallmark's miniseries adaptation of Jason and the Argonauts]]'' more accurately depicted the adventures of the Argonauts more than the [[Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts Ray Harryhaussen film]]. It also more accurately represented Greek culture and architecture.

* ''[[Theatre/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians The Lightning Thief]]'' musical is a much more faithful adaptation compared to the [[Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympiansTheLightningThief 2010 movie adaptation]].

* The American film of ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'' is often mistaken for a simple remake, when in fact it's an example of this trope: the Swedish film suffered from some really bizarre adaptational choices, whereas the American version was an almost 1:1 adaptation of the original book [[AdaptationDistillation with some very minor cuts to make the story flow better.]]

** The Chuck Jones specials and ''Animation/AdventuresOfMowgli'' have proven to be the most faithful adaptations. The former for the most part are the stories themselves with some minor changes, the latter covers Mowgli's life from childhood to adulthood and keeps the tone of the stories.

* ''[[Theatre/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians The Lightning Thief]]'' musical is a much more faithful adaptation compared to the 2010 movie adaptation.

* Hallmark's ''Series/JasonAndTheArgonauts'' more accurately depicted the adventures of the Argonauts more than the [[Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts Ray Harryhaussen film]]. It also more accurately represented Greek culture and architecture.

* Hallmark did a miniseries ''Series/JasonAndTheArgonauts'', which more accurately depicted the adventures of the Argonauts more than the [[Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts Ray Harryhaussen film]]. It also more accurately represented Greek culture and architecture.

* The 2000 ''Series/{{Dune}}'' miniseries took some liberties with Frank Herbert's book, but compared to the 1984 David Lynch movie, its fidelity is nigh-slavish.
* The 1997 miniseries of ''Series/TheShining'' was far closer to Stephen King's book than the 1980 film, [[spoiler:apart from the miniseries' {{Bowdlerise}}d ending]].

* The ''ComicBook/{{Animorphs}}'' graphic novel series follows the [[Literature/{{Animorphs}} books']] plots note-for-note with only minor changes, unlike the budget-restricted [[Series/{{Animorphs}} TV show]].