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** Compare the anime-style character designs of Richter and Maria from ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Rondo of Blood]]'' to Ayami Kojima's more gothic designs in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Symphony of the Night]]'', ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChronicles Chronicles]]'', ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence Lament of Innocence]]'', ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness Curse of Darkness]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheDraculaXChronicles The Dracula X Chronicles]]''. (Kojima also handled art duties for ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Aria of Sorrow]]'', though that game has slightly less of a gothic feel on account of taking place [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in the 21th century]].)

-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-dmYK2bEK8 15 Reasons We HATE Chun Li with Evil Craig,]]''' commenting on the {{race lift}}ing done in ''Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi''. [[note]]For the record: Kristin Kreuk is Canadian, but she ''does'' have Chinese ancestry on her mother's side.[[/note]]

* [[UsefulNotes/TheGloryThatWasRome The Roman Army]] is usually represented as completely made of heavy infantry equipped like [[http://romanmilitary.net/images/guard4.jpg these re-enactors]] (the only variation is when they wear leather variants of the armour), with their officers wearing the [[http://legionsix.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/zFt-Mac-05-00d1.jpg muscle armour,]] no matter the period. As the Roman state spanned about a thousand years (twice that if you count the [[UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire Eastern Roman Empire]]), the equipment and composition of the Roman Army depended on the period (especially as the soldiers were supposed to pay for their own equipment until the first century BC) and even deployment: Roman soldiers in the colder north always wore warmer local clothes (that included pants) under their armour. The 'classic' Roman soldier is actually a soldier of the Parthian/Persian border between 70 AD and the Tetrarchy, while the muscle cuirass was reserved to the richest officers and had all but disappeared before the appearance of the 'classic' armour. It also ''always'' included other kinds of troops, both from citizens and subjects/allies (Roman citizens were heavy infantry only from the Marian reform in the first century BC, and that was reversed by Caracalla giving Roman citizenship to all subjects in 212 AD).

* ''Anime/VisionOfEscaflowne'': Millerna Aston was [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/7b006065bb956e4a71dd9aeb4c8f8f57/tumblr_pdoxcs4rsW1ukbd69o1_1280.jpg a blonde princess]] in the anime, who wanted to become a medic and MarryForLove. The movie ''drastically'' changed her appearance [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/escaflowne/images/3/35/Millernamovie.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/310?cb=20190726021423 to an orange-haired woman]] that was second-in-command to Allen and an ActionGirl.
* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'':

** Characters in this manga tend to look really weird, too. Case in point: compare [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/30/FireRed_LeafGreen_Professor_Oak.png Prof. Oak from the games]] with his character designs in the respective [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/6e/Professor_Oak_PM.png aforementioned]] [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/e/ee/Professor_Oak_EToP.png mangas.]] And can you believe that [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/fe/Green_PM.png this guy]][[note]]even the Charmander on his shoulder and that Poké Ball look waaay off...[[/note]] is supposed to be [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/e/ee/Red_Blue_Blue.png Blue/Green?]] Or that [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/00/Agatha_PM.png this]] is [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/d/d1/FireRed_LeafGreen_Agatha.png Agatha?]] Would you believe us if we told you that [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/9a/Earl_PM.png this]] is [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/9c/Earl_Dervish.png Earl?]] Or that [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/16/Bill_PM.png this thing]] is supposed to be [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/0e/Red_Blue_Bill.png Bill!?]]

* Fujiko from ''Anime/LupinIII'' changes looks with every animation staff. Possibly {{Justified}} by her being a MasterOfDisguise with a bounty on her head, so she could be changing her looks in-universe, and possibly {{Lampshaded}} in ''Anime/LupinIIIEpisode0FirstContact'' (Fujiko in the flashback has brown-reddish hair and in the present is blonde with a different hairdo) and ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'' (where she changes hairdo, hair colour, and dresses ''every episode'').

* ''{{Anime/Robotech}}''

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':

** The New 52 infamously redesigned ''ComicBook/{{Lobo}}'' as a PrettyBoy. Reader backlash was such that DC eventually ended up bringing back the classic Lobo design.

* The Nintendo Power comic adaptation of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' plays pretty fast and loose with the designs from the game, particularly when it comes to the monsters. Moldorm and Trinexx stand out the most, going (respectively) from a centipede-esque creature to a GiantSpider, and a three-headed rock monster to an organic, three-headed, eastern-style dragon.
* ComicBook/{{Superboy}} (Kon-El, a.k.a. Conner Kent) in the 2003-11 series ''ComicBook/TeenTitans''. Not only was his superhero costume swapped for [[NotWearingTights a T-shirt and jeans]], but he also suddenly began being drawn with a huge jacked physique as though he'd doubled in mass. This was possibly to make him look more like Franchise/{{Superman}}, as it was also retconned at this time that they ''were'' blood-related after all. This change lasted up until the New 52 reboot and was the basis for Superboy's design in the ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' cartoon. However, since Conner's reappearance in ''ComicBook/YoungJustice2019'' he has gone back to looking much more like he did in the 1990s, albeit with more of a punk look to his costume.
* And then there was the time that ComicBook/{{Superman}} was changed into a being of pure electricity inside a [[https://i0.wp.com/www.supermanhomepage.com/clickandbuilds/SupermanHomepage/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/jurgens-superman-123-variant.jpg?fit=628%2C326&ssl=1 blue containment suit]]. This did [[DorkAge not go over well]], and before long Superman was returned to his classic red-and-blue design.

* Tanya Mousekewitz looks and acts differently in every single ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' movie. Most prefer her design in ''Fievel Goes West''.

* This has often occurred in a few of Nickelodeon's movies based on their shows:

*** As ''[[https://feelinganimatedblog.wordpress.com/ Feeling Animated]]'' blogmaster Paul Astell notes, Mnyambo's design in the series proper is more akin to [[UnfortunateImplications unflattering stereotypes]] of the Papuan people of Indonesia and New Guinea. The people at Klasky Csupo likely picked up on this when creating the movie.
** In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'', King Neptune is much different than his appearance in the show. On a minor note, news reporter Perch Perkins is colored purple rather than orange, and seahorses are drawn more realistically.

* Galactus from ''Film/FantasticFourRiseOfTheSilverSurfer'' was a huge cloud. He still [[PlanetEater ate planets, though]]. However, the cloud was lit up by periodic flashes from within, revealing shadows that looked like Galactus' angular helmet. WordOfGod states that the big purple guy is ''inside'' the cloud, to be unveiled when the ''ComicBook/SilverSurfer'' movie comes out. [[FranchiseKiller Which it won't]].

** A common fanboy criticism of ''Film/SpiderMan1'' was that the Green Goblin looked nothing like his comic design. He wore green armor and had a mask more like a helmet (the Music/WeirdAlYankovic song "Ode to a Superhero" described it as a "dumb Power Rangers mask") and didn't wear his trademark hat. Some photos have the long part of his head tinted purple to evoke the hat, but in the film itself, it's pretty green, making it look like Gobby just has a huge head.
** The casting of Creator/TopherGrace as Eddie Brock (aka ComicBook/{{Venom}}) in ''Film/SpiderMan3'' was pretty infamous. Nearly everywhere else, he's a large adult bodybuilder. The film version? A skinny guy who looks like he's 20.

** The prototype Spinal Tap seen on Rob Reiner's 1978 ABC special look dramatically different from their 1984 counterparts, particularly Nigel, who has much longer hair and glam-ish makeup. However, it can be argued that this was simply a different era of their career than what was seen in TIST, and their looks matched their preferred style at the time.

** The actors often fairly resemble the characters, but the costumes are often completely different. Gone are the colorful superhero costumes of the comics, and in their place [[MovieSuperheroesWearBlack are black leather jump-suits which are understood to be utilitarian, though their use is never specified]]. Furthermore, characters such as Toad and Mystique are often redesigned to look markedly different, while Creator/IanMckellen (ComicBook/{{Magneto}}), Elliot Page (ComicBook/KittyPryde)[[note]] In the third movie, anyway; in the first two she had brief appearances where she was played by a different actress who looked nothing like Page ''or'' her comic book counterpart [[/note]] and Anna Paquin (ComicBook/{{Rogue}}) don't resemble their characters in terms of age and build. What may or may not be significant to some is that ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} is explicitly short in the comics (except in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe or where artists err) but in the movies, he's played by 6'2" Creator/HughJackman who has the build one might expect from a superhero type (though in the [[Film/XMen1 first movie]] at least, other actors wore platform boots to make them seem taller).
** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' features the first live-action appearance of beloved Marvel character ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, which fans were excited to see. What they got looks nothing like the comic character, in costume or powerset. He was however played by Ryan Reynolds, who would go on to give a far more faithful rendition [[Film/{{Deadpool}} in his own films]].
** Beast's makeup in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' is less feline-looking than his counterpart in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', and more reminiscent of Kelsey Grammer's Beast. What caused this change is never actually explained.
* Aldrich Killian in ''Film/IronMan3''. In addition to gaining major AdaptationalAttractiveness, he goes from being a meek, middle-aged geek to a good-looking blonde with a strong build. [[spoiler: This is actually a plot point, since he starts off as a meek nerd closer to his comic counterpart, but later ingests a SuperSerum that greatly enhances him]]. The movie [[AdaptationalBadass also gives him superpowers]], which he lacked in the comics.

* Leslie in the ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'' is a ten-year-old tomboyish girl with dark BoyishShortHair who dresses in unisex, plain clothes like tees and plaid shirts. It's mentioned that Leslie can [[LadyLooksLikeADude pass for a boy]]. In the 2007 film, she's played by the Creator/AnnaSophiaRobb. She doesn't look anything like either her book or 1985 film versions. Leslie is instead a twelve-year-old with blonde bob-length hair and she dresses in bright, girly clothes.

* ''Film/InspectorGadget1999'': We never saw much of Dr. Claw in the original cartoon, but what we do see in the film is much different. Not only is Claw's face fully visible (and he looks much younger than the face of his official action figure), but he has an actual mechanical claw instead of metal gauntlets on his hands.

* The [[https://www.reddwarf.co.uk/merchandise/browse/images/bookclub.jpg cover]] of the Guild America hardback collection of the first two ''Literature/RedDwarf'' novels features a nearly-recognisable Rimmer, a decidedly less-so Holly, a white, square-jawed, and dreadless Lister, and a Cat with ''an actual cat's head''. Of course, at the time [[Series/RedDwarf the series]] hadn't been shown in the US.

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* In the [[Theatre/TheLittleMermaid Broadway adaptation]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'', Ursula's [[http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140821045938/disney/images/1/16/1561_Ursula_40_detail.jpg iconic appearance]] is [[http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/14200000/ursula-the-little-mermaid-on-broadway-14262824-410-289.jpg heavily altered,]] probably due to the difficulty of bringing her fanciful design to the stage (as with most of the characters). Here, her white wavy hair heavily increases in size, her tentacles are a slimy shade of green rather than black, and her skin, depending on the actress portraying her, is a sickly pale white as opposed to purple. But perhaps the most noticeable physical change is her size. While she still has, as Sherie Rene Scott (who originated the role on Broadway) puts it, "a giant, giant ass", Ursula is portrayed as much slimmer than her obese animated counterpart. In some cases, this could also count as AdaptationalAttractiveness. Downplayed in the {{retool}}ed production, where she more closely resembles her original design.
* The [[Theatre/TheLionKing Broadway musical]] version of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' for some reason actually portrayed [[TheHyena Ed the hyena's]] costume with [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup Pluto's]] face!
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* While Creator/{{Kenner}}'s ''DC Super Powers'' figures were generally spot-on when it came to representing characters from the ComicBook/DCUniverse, [[ComicBook/NewGods Orion]] was completely redesigned to accommodate his face-switching action feature. The resulting figure bore little resemblance to its comic book counterpart, with Orion's trademark mask replaced by a large helmet that left his face completely visible.
* The ComicBook/{{Ultron}} figure from [=ToyBiz=]'s ''Marvel Legends'' line is infamous among toy collectors for having [[https://i.imgur.com/r3u6kQe.png an early design]] that looked nothing like any iteration of the character featured in the comics, complete with a weird, rabbit-like face. The backlash was so severe that the toy got a last-minute redesign, though the final design is still [[https://i.imgur.com/c3XRl8b.png rather off.]] Ironically, the hoverboard thing he's riding has a more comic-accurate face than either.

** Protagonist Kyo Kusanagi, who started off as a masculine and rough-looking (but still rather handsome) JapaneseDelinquent, largely managed to keep kept a relatively consistent design throughout the series despite numerous costume changes. However, in ''XIV'' he's now a slim, youthful, and androgynously beautiful {{Bishonen}} with a sudden hairstyle change, to the point many fans literally did not recognize him at first. Even stranger is that Kyo's concept art from the same game, drawn by Eisuke Ogura (the main illustrator for ''XII'' and ''XIII'' who was also responsible for the character portraits seen in ''VideoGame/NeoGeoBattleColiseum''), is very much in line with how he normally looks, and both his DLC retro outfit and the very next installment ''XV'' revert back to his recognizable design.

** Ridley has some major appearance changes - while his design used in ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' has stuck with some minor changes in later games, in [[VideoGame/{{Metroid1}} the first game]], his [[http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2010/08/Samus%20and%20Ridley/Finished/Metroid01--article_image.jpg in-game sprite]] depicted him as a more humanoid dragon around Samus's height... and if that wasn't enough, the [[http://metroid.retropixel.net/games/metroid/artwork/metroid_24.jpg art for Ridley in the manual]] shows him as this... ''thing'' which has zero resemblance to the sprite at all!
** Likewise, Kraid altered his appearance in the change from ''[[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/metroid/images/7/79/Metroid_Kraid.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20091012201449 Metroid]]'' to ''[[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/metroid/images/2/20/Kraid.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150701082624 Super Metroid.]]''

* ''VideoGame/TokyoMirageSessionsFE'' has several ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' characters, who were redesigned to make them look more otherwordly. In-game it's explained that they lost parts of themselves in order to adjust to ForeverWar they've been locked in.

* The entire original ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark'' trilogy is the only time Edward Carnby ever kept his appearance consistent. Carnby himself has his appearance changed about three times, and that's not counting [[Film/AloneIntheDark2005 the Uwe Boll movie]] [[http://www.defunctgames.com/shows.php?id=freezeframe-75 but rather counting]] ''[[CoversAlwaysLie his in-game appearance after the boxart]]'' of [[Videogame/AloneInTheDark2008 the 2008 reboot]]!

* The [[http://img.gamefaqs.net/box/0/6/3/38063_front.jpg North American box art]] for ''VideoGame/{{Zeliard}}'' depicts what appears to be a [[HornyVikings stereotypical viking]] with Popeye arms. The main character in the actual game is wearing a completely different outfit and is depicted as a fairly standard '80s anime hero in the cutscenes (which is also where you discover that the lines on his sprite's helmet are ''wings'', not horns). Pretty much the only thing they have in common is red hair.

** Thanks to a [[ArtEvolution much higher budget]] in the later episodes, this happened when Mecha Streisand made her reappearance. It's even [[{{Lampshading}} lampshaded]] by one of the people activating her, who remarks that she somehow looks even more terrifying than last time.

** [[https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/File:Doc_Robot_Standing.JPG Doc Robot]] looked ''absolutely nothing'' like [[https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/File:MM3_Doc_Robot_K-176.png his game self]], as they clearly misinterpreted his name as him being a ''Doctor'' Robot. In reality, ''Doc'' is supposed to come from the Japanese word "dokuro", which means "skull". Granted, part of the blame lies on the game's localization team, as a more accurate translation of his Japanese name would have been "Skull Robot".

* WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer in his cameo appearance in ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'', his appearance in ''[[WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman Frosty]] and Rudolph's Christmas in July'' and his appearance in ''WesternAnimation/RudolphsShinyNewYear''. Rather than reuse his models from ''Red-Nosed Reindeer'', they simply created new ones for those films, none of which resemble each other or the original Rudolph.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'', the more famous the actor in the movie ''Ghostbusters'', the less his character resembled him. Winston Zeddemore's only major deviation was that he didn't have a mustache (which Ernie Hudson would ditch in the second film anyway), while Egon Spengler was blond and had a much different hairstyle, he didn't differ that much from Harold Ramis either. However, Ray Stantz looked nothing like Creator/DanAykroyd but was, instead, a stout redhead with a potbelly (before Aykroyd was known for being chubby) and Peter Venkman looked absolutely, positively nothing like Creator/BillMurray but instead, a tall, thin "leading-man" type[[note]]WordOfGod is that he was modeled after the frontman from Music/RoxyMusic]][[/note]], although his voice remained similar. Animated Ray [[InkSuitActor looks more like]] his voice-actor, Frank Welker. He's only missing a pair of huge, eighties-style bifocals. [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] in the episode ''Take Two'', where the Ghostbusters act as technical advisors on the 1984 film itself:

* Bowser (or [[AdaptationNameChange King Koopa]], as the show called him) and Princess Toadstool in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''. Princess Toadstool is based on her original sprite rather than her official art, and thus she looks like a young redheaded teenager rather than the more mature-looking, blonde Peach most fans know. Bowser's animated counterpart differed from his depiction in the games because his entire body was colored green instead of just his shell and he was bald and wore a crown instead of having fiery hair (again, this was based on his [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros in-game]] sprite, [[CompositeCharacter with some elements of]] [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2 Wart]] [[CompositeCharacter mixed in, such as the crown]]).

* ''WesternAnimation/SpidermanUnlimited'': [[http://i.imgur.com/K3mGgcB.png?1 Carnage looked almost nothing like himself]]. At least the other villains' bizarre designs were justified by the fact that they were supposed to be merely counterparts to Spidey's foes, but Carnage was the regular Carnage from Peter's Earth...

* WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls, as they appeared in the one-off special "Dance Pantsed", underwent a bit of a change in appearance. Their heads were almost square with rounded corners and their eyes didn't taper to the sides of their heads. Even Mojo Jojo looked ragged and emaciated.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]] looks competently different than he normally does, sporting long hair styled into dreadlocks, red eyes, large jagged teeth, and even wearing a straitjacket when he first appeared.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': Several characters in the series, most of whom are villains, look radically different from their comic counterparts.

** [[ComicBook/LexLuthor Lex Luthor's]] assistant/bodyguard, Mercy Graves, rather than being a normal human, is actually a cyborg with a mechanical ArmCannon. Although because her outward appearance still looks the same, it's left ambiguous exactly how much of her body is cybernetic.

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Buddy and Cookie, the infamous [[ReplacementScrappy Replacement Scrappies]] for Bosko and Honey, went through no less than four distinct designs each during their two-year run, but Cookie's second design (seen in the Jack King shorts "Buddy's Bearcats", "Buddy the Detective", and "Buddy the Woodsman"), which sported braided [[AdaptationDyeJob blonde hair]], an Literature/AliceInWonderland-esque outfit and a more childish demeanor, stood out like a sore thumb against the WesternAnimation/BettyBoop-esque flapper characterization of the others.

* The Once-ler from ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'' looks nothing like [[Literature/TheLorax his original book counterpart]]. In the book he was TheFaceless but in the movie, he looks like a young, handsome man. His non-flashback design is truer to the source.

** In ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys [[TheMovie Movie]]'', Shaman Mnyambo, who gave Eliza her ability to talk to animals, looks [[https://static.cinemagia.ro/img/resize/db/movie/00/43/37/the-wild-thornberrys-movie-254919l-480x480-b-666bd65f.jpg drastically different]] from how he appeared [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/ATVImageFeed/944600/THEWILDTHORNBERRYS_040XTHEWILDTHORNBERRYS_040X-image0.jpeg on the show's opening and in the episode "Gift of Gab"]].

** In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'', King Neptune is much different than his appearance in the show. On a minor note, news reporter Perch Perkins is colored purple rather than orange, and seahorses are drawn more realistically.

** Ralf and Clark were radically redesigned when they were reintroduced into this series from ''VideoGame/IkariWarriors'' series, which worked for the better since the original designs were just generic Franchise/{{Rambo}}-clones anyway. Maxima from ''KOF '99'' was also a {{transplant}} from an earlier Neo Geo beat em' up titled ''Robo Army'', but the ''KOF'' version looks nothing like the original character.

** [[AvertedTrope Blonde and blue-eyed Dorians]] do occasionally pop up, though in lesser-known productions, such as Helmut Berger in the 1970 modern retelling, and Creator/JoshDuhamel in the 2004 American film. Notably, the 1915 Russian silent film went the extra mile and starred ''[[CrossCastRole actress]]'' Varvara Yanova as the twinkalicious titular character!

* Described as a blue-eyed, blond [[TheTwink twink]] in Creator/OscarWilde's [[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray original novel]], Dorian Gray is a serial victim of this. Which is immensely ironic, considering that his looks are the character's most defining trait ''and'' a plot point in the novel, which subverts the BeautyEqualsGoodness mentality of the Victorian Era. Notable examples start early and include:

* Former Music/{{Chicago}} singer and multi-instrumentalist Bill Champlin went from look like [[http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/404/MI0001404244.jpg?partner=allrovi.com this]] to [[http://melodic-hardrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Bill-Champlin-Burn-Down-The-Night-Back.jpg this]] within the span of three years. Yes, ''that is the same guy in both pictures''.

* ''Film/TheSchoolForGoodAndEvil2022''

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'' had its designs revised ''very'' heavily when it was remade as ''Echoes: Shadows of Valentia''; considering the 25-year-gap and the rather primitive designs of its 1992 counterpart (some of which [[DependingOnTheArtist had their sprite art be very off from their official art]]), it's no surprise that many characters are hard to recognize. Some characters are at least generally reminiscent--Alm is still a teenaged swordsman with green hair and blue armor, Mycen is still a mustachioed grey-haired knight, Mae is still pink-haired and pigtailed--but others were reworked considerably. Boey is easily one of the hardest to figure; his official art was green-haired and his sprite art was red-haired, with both being fair-skinned, while his ''Echoes'' version is a DarkSkinnedBlonde. The only way to tell they're based on the same design is to notice that the sprite version and the ''Echoes'' version part their hair on the same side.

** Downplayed pre- to post-release example: on the E3 2018 demo, we see that female [[PlayerCharacter V]] has dark hair with red tips, fair skin, and quite a lot of makeup. In the newer promotional materials, she's an AmbiguouslyBrown DarkSkinnedRedhead with a magenta undercut. Her male counterpart's design was kept consistent.

** In the comics, Jonathan Kent has black hair and was a preteen before getting a PlotRelevantAgeUp. In the show, Jonathan has sandy blonde hair and is {{Age Lift}}ed into a teenager.

Compare NotAsYouKnowThem (where the appearance is the same but the personality isn't), RaceLift (a specific form of this), AdaptationDyeJob (same), AdaptationalAttractiveness (when their looks improve), ProgressivelyPrettier (same), FanservicePack (same), AdaptationalUgliness (when adaptations make them look less attractive), TheNthDoctor (when there's an in-universe reason for the change), TheOtherDarrin (an unexplained change of actor) and EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference (characters whose designs looked different early on). See also TheyChangedItNowItSucks. Can lead to YourCostumeNeedsWork. Also compare OffModel, SameCharacterButDifferent, DependingOnTheArtist and UnreliableIllustrator. When it happens to locations, see ChaosArchitecture.

* ''VideoGame/{{Tales|Series}}'':

** In the comics, the Bugs of New genesis for the most part look just like regular humans. Whereas in this series, the Bugs actually look like anthropomorphic insects.

* In ''Tekken 1'', Kunimitsu, the {{kunoichi}} [[TheRival rival]] to Yoshimitsu, [[PaletteSwap used the same base model and voice as him]], [[ViewerGenderConfusion leading viewers to mistake her for male]], whilst the second game onwards [[AdaptationalCurves gave her a more curvaceous physique]] and a proper female voice.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'' redesigns all of the established Advertising/McDonaldland characters to some degree so that they better fit with the trademark Creator/KlaskyCsupo style, but the most drastic redesign is Hamburglar's. Aside from retaining his iconic hat and his new wardrobe at least including a shirt that has black and white stripes like his usual apparel, he is nigh-unrecognizable, looking a lot more like a distant relative of [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Chuckie Finster]] than his standard depiction.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'' redesigns all of the established Advertising/McDonaldland characters to some degree so that they better fit with the trademark Creator/KlaskyCsupo style, but the most drastic redesign is Hamburglar's. Aside from retaining his iconic hat and his new wardrobe at least including a shirt that has black and white stripes like his standard apparel, he is nigh-unrecognizable, looking a lot more like a distant relative of [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Chuckie Finster]] than his standard depiction.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'' redesigns all of the established Advertising/McDonaldland characters to some degree so that they blend better in the trademark Creator/KlaskyCsupo style, but the most drastic redesign is Hamburglar's. Aside from retaining his iconic hat and his new wardrobe at least including a shirt that has black and white stripes like his standard apparel, he is nigh-unrecognizable, looking a lot more like a distant relative of [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Chuckie Finster]] than his standard depiction.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'' redesigns all of the established Advertising/McDonaldland characters to some degree so that they blend better in the trademark Creator/KlaskyCsupo style, but the most drastic redesign is Hamburglar's. Aside from retaining his iconic hat and his new wardrobe at least wearing a shirt that has black and white stripes like his standard apparel, he is nigh-unrecognizable, looking a lot more like a distant relative of [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Chuckie Finster]] than his standard depiction.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcDonald'' redesigns all of the established Advertising/McDonaldland characters to some degree so that they blend better in the trademark Creator/KlaskyCsupo style, but the most drastic redesign is Hamburglar's. Aside from retaining his iconic hat and his new wardrobe at least wearing a shirt that has black and white stripes like his standard apparel, he is nigh-unrecognizable, looking a lot more like a distant relative of [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Chuckie Finster]] than his standard depiction.

* In ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'', Tony Rydinger's character model is revamped in the sequel, with him gaining darker hair and more angular features compared to the first film.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bomberma}}'': The reboot ''VideoGame/BombermanActZero'' changed the titular character's design from a cute, big eyed robot to a way more DarkerAndEdgier cyborg. Unsurprisingly (combined with several other problems with the game), this didn't sit well with fans and the games after returned to the original design.

** The Neo Geo fighting game [[RecursiveAdaptation based on]] [[Film/DoubleDragon the movie]] featured radically redesigned versions of not just Billy and Jimmy, but other characters from the previous games, namely Marian, Abobo, Burnov, and Duke. Billy and Jimmy in particular wore torn t-shirts and sweatpants as their normal outfits and their {{super mode}} outfits only vaguely resemble their original ones (they look more like fancier karate gis instead of ''Film/TheWarriors''[=/=]''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''-esque ensemble they actually wore in the old arcade/NES games).

*** About the only thing Bartz's [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/f/f9/Bartz_Freelancer_Art.png/revision/latest?cb=20120718055347 sprite art]] has in common with his [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/4/4c/Amano_FFV_Bartz.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120716031108 concept art]] is that they're both young men who wear something that could be described as a blue shirt. Brown hair or white hair? Sleeveless or long-sleeved? Cape or no cape? Popped collar or plunging neckline?
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'':
*** In the PSP-remake there is a jarring diversity between Cecil's [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121009084008/finalfantasy/images/4/41/FF4_PSP_Cecil_Field.png field]] and [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110328002504/finalfantasy/images/d/da/FF4PSP-CecilPSprite.png battle]] sprites, from hair length and outfit to eye colour. Considering Cecil's menu portrait and other designs, the field sprite seems more likely.
*** The clash between Amano's art and the game's sprites is also present in this game, too, but on a way lesser extent than its successor. While Kain's case is only a palette problem, Cecil as a Paladin looks quite different from Amano's art. The DS remake, however, does its best to approach the characters' models to Amano's art.