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** Both Simba and Nala look different between ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', even at the beginning that takes place after Kiara's birth. Simba is bulkier and more similar to his father, while Nala's eye color changed. This has helped the [[FanWank theories]] that the film doesn't really take place after the original film, but instead Kiara is the second cub.

*** Later on in the run of the cartoon, characters would often be designed based on prototype toys that were redesigned in development, then tweaked further. This is perhaps most pronounced with the Combaticons: they have the right head designs and (some of) the right colors, but everything else is off to some degree. Even their vehicle modes are noticeably different; Swindle's toy is an [=XR311=] (a prototype military vehicle similar to a Humvee), while his character model is some kind of jeep.

* When Lady Octopus returned in ''ComicBook/Hunted'', she had her old look but then a few issues later, she was redesigned to look like Olivia Octavius from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderverse'' and showed up with this design in a flashback prior to the events of ''Hunted''.

* Although Uka Uka retains his evil personality and menacing voice, his design is nothing like its previous version. Instead of being a black mask with an orange beard, red lips, and bones on his head and sides, he has been redesigned to being a red mask with several bones hung from his sides, and no lower jaw, despite still being able to talk fine.

** In the original [[TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}} tabletop game]], Johnny Silverhand had blonde hair and was based on Creator/DavidBowie. In the game, he's [[InkSuitActor played]] by Creator/KeanuReeves, so he has [[AdaptationalDyeJob black hair]] and a different build. His design also leans into the "punk rebel" aesthetic much more than the original glam rock influence.

* The president of the United Federation was slim and brown-haired when introduced in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''. He's older, portly, and grey-haired in ''Anime/SonicX''.

* ''Literature/TheMoomins'': Because there's no illustrations of Lady of the Cold in ''Moominland Midwinter'', she looks different in every adaptation. She has spikes and star-shaped limbs in ''Anime/Moomin1990, looks humanoid with long wispy hair in the fuzzy felt series, and is a giant floating head in ''Moominvalley''.

* ''Literature/TheMoomins'': Because there's no illustrations of Lady of the Cold in ''Moominland Midwinter'', she looks different in every adaptation. She has spikes and star-shaped limbs in the 90s anime, looks humanoid with long wispy hair in the fuzzy felt series, and is a giant floating head in ''Moominvalley''.

** The ''ComicBook/XMen'' franchise is a major testament to this.
** In fact...the UltimateUniverse is a combination of this trope and NotAsYouKnowThem.
** Which incarnation of ComicBook/NickFury do you prefer? The one whose head resembled that of Reed Richards or the one with that of Samuel L. Jackson?

* For some three or four episodes in season 2 of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' Tom Servo was given a "haircut," giving him a thin tube for a head instead of the gumball machine bulb he has at all other times. The reason for the change was the feeling that Servo's head was too obtrusive during the theater segments (as opposed to Crow's giant beak, I guess). Fan complaints caused the change to be very temporary.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderManAndBatmanDisorderedMinds'' depicts Ashley Kafka with [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/6/6d/Ashley_Kafka_%28Earth-7642%29_from_Spider-Man_and_Batman_Vol_1_1_0001.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/150?cb=20130724163849 longer hair and wearing glasses]]. Making it weirder is that iconic Spidey artist Mark Bagley is the artist and has drawn Kafka before, including during ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''.

** Prior to getting [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries his own series]], Superman first appeared in a tie-in comic, The Batman Adventures, issue 25, but [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batman_Adventures_Vol_1_25?file=BatmanAdventures25.jpg Superman in this version]] bares more of a resemblance to how he appeared in the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons'' except with the modern S-shield and a mullet, which Superman sported in the comics around that time.

*** As ''[[https://feelinganimatedblog.wordpress.com/ Feeling Animated]]'' blogmaster Paul Astell notes, Mnyambo's design in [[WesternAnimation/TheWildThronberrys the series proper]] is more akin to [[UnfortunateImplications unflattering stereotypes]] of the Papuan people of Indonesia and New Guinea. The people at Creator/KlaskyCsupo likely picked up on this when creating the movie.

*** 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 Creator/KlaskyCsupo 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.

** The [=OMACs=] of the comics have the appearance of blue-skinned, muscular humanoids with a mohawk like appendage and a single red eye. In this show, they're colored black and range anywhere from tiny floating robots to giant, long-armed machines, designs that look absolutely nothing like their comic counterparts.

** Yoshimitsu himself has undergone numerous radical redesigns over the course of the series, looking less human and more alien. E.g., in the third game, his head design resembles the Xenomorph Queen from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', the fourth game gave him [[InsectoidAliens an insectoid appearance]], complete with wings, and the latest entry depicts him with octopus-like tentacles.

** Beginning with ''VideoGame/{{Resident Evil 7|Biohazard}}'', the series use of the [[UsefulNotes/GameEngine RE Engine]] opened the door for [[ArtEvolution photo-realistic designs]] and face models, leaving many returning characters barely recognizable compared to previous entries (which isn't helped by them constantly changing voice actors). As such, many fans began to speculate that [[spoiler: "Redfield"]] was a fake and not the [[spoiler: Chris Redfield]] of previous entries (a theory since put to rest).

** This was {{Defied}} in ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'', as director Travis Knight was keen on restoring the original G1 designs, and carried over to ''Film/TransformersRiseOfTheBeasts'' in the same continuity for both the Autobots and the Maxmials, but there were two notable exceptions.

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

** Every character in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' was resigned when it became ''The New Batman Adventures''. Most of which looked a lot more toony:

*** Other characters included The Scarecrow (whose lanky hobo look is now much more imposing with him sporting a hat and a noose around his neck), Poison Ivy (now pale-skinned, having a darker shade of green in her outfit, and missing the leggings from her original outfit), Killer Croc (now greener, and his facial designs look flatter), Catwoman (whose new outfit is completely black save for a pale mouth area and all-white eye holes; her civilian look was also changed from a blonde to a brunette) and Riddler (sporting a design similar to his 60's incarnation).

* Artists for [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW IDW's ]]''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW My Little Pony]]'' [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW comic series]] were often [[https://derpicdn.net/img/view/2019/4/4/2003030.png given little direction for how certain characters looked]], resulting in [[https://derpicdn.net/img/view/2016/1/6/1060591.jpg blatant discrepancies]] between [[https://derpicdn.net/img/view/2019/6/17/2068135.jpeg the comics and the show]].

* Dixie Kong's younger sister Tiny Kong from ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', when she first appeared in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' she was the smallest of the Kongs and was portrayed as a little girl who wore a white shirt and blue overalls with a flower on the front when she returned for "Diddy Kong Racing DS" she has aged into a teenager who looks older than Dixie, she now wears a sports bra and sweatpants with only her pigtails and rainbow-colored beanie being retained from her original design.