History RaceLift / MixedRaceOrMiscellaneous

* Iris "Irey" West II initially debuted in the possible future story ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' as Kid Flash, and was drawn to be a DistaffCounterpart of her father ComicBook/WallyWest, i.e. pale skin, green eyes and red hair. The identity of her mother was never revealed but Kingdom Come!Irey appears to have been intended to be white. When she was brought into the main continuity, her mother was Wally's wife Linda Park, making Irey half-Asian, but she continued to be drawn as a light-skinned, green eyed redhead. This was balanced out by her twin brother Jai being designed to look more Asian with darker skin and black hair.

* Julia Pennyworth in ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' is white, but is otherwise based on the mixed-race SRR officer in the Comicbook/New52 continuity, rather than the white journalist from pre-Crisis Earth-One.

* ''Film/TheCrow'': Eric is fully white in the original graphic novel, but Brandon Lee, who was of mixed European-Chinese descent, plays him in the film.

* ''FanFic/ToHellAndBackArrowverse'': A very minor example. In ''WesternAnimation/{{Vixen}}'', Mari and Kuasa are of pure African descent. Here, they're one-fourth Caucasian, due to ForWantOfANail making it so their grandfather is Amaya Jiwe's FirstLove Rex Tyler (a.k.a. Hourman, the leader of the Justice Society of America) rather than an unnamed man from Zambesi like in canon.

* Julia Pennyworth in ''Series/{{Batwoman}}'' is white, but is otherwise based on the mixed-race SRR officer in the Comicbook/New52 continuity, rather than the white journalist from pre-Crisis Earth-One.

** The same era of the show also explicitly establishes that Time Lords can [[GenderBender gender-bend]] themselves when they regenerate ([[spoiler:when the new version of the Master turns out to be the Mistress]]), and combined the two with the General in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent "Hell Bent"]], who goes from Ken Bones (white man) to T'Nia Miller (black woman).

* Monet St. Croix is the most controversial example in Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}. The fact that she [[DependingOnTheArtist changes between artists and colorists from book to book]] is what qualifies her for this trope, or '''Uncertain Depictions'''. When she first appeared during Phalanx Covenant, she was black, ranging from [[https://i.imgur.com/uA6XcwE.jpg light brown]] to [[https://imgur.com/oGctnLR caramel and darker brown]]. When she went to ''ComicBook/GenerationX'', she started off more [[https://i.imgur.com/y6gMcNS.jpg ambiguous]] for the first 9 issues, and ping-ponged ever since. She was usually depicted as [[https://i.imgur.com/TKWt6i8.jpg black]], sharing skin tone range with African American teammate, [[https://i.imgur.com/wxpTfu1.jpg Synch.]] However, she still had cases of going back to [[https://i.imgur.com/VwGexnw.png light ambiguous]] appearances, which may've been the ButNotTooBlack trope at work. At the start of ''ComicBook/XFactor'', she was depicted as [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1227809/1227809_900.png white]] and stayed that way for most of the series. Toward the end, she was depicted with a darker complexion that contrasted her white teammates which varied between light & dark tan or brown. During this period, she could appear [[https://i.imgur.com/jFYorjU.png black]] or [[https://i.imgur.com/tALGauk.jpg European / Middle-Eastern]], depending artist & viewer interpretation. Starting with ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2016'', she was undeniably [[https://i.imgur.com/XhjFOBa.png black]] again which [[https://i.imgur.com/HlRGzWr.png stuck]] in following book, ''ComicBook/GenerationX2017''. But the ping-ponging started again in ''ComicBook/WeaponX2017''. Many times, she was depicted as [[https://i.imgur.com/dbObZql.png black]] with a noticeable brown complexion that contrasted the other characters. But just as often, she was depicted looking [[https://i.imgur.com/JjdFLhG.png white]] with little to no difference between her and Sabretooth or Deathstrike. Her next major appearance will be in ''ComicBook/XMen2019''. She's been shown on two covers for '''House of X'''. The first has a yellow light shining over the cast, so her complexion is questionable. However, the most recent cover shows her with a clear brown complexion that [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1282158/1282158_900.jpg contrasts her white teammates]]. The same artist & colorist will also be doing the book's interiors. Thus far, it appears she isn't white this time around but whether it will stay consistent from here out remains to be seen.

* Before the ComicBook/New52 reboot, {{ComicBook/Huntress}}, Helena Bertinelli, was Sicilian-American and was drawn as being white. When she was reintroduced post-reboot, her appearance had changed dramatically, probably to make her more visually distinct from the other Huntress, Helena Wayne; her last name was still Bertinelli, suggesting Sicilian ancestry, but her skin tone was much darker, possibly suggesting a mixed-race background. It's not clear, however, because the comics have so far revealed very little about her in the new continuity.
* The ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' record-and-comic "A Mirror for Futility" by Alan Dean Foster managed to feature a white, blonde Uhura and an African-American Sulu, apparently out of sheer ignorance.
* [[ComicBook/MonetStCroix Monet St. Croix]] is the most controversial example in [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]]. The fact she changes between artists & colorists from book to book is what qualifies her for this trope, or '''Uncertain Depictions'''. When she first appeared during Phalanx Covenant, she was black, ranging from [[https://i.imgur.com/uA6XcwE.jpg light brown]] to [[https://imgur.com/oGctnLR caramel & darker brown]]. When she went to ''ComicBook/GenerationX'', she started off more [[https://i.imgur.com/y6gMcNS.jpg ambiguous]] for the first 9 issues, and ping-ponged ever since. She was usually depicted as [[https://i.imgur.com/TKWt6i8.jpg black]], sharing skin tone range with African American teammate, [[https://i.imgur.com/wxpTfu1.jpg Synch.]] However, she still had cases of going back to [[https://i.imgur.com/VwGexnw.png light ambiguous]] appearances, which may've been the ButNotTooBlack trope at work. At the start of ''ComicBook/XFactor'', she was depicted as [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1227809/1227809_900.png white]] and stayed that way for most of the series. Toward the end, she was depicted with a darker complexion that contrasted her white teammates which varied between light & dark tan or brown. During this period, she could appear [[https://i.imgur.com/jFYorjU.png black]] or [[https://i.imgur.com/tALGauk.jpg European / Middle-Eastern]], depending artist & viewer interpretation. Starting with ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2016'', she was undeniably [[https://i.imgur.com/XhjFOBa.png black]] again which [[https://i.imgur.com/HlRGzWr.png stuck]] in following book, ''ComicBook/GenerationX2017''. But the ping-ponging started again in ''ComicBook/WeaponX2017''. Many times, she was depicted as [[https://i.imgur.com/dbObZql.png black]] with a noticeable brown complexion that contrasted the other characters. But just as often, she was depicted looking [[https://i.imgur.com/JjdFLhG.png white]] with little to no difference between her and Sabretooth or Deathstrike. Her next major appearance will be in ''ComicBook/XMen2019''. She's been shown on two covers for '''House of X'''. The first has a yellow light shining over the cast, so her complexion is questionable. However, the most recent cover shows her with a clear brown complexion that [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1282158/1282158_900.jpg contrasts her white teammates]]. The same artist & colorist will also be doing the book's interiors. Thus far, it appears she isn't white this time around but whether it will stay consistent from here out remains to be seen.

* The ComicBook/SilverSurfer's [[HumanAlien original form]] has a noticeably darker skin tone in [[WesternAnimation/SilverSurfer his self-titled cartoon adaptation]] than in the comics.

* The Japanese live-action ''Film/FullmetalAlchemist'' has characters who were clearly Caucasian and with Western names in both animes cast by Japanese actors.

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* ''Film/AbsolutePower'':

* RaceLift: None of the main characters' ethnicities are specified in the ''Literature/TheSopranosWarner''. Much as the book talks about the details of the girls' outfits, there's never really a moment when we're given a clear expository overview of their appearances. Given the time and place in which the book is set (rural Scotland in the 1990s), and that the only time race is mentioned is in reference to the "Pakistani lads" who come in from out of town for the Saturday market, it's possible to infer that the characters are white (specifically from UsefulNotes/TheIrishDiaspora in Scotland) from context clues. In the play and the film, both of the actors who play Kylah are East Asian Scots.

* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' is something of an odd example, since the cast's ethnicities have never been very stable across prior incarnations to begin with. This time around, Shiro (formerly a Norwegian man named Sven Holgersson) is Japanese and given his original name from ''Anime/GoLion'', Takashi Shirogane. Lance (previously the Scotch-Irish Lance [=McClain=]) is now [[LatinoIsBrown an olive-skinned teenager who hails from around Varadero]]. Allura has gone from a blonde, blue-eyed HumanAlien to a [[DarkSkinnedBlonde dark-skinned]], [[MysticalWhiteHair white-haired]] [[SpaceElves Space Elf]]. Hunk (formerly Tsuyoshi "Hunk" Garrett) is now [[AmbiguouslyBrown hinted]] to be Polynesian. Pidge remains white [[spoiler:and gets a GenderFlip instead]]. Keith (Keith Kogane in prior incarnations) still appears to be Asian, but it's not clear if he's still specifically of Japanese and Chinese descent. Though we do eventually learn that [[spoiler:[[AdaptationSpeciesChange he's]] [[HalfHumanHybrid part]] [[TokenHeroicOrc Galra]]]].

* The wizard ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'s back story has long established him as being from ancient Canaan, and he was drawn white up until the ComicBook/{{New 52}}; however, now his ethnicity has been changed to Aborigine. ''Comicbook/DarkseidWar: Shazam'' reveals that he's [[spoiler: Mamaragan, the Aborigine god of thunder]].
* Before the ComicBook/{{New 52}} reboot, {{ComicBook/Huntress}}, Helena Bertinelli, was Sicilian-American and was drawn as being white. When she was reintroduced post-reboot, her appearance had changed dramatically, probably to make her more visually distinct from the other Huntress, Helena Wayne; her last name was still Bertinelli, suggesting Sicilian ancestry, but her skin tone was much darker, possibly suggesting a mixed-race background. It's not clear, however, because the comics have so far revealed very little about her in the new continuity.

* [[ComicBook/MonetStCroix Monet St. Croix]] is the most controversial example in [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]]. The fact she changes between artists & colorists from book to book is what qualifies her for this trope, or '''Uncertain Depictions'''. When she first appeared during Phalanx Covenant, she was black, ranging from [[https://i.imgur.com/uA6XcwE.jpg light brown]] to [[https://imgur.com/oGctnLR caramel & darker brown]]. When she went to ''ComicBook/GenerationX'', she started off more [[https://i.imgur.com/y6gMcNS.jpg ambiguous]] for the first 9 issues, and ping-ponged ever since. She was usually depicted as [[https://i.imgur.com/TKWt6i8.jpg black]], sharing skin tone range with African American teammate, [[https://i.imgur.com/wxpTfu1.jpg Synch.]] However, she still had cases of going back to [[https://i.imgur.com/VwGexnw.png light ambiguous]] appearances, which may've been the ButNotTooBlack trope at work. At the start of ''ComicBook/XFactor'', she was depicted as [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1227809/1227809_900.png white]] and stayed that way for most of the series. Toward the end, she was depicted with a darker complexion that contrasted her white teammates which varied between light & dark tan or brown. During this period, she could appear [[https://i.imgur.com/jFYorjU.png black]] or [[https://i.imgur.com/tALGauk.jpg European / Middle-Eastern]], depending artist & viewer interpretation. Starting with ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2016'', she was undeniably [[https://i.imgur.com/XhjFOBa.png black]] again which [[https://i.imgur.com/HlRGzWr.png stuck]] in following book, ''ComicBook/GenerationX2017''. But the ping-ponging started again in ''ComicBook/WeaponX2017''. Many times, she was depicted as [[https://i.imgur.com/dbObZql.png black]] with a noticeable brown complexion that contrasted the other characters. But just as often, she was depicted looking [[https://i.imgur.com/JjdFLhG.png white]] with little to no difference between her and Sabretooth or Deathstrike. Her next major appearance will be in ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen. She's been shown on two covers for '''House of X'''. The first has a yellow light shining over the cast, so her complexion is questionable. However, the most recent cover shows her with a clear brown complexion that [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1282158/1282158_900.jpg contrasts her white teammates]]. The same artist & colorist will also be doing the book's interiors. Thus far, it appears she isn't white this time around but whether it will stay consistent from here out remains to be seen.

* ''Series/Legion2017'': In the show, David is half-Romani through his mother Gabrielle instead of half-Jewish like in the comics, and he's half-English through his father instead of half-American because Charles has been [[AdaptationalNationality adapted into an Englishman]].