History SparedByTheAdaptation / LiveActionFilms

* John Hammond in ''Film/JurassicPark'', likely due to being [[AdaptationalNiceGuy portrayed in a much more positive light]] than in the book. Ian Malcolm as well, which may have led Michael Crichton to make him NotQuiteDead in the [[Literature/TheLostWorld1995 book sequel]], despite it being clearly implied that he died in [[Literature/JurassicPark the first one]].
** It's actually an ''inversion'' of the deaths (ignoring Malcolm being [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] as NotQuiteDead): In the book, Gennaro and Muldoon survive while Hammond and Malcolm are killed. In the film, Muldoon and Gennaro [[DeathByAdaptation are killed]] by the rampaging dinosaurs and the survivors are Hammond and Malcolm. Though Hammond, would eventually be mentioned to have died sometime prior to ''Film/JurassicWorld''.

* The population of planet Earth in the film version of ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.

* In the Creator/MNightShyamalan film ''Film/{{Old}}'', [[spoiler:siblings Trent and Maddox]] are able to escape the RapidAging effects of the beach with their lives. In ''Sandcastle'', the graphic novel the film was based off of, [[KillEmAll no one survives]].

* ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' has had two movie adaptations, one in 1939 with Creator/ShirleyTemple, and [[Film/ALittlePrincess1995 one in 1995]]. In both of these, Sara's father does not die as he does in the novel of BrainFever, he is merely injured in war and either too traumatized (1939) or amnesiac (1995) to return to her immediately.

* ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' has had two movie adaptations, one in 1939 with Creator/ShirleyTemple, and one in 1995. In both of these, Sara's father does not die as he does in the novel of BrainFever, he is merely injured in war and either too traumatized (1939) or amnesiac (1995). Either way, she gets a happy ending, as the novel ends with her being adopted by a family friend.

* Both Nancy and Harry survive in the 1993 remake of ''Film/AttackOfThe50FootWoman''. (Although Harry's not exactly better off. Nancy and two other giant women are keeping him and two other abusive husbands in a jar and forcing them to take endless "sensitivity classes" as they fly off in a spaceship.)

** It's actually an ''inversion'' of the deaths (ignoring Malcolm being [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] as NotQuiteDead): In the book, Gennaro and Muldoon survive while Hammond and Malcolm are killed. In the film, Muldoon and Gennaro [[DeathByAdaptation are killed]] by the rampaging dinosaurs and the survivors are Hammond and Malcolm.
** Dodgson is eaten in [[Literature/TheLostWorld1995 the second book]], but in [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark the second movie]], a different character plays his role, and he eventually returns in ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion''.

** In the ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' film, Arthur's father Thomas is still alive in the present day, and serves as part of the supporting cast. In Aquaman's original [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] origin story from ''More Fun Comics'' #73 (1941) and his [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] origin from ''Adventure Comics'' #260 (1959), Thomas died when Arthur was still a young man. In the Comicbook/{{New 52}} ''Aquaman'' run (which the movie is mostly based on), Thomas Curry's death is a ''very'' significant part of Arthur's backstory, as the one who accidentally caused Thomas to have a heart attack was David Hyde, the man who would later become Comicbook/BlackManta.
** In the ''Comicbook/{{Shazam}}'' comics, Billy Batson's parents are {{Posthumous Character}}s who, depending on the continuity, either died in a car accident or were killed by Comicbook/BlackAdam. In the 2019 ''Film/{{Shazam|2019}}'' movie, [[spoiler: Billy's mother is still alive but gave him up for adoption. His dad, meanwhile, is said to be in prison after having committed an unspecified crime.]]
** ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'': [[spoiler: In the original ''Comicbook/SuicideSquad'' comics, Weasel's one and only mission with the team ended with him being killed by Rick Flag. In the film, Weasel seemingly drowns during the opening scene, only for TheStinger to reveal he was merely unconscious.]]
** Comicbook/WonderWoman's conflict with Maxwell Lord famously ended with her [[NeckSnap breaking his neck]] in the lead-up to ''Comicbook/InfiniteCrisis''. In ''Film/WonderWoman1984'', he ultimately renounces his power and peacefully leaves to reunite with his son.

* In the original ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' comics, Sue and Johnny's mother Mary was a PosthumousCharacter who was killed in a car wreck many years ago. She's still alive in the [[Film/TheFantasticFour unreleased 1994 film]], and is even the one who comes up with the group's name.

** In ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} had a wife named Laura and three kids, all of whom were killed by Comicbook/BlackWidow during ''ComicBook/TheUltimates 2''. Laura and the kids appear alive and well in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', with Black Widow (who isn't a traitor in this continuity) serving as the children's [[HonoraryUncle Honorary Aunt]]. [[spoiler: They later die in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', but are revived by the end of the movie.]]
** Related, but in the original ''Comicbook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' comic book, Hawkeye was one of the many heroes who was killed when Comicbook/{{Thanos}} used the Infinity Gauntlet to wipe out half of all the life in the universe. In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he's one of the few heroes to have survived Thanos' use of the Infinity Gauntlet.

** ComicBook/BlackPanther's father T'Chaka is still alive in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', [[Main/ZigZaggedTrope until the end of Act 1]]. This is in contrast to the comics and most other adaptations, where T'Chaka was murdered long before T'Challa ever became the Black Panther. Also true of T'Challa's mom, as Ramonda was his stepmother in the comics; presumably, having T'Challa's biological mother succumb to DeathByChildbirth as per his original backstory would be inconsistent with Wakanda's far-better-than-2018 medical technology.

** Rhomann Dey in the comics is known for dying in his first appearance and bestowing his powers upon [[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Richard Rider]]. His MCU counterpart has (so far) been spared this fate and is alive and well by the end of ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''.

*** In the original comic Comicbook/{{Magneto}} was the first to die, sacrificing himself early on by providing an off-panel diversion so the remaining resistance could escape their imprisonment. During the LastStand in the film, though he's badly wounded he never succumbs to his wounds before the timeline is reset.
** Both the ''Film/XMenFirstClass''[=/=]''[[Film/XMenApocalypse Apocalypse]]'' InNameOnly version and the ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' TruerToTheText versions of [[Characters/XMenMutants Moira MacTaggert]] were still alive and well in the films -- at the time of the respective films' release, anyway, as ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen'' would retcon that her comic counterpart faked her death when Mystique tried to kill her in the "Dream's End" arc.

* In the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'' Book of Exodus, the Pharaoh drowned when the Red Sea crashed underneath him and his army once Moses and the Hebrews reached the other side of the sea. But in ''Film/TheTenCommandments'', Ramses never accompanied the soldiers when the sea receded, returning home humiliated as he never captured the slaves. Justified (as in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''), since the real UsefulNotes/RamesesII died of natural causes after living a long life.

* The entire population of planet Earth in the film version of ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.

* A minor example in ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol.'' In the book, Fezziwig is presumably dead in the present, as Scrooge exclaims "Old Fezziwig alive again!" when he sees the vision of him in the past. In the film, an elderly [[AdaptationalNameChange Fozziwig]] gets a cameo appearance near the end when the newly reformed Scrooge visits him. This isn't entirely unrealistic: if Scrooge is about sixty and was about twenty when he worked for Fezziwig, and if the latter was in his forties then, he would be in his eighties in the present, and while people rarely lived that long in the 1800s, it wasn't unheard of.

** Both the ''Film/XMenFirstClass''[=/=]''[[Film/XMenApocalypse Apocalypse]]'' InNameOnly version and the ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' TruerToTheText version of [[Characters/XMenMutants Moira MacTaggert]] were still alive and well in the films -- at the time of the respective films' release, anyway, as ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen'' would retcon that her comic counterpart faked her death when Mystique tried to kill her in the "Dream's End" arc.

* Mister Arrow in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland''. Instead of giving him alcohol that causes Arrow to get drunk and fall overboard, Long John Silver tricks him into inspecting one of the lifeboats and drops it off the ship. We're left to assume Arrow was lost as sea anyway, but then he washes up on Treasure Island later. This was averted with Billy Bones, which is significant because he was the only character ''ever'' to die in a Muppet movie. Creator/BillyConnolly (who portrayed Bones) is quite proud of that fact.

* In the movie version of ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'', Spiker and Sponge aren’t crushed by the peach as they are in the book and arrive in New York to confront James one last time. Fortunately, it turns out they’re scared of insects, and once James' insect friends show up, they are quickly restrained by Mrs. Spider and lead away by the police for what we can assume is a well deserved punishment.

** Both the ''Film/XMenFirstClass''[=/=]''[[Film/XMenApocalypse Apocalypse]]'' InNameOnly version and the ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' TruerToTheText version of ComicBook/MoiraMacTaggert were still alive and well in the films -- at the time of the respective films' release, anyway, as ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen'' would retcon that her comic counterpart faked her death when Mystique tried to kill her in the "Dream's End" arc.

** Dodgson is eaten in [[Literature/TheLostWorld1995 the second book]], but in [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark the second movie]], a different character plays his role, and he eventually returns in Film/JurassicWorldDominion.

** Dodgson is eaten in [[Literature/TheLostWorld1995 the second book]], but in [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark the second movie]], a different character plays his role (although it could be argued that after Nedry doesn't return, Dodgson would try to get the embryos off the island himself, which likely wouldn't end well for him.)

* ''Film/Hannibal'':

* In the Soviet film ''Film/HeartsOfThree'', the native Queen survives to the end, so that they can have a PairTheSpares ending. In Creator/JackLondon's [[Literature/HeartsOfThree original novel]], she is shot by the BigBad without much fanfare.

* Clarice doesn't truly die - at least not physically - in the original version of ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}'', but many would say that being corrupted and turned to the dark side by the title character is much worse. She avoids this grim fate in the film version.