Line #15 AdaptationalVillainy/WesternAnimation


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9	AdaptationalVillainy in WesternAnimation.
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11	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgZhA2bIfgA This live-action promo for the show]] depicts Mannish Man the Minotaur fighting on the side of the villains, despite not having done anything villainous up to that point.
12	* ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020'': [[spoiler:Chicken Boo]], of all characters, receives a case of this in the revival. [[spoiler:The Episode 5 segment "Good Warner Hunting" reveals that he was so jealous over not being invited to the revival that he hunted, stuffed and mounted the rest of the non-returning cast on various walls. Thankfully, the end of the segment reveals everyone to be alive and well, and they chase Boo down.]]
13	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': In the established lore of ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', Jinx was a mischievous prankster who, while destructive towards property, was considered an annoying nuisance at worst whose crimes usually didn't involve people dying. [[AnimeOfTheGame The show]] portrays her as a ruthless follower of Silco who has no problem gruesomely killing [[RabidCop Enforcers]] (including making them think they are rescuing someone when they are headed straight to their deaths), guns down several Firelights, and later [[spoiler: maliciously kidnaps Caitlyn and tries to get Vi to kill her]]. To be fair, her video game counterpart is not really ''against'' killing people because she does considers people blood-filled buildings, but she never shows any sadistic pleasure in killing people like Arcane Jinx does. Additionally, Jinx also engages in several evil acts her video game counterpart would never do, such as torture and [[WoundedGazelleGambit pretending to be a child in danger to drag several enforcers of Piltover to a trap]].
14	* From ''WesternAnimation/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays'' we have Fix. Where in [[Literature/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays the original novel]] Fix was a Scotland Yard detective who chased Phileas Fogg because he believed him guilty of bank robbery, here he's a thug hired by the malicious Lord Maze to stop Fogg from [[TitleDrop going around the world in 80 days]] so Fogg could marry Lord Maze's niece.
15	* ''WesternAnimation/BloodOfZeus''
16	** Hera is a complicated case, she's far from a benevolent Goddess in Myth/ClassicalMythology being the embodiment of WomanScorned as she dispenses MisplacedRetribution on the innocent women Zeus slept with and gave Hercules quite the TraumaCongaLine, before he saved her life. In the show however, Hera is the BigBad proper as she tries to use the Giants to conquer Mount Olympus and kill Zeus, something she'd never do in the Greek Myths. Compounding issues further is that Zeus gets a much more [[AdaptationalNiceGuy positive]] [[AdaptationalHeroism portrayal]], making Hera's MurderTheHypotenuse to Electra [[ForcedToWatch in front]] of Zeus and later tyranny even more disproportionately [[KickTheDog cruel]] and [[AxCrazy insane]].
17	** Ares much like in [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Comics]] and ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'', gets a villainous portrayal as he helps his mother Hera control the Giants to take over Olympus, now in the Myths Ares is still an asshole but he wasn't ''that'' evil. Ares even almost kills his brother Apollo by dumping him in the ocean, something his Mythical counterpart (who actually cared about his family) wouldn't do. Besides Ares this also applies to all the other Gods who sided with Hera and the Giants in the FinalBattle, which includes the normally non-violent Aphrodite and Demeter. [[spoiler: Averted when the Giants turn against Hera's side as all the Gods and heroes come together to defeat them.]]
18	* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'':
19	** Alucard is a mole and ends up turning on the main characters, including Simon Belmont, in favor of his father, Dracula. In the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' video games, Alucard's firmly on the side of the good guys, hates Dracula, and is one of the Belmont clan's main allies in the series.
20	** Also, King Hippo is a thug who works for [[BigBad Mother Brain]] in the cartoon, where he's an AntiVillain at best in ''VideoGame/PunchOut'', hardly as mean as Mac's other opponents. He even offers to take Mac out to lunch!
21	* In ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'', when [[spoiler: Carmen]] is temporarily brainwashed into working for VILE again, she becomes a lot more ruthless towards her opponents. She's willing to kill them by any means, something her original counterpart would never do. Since she's subjected to AdaptationalHeroism in this series, it really stands out.
22	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania\|2017}}'':
23	** Hector in his debut game ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness'' is TheHero, once a Forgemaster of Dracula he became a DefectorFromDecadence and escaped back to humanity before Isaac tracked him down and killed his wife, sparking Hector's RoaringRampageOfRevenge. In the show Hector is a much less heroic character, as he is depicted as MisanthropeSupreme due to childhood abuse, who suggests they cull mankind putting humans in PeopleFarms as an alternative to KillAllHumans. While he does betray Dracula in this version... he betrays him for TheStarscream Carmilla and becomes her team's Forgemaster (albeit very unwillingly). Ironically his counterpart from the game Isaac gets the reverse treatment going from a one-note asshole psychopath to compelling and sympathetic AntiVillain. [[spoiler: Averted in Season 4 where Hector manages to [[TheAtoner redeem himself]] and helps bring down Carmilla]].
24	** Carmilla is a villain in the ''Castlevania'' games (as well her [[Literature/{{Carmilla}} original book]]) but the games make it clear she has UndyingLoyalty to Dracula and she has a few PetTheDog moments in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' and in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow''. Meanwhile in the show, Carmilla is jumping at the chance to betray Dracula and proves to a power hungry ManipulativeBitch whose [[KickTheDog cruelty]] makes other vampires look positively nice in comparison. Taken even further in Season 4, where it’s made clear Carmilla ''is even worse than Dracula'', as she plans to conquer the world and kill anyone who stands in her way, for no good reason beyond being a power mad PsychopathicWomanchild who “wants everything”. [[spoiler: She doesn’t even bow out with dignity, attempting a TakingYouWithMe to Isaac when she realises she can’t win]].
25	** The Church gets this a great deal. In the games they are a background faction who are somewhat estranged with the Belmont clan but still aid them in the defeat of Dracula throughout the series right up to ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow''. Sypha and her descendant Yoko are explicitly holy agents of the Church. In the show they are a CorruptChurch who disown and hunt down their former allies the Belmont clan, [[MagicIsEvil persecute]] the Speakers whom Sypha is part of and this version are the ones who burn Lisa, Dracula's wife at the stake triggering the show's events.
26	** Saint Germain in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness'' is a HeroAntagonist being a time traveler who crosses Hector’s path but is an enemy of the villain Zead [[spoiler: who’s Death in disguise]]. [[spoiler: In Season 4 of the show Germain does a FaceHeelTurn, helping The Alchemist aka Death try and trigger the apocalypse under the promise of seeing the woman he loves again. Although Germain does perform a last minute HeroicSacrifice, saving Trevor’s life.]]
27	** [[spoiler: Death in the games is a AffablyEvil RecurringBoss who’s a faithful servant of Dracula. In the show Death is a manipulative monster who fuses the souls of Dracula and his wife Lisa into the Rebis (a homunculus) with intention of kicking starting the apocalypse. If that wasn’t enough Death even threatens to kill a pregnant Sypha [[AndYourLittleDogToo just to spite]] Trevor.]]
28	* In the ''WesternAnimation/ColorClassics'' short "Greedy Humpty Dumpty", the title character goes from being a neutral figure to a greedy tyrant who orders his servants and subjects to build his castle walls high enough to reach the sun, which he has become convinced is made of gold.
29	* In the book ''Cranberry Christmas'', Cyrus Grape is a [[GrumpyOldMan curmudgeonly old man]] who refuses to let anyone skate on his pond, but gets his comeuppance when Mr. Whiskers finds a deed that proves the lake is actually on his property. In the animated special, Cyrus is a much more active antagonist, sneaking around and messing up Mr. Whiskers's house in order to keep Mr. Whiskers from finding that deed (whereas in the book he had no idea it existed).
30	* Morrigan in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Darkstalkers}}'' cartoon. In the games, she is just having fun with no regard for the rest of the cast, in the show, she's Pyron's minion. The series finale implies she becomes closer to how she is in the games if a Season 2 ever came. Also, Anakaris, Bishamon, and to some extent Demitri were victims of this.
31	* Not only, as shown in the AdaptationalVillainy/AnimatedFilms page, has Creator/{{Disney}} done this to several characters in their adoptive works, ''they've even done this to their own characters as well''. While [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Scrooge McDuck]] is somewhat of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in most of his appearances (particularly ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' and ''WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol''), in the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseworks'' adaptation of ''Literature/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays'', he plays the main villain, determined to prevent Mickey and Goofy from gaining the inheritance necessary to save the orphanage, even going so far as to sabotage the boat taking them back to London to ensure they don't make it time.
32	* Speaking of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 the reboot]] has several examples:
33	** Doofus Drake in the original series was as goofy as his name implied, but still well-meaning at the end of the day. The 2017 version, according to his parents, was as kind-hearted as the original until inheriting his grandmother's fortune. Not only has he become corrupted by greed, but he's creepy and psychotic, sniffing Louie's hair, making his parents his unwilling butlers, and "keeping" Louie when he tried to run away, with plans to torture him with NoodleImplements. He gets worse in his third appearance, where he sends guests who displease him to be stung by angry bees, tries to have Louie beaten up for [[DisproportionateRetribution supposedly ruining his birthday party]], and [[spoiler:kidnaps Goldie to enslave her as his new grandmother, to the point of keeping her in a glass case]].
34	** In the 1987 episode "The Curse of Castle [=McDuck=]", the Hound was just an AngryGuardDog covered in glowing paint as part of a ScoobyDooHoax, that became a BigFriendlyDog once Scrooge fed it some sausages. In the 2017 episode "The Secret(s) of Castle [=McDuck=]!", it's an actual HellHound summoned by one of the [=McDuck=] ancestors, and never becomes friendly towards the Ducks.
35	** InUniverse, this happens to WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck in the episode "The Duck Knight Returns!". In the original ShowWithinAShow, Darkwing was TheCape, while the movie reboot turns him into an edgy AntiHero who "fights darkness with more darkness", a change that doesn't go over well with resident Darkwing fan Launchpad.
36	** In the original, Tootsie the ''Triceratops'' was the [[DomesticatedDinosaurs friendly pet]] of Bubba the cave-duck. In the reboot, she is extremely aggressive and territorial that she attempts to trample everyone in her presence, and she has no relationship with Bubba since they are from different time periods.
37	** The reboot also does this to Gandra Dee. She is introduced working as a spy for Mark Beaks before seemingly pulling a HeelFaceTurn, then in her second appearance she turns out to be [[spoiler:an agent of F.O.W.L. However, she pulls a permanent HeelFaceTurn towards the end of the show]].
38	** Rhinokey of ''WesternAnimation/TheWuzzles'' has gone from a good-natured prankster to a gigantic, aggressive monster that attacks the heroes. Butterbear, who was originally the nicest of the Wuzzles, also received the same treatment, although she ultimately becomes allies with Della for freeing her from her cocoon.
39	** May and June were good guys in the comics and ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheThreeCaballeros'', but here they had been raised by F.O.W.L. so grew up villainous, not knowing any better until meeting the heroes and their progenitor April, finding out the true meaning of family, and making a HeelFaceTurn. April does not count as this [[spoiler:because she's ''Webby''.]]
40	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Egyxos}}'' Thoth is portrayed as loyal follower of the villain Exaton. When the original mythological figure he's based upon was always portrayed as a benevolent figure.
41	* ''WesternAnimation/GreenEggsAndHam2019'':
42	** The goat in [[Literature/GreenEggsAndHam the original book]] was only someone that Sam-I-Am would beg the other person (named [[NamedByTheAdaptation Guy-Am-I]] in the Netflix series) to try the titular dish with. In this series, he is a vicious bounty hunter out to capture the Chickeraffe from Sam and Guy, by any means necessary.
43	** [[spoiler:Sam-I-Am as well. His vow to return the Chickeraffe to its natural habitat was actually a cover-up, as he originally was going to sell the animal to the BigBad, Snerz, for his animal collection. However, [[HeelFaceTurn he decides against it in the end]].]]
44	* Hades wasn't the only guy to fall victim to this in ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries''. In the ongoing series, King Midas -- of all people -- was made into a would-be EvilOverlord. (Albeit [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain not a very good one]] and one who repents at the end, but still...)
45	** Hecate is portrayed as an evil goddess who is even worse than Hades, planning to kill Hades and take over the Underworld. In mythology, Hecate was a DarkIsNotEvil goddess -- besides having strong protective aspects, she assisted Demeter in finding the abducted Persephone and took pity on a slave who had foiled Hera's attempt to prevent Heracles' birth (and had been transformed into a polecat). While she lived in the Underworld, she had no intention of overthrowing Hades and became a close friend of Persephone in particular.
46	* The incarnation of Cobra Commander in ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeResolute'' is DarkerAndEdgier and much more ruthless than the Cobra Commander in ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeSigma6'' and his other previous incarnations.
47	* Cousin Mel in ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer''. In the original song, she only has a brief mention as playing cards with Grandpa after Grandma's death, and doesn't seem particularly malicious. In the animated special, she is the BigBad.
48	* ''Literature/{{Pinocchio}}'' is a villain the two episodes he appears in ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' where he's trying to BecomeARealBoy by ''eating the flesh of one''. (But he's AffablyEvil.)
49	* ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'':
50	** Nolan aka Omni-Man gets a massive dose of this in the finale. Yes in the comic he killed the Guardians of Globe, destroyed a city while fighting Mark and initially intended to enslave Earth for [[TheEmpire Viltrum]] too -- but he was still deeply reluctant to betray his family and the world he spent so much time on. Ironically in the comic Nolan was still saving innocent lives as a superhero right up until one of Guardians of the Globe The Immortal attacks him in revenge and Nolan takes him down in front of Mark, forcing Nolan to drop the act and reveal his true intentions. In the show Nolan’s TragicVillain nature is offset by his brutality and cruelty being dialed up as once Debbie learns the truth and leaves him, he immediately starts murdering people and while fighting Mark, Nolan (unlike the comic) [[ForcedToWatch purposely kills]] civilians his son vainly tries to save. The show’s Nolan even puts Mark in the path of a speeding train just so all the passengers can get [[{{Gorn}} gorily]] torn apart all over him, something comic Nolan didn’t do (and would never do) to his son. He does ultimately regret hurting Mark, but much more after the fact than his comic counterpart.
51	** According to Angstrom Levy, various alternate universe versions of Debbie Grayson end up selling out humanity and join in with her son and husband in slaughtering humanity which is why he has no problems harming her, something that the comics never touch on.
52	* In what could be called the villainous equivalent of the Iron Patriot in ''Film/IronMan3'', ''WesternAnimation/IvanhoeTheKingsKnight'' features the role of the Black Knight as a disguise of villains Prince John and his champion Brian de Bois-Guilbert in contrast to the novel where it was the disguise of the heroic King Richard I.
53	* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': In legend, the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, was a mischevious prankster, not the psychopath he's presented as in the series.
54	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'':
55	** Series/TheBananaSplits are once again antagonists, but this time they're a lighthearted group of petty criminals instead of bloodthirsty HostileAnimatronics like [[Film/TheBananaSplitsMovie the live-action film]].
56	** Interestingly, the HostileAnimatronics trope is instead applied to WesternAnimation/TheCattanoogaCats, turning them into a robotic band that enforces HappinessIsMandatory in their [[SuckECheeses chintzy pizzeria]].
57	** While in the original he was a morally gray JerkassGenie, [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones The Great Gazoo]] is now a ManipulativeBastard from a video game that can use unwitting players to unfold chaos and destruction in the real world.
58	* Tublat the gorilla from ''Literature/{{Tarzan}}'' by Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs. In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan'', his character is [[CompositeCharacter merged rather confusingly]] with another, Kerchak. Since Disney decided to make their version of Kerchak (who is ironically more similar to Burroughs's Tublat in personality) more sympathetic, as a consequence they ended up making their version of Tublat more sinister, like the novel's Kerchak.
59	** Similarly, Professor Phineas T. Philander went from Professor Porter's absent minded friend and colleague in the books to his rival and SmugSnake in the animated series.
60	* In the FunnyAnimal adaptation ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendsOfTreasureIsland'' Long John Silver is a more straight up LaughablyEvil villain and mostly void of the sympathetic AffablyEvil facets of his novel counterpart (and most other variations of). Perhaps most notably, his fatherly role with Jim is completely gone and for the most part, he would love nothing better than to just send the boy down the plank, or worse.
61	* In ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'', the yellow snake, while he represents death, is not necessarily a villain, and may even be ultimately helpful. While the narrator sees him as evil, the Little Prince himself [[DontFearTheReaper does not]], [[spoiler:and it is left open as a possibility that the snake, by biting him, did help the Prince return to his asteroid]]. In the [[WesternAnimation/TheLittlePrince2010 2010 animated TV series adaptation]], the Snake is an unambiguously evil, even demonic EldritchAbomination who travels around the galaxy [[TheCorrupter corrupting planets]] by tempting their rulers to give in to their basest desires, while the book [[NoAntagonist didn't really have a true villain]].
62	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'': Cecil Turtle is a lot more antagonistic than he ever was in his original appearances on ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''. In "Customer Service" he deliberately torments Bugs by messing with his cable service, and in "Shell Game" he entangles Bugs and Porky in an insurance fraud scheme, and when they catch him in the act he ''holds Bugs and Porky at gunpoint''.
63	* ''WesternAnimation/LostInOz'': Princess Langwidere in ''Ozma of Oz'', while not particularly heroic, doesn't pose much harm to anyone and agrees to help the heroes save the Royal Family of Ev. Here she is the main antagonist, who deposes Glinda, assumes control of Oz, and starts hoarding the land's magic for herself. This version is depicted as the evil aunt of West, most likely based loosely on the Wicked Witch of the East.
64	* While the original toyline really had no clear moral alignment to speak of, the ''WesternAnimation/{{Madballs}}'' cartoon by Creator/{{Nelvana}} had the second series Madballs (Wolf Breath, Bruise Brother, Fist Face, Splitting Headache, Swine Sucker, Lock Lips, Snake Bait, and Freaky Fullback) become a group of evil balls known as the Badballs to oppose the heroic Madballs (Screamin' Meemie, Freakella, Dusty Dustbrain, Skullface, Hornhead, Aargh, and Slobulus). It's particularly jarring because the [[ComicBook/{{Madballs}} comic book series]] by Creator/MarvelComics portrayed all the Madballs as being good.
65	* In the TV show ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'', Proto Man is one of the major villains. In the games, while he did work for [[BigBad Dr. Wily]] [[VideoGame/MegaMan3 briefly]], he had a HeelFaceTurn and became an ally to Mega Man, if a [[AloofAlly distant one]].
66	* ''WesternAnimation/MummiesAlive'':
67	** Anubis is a villain in the show, when he was actually a [[DarkIsNotEvil good god]] in Myth/EgyptianMythology who guarded and protected the dead. Set is also seen with Anubis, while Set disowned him in the myths for siding with Horus. Other gods and goddesses, like [[CatsAreMean Bastet]] and Bes, appear as villainous [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] when they were not evil figures in mythology.
68	** Ammit, on the other hand, is portrayed as a pet of the BigBad. In Egyptian mythology she was a neutral enforcer of order and punisher of evil, although this quality made her [[GoodIsNotNice feared by the ancient Egyptians]].
69	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls:''
70	** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'''s Snips' and Snails' human counterparts in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls1'' are a lot more antagonistic than them.
71	** As is Filthy Rich's human counterpart in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsLegendOfEverfree''. In the show he is a rich businessman who is noble, generous, and even comes down ''hard'' on his daughter when he catches her being a RichBitch. In this he's acts like a despicable greedy scoundrel, even in spite of [[VillainyFreeVillain not doing anything "villainous"]] outside of reclaiming land from someone who can't pay for it, and even his giving her an extra week to pay her bills is treated as villainous gloating rather than anything else. [[spoiler:In all likelihood [[RedHerring it's done intentionally]] to trick you into not expecting the ''real'' villain of the episode to be Gloriosa Daisy after she gets corrupted into a monster by Equestrian magic]].
72	* ''WesternAnimation/TheOldManOfTheMountain'': The short is based after a pre-existing song, where the Old Man isn't quite so villainous as in the cartoon.
73	* Captain Hook of ''Literature/PeterPan'', while usually depicted as a LaughablyEvil and relatively mild villain (particularly in the [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Disney adaptation]]), is genuinely sinister in ''WesternAnimation/PeterPanAndThePirates''. Despite a FreudianExcuse and occasional sympathetic moments, this version of Hook was by far the darkest portrayal of the character until the one from [[Film/PeterPan the 2003 live-action version]].
74	* In the explicitly [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]] ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbStarWars'', ''Darth Vader'' of all people gets this when he kills an Imperial Officer vie PsychicStrangle for bringing him a hoagie instead of the socks he wanted. Vader is a BadBoss and TheDreaded in canon, but even he wouldn't execute an Officer over something so trivial.
75	->'''Vader''': I find your lack of socks disturbing.
76	* In the classic two-reel 1936 Popeye short ''WesternAnimation/PopeyeTheSailorMeetsSindbadTheSailor'', [[Literature/ArabianNights Sinbad]] is a villain, portrayed by Bluto.
77	* In the original ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite'' Stormy is an ally of Rainbow's, even if she is grouchy. In the 2014 miniseries she is her EvilFormerFriend [[spoiler:who later undergoes a HeelFaceTurn]].
78	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', Ren wasn't exactly the nicest guy around, but he did have [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a softer side]][[note]]However, this was only because of ExecutiveMeddling on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s part. Even then, [[DependingOnTheWriter it wasn't consistent]].[[/note]]. In ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpyAdultPartyCartoon'', however, his worst qualities became more prominent, his HiddenHeartOfGold was seriously played down, and he sunk to depths never explored by his older counterpart.
79	* ''WesternAnimation/SabansAdventuresOfTheLittleMermaid,'' an adaptation of ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'' fairy tale that [[FollowTheLeader draws heavily]] from [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 the Disney version]], also makes the Sea-Witch, [[NamedByTheAdaptation Hedwig]], a villain out for power. The prince's betrothed, [[NamedByTheAdaptation Cecily]], is also [[RichBitch an antagonist]], but unlike in the Disney version, they're not [[CompositeCharacter the same person]].
80	* While Sea Rogue from ''WesternAnimation/{{TUGS}}'' was a friend of the Star Tugs who was [[ForcedIntoEvil forced against his will to steal cargo for pirates or they'd sink his uncle]], in the {{Frankenslation}}, ''WesternAnimation/SaltysLighthouse'', he became a villain who liked to steal cargo.
81	* In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', [[spoiler:Mudsy]] is a MonsterOfTheWeek and a disgruntled out-of-work actor who turned on his mystery-solving team. In his original appearances during [[WesternAnimation/TheFunkyPhantom his own show]], he was harmless and much more friendly. This is a JustifiedTrope in that it is AllJustADream and there is no "real" [[spoiler:Mudsy]] in-universe.
82	* While ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' generally goes in the [[AdaptationalHeroism other direction]], [[spoiler:Light Hope]] turns out to be pursuing their own agenda, and far more dangerous than the Horde.
83	* Brainy in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' episode "King Smurf" became the titular character, whereas in the original comic book version he was a contender for the role of the village leader who was outvoted in favor of the Smurf who would become King Smurf. Also counts as a CompositeCharacter, since Brainy and King Smurf were not the same person in the original comic book story.
84	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
85	** In the games, Dr. Robotnik is villainous, but with a highly [[AffablyEvil affable]] and [[LaughablyEvil clownish demeanor]], and in some cases leans into AntiVillain territory. Robotnik of ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' however, is a monstrous (and far less humorous) dictator that not only has taken over most of the planet but thrives almost lustfully on having any remaining civilians [[BodyHorror painfully]] [[UnwillingRoboticisation roboticized]].
86	** In ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'', Shadow is a lone-wolf villain who antagonizes Sonic and friends for no real reason. In the games, while never the friendliest character, Shadow had sympathetic qualities and doubts over the morality of his actions even before his HeelFaceTurn and shows value and trust in his fellow Team Dark members
87	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark:'' The tendency of adaptations to turn morally ambiguous figures into outright villains is parodied in the episode "Pip," a spoof of ''Literature/GreatExpectations''. For most of the episode's run time it's a straight, if tongue-in-cheek, adaptation, until the ending, where the book's tragic JerkassWoobie Miss Havisham is randomly revealed to be a MadScientist who schemes to [[GrandTheftMe transplant her mind into her daughter Estella's body to be young and pretty again]], has the power to vomit acid, and commands a troop of murderous robot monkeys.
88	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': A rare case of ''internal'' adaptational villainy: In the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' continuity, Rukh, one of [[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Grand Admiral Thrawn's Noghri bodyguards]], undergoes a HeelFaceTurn once Leia and the Republic reveal the Empire's treachery in enslaving the Noghri people. [[spoiler:Rukh himself even assassinates Thrawn on the bridge of his Star Destroyer, and is a loyal and honorable protector for Leia and her family from then on.]] However in the new canon established when Disney purchased the rights and wiped away the old Expanded Universe, Rukh is a devoted and loyal assassin, and no mention is made of the Empire enslaving the Noghri.
89	* ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'':
90	** Raisin Cane from the 1980s comics series was more of an AntiVillain who wanted to be friends with Strawberry, but was torn between her and her loyalties to Sour Grapes and the Purple Pieman. Her ''Berry Bitty Adventures'' incarnation changes her into a smug and catty restaurant critic who willingly works with Purple Pieman and doesn’t view Strawberry as a friend at all.
91	** Raspberry Tart is usually a friend of Strawberry in most incarnations; in the 2021 series ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcakeBerryInTheBigCity'' however, she is changed into an AlphaBitch and Strawberry's SitcomArchNemesis who is jealous of her business. Later inverted as Raspberry undergoes CharacterDevelopment and [[DefrostingIceQueen grows fonder]] of Strawberry.
92	* The ''WesternAnimation/StreetFighter'' animated series made Zangief into one of M. Bison's lackeys, despite the fact that Zangief actually opposed Shadaloo in the games.
93	* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'':
94	** While the [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage original comic book]] incarnation of Karai has interests that occasionally pit her against the turtles, she is unambiguously their ally. This has changed in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003]] and [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012]] cartoon adaptations, where she has been made into the Shredder's daughter and subordinate. While she will at times fight alongside the turtles, her divided loyalties result in periods where she is wholeheartedly against them. [[spoiler:That said, ultimately both pull a HeelFaceTurn, with 2012 Karai even becoming an ally midway through the series after the reveal of Hamato Yoshi/Splinter being her true father is done.]]
95	** The [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 1980s cartoon]] is notable for being the only version to portray the character of Leatherhead as truly villainous, as opposed [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage to]] [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAdventures all]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 other]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 versions]] where he is an ally of the Turtles, and any time he fights them in those continuities is because of him being either NotHimself or manipulated into doing it by another antagonist.
96	** [[spoiler:Irma in the 1987 series is April's dorky, boy crazed friend who worked with the turtles. In the 2012 series, she's actually a Kraang in a customized robotic suit who was TheMole, faking her friendship with April to find the Turtles' lair]].
97	** In other continuities, the Rat King was a lonely man who had the ability to control rats and wanted to be left alone. In the 1987 series, he sought to take over the city for his rat friends. 2003's Rat King only attacked the Turtles when they invaded his territory. 2012's Rat King, on the other hand, started out a SmugSnake scientist [[BitchInSheepsClothing who faked concern for his colleague getting mutated]] so that he could create a serum to give him psychic powers. After becoming the Rat King, he sent his rats to attack New York and mind-controlled Splinter to attack the Turtles. Also, despite claiming to share his earlier incarnations' love for rats, [[{{Hypocrite}} he has no qualms with experimenting on them or sacrificing them in a fight]].
98	** In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze'' and the 1987 series, Rahzar was a villain, but otherwise a very unintelligent one and cared for his partner, Tokka. The 2012 version, formerly the mutant Dog Pound (aka Chris Bradford), he's intelligent and a willing servant of the Shredder who takes pleasure at harming others and doesn't have a single concern for any of his teammates.
99	** 2003's Mozar was a Triceraton who believed EvenEvilHasStandards, while his Mirage version existed in text only. 2012's Mozar is one of the BigBadEnsemble in Season 4 of 2012's Turtles, violent and willing to destroy his minions and planets to retrieve a black hole generator.
100	** [[ArchEnemy Shredder]] himself is an interesting case. While he was by no means a nice guy in the Mirage comic, his sole crime was the murder of Hamato Yoshi, something he did to avenge his own brother's death, and the only reason the Turtles went after him was to avenge Yoshi's death in Splinter's name; essentially, the conflict was closer to GreyAndGrayMorality, with Shredder being the villain only because he was [[{{Jerkass}} a dick]] compared to the more noble, sympathetic Turtles. In all the adaptations, he was made somewhat more villainous to give the Turtles better reasons to go after him, typically by giving him ambitions to TakeOverTheWorld. The 2k3 incarnation, aka the Utrom Shredder, didn't even have a personal connection to Yoshi outside of killing him, and was instead an alien more interested in more material ambitions until his hatred of the Turtles grew to the point that he became an OmnicidalManiac and [[WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever tried to destroy the entire multiverse just to get rid of them]]. The Nickelodeon cartoon gets closer to the comic by having him focused on revenge again, but still keeps him the villain by having him follow RevengeBeforeReason.
101	** ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' sees [[spoiler:its {{Gender Flip}}ped version of Casey Jones start off as a member of the Foot, before doing a HeelFaceTurn.]]
102	* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'':
103	** In ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'', Diesel only returned to Sodor once in the individual story "Thomas and the Evil Diesel" where he redeemed himself and was given good word to come back. In the ''Thomas and Friends'' series, Diesel made recurring returns to Sodor and eventually became a permanent resident, though he ultimately proved as nasty as before, usually acting as the key antagonistic engine and pulling cruel pranks. Similarly to the novel version though, he is given some sympathetic moments.
104	** Reversed for Bulgy, a bus who [[FantasticRacism disliked railways]] and tried to steal customers from the trains through lying that he accepted rail tickets. In the books, he is punished by being converted into a henhouse. While this is followed in his first appearance in the TV series, he is later repaired, changed into a vegetable stand, and [[HeelFaceTurn softens]] towards the other characters. However, in the CGI series, [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor he reverts to the anti-rail bus that he once was]].
105	* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'':
106	** [[spoiler:Pumyra]] receives this treatment. [[spoiler:In the 1980s series, she was one of three survivors who joined the [=ThunderCats=], understood healing medicine, and was otherwise loyal to her teammates. In the 2011 series, she joined Mumm-Ra to exact revenge on Lion-O, admittedly for [[{{Hypocrite}} poor reasons]].]]
107	** In addition, [[BigBad Mumm-Ra]] is portrayed as a much more malevolent character than he was in the [[WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985 original series]]. In the former, his actions merely amounted to attacking the [=ThunderCats=] from time to time. But in the new series, the first thing he does is cross the MoralEventHorizon by [[spoiler:murdering Lion-O's father while disguised as Panthro.]] And he only gets MUCH worse from there. Also, in the original he had one redeeming quality in the form of [[PetTheDog his genuine love for his pet dog Ma-Mutt]]. In the new series, Ma-Mutt has been adapted out, so Mumm-Ra is pretty much irredeemable.
108	* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': In the comic strip album ''[[Recap/TintinCigarsOfThePharaoh Cigars of the Pharaoh]]'', when Tintin drives two people to the insane asylum, the evil fakir switches the doctor's letter for a forged one that tells the personnel to lock Tintin up instead. In the Ellipse-Nelvana animated version, the doctor himself is revealed to be one of the masked villain councilmen and is implied to have written the "bad" letter himself.
109	* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'':
110	** The original Blackarachnia from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' was really a Maximal reprogrammed into a Predacon and eventually did a HeelFaceTurn because of [[LoveRedeems her love for Beast!Silverbolt]] and Elita One from ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' was an Autobot through and through. ''Animated'' [[CompositeCharacter fused the two]] into a character that, while she has a DarkAndTroubledPast, is willingly a member of the Decepticons.
111	** Sentinel Prime in the comics was one of Optimus' main allies and mentor. Here, he's a {{Jerkass}}, a [[FantasticRacism racist]], and a DirtyCoward.
112	* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersCyberverse''
113	** In the original IDW continuity, Drift defected from the Decepticons and became an Autobot. While in ''Cyberverse'' Drift defects much earlier and was much less violent than his comic counterpart, he's ultimately revealed to be a FakeDefector who tries to murder Hot Rod in the season 3 premiere.
114	** Sky Byte was more of a noble IneffectualSympatheticVillain in ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' who eventually defected from the Decepticons. In ''Cyberverse'' he's a proud member of the team and has ended several civilizations in his attempts to kill Jetfire. [[spoiler:That said, even though his morality never changes he ultimately is one of the Decepticon leadership to agree to the Autobot peace treaty]].
115	* ''WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction'' did this to [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/OneFroggyEvening Michigan J. Frog]]]], where he [[TheReveal is revealed]] to be the DiabolicalMastermind behind the [[TerminatorImpersonator terminator robot]] that tried to kill Bugs Bunny in the episode "Misjudgment Day".
116	* Downplayed with Cornelia from ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}''. In the cartoon she's presented as more of a straight AlphaBitch than the LovableAlphaBitch she is in the comics. She's ruder and generally more aggressive. In the comics she is a BullyHunter but in the cartoon, prior to her CharacterDevelopment, she was a bully herself.
117	* ''WesternAnimation/YoohooAndFriends'': As a part of the 2012 dub changing a lot of the plot around, all of the [=YooHoos=] were formerly {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s who were forcibly turned into animals as a way to atone for their crimes against the environment. In the original Korean version, they were just heroic eco-warriors.

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