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8	Sometimes in adaptations a character's physical or mental illness is removed or downplayed compared to the source. This could be for [[PragmaticAdaptation pragmatic reasons]] (such as the disability being difficult to adapt) but often times the disability is simply removed. One reason for the removal is to make a character more threatening.
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10	Sub-trope of AdaptationDeviation. Compare to ThrowingOffTheDisability and AdaptationalSkill and contrast with DisabledInTheAdaptation.
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17	* In ''Anime/AceAttorney2016'' Edgeworth's PTSD is greatly reduced, with his debilitating phobia of earthquakes being entirely absent. This is particularly strange when you consider that this particular fear was an extremely important part of Edgeworth's character in the games, and the effects of his phobia (ranging from passing out to crying curled up on the floor) were a very important plot point for at least three cases.
18	* In ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess2016'', the Hero's Shade still has both of his eyes.
19	* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
20	** Hayate was paraplegic as a child in the main ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' continuity (though she later regained use of her legs). Her appearance in ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaINNOCENT'' is capable of walking from the very beginning.
21	** Also downplayed in the video games: In the primary continuity of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', Hayate spent at least a year in rehab after ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'' before she could walk again. In the AlternateContinuity of ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable'' games, however, she is able to walk right away, thanks to [[spoiler:Reinforce still being alive to give her full control of her body]].
22	** Main series Precia was both mentally and physically ill, having been driven to madness [[spoiler:from the death of her daughter Alicia]] and in the final stages of a terminal illness by the time the first season starts. Her ''INNOCENT'' counterpart on the other hand is perfectly healthy and ([[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents mostly]]) sane.
23	* In ''Anime/TalesFromEarthsea'', Therru has half of her face red, like a bad sunburn. The original books had her suffer burns which burned that side to the bone, making her lose an eye. Her hand was burned to uselessness as well.
24	* Latifa from ''Literature/AmagiBrilliantPark'' was originally blind in the light novels. This was downplayed to being physically ill with no mention of blindness in the anime adaptation.
25	* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' anime downplayed a few from the [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist source material]]. The first anime ended before the manga, however, which means the writers didn't know of the manga ending at the time:
26	** In the manga, Alphonse's body is extremely malnourished when it is finally restored. In the anime, it remains in the very same state (stalled aging and all) when it was taken.
27	** Edward [[ZigZagged zig-zags]] this. In the anime's GrandFinale, he briefly regains his lost arm and leg before performing a HeroicSacrifice to bring Al back which results in Ed being sent to an AlternateUniverse where he once again lost his restored limbs. The source material's GrandFinale has Ed at least getting his arm restored.
28	* The original ending of ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' has Kamille Bidan defeating the BigBad at the expense of getting brain damage. The twentieth-anniversary theatrical re-release omits this fate.
29	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
30	** At the end of ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', [[spoiler:Lusamine]] still suffers from the effects of Nihilego's toxins. Her daughter [[spoiler:Lillie]] decides to travel to Kanto with her and see if Bill can give them advice. In the anime, she's only ill for a period before going back to normal after a few episodes. As a result, [[spoiler:Lillie]] doesn't go to Kanto.
31	** In the games, Necrozma was "crippled" by ancient people who wanted its power for themselves, causing it immense pain and necessitating it to consume all available light that it can. It can also only transform into Ultra Necrozma if it has merged/absorbed with Solgaleo or Lunala. In the anime it manages to become "healed" of this affliction when Ash, his friends, and the people and Pokémon of the whole Alola region share their energy with it, allowing it to transform into Ultra Necrozma indefinitely and without absorbing Solgaleo or Lunala beforehand.
32	** It's unknown if it's an actual disability or not, but Erika randomly [[SleepyHead falls asleep]] mid-sentence. This element of her character is left out of her ''Pokémon'' anime, ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', ''Manga/PokemonZensho'' and ''Anime/PokemonIChooseYou'' incarnations.
33	** Crossing over with AdaptationalIntelligence, Galar Champion Leon in ''Pokémon Journeys'' lacks the NoSenseOfDirection problem of his counterpart from ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''...and then implied to be subverted in the third version of the OP, visibly confused looking at his Wild Area map.
34	** Thankfully, Dracovish has no problem breathing out of the water. Cara Liss's theories are still completely wrong because it's [[MixAndMatchCritters two completely different ancient Pokemon fused together]], but at least they excise that tidbit of its flavor text.
35	* In the ''Manga/SchoolLive'' manga, TeamMom Yuuri undergoes a [[SanitySlippage mental breakdown]] in the second arc. This is {{foreshadow\|ing}}ed by her two {{Freak Out}}s in the manga, first when she loses her cool [[spoiler:when it seems like she'll have to MercyKill her friend Kurumi]] and then again [[spoiler:when a [[HopeSpot rescue helicopter crashes]].]] The former is toned down in the anime and the second doesn't even happen. This makes Rii a more stable character in anime canon.
36	* Hikari in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure2020:'' shows no signs of the illness that left her unable to attend the summer camp with the other Chosen Children in the original ''Anime/DigimonAdventure''.
37	* Shinji Ikari in ''Literature/EvangelionANIMA'' was able to get three years to work on his issues after [[AlternateContinuity defeating the angles]]. By the time he is reintroduced, Shinji is far more well-adjusted to life as an Evangelion pilot.
38	* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'': In the game version, Demonio loses his eyesight completely after his body rejects the RH program. In the anime, his vision only blurs out.
39	* Shere Khan in ''Anime/TheJungleBook'' anime adaptation doesn't have his limp like in the [[Literature/TheJungleBook source material]], although he does get a bite wound on the leg from the late wolf pack leader Alexander, which he claims keeps bothering him.
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43	* ''AudioPlay/TheMorgueFiles'': Unlike his inspiration, Ticci Toby, there is no indication that Tobias Adams has Tourette's.
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47	* In the original continuity of ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'', John's father Thomas was missing an arm, having lost it in WWII. In ''ComicBook/HellblazerRiseAndFall'' he still has both of his arms.
48	* ''ComicBook/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' features Irma from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' as one of the characters. Unlike her original incarnation, this Irma doesn't wear glasses.
49	* ''ComicBook/TeenTitansEarthOne'':
50	** This continuity's Slade Wilson has both of his eyes intact.
51	** Zig-zagged with Slade's son Joseph, who is introduced as able to speak without the need to possess people first when his canon incarnation was rendered mute from getting slashed in the throat at a young age, but he later uses his body-surfing ability to stay alive after his father accidentally slashes his throat.
52	* ''ComicBook/TeenTitansGo'': The comic's depiction of [[ComicBook/DialHForHero Robby Reed]] doesn't wear glasses.
53	* The incarnation of Snake-Eyes in ''ComicBook/TransformersVsGIJoe'' differs sharply from most incarnations of the character because he isn't mute. That being said, he still speaks significantly less frequently than the other Joes.
54	* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel:
55	** ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel\|MarvelComics}} had all his run, including his death, without cancer being mentioned at all.
56	** During her brief appearance in ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', while still wheelchair-bound and blind, Madame Web was shown not to be on life support equipment, likely due to being significantly younger than her mainstream counterpart.
57	* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
58	** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Hephaestus is often seen leaning on things but by the time he participates in several story arcs it's clear he's not crippled like his mythological counterpart even if he isn't as sprightly as the other gods.
59	** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2011'': Hephaestus is a robust muscled humanoid who is very much in shape with no physical deformities besides those that reflect his relation to volcanoes.
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63	* ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAUs'': In "What if Elfangor and Loren raised Tobias?", Loren was never involved in the car accident that left her blind, scarred, and with retrograde amnesia.
64	* In the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheYoungStag'', Bran retains the use of his legs after recovering from his fall.
65	* ''Fanfic/ValesUnderground'':
66	** In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' canon, Mercury Black lost his legs and needed them replaced with robotic prosthetics. Here, he retains his legs. Justified since this is a real-world AU and he wouldn't be able to get prosthetics that would allow him to fight as well as he does in canon.
67	** [[spoiler:Volume 6 confirms that Neopolitan is mute. [[AdaptationNameChange Nia Poletti]] can talk just fine.]]
68	* Also in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' canon, it's confirmed that Neo is mute. In ''Fanfic/BurningCoals'', Neo is indeed able to speak but prefers not to due to her own inability to trust and the fact that her throat is damaged, giving her a quiet, raspy voice.
69	* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' canon, Yang got her arm cut off by Adam. In ''Fanfic/RubyAndNora'', she was thankfully spared this.
70	* ''Fanfic/TheButterflyEffectElfenLied'': Downplayed. In the original manga/anime, Nana's arms and legs were all severed by Lucy, forcing her to use ArtificialLimbs. Here, after the limb severing, Kaede and Nyu come across Nana and try to heal her, but only manage to reattach one arm and one leg before Kakuzawa's men show up and force them to flee.
71	* ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'':
72	** Gaara doesn't suffer from insomnia due to Jiraiya repairing his seal while he's a child.
73	** Kimimaro Kaguya, who suffered from a terminal illness that ended up killing him in canon, is cured by Orochimaru using the knowledge from the Scroll of Seals. As a result, he's at full health and power when the Sound Invasion arc rolls around, and even manages to survive his first encounter with the heroes.
74	** The combination of Itachi never going undercover and Tsunade and Shizune returning to Konoha much earlier means that Itachi's illness is caught as soon as its symptoms first manifest and a treatment is devised to heal him before he can get any worse.
75	** Shisui lost both of his eyes before committing suicide in canon (one stolen by Danzo, and the other willingly removed to give to Itachi). Here, he only loses the first one, [[spoiler:and ends up getting it back several years later.]]
76	** Since neither Hiruzen nor anybody else makes an attempt to seal Orochimaru's arms, he remains able to fully use them over the course of the story.
77	** The events that led to A losing an arm to Sasuke never happen, and thus by the time the Fourth Ninja War begins, he still has it.
78	** Naruto and Sasuke make it all the way to the ending with both their arms intact.
79	* In ''Fanfic/ArielAndBelle'', Ursula doesn't take away Ariel's voice when she turns her into a human.
80	* The Franchise/DCUniverse and ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' crossover ''Fanfic/HuntersOfJustice'' sees Yang keep her arm (along with Pyrrha, [[spoiler:Penny's original body, and Ozma's Ozpin form]] [[SparedByTheAdaptation still being alive]]) thanks to Brainiac crashing the Vytal Festival before Cinder could enact her plans.
81	* [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} Angel]] in ''Fanfic/BoopTheSnootForCriticalDamage'' doesn't require being constantly injected with Eridium to stay alive like she did in canon.
82	* {{Downplayed\|Trope}} example in ''Fanfic/TheWesterosi'': Jade catches Bran before he hits the ground, leaving him with a badly broken leg instead of complete paralysis.
83	* In ''Fanfic/NaturalSelection'', Nui Harime never got her left eye cut out by Isshin Matoi, so she still has both eyes in the story.
84	* Seras in ''Fanfic/HoneyAndVinegar'' never lost her arm here, so she still has both rather than her replacement shadow limb.
85	* ''Fanfic/TheRedemptionOfHarleyQuinn'': Instead of a hook hand, Aaron Cash has a prosthetic robot hand like that of Cyborg.
86	* Because of [[Franchise/Ben10 Ben Tennyson's]] interference in her fight against Adam Taurus, [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Yang Xiao Long]] retains her arm in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13050256/1/Ben-10-RWBY-Volume-1-Dimension-Twist Ben 10 RWBY Volume 1: Dimension Twist]]''. Similarly, Pyrrha is SparedByTheAdaptation when Ben gets involved in her fight against Cinder.
87	* Scootaloo from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' more often than not gets this treatment:
88	** ''Fanfic/TheGreatAlicornHunt'' involves Scootaloo [[spoiler:ascending to Alicornhood.]]
89	** ''Fanfic/IfWishesWerePonies'' has [[RealityWarper Discord]] use his magic to increase the size of Scootaloo's underdeveloped wings.
90	* ''Fanfic/BlazBlueAlternativeRemnant'':
91	** Ragna was never maimed in his childhood and still has both arms here, unlike the games where Jin cut his right arm off.
92	** Kagura completely lacks his canon counterpart's alcoholism, largely due to him being eighteen and as such unable to legally drink.
93	** Yang doesn't lose her arm during the Fall of Beacon like in canon.
94	* ''Fanfic/CodePrime'': Since it barely factored into the anime, Xingke's disease [[AdaptedOut flat out does not exist in this story]].
95	* ''Fanfic/DiaryOfAnAnalog'': In canon ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', Gatomon loses her Holy Ring, reducing her to the power of a Rookie Level, and all of the other 1999 [=DigiDestined=] had lost the ability to go Ultimate or further by giving up the Crests in the year 2000 to free the Sovereigns. However, in this fic, as the crests are still acknowledged as having been destroyed in the final battle with Apocalymon, their powers internalized by the 1999 [=DigiDestined=], and the fact Gatomon's gloves containing [=SaberLeomon=] data being a plot point, this ultimately leads to none of the 8 [=DigiDestined=] of 1999 being {{Nerf}}ed like how they were in canon ''02''.
96	* ''WebVideo/MagicByMikaila'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Lz13FPrsufQ her video]] about Ron from ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', the "Movie" version of Ron walks away from Harry and Hermione, despite his counterpart being unable to walk due to a broken leg. The "Book" version states that his leg is broken but is able to walk without difficulty.
97	* ''Fanfic/ANewHopeDanganronpa'': Due to Fuyuhiko not being a member of [[AdaptationalHeroism Ultimate Despair]] as well as [[spoiler:Peko having a [[DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation different execution]]]], he keeps both of his eyes.
98	* In the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/WhatTomorrowBrings'', Elfangor reattaches Mertil's severed tail.
99	* Subverted, zig-zagged and otherwise played with in ''Fanfic/XCOMRWBYWithin'': Yang ends up losing ''more'' limbs than canon, but the circumstances are radically different and she certainly doesn't find the loss ''disabling'', since they were removed to create a WetwareInterface for a suit of PoweredArmour. An honourable mention also goes to Pyrrha in the sequel, who is an example of [[DisabledInTheAdaptation the opposite trope]] save for the fact that [[SparedByTheAdaptation in canon she was killed outright]] instead of merely left paralyzed.
100	* Lucy in ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' could only see with one eye due to a harpoon-pack-related incident making her lose the other one. In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainCrownOfThorns'', she has both eyes.
101	* ''Fanfic/ApexPredatorMHA'':
102	** Izuku uses his healing quirk to cure Ingenium's spine, allowing him to walk again.
103	** He also accidentally heals [[spoiler:All Might]]. At first he wanted to [[spoiler:heal a new injury left by being impaled, but he accidentally restored his lung too]]. Izuku wants to heal ''all'' his injuries but everyone including the person he healed turn him down hard citing the drawbacks of his quirk.
104	* In ''Fanfic/LiberiFatalisTheTherianthropeChronicles'', and, unlike to her original canon, [[VideoGame/AceCombat3Electrosphere Rena Hirose]] no longer suffers from Silverstone Disease here. Instead, as per the author, she once had another ailment that has since been cured, but the details of that undisclosed condition remain a mystery.
105	* ''Fanfic/VowOfTheKing'': Ukitake has his lungs healed by Orihime, enabling him to function normally for the first time in millennia.
106	* In ''Only Blue for You'' (an NSFW ''VideoGame/{{OMORI}}'' fic), Sunny [[spoiler:is able to see from both eyes through the canon ending]] because his girlfriend, Cris, [[spoiler:stopped Basil from accidentally stabbing his right eye]].
107	* ''Fanfic/PeculiarParasiticPhenomenon'': [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in case of [[spoiler:Johngalli A, because the story takes place twelve years before the events of [[JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]] and his vision didn't deteriorate to the point he's blind yet.]]
108	* ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/for-the-honor-of-the-regiment-worm-bolo-crossover.660094/ For the Honor of the Regiment]]'': Unlike [[Literature/{{Worm}} canon]] where she was obese and barely functioning, Emily Piggot is noticeably muscular and only has a limp. Comments by others indicate that she disobeyed orders at Elisburg which had the effect of both greatly lessoning her injury and saving over half the soldiers there, rather than only her and Calvert surviving.
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112	* Ronno from ''Literature/{{Bambi}}'' is just a friendly buck who has a lame leg due to surviving a gunshot. In the Disney [[WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} adaptation]] and its [[WesternAnimation/BambiII interquel]] Ronno's age was decreased, he became a rival to Bambi, and he lacks any disabilities.
113	* ''WesternAnimation/CricketOnTheHearth'' has an example of "''initially'' abled in the adaptation": in the original story by Creator/CharlesDickens, Bertha Plummer was born blind, but here she's sighted at first, only to go blind from shock and grief at the news of her fiancé Edward's [[NotQuiteDead supposed death.]] This is because the adaptation [[CompositeCharacter combines her]] with May Fielding, Edward's fiancée in the original story. (In Dickens' version, Bertha is Edward's [[UnrelatedInTheAdaptation sister]].)
114	* In ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' Quasimodo is deaf due to working with loud bells and was born with a large wart over his left eye. In the [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Disney adaptation]] he is able to hear and speak and has two functional eyes, though he retains the signature hunchback.
115	* Shere Khan in ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' is referred to as a "lame tiger" who was born with a crippled hind leg -- he is a man-eater specifically because his disability stops him from being fast enough to catch a deer or a bull. Adaptations (including [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 the Disney cartoon]]) tend to leave out this trait to make him a more threatening villain.
116	* In ''Literature/LoskutikAndTheCloud'', one of Barbatsutsa's eyes is blind and she wears a huge black eyepatch. Probably to avoid giving her a too villainous look (in the book, she looks like a crossover between a pirate and a witch and is really one of the nicest characters out there underneath), the creators of the animated adaptation made her short-sighted, but with both eyes seeing.
117	* According to [[Literature/TheBible religious texts]], Moses was "slow of tongue", indicating a SpeechImpediment or speech disorder.[[note]]The story goes that when Moses was still a toddler, at one point he took Pharaoh's crown and placed it on his own head; Pharaoh felt this was a sign Moses wanted his throne and ordered a test, placing a piece of gold and a hot coal before him, with the orders that if he took the gold, it was again a sign he wanted the throne and thus was a threat that needed to be eliminated. The angel Gabriel pushed his hand toward the coal (since he was still a baby, he was naturally attracted to shiny things, which was why he'd originally reached for the crown and later the gold before the angel intervened), which he promptly stuck in his mouth, burning his lips and tongue and leaving him with his speech problems.[[/note]] In ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', this is absent. Because the film is a musical, the filmmakers thought that a stuttering protagonist wouldn't work in this case. Not to mention, in the original source material, the workaround for this was that Moses' brother Aaron spoke for him, even doing most of the miracles as well. Since the film places much more focus on Moses' relationship with Rameses, this would make the story needlessly complicated, so Moses having a speech impediment was ultimately not included.
118	* ''WesternAnimation/Pinocchio1992'' has the [[AdaptationSpeciesChange Wolf]] and the Cat at the ending. The Fox and the Cat from ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' become disabled for real after faking disabilities. That doesn't happen with the Wolf and the Cat in this version; they just get imprisoned.
119	* In the [[ComicBook/SunfireAndBigHero6 comics version]] of ''Big Hero 6'', Hiro is shown wearing glasses. In [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 the animated movie]], it's shown that that version of Hiro doesn't.
120	* In the comics, Professor Pyg is one of the few enemies of Franchise/{{Batman}} who actually qualifies for the legal definition of "insanity". In ''WesternAnimation/SuicideSquadHellToPay'', while he still engages in twisted experiments (his introductory scene involved ComicBook/TwoFace's evil personality trying to get him to scar the right side of Dent), he's pretty much clear-minded enough to properly talk to others.
121	* In ''Literature/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents'', Dangerous Beans is almost completely blind and mostly needs to be led around by Peaches. In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingMaurice'', there's a single reference to him having poor eyesight, but it doesn't seem to affect him much.
122	* In ''Literature/TheTaleOfDespereaux'', Miggery had gone partially deaf from all the times her abusive "uncle" slapped her on the ears. In [[WesternAnimation/TheTaleOfDespereaux the film adaptation]] she can hear just fine.
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126	* ''Bangkok Dangerous'': [[Film/BangkokDangerous1999 The Thai original]] revolves around its protagonist, a deaf-mute assassin. [[Film/BangkokDangerous2008 In the remake]] starring Creator/NicolasCage, the protagonist isn't handicapped in any way at all.
127	* ''Film/TheCaineMutinyCourtMartial'': In both [[Literature/TheCaineMutiny the original novel]] and its adaptations, Captain Queeg was legitimately insane and unfit for duty. In this film, while he struggles with anxiety and is erratic at times, he's described as being sane by psychologists and the people who accuse him of being insane are ignorant about mental illnesses or psychology. It's also left ambiguous if the worst of his actions were true, and it's implied he's at worst guilty of being overly strict rather than genuinely unfit for duty.
128	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
129	** In the comics ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} spent a large part of his run being partially deaf, wearing a hearing aid, and is able to use American Sign Language. In the film incarnation, none of this is included. However, this element was [[TruerToTheText brought into the MCU]] in ''Series/{{Hawkeye\|2021}}'', where he began using a hearing aid after years of being caught in or near loud explosions and is shown to have learned some sign language.
130	** ''Film/{{Thor}}'': In the comics, Thor's "Donald Blake" alias on Earth is a crippled surgeon whose cane would transform into Thor's hammer, which Odin set up in order to teach him humility. Because of the circumstances of Thor's being sent to Earth being different in the MCU, "Donald Blake" is instead an incredibly buff vaguely Scandinavian guy, only used extremely briefly as an alias alibi.
131	** In [[ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled the comic story]] where Thor suffers EyeScream while Asgard is being destroyed, he (willingly) loses both of his eyes. A similar thing happens in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', but he only loses one (right) eye during the film's FinalBattle, then gains an artificial eye [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar in a later time]] anyway.
132	** Razor Fist is a mild case of this: in the comics, both of his arms are [[BladeBelowTheShoulder replaced with blades]] (you might recognize him as the guy on top of the "CripplingOverspecialization" page), but in ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'', only his right arm is a blade, while his left arm is still intact.
133	* [[spoiler:Peeta]] from ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' loses his leg in the books, but not in [[Film/TheHungerGames the film adaptation]] (similarly, Katniss' acquired hearing impairment also doesn't occur). The male tribute from District 10 in the 74th Hunger Games also doesn't appear to have a crippled leg as he does in the books, as he is seen running to the Cornucopia at the beginning of the games.
134	* ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'':
135	** In the [[ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast comic book]] on which the film is based, Magneto is paraplegic by the time of the BadFuture. In the film's depiction of the future, he's up and walking around on two feet.
136	** Hank invents a serum that Charles can take which allows him to regain his ability to walk at the cost of his powers. Nothing like this exists in the comics, although Xavier has come up with numerous other off-the-wall ways to regain his mobility (none of them ever stick, though).
137	* In ''Film/WhatsEatingGilbertGrape'', Arnie keeps his mental retardation, but in the novel, he also was missing an eye.
138	* ''Film/{{Barbarella}}'': In the original comic books, the Black Queen wears an eye patch, and since she never takes it off, it implies she's blind in that eye. In the movie, she only has the eye patch for one scene where she's KingIncognito, and both her eyes appear to be perfectly healthy.
139	* In ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'', the Wicked Witch of the West is missing an eye. Many adaptations like [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the 1939 movie]] show her as having both eyes.
140	* In the ''Film/BatmanFilmSeries'', Commissioner Gordon is shown not to need glasses.
141	* Downplayed for Mason Verger in ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}''. In the novel, he's bedridden, unable to breathe without a mechanical ventilator, and needs a special lens fitted with a spray device to keep his remaining eyeball moist. In the movie, he can get around in a wheelchair and can breathe (and see) unaided.
142	* ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'':
143	** ''Film/{{Justice\|League 2017}} [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague League]]'' sees Crispus Allen not needing to wear glasses.
144	** ''[[Film/Shazam2019 SHAZAM!]]'' sees its version of Dr. Sivana also not wearing glasses, though he did need them [[spoiler:before getting the Eye of Sin lodged in his right eye and needs them again after it's removed]].
145	** Cassandra Cain in ''Film/{{Birds of Prey\|2020}}'' has none of the communication difficulties her comic book counterpart has. Similarly, Black Mask, instead of having a disfigured face that looks like a skull as a result of self-mutilation, wears a mask shaped like a skull instead.
146	** ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' sees Bloodsport being a genuine veteran and the OnlySaneMan in the new Squad's recruits. His comic counterpart was a draft dodger who went mad with guilt and deluded himself into ''believing'' he had served in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar when his brother went in his place and became a quadruple amputee as a result of injuries he suffered there.
147	* In the theatrical version of ''Theatre/TheChildrensHour'' and its 1960 film adaptation, [[spoiler:Martha]]'s {{gayngst}} leads her to be a depressed and anxious woman. In the censored ''These Three'' incarnation from the '30s, her angst is watered down and she [[spoiler:never kills herself]].
148	* Not "abled", but a semi-example: In ''Literature/FreakTheMighty'', Freak's growth is extremely stunted by his Morquio Syndrome, almost to the point of dwarfism (though he hates being called a "dwarf"). In the film adaptation ''The Mighty'', as played by Kieran Culkin, he's still severely crippled [[spoiler:and dying]], but his size is average for his age.
149	* ''Film/ADogsPurpose'':
150	** In ''Literature/ADogsPurpose'', Ellie is a search-and-rescue dog who loses her sense of smell after acid gets on her nose. In the film this doesn't occur because [[spoiler:she [[DeathByAdaptation gets shot]] before this happens.]] As a result, Ellie never [[CareerEndingInjury retires]] and gets a new job where she helps teach people about safety.
151	** Ellie's handler Jakob is mentioned to have been shot before. It almost ended in a CareerEndingInjury. The film doesn't mention that [[AdaptationNameChange Carlos]] was ever injured.
152	* Creator/RobReiner's cinematic adaptation of ''Literature/{{Misery}}'' changed the scene of Annie lopping off Paul's foot with an axe to her breaking his ankles with a sledgehammer -- though a focus group insisted on him at least walking with a cane after his injuries, in a rare example of a FocusGroupEnding making a work harsher rather than softer.
153	* ''Film/PunisherWarZone'' sees a downplayed case of this. In ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'', Don Massimo Cesare was so far gone as far as his age goes that he needed a wheelchair, spent most of his time drooling, and was Don in name only. The film sees [[AdaptationNameChange Gaitano]] Cesare still using a wheelchair, but he was also cognizant enough to still run his organization.
154	* In the original ''Franchise/RoboCop'' trilogy, the eponymous protagonist was severely mutilated (specifically getting his right hand blown off by a shotgun, then his entire arm, then several shots to his abdomen area, and then ''[[CruelAndUnusualDeath finally]]'' [[BoomHeadshot the fatal headshot]]) before his death and eventual cyborgification. [[Film/RoboCop2014 The 2014 reboot]] only has him die via 3rd degree burns with his limbs intact, plus he gets to keep his right hand, lungs, heart, and consciousness after his cyborgification.
155	* ''Film/Venom2018'' shows a cancer-free Eddie Brock, a fact revealed during Paul Jenkins's time on the ''Spider-Man'' books. That said, [[spoiler:this was at the time of the film's release; ''ComicBook/VenomDonnyCates'' retconned that Eddie never had cancer at first, the cancer Eddie did get was the symbiote screwing with his body, and the symbiote had done that and been gaslighting him to force Eddie to stay with it.]]
156	* Downplayed in ''Film/{{Yakuza}}''; in the [[VideoGame/LikeADragon original game series]], Goro Majima is missing his left eye, while in the film it's his right eye that is gone. [[RealLifeWritesThePlot This was because of his actor being left-eye dominant.]]
157	* In the original book of ''Literature/{{Heidi}}'', Klara has never been able to walk and is chronically ill, to the point that the possibility of her dying is sometimes alluded to until she recovers and [[ThrowingOffTheDisability Throws Off the Disability]] in the end. In the 1937 film version and 1968 TV version, she used to be able to walk but was crippled by an injury (in the 1968 version in the same boating accident that killed her MissingMom), and it's only her fear and self-doubt that keep her from trying to walk again. And in the telenovela adaptation ''Series/HeidiBienvenidaACasa'', she isn't physically disabled at all but instead has severe agoraphobia.
158	* In the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' games, Nitara is shown wearing an eyepatch over her left eye. In ''Film/MortalKombat2021'', she has both eyes.
159	* In the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books, both Arthur and Percy Weasley need to wear glasses, which are absent in the films.
160	* In Ian Fleming's ''Literature/JamesBond'' novels, Felix Leiter has a HookHand, and in ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie'' he is attacked by a shark and has his leg bitten off. The ''Film/JamesBond'' film series opted not to adapt these traits, aside from the shark idea being revisited as a one-off in ''Film/LicenceToKill''.
161	* In ''Literature/{{Aquamarine}}'', human girls Claire and Hailey borrow a wheelchair from Claire's grandfather so Aquamarine the mermaid can leave the pool and go on a date with human boy Raymond. This was absent from [[Film/{{Aquamarine}} the adaptation]], where she could grow legs.
162	* ''Film/GoodFellas'': The real Henry Hill had learning disabilities so severe that he didn't learn the alphabet until he was 20. The movie doesn't really touch on this fact, aside from him having a difficult time in school, and even then a viewer could easily get the impression that [[BookDumb he did poorly simply because he was already uninterested in an honest living]].
163	* In ''Film/MadameWeb2024'', Cassandra Webb is neither blind or paralyzed, being a young and physically fit paramedic. [[spoiler:The final confrontation with Ezekiel leaves her in a state much closer to her comics equivalent, left both blind and in a wheelchair]].
164	* Peter from ''Franchise/{{Jumanji}}'' had glasses in [[Literature/{{Jumanji}} the book]], but not in [[Film/{{Jumanji}} the movie]] or [[WesternAnimation/{{Jumanji}} the cartoon]].
165	* Walter from ''Zathura'' has glasses in [[Literature/{{Zathura}} the book]], but not [[Film/{{Zathura}} the movie]].
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169	* In ''[[Literature/GodsAndMonsters2017 Gods and Monsters]]'', the adaptation of Hephaestus' origin story features a variant of this trope. While his typical origin story involves the fact that he was deformed and that Hera, disgusted, threw him off Olympus after his birth as a result. In this, while he's born a normal baby, he loses his legs below his knees as a result of the fall.
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173	* ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'':
174	** In the comics, Mia Dearden is HIV positive. Thea Dearden Queen displays no such illness.
175	** In many stories, Dinah Drake Lance succumbs to cancer long after passing her ComicBook/BlackCanary mantle to her daughter Dinah Laurel Lance. Here, the elder Dinah is in good health [[spoiler:and even {{outliv\|ingOnesOffspring}}es her daughter]].
176	** Hunter Zolomon is a paraplegic in the comics. Here, he is just fine and is instead SecretlyDying from a speed drug overdose. However, Eobard Thawne [[spoiler:pretends to be when posing as Harrison Wells]].
177	** In the comics, Roy Harper loses his right arm during the battle with Prometheus. That did not happen here due to Roy [[LongBusTrip being absent]] during the adaptation of the Prometheus arc. [[spoiler:Subverted later when he ''does'' lose his arm in the prelude to ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'', albeit in different circumstances]].
178	** In the comics' BadFuture Flash storyline, the future Iris West becomes paraplegic. Here, she isn't due to her being long dead in that BadFuture. The disability was given to Wally instead.
179	** In the comics, [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica Nathaniel Heywood]] has an amputated leg thanks to an undiagnosed infection. Here, all his limbs are intact and his only disability is hemophilia.
180	* Downplayed in ''Series/BadSisters''. Bibi is never described as autistic, unlike her counterpart in the Belgian series ''Series/{{Clan}}'', which ''Bad Sisters'' is a ForeignRemake of. However, she does retain her original incarnation's other disability (having one eye as the result of a car accident involving Jean-Claude/John Paul) as well as many of her autistic traits.
181	* ''Series/Batman1966'' with Creator/AdamWest notably lacks the PTSD [[Franchise/{{Batman}} the character]] is known for. Commissioner Gordon is also shown not to need glasses.
182	* In ''Literature/Catch22'', Major ---- de Coverley wears an eyepatch as the result of an eye injury. In [[Series/Catch22 the miniseries]], both eyes are working fine.
183	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E8TheHauntingOfVillaDiodati "The Haunting of Villa Diodati"]] has a downplayed version: in real life, Creator/LordByron had a deformed foot that caused him to walk with a limp. Byron as portrayed in the episode walks normally.
184	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
185	** The show downplayed Doran Martell's gout to the point where he is able to move around without his wheelchair while when leaning on Ellaria's arm he's able to walk around for a bit. In the books, his gout is already so severe that his legs are deformed, which crippled him and gave him constant pain.
186	** In the books, Tyrion actually lost his nose in the assassination attempt on him during the Battle of Blackwater. In the show, it's only a typical facial scar. He's also more generally able due to having a different variety of dwarfism that doesn't affect his proportions -- the book Tyrion has exceptionally short legs even for his height, rendering him unable to walk for long distances without pain.
187	** In the books, Ramsay chops off some of Theon's toes and fingers and even plucks out most of his teeth. Theon lacks these injuries in the show, though he does limp around for a while after Ramsey's tortures.
188	** The show's version of Euron has both of his eyes on display. In the source material, he is wearing an eye patch on his left eye, and it's vague what's wrong with it. The difference is mostly due to the character in the show being a composite of Euron and Victarion.
189	** In the books, Myrcella Baratheon loses an ear and gets her face heavily scarred. This is omitted in the show.
190	** In the books, Gregor Clegane's undead corpse is missing his head due to it [[DecapitationPresentation being sent]] to the Martells to appease them for Gregor's role in the deaths of many of their family members (Ellia, her children, and Oberyn who in turn was the one who caused Gregor's death). The show's version of the undead Gregor has his entire body intact. Furthermore, when he was alive Gregor suffered from headaches due to his gigantism that even milk of poppy can't numb. In the show, no mention is made of his opiates consumption and there are no effects to make him look like an inhumanly huge brute except for the camera angles.
191	** In the books, Walder Frey is in his 90s and needs to be carried in a litter to get around. In the show, he's a few decades younger and has no difficulty walking.
192	* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'':
193	** Jim Gordon and Crispus Allen aren't shown to wear glasses.
194	** Professor Pyg is actually clear-headed in the show.
195	* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' originally concludes with the titular mother dying from an unknown illness some time before the DistantFinale. The FinaleSeason DVD release features an alternate ending where she is still alive during that time, heavily implying (since there was no new footage) that she was eventually cured at best, or just prolonged her life and is still going to die but in a much later time at worst.
196	* ''{{Series/Legion\|2017}}'': Creator/HarryLloyd's version of Charles Xavier (who's a paraplegic in the comics) lacks any disability and is always seen walking.
197	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
198	** ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': Gabriel Reyes in the comics was born with an unspecified neurological disorder (the result of his mother having been pushed down the stairs while pregnant), which left him unable to walk and mentally and developmentally slow. In the show, he's a normal 14-year-old who's left paraplegic after the attack that gave his brother, [[ComicBook/AllNewGhostRider Robbie Reyes]], his superhero origin story. In fact, it's indicated he's a very intelligent young man who quickly pieces together who Daisy is after spending a few hours with her during a blackout, which the comics version would most likely not be able to do.
199	** ''Series/IronFist2017'': Harold Meachum in the comics had his legs amputated. Harold Meachum in the show still has his legs.
200	** ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'': Isaiah Bradley in the comics is reduced to a mute, childlike state due to the side effects of the super soldier serum. In the show, Bradley's mind remains fully intact and shows no other ill effects of the serum.
201	* ''Series/OrphanBlack7Genes'' omits two disabilities from [[Series/OrphanBlack the series it was based on]]:
202	** Nagase never loses his [[{{Fingore}} left pinky finger]] unlike his counterpart Vic Schmidt due to the characters and StoryArc responsible for it being AdaptedOut.
203	** The original series' Season 1 finale shows Cosima Niehaus developing [[IncurableCoughOfDeath the respiratory illness]] that plagued most of the clones. In the remake, the first season concludes with her counterpart Izumi Odagiri in good health.
204	* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'': The Blue Ranger from ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger'' has an IncurableCoughOfDeath. His counterpart in ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' is in good health.
205	* ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheCondorHeroes'' has TheHero Yang Guo losing his right arm third quarter into the story, requiring him to both re-purpose his fighting style and learn new ones to accommodate his now handicapped condition. Several {{live action adaptation}}s ([[TruerToTheText except the one in 2006]]) have swapped it due to Yang Guo being played by right-handed actors.
206	* ''Series/TheRomanMysteries'': In [[Literature/TheRomanMysteries the original books]], Lucius was subject to TongueTrauma rendering him mute. Here, he still has his tongue, albeit he is still selectively mute.
207	* ''Series/{{Stargirl}}'': Beth Chapel isn't blinded before becoming the second Dr Mid-Nite (although she does wear glasses).
208	* While the Gizmo in ''Series/Titans2018'' is an adult as in the comics (as opposed to the child of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''), he also doesn't have dwarfism like in the comics.
209	* ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019'': In the [[ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy original comics]], Diego has his right eye missing for some unknown reason, and Allison has a cybernetic left hand because the villain Dr. Terminal ate her real one when she was young. In the series, Diego and Allison have both their eyes and hands intact.
210	* ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'':
211	** In the [[ComicBook/TheWalkingDead source material]], Rick loses his right hand after the Governor chops it off. This was omitted in the show. Likewise, comic Rick is partly crippled after Negan breaks his leg, but this doesn't happen on the show either.
212	** In the comics, Dale loses both of his legs before dying. This is omitted in the show due to him [[DeathByAdaptation dying much earlier in the timeline]], though these storylines [[DecompositeCharacter were distributed]] [[CompositeCharacter to different characters]].
213	** Andrea got some nasty facial scars in the comics. It was omitted in the show.
214	** In the comics, Carol's mental illness becomes so out of hand that she commits suicide. In the show, it is more subdued and she is SparedByTheAdaptation (for now).
215	** Maggie and Michonne's mental illness from the comics are AdaptedOut from the show.
216	** The Governor is severely mutilated by Michonne in the comics, namely: having his left eye gouged out, and both his right arm and penis chopped off. In the show, Michonne only took out his eye, and it's the right one at that.
217	** Carl's MoeGreeneSpecial is much more severe in the comics, as the injury also took out his right ear and causes him brain damage. In the show, it is a traditional EyeScream. Likewise, his CreepyChild tendencies from the source material are greatly toned down.
218	** In the comics, Morgan never really got back from his SanitySlippage after his son's death. In the show, he got his act together, and like Carol, he is SparedByTheAdaptation (again, for now).
219	* ''Series/TheWhiteQueen'': The real King UsefulNotes/RichardIII had severe scoliosis which caused his shoulders to be uneven, although the deformity wouldn't be noticed under clothing. Creator/AneurinBarnard's portrayal of the character includes a couple of {{Shirtless Scene}}s which demonstrate that Richard is devoid of a physical handicap.
220	* ''Series/WireInTheBlood'':
221	** In [[Literature/TonyHillAndCarolJordan the book]] of ''The Wire in the Blood'', Jacko Vance had one arm due to a car accident decades previously, and he crushed the right arms of his victims as a result. This doesn't happen in the series, and he has both arms.
222	** Tony is impotent in [[Literature/TonyHillAndCarolJordan ''The Mermaids Singing'']], and his struggle with erectile dysfunction gets mentioned occasionally in later books, but is completely AdaptedOut of the series.
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226	* ''Theatre/FunHome'': The musical does not mention Alison's OCD despite the fact that in the [[ComicBook/FunHome graphic novel]] her OCD is very disruptive to her life, especially when she was a teenager.
227	* ''Theatre/{{Newsies}}'': In the [[Film/{{Newsies}} original movie]], Crutchie walks with a limp and is also implied to have some type of mental handicap. In the stage version, he's still crippled but doesn't appear to have any mental disability whatsoever.
228	* ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'':
229	** In the original ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'' book Elphaba has an allergy to water. She bathes using oils, avoids water in all forms, and as in the original ''Oz'' story, her death involves Dorothy splashing water on her. In the theatrical adaptation there are rumors that water can melt her--and in the song "Thank Goodness" Fiyero gets upset at the absurdity of the idea--but it's not true. [[spoiler:Elphaba ends up SparedByTheAdaptation when she fakes her death.]] Also, as Elphaba's design is based on the MGM Witch and not the original book one, she has both eyes intact.
230	** In a case of PragmaticAdaptation, Elphaba's sister's disability was changed for the musical. Nessarose was born with no arms in the books; however, due to the difficulty of representing that in a play, she was changed to using a wheelchair.
231	* The real Blanche Barrow- a member of Bonnie and Clyde's infamous Barrow Gang- was left blinded in one eye during the same incident that killed her husband Buck. In Frank Wildhorn's stage musical ''Theatre/BonnieAndClyde'', no mention is made of her sustaining such an injury.
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235	* ''VideoGame/Onmyoji2016'': Hangan is apparently blind in the original game, but this is made even more of an InformedDeformity in the MOBA game adaptation where he still ''says'' his eyes can't see, but a stock animation sequence has him ''looking around'' in search of an object.
236	* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'':
237	** Deng Ai was historically someone who had a notable stutter that wasn't taken seriously until his talents were exploited by Sima Yi via a fateful encounter; his portrayal in the game series makes no mention of his stutter at all.
238	* ''VideoGame/{{Marauder}}'' In the novel, Akhmet [[spoiler:loses some fingers to an explosion]] which doesn't happen in the game.
239	* ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'':
240	** Historically, Kanbei Kuroda was imprisoned by the rebellious Oda vassal, Araki Murashige, but he escaped at the cost of an injury that left him with a pronounced limp. In the game itself, he doesn't have a leg injury and is able to move just fine.
241	** In the games, Yoshitsugu Otani has his whole body covered except his eyes and nose which is a nod to his historical counterpart who is a leper. However, the game downplays his leprosy as he is able to move freely.
242	* The version of Axel in ''VideoGame/TwistedMetalBlack'' is physically able to enter and exit his machine[[note]]in this version he built it and drives it by choice [[ThePenance as a self-inflicted punishment]]. Unlike in ''2'', where it was his father who built the machine and forced Axel into it.[[/note]], unlike his mainline counterpart, who was stuck inside for 20 years and finally had to [[AnArmAndALeg tear off all his limbs]] to exit the vehicle in ''2'', needing to get [[ArtificialLimbs mechanical limbs]] to replace them in ''Head-On''.
243	* [[spoiler:Lusamine]] in ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'' isn't BrainwashedAndCrazy like in the original ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon''. Due to this, she doesn't end up hospitalized after being defeated. Instead, [[spoiler:Cosmog]] ends up injured. This difference means that [[spoiler:Lillie stays in Alola, while Gladion is the one that runs off]].
244	* Calvina Coulange from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment'' suffered nerve damage to her arms during the Lunar Furies' first attack on the Moon in the backstory and is [[CareerEndingInjury unable to pilot]] until she gains control of one of the Furies' [[BrainComputerInterface Cytron-equipped machines]]. She still has full use of her arms in the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' continuity, however. This is presumably for gameplay purposes, as the mainline ''SRW'' games restrict pilots to units from their own series while ''OG'' lets any character use any mech with a few exceptions, and making just one character who's completely restricted to Fury units would have been a hassle to program.
245	* In ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', Undyne has both eyes, unlike in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', where she's missing one.
246	* Downplayed in ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle''. Neo from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' is completely mute in her home series but can giggle, grunt, and such in ''[=BlazBlue=]''.
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250	* ''WebAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls'' combines pre-52 elements and post-52 elements of Barbara Gordon. She's actually made a DecompositeCharacter, where she becomes ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} in the series and is never paralyzed, while ComicBook/{{Oracle}} is her AI assistant. The Joker, who is the reason Babs became paralyzed, is only mentioned once in a side comic -- to develop ''Harley's'' character, with no mention of Batgirl ever having encountered him.
251	* ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'': Because nothing bad ''ever happened'', Yang doesn't lose her right arm.
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255	* ''Webcomic/BatmanWayneFamilyAdventures'': In the comics, Cassandra had a learning disability that made her illiterate, making it difficult for her to learn a language. She could rarely speak more than a few words at a time in the comics. Here, Cass is TheQuietOne but otherwise doesn't seem to have difficulty speaking, and she's been shown to be capable of reading.
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259	* In ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', the second ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, Barbara Gordon, was shot by ComicBook/TheJoker. She became paralyzed due to the incident but later became the HandicappedBadass "ComicBook/{{Oracle}}", until the ComicBook/New52 reboot {{retcon}}ned her to having recovered the use of her legs after the shooting. In the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse, there are no signs of Batgirl ever having used a wheelchair. In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', she is shown as a senior but her legs work perfectly fine.
260	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'':
261	** Ellen Yindel in ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' wore glasses. Possibly due to her AgeLift, [[RaceLift Ellen]] [[AdaptationNameChange Yin]] doesn't.
262	** This version of Mr. Freeze can survive unharmed in normal temperatures without his suit and has actual ice-based superpowers instead of relying on a freezing gun. The suit merely helps him keep his powers under control. It should be noted that excessive heat will temporarily disable his powers so that weakness is still present to an extent. And like in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', his body starts deteriorating as he gets older and he uses a spider-like machine to replace the lower portion of his body (though the ''BTAS'' version lost everything except his head).
263	** In the comics, Dr. Kirk Langstrom developed the Man-Bat formula as a cure for his own growing deafness. In ''The Batman'', Langstrom isn't going deaf and is creating the formula purely to terrorize others (though curing deafness is his cover story).
264	** Maxie Zeus, while still crazy, isn't ''so'' crazy that he suffers from delusions that he's really his namesake like the comics character does.
265	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Batwheels}}'' depicts a Cassandra Cain without her learning disability or speaking difficulty from the comics.
266	* ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'':
267	** Barbara Gordon skips becoming Batgirl and goes straight to Oracle without being paralyzed.
268	** Much like in the aforementioned ''WesternAnimation/SuicideSquadHellToPay'', Professor Pyg is pretty clear-headed and lacks the actual insanity of the comics Pyg.
269	** [[spoiler:While he still loses his right eye in his final battle with Batman, Deathstroke still has both eyes throughout most of the series. In the comics and other continuities, Slade already lost it long before he started going against superheroes.]]
270	* ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls2019'': This continuity's interpretation of Deathstroke's daughter Rose Wilson has both of her eyes intact, when in the comics she cut out her own eye as a testament to her initial loyalty to her father.
271	* In the comics, Deathstroke is missing his right eye after he was shot by his wife. In ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'', both of Slade's eyes are still intact. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope That is]], until the episode "Zero Day, Part 2", where he ends up losing the eye to an attack from Livewire]].
272	* In the comics, Starfire's sister Blackfire can't fly due to a childhood illness. She can't absorb ultraviolet radiation like others of her species. In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' Blackfire shows no signs of disability. She is adept at flying and can fly faster than the speed of light.
273	* In ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'', Lion-O's father Claudus (seen once via TimeTravel and once as a ghost) was blind (he somehow lost his sight in the war with the mutants). He's not blind at all in the [[WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011 2011 reboot]] or ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCatsRoar''.
274	* In the comics, Flash Thompson was an adult soldier who lost the lower part of his legs in battle before becoming Agent ComicBook/{{Venom}}. ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'', focused on Peter's time starting out as Spidey and thus set in high school, sees its version of Flash still has his legs intact when he bonds with the Venom symbiote.
275	* The comic book version of ComicBook/SpiderMan supporting character Dr. Curt Connors is missing an arm, which is his motivation for coming up with the serum that turns him into the feral, monstrous "Lizard". In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967'', he has both arms, with the serum that turns him into the Lizard is instead developed as a cure for "swamp fever".
276	* In the comics, ComicBook/{{Morbius}} was trying to cure a disease he was suffering from when he got turned into a vampire. While he's still trying to cure a disease, his ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' counterpart isn't afflicted with it.
277	* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'':
278	** Like in ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'', Flash still has his legs intact when he bonds with the Venom symbiote. Though he is significantly younger in the show than he was when he lost his legs.
279	** Like in the '90s show, Morbius wasn't sick before becoming a vampire.
280	* ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'': Unlike his counterpart in the original Milestone continuity, Edwin Alva, Sr. doesn't wear glasses.
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