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12	[[caption-width-right:350:Gentlemen sleuths [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Holmes and Watson]] are practically {{Action Hero}}es in [[Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows this film]].]]
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14	->''"You’ve read [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} the dark, satirical comic]]. Now, get ready for the movie adaptation that transforms the complex characterizations and realistic action into a gory version of ''Film/TheMatrix''."''
15	-->-- '''WebVideo/HonestTrailers''' for ''Film/{{Watchmen}}''
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17	There are works that, by design, have little or no action due to having a focus on drama, suspense, comedy, etc. When the work is sourced for an adaptation, they end up expanding on it by adding action scenes. This can result in [[AdaptationalBadass turning a bookish character]] into a BadassBookworm, a StealthBasedMission becomes a big shootout or a low stakes RoadTripPlot turning into a RaceAgainstTheClock. If the original story's protagonist was female and not much of an ActionGirl, expect {{Xenafication}}.
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19	While sometimes this has the effect of ViewersAreMorons or ViewersAreGoldfish, especially when doing so with a ''very'' benign property, this can also be part of a PragmaticAdaptation by showing the quest isn't easy, [[AdaptationExpansion expand on what may otherwise be a short story]] or appealing to the audience with [[MoneyMakingShot more impressive visual effects sequences]]. This trope is more common among works for children, though not always.
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21	Compare ActionizedSequel, where a franchise becomes further action-oriented as it continues. Contrast PacifiedAdaptation, where an adaptation is ''less'' action-packed.
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28	[[folder:Animation]]
29	* While the original ''Animation/MotuPatlu'' isn't exactly a stranger to action scenes every now and then, there's more of an action focus in the spin-off ''Animation/InspectorChingum'', with Inspector Chingum regularly facing off against villains in each episode.
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32	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
33	* ''Manga/BladeOfTheMoonPrincess'' is a lot more action-packed than its source material ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter'', complete with Kaguya undergoing {{Xenafication}} to become a fairly active swordswoman in her own right.
34	* ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'''s anime adaptation added many more cards for Sakura to collect, resulting in more fight scenes and cards being used in battle. The movies were also more action-oriented than the manga.
35	* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'': The anime added many battles not in the manga, as well as extending existing action sequences.
36	* The ''Anime/MonsterRancher'' anime didn't confine fights to tournaments and had humans battle alongside the monsters, while in the games most fighting was tournament-only and only monsters battled.
37	* ''Anime/{{The Snow Queen\|2005}}'' is more action-based compared to the fairy tale it was based on, particularly in the finale where [[spoiler:the Snow Queen becomes a LadyOfWar who fights the Devil]].
38	* ''Anime/YohaneTheParhelionSunshineInTheMirror'' is a fantasy-spinoff of ''Anime/LoveLiveSunshine'', with far more actions and peril compared to the idol series. In the third episode alone, Yohane has to face off against corrupted deers with the {{Sentai}} squad Million Dollars (who are [[spoiler:Chika and her sisters]]) and the masked biker Scarlet Delta ([[spoiler:who is Dia as a {{Toku}} style heroine]]), with [[spoiler:Chika and Dia]] finishing off the deers in a scene from more action-oriented anime compared to whats in ''Franchise/LoveLive''.
39	* ''Manga/YuGiOh'': Zigzagged. The manga had many action sequences that were removed from its anime adaptations, but the [[Anime/YuGiOhFirstAnimeSeries Toei anime]] expanded several manga-based chapters by adding more fights as well as in original content, such as a fighting game between Jonouchi and Aileen Rao at Death-T. The [[Anime/YuGiOh Duel Monsters anime]] likewise had more action during original arcs as well as in several sequences adapted from manga chapters to fill out an episode's runtime, such as a scene where Honda and Otogi nearly fall off a blimp and have to be rescued.
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42	[[folder:Comic Books]]
43	* ''ComicBook/Supergirl1984'', the comic book adaptation of ''Film/{{Supergirl\|1984}}'', worked off an earlier version of the script and toned down many of the Midvale scenes in favor of more action, including a fight between Supergirl and a shadowy version of Selena in lieu of the film's gigantic demon.
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46	[[folder:Fan Works]]
47	* ''Fanfic/TheMythOfLinkAndZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' is a fanfiction novelization of ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''. This is a game that's not short on action, but the main focus is on overworld exploration, exploration of Link's past. Said exploration consists of memories that are character-focused, establishing the trauma that set the stage for the present day world. Compare that to the novelization, which has extensive fight sequences with monsters, Yiga, the Blights, [[spoiler: and even bringing in the New Champions and all of Hyrule into a vicious war with the Yiga Clan]], in addition to all the canon action content.
48	* In ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', Calvin had a larger-than-life imagination, but fantasy and action sequences were all in his head. In the fanfic ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'', there's ''real'' danger for him to face.
49	* Fanfic/{{Heroverse}}: [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse The original show]] was a SliceOfLife with minimal action. This verse, due to focusing on superheroes, has a ton of action.
50	* ''[[http://www.mailtribune.com/section?profile=2000107&template=more&start=2 Marley]]'', a serialized novella based on ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', takes a turn into action movie territory as the Ghosts of Christmas and Jacob Marley battle someone who stole the Ghost of Christmas Present's torch in an attempt to permanently stop the dead contacting the living.
51	* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossing:'' While VideoGame/AnimalCrossing is a life sim, characters from the series are living in the Pokémon world and many of them are Pokémon trainers who battle others.
52	* The ''Fanfic/TheOtherSide'' fanfic series is an adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'' filled to the brim with action scenes, including [[BloodierAndGorier blood and gore]].
53	* ''Fanfic/TokimekiPokeLiveAndTwinbee'' has various Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Battles scattered throughout the series, in contrast to the official ''Franchise/LoveLive'' and ''[[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial TokiMemo]]'' franchises, where there's not much in the way of action.
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56	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
57	* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker'' expands the Mouse King's battles to extend across the movie, including a chase sequence involving a stone golem and an action-packed climax.
58	* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake'' adds a sequence where the heroes help a captured troll escape from Rothbart's manor, defeating his guards along the way.
59	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamByGaslight'' added several action sequences that weren't in the original comic.
60	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke'' added an ActionPrologue and several action sequences not in [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke the original comic]] to pad out the runtime, as the original story was only 45 pages long.
61	* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' takes a fairy tale with no fighting in it and adds first a run-in with SavageWolves and then a climactic battle with an insane antagonist.
62	* ''WesternAnimation/{{A Christmas Carol\|2009}}'' added an action scene of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come chasing Scrooge with Jacob Marley's funeral wagon and shrinking him to the size of a rat, none of which was in [[Literature/AChristmasCarol the book]]. Scrooge is also physically flung around a lot by the ghosts and the effects of their visits, while in the book he's just spirited to places.
63	* ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'', nearly to the point of exaggeration. In the book, Chewandswallow and the food from the sky didn't even exist: they were made up by the narrator's grandfather as a bedtime story, and as bad as things ever got for the Chewandswallowmites, the inclement weather never left their borders. The film, on the other hand, is a full-bore globe-spanning DisasterMovie: if the protagonists couldn't stop the food machine, the Earth would have been destroyed.
64	* Downplayed with ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'', as the action from the movie is a tad more increased than existing scenes from the original novel. [[spoiler:The Other Spink and Forcible are petrified instead of left behind on their flat, Coraline has to face the mantis robot of the Other Father, and she actually has to climb a spider web, the remains of the Other World, to reach the passage between worlds]].
65	* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid\|1989}}'' made the Sea Witch the main villain, had her grow gigantic, and battle Eric and Ariel after gaining control of the entire ocean. This scene was even more action-packed than what was originally intended, with Jeffrey Katzenberg telling the writers to take inspiration from the just-released ''Film/DieHard''.
66	* The animated movie version of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lorax\|2012}}'' adds a few gratuitous action scenes that weren't present in either the book or the TV special, like the Lorax and the woodland creatures having to rescue Onceler from his bed falling off a waterfall, or Ted having to fight against O'Hare chasing him during the climax.
67	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress'' added action scenes of the protagonist sledding down the top of the train and working to get the train back on the rails before ice on a frozen lake broke beneath it.
68	* ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' added an action-packed climax where Maleficent turns into a dragon and battles the prince, in contrast to the story where he awakens Aurora without trouble.
69	* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', while hardly an action movie, added an action sequence of the dwarfs chasing down the Evil Queen after she poisoned Snow White.
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72	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
73	* ''Film/{{Annie\|1982}}'' adds a chase sequence and ClimbingClimax at the end when Annie is abducted; in the [[Theatre/{{Annie}} original stage version]], the entire abduction attempt takes place on a single set, with the villains being exposed and captured almost immediately.
74	* Disney is a repeated offender of this, with their adaptation of ''Film/BridgeToTerabithia'' featuring an extended, imaginary action scene where Jess and Leslie have to do battle with giant squirrels and vultures before getting rescued by a giant troll. That scene was completely ''imagined'', by the way, and was [[TrailersAlwaysLie heavily featured in the trailers]], misleading most audiences into thinking the film to be a Narnia-esque fantasy epic rather than the poignant, down-to-earth drama dealing with lost innocence that the film actually was.
75	* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'':
76	** ''Film/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', while relatively faithful, added a scene in which the Witch's wolves pursue the Pevensie children as they try to escape across a melting frozen river. The ending battle sequence, which was told secondhand in the novel after its conclusion, is also seen in full as it occurs.
77	** Also a small scene at the beginning of the film depicting the German army bombing London and the Pevensie family being forced to take refuge in a bomb shelter.
78	** While there was a battle in the original ''Literature/PrinceCaspian'', [[Film/PrinceCaspian the 2008 film]] made the battle a much larger part of the story, and far more graphic and brutal.
79	* ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'''s original book has very few action scenes, with two duels interrupted before they can begin via apology or a BreakingSpeech. Most film adaptations add some sword fights anyway.
80	* ''Film/CyranoDeBergerac'': By virtue of not having the same limitations as stage versions, the film turns the two {{Sword Fight}}s of the [[Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac play]] into {{swashbuckler}}-[=worthy=] scenes and even adds a big fight at the Porte de Nesle that counted as OffscreenMomentOfAwesome in the play otherwise, plus the war scene. Although, while the French trailers of the time did feature these a lot, the heart of the film is still in the dialogue scenes, which outnumber the action ones by a good margin.
81	* ''Film/DoraAndTheLostCityOfGold'' is a live-action ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' movie that includes Dora's parents being kidnapped and held hostage, mooks actively seeking to harm her, and Dora herself wielding a machete.
82	* ''Film/{{Ebenezer\|1998}}'' is a retelling of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' on the Canadian frontier, and Scrooge is an expert marksman. A subplot was added where a young rancher he cheated out of his land challenges him to a showdown, and in the BadFuture Scrooge ruthlessly guns him down.
83	* ''Film/{{The Flight of the Phoenix\|2004}}'', TheRemake of the 1965 film (and original adaptation of the book of the same name) adds multiple action sequences, with various disasters that almost destroy the camp that weren't on the original story (such as a thunderstorm) and expanding the hostile Bedouin nomad sub-plot with a gun battle and the nomads chasing after the Phoenix as she tries to take off at the finale with full intent to kill the survivors.
84	* In the original book ''Literature/TheGiver'', Jonas's escape from the Community, while hastily-planned, went off without much incident. The [[Film/TheGiver film adaptation]] had him be discovered and added action sequences of him having to quickly escape with Gabriel, Fiona covering for him, and Asher searching for him in a drone plane.
85	* ''Film/TheGreenGoblinsLastStand'' is more action-packed than the source comic, with Spider-Man webbing up some crooks, Norman Osborn getting attacked by thugs, and a more evenly-matched final battle between the Goblin and Spider-Man in addition to their canonical fights.
86	* The 1990 film adaptation of ''Literature/TheHandmaidsTale'' culminates in a high-speed car chase, complete with explosions and a helicopter. The scene comes so out-of-nowhere (and is so far removed from anything that happens in the book) that it feels like we've suddenly swapped film genres.
87	* All ''over'' the place in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films, which took every opportunity to add action scenes where there were none before.
88	** Trials that Harry overcame relatively easily in the books -- getting the flying key in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Philosopher's Stone]]'', getting the dragon egg in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]'' -- are changed to harrowing encounters where Harry barely escapes alive. Likewise, what was a mostly uneventful trip by flying car in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets the second book]] becomes the kids nearly crashing into the train at one point, and Harry almost falling out.
89	** What fights ''are'' in the books are usually expanded upon -- most notably, in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', the final confrontation between Harry and Voldemort consists of a terse conversation followed by each of them casting one spell. In [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows the film]], it's a multi-scene, full-contact WizardDuel, some of which takes place in midair after Harry throws them both off the castle walls, and ends with a BeamOWar.
90	* ''Film/TheHobbit'' series, in expanding a slim book across three movies, adds a lot more action scenes, including:
91	** A longer fight with the three trolls.
92	** A chase scene with a pack of warg riders.
93	** A clash between stone giants.
94	** An extended battle with the goblins in the Misty Mountains.
95	** An escape from Beorn in bear form.
96	** Turning the barrel escape into an action scene (the original was a perfectly-executed stealth escape).
97	** An orc ambush during the barrel-riding scene.
98	** A fight scene with Smaug in Erebor.
99	** A significantly expanded version of Smaug's final attack on Lake Town.
100	** The titular battle in ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'', which took up about half a page in the novel if we're being generous (owing largely to Bilbo, whose eyes the battle was seen through, being knocked unconscious early on), stretches out for over an hour in the film.
101	* ''Film/HoldUp'': The film added much more car chases than the book it's based off, ''Quick Change'', had. Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo wouldn't have had it any other way, since he loved to [[invoked]][[NoStuntDouble do stunts himself]] up to this point.
102	* The ''Film/JungleCruise'' movie, rather than the leisurely ride at Ride/DisneyThemeParks, is a pulp-styled action adventure which involves a search for the Fountain of Youth.
103	* Creator/StephenSommers' version of ''Film/{{The Jungle Book\|1994}}'' made the story into an intense action-adventure flick to the point where critics cited the film as a massive InNameOnly to Creator/RudyardKipling's [[Literature/TheJungleBook original book]].
104	* ''Film/KitKittredgeAnAmericanGirl'', based on the ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'' novels, added some relatively mild chase and action scenes in the film's climax, where Kit and her friends chase after and confront Mr. Berk, along with his assistant Frederich and Miss Bond, [[spoiler:who turned out to be the ones responsible for the robberies involving hobos]].
105	* ''Film/LastActionHero'' parodies this in a sequence within the film. Danny's class watches part of the classic 1948 version of ''Film/Hamlet1948'', specifically the scene where Hamlet hesitates to kill Claudius while he is praying. Danny [[StatingTheSimpleSolution points out the absurdity of this]], which leads into a FantasySequence of a Hamlet played by Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger who indulges in action movie tropes and solves all of the play's conflicts with gratuitous violence.
106	* The ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' films focused a lot more on the battles than the books, adding and extending action scenes. The prologue of the [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing first film]] was only described second hand in the book, and the centerpiece fight in Balin's tomb was about a paragraph long. Similarly, the climax of the first book was focused more on Frodo and Sam splitting from the rest, with most of the Uruk-Hai attack (with Boromir's death and Merry and Pippin being taken away) again being described after the fact. The following two books were much more action-oriented than the first, which resulted in fewer expansions.
107	* An actionized subplot occurred in ''Film/{{Madeline}}'', with the villain [[spoiler:posing as a tutor for Pepito and subsequently kidnapping him and Madeline for ransom.]]
108	* ''Film/{{The Mummy\|1999}}'' (1999) is more of a rollicking AdventurerArchaeologist film with the characters doing battle with the titular Mummy and other Egyptian threats. Big special effects sequences including plagues of locusts and sandstorms are featured, and they are forced to deal [[ZergRush with slower moving but more numerous]] mummy mooks. The original films were much more horror-oriented, with a lot of emphasis on the realization that the mummy was moving.
109	* ''Film/{{Murder on the Orient Express\|2017}}'' (2017) has an action scene at the beginning to set up Poirot's character (he manages to expose and take out a corrupt policeman without getting his hands dirty) and another where one of the suspects shoots him non-fatally (which becomes a plot point).
110	* ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'', a LiveActionAdaptation of the video game ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachu'': the game has some QuicktimeEvent sequences, but mostly focuses on humor and puzzle-solving over Pokémon battles. The movie keeps this element and the plot point about the R serum bringing out the more aggressive traits of a Pokémon and enhancing their powers, but amplifies it further by turning them into feral creatures capable of causing great destruction; and the film also has a prominent battle scene set in an underground arena. [[spoiler:The car accident that kicks off the plot in the game is also made into an assassination attempt in the movie, and the final battle at the Pokémon Carnival becomes less about stopping the spread of R and more about stopping a rampaging Mewtwo controlled by the BigBad.]]
111	* ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes\|2009}}'' (2009) and [[Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows its sequel]] focus on large action set pieces where Holmes and Watson must battle various villains for their lives. Though Watson has always been a former soldier and Holmes is a martial artist, the detectives do very little fighting over the course of their sleuthing in the original stories.
112	* ''Film/SonsofTheGoodEarth'', a 1960s Creator/ShawBrothers film based on a 1936 novel, added a 15-minute long BigBadassBattleSequence in the climax between the town resistance and the Japanese army that was not in the book.
113	* The ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[AlternateTimeline Kelvin Timeline]] movies that began with the [[Film/StarTrek2009 2009 reboot]] have significantly upped the ante on the action à la ''Franchise/StarWars'', even though the franchise was more known for philosophical and scientific ideas. That's not to say the franchise [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan hasn't delved]] [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact in "actionization"]] prior to 2009.
114	* Disney's ''Film/SwissFamilyRobinson'' added a hostile band of pirates, who attack the family in the climax of the movie.
115	* The film adaptions of ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' tend to have a lot more action; in ''[[Literature/Eclipse2007 Eclipse]]'', we actually see the fight between the protagonists and the newborn vampire army (which was only mentioned in the book itself) and particularly in ''Literature/BreakingDawn Part 2'', where the film's climax includes a long battle scene (in the book, despite a fight being built-up to for much of the third act, the characters actually just stood around and talked). Ultimately, the fight [[spoiler:did turn out to be AllJustADream]], but it still counts. It should be noted that the filmmakers originally wanted to turn the adaptations into an ''Film/{{Underworld\|2003}}''-esque series of action films (except for teenagers), until Creator/StephenieMeyer vetoed the plan.
116	* ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'' had many scary psychological sequences but little in the way of action. Disney's ''Film/AWrinkleInTime2018'' added action sequences as the characters travel across the hostile Camazotz wilderness to confront IT.
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119	[[folder:Literature]]
120	* The novelization of ''Film/{{Fantastic Four\|2005}}'' (2005) has several action scenes that were in the trailers but removed from the movie itself.
121	* The [[AnimatedAdaptation donghua]] of ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'' takes a more action-packed approach to make up for the TamerAndChaster route it took due to Chinese censorship. A few examples of it are turning many romantic scenes between the two protagonists into action sequences, expanding some fights only briefly mentioned in the original, and even adding flashy fights scenes for no reason other than showcasing Wei Wuxian's necromancy that [[AdaptationalBadass wasn't mentioned or hinted]] in the novels.
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124	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
125	* The original ''ComicBook/AmericanBornChinese'' comic was largely introspective and contained relatively little action, while ''Series/AmericanBornChinese2023'' has a heavy focus on martial arts and a war between gods.
126	* ''Series/{{Foundation\|2021}}'': The original ''Literature/FoundationSeries'' is notorious for basically being a bunch of talking heads with very little onscreen action. However, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgbPSA94Rqg first trailer]] of this LiveActionAdaptation shows more action than what was even in the first book, with BookBurning, soldiers forcibly capturing Gaal Dornick, a DireBeast leaping out to attack, and an explosion. All of this has been added to increase the {{Spectacle}} of the story.
127	* Parodied on ''Series/TheLateShow1992'' with a fake trailer for a remake of ''Film/CitizenKane'' starring Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.
128	-> '''Announcer:''' SCHWARZENEGGER is one citizen who's been pushed too far!
129	* The books and plays ''Series/LazyTown'' is based on had a lot of exercise but relatively little in the way of action. ''[=LazyTown=]'' itself has, along with exercise, quite a few action-packed episodes and situations where characters are in peril.
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133	* Music/{{Noah\|Indonesia}}: Peterpan's music video for "Bintang di Surga", despite the number of guns in the video, has little action besides two fatal shots to the chest of the hostage takers. Noah's remake adds drones and big robots having a massive shootout against the hostage taker before he is shot dead.
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136	[[folder:Theatre]]
137	* ''Theatre/{{Hadestown}}'' is a mild example compared to the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, where Orpheus entered and left the Underworld without much issue aside from the whole turning-back thing. In ''Hadestown'' it's a long, dangerous trek, and he's already battered before Hades has his workers beat him up and attempt to force him out. Hades additionally threatens to kill him once he's done singing.
138	* ''Theatre/JekyllAndHyde'' adds more action than the [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde book it's based on]], with Hyde getting an entire song about murdering people. The musical culminates in a standoff at Jekyll's wedding, and versions that have Jekyll and Hyde played by different actors tend to stage "Confrontation" as a fight scene.
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141	[[folder:Video Games]]
142	* ''VideoGame/ActionTaimanin'': A spin-off of Black Lilith's {{H Game}}s, ''Action Taimanin'' is a HackAndSlash where the titular ninjas engage in combat as opposed to getting captured by the enemy and be subjected to gruesome torture.
143	* ''Arm Joe'' is a FightingGame based on ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', which had its fair share of fights but generally didn't involve the characters beating each other up. It includes things like Enjolras attacking people by building a barricade on top of them, Cosette throwing Valjean as a weapon, an evil robot clone of Valjean, and Javert shooting firebolts from his fingers.
144	* In ''VideoGame/TheBattleOfOlympus'', Orpheus's journey to the Underworld was pacifistic in the myth, while the game has Orpheus traveling the world with powerful artifacts and weapons at his disposal, ending by slaying Hades himself.
145	* ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'' takes the [[Literature/TheDivineComedy original]]'s {{God}}-ordained pilgrimage past every rotten soul in {{Hell}} by a lost poet into a selfish massacre taken up by an adulterous crusader. The laments of damned lovers and the ballads of {{Pride}}ful adventurers are replaced with blood-soaked boss fights with the same shades sans their clothing.
146	* Orpheus' mythological journey to the land of the dead was fairly peaceful, while in ''VideoGame/DontLookBack'' he comes blasting in with a gun and shoots Hades dead.
147	* Inverted with the ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' AdventureGame, which removes a number of action sequences that (admittedly) would've been hard to pull off in a PointAndClick game.
148	* ''VideoGame/{{Hook}}'''s source movie is a fantasy drama with a bit of action at the end of the film, which the game made up for by including ''all'' the action in each and every level.
149	* The PC FPS ''VideoGame/IronStorm'' was ported to the Platform/PlayStation2 under the title ''World War Zero''; though it follows the same plot and lifts many of the locations of the original game, it features shorter streamlined levels with a greater density of enemies and tones down many of the challenging mechanics of the original version to allow for a more run & gun playstyle. It also removes all [[StealthBasedMission mandatory stealth segments]], removes a puzzle from the final level and replaces the original ZeroEffortBoss with an actual final boss battle.
150	* The original ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari I'' for the {{Platform/MSX}}, along with its ports for the PC-98, Game Gear, PC Engine, and an altered retelling for the Super Famicom, are all standard turn-based [=RPGs=] that uses the typical menu system for battles. This is what makes the Mega Drive remake stand out that much more, as it's instead an Action [=RPG=] that has battles play out in real time, ditching the menu system entirely to instead have Arle use fighting game motions to casts her spells with far greater visual flair. Arle can even freely jump and duck to evade attacks with good timing, and the story is expanded to feature content and enemies beyond the original computer versions.
151	* ''Literature/Metro2033'' had little action pieces, but not as frequent as in the games. In the video game adaptation, the player is forced to engage in a large number of battles, either stealthily or action-y. Also, Artyom is made into a strong soldier while he was mostly an ordinary guy in books. The later two video game sequels have their own plot separate from the games, becoming more and more into action so much that the last game ''VideoGame/MetroExodus'' introduced a semi open-world locations with large groups of enemies.
152	* The ''VideoGame/SuperStarWars'' series is even more action-packed than the films. Setpieces visited only briefly in the films where only dialogue scenes took place become levels full of enemies to shoot and slice up.
153	* In the NES version of ''Film/WaynesWorld'', Garth attacks with a laser pistol.
154	* The original ''Literature/TheWitcher'' books firstly had some small action pieces in short story collections, but in the later novels of the saga, the battles with monsters happened very rarely. Geralt mostly fought with humans, there were little to no witcher contracts. Most of the time was spent with the characters' relationships, and much more dialogues were present in the novels. The games change this aspect, making the monsters commonplace in the Continent while having many witcher contracts as sidequests. Geralt is more frequently engaging in battles, therefore he carries two swords: Silver (for monsters) and Iron (for humans) for gameplay conveniences.
155	* ''VideoGame/TheWizardOfOzBeyondTheYellowBrickRoad'' is this compared to the [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz source book]] and [[Film/TheWizardOfOz MGM movie]], with characters slinging spells around and much more physical fights.
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159	* ''WebAnimation/LevelUP'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPbSCneiCNE Red's Boulder Badge Calamity]] imagines the Pokémon world as having lethal obstacle courses to get a badge, with Red having to traverse pits, hostile Pokémon, and more.
160	* ''WebAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsAnime'' turns a comedic cartoon series into an action-packed fighting anime, complete with speedlines, TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath, and explosions.
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164	* The trope is discussed and explored in [[http://www.dorktower.com/2021/10/01/foundations-edgy-dork-tower-01-10-21/ this]] ''Webcomic/DorkTower'' comic.
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168	* ''WebVideo/DoraTheExplorerAndTheDestinyMedallion'' has Dora and Swiper using guns with copious amounts of StuffBlowingUp, while the original cartoon was made for preschoolers and had little to no violence.
169	* A ''Creator/{{Dropout}}'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eExfV_xKaiM sketch]], "Creator/NicolasCage's Agent", features, as one of many hideously terrible movies Cage stars in, a remake of ''Film/SchindlersList'' named "''Schindler's Fist''." Not long after comes what is apparently the exact same film, but with the slightly different title of "''Schindler's Pissed.''"
170	-->'''Agent:''' Oskar Schindler is ''not an action hero''.
171	-->'''Nicolas Cage:''' He is, now!
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175	* {{WesternAnimation/Dinotrux}}: The original books by Chris Gall were your regular children stories with creative and original idea that combined two of children's favorite subjects: cars and dinosaurs. The show, however, has intense fight scenes, [[PrehistoricMonster dangerous creatures]], ''actual'' villains and moments that give the viewer an adrenaline rush.
176	* The ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' comics were gag-a-day strips, while ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' added many cartoony action sequences and genuine moments of peril, especially in the TV specials.
177	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Green Eggs and Ham\|2019}}'' has many scenes where Sam-I-Am and Guy-Am-I (the then-unnamed second character from the book) face numerous amounts of peril, and one of the characters from the book, the Goat, turns into a vicious bounty hunter that antagonize the two main characters. There's also a dangerous climactic battle between the protagonists and the antagonists at the end of the first season.
178	* The ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite'' 2014 miniseries is this to the 80s cartoon, with more action scenes and explicit comedy than the original series.
179	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' featured an episode revolving around an in-universe example. In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E1BeyondBlunderdome Beyond Blunderdome]]", Homer was invited to a test screening for Creator/MelGibson's remake of ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington'', and he criticizes it for having Gibson's character talk for hours and not shooting anybody (something Gibson himself regrets). Homer is invited to help edit the movie, and they mutually decide to reshoot the ending of the movie so that Mr. Smith goes on a violent rampage against the senate, culminating with him decapitating the President of the United States. Nobody liked the result, not even Creator/JimmyStewart's granddaughter, and in the end the movie becomes a StarDerailingRole for Gibson.
180	* The two-part ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' story "Make a Wish"/"Attack of the Octobot" was based on the classic comics story "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man" from ''Amazing ComicBook/SpiderMan'' #248. But rather than a quiet tale of Spider-Man discussing his life with a fan, he agrees to take her webslinging and gets attacked and mindwiped by Doc Ock. Taina then has to stop him from becoming a CriminalAmnesiac.
181	* The ''Literature/StarDarlings'' Power of Twelve special adds several action sequences to the Star Darlings' battle with Rancora, getting Lady Stella involved in the action as well for a 10-minute fight. In the book, it was over in roughly two hits while Lady Stella and Indirra just stood there.
182	* The original ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' novels were pretty laid-back, having odd moments of slapstick peril (eg. Pooh blundering to save Piglet in a flood) but otherwise being very genial. The Disney franchise mostly sticks close to the spirit of the books, but the feature-length films often have more dire climaxes where the cast are put in near-death situations. ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' even utilized villains on a regular basis and made the imaginary Heffalumps and Woozles real entities, even if they were fittingly bumbling antagonists for the most part.
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