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20	* ''SparedByTheAdaptation/TheWalkingDead2010''
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22	* In the [[Literature/{{Psycho}} book]] and movie ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', Marion Crane is stabbed to death in the shower. In ''Series/BatesMotel'', Marion lives, while her boyfriend Sam Loomis [[DeathByAdaptation is the one Norman kills]].
23	* ''Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}'':
24	** ''Series/Batwoman2019'' depicted Vesper Fairchild as still alive when Kate became Batwoman. In the comics, she was a supporting character in the tail end of the Dixon/Moench/Grant run who disappeared around ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand'' and came BackForTheDead for ''ComicBook/BruceWayneFugitive'', where she was murdered by David Cain on the orders of then-PresidentEvil ComicBook/LexLuthor.
25	** ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' ends with TheMultiverse destroyed, with the heroes only being able to salvage one MergedReality of a few Earths (primarily Earth-1), creating "New Earth". ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'' also destroys TheMultiverse, however, the ending shows it gets restored ([[CosmicRetcon albeit with changes]]). The MergedReality is still a thing: Earth-1 (usually the setting of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', ''Series/{{The Flash\|2014}}'' and ''Batwoman'') now also incorporates elements of Earth-38 (''Series/{{Supergirl\|2015}}'') and ''Series/BlackLightning2018'''s unnumbered Earth, becoming "Earth-Prime". In addition, the original comic killed both the Flash and Supergirl, both of whom had [[Series/TheFlash2014 ongoing]] [[Series/Supergirl2015 series]] halfway through their seasons and couldn't be killed off, though both are threatened by media's deadliest {{Mythology Gag}}s -- Barry almost sacrifices himself to destroy the antimatter cannon but Earth-90 Barry takes his place, while Kara risks her life to save Superman from the Anti-Monitor but Ray gets the shrink bomb on the field and gets Superman out before she can reach the danger area, and she's the one to throw the shrink bomb.
26	** ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', once John Constantine joins the team, features [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} Astra Logue]], who was killed and sent to Hell in her original comic iteration. In this series, not only is she alive while still sent to Hell, [[AdaptationalVillainy but she has become corrupted]] during her time there and despises Constantine for damning her. Eventually, after learning she was manipulated by one of the Fates, she decides to return to earth and join the Legends.
27	* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica\|1978}}'': In the original series, Baltar is an example of this. In the film and pilot, he was executed by order of the Cylon leader. When it became a regular series, the producers allowed Baltar to live even re-editing the original pilot so that now the leader spares Baltar's life.
28	* ''Series/TheBigLeap'' builds to a production of ''Theatre/SwanLake'' in the finale, but after several factors including Paula's death, Gabby and Monica realize the ending of the play where Odette jumps to her death no longer feels right. So, they rewrite and rechoreograph the ending so that she breaks the curse by falling in love with herself.
29	* ''Series/{{Bosch}}'' spares some characters that Creator/MichaelConnelly killed off in the [[Literature/HarryBosch novels]] used as basis for the show's storylines.
30	** Season 1:
31	*** In the novel ''Literature/CityOfBones2002'', Julia Brasher's gun discharges while she's trying to detain Johnny Stokes. The bullet ricochets into her shoulder, and she rapidly bleeds to death. In the show, her bulletproof vest catches the bullet.
32	*** In the novel ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde'', Honey Chandler is killed by a JackTheRipoff. Here she survives, the JackTheRipoff plot not being included, and goes on to be a recurring character throughout the show and a major character in the spinoff ''Series/BoschLegacy''.
33	*** In ''Literature/TheLastCoyote'', Bosch's hijinks in investigating his mother's murder wind up getting his supervisor, Lt. Harvey Pounds, killed by mistake. Pounds appears as a recurring character in season 1, but doesn't get killed, mostly because the murder investigation is totally different than how it plays out in the novel. The last we see of Pounds is Bosch throwing him through a plate glass window, and when Bosch gets back from suspension for this, he's been transferred to the Art Theft division.
34	** Season 2:
35	*** Officer Powers, who is a much more important character in ''Literature/TrunkMusic'', is spared by the adaptation via being DemotedToExtra.
36	*** Veronica Aliso is killed in the climax to ''Trunk Music'', but Veronica Allen survives the shootout and is arrested. She is later acquitted at the start of season 3, and even makes a later cameo in season 5.
37	** In season 3, Jesse Tafero lives to be arrested for his role in Edward Gunn's murder, whereas in ''Literature/ADarknessMoreThanNight'', he's killed when the Tafero brothers try to take out Terry [=McCaleb=]. Due to [=McCaleb=] being replaced entirely by Jimmy Robertson, there is no such retaliatory attempt.
38	** Season 4:
39	*** A great deal of Frankie Sheehan's story plays out straight from ''Literature/AngelsFlight'', but instead of being killed (and then posthumously framed for Elias' murder), he's taken into custody
40	*** John Chastain appears briefly in the pilot of Season 1 as one of the IAD cops trying to take Bosch down. But while he was the bad guy in ''Literature/AngelsFlight'' and gets killed by rioters at the end of the book, the Angels Flight-Howard Elias plot in Season 4 ends differently with a different bad guy in Police Commission president Bradley Walker, and Chastain does not appear (his role being filled instead by Gabriella Lincoln).
41	** In ''Literature/TwoKindsOfTruth'', pharmacists Jose Esquivela Sr. and Jr. are murdered together by the bad guys. In Season 5, Jose Jr. survives because he decides to go on a coffee run right before the killers show up, and panics when he comes back and finds the cops. One of the plot threads for the season involves the LAPD racing to find Jose Jr. before the bad guys do.
42	* ''Series/TheBoys2019'': WonderWomanWannabe Queen Maeve [[CurbStompBattle died to a single punch]] from SupermanSubstitute [[BigBad Homelander]] in the comic but was made a [[AdaptationalSexuality bisexual]] AdaptationalBadass in the show, with the writers subsequently wanting to PreserveYourGays. As a result, she survives the same fight that should have killed her before being PutOnABus.
43	* Valerie Mathis, the Vesper Lynd equivalent in the ''Climax!'' TV movie ''Film/CasinoRoyale1954''.
44	* Mikami and Misa are killed by the end of ''Manga/DeathNote'', with Misa heavily implied (and later confirmed) to have committed suicide. In [[Series/DeathNote the live-action drama]], they instead survive [[KarmaHoudini and lose all memory of]] [[AmnesiacsAreInnocent ever having used the Death Note]]. Rem and Watari also survive, due to Mikami being the one to kill L instead.
45	* In the first ''Literature/{{Dexter}}'' book, Maria [=LaGuerta=] is killed in a confrontation with the Ice Truck Killer. She lasted for seven seasons of [[Series/{{Dexter}} the series]], but has now also been killed.
46	** While it is after the fact (The final book came out after the series ended) the title character has a RedemptionEqualsDeath moment in the aptly named "Dexter is dead".
47	* In the first episode of ''Series/{{Dickensian}}'', Little Nell from ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' is very sick and bedridden. She makes a full recovery by the end of the episode.
48	* The famous, very long-running BBC police series ''Series/DixonOfDockGreen'' was spun off from an earlier cinema film ''Film/TheBlueLamp'', in which the titular Sergeant Dixon was, in fact, the '''murder victim''', killed off by a juvenile delinquent.
49	* ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'':
50	** In the comics, Arani / Celsius was KilledOffForReal just prior to the famous Creator/GrantMorrison run. In the TV show, Arani is a member of the original Doom Patrol and is still alive in the present day. However, like the other original members, she is now old and mentally ill.
51	** Joshua Clay is shown to be alive and well, when he was shot and killed by the Chief late in Grant Morrison's run.
52	** Dorothy Spinner infamously was killed off in John Arcudi's run when it was established that she fell into a coma since the events of Rachel Pollack's run and ultimately had her life support ordered to be unplugged by Cliff Steele. In this continuity, she is still alive by her final appearance and is presumably adjusting to living a life without the Doom Patrol by the series' conclusion.
53	** The Beard Hunter is still alive by his final appearance, when in the comics he was fatally electrocuted by the Chief.
54	** Monsieur Mallah died multiple times alongside the Brain in the source material, but here his last appearance simply has him leave the Brain in disgust at his master slipping back into villainy when he'd rather enjoy retirement.
55	** The Candlemaker is eventually made by Dorothy to become good, when he was instead killed at the end of Grant Morrison's run.
56	** Madame Rouge still lives by the show's conclusion when her comic counterpart died fighting Beast Boy in ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans''.
57	* In an unusual case of it happening before the show even started the show ''Series/EscapeOfTheArtfulDodger'' is a sequel to ''Literature/OliverTwist'' and Fagin is still alive and kicking, albeit having [[SentencedToDownUnder been transported to Australia]] with the Artful Dodger.
58	* Subverted in the TV series of ''Series/FromDuskTillDawn''. The first episode starts almost exactly like in the film, but Earl [=McGraw=] survives his initial shooting. However, he then winds up dying anyway in the shootout between him, Ranger Freddie Gonzalez, and the Gecko Brothers.
59	** Later played straight, as by the end of the first season Santanico, Richie and Scott are all alive, while their counterparts never made it out of the Titty Twister in the movie.
60	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
61	** In the novel the second High Septon (prior to the High Sparrow) is murdered by Cersei's sell-swords; in the show, he is merely imprisoned.
62	** In the books, Cley Cerwyn died trying to reclaim Winterfell with Rodrik. In the show, he's still around years after that.
63	** In the books, the last legitimate Hornwoods die during Robb's initial campaign in the Riverlands and the widowed Lady Hornwood meets a gruesome end at Ramsay's hands. In the show, the house is still around.
64	** Lord Leo Lefford. The Battle of the Fords (in which he dies by drowning) was AdaptedOut from the series to save detail and the corresponding Battle of the Mills was a much smaller affair (with no notable casualties on the Lannister side). This doesn't mean he survived in the series per se, but it does increase his chances at least.
65	** Unlike in the book, in the show Melara Hetherspoon's fate isn't revealed one way or the other.
66	* ''Series/Goosebumps1995'':
67	** Spidey gets killed by the camera in the book of ''Literature/SayCheeseAndDie'', while in [[Recap/Goosebumps1995S1E15SayCheeseAndDie the TV episode]], he becomes trapped in the camera and eventually released, but strangely doesn't appear in [[Recap/Goosebumps1995S3E18SayCheeseAndDieAgain the TV episode]] of ''Literature/SayCheeseAndDieAgain'' (except in flashback).
68	** In ''[[Literature/BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Be Careful What You Wish For]]'', heroine Samatha Byrd is [[ForcedTransformation turned into a bird]] at the end after the AlphaBitch wishes her to "fly away!". In [[Recap/Goosebumps1995S2E1BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor the TV ending]], their fates are reversed, and the Alpha Bitch is [[TakenForGranite turned into a statue]] after wishing she would be admired wherever she goes.
69	* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' sees Gillian Loeb survive after he's forced out of the commissioner position, whereas ''ComicBook/DarkVictory'' had him die around the time Jim Gordon takes the position (and in the case of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'', his vacating the post ''being'' caused by his death).
70	* ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'':
71	** In the novel, Ofglen kills herself rather than be captured and then interrogated about the Mayday resistance. Here she's arrested for homosexuality but escapes a death sentence due to being fertile. This is despite the fact that she seems to think she's been arrested for her political activities, citing what others in the resistance have told her about "how it goes," before seeing her lover also arrested and finding out the truth.
72	** A curious example with June's husband Luke; in the novel his fate was left ambiguous, with Offred left wondering if he was alive. In the series he survives his wife and daughter's capture and manages to get to Canada.
73	* ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'': In ''Literature/RedDragon'', Freddy Lounds is abducted, tortured and murdered by Francis Dolarhyde. Dr. Chilton's fate is ambiguous, though it's suggested that Lecter killed him by the events of ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}''. In the series, [[GenderFlip Freddie Lounds]] never undergoes her novel counterpart's gruesome ordeal; instead, it's Dr. Chilton who does, though he survives.
74	* The DVD release of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' omitted the titular Mother's fatal disease, thus allowing her and Ted have a HappilyEverAfter.
75	* ''Literature/JoePickett '':
76	** Vern doesn't suffer a VigilanteExecution at Nate's hands the night after the poker-chip killings wrap up like he did in ''Blood Trail''.
77	** Big Merle survives an attempt on his life during Nemeck's purge of former Mark V operators. In the climax of ''Cold Wind'', he is GuttedLikeAFish the moment Nemeck first strikes.
78	** The Brothers Grim back down from their MexicanStandoff with Joe and Nate rather than commit SuicideByCop like in ''Nowhere to Run''.
79	** Shenandoah survives the entirety of season 2 rather than being reluctantly shot (and killed) by Joe in a failed effort to keep her from killing Randy Pope.
80	** Diane Shober, Melissa Left Hand's literary counterpart as TheProtectorate for the Brothers Grim, goes into hiding with some of Nate's old comrades at the end of ''Nowhere to Run''. She later vanishes and is presumed dead after Nemeck attacks her new protectors in ''Force of Nature''. Here, Nemeck's purge has already begun when she first appears, and she returns to her old life after parting ways with the Grims.
81	* ''Series/{{Justified}}'' is based on the Creator/ElmoreLeonard books ''Pronto'' and ''Riding the Rap'' and the short story "Fire in the Hole". In the TV show Raylan's father Arlo Givens is a major antagonist but in the books, he is stated to have died when Raylan was just a teenager. In contrast, Raylan's mother is mentioned to still be alive in the books but in the TV series she died when Raylan was a kid and her sister Helen became a surrogate mother to Raylan and later Arlo's second wife.
82	** "Fire in the Hole" is the basis for the pilot episode of the TV series and at the end of the short story, Boyd Crowder died. He was also supposed to die in the pilot but everyone liked Walton Goggins' performance so much that the character was only seriously wounded and was later promoted to be the secondary protagonist of the series. When Elmore Leonard released his third Raylan Givens book ''Raylan'' (written after the show started airing) he retconned the end of "Fire in the Hole" and brought Boyd back.
83	* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Possibly in Morgan's case. In the novel, Louis kills him, but in "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S2E1WhatCanTheDamnedReallySayToThe What Can the Damned Really Say to the Damned]]", Morgan is still alive in the final shot that we see of him before Louis walks away from the crowd. Morgan is being restrained by Soviet soldiers to prevent him from interfering with Emilia's beheading, so they may have let him go afterwards.
84	* ''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight'' pulled this off in the form of the Advent Void. The [[AnyoneCanDie nature]] of the [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki show Dragon Knight adapted itself off of]] caused some characters to kick the bucket during the show's run, but Dragon Knight fixes that by invoking NeverSayDie then adding enough plot development to ensure a huge possibility for once defeated Riders to return. The finale even stated that everyone who was once [[NeverSayDie vented]] got back to their world, alive and well.
85	* ''Series/TheLegendOfTheSeeker'': A partial example. While Darken Rahl dies at the end of the first season, just as he does in ''Wizard's First Rule'' he's then still a major character from the underworld as [[TheDragon the Keeper's main servant]]. Then he's resurrected entirely into a lookalike body and starts life in the mortal world again during Season 2.
86	* ''Series/TheLegendOfXiaoChuo'': Historically Hu Nian was executed on Yan Yan's orders. In the series she outlives Yan Yan.
87	* ''Series/LogansRun'': Francis was killed by Logan in [[Film/LogansRun the film]] but Logan and Jessica (and Rem) need someone to be chasing them in the series so Francis survives and pursues them obsessively.
88	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
89	** In ''Comicbook/AllNewGhostRider'', Robbie's uncle Eli died years ago, and his vengeful spirit is what transforms Robbie into the new Comicbook/GhostRider in the first place. However, in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', Eli is still alive, albeit in prison because of a manslaughter conviction. He eventually becomes an aversion of this when Robbie kills him.
90	** ''Series/Daredevil2015''
91	*** In the comics, Roscoe "The Fixer" Sweeney suffered a fatal heart attack while being chased by Daredevil in the very first issue. In the TV series, Matt instead turns him over to the police after roughing him up.
92	*** Season 3 hints that Karen Page will get the same fate she gets in the ''ComicBook/GuardianDevil'' comic, killed by Bullseye inside the Clinton Church. [[NotHisSled Instead, in an inversion of the original comic]], Father Lantom stands in Karen's way to prevent her from being impaled by a thrown projectile and is killed instead.
93	*** The same season loosely adapts ''ComicBook/BornAgain'', including the introduction of Felix Manning, the Kingpin's fixer. In the comics, Felix gets bludgeoned to death by the impostor Daredevil the Kingpin recruits, but in the series, he is merely arrested.
94	** In ''Series/Hawkeye2021'', Grills survives even though he was shot and killed by the Clown in [[ComicBook/Hawkeye2012 the comic]].
95	** In ''Series/ThePunisher2017'', Micro survives the entire first season and gets a happy ending, whereas both prominent comics versions (the mainstream version and MAX version) were killed by Frank Castle himself.
96	** ''Series/Runaways2017'' spares Alex Wilder's life by virtue of AdaptationalHeroism; the situation from [[Comicbook/{{Runaways}} the original comic]] where he's outed as TheMole [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves and subsequently killed]] simply doesn't occur.
97	* Varya in ''Series/TheMeetingPlaceCannotBeChanged''.
98	* In ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' version of Death In Disguise, thankfully Tim Riley survives.
99	* ''Literature/{{Moribito}}'': King Rogsam is alive and well in the live-action drama, a major departure from the source material since Balsa becomes a wanted criminal trying to assassinate him.
100	* In the original ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' and most adaptations, Milady kills Constance and is then subjected to a VigilanteExecution by the Musketeers. In the first season finale of ''Series/TheMusketeers'', these events are teased as happening, but Milady spares Constance's life and Athos spares hers. Both characters are still alive at the finale of the show.
101	* ''Series/OnePiece2023'' has this be the case with Gin. In [[Manga/OnePiece the manga]], Gin suffers an UncertainDoom, last being seen leaving with an unconscious Don Krieg in tow while being stated to only have a few hours to live due to Krieg's DeadlyGas. In this show, because both Gin and Krieg are DemotedToExtra, Gin's only appearance is the scene of Sanji saving his life by feeding him, with him presumably giving up on piracy afterwards.
102	* The original Season 1 finale of ''Series/OrphanBlack'' has Aynsley Norris accidentally choking to death while Alison Hendrix [[MurderByInaction watches as it happens]] due to the latter's belief that the former is TheMole (she wasn't). The Japanese remake ''Series/OrphanBlack7Genes'' merges this encounter with a previous more violent one, but with Aynsley's counterpart, Ayano Kimura, surviving and only FakingTheDead in order for the bad guys ([[AdaptationalVillainy since Ayano is actually a Mole in this version]]) to use as {{Blackmail}} material for Rika Yoshikawa (Alison's counterpart) in the future.
103	* Richard in [[Series/ThePillarsOfTheEarth the miniseries]] of ''Literature/ThePillarsOfTheEarth'', thanks to the heavy truncation of the last couple hundred pages.
104	* The Creator/{{ITV}} ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' adaptation of Creator/AgathaChristie's novel ''Literature/CardsOnTheTable'' spared Anne Meredith and Mrs. Lorrimer (who is her mother in this version), derailing and killing off Rhoda Dawes instead. Mr. Craddock, though unseen, also survives his fate.
105	** ''Dumb Witness'' also does this by sparing Arabella "Bella" Tanios, and [[DeathByAdaptation killing off Dr. John Grainger]] instead.
106	** David Baker is also spared in ''Third Girl'', mostly by being melded with the character who is Norma's love interest in the original book. Many other plot points were changed as well.
107	** Also spared by the adaptation: Colonel Clapperton in ''Problem at Sea''; the Haverings in ''The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge''; Dr Robert Ames in ''The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb''; Eileen Corrigan (the fake Rosaleen Cloade) in ''Taken at the Flood''; Michael Garfield in ''[[HalloweenEpisode Hallowe'en Party]]''; [[AdaptationalHeroism Li Chang Yen (in absentia), Régine Olivier, Abe Ryland]] and Flossie Monro in ''The Big Four''.
108	* Lots of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' examples, where a character survives something that his/her ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' counterpart does not:
109	** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
110	*** Tommy loses his powers (twice) instead of being killed like his ''Sentai'' counterpart Burai.
111	*** Because he's a CompositeCharacter, Zordon is a cross between the "dies later" version of this and type 1 of DeathByAdaptation, as while Zordon ultimately does die, unlike ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''[='=]s Barza the Wizard and Daizyuzin, (the basis for him overall, albeit with Daizyuzin's sentai footage being the basis for the original Megazord), Chief Naoyuki Miura from ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' (the basis for ''Zeo''), Dappu from ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' (the basis for ''Turbo'') and Professor Kubota from ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' (''In Space'''s basis), he does outlive both ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger''[='=]s Master Kaku and ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger''[='=]s Sandayū Momochi (the respective series being the basis for seasons 2 and 3 of ''MMPR'').
112	*** Additionally, Rito Revolto's ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' counterpart Gasha Dokuro did not survive the finishing move of Super Kakure Daishogun (AKA the Ninja Megafalconzord). In fact, Rito's first battle with the rangers was Gasha's last.
113	** ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' has Prince Gasket and Princess Archarina [[UnexplainedRecovery somehow surviving]] the fate of their ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' counterparts Kaiser Buldont and Maltiwa, though they might as well have been destroyed as they left earth and were never seen again after that episode, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot due to their costumes falling apart]].
114	** In ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'', Astronema can be also counted, since both Dr. Hinelar and Shibolena ([[CompositeCharacter the villains that she was based from]]) both died in the end.
115	** In ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'', there were plans to kill off Eric like his ''Sentai'' [[Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger counterpart]] Naoto, but it was decided to let him live. In a similar case, while Lila's final fate is [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse unknown]], Nadira eventually redeemed herself. Gluto, meanwhile, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere cryo-freezes himself during the finale]]; his Timeranger counterpart, [[BigBad Don Dolnero]], dies during the finale. Also, Alex was spared as he was significantly less villainous than his Sentai counterpart Captain Ryuga (the former was a well-intentioned JerkAss at worse, while the latter was outright evil and responsible for all the bad things in the series). Sadly, Frax, [[WasOnceAMan who was arguably]] [[HeelFaceDoorSlam the most sympathetic villain]], wasn't spared from [[TheStarscream Gien's]] fate.
116	** Also, Toxica and Jindrax from ''[[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]]'' get a RedemptionEarnsLife ending, turning against their leaders who'd used them as pawns, and [[OffIntoTheDistanceEnding rode off]] [[RidingIntoTheSunset into the sunset]] together [[ShooOutTheClowns just before]] the GrandFinale. Their sentai counterparts Tsuetsue and Yabaiba never reformed (though Yabaiba could have if it weren't for his growing love for Tsuetsue), and were buried in their CollapsingLair at the end. They are revealed to have survived in the teamup with Hurricanger, at the end of which they ''definitely'' die. Though Tsuetsue is revived in ''Boukenger vs. Super Sentai'' but is killed off again. From the same series, we have Zen-Aku, who somehow survived his last battle with the rangers and in the finale, he began WanderingTheEarth with Merrick as TheAtoner. His Super Sentai counterpart, Loki, was never seen again after Merrick's counterpart was nearly forced to become him again.
117	** From ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'', Marah and Kapri can also be counted as the former redeemed herself while Furabijo her original counterpart was killed in Boukenger VS Super Sentai, while Wendinu is [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse a similar case]] to Lila.
118	** Trent of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' is also spared his ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' counterpart's Mikoto Nakadai's fate.
119	** We also got [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Matoombo]] who is revived [[NoOntologicalInertia after the Master was defeated]] while his counterpart, Titan, stayed dead.
120	** Jarred and Camile of ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'' were spared Rio and Mele's tragic fate.
121	** If you count that [[Series/PowerRangersRPM Tenaya]] is a counterpart of [[Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger Kegalesia]] (she technically filled the latter position), then she is one as well.
122	** From ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'', Rico manages to survive to the end of his debut episode, his counterpart in ''[[Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger Goseiger]]'' wasn't as lucky. In fact, the episode cuts away from the Sentai footage ''just'' before he explodes.
123	** In ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters'', Masato Jin pulled a HeroicSacrifice to end the threat of the Vaglass. His counterpart Nate Silva in ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'' experienced no such fate.
124	** In ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury'', Nada, the one wielding the Gaisorg armor, dies protecting Koh. His counterpart Terrick, also known as Void Knight, survived and even gained a RedemptionEarnsLife. The same can also be said of Sporix Beasts, who are proven to be indestructible and can only be reverted to pods, whereas the Minosaurs are completely destroyed.
125	* ''Series/Preacher2016'' ends with Herr Starr still alive, when [[ComicBook/{{Preacher}} the comic book]] ended with Tulip shooting him in the head.
126	* Nephrite is BroughtDownToNormal rather than killed in ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon''. Of the Four Generals, he's the only one to escape his fate.
127	* In ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'', Toby Cavanaugh, Jenna Cavanaugh, and Mona Vanderwaal all are still alive.
128	* The 1977 movie ''Proof of the Man'' ends with Kyōko committing suicide after she's revealed to be Johnny's killer. In the 2004 TV series, Kyōko is instead arrested and sent to prison for her crimes.
129	* In the original British version of ''Series/QueerAsFolkUK'', Phil goes home with a drug dealer, overdoses, and dies; in the [[Series/QueerAsFolkUS American remake]] the equivalent character, Ted, has the same experience but survives.
130	* In ''Literature/TheSaddleClub'' Pepper was put down in the book 'Autumn Trial' after he was put out to pasture. But in the episode 'The Home Straight', Pepper was brought by Bud and looked after.
131	** In the ''Pine Hollow'' series, Delilah dies from the Equine Virus and Prancer dies while giving birth to twins. Neither of them dies in the TV show, though Delilah isn't seen or mentioned after season 1, and Prancer never is a mother to be.
132	* ''Series/TheSandman2022'': The episode "[[Recap/TheSandman2022S01E04AHopeInHell A Hope in Hell]]" adapts an issue of ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' called "Passengers", in which a woman named Rosemary gives a lift to the deranged John Dee. The original version ends with a HopeSpot where it seems like John has been impressed by Rosemary's kindness and is going to let her go unharmed, and then he kills her anyway. In the adaptation, he is genuinely impressed by her kindness and lets her go unharmed. The change reflects a shift in John Dee's characterization from the comic to the screen: in the TV series, he has a warped world view from his upbringing but is still capable of recognizing the good in people, whereas in the comic he was an unrepentant agent of chaos with no regard for other people.
133	* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' has an InUniverse example (if reality counts as source material). Dr. Cox tells his son a bedtime story based on a case from the hospital. A knight (based on J.D.) and his accomplice (based on Elliot) go on a quest to save a young maiden (based on a patient) from a monster (a rare disease in real life). The knight manages to defeat the monster and save the maiden's life. But after putting his son to bed, Cox talks with Jordan and implies that the patient died in reality.
134	* ''Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2017'':
135	** Starting with ''The Hostile Hospital'', the books do away with members of Count Olaf's troupe [[DwindlingParty one by one]]: the [[AmbiguousGender Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender]] is killed in the fire at the hospital and the [[TheBrute Bald Guy]] gets eaten by the lions with Olivia. Neither of these deaths happens in the show; instead, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere both characters walk away with the White-Faced Women]] when ordered to kill Sunny and [[HeelFaceTurn form their own acting troupe]].
136	** The books have an infamously [[NoEnding inconclusive]] ending where the majority of the cast [[UncertainDoom may have been]] burned to death by the fire at Hotel Denoument, swallowed by [[SeaMonster the Great Unknown]], or poisoned by [[FesteringFungus medusoid mycelium]]. In the series, Justice Strauss at least survived the fire, the Quagmires and Widdershins escaped the Great Unknown, and the people of the Island are shown being given a cure for the fungus' poison.
137	* In the ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' novel ''Literature/TheSignOfTheFour'', Dr. Watson had a brother, H. Watson, who died due to alcohol abuse. In ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', John's [[GenderFlip sister]] Harry is alive and well.
138	** Similarly, in the original ''Literature/SherlockHolmes novel ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'', Dr. Mortimer's pet spaniel dies. In the Jeremy Brett TV version, the spaniel is perfectly fine.
139	* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' has an in-universe example. When the "Warrior Angel" comic gets a live-action adaptation the love interest that dies in the comic gets to live. Naturally, this enrages the obsessed fanboys and one of the more obsessed fans tries to force the movie to follow the comic by attempting to kill the actress.
140	* In ''Series/{{Spartacus\|BloodAndSand}}: [[SeasonFinale War of the Damned]]'', Agron, who is basically [[DecompositeCharacter one half of the historical Castus]], survived his comrades' [[DoomedByCanon inevitable fates]]. The other half, [[InNameOnly Castus]], shared his namesake's fate.
141	* Denna the Mord-Sith has a fairly important death in the ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' books (Richard turns the blade of the Sword white and kills her because he loves her.) Less so in the series adaptation Series/LegendOfTheSeeker, where she survives for a time after Richard escapes.
142	** Denna is shot with an arrow by Cara (another Mord-Sith) and fall off a cliff in Season 2, moments after the former has seemingly decided to perform a HeelFaceTurn (to be fair, Cara didn't know that and was only trying to protect Zedd). Plus there is the fact that the book Denna returned a few times as a ghost.
143	* ''Series/SwampThing2019'': Avery Sunderland is still alive by the series' conclusion, when his comic counterpart was killed off early in Creator/AlanMoore's run.
144	* ''Series/Titans2018'': In the original ''New ComicBook/TeenTitans'' comics, the entire reason Beast Boy was free to join the group was because his former team, the ComicBook/DoomPatrol, had been murdered by Madame Rouge and General Zahl[[note]]Though they all came BackFromTheDead eventually[[/note]]. Not only are the members of the Doom Patrol still alive in the ''Titans'' live-action show, but they even got [[Series/DoomPatrol2019 their own spin-off]].
145	* Laffeyette from ''Series/TrueBlood'' was famously spared from death in the second season. In ''Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries'', he was murdered at the beginning of the second novel ''Living Dead In Dallas'' (each season up to the fourth is loosely based on the corresponding novel). In the show, the CampGay cook had become an EnsembleDarkhorse. As a result, a different character is found dead in Andy's car, and [=LaLa=] became a main character for the rest of the series.
146	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E16TheSelfImprovementOfSalvadoreRoss The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross]]", Mr. Maitland is wheelchair bound but is otherwise in good health. In the short story by Henry Slesar, he recently had a severe stroke and is expected to only live another few months, possibly weeks.
147	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E22 Devil's Alphabet]]", Frederick is the only member of the Devil's Alphabet Society to be still alive when [[DutyThatTranscendsDeath their agreement to meet every year on November 2 be they alive or dead]] is rescinded. In the short story "The Everlasting Club" by Arthur Gray, the [[AdaptationNameChange equivalent character]] Charles Bellasis was frightened to death by the ghosts of the other members of the Everlasting Club on November 2, 1766.
148	* An odd example occurs with ''Series/UFO1970'', in which a character is spared by dub-induced censorship. In Germany, ''UFO'' fell victim to WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids quite badly and was censored extensively to keep it family-friendly. The greatest change to the plot was made in "A Question of Priorities". In the episode, Straker's son Johnny is hit by a car and needs special medication to survive, which is only available in America. Straker orders a SHADO transport to get the medicine over in time, but the transport is diverted after a UFO with a possible alien defector shows up. In the original episode, [[DownerEnding John dies, and the alien defector is killed by a second UFO]]. In the censored German episode, Straker gets a phone call stating that John survived. %% Initially a bit unsure about putting this here, but I asked on L&F and was told it should be fine.%%
149	* ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'':
150	** Originally, Shane dies very early on in the comics (at the end of the first arc, at a point where Rick and Shane have a confrontation in a forest). He doesn't die in the TV series until the end of the second season.
151	** In the comic series, Judith and her mother Lori were both killed during the Governor's assault on the prison. In the TV series, Lori dies [[DeathByAdaptation much earlier]], but Judith survives past both her death and the point where they were originally killed in the comic. Despite some close scrapes, she ultimately survives the entirety of the series.
152	** In the comics, Carol suffered from severe SanitySlippage and ultimately committed suicide during the Prison Arc, which was covered in the show's third and fourth seasons. Like Judith, Carol ultimately survives the entirety of the series.
153	** In the comics, Caesar Martinez died before The Governor attacks the prison. In the TV series, he survives the second attack, but ultimately bites it during events that take place during the interim between the third and fourth seasons (shown in {{Flashback}}).
154	** Hershel didn't survive the assault on the prison in the comics. In the TV series, he died at the beginning of the third attempt.
155	** In the comic series, The Governor died after the prison assault. In the TV series, it took ''three'' attempts for him to share his comicbook counterpart's fate.
156	** Justified by Tyreese, since he debuted much later in the timeline compared to his comicbook counterpart. Specifically, he didn't survive the prison assault in the comic, and Hershel ended up receiving his death in the TV series instead. He dies in the middle of Season 5.
157	** In the comics, Abraham Ford was killed via MoeGreeneSpecial courtesy of Dwight. In the show, that fate befalls Dr. Denise Cloyd, and Abraham instead dies a CruelAndUnusualDeath at the hands of Negan a few episodes later.
158	** In the comics, Glenn was Negan's chosen victim to be executed using his barbwire-infused baseball bat. In the show, Glenn becomes the second victim after Abraham, hence briefly benefiting from this trope.
159	** Tyreese's sister Sasha, who is basically filling in for Tyreese's daughter Julie from the comics. Julie committed [[SuicidePact suicide]] with her boyfriend, Chris, at the prison, which is around late Season 3 to the first half of Season 4 in the show's timeline. Sasha survived until the end of season 7 when Alexandria's war with the Saviors began.
160	** Morgan died in the comics before Negan appeared. In the main show, he ultimately reunites with Rick and the others and survives the Savior War, before showing up in ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead'', where he is still alive as of ''that'' show's eighth season.
161	** Ezekiel, Rosita Espinosa, Luke, and Amber were beheaded by Alpha and the Whisperers in the comics. They survived the show's version of the events, though Luke and Rosita both die in the series finale.
162	** Downplayed with Alpha. In the comics, she's killed before she can oversee the actual Whisperer War. She gets to oversee her first battle before she's killed by Negan the following episode.
163	** In the comics, Gabriel dies when he breaks his leg falling off a water tower and getting stuck before Beta guts him. He survives past that point in the show and ultimately lives through the entire series.
164	* In the original ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', it was speculated that Hooded Justice, a member of the Minutemen, was dead. In ''Series/Watchmen2019'', this isn't the case and much like everything ''but'' the relationship with Captain Metropolis, the InUniverse speculation by Hollis Mason in ''Under the Hood'' was wrong, as Hooded Justice turned out to be an African-American police officer named Will Reeves in whiteface, not German circus strongman Rolf Muller.
165	* ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'':
166	** In ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'', Stapleton died while trying to escape through the mire. In the adaptation seen in "The Slobbery Hound", it's not stated definitively what happened to him, but it's implied that he was merely sent to jail.
167	** In ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', Odysseus murders the suitors for the crime of invading his home and pressuring his wife to marry them. In the adaptation seen in "Homer, Sweet Homer", Odysseus and Telemachus merely humiliate them in a food fight and allow them to leave.
168	** In ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'', Fernand is DrivenToSuicide after his reputation gets shattered. In the adaptation seen in "The Count's Account", we simply see him suffer his VillainousBreakdown after the news gets out.

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