History AdaptationalBadass / WesternAnimation

*** The [[Recap/TheBatmanS1E12TheRubberfaceOfComedy two]] [[Recap/TheBatmanS1E13TheClayfaceOfTragedy part]] season 1 finale is based on ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', revolving around Joker setting out to drive a hero cop (Detective Ethan Bennet here) insane and prove that everyone is only “one rotten day” from being like him. Here, ''he succeeds'' and Ethan becomes a regular member of the rogues gallery.

** Arguably, Trevor Belmont is much more badass here than he's depicted in the NES game or most Castlevania media as other Belmonts tend to outshine him. In the show aside from his whip skills being dialed up, Trevor is now also a MasterSwordsman (equaling Alucard) and OneManArmy as he single-handedly slays a horde of monsters armed only with two ''sticks''. Season 3 takes this even further as in games Trevor of course needs the Vampire Killer whip and other weapons to kill monsters, but in the show he kills a ''Werewolf'' [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/00b859ff5d2c978fbf92a67756b8aa96/b964c190e9cd2675-0f/s500x750/0350a830f553a54fb2b27901a186c2e6d8eed89b.gifv with his bare hands]] and in the [[https://youtu.be/-43wmSEpK3c?t=61 finale]] he [[DualWielding dual wields]] his holy whips, something that cannot be done in the games. Trevor also has good [[TheLeader leadership skills]] in the show that aren't prevalent in the games. [[spoiler: In Season 4, Trevor takes on a giant-sized Death all by himself and actually manages to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu kill him]] with a GodzillaThreshold magical dagger ''and survives''... way more badass than anything Trevor did in the games.]]

** Downplayed compared to others but in the show, Lisa is more competent and less of a plot device for Alucard to be [[{{Dhampir}} created]] and [[KillTheCutie a reason]] for Dracula to despise humanity. For example, in the games we never actually learn how Lisa met Dracula, whereas in the show we see her kill a bat outside Castlevania (while ignoring the thousand [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice bodies on spikes]]) and then, completely unafraid, bangs on his castle door with her knife wanting to learn medicine, impressing Dracula enough to make him fall in love with her and give humanity a chance. [[spoiler: Lisa even gets SparedByAdaptation and brought back to life in Season 4 and hides away with her husband Dracula in a case of EarnYourHappyEnding.]]

** WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooFrankencreepy we have [[spoiler: their previous villains. Granted they still failed in logic for the opposite reason they usually do[[note]]mainly the fact they ''legally owned a large natural gas mine''[[/note]], [[{{Revenge}} but that wasn't the point, they wanted revenge]]. They nearly ''killed'' the gang while manipulating them like a fiddle by exploiting WrongGenreSavvy on the gang and preying on their flaws (and not just kill them. They nearly manipulating Velma into doing it herself which probably would have driven her [[DrivenToSuicide to kill herself]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone out of guilt]]). Oh, and [[OhCrap there is an entire network of them who want revenge on the gang.]]]]

* Tigger of ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' isn't largely different from his novel incarnate, however [[ActionizedSequel some of the bleaker situations]] used in the Disney adaptions have proved just how badass bouncing really is to the point where he is the BigGood of the Hundred Acre Wood. Abiding by ''WesternAnimation/TheTiggerMovie'' Roo could apply for this trope as well (only the Disney adaption can lay claim to "the [[https://youtu.be/rZs9h0vybPo?t=147 Whoopty-Dooper Loopty-Looper Alley-Ooper Bounce]]" at least).