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** Madame Web in the comics has a creepy but distinct appearance. She's old woman with bandage wrapped around her eyes, her spider-patterned dress ending in weird snake tail and she's always hooked up to Gigeresque throne. In the ''Film/MadameWeb'' film she spends the majority of the film looking like regular Creator/DakotaJohnson until the very end where she gets wheelchair-bound and blinded requiring her to wear sunglasses. She does wear a red jacket as well as a red bodysuit in a flash forward, but that's it. It helps that she's really more Julia Carpenter, who does wear the red coat + shades combo, though the fact Julia is also in the movie as a different character only confuses things further.

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** Madame Web in the comics has a creepy but distinct appearance. She's old woman with bandage wrapped around her eyes, her spider-patterned dress ending in weird snake tail and she's always hooked up to Gigeresque throne. In the ''Film/MadameWeb'' film ''Film/MadameWeb2024'' she spends the majority of the film looking like regular Creator/DakotaJohnson until the very end where she gets wheelchair-bound and blinded requiring her to wear sunglasses. She does wear a red jacket as well as a red bodysuit in a flash forward, but that's it. It helps that she's really more Julia Carpenter, who does wear the red coat + shades combo, though the fact Julia is also in the movie as a different character only confuses things further.
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* Dick Dastardly and Muttley have fallen into this as where Dick is unchanged (apart from apparel) in ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' [[note]]And to extent, ''Fender Bender 500''[[/note]] and ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'', Muttley has rounder ears and a deeper shade of green on the second show. The 2016 ''Races'' reboot has Dastardly more angular and pointy-nosed while Muttley has darker hands and retains his flight helmet. The CGI Dastardly of in the movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}'' makes his previous incarnations look puny.

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* Dick Dastardly and Muttley have fallen into this as where Dick is unchanged (apart from apparel) in ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' [[note]]And to extent, ''Fender Bender 500''[[/note]] and ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'', Muttley has rounder ears and a deeper shade of green on the second show. The 2016 ''Races'' reboot has Dastardly more angular and pointy-nosed while Muttley has darker hands and retains his flight helmet. The CGI Dastardly of in the movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}'' makes his previous incarnations look puny.
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* Dick Dastardly and Muttley have fallen into this as where Dick is unchanged (apart from apparel) in ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' [note]And to extent, ''Fender Bender 500''[/note] and ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'', Muttley has rounder ears and a deeper shade of green on the second show. The 2016 ''Races'' reboot has Dastardly more angular and pointy-nosed while Muttley has darker hands and retains his flight helmet. The CGI Dastardly of in the movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}'' makes his previous incarnations look puny.

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* Dick Dastardly and Muttley have fallen into this as where Dick is unchanged (apart from apparel) in ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' [note]And [[note]]And to extent, ''Fender Bender 500''[/note] 500''[[/note]] and ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'', Muttley has rounder ears and a deeper shade of green on the second show. The 2016 ''Races'' reboot has Dastardly more angular and pointy-nosed while Muttley has darker hands and retains his flight helmet. The CGI Dastardly of in the movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}'' makes his previous incarnations look puny.
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* Dick Dastardly and Muttley have fallen into this as where Dick is unchanged (apart from apparel) in ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' (and to extent, ''Fender Bender 500'') and ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'', Muttley has rounder ears and a deeper shade of green on the second show. The 2016 ''Races'' reboot has Dastardly more angular and pointy-nosed while Muttley has darker hands and retains his flight helmet. The CGI Dastardly of in the movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}'' makes his previous incarnations look puny.

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* Dick Dastardly and Muttley have fallen into this as where Dick is unchanged (apart from apparel) in ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' (and [note]And to extent, ''Fender Bender 500'') 500''[/note] and ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'', Muttley has rounder ears and a deeper shade of green on the second show. The 2016 ''Races'' reboot has Dastardly more angular and pointy-nosed while Muttley has darker hands and retains his flight helmet. The CGI Dastardly of in the movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}'' makes his previous incarnations look puny.
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* Dick Dastardly and Muttley have fallen into this as where Dick is unchanged (apart from apparel) in ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' (and to extent, ''Fender Bender 500'') and ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'', Muttley has rounder ears and a deeper shade of green on the second show. The 2016 ''Races'' reboot has Dastardly more angular and pointy-nosed while Muttley has darker hands and retains his flight helmet. The CGI Dastardly of in the movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}'' makes his previous incarnations look puny.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Buddy and Cookie, the infamous [[ReplacementScrappy Replacement Scrappies]] for Bosko and Honey, went through no less than four distinct designs each during their two-year run, but Cookie's second design (seen in the Jack King shorts "Buddy's Bearcats", "Buddy the Detective", and "Buddy the Woodsman"), which sported braided [[AdaptationDyeJob blonde hair]], an ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''-esque outfit and a more childish demeanor, stood out like a sore thumb against the WesternAnimation/BettyBoop-esque flapper characterization of the others.

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Buddy and Cookie, the infamous [[ReplacementScrappy Replacement Scrappies]] for Bosko and Honey, went through no less than four distinct designs each during their two-year run, but Cookie's second design (seen in the Jack King shorts "Buddy's Bearcats", "Buddy the Detective", and "Buddy the Woodsman"), which sported braided [[AdaptationDyeJob blonde hair]], an ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''-esque outfit and a more childish demeanor, stood out like a sore thumb against the WesternAnimation/BettyBoop-esque flapper characterization of the others.others.
** Nasty Canasta made three appearances during the original run. In [[https://i.imgur.com/ydw6VLI.png his first appearance,]] he's a hulking, muscular TopHeavyGuy with a black beard and beady eyes with blue rims and red pupils. His second appearance is [[https://i.imgur.com/NxDXrZq.png mostly consistent]], albeit with a different outfit and some details changed. In his [[https://i.imgur.com/aWlmt03.png third appearance]], he's a lot shorter and fatter, his eyes are bigger, he goes from having crooked teeth to GoofyBuckteeth, he's lost his beard in favor of PermaStubble, and he spends most of the short in [[https://i.imgur.com/lXfYFqZ.png a very different outfit]]. The third short also gives him a different voice actor (Daws Butler rather than Creator/MelBlanc) and heavily alters his personality from TheDreaded to a dimwitted SmugSnake, making it even trickier to figure out it's him. Most installments since have drawn from his first appearance.

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* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** Future Trunks in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. In Z he had his distinctly iconic [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRngsGfGpE_2XIhv7Y5eueOIBOz8l4PKGLwdw&usqp=CAU appearance]] with his purple hair and signature Saiyan HeroicBuild. When he reappears in Super, Trunks looks notably different having instead [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRjkFQqTavAgdEx-9kXUwcBcJ5XvxIonATumQ&usqp=CAU blue hair and being a good deal skinnier]]. The blue hair was particularly odd since as while it could chalked up as an attempt to match him up with Bulma his mother, present Trunks had purple hair same as always. ''Anime/DragonBallSuperSuperHero'' just confused fans further giving present Trunks blue hair out of nowhere as well.
** Bardock’s redesign in ''Dragon Ball Minus'' and ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'' was [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRAoceaWmRDVNTMjSeHCI5qmtJEdba1xIGuqQ&usqp=CAU quite different]] from his IconicOutfit first seen in ''Anime/DragonBallZBardockTheFatherOfGoku'' (on top of having a completely different story). In the much loved TV special he has green and black shoulder-less Saiyan armour, red arm bands and leg warmers and the bandage soaked with Tora’s blood that he uses as a MartialArtsHeadband. In ''Dragon Ball Minus'' and ''Broly'' he instead has yellow and black armour with shoulder pads, no headband (Tora getting KilledOffscreen) and white boots. The removal of the headband is particularly strange considering Bardock’s one flashback appearance in the original manga [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQVfERSmHp4MnElBmhedOHjLmoJYJoznl18ug&usqp=CAU he was explicitly wearing it]].



** Robin’s TimeSkip appearance very much invoked this reaction in fans. In Super Rookie Saga aka pre Time-Skip [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRHNai4chuzqid0Yi5tP_I41EF63yFQ5u33FQ&usqp=CAU she’s got a fringe haircut and in the anime and movies has light brown skin]]. Post Time-Skip [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTmS4qP-fRaNkHCpGw5S8jsbrQw2CyKuFVaAw&usqp=CAU her hair is styled differently and her skin is many shades lighter]], you probably wouldn’t know they were same woman if weren’t for the nose and eyes. In fairness Oda had always drawn Robin with lighter skin in the manga, Toei just decided to give her a tan which is the look fans fell in love with especially since it made Robin unique from other [[OnlyOneFemaleMold infamously similar]] attractive female characters in the manga — whereas post timeskip Robin is a deadringer for Boa Hancock.



** A common fanboy criticism of ''Film/SpiderMan1'' was that [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn the Green Goblin]] looked nothing like his comic design. He wore green armor and had a mask more like a helmet (the Music/WeirdAlYankovic song "Ode to a Superhero" described it as a "dumb Power Rangers mask") and didn't wear his trademark hat. Some photos have the long part of his head tinted purple to evoke the hat, but in the film itself, it's pretty green, making it look like Gobby just has a huge head.

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** A common fanboy criticism of ''Film/SpiderMan1'' was that [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn the Green Goblin]] looked nothing like his comic design. He wore green armor and had a mask more like a helmet (the Music/WeirdAlYankovic song "Ode to a Superhero" described it as a "dumb Power Rangers mask") and didn't wear his trademark hat. Some photos have the long part of his head tinted purple to evoke the hat, but in the film itself, it's pretty green, making it look like Gobby just has a huge head. This was amended in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' which cleverly manages to make Norman closer to the comic book version, adding a purple jumper over the green armour that gets shredded and giving him a satchel. He does lacks the mask, but Creator/WillemDafoe more than makes up for it.



* Aldrich Killian in ''Film/IronMan3''. In addition to gaining major AdaptationalAttractiveness, he goes from being a meek, middle-aged geek to a good-looking blonde with a strong build. [[spoiler: This is actually a plot point, since he starts off as a meek nerd closer to his comic counterpart, but later ingests a SuperSerum that greatly enhances him.]] The movie [[AdaptationalBadass also gives him superpowers]], which he lacked in the comics.
* Both Film/JamesBond and Franchise/{{Batman}} have been played by different actors with very different looks, even when the films suggest they take place in the same continuity as earlier installments (e.g. ''Film/GoldenEye'', ''Film/BatmanForever'').

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** Psylocke is a strange case of this. In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' she’s played by Asian actress Meiling Melançon with purple dyed hair, this would technically make her accurate to Psylocke when she in the Japanese Kwannon‘s body but her appearance and character is otherwise so different you wouldn’t even know she’s even supposed to be Psylocke (according to Zak Penn the character wasn’t referred to as Psylocke in the script). Meiling Melançon says there were discussions to have her be Kwannon instead (minus ninja suit of course). This was averted in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' which bequeathed fans a comic-accurate looking Psylock, complete with ninja leotard, played by Creator/OliviaMunn with the only wrinkle being that Psylocke only had the ninja outfit in the comics when she was in a Japanese body while Munn is Caucasian — though granted a lot of Marvel artists failed to keep body swap-era Psylocke consistently look Asian.
** Callisto played by Dania Ramirez [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQFzUWK80aPMavJ-0FSN1BMsAMYhQ4BTxUa4A&usqp=CAU looks nothing like her comic counterpart]] as on top of being more attractive and darker skinned she lacks the EyepatchOfPower and BoyishShortHair of the PunkRock Callisto of the comics. This along with having the AdaptationalSuperPowerChange of SuperSpeed renders her Callisto InNameOnly.
** Pyro makes an appearance in ''Film/XMen1'' played by the blonde Alexander Burton, when he becomes a bigger character in the sequels he’s played by the completely different looking Aaron Stanford who has darker hair.
** The titular BigBad Apocalypse of ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' got caught under fire for this. In the comics, ''he’s huge'' [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTyPWAi7mTXKBvAPfXvPlwcE0lHrWB6osgn_g&usqp=CAU pretty much to Hulk or Thanos levels]] so fans reasonably assumed Fox and Singer would use CGI or at the very least cast a big actor. Instead Creator/OscarIsaac was cast and put in prosthetics and a costume [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQQ1ReDOS4lYv7T54uBve_JnGdo3AqRO8li-Q&usqp=CAU that didn’t really resemble the comic version at all]], being closer according to a lot of people to ''Franchise/PowerRangers'''s Ivan Ooze.
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** The film series does significantly better than the X-Men films [[TruerToTheText in getting the look of the characters right]], though plenty of Marvel heroes and villains still look quite different from the comics with reasons usually being a PragmaticAdaptation, AgeLift, AbilityOverAppearance or just a RaceLift for the sake of diversity. Not to mention updated designs or [[TheOtherDarrin recasting]].
** In ''Film/IronMan2'' fans obviously had this reaction Creator/DonCheadle replacing Creator/TerrenceHoward as Rhodey due to a pay dispute. Made even worse by former producer who made the recasting decision Ike Pearlmutter’s racist remark “that black people look the same and nobody will tell the difference” — which couldn’t be more wrong. Thankfully Cheadle would go on to be accepted as Rhodey despite some fans arguing Terrance Howard looked closer to the comic version.
** The Abomination in ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'' looked quite different from his comic version having Doomsday-esque bone protrusions and missing the signature reptilian skin and PointyEars of comic Abomination (according to Kevin Feige Hulk would’ve just bitten them off). Averted in ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'' and ''Series/SheHulkAttorneyAtLaw'' where Abomination was TruerToTheText.
** Heimdell from ''Film/{{Thor}}'' (despite being relatively minor character in the comics) got this reaction due to being played by Creator/IdrisElba who’s black whereas the comic version is white skinned. Elba shoot down criticisms reminding fans Asgardians are a different race and culture to Earth entirely so skin colour shouldn’t matter. Ironically later comics after the movies depict Heimdell with a darker shade of skin anyway.
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Aldrich Killian in ''Film/IronMan3''. In addition to gaining major AdaptationalAttractiveness, he goes from being a meek, middle-aged geek to a good-looking blonde with a strong build. [[spoiler: This is actually a plot point, since he starts off as a meek nerd closer to his comic counterpart, but later ingests a SuperSerum that greatly enhances him.]] The movie [[AdaptationalBadass also gives him superpowers]], which he lacked in the comics.
** Speaking of Aldrich Killian, the Mandarin in general got this reaction multiple times. The fake Mandarin Trevor Slattery had a fairy accurate costume and beard but was played by the non-Chinese Creator/BenKingsley. This was further complicated by the aforementioned Killian claiming to be the Mandarin despite obviously looking nothing like him. A lot of this reluctance to commit to the comic version was rooted in the dated YellowPeril stereotyping of comic Mandarin. Zigzagged with the actual Mandarin Xu Wenwu in ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'', his costume is much darker than the comic version and has no green in it nor is hair long like the comic version. However as seen in the flash backs to ancient times and in ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf'' season 2 Wenwu does look much more like the mystical warlord of the comics, just with a blue outfit rather than a green one.
** Thanos [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTQ5rHat3mAxZwxKoUT2i2zRJO7GdWm3oWBGA&usqp=CAU had wildly changing designs]] from his first appearance to what was finally settled upon. In TheStinger of ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' played by Damion Poitier he’s got a more gaunt appearance, beetroot purple skin and GlowingEyesOfDoom. In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' he’s played by Creator/JoshBrolin at last but his skin bluish purple and his scalera is black. ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' gave him his finalised look with normal eyes and lilac coloured skin.
** In ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' a quite a lot of Spider-Man’s supporting characters looked different from their comic counterparts with WordOfGod claiming they wanted to reflect how multiracial RealLife Queens is today, compared to the 60s when these characters were created. For example ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson is played by Creator/{{Zendaya}} who has darker skin and is missing the signature red hair of comic MJ. In fact she’s initially presented as a {{expy}} of MJ with her name being named Michelle Jones before No Way Home confirms she was Mary Jane all along and just changed her name. This misdirection was intentional with Kevin Feige wanting to spare Zendaya the fan-grief applied to this trope if they revealed who she was from the outset. Zendaya even posted a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRkJYfVlHiA68IL4rRGdTfsyuLfs_8vTTkkcA&usqp=CAU photo of herself with red hair]] as a “deal with it” gesture. Ned, Liz, Flash and Betty likewise look very different from their comic versions. Ned being a large Honolulu descent boy rather than a skinny brown/blonde white guy. Liz being a darker skinned and haired rather than the white and blonde girl of the comics (she has a black mother). Flash having GeekPhysique along with darker skin and hair rather than the HeroicBuild and fair hair of the comic (though he bleaches it blonde in ''No Way Home''). Betty meanwhile, though she doesn’t get a RaceLift, still looks completely different from comic Betty having long blonde hair rather her traditional short brown bob (indeed with her black hairband she looks like Gwen Stacy).
** The Grandmaster in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' played by Creator/JeffGoldblum looks nothing like the balding MyBrainIsBig blue-skinned alien elder god of the comic. Creator/TaikaWaititi joked that they didn’t make Goldblum blue so that he wouldn’t be different to his character from ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy''. In the same movie Brunnhilde aka Valkyrie gets a RaceLift being played by Creator/TessaThompson, rather the light-skinned blonde of the comic. Though in the FlashBack of the Valkyries massacre the valkyrie who saves Brunnhilde‘s life (confirmed to be her lover) [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSGNN4BQ0O-7GJ3L6DDFEzgvje1S2SyK28kuw&usqp=CAU looks like the comic version]] complete with braids.
** Mar-Vell is a traditional HeroicBuild possessing alien stud in the comics, in ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'' the character is completely different being played by the 61 year old Annette Benning. ''What If…?'' season 2 undos a fair amount of the AdaptationalWimp with Mar-Vell even if the GenderLift remains the same.
** Elsa Bloodstone has a very distinctive look in the comics having red hair ending in a TomboyPonytail and wearing a midriff revealing top and BadassLongcoat. In ''Film/WerewolfByNight'' however played by Laura Donnelly she’s quite different having long dark hair and modest attire, she’s really closer to Jessica Jones than her Lara Croft-esque comic version. The titular werewolf Jack Russel played by Gael García Bernal obviously looks different from the human form of Jack in the comics too, but since both werewolf and non-werewolf Jack has particularly bad DependingOnTheArtist in the comics, it can be forgiven.
** Gorr the God Butcher is a [[HumanoidAliens Humanoid Alien]] in ''ComicBook/ThorGodOfThunder'' looking like a cross between Twi'lek and Frieza and having a black hood and robe produced by the Necrosword. ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' instead made Gorr played by Creator/ChristianBale a [[HumanAliens Human Alien]] who gets pale skin, yellow eyes, pointed teeth and black fingertips from picking up the Necrosword and his hood and robe is white rather than black. However [[https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=595378006&hl=en-au&sxsrf=AM9HkKljmYXhtGyV8hh2kDUngLQrWY95Lg:1704293879133&q=gorr+concept+art&tbm=isch&source=lnms&prmd=isvnmbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizt4i6vcGDAxX3wzgGHTTvBy4Q0pQJegQIBxAB&biw=393&bih=658&dpr=3#imgrc=X1Y550qYgQGsKM early concept art]] reveals Gorr was initially planned to look much closer to the comic version.
* Both Film/JamesBond and Franchise/{{Batman}} have been played by different actors with very different looks, even when the films suggest they take place in the same continuity as earlier installments (e.g. ''Film/GoldenEye'', ''Film/BatmanForever''). Creator/MichaelKeaton’s Batman in particular (despite being many people’s favourite nowadays) at the time was loudly decried by comic fans for not physically matching Batman on the page e.g “he’s 5′ 9, Batman is 6' 2”. Though in all fairness most live action versions of the Dark Knight differ from the comic version in hair colour, physique and costume. The Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse Batman probably has the most accurate appearance (grey and black, rather than all black) despite being much older than Batman is usually depicted as being.



* The ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'' never particularly cared too hard about making the characters from game look accurate (or much else be accurate for that matter). Jill in Apocalypse and Ada and Wesker in Retribution are the big exceptions looking very much like their game counterparts… everyone else however.
** Carlos in the games has a mullet and green military vest. In the films played by Oded Fehr ([[Film/TheMummy1999 Ardeth Bay himself]]) he’s got short black hair and regular tactical gear. If anything he looks more Chris Redfield than Chris does in the films.
** Leon in most of the games is a clean shaven PrettyBoy with a 90s [=DiCaprio=] hair. In ''Retribution'' played by Johann Urb, he’s bearded, gruff and has a different haircut. In total fairness though Leon’s first live action portrayal the late Brad Renfro from the Romero commercial didn’t have the correct hairstyle either.
** Chris played by ''Series/PrisonBreak''’s own Creator/WentworthMiller is more downplayed example as he does somewhat resemble Chris as he is in the games but his physique (i.e not being built like a brick shit house) and outfit are quite different from the games.
* ''Film/ResidentEvilWelcomeToRaccoonCity'' also got flak for heavily altering the appearances of most of the characters from the games with the director claiming it was AbilityOverAppearance. Of the cast only Chris, Lisa Trevor [[spoiler:and Ada in TheStinger]] look like how they do in the games.
** Jill in the games is traditionally a light skinned woman with short hair. In the film she’s played Creator/HannahJohnKamen who has darker skin and long hair. Her outfit is very different too, in the first game she’s covered up in tactical gear and wearing shoulder pads while in the movie she is wearing a cleavage revealing vest.
** Leon once again looks very different. In the games he’s got his signature look of being fair skinned with a 90s hair, in this film played by Avan Jogia he’s got a darker complexion and has got long hair hair along with a beard and moustache. If anything he looks more like the ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake RE3make]]'' version of Carlos.



* ''Film/TheLastAirbender'' got greatly chewed out for failing to make the cast resemble their animated counterparts, particularly Katara and Sokka who got a RaceLift from their Inuit-inspired appearances of the series into Caucasian people. The entire Fire Nation was changed from Asian looking into being played by Indian actors.



* ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1925'' shows this trope is OlderThanRadio as Christine is played by the brunette Mary Philbin rather than being explicitly blonde like the novel. Not helping matters is that the other most famous adaptation the [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Andrew Loyd Webber musical]] also has the brunette Sarah Brightman as Christine standardising the look for Christine even more. Now fans will likely be more irked or confused if a blonde actress or singer does play Christine. Not to mention the musical half-mask version of the Phantom does not resemble Erik from the book, and pretty much no adaptation (beside the 1925 silent film to some extent) gets his deformity right.



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* ''Film/TheSchoolForGoodAndEvil2022'':For ''Film/JackReacher'' there was no shortage of complaints when the 5’7 and dark haired Creator/TomCruise was cast as a character who’s supposed be a monstrous 6’5 and blonde. Averted in the ''Series/{{Reacher}}'' TV show where Creator/AlanRitchson stars.
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* Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse: Brown-haired and moderately fit Creator/TomHardy was cast as Eddie Brock -- who in the comics is blond and extremely buff -- in ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}''.

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Brown-haired and moderately fit Creator/TomHardy was cast as Eddie Brock -- who in the comics is blond and extremely buff -- in ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}''.''Film/{{Venom|2018}}''.
** Morbius in the comics, has his NarmCharm IconicOutfit of dark unitard and big disco collar. In [[Film/{{Morbius}} his film]] he’s instead got a generic black trench coat outfit — removing the major element that made him memorable.
** Madame Web in the comics has a creepy but distinct appearance. She’s old woman with bandage wrapped around her eyes, her spider-patterned dress ending in weird snake tail and she’s always hooked up to Gigeresque throne. In the ''Film/MadameWeb'' film she spends the majority of the film looking like regular Creator/DakotaJohnson until the very end where she gets wheelchair-bound and blinded requiring her to wear sunglasses. She does wear a red jacket as well as a red bodysuit in a flash forward, but that’s it. It helps that she’s really more Julia Carpenter, who does wear the red coat + shades combo, though the fact Julia is also in the movie as a different character only confuses things further.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Cars3'' gives all of the background racecars complete redesigns (even changing their numbers but not their sponsors), and [[AllThereintheScript according to their toys]], most of these cars are completely new characters. However, some of these cars include the ones sponsoring Bumper Save and No Stall, and according to their toys, they are indeed the same cars with those sponsors seen in the first movie.
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** Beginning with ''VideoGame/{{Resident Evil 7|Biohazard}}'', the series use of the [[UsefulNotes/GameEngine RE Engine]] opened the door for [[ArtEvolution photo-realistic designs]] and face models, leaving many returning characters barely recognizable compared to previous entries (which isn't helped by them constantly changing voice actors). As such, many fans began to speculate that [[spoiler: "Redfield"]] was a fake and not the [[spoiler: Chris Redfield]] of previous entries [[{{Jossed}} (a theory since put to rest)]]. [[spoiler: Capcom has all but admitted that the change to Chris was '''too''' extreme, as by ''Village'' he is back to looking how he always has.]]

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** Beginning with ''VideoGame/{{Resident Evil 7|Biohazard}}'', the series use of the [[UsefulNotes/GameEngine [[MediaNotes/GameEngine RE Engine]] opened the door for [[ArtEvolution photo-realistic designs]] and face models, leaving many returning characters barely recognizable compared to previous entries (which isn't helped by them constantly changing voice actors). As such, many fans began to speculate that [[spoiler: "Redfield"]] was a fake and not the [[spoiler: Chris Redfield]] of previous entries [[{{Jossed}} (a theory since put to rest)]]. [[spoiler: Capcom has all but admitted that the change to Chris was '''too''' extreme, as by ''Village'' he is back to looking how he always has.]]
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** [[Characters/DCComicsLobo Lobo]] was infamously redesigned as a PrettyBoy. Reader backlash was such that DC eventually ended up bringing back the classic Lobo design.

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** [[Characters/DCComicsLobo Lobo]] ComicBook/{{Lobo}} was infamously redesigned as a PrettyBoy. Reader backlash was such that DC eventually ended up bringing back the classic Lobo design.
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*** Most versions of Jetfire prior to (and after) ''[[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Revenge of the Fallen]]'' had a mainly white-and-red color scheme, stood upright, looked relatively youthful, and either turned into fighter jets (usually fictitious ones based on the [[Franchise/{{Macross}} VF-1S Super Valkyrie]]) or space shuttles (the only exceptions up to that point were G2 Jetfire, who had a primarily arctic-camo-and-blue color scheme, and ''[[Anime/TransformersCybertron Cybertron]]'' Jetfire, who was green and turned into a cargo jet, though the latter is due to him originally being a separate character named Dreadrock). ROTF's version of Jetfire, however, is a mostly black (though his alt-mode IS an SR-71 Blackbird), hunched-over, elderly-looking bot with a cane and a big beard.

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*** Most versions of Jetfire prior to (and after) ''[[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Revenge of the Fallen]]'' had a mainly white-and-red color scheme, stood upright, looked relatively youthful, and either turned into fighter jets (usually fictitious ones based on the [[Franchise/{{Macross}} [[Anime/{{Macross}} VF-1S Super Valkyrie]]) or space shuttles (the only exceptions up to that point were G2 Jetfire, who had a primarily arctic-camo-and-blue color scheme, and ''[[Anime/TransformersCybertron Cybertron]]'' Jetfire, who was green and turned into a cargo jet, though the latter is due to him originally being a separate character named Dreadrock). ROTF's version of Jetfire, however, is a mostly black (though his alt-mode IS an SR-71 Blackbird), hunched-over, elderly-looking bot with a cane and a big beard.
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** The early-2000s ''Alternators''/''Binaltech'' line, due to a great deal of TroubledProduction, saw a rather up-and-down amount of accuracy, due mainly to the identities of the figures being altered in development. Consequently, while some characters are dead-on (Tracks, Hound, Jazz, Blue/Silverstreak), most others have their only similarity being colors and ''maybe'' head design. Wheeljack is a good example of the latter; he goes from white with green stripes to white with blue stripes, his vehicle mode goes from a sleek racecar to a chunky Ford Mustang, none of the parts are in the same places, and he uses a sword and a two-barreled gun instead of his shoulder cannons (left over from when the mold was Grimlock). Prowl and Red Alert are a particularly silly case, in that they were rather clearly ''swapped'' at some point in development.

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** The early-2000s ''Alternators''/''Binaltech'' line, due to a great deal of TroubledProduction, saw a rather up-and-down amount of accuracy, due mainly to the identities of the figures being altered in development. Consequently, while some characters are dead-on (Tracks, Hound, Jazz, Blue/Silverstreak), most others have their only similarity being colors and ''maybe'' head design. Wheeljack is a good example of the latter; he goes from white with green stripes to white with blue stripes, his vehicle mode goes from a sleek racecar to a chunky Ford Mustang, none of the parts are in the same places, and he uses a sword and a two-barreled gun instead of his shoulder cannons (left over from when the mold was Grimlock). Dead End is even worse, as he doesn't even share colors or head design, being black with silver stripes instead of maroon with a yellow stripe and having a head design identical to that of Sunstreaker (for whom it was originally made). Prowl and Red Alert are a particularly silly case, in that they were rather clearly ''swapped'' at some point in development.
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* The ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series is slightly guilty of this, though mostly due to the ArtShift between games and the fact that the original games were for the 8-bit UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem and the only way to know how a character was supposed to look like was through the games' covers and manual art:

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* The ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series is slightly guilty of this, though mostly due to the ArtShift between games and the fact that the original games were for the 8-bit UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem and the only way to know how a character was supposed to look like was through the games' covers and manual art:



* Ladd Spencer (or [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Rad]], depending on the version) from the NES ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' has been redesigned at least thrice already: the first time for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy version, followed by the ''Rearmed'' remake, and then the 2009 console sequel for the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360. Only the ''Rearmed'' version looks anything like the original NES character. While Ladd from the NES game looks nothing like the protagonist in the arcade version, he doesn't count as a redesign, since the player character in the arcade game was just a nameless soldier (except in the American localization, which claimed he was Super Joe).

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* Ladd Spencer (or [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Rad]], depending on the version) from the NES ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' has been redesigned at least thrice already: the first time for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy Platform/GameBoy version, followed by the ''Rearmed'' remake, and then the 2009 console sequel for the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360. Only the ''Rearmed'' version looks anything like the original NES character. While Ladd from the NES game looks nothing like the protagonist in the arcade version, he doesn't count as a redesign, since the player character in the arcade game was just a nameless soldier (except in the American localization, which claimed he was Super Joe).



** To a lesser degree, Fox [=McCloud=]'s design. The shape of his head in ''Command'' gives him a significantly more stylized and cartoonish look than his UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube appearances.

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** To a lesser degree, Fox [=McCloud=]'s design. The shape of his head in ''Command'' gives him a significantly more stylized and cartoonish look than his UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube Platform/NintendoGameCube appearances.



* Mac from ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' never looks the same. In the NES game, he was a very short (4'8) guy, with pale raven hair but come SNES and he's suddenly blond, and with a totally different face and haircut at that. In the Wii title he's revamped again to be [[AmbiguouslyBrown darker skinned]], [[YoungerAndHipper younger]] looking (he is [[ImprobableAge seventeen]]), almost a foot taller, and with a different haircut. It's even worse with the proto-Mac from the arcade game. He looks like a 20- or 30-something-year-old with bright ''green'' hair. The UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube version of ''Fight Night Round 2'' features the player character from ''Super Punch-Out!!'', who is erroneously identified as "Little Mac" (it's implied, he's just a generic boxer name). ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' for the Wii, being a proper Nintendo-produced game, used the actual Little Mac from the NES game. When Mac is introduced as a character in the Wii U and 3DS installments he uses his remake design.

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* Mac from ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' never looks the same. In the NES game, he was a very short (4'8) guy, with pale raven hair but come SNES and he's suddenly blond, and with a totally different face and haircut at that. In the Wii title he's revamped again to be [[AmbiguouslyBrown darker skinned]], [[YoungerAndHipper younger]] looking (he is [[ImprobableAge seventeen]]), almost a foot taller, and with a different haircut. It's even worse with the proto-Mac from the arcade game. He looks like a 20- or 30-something-year-old with bright ''green'' hair. The UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube Platform/NintendoGameCube version of ''Fight Night Round 2'' features the player character from ''Super Punch-Out!!'', who is erroneously identified as "Little Mac" (it's implied, he's just a generic boxer name). ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' for the Wii, being a proper Nintendo-produced game, used the actual Little Mac from the NES game. When Mac is introduced as a character in the Wii U and 3DS installments he uses his remake design.

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* In ''ComicBook/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', when ComicBook/DoctorOctopus makes his comeback in the "Countdown" arc, he's sporting longer hair rather than his trademark bowl cut, a black trench coat, and tentacles that have sucker-like protrusions on their undersides.

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* In ''ComicBook/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', ''ComicBook/TheSpectacularSpiderman'', when ComicBook/DoctorOctopus [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Doctor Octopus]] makes his comeback in the "Countdown" arc, he's sporting longer hair rather than his trademark bowl cut, a black trench coat, and tentacles that have sucker-like protrusions on their undersides.



* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': [[spoiler:TheReveal that The Wolf was actually [[TheGrimReaper Death]] comes as a shock to Puss and most viewers because he doesn't look like how Death is commonly depicted as. The most obvious being he's not a skeleton. While he has white fur and markings to resemble a wolf's skull, he does not appear very gaunt to indicate a skeletal frame. His weapon of choice is not a large scythe, but a pair of sickles. Finally, while he wears a dark robe, he only wears the hood once and it does not cover his arms or legs. It's said by the filmmakers that Death chose to take on this form for much more pragmatic reasons.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': [[spoiler:TheReveal that The Wolf was actually [[TheGrimReaper Death]] comes as a shock to Puss and most viewers because he doesn't look like how Death is commonly depicted as. The most obvious being he's not a skeleton. While he has white fur and markings to resemble a wolf's skull, he does not appear very gaunt to indicate a skeletal frame. His weapon of choice is not a large scythe, but a pair of sickles. Finally, while he wears a dark robe, he only wears the hood once and it does not cover his arms or legs. It's said by the filmmakers that Death chose to take on this form for much more pragmatic reasons.]]reasons]].



* ''WesternAnimation/DenverAndCliff'': Denver looks VERY different from his 80s counterpart, resembling a fusion of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]] and the Advertising/{{Geico}} gecko as opposed to the original who resembled a mohawked prosauropod, or perhaps a weird hadrosaur.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DenverAndCliff'': Denver looks VERY different from [[WesternAnimation/DenverTheLastDinosaur his 80s counterpart, counterpart]], resembling a fusion of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]] and the Advertising/{{Geico}} gecko as opposed to the original who resembled a mohawked prosauropod, or perhaps a weird hadrosaur.



* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker Joker]] looks competently different than he normally does, sporting long hair styled into dreadlocks, red eyes, large jagged teeth, and even wearing a straitjacket when he first appeared.

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[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker Joker]] looks competently different than he normally does, sporting long hair styled into dreadlocks, red eyes, large jagged teeth, and even wearing a straitjacket when he first appeared.
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** The actors often fairly resemble the characters, but the costumes are often completely different. Gone are the colorful superhero costumes of the comics, and in their place [[MovieSuperheroesWearBlack are black leather jump-suits which are understood to be utilitarian, though their use is never specified]]. Furthermore, characters such as Toad and Mystique are often redesigned to look markedly different, while Creator/IanMcKellen (Characters/{{Ma|rvelComicsMagneto}}gneto), Creator/ElliotPage ([[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]])[[note]] In the third movie, anyway; in the first two she had brief appearances where she was played by a different actress who looked nothing like Page ''or'' her comic book counterpart [[/note]] and Creator/AnnaPaquin ([[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]]) don't resemble their characters in terms of age and build. What may or may not be significant to some is that Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} is explicitly short in the comics (except in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe or where artists err) but in the movies, he's played by 6'2" Creator/HughJackman who has the build one might expect from a superhero type (though in the [[Film/XMen1 first movie]] at least, other actors wore platform boots to make them seem taller).

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** The actors often fairly resemble the characters, but the costumes are often completely different. Gone are the colorful superhero costumes of the comics, and in their place [[MovieSuperheroesWearBlack are black leather jump-suits which are understood to be utilitarian, though their use is never specified]]. Furthermore, characters such as Toad and Mystique are often redesigned to look markedly different, while Creator/IanMcKellen (Characters/{{Ma|rvelComicsMagneto}}gneto), Creator/ElliotPage ([[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]])[[note]] In the third movie, anyway; in the first two she had brief appearances where she was played by a different actress who looked nothing like Page ''or'' her comic book counterpart [[/note]] and Creator/AnnaPaquin ([[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]]) don't resemble their characters in terms of age and build. What may or may not be significant to some is that Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]] is explicitly short in the comics (except in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe or where artists err) but in the movies, he's played by 6'2" Creator/HughJackman who has the build one might expect from a superhero type (though in the [[Film/XMen1 first movie]] at least, other actors wore platform boots to make them seem taller).
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** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' features the first live-action appearance of beloved Marvel character Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}}, which fans were excited to see. What they got looks nothing like the comic character, in costume or powerset. He was however played by Creator/RyanReynolds, who would go on to give a far more faithful rendition [[Film/Deadpool2016 in his own films]].

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** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' features the first live-action appearance of beloved Marvel character Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsDeadpool Deadpool]], which fans were excited to see. What they got looks nothing like the comic character, in costume or powerset. He was however played by Creator/RyanReynolds, who would go on to give a far more faithful rendition [[Film/Deadpool2016 in his own films]].
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** The casting of Creator/TopherGrace as [[Characters/VenomEddieBrock Eddie Brock]] (aka ComicBook/{{Venom}}) in ''Film/SpiderMan3'' was pretty infamous. Nearly everywhere else, he's a large adult bodybuilder. The film version? A skinny guy who looks like he's 20.

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** The casting of Creator/TopherGrace as [[Characters/VenomEddieBrock [[Characters/MarvelComicsEddieBrock Eddie Brock]] (aka ComicBook/{{Venom}}) [[Characters/MarvelComicsVenom Venom]]) in ''Film/SpiderMan3'' was pretty infamous. Nearly everywhere else, he's a large adult bodybuilder. The film version? A skinny guy who looks like he's 20.
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** Circe may hold the record for the most inconsistent designs in the history of superhero comics, to the point you could put all of them together and have no idea they are meant to be the same person. Debuting in the Golden Age as a blonde in robes, Circe was later reimagined in the Silver Age as a brunette in pink and then in the Bronze age as an auburn-haired woman in pink. Her ComicBook/PostCrisis re-design kept a more consistent look as a black/purple-haired woman in a green outfit (usually a dress or a bodysuit). The Greg Rucka run kept the purple hair but ditched the green outfit for a black leather ensemble. The third volume of the post-crisis series had her switch between red and majenta hair and added a purple cloak to her design. The New 52 version debuted in ''Men of War'' as a pale-skinned redhead with [[VaporWear only a single strip of red cloth wrapped around her to preserve her modesty]]. She returned in the ''Superman/Wonder Woman'' comic with a black dress while still keeping the red hair and pale skin. ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' redesigned her yet again as a redhead in a pants suit. Given that Circe is a shapeshifter and a sorceress, her everchanging appearances are justified.

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** Circe may hold the record for the most inconsistent designs in the history of superhero comics, to the point you could put all of them together and have no idea they are meant to be the same person. Debuting in the Golden Age as a blonde in robes, Circe was later reimagined in the Silver Age as a brunette in pink and then in the Bronze age as an auburn-haired woman in pink. Her ComicBook/PostCrisis re-design kept a more consistent look as a black/purple-haired woman in a green outfit (usually a dress or a bodysuit). The Greg Rucka run kept the purple hair but ditched the green outfit for a black leather ensemble. The third volume of the post-crisis series had her switch between red and majenta hair and added a purple cloak to her design. The New 52 version debuted in ''Men of War'' as a pale-skinned redhead with [[VaporWear only a single strip of red cloth wrapped around her to preserve her modesty]]. She returned in the ''Superman/Wonder Woman'' comic with a black dress and red outfit while still keeping the red hair and pale skin. ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' redesigned her yet again as a redhead in a pants suit. Given that Circe is a shapeshifter and a sorceress, her everchanging appearances are justified.
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** Circe may hold the record for the most inconsistent designs in the history of superhero comics, to the point you could put all of them together and have no idea they are meant to be the same person. Debuting in the Golden Age as a blonde in robes, Circe was later reimagined in the Silver Age as a brunette in pink and then in the Bronze age as an auburn-haired woman in pink. Her ComicBook/PostCrisis re-design kept a more consistent look as a black/purple-haired woman in a green outfit (usually a dress or a bodysuit). The Greg Rucka run kept the purple hair but ditched the green outfit for a black leather ensemble. The third volume of the post-crisis series had her switch between red and majenta hair and added a purple cloak to her design. The New 52 debuted in

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** Circe may hold the record for the most inconsistent designs in the history of superhero comics, to the point you could put all of them together and have no idea they are meant to be the same person. Debuting in the Golden Age as a blonde in robes, Circe was later reimagined in the Silver Age as a brunette in pink and then in the Bronze age as an auburn-haired woman in pink. Her ComicBook/PostCrisis re-design kept a more consistent look as a black/purple-haired woman in a green outfit (usually a dress or a bodysuit). The Greg Rucka run kept the purple hair but ditched the green outfit for a black leather ensemble. The third volume of the post-crisis series had her switch between red and majenta hair and added a purple cloak to her design. The New 52 version debuted in ''Men of War'' as a pale-skinned redhead with [[VaporWear only a single strip of red cloth wrapped around her to preserve her modesty]]. She returned in the ''Superman/Wonder Woman'' comic with a black dress while still keeping the red hair and pale skin. ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' redesigned her yet again as a redhead in a pants suit. Given that Circe is a shapeshifter and a sorceress, her everchanging appearances are justified.

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** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2011'': The only Olympians that look anything like their previous incarnations are Zeus and Hera. Poseidon goes from a bearded man to a giant fish monster, Ares goes from a buff blonde TinTyrant to a skinny elderly man with a long beard, Hades now looks like a pale-skinned child with candles in place of hair, Demeter is a green-haired green-skinned plant lady and Hermes has solid black eyes, blue skin, and talons for feet.
** Circe may hold the record for the most inconsistent designs in the history of superhero comics, to the point you could put all of them together and have no idea they are meant to be the same person. Debuting in the Golden Age as a blonde in robes, Circe was later reimagined in the Silver Age as a brunette in pink and then in the Bronze age as an auburn-haired woman in pink. Her ComicBook/PostCrisis re-design kept a more consistent look as a black/purple-haired woman in a green outfit (usually a dress or a bodysuit). The Greg Rucka run kept the purple hair but ditched the green outfit for a black leather ensemble. The third volume of the post-crisis series had her switch between red and majenta hair and added a purple cloak to her design. The New 52 debuted in



** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2011'': The only Olympians that look anything like their previous incarnations are Zeus and Hera. Poseidon goes from a bearded man to a giant fish monster, Ares goes from a buff blonde TinTyrant to a skinny elderly man with a long beard, Hades now looks like a pale-skinned child with candles in place of hair, Demeter is a green-haired green-skinned plant lady and Hermes has solid black eyes, blue skin, and talons for feet.
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** When early ''Merrie Melodies'' stars Foxy and Roxy appeared in "Two-Tone Town", they were redesigned to look less like [[CaptainErsatz knockoffs]] of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse and more like foxes.

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** When early ''Merrie Melodies'' ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'' stars Foxy and Roxy appeared in "Two-Tone Town", they were redesigned to look less like [[CaptainErsatz knockoffs]] of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse and more like foxes.
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* Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls, as they appeared in the one-off special "Dance Pantsed", underwent a bit of a change in appearance. Their heads were almost square with rounded corners and their eyes didn't taper to the sides of their heads. Even Mojo Jojo looked ragged and emaciated.

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* Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls, as they appeared in the one-off special "Dance Pantsed", "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsSpecial2 Dance Pantsed]]", underwent a bit of a change in appearance. Their heads were almost square with rounded corners and their eyes didn't taper to the sides of their heads. Even Mojo Jojo looked ragged and emaciated.



** When [[WesternAnimation/BoskoTheTalkInkKid Bosko and Honey]] appeared in "Fields of Honey", they went from looking AmbiguouslyHuman to being the same sort of anthropomorphic dog-things as [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} the Warner Siblings]], possibly due to their origins as racial caricatures.

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** The same thing happened frequently in the other tie-in comic, ''Adventures in the DC Universe'', as all characters were based on "Timmified" versions of their then-current comics appearance, resulting in Steel appearing with his cape and S-shield prior to the ''STAS'' episode "Heavy Metal" showing him without, or Kyle Rayner with black hair, black and white costume, and crab mask rather than the brown hair and conventional GL uniform seen in "In Brightest Day..." (where he was a CompositeCharacter with Hal Jordan). By the time the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' cartoon came out, the whole book was CanonDiscontinuity.

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** The same thing happened frequently in the other tie-in comic, ''Adventures in the DC Universe'', as all characters that hadn't already appeared in the cartoons were based on "Timmified" versions of their then-current comics appearance, resulting in Steel appearing with his cape and S-shield prior to the ''STAS'' episode "Heavy Metal" showing him without, or Kyle Rayner with black hair, black and white costume, and crab mask rather than the brown hair and conventional GL uniform seen in "In Brightest Day..." (where he was a CompositeCharacter with Hal Jordan). By the time the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' cartoon came out, the whole book was CanonDiscontinuity.
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** The same thing happened frequently in the other tie-in comic, ''Adventures in the DC Universe'', as all characters were based on "Timmified" versions of their then-current comics appearance, resulting in Steel appearing with his cape and S-shield prior to the ''STAS'' episode "Heavy Metal" showing him without, or Kyle Rayner with black hair, black and white costume, and crab mask rather than the brown hair and conventional GL outfit seen in "In Brightest Day..." (where he was a CompositeCharacter with Hal Jordan). By the time the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' cartoon came out, the whole book was CanonDiscontinuity.

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** The same thing happened frequently in the other tie-in comic, ''Adventures in the DC Universe'', as all characters were based on "Timmified" versions of their then-current comics appearance, resulting in Steel appearing with his cape and S-shield prior to the ''STAS'' episode "Heavy Metal" showing him without, or Kyle Rayner with black hair, black and white costume, and crab mask rather than the brown hair and conventional GL outfit uniform seen in "In Brightest Day..." (where he was a CompositeCharacter with Hal Jordan). By the time the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' cartoon came out, the whole book was CanonDiscontinuity.
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* An InUniverse version of this happens in ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines''. When Ash arrives to the Cinnabar Gym, he's rather surprised when he sees Blaine, as he now looks like his in-game self instead of how Ash remembered him (see above in the Anime folder).


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* An InUniverse version of this happens in ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines''. When Ash arrives to the Cinnabar Gym, he's rather surprised when he sees Blaine, as he now looks like his in-game self instead of how Ash remembered him (see above in the Anime folder).
* Downplayed in ''Fanfic/ThereAndBackAgain'' where Jon Snow is several inches taller than depicted in the show thanks to differing amounts of BloodMagic which apparently affected his height.

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