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Author: NoriMori

Mar 26th 2014 at 8:00:14 AM

I would suggest they don't necessarily have to be a NiceGuy in the original, just not a jerkass.

Not sure why this has the "Already have?" or "Motion To Discard" tags. I was looking for this exact trope. After all, we have AdaptationalBadass -- why not Adaptational {{Jerkass}}, and even Adaptational NiceGuy?

My example:

* The security guard found with the Lambda team at the end of the ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' chapter "Lambda Core". He sounded fairly neutral in the original; in the remake ''VideoGame/BlackMesa'', the creators apparently interpreted his character as a {{jerkass}}. Whether this was Valve's intention is difficult to gauge because of his character's monotone delivery. ''Black Mesa'' uses the same lines almost verbatim, but modifies the delivery to make him sound irritable and even downright ''hostile''. There are also some added lines and details that help this impression along -- including the scientist advising Gordon not to let his brash attitude frighten him.
** Compare:
--->'''Scientist:''' Gordon Freeman! You finally found us!
--->'''Security guard:''' ''[neutral]'' So this is the guy. Thought you'd never make it.
** With:
--->'''Scientist:''' Gordon Freeman! You've finally found us!
--->'''Hunter:''' ''[glaring]'' So ''this'' is the guy, huh? ''[sounding contemptuous]'' Thought you'd never make it.
--->'''Scientist:''' Oh, nonsense, Hunter! Nothing stands in the way of our errant knight in shining, high-impact, reactive armor!
--->'''Hunter:''' Pfft. Guess not. ''[stalks away]''
--->'''Scientist:''' ''[awkwardly]'' ...Rrright, then.
** Compare:
--->'''Scientist:''' I hate to say this, Gordon, but you must kill it [the Nihilanth], if you can.
--->'''Security guard:''' ''[casually]'' Yeah, you'd better kill it.
--->'''Scientist:''' Of course, you owe us nothing, Mr. Freeman, but you've come this far. You know as much about these creatures as anyone.
--->'''Security guard:''' ''[matter-of-factly]'' Enough to know that if you don't wipe it out, there won't be much for you to come home to.
** With:
--->'''Scientist:''' I am loath to say this, Gordon, but you ''must'' kill it.
--->'''Hunter:''' ''[aggressively]'' Yeah, you'd ''better'' kill it. No ifs, ands, or asses about it.
--->'''Scientist:''' Ahem! Of course, you owe ''us'' nothing, Dr. Freeman --
--->''[he glares at Hunter, who rolls his eyes]''
--->'''Scientist:''' -- but you've come this far. You know as much about these creatures as anyone.
--->'''Hunter:''' ''[bitterly]'' Enough to know that if you don't wipe it out...well, let me put it this way: There ain't gonna be much for you to come home to.