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Author: Psi001

Aug 23rd 2012 at 5:28:06 PM

* While not an "adaptation" of ''TheJungleBook'' per se, TaleSpin does this to some of it's reinvented characters from [[Disney/TheJungleBook the Disney film]]. In the latter Shere Khan, while affable, was a genuine force of evil and took sadistic pleasure in the idea of killing a man cub. In TaleSpin he is still sinister, but a business man of neutral alliance, interested only in power and having a strong moral code (even siding with Baloo if someone risks offending it). Meanwhile King Louie is altered from a wily troublemaker to Baloo's best friend.
* In ''Anime/SonicX'' Dr Eggman starts off an AffablyEvil villain similar to the games, before becoming more and more harmless, his scruples and respect for Sonic coming into play often, and spends most of the Third Season in AntiVillain territory. This is even more prominant in the [[ComicBook/SonicX comic adaptation]].
* A few protagonists in DisneyAnimatedCanon are adapted this way to be more approachable to audiences. While still the heroes in most of the original novels, they are often far more abrasive and self serving, often due to ValuesDissonance. ''{{Pinocchio}}'' for example was altered from a BrattyHalfPint to a more innocent and merely easily misguided CheerfulChild.
* Similarly, ThomasTheTankEngine in ''TheRailwaySeries'', while still sympathetic, was much more of a self absorbed BrattyHalfPint. While the show kept up this depiction for most episodes adapted from the books, it's turn to original stories slowly made Thomas more altrustic and innocent. Some other engines such as Henry and Sir Handel took a similar direction.