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** [[CompositeCharacter Combining the roles]] of the two Good Witches (of the North and the South) creates the plot hole where Glinda doesn't tell Dorothy what the slippers do on their first meeting, which would have saved her a lot of trouble. Originally the Good Witch of the North (not Glinda) gave her the shoes, but only Glinda (the Good Witch of the South, whom Dorothy meets at the end) knew they could bring her home. In the film, Glinda defends her withholding of this crucial information by [[HandWave explaining]] [[ArbitrarySkepticism "She wouldn't have believed me!"]] despite the fact that, being in a magical land with talking trees and animals, Dorothy would have been willing to try anything.
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** [[CompositeCharacter Combining the roles]] of the two Good Witches (of the North and the South) creates the plot hole where Glinda doesn't tell Dorothy what the slippers do on their first meeting, which would have saved her a lot of trouble. Originally the Good Witch of the North (not Glinda) gave her the shoes, but only Glinda (the Good Witch of the South, whom Dorothy meets at the end) knew they could bring her home. In the film, Glinda defends her withholding of this crucial information by [[HandWave explaining]] [[ArbitrarySkepticism "She wouldn't have believed me!"]] despite the fact that, being in a magical land with talking trees and animals, and being hunted by a witch who'd made it clear she wanted to kill her, Dorothy would have been willing to try anything.
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* ''Film/Aladdin2019'': The film creates one not present in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} original animated film]] when it comes to how Genie's wishes work. In the animated movie, Genie's wishes [[BenevolentGenie were granted in full consideration of the letter and spirit of the wisher]], such as Aladdin's wish to be a prince immediately providing him with all the trappings of one, like a kingdom and an army of summoned servants, and Genie never makes any attempt to wiggle out of the terms of a wish, even when he has every reason to. The only wish that backfires in the film, Jafar's final wish to become a genie, does so because being a genie required him to be trapped in a lamp (something Jafar didn't realize in the moment), meaning the wish was flawed simply by definition. In this movie, Genie is instead written as a LiteralGenie, in that he doesn't like people making vague wishes because of the fact it potentially leaves him the one needing to interpret what is being asked of him. He gives an example with Aladdin's "make me a prince" wish being vague enough that he could just summon a prince and say it qualified. This is kept consistent through out all the film, except when Jafar wishes he to become the Sultan, which is granted like in the original animated movie, complete with the guards obeying him. Since the film never discusses what separates "make me a prince" from "make me the Sultan", and Genie never pushes back on the greyness of the wish, it creates a plothole about why the LiteralGenie point is inconsistent with that wish, despite being introduced for this film, and being generally consistent elsewhere in the movie.[[note]]For example: Jafar is defeated because he wishes to be the most powerful being in the universe, which Genie exploits by making him a genie also, which is consistent with the LiteralGenie plotpoint.[[/note]]
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* ''Film/Aladdin2019'': The film creates one not present in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} original animated film]] when it comes to how Genie's wishes work. In the animated movie, Genie's wishes [[BenevolentGenie were granted in full consideration of the letter and spirit of the wisher]], such as Aladdin's wish to be a prince immediately providing him with all the trappings of one, like a kingdom and an army of summoned servants, and Genie never makes any attempt to wiggle out of the terms of a wish, even when he has every reason to. The only wish that backfires in the film, Jafar's final wish to become a genie, does so because being a genie required him to be trapped in a lamp (something Jafar didn't realize in the moment), meaning the wish was flawed simply by definition. In this movie, Genie is instead written as a LiteralGenie, in that he doesn't like people making vague wishes because of the fact it potentially leaves him the one needing to interpret what is being asked of him. He gives an example with Aladdin's "make me a prince" wish being vague enough that he could just summon a prince out of thin air and say it qualified. This is kept consistent through out all the film, except when Jafar wishes he to become the Sultan, which is granted like in the original animated movie, complete with the guards obeying him. Since the film never discusses what separates "make me a prince" from "make me the Sultan", and Genie never pushes back on the greyness of the wish, it creates a plothole about why the LiteralGenie point is inconsistent with that wish, despite being introduced for this film, and being generally consistent elsewhere in the movie.[[note]]For example: Jafar is defeated because he wishes to be the most powerful being in the universe, which Genie exploits by making him a genie also, which is consistent with the LiteralGenie plotpoint.[[/note]]
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* In the original ''Film/TotalRecall1990'', there was a perfectly legitimate explanation why Hauser had to have his memory erased and take on the Quaid persona: it was because Quato, the leader of [[LaResistance the resistance]], was a mutant who could read minds, and could therefore detect an undercover spy easily. But in [[Film/TotalRecall2012 the remake]], the leader is just a normal guy without any mind-reading abilities, thus eliminating the need to erase his memory, and making the whole premise of the film rather faulty.
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*** The above is related to how Javert ends up as a prisoner in the barricade; rather than going undercover and pretending to be a revolutionary before being outed by Gavroche, this Javert effectively takes Cosette as a hostage so he can lure out Valjean, replacing the burglary scene (in the book and most other versions, Cosette and Javert never meet), before Marius manages to capture and bring him to the barricades.
*** Javert also [[DrivenToSuicide shackles himself and jumps into the Seine]] in full view of Valjean, having waited for the latter to return to him after taking the wounded Marius to a safe place, after delivering a quick spiel about how he can't reconcile a former criminal being able to do the right thing while failing to obey the law. In the book, Javert never monologued about this to anyone (in the musical, only to himself), and he certainly didn't wait for Valjean to come back before offing himself; this was likely related to the decision to [[CompressedAdaptation cut the story short for the film]] at this point, as the remaining scenes showing Marius's estrangement and reconciliation with Valjean, Marius and Cosette's wedding, and Valjean's eventual death and resting place would likely not flow very well considering the aforementioned Thénardier's disappearance.
*** Javert also [[DrivenToSuicide shackles himself and jumps into the Seine]] in full view of Valjean, having waited for the latter to return to him after taking the wounded Marius to a safe place, after delivering a quick spiel about how he can't reconcile a former criminal being able to do the right thing while failing to obey the law. In the book, Javert never monologued about this to anyone (in the musical, only to himself), and he certainly didn't wait for Valjean to come back before offing himself; this was likely related to the decision to [[CompressedAdaptation cut the story short for the film]] at this point, as the remaining scenes showing Marius's estrangement and reconciliation with Valjean, Marius and Cosette's wedding, and Valjean's eventual death and resting place would likely not flow very well considering the aforementioned Thénardier's disappearance.
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*** The above is related to how Javert ends up as a prisoner in the barricade; rather than going undercover and pretending to be a revolutionary before being outed by Gavroche, this Javert effectively takes Cosette as a hostage so he can lure out Valjean, replacing the burglary scene Valjean (in the book and most other versions, Cosette and Javert never meet), before Marius replacing the burglary scene, but is foiled by Marius, who manages to capture and bring him to the barricades.
*** Javert also [[DrivenToSuicide shackles himself and jumps into the Seine]] in full view of Valjean, having waited for the latter to return to him after taking the wounded Marius to a safe place, after delivering a quick spiel about how he can't reconcile a former criminal being able to do the right thing while failing to obey the law. In the book, Javert never monologued about this to anyone (in the musical, only to himself), and he certainly didn't wait for Valjean to come back before offing himself; this was likely related to the decision to [[CompressedAdaptation cut the story short for the film]] at this point, as the remaining scenes showing Marius's estrangement and reconciliation with Valjean, Marius and Cosette's wedding, and Valjean's eventual death and resting place would likely not flow very well considering the aforementioned Thénardier's disappearance. Had these scenes been included, another plot hole related to the previous bullet point would also crop up, as in the book Marius grows distant from Valjean because he believes he murdered Javert, whom Marius deeply respected.
*** Javert also [[DrivenToSuicide shackles himself and jumps into the Seine]] in full view of Valjean, having waited for the latter to return to him after taking the wounded Marius to a safe place, after delivering a quick spiel about how he can't reconcile a former criminal being able to do the right thing while failing to obey the law. In the book, Javert never monologued about this to anyone (in the musical, only to himself), and he certainly didn't wait for Valjean to come back before offing himself; this was likely related to the decision to [[CompressedAdaptation cut the story short for the film]] at this point, as the remaining scenes showing Marius's estrangement and reconciliation with Valjean, Marius and Cosette's wedding, and Valjean's eventual death and resting place would likely not flow very well considering the aforementioned Thénardier's disappearance. Had these scenes been included, another plot hole related to the previous bullet point would also crop up, as in the book Marius grows distant from Valjean because he believes he murdered Javert, whom Marius deeply respected.
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*** In this version, the Thénardiers (Éponine included) disappear from the story completely after Valjean adopts Cosette from them. This removes one of the main reasons for Marius to get close to Valjean (thwarting his kidnapping), as well as the failed burglary that motivates Valjean to move himself and Cosette to a different location, which was originally the main reason (along with Éponine's surreptitious urging) Marius chose to stay and fight in the barricades rather than run away with her. Instead, this version shows Marius being convinced by Enjolras to fight in the barricades so that he "can make love to [Cosette] as a free man".
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*** In this version, the Thénardiers (Éponine included) disappear from the story completely after Valjean adopts Cosette from them. This removes one of the main reasons for Marius to get close to Valjean (thwarting his kidnapping), as well as the failed burglary that motivates Valjean to move himself and Cosette to a different location, which was originally the main reason (along with Éponine's surreptitious urging) Marius chose to stay and fight in the barricades rather than run away with her. Instead, this version shows Marius being convinced by Enjolras to fight in the barricades so that he "can make love to [Cosette] as a free man". However, Gavroche (who is a Thénardier, and Éponine's brother) is still present for the Paris acts of the story, raising the question of how he got there when his siblings and parents apparently never did.
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** ''Film/TheAvengers2012'': The film might leave some viewers wondering why [[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} Clint Barton]] and [[ComicBook/BlackWidow Natasha Romanoff]] become full-fledged Avengers so easily, since both of them are officially just garden-variety SHIELD agents with only a bit more skill than the average {{Redshirt}}, and [[BadassNormal neither has any superpowers]] or [[GadgeteerGenius particular skill with gadgetry]]. In the comics, they ''weren't'' founding members of the Avengers; their spots on the team were occupied by [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] and his girlfriend [[ComicBook/TheWasp Janet Van Dyne]], who actually ''did'' have powers and specialized gadgets. [[note]] Hank and Janet were originally going to be in the movie, but were AdaptedOut after the planned ''Film/AntMan1'' film (which was going to introduce them) got stuck in DevelopmentHell; director Creator/EdgarWright also got '''really''' attached to the project, and requested that the studio leave the characters out of ''The Avengers'' so that he could introduce them how he wanted[[/note]] Clint and Natasha didn't join the team until some time later, and they didn't start out as SHIELD agents; they were a thief/vigilante and a Russian spy who had many run-ins with the Avengers before undergoing {{Heel Face Turn}}s, and [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] personally invited them to join the team after they redeemed themselves.
*** Another part of the problem is also PowerCreepPowerSeep, as well as AdaptationalWimp and AdaptationalBadass being employed. When the Avengers formed, many of them were yet to undergo significant power creep, so Hulk and Thor, while power-houses, were still only about as strong as most other SuperStrength characters, Iron Man's armour had a number of weaknesses, and Captain America's abilities were within the realms of a BadassNormal. Thus, the idea of two other BadassNormal heroes, particularly ones who had CharlesAtlasSuperpower skills and used such specialised gadgetry that made them a match for the Avengers[[note]]indeed, when Hawkeye first met Iron Man, he kicked his ass thanks to the sheer range of his Trick Arrow arsenal, and Iron Man only "won" the fight because Hawkeye had accidentally injured Black Widow and chose to flee for her safety rather than continue the fight[[/note]], joining their ranks wasn't that ridiculous. The MCU, however, scaled Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and Hulk closer to their power levels in later comics, while conversely, it scaled the abilities of Black Widow and Hawkeye down, even though they had both seen a similar power creep as the others[[note]]since their first appearances, Hawkeye has became a WalkingArsenal and OneManArmy who has mastered any weapon and also has such iconic accessories as his Sky-Cycle, while Black Widow has been retconned into being a SuperSoldier much like Captain America, and is regarded as one of the most dangerous people on the planet[[/note]]. The result leads to such a huge power gap between them that their inclusion seems all the more odd.
*** Another part of the problem is also PowerCreepPowerSeep, as well as AdaptationalWimp and AdaptationalBadass being employed. When the Avengers formed, many of them were yet to undergo significant power creep, so Hulk and Thor, while power-houses, were still only about as strong as most other SuperStrength characters, Iron Man's armour had a number of weaknesses, and Captain America's abilities were within the realms of a BadassNormal. Thus, the idea of two other BadassNormal heroes, particularly ones who had CharlesAtlasSuperpower skills and used such specialised gadgetry that made them a match for the Avengers[[note]]indeed, when Hawkeye first met Iron Man, he kicked his ass thanks to the sheer range of his Trick Arrow arsenal, and Iron Man only "won" the fight because Hawkeye had accidentally injured Black Widow and chose to flee for her safety rather than continue the fight[[/note]], joining their ranks wasn't that ridiculous. The MCU, however, scaled Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and Hulk closer to their power levels in later comics, while conversely, it scaled the abilities of Black Widow and Hawkeye down, even though they had both seen a similar power creep as the others[[note]]since their first appearances, Hawkeye has became a WalkingArsenal and OneManArmy who has mastered any weapon and also has such iconic accessories as his Sky-Cycle, while Black Widow has been retconned into being a SuperSoldier much like Captain America, and is regarded as one of the most dangerous people on the planet[[/note]]. The result leads to such a huge power gap between them that their inclusion seems all the more odd.
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** ''Film/TheAvengers2012'': The film might leave some viewers wondering why [[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} Clint Barton]] and [[ComicBook/BlackWidow Natasha Romanoff]] become full-fledged Avengers so easily, since both of them are officially just garden-variety SHIELD agents with only a bit more skill than the average {{Redshirt}}, and [[BadassNormal neither has any superpowers]] or [[GadgeteerGenius particular skill with gadgetry]]. In the comics, they ''weren't'' founding members of the Avengers; their spots on the team were occupied by [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] and his girlfriend [[ComicBook/TheWasp Janet Van Dyne]], who actually ''did'' have powers and specialized gadgets. [[note]] Hank and Janet were originally going to be in the movie, but were AdaptedOut after the planned ''Film/AntMan1'' film (which was going to introduce them) got stuck in DevelopmentHell; director Creator/EdgarWright also got '''really''' attached to the project, and requested that the studio leave the characters out of ''The Avengers'' so that he could introduce them how he wanted[[/note]] Clint and Natasha didn't join the team until some time later, and they didn't start out as SHIELD agents; they were a thief/vigilante and a Russian spy who had many run-ins with the Avengers before undergoing {{Heel Face Turn}}s, and [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] personally invited them to join the team after they redeemed themselves.
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Another part of the problem is also PowerCreepPowerSeep, as well as AdaptationalWimp and AdaptationalBadass being employed. When the Avengers formed, many of them were yet to undergo significant power creep, so Hulk and Thor, while power-houses, were still only about as strong as most other SuperStrength characters, Iron Man's armour had a number of weaknesses, and Captain America's abilities were within the realms of a BadassNormal. Thus, the idea of two other BadassNormal heroes, particularly ones who had CharlesAtlasSuperpower skills and used such specialised gadgetry that made them a match for the Avengers[[note]]indeed, when Hawkeye first met Iron Man, he kicked his ass thanks to the sheer range of his Trick Arrow arsenal, and Iron Man only "won" the fight because Hawkeye had accidentally injured Black Widow and chose to flee for her safety rather than continue the fight[[/note]], joining their ranks wasn't that ridiculous. The MCU, however, scaled Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and Hulk closer to their power levels in later comics, while conversely, it scaled the abilities of Black Widow and Hawkeye down, even though they had both seen a similar power creep as the others[[note]]since their first appearances, Hawkeye has became a WalkingArsenal and OneManArmy who has mastered any weapon and also has such iconic accessories as his Sky-Cycle, while Black Widow has been retconned into being a SuperSoldier much like Captain America, and is regarded as one of the most dangerous people on the planet[[/note]]. The result leads to such a huge power gap between them that their inclusion seems all the more odd.
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Another part of the problem is also PowerCreepPowerSeep, as well as AdaptationalWimp and AdaptationalBadass being employed. When the Avengers formed, many of them were yet to undergo significant power creep, so Hulk and Thor, while power-houses, were still only about as strong as most other SuperStrength characters, Iron Man's armour had a number of weaknesses, and Captain America's abilities were within the realms of a BadassNormal. Thus, the idea of two other BadassNormal heroes, particularly ones who had CharlesAtlasSuperpower skills and used such specialised gadgetry that made them a match for the Avengers[[note]]indeed, when Hawkeye first met Iron Man, he kicked his ass thanks to the sheer range of his Trick Arrow arsenal, and Iron Man only "won" the fight because Hawkeye had accidentally injured Black Widow and chose to flee for her safety rather than continue the fight[[/note]], joining their ranks wasn't that ridiculous. The MCU, however, scaled Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and Hulk closer to their power levels in later comics, while conversely, it scaled the abilities of Black Widow and Hawkeye down, even though they had both seen a similar power creep as the others[[note]]since their first appearances, Hawkeye has became a WalkingArsenal and OneManArmy who has mastered any weapon and also has such iconic accessories as his Sky-Cycle, while Black Widow has been retconned into being a SuperSoldier much like Captain America, and is regarded as one of the most dangerous people on the planet[[/note]]. The result leads to such a huge power gap between them that their inclusion seems all the more odd.
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* In the 2012 adaptation of ''Film/{{Les Miserables|2012}}'', there are several minor ones that crop up.
** In the "Who Am I" number, Valjean simply tells the judge who he is to clear the falsely-accused man's name, providing no more evidence than saying that Javert will recognize him (and given that Javert just spent the last scene saying he now believes that Valjean is ''not'' the convict he was looking for, it comes across as Javert having rather bad judgement). In the musical, the script specifies that Valjean proves his identity by showing the tattoo of "24601" branded on his chest.
** Another takes place when Thenardier and his gang try to rob Valjean's house. In the play, after Eponine gets rid of them, Cosette pretends she saw three mysterious men lurking outside which caused her to scream, thus causing Valjean to think Javert has found him. In the movie, Cosette has already gone to bed and thus Valjean only hears Eponine screaming and... somehow comes to the conclusion that this means that Javert is nearby.
** Eponine still crossdresses in this version, but for unclear reasons as there are women openly staying on the barricades.
** In the "Who Am I" number, Valjean simply tells the judge who he is to clear the falsely-accused man's name, providing no more evidence than saying that Javert will recognize him (and given that Javert just spent the last scene saying he now believes that Valjean is ''not'' the convict he was looking for, it comes across as Javert having rather bad judgement). In the musical, the script specifies that Valjean proves his identity by showing the tattoo of "24601" branded on his chest.
** Another takes place when Thenardier and his gang try to rob Valjean's house. In the play, after Eponine gets rid of them, Cosette pretends she saw three mysterious men lurking outside which caused her to scream, thus causing Valjean to think Javert has found him. In the movie, Cosette has already gone to bed and thus Valjean only hears Eponine screaming and... somehow comes to the conclusion that this means that Javert is nearby.
** Eponine still crossdresses in this version, but for unclear reasons as there are women openly staying on the barricades.
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* As a seminal work with [[DerivativeWorks/LesMiserables numerous adaptations]], ''Literature/LesMiserables'' has its share:
** In [[Film/LesMiserables2012 the 2012adaptation of ''Film/{{Les Miserables|2012}}'', film adaptation]], there are several minor ones that crop up.
** *** In the "Who Am I" number, Valjean simply tells the judge who he is to clear the falsely-accused man's name, providing no more evidence than saying that Javert will recognize him (and given that Javert just spent the last scene saying he now believes that Valjean is ''not'' the convict he was looking for, it comes across as Javert having rather bad judgement). In the musical, the script specifies that Valjean proves his identity by showing the tattoo of "24601" branded on his chest.
**chest (In the book, Valjean proves his identity by conversing with the three Toulon convicts who were brought to Champmathieu's trial to testify, telling them things that only someone who did prison time along with them would know; this version of the scene did make it into [[Film/LesMiserables1998 the 1998 film adaptation]]).
*** Another takes place when Thenardier and his gang try to rob Valjean's house. In the play, after Eponine gets rid of them, Cosette pretends she saw three mysterious men lurking outside which caused her to scream, thus causing Valjean to think Javert has found him. In the movie, Cosette has already gone to bed and thus Valjean only hears Eponine screaming and... somehow comes to the conclusion that this means that Javert is nearby.
** *** Eponine still crossdresses in this version, but for unclear reasons as there are women openly staying on the barricades.barricades.
** ''Film/LesMiserables1998'' has some of its own as well:
*** In this version, the Thénardiers (Éponine included) disappear from the story completely after Valjean adopts Cosette from them. This removes one of the main reasons for Marius to get close to Valjean (thwarting his kidnapping), as well as the failed burglary that motivates Valjean to move himself and Cosette to a different location, which was originally the main reason (along with Éponine's surreptitious urging) Marius chose to stay and fight in the barricades rather than run away with her. Instead, this version shows Marius being convinced by Enjolras to fight in the barricades so that he "can make love to [Cosette] as a free man".
*** The above is related to how Javert ends up as a prisoner in the barricade; rather than going undercover and pretending to be a revolutionary before being outed by Gavroche, this Javert effectively takes Cosette as a hostage so he can lure out Valjean, replacing the burglary scene (in the book and most other versions, Cosette and Javert never meet), before Marius manages to capture and bring him to the barricades.
*** Javert also [[DrivenToSuicide shackles himself and jumps into the Seine]] in full view of Valjean, having waited for the latter to return to him after taking the wounded Marius to a safe place, after delivering a quick spiel about how he can't reconcile a former criminal being able to do the right thing while failing to obey the law. In the book, Javert never monologued about this to anyone (in the musical, only to himself), and he certainly didn't wait for Valjean to come back before offing himself; this was likely related to the decision to [[CompressedAdaptation cut the story short for the film]] at this point, as the remaining scenes showing Marius's estrangement and reconciliation with Valjean, Marius and Cosette's wedding, and Valjean's eventual death and resting place would likely not flow very well considering the aforementioned Thénardier's disappearance.
** In [[Film/LesMiserables2012 the 2012
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*** Another takes place when Thenardier and his gang try to rob Valjean's house. In the play, after Eponine gets rid of them, Cosette pretends she saw three mysterious men lurking outside which caused her to scream, thus causing Valjean to think Javert has found him. In the movie, Cosette has already gone to bed and thus Valjean only hears Eponine screaming and... somehow comes to the conclusion that this means that Javert is nearby.
** ''Film/LesMiserables1998'' has some of its own as well:
*** In this version, the Thénardiers (Éponine included) disappear from the story completely after Valjean adopts Cosette from them. This removes one of the main reasons for Marius to get close to Valjean (thwarting his kidnapping), as well as the failed burglary that motivates Valjean to move himself and Cosette to a different location, which was originally the main reason (along with Éponine's surreptitious urging) Marius chose to stay and fight in the barricades rather than run away with her. Instead, this version shows Marius being convinced by Enjolras to fight in the barricades so that he "can make love to [Cosette] as a free man".
*** The above is related to how Javert ends up as a prisoner in the barricade; rather than going undercover and pretending to be a revolutionary before being outed by Gavroche, this Javert effectively takes Cosette as a hostage so he can lure out Valjean, replacing the burglary scene (in the book and most other versions, Cosette and Javert never meet), before Marius manages to capture and bring him to the barricades.
*** Javert also [[DrivenToSuicide shackles himself and jumps into the Seine]] in full view of Valjean, having waited for the latter to return to him after taking the wounded Marius to a safe place, after delivering a quick spiel about how he can't reconcile a former criminal being able to do the right thing while failing to obey the law. In the book, Javert never monologued about this to anyone (in the musical, only to himself), and he certainly didn't wait for Valjean to come back before offing himself; this was likely related to the decision to [[CompressedAdaptation cut the story short for the film]] at this point, as the remaining scenes showing Marius's estrangement and reconciliation with Valjean, Marius and Cosette's wedding, and Valjean's eventual death and resting place would likely not flow very well considering the aforementioned Thénardier's disappearance.
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* ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'':
** Since the film adaptation slightly changes the book's climax, it also gives a slightly different explanation for why Eddie Blake was murdered. In the book, it's laid out that he accidentally discovered the island laboratory where [[spoiler:Adrian Veidt]] was [[spoiler:conducting experiments to create his creature]] while returning from a mission in South America, initially mistaking the laboratory for a Sandinista base. The movie just says that he figured out [[spoiler:Veidt]]'s plan after being ordered to investigate him by the government, with no real explanation of ''how'' he figured it out (implying that the "World's Smartest Man" got outsmarted). But if [[spoiler:Veidt]] was under investigation by the government, why didn't anyone from the government investigate him further after Blake's murder? And why didn't Blake bother to report the ''results'' of his investigation to anyone? Considering Blake was killed after being specifically ordered to investigate [[spoiler:Veidt]], you'd think that would make him a pretty obvious suspect in Blake's death.
** Since the film adaptation slightly changes the book's climax, it also gives a slightly different explanation for why Eddie Blake was murdered. In the book, it's laid out that he accidentally discovered the island laboratory where [[spoiler:Adrian Veidt]] was [[spoiler:conducting experiments to create his creature]] while returning from a mission in South America, initially mistaking the laboratory for a Sandinista base. The movie just says that he figured out [[spoiler:Veidt]]'s plan after being ordered to investigate him by the government, with no real explanation of ''how'' he figured it out (implying that the "World's Smartest Man" got outsmarted). But if [[spoiler:Veidt]] was under investigation by the government, why didn't anyone from the government investigate him further after Blake's murder? And why didn't Blake bother to report the ''results'' of his investigation to anyone? Considering Blake was killed after being specifically ordered to investigate [[spoiler:Veidt]], you'd think that would make him a pretty obvious suspect in Blake's death.
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* ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'':
**''Film/{{Watchmen}}'': Since the film adaptation slightly changes the book's climax, it also gives a slightly different explanation for why Eddie Blake was murdered. In the book, it's laid out that he accidentally discovered the island laboratory where [[spoiler:Adrian Veidt]] was [[spoiler:conducting experiments to create his creature]] while returning from a mission in South America, initially mistaking the laboratory for a Sandinista base. The movie just says that he figured out [[spoiler:Veidt]]'s plan after being ordered to investigate him by the government, with no real explanation of ''how'' he figured it out (implying that the "World's Smartest Man" got outsmarted). But if [[spoiler:Veidt]] was under investigation by the government, why didn't anyone from the government investigate him further after Blake's murder? And why didn't Blake bother to report the ''results'' of his investigation to anyone? Considering Blake was killed after being specifically ordered to investigate [[spoiler:Veidt]], you'd think that would make him a pretty obvious suspect in Blake's death.
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** In both the movie and the comic, [[spoiler: Ozymandias]] plans to avert a coming war between the United States and the Soviet Union by [[spoiler:orchestrating a horrific massacre]] and [[spoiler:blaming it on a non-human outsider]], giving the two countries a common enemy to unite against. In the comic, he does this by [[spoiler:attacking New York with a genetically engineered monster]] to fool the people of the world into believing that [[spoiler:Earth has been invaded by aliens]]. In the movie, he [[spoiler:destroys the world's major cities with a series of energy blasts]], and stages them to look like Doctor Manhattan [[spoiler:has turned against humanity]]. The problem is that everyone on Earth knows that Doctor Manhattan is an American citizen who's been a loyal operative of the US military for decades, making it a strong possibility that the rest of the world would [[spoiler:hold America responsible for the massacres]] and [[spoiler:be reluctant to join with them]]. The long-term viability of his plan is also a lot more questionable in the movie, since (unlike [[spoiler:Comic!Veidt's "aliens"]]) Doctor Manhattan ''actually exists'', and could conceivably be killed, or at least convince the people of the world that he wasn't responsible--which would send the world right back to square 1.
