History AdaptationalBadass / AnimatedFilms

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'': The pigs. In earlier ''Franchise/AngryBirds'' media, they were used almost exclusively for comic relief. In this movie, not only is their leader smart enough to trick most of the birds, but they actually fight back when the birds try to reclaim their eggs.

** Princess Peach is the most obvious example, getting {{Xenafication}} from DamselInDistress to ActionGirl. She's introduced easily clearing an obstacle course that Mario himself struggles with, and in the FinalBattle, she has a DamselOutOfDistress segment during her forced wedding with Bowser where she uses an [[AnIcePerson Ice Flower]] to freeze Bowser and take a horde of enemies by herself before being knocked out by a explosion. While many games have Peach be able to keep up with the Mario brothers, she's still often in need of rescuing and rarely the one who actually leads the charge. Additionally, Peach's soft-spoken, kindhearted, feminine GirlyGirl ([[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak with a tomboy streak]]) and [[TheDitz a bit airheaded]] personality from the games is [[AdaptationPersonalityChange significantly altered]], with her being [[CompositeCharacter given]] Daisy's TomboyPrincess traits instead.

** Bullet Bill, in addition to being twice as fast as he is in the games, ''explodes with the force of a nuke'', causing a dimensional rift that sucks Bowser's castle to Earth.

** Princess Peach is the most obvious example getting {{Xenafication}} from DamselInDistress to ActionGirl, being able to clear an entire obstacle course Mario couldn’t in one go and in the FinalBattle has a DamselOutOfDistress segment during her forced wedding with Bowser using an [[AnIcePerson Ice Flower]] to freeze Bowser and take a horde of enemies by herself before being knocked out by a explosion. In fairness this is OlderThanTheyThink as the film draws influence from ''ComicBook/SuperMarioAdventures'', ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBrosDIC'' and games such as ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach'' (where she's TheHero and saved the Bros. and the kingdom all by herself), ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'', ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRun'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'', ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', and the [[VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle Mario + Rabbids]] [[VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsSparksOfHope games]], where Peach was similarly capable. Additionally Peach’s soft-spoken, kindhearted, feminine GirlyGirl ([[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak with a tomboy streak]]) and [[TheDitz a bit airheaded]] personality from the games is [[AdaptationPersonalityChange significantly altered]], with her being [[CompositeCharacter given]] Daisy’s TomboyPrincess traits instead.
** PlayedWith in regards to Franchise/DonkeyKong, he doesn’t do anything like punching the moon to Earth like in the games but in the movie he’s still so strong that Mario explicitly needs a PowerUp to fight and beat him. This contrasts to majority of the games where Mario can regularly take DK on with no power ups whatsoever.
** Toad is usually TheLoad but in the movie he’s much more capable and brave being a GuileHero that even helps in the fight against Bowser during the climax.
** Koopa Troopas and Dry Bones are '''far''' more badass and intimidating than they ever were in the games. The Koopa Troopas can not only attack all at once unlike the games but in the Rainbow Road segment they channel the War Boys from ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''. Likewise the Dry Bones act like modern swarming fast zombies rather than the usual ZombieGait of the games.
** Bullet Bill in addition to being twice as fast as he is in the games ''explodes with the force of a nuke'', causing a dimensional rift that sucks Bowser’s castle to Earth.

** Princess Peach is the most obvious example getting {{Xenafication}} from DamselInDistress to ActionGirl, being able to clear an entire obstacle course Mario couldn’t in one go and in the FinalBattle has a DamselOutOfDistress segment during her forced wedding with Bowser using an [[AnIcePerson Ice Flower]] to freeze Bowser and take a horde of enemies by herself before being knocked out by a explosion. In fairness this is OlderThanTheyThink as the film draws influence from ''ComicBook/SuperMarioAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBrosDIC'' where Peach was similarly capable. Additionally Peach’s [[TheDitz airhead personality]] from the games is altered, with her being [[CompositeCharacter given]] Daisy’s TomboyPrincess traits instead.

** Aunt May is a frail old lady in the comics. In ''Spider-Verse'' she beats up ''[[TheBrute freaking Tombstone]] with a baseball bat''.

* ''WesternAnimation/ SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' gives this treatment to the Spot. In the comics, Spot is a C-list villain ''at best'' who gets an ounce of credibility in the Supervillain community because his powers make him an useful getaway guy, and once a blue moon he can occasiobally prove to be a NotSoHarmlessVillain. Even so, his first appearance had him flee from Spider-Man fter taking a single punch, and afterwards he mostly serves as a minion to more competent villains or punching bag for superheroes. In the movie, ge ''starts'' off like that, even being dismissed as a VillainOfTheWeek by all the Spider-people, but as the movie progresses and he gets a handle of his powers he evolves into a borderline multiversal EldritchAbomination and Miles' Archenemy.

** Princess Peach is the most obvious example getting {{Xenafication}} from DamselInDistress to ActionGirl, being able to clear an entire obstacle course Mario couldn’t in one go and in the FinalBattle has a DamselOutOfDistress segment during her forced wedding with Bowser using a [[AnIcePerson Ice Flower]] to freeze Bowser and take a horde of enemies by herself before being knocked out by a explosion. In fairness this is OlderThanTheyThink as the film draws influence from ''ComicBook/SuperMarioAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBrosDIC'' where Peach was similarly capable. Additionally Peach’s [[TheDitz airhead personality]] from the games is altered, with her being [[CompositeCharacter given]] Daisy’s TomboyPrincess traits instead.

** Princess Peach is the most obvious example getting {{Xenafication}} from DamselInDistress to ActionGirl, being able to clear an entire obstacle course Mario couldn’t in one go and in FinalBattle has a DamselOutOfDistress segment during her forced wedding with Bowser using a [[AnIcePerson Ice Flower]] to freeze Bowser and take a horde of enemies by herself before being knocked out by a explosion. In fairness this is OlderThanTheyThink as the film draws influence from ''ComicBook/SuperMarioAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBrosDIC'' where Peach was similarly capable. Additionally Peach’s [[TheDitz airhead personality]] from the games is altered, with her being [[CompositeCharacter given]] Daisy’s TomboyPrincess traits instead.

** Princess Peach is the most obvious example getting {{Xenafication}} from DamselInDistress to ActionGirl, being able to clear an entire obstacle course Mario couldn’t in one go and in FinalBattle has a DamselOutOfDistress segment during her forced wedding with Bowser using a [[AnIcePerson Ice Flower]] to freeze Bowser and take a horde of enemies by herself before being knocked out by a explosion. In fairness this is OlderThanTheyThink as the film draws influence from ''ComicBook/SuperMarioAdventures'' where Peach was similarly capable. Additionally Peach’s [[TheDitz airhead personality]] from the games is altered, with her being [[CompositeCharacter given]] Daisy’s TomboyPrincess traits instead.

* [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Toothless]] of ''Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon'' went from a tiny green dragon which could fit on [[ABoyAndHisX Hiccup's]] shoulder in the book series to a Night Fury, described as "the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself", and the dragon every viking fears most -- rather, the ''only'' dragon vikings fear in [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon the film adaptation]].

** ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' gives this treatment to Jack Horner and Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Jack Horner rather than just being a kid who sticks his thumb in a pie is instead a SuperMobBoss with a CrazyPrepared arsenal of magical items [[CompleteMonster who’s so goddamn evil]] he makes Tony Montana look nice. Goldilocks and the Three Bears for their part are TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether rather than being just a rude girl who barged into someone else’s home and a peaceful bear family respectively.

* ''Literature/PussInBoots'' in the original tale was a GuileHero and pragmatist, in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' and his [[WesternAnimation/PussInBoots solo movie]] he's [[Creator/AntonioBanderas literally]] the cat version of Franchise/{{Zorro}} being a MasterSwordsmen and adventurer.

* Bekka in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters''. In the mainstream DC universe, she is a HotScientist with [[TheEmpath emotion controlling powers]] that rarely, if ever, fought. In this movie, she is this universe's own Franchise/WonderWoman and just as capable as Diana of Themyscira. While seemingly lacking her original powers, she makes up for it with her impressive martial skills, superhuman strength, flight and a CoolSword that can cut through nearly everything.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' gives basically everyone this treatment. Aladdin goes from being a lazy kid who's ''maybe'' a little clever to a GuileHero with LeParkour abilities to rival [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreed Altair]] and in the FinalBattle fights a ScaledUp Jafar armed only with a scimitar. The Princess goes from being a beautiful, but otherwise flat, LoveInterest to a RebelliousPrincess who impresses Aladdin by being smart and fun, as well as pretty. Then there's Jafar himself, who is a CompositeCharacter of an evil sorcerer and an ObstructiveBureaucrat vizier who ''wasn't'' the BigBad. He now ''is'' the BigBad who uses every bit of both magical and political power he has. (The Genie is an exception. He [[AdaptationalHeroism is a kinder, more individualized character]] who is ''not'' more powerful then his story counterpart; the Genie from the story could have easily done the same things ''and'' never mentioned the three rules the one in the movie did.)

** [[ComicBook/SpiderManNoir Noir Spider-Man]] is cool in the comics but his strength is inferior to mainline Spider-Man and others. In the movie, Noir Spidey easily takes on half the RoguesGallery with just 1940s-era GoodOldFisticuffs and his origin is tweaked to make him a PrivateDetective who fights Nazis on a ''daily basis'', whereas in the comic he's just a reporter who doesn't get to punch a single Nazi.

* Speaking of witches, the Sea Witch from Hans Christian Anderson's ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'' was just a plot device to teach the titular mermaid a cautionary lesson. In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' the Sea Witch aka Ursula is a badass [[AdaptationalVillainy evil]] octopus lady who took down King Triton and nearly conquered the entire sea... before she got impaled.

* ''WesternAnimation/CatwomanHunted'': AdaptationalBadass: While in the comics ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} is a BadassNormal, she's not a particularly deathly fighter amongst {{Badass Normal}}s, even in Batman's RoguesGallery, but in this film, she takes on ''several'' super-villains that are considered much stronger or better fighters than her in the comics, and all in the same night with limited assistance from Batwoman.

** The Green Lantern Corps, in the [[ComicBook/SupermanRedSon comic]] they’re basically a RedShirtArmy as their constructs and are easily destroyed by Russian Superman, who steamrolls them. In the animated film on the other hand, they collectively overpower Supes and even trap him in a unbreakable green cube ''which they shrink''. They only lose when Wonder Woman [[NiceJobBreakingItHero steps in to free Superman]].

** [[spoiler: Lex in the FinalBattle of the comic, helps Superman beat Brainiac by tinkering from the sidelines. In the animated version Lex gets into PoweredArmor and actually fights Brainiac alongside Supes]].

* [[ActionGirl Rapunzel]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', in the [[Literature/{{Rapunzel}} original tale]] all she did was lift people up with her [[RapunzelHair super long hair]], [[BabiesEverAfter and get pregnant with twins later]]. In the Disney version she kicks ass with [[FryingPanOfDoom a frying pan]] and can [[BuildingSwing swing around]] and lasso things with her hair. And that’s not even getting into [[SuperMode how badass Rapunzel becomes]] in her [[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries show]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'', thanks in large part to being a [[RecycledInSpace Sci-Fi update]] to ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', does this to several characters from the original novel.

* ''WesternAnimation/CatwomanHunted'': AdaptationalBadass: While in the comics ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} is a BadassNormal, she's not a particularly deathly fighter amonsg {{Badass Normal}}s, even in Batman's RoguesGallery, but in this film, she takes on ''several'' super-villains that are considered much stronger or better fighters than her in the comics, and all in the same night with limited assistance from Batwoman.

* Esmeralda from ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' changed from TheIngenue in the original story to an ActionGirl in the [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Disney animated version]]. Claude Frollo also counts because in the original book he wasn't a combatant. Quasimodo is much [[SuperStrength stronger]] as well, being able to rip stone pillars down.