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* In ''Film/Joker2019'', ''Film/{{Joker|2019}}'' depicts the titular character's origin as having occurred years before Batman appears (specifically, Arthur takes up the 'Joker' name [[spoiler:on the same night Thomas and Martha Wayne are killed]]), while almost every other incarnation of the Joker appears only after Batman became active. In fact, this version [[spoiler: indirectly leads to Batman's catalyst, as Joker's actions inspire Joe Chill to assassinate the Waynes, [[CreateYourOwnHero a reversal]] of [[CreateYourOwnVillain the normal roles]] of who creates whom]].
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* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', features the character Commander Walters who is [[CanonCharacterAllAlong revealed to be the live-action version of the G.U.N. Commander]] in ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022'' who didn't appear in the games until ''Videogame/ShadowTheHedgehog''.
* In the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' Mary Jane is introduced as Peter's GirlNextDoor and high school crush. She is actually a CompositeCharacter of Gwen Stacy, Peter's college girlfriend in the comics who famously was killed by the Green Goblin in "ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied". Mary Jane didn't show up until Peter was in college and formed something of a BettyAndVeronica rivalry for Peter's affections, and years later ends up marrying Peter. Gwen doesn't show up in those films until ''Film/SpiderMan3'', and is an obvious RomanticFalseLead. However, Peter and Gwen ''do'' meet at college in the movie as they do in the comics.
* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', features the character Commander Walters who is [[CanonCharacterAllAlong revealed to be the live-action version of the G.U.N. Commander]] in ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022'' who didn't appear in the games until ''Videogame/ShadowTheHedgehog''.
* In the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' Mary Jane is introduced as Peter's GirlNextDoor and high school crush. She is actually a CompositeCharacter of Gwen Stacy, Peter's college girlfriend in the comics who famously was killed by the Green Goblin in "ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied". Mary Jane didn't show up until Peter was in college and formed something of a BettyAndVeronica rivalry for Peter's affections, and years later ends up marrying Peter. Gwen doesn't show up in those films until ''Film/SpiderMan3'', and is an obvious RomanticFalseLead. However, Peter and Gwen ''do'' meet at college in the movie as they do in the comics.
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* ''Film/SnowWhite1916:'' ''Film/{{Snow White|1916}}'' (1916): In what would become a trend for fairy tale adaptations, Snow White already knows her prince--he's [[KissingCousins her cousin]] and they're [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage already betrothed]]. Snow White also interacts with the huntsman before the queen orders him to kill her.
*''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|2020}}'' features the character Commander Walters who Walters. He is later [[CanonCharacterAllAlong revealed to be the live-action version of the G.U.N. Commander]] in ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022'' ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog 2|2022}}'', who didn't appear in the games until ''Videogame/ShadowTheHedgehog''.
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* In the''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', Mary Jane is introduced as Peter's GirlNextDoor and high school crush. She is actually a CompositeCharacter of Gwen Stacy, Peter's college girlfriend in the comics who famously was killed by the Green Goblin in "ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied". Mary Jane didn't show up until Peter was in college and formed something of a BettyAndVeronica rivalry for Peter's affections, and years later ends up marrying Peter. Gwen doesn't show up in those films until ''Film/SpiderMan3'', and is an obvious RomanticFalseLead. However, Peter and Gwen ''do'' meet at college in the movie as they do in the comics.
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* ''Film/Tekken2010'' ''Film/{{Tekken|2010}}'' is very loosely based on ''[[Franchise/{{Tekken}} Tekken 3]]'', ''VideoGame/Tekken3'', but features characters from later games like Steve, Christie, Raven Raven, and Dragonuv.
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** [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan Themovie first movie]] introduces Gwen Stacy as Peter's primary love interest. Here, they go to high-school together high school together, with Peter and Gwen knowing each other before Peter the former got bitten by the spider. In the comics, Peter met Gwen during his college years.
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** ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' also let Spider-Man meet Max Dillon before the latter turns into Electro and face Alexei before he got his PoweredArmor as Rhino. In the comics, both meet Spider-Man ''after'' they became supervillains.
** ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' also let Spider-Man meet Max Dillon before the latter turns into Electro and face Alexei before he got his PoweredArmor as Rhino. In the comics, both meet Spider-Man ''after'' they became supervillains.
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*** Additionally, in the comics, Harry Osborn became the ''second'' Green Goblin after his father and Gwen Stacy died. ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' sees Harry as the original Green Goblin [[spoiler:and Gwen's killer.]]
**''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' also let Spider-Man meet Max Dillon before the latter turns into Electro and face Alexei before he got his PoweredArmor as Rhino. In the comics, both meet Spider-Man ''after'' they became supervillains.
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* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' has both ComicBook/BlackWidow and ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} as original members, even though both characters joined later rosters in the comics. Additionally, the Chitauri weren't created in the comics until 2002, and didn't join the mainstream Marvel Universe until 2013. In the movie, they, along with Loki, are the first threat the Avengers have to stop as a team.
*** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica also is part of the team from the beginning as he's found frozen in the ice at the end of [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirsTAvenger his first solo movie]] by S.H.I.E.L.D. as opposed [[ComicBook/TheAvengers to the comics]] where in the now famous fourth issue the already established Avengers found Cap before the latter joined the team immediately.
** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica from his [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier second solo move]] on draws heavily from Creator/EdBrubaker’s work with the character that started in 2004. The most prominent aspect of his work in the MCU is his reinvention of The Winter Soldier, ComicBook/BuckyBarnes. Bucky was changed from a long dead KidSidekick to someone who was kidnapped by the Soviets in World War 2 and turned into an assassin with a metal arm.
** ComicBook/{{Ultron}} is the main villain of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', and is accidentally created by Tony Stark. In the accepted comics canon, Hank Pym (the first Ant-Man) created Ultron, but Hank had not even been introduced at this point in the MCU.
** The Avengers had already been published for about a decade when ComicBook/{{Thanos}} first appeared in 1973. In the MCU, Thanos has essentially been the franchise's GreaterScopeVillain since the first ''Avengers'' movie, where he was revealed to be the ManBehindTheMan in TheStinger.
** In the comics, James Rhodes didn't appear as part of ComicBook/IronMan's supporting cast until 1979, and didn't become ComicBook/WarMachine until 1992. He's part of Tony's supporting cast from Day 1 in the first ''Film/IronMan1'' movie, and becomes War Machine in [[Film/IronMan2 the very next movie]]. In this continuity, he effectively predates a bunch of characters who have been around a lot longer in the comics, like Spider-Man, Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}} and Hawkeye.
** ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'':
*** Inverted with Spider-Man himself. In the comics, he predated Iron Man and the formation of the Avengers, and was in fact, probably the only major Marvel hero at the time not to be a member of the team when the book first launched. Because Spider-Man's movie rights were off-limits during the first two Phases of the MCU, he doesn't show up in the movies until several years ''after'' the Avengers have already been formed (and when he is, they go back to the beginning and thus give him an AgeLift in comparison to the others). In fact, Peter Parker's idolization of the Avengers (especially Iron Man) is a plot point.
*** Done retroactively via WordOfGod that the kid in the Iron Man mask that Tony rescues from the Hammer Drone in ''Film/IronMan2'' was a young Peter.
*** Iron Spider and Tony's mentoring role are also a case, as these are things that didn't happen until Peter was married and in his twenties. Here, he's 15 when he meets Tony and the Iron Spider suit is gifted to him six months later.
*** As an {{Expy}} / RaceLift of ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson, Michelle, A.K.A "MJ," would count as well, since she's introduced as Peter's high school classmate in Spidey's first solo MCU outing, while Gwen Stacy has yet to be introduced in this continuity.
*** Also by extension, pretty much every other teen character and young hero in contrast; Peter was a grown man by the time other teen heroes started showing up, and is OlderAndWiser than most of them now. Here, Peter's at least decade younger than ComicBook/JessicaJones (whom he went to high school with) and Daisy Johnson (who is almost a decade ''younger'' than him in the comics), and is the same age/younger than such heroes like the Series/{{Runaways}} and Series/CloakAndDagger.
** ComicBook/{{Shuri}} is present from the very beginning of ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'', even though she wasn't introduced until the 2005 run of the comics. Same goes for the Dora Milaje, one of whom even appeared in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', despite not existing in the comics until TheNineties. Somewhat a JustifiedTrope though, as in both cases, the characters were [[RememberTheNewGuy depicted as having always been part of Black Panther's cast]]; later stories set during T'Challa's early years or flashbacks to previous eras in the comics have depicted them as being around the whole time, and just never mentioned/seen during these previous stories.
** Even if the ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' movie includes none of the original formation, U.S. Agent, Yelena Belova, Winter Soldier, Ghost and Taskmaster were members of later incarnations. No matter if with a few caveats (the Yelena who joined the Thunderbolts in the comics was actually a disguised Natasha Romanoff, [[spoiler:and both Ghost and Taskmaster in the MCU are reimagined {{Gender Flip}}s]]).
** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' has both ComicBook/BlackWidow and ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} as original members, even though both characters joined later rosters in the comics. Additionally, the Chitauri weren't created in the comics until 2002, and didn't join the mainstream Marvel Universe until 2013. In the movie, they, along with Loki, are the first threat the Avengers have to stop as a team.
*** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica also is part of the team from the beginning as he's found frozen in the ice at the end of [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirsTAvenger his first solo movie]] by S.H.I.E.L.D. as opposed [[ComicBook/TheAvengers to the comics]] where in the now famous fourth issue the already established Avengers found Cap before the latter joined the team immediately.
** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica from his [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier second solo move]] on draws heavily from Creator/EdBrubaker’s work with the character that started in 2004. The most prominent aspect of his work in the MCU is his reinvention of The Winter Soldier, ComicBook/BuckyBarnes. Bucky was changed from a long dead KidSidekick to someone who was kidnapped by the Soviets in World War 2 and turned into an assassin with a metal arm.
** ComicBook/{{Ultron}} is the main villain of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', and is accidentally created by Tony Stark. In the accepted comics canon, Hank Pym (the first Ant-Man) created Ultron, but Hank had not even been introduced at this point in the MCU.
** The Avengers had already been published for about a decade when ComicBook/{{Thanos}} first appeared in 1973. In the MCU, Thanos has essentially been the franchise's GreaterScopeVillain since the first ''Avengers'' movie, where he was revealed to be the ManBehindTheMan in TheStinger.
** In the comics, James Rhodes didn't appear as part of ComicBook/IronMan's supporting cast until 1979, and didn't become ComicBook/WarMachine until 1992. He's part of Tony's supporting cast from Day 1 in the first ''Film/IronMan1'' movie, and becomes War Machine in [[Film/IronMan2 the very next movie]]. In this continuity, he effectively predates a bunch of characters who have been around a lot longer in the comics, like Spider-Man, Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}} and Hawkeye.
** ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'':
*** Inverted with Spider-Man himself. In the comics, he predated Iron Man and the formation of the Avengers, and was in fact, probably the only major Marvel hero at the time not to be a member of the team when the book first launched. Because Spider-Man's movie rights were off-limits during the first two Phases of the MCU, he doesn't show up in the movies until several years ''after'' the Avengers have already been formed (and when he is, they go back to the beginning and thus give him an AgeLift in comparison to the others). In fact, Peter Parker's idolization of the Avengers (especially Iron Man) is a plot point.
*** Done retroactively via WordOfGod that the kid in the Iron Man mask that Tony rescues from the Hammer Drone in ''Film/IronMan2'' was a young Peter.
*** Iron Spider and Tony's mentoring role are also a case, as these are things that didn't happen until Peter was married and in his twenties. Here, he's 15 when he meets Tony and the Iron Spider suit is gifted to him six months later.
*** As an {{Expy}} / RaceLift of ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson, Michelle, A.K.A "MJ," would count as well, since she's introduced as Peter's high school classmate in Spidey's first solo MCU outing, while Gwen Stacy has yet to be introduced in this continuity.
*** Also by extension, pretty much every other teen character and young hero in contrast; Peter was a grown man by the time other teen heroes started showing up, and is OlderAndWiser than most of them now. Here, Peter's at least decade younger than ComicBook/JessicaJones (whom he went to high school with) and Daisy Johnson (who is almost a decade ''younger'' than him in the comics), and is the same age/younger than such heroes like the Series/{{Runaways}} and Series/CloakAndDagger.
** ComicBook/{{Shuri}} is present from the very beginning of ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'', even though she wasn't introduced until the 2005 run of the comics. Same goes for the Dora Milaje, one of whom even appeared in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', despite not existing in the comics until TheNineties. Somewhat a JustifiedTrope though, as in both cases, the characters were [[RememberTheNewGuy depicted as having always been part of Black Panther's cast]]; later stories set during T'Challa's early years or flashbacks to previous eras in the comics have depicted them as being around the whole time, and just never mentioned/seen during these previous stories.
** Even if the ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' movie includes none of the original formation, U.S. Agent, Yelena Belova, Winter Soldier, Ghost and Taskmaster were members of later incarnations. No matter if with a few caveats (the Yelena who joined the Thunderbolts in the comics was actually a disguised Natasha Romanoff, [[spoiler:and both Ghost and Taskmaster in the MCU are reimagined {{Gender Flip}}s]]).
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022'': The film takes inspiration from the first four issues of the book series, and several principal characters appear in the film earlier than their book counterparts.
** In the books, Mr. Tarantula is introduced in the second book, after the gang had committed to going good. In the film, [[GenderFlip Ms. Tarantula]] is part of the gang during their criminal years.
** Agent Fox is not introduced until the third book, after the gang reforms. Diane Foxington, her film counterpart, is introduced in the first act and is a key player in kickstarting Mr. Wolf's CharacterDevelopment.
** In the books, Doctor Marmalade is briefly revealed at the end of the second book and becomes a major character in the third. In the film, Professor Marmalade is introduced in the film's first act. [[spoiler:And unlike the books, where he's introduced as the BigBad, the film version is a VillainWithGoodPublicity whose treachery isn't revealed until the end of the second act.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke'': One of the photographs of the Joker observed by Batman at the Batcave features Harley Quinn, when [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke the source material]] predated Harley Quinn's work of origin ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' by four years and she wouldn't be integrated into the continuity of the original comics until 1999 through the one-shot ''Batman: Harley Quinn''.
* Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon:
** In the original fairy-tales of ''Literature/SnowWhite'' and ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'', the princes only appear at the end to fall in LoveAtFirstSight with the sleeping/dead heroines and revive them. Obviously, from an adult perspective this is [[DudeShesLikeInAComa more than a little]] [[ILoveTheDead disturbing]]. Thus the classic Disney adaptations of [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs both]] [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty stories]] have the heroine and her prince meet and fall in love earlier, while she's still awake. In the case of ''Sleeping Beauty'', this meant reducing Aurora's sleep from the traditional hundred years to just one night (it only would have been a hundred years if Prince Philip hadn't defeated Maleficent).
** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}},'' he meets Princess Jasmine when she attempts to [[GildedCage escape from the palace]] before he ever gets the lamp.
* In ''The Prince of Egypt'''s prequel/{{Spiritual Successor}} ''WesternAnimation/JosephKingOfDreams'', Joseph meets his future wife Asenath while a slave in Potiphar's household. In Literature/TheBible she's not introduced until their actual marriage.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt,'' Moses first meets his future wife Tzipporah as a prisoner in Egypt and helps her escape; in Literature/TheBible they didn't meet until he ended up in Midian.
* In ''WesternAnimation/PigletsBigMovie'', the episode from the original ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' dealing with Kanga and Roo's arrival and subsequent integration into the forest is adapted in flashback form; however, Tigger is in on Rabbit's initial plot to get rid of Kanga. This creates an inconsistency, not only with the book canon, but with the original Disney canon; in both versions, Kanga and Roo were well settled long before Tigger showed up. In the first short ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'' in fact, ''they'' were this trope.
* There are multiple elements in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' that appear rather early for an origin story for Mario and had already been well-established, with Mario having a long and storied career by the time they appeared.
** Lumalee, a Luma, shows up, whereas Lumas in general didn't appear in the games until ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
** Biddybuds from ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' are some of the first creatures seen in the Mushroom Kingdom.
** An inverted pyramid similar to the one in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' appears in a desert.
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* ''Film/ArtemisFowl'' is mostly based on the first book, but introduces Opal Koboi as the villain and shows us Artemis' father before he's kidnapped (by Opal, [[AdaptedOut not the Russian Mafiya]]). Neither appears until the second book.
* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': Andrew starts wearing clothes when Little Miss gets married, wearing the same tuxedo as Sir, instead of starting after Sir's death and asking permission from Little Sir.
* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'': Most adaptations introduce Tiny Tim and often the rest of the Cratchits near the beginning of the story both to build up the audience's interest in them and to add [[LighterAndSofter more Christmas cheer]] to the story's somber beginning. In the book, they don't appear until the Ghost of Christmas Present sequence.
** Almost every adaptation has Scrooge's former fiancée Belle appear at Fezziwig's party, letting both the older Scrooge and the audience see the young couple happily in love. In the book, she doesn't appear until the scene where she ends their engagement.
* ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'':
** In the comics, Batman first encounters ComicBook/RasAlGhul years into his career as Batman. In ''Film/BatmanBegins'' however, he is Bruce's mentor before he becomes the Batman, and the first BigBad that Bruce goes up against when he puts on the cowl.
** Likewise, Lucius Fox was introduced ''decades'' into the comics, while in this series, he is present during the start of Batman's career and is one of his earliest allies.
* ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'':
** The universe includes TheMasquerade as part of its story, and as such by the time the Film/{{Justice League|2017}} is formed very few of the heroes are actually known public figures, [[ShroudedInMyth only existing in classified surveillance videos and government files]]. In almost all comics continuity the Justice League is formed because the heroes already knew each other personally, and ended up finding their CrisisCrossover team up to be successful and want to continue it. Here just trying to determine that this "[[Franchise/TheFlash Flash]]" or this "ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}" exist is a trial.
** ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' and ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' follow the New 52 retcon mentioned in the Comic Books section, with ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} being one of the founding members of the team despite not having been created until two decades after the group was first published in the original comics.
** The comics ComicBook/SuicideSquad was formed as a potential countermeasure against various metahumans, including if the Justice League went rogue. ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' has Amanda Waller organizing the squad long before the existence of metahumans started to become an issue.
** Cassandra Cain is the second most recent addition to the main ''{{Franchise/Batman}}'' family, having been introduced in 1999 during the ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand'' arc. However, she's the first member of the family outside of Batman and Alfred to be seen in this universe in ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', beating Tim Drake and Stephanie Brown to being in anything live action despite them both being older characters. Tim was created in 1989 and Steph in 1992.
* [[spoiler:David]] being revealed as the true BigBad is a major shocking reveal in ''Literature/{{Allegiant}}'' and is kept secret until near the end; with most of the first part of the book focusing on [[spoiler:Nita's rebellion]]. However halfway through ''Film/TheDivergentSeriesAllegiant'', [[spoiler:David's]] true persona is already unmasked and he spends the rest of the film as the main villain.
* ''Film/Dune1984'':
** Emperor Shaddam IV was the overarching villain in the book but does not appear in person until the climax. In the film, he debuts at the beginning, during a meeting between him and the Guild.
** The Guild Navigator that Shaddam meets at the movie's beginning is Edric who's counterpart first showed up in ''Literature/DuneMessiah'', the sequel to the novel that the film adapts.
* ''Film/Dune2021'':
** Glossu Rabban shows up at the very beginning of the movie as the dictator of the titular Dune. In the book, he didn't show up until after the Atreides had fallen. Rabban appearing early is consistent across all Dune adaptations, as his character is often [[AscendedExtra expanded on]] from the book but in this film, he is the first of the major Harkonnens to appear.
** The movies expand on the nameless gladiator that Feyd-Rautha fought in captivity. He shows up much earlier in the story as [[NamedByTheAdaptation Lieutenant Lanville]], a minor officer seen commanding the Atreides men and hanging around Gurney and Duncan.
* ''Film/FullmetalAlchemist2017'', which largely adapts early arcs of [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist the manga]] introduces [[spoiler:the mannequin soldiers]] at the climax (the equivalent of volume four of the manga, out of twenty-seven volumes total), while the manga introduced them shortly before the heroes' raid on Central late in the series (volume eighteen). TheStinger also shows [[spoiler:Envy's shrunken true form]], which was introduced in volume twenty.
* In the film ''Gor'' which very loosely adapts the first book of the ''Literature/{{Gor}}'' series, the BigBad is Sarm, a priest/king. Sarm the Priest-King (which is a different species altogether) only appears in the third book.
* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': A certain fisherman gets one in the novelization, one who appears in TheStinger of both versions of the story.
* ''Film/TheHobbit'' film trilogy introduces some characters who appeared in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' but not the book ''The Hobbit'' was based on:
** Chronologically speaking, the Witch-king of Angmar (who features prominently in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]'') first shows up in ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'', where he attempts to backstab Radagast with a Morgul blade only for the wizard to successfully fend him off.
** In ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]'', Smaug has an EyeAwaken at the end of the film. In the [[Literature/TheHobbit novel]], Smaug only appeared once the Company arrived at the Lonely Mountain.
** Frodo has a chronological one in the FlashForward beginning of ''An Unexpected Journey''.
** There's Saruman and Galadriel's appearances on the White Council.
** Legolas makes his appearance in [[Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug the last]] [[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies two films]]. He's a supporting character who arguably gets the best fights of the entire second film.
* In ''Film/JohnCarter'', the Therns are the BigBad, provoking the conflict between the city-states of Helium and Zodanga, and even being accidentally responsible for bringing John Carter to Mars in the first place. In the original novels, the Therns weren't introduced until the second book.
* In the Film/JamesBond film series, SPECTRE is introduced in ''Film/DrNo'', and its leader Blofeld appears in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'', the first and second movies respectively; in the books, both first appeared in ''Literature/{{Thunderball}}'', which would become [[Film/{{Thunderball}} the fourth movie]].[[note]]The order is a bit wonky because the books were adapted out of order, but in both film and book series, ''Dr. No'' and ''From Russia with Love'' came before ''Thunderball''.[[/note]]
* The live-action version of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' only covers the first two arcs, but it already features Yukako Yamagishi in a large enough role to be featured in promotional materials alongside the main cast, and the villain who [[spoiler:kills Keicho Nijimura]] at the end is not Akira Otoishi but Yoshikage Kira. Also, whereas in the anime and manga Echoes only appears as an egg during the Nijimura Brothers arc, in the live action version it hatches during this sequence, revealing [=ACT1=].
* In ''Film/Joker2019'', depicts the titular character's origin as having occurred years before Batman appears (specifically, Arthur takes up the 'Joker' name [[spoiler:on the same night Thomas and Martha Wayne are killed]]), while almost every other incarnation of the Joker appears only after Batman became active. In fact, this version [[spoiler: indirectly leads to Batman's catalyst, as Joker's actions inspire Joe Chill to assassinate the Waynes, [[CreateYourOwnHero a reversal]] of [[CreateYourOwnVillain the normal roles]] of who creates whom]].
* In the novel ''Literature/{{Maurice}}'', Scudder is subtly mentioned several times before Maurice actually encounters him. In the film, there is a brief scene early on that only serves to introduce him to the audience as a servant in Clive's house, and call him by name.
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' has both ComicBook/BlackWidow and ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} as original members, even though both characters joined later rosters in the comics. Additionally, the Chitauri weren't created in the comics until 2002, and didn't join the mainstream Marvel Universe until 2013. In the movie, they, along with Loki, are the first threat the Avengers have to stop as a team.
*** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica also is part of the team from the beginning as he's found frozen in the ice at the end of [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirsTAvenger his first solo movie]] by S.H.I.E.L.D. as opposed [[ComicBook/TheAvengers to the comics]] where in the now famous fourth issue the already established Avengers found Cap before the latter joined the team immediately.
** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica from his [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier second solo move]] on draws heavily from Creator/EdBrubaker’s work with the character that started in 2004. The most prominent aspect of his work in the MCU is his reinvention of The Winter Soldier, ComicBook/BuckyBarnes. Bucky was changed from a long dead KidSidekick to someone who was kidnapped by the Soviets in World War 2 and turned into an assassin with a metal arm.
** ComicBook/{{Ultron}} is the main villain of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', and is accidentally created by Tony Stark. In the accepted comics canon, Hank Pym (the first Ant-Man) created Ultron, but Hank had not even been introduced at this point in the MCU.
** The Avengers had already been published for about a decade when ComicBook/{{Thanos}} first appeared in 1973. In the MCU, Thanos has essentially been the franchise's GreaterScopeVillain since the first ''Avengers'' movie, where he was revealed to be the ManBehindTheMan in TheStinger.
** In the comics, James Rhodes didn't appear as part of ComicBook/IronMan's supporting cast until 1979, and didn't become ComicBook/WarMachine until 1992. He's part of Tony's supporting cast from Day 1 in the first ''Film/IronMan1'' movie, and becomes War Machine in [[Film/IronMan2 the very next movie]]. In this continuity, he effectively predates a bunch of characters who have been around a lot longer in the comics, like Spider-Man, Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}} and Hawkeye.
** ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'':
*** Inverted with Spider-Man himself. In the comics, he predated Iron Man and the formation of the Avengers, and was in fact, probably the only major Marvel hero at the time not to be a member of the team when the book first launched. Because Spider-Man's movie rights were off-limits during the first two Phases of the MCU, he doesn't show up in the movies until several years ''after'' the Avengers have already been formed (and when he is, they go back to the beginning and thus give him an AgeLift in comparison to the others). In fact, Peter Parker's idolization of the Avengers (especially Iron Man) is a plot point.
*** Done retroactively via WordOfGod that the kid in the Iron Man mask that Tony rescues from the Hammer Drone in ''Film/IronMan2'' was a young Peter.
*** Iron Spider and Tony's mentoring role are also a case, as these are things that didn't happen until Peter was married and in his twenties. Here, he's 15 when he meets Tony and the Iron Spider suit is gifted to him six months later.
*** As an {{Expy}} / RaceLift of ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson, Michelle, A.K.A "MJ," would count as well, since she's introduced as Peter's high school classmate in Spidey's first solo MCU outing, while Gwen Stacy has yet to be introduced in this continuity.
*** Also by extension, pretty much every other teen character and young hero in contrast; Peter was a grown man by the time other teen heroes started showing up, and is OlderAndWiser than most of them now. Here, Peter's at least decade younger than ComicBook/JessicaJones (whom he went to high school with) and Daisy Johnson (who is almost a decade ''younger'' than him in the comics), and is the same age/younger than such heroes like the Series/{{Runaways}} and Series/CloakAndDagger.
** ComicBook/{{Shuri}} is present from the very beginning of ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'', even though she wasn't introduced until the 2005 run of the comics. Same goes for the Dora Milaje, one of whom even appeared in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', despite not existing in the comics until TheNineties. Somewhat a JustifiedTrope though, as in both cases, the characters were [[RememberTheNewGuy depicted as having always been part of Black Panther's cast]]; later stories set during T'Challa's early years or flashbacks to previous eras in the comics have depicted them as being around the whole time, and just never mentioned/seen during these previous stories.
** Even if the ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' movie includes none of the original formation, U.S. Agent, Yelena Belova, Winter Soldier, Ghost and Taskmaster were members of later incarnations. No matter if with a few caveats (the Yelena who joined the Thunderbolts in the comics was actually a disguised Natasha Romanoff, [[spoiler:and both Ghost and Taskmaster in the MCU are reimagined {{Gender Flip}}s]]).
* In ''Literature/TheMazeRunner'' trilogy, the Right Arm, a resistant movement working against W.I.C.K.E.D, are introduced in the third book ''The Death Cure''. In ''Film/MazeRunnerTheScorchTrials'', the film adaptation of the second book ''The Scorch Trials'', the group is revealed to exist about a third of the way through the movie, and the plot then becomes about the protagonists finding and meeting up with them -- [[spoiler:which they do shortly before the climax]].
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'':
** ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'': The 1995 film that adapted the events of [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 the first game]] featured two characters[[note]] Shao Kahn doesn't appear until after Shang Tsung is killed at the end (thus being the end of [=MK1=]'s story) as a SequelHook, and thus doesn't count.[[/note]] that didn't debut until ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII''. While Jax only makes a cameo appearance (which in turn serves as an EarlyBirdCameo in relation to ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation''), Kitana plays a prominent role as [[BigBad Shang Tsung's]] personal assassin who does a HeelFaceTurn to aid the heroes in defeating the EvilSorcerer. Though it is interesting to note that when [=MK1=] was being developed, her prototype character, named "Kitsune", was going to be in the game as the daughter of Shang Tsung, but was scrapped from the final product. Thus, her appearance in the movie doubles as both an adaptational early appearance and a DevelopmentGag.
** Likewise, the 2021 ''Film/{{Mortal Kombat|2021}}'' reboot is loosely based on the first game, but features Jax, Mileena and Kung Lao (all introduced in ''[=MK2=]''), Kabal (introduced in ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 MK3]]''), Reiko (introduced in ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat4 MK4]]'') and Nitara (introduced in ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]]'').
* In ''Film/AceAttorney2012'', Manfred von Karma, who is elevated to being the BigBad, is introduced far earlier than he is in the videogames. It is largely due to all but two of the game's five cases being AdaptedOut and also using the case against Miles Edgeworth (the fourth one that occurs late in the game, but the second one in the movie) as the main plot of the film.
* ''Film/RamonaAndBeezus'' starts with the Quimbys already having three daughters. In the [[Literature/RamonaQuimby book]] series, Roberta was born at the ''seventh'' installment, and her birth takes place after the wedding of Aunt Bea (an event which serves as the climax of the movie adaptation).
* In ''Film/RurouniKenshin'', Hajime Saito was introduced two-three arcs earlier than in the source material. Likewise, Gien and Banjin were part of the final BigBad's team but were introduced in the same arc as Saito in the film.
* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', features the character Commander Walters who is [[CanonCharacterAllAlong revealed to be the live-action version of the G.U.N. Commander]] in ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022'' who didn't appear in the games until ''Videogame/ShadowTheHedgehog''.
* In the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' Mary Jane is introduced as Peter's GirlNextDoor and high school crush. She is actually a CompositeCharacter of Gwen Stacy, Peter's college girlfriend in the comics who famously was killed by the Green Goblin in "ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied". Mary Jane didn't show up until Peter was in college and formed something of a BettyAndVeronica rivalry for Peter's affections, and years later ends up marrying Peter. Gwen doesn't show up in those films until ''Film/SpiderMan3'', and is an obvious RomanticFalseLead. However, Peter and Gwen ''do'' meet at college in the movie as they do in the comics.
** Peter and Harry Osborn are high school friends in the movie as opposed to meeting in college as in the comics.
** Also somewhat inverted with regards to his superhero career; Peter started his vigilantism during his teen years while he was still in school, but in the films he's graduated shortly after getting his powers and becomes Spider-Man after having moved out of Aunt May's house. Another case of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' being TruerToTheText as they not only keep him a high schooler until he's been Spider-Man for two years, but they also establish him living with Aunt May and using his Daily Bugle paycheck to help her with rent, which was the original reason why he worked at the Bugle in the first place.
* When the first ''Literature/AlexRider'' novel was made into a film, ''Film/{{Stormbreaker}}'', it featured the character of Sabina Pleasure as Alex's school crush even though she doesn't appear until the third novel (''"Skeleton Key"''). This was obviously to play on the teen romance arc, because sequels where she could have turned up were originally planned.
* ''Film/{{Tekken}}'' is very loosely based on ''VideoGame/Tekken3'', but features characters from later games like Steve, Christie, Raven and Dragonuv.
* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan''
** The movie introduces Gwen Stacy as Peter's primary love interest. Here, they go to high-school together with Peter and Gwen knowing each other before Peter got bitten by the spider. In the comics, Peter met Gwen during his college years.
** Harry Osborn is introduced in [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2 the sequel]] as Peter's childhood friend. Like in the comics, Harry joined the supporting cast of ComicBook/SpiderMan during Peter's college years.
*** Additionally, in the comics, Harry Osborn became the ''second'' Green Goblin after his father and Gwen Stacy died. ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' sees Harry as the original Green Goblin [[spoiler:and Gwen's killer.]]
** ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' also let Spider-Man meet Max Dillon before the latter turns into Electro and face Alexei before he got his PoweredArmor as Rhino. In the comics, both meet Spider-Man ''after'' they became supervillains.
* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'':
** The Wicked Witch of the West turns up early for an initial confrontation with Glinda and Dorothy moments after the latter's arrival in Oz. This didn't happen in [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz the original book,]] which only had her make her first appearance much later when the Wizard sent Dorothy to her castle to steal her broomstick.
** Arguably this trope applies to Glinda herself too, due to her being a CompositeCharacter of the witches of the North and the South from the original: the latter, also called Glinda, only appeared at the end of the book with the information Dorothy needed to return home.
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!! Films -- Animation
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022'': The film takes inspiration from the first four issues of the book series, and several principal characters appear in the film earlier than their book counterparts.
** In the books, Mr. Tarantula is introduced in the second book, after the gang had committed to going good. In the film, [[GenderFlip Ms. Tarantula]] is part of the gang during their criminal years.
** Agent Fox is not introduced until the third book, after the gang reforms. Diane Foxington, her film counterpart, is introduced in the first act and is a key player in kickstarting Mr. Wolf's CharacterDevelopment.
** In the books, Doctor Marmalade is briefly revealed at the end of the second book and becomes a major character in the third. In the film, Professor Marmalade is introduced in the film's first act. [[spoiler:And unlike the books, where he's introduced as the BigBad, the film version is a VillainWithGoodPublicity whose treachery isn't revealed until the end of the second act.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke'': One of the photographs of the Joker observed by Batman at the Batcave features Harley Quinn, when [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke the source material]] predated Harley Quinn's work of origin ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' by four years and she wouldn't be integrated into the continuity of the original comics until 1999 through the one-shot ''Batman: Harley Quinn''.
* Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon:
** In the original fairy-tales of ''Literature/SnowWhite'' and ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'', the princes only appear at the end to fall in LoveAtFirstSight with the sleeping/dead heroines and revive them. Obviously, from an adult perspective this is [[DudeShesLikeInAComa more than a little]] [[ILoveTheDead disturbing]]. Thus the classic Disney adaptations of [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs both]] [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty stories]] have the heroine and her prince meet and fall in love earlier, while she's still awake. In the case of ''Sleeping Beauty'', this meant reducing Aurora's sleep from the traditional hundred years to just one night (it only would have been a hundred years if Prince Philip hadn't defeated Maleficent).
** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}},'' he meets Princess Jasmine when she attempts to [[GildedCage escape from the palace]] before he ever gets the lamp.
* In ''The Prince of Egypt'''s prequel/{{Spiritual Successor}} ''WesternAnimation/JosephKingOfDreams'', Joseph meets his future wife Asenath while a slave in Potiphar's household. In Literature/TheBible she's not introduced until their actual marriage.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt,'' Moses first meets his future wife Tzipporah as a prisoner in Egypt and helps her escape; in Literature/TheBible they didn't meet until he ended up in Midian.
* In ''WesternAnimation/PigletsBigMovie'', the episode from the original ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' dealing with Kanga and Roo's arrival and subsequent integration into the forest is adapted in flashback form; however, Tigger is in on Rabbit's initial plot to get rid of Kanga. This creates an inconsistency, not only with the book canon, but with the original Disney canon; in both versions, Kanga and Roo were well settled long before Tigger showed up. In the first short ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'' in fact, ''they'' were this trope.
* There are multiple elements in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' that appear rather early for an origin story for Mario and had already been well-established, with Mario having a long and storied career by the time they appeared.
** Lumalee, a Luma, shows up, whereas Lumas in general didn't appear in the games until ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
** Biddybuds from ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' are some of the first creatures seen in the Mushroom Kingdom.
** An inverted pyramid similar to the one in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' appears in a desert.
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!!Films -- Live-Action
* ''Film/ArtemisFowl'' is mostly based on the first book, but introduces Opal Koboi as the villain and shows us Artemis' father before he's kidnapped (by Opal, [[AdaptedOut not the Russian Mafiya]]). Neither appears until the second book.
* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': Andrew starts wearing clothes when Little Miss gets married, wearing the same tuxedo as Sir, instead of starting after Sir's death and asking permission from Little Sir.
* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'': Most adaptations introduce Tiny Tim and often the rest of the Cratchits near the beginning of the story both to build up the audience's interest in them and to add [[LighterAndSofter more Christmas cheer]] to the story's somber beginning. In the book, they don't appear until the Ghost of Christmas Present sequence.
** Almost every adaptation has Scrooge's former fiancée Belle appear at Fezziwig's party, letting both the older Scrooge and the audience see the young couple happily in love. In the book, she doesn't appear until the scene where she ends their engagement.
* ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'':
** In the comics, Batman first encounters ComicBook/RasAlGhul years into his career as Batman. In ''Film/BatmanBegins'' however, he is Bruce's mentor before he becomes the Batman, and the first BigBad that Bruce goes up against when he puts on the cowl.
** Likewise, Lucius Fox was introduced ''decades'' into the comics, while in this series, he is present during the start of Batman's career and is one of his earliest allies.
* ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'':
** The universe includes TheMasquerade as part of its story, and as such by the time the Film/{{Justice League|2017}} is formed very few of the heroes are actually known public figures, [[ShroudedInMyth only existing in classified surveillance videos and government files]]. In almost all comics continuity the Justice League is formed because the heroes already knew each other personally, and ended up finding their CrisisCrossover team up to be successful and want to continue it. Here just trying to determine that this "[[Franchise/TheFlash Flash]]" or this "ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}" exist is a trial.
** ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' and ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' follow the New 52 retcon mentioned in the Comic Books section, with ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} being one of the founding members of the team despite not having been created until two decades after the group was first published in the original comics.
** The comics ComicBook/SuicideSquad was formed as a potential countermeasure against various metahumans, including if the Justice League went rogue. ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' has Amanda Waller organizing the squad long before the existence of metahumans started to become an issue.
** Cassandra Cain is the second most recent addition to the main ''{{Franchise/Batman}}'' family, having been introduced in 1999 during the ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand'' arc. However, she's the first member of the family outside of Batman and Alfred to be seen in this universe in ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', beating Tim Drake and Stephanie Brown to being in anything live action despite them both being older characters. Tim was created in 1989 and Steph in 1992.
* [[spoiler:David]] being revealed as the true BigBad is a major shocking reveal in ''Literature/{{Allegiant}}'' and is kept secret until near the end; with most of the first part of the book focusing on [[spoiler:Nita's rebellion]]. However halfway through ''Film/TheDivergentSeriesAllegiant'', [[spoiler:David's]] true persona is already unmasked and he spends the rest of the film as the main villain.
* ''Film/Dune1984'':
** Emperor Shaddam IV was the overarching villain in the book but does not appear in person until the climax. In the film, he debuts at the beginning, during a meeting between him and the Guild.
** The Guild Navigator that Shaddam meets at the movie's beginning is Edric who's counterpart first showed up in ''Literature/DuneMessiah'', the sequel to the novel that the film adapts.
* ''Film/Dune2021'':
** Glossu Rabban shows up at the very beginning of the movie as the dictator of the titular Dune. In the book, he didn't show up until after the Atreides had fallen. Rabban appearing early is consistent across all Dune adaptations, as his character is often [[AscendedExtra expanded on]] from the book but in this film, he is the first of the major Harkonnens to appear.
** The movies expand on the nameless gladiator that Feyd-Rautha fought in captivity. He shows up much earlier in the story as [[NamedByTheAdaptation Lieutenant Lanville]], a minor officer seen commanding the Atreides men and hanging around Gurney and Duncan.
* ''Film/FullmetalAlchemist2017'', which largely adapts early arcs of [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist the manga]] introduces [[spoiler:the mannequin soldiers]] at the climax (the equivalent of volume four of the manga, out of twenty-seven volumes total), while the manga introduced them shortly before the heroes' raid on Central late in the series (volume eighteen). TheStinger also shows [[spoiler:Envy's shrunken true form]], which was introduced in volume twenty.
* In the film ''Gor'' which very loosely adapts the first book of the ''Literature/{{Gor}}'' series, the BigBad is Sarm, a priest/king. Sarm the Priest-King (which is a different species altogether) only appears in the third book.
* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': A certain fisherman gets one in the novelization, one who appears in TheStinger of both versions of the story.
* ''Film/TheHobbit'' film trilogy introduces some characters who appeared in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' but not the book ''The Hobbit'' was based on:
** Chronologically speaking, the Witch-king of Angmar (who features prominently in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]'') first shows up in ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'', where he attempts to backstab Radagast with a Morgul blade only for the wizard to successfully fend him off.
** In ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]'', Smaug has an EyeAwaken at the end of the film. In the [[Literature/TheHobbit novel]], Smaug only appeared once the Company arrived at the Lonely Mountain.
** Frodo has a chronological one in the FlashForward beginning of ''An Unexpected Journey''.
** There's Saruman and Galadriel's appearances on the White Council.
** Legolas makes his appearance in [[Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug the last]] [[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies two films]]. He's a supporting character who arguably gets the best fights of the entire second film.
* In ''Film/JohnCarter'', the Therns are the BigBad, provoking the conflict between the city-states of Helium and Zodanga, and even being accidentally responsible for bringing John Carter to Mars in the first place. In the original novels, the Therns weren't introduced until the second book.
* In the Film/JamesBond film series, SPECTRE is introduced in ''Film/DrNo'', and its leader Blofeld appears in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'', the first and second movies respectively; in the books, both first appeared in ''Literature/{{Thunderball}}'', which would become [[Film/{{Thunderball}} the fourth movie]].[[note]]The order is a bit wonky because the books were adapted out of order, but in both film and book series, ''Dr. No'' and ''From Russia with Love'' came before ''Thunderball''.[[/note]]
* The live-action version of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' only covers the first two arcs, but it already features Yukako Yamagishi in a large enough role to be featured in promotional materials alongside the main cast, and the villain who [[spoiler:kills Keicho Nijimura]] at the end is not Akira Otoishi but Yoshikage Kira. Also, whereas in the anime and manga Echoes only appears as an egg during the Nijimura Brothers arc, in the live action version it hatches during this sequence, revealing [=ACT1=].
* In ''Film/Joker2019'', depicts the titular character's origin as having occurred years before Batman appears (specifically, Arthur takes up the 'Joker' name [[spoiler:on the same night Thomas and Martha Wayne are killed]]), while almost every other incarnation of the Joker appears only after Batman became active. In fact, this version [[spoiler: indirectly leads to Batman's catalyst, as Joker's actions inspire Joe Chill to assassinate the Waynes, [[CreateYourOwnHero a reversal]] of [[CreateYourOwnVillain the normal roles]] of who creates whom]].
* In the novel ''Literature/{{Maurice}}'', Scudder is subtly mentioned several times before Maurice actually encounters him. In the film, there is a brief scene early on that only serves to introduce him to the audience as a servant in Clive's house, and call him by name.
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' has both ComicBook/BlackWidow and ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} as original members, even though both characters joined later rosters in the comics. Additionally, the Chitauri weren't created in the comics until 2002, and didn't join the mainstream Marvel Universe until 2013. In the movie, they, along with Loki, are the first threat the Avengers have to stop as a team.
*** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica also is part of the team from the beginning as he's found frozen in the ice at the end of [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirsTAvenger his first solo movie]] by S.H.I.E.L.D. as opposed [[ComicBook/TheAvengers to the comics]] where in the now famous fourth issue the already established Avengers found Cap before the latter joined the team immediately.
** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica from his [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier second solo move]] on draws heavily from Creator/EdBrubaker’s work with the character that started in 2004. The most prominent aspect of his work in the MCU is his reinvention of The Winter Soldier, ComicBook/BuckyBarnes. Bucky was changed from a long dead KidSidekick to someone who was kidnapped by the Soviets in World War 2 and turned into an assassin with a metal arm.
** ComicBook/{{Ultron}} is the main villain of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', and is accidentally created by Tony Stark. In the accepted comics canon, Hank Pym (the first Ant-Man) created Ultron, but Hank had not even been introduced at this point in the MCU.
** The Avengers had already been published for about a decade when ComicBook/{{Thanos}} first appeared in 1973. In the MCU, Thanos has essentially been the franchise's GreaterScopeVillain since the first ''Avengers'' movie, where he was revealed to be the ManBehindTheMan in TheStinger.
** In the comics, James Rhodes didn't appear as part of ComicBook/IronMan's supporting cast until 1979, and didn't become ComicBook/WarMachine until 1992. He's part of Tony's supporting cast from Day 1 in the first ''Film/IronMan1'' movie, and becomes War Machine in [[Film/IronMan2 the very next movie]]. In this continuity, he effectively predates a bunch of characters who have been around a lot longer in the comics, like Spider-Man, Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}} and Hawkeye.
** ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'':
*** Inverted with Spider-Man himself. In the comics, he predated Iron Man and the formation of the Avengers, and was in fact, probably the only major Marvel hero at the time not to be a member of the team when the book first launched. Because Spider-Man's movie rights were off-limits during the first two Phases of the MCU, he doesn't show up in the movies until several years ''after'' the Avengers have already been formed (and when he is, they go back to the beginning and thus give him an AgeLift in comparison to the others). In fact, Peter Parker's idolization of the Avengers (especially Iron Man) is a plot point.
*** Done retroactively via WordOfGod that the kid in the Iron Man mask that Tony rescues from the Hammer Drone in ''Film/IronMan2'' was a young Peter.
*** Iron Spider and Tony's mentoring role are also a case, as these are things that didn't happen until Peter was married and in his twenties. Here, he's 15 when he meets Tony and the Iron Spider suit is gifted to him six months later.
*** As an {{Expy}} / RaceLift of ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson, Michelle, A.K.A "MJ," would count as well, since she's introduced as Peter's high school classmate in Spidey's first solo MCU outing, while Gwen Stacy has yet to be introduced in this continuity.
*** Also by extension, pretty much every other teen character and young hero in contrast; Peter was a grown man by the time other teen heroes started showing up, and is OlderAndWiser than most of them now. Here, Peter's at least decade younger than ComicBook/JessicaJones (whom he went to high school with) and Daisy Johnson (who is almost a decade ''younger'' than him in the comics), and is the same age/younger than such heroes like the Series/{{Runaways}} and Series/CloakAndDagger.
** ComicBook/{{Shuri}} is present from the very beginning of ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'', even though she wasn't introduced until the 2005 run of the comics. Same goes for the Dora Milaje, one of whom even appeared in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', despite not existing in the comics until TheNineties. Somewhat a JustifiedTrope though, as in both cases, the characters were [[RememberTheNewGuy depicted as having always been part of Black Panther's cast]]; later stories set during T'Challa's early years or flashbacks to previous eras in the comics have depicted them as being around the whole time, and just never mentioned/seen during these previous stories.
** Even if the ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' movie includes none of the original formation, U.S. Agent, Yelena Belova, Winter Soldier, Ghost and Taskmaster were members of later incarnations. No matter if with a few caveats (the Yelena who joined the Thunderbolts in the comics was actually a disguised Natasha Romanoff, [[spoiler:and both Ghost and Taskmaster in the MCU are reimagined {{Gender Flip}}s]]).
* In ''Literature/TheMazeRunner'' trilogy, the Right Arm, a resistant movement working against W.I.C.K.E.D, are introduced in the third book ''The Death Cure''. In ''Film/MazeRunnerTheScorchTrials'', the film adaptation of the second book ''The Scorch Trials'', the group is revealed to exist about a third of the way through the movie, and the plot then becomes about the protagonists finding and meeting up with them -- [[spoiler:which they do shortly before the climax]].
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'':
** ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'': The 1995 film that adapted the events of [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 the first game]] featured two characters[[note]] Shao Kahn doesn't appear until after Shang Tsung is killed at the end (thus being the end of [=MK1=]'s story) as a SequelHook, and thus doesn't count.[[/note]] that didn't debut until ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII''. While Jax only makes a cameo appearance (which in turn serves as an EarlyBirdCameo in relation to ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation''), Kitana plays a prominent role as [[BigBad Shang Tsung's]] personal assassin who does a HeelFaceTurn to aid the heroes in defeating the EvilSorcerer. Though it is interesting to note that when [=MK1=] was being developed, her prototype character, named "Kitsune", was going to be in the game as the daughter of Shang Tsung, but was scrapped from the final product. Thus, her appearance in the movie doubles as both an adaptational early appearance and a DevelopmentGag.
** Likewise, the 2021 ''Film/{{Mortal Kombat|2021}}'' reboot is loosely based on the first game, but features Jax, Mileena and Kung Lao (all introduced in ''[=MK2=]''), Kabal (introduced in ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 MK3]]''), Reiko (introduced in ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat4 MK4]]'') and Nitara (introduced in ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]]'').
* In ''Film/AceAttorney2012'', Manfred von Karma, who is elevated to being the BigBad, is introduced far earlier than he is in the videogames. It is largely due to all but two of the game's five cases being AdaptedOut and also using the case against Miles Edgeworth (the fourth one that occurs late in the game, but the second one in the movie) as the main plot of the film.
* ''Film/RamonaAndBeezus'' starts with the Quimbys already having three daughters. In the [[Literature/RamonaQuimby book]] series, Roberta was born at the ''seventh'' installment, and her birth takes place after the wedding of Aunt Bea (an event which serves as the climax of the movie adaptation).
* In ''Film/RurouniKenshin'', Hajime Saito was introduced two-three arcs earlier than in the source material. Likewise, Gien and Banjin were part of the final BigBad's team but were introduced in the same arc as Saito in the film.
* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', features the character Commander Walters who is [[CanonCharacterAllAlong revealed to be the live-action version of the G.U.N. Commander]] in ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022'' who didn't appear in the games until ''Videogame/ShadowTheHedgehog''.
* In the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' Mary Jane is introduced as Peter's GirlNextDoor and high school crush. She is actually a CompositeCharacter of Gwen Stacy, Peter's college girlfriend in the comics who famously was killed by the Green Goblin in "ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied". Mary Jane didn't show up until Peter was in college and formed something of a BettyAndVeronica rivalry for Peter's affections, and years later ends up marrying Peter. Gwen doesn't show up in those films until ''Film/SpiderMan3'', and is an obvious RomanticFalseLead. However, Peter and Gwen ''do'' meet at college in the movie as they do in the comics.
** Peter and Harry Osborn are high school friends in the movie as opposed to meeting in college as in the comics.
** Also somewhat inverted with regards to his superhero career; Peter started his vigilantism during his teen years while he was still in school, but in the films he's graduated shortly after getting his powers and becomes Spider-Man after having moved out of Aunt May's house. Another case of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' being TruerToTheText as they not only keep him a high schooler until he's been Spider-Man for two years, but they also establish him living with Aunt May and using his Daily Bugle paycheck to help her with rent, which was the original reason why he worked at the Bugle in the first place.
* When the first ''Literature/AlexRider'' novel was made into a film, ''Film/{{Stormbreaker}}'', it featured the character of Sabina Pleasure as Alex's school crush even though she doesn't appear until the third novel (''"Skeleton Key"''). This was obviously to play on the teen romance arc, because sequels where she could have turned up were originally planned.
* ''Film/{{Tekken}}'' is very loosely based on ''VideoGame/Tekken3'', but features characters from later games like Steve, Christie, Raven and Dragonuv.
* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan''
** The movie introduces Gwen Stacy as Peter's primary love interest. Here, they go to high-school together with Peter and Gwen knowing each other before Peter got bitten by the spider. In the comics, Peter met Gwen during his college years.
** Harry Osborn is introduced in [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2 the sequel]] as Peter's childhood friend. Like in the comics, Harry joined the supporting cast of ComicBook/SpiderMan during Peter's college years.
*** Additionally, in the comics, Harry Osborn became the ''second'' Green Goblin after his father and Gwen Stacy died. ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' sees Harry as the original Green Goblin [[spoiler:and Gwen's killer.]]
** ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' also let Spider-Man meet Max Dillon before the latter turns into Electro and face Alexei before he got his PoweredArmor as Rhino. In the comics, both meet Spider-Man ''after'' they became supervillains.
* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'':
** The Wicked Witch of the West turns up early for an initial confrontation with Glinda and Dorothy moments after the latter's arrival in Oz. This didn't happen in [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz the original book,]] which only had her make her first appearance much later when the Wizard sent Dorothy to her castle to steal her broomstick.
** Arguably this trope applies to Glinda herself too, due to her being a CompositeCharacter of the witches of the North and the South from the original: the latter, also called Glinda, only appeared at the end of the book with the information Dorothy needed to return home.
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