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** In the comics, [[ComicBook/TheJudasContract Terra]] was TheMole [[EvilAllAlong from the very beginning]], and horrified even Slade with her ruthlessness and manipulative sociopathy. The Terras of the 2003 series and the [[WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse DCAMU]], however, are BrokenBirds who were DrivenToVillainy by a desperate need to live a normal life. The former was even a genuine friend to the Titans before becoming a double agent for Slade. The animated versions are also remorseful for their actions, performing a HeelFaceTurn after some convincing by Beast Boy. Finally, both have their deaths framed as {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s, though 2003 Terra secretly comes back from the dead to live as a civilian at some point. In contrast, comic Terra's death was the result of an unfocused blind rage that made her lose total control of her powers.
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** In the comics, [[ComicBook/TheJudasContract Terra]] was TheMole [[EvilAllAlong from the very beginning]], and horrified even Slade with her ruthlessness and manipulative sociopathy. The Terras of the 2003 series and the [[WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse DCAMU]], however, are BrokenBirds were {{Broken Bird}}s who were DrivenToVillainy by a desperate need to live a normal life. The former was even a genuine friend to the Titans before becoming a double agent for Slade. The animated versions are also remorseful for their actions, performing a HeelFaceTurn after some convincing by Beast Boy. Finally, both have their deaths framed as {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s, though 2003 Terra secretly comes back from the dead to live as a civilian [[EarnYourHappyEnding successfully gain that normal life]] at some point. In contrast, comic Terra's death was the result of an unfocused blind rage that made her lose total control of her powers.powers, with the narration hammering home that she's an unrepentant monster.
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** In the comics, [[ComicBook/TheJudasContract Terra]] was TheMole [[EvilAllAlong from the very beginning]], and horrified even Slade with her ruthlessness and manipulative sociopathy. The Terra Terras of the 2003 series, series and the [[WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse DCAMU]], however, is a BrokenBird are BrokenBirds who started as a genuine friend to the Titans, was were DrivenToVillainy by a desperate need to live a normal life, and performs life. The former was even a genuine friend to the Titans before becoming a double agent for Slade. The animated versions are also remorseful for their actions, performing a HeelFaceTurn after some convincing by Beast Boy. Even the version in the later ''[[WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse DCAMU]]'' adaptation of her storyline has the character show remorse for her actions by the end, and the Finally, both have their deaths of both animated incarnations were framed as {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s rather Sacrifice}}s, though 2003 Terra secretly comes back from the dead to live as a civilian at some point. In contrast, comic Terra's death was the result of an unintentional suicide caused a rage-filled rampage.unfocused blind rage that made her lose total control of her powers.
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** In the comics, [[ComicBook/TheJudasContract Terra]] was TheMole [[EvilAllAlong from the very beginning]], and horrified even Slade with her ruthlessness and manipulative sociopathy. The Terra of the 2003 series, however, is a BrokenBird who started as a genuine friend to the Titans, was DrivenToVillainy by a desperate need to live a normal life, and performs a HeelFaceTurn after some convincing by Beast Boy. Even the version in the later ''[[WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse DCAMU]]'' adaptation of her storyline has the character show remorse for her actions.
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** In the comics, [[ComicBook/TheJudasContract Terra]] was TheMole [[EvilAllAlong from the very beginning]], and horrified even Slade with her ruthlessness and manipulative sociopathy. The Terra of the 2003 series, however, is a BrokenBird who started as a genuine friend to the Titans, was DrivenToVillainy by a desperate need to live a normal life, and performs a HeelFaceTurn after some convincing by Beast Boy. Even the version in the later ''[[WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse DCAMU]]'' adaptation of her storyline has the character show remorse for her actions.actions by the end, and the deaths of both animated incarnations were {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s rather an unintentional suicide caused a rage-filled rampage.
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** In the comics, Terra was TheMole [[EvilAllAlong from the very beginning]], and horrified even Slade with her ruthlessness and manipulative sociopathy. This Terra, however, is a BrokenBird who started as a genuine friend to the Titans, was DrivenToVillainy by a desperate need to live a normal life, and performs a HeelFaceTurn after some convincing by Beast Boy.
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** In the comics, Terra [[ComicBook/TheJudasContract Terra]] was TheMole [[EvilAllAlong from the very beginning]], and horrified even Slade with her ruthlessness and manipulative sociopathy. This Terra, The Terra of the 2003 series, however, is a BrokenBird who started as a genuine friend to the Titans, was DrivenToVillainy by a desperate need to live a normal life, and performs a HeelFaceTurn after some convincing by Beast Boy.Boy. Even the version in the later ''[[WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse DCAMU]]'' adaptation of her storyline has the character show remorse for her actions.
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** Atrocitus is only after Lobo become the bounty hunter stole some Red Lantern rings.
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** Atrocitus is only after Lobo become because the bounty hunter stole some Red Lantern rings.
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* Muskie Muskrat wasn't completely a bad guy in ''WesternAnimation/TheDeputyDawgShow'', but he loved to play tricks on Deputy Dawg and outsmart him when the canine lawman tried to arrest him for causing trouble. In ''WesternAnimation/{{Curbside}}'', he is Deputy Dawg's loyal sidekick with his only fault being that [[AdaptationalDumbass he's an idiot this time around]].
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* Muskie Muskrat wasn't completely a bad guy in ''WesternAnimation/TheDeputyDawgShow'', but he loved to play tricks on Deputy Dawg and outsmart him when the canine lawman tried to arrest him for causing trouble. In ''WesternAnimation/{{Curbside}}'', he is Deputy Dawg's loyal sidekick with his only fault being that [[AdaptationalDumbass he's an idiot this time around]].around]].
* Zodac in WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983. His action figure, already existent before the cartoon was made, was labelled as "Evil Cosmic Enforcer", not to mention he had the finned forearms and webbed feet common among the villains of the toyline. However, the cartoon recasts him as a supposedly neutral but mostly good overseeing character, who even delivers the [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle closing lessons]] in two episodes. Re-releases of the action figure sort of retconned his original self by simply labelling him "Cosmic Enforcer".
* Zodac in WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983. His action figure, already existent before the cartoon was made, was labelled as "Evil Cosmic Enforcer", not to mention he had the finned forearms and webbed feet common among the villains of the toyline. However, the cartoon recasts him as a supposedly neutral but mostly good overseeing character, who even delivers the [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle closing lessons]] in two episodes. Re-releases of the action figure sort of retconned his original self by simply labelling him "Cosmic Enforcer".
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** Carolyn Trainer, aka Lady Octopus, also follows suit. She's introduced as a geeky, stalker with a crush who tries to impress Otto Octavius. [[spoiler: She gives up villainy when she discovered he was just using her]] .
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}''. In [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} the movie]] Beetlejuice was clearly a villain willing to kill human beings and [[{{squick}} forcefully married and underage girl in her early teens]]. In the series Beetlejuice is Lidia's Platonic best friend and protector, and though mischievous and likes to scare people, never really harm anyone and even risk his… em… afterlife, to save Lidia’s parents and cat in different episodes.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}''. In [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} the movie]] Beetlejuice was clearly a villain willing to kill human beings and [[{{squick}} [[DirtyOldMan forcefully married and an underage girl in her early teens]]. In the series Beetlejuice is Lidia's Platonic Lydia's platonic best friend and protector, and though mischievous and likes to scare people, never really harm anyone and even risk his… em… afterlife, to save Lidia’s Lydia’s parents and cat in different episodes.
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** Not at the present with Emperor Zarkon, but as shown in the WholeEpisodeFlashback, ''King'' Zarkon was a far cry from the tyrant he was in his original [=GoLion=] and Voltron incarnations. It was through a combination of LoveMakesYouEvil and CameBackWrong, he became the remorseless monster who would rule over the universe for ten thousand years.
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** Not at the present with Emperor Zarkon, but as shown in the WholeEpisodeFlashback, ''King'' Zarkon was a far cry from the tyrant he was in his original [=GoLion=] and Voltron incarnations. It was through a combination of LoveMakesYouEvil and CameBackWrong, he became the remorseless monster who would rule over the universe for ten thousand years.years.
* Muskie Muskrat wasn't completely a bad guy in ''WesternAnimation/TheDeputyDawgShow'', but he loved to play tricks on Deputy Dawg and outsmart him when the canine lawman tried to arrest him for causing trouble. In ''WesternAnimation/{{Curbside}}'', he is Deputy Dawg's loyal sidekick with his only fault being that [[AdaptationalDumbass he's an idiot this time around]].
* Muskie Muskrat wasn't completely a bad guy in ''WesternAnimation/TheDeputyDawgShow'', but he loved to play tricks on Deputy Dawg and outsmart him when the canine lawman tried to arrest him for causing trouble. In ''WesternAnimation/{{Curbside}}'', he is Deputy Dawg's loyal sidekick with his only fault being that [[AdaptationalDumbass he's an idiot this time around]].
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*** ComicBook/AmandaWaller and Wade Eiling are still against people like the League, but the former isn't as much as a sociopath as her comics incarnation and the latter is interested in helping protect the country rather than serving himself. Likewise, albeit retroactively given his FaceHeelTurn was part of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', Max Lord is less sleezy and evil.
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** The Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} villain Black Manta is reimagined as a [[ManOfWealthAndTaste sophisticated]] and somewhat [[NobleDemon noble]] villain who has numerous PetTheDog moments with his subordinates, particularly [[PapaWolf his son]]. In the comics, he was utterly heartless.
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** The Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} villain Black Manta is reimagined as a [[ManOfWealthAndTaste sophisticated]] and somewhat [[NobleDemon noble]] villain who has numerous PetTheDog moments with his subordinates, particularly [[PapaWolf his son]]. In the comics, he was he's an utterly heartless.heartless [[TheSociopath Sociopath]] and doesn't give a crap about his son, and even threatened to kill him just to torment Aquaman.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'', while [[GoodAllAlong claiming to have been secretly working to bring peace to the galaxy the entire time, regardless of whether that's actually true or not]], Lotor displays a kinder side that his [[Anime/{{GoLion}} original]] [[Anime/{{Voltron}} incarnation]] never had in addition to that unlike his original incarnation who was a StalkerWithACrush, he doesn't show any obsession towards Allura.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'', while [[GoodAllAlong claiming to have been secretly working to bring peace to the galaxy the entire time, regardless of whether that's actually true or not]], Lotor displays a kinder side that his [[Anime/{{GoLion}} original]] [[Anime/{{Voltron}} incarnation]] never had in addition to that unlike his original incarnation who was a StalkerWithACrush, he doesn't show any obsession towards Allura.Allura.
** Not at the present with Emperor Zarkon, but as shown in the WholeEpisodeFlashback, ''King'' Zarkon was a far cry from the tyrant he was in his original [=GoLion=] and Voltron incarnations. It was through a combination of LoveMakesYouEvil and CameBackWrong, he became the remorseless monster who would rule over the universe for ten thousand years.
** Not at the present with Emperor Zarkon, but as shown in the WholeEpisodeFlashback, ''King'' Zarkon was a far cry from the tyrant he was in his original [=GoLion=] and Voltron incarnations. It was through a combination of LoveMakesYouEvil and CameBackWrong, he became the remorseless monster who would rule over the universe for ten thousand years.
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** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' (''Unlimited''):
*** Huntress is a more heroic figure than she is in the comics, especially after she resolves her issues with Mandragora.
*** The Cheetah, Wonder Woman's arch-enemy, is instead a TragicVillain who only desires to become normal again and desires no role in evil whatsoever.
*** Ultra-Humanite is an AffablyEvil AntiVillain who never hurts an innocent rather than the insane conqueror he's usually portrayed as.
*** Huntress is a more heroic figure than she is in the comics, especially after she resolves her issues with Mandragora.
*** The Cheetah, Wonder Woman's arch-enemy, is instead a TragicVillain who only desires to become normal again and desires no role in evil whatsoever.
*** Ultra-Humanite is an AffablyEvil AntiVillain who never hurts an innocent rather than the insane conqueror he's usually portrayed as.
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** This extends to Proteus' [[DisappearedDad absentee father]], Joseph. While he's still a JerkAss and a lying opportunist, he does eventually come to accept his son and shows remorse over having abandoned him. While he was still a terrible husband, there's also no indication that he ever physically abused Moira, while in the comics, he beat and raped her, which is how Proteus was conceived in the first place.
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** This extends to Proteus' [[DisappearedDad absentee father]], Joseph. While he's still a JerkAss and a lying opportunist, he does eventually come to accept his son and shows remorse over having abandoned him. While he was still a terrible husband, there's also no indication that he ever physically abused Moira, while in the comics, he beat and raped her, [[ChildByRape which is how Proteus was conceived in the first place.place]].
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** Proteus. In the comics, he was an unrepentant killer and sociopath, and seemed to take pleasure in causing chaos and torment. In the show, he's genuinely misguided and confused, and doesn't kill anyone. Also, when he does hurt people, it's usually by accident or because he doesn't know what he was doing.
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** Proteus. In the comics, he was an unrepentant killer and sociopath, and seemed to take pleasure in causing chaos and torment. In the show, he's genuinely misguided and confused, and doesn't kill anyone. Also, when he does hurt people, it's usually by accident or because he doesn't know didn't realize what he was doing.
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** Proteus. In the comics, he was an unrepentant killer and sociopath, and seemed to take pleasure in causing chaos and torment. In the show, he's genuinely misguided and confused, and doesn't kill anyone. Also, when he does hurt people, it's usually by accident or because he doesn't know what he was doing.
** This extends to Proteus' [[DisappearedDad absentee father]], Joseph. While he's still a JerkAss and a lying opportunist, he does eventually come to accept his son and shows remorse over having abandoned him. While he was still a terrible husband, there's also no indication that he ever physically abused Moira, while in the comics, he beat and raped her, which is how Proteus was conceived in the first place.
** This extends to Proteus' [[DisappearedDad absentee father]], Joseph. While he's still a JerkAss and a lying opportunist, he does eventually come to accept his son and shows remorse over having abandoned him. While he was still a terrible husband, there's also no indication that he ever physically abused Moira, while in the comics, he beat and raped her, which is how Proteus was conceived in the first place.
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** The Sandman is a far more sympathetic character here, being a loving father who only broke the law to provide a better life for his daughter Keemia. In fact, in a major shift from tradition, his ''Keemia'' is actually the far more overtly [[AdaptationalVillainy villainous one]].
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** The Sandman is a far more sympathetic character here, being a loving father who only broke the law to provide a better life for his daughter Keemia. In fact, in a major shift from tradition, his ''Keemia'' is actually the far more overtly [[AdaptationalVillainy villainous one]].
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** Bulgy in the original novels was a racist JerkAss who met his karmic fate by being turned into a chicken coop. While this plot is adapted into the show, he is later restored for vehicle purposes and becomes more benevolent.
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** Bulgy in the original novels was a racist JerkAss {{Jerkass}} who met his karmic fate by being turned into a chicken coop. While this plot is adapted into the show, he is later restored for vehicle purposes and becomes more benevolent.
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** In ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'', while [[GoodAllAlong claiming to have been secretly working to bring peace to the galaxy the entire time, regardless of whether that's actually true or not]], Lotor displays a kinder side that his [[Anime/{{GoLion}} original]] [[Anime/{{Voltron}} incarnation]] never had in addition to that unlike his original incarnation who was a StalkerWithACrush, he doesn't show any obsession towards Allura.
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** While comics!John Constantine has his heroic moments, he was also a cynical​, alcoholic, self-centered con-man who couldn't care less about superheroes. While smarmy, the John Constantine here is merely deadpan and sarcastic, even being a member of the League.
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** While comics!John Constantine has his heroic moments, he was also a cynical​, alcoholic, self-centered con-man who couldn't care less about superheroes. While smarmy, the John Constantine here is merely deadpan and sarcastic, even being a member of the League.League.
** In ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'', while [[GoodAllAlong claiming to have been secretly working to bring peace to the galaxy the entire time, regardless of whether that's actually true or not]], Lotor displays a kinder side that his [[Anime/{{GoLion}} original]] [[Anime/{{Voltron}} incarnation]] never had in addition to that unlike his original incarnation who was a StalkerWithACrush, he doesn't show any obsession towards Allura.
** In ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'', while [[GoodAllAlong claiming to have been secretly working to bring peace to the galaxy the entire time, regardless of whether that's actually true or not]], Lotor displays a kinder side that his [[Anime/{{GoLion}} original]] [[Anime/{{Voltron}} incarnation]] never had in addition to that unlike his original incarnation who was a StalkerWithACrush, he doesn't show any obsession towards Allura.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' did this with [[spoiler: Songbird. In the comics, Melissa Gold started out as a criminal called "Screaming Mimi" and was a member of the Masters of Evil. During the Masters' scheme to pretend to be a hero team called the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}, she's changed her codename to "Songbird" and found that [[BecomingTheMask she liked]] [[GoodFeelsGood being a heroine]] and performed a HeelFaceTurn. After a few appearances in earlier episodes, "Deadly is the Black Widow's Bite!" revealed that Songbird was TheMole for S.H.I.E.L.D., spying on the Lethal Legion, and was a heroine from the start]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' did this with ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'':
** [[spoiler: Songbird. In the comics, Melissa Gold started out as a criminal called "Screaming Mimi" and was a member of the Masters of Evil. During the Masters' scheme to pretend to be a hero team called the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}, she's changed her codename to "Songbird" and found that [[BecomingTheMask she liked]] [[GoodFeelsGood being a heroine]] and performed a HeelFaceTurn. After a few appearances in earlier episodes, "Deadly is the Black Widow's Bite!" revealed that Songbird was TheMole for S.H.I.E.L.D., spying on the Lethal Legion, and was a heroine from thestart]].start]].
** While the Squaddies initially assume them to be a threat, the Space Phantoms that appear in "Revenge of the Baby-Sat!" are depicted as benevolent, when in the comics they were minions of the villain Immortus.
** [[spoiler: Songbird. In the comics, Melissa Gold started out as a criminal called "Screaming Mimi" and was a member of the Masters of Evil. During the Masters' scheme to pretend to be a hero team called the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}, she's changed her codename to "Songbird" and found that [[BecomingTheMask she liked]] [[GoodFeelsGood being a heroine]] and performed a HeelFaceTurn. After a few appearances in earlier episodes, "Deadly is the Black Widow's Bite!" revealed that Songbird was TheMole for S.H.I.E.L.D., spying on the Lethal Legion, and was a heroine from the
** While the Squaddies initially assume them to be a threat, the Space Phantoms that appear in "Revenge of the Baby-Sat!" are depicted as benevolent, when in the comics they were minions of the villain Immortus.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' did this with [[spoiler: Songbird. In the comics, Melissa Gold started out as a criminal called "Screaming Mimi" and was a member on the Master of Evil. During the Masters' scheme to pretend to be a hero team called the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}, she's changed her codename to "Songbird" and found that [[BecomingTheMask she liked]] [[GoodFeelsGood being a heroine]] and performed a HeelFaceTurn. After a few appearances in earlier episodes, "Deadly Is The Black Widow's Bite!" revealed that Songbird was TheMole for S.H.I.E.L.D., spying on the Lethal Legion, and was a heroine from the start]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' did this with [[spoiler: Songbird. In the comics, Melissa Gold started out as a criminal called "Screaming Mimi" and was a member on of the Master Masters of Evil. During the Masters' scheme to pretend to be a hero team called the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}, she's changed her codename to "Songbird" and found that [[BecomingTheMask she liked]] [[GoodFeelsGood being a heroine]] and performed a HeelFaceTurn. After a few appearances in earlier episodes, "Deadly Is The is the Black Widow's Bite!" revealed that Songbird was TheMole for S.H.I.E.L.D., spying on the Lethal Legion, and was a heroine from the start]].
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** [[spoiler: Both men to have operated under the name "Radioactive Man" were super villains in the comics, but this version of Igor Stancheck is a member of the Winter Guard and helps to dissolve a destabilized facility that was falling towards a village to save said village. Similarly, despite being based on Ivan Vanko from ''Film/IronMan2'', the Crimson Dynamo here is a member of the Winter Guard and only stole a capsule because it contained Radioactive Man.]]
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** [[spoiler: Both men to have operated under the name "Radioactive Man" were super villains supervillains in the comics, but this version of Igor Stancheck is a member of the Winter Guard and helps to dissolve a destabilized facility that was falling towards a village to save said village. Similarly, despite being based on Ivan Vanko from ''Film/IronMan2'', the Crimson Dynamo here is a member of the Winter Guard and only stole a capsule because it contained Radioactive Man.]]
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** The Sandman is a far more sympathetic character here, being a loving father who only broke the law to provide a better life for his daughter Keemia. In fact, in a major shift from tradition, his ''Keemia'' is actually the far more overtly [[WesternAnimation/AdaptationalVillainy villainous one]].
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** The Sandman is a far more sympathetic character here, being a loving father who only broke the law to provide a better life for his daughter Keemia. In fact, in a major shift from tradition, his ''Keemia'' is actually the far more overtly [[WesternAnimation/AdaptationalVillainy [[AdaptationalVillainy villainous one]].
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** The Sandman is a far more sympathetic character here, being a loving father who only broke the law to provide a better life for his daughter Keemia. In fact, in a major shift from tradition, his ''Keemia'' is actually the far more overtly villainous one.
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** The Sandman is a far more sympathetic character here, being a loving father who only broke the law to provide a better life for his daughter Keemia. In fact, in a major shift from tradition, his ''Keemia'' is actually the far more overtly [[WesternAnimation/AdaptationalVillainy villainous one.one]].
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*** Several villains whose comics incarnations were essentially doing things ForTheEvulz gained sympathetic motives or personalities. The Mad Hatter originally had no backstory in the comics, but was introduced in the series as a victim of LoveMakesYouEvil; minor gimmick crook Mister Freeze's reimagining as an AntiVillain was so successful it was later [[CanonImmigrant imported into the comics]], albeit with DarkerAndEdgier elements.
*** The Crime Doctor was introduced in ''Detective Comics'' #77 as an outright villainous character. The ''B:TAS'' episode of the same name turns the character into a sympathetic figure, a good-intentioned doctor who helped his brother (crime boss Rupert Thorne) in the hopes that the latter would use his influence to restore his medical license.
*** The Crime Doctor was introduced in ''Detective Comics'' #77 as an outright villainous character. The ''B:TAS'' episode of the same name turns the character into a sympathetic figure, a good-intentioned doctor who helped his brother (crime boss Rupert Thorne) in the hopes that the latter would use his influence to restore his medical license.
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** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'':
*** ComicBook/{{Huntress}} is a more heroic figure after she resolves her issues with Mandragora.
*** The Cheetah, Wonder Woman's arch-enemy, is instead a TragicVillain who only desires to [[IJustWantToBeNormal become normal again]] and desires no role in evil whatsoever.
*** Ultra-Humanite is an AffablyEvil AntiVillain who never hurts an innocent rather than the insane conqueror he's usually portrayed as.
** ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'':
*** Rubberband Man, a one-shot villain from the comics, eventually reforms and becomes a superhero.
*** While Hot-Streak is still a JerkAss supervillain and Static's ArchNemesis, the show omits his white supremacist leanings. In fact, he works with multiple non-white villains without issue.
*** ComicBook/{{Huntress}} is a more heroic figure after she resolves her issues with Mandragora.
*** The Cheetah, Wonder Woman's arch-enemy, is instead a TragicVillain who only desires to [[IJustWantToBeNormal become normal again]] and desires no role in evil whatsoever.
*** Ultra-Humanite is an AffablyEvil AntiVillain who never hurts an innocent rather than the insane conqueror he's usually portrayed as.
** ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'':
*** Rubberband Man, a one-shot villain from the comics, eventually reforms and becomes a superhero.
*** While Hot-Streak is still a JerkAss supervillain and Static's ArchNemesis, the show omits his white supremacist leanings. In fact, he works with multiple non-white villains without issue.
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** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'':
*** ComicBook/{{Huntress}} is a more heroic figure after she resolves her issues with Mandragora.
*** The Cheetah, Wonder Woman's arch-enemy, is instead a TragicVillain who only desires to [[IJustWantToBeNormal become normal again]] and desires no role in evil whatsoever.
*** Ultra-Humanite is an AffablyEvil AntiVillain who never hurts an innocent rather than the insane conqueror he's usually portrayed as.
** ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'':
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*** ComicBook/{{Huntress}} is a more heroic figure after she resolves her issues with Mandragora.
*** The Cheetah, Wonder Woman's arch-enemy, is instead a TragicVillain who only desires to [[IJustWantToBeNormal become normal again]] and desires no role in evil whatsoever.
*** Ultra-Humanite is an AffablyEvil AntiVillain who never hurts an innocent rather than the insane conqueror he's usually portrayed as.
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** In the comics, Terra horrified even Slade with her ruthlessness and manipulative sociopathy. This Terra, however, is a BrokenBird who was DrivenToVillainy by a desperate need to live a normal life and performs a HeelFaceTurn after some convincing by Beast Boy.
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** Screwball becomes this as well by virtue of being a CompositeCharcter. In the comics, Screwball is a criminal who posts her exploits online for hits, with Spider-Man referring to her as "The world's first live-streaming super-villain." In the cartoon, Screwball is actually Liz Allan, who creates the identity to pull pranks on big corporations who she thinks are getting away with unscrupulous activity. While she does [[MotiveDecay begin veering away from that goal]] in order to prank Spider-Man, she gives up and reaches out to him for help after it becomes clear that her actions have endangered innocent people. The comic version of Screwball wouldn't have given a crap about putting innocent people in danger, and probably would have viewed that as a bonus.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'':
** The Sandman is a far more sympathetic character here, being a loving father who only broke the law to provide a better life for his daughter Keemia. In fact, in a major shift from tradition, his ''Keemia'' is actually the far more overtly villainous one.
** Also, before becoming the Rhino, this version of Aleksei Sytsevich is a nice guy and fun to be around. He's turned into the Rhino completely against his will, and is clearly not in control of his actions when he goes on his rampage.
** Herman Schultz/The Shocker is also an eager high school student rather than a career criminal. Spider-Man only ends up trying to stop him after Comicbook/NormanOsborn manipulates Herman into getting into a fight with Clash, which causes a lot of collateral damage to the surrounding area.
** Screwball becomes this as well by virtue of being a CompositeCharcter. In the comics, Screwball is a criminal who posts her exploits online for hits, with Spider-Man referring to her as "The world's first live-streaming super-villain." In the cartoon, Screwball is actually Liz Allan, who creates the identity to pull pranks on big corporations who she thinks are getting away with unscrupulous activity. While she does [[MotiveDecay begin veering away from that goal]] in order to prank Spider-Man, she gives up and reaches out to him for help after it becomes clear that her actions have endangered innocent people. The comic version of Screwball wouldn't have given a crap about putting innocent people in danger, and probably would have viewed that as a bonus.
** The Sandman is a far more sympathetic character here, being a loving father who only broke the law to provide a better life for his daughter Keemia. In fact, in a major shift from tradition, his ''Keemia'' is actually the far more overtly villainous one.
** Also, before becoming the Rhino, this version of Aleksei Sytsevich is a nice guy and fun to be around. He's turned into the Rhino completely against his will, and is clearly not in control of his actions when he goes on his rampage.
** Herman Schultz/The Shocker is also an eager high school student rather than a career criminal. Spider-Man only ends up trying to stop him after Comicbook/NormanOsborn manipulates Herman into getting into a fight with Clash, which causes a lot of collateral damage to the surrounding area.
** Screwball becomes this as well by virtue of being a CompositeCharcter. In the comics, Screwball is a criminal who posts her exploits online for hits, with Spider-Man referring to her as "The world's first live-streaming super-villain." In the cartoon, Screwball is actually Liz Allan, who creates the identity to pull pranks on big corporations who she thinks are getting away with unscrupulous activity. While she does [[MotiveDecay begin veering away from that goal]] in order to prank Spider-Man, she gives up and reaches out to him for help after it becomes clear that her actions have endangered innocent people. The comic version of Screwball wouldn't have given a crap about putting innocent people in danger, and probably would have viewed that as a bonus.
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* While not an "adaptation" of ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' per se, ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' does this to some of its reinvented characters from [[Disney/TheJungleBook the Disney film]]. In the latter Shere Khan, while AffablyEvil, was a genuine force of evil and took sadistic pleasure in the idea of killing a man cub. In ''Tale Spin'' he is still sinister, but a businessman of neutral alliance, interested only in power and having a strong moral code (even siding with Baloo if someone risks offending it). Meanwhile King Louie is altered from a wily troublemaker to Baloo's best friend.
* Similarly, WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine in ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'', while still sympathetic, was much more of a self absorbed BrattyHalfPint. While the show kept up this depiction for most episodes adapted from the books, its turn to original stories slowly made Thomas more altruistic and innocent. Some other engines such as Henry and Sir Handel took a similar direction.
** Bulgy in the original novels was a racist JerkAss who met his karmic fate by being turned into a chicken coop. While this plot is adapted into the show, he is later restored for vehicle purposes and becomes more benevolent.
* Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse:
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'':
*** Several villains whose comics incarnations were essentially doing things ForTheEvulz gained sympathetic motives or personalities. The Mad Hatter originally had no backstory in the comics, but was introduced in the series as a victim of LoveMakesYouEvil; minor gimmick crook Mister Freeze's reimagining as an AntiVillain was so successful it was later [[CanonImmigrant imported into the comics]], albeit with DarkerAndEdgier elements.
*** The Crime Doctor was introduced in ''Detective Comics'' #77 as an outright villainous character. The ''B:TAS'' episode of the same name turns the character into a sympathetic figure, a good-intentioned doctor who helped his brother (crime boss Rupert Thorne) in the hopes that the latter would use his influence to restore his medical license.
*** Harvey Bullock used to take bribes in the comics, the animated Bullock claims he would never do that. Bullock is a pure good guy, a SympatheticInspectorAntagonist who really wants to make Gotham a better place and just doesn't realize as yet that that's what Bats is doing too.
*** Gotham's Mayor Hill was also not corrupt like his comics counterpart (whom Bullock used to work for).
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'':
*** ComicBook/{{Huntress}} is a more heroic figure after she resolves her issues with Mandragora.
*** The Cheetah, Wonder Woman's arch-enemy, is instead a TragicVillain who only desires to [[IJustWantToBeNormal become normal again]] and desires no role in evil whatsoever.
*** Ultra-Humanite is an AffablyEvil AntiVillain who never hurts an innocent rather than the insane conqueror he's usually portrayed as.
** ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'':
*** Rubberband Man, a one-shot villain from the comics, eventually reforms and becomes a superhero.
*** While Hot-Streak is still a JerkAss supervillain and Static's ArchNemesis, the show omits his white supremacist leanings. In fact, he works with multiple non-white villains without issue.
* ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'':
** Andros Stark (the future ComicBook/IronMan) was depicted as a futuristic superhero, and only battled Tony Stark in order to save the timeline, and knew if he succeeded, [[HeroicSacrifice he himself would most likely vanish]] with the BadFuture he came from. In the comics, Andros is a psychotic supervillain who made a mockery of Tony's legacy.
** Ghost is portrayed in this show as a ProfessionalKiller and a PunchClockVillain who only cares about being paid. He still isn't exactly a nice guy, but that's definitely better than his AxCrazy comic book counterpart who had a severe ChronicBackstabbingDisorder.
** Obadiah Stane, while still a villain and {{Jerkass}} that's willing to work with criminals, frequently shows [[EvenEvilHasStandards he still has standards]] while his comic book incarnation was a straight up villain.
** The Mandarin in the comic is an EvilOverlord motivated by megalomania, as well as an {{Abusive Parent|s}}. This one is on the receiving end of the abuse, has redeeming qualities and genuinely believes he can make the world a better place by ruling it. That said, some of this is probably in part because this Mandarin is a CompositeCharacter between the comics Mandarin and his son, Temugin.
** The Living Laser has more sympathetic motives for his actions and even does a HeelFaceTurn; the one in the comics would eventually get ''some'' sympathy, but never completed his turn.
** Howard Stark is a much warmer person than his comics counterpart, who was a straight-up [[AbusiveParents Abusive Dad]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'':
** The series actually rewrote Kraven the Hunter and Calypso entirely, with both becoming ''heroes'' once Spider-Man resolved the issues with their PsychoSerum-derived powers. (Kraven softens some and eventually makes a HeelFaceTurn, but Calypso is totally overhauled; from an evil sorceress to a friendly scientist who is only villainous in ''one'' PsychoSerum-involving episode.)
** Similarly, minor villain the Spot was recast as a PunchClockVillain whose episode shows him going through a HeelFaceTurn after committing a few ill-advised bank robberies. The comics version, by contrast, is an unrepentant petty criminal with a sideline in contract killing.
** There's also their version of Felicia Hardy aka the ComicBook/BlackCat. In the comics, she's Spider-Man's on again, off again lover who frequently alternates between antagonist and ally. The show's version only became a thief when her father was held hostage by ComicBook/TheKingpin and she becomes a hero once she and her father are both free from him.
** ComicBook/NormanOsborn is much more sympathetic and less of a monster than he is in the comics, his becoming the Green Goblin more of an victim of circumstances and more preoccupied with work than being an outright AbusiveParent towards Harry in the comics.
* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'':
** Though he's still a villain, the Rhino is made out to be a much more sympathetic character. In the show, [[TragicVillain he's a bullied teenager who sought out superpowers as a last resort against his tormentors]], while in the comics, he's just a petty thug in a rhino suit. In ''Web Warriors'', he even has a HeelFaceTurn and joins S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy.
** While Skurge the Executioner's personality is more-or-less the same, here he's just hunting Spidey because of a misunderstanding caused by Loki, rather than a MadLove for the Enchantress as in the comics.
** Norman Osborn. While his comics version was played this way - a PsychoSerum-induced JekyllAndHyde case - once upon a time, his portrayal for decades now has been that he's more Hyde A and Hyde B, a ruthless and amoral CorruptCorporateExecutive and EvilGenius who is the most dangerous man in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse ''before'' he [[VillainousBreakdown loses his cool]] to the point of cackling crazily and throwing pumpkin bombs at you - if anything, he's ''worse'' when he's in control. In the show, however, his HeelFaceTurn is genuine and is only reversed by Doctor Octopus forcing more of the PsychoSerum on him. As the Iron Patriot, he is a genuine hero, and Norman's attempt to atone for his actions, both as a CorruptCorporateExecutive and as The Goblin, unlike in the comics, where he never reformed and his time as the Iron Patriot was an attempt to get the public on his side. He even plays a key role in the finale, where he [[spoiler: helps restore Peter's abilities after Doc Ock neutralizes them]].
** In the comics, Blood Spider is an EvilKnockOff of Spider-Man trained by Comicbook/{{Taskmaster}}. In the show, he's an alternate version of Peter Parker from a world overrun by vampires.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'': In the comics, Frederick Foswell was the crime boss known as The Big Man and after his release tried returning to crime before going up against the Kingpin, making a HeelFaceTurn, and ultimately [[RedemptionEqualsDeath sacrificing himself to save]] J. Jonah Jameson. In the show he's a reporter on the up and up from the beginning.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMen'':
** ComicBook/{{Magneto}} has always been a complex character, doing [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor acts others consider villainy or heroism]] as needed to protect mutants, so the sight of him helping the X-Men and ''meaning'' it is not too surprising in ''any'' continuity. However, when he's bad, ''look out.'' His list of villainous exploits is impressive, and everyone's leery of him even when he's been playing nice for a while because they know that "what must be done to protect mutants" being helping old ladies cross the street ''now'' doesn't mean it won't be "showdown that could well start WorldWarIII" someday. In this series, he's only properly villainous in his introductory two-parter, and every appearance after that has him alongside the X-Men against common foes, and the one time he does fight them again he's being manipulated by Apocalypse.
** Cable's son Tyler. In the comics he was an AntagonisticOffspring and eventually became a supervillain going so far as trying to follow in ''ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}'''s steps. Here Tyler is a straight-up hero and he and Cable are very close. Probably {{justified|Trope}} via [[EvilTwin Stryfe]], whose actions caused their relationship to go sour in the original comics, being AdaptedOut.
** Senator Robert Kelly. Like his comic counterpart, he starts off as [[FantasticRacism anti-mutant]] politician in favor of laws to restrict the rights of mutants, and even after the X-Men save him, [[UngratefulBastard his views don't change]]. In the cartoon he does change and accepts that there are mutants who aren't a danger and shouldn't be alienated. [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation One could argue]] that the change also stems from the X-Men saving him from the [[HumongousMecha Sentinels]] which were built to protect humans from mutants but proved just as much a danger as rogue mutants.
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'':
** The titular turtles are a lot more noble [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 in]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 the]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 cartoons]] than the [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage original comic]]. The original Mirage Turtles were assembled by Splinter purely to avenge Hamato Yoshi by killing the Shredder. Not that the Shredder isn't ''bad,'' but the Turtles were originally trained for the purpose of a revenge killing, whereas in the shows they are mostly fighting him because they're the good guys and he's actively doing something bad ''today.'' This even goes for the DarkerAndEdgier 2003 series where the backstory is taken practically word for word from the comics.
** Downplayed with the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012]] incarnation of the Shredder, where his love for his daughter, Karai, is very genuine. The problem is that he has rooted himself so deep in his hatred toward the Hamato Clan, even his love for his daughter doesn't seem to matter, [[spoiler:culminating in her mutation, which he still blames on the Hamato Clan [[NeverMyFault despite him being the one using her as bait for the trap that did it]]]].
** Agent Bishop in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' incarnation is much more heroic than his previous counterpart. In the 2003 series, Bishop was an immoral, [[FantasticRacism alien-hating]] monster who was a part of the BigBadEnsemble. In the 2012 series, he's a member of the peaceful Utrom council and a faithful ally to the turtles, attempting to help them save Earth.
* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}, while remaining largely the same character in all medias, is hit with this to some extent. The comic strips usually revolve around quick gags involving Garfield's snarkiness or cruel sense of humor. The {{Animated Adaptation}}s however -- likely due to their longer, more in-depth stories -- keep most of Garfield's nastier qualities out but also more frequently show his redeeming side, turning him into more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. This is especially prominent in ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' where he is occasionally toned down to the point of being outright altruistic.
* While WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} has traditionally been a truly evil villain, in ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'' and, to a lesser extent, ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'', he was played differently. In ''Goof Troop'' at least, he was a {{Jerkass}}, a ManipulativeBastard, and (as a result of the premise) an {{Abusive Parent|s}}, but he was also shown to have standards, fight against greater evils from time to time, and have a few PetTheDog moments, making him more of an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist or AntiHero. In ''Mickey Mouse Clubhouse'', he is [[LighterAndSofter played much more sympathetically due to the target audience being younger]] to the point where he's not even very mean and actually gets along with the other characters. One episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' had a gruff but outright heroic Pete who was only positioned as a potential villain as a RedHerring.
* Speaking of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'', Gladstone Gander is much nicer in the show than he is in the comics. This is averted in the [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 reboot]], where [[TruerToTheText he's back to being a smug jerk]].
* ''Anime/TransformersArmada'': The original Starscream was the {{Trope Namer|s}} for [[TheStarscream the treacherous lackey of the villain]]. This Starscream is driven by mistreatment rather than a lust for power to hate Megatron. [[spoiler: He even temporarily defects to the Autobots, but even then, his experiences change him. He eventually gives his life to stop Unicron.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'':
** In the Marvel Comics universe, Berzerker was a minor villain and member of the Morlocks. In ''Evolution'', he's a teenager and member of the X-Men.
** The Morlocks in general. In the comics, they're in the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor; their suffering from their odd appearances or BlessedWithSuck powers is real, but attacking random humans to punish them for it is Not Cool. Sometimes they get better, and sometimes they get AesopAmnesia. The ''Evolution'' version is not known to attack humans unprovoked, and [[WesternAnimation/XMen the 90s 'toon version]] starts out villainous but cuts it out when Storm takes over, and there's no revolving door.
** Avalanche is a much more sympathetic character, as well as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. [[DatingCatwoman He acts as Kitty Pryde's major love interest]] and even has a [[HeelFaceTurn brief stint as a member of the X-Men]] before returning to the Brotherhood of Mutants.
** Arcade, in the comics, is an assassin who entraps victims in game-like deathtraps he calls "Murderworld". In ''Evolution'', he is an ordinary high school gamer kid. He is manipulated by Mystique into hacking into the danger room computer in the belief that it's a sophisticated video game. He endangers the X-Men, whom he believes are game characters. Once he realized what he was doing, he regretted his actions and was forgiven by the X-Men.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'':
** [[ArcherArchetype Artemis Crock]] in the comics is the child of [[UnholyMatrimony Paula and Lawrence Crock]], all three being unrepentant supervillains. In the show Artemis is ashamed of her criminal lineage and Paula does a HeelFaceTurn after [[WheelchairWoobie being crippled]] and spending six years in prison. [[DarkActionGirl Cheshire]], who is Artemis' sister on the show [[RelatedInTheAdaptation (but not the comics)]], is introduced as a villain and member of the League of Shadows, but [[CharacterDevelopment evolves]] into an AntiVillain or AntiHero by season two. In the comics she once nuked a country ForTheEvulz.
** [[PersonOfMassDestruction Neutron]] is a PsychoForHire in the comics, but turned out to be BrainwashedAndCrazy here.
** The tie-in comic does this both to [[ManiacMonkeys Gorilla Grodd]] and [[AuthorityEqualsAssKicking King Sha'ark]]. Both are borderline {{Token Evil Teammate}}s for their respective groups but are set up as adversaries of greater villains.
** In the comics, Mongul is an EvilOverlord with no real motivation other than being a sadistic bully and general douchebag. In the show, he's still definitely a dick, but his extreme hatred of the Reach and desire to eradicate them makes him a fair bit more sympathetic.
** In ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' comics Dr Amanda Spence is an EvilutionaryBiologist who created Match, and killed Conner's girlfriend Tanya Moon ForTheEvulz. In the series, Conner accuses her of creating Match but it turns out this is unfounded, and she later helps create the anti-Starro technology.
** The Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} villain Black Manta is reimagined as a [[ManOfWealthAndTaste sophisticated]] and somewhat [[NobleDemon noble]] villain who has numerous PetTheDog moments with his subordinates, particularly [[PapaWolf his son]]. In the comics, he was utterly heartless.
** ComicBook/VandalSavage in the comics is probably the single most thoroughly vile individual in Franchise/TheDCU with many thousands of years worth of absolutely horrific crimes to his name. In the show, he's still definitely not a nice guy, but he's a KnightTemplar visionary whose acts are motivated by a desire to drive humanity to advance and make Earth a major universal power.
** Rumaan Harjavti is depicted as a benevolent figure and the democratically elected president of {{Qurac}}. In the comics, he was the Bialyan Queen Bee's predecessor as the ruler of Bialya and like her was a foe of the Justice League, though he was less intelligent.
** Major Force is implied to be a subversion. In the comics he's a violently sociopathic and blood-thirsty villain. In the comic tie-in to the show he's a hero sponsored by the government, whom the Justice League want to recruit. The reason he's not on the league is because Captain Atom shoots his suggestion down because of history he has with Force, his dialogue implying that Force isn't as heroic as he seems.
** In the comics White Martians are [[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil]] with the sole exception of [[spoiler:Miss Martian]]. In this continuity J'onn isn't the last Green Martian and White Martians are actually [[FantasticRacism persecuted]].
** Amanda Waller. Typically presented as a KnightTemplar who comes into conflict with the Justice League, in this series is never made out to be anything more than a harsh but honest prison warden.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'':
** In the comics, Terra horrified even Slade with her ruthlessness and manipulative sociopathy. This Terra, however, is a BrokenBird who was DrivenToVillainy by a desperate need to live a normal life and performs a HeelFaceTurn after some convincing by Beast Boy.
** Plasmus can't control his transformations into a mindless monster and willingly submits to being kept in stasis for most of his life. In the comics, he is in full control of himself and likes melting people.
** While still a heroine, in the comics, ComicBook/{{Raven}} has a bad habit of frequently going through HeelFaceRevolvingDoor because of Trigon's influence. In the show, she does a much better job of not giving into her father's influence [[spoiler:and the one time she does, it's done more as a reluctant pawn giving in than gleefully being DrunkOnTheDarkSide]].
* ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'':
** Nitro releases giant explosions of energy whenever he's stressed, or just when enough energy is stored up. Like Plasmus above, he submits to confinement so he doesn't harm others, and is used by the villains as a blunt instrument against his will. In the comics, he's a killer for hire, and caused both the [[HeroKiller death of the Kree Captain Marvel]] and [[ComicBook/CivilWar the Stamford Incident]] that killed about 700-ish people. (Interestingly, there was a one-shot ''child'' character in ''Uncanny X-Men'' who was like the animated Nitro but more adorable.)
** Shows like ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'' and the [[Anime/XMen 2011 series]] portray ComicBook/EmmaFrost in a more sympathetic light, completely turning her into a straight hero rather than a [[ByronicHero byronic]] one. Basically, if it was written before her comicverse HeelFaceTurn, she'll be completely evil with no sign she could ever be good; if it was written after, she'll be completely good with no sign she could ever be evil. [[spoiler: That said, the ''Wolverine and the X-Men'' version of Frost also has AdaptationalVillainy, as she's TheMole and still the White Queen of the [[NeverSayDie Inner Circle]] (and even kicks off the events of the series as it's revealed she's the one who attacked Jean and Professor Xavier, which in turn ended up destroying the mansion--[[WellIntentionedExtremist albeit with the intention of taking out the Phoenix before she could be a threat]]).]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'':
** While the comic version of Professor Pyg murders and mutilates people at random (with Mr. Toad being simply his lackey), the cartoon reinvents him as a dapper, sophisticated villain with a Victorian-era flair. Instead of being a serial killer or performing medical experiments on people, he and Toad are eco-terrorists who specifically target rich businessmen whose careless activities have harmed animals or the environment. That said, what they ''do'' with said businessmen is still pretty sick ([[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunting them down and killing them like animals]]), and Pyg himself still wields surgical equipment that he's all too eager to use. He ends up experimenting with innocent people in "Doopelganger", and he completely has fun terrorizing and punishing his victims.
** Man-Bat is a full-fledged ally of Batman instead of an occasional foe. It helps that Kirk Langstrom can control himself as Man-Bat, and was only forced to attack Batman when he was drugged by Pyg. Guess who's a founding member of [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders the Outsiders]]?
** Daedalus Boch, [[ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames who in the comics used the codename "Doodlebug"]], was merely a petty vandal on the show. In the comics, he was a demon-worshiping murderer who used the blood of the victims in his paint. [[spoiler:He also doesn't kill Junkyard dog to unleash demons like in the comics.]]
* The four ghosts from ''VideoGame/PacMan'' become allies of his in ''WesternAnimation/PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures''.
* Many villainous characters from ''WesternAnimation/{{TUGS}}'' became friends with the Star Tugs rather than enemies in the CutAndPasteTranslation, ''WesternAnimation/SaltysLighthouse''. The Z-Stacks are a prime example.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' did this with [[spoiler: Songbird. In the comics, Melissa Gold started out as a criminal called "Screaming Mimi" and was a member on the Master of Evil. During the Masters' scheme to pretend to be a hero team called the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}, she's changed her codename to "Songbird" and found that [[BecomingTheMask she liked]] [[GoodFeelsGood being a heroine]] and performed a HeelFaceTurn. After a few appearances in earlier episodes, "Deadly Is The Black Widow's Bite!" revealed that Songbird was TheMole for S.H.I.E.L.D., spying on the Lethal Legion, and was a heroine from the start]].
* The animated adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'' is a strange case where this Trope is used on a character usually thought of as a hero anyway - in this case, SantaClaus - but was a victim of AdaptationalVillainy in the original work. In the original song, it's implied that Santa ran over grandma on purpose; in this version, it was a FrameUp, where he manages to [[SparedByTheAdaptation help grandma recover.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'':
** Princess Python starts off as a former member of the Circus of Crime, but reforms and joins ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} by the end of the episode.
** [[spoiler: Both men to have operated under the name "Radioactive Man" were super villains in the comics, but this version of Igor Stancheck is a member of the Winter Guard and helps to dissolve a destabilized facility that was falling towards a village to save said village. Similarly, despite being based on Ivan Vanko from ''Film/IronMan2'', the Crimson Dynamo here is a member of the Winter Guard and only stole a capsule because it contained Radioactive Man.]]
** ''All'' Thunderbolts members [[spoiler:rebel against Zemo (minus Zemo himself obviously) and perform a HeelFaceTurn in the adaptation of the ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' story arc. In the comic, Techno/Fixer actually stuck to Zemo's side and Moonstone remained a TokenEvilTeammate who only joined in turning against Zemo for selfish reasons]].
** Like in the MCU section above, Steve's father is described as a kind, honorable man, rather than a wife-beating alcoholic. Steve trying to remember how his father looked like was a plot point in one episode.
* In ''WesternAnimation/LostInOz'', the apparent Wicked Witch, West, goes from being a villain to being Dorothy's friend with a dark side.
* For Creator/NickJr's ''WesternAnimation/PeterRabbit series''. [[Literature/TheTaleOfPeterRabbit Peter Rabbit]] acts more heroic and less mischievous as he was in the original story. Benjamin Bunny gets this big time, since in ''Literature/TheTaleOfBenjaminBunny'' he was mostly greedy. But in the Nick Jr. series, he's sensitive and more optimistic.
* In the original ''Literature/{{Madeline}}'' books, the gypsies from ''Madeline and the Gypsies'' seem like kidnappers who take Madeline and Pepito into their circus, and eventually hide them in a lion's suit so that Miss Clavel can't find them. The [[WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}} TV special]] instead had the gypsies tell Madeline and Pepito to go home after they come down from being stuck on the Ferris Wheel, only for the two of them to express a desire to join their circus. They also don't make Madeline and Pepito wear the lion's suit until after their own lion becomes too sick to perform.
* ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'': While not the first depiction of Carol Ferris to not be an enemy of Hal Jordan, this depiction is not even an enemy as Star Sapphire. She only attacks Hal because WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity and snaps out of it.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'': Yosemite Sam goes from mean in the original shorts to nicer in this show. Partially justified because he's no longer allowed to use his trademark pistols, so he can't intimidate and bully people as easily as before. He's still loud, rude and thoughtless, but when it occurs to him to be nice, he's pretty decent.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}''. In [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} the movie]] Beetlejuice was clearly a villain willing to kill human beings and [[{{squick}} forcefully married and underage girl in her early teens]]. In the series Beetlejuice is Lidia's Platonic best friend and protector, and though mischievous and likes to scare people, never really harm anyone and even risk his… em… afterlife, to save Lidia’s parents and cat in different episodes.
* A case UpToEleven is ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' animated adaptation. Not only was The Mask already downplayed in the movie from the serial killer it is in the comics, in the animated series he's the city's hero who (unlike his movie counterpart) does not commit robberies or any other crime.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'':
** Atrocitus is only after Lobo become the bounty hunter stole some Red Lantern rings.
** While still a villain, Killer Frost is nicer than her other incarnations, especially compared to ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham''.
** While comics!John Constantine has his heroic moments, he was also a cynical​, alcoholic, self-centered con-man who couldn't care less about superheroes. While smarmy, the John Constantine here is merely deadpan and sarcastic, even being a member of the League.
* Similarly, WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine in ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'', while still sympathetic, was much more of a self absorbed BrattyHalfPint. While the show kept up this depiction for most episodes adapted from the books, its turn to original stories slowly made Thomas more altruistic and innocent. Some other engines such as Henry and Sir Handel took a similar direction.
** Bulgy in the original novels was a racist JerkAss who met his karmic fate by being turned into a chicken coop. While this plot is adapted into the show, he is later restored for vehicle purposes and becomes more benevolent.
* Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse:
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'':
*** Several villains whose comics incarnations were essentially doing things ForTheEvulz gained sympathetic motives or personalities. The Mad Hatter originally had no backstory in the comics, but was introduced in the series as a victim of LoveMakesYouEvil; minor gimmick crook Mister Freeze's reimagining as an AntiVillain was so successful it was later [[CanonImmigrant imported into the comics]], albeit with DarkerAndEdgier elements.
*** The Crime Doctor was introduced in ''Detective Comics'' #77 as an outright villainous character. The ''B:TAS'' episode of the same name turns the character into a sympathetic figure, a good-intentioned doctor who helped his brother (crime boss Rupert Thorne) in the hopes that the latter would use his influence to restore his medical license.
*** Harvey Bullock used to take bribes in the comics, the animated Bullock claims he would never do that. Bullock is a pure good guy, a SympatheticInspectorAntagonist who really wants to make Gotham a better place and just doesn't realize as yet that that's what Bats is doing too.
*** Gotham's Mayor Hill was also not corrupt like his comics counterpart (whom Bullock used to work for).
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'':
*** ComicBook/{{Huntress}} is a more heroic figure after she resolves her issues with Mandragora.
*** The Cheetah, Wonder Woman's arch-enemy, is instead a TragicVillain who only desires to [[IJustWantToBeNormal become normal again]] and desires no role in evil whatsoever.
*** Ultra-Humanite is an AffablyEvil AntiVillain who never hurts an innocent rather than the insane conqueror he's usually portrayed as.
** ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'':
*** Rubberband Man, a one-shot villain from the comics, eventually reforms and becomes a superhero.
*** While Hot-Streak is still a JerkAss supervillain and Static's ArchNemesis, the show omits his white supremacist leanings. In fact, he works with multiple non-white villains without issue.
* ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'':
** Andros Stark (the future ComicBook/IronMan) was depicted as a futuristic superhero, and only battled Tony Stark in order to save the timeline, and knew if he succeeded, [[HeroicSacrifice he himself would most likely vanish]] with the BadFuture he came from. In the comics, Andros is a psychotic supervillain who made a mockery of Tony's legacy.
** Ghost is portrayed in this show as a ProfessionalKiller and a PunchClockVillain who only cares about being paid. He still isn't exactly a nice guy, but that's definitely better than his AxCrazy comic book counterpart who had a severe ChronicBackstabbingDisorder.
** Obadiah Stane, while still a villain and {{Jerkass}} that's willing to work with criminals, frequently shows [[EvenEvilHasStandards he still has standards]] while his comic book incarnation was a straight up villain.
** The Mandarin in the comic is an EvilOverlord motivated by megalomania, as well as an {{Abusive Parent|s}}. This one is on the receiving end of the abuse, has redeeming qualities and genuinely believes he can make the world a better place by ruling it. That said, some of this is probably in part because this Mandarin is a CompositeCharacter between the comics Mandarin and his son, Temugin.
** The Living Laser has more sympathetic motives for his actions and even does a HeelFaceTurn; the one in the comics would eventually get ''some'' sympathy, but never completed his turn.
** Howard Stark is a much warmer person than his comics counterpart, who was a straight-up [[AbusiveParents Abusive Dad]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'':
** The series actually rewrote Kraven the Hunter and Calypso entirely, with both becoming ''heroes'' once Spider-Man resolved the issues with their PsychoSerum-derived powers. (Kraven softens some and eventually makes a HeelFaceTurn, but Calypso is totally overhauled; from an evil sorceress to a friendly scientist who is only villainous in ''one'' PsychoSerum-involving episode.)
** Similarly, minor villain the Spot was recast as a PunchClockVillain whose episode shows him going through a HeelFaceTurn after committing a few ill-advised bank robberies. The comics version, by contrast, is an unrepentant petty criminal with a sideline in contract killing.
** There's also their version of Felicia Hardy aka the ComicBook/BlackCat. In the comics, she's Spider-Man's on again, off again lover who frequently alternates between antagonist and ally. The show's version only became a thief when her father was held hostage by ComicBook/TheKingpin and she becomes a hero once she and her father are both free from him.
** ComicBook/NormanOsborn is much more sympathetic and less of a monster than he is in the comics, his becoming the Green Goblin more of an victim of circumstances and more preoccupied with work than being an outright AbusiveParent towards Harry in the comics.
* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'':
** Though he's still a villain, the Rhino is made out to be a much more sympathetic character. In the show, [[TragicVillain he's a bullied teenager who sought out superpowers as a last resort against his tormentors]], while in the comics, he's just a petty thug in a rhino suit. In ''Web Warriors'', he even has a HeelFaceTurn and joins S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy.
** While Skurge the Executioner's personality is more-or-less the same, here he's just hunting Spidey because of a misunderstanding caused by Loki, rather than a MadLove for the Enchantress as in the comics.
** Norman Osborn. While his comics version was played this way - a PsychoSerum-induced JekyllAndHyde case - once upon a time, his portrayal for decades now has been that he's more Hyde A and Hyde B, a ruthless and amoral CorruptCorporateExecutive and EvilGenius who is the most dangerous man in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse ''before'' he [[VillainousBreakdown loses his cool]] to the point of cackling crazily and throwing pumpkin bombs at you - if anything, he's ''worse'' when he's in control. In the show, however, his HeelFaceTurn is genuine and is only reversed by Doctor Octopus forcing more of the PsychoSerum on him. As the Iron Patriot, he is a genuine hero, and Norman's attempt to atone for his actions, both as a CorruptCorporateExecutive and as The Goblin, unlike in the comics, where he never reformed and his time as the Iron Patriot was an attempt to get the public on his side. He even plays a key role in the finale, where he [[spoiler: helps restore Peter's abilities after Doc Ock neutralizes them]].
** In the comics, Blood Spider is an EvilKnockOff of Spider-Man trained by Comicbook/{{Taskmaster}}. In the show, he's an alternate version of Peter Parker from a world overrun by vampires.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'': In the comics, Frederick Foswell was the crime boss known as The Big Man and after his release tried returning to crime before going up against the Kingpin, making a HeelFaceTurn, and ultimately [[RedemptionEqualsDeath sacrificing himself to save]] J. Jonah Jameson. In the show he's a reporter on the up and up from the beginning.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMen'':
** ComicBook/{{Magneto}} has always been a complex character, doing [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor acts others consider villainy or heroism]] as needed to protect mutants, so the sight of him helping the X-Men and ''meaning'' it is not too surprising in ''any'' continuity. However, when he's bad, ''look out.'' His list of villainous exploits is impressive, and everyone's leery of him even when he's been playing nice for a while because they know that "what must be done to protect mutants" being helping old ladies cross the street ''now'' doesn't mean it won't be "showdown that could well start WorldWarIII" someday. In this series, he's only properly villainous in his introductory two-parter, and every appearance after that has him alongside the X-Men against common foes, and the one time he does fight them again he's being manipulated by Apocalypse.
** Cable's son Tyler. In the comics he was an AntagonisticOffspring and eventually became a supervillain going so far as trying to follow in ''ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}'''s steps. Here Tyler is a straight-up hero and he and Cable are very close. Probably {{justified|Trope}} via [[EvilTwin Stryfe]], whose actions caused their relationship to go sour in the original comics, being AdaptedOut.
** Senator Robert Kelly. Like his comic counterpart, he starts off as [[FantasticRacism anti-mutant]] politician in favor of laws to restrict the rights of mutants, and even after the X-Men save him, [[UngratefulBastard his views don't change]]. In the cartoon he does change and accepts that there are mutants who aren't a danger and shouldn't be alienated. [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation One could argue]] that the change also stems from the X-Men saving him from the [[HumongousMecha Sentinels]] which were built to protect humans from mutants but proved just as much a danger as rogue mutants.
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'':
** The titular turtles are a lot more noble [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 in]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 the]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 cartoons]] than the [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage original comic]]. The original Mirage Turtles were assembled by Splinter purely to avenge Hamato Yoshi by killing the Shredder. Not that the Shredder isn't ''bad,'' but the Turtles were originally trained for the purpose of a revenge killing, whereas in the shows they are mostly fighting him because they're the good guys and he's actively doing something bad ''today.'' This even goes for the DarkerAndEdgier 2003 series where the backstory is taken practically word for word from the comics.
** Downplayed with the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012]] incarnation of the Shredder, where his love for his daughter, Karai, is very genuine. The problem is that he has rooted himself so deep in his hatred toward the Hamato Clan, even his love for his daughter doesn't seem to matter, [[spoiler:culminating in her mutation, which he still blames on the Hamato Clan [[NeverMyFault despite him being the one using her as bait for the trap that did it]]]].
** Agent Bishop in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' incarnation is much more heroic than his previous counterpart. In the 2003 series, Bishop was an immoral, [[FantasticRacism alien-hating]] monster who was a part of the BigBadEnsemble. In the 2012 series, he's a member of the peaceful Utrom council and a faithful ally to the turtles, attempting to help them save Earth.
* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}, while remaining largely the same character in all medias, is hit with this to some extent. The comic strips usually revolve around quick gags involving Garfield's snarkiness or cruel sense of humor. The {{Animated Adaptation}}s however -- likely due to their longer, more in-depth stories -- keep most of Garfield's nastier qualities out but also more frequently show his redeeming side, turning him into more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. This is especially prominent in ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' where he is occasionally toned down to the point of being outright altruistic.
* While WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} has traditionally been a truly evil villain, in ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'' and, to a lesser extent, ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'', he was played differently. In ''Goof Troop'' at least, he was a {{Jerkass}}, a ManipulativeBastard, and (as a result of the premise) an {{Abusive Parent|s}}, but he was also shown to have standards, fight against greater evils from time to time, and have a few PetTheDog moments, making him more of an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist or AntiHero. In ''Mickey Mouse Clubhouse'', he is [[LighterAndSofter played much more sympathetically due to the target audience being younger]] to the point where he's not even very mean and actually gets along with the other characters. One episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' had a gruff but outright heroic Pete who was only positioned as a potential villain as a RedHerring.
* Speaking of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'', Gladstone Gander is much nicer in the show than he is in the comics. This is averted in the [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 reboot]], where [[TruerToTheText he's back to being a smug jerk]].
* ''Anime/TransformersArmada'': The original Starscream was the {{Trope Namer|s}} for [[TheStarscream the treacherous lackey of the villain]]. This Starscream is driven by mistreatment rather than a lust for power to hate Megatron. [[spoiler: He even temporarily defects to the Autobots, but even then, his experiences change him. He eventually gives his life to stop Unicron.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'':
** In the Marvel Comics universe, Berzerker was a minor villain and member of the Morlocks. In ''Evolution'', he's a teenager and member of the X-Men.
** The Morlocks in general. In the comics, they're in the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor; their suffering from their odd appearances or BlessedWithSuck powers is real, but attacking random humans to punish them for it is Not Cool. Sometimes they get better, and sometimes they get AesopAmnesia. The ''Evolution'' version is not known to attack humans unprovoked, and [[WesternAnimation/XMen the 90s 'toon version]] starts out villainous but cuts it out when Storm takes over, and there's no revolving door.
** Avalanche is a much more sympathetic character, as well as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. [[DatingCatwoman He acts as Kitty Pryde's major love interest]] and even has a [[HeelFaceTurn brief stint as a member of the X-Men]] before returning to the Brotherhood of Mutants.
** Arcade, in the comics, is an assassin who entraps victims in game-like deathtraps he calls "Murderworld". In ''Evolution'', he is an ordinary high school gamer kid. He is manipulated by Mystique into hacking into the danger room computer in the belief that it's a sophisticated video game. He endangers the X-Men, whom he believes are game characters. Once he realized what he was doing, he regretted his actions and was forgiven by the X-Men.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'':
** [[ArcherArchetype Artemis Crock]] in the comics is the child of [[UnholyMatrimony Paula and Lawrence Crock]], all three being unrepentant supervillains. In the show Artemis is ashamed of her criminal lineage and Paula does a HeelFaceTurn after [[WheelchairWoobie being crippled]] and spending six years in prison. [[DarkActionGirl Cheshire]], who is Artemis' sister on the show [[RelatedInTheAdaptation (but not the comics)]], is introduced as a villain and member of the League of Shadows, but [[CharacterDevelopment evolves]] into an AntiVillain or AntiHero by season two. In the comics she once nuked a country ForTheEvulz.
** [[PersonOfMassDestruction Neutron]] is a PsychoForHire in the comics, but turned out to be BrainwashedAndCrazy here.
** The tie-in comic does this both to [[ManiacMonkeys Gorilla Grodd]] and [[AuthorityEqualsAssKicking King Sha'ark]]. Both are borderline {{Token Evil Teammate}}s for their respective groups but are set up as adversaries of greater villains.
** In the comics, Mongul is an EvilOverlord with no real motivation other than being a sadistic bully and general douchebag. In the show, he's still definitely a dick, but his extreme hatred of the Reach and desire to eradicate them makes him a fair bit more sympathetic.
** In ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' comics Dr Amanda Spence is an EvilutionaryBiologist who created Match, and killed Conner's girlfriend Tanya Moon ForTheEvulz. In the series, Conner accuses her of creating Match but it turns out this is unfounded, and she later helps create the anti-Starro technology.
** The Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} villain Black Manta is reimagined as a [[ManOfWealthAndTaste sophisticated]] and somewhat [[NobleDemon noble]] villain who has numerous PetTheDog moments with his subordinates, particularly [[PapaWolf his son]]. In the comics, he was utterly heartless.
** ComicBook/VandalSavage in the comics is probably the single most thoroughly vile individual in Franchise/TheDCU with many thousands of years worth of absolutely horrific crimes to his name. In the show, he's still definitely not a nice guy, but he's a KnightTemplar visionary whose acts are motivated by a desire to drive humanity to advance and make Earth a major universal power.
** Rumaan Harjavti is depicted as a benevolent figure and the democratically elected president of {{Qurac}}. In the comics, he was the Bialyan Queen Bee's predecessor as the ruler of Bialya and like her was a foe of the Justice League, though he was less intelligent.
** Major Force is implied to be a subversion. In the comics he's a violently sociopathic and blood-thirsty villain. In the comic tie-in to the show he's a hero sponsored by the government, whom the Justice League want to recruit. The reason he's not on the league is because Captain Atom shoots his suggestion down because of history he has with Force, his dialogue implying that Force isn't as heroic as he seems.
** In the comics White Martians are [[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil]] with the sole exception of [[spoiler:Miss Martian]]. In this continuity J'onn isn't the last Green Martian and White Martians are actually [[FantasticRacism persecuted]].
** Amanda Waller. Typically presented as a KnightTemplar who comes into conflict with the Justice League, in this series is never made out to be anything more than a harsh but honest prison warden.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'':
** In the comics, Terra horrified even Slade with her ruthlessness and manipulative sociopathy. This Terra, however, is a BrokenBird who was DrivenToVillainy by a desperate need to live a normal life and performs a HeelFaceTurn after some convincing by Beast Boy.
** Plasmus can't control his transformations into a mindless monster and willingly submits to being kept in stasis for most of his life. In the comics, he is in full control of himself and likes melting people.
** While still a heroine, in the comics, ComicBook/{{Raven}} has a bad habit of frequently going through HeelFaceRevolvingDoor because of Trigon's influence. In the show, she does a much better job of not giving into her father's influence [[spoiler:and the one time she does, it's done more as a reluctant pawn giving in than gleefully being DrunkOnTheDarkSide]].
* ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'':
** Nitro releases giant explosions of energy whenever he's stressed, or just when enough energy is stored up. Like Plasmus above, he submits to confinement so he doesn't harm others, and is used by the villains as a blunt instrument against his will. In the comics, he's a killer for hire, and caused both the [[HeroKiller death of the Kree Captain Marvel]] and [[ComicBook/CivilWar the Stamford Incident]] that killed about 700-ish people. (Interestingly, there was a one-shot ''child'' character in ''Uncanny X-Men'' who was like the animated Nitro but more adorable.)
** Shows like ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'' and the [[Anime/XMen 2011 series]] portray ComicBook/EmmaFrost in a more sympathetic light, completely turning her into a straight hero rather than a [[ByronicHero byronic]] one. Basically, if it was written before her comicverse HeelFaceTurn, she'll be completely evil with no sign she could ever be good; if it was written after, she'll be completely good with no sign she could ever be evil. [[spoiler: That said, the ''Wolverine and the X-Men'' version of Frost also has AdaptationalVillainy, as she's TheMole and still the White Queen of the [[NeverSayDie Inner Circle]] (and even kicks off the events of the series as it's revealed she's the one who attacked Jean and Professor Xavier, which in turn ended up destroying the mansion--[[WellIntentionedExtremist albeit with the intention of taking out the Phoenix before she could be a threat]]).]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'':
** While the comic version of Professor Pyg murders and mutilates people at random (with Mr. Toad being simply his lackey), the cartoon reinvents him as a dapper, sophisticated villain with a Victorian-era flair. Instead of being a serial killer or performing medical experiments on people, he and Toad are eco-terrorists who specifically target rich businessmen whose careless activities have harmed animals or the environment. That said, what they ''do'' with said businessmen is still pretty sick ([[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunting them down and killing them like animals]]), and Pyg himself still wields surgical equipment that he's all too eager to use. He ends up experimenting with innocent people in "Doopelganger", and he completely has fun terrorizing and punishing his victims.
** Man-Bat is a full-fledged ally of Batman instead of an occasional foe. It helps that Kirk Langstrom can control himself as Man-Bat, and was only forced to attack Batman when he was drugged by Pyg. Guess who's a founding member of [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders the Outsiders]]?
** Daedalus Boch, [[ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames who in the comics used the codename "Doodlebug"]], was merely a petty vandal on the show. In the comics, he was a demon-worshiping murderer who used the blood of the victims in his paint. [[spoiler:He also doesn't kill Junkyard dog to unleash demons like in the comics.]]
* The four ghosts from ''VideoGame/PacMan'' become allies of his in ''WesternAnimation/PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures''.
* Many villainous characters from ''WesternAnimation/{{TUGS}}'' became friends with the Star Tugs rather than enemies in the CutAndPasteTranslation, ''WesternAnimation/SaltysLighthouse''. The Z-Stacks are a prime example.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' did this with [[spoiler: Songbird. In the comics, Melissa Gold started out as a criminal called "Screaming Mimi" and was a member on the Master of Evil. During the Masters' scheme to pretend to be a hero team called the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}, she's changed her codename to "Songbird" and found that [[BecomingTheMask she liked]] [[GoodFeelsGood being a heroine]] and performed a HeelFaceTurn. After a few appearances in earlier episodes, "Deadly Is The Black Widow's Bite!" revealed that Songbird was TheMole for S.H.I.E.L.D., spying on the Lethal Legion, and was a heroine from the start]].
* The animated adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'' is a strange case where this Trope is used on a character usually thought of as a hero anyway - in this case, SantaClaus - but was a victim of AdaptationalVillainy in the original work. In the original song, it's implied that Santa ran over grandma on purpose; in this version, it was a FrameUp, where he manages to [[SparedByTheAdaptation help grandma recover.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'':
** Princess Python starts off as a former member of the Circus of Crime, but reforms and joins ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} by the end of the episode.
** [[spoiler: Both men to have operated under the name "Radioactive Man" were super villains in the comics, but this version of Igor Stancheck is a member of the Winter Guard and helps to dissolve a destabilized facility that was falling towards a village to save said village. Similarly, despite being based on Ivan Vanko from ''Film/IronMan2'', the Crimson Dynamo here is a member of the Winter Guard and only stole a capsule because it contained Radioactive Man.]]
** ''All'' Thunderbolts members [[spoiler:rebel against Zemo (minus Zemo himself obviously) and perform a HeelFaceTurn in the adaptation of the ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' story arc. In the comic, Techno/Fixer actually stuck to Zemo's side and Moonstone remained a TokenEvilTeammate who only joined in turning against Zemo for selfish reasons]].
** Like in the MCU section above, Steve's father is described as a kind, honorable man, rather than a wife-beating alcoholic. Steve trying to remember how his father looked like was a plot point in one episode.
* In ''WesternAnimation/LostInOz'', the apparent Wicked Witch, West, goes from being a villain to being Dorothy's friend with a dark side.
* For Creator/NickJr's ''WesternAnimation/PeterRabbit series''. [[Literature/TheTaleOfPeterRabbit Peter Rabbit]] acts more heroic and less mischievous as he was in the original story. Benjamin Bunny gets this big time, since in ''Literature/TheTaleOfBenjaminBunny'' he was mostly greedy. But in the Nick Jr. series, he's sensitive and more optimistic.
* In the original ''Literature/{{Madeline}}'' books, the gypsies from ''Madeline and the Gypsies'' seem like kidnappers who take Madeline and Pepito into their circus, and eventually hide them in a lion's suit so that Miss Clavel can't find them. The [[WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}} TV special]] instead had the gypsies tell Madeline and Pepito to go home after they come down from being stuck on the Ferris Wheel, only for the two of them to express a desire to join their circus. They also don't make Madeline and Pepito wear the lion's suit until after their own lion becomes too sick to perform.
* ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'': While not the first depiction of Carol Ferris to not be an enemy of Hal Jordan, this depiction is not even an enemy as Star Sapphire. She only attacks Hal because WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity and snaps out of it.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'': Yosemite Sam goes from mean in the original shorts to nicer in this show. Partially justified because he's no longer allowed to use his trademark pistols, so he can't intimidate and bully people as easily as before. He's still loud, rude and thoughtless, but when it occurs to him to be nice, he's pretty decent.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}''. In [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} the movie]] Beetlejuice was clearly a villain willing to kill human beings and [[{{squick}} forcefully married and underage girl in her early teens]]. In the series Beetlejuice is Lidia's Platonic best friend and protector, and though mischievous and likes to scare people, never really harm anyone and even risk his… em… afterlife, to save Lidia’s parents and cat in different episodes.
* A case UpToEleven is ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' animated adaptation. Not only was The Mask already downplayed in the movie from the serial killer it is in the comics, in the animated series he's the city's hero who (unlike his movie counterpart) does not commit robberies or any other crime.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'':
** Atrocitus is only after Lobo become the bounty hunter stole some Red Lantern rings.
** While still a villain, Killer Frost is nicer than her other incarnations, especially compared to ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham''.
** While comics!John Constantine has his heroic moments, he was also a cynical​, alcoholic, self-centered con-man who couldn't care less about superheroes. While smarmy, the John Constantine here is merely deadpan and sarcastic, even being a member of the League.
