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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamByGaslight'' replaces [[spoiler:Jacob Pecker with ''[[TheCommissionerGordon Jim Gordon]]'' as UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper. Barbara Eileen-Gordon is also his PsychoSupporter. In addition to the [[AdaptationalJerkass added misogyny]], Harvey Dent is perfectly willing to help frame Bruce Wayne over his relationship with Selina Kyle (whom Harvey wanted an affair with) and takes on an antagonistic role without becoming ComicBook/TwoFace.]]
* The titular Batwoman in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMysteryOfTheBatwoman'' is much more of an anti-heroine than the original Kathy Kane (and it predated the Kate Kane Batwoman), so they DC insisted that the filmmakers not actually use Kathy Kane. This didn't stop them from homaging her via the character Kathy ''Duquesne'' or making her a suspect... [[spoiler: or even making this Kathy one of the [[CollectiveIdentity Batwomen]].]]



* In the ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' comics, Boodikka is a loyal member of the Green Lantern Corps, but in ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternFirstFlight'', she sides with Sinestro in his coup against the Guardians of the Universe.



* While ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} is a PsychoForHire in the comics, he's still an AntiHero who has some redeeming qualities. In ''WesternAnimation/HulkVs'', Deadpool is a unrepentant member of Weapon X. Deadpool [[WouldHurtAChild makes jokes about killing babies and almost shoots a child]], when these are [[EvenEvilHasStandards lines Deadpool would never cross]] in the comics.



* Aquaman and Wonder Woman in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'', even more so than their comic books counterparts. While in the original storyline the war began due to the trickery of their deceptive subordinates, in this film the bloodshed started when Mera confronted the Amazon for having an affair with Arthur. This leads to Diana murdering the Atlantean queen, claiming her crown as a trophy and mailing her decapitated head to her husband. By the time the film takes place, Aquaman has devolved into a surface-hating supremacist who floods half of Europe, while Wonder Woman became a misandrist dictator responsible for decimating the entire male population of the UK. When two of the most beloved heroes of all time are converted into two genocidal maniacs, you know this trope has been [[ExaggeratedTrope dialed up]].
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters''[[note]]Designed as an alternate universe to begin with, so these are ''far'' from the only changes to mainstream versions. Batman usually isn't a vampiric Kirk Langstrom, for example.[[/note]]:
** In the movie proper, Doc Magnus and the ComicBook/MetalMen are the main villains.
** Also from the movie proper, Highfather is willing to double cross Darkseid.
** The tie-in miniseries, ''Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles'' sees Harley Quinn undergo this. Sometimes, Harley is portrayed as an AntiVillain with some sympathetic qualities. This version, however, is an AxCrazy psychopath who WouldHurtAChild -- and as the Joker isn't seen, this version is doing this of her own free will.
* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueThroneOfAtlantis'', the Ocean Master is far more evil than he is in the comics, where he was an AntiVillain. He is shown working with Black Manta and staging a false flag attack on Atlantis, which in the comic book storyline the movie is based on were done by [[spoiler:Vulko]]. He also knowingly wages an offensive war on the surface, when in the comic he believed he was acting in self defence due to the aforementioned false flag attack. He also [[spoiler:murders his mother]], while in the comics [[spoiler:she faked her death]].



* The version of ComicBook/DoctorOctopus in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' is a [[ForScience utterly amoral]] MadScientist from the beginning, with detachable tentacles, whereas the mainstream comics continuity version only became evil after a lab accident which fused his tentacles to his body and damaged his brain.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'':
** [[spoiler: More like Adaptational Antiheroism but [[Characters/SpiderMan2099 Miguel O'Hara]] aka Spider-Man 2099 gets a good amount of this. In the comics while he isn't quite the AllLovingHero Peter is, being full edgy angst and substance addiction typical of a 90s hero, he's still got a fully fuctioning moral compass and was even worthy of wielding Mjölnir. Most importantly he gets along very well with other universe Spider-Men, literally the only hostile encounter was when Peter was [[ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan taken over]] by ComicBook/DoctorOctopus. Here however he's much more of a flawed character, having replaced his dead AlternateSelf who had a family -- resulting in the destruction of that universe. He also demonises Miles, deriding him as a mistake that was never supposed to happen to the point where other Spider-People like Gwen and Peter call him out on his callousness. While Miguel does have justification for his extreme actions regarding Miles, given what happen to him, he's still far more of an antagionist than he's ever been in the comics. In fairness though he's [[BroadStrokes not supposed to be the exact same]] Miguel O'Hara from the comics.]]
** [[spoiler: The Spot is mostly a IneffectualSympatheticVillain in the comics, like Mysterio he's willingly to work with some of the worst of Marvel's villains but is far less scummy than the majority of them. In particular he has a DelicateAndSickly son that he genuinely loves and at one point was able to break free of his PocketDimension and return to normal world ''[[ThePowerOfLove just by thinking about his boy]]''. ''Across Spider-Verse'' keeps Spot's FreakLabAccident origins but dials the FromNobodyToNightmare traits up to eleven and throws out his more likeable and sympathetic qualities from the comics, making Spot a Giygas-like HumanoidAbomination MultiversalConqueror that seeks to ruin Miles's life.]]



* In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'', Atomic Skull is an unrepentant mass murderer who would deliberately target civilians to pick a fight with Superman, which [[BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork leads to his death at the hands of the Elite]]. However in the comics he wasn't nearly as bad and actually had a HeelFaceTurn.



* Whereas in the [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor comics]], Algrim/Kurse was loyal to Asgard after he cut ties with Malekith, in ''WesternAnimation/ThorTalesOfAsgard'', Algrim's presented as resenting Odin and Asgard for not coming to the aid of the Dark Elves against the Ice Giants (and going ''against'' them when the Dark Elves turned to Surtur for help) and blames them for the extinction of the Dark Elves, and was willing to use the Sword of Surtur against Asgard.



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** The 1954 film portrays Mr. Jones as even more brutal, making him a HateSink who torments his animals out of sadism and blows up their windmill [[SelfDisposingVillain (along with himself)]] as an act of spite. The book merely portrays him as neglectful and indifferent toward the animals and notes that he was formerly a good farmer before turning to drink.

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** The 1954 film portrays Mr. Jones as even more brutal, making him a HateSink who torments his animals out of sadism and blows up their windmill [[SelfDisposingVillain (along with himself)]] as an act of spite. The book merely portrays him as neglectful and indifferent toward the animals and but notes that he was formerly a good farmer before turning to drink. drink.
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** The 1954 film portrays Mr. Jones as even more brutal, making him a HateSink who torments his animals out of sadism and blows up their windmill [[SelfDisposingVillain (along with himself)]] as an act of spite. The book merely portrays him as neglectful and indifferent toward the animals and notes that he was formerly a good farmer before turning to drink.
** In the book Mr. Whymper is an opportunist who takes Napoleon as a client for the money, but he's genuinely oblivious to the horrors of his rule. In the 1954 film he's a more sinister figure and is the owner of the glue factory where Boxer is slaughtered.

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