History AdaptationalVillainy / AnimeAndManga

* Rei Ryghts from ''Anime/HyperdimensionNeptuniaTheAnimation'' was mostly the same as her [[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory game counterpart]], from her hatred towards the goddesses [[spoiler: to kidnapping and brainwashing Peashy to becoming a [[AxCrazy violently insane]] and power-hungry dictator once she got her powers back]], but the game paints her in a more [[AntiVillain sympathetic light]], as [[spoiler: while she did destroy her nation out of rage, she tried to make amends to it with the help of the Seven Sages, only got her powers back from Croire and her Hyperdimension counterpart and was eventually able to [[HeelFaceTurn redeem herself]] and rebuilt the Seven Sages as an organization to help the [=CPUs=]]]. In the anime she's more antagonistic due to doing the work all by herself and being a CPU from the get go. [[spoiler: She even [[MoralEventHorizon goes as far]] as to ''kill'' Neptune [[BigDamnHeroes right before the rest of the goddesses save her]]. She also never grows out of her old self as she is instead [[AdaptationalKarma arrested for her atrocities]], but not before having her powers taken away from ''Arfoire'' of all people, who was [[EvenEvilHastStandars rightfully disturbed by her behavior]].]]

* Rei Ryghts from ''Anime/HyperdimensionNeptuniaTheAnimation'' was mostly the same as her [[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory game counterpart]], from her hatred towards the goddesses [[spoiler: to kidnapping and brainwashing Peashy to becoming a [[AxCrazy violently insane]] and power-hungry dictator once she got her powers back]], but the game paints her in a more [[AntiVillain sympathetic light]], as [[spoiler: while she did destroy her nation out of rage, she tried to make amends to it with the help of the Seven Sages, only got her powers back from Croire and her Hyperdimension counterpart and was eventually able to [[HeelFaceTurn redeem herself]] and rebuilt the Seven Sages as an organization to help the [=CPUs=]]]. In the anime she's more antagonistic due to doing the work all by herslef and being a CPU from the get go. [[spoiler: She even [[MoralEventHorizon goes as far]] as to ''kill'' Neptune [[BigDamnHeroes right before the rest of the goddesses save her]]. She also never grows out of her old self as she is instead [[AdaptationalKarma arrested for her atrocities]], but not before having her powers taken away from ''Arfoire'' of all people, who was [[EvenEvilHastStandars rightfully disturbed by her behavior]].]]

* Naoka Ueno in the [[Anime/ASilentVoice anime]] adaptation of ''Manga/ASilentVoice''. While she is still an AlphaBitch in the manga who has numerous KickTheDog moments towards Shouko Nishimiya ([[BullyingTheDisabled who’s deaf]]) the anime due to being a CompressedAdaptation doesn’t explain Ueno‘s FreudianExcuse from the manga. [[spoiler: That’s being she has been helplessly in love with the protagonist Shoya Ishida for years and is [[GreenEyedMonster dreadfully]] [[ClingyJealousGirl jealous]] of his blooming relationship with Shouko whom she perceives as having stolen Shoya from her.]] This ties into the manga’s overarching themes about [[LoveRedeems love redeeming]], {{forgiveness}} and how even the cruelest people having to capacity [[TookALevelInKindness for good and change]]. However since the anime [[AdaptedOut cuts out]] Ueno’s perspective and only vaguely hints towards her crush [[spoiler:for Shoya]], it just seemed like Ueno was just being a bullying bitch to Shouko, because she blamed her for the events which split up her friendship group in elementary school.

* The ''Manga/MetroidManga'' does to this Ridley the SpacePirate to an [[UpToEleven extreme degree]]. In the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' games Ridley is already a horrible creature but since there’s no dialogue, he isn’t much more than a snarling space dragon. The manga gives him the ability to speak, along with a personality and that personality being a complete {{sadist}} who takes immense pleasure out of killing and gloating about it. In his first appearance attacking Samus’s homeworld, he orders his Space Pirate henchmen to “KILL AS MUCH AS YOU WANT! HAVE FUN!” and when Samus as a little girl approaches him and tries to befriend him, Ridley has a BaitTheDog moment before attacking Samus and killing her mother who gets in the way. If that wasn’t enough, later Ridley reveals to Samus in a massive KickTheDog scene that he ate her mother’s corpse along with other colonists to heal himself after her dad injured him in a HeroicSacrifice. Creator/{{Nintendo}} surprisingly would actually incorporate this psychotic take on Ridley into ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', where in his reveal trailer he sadistically kills Mario and Mega Man and proceeds to taunt Samus about it.

** The manga's version of Colress is portrayed along the same lines as in the anime; being a more wicked MadScientist than his morally grey game counterpart.

** The manga's version of the ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' [[RogueProtagonist female protagonist, Rosa]], is an ex-Team Plasma Grunt and initially an AntiVillain who was a firm believer in N's cause.

** Hatchan was only a villain for one arc and was very much a TokenGoodTeammate among Arlong’s crew. Yet the Boss Luffy specials and the Soccer and Baseball featurettes have Hatchan be on the villain’s side unapologetically and don’t show his better nature at any point.

** Android 17 is a complicated case as ''he is evil'' in Trunks’ BadFuture but in the present timeline he’s a nicer person who sees fighting as a game, gives up on trying to kill Goku and by the time of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' becomes a real hero. ''Z'' portrayed 17 as a more nasty character, having added scenes of him taking enjoyment out of killing members of a rowdy biker gang and in the Buu Saga he points a rifle at two unarmed hunters tricking them into putting up their hands to give Goku energy (in the manga, 17 just holds his hands up and the hunters don’t appear). ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' would (in)famously nudge 17 much further into this trope making him a villain who kills Krillin and tries to kill Goku after becoming Super 17 albeit due to him being BrainwashedAndCrazy.

** Also, in the manga version, Jim Cook is an antagonist who is far more malicious than his lighthearted and benign anime counterpart. In addition, unlike the other American students, he's well aware of Tragoedia and is working for him willingly.

* In the manga version of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', pretty much every character has a different background and personality, but Rua and Ruka more so than any other. They start of as villains in this version (and rather sadistic ones at that) ''very'' unlike the kind and innocent children they are in the anime. It is later revealed that [[spoiler:Rua underwent a [[DealWithTheDevil Duel Dragon ceremony]] to save Ruka from an illness, only Luna to become enslaved by the spirit of one of the Duel Dragons and for Rua to become {{Brainwashed}} by ''her''. Eventually, Yusei is able to use his more benevolent Dragon to break the spell.]]

* The ''Manga/MetroidManga'' does to this Ridley the SpacePirate to an [[UpToEleven extreme degree]]. In the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' games Ridley is already a horrible creature but since there’s no dialogue, he isn’t much more than a snarling space dragon. The manga gives him the ability the speak, along with a personality and that personality being a complete {{sadist}} who takes immense pleasure out of killing and gloating about it. In his first appearance attacking Samus’s homeworld, he orders his Space Pirate henchmen to “KILL AS MUCH AS YOU WANT! HAVE FUN!” and when Samus as a little girl approaches him and tries to befriend him, Ridley has a BaitTheDog moment before attacking Samus and killing her mother who gets in the way. If that wasn’t enough, later Ridley reveals to Samus in a massive KickTheDog scene that he ate her mother’s corpse along with other colonists to heal himself after her dad injured him in a HeroicSacrifice. Creator/{{Nintendo}} surprisingly would actually incorporate this psychotic take on Ridley into ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', where in his reveal trailer he sadistically kills Mario and Mega Man and proceeds to taunt Samus about it.

* Jeanne gets in this in ''Anime/BayonettaBloodyFate'', in the game she’s only in a villainous role due being brainwashed by Father Balder (Bayonetta’s dad) and the Angels of Paradiso. The anime makes no mention of this and implies [[NotBrainwashed she’s doing it totally of her own free will]], making Jeanne pretty monstrously evil especially when she shoots up a train full of civilians, before eventually undergoing a rather cheap HeelFaceTurn right at the very end. Although to be fair, a lot of the cast get AdaptationalJerkass in this film.

** To a smaller extent, Kaworu. In the original anime, he was pretty nice (outside of, you know, [[spoiler:being the seventeenth Angel]]). In the manga, he [[KickTheDog strangles an abandoned kitten]] (a scene infamous enough to earn him the nickname [[FanNickname "Evil Manga Kaworu"]]) and has a much stronger case of BlueAndOrangeMorality.

** Some of the Gym Leaders and Elite Four members. While most of them (with the exception of Giovanni and Malva) are good guys in the games -- Lance and Lorelei even helping out the player character at key points, many of them are hit with this trope. Lt. Surge, Koga, and Sabrina, three Kanto gym leaders, are a TerribleTrio of lieutenants serving directly under Giovanni (and Blaine, another Kanto gym leader, was a former Team Rocket operative involved in Mewtwo's creation who had a HeelFaceTurn before the start of the series), Agatha, Bruno, Lorelei, and Lance, all four members of the Kanto Elite Four, are [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned Extremists]] part of a plot to kill all other humans in favor of Pokemon (though Bruno's involvement was more forced, as he had controlling cuffs on his body similar to those on Agatha's Pokemon), Karen and Will, the two new characters introduced for the Johto Elite Four, are members of Neo Team Rocket, and [[spoiler: Pryce, a Johto gym leader, kidnapped many children, including Green and Silver, raising them to do bad, and was the founder of Neo Team Rocket, who wanted to use Lugia, Ho-Oh, and Celebi to eventually travel back in time and [[AntiVillain save his two Lapras from being killed by a collapsing ice formation]]]]. [[spoiler:They and and most of the other characters listed [[HeelFaceTurn reform]] later on, with the exception of Agatha.]]

* ''Anime/PokemonGenerations'':

** Android 17 is a complicated case as ''he is evil'' in Trunks’ BadFuture but in the present timeline he’s a nicer person who sees fighting as a game, gives up on trying to kill Goku and by the time of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' becomes a real hero. ''Z'' portrayed 17 as a more nasty character, having added scenes of him taking enjoyment out of killing members of a rowdy biker gang and in the Buu Saga he points a rifle at two unarmed hunters tricking them into putting up their hands to give Goku energy (in the manga, 17 just holds his hands up and the hunters don’t appear). ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' would (in)famously nudge 17 much further into this trope making him a villain who kills Krillin and tries to kill Goku after becoming Super 17 albeit due to him being BrainWashedAndCrazy.

* The ''Manga/MetroidManga'' does to this Ridely the SpacePirate to an [[UpToEleven extreme degree]]. In the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' games Ridely is already a horrible creature but since there’s no dialogue, he isn’t much more than a snarling space dragon. The manga gives him the ability the speak, along with a personality and that personality being a complete {{sadist}} who takes immense pleasure out of killing and gloating about it. In his first appearance attacking Samus’s homeworld, he orders his Space Pirate henchmen to “KILL AS MUCH AS YOU WANT! HAVE FUN!” and when Samus as a little girl approaches him and tries to befriend him, Ridely has a BaitTheDog moment before attacking Samus and killing her mother who gets in the way. If that wasn’t enough, later Ridely reveals to Samus in a massive KickTheDog scene that he ate her mother’s corpse along with other colonists to heal himself after her dad injured him in a HeroicSacrifice. Creator/{{Nintendo}} surprisingly would actually incorporate this psychotic take on Ridely into ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', where in his reveal trailer he sadistically kills Mario and Mega Man and proceeds to taunt Samus about it.

* Jeanne gets in this in ''Anime/BayonettaBloodyFate'', in the game she’s only in a villainous role due being brainwashed by Father Balder (Bayonetta’s dad) and the Angels of Paradiso. The anime makes no mention of this and implies [[NotBrainwashed she’s doing it totally of her own free will]], making Jeanne pretty monstrous evil especially when she shoots up a train full of civilians before eventually undergoing a rather cheap HeelFaceTurn right at the very end. Although to be fair, a lot of the cast get AdaptationalJerkass in this film.

* [[TricksterMentor Cross Marian]] of ''Manga/DGrayMan''. In the manga, he was just pretending to be a jerk at best, or a JerkWithAHeartOfGold at worst. But the anime, done by TMS Entertainment, decided that they wanted him to be a complete JerkAss. Episode 27: My Master, General Cross is infamous for the villainization of Cross' character -when Allen begins to tell Lenalee tales of how horrible his master is, so she'll know what to expect when they find him. The includes things from Cross that actually contradicted his manga characterization and WordOfGod.

** Filler episode 25: Allen is shown to have a severe mistrust of all Exorcist Generals -saying that due to his bad experience with Cross, he didn't believe Generals were good people. There was also a scene where Yeegar speaks to Allen about Cross, saying that he is the best at destroying Akuma, but isn't good at human interaction. Neither of these scenes were in the manga, and contradicted the canon of General Yeegar already being dead before Allen and Lenalee are sent to find Cross.
** Changes were also made to canon scenes where Cross is shown doing things in them that weren't in the manga. Such as the guards dragging Allen out of Cross' room at HQ. In the manga, Cross just watches as Allen is taken away. However in the anime, he smirks and hums mockingly while waving Allen off. In addition to stealing food from the cart of the vendor he spoke to in Krory's village -which he wasn't shown doing in the manga.

** Yoki in both versions starts out as a small-time villain who ends up disgraced by the Elrics, which leads him to rat out Scar in an attempt to reclaim his status. There the similarities end--the manga ultimately has him becoming a reluctant and (generally) not very helpful good guy, [[spoiler:while the anime has him [[DeathByAdaptation killed by Lust]] to incite a riot between the military and the Ishbalan refugees]].

** The Vinsmoke Family namely Judge and his sons Ichji, Niji and Yonji are already utterly vile people. But the anime somehow makes them ''even worse'' adding a flash back scene where Ichji, Niji and Yonji literally beat up their brother [[spoiler: Sanji]] [[KickTheDog over the grave of their mother Sora]] while Judge looks on approvingly - none of which happened in the manga.

** In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', Colress, while still a scientist in the employ of Team Plasma, does [[FriendlyEnemy encourage]] the player and even gives them a device needed to progress further in the game. He is involved with Team Plasma ForScience and is not particularly interested in their goals, expressing distaste for Ghetsis. After his defeat, he encourages the player to stop Ghetsis' plans. In ''Episode N'', Colress is a true MadScientist who experiments on Pokémon to the point of torture, uses mind control on the Pokémon in his introductory episode (including those of the main characters), and is more than willing to hurt Ash and his friends to prove his theories. He is also more appreciative of Ghetsis due to Plasma's "providing" increasingly more difficult "subjects" pushing the theories further. Colress in the game has a HeelFaceTurn, willingly disbands Team Plasma, and becomes TheAtoner after Ghetsis is defeated, while his anime counterpart is arrested by Looker. In future games, he cameos as a helpful NPC and ally. [[spoiler: In ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'', he is instrumental in stopping Team Rainbow Rocket (his old boss Ghetsis included) - he's actually working with the Aether Foundation to help send its members back to their own dimensions, and his intervention at one point [[BigDamnHeroes saves Lillie from Ghetsis]].]] The anime counterpart does come up with the idea for a [[SpeaksFluentAnimal Pokémon translator]], but after he's arrested and in a way emphasising his BlueAndOrangeMorality.

** The Spearow line in the anime are, with one or two exceptions, generally owned by villains or are malicious of their own accord, to the point of holding grudges (most famously against Ash in the first episode and the incident which led to Pidgeotto's evolution into Pidgeot). In the games, there's nothing to indicate this level of malice - while a wild Spearow flock attacks Nebby in Sun/Moon, many other Spearow and Fearow are seen living and working with people, even as affectionate house pets, with no problem, and their Pokedex entries don't portray them in a negative light compared to other bird Pokémon. Spearow in the games may be protective of their territory, but that's about it; Fearow is actually said to be a more tactical Pokémon, [[KnowWhenToFoldEm even avoiding danger if it senses any]].

** Some of the Gym Leaders and Elite Four members. While most of them (with the exception of Giovanni and Malva) are good guys in the games--Lance and Lorelei even helping out the player character at key points, many of them are hit with this trope. Lt. Surge, Koga, and Sabrina, three Kanto gym leaders, are a TerribleTrio of lieutenants serving directly under Giovanni (and Blaine, another Kanto gym leader, was a former Team Rocket operative involved in Mewtwo's creation who had a HeelFaceTurn before the start of the series), Agatha, Bruno, Lorelei, and Lance, all four members of the Kanto Elite Four, are [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned Extremists]] part of a plot to kill all other humans in favor of Pokemon (though Bruno's involvement was more forced, as he had controlling cuffs on his body similar to those on Agatha's Pokemon), Karen and Will, the two new characters introduced for the Johto Elite Four, are members of Neo Team Rocket, and [[spoiler: Pryce, a Johto gym leader, kidnapped many children, including Green and Silver, raising them to do bad, and was the founder of Neo Team Rocket, who wanted to use Lugia, Ho-Oh, and Celebi to eventually travel back in time and [[AntiVillain save his two Lapras from being killed by a collapsing ice formation]]]]. [[spoiler:They and and most of the other characters listed [[HeelFaceTurn reform]] later on, with the exception of Agatha.]]

** In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', and even more so in ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'', Gladion is an AntiVillain at worst, and never actually threatens the main characters. While he works as an enforcer for Team Skull, he warns the player about them and does things counter to Skull's purposes, such as asking the player to protect Nebby. He sincerely cares about his Pokemon, especially his partner Type: Null, and the main reason he wants to grow stronger is so he can more effectively protect [[spoiler: his sister Lillie.]] Once he learns Team Skull kidnapped [[spoiler: Lillie]], he ''immediately'' defects. In the manga, while he does have the noble goal of wanting to protect Alola from the invading Ultra Beasts, he is considerably more ruthless - he orders Type: Null to directly attack Kiawe and wants to capture the Island Guardians, and displays a sexist streak (especially towards Plumeria, likely a result of his mother's abuse) that wasn't present in the games.

** Anna Williams get this, especially compared to her [[SiblingRivalry rival and sister]] Nina. In the games while conceited and trigger happy, Anna isn’t truly evil and has genuinely attempted to bury to hatchet with her sister - only to be cruelly rebuffed and abused by Nina every time. In the anime, Nina [[AdaptationalHeroism shows care for her sister]] whilst Anna is just craven and pathetic only wanting to kill Nina out of spite for being their father’s favourite daughter. Unfortunately this AdaptationalVillainy unlike with Lee, would stick with Anna, as the next animated film ''Anime/TekkenBloodVengeance'' portrays Anna as even more villainous at one point, even attempting to strangle Xiaoyu.

** While still a power-hungry ruthless villain, Giovanni had some redeeming qualities in the games. He was honorable, was a benevolent boss, faced his defeats gracefully, loved his son and was by all accounts AffablyEvil. In anime, he has none of his game counterpart's good traits, very few redeeming qualities on his own and is far more violent and cruel than his game version.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

** In the games, Mimikyu is a mischevious but DarkIsNotEvil Pokémon who imitates Pikachu because it's lonely and just wants to be loved like Pikachu. In the anime, the first Mimikyu seen is much more bitter and jealous towards Pikachu to the point of being an EvilCounterpart, even going so far as to willingly join Team Rocket. [[DownplayedTrope However, this is exclusive to Jessie's Mimikyu]]; Acerola's Mimikyu, nicknamed Mimikins, is much friendlier and holds no ill will towards Pikachu. [[spoiler: The GrandFinale of the series has Jessie's Mimikyu soften after seeing its true form reflected in the water, accepting Pikachu as a worthy opponent.]]