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* Timber Wolf's father Dr. Mar Londo gets this treatment in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Legion Of Super Heroes|2006}}'' animated series. While still responsible for his son's powers in the original comics (at least in Pre-Zero Hour continuity), he was in no way even suggested to be as abusive and manipulative as his animated counterpart.

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* ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2006'': Timber Wolf's father Dr. Mar Londo gets this treatment in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Legion Of Super Heroes|2006}}'' comics was a PosthumousCharacter who, while having experimented on his son to give him his powers, wasn't indicated to be malevolent or abusive in any way. In the animated series. While still responsible series, however, Dr. Londo is not only [[SparedByTheAdaptation alive and well by his final appearance]], but is also shown to not care about his son and be unscrupulous enough to frame Brin Londo for his son's powers in the original comics (at least in Pre-Zero Hour continuity), he was in no way even suggested to be as abusive and manipulative as his animated counterpart.own murder.
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* ''VideoGame/GothamKnights2022'': Jacob Kane's been an antagonist in the comics, [[spoiler:even to the Prime Earth version of the Gotham Knights specifically]], but never an outright villain. Here, he's the leader of the largest, most secretive criminal organization in Gotham.
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* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'':

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* In ''ComicBook/SupermanFamilyAdventures,'' Lor-Zod was raised by his villainous parents and works with them. In pre-Flashpoint mainstream comics he gets adopted by ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ''ComicBook/LoisLane'', renamed "Chris Kent" and becomes a superhero himself. ''ComicBook/SupermanRebirth'' makes the ''SFA'' version canon so [[Characters/SupermanJonathanSamuelKent Jonathan Samuel Kent]] could have an EvilCounterpart.

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* In ''ComicBook/SupermanFamilyAdventures,'' Lor-Zod was raised by his villainous parents and works with them. In pre-Flashpoint mainstream comics he gets adopted by ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ''ComicBook/LoisLane'', renamed "Chris Kent" and becomes a superhero himself. ''ComicBook/SupermanRebirth'' ''ComicBook/Superman2016'' makes the ''SFA'' version canon so [[Characters/SupermanJonathanSamuelKent Jonathan Samuel Kent]] could have an EvilCounterpart.
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** In the comics, [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheJoker The Joker]] role in the death of Jason Todd amounted to just beating him with a crowbar and blowing him up. In ''Arkham Knight'', he actually kidnapped Jason and brutally tortured him for a year in an abandoned wing of Arkham Asylum, going so far as to brand his left cheek with a J.
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* The basic theme of ''ComicBook/MichaelCray'' is Cray hunting down the [[ComicBook/TheWildStorm Wild Storm]] universe counterparts of the ComicBook/JusticeLeague, who are all complete monsters. [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Oliver Queen]] became obsessed with survival on the island and now [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunts people]] to see if they deserve to live; [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]] is a paranoid lunatic with a SplitPersonality who uses his SuperSpeed to murder anyone working to develop ArtificialIntelligence; [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Arthur Curry]] is a mutant fish monster and [[SerialNumbersFiledOff lawyer-friendly]] equivalent of [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Dagon]]; ComicBook/JohnConstantine is a sociopathic dark wizard and even more of a prick than his mainstream equivalent; and [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Diana Prince]] is a CorruptCorporateExecutive and religious zealot planning to unleash the Old Gods on the world who gets her powers from [=LexCorp=] experimental super-steroids.

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* The basic theme of ''ComicBook/MichaelCray'' is Cray hunting down the [[ComicBook/TheWildStorm Wild Storm]] universe counterparts of the ComicBook/JusticeLeague, who are all complete monsters. [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Oliver Queen]] became obsessed with survival on the island and now [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunts people]] to see if they deserve to live; [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]] is a paranoid lunatic with a SplitPersonality who uses his SuperSpeed to murder anyone working to develop ArtificialIntelligence; [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Arthur Curry]] is a mutant fish monster and [[SerialNumbersFiledOff lawyer-friendly]] equivalent of [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Dagon]]; ComicBook/JohnConstantine [[Characters/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]] is a sociopathic dark wizard and even more of a prick than his mainstream equivalent; and [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Diana Prince]] is a CorruptCorporateExecutive and religious zealot planning to unleash the Old Gods on the world who gets her powers from [=LexCorp=] experimental super-steroids.
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** ''WesternAnimation/{{Legion of Super|Heroes2023}}

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