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* ''Series/TheLastOfUs2023'':
** In [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs the original game]], main protagonist Joel is a typical OneManArmy video game player character who can mow down bad guys and shrug off getting shot like nothing. In the HBO adaptation Joel is [[DentedIron tough but vulnerable to the effects of old age]], relying primarily on ambush tactics and intelligence to win most fights he gets into. He also suffers from aching knees and is deaf in one ear, which lead to him getting jumped from time to time. The university segment is the most clear example of this. In the game, Joel gets wounded after fighting a dozen men and falling off a balcony onto some rebar while grappling with one bandit who surprised attacked him. In the show, Joel just gets stabbed by a broken baseball bat while killing a single attacker.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' game, main protagonist Joel is a typical OneManArmy video game player character who can mow down bad guys and shrug off getting shot like nothing. In the HBO adaptation Joel is [[DentedIron tough but vulnerable to the effects of old age]], relying primarily on ambush tactics and intelligence to win most fights he gets into. He also suffers from aching knees and is deaf in one ear, which lead to him getting jumped from time to time. The university segment is the most clear example of this. In the game, Joel gets wounded after fighting a dozen men and falling off a balcony onto some rebar while grappling with one bandit who surprised attacked him. In the show, Joel just gets stabbed by a broken baseball bat while killing a single attacker.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', main protagonist Joel is a typical OneManArmy video game player character who can mow down bad guys and shrug off getting shot like nothing. In the HBO adaptation, ''Series/TheLastOfUs2023'', he's portrayed as [[DentedIron tough but vulnerable to the effects of old age]], relying primarily on ambush tactics and intelligence to win most fights he gets into. He also suffers from aching knees and is deaf in one ear, which lead to him getting jumped from time to time.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', main protagonist Joel is a typical OneManArmy video game player character who can mow down bad guys and shrug off getting shot like nothing. In the HBO adaptation, ''Series/TheLastOfUs2023'', he's portrayed as [[DentedIron tough but vulnerable to the effects of old age]], relying primarily on ambush tactics and intelligence to win most fights he gets into.

* The titular ''Series/{{Lucifer}}'' was introduced in Creator/NeilGaiman's ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' as the second most powerful being in all creation, second only to the creator, someone who the eternal and undying AnthropomorphicPersonification of Dreams and Storytelling feared such that entire issue was dedicated to Dream putting his affairs in order and saying goodbye to people due to the possibility that Lucifer might decide to destroy him. In the show he's an angel, an immortal, and a badass, but doesn't appear to be particularly special compared to the other angels that appear in the show.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': In the books, the Númenóreans are described as being physically superior to normal Men in almost every way. Not only are they far stronger, but also the average Númenórean is taller than 6 feet, while Elendil is described as being between 7 to 8 feet tall. They were also the direct descendants of the Men who fought alongside the Elves in their war against Morgoth and were capable warriors in their own right. In the show, the Númenóreans don't look physically distinct from normal Men and are shown to be incredibly inept at fighting, requiring Galadriel to train them personally.

** In this version, despite his power, the titular character seems totally unable to beat an opponent without the support of his team (the majority of the time). Justified since not only is Barry still relatively inexperienced, he has a bad habit of rushing in without thinking as well as over relying on his super speed, otherwise he'd function as a StoryBreakerPower.

* ''Series/TheBoys2019'': Homelander never gets the better of comic Stillwell, who is completely unfazed by him and becomes a KarmaHoudini in the end.
** The title group also never inject themselves with Compound V to get superpowers. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/cjt17f/im_eric_kripke_the_cocreator_of_the_new_amazon/evg10se/ As the creator explained]], doing so would reduce it to another superhero slugfest, while keeping them as average humans put wits as the priority over strength - "We don't need powers to save the world. We just need each other." Eventually {{Subverted|Trope}} in Season 3, where Hughie and Butcher both use V-24 to give themselves powers.

** The title group also never inject themselves with Compound V to get superpowers. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/cjt17f/im_eric_kripke_the_cocreator_of_the_new_amazon/evg10se/ As the creator explained]], doing so would reduce it to another superhero slugfest, while keeping them as average humans put wits as the priority over strength - "We don't need powers to save the world. We just need each other."

** Number Two aka Diego actually had SuperNotDrowningSkills along with his ImprobableAimingSkills [[KnifeNut with knives]] in the comics. In the show, however, Diego has only got the knife skills and otherwise is just a BadassNormal. Then again the show's second season does give him some level of [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] as he was able to [[BulletDodgesYou redirect bullets]] in mid air, a power he doesn't possess in the comics.

** Clark Kent aka ComicBook/{{Superman}} gets this as he's far less powerful than the comic book version or even other live-action versions for that matter and he's explicitly weaker than Kara who has defeated him, though he's actually [[SoProudOfYou proud of her for it]]. In the comics, while they can be more or less equal DependingOnTheWriter, Clark is still capable of feats that Kara has never accomplished. Averted [[Series/SupermanAndLois in his own show]] where Clark is presented as ridiculously powerful as the budget will allow, he even manages to shrug off getting shot with Kryptonite at one point, something most versions Supes cannot do.

* ''Series/TheWitcher2019'' gives this treatment to Eyck of Denesle in the episode "Rare Species" which is based of the book ''Sword of Destiny''. In the book Eyck is a truly badass KnightInShiningArmor and dragon slaying monster hunter whom even Geralt considers a rival. Apart from saving Geralt and Yennefer from a avalanche, Eyck actually fights the golden dragon Villentretenmerth himself before getting knocked off his house by the dragon's tail and crippled. In the show Eyck of Denesle is a PrinceCharmless and treated like a joke, the only monster he kills is a Hirikka, a creature Geralt says was harmless and would've left them alone if they fed it. Instead of facing the dragon, Eyck is unceremoniously killed [[TheCanKickedHim while shitting in the woods]] by the Reavers.

** Clark Kent aka ComicBook/{{Superman}} gets this as he's far less powerful than the comic book version or even other live-action versions for that matter and he's explicitly weaker than Kara who has defeated him, though he's actually [[SoProudOfYou proud of her for it]]. In the comics, while they can be more or less equal DependingOnTheWriter, Clark is still capable of feats that Kara has never accomplished. Averted [[Series/SupermanAndLois in his own show]] where Clark is presented as ridiculous powerful as the budget will allow, he even manages to shrug off getting shot with Kryptonite at one point, something most versions Supes cannot do.