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* Numerous characters in the [[Film/HarryPotter film versions]] of ''Literature/HarryPotter'', which can mostly be split into three categories: not being introduced until they are absolutely necessary to the plot, being in the earlier ones and then not showing up again, and completely being left out Some examples:
** Not appearing until they're necessary to the plot: Bill Weasley, [[note]]First appears in the fourth book and remains a prominent side character for the rest of the series. Doesn't appear until the seventh movie. [[/note]] Dumbledore's brother Aberforth [[note]] Mentioned in passing first in the fourth book and several times throughout the rest of the series. Harry meets him in the fifth without knowing who he is and then finally officially towards the end of the seventh book. However, Harry knew he existed in the books but straight-up says he didn't know about him in the seventh movie. [[/note]], Narcissa Malfoy [[note]] Mentioned as early as the first book, first appears in the fourth, but doesn't appear until the sixth movie[[/note]], and Mundungus Fletcher
** Appearing in earlier installments and then disappearing: Phineas Nigellus Black, Firenze, Nearly Headless Nick, Colin Creevey (due to his actor going through a growth spurt), and Crabbe (due to the actor's legal troubles).
** Don't appear at all: Ludo Bagman, Winky, Peeves the Poltergeist (who was [[DeletedRole cut out of the first movie]] after negative reaction to his character design from test audiences), both sides of Voldemort's family, Neville's parents and grandmother, and the Muggle Prime Minister.
** Mixed examples: Andromeda Tonks (name is on the Black family tree but is never mentioned by name and got cut out of the seventh film, Dobby (who was in the second movie and then didn't show back up until the seventh), Charlie Weasley (is in the family photo and is mentioned but never appears like he does in the books), and Teddy Lupin (is mentioned but not by name and Harry doesn't seem to be his godfather)
** Not appearing until they're necessary to the plot: Bill Weasley, [[note]]First appears in the fourth book and remains a prominent side character for the rest of the series. Doesn't appear until the seventh movie. [[/note]] Dumbledore's brother Aberforth [[note]] Mentioned in passing first in the fourth book and several times throughout the rest of the series. Harry meets him in the fifth without knowing who he is and then finally officially towards the end of the seventh book. However, Harry knew he existed in the books but straight-up says he didn't know about him in the seventh movie. [[/note]], Narcissa Malfoy [[note]] Mentioned as early as the first book, first appears in the fourth, but doesn't appear until the sixth movie[[/note]], and Mundungus Fletcher
** Appearing in earlier installments and then disappearing: Phineas Nigellus Black, Firenze, Nearly Headless Nick, Colin Creevey (due to his actor going through a growth spurt), and Crabbe (due to the actor's legal troubles).
** Don't appear at all: Ludo Bagman, Winky, Peeves the Poltergeist (who was [[DeletedRole cut out of the first movie]] after negative reaction to his character design from test audiences), both sides of Voldemort's family, Neville's parents and grandmother, and the Muggle Prime Minister.
** Mixed examples: Andromeda Tonks (name is on the Black family tree but is never mentioned by name and got cut out of the seventh film, Dobby (who was in the second movie and then didn't show back up until the seventh), Charlie Weasley (is in the family photo and is mentioned but never appears like he does in the books), and Teddy Lupin (is mentioned but not by name and Harry doesn't seem to be his godfather)
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* Numerous characters in the [[Film/HarryPotter film versions]] of ''Literature/HarryPotter'', which can mostly be split into three categories: not being introduced until they are absolutely necessary to the plot, being in the earlier ones and then not showing up again, and completely being left out out. Some examples:
** Not appearing until they're necessary to the plot: Bill Weasley, [[note]]First appears in the fourth book and remains a prominent side character for the rest of the series. Doesn't appear until the seventh movie. [[/note]] Dumbledore's brotherAberforth Aberforth, [[note]] Mentioned in passing first in the fourth book and several times throughout the rest of the series. Harry meets him in the fifth without knowing who he is and then finally officially towards the end of the seventh book. However, Harry knew he existed in the books but straight-up says he didn't know about him in the seventh movie. [[/note]], [[/note]] Narcissa Malfoy Malfoy, [[note]] Mentioned as early as the first book, first appears in the fourth, but doesn't appear until the sixth movie[[/note]], movie[[/note]] and Mundungus Fletcher
Fletcher. [[note]] Mentioned as early as the second book, shows up in the fifth, but not in the movies until the seventh. [[/note]]
** Appearing in earlier installments and then disappearing: Phineas Nigellus Black, Firenze, Nearly Headless Nick, ColinCreevey (due Creevey, [[note]] Due to his actor going through a growth spurt), spurt[[/note]] and Crabbe (due Crabbe. [[note]] Due to the actor's legal troubles).
issues on the actor’s part[[/note]]
** Don't appear at all: Ludo Bagman, Winky, Peeves thePoltergeist (who Poltergeist, [[note]] who was [[DeletedRole cut out of the first movie]] after negative reaction to his character design from test audiences), both audiences[[/note]]both sides of Voldemort's family, Neville's parents and grandmother, and the Muggle Prime Minister.
** Mixed examples: AndromedaTonks (name Tonks, [[note]] Her name is on the Black family tree and her daughter exists m but is never mentioned by name and got cut out of the seventh film, film[[/note]] Dobby (who [[note]] who was in the second movie and then didn't show back up until the seventh), seventh [[/note]], Charlie Weasley (is Weasley, [[note]]Is in the family photo and is mentioned but never appears like he does in the books), books[[/note]] and Teddy Lupin (is Lupin. [[note]]Is mentioned but not by name and Harry doesn't seem to be his godfather)godfather.[[/note]]
** Not appearing until they're necessary to the plot: Bill Weasley, [[note]]First appears in the fourth book and remains a prominent side character for the rest of the series. Doesn't appear until the seventh movie. [[/note]] Dumbledore's brother
** Appearing in earlier installments and then disappearing: Phineas Nigellus Black, Firenze, Nearly Headless Nick, Colin
** Don't appear at all: Ludo Bagman, Winky, Peeves the
** Mixed examples: Andromeda
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* Numerous characters in the [[Film/HarryPotter film versions]] of ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Some do not appear at all (such as Ludo Bagman and Peeves the poltergeist), some are absent in earlier films, but show up later when they're important with an explanation as to why they've been absent (such as Bill and Charlie Weasley) and some appear in earlier films but are absent in later ones (such as Nearly Headless Nick and Firenze). Kreacher was almost removed from the [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix film]] of the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix fifth book]], until Rowling stepped in to inform the screenwriter that he was going to be important later.
** Peeves [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was originally going to appear in the series]] played by Creator/RikMayall. He was in the first film as a DeletedRole and they decided to simply never use the character.
** Dobby appeared in the second film (where his character was critical to the plot) but was ommitted from the fourth, fifth, and sixth films, likely because he only appeared in a few scenes and his actions were easy enough to give to another character (in the fourth and fifth) or write them out altogether (in the sixth). When he ended up being an important character in the seventh book, the writers had to put in an extra scene to reintroduce the character in order to set up his later appearance, because he hadn't been hanging around for three years in the films.
** Andromeda Tonks isn’t mentioned (you can see her name on the Black family tree though) even though both of her sisters and daughter are present. Her grandson, Teddy, that she ends up raising with Harry as a co-parent also doesn’t show up.
** Both sides of Voldemort's family aren't in the movies. On his maternal side, this is includes his mother, grandfather, and uncle. On his paternal side, it's his dad and both grandparents.
** The gang doesn't run into Neville in St. Mungos like they do in the fifth book and therefore his parents don't appear. It's implied they just [[DeathByAdaptation died]] rather than getting tortured into madness.
** Peeves [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was originally going to appear in the series]] played by Creator/RikMayall. He was in the first film as a DeletedRole and they decided to simply never use the character.
** Dobby appeared in the second film (where his character was critical to the plot) but was ommitted from the fourth, fifth, and sixth films, likely because he only appeared in a few scenes and his actions were easy enough to give to another character (in the fourth and fifth) or write them out altogether (in the sixth). When he ended up being an important character in the seventh book, the writers had to put in an extra scene to reintroduce the character in order to set up his later appearance, because he hadn't been hanging around for three years in the films.
** Andromeda Tonks isn’t mentioned (you can see her name on the Black family tree though) even though both of her sisters and daughter are present. Her grandson, Teddy, that she ends up raising with Harry as a co-parent also doesn’t show up.
** Both sides of Voldemort's family aren't in the movies. On his maternal side, this is includes his mother, grandfather, and uncle. On his paternal side, it's his dad and both grandparents.
** The gang doesn't run into Neville in St. Mungos like they do in the fifth book and therefore his parents don't appear. It's implied they just [[DeathByAdaptation died]] rather than getting tortured into madness.
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* Numerous characters in the [[Film/HarryPotter film versions]] of ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Some do ''Literature/HarryPotter'', which can mostly be split into three categories: not appear at all (such as Ludo Bagman and Peeves being introduced until they are absolutely necessary to the poltergeist), some are absent plot, being in the earlier films, but show ones and then not showing up later when again, and completely being left out Some examples:
** Not appearing until they'reimportant with an explanation as necessary to why they've been absent (such as the plot: Bill Weasley, [[note]]First appears in the fourth book and Charlie Weasley) and some remains a prominent side character for the rest of the series. Doesn't appear until the seventh movie. [[/note]] Dumbledore's brother Aberforth [[note]] Mentioned in passing first in the fourth book and several times throughout the rest of the series. Harry meets him in the fifth without knowing who he is and then finally officially towards the end of the seventh book. However, Harry knew he existed in the books but straight-up says he didn't know about him in the seventh movie. [[/note]], Narcissa Malfoy [[note]] Mentioned as early as the first book, first appears in the fourth, but doesn't appear until the sixth movie[[/note]], and Mundungus Fletcher
** Appearing in earlierfilms but are absent in later ones (such as installments and then disappearing: Phineas Nigellus Black, Firenze, Nearly Headless Nick and Firenze). Kreacher was almost removed from the [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix film]] of the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix fifth book]], until Rowling stepped in Nick, Colin Creevey (due to inform the screenwriter that he was his actor going through a growth spurt), and Crabbe (due to be important later.
the actor's legal troubles).
** Don't appear at all: Ludo Bagman, Winky, Peeves[[WhatCouldHaveBeen the Poltergeist (who was originally going to appear in the series]] played by Creator/RikMayall. He was in [[DeletedRole cut out of the first film as a DeletedRole and they decided movie]] after negative reaction to simply never use the character.
** Dobby appeared in the second film (wherehis character was critical to the plot) but was ommitted design from the fourth, fifth, and sixth films, likely because he only appeared in a few scenes and his actions were easy enough to give to another character (in the fourth and fifth) or write them out altogether (in the sixth). When he ended up being an important character in the seventh book, the writers had to put in an extra scene to reintroduce the character in order to set up his later appearance, because he hadn't been hanging around for three years in the films.
** Andromeda Tonks isn’t mentioned (you can see her name on the Black family tree though) even thoughtest audiences), both of her sisters and daughter are present. Her grandson, Teddy, that she ends up raising with Harry as a co-parent also doesn’t show up.
** Bothsides of Voldemort's family, Neville's parents and grandmother, and the Muggle Prime Minister.
** Mixed examples: Andromeda Tonks (name is on the Black familyaren't tree but is never mentioned by name and got cut out of the seventh film, Dobby (who was in the movies. On his maternal side, this is includes his mother, grandfather, second movie and uncle. On his paternal side, it's his dad then didn't show back up until the seventh), Charlie Weasley (is in the family photo and both grandparents.
** The gangis mentioned but never appears like he does in the books), and Teddy Lupin (is mentioned but not by name and Harry doesn't run into Neville in St. Mungos like they do in the fifth book and therefore seem to be his parents don't appear. It's implied they just [[DeathByAdaptation died]] rather than getting tortured into madness. godfather)
** Not appearing until they're
** Appearing in earlier
** Don't appear at all: Ludo Bagman, Winky, Peeves
** Dobby appeared in the second film (where
** Andromeda Tonks isn’t mentioned (you can see her name on the Black family tree though) even though
** Both
** Mixed examples: Andromeda Tonks (name is on the Black family
** The gang
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* ''Film/BatmanForever'' has [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Dick Grayson]]'s family murdered by Two-Face, rather than Tony Zucco. Much like with Jason Todd.
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* ''Film/BatmanForever'' has [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Dick Grayson]]'s family murdered by Two-Face, rather than Tony Zucco. Much like with In the comics Jason Todd.Todd was the Robin to have had a parent murdered by Two-Face.
* ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'':
** ''Film/Shazam2019'' is based on [[ComicBook/Shazam2012 the comic book origin story as it was post-]]''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}''. However, ComicBook/BlackAdam is only alluded to, since he is getting his own movie. As a tradeoff, the movie gets more focus on Dr. Sivana, who was a secondary villain in the original story. Also removed from the movie are Mr. Bryer (whom the Seven Deadly Sins posses during the comic origin's finale, while they [[spoiler:serve as the source of Sivana's powers]] in the movie), Francesca (the woman who appears in reflective surfaces and [[MrExposition giving out exposition]]), and Tawny the tiger from the Philadelphia Zoo (possibly because the Magiclands story arc, an adaptation of which was [[SequelHook heaavily being hinted at]] in the movie, introduces a more classic style Tawny who lives in the Wildlands).
** ''Film/WonderWoman2017'':
*** The contest to send an ambassador to Man's World is written out, with Diana doing what she did in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' instead, going [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight "Screw my mother's edict, people need my help,"]] taking up the armor and weapons, and going off into Man's World's on her own.
*** Wonder Woman's friend Mala, who discovered ComicBook/SteveTrevor washed ashore together with her in the comics, is not in the film.
*** The Holliday Girls, a sort of unofficial commando unit of young women run by ComicBook/EttaCandy, does not appear. Their position is filled by Steve Trevor's group of men instead.
** ''Film/Shazam2019'' is based on [[ComicBook/Shazam2012 the comic book origin story as it was post-]]''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}''. However, ComicBook/BlackAdam is only alluded to, since he is getting his own movie. As a tradeoff, the movie gets more focus on Dr. Sivana, who was a secondary villain in the original story. Also removed from the movie are Mr. Bryer (whom the Seven Deadly Sins posses during the comic origin's finale, while they [[spoiler:serve as the source of Sivana's powers]] in the movie), Francesca (the woman who appears in reflective surfaces and [[MrExposition giving out exposition]]), and Tawny the tiger from the Philadelphia Zoo (possibly because the Magiclands story arc, an adaptation of which was [[SequelHook heaavily being hinted at]] in the movie, introduces a more classic style Tawny who lives in the Wildlands).
** ''Film/WonderWoman2017'':
*** The contest to send an ambassador to Man's World is written out, with Diana doing what she did in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' instead, going [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight "Screw my mother's edict, people need my help,"]] taking up the armor and weapons, and going off into Man's World's on her own.
*** Wonder Woman's friend Mala, who discovered ComicBook/SteveTrevor washed ashore together with her in the comics, is not in the film.
*** The Holliday Girls, a sort of unofficial commando unit of young women run by ComicBook/EttaCandy, does not appear. Their position is filled by Steve Trevor's group of men instead.
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* ''Film/Shazam2019'' is based on [[ComicBook/Shazam2012 the comic book origin story as it was post-]]''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}''. However, ComicBook/BlackAdam is only alluded to, since he is getting his own movie. As a tradeoff, the movie gets more focus on Dr. Sivana, who was a secondary villain in the original story. Also removed from the movie are Mr. Bryer (whom the Seven Deadly Sins posses during the comic origin's finale, while they [[spoiler:serve as the source of Sivana's powers]] in the movie), Francesca (the woman who appears in reflective surfaces and [[MrExposition giving out exposition]]), and Tawny the tiger from the Philadelphia Zoo (possibly because the Magiclands story arc, an adaptation of which was [[SequelHook heaavily being hinted at]] in the movie, introduces a more classic style Tawny who lives in the Wildlands).
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* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'':
** The contest to send an ambassador to Man's World is written out, with Diana doing what she did in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' instead, going [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight "Screw my mother's edict, people need my help,"]] taking up the armor and weapons, and going off into Man's World's on her own.
** Wonder Woman's friend Mala, who discovered Steve Trevor washed ashore together with her in the comics, is not in the film.
** The contest to send an ambassador to Man's World is written out, with Diana doing what she did in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' instead, going [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight "Screw my mother's edict, people need my help,"]] taking up the armor and weapons, and going off into Man's World's on her own.
** Wonder Woman's friend Mala, who discovered Steve Trevor washed ashore together with her in the comics, is not in the film.
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** Also, in the comics, Harley has a pair of pet hyenas named Bud and Lou. Due to budget restrictions, she only has one hyena, [[AdaptationNameChange now called "Bruce]]," in the movie.
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** Also, in the comics, Harley has a pair of pet hyenas named Bud and Lou. Due to budget restrictions, she only has one hyena, [[AdaptationNameChange now called "Bruce]]," "Bruce,"]] in the movie.
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** Also, in the comics, Harley has a pair of pet hyenas named Bud and Lou. Due to budget restrictions, she only has one hyena, [[AdaptationNameChange now called "Bruce"]], in the movie.
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** Also, in the comics, Harley has a pair of pet hyenas named Bud and Lou. Due to budget restrictions, she only has one hyena, [[AdaptationNameChange now called "Bruce"]], "Bruce]]," in the movie.
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** [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl}} Oracle]] is not present in the movie, with the team instead coming together because of events surrounding Comicbook/HarleyQuinn.
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** Oracle is not present in the movie, with the team instead being assembled by Comicbook/HarleyQuinn.
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* ''Film/TheWitchesOfEastwick'' dropped the characters of Jenny Gabriel and her brother, Chris. The former draws the wrath of the Witches when she marries Van Horne, and is cursed with terminal cancer for it, while the latter attempts to avenge her death in the book's sequel, ''The Widows of Eastwick.'' Their parents, Felicia and Clyde, are still in the film, where they are renamed [[AdaptationalNameChange the Aldens.]]
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* In [[Film/TheJungleBook2016 the 2016 remake]] of ''Disney/TheJungleBook'', Shanti, the girl at the end of the original, is clearly cut, with Mowgli remaining in the jungle at the end of the movie instead of following her and living with the humans.
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* In [[Film/TheJungleBook2016 the 2016 remake]] of ''Disney/TheJungleBook'', ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', Shanti, the girl at the end of the original, is clearly cut, with Mowgli remaining in the jungle at the end of the movie instead of following her and living with the humans.
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** Additionally, while both ''The Last Stand'' and ''Dark Phoenix'' are adaptations of ''Comicbook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', neither film includes Mastermind or the Hellfire Club, who played key roles in Jean's corruption in the original story. Instead, ''The Last Stand'' has Magneto be the one who manipulates Jean and encourages her descent into evil, while ''Dark Phoenix'' has Vuk play the same role.
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** Additionally, while both ''The Last Stand'' and ''Dark Phoenix'' are adaptations of ''Comicbook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', neither film includes Mastermind or the Hellfire Club, who played key roles in Jean's corruption corrupting Jean in the original story. Instead, ''The Last Stand'' has Magneto be the one who manipulates Jean and encourages her descent into evil, while ''Dark Phoenix'' has Vuk play the same role.
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** Additionally, while both ''The Last Stand'' and ''Dark Phoenix'' are adaptations of ''Comicbook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', neither film includes Mastermind or the Hellfire Club, who played key roles in Jean's corruption in the original story. Instead, ''The Last Stand'' has Magneto be the one who manipulates Jean and encourages her descent into evil, while ''Dark Phoenix'' has Vuk play the same role.
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* ''Film/CaptainClegg'': The lead character’s “Scarecrow” SecretIdentity, one of the best-known features of [[Literature/DoctorSynTheScarecrow the source novels]], largely disappears in the film. He and his followers ride around dressed as scary “marsh goblins”, and one of the gang stands around disguised as a scarecrow and so hidden in plain sight as their lookout, but the idea of the Scarecrow as the formidable leader of the smugglers is never even mentioned.
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* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'':
** The contest to send an ambassador to Man's World is written out, with Diana doing what she did in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' instead, going [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight "Screw my mother's edict, people need my help,"]] taking up the armor and weapons, and going off into Man's World's on her own.
** Wonder Woman's friend Mala, who discovered Steve Trevor washed ashore together with her in the comics, is not in the film.
** The contest to send an ambassador to Man's World is written out, with Diana doing what she did in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' instead, going [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight "Screw my mother's edict, people need my help,"]] taking up the armor and weapons, and going off into Man's World's on her own.
** Wonder Woman's friend Mala, who discovered Steve Trevor washed ashore together with her in the comics, is not in the film.
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** Professor Pelc, Prehumous Professor of Bibliomancy, doesn't appear in their adaptation of ''Discworld/GoingPostal''.
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* ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', the film adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' was trying to condense a whole season into one film, so Jet and Bumi were left out. Suki and the Kyoshi warriors were ''going'' to appear, but their twenty minutes were cut; this also seems pretty {{justified|Trope}} since Sokka already had a LoveInterest in Yue anyway.
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* ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', the film adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' was trying to condense a whole season into one film, film so quite a few characters got the ax. Avatar Roku is the most important character to have gotten the axe and his role as Aang’s SpiritAdvisor is given to a stand-in for his dragon, Fang. Jet and Bumi were also left out. Suki and the Kyoshi warriors were ''going'' to appear, in the original cut of the film but their twenty minutes were cut; cut out of the theatrical release but this also seems pretty {{justified|Trope}} since Sokka already had a LoveInterest in Yue anyway.
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** Both sides of Voldemort's family aren't in the movies. On his maternal side, this is includes his mother, grandfather, and uncle. On his paternal side, it's his dad and both grandparents.
** The gang doesn't run into Neville in St. Mungos like they do in the fifth book and therefore his parents don't appear. It's implied they just [[DeathByAdaptation died]] rather than getting tortured into madness.
** The gang doesn't run into Neville in St. Mungos like they do in the fifth book and therefore his parents don't appear. It's implied they just [[DeathByAdaptation died]] rather than getting tortured into madness.
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* ''Film/BirdsOfPrey'':
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* Oracle is not present in the ''Film/BirdsOfPrey'' movie, with the team instead being assembled by Comicbook/HarleyQuinn.
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** Oracle is not present in the''Film/BirdsOfPrey'' movie, with the team instead being assembled by Comicbook/HarleyQuinn.Comicbook/HarleyQuinn.
** Also, in the comics, Harley has a pair of pet hyenas named Bud and Lou. Due to budget restrictions, she only has one hyena, [[AdaptationNameChange now called "Bruce,"]] in the movie.
** Oracle is not present in the
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* ''Film/{{Lady and the Tramp|2019}}'':
** Since Lady and Tramp don’t visit a zoo, they don’t meet with a real beaver. However, they use the statue of a beaver to remove Lady's muzzle.
** The original animated film has Lady chased by three alley dogs after she gets muzzled. In this live-action adaptation, the amount of alley dogs that attack Lady is reduced to one.
** Lady and Tramp's puppies, which they have at the end of the original animated film, although two CanonForeigner puppies do end up becoming their neighbors after Jock's owner adopts them having been inspired by Jim Dear and Darling adopting the Tramp.
** The pound dogs mentioning that Tramp had several girlfriends before Lady.
** Since Lady and Tramp don’t visit a zoo, they don’t meet with a real beaver. However, they use the statue of a beaver to remove Lady's muzzle.
** The original animated film has Lady chased by three alley dogs after she gets muzzled. In this live-action adaptation, the amount of alley dogs that attack Lady is reduced to one.
** Lady and Tramp's puppies, which they have at the end of the original animated film, although two CanonForeigner puppies do end up becoming their neighbors after Jock's owner adopts them having been inspired by Jim Dear and Darling adopting the Tramp.
** The pound dogs mentioning that Tramp had several girlfriends before Lady.
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* [[Film/TheKingOfFighters The live action film version]] of ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' omitted the vast majority of the cast, in favor of mostly focusing on Kyo, Iori, Mai, Terry, and Rugal.
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** Andromeda Tonks isn’t mentioned (you can see her name on the Black family tree though) even though both of her sisters and daughter are present. Her grandson, Teddy, that she ends up raising with Harry as a co-parent also doesn’t show up.
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* ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie'': In "It's a Good Life", Anthony mentions that his real mother and father hated him and wanted to "send [him] away to someplace bad." Ethel tells Helen Foley that he did something terrible to them but she does not go into details. In the short story "[[Literature/ItsAGoodLife It's a Good Life]]" by Jerome Bixby, Anthony's parents are major characters.
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** A variation in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet". John Valentine is traveling alone, like his counterpart Arthur Wilson in the short story by Creator/RichardMatheson. However, Bob Wilson, the protagonist of the [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E123NightmareAt20000Feet original episode]], was traveling with his wife Julia.
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** A variation in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet". John Valentine is traveling alone, like his counterpart Arthur Wilson in the short story by Creator/RichardMatheson. However, Bob Wilson, the protagonist of the [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E123NightmareAt20000Feet original episode]], was traveling with his wife Julia.
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* The Universal verson of ''[[Film/{{Dracula1931}} Dracula]]'' dispenses with [[AmericansAreCowboys Quincey Morris]] and [[BlueBlood Arthur Holmwood]] altogether.
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* The film of ''Film/ADogsPurpose'' edited down the first 54 pages of the [[Literature/ADogsPurpose book]] to less than 4 minutes. It very briefly showed Toby with his siblings but didn't name any of them, resulting in Toby and his family being DemotedToExtra. It also outright removed Senora, Senora's peers, Coco, Top Dog, Spike, and Rottie. The film removes several other, mostly minor, characters.
* The 1939, 1960 and 1993 versions of ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'' cut out Tom Sawyer, who plays a small, but major part in his pal's story. The 1955 telemovie kept Tom, but wrote out Jim, ''the novel's other major character.''
* ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'':
** Jan Svankmajer's ''Film/{{Alice|1988}}'' omits the Gryphon, the Mock Turtle, the Cheshire Cat and replaces the roles of the Duchess and her cook with the White Rabbit.
** In ''[[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Through The Looking Glass]]'', after ringing the bells for the castle, Alice is greeted by a frog. He is omitted in the [[Film/AliceInWonderland1985 1985 TV movie]]. The food whom Alice is introduced to are both absent, perhaps because the writers needed more time for the sequence with the Jabberwocky. Dinah's kittens are also absent due to the story being adapted to take place directly after Alice's trip to Wonderland (as opposed to 6 months later).
** Dinah and the kittens are absent in the 1998 ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass'' film. The story is instead bookended with Alice reading the ''Through the Looking-Glass'' book to her daughter.
* The film version of ''Theatre/AnimalCrackers'' entirely eliminated the part of Wally Winston, a society gossip columnist (who, like many other such characters from contemporary plays and movies, was a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Walter Winchell). His love interest, Arabella, was made a CompositeCharacter.
* ''Film/Annie2014'':
** Rooster and Lily, Hannigan's brother and his significant other, are two major antagonists who are cut from the 2014 film version. Considering their role in the source musical as the ones who act as Annie's fake parents, [[RaceLift that wouldn't necessarily work out here.]] Their part in [[VillainSong "Easy Street"]] is given to Guy.
** Also, Mr. Bundles the laundry guy doesn't appear in this adaptation, though that's mainly due to the SettingUpdate.
* The live-action ''Film/AttackOnTitan'' movie omits Levi and Erwin. Oddly, this was not due to the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, but the fact that their names were too difficult to pronounce for most of the Japanese actors.
* A number of supporting characters are cut from the live action adaptation of ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'', the most notable omission being Kaya Miyoshi, who is a member of the main cast in the original series.
* Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/Batman1989'' had [[spoiler:ComicBook/TheJoker as the killer of Bruce Wayne's parents, rather than Joe Chill, the man who shot them in the original comic books. The other crook may be Joe Chill himself, but isn't named within the film.]]
* ''Film/BatmanForever'' has [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Dick Grayson]]'s family murdered by Two-Face, rather than Tony Zucco. Much like with Jason Todd.
* Mitch's son Hobie is not present in the ''Film/{{Baywatch}}'' movie.
* At least one film adaptation of the first book of ''Beau Geste'' left out a particular character who in subsequent books was revealed to be plot-critical in the original book.
* ''Film/BladeTrinity'' introduces the Nightstalkers including Hannibal King but Frank Drake is omitted, his place taken by CanonForeigner Abigail Whistler who is the daughter of the movie-only character Abraham Whistler. The name "Drake", however is used as an alias for the BigBad in the film. Although Blade, Frank Drake, and King were all introduced in Marvel's ''Tomb Of Dracula'', Dracula appears to have been adapted out as well. King explains that there are lot of myths and misconceptions that may or may not be true and it is implied that, unlike in the Marvel comic, the historical "Vlad Dracul" (aka Vlad the Impaler) did not become a vampire and that the events of Bram Stoker's novel (which also never suggested that Vlad and Count Dracula are the same person) did not happen in universe. King, also shows Blade a Marvel ''Tomb of Dracula'' comic to drive home the point. Drake, does, suggest, however, that he has been around long enough to borrow a few famous aliases.
* The film version of ''Theatre/{{Camelot}}'' eliminated Nimue and Morgan le Fey, both of whom appeared in one-scene each in the original play.
* Creator/MikeNichols' film adaptation of ''Film/CatchTwentyTwo'' drops several of the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, including Major [[SpellMyNameWithABlank _____]] de Coverley, Chief White Halfoat, and Ex-PFC Wintergreen.
* ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'':
** [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory The 1971 film adaptation]] dropped Mr. Bucket (Charlie's dad), with him suffering DeathByAdaptation before the main action starts.
** [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory The 2005 film]] drops Mr. Beauregarde and Mrs. Teavee. [[GenderFlip They are replaced by]] a ''Mrs.'' Beauregarde and a ''Mr.'' Teavee instead.
* ''Literature/TheCiderHouseRules'', whose adapted screenplay was written by the novel's author, leaves out Melony entirely. More importantly, Angel is left out, completely altering the second half of the story.
* In ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', a modern adaptation of ''Literature/{{Emma}}'', Frank Churchill's analogue Christian is made gay instead of having a secret engagement, so the character of Jane Fairfax was rendered obsolete.
* Quite a few characters from the Creator/{{Netflix}} film, ''Film/DeathNote2017'' - unsurprisingly, given the film's runtime of less than two hours, as compared to the much longer Japanese adaptations. [[spoiler:Other than L, Watari and James Turner/Sochiro Yagami, none of the other Kira task force members - Matsuda, Mogi, Aiwaza etc. - have counterparts in the film. Also absent is Rem, and given Mia's death at the end of the film, she's unlikely to appear in possible sequels. Near and Mello also do not appear, though it is mentioned that there were other children trained to be master detectives by the same project that trained L, making it possible that they might appear in sequels. Light's sister Sayu also doesn't have a counterpart]].
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** Hrun the Barbarian from ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' doesn't appear in Creator/SkyOne's ''Film/TheColourOfMagic''.
** Professor Pelc, Prehumous Professor of Bibliomancy, doesn't appear in their adaptation of ''Discworld/GoingPostal''.
** Other people omitted from the ''Going Postal'' adaptation are Anghammarad the ancient golem, [[OddJobGods Anoia the Goddess of Things That Stick in Drawers]], most of the Grand Trunk's board, and (by implication) the Guild of Assassins.
* ''Film/{{Divergent}}'':
** Many of Tris' friends and fellow initiates from [[Literature/{{Divergent}} the books]] do not make it in to the films so that more focus could be put on her romance with Four. This includes Uriah, Lynn, Marlene, Lynn's sister Shauna, Uriah's brother Zeke, and Will's sister Cara. ''The Divergent Series: Insurgent'' features them in a much more reduced role, with Lynn only coming up just once to remind the others that the [[spoiler: recently deceased Marlene]] did have a name.\\
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The exclusion of Cara is particularly significant, since in ''Allegiant'', she [[spoiler:is one of the leaders of the eponymous Allegiant, participates with Tris' group to get to the fringes of Chicago, and also gets the task of informing Four at the end about Tris' death]].
** [[spoiler:Tori's brother, George, and Four's mentor, Amar,]] do not appear in ''The Divergent Series: Allegiant''. However, since they figure little if at all in the book [[spoiler:(other than serving some TearJerker moments as Tori was killed just moments before, rendering her entire goal to take revenge a ShaggyDogStory)]], it does not greatly impact the plot.
* Krillin isn't in the live-action ''Manga/DragonBall'' adaptation, ''Film/DragonballEvolution'', even though his death is what caused Goku to go after King Piccolo (who is in the movie) in the first place.
* Paul and Chani's first son, Leto, who was murdered by the Harkonnen forces, was omitted from the Creator/DavidLynch [[Film/{{Dune}} film adaptation]] of ''Literature/{{Dune}}''.
* Minor characters like Kaitlyn, Lydia and Gus' sisters are not present in ''Film/TheFaultInOurStars''. Van Houten gives Augustus' eulogy to Hazel personally, while Isaac fills the slightly comedic relief role. Some other scenes are also cut to improve the flow (and shorten the length) of the film. Creator/JohnGreen's cameo as the parent of Jackie, the little girl who wanted to try on Hazel's cannula, was also cut.
* The ''ComicBook/GenerationX'' TV movie from the 90s had to omit Chamber and Husk due to budgetary reasons, replacing them with two similar characters named Refrax and Buff. Synch was also left out, but no reason was given.
* The film of ''Literature/GoAskAlice'' leaves out many minor/oneshot characters, Alex, and Carla's grandparents.
* Scarlett O'Hara's children from her first two marriages, Wade Hampton Hamilton and Ella Lorena Kennedy, appear not to exist in the film adaptation of ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''.
* ''Gor'', the film version of ''Tarnsman of Literature/{{Gor}}'', adapts out Tarl's father Matthew, the Older Tarl (Tarl's instructor at arms), Torm the Scribe, Tarl's sword brother Kazrak of Port Kar, the slave girl Sana, Nor the (sentient) spider, Pa-Kur the Master Assassin, Mintar the Merchant, and Tarl's tarn Ubar of the Skies.
* ''Franchise/HannibalLecter'':
** Alan Bloom is given only a minor part in ''Film/{{Manhunter}}'' and completely left out of the Hopkins / Norton take of ''Film/RedDragon''.
** ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'':
*** Margot Verger is entirely absent from the film adaptation of ''[[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal]]'', and as a result the manner of death for [[spoiler:her brother, Mason]] changes considerably between the two, since she killed him in the original book.
*** Because Creator/ScottGlenn refused to return for the film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}'' ([[EnforcedMethodActing and given what he went through]], who can blame him?[[note]]Glenn consulted with John Douglas, whom Crawford was based on, as part of research. Douglas, in a ''very'' dick move, played him tapes of a young teenager being tortured by serial killers Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris, which traumatized Glenn[[/note]]), the character of Jack Crawford was written out. A deleted scene reveals a combination of [[spoiler: type 2]] of DeathByAdaptation and KilledOffscreen and that he died between movies.
* Numerous characters in the [[Film/HarryPotter film versions]] of ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Some do not appear at all (such as Ludo Bagman and Peeves the poltergeist), some are absent in earlier films, but show up later when they're important with an explanation as to why they've been absent (such as Bill and Charlie Weasley) and some appear in earlier films but are absent in later ones (such as Nearly Headless Nick and Firenze). Kreacher was almost removed from the [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix film]] of the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix fifth book]], until Rowling stepped in to inform the screenwriter that he was going to be important later.
** Peeves [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was originally going to appear in the series]] played by Creator/RikMayall. He was in the first film as a DeletedRole and they decided to simply never use the character.
** Dobby appeared in the second film (where his character was critical to the plot) but was ommitted from the fourth, fifth, and sixth films, likely because he only appeared in a few scenes and his actions were easy enough to give to another character (in the fourth and fifth) or write them out altogether (in the sixth). When he ended up being an important character in the seventh book, the writers had to put in an extra scene to reintroduce the character in order to set up his later appearance, because he hadn't been hanging around for three years in the films.
* Abe Sapien and Liz Sherman from [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} the Hellboy comics]] don't appear ''Film/Hellboy2019'' as a means to differentiate it from [[Film/Hellboy2004 the previous]] [[Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy adaptations]]. Subverted with [[spoiler:Abe who appears in his tank at the end of the movie as a SequelHook]].
* ''Film/TheHungerGames'':
** Madge Undersee and her family do not appear in [[Film/TheHungerGames the film version]] of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', probably due to casting logistics and length constraints. Katniss instead gets the mockingjay pin (now lacking its BackStory involving Maysilee Donner) from a vendor at the Hob. Said vendor may or may not be Greasy Sae, making her an example of either this trope or DemotedToExtra.
** ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart1'':
*** Enobaria is not mentioned here.
*** Fulvia and the prep team aren't present due to their roles being taken by Effie.
** Delly Cartwright, a teenage girl from District 12 is absent from ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart2''. Her most significant part (first visit at Peeta after he attacked Katniss) is taken by Prim.
* The [[Film/InspectorGadget live-action film adaptation]] of ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' by Creator/{{Disney}}, aside from other notable changes made to the source material, completely omits Dr. Claw's international crime organization M.A.D., instead having him assisted by a goon named Sykes and a MadScientist named Kramer. The sequel also avoids using M.A.D., instead having Claw assisted by a pair of crooks named Brick and [=McKibble=] and later hiring three criminals known as Squint, Jungle Bob, and the Ninja, though ironically the latter two were M.A.D. agents in the original cartoon.
* ''Film/IntoTheWoods'':
** The Narrator. The majority of his lines are now said by the Baker through a voice over. (This works in favor of the film's ending.)
** Cinderella's drunkard father is also said to have [[DeathByAdaptation passed away]] shortly after marrying her stepmother.
** Snow White and Sleeping Beauty don't get their cameos like in the musical, for obvious reasons: Cinderella's Prince is still a cad, but Disney probably didn't want to make two of their leading ladies into TheMistress.
** Rapunzel's twins were cut. They wouldn't make sense in the compressed time-frame, contributed little to the plot, and [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappeared during Act Two]].
* The live-action ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' adaptation decided to have an AdaptationalEarlyAppearance of [[spoiler:Yoshikage Kira's Sheer Heart Attack]] kill [[spoiler:Keicho Nijimura]] instead of Akira Atoishi, who murdered him in the original manga (and its anime adaptation). Since the film was originally conceived as a trilogy (which may or may not end up being released, since the film was a financial flop), this was probably meant to cut out many of the minor antagonists of that arc and beeline immediately to the BigBad.
* In [[Film/TheJungleBook2016 the 2016 remake]] of ''Disney/TheJungleBook'', Shanti, the girl at the end of the original, is clearly cut, with Mowgli remaining in the jungle at the end of the movie instead of following her and living with the humans.
* The movie version of ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' leaves out the character of publicist Ed Regis. The character of Gennaro in the movie is a CompositeCharacter of him and the book's Gennaro.
* The Hal Jordan ComicBook/GreenLantern doesn't appear in the live-action ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' movie, making him the only member of the team from the ComicBook/{{New 52}} origin not to show up. This is particularly notable since nearly every other adaptation of the Justice League has included at least ''some'' iteration of the Green Lantern, whether it be Hal Jordan, John Stewart or Guy Gardner.
* The [[Film/KingKong1976 1976 remake]] of ''Film/KingKong'' is missing Carl Denham from the original 1933 film. He is instead [[{{Expy}} replaced]] by CorruptCorporateExecutive Fred Wilson, a character that to this day [[ReplacementScrappy is openly mocked]] by fans of the original film. [[spoiler:Unlike Denham, though, Wilson is [[AssholeVictim crushed to death by Kong's feet]] in this film]].
* [[Film/TheKingOfFighters The live action film version]] of ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' omitted the vast majority of the cast, in favor of mostly focusing on Kyo, Iori, Mai, Terry, and Rugal.
* ''Literature/LandOfOz'':
** The 1925 InNameOnly movie version, in addition to changing almost the entire plot, takes this UpToEleven and removes everyone except for Dorothy, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, Auntie Em, Uncle Henry, and the Wizard. Characters loosely based on those from later books appear in place of the omitted characters.
** In the original novels, Glinda was the Good Witch of the South, and the Good Witch of the North Dorothy met when she first arrived in Oz was a different character. The [[Film/TheWizardOfOz film version]] [[CompositeCharacter combined the two into a single character]] named Glinda. (This led to the infamous PlotHole of Glinda giving the ruby slippers to Dorothy in the beginning of the movie but not telling her that she could use them to get home until the end of the movie.) Due to AdaptationDisplacement, most subsequent adaptations have also had Glinda as the only Good Witch.
* ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', the film adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' was trying to condense a whole season into one film, so Jet and Bumi were left out. Suki and the Kyoshi warriors were ''going'' to appear, but their twenty minutes were cut; this also seems pretty {{justified|Trope}} since Sokka already had a LoveInterest in Yue anyway.
* Chaim Rosenzweig, the Israeli scientist whom Buck Williams reminisces about regarding Russia's all-out attack on Israel in the first few chapters of the first ''Literature/LeftBehind'' book, doesn't even get a mention by Buck in [[Film/LeftBehind2014 the 2014 film adaptation]], since its story is so tightly focused on the airplane trip that the Rapture takes place during.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'':
** Tom Bombadil and his wife Goldberry, together with the Hobbits' entire "Old Forest" adventure, are absent.
** Glorfindel is absent, his role of rescuing Frodo from the Nazgûl and bringing him to Rivendell is given to Arwen.
** Prince Imrahil who plays a major role in ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheKing'' is omitted entirely. In the books his role supporting Gandalf's defense of Minas Tirith and his support of Aragorn as King of Gondor are fairly important plot points, as he's the one that figures Aragorn can cure victims of the Nazgûl.
** Beregond. His (and his son's) role as Pippin's friend is [[CompositeCharacter given to Faramir]]. His role in defending Faramir from premature cremation is simply cut, so Pippin's dash for Gandalf is even more desperate and they only get there ''just'' as the pyre is about to be lit. Purportedly, [[http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Beregond_%28soldier_of_Gondor%29#Portrayal_in_Adaptations Ian Hughes']] character was meant to be Beregond, but the name was changed in post-production because the role had been so reduced. ([[AllThereInTheManual Not that you hear either name said onscreen.]])
** Ghan-buri-Ghan and Elrond's sons Elladan and Elrohir are also absent. Quickbeam the Ent appears in the crowd shots, DemotedToExtra.
* The ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'' film dumped Orko for a stand-in character who filled the same role in [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse the franchise]]. This is HandWave[=d=] when one of the eponymous Masters claims that Skeletor has captured a number of their allies.
* In ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'' Petra's father, the counterpart of Manzo from ''Film/SevenSamurai'', is mentioned but never appears.
* The "Bulb Monsters" that appeared during the climax of ''Literature/TheScorchTrials'', don't appear in ''Film/MazeRunnerTheScorchTrials''.
* ''Film/MortalEngines'':
** Katherine Valentine's pet wolf Dog does not appear in the movie.
** Due to Tunbridge Wheels and everything related to it being left out of the movie, the town's mayor Chrysler Peavy and his group of pirates are also absent.
** As a side effect of Shrike never being brought to London in this adaptation, the other Stalkers created by Dr Trix from studying Shrike don't exist in the film's universe.
* Kung Lao was one of the few significant ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' characters at the time to never appear in [[Film/MortalKombat either]] [[Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation of the]] live-action movies. On the villain side, Kintaro and Sektor were also absent.
* Julia and her sister are entirely absent from the movie version of ''Literature/MySistersKeeper''. Julia's absence leads to an entire romantic subplot between her and Campbell being cut, substantially reducing Campbell's screen time.
* In the live-action adaption of ''Manga/NodameCantabile'', Yunlong is entirely absent, presumably due to content constraints. This is even though he does play a role that, while not big, is just as important as fellow friends Tanya and Frank. Any of his parts left in are given to other characters instead.
* In the film version of ''Theatre/OnTheTown'', Claire's fiancé Pitkin is absent, which serves to remove the adulterous implications of her affair with Ozzie.
* The film version of ''Film/PaintYourWagon'' removed Ben's daughter Jennifer and her LatinLover Julio, who were the ''primary couple'' in [[Theatre/PaintYourWagon the original show]].
* Karin is never mentioned or seen in [[Film/PaperTowns the film]] adaptation of ''Literature/PaperTowns''.
* The film adaptations of ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' have a few. ''The Lightning Thief'' left out several characters, and this notably includes [[spoiler: Ares and Kronos]], two major antagonists of the book and in the latter's case, the BigBad of the entire series. Other characters like Clarisse and Dionysus were also left out. The sequel makes Clarisse, Dionysus [[spoiler:and Kronos]] appear, but Circe, Tantalus and the Party Ponies got the shaft this time.
* The [[Film/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney live-action film adaptation]] of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' had to drop nearly all of the third case and a good chunk of the second, so quite a few characters were cut. Most notable were April May (whose role was taken over by [[CompositeCharacter Redd White]]), Cody Hackins, Wendy Oldbag, Jack Hammer, and Will Powers. Every character introduced in the fifth case, "Rise from the Ashes", is also missing. However, given that that case wasn't in the original GBA game, instead being added to the UpdatedRerelease for the DS as an epilogue of sorts, that's kind of understandable.
* ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'' cuts out several characters and elements from [[VideoGame/DetectivePikachu the original game]]:
** Emilia Christie, Tim's female partner, was scrapped and replaced by Lucy Stevens.
** Heck, pretty much ''any'' human character aside from Tim, Harry, and Roger gets cut out of the film.
** Most of the Pokémon included in the game, such as Burmy, Tepig, and Mimikyu, were also cut.
* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' experiences this in ''Film/PowerRangers2017'', as Bulk and Skull are written out, as are most of Rita's forces outside of Goldar and the Putties.
* ''Literature/TheRelic'':
** When the book was adapted to [[Film/TheRelic film]], Literature/AgentPendergast was written out and Lieutenant D'Agosta was promoted into his role. Pendergast became the BreakOutCharacter of the novel and is featured as the main character of all the novels that follow. The series is informally titled "The Agent Pendergast Series."
** William Smithback, a reporter and recurring character in the Pendergast novels, was also cut from the film, though unlike Pendergast his character traits weren't given to anyone.
* Aoshi, the Oniwabanshuu, and the Hiruma brothers are all omitted from the first live-action ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' film due to [[PragmaticAdaptation pacing issues]]. Aoshi's role as Kanryu's bodyguard and Gohei Hiruma's role as the impostor Battousai [[CompositeCharacter are both given to Jin-e]]. The second film featured Aoshi and the Oniwabanshuu alongside the Juppongatana.
* The character of Lisa Miller is absent from [[Film/ScottPilgrimVSTheWorld the film adaptation]] of ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'', although she does appear in the animated short. Also, Wallace's boyfriend Mobile never appears in the film. While he doesn't affect the plot much directly, he does spark a fairly important subplot where Wallace decides to move in with him, leaving Scott without a place to live until he takes the plunge and moves in with Ramona. The closest the film comes to this is Wallace telling Scott to move out for no particular reason, and then [[AbortedArc never bringing it up again.]]
* ''Film/{{The Secret Garden|1993}}'': The character of Mrs. Susan Sowerby, who has a small but influential role in the novel, is absent from the 1993 film.
* ''Film/Shazam2019'' is based on [[ComicBook/Shazam2012 the comic book origin story as it was post-]]''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}''. However, ComicBook/BlackAdam is only alluded to, since he is getting his own movie. As a tradeoff, the movie gets more focus on Dr. Sivana, who was a secondary villain in the original story. Also removed from the movie are Mr. Bryer (whom the Seven Deadly Sins posses during the comic origin's finale, while they [[spoiler:serve as the source of Sivana's powers]] in the movie), Francesca (the woman who appears in reflective surfaces and [[MrExposition giving out exposition]]), and Tawny the tiger from the Philadelphia Zoo (possibly because the Magiclands story arc, an adaptation of which was [[SequelHook heaavily being hinted at]] in the movie, introduces a more classic style Tawny who lives in the Wildlands).
* The character of Mort (one of Basin City's few honest cops) was written out of the cinema version of ''Film/SinCity''. In the comics, Mort is the own who picks Hartigan up outside the prison. In the movie, this was done by Bob. (The extended version still includes a scene where Mort visits Hartigan in hospital.) He does appear in the sequel, though.
* In the original ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' comics, Al Simmons was killed by Chapel, a character from Creator/RobLiefeld's ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}}'' series. Rights issues made it impossible for Chapel to appear in [[Film/{{Spawn}} the movie]], so the character Jessica Priest [[{{Expy}} was created as a replacement]].
* With Peter Parker's high-school years compressed into the first third of ''Film/SpiderMan1'', you could argue that most of the villains Spider-Man fought in his early years were adapted out of Creator/SamRaimi's [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy trilogy]], for instance Electro, Mysterio, the Vulture, Kraven, and the Kingpin. Also a number of supporting characters, e.g. Mary Jane takes over Liz Allan's role at Midtown High, while her Aunt Anna is replaced by her parents. Joe Robertson's son Randy (who went to college with Peter) and Bugle staffers Frederick Foswell and Ned Leeds also drop by the wayside, and Flash Thompson, who eventually became Peter's friend in the comics, drops from sight after Peter's high-school graduation in the films.
* Rita Blakemoor from ''Literature/TheStand'', who was merged into a CompositeCharacter with Nadine. Elements of Nadine's character (particularly the presence of Joe) were also merged with the Lucy character. Fran's mother is dead in the beginning of the TV adaptation. And Dayna is also a CompositeCharacter with another minor character.
* Nurse Christine Chapel, one of the main characters from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (and one of only two female leads), is TheUnseen in ''Film/StarTrek2009'' ([=McCoy=] does name-check her but she is not actually seen on-screen), presumably so Uhura can benefit more from TheSmurfettePrinciple. Chapel's absence is {{Handwaved}} in ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', confirming that at least she still exists and is alive in-universe.
* The 1994 ''Film/StreetFighter'' movie includes just about every single character from ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Super Street Fighter II]]'', with one major exception. Cammy, T. Hawk and Dee Jay all appear, but the fourth New Challenger, Fei Long, does not, and is instead replaced with a CanonForeigner / SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute named Captain Sawada. Several reasons for Fei Long's absence were given, among them being the creators considering him "too generic," worries he'd seem too redundant given the inclusion of Ryu and Ken, and the possibility of having to pay royalties to the estate of Creator/BruceLee.
* Princess Peach is oddly missing from [[Film/SuperMarioBros the movie]] of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''. Instead it's Princess Daisy and set up as Luigi's love interest instead of Mario's.
* There was a fourth son in ''Literature/TheSwissFamilyRobinson'' book. He got dropped from the Disney movie.
* In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', Hamato Yoshi is nowhere to be seen, with Splinter a mutated rat (not Yoshi himself) who learned ninjitsu from reading books on it.
* In part due to the CompressedAdaptation nature and AlternateTimeline plot of ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'', many characters from from [[Film/TheTerminator the first]] [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay two movies]] are omitted, including Sarah's roommate Ginger Venture, Lt. Traxler and Sgt. Vukovich, and John Connor's foster parents Janelle and Todd Voight. [[spoiler: Given both the AlternateTimeline plot, and the original Terminator and T-1000's [[DeathByAdaptation Deaths by Adaptation]], they're probably alongside Kyle Reese, the heroic T-800, and Miles Dyson in SparedByTheAdaptation.]]
* Due to the novel having LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, Creator/TerrenceMalick's ''Film/TheThinRedLine'' fails to feature several major characters, including Queen the Texan.
* The 2018 ''Film/{{Tomb Raider|2018}}'' film omits the entire supporting cast of the 2013 ''VideoGame/{{Tomb Raider|2013}}'' game, most notably Samantha "Sam" Nishimura, who played a major role in its plot.
* Despite being one of the main five who go down to London at the end of ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'' for the drug deal, Second Prize is absent in [[Film/{{Trainspotting}} the film]], though some of his [[CompositeCharacter character traits]] are given to Spud. Other important book characters such as Matty, Davie, Lesley, Kelly and Mark's brothers are also absent.
* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' ended up cutting several of the human characters and PairTheSpares by having two characters who had their love interests taken out with each other.
* In ''Film/VampireAcademy'', this is the fate of several minor characters from [[Literature/VampireAcademy the first novel]]:
** Jeremy, a human housemate of Rose and Lissa, is adapted out. So is the scene where Lissa uses compulsion to convince him to hand over his car keys.
** Teacher Stan Alto is also missing, along with the scene where he publicly grills Rose for details on her guardian methods.
** Xander Badica is missing, along with the scene where he asks to taste the blood of Rose.
** The dhampirs Anthony and Mile are missing, along with the scene where they try to force Rose to sleep with them.
** The most important character missing is probably Eddie Castile, Mason Ashford's best friend. He only appears as a party boy in the original novel. He would receive more meaningful roles from ''Frostbite'' onwards, becoming one of the most important supporting characters.
* Given that the original books are edging on {{doorstopper}}s, it's understandable that several characters would be missing from the film adaptations of ''Literature/TheVampireChronicles''. Not only minor characters got ignored, though:
** ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' axes Louis' younger brother Paul, whose death was the catalyst for Louis' [[DeathSeeker suicidal depression]] in the beginning of the book, replacing him with a brief mention of a dead wife and child who didn't exist in the books. An entire subplot regarding a woman named Babette who Louis secretly advises in running her family was also dropped.
** ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'' is much more liberal with the axe. Louis and Nicolas are both entirely absent, despite being Lestat's love interests and, especially in Nicolas' case, integral to the plot. (It was his violin Lestat played to wake Akasha.) Daniel is also dropped, leaving Armand DemotedToExtra as his plotline revolved mostly around Daniel. Mekare is also missing, apparently having become a CompositeCharacter with her sister Maharet, and Khayman is nowhere to be seen (aside from a brief cameo, where he's played by Creator/BruceSpence), as much of the backstory was dropped to focus on the modern plot. The Talamasca agent Aaron Lightner has also been removed from the film, with his role as Jessie's mentor being taken over by the CompositeCharacter David Talbot. Lestat's maker Magnus is also absent, being replaced by Marius, who is also a CompositeCharacter.
* ''Film/Venom2018'' set itself the impressive challenge of adapting Venom without any reference to Spider-Man, the single character most central to Venom's comic backstory, ultimately having the symbiote brought to Earth by a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Elon Musk and making Eddie's fall from grace at least mostly his own fault.
* ''Film/WarCraft2016'', film adaptation of ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'', drops a thing or two:
** The Blood of Mannoroth, one of games' most important {{MacGuffin}}s, is dropped, with fel fulfilling its function.
** The Burning Legion isn't as much as mentioned, though [[spoiler:Medivh's demonic form]] implies that they at least exist in the movie universe.
* ''{{Film/Watchmen}}'':
** The [[spoiler:giant squid monster]] is removed, yet the backstory about its creation still seems to exist.
** Bernard and Bernie, the newspaper seller and the kid who hangs around his stand, don't appear except during the big explosion which wipes them out, making you wonder who they are. Though they are put back in the LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition, the rest of the cast of their B-plot still either don't show up much, or are cut out entirely (as with Joey and Aline, the feuding lesbian couple).
** Dr. Long, Rorschach's prison psychiatrist, has his role cut down significantly due to time purposes. Thus, his wife and her subplot of leaving him were dropped. Rorschach's land-lady and her kids also went missing.
** Ozymandias originally had three Vietnamese servants, who would later die from him drugging their wine.
** In the comic there is a flashback where a little-seen costumed vigilante named Captain Metropolis calls together a meeting to form a group called Crimebusters. In the film, this role is given to Ozymandias, and the group's name is Watchmen. As a side note, the comic carefully avoided ever using that particular name about any group.
* The TV movie adaptation of ''Literature/TheWestingGame'' lacks Theo Theodorakis, Flora Baumbach, Dr. Denton Deere, and Madame Hoo.
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' is loosely based on the graphic novel ''ComicBook/GodLovesManKills.'' In the book, Stryker's [[TheDragon second-in-command]] is a mercenary named Anne. The movie omits her in favor of making Lady Deathstrike his number one henchwoman.
** While they added a lot of characters in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' (in the original story's future, only Magneto, Storm, Colossus, Kitty, and Wolverine survived while Beast and Magneto's younger self were not involved in the story), at the same time a lot of characters were removed:
*** ComicBook/RachelSummers and Franklin Richards are not present in the bad future, since Rachel's parents were killed before conceiving her and Franklin is tied to the Fantastic Four and thus would require too much explanation. Giving Rachel's powers to Future Kitty as some sort of secondary mutation was the ''least'' problematic solution.
*** In the comic storyline, the present-day X-Men fight against the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Mystique, Destiny, The Blob, Pyro, and Avalanche. In the movie, Mystique works alone. The only justified absence is Pyro, who in the movies is a classmate of Kitty's and thus wouldn't have been born yet in the 1970's.
** Professor Xavier was crippled by an alien named Lucifer in the comics. In the movies, he's accidentally crippled by Magneto.
** In the comics, Comicbook/JeanGrey has an older sister named Sara. Sara is absent from both ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' and ''Film/DarkPhoenix'', despite the heavy focus on Jean's childhood and backstory. Also omitted from both films is Jean's childhood friend Annie, whose death is what actually triggered Jean's powers in the first place (though she does get mentioned in the novelization of ''The Last Stand'').
** Logan's half-brother Dog and childhood friend Rose were omitted from his back story in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', and their roles in the plot were given to Comicbook/{{Sabretooth}}.
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* The 1939, 1960 and 1993 versions of ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'' cut out Tom Sawyer, who plays a small, but major part in his pal's story. The 1955 telemovie kept Tom, but wrote out Jim, ''the novel's other major character.''
* ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'':
** Jan Svankmajer's ''Film/{{Alice|1988}}'' omits the Gryphon, the Mock Turtle, the Cheshire Cat and replaces the roles of the Duchess and her cook with the White Rabbit.
** In ''[[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Through The Looking Glass]]'', after ringing the bells for the castle, Alice is greeted by a frog. He is omitted in the [[Film/AliceInWonderland1985 1985 TV movie]]. The food whom Alice is introduced to are both absent, perhaps because the writers needed more time for the sequence with the Jabberwocky. Dinah's kittens are also absent due to the story being adapted to take place directly after Alice's trip to Wonderland (as opposed to 6 months later).
** Dinah and the kittens are absent in the 1998 ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass'' film. The story is instead bookended with Alice reading the ''Through the Looking-Glass'' book to her daughter.
* The film version of ''Theatre/AnimalCrackers'' entirely eliminated the part of Wally Winston, a society gossip columnist (who, like many other such characters from contemporary plays and movies, was a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Walter Winchell). His love interest, Arabella, was made a CompositeCharacter.
* ''Film/Annie2014'':
** Rooster and Lily, Hannigan's brother and his significant other, are two major antagonists who are cut from the 2014 film version. Considering their role in the source musical as the ones who act as Annie's fake parents, [[RaceLift that wouldn't necessarily work out here.]] Their part in [[VillainSong "Easy Street"]] is given to Guy.
** Also, Mr. Bundles the laundry guy doesn't appear in this adaptation, though that's mainly due to the SettingUpdate.
* The live-action ''Film/AttackOnTitan'' movie omits Levi and Erwin. Oddly, this was not due to the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, but the fact that their names were too difficult to pronounce for most of the Japanese actors.
* A number of supporting characters are cut from the live action adaptation of ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'', the most notable omission being Kaya Miyoshi, who is a member of the main cast in the original series.
* Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/Batman1989'' had [[spoiler:ComicBook/TheJoker as the killer of Bruce Wayne's parents, rather than Joe Chill, the man who shot them in the original comic books. The other crook may be Joe Chill himself, but isn't named within the film.]]
* ''Film/BatmanForever'' has [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Dick Grayson]]'s family murdered by Two-Face, rather than Tony Zucco. Much like with Jason Todd.
* Mitch's son Hobie is not present in the ''Film/{{Baywatch}}'' movie.
* At least one film adaptation of the first book of ''Beau Geste'' left out a particular character who in subsequent books was revealed to be plot-critical in the original book.
* ''Film/BladeTrinity'' introduces the Nightstalkers including Hannibal King but Frank Drake is omitted, his place taken by CanonForeigner Abigail Whistler who is the daughter of the movie-only character Abraham Whistler. The name "Drake", however is used as an alias for the BigBad in the film. Although Blade, Frank Drake, and King were all introduced in Marvel's ''Tomb Of Dracula'', Dracula appears to have been adapted out as well. King explains that there are lot of myths and misconceptions that may or may not be true and it is implied that, unlike in the Marvel comic, the historical "Vlad Dracul" (aka Vlad the Impaler) did not become a vampire and that the events of Bram Stoker's novel (which also never suggested that Vlad and Count Dracula are the same person) did not happen in universe. King, also shows Blade a Marvel ''Tomb of Dracula'' comic to drive home the point. Drake, does, suggest, however, that he has been around long enough to borrow a few famous aliases.
* The film version of ''Theatre/{{Camelot}}'' eliminated Nimue and Morgan le Fey, both of whom appeared in one-scene each in the original play.
* Creator/MikeNichols' film adaptation of ''Film/CatchTwentyTwo'' drops several of the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, including Major [[SpellMyNameWithABlank _____]] de Coverley, Chief White Halfoat, and Ex-PFC Wintergreen.
* ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'':
** [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory The 1971 film adaptation]] dropped Mr. Bucket (Charlie's dad), with him suffering DeathByAdaptation before the main action starts.
** [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory The 2005 film]] drops Mr. Beauregarde and Mrs. Teavee. [[GenderFlip They are replaced by]] a ''Mrs.'' Beauregarde and a ''Mr.'' Teavee instead.
* ''Literature/TheCiderHouseRules'', whose adapted screenplay was written by the novel's author, leaves out Melony entirely. More importantly, Angel is left out, completely altering the second half of the story.
* In ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', a modern adaptation of ''Literature/{{Emma}}'', Frank Churchill's analogue Christian is made gay instead of having a secret engagement, so the character of Jane Fairfax was rendered obsolete.
* Quite a few characters from the Creator/{{Netflix}} film, ''Film/DeathNote2017'' - unsurprisingly, given the film's runtime of less than two hours, as compared to the much longer Japanese adaptations. [[spoiler:Other than L, Watari and James Turner/Sochiro Yagami, none of the other Kira task force members - Matsuda, Mogi, Aiwaza etc. - have counterparts in the film. Also absent is Rem, and given Mia's death at the end of the film, she's unlikely to appear in possible sequels. Near and Mello also do not appear, though it is mentioned that there were other children trained to be master detectives by the same project that trained L, making it possible that they might appear in sequels. Light's sister Sayu also doesn't have a counterpart]].
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** Hrun the Barbarian from ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' doesn't appear in Creator/SkyOne's ''Film/TheColourOfMagic''.
** Professor Pelc, Prehumous Professor of Bibliomancy, doesn't appear in their adaptation of ''Discworld/GoingPostal''.
** Other people omitted from the ''Going Postal'' adaptation are Anghammarad the ancient golem, [[OddJobGods Anoia the Goddess of Things That Stick in Drawers]], most of the Grand Trunk's board, and (by implication) the Guild of Assassins.
* ''Film/{{Divergent}}'':
** Many of Tris' friends and fellow initiates from [[Literature/{{Divergent}} the books]] do not make it in to the films so that more focus could be put on her romance with Four. This includes Uriah, Lynn, Marlene, Lynn's sister Shauna, Uriah's brother Zeke, and Will's sister Cara. ''The Divergent Series: Insurgent'' features them in a much more reduced role, with Lynn only coming up just once to remind the others that the [[spoiler: recently deceased Marlene]] did have a name.\\
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The exclusion of Cara is particularly significant, since in ''Allegiant'', she [[spoiler:is one of the leaders of the eponymous Allegiant, participates with Tris' group to get to the fringes of Chicago, and also gets the task of informing Four at the end about Tris' death]].
** [[spoiler:Tori's brother, George, and Four's mentor, Amar,]] do not appear in ''The Divergent Series: Allegiant''. However, since they figure little if at all in the book [[spoiler:(other than serving some TearJerker moments as Tori was killed just moments before, rendering her entire goal to take revenge a ShaggyDogStory)]], it does not greatly impact the plot.
* Krillin isn't in the live-action ''Manga/DragonBall'' adaptation, ''Film/DragonballEvolution'', even though his death is what caused Goku to go after King Piccolo (who is in the movie) in the first place.
* Paul and Chani's first son, Leto, who was murdered by the Harkonnen forces, was omitted from the Creator/DavidLynch [[Film/{{Dune}} film adaptation]] of ''Literature/{{Dune}}''.
* Minor characters like Kaitlyn, Lydia and Gus' sisters are not present in ''Film/TheFaultInOurStars''. Van Houten gives Augustus' eulogy to Hazel personally, while Isaac fills the slightly comedic relief role. Some other scenes are also cut to improve the flow (and shorten the length) of the film. Creator/JohnGreen's cameo as the parent of Jackie, the little girl who wanted to try on Hazel's cannula, was also cut.
* The ''ComicBook/GenerationX'' TV movie from the 90s had to omit Chamber and Husk due to budgetary reasons, replacing them with two similar characters named Refrax and Buff. Synch was also left out, but no reason was given.
* The film of ''Literature/GoAskAlice'' leaves out many minor/oneshot characters, Alex, and Carla's grandparents.
* Scarlett O'Hara's children from her first two marriages, Wade Hampton Hamilton and Ella Lorena Kennedy, appear not to exist in the film adaptation of ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''.
* ''Gor'', the film version of ''Tarnsman of Literature/{{Gor}}'', adapts out Tarl's father Matthew, the Older Tarl (Tarl's instructor at arms), Torm the Scribe, Tarl's sword brother Kazrak of Port Kar, the slave girl Sana, Nor the (sentient) spider, Pa-Kur the Master Assassin, Mintar the Merchant, and Tarl's tarn Ubar of the Skies.
* ''Franchise/HannibalLecter'':
** Alan Bloom is given only a minor part in ''Film/{{Manhunter}}'' and completely left out of the Hopkins / Norton take of ''Film/RedDragon''.
** ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'':
*** Margot Verger is entirely absent from the film adaptation of ''[[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal]]'', and as a result the manner of death for [[spoiler:her brother, Mason]] changes considerably between the two, since she killed him in the original book.
*** Because Creator/ScottGlenn refused to return for the film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}'' ([[EnforcedMethodActing and given what he went through]], who can blame him?[[note]]Glenn consulted with John Douglas, whom Crawford was based on, as part of research. Douglas, in a ''very'' dick move, played him tapes of a young teenager being tortured by serial killers Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris, which traumatized Glenn[[/note]]), the character of Jack Crawford was written out. A deleted scene reveals a combination of [[spoiler: type 2]] of DeathByAdaptation and KilledOffscreen and that he died between movies.
* Numerous characters in the [[Film/HarryPotter film versions]] of ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Some do not appear at all (such as Ludo Bagman and Peeves the poltergeist), some are absent in earlier films, but show up later when they're important with an explanation as to why they've been absent (such as Bill and Charlie Weasley) and some appear in earlier films but are absent in later ones (such as Nearly Headless Nick and Firenze). Kreacher was almost removed from the [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix film]] of the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix fifth book]], until Rowling stepped in to inform the screenwriter that he was going to be important later.
** Peeves [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was originally going to appear in the series]] played by Creator/RikMayall. He was in the first film as a DeletedRole and they decided to simply never use the character.
** Dobby appeared in the second film (where his character was critical to the plot) but was ommitted from the fourth, fifth, and sixth films, likely because he only appeared in a few scenes and his actions were easy enough to give to another character (in the fourth and fifth) or write them out altogether (in the sixth). When he ended up being an important character in the seventh book, the writers had to put in an extra scene to reintroduce the character in order to set up his later appearance, because he hadn't been hanging around for three years in the films.
* Abe Sapien and Liz Sherman from [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} the Hellboy comics]] don't appear ''Film/Hellboy2019'' as a means to differentiate it from [[Film/Hellboy2004 the previous]] [[Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy adaptations]]. Subverted with [[spoiler:Abe who appears in his tank at the end of the movie as a SequelHook]].
* ''Film/TheHungerGames'':
** Madge Undersee and her family do not appear in [[Film/TheHungerGames the film version]] of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', probably due to casting logistics and length constraints. Katniss instead gets the mockingjay pin (now lacking its BackStory involving Maysilee Donner) from a vendor at the Hob. Said vendor may or may not be Greasy Sae, making her an example of either this trope or DemotedToExtra.
** ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart1'':
*** Enobaria is not mentioned here.
*** Fulvia and the prep team aren't present due to their roles being taken by Effie.
** Delly Cartwright, a teenage girl from District 12 is absent from ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart2''. Her most significant part (first visit at Peeta after he attacked Katniss) is taken by Prim.
* The [[Film/InspectorGadget live-action film adaptation]] of ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' by Creator/{{Disney}}, aside from other notable changes made to the source material, completely omits Dr. Claw's international crime organization M.A.D., instead having him assisted by a goon named Sykes and a MadScientist named Kramer. The sequel also avoids using M.A.D., instead having Claw assisted by a pair of crooks named Brick and [=McKibble=] and later hiring three criminals known as Squint, Jungle Bob, and the Ninja, though ironically the latter two were M.A.D. agents in the original cartoon.
* ''Film/IntoTheWoods'':
** The Narrator. The majority of his lines are now said by the Baker through a voice over. (This works in favor of the film's ending.)
** Cinderella's drunkard father is also said to have [[DeathByAdaptation passed away]] shortly after marrying her stepmother.
** Snow White and Sleeping Beauty don't get their cameos like in the musical, for obvious reasons: Cinderella's Prince is still a cad, but Disney probably didn't want to make two of their leading ladies into TheMistress.
** Rapunzel's twins were cut. They wouldn't make sense in the compressed time-frame, contributed little to the plot, and [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappeared during Act Two]].
* The live-action ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' adaptation decided to have an AdaptationalEarlyAppearance of [[spoiler:Yoshikage Kira's Sheer Heart Attack]] kill [[spoiler:Keicho Nijimura]] instead of Akira Atoishi, who murdered him in the original manga (and its anime adaptation). Since the film was originally conceived as a trilogy (which may or may not end up being released, since the film was a financial flop), this was probably meant to cut out many of the minor antagonists of that arc and beeline immediately to the BigBad.
* In [[Film/TheJungleBook2016 the 2016 remake]] of ''Disney/TheJungleBook'', Shanti, the girl at the end of the original, is clearly cut, with Mowgli remaining in the jungle at the end of the movie instead of following her and living with the humans.
* The movie version of ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' leaves out the character of publicist Ed Regis. The character of Gennaro in the movie is a CompositeCharacter of him and the book's Gennaro.
* The Hal Jordan ComicBook/GreenLantern doesn't appear in the live-action ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' movie, making him the only member of the team from the ComicBook/{{New 52}} origin not to show up. This is particularly notable since nearly every other adaptation of the Justice League has included at least ''some'' iteration of the Green Lantern, whether it be Hal Jordan, John Stewart or Guy Gardner.
* The [[Film/KingKong1976 1976 remake]] of ''Film/KingKong'' is missing Carl Denham from the original 1933 film. He is instead [[{{Expy}} replaced]] by CorruptCorporateExecutive Fred Wilson, a character that to this day [[ReplacementScrappy is openly mocked]] by fans of the original film. [[spoiler:Unlike Denham, though, Wilson is [[AssholeVictim crushed to death by Kong's feet]] in this film]].
* [[Film/TheKingOfFighters The live action film version]] of ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' omitted the vast majority of the cast, in favor of mostly focusing on Kyo, Iori, Mai, Terry, and Rugal.
* ''Literature/LandOfOz'':
** The 1925 InNameOnly movie version, in addition to changing almost the entire plot, takes this UpToEleven and removes everyone except for Dorothy, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, Auntie Em, Uncle Henry, and the Wizard. Characters loosely based on those from later books appear in place of the omitted characters.
** In the original novels, Glinda was the Good Witch of the South, and the Good Witch of the North Dorothy met when she first arrived in Oz was a different character. The [[Film/TheWizardOfOz film version]] [[CompositeCharacter combined the two into a single character]] named Glinda. (This led to the infamous PlotHole of Glinda giving the ruby slippers to Dorothy in the beginning of the movie but not telling her that she could use them to get home until the end of the movie.) Due to AdaptationDisplacement, most subsequent adaptations have also had Glinda as the only Good Witch.
* ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', the film adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' was trying to condense a whole season into one film, so Jet and Bumi were left out. Suki and the Kyoshi warriors were ''going'' to appear, but their twenty minutes were cut; this also seems pretty {{justified|Trope}} since Sokka already had a LoveInterest in Yue anyway.
* Chaim Rosenzweig, the Israeli scientist whom Buck Williams reminisces about regarding Russia's all-out attack on Israel in the first few chapters of the first ''Literature/LeftBehind'' book, doesn't even get a mention by Buck in [[Film/LeftBehind2014 the 2014 film adaptation]], since its story is so tightly focused on the airplane trip that the Rapture takes place during.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'':
** Tom Bombadil and his wife Goldberry, together with the Hobbits' entire "Old Forest" adventure, are absent.
** Glorfindel is absent, his role of rescuing Frodo from the Nazgûl and bringing him to Rivendell is given to Arwen.
** Prince Imrahil who plays a major role in ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheKing'' is omitted entirely. In the books his role supporting Gandalf's defense of Minas Tirith and his support of Aragorn as King of Gondor are fairly important plot points, as he's the one that figures Aragorn can cure victims of the Nazgûl.
** Beregond. His (and his son's) role as Pippin's friend is [[CompositeCharacter given to Faramir]]. His role in defending Faramir from premature cremation is simply cut, so Pippin's dash for Gandalf is even more desperate and they only get there ''just'' as the pyre is about to be lit. Purportedly, [[http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Beregond_%28soldier_of_Gondor%29#Portrayal_in_Adaptations Ian Hughes']] character was meant to be Beregond, but the name was changed in post-production because the role had been so reduced. ([[AllThereInTheManual Not that you hear either name said onscreen.]])
** Ghan-buri-Ghan and Elrond's sons Elladan and Elrohir are also absent. Quickbeam the Ent appears in the crowd shots, DemotedToExtra.
* The ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'' film dumped Orko for a stand-in character who filled the same role in [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse the franchise]]. This is HandWave[=d=] when one of the eponymous Masters claims that Skeletor has captured a number of their allies.
* In ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'' Petra's father, the counterpart of Manzo from ''Film/SevenSamurai'', is mentioned but never appears.
* The "Bulb Monsters" that appeared during the climax of ''Literature/TheScorchTrials'', don't appear in ''Film/MazeRunnerTheScorchTrials''.
* ''Film/MortalEngines'':
** Katherine Valentine's pet wolf Dog does not appear in the movie.
** Due to Tunbridge Wheels and everything related to it being left out of the movie, the town's mayor Chrysler Peavy and his group of pirates are also absent.
** As a side effect of Shrike never being brought to London in this adaptation, the other Stalkers created by Dr Trix from studying Shrike don't exist in the film's universe.
* Kung Lao was one of the few significant ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' characters at the time to never appear in [[Film/MortalKombat either]] [[Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation of the]] live-action movies. On the villain side, Kintaro and Sektor were also absent.
* Julia and her sister are entirely absent from the movie version of ''Literature/MySistersKeeper''. Julia's absence leads to an entire romantic subplot between her and Campbell being cut, substantially reducing Campbell's screen time.
* In the live-action adaption of ''Manga/NodameCantabile'', Yunlong is entirely absent, presumably due to content constraints. This is even though he does play a role that, while not big, is just as important as fellow friends Tanya and Frank. Any of his parts left in are given to other characters instead.
* In the film version of ''Theatre/OnTheTown'', Claire's fiancé Pitkin is absent, which serves to remove the adulterous implications of her affair with Ozzie.
* The film version of ''Film/PaintYourWagon'' removed Ben's daughter Jennifer and her LatinLover Julio, who were the ''primary couple'' in [[Theatre/PaintYourWagon the original show]].
* Karin is never mentioned or seen in [[Film/PaperTowns the film]] adaptation of ''Literature/PaperTowns''.
* The film adaptations of ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' have a few. ''The Lightning Thief'' left out several characters, and this notably includes [[spoiler: Ares and Kronos]], two major antagonists of the book and in the latter's case, the BigBad of the entire series. Other characters like Clarisse and Dionysus were also left out. The sequel makes Clarisse, Dionysus [[spoiler:and Kronos]] appear, but Circe, Tantalus and the Party Ponies got the shaft this time.
* The [[Film/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney live-action film adaptation]] of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' had to drop nearly all of the third case and a good chunk of the second, so quite a few characters were cut. Most notable were April May (whose role was taken over by [[CompositeCharacter Redd White]]), Cody Hackins, Wendy Oldbag, Jack Hammer, and Will Powers. Every character introduced in the fifth case, "Rise from the Ashes", is also missing. However, given that that case wasn't in the original GBA game, instead being added to the UpdatedRerelease for the DS as an epilogue of sorts, that's kind of understandable.
* ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'' cuts out several characters and elements from [[VideoGame/DetectivePikachu the original game]]:
** Emilia Christie, Tim's female partner, was scrapped and replaced by Lucy Stevens.
** Heck, pretty much ''any'' human character aside from Tim, Harry, and Roger gets cut out of the film.
** Most of the Pokémon included in the game, such as Burmy, Tepig, and Mimikyu, were also cut.
* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' experiences this in ''Film/PowerRangers2017'', as Bulk and Skull are written out, as are most of Rita's forces outside of Goldar and the Putties.
* ''Literature/TheRelic'':
** When the book was adapted to [[Film/TheRelic film]], Literature/AgentPendergast was written out and Lieutenant D'Agosta was promoted into his role. Pendergast became the BreakOutCharacter of the novel and is featured as the main character of all the novels that follow. The series is informally titled "The Agent Pendergast Series."
** William Smithback, a reporter and recurring character in the Pendergast novels, was also cut from the film, though unlike Pendergast his character traits weren't given to anyone.
* Aoshi, the Oniwabanshuu, and the Hiruma brothers are all omitted from the first live-action ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' film due to [[PragmaticAdaptation pacing issues]]. Aoshi's role as Kanryu's bodyguard and Gohei Hiruma's role as the impostor Battousai [[CompositeCharacter are both given to Jin-e]]. The second film featured Aoshi and the Oniwabanshuu alongside the Juppongatana.
* The character of Lisa Miller is absent from [[Film/ScottPilgrimVSTheWorld the film adaptation]] of ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'', although she does appear in the animated short. Also, Wallace's boyfriend Mobile never appears in the film. While he doesn't affect the plot much directly, he does spark a fairly important subplot where Wallace decides to move in with him, leaving Scott without a place to live until he takes the plunge and moves in with Ramona. The closest the film comes to this is Wallace telling Scott to move out for no particular reason, and then [[AbortedArc never bringing it up again.]]
* ''Film/{{The Secret Garden|1993}}'': The character of Mrs. Susan Sowerby, who has a small but influential role in the novel, is absent from the 1993 film.
* ''Film/Shazam2019'' is based on [[ComicBook/Shazam2012 the comic book origin story as it was post-]]''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}''. However, ComicBook/BlackAdam is only alluded to, since he is getting his own movie. As a tradeoff, the movie gets more focus on Dr. Sivana, who was a secondary villain in the original story. Also removed from the movie are Mr. Bryer (whom the Seven Deadly Sins posses during the comic origin's finale, while they [[spoiler:serve as the source of Sivana's powers]] in the movie), Francesca (the woman who appears in reflective surfaces and [[MrExposition giving out exposition]]), and Tawny the tiger from the Philadelphia Zoo (possibly because the Magiclands story arc, an adaptation of which was [[SequelHook heaavily being hinted at]] in the movie, introduces a more classic style Tawny who lives in the Wildlands).
* The character of Mort (one of Basin City's few honest cops) was written out of the cinema version of ''Film/SinCity''. In the comics, Mort is the own who picks Hartigan up outside the prison. In the movie, this was done by Bob. (The extended version still includes a scene where Mort visits Hartigan in hospital.) He does appear in the sequel, though.
* In the original ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' comics, Al Simmons was killed by Chapel, a character from Creator/RobLiefeld's ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}}'' series. Rights issues made it impossible for Chapel to appear in [[Film/{{Spawn}} the movie]], so the character Jessica Priest [[{{Expy}} was created as a replacement]].
* With Peter Parker's high-school years compressed into the first third of ''Film/SpiderMan1'', you could argue that most of the villains Spider-Man fought in his early years were adapted out of Creator/SamRaimi's [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy trilogy]], for instance Electro, Mysterio, the Vulture, Kraven, and the Kingpin. Also a number of supporting characters, e.g. Mary Jane takes over Liz Allan's role at Midtown High, while her Aunt Anna is replaced by her parents. Joe Robertson's son Randy (who went to college with Peter) and Bugle staffers Frederick Foswell and Ned Leeds also drop by the wayside, and Flash Thompson, who eventually became Peter's friend in the comics, drops from sight after Peter's high-school graduation in the films.
* Rita Blakemoor from ''Literature/TheStand'', who was merged into a CompositeCharacter with Nadine. Elements of Nadine's character (particularly the presence of Joe) were also merged with the Lucy character. Fran's mother is dead in the beginning of the TV adaptation. And Dayna is also a CompositeCharacter with another minor character.
* Nurse Christine Chapel, one of the main characters from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (and one of only two female leads), is TheUnseen in ''Film/StarTrek2009'' ([=McCoy=] does name-check her but she is not actually seen on-screen), presumably so Uhura can benefit more from TheSmurfettePrinciple. Chapel's absence is {{Handwaved}} in ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', confirming that at least she still exists and is alive in-universe.
* The 1994 ''Film/StreetFighter'' movie includes just about every single character from ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Super Street Fighter II]]'', with one major exception. Cammy, T. Hawk and Dee Jay all appear, but the fourth New Challenger, Fei Long, does not, and is instead replaced with a CanonForeigner / SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute named Captain Sawada. Several reasons for Fei Long's absence were given, among them being the creators considering him "too generic," worries he'd seem too redundant given the inclusion of Ryu and Ken, and the possibility of having to pay royalties to the estate of Creator/BruceLee.
* Princess Peach is oddly missing from [[Film/SuperMarioBros the movie]] of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''. Instead it's Princess Daisy and set up as Luigi's love interest instead of Mario's.
* There was a fourth son in ''Literature/TheSwissFamilyRobinson'' book. He got dropped from the Disney movie.
* In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', Hamato Yoshi is nowhere to be seen, with Splinter a mutated rat (not Yoshi himself) who learned ninjitsu from reading books on it.
* In part due to the CompressedAdaptation nature and AlternateTimeline plot of ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'', many characters from from [[Film/TheTerminator the first]] [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay two movies]] are omitted, including Sarah's roommate Ginger Venture, Lt. Traxler and Sgt. Vukovich, and John Connor's foster parents Janelle and Todd Voight. [[spoiler: Given both the AlternateTimeline plot, and the original Terminator and T-1000's [[DeathByAdaptation Deaths by Adaptation]], they're probably alongside Kyle Reese, the heroic T-800, and Miles Dyson in SparedByTheAdaptation.]]
* Due to the novel having LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, Creator/TerrenceMalick's ''Film/TheThinRedLine'' fails to feature several major characters, including Queen the Texan.
* The 2018 ''Film/{{Tomb Raider|2018}}'' film omits the entire supporting cast of the 2013 ''VideoGame/{{Tomb Raider|2013}}'' game, most notably Samantha "Sam" Nishimura, who played a major role in its plot.
* Despite being one of the main five who go down to London at the end of ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'' for the drug deal, Second Prize is absent in [[Film/{{Trainspotting}} the film]], though some of his [[CompositeCharacter character traits]] are given to Spud. Other important book characters such as Matty, Davie, Lesley, Kelly and Mark's brothers are also absent.
* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' ended up cutting several of the human characters and PairTheSpares by having two characters who had their love interests taken out with each other.
* In ''Film/VampireAcademy'', this is the fate of several minor characters from [[Literature/VampireAcademy the first novel]]:
** Jeremy, a human housemate of Rose and Lissa, is adapted out. So is the scene where Lissa uses compulsion to convince him to hand over his car keys.
** Teacher Stan Alto is also missing, along with the scene where he publicly grills Rose for details on her guardian methods.
** Xander Badica is missing, along with the scene where he asks to taste the blood of Rose.
** The dhampirs Anthony and Mile are missing, along with the scene where they try to force Rose to sleep with them.
** The most important character missing is probably Eddie Castile, Mason Ashford's best friend. He only appears as a party boy in the original novel. He would receive more meaningful roles from ''Frostbite'' onwards, becoming one of the most important supporting characters.
* Given that the original books are edging on {{doorstopper}}s, it's understandable that several characters would be missing from the film adaptations of ''Literature/TheVampireChronicles''. Not only minor characters got ignored, though:
** ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' axes Louis' younger brother Paul, whose death was the catalyst for Louis' [[DeathSeeker suicidal depression]] in the beginning of the book, replacing him with a brief mention of a dead wife and child who didn't exist in the books. An entire subplot regarding a woman named Babette who Louis secretly advises in running her family was also dropped.
** ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'' is much more liberal with the axe. Louis and Nicolas are both entirely absent, despite being Lestat's love interests and, especially in Nicolas' case, integral to the plot. (It was his violin Lestat played to wake Akasha.) Daniel is also dropped, leaving Armand DemotedToExtra as his plotline revolved mostly around Daniel. Mekare is also missing, apparently having become a CompositeCharacter with her sister Maharet, and Khayman is nowhere to be seen (aside from a brief cameo, where he's played by Creator/BruceSpence), as much of the backstory was dropped to focus on the modern plot. The Talamasca agent Aaron Lightner has also been removed from the film, with his role as Jessie's mentor being taken over by the CompositeCharacter David Talbot. Lestat's maker Magnus is also absent, being replaced by Marius, who is also a CompositeCharacter.
* ''Film/Venom2018'' set itself the impressive challenge of adapting Venom without any reference to Spider-Man, the single character most central to Venom's comic backstory, ultimately having the symbiote brought to Earth by a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Elon Musk and making Eddie's fall from grace at least mostly his own fault.
* ''Film/WarCraft2016'', film adaptation of ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'', drops a thing or two:
** The Blood of Mannoroth, one of games' most important {{MacGuffin}}s, is dropped, with fel fulfilling its function.
** The Burning Legion isn't as much as mentioned, though [[spoiler:Medivh's demonic form]] implies that they at least exist in the movie universe.
* ''{{Film/Watchmen}}'':
** The [[spoiler:giant squid monster]] is removed, yet the backstory about its creation still seems to exist.
** Bernard and Bernie, the newspaper seller and the kid who hangs around his stand, don't appear except during the big explosion which wipes them out, making you wonder who they are. Though they are put back in the LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition, the rest of the cast of their B-plot still either don't show up much, or are cut out entirely (as with Joey and Aline, the feuding lesbian couple).
** Dr. Long, Rorschach's prison psychiatrist, has his role cut down significantly due to time purposes. Thus, his wife and her subplot of leaving him were dropped. Rorschach's land-lady and her kids also went missing.
** Ozymandias originally had three Vietnamese servants, who would later die from him drugging their wine.
** In the comic there is a flashback where a little-seen costumed vigilante named Captain Metropolis calls together a meeting to form a group called Crimebusters. In the film, this role is given to Ozymandias, and the group's name is Watchmen. As a side note, the comic carefully avoided ever using that particular name about any group.
* The TV movie adaptation of ''Literature/TheWestingGame'' lacks Theo Theodorakis, Flora Baumbach, Dr. Denton Deere, and Madame Hoo.
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' is loosely based on the graphic novel ''ComicBook/GodLovesManKills.'' In the book, Stryker's [[TheDragon second-in-command]] is a mercenary named Anne. The movie omits her in favor of making Lady Deathstrike his number one henchwoman.
** While they added a lot of characters in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' (in the original story's future, only Magneto, Storm, Colossus, Kitty, and Wolverine survived while Beast and Magneto's younger self were not involved in the story), at the same time a lot of characters were removed:
*** ComicBook/RachelSummers and Franklin Richards are not present in the bad future, since Rachel's parents were killed before conceiving her and Franklin is tied to the Fantastic Four and thus would require too much explanation. Giving Rachel's powers to Future Kitty as some sort of secondary mutation was the ''least'' problematic solution.
*** In the comic storyline, the present-day X-Men fight against the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Mystique, Destiny, The Blob, Pyro, and Avalanche. In the movie, Mystique works alone. The only justified absence is Pyro, who in the movies is a classmate of Kitty's and thus wouldn't have been born yet in the 1970's.
** Professor Xavier was crippled by an alien named Lucifer in the comics. In the movies, he's accidentally crippled by Magneto.
** In the comics, Comicbook/JeanGrey has an older sister named Sara. Sara is absent from both ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' and ''Film/DarkPhoenix'', despite the heavy focus on Jean's childhood and backstory. Also omitted from both films is Jean's childhood friend Annie, whose death is what actually triggered Jean's powers in the first place (though she does get mentioned in the novelization of ''The Last Stand'').
** Logan's half-brother Dog and childhood friend Rose were omitted from his back story in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', and their roles in the plot were given to Comicbook/{{Sabretooth}}.
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