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** Sara Lance is a complicated example. She was originally a DecompositeCharacter of Comicbook/BlackCanary, but was given the code name of White Canary, a villain from the comics, to differentiate her from her sister Laurel, the current Black Canary.
** Jefferson "Jax" Jackson is a cocky former high school football star like the comic version of Ronnie Raymond, the original Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, but is visually very similar to Jason Rusch, the second Firestorm.
** Sara Lance is a complicated example. She was originally a DecompositeCharacter of Comicbook/BlackCanary, but was given the code name of White Canary, a villain from the comics, to differentiate her from her sister Laurel, the current Black Canary.
** Jefferson "Jax" Jackson is a cocky former high school football star like the comic version of Ronnie Raymond, the original Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, but is visually very similar to Jason Rusch, the second Firestorm.
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** Hunter Zolomon [[spoiler: is the Earth-2 version of Jay Garrick]].
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* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' featured Tess Mercer, a combination of Mercy Graves (Lex Luthor's assistant from ''SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''), Miss Tessmacher (One of Lex's underlings from ''Film/{{Superman}}''), and [[spoiler:Lena Luthor (Lex's sister from the comics).]] In the Season 11 comics she becomes [[spoiler: Comicbook/RedTornado, essentially the ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'' BrainUploading {{Gynoid}} version of the Tornado decomposited from Earth-2 Lois and composited onto Tess]].
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* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' featured Tess Mercer, a combination of Mercy Graves (Lex Luthor's assistant from ''SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''), ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''), Miss Tessmacher (One of Lex's underlings from ''Film/{{Superman}}''), and [[spoiler:Lena Luthor (Lex's sister from the comics).]] In the Season 11 comics she becomes [[spoiler: Comicbook/RedTornado, essentially the ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'' BrainUploading {{Gynoid}} version of the Tornado decomposited from Earth-2 Lois and composited onto Tess]].
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* ''Series/HoratioHornblower'' (mini-series): Archie Kennedy is a composite of various minor characters throughout the series of novels it is based on. He notably given actions of an unnamed sailor in "The Even Chance" (AKA "The Duel") by [[spoiler: having a seizure during a raid, forcing Horatio to knock him out to keep him quiet]], and Lt. Bracegirdle's lines in "The Frogs and the Lobsters" (AKA "The Wrong War").
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* ''Series/HoratioHornblower'' (mini-series): Archie Kennedy is a composite of various minor characters throughout the series of novels it is based on. He notably given actions of an unnamed a sailor named Hales in "The Even Chance" (AKA "The Duel") by [[spoiler: having a seizure during a raid, forcing Horatio to knock him out to keep him quiet]], and Lt. Midshipman Bracegirdle's lines in "The Frogs and the Lobsters" (AKA "The Wrong War").War"), as Bracegirdle had been rewritten as the ''Indefatigable'''s first lieutenant.
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** The two Alternative Riders (former colleagues of the BigBad who developed their own powers to thwart him) were merged into Eubulon the Advent Master, who also supplants Kanzaki as the creator of the Rider powers.
* In ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'', Cara was primarily the character of the same name from [[SwordOfTruth the books]] with traits of two other Mord-Sith from the third book on thrown in, and was [[DarkerAndEdgier darker than]] [[CharacterExaggeration any of them]]. Nicci filled the roles of three distinct and very different Sisters of the Dark; the schemer [[EvilSorcerer Liliana]] who tried to deceive Richard and steal his magic, their [[TheDragon leader]] and strongest [[EvilGenius Ulicia]], and the AntiVillain [[KnightTemplar Nicci]] who didn't become important until much later in the series. Curiously, Ulicia did show up briefly, only for [[TheWorfEffect Nicci to kill her]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness and absorb her Han]].
* In the 1996 revival of ''TheLiverBirds'', Polly James reprises the role of Beryl, except that Beryl has become a composite of the Beryl she played in the first four seasons and Carol, Beryl's [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute replacement]] in seasons 5-9. Notably, Beryl has somehow acquired Carol's family.
* ''M*A*S*H'': The television version of Major Frank Burns combines the incompetence and ego of the novel's Captain Frank Burns with the holier-than-thou piousness of Major Hobson.
* Dex from MaskedRider was based off of ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX''. In several episodes, Film/KamenRiderZO and Film/KamenRiderJ were used in StockFootage as his Rider Form. Due to the differences in the suits, [[StockFootageFailure this did not go unnoticed]].
* In ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'', Cara was primarily the character of the same name from [[SwordOfTruth the books]] with traits of two other Mord-Sith from the third book on thrown in, and was [[DarkerAndEdgier darker than]] [[CharacterExaggeration any of them]]. Nicci filled the roles of three distinct and very different Sisters of the Dark; the schemer [[EvilSorcerer Liliana]] who tried to deceive Richard and steal his magic, their [[TheDragon leader]] and strongest [[EvilGenius Ulicia]], and the AntiVillain [[KnightTemplar Nicci]] who didn't become important until much later in the series. Curiously, Ulicia did show up briefly, only for [[TheWorfEffect Nicci to kill her]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness and absorb her Han]].
* In the 1996 revival of ''TheLiverBirds'', Polly James reprises the role of Beryl, except that Beryl has become a composite of the Beryl she played in the first four seasons and Carol, Beryl's [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute replacement]] in seasons 5-9. Notably, Beryl has somehow acquired Carol's family.
* ''M*A*S*H'': The television version of Major Frank Burns combines the incompetence and ego of the novel's Captain Frank Burns with the holier-than-thou piousness of Major Hobson.
* Dex from MaskedRider was based off of ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX''. In several episodes, Film/KamenRiderZO and Film/KamenRiderJ were used in StockFootage as his Rider Form. Due to the differences in the suits, [[StockFootageFailure this did not go unnoticed]].
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** The two Alternative Riders (former colleagues of the BigBad Big Bad who developed their own powers to thwart him) were merged into Eubulon the Advent Master, who also supplants Kanzaki as the creator of the Rider powers.
* In ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'', Cara was primarily the character of the same name from[[SwordOfTruth the books]] books with traits of two other Mord-Sith from the third book on thrown in, and was [[DarkerAndEdgier darker than]] [[CharacterExaggeration than any of them]]. them. Nicci filled the roles of three distinct and very different Sisters of the Dark; the schemer [[EvilSorcerer Liliana]] Liliana who tried to deceive Richard and steal his magic, their [[TheDragon leader]] leader and strongest [[EvilGenius Ulicia]], Ulicia, and the AntiVillain [[KnightTemplar Nicci]] Nicci who didn't become important until much later in the series. Curiously, Ulicia did show up briefly, only for [[TheWorfEffect Nicci to kill her]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness her and absorb her Han]].
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* In the 1996 revival of''TheLiverBirds'', ''Series/TheLiverBirds'', Polly James reprises the role of Beryl, except that Beryl has become a composite of the Beryl she played in the first four seasons and Carol, Beryl's [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute replacement]] replacement in seasons 5-9. Notably, Beryl has somehow acquired Carol's family.
*''M*A*S*H'': ''Series/{{MASH}}'': The television version of Major Frank Burns combines the incompetence and ego of the novel's Captain Frank Burns with the holier-than-thou piousness of Major Hobson.
* Dex fromMaskedRider ''Series/MaskedRider'' was based off of ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX''. In several episodes, Film/KamenRiderZO and Film/KamenRiderJ were used in StockFootage as his Rider Form. Due to the differences in the suits, [[StockFootageFailure this did not go unnoticed]].unnoticed.
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* ''TheTudors'' : Henry VIII in RealLife had two sisters, Mary and Margaret. The character portrayed in the show is given the biography of Mary, but the name of Margaret; creator Michael Hirst said this was to reduce confusion on the set, since Henry's daughter Mary was a major character. There are a number of Thomases in the show, but they're almost always referred to by their last names or titles--Cromwell, More, Wolsey, etc. Edward Seymour's wife Anne Stanhope has a storyline which is an altered (and expanded) version of his historical first wife's antics. This one doesn't have even a flimsy plot excuse, it's simply for the sake of more random sex - oh, and ensuring the complete lack of functional marriages in the show.
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* ''TheTudors'' ''Series/TheTudors'' : Henry VIII in RealLife had two sisters, Mary and Margaret. The character portrayed in the show is given the biography of Mary, but the name of Margaret; creator Michael Hirst said this was to reduce confusion on the set, since Henry's daughter Mary was a major character. There are a number of Thomases in the show, but they're almost always referred to by their last names or titles--Cromwell, More, Wolsey, etc. Edward Seymour's wife Anne Stanhope has a storyline which is an altered (and expanded) version of his historical first wife's antics. This one doesn't have even a flimsy plot excuse, it's simply for the sake of more random sex - oh, and ensuring the complete lack of functional marriages in the show.
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** Also Chloe, often regarded as an {{Expy}} of Lois Lane, but is actually this trope being a combination of Lois Lane (intrepid reporter) and the comic version of Lana Lang (UnluckyChildhoodFriend from high school) and she spent most of high school trying to uncover Clark's secret much like Lana and Lois tried in the SilverAge. Then again, Lana Lang started off as an Expy of Lois, so its no wonder.
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* Donnie Gill from ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' is named after the [[LegacyCharacter second]] [[AnIcePerson Blizzard]], but has a science and engineering background like Gregor Shapanka, the original SilverAge Blizzard.
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* Donnie Gill from ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' is named after the [[LegacyCharacter second]] [[AnIcePerson Blizzard]], but has a science and engineering background like Gregor Shapanka, the original SilverAge [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Blizzard.
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** Heckyl & Snide from ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'' is a very interesting combination. His human form (Heckyl) has no direct ''Kyoryuger'' counterpart, but he seems inspired by Enter from the previous season ''Go-Busters''. His armored monster form (Snide) uses the movie villain Neo-Geildon, who himself is an upgraded version of the Cursed Armor from ''Abaranger'', itself having a counterpart in Zeltrax from ''Power Rangers Dino Thunder''.
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*** Bronn has also roughly taken the place of Ilyn Payne, who becomes Jaime Lannister's sparring partner and traveling companion after he gains his golden hand.
** All over the place with the Sand Snakes in season 5, since they were condensed from 8 characters and only 3 have appeared on-screen so far:
*** Obara has remained mostly the same, being the oldest Sand Snake and using a spear in battle.
*** Nymeria, the second oldest Sand Snake, now uses a whip as her weapon of choice, which was one of Obara's weapons in the books.
*** The youngest Sand Snake in the series is Tyene Sand and the main thing she has in common with her book counterpart is her affinity for poisons. She uses daggers in battle like the book version of Nymeria and she is now the child of Ellaria Sand. Her personality is most like Elia Sand, who is the oldest daughter of both Oberyn and Ellaria in the books.
** All over the place with the Sand Snakes in season 5, since they were condensed from 8 characters and only 3 have appeared on-screen so far:
*** Obara has remained mostly the same, being the oldest Sand Snake and using a spear in battle.
*** Nymeria, the second oldest Sand Snake, now uses a whip as her weapon of choice, which was one of Obara's weapons in the books.
*** The youngest Sand Snake in the series is Tyene Sand and the main thing she has in common with her book counterpart is her affinity for poisons. She uses daggers in battle like the book version of Nymeria and she is now the child of Ellaria Sand. Her personality is most like Elia Sand, who is the oldest daughter of both Oberyn and Ellaria in the books.
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** Hawkgirl is named Kendra Saunders, like the version of the character introduced in the late 90s, but her backstory comes from the Golden Age Hawkgirl, Shiera Sanders Hall.
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** Hawkgirl is named Kendra Saunders, like the version of the character introduced in the late 90s, but her backstory comes from the Golden Age Hawkgirl, Shiera Sanders Hall.Hall, being a reincarnation of Chay-Ara, rather than a walk-in spirit.
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** Earth-2 Harrison Wells has many [[spoiler:Johnny Quick elements. Being the father of Jesse Quick, wearing a speedster suit and creating a drug called "Velocity 6" as opposed to "9"]].
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** Earth-2 Harrison Wells has many [[spoiler:Johnny Quick elements. Being [[spoiler: is the father of Jesse Quick, wearing a speedster suit and creating Quick instead of Johnny Quick. t He also created a drug called "Velocity 6" as opposed - in the comics Velocity 9 was created by Vandal Savage]].
** Vandal Savage has dedicated himself to"9"]].killing the reincarnations of Prince Khufu and Princess Chay-Ara, like the comicbook Hath-Set.
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** In Season 4, Ra's al Ghul chooses Ollie to be his successor, making this another TV Green Arrow with Batman elements. Ra's also wants Nyssa to be Ollie's bride, which kind of makes her Talia to his Bruce, although she's [[IncompatibleOrientation a lot more reluctant]] than Talia was. (And maybe this is a stretch, but the lesbian daughter of an immortal villain who wants her to give him an heir? That sounds like [[Comicbook/SecretSix Scandal Savage]].)
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** In Season 4, 3, Ra's al Ghul chooses Ollie to be his successor, making this another TV Green Arrow with Batman elements. Ra's also wants Nyssa to be Ollie's bride, which kind of makes her Talia to his Bruce, although she's [[IncompatibleOrientation a lot more reluctant]] than Talia was. (And maybe this is a stretch, but the lesbian daughter of an immortal villain who wants her to give him an heir? That sounds like [[Comicbook/SecretSix Scandal Savage]].)
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** Wally West will appear as [[spoiler: Iris' younger brother, making him composite to the New 52's Daniel West]].
** Earth-2 Harrison Wells has many [[spoiler:Johnny Quick elements. Being the father of Jesse Quick, wearing a speedster suit and creating a drug called "Velocity 6" as opposed to "9"]].
** Earth-2 Harrison Wells has many [[spoiler:Johnny Quick elements. Being the father of Jesse Quick, wearing a speedster suit and creating a drug called "Velocity 6" as opposed to "9"]].
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** Hawkgirl is named Kendra Saunders, like the version of the character introduced in the late 90s, but her backstory comes from the Golden Age Hawkgirl, Shiera Sanders Hall.
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** The female Doctor Light appears in Season 2, and while she's still Asian, [[spoiler: she's actually the Linda Park of Earth-2 rather than Kimiyo Hoshi]].
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** The female Doctor Light appears in Season 2, and while she's still Asian, [[spoiler: she's actually the Linda Park of Earth-2 rather than Kimiyo Hoshi]]. She's also a villain, like the white, male Dr Light.
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* Believe it or not, Robert Barone from ''EverybodyLovesRaymond'' is one of these. His main mannerisms (being a cop, being divorced, jealous of his brother, doing "crazy chin", etc.) are taken from Ray's brother Richard, but his name is taken from Ray's ''other'' brother Robert. (When asked why the TV Ray didn't have two brothers like the real one, Ray claimed the real Robert was "the normal one" in his family, and therefore felt he wasn't interesting enough for the show).
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* Believe it or not, Robert Barone from ''EverybodyLovesRaymond'' ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'' is one of these. His main mannerisms (being a cop, being divorced, jealous of his brother, doing "crazy chin", etc.) are taken from Ray's brother Richard, but his name is taken from Ray's ''other'' brother Robert. (When asked why the TV Ray didn't have two brothers like the real one, Ray claimed the real Robert was "the normal one" in his family, and therefore felt he wasn't interesting enough for the show).
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* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', the Reverse Flash seems to largely be based off the original SilverAge version, but sports black accents on his costume much like Daniel West, the {{New 52}} Reverse Flash.
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* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', the Reverse Flash seems to largely be based off the original SilverAge [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] version, but sports black accents on his costume much like Daniel West, the {{New ComicBook/{{New 52}} Reverse Flash.
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* ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'' combines Night Nurse, an obscure character from the comics who specializes in helping injured superheroes, with Claire Temple, one of LukeCage's old love interests.
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* ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'' combines Night Nurse, an obscure character from the comics who specializes in helping injured superheroes, with Claire Temple, one of LukeCage's ComicBook/{{Luke Cage|HeroForHire}}'s old love interests.
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* In the 1973 ''Literature/WaterMargin'' series, Gao Qiu is responsible for releasing [[SealedEvilInACan the 108 demons]]/[[SealedGoodInACanfuture Liangshan Heroes]] instead of one-chapter character Marshal Hong.
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* In the 1973 ''Literature/WaterMargin'' series, Gao Qiu is responsible for releasing [[SealedEvilInACan the 108 demons]]/[[SealedGoodInACanfuture demons]]/[[SealedGoodInACan future Liangshan Heroes]] instead of one-chapter character Marshal Hong.
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** Tomas from the prison group is a combination of Thomas Richards and Dexter from the comics, while at the same time possess The Governor's comic appearance.
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* In the 1973 ''Literature/WaterMargin'' series, Gao Qiu is responsible for releasing [[SealedEvilInACan the 108 demons]]/[[SealedGoodInACanfuture Liangshan Heroes]] instead of one-chapter character Marshal Hong.
* In the 1973 ''Literature/WaterMargin'' series, Gao Qiu is responsible for releasing [[SealedEvilInACan the 108 demons]]/[[SealedGoodInACanfuture Liangshan Heroes]] instead of one-chapter character Marshal Hong.
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* In ''LegendOfTheSeeker'', Cara was primarily the character of the same name from [[SwordOfTruth the books]] with traits of two other Mord-Sith from the third book on thrown in, and was [[DarkerAndEdgier darker than]] [[CharacterExaggeration any of them]]. Nicci filled the roles of three distinct and very different Sisters of the Dark; the schemer [[EvilSorcerer Liliana]] who tried to deceive Richard and steal his magic, their [[TheDragon leader]] and strongest [[EvilGenius Ulicia]], and the AntiVillain [[KnightTemplar Nicci]] who didn't become important until much later in the series. Curiously, Ulicia did show up briefly, only for [[TheWorfEffect Nicci to kill her]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness and absorb her Han]].
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* In ''LegendOfTheSeeker'', ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'', Cara was primarily the character of the same name from [[SwordOfTruth the books]] with traits of two other Mord-Sith from the third book on thrown in, and was [[DarkerAndEdgier darker than]] [[CharacterExaggeration any of them]]. Nicci filled the roles of three distinct and very different Sisters of the Dark; the schemer [[EvilSorcerer Liliana]] who tried to deceive Richard and steal his magic, their [[TheDragon leader]] and strongest [[EvilGenius Ulicia]], and the AntiVillain [[KnightTemplar Nicci]] who didn't become important until much later in the series. Curiously, Ulicia did show up briefly, only for [[TheWorfEffect Nicci to kill her]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness and absorb her Han]].
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** In Season 4, Ra's al Ghul chooses Ollie to be his successor, making this another TV Green Arrow with Batman elements. Ra's also wants Nyssa to be Ollie's bride, which kind of makes her Talia to his Bruce, although she's [[IncompatibleOrientation a lot more reluctant]] than Talia was. (And maybe this is a stretch, but the lesbian daughter of an immortal villain who wants her to give him an heir? That's [[Comicbook/SecretSix Scandal Savage]].)
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** In Season 4, Ra's al Ghul chooses Ollie to be his successor, making this another TV Green Arrow with Batman elements. Ra's also wants Nyssa to be Ollie's bride, which kind of makes her Talia to his Bruce, although she's [[IncompatibleOrientation a lot more reluctant]] than Talia was. (And maybe this is a stretch, but the lesbian daughter of an immortal villain who wants her to give him an heir? That's That sounds like [[Comicbook/SecretSix Scandal Savage]].)
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** In Season 4, Ra's al Ghul chooses Ollie to be his successor, making this another TV Green Arrow with Batman elements. Ra's also wants Nyssa to be Ollie's bride, which kind of makes her Talia to his Bruce, although she's [[IncompatableOrientation [[IncompatibleOrientation a lot more reluctant]] than Talia was. (And maybe this is a stretch, but the lesbian daughter of an immortal villain who wants her to give him an heir? That's [[Comicbook/SecretSix Scandal Savage]].)
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* Maya Resik, mother of Sebastian Blood in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', has a name based on two characters from the comics: Anna Resik, mother of Brother Blood VIII, and May Bennett, mother of Brother Blood IX.
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* Bellamy from ''Series/{{The 100}}'' has mostly the same backstory as in the books, but (at least early on) he also takes on the antagonistic, leader-of-the-camp role that Graham filled in the novels.
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** Elsa and Anna's mother, the queen of Arendelle, from ''{{Frozen}}'' is identified as Gerda, the protagonist of ''TheSnowQueen''.
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** Elsa and Anna's mother, the queen of Arendelle, from ''{{Frozen}}'' ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' is identified as Gerda, the protagonist of ''TheSnowQueen''."Literature/TheSnowQueen".
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* The 1998 ''Film/{{Merlin}}'' series does this at least twice, combining Morgan le Fay with Morgause into a single character that isn't much like either of them simply called Morgan le Fay, and also combining two different Elaines (there's a lot in Arthurian Mythology) into a single character of that name.
** {{Averted}} in [[Series/{{Merlin}} the television series of the same name]]: not only are Morgana and Morgause separate characters (half-sisters), but so were Vivienne (their mother), the Lady of the Lake (a druid girl called Freya) and Nimueh (an [[EvilSorcerer evil sorceress]]), three very distinct characters that are usually conflated in various retellings, and the source material itself. There was also another character called Vivian who had no relation whatsoever to the above characters.
*** In ''Series/{{Merlin}}'', the titular character is the one to throw Excalibur back to the Lady of the Lake [[spoiler:after Arthur's death]], a role that in most legendary sources belongs to Sir Bedivere.
** {{Averted}} in [[Series/{{Merlin}} the television series of the same name]]: not only are Morgana and Morgause separate characters (half-sisters), but so were Vivienne (their mother), the Lady of the Lake (a druid girl called Freya) and Nimueh (an [[EvilSorcerer evil sorceress]]), three very distinct characters that are usually conflated in various retellings, and the source material itself. There was also another character called Vivian who had no relation whatsoever to the above characters.
*** In ''Series/{{Merlin}}'', the titular character is the one to throw Excalibur back to the Lady of the Lake [[spoiler:after Arthur's death]], a role that in most legendary sources belongs to Sir Bedivere.
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* The 1998 ''Film/{{Merlin}}'' ''Series/{{Merlin 1998}}'' series does this at least twice, combining Morgan le Fay with Morgause into a single character that isn't much like either of them simply called Morgan le Fay, and also combining two different Elaines (there's a lot in Arthurian Mythology) into a single character of that name.
** {{Averted}} in[[Series/{{Merlin}} [[Series/{{Merlin 2008}} the television series of the same name]]: not only are Morgana and Morgause separate characters (half-sisters), but so were Vivienne (their mother), the Lady of the Lake (a druid girl called Freya) and Nimueh (an [[EvilSorcerer evil sorceress]]), three very distinct characters that are usually conflated in various retellings, and the source material itself. There was also another character called Vivian who had no relation whatsoever to the above characters.
*** In''Series/{{Merlin}}'', ''Series/{{Merlin 2008}}'', the titular character is the one to throw Excalibur back to the Lady of the Lake [[spoiler:after Arthur's death]], a role that in most legendary sources belongs to Sir Bedivere.
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* Donnie Gill from ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' is named after the [[LegacyCharacter second]] [[AnIcePerson Blizzard]], but has a science and engineering background like Gregor Shapanka, the original SilverAge Blizzard.
* Maya Resik, mother of Sebastian Blood in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', has a name based on two characters from the comics: Anna Resik, mother of Brother Blood VIII, and May Bennett, mother of Brother Blood IX.
* ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}}''
** The Beetleborgs, by virtue of their armored forms, are composites of the main heroes of ''Series/JuukouBFighter'' and ''Series/BFighterKabuto''.
** One MonsterOfTheWeek in ''Series/BFighterKabuto'' was Driceraija, who was created from a part of [[TheDragon Raija]]. In ''Metallix'', this became Nukus's upgraded form, Mega Nukus.
* In the first episode of ''Series/BlackMirror'', Michael Callow is a composite character of real Prime Minister David Cameron, and his Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg - taking a fair amount of qualities and mannerisms from both.
* ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'' combines Night Nurse, an obscure character from the comics who specializes in helping injured superheroes, with Claire Temple, one of LukeCage's old love interests.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial "The Five Doctors", when Tom Baker declined to participate, the Fourth Doctor's lines were given to the First Doctor.
* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'', Moriarty turns out to share qualities with [[spoiler: Irene Adler. Actually, forget "shares qualities", they're the same person.]]
* Believe it or not, Robert Barone from ''EverybodyLovesRaymond'' is one of these. His main mannerisms (being a cop, being divorced, jealous of his brother, doing "crazy chin", etc.) are taken from Ray's brother Richard, but his name is taken from Ray's ''other'' brother Robert. (When asked why the TV Ray didn't have two brothers like the real one, Ray claimed the real Robert was "the normal one" in his family, and therefore felt he wasn't interesting enough for the show).
* In ''Series/TheFlash1990'', Barry Allen is given one of [[LegacyCharacter Wally West]]'s love interests, and also the need to eat large amounts to "refuel". The costume also looks more like Wally's, with the lightning bolt "belt" coming to a point.
* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', the Reverse Flash seems to largely be based off the original SilverAge version, but sports black accents on his costume much like Daniel West, the {{New 52}} Reverse Flash.
** The titled hero himself is Barry Allen, however with his Adorkable ways and younger age than most incarnations, Barry resembles Wally West often at times. Taken UpToEleven in "Crazy For You" when Linda Park, the most famous Wally West LoveInterest, is introduced for Barry's interest.
* Happens frequently in ''Series/GameOfThrones'', with many characters taking traits from a variety of book characters. Some of many examples include:
** Gendry, perhaps the biggest example, has seen his own book plot combined with the book plot of [[spoiler: Edric Storm, another of Robert's bastards who only appears in the book series.]]
** TV's Rakharo combines Jhogo and Rakharo, two of Dany's Dothraki bodyguards.
** In series 2, Rodrik Cassel's [[spoiler: death is a combination of the death scenes of several minor Winterfell peasants, nanely Benfred Tallhart and Farlen.]]
** Jory Cassel gets several conversations from minor Stark guardsmen.
** In another major example, Davos's seven sons in the book are condensed into one, Matthos.
** Ser Barristan Selmy is, conversely, a downplayed example, taking no story plots from other characters, yet taking elements of Ser Arthur Dayne's {{Badass}} reputation (although book-Barristan was just as badass as his TV counterpart, this mostly takes the form of compliments and stories about Dayne in the book being redirected to Selmy), and taking the role of the knight Jaime Lannister squired for, held in the books by Lord Crakehall.
** Thoros of Myr takes some characteristics from fellow Brotherhood members Lem Lemoncloak and Tom 'o Sevenstrings
** Loras Tyrell is a combination of his brothers Willas and Garlan's roles, who seem to have been written out of the series entirely.
** In Season 2, Tyrion names Bronn [[spoiler: Lord Commander of the Gold Cloaks]] rather than Jacelyn Bywater, who only has a few scenes in A Clash of Kings and dies in the Battle of Blackwater anyway.
* ''Film/{{Gia}}'', the made-for-television biography of model Gia Carangi, has several of these characters, most significantly, her makeup artist-turned-girlfriend.
* In the {{Sky1}} adaptation of ''Discworld/GoingPostal'', Crispin Horsefry becomes Reacher Gilt's second in command, representing the entire board of the Grand Trunk in the novel. Also Mustrum Ridcully is given Professor Pelc's role as MrExposition.
* The 2005 Hallmark Minines "Hercules" has Antaeus who is a combination of Antaeus, Zeus, the Cretan Bull and Cerberus. Antaeus is Hercules' enemy and a Son of Mother Earth, Hercules' father, a bandit leader called the Cretan Bull and is the one present when Hercules goes down to the gates of Hades instead of Cerberus.
* ''Series/HoratioHornblower'' (mini-series): Archie Kennedy is a composite of various minor characters throughout the series of novels it is based on. He notably given actions of an unnamed sailor in "The Even Chance" (AKA "The Duel") by [[spoiler: having a seizure during a raid, forcing Horatio to knock him out to keep him quiet]], and Lt. Bracegirdle's lines in "The Frogs and the Lobsters" (AKA "The Wrong War").
* The 1990s ''Film/JusticeLeague'' pilot. Ice is Tora Olafsdotter, but has Sigrid Nansen's origin. TheFlash is Barry Allen but has Wally West's personality, and Comicbook/GreenLantern is called Guy Gardner, but has elements of Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner.
* The ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' AlternateUniverse visited in ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' did this with its version of protagonist Shoichi, who was a composite of [[spoiler:the three main Riders of the original ''Agito'' show, having been G3 until his powers started developing, turning him into Gills before he finally reaches the "perfect evolution" of Agito.]] Even his name is a composite: [[spoiler:his surname Ashikawa comes from Ryo '''Ashi'''hara (Gills) and Makoto Hi'''kawa''' (G3)]]].
** Also, the ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' arc has a friend of Takumi whose name is Yuri (half Yuka and half Mari, at least in name - she's little like either character.)
** In the Kabuto arc, Tendou's [[spoiler: two sisters]] are combined into one character, Mayu. To get her, we combine Hiyori's [[spoiler: turning out to be a Worm with Jyuka's being an adorable teenage girl who idolizes her bro.]] The storyline happens in a much more satisfying way than it did in ''Kabuto'' due to the lack of sudden actor departures.
* In Series/KamenRiderRyuki, three unnamed characters were possessed by [[BigBad Kanzaki]], and turned into Kamen Rider Odin. In Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight, they became the singular Vic Frasier (Kamen Rider Wrath). Wrath was possessed by Xaviax, so we still have the Rider form as the BigBad's avatar throughout both series.
** Also [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ryuki's]] two main females, Reiko Momoi, IntrepidReporter and senior to [[TheHero Shinji]], and Yui Kanzaki, the only non-rider who could see the mirror world were combined into one character in Maya Young.
** Our hero himself is an example and an inversion at once. We have Kit as Dragon Knight (aka Ryuki, Shinji's shiny suit) until his [[spoiler: disloyal]] alternate self takes over after his DisneyDeath. After his return, Kit becomes Onyx (aka Ryuga, evil alternate Shinji's shiny suit.) However, we first saw Onyx in a ''dream'' of Kit's involving him taking Xaviax's lure. This means Dragon Knight is a composite of Ryuki and Ryuga, but Onyx is splitting Ryuga into two guys.
** There's also some of Len's counterpart Ren ''in Kit.'' There's a Rider whose greatest desire is to see a certain loved one restored. Said loved one is brought out of coma just long enough to try and tempt said Rider. So, are we talking about Kit's dad or Ren's fiancee, now?
** The two Alternative Riders (former colleagues of the BigBad who developed their own powers to thwart him) were merged into Eubulon the Advent Master, who also supplants Kanzaki as the creator of the Rider powers.
* In ''LegendOfTheSeeker'', Cara was primarily the character of the same name from [[SwordOfTruth the books]] with traits of two other Mord-Sith from the third book on thrown in, and was [[DarkerAndEdgier darker than]] [[CharacterExaggeration any of them]]. Nicci filled the roles of three distinct and very different Sisters of the Dark; the schemer [[EvilSorcerer Liliana]] who tried to deceive Richard and steal his magic, their [[TheDragon leader]] and strongest [[EvilGenius Ulicia]], and the AntiVillain [[KnightTemplar Nicci]] who didn't become important until much later in the series. Curiously, Ulicia did show up briefly, only for [[TheWorfEffect Nicci to kill her]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness and absorb her Han]].
* In the 1996 revival of ''TheLiverBirds'', Polly James reprises the role of Beryl, except that Beryl has become a composite of the Beryl she played in the first four seasons and Carol, Beryl's [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute replacement]] in seasons 5-9. Notably, Beryl has somehow acquired Carol's family.
* ''M*A*S*H'': The television version of Major Frank Burns combines the incompetence and ego of the novel's Captain Frank Burns with the holier-than-thou piousness of Major Hobson
* Dex from MaskedRider was based off of ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX''. In several episodes, Film/KamenRiderZO and Film/KamenRiderJ were used in StockFootage as his Rider Form. Due to the differences in the suits, [[StockFootageFailure this did not go unnoticed]].
** One notable MonsterOfTheWeek in ''MaskedRider'' was Hydrasect, who had a OneWingedAngel form called Arachnida. Both forms came from the unrelated monsters Hachi Onna and Kumo Onna from Film/KamenRiderJ and Film/KamenRiderZo, respectively.
* The 1998 ''Film/{{Merlin}}'' series does this at least twice, combining Morgan le Fay with Morgause into a single character that isn't much like either of them simply called Morgan le Fay, and also combining two different Elaines (there's a lot in Arthurian Mythology) into a single character of that name.
** {{Averted}} in [[Series/{{Merlin}} the television series of the same name]]: not only are Morgana and Morgause separate characters (half-sisters), but so were Vivienne (their mother), the Lady of the Lake (a druid girl called Freya) and Nimueh (an [[EvilSorcerer evil sorceress]]), three very distinct characters that are usually conflated in various retellings, and the source material itself. There was also another character called Vivian who had no relation whatsoever to the above characters.
*** In ''Series/{{Merlin}}'', the titular character is the one to throw Excalibur back to the Lady of the Lake [[spoiler:after Arthur's death]], a role that in most legendary sources belongs to Sir Bedivere.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime'' has too many characters to list. Notable examples include:
** Mr. Glass ([[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the Evil Queen's]] mirror/[[spoiler:Genie of Agrabah]])
** Mr. Gold (Rumpelstiltskin/[[Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast The Beast]]/[[Literature/PeterPan the crocodile that took Captain Hook's hand)]] The third being a reference to the appearance of his skin once he becomes "The Dark One".
** Ruby (Literature/LittleRedRidingHood, [[spoiler:TheBigBadWolf]], and probably [[Literature/SnowWhiteAndRoseRed Rose Red]]
** Cora (The miller's daughter from ''{{Literature/Rumpelstiltskin}}'' and [[spoiler:The Queen of Hearts from ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''.]]
** Literature/PeterPan is also Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin
** Regina (the evil queen from ''Literature/SnowWhite'') pretends to be Ursula (the Sea Witch from ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'') and has her role as the person who makes the deal with Ariel to temporarily make her human, but it turns out Ursula actually does exist.
** {{Cinderella}} is also combined with the heroine of Rumpelstiltskin too, with the latter filling the role her fairy godmother played (sort of).
** Elsa and Anna's mother, the queen of Arendelle, from ''{{Frozen}}'' is identified as Gerda, the protagonist of ''TheSnowQueen''.
* The ''Once Upon a Time'' spinoff, ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland'', gives us The Knave of Hearts/Will Scarlet from RobinHood and The Red Queen/Cinderella's stepsister Anastasia.
* Technically, the Rangers in ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' with more than one Ranger identity (I.E., [[GotTheCallOnSpeedDial Tommy]] and the ([[MidSeasonUpgrade Super]]) [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Megaforce Rangers]] ) fall under this trope. Some season-unique examples:
** The two [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Dora Cockatrice]] monsters were combined into the singular [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Chunky Chicken]]. The first one wore a red cap whereas the other one did not; [[StockFootageFailure this did not go unnoticed.]]
** Divatox in ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' melded Gynamo's position as the BigBad with Zonnette's design and backstory about [[spoiler:her being Dimitria's older sister.]]
** [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Astronema]] melds together two villains from ''[[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger Megaranger]]'': Dr. Hinelar (TheDragon and TheStarscream, creator of ThePsychoRangers plot) and Shibolena (cyborg DarkMagicalGirl, surrogate daughter of a villain). Her brother, Andros, melds Mega Red together with Dr. Kubota (TheMentor, had prior history with DragonInChief). Likewise, Ecliptor himself also melds Hinelar's fathery affection toward Shibolena with Yugande.
** In [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force]]: Lucas melds the ex-racer backstory of his Sentai counterpart, Ayase, with the womanizer side of Katie's [[ShesAManInJapan Sentai counterpart]], Domon.
** [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Princess Shayla]] is a composite of [[Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger Gaoranger's]] Priestess Tetomu (TheMentor of the modern Ranger team) and her grandmother, Murasaki (TheMentor of the past Ranger team, had a history with the SixthRanger).
*** Master Org also supplants Shuten and Ura during their tenures as BigBad, while claiming their [[AllYourPowersCombined combined]] [[OneWingedAngel form]] with Rasetsu, Senki, as his own. His costume is also taken from [[Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger Dairanger's]] Gorma XV.
** [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Cam, the Green Samurai Ranger]], is a composite of Oboro (snarky techie offspring of the Rangers' Sensei) and Shurikenger (the SixthRanger) from ''[[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Hurricaneger]]''.
** The multiple users of the Cursed Armor in ''[[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger Abaranger]]'' became the singular cyborg henchman Zeltrax in ''[[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]''. However, the role of the second user of the cursed armor is picked up by Elsa in the last few episodes.
** [[Series/PowerRangersSPD Sam, the Omega Ranger]] is a composite of SixthRanger Deka Break and one-shot guest star Hikaru of ''[[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Dekaranger]]''. The latter grows up to be the former and arrives via TimeTravel. Bridge, meanwhile, melds Deka Green/Sen-Chan with the psychic powers of Z's Sentai Counterpart, Jasmine.
*** Mora/Morgana owes as much to ''Abaranger'''s Rije/Rijewel as she does to Succubus, the villainness her sentai footage comes from.
** [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Mystic Mother]] is a composite of [[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger Magiel]] and [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Bandora]] (aka Rita Repulsa), by virtue of being said to have once been referred to as Rita. Both of these characters were played in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' by the late Machiko Soga, with the two being unrelated in their respective shows.
** ''[[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Operation Overdrive]]'' has four in its adaptation from ''[[Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger Boukenger]]'':
*** Tyzonn, the Mercury Ranger, mixes in [[SixthRanger Bouken Silver]] (ItsPersonal against the Ashu/Fear Cats), one-shot guest star Ragi (human transformed into [[LegoGenetics dragonman]]), and Bouken Red (backstory with deaths of former team).
*** Kamdor directly parallels Yami no Yaiba, and Maboroshi no Gekkou (the latter being the BigBad of the third faction and the monster maker and [[MakeMyMonsterGrow enlarger]]). Also, Miratrix mostly has Shizuka's role, but her monster form is Gekkou's. Shizuka's monster form becomes a one-off monster earlier in the series.
*** The Sentinel Knight is a counterpart to one of the [[MacGuffin Precious]], but has the traits of [[OriginalGeneration Aka Red]], since they're both borderline-{{Physical God}}s who are important players in the MilestoneCelebration crossover.
*** Andrew Hartford is based off of Mister Voice (TheMentor), Morio Makino (creator of the Rangers' tech) and Kouichi Akashi (The Red Ranger's AdventureArchaeologist father).
** RJ in ''[[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'' takes two roles from [[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]]. As the Rangers' mentor, he's part Sha-fu. As the accidental WolfMan and later Wolf Ranger, he's part Gou. Sha-fu also has Master Mao as a counterpart as well, but since he dies early on RJ takes the bulk of his role.
** Although original to ''[[Series/PowerRangersRPM RPM]]'', BigBad Venjix uses battle bodies that in ''[[Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger Go-onger]]'' were the characters Hiramechimedes and Yogoshimacritein.
*** RPM also has Summer whose Ranger designation is of Saki, but her rich upbringing is shared with Go-onger's Go-on Wings.
** Deker in ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' is directly based on Fuwa Juzo, with his backstory [[spoiler:as Dayu's lost love, and the indirect catalyst for her becoming a Nighlok]] being based on Shinza.
** The villain of ''[[Film/SamuraiSentaiShinkengerVsGoOngerGinmakuBang Shinkenger vs Go-Onger]]'' was Batcheed, whose BackupTwin Babatcheed appeared in ''[[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Gokaiger]]''. When their appearances were adapted into ''[[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Samurai]]'' and ''[[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Super Megaforce]]'', they were made into the same character, Professor Cog.
* Done, kind of, in ''Series/RobinHood''. At the end of Season Two, Marian, Will Scarlett, and Djaq the Saracen are written permanently out of the show. The next season introduces Kate, who fills all their niches in the group and show, as well as aspects of their personalities. She takes the place of Marian as LoveInterest and {{Tsundere}}, Djaq as [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Girl]], and Will as the representative of the suffering peasantry. She also experiences the murder of her brother (like Allan), has a tempestuous relationship with her parent (like Marian) and is separated from her family (like Little John). Naturally, she was considered an instant ReplacementScrappy and ended up a CreatorsPet in record time.
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' - Elaine was a composite of various ex-girlfriends of Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David. (The other main characters were based on Seinfeld, David, and David's neighbor Kenny Kramer.)
* The TV adaptations of ''{{Sharpe}}'' have a tendency to do this, in order to avoid LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, with many recurring characters from the books becoming one-off characters and/or suffering ChuckCunninghamSyndrome. For instance, the company of men that follow Sharpe in the books are reduced to half a dozen key characters. Two specific examples occur in ''Sharpe's Revenge'' to avoid bringing back characters from ''Sharpe's Siege'': Maillot is a composite of Maillot (the officer guarding Napoleon's treasure) and Lassan (Lucille's brother), while Wigram is a composite of Wigram (the officer in charge of Sharpe's court martial) and Bampfylde (the officer Sharpe fights a duel with).
* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''
** Charles Augustus Magnussen is a version of the blackmailer Charles Augustus Milverton in the original Sherlock Holmes stories, but also takes on major elements of Conan Doyle's Professor Moriarty in appearance, personality and plot role that were not elements of the very different Jim Moriarty who appears in ''Sherlock''.
** Billy Wiggins is mostly Wiggins of the Baker Street Irregulars, but takes his first name from Billy the messenger boy, who first appeared in the stage plays
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' featured Tess Mercer, a combination of Mercy Graves (Lex Luthor's assistant from ''SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''), Miss Tessmacher (One of Lex's underlings from ''Film/{{Superman}}''), and [[spoiler:Lena Luthor (Lex's sister from the comics).]] In the Season 11 comics she becomes [[spoiler: Comicbook/RedTornado, essentially the ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'' BrainUploading {{Gynoid}} version of the Tornado decomposited from Earth-2 Lois and composited onto Tess]].
** Also Chloe, often regarded as an {{Expy}} of Lois Lane, but is actually this trope being a combination of Lois Lane (intrepid reporter) and the comic version of Lana Lang (UnluckyChildhoodFriend from high school) and she spent most of high school trying to uncover Clark's secret much like Lana and Lois tried in the SilverAge. Then again, Lana Lang started off as an Expy of Lois, so its no wonder.
** For that matter, the version of Comicbook/GreenArrow appearing in ''Smallville'' is essentially Oliver Queen filling [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne's]] role in the DC Universe. Like the comics' Green Arrow, he's a BadassNormal vigilante from Star City with a RobinHood-themed M.O. and an arsenal of deadly arrows. Like Batman, he's the main force behind the founding of the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]] and Clark's closest ally in the superhero community. [[note]] This was likely done because the producers of ''Smallville'' couldn't get the television rights to Batman. The only made ''Smallville'' in the first place because they couldn't make a series about a young Bruce Wayne, as they'd originally intended.[[/note]]
** The Star-Spangled Kid is Sylvester Pemberton, but sports a BadassLongCoat and Cosmic Staff like the Jack Knight version of Comicbook/{{Starman}}.
** While his true name is Bart Allen and he is eventually given the codename ''Impulse,'' he's advertised as the Flash for his debut episode, and is a composite of all of them: his fake ID cards have the names Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, and Wally West.
* ''Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad'': While [[Series/DenkouChoujinGridman Naoto Sho and Gridman]] were separate characters who merged together, Sam Collins and Servo are one and the same.
* ''TheTudors'' : Henry VIII in RealLife had two sisters, Mary and Margaret. The character portrayed in the show is given the biography of Mary, but the name of Margaret; creator Michael Hirst said this was to reduce confusion on the set, since Henry's daughter Mary was a major character. There are a number of Thomases in the show, but they're almost always referred to by their last names or titles--Cromwell, More, Wolsey, etc. Edward Seymour's wife Anne Stanhope has a storyline which is an altered (and expanded) version of his historical first wife's antics. This one doesn't have even a flimsy plot excuse, it's simply for the sake of more random sex - oh, and ensuring the complete lack of functional marriages in the show.
* ''TheVampireDiaries'': Bonnie Bennett is a combination of the fair, redheaded, and rather ditzy version from the novels and Meredith, the darker-skinned and more serious best friend.
* ''Series/VRTroopers'' has its share of examples:
** Dark Heart is directly based on Top Gunder of ''Series/ChoujinkiMetalder'', but his backstory [[spoiler:as Ryan Steele's father, Tyler,]] not only merges Dr. Koga from ''Metalder'', but Dr. Bio from ''Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban''.
** Grimlord, while directly based on God Neros from ''Metalder'', effectively supplants [[Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban Queen Pandora]] and [[Series/SpaceSheriffShaider Kubilai]] as the [[BigBad main villain]] of [[CutAndPasteTranslation the entire conglomerate]]. Slightly subverted in that counterparts for both villains did appear, but were DemotedToExtra, Kubilai (a.k.a. Oraclon) becoming Grimlord's monster-maker and Pandora (a.k.a. Desponda, [[TheDragon Despera's]] sister) becoming a one-shot guest villain.
** Ryan Steele, by virtue of his two armored forms, is a composite of ''Metalder'' and ''Shaider''.
** J.B. Reese and Kaitlin Starr were composites of [[Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban Spielban and Diana Lady]], as well as Metalder's two human friends, [[Series/ChoujinkiMetalder Hakko and Mai]] (despite the fact that Spielban was the hero of his own show, J.B. was more of a sidekick to Ryan like Hakko was to Ryusei, while Kaitlin was a reporter like Mai). When footage of Spielban's sister Helen Lady (who wore the same suit as Diana Lady) was adapted into ''VR Troopers'', she became a mirror image of Kaitlin who could be summoned in battle, essentially making Kaitlin a composite of three characters.
* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'':
** The show's version of The Governor is a combination of brothers Brian and Philip Blake from the comics since he is both the Governor and the real father of [[UndeadChild Penny]].
** Lilly Chambler is a combination of Lilly Caul and April Chalmers from the comics/novel.
** Due to Dale's [[DeathByAdaptation early death]], his succeeding characterizations and story arcs were instead fused with Hershel Greene's.
** Tomas from the prison group is a combination of Thomas Richards and Dexter from the comics, while at the same time possess The Governor's comic appearance.
* Maya Resik, mother of Sebastian Blood in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', has a name based on two characters from the comics: Anna Resik, mother of Brother Blood VIII, and May Bennett, mother of Brother Blood IX.
* ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}}''
** The Beetleborgs, by virtue of their armored forms, are composites of the main heroes of ''Series/JuukouBFighter'' and ''Series/BFighterKabuto''.
** One MonsterOfTheWeek in ''Series/BFighterKabuto'' was Driceraija, who was created from a part of [[TheDragon Raija]]. In ''Metallix'', this became Nukus's upgraded form, Mega Nukus.
* In the first episode of ''Series/BlackMirror'', Michael Callow is a composite character of real Prime Minister David Cameron, and his Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg - taking a fair amount of qualities and mannerisms from both.
* ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'' combines Night Nurse, an obscure character from the comics who specializes in helping injured superheroes, with Claire Temple, one of LukeCage's old love interests.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial "The Five Doctors", when Tom Baker declined to participate, the Fourth Doctor's lines were given to the First Doctor.
* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'', Moriarty turns out to share qualities with [[spoiler: Irene Adler. Actually, forget "shares qualities", they're the same person.]]
* Believe it or not, Robert Barone from ''EverybodyLovesRaymond'' is one of these. His main mannerisms (being a cop, being divorced, jealous of his brother, doing "crazy chin", etc.) are taken from Ray's brother Richard, but his name is taken from Ray's ''other'' brother Robert. (When asked why the TV Ray didn't have two brothers like the real one, Ray claimed the real Robert was "the normal one" in his family, and therefore felt he wasn't interesting enough for the show).
* In ''Series/TheFlash1990'', Barry Allen is given one of [[LegacyCharacter Wally West]]'s love interests, and also the need to eat large amounts to "refuel". The costume also looks more like Wally's, with the lightning bolt "belt" coming to a point.
* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', the Reverse Flash seems to largely be based off the original SilverAge version, but sports black accents on his costume much like Daniel West, the {{New 52}} Reverse Flash.
** The titled hero himself is Barry Allen, however with his Adorkable ways and younger age than most incarnations, Barry resembles Wally West often at times. Taken UpToEleven in "Crazy For You" when Linda Park, the most famous Wally West LoveInterest, is introduced for Barry's interest.
* Happens frequently in ''Series/GameOfThrones'', with many characters taking traits from a variety of book characters. Some of many examples include:
** Gendry, perhaps the biggest example, has seen his own book plot combined with the book plot of [[spoiler: Edric Storm, another of Robert's bastards who only appears in the book series.]]
** TV's Rakharo combines Jhogo and Rakharo, two of Dany's Dothraki bodyguards.
** In series 2, Rodrik Cassel's [[spoiler: death is a combination of the death scenes of several minor Winterfell peasants, nanely Benfred Tallhart and Farlen.]]
** Jory Cassel gets several conversations from minor Stark guardsmen.
** In another major example, Davos's seven sons in the book are condensed into one, Matthos.
** Ser Barristan Selmy is, conversely, a downplayed example, taking no story plots from other characters, yet taking elements of Ser Arthur Dayne's {{Badass}} reputation (although book-Barristan was just as badass as his TV counterpart, this mostly takes the form of compliments and stories about Dayne in the book being redirected to Selmy), and taking the role of the knight Jaime Lannister squired for, held in the books by Lord Crakehall.
** Thoros of Myr takes some characteristics from fellow Brotherhood members Lem Lemoncloak and Tom 'o Sevenstrings
** Loras Tyrell is a combination of his brothers Willas and Garlan's roles, who seem to have been written out of the series entirely.
** In Season 2, Tyrion names Bronn [[spoiler: Lord Commander of the Gold Cloaks]] rather than Jacelyn Bywater, who only has a few scenes in A Clash of Kings and dies in the Battle of Blackwater anyway.
* ''Film/{{Gia}}'', the made-for-television biography of model Gia Carangi, has several of these characters, most significantly, her makeup artist-turned-girlfriend.
* In the {{Sky1}} adaptation of ''Discworld/GoingPostal'', Crispin Horsefry becomes Reacher Gilt's second in command, representing the entire board of the Grand Trunk in the novel. Also Mustrum Ridcully is given Professor Pelc's role as MrExposition.
* The 2005 Hallmark Minines "Hercules" has Antaeus who is a combination of Antaeus, Zeus, the Cretan Bull and Cerberus. Antaeus is Hercules' enemy and a Son of Mother Earth, Hercules' father, a bandit leader called the Cretan Bull and is the one present when Hercules goes down to the gates of Hades instead of Cerberus.
* ''Series/HoratioHornblower'' (mini-series): Archie Kennedy is a composite of various minor characters throughout the series of novels it is based on. He notably given actions of an unnamed sailor in "The Even Chance" (AKA "The Duel") by [[spoiler: having a seizure during a raid, forcing Horatio to knock him out to keep him quiet]], and Lt. Bracegirdle's lines in "The Frogs and the Lobsters" (AKA "The Wrong War").
* The 1990s ''Film/JusticeLeague'' pilot. Ice is Tora Olafsdotter, but has Sigrid Nansen's origin. TheFlash is Barry Allen but has Wally West's personality, and Comicbook/GreenLantern is called Guy Gardner, but has elements of Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner.
* The ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' AlternateUniverse visited in ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' did this with its version of protagonist Shoichi, who was a composite of [[spoiler:the three main Riders of the original ''Agito'' show, having been G3 until his powers started developing, turning him into Gills before he finally reaches the "perfect evolution" of Agito.]] Even his name is a composite: [[spoiler:his surname Ashikawa comes from Ryo '''Ashi'''hara (Gills) and Makoto Hi'''kawa''' (G3)]]].
** Also, the ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' arc has a friend of Takumi whose name is Yuri (half Yuka and half Mari, at least in name - she's little like either character.)
** In the Kabuto arc, Tendou's [[spoiler: two sisters]] are combined into one character, Mayu. To get her, we combine Hiyori's [[spoiler: turning out to be a Worm with Jyuka's being an adorable teenage girl who idolizes her bro.]] The storyline happens in a much more satisfying way than it did in ''Kabuto'' due to the lack of sudden actor departures.
* In Series/KamenRiderRyuki, three unnamed characters were possessed by [[BigBad Kanzaki]], and turned into Kamen Rider Odin. In Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight, they became the singular Vic Frasier (Kamen Rider Wrath). Wrath was possessed by Xaviax, so we still have the Rider form as the BigBad's avatar throughout both series.
** Also [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ryuki's]] two main females, Reiko Momoi, IntrepidReporter and senior to [[TheHero Shinji]], and Yui Kanzaki, the only non-rider who could see the mirror world were combined into one character in Maya Young.
** Our hero himself is an example and an inversion at once. We have Kit as Dragon Knight (aka Ryuki, Shinji's shiny suit) until his [[spoiler: disloyal]] alternate self takes over after his DisneyDeath. After his return, Kit becomes Onyx (aka Ryuga, evil alternate Shinji's shiny suit.) However, we first saw Onyx in a ''dream'' of Kit's involving him taking Xaviax's lure. This means Dragon Knight is a composite of Ryuki and Ryuga, but Onyx is splitting Ryuga into two guys.
** There's also some of Len's counterpart Ren ''in Kit.'' There's a Rider whose greatest desire is to see a certain loved one restored. Said loved one is brought out of coma just long enough to try and tempt said Rider. So, are we talking about Kit's dad or Ren's fiancee, now?
** The two Alternative Riders (former colleagues of the BigBad who developed their own powers to thwart him) were merged into Eubulon the Advent Master, who also supplants Kanzaki as the creator of the Rider powers.
* In ''LegendOfTheSeeker'', Cara was primarily the character of the same name from [[SwordOfTruth the books]] with traits of two other Mord-Sith from the third book on thrown in, and was [[DarkerAndEdgier darker than]] [[CharacterExaggeration any of them]]. Nicci filled the roles of three distinct and very different Sisters of the Dark; the schemer [[EvilSorcerer Liliana]] who tried to deceive Richard and steal his magic, their [[TheDragon leader]] and strongest [[EvilGenius Ulicia]], and the AntiVillain [[KnightTemplar Nicci]] who didn't become important until much later in the series. Curiously, Ulicia did show up briefly, only for [[TheWorfEffect Nicci to kill her]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness and absorb her Han]].
* In the 1996 revival of ''TheLiverBirds'', Polly James reprises the role of Beryl, except that Beryl has become a composite of the Beryl she played in the first four seasons and Carol, Beryl's [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute replacement]] in seasons 5-9. Notably, Beryl has somehow acquired Carol's family.
* ''M*A*S*H'': The television version of Major Frank Burns combines the incompetence and ego of the novel's Captain Frank Burns with the holier-than-thou piousness of Major Hobson
* Dex from MaskedRider was based off of ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX''. In several episodes, Film/KamenRiderZO and Film/KamenRiderJ were used in StockFootage as his Rider Form. Due to the differences in the suits, [[StockFootageFailure this did not go unnoticed]].
** One notable MonsterOfTheWeek in ''MaskedRider'' was Hydrasect, who had a OneWingedAngel form called Arachnida. Both forms came from the unrelated monsters Hachi Onna and Kumo Onna from Film/KamenRiderJ and Film/KamenRiderZo, respectively.
* The 1998 ''Film/{{Merlin}}'' series does this at least twice, combining Morgan le Fay with Morgause into a single character that isn't much like either of them simply called Morgan le Fay, and also combining two different Elaines (there's a lot in Arthurian Mythology) into a single character of that name.
** {{Averted}} in [[Series/{{Merlin}} the television series of the same name]]: not only are Morgana and Morgause separate characters (half-sisters), but so were Vivienne (their mother), the Lady of the Lake (a druid girl called Freya) and Nimueh (an [[EvilSorcerer evil sorceress]]), three very distinct characters that are usually conflated in various retellings, and the source material itself. There was also another character called Vivian who had no relation whatsoever to the above characters.
*** In ''Series/{{Merlin}}'', the titular character is the one to throw Excalibur back to the Lady of the Lake [[spoiler:after Arthur's death]], a role that in most legendary sources belongs to Sir Bedivere.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime'' has too many characters to list. Notable examples include:
** Mr. Glass ([[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the Evil Queen's]] mirror/[[spoiler:Genie of Agrabah]])
** Mr. Gold (Rumpelstiltskin/[[Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast The Beast]]/[[Literature/PeterPan the crocodile that took Captain Hook's hand)]] The third being a reference to the appearance of his skin once he becomes "The Dark One".
** Ruby (Literature/LittleRedRidingHood, [[spoiler:TheBigBadWolf]], and probably [[Literature/SnowWhiteAndRoseRed Rose Red]]
** Cora (The miller's daughter from ''{{Literature/Rumpelstiltskin}}'' and [[spoiler:The Queen of Hearts from ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''.]]
** Literature/PeterPan is also Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin
** Regina (the evil queen from ''Literature/SnowWhite'') pretends to be Ursula (the Sea Witch from ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'') and has her role as the person who makes the deal with Ariel to temporarily make her human, but it turns out Ursula actually does exist.
** {{Cinderella}} is also combined with the heroine of Rumpelstiltskin too, with the latter filling the role her fairy godmother played (sort of).
** Elsa and Anna's mother, the queen of Arendelle, from ''{{Frozen}}'' is identified as Gerda, the protagonist of ''TheSnowQueen''.
* The ''Once Upon a Time'' spinoff, ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland'', gives us The Knave of Hearts/Will Scarlet from RobinHood and The Red Queen/Cinderella's stepsister Anastasia.
* Technically, the Rangers in ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' with more than one Ranger identity (I.E., [[GotTheCallOnSpeedDial Tommy]] and the ([[MidSeasonUpgrade Super]]) [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Megaforce Rangers]] ) fall under this trope. Some season-unique examples:
** The two [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Dora Cockatrice]] monsters were combined into the singular [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Chunky Chicken]]. The first one wore a red cap whereas the other one did not; [[StockFootageFailure this did not go unnoticed.]]
** Divatox in ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' melded Gynamo's position as the BigBad with Zonnette's design and backstory about [[spoiler:her being Dimitria's older sister.]]
** [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Astronema]] melds together two villains from ''[[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger Megaranger]]'': Dr. Hinelar (TheDragon and TheStarscream, creator of ThePsychoRangers plot) and Shibolena (cyborg DarkMagicalGirl, surrogate daughter of a villain). Her brother, Andros, melds Mega Red together with Dr. Kubota (TheMentor, had prior history with DragonInChief). Likewise, Ecliptor himself also melds Hinelar's fathery affection toward Shibolena with Yugande.
** In [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force]]: Lucas melds the ex-racer backstory of his Sentai counterpart, Ayase, with the womanizer side of Katie's [[ShesAManInJapan Sentai counterpart]], Domon.
** [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Princess Shayla]] is a composite of [[Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger Gaoranger's]] Priestess Tetomu (TheMentor of the modern Ranger team) and her grandmother, Murasaki (TheMentor of the past Ranger team, had a history with the SixthRanger).
*** Master Org also supplants Shuten and Ura during their tenures as BigBad, while claiming their [[AllYourPowersCombined combined]] [[OneWingedAngel form]] with Rasetsu, Senki, as his own. His costume is also taken from [[Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger Dairanger's]] Gorma XV.
** [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Cam, the Green Samurai Ranger]], is a composite of Oboro (snarky techie offspring of the Rangers' Sensei) and Shurikenger (the SixthRanger) from ''[[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Hurricaneger]]''.
** The multiple users of the Cursed Armor in ''[[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger Abaranger]]'' became the singular cyborg henchman Zeltrax in ''[[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]''. However, the role of the second user of the cursed armor is picked up by Elsa in the last few episodes.
** [[Series/PowerRangersSPD Sam, the Omega Ranger]] is a composite of SixthRanger Deka Break and one-shot guest star Hikaru of ''[[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Dekaranger]]''. The latter grows up to be the former and arrives via TimeTravel. Bridge, meanwhile, melds Deka Green/Sen-Chan with the psychic powers of Z's Sentai Counterpart, Jasmine.
*** Mora/Morgana owes as much to ''Abaranger'''s Rije/Rijewel as she does to Succubus, the villainness her sentai footage comes from.
** [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Mystic Mother]] is a composite of [[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger Magiel]] and [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Bandora]] (aka Rita Repulsa), by virtue of being said to have once been referred to as Rita. Both of these characters were played in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' by the late Machiko Soga, with the two being unrelated in their respective shows.
** ''[[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Operation Overdrive]]'' has four in its adaptation from ''[[Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger Boukenger]]'':
*** Tyzonn, the Mercury Ranger, mixes in [[SixthRanger Bouken Silver]] (ItsPersonal against the Ashu/Fear Cats), one-shot guest star Ragi (human transformed into [[LegoGenetics dragonman]]), and Bouken Red (backstory with deaths of former team).
*** Kamdor directly parallels Yami no Yaiba, and Maboroshi no Gekkou (the latter being the BigBad of the third faction and the monster maker and [[MakeMyMonsterGrow enlarger]]). Also, Miratrix mostly has Shizuka's role, but her monster form is Gekkou's. Shizuka's monster form becomes a one-off monster earlier in the series.
*** The Sentinel Knight is a counterpart to one of the [[MacGuffin Precious]], but has the traits of [[OriginalGeneration Aka Red]], since they're both borderline-{{Physical God}}s who are important players in the MilestoneCelebration crossover.
*** Andrew Hartford is based off of Mister Voice (TheMentor), Morio Makino (creator of the Rangers' tech) and Kouichi Akashi (The Red Ranger's AdventureArchaeologist father).
** RJ in ''[[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'' takes two roles from [[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]]. As the Rangers' mentor, he's part Sha-fu. As the accidental WolfMan and later Wolf Ranger, he's part Gou. Sha-fu also has Master Mao as a counterpart as well, but since he dies early on RJ takes the bulk of his role.
** Although original to ''[[Series/PowerRangersRPM RPM]]'', BigBad Venjix uses battle bodies that in ''[[Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger Go-onger]]'' were the characters Hiramechimedes and Yogoshimacritein.
*** RPM also has Summer whose Ranger designation is of Saki, but her rich upbringing is shared with Go-onger's Go-on Wings.
** Deker in ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' is directly based on Fuwa Juzo, with his backstory [[spoiler:as Dayu's lost love, and the indirect catalyst for her becoming a Nighlok]] being based on Shinza.
** The villain of ''[[Film/SamuraiSentaiShinkengerVsGoOngerGinmakuBang Shinkenger vs Go-Onger]]'' was Batcheed, whose BackupTwin Babatcheed appeared in ''[[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Gokaiger]]''. When their appearances were adapted into ''[[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Samurai]]'' and ''[[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Super Megaforce]]'', they were made into the same character, Professor Cog.
* Done, kind of, in ''Series/RobinHood''. At the end of Season Two, Marian, Will Scarlett, and Djaq the Saracen are written permanently out of the show. The next season introduces Kate, who fills all their niches in the group and show, as well as aspects of their personalities. She takes the place of Marian as LoveInterest and {{Tsundere}}, Djaq as [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Girl]], and Will as the representative of the suffering peasantry. She also experiences the murder of her brother (like Allan), has a tempestuous relationship with her parent (like Marian) and is separated from her family (like Little John). Naturally, she was considered an instant ReplacementScrappy and ended up a CreatorsPet in record time.
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' - Elaine was a composite of various ex-girlfriends of Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David. (The other main characters were based on Seinfeld, David, and David's neighbor Kenny Kramer.)
* The TV adaptations of ''{{Sharpe}}'' have a tendency to do this, in order to avoid LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, with many recurring characters from the books becoming one-off characters and/or suffering ChuckCunninghamSyndrome. For instance, the company of men that follow Sharpe in the books are reduced to half a dozen key characters. Two specific examples occur in ''Sharpe's Revenge'' to avoid bringing back characters from ''Sharpe's Siege'': Maillot is a composite of Maillot (the officer guarding Napoleon's treasure) and Lassan (Lucille's brother), while Wigram is a composite of Wigram (the officer in charge of Sharpe's court martial) and Bampfylde (the officer Sharpe fights a duel with).
* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''
** Charles Augustus Magnussen is a version of the blackmailer Charles Augustus Milverton in the original Sherlock Holmes stories, but also takes on major elements of Conan Doyle's Professor Moriarty in appearance, personality and plot role that were not elements of the very different Jim Moriarty who appears in ''Sherlock''.
** Billy Wiggins is mostly Wiggins of the Baker Street Irregulars, but takes his first name from Billy the messenger boy, who first appeared in the stage plays
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' featured Tess Mercer, a combination of Mercy Graves (Lex Luthor's assistant from ''SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''), Miss Tessmacher (One of Lex's underlings from ''Film/{{Superman}}''), and [[spoiler:Lena Luthor (Lex's sister from the comics).]] In the Season 11 comics she becomes [[spoiler: Comicbook/RedTornado, essentially the ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'' BrainUploading {{Gynoid}} version of the Tornado decomposited from Earth-2 Lois and composited onto Tess]].
** Also Chloe, often regarded as an {{Expy}} of Lois Lane, but is actually this trope being a combination of Lois Lane (intrepid reporter) and the comic version of Lana Lang (UnluckyChildhoodFriend from high school) and she spent most of high school trying to uncover Clark's secret much like Lana and Lois tried in the SilverAge. Then again, Lana Lang started off as an Expy of Lois, so its no wonder.
** For that matter, the version of Comicbook/GreenArrow appearing in ''Smallville'' is essentially Oliver Queen filling [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne's]] role in the DC Universe. Like the comics' Green Arrow, he's a BadassNormal vigilante from Star City with a RobinHood-themed M.O. and an arsenal of deadly arrows. Like Batman, he's the main force behind the founding of the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]] and Clark's closest ally in the superhero community. [[note]] This was likely done because the producers of ''Smallville'' couldn't get the television rights to Batman. The only made ''Smallville'' in the first place because they couldn't make a series about a young Bruce Wayne, as they'd originally intended.[[/note]]
** The Star-Spangled Kid is Sylvester Pemberton, but sports a BadassLongCoat and Cosmic Staff like the Jack Knight version of Comicbook/{{Starman}}.
** While his true name is Bart Allen and he is eventually given the codename ''Impulse,'' he's advertised as the Flash for his debut episode, and is a composite of all of them: his fake ID cards have the names Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, and Wally West.
* ''Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad'': While [[Series/DenkouChoujinGridman Naoto Sho and Gridman]] were separate characters who merged together, Sam Collins and Servo are one and the same.
* ''TheTudors'' : Henry VIII in RealLife had two sisters, Mary and Margaret. The character portrayed in the show is given the biography of Mary, but the name of Margaret; creator Michael Hirst said this was to reduce confusion on the set, since Henry's daughter Mary was a major character. There are a number of Thomases in the show, but they're almost always referred to by their last names or titles--Cromwell, More, Wolsey, etc. Edward Seymour's wife Anne Stanhope has a storyline which is an altered (and expanded) version of his historical first wife's antics. This one doesn't have even a flimsy plot excuse, it's simply for the sake of more random sex - oh, and ensuring the complete lack of functional marriages in the show.
* ''TheVampireDiaries'': Bonnie Bennett is a combination of the fair, redheaded, and rather ditzy version from the novels and Meredith, the darker-skinned and more serious best friend.
* ''Series/VRTroopers'' has its share of examples:
** Dark Heart is directly based on Top Gunder of ''Series/ChoujinkiMetalder'', but his backstory [[spoiler:as Ryan Steele's father, Tyler,]] not only merges Dr. Koga from ''Metalder'', but Dr. Bio from ''Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban''.
** Grimlord, while directly based on God Neros from ''Metalder'', effectively supplants [[Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban Queen Pandora]] and [[Series/SpaceSheriffShaider Kubilai]] as the [[BigBad main villain]] of [[CutAndPasteTranslation the entire conglomerate]]. Slightly subverted in that counterparts for both villains did appear, but were DemotedToExtra, Kubilai (a.k.a. Oraclon) becoming Grimlord's monster-maker and Pandora (a.k.a. Desponda, [[TheDragon Despera's]] sister) becoming a one-shot guest villain.
** Ryan Steele, by virtue of his two armored forms, is a composite of ''Metalder'' and ''Shaider''.
** J.B. Reese and Kaitlin Starr were composites of [[Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban Spielban and Diana Lady]], as well as Metalder's two human friends, [[Series/ChoujinkiMetalder Hakko and Mai]] (despite the fact that Spielban was the hero of his own show, J.B. was more of a sidekick to Ryan like Hakko was to Ryusei, while Kaitlin was a reporter like Mai). When footage of Spielban's sister Helen Lady (who wore the same suit as Diana Lady) was adapted into ''VR Troopers'', she became a mirror image of Kaitlin who could be summoned in battle, essentially making Kaitlin a composite of three characters.
* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'':
** The show's version of The Governor is a combination of brothers Brian and Philip Blake from the comics since he is both the Governor and the real father of [[UndeadChild Penny]].
** Lilly Chambler is a combination of Lilly Caul and April Chalmers from the comics/novel.
** Due to Dale's [[DeathByAdaptation early death]], his succeeding characterizations and story arcs were instead fused with Hershel Greene's.
** Tomas from the prison group is a combination of Thomas Richards and Dexter from the comics, while at the same time possess The Governor's comic appearance.
