History CompositeCharacter / LiveActionTV

** Camina Drummer is the most significant of the composite characters. The show is based on the first 6 books in the series and Drummer's role in them is very minor. TV show Drummer keeps her role as Chief of Security on Tycho Station, but usurps Samara Rosenberg's role as a very close friend to main character Naomi Nagata, then takes Carlos de Baca's (aka Bull) role in the books (without dying like he does in the books) and lastly takes over Michio's role as a rebel ship captain.

* Believe it or not, Robert Barone from ''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).

As ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', ''Series/Daredevil2015'', ''Series/JessicaJones2015'', and ''Series/LukeCage2016'' are part of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, they can be found [[CompositeCharacter/MarvelCinematicUniverse here]].

* CompositeCharacter/MarvelCinematicUniverse

* An ''in-universe'' example in the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode ''Tuvix'', in which a [[TeleporterAccident transporter malfunction]] fused Tuvok and Neelix into a single individual, who while possessing traits of both his component characters, was unquestionably a unique being. By the time a way was found to reverse the process, Tuvix had found his own niche among the crew and was reluctant to go through with it, since he would effectively cease to exist as a result. Of course, keeping him around would have inflicted the same fate on Tuvok and Neelix, so Janeway [[IDidWhatIHadToDo reluctantly ordered]] the [[StatusQuoIsGod inevitable]] separation.

** Jericho's mother Adeline Kane is Asian like Lillian "Sweet Lili" Worth, another of Comicbook/{{Deathstroke}}'s flames from the comics.

** Aqualad is the original Garth iteration of the character, but has the [[MakingASplash hydrokinesis]] powers of Kaldur'ahm/Jackson Hyde, [[LegacyCharacter the second Aqualad in the comics]].

* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'': Matches Malone, who in the comics is a low-level gangster notable mostly for Bruce Wayne using his name after his death as an undercover criminal alias [[spoiler:killed Thomas and Martha Wayne, making him the counterpart to Joe Chill]]. Additionally, [[spoiler:Hugo Strange is the one who ordered it, combining him with Lew Moxon, who was the gangster who hired Chill in those continuities where the murder of the Waynes wasn't just a random mugging.]]

** Beatrix is this to the three members of The Trix. She has Icy's general personality, Darcy's appearance and Stormy's powers.

** Beatrix is this to Icy, Darcy and Stormy, with her powers come from the latter.

* ''Series/FateTheWinxClub'', the {{live action adaptation}} of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'':

** Mr. Glass ([[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the Evil Queen's]] mirror/[[spoiler:Genie of Agrabah]])

* Barry Pearl (the actor who plays Doody in the film) notes in [[https://youtu.be/gTwC23K2tCY?t=200 this interview]] that the greaser boys' personalities were switched when adapting ''Film/{{Grease}}'' from play to film. Specifically, film Doody acts like play Sonny, film Sonny acts like play Roger/Putzie, and film Roger/Putzie acts like play Doody.

* The ''Once Upon a Time'' spinoff, ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland'', gives us The Knave of Hearts/Will Scarlet from RobinHood.

** Speaking of Jericho, he takes his older brother Grant's place as [[spoiler: the Wilson son whose accidental death inspires Comicbook/{{Deathstroke}}'s blood vendetta against the Titans]]. In fact, there's no indication Grant exists in this universe.

** Jericho's mother Adeline Kane is Asian like Lillian "Sweet Lili" Worth, another of Deathstroke's flames from the comics.

** Much like the ''Smallville'' example, Sylvester Pemberton was still Courtney's predecessor, but was called Starman rather than the Star-Spangled Kid or Skyman, and used the Cosmic Staff wielded by Jack Knight in the comics.

** The Fiddler is a woman of Indian descent named Anaya Bowin, a combination of the original comic version of the Fiddler (a white man named Isaac Bowin) and Virtuoso (an Indian woman who took up Bowin's enchanted violin after his death). As the secretly villainous principal of Courtney's high school, she's also combined with Principal Sherman from the original ''Comicbook/StarsAndSTRIPE'' comics.

** The Fiddler is a woman of Indian descent named Anya Bowen, a combination of the original comic version of the Fiddler (a white man named Isaac Bowen) and Virtuoso (an Indian woman who took up Bowen's enchanted violin after his death). As the secretly villainous principal of Courtney's high school, she's also combined with Principal Sherman from the original ''Comicbook/StarsAndSTRIPE'' comics.

* ''Series/{{Stargirl|2020}}'': Much like the ''Smallville'' example, Sylvester Pemberton was still Courtney's predecessor, but was called Starman rather than the Star-Spangled Kid or Skyman, and used the Cosmic Staff wielded by Jack Knight in the comics.

* ''Series/{{Stargirl|2012}}'': Much like the ''Smallville'' example, Sylvester Pemberton was still Courtney's predecessor, but was called Starman rather than the Star-Spangled Kid or Skyman, and used the Cosmic Staff wielded by Jack Knight in the comics.

* ''Series/Stargirl2019'': Much like the ''Smallville'' example, Sylvester Pemberton was still Courtney's predecessor, but was called Starman rather than the Star-Spangled Kid or Skyman, and used the Cosmic Staff wielded by Jack Knight in the comics.

** Subverted as 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.
** Elsa and Anna's mother, the queen of Arendelle, from ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' is identified as Gerda, the protagonist of "Literature/TheSnowQueen".
** The Sorcerer (the one with the Apprentice[[note]]Who isn't Mickey Mouse, but is clearly based on that character.[[/note]]), who was named Yen Sid in ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'', is [[spoiler: Merlin]].

** The show's take on Tiana from ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' is an actual (albeit ImpoverishedPatrician) princess, who initially goes seeking a prince to marry - basically closer to Lottie in the film - before realising she can be her own hero. Her Hyperion Heights counterpart, Sabrine, is the genuinely poor but determined woman who wants to make a success of a food business.
** The New Enchanted Forest version of [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} Lady Tremaine]] turns out to also be [[spoiler: Rapunzel]].

* In the {{Creator/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.

* In the {{Creator/Sky1}} adaptation of ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'', Teatime's crew is drastically reduced, with Chickenwire standing in for Catseye and Peachy. And Sideney gets Peachy's KarmicDeath rather than his own.