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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', ComicBook/BlackWidow is a costumed ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} agent who apparently defects to HYDRA, but is really a triple agent reporting directly to ComicBook/NickFury. Then he disappears, so she can no longer prove this. That's ComicBook/SpiderWoman's story in ''ComicBook/NewAvengers''.
** Along those same lines, ComicBook/{{Mockingbird|MarvelComics}} is given most of Spider-Woman's plot from ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', right down to [[spoiler:getting kidnapped and replaced by Veranke, the Skrull Queen]].
** [[spoiler:Mockingbird actually was replaced by a Skrull in the comics, but the Skrull that did so is a minion of Veranke named H'rpa. Here, Veranke takes H'rpa's place as the identity of the Skrull impostor replacing Mockingbird.]]
** Nick Fury's Season 1 design is a fusion of his Ultimate and classic designs. He's [[RaceLift black]] like Ultimate Fury, but has a full head of hair with gray temples like the original Fury,[[note]]He originally had full black hair in the shorts leading up to season one, but Baron Strucker's life absorbing claw turned portions of his hair gray[[/note]] and also wears the latter's trademark S.H.I.E.L.D. jumpsuit. Upon his return in season 2, he becomes more like his Ultimate self by shaving his head and growing a beard.
** Baron Zemo is another one, mixing the first Zemo, Heinrich, (who fought Cap during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and leads Masters of Evil) with his son, Helmut, the second Zemo (costume and personality, the fact that his face was hideously disfigured due to Captain America's actions, which while something similar happened with the first Zemo, was instead his mask being glued to his face, and his actions with the Masters of Evil include the [[ComicBook/UnderSiege Siege on Avengers Mansion]], a scheme done when Helmut reassembled the Masters of Evil a while after Heinrich's death).
** The Enchantress takes the Space Phantom's place as the early villain who frames the Hulk to get the rest of the Avengers to turn against him, leading to his departure.
** Viper takes ComicBook/{{Elektra}}'s place as [[spoiler: the villain who kicks off the ''Secret Invasion'' storyline after it's revealed she's really a Skrull]].
** In addition, [[spoiler: the Skrull impostor among the Avengers is a composite of the Skrulls who replaced Edwin Jarvis and Hank Pym, replacing neither of them due to Jarvis being depicted as an artificial intelligence and Pym having left the Avengers at the time, he instead replaces Captain America, making him an example of this trope as well]].
** There is also Hulk, who takes from different versions of himself at different periods of time, mixing his original personality, well-known Savage Hulk and recent Green Scar Hulk, causing him to be a lot smarter and rarely use HulkSpeak.
** The ComicBook/NewAvengers are basically given the origin story of the ComicBook/YoungAvengers (a failsafe program designed to seek out replacement Avengers in the event the team ever died or disbanded), the only difference being that while Kang the Conqueror is the enemy the team unites to face, this time he also is the reason the Avengers disappear (replacing Scarlet Witch's role), and that while the New Avengers roster does consist of ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/LukeCage, ComicBook/IronFist, and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Thing]], it also includes War Machine, whom was never part of the New Avengers in the comics. The New Avengers' actual origin story (the team assembles to combat a mass prison break) is [[DecompositeCharacter given]] to the regular Avengers at the start of the series (with the prison break being caused by Loki rather than Electro, and instead of this taking place at one prison, the Raft, it takes place at ''four'' prisons).
** William "Crossfire" Cross is given his cousin Darren Cross's role in [[ComicBook/AntMan Scott Lang]]'s origin story.
** While the Red Skull is largely the same as his comic book counterpart, his role of being responsible for Bucky's death via the explosion of a rocket plane [[spoiler:that is until Captain America touched the Cosmic Cube and (unknowingly) altered reality to make it so Bucky survived the blast of the explosion in the 21st century]] resembles that of the first Baron Zemo, while the fact that he is portrayed as [[spoiler:the mastermind behind Bucky becoming Winter Soldier]] resemble that of Aleksander Lukin.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersUnitedTheyStand'': The team's government liaison is a thin, clean-shaven ObstructiveBureaucrat named Raymond Sikorski. He bears little resemblance to his comic counterpart, a portly, mustachioed man who was generally helpful to the Avengers, and has much more in common with Henry Peter Gyrich, Sikorski's predecessor in the comics. In fact, the animated Sikorski's physical appearance and meddling nature (right down to forcing the Falcon onto the team) come directly from Gyrich.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'':
** Dr. Hugo Strange is initially introduced as the {{morally ambiguous|Doctorate}} director of [[BedlamHouse Arkham Asylum]], who views the insanity of Batman's villains (and Batman himself) as a fascinating riddle. While he soon becomes the MadScientist of the comics, the early appearances owe more to Dr. Jeremiah Arkham. Additionally, his role in the episode "Strange New World" was originally meant for the Scarecrow, though Strange does predates Scarecrow [[spoiler:and some of Strange's earliest appearances saw him employ similar hallucinogenic toxins to what Crane's best known for.]]
** In the final season, Firefly becomes this, when he came into contact with an isotope and gained the powers and (partly) the codename of minor Batman baddie Doctor Phosphorus.
** [[WordOfGod Alan Burnett]] said the Flash was Barry Allen, but the character has a personality more in line with Wally West and Bart Allen.[[note]]It also helps that Creator/CharlieSchlatter, who voiced Barry here, had previously done Wally in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''.[[/note]] Like Wally, he also [[WizardNeedsFoodBadly needed to consume large amounts of food]] to keep up with his ultra-fast metabolism.
** The Batman in general had a lot of this, due to the [[ExecutiveMeddling Bat Embargo]] preventing them from being able to use villains from ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' (Joker being the exceptions). Accordingly, Ethan Bennett/Clayface is similar to Harvey Dent/Two-Face (and a similar appearance and police career to Crispus Allen), Black Mask is similar to Ra's al Ghul, and Hugo Strange's later appearances (particularly Strange New World) use him as a stand-in for Scarecrow. They were also unable to use Robin due to ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', so ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} wound up inheriting a lot of his KidSidekick traits (at least until Robin was able to appear in later seasons), including a personality akin to the Spoiler's.
** Chief Angel Rojas is basically DirtyCop and BadBoss Commissioner Gillian Loeb with the [[FatBastard build]] of Harvey Bullock, and made [[RaceLift Hispanic]] and a police chief.
** Ellen Yin combines the roles of both [[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns Ellen Yindel]] and Renee Montoya, and likewise with Rojas, Yin is a RaceLift (Yin is Asian-American, whereas the original Yindel was white and Montoya was Latina).
** The Wrath has Killer Moth's original "protector of criminals" shtick and the brown and orange of Catman's costume. The original Wrath was a CopKiller who wore red and purple.
** The Robin used is [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]], but he wears [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim Drake]]'s costume like in ''Batman: TAS'', ''Film/BatmanForever'', and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' and uses a staff as his primary weapon like Drake and the ''TT'' version of Dick, and in a distant future, he ultimately does become Nightwing.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'':
** Similar to Venom is ComicBook/{{Firestorm|DCComics}}. In the original comics, Firestorm was an amalgam of slacker student Ronnie Raymond and physicist Martin Stein, then Raymond and Mikhail Arkadin, then Raymond on his own. After his death, the new Firestorm was teenager Jason Rusch, who would combine with whomever happened to be nearby but would eventually combine with his friend Mick Wong, then Stein, then Firehawk, then his girlfriend Gehenna. The animated version was formed by a combination of gym teacher Ronnie Raymond and his student, a pre-teen Jason Rusch (now a science whizz-kid to provide Stein's atomic knowledge). Unusually this switches their positions, as normally Ronnie was the physical body of Firestorm and Martin was the voice in his head, now, Jason is the intended physical body though with a lot of added musculature, and Ronnie speaks in his head, switching the muscle and brains around. As of ''ComicBook/BrightestDay'' and the ''ComicBook/New52'', the Rusch/Raymond combo has appeared in the comics as well.
** In the comics, the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} was Priscilla Rich, a wealthy American socialite who had no powers and wore a cheetah costume, while the post-Crisis Cheetah was Barbara Anne Minerva, a British archaeologist who was turned into a superhuman cheetah creature by the plant god Urzkartaga. The TB&TB version of Cheetah is Priscilla Rich, but like her successor, possesses superhuman abilities that were given to her by Urzkartaga.
** The TB&TB incarnation of Damian Wayne combines elements of three separate children of Bruce Wayne from different continuities - obviously he gets his name from ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'', but the story he appears in is more like UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age|OfComicBooks}} "Imaginary Stories" with Bruce Wayne Jr. (complete with the FramingStory of Alfred writing fiction). And his mother isn't Talia, like comics Damian, or Kathy Kane, like Bruce Jr., but Catwoman like [[ComicBook/{{Huntress}} Helena Wayne]] of Earth-2, who became a vigilante in order to avenge the death of her mother, and continued on, taking her father's place after his subsequent death, in this case, both Batman and Catwoman die at once due to Joker's protege Joker Jr. rather than dying individually.
** The Weeper in "Joker: The Vile and the Villainous" is based on a Golden Age character who was a foe of Bulletman, but the story itself is based on a team-up between Joker and a character called Willy the Weeper. The composite character has the original Weeper's real name and appearance (and is shown fighting Bulletman in flashback), but like Willy is an IneffectualSympatheticVillain who cries ''genuine'' tears for his victims.
** Krull the Eternal is the [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] enemy, King Kull, in name and appearance (and is also shown as a member of the Monster Society), but with the backstory of ComicBook/VandalSavage, plus some visual cues and a [[Creator/MichaelDorn voice actor]] from ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s son Kalibak.
** The Hunter's name and appearance come from the Faceless Hunters who appeared in ''Strange Adventures''. His role as humanoid frontman for Starro is loosely based on Cobi from ''R.E.B.E.L.S.''
** Equinox is two ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' villains: Libra (balance-obsessed, cosmic-powered villain) and the Gray Man (embittered and crazy ex-agent of the Lords of Order).
** OMAC enemy General Kafka is combined with the completely unrelated character Shrapnel, for no reason that's easy to figure out.
** The Batman of Zur-En-Arrh is an existing character in his own right, but his civilian identity (largely unexplored in the comics, [[AdaptationExpansion but heavily expanded on in the show]]) is heavily inspired by [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]]. Likewise, Vilsi Vayla is a combination of Vicki Vale (name and appearance) and ComicBook/LoisLane (personality, [[CastingGag voice]] [[Creator/DanaDelany actress]], and relationship with the two Batmen).
** In early episodes, Mongul and his sister Mongal often took over roles more associated with ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} and his lieutenants, like commanding the Female Furies and Steppenwolf. The show generally stopped doing this after Darkseid was properly introduced about halfway through Season 2.
** The Reverse Flash is Eobard Thawne, but he has Hunter Zolomon's [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] and [[BlackEyesOfEvil black]] eyes.
** Jarvis Kord, Ted Kord's EvilUncle, takes Max Lord's role as Ted's killer. He's even voiced by Creator/TimMatheson, who voiced Lord in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited''.
** The version of ComicBook/PhantomLady who appears in "Cry Freedom Fighters" combines elements of three characters who have used the name. She has the origin and costume ([[AdaptationalModesty well a more modest version of it]]) of Sandra Knight, the original Phantom Lady. She uses holographic technology just like Dee Tyler, the second Phantom Lady. And finally her use of invisibility and intangibility technology are borrowed from the third Phantom Lady, Stormy Knight.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'', Slade Wilson/Deathstroke has a lot of similarities with Tommy Elliot/Hush. They both have a deep resentment of Bruce Wayne because he had better parental figures, both know he is Batman, both feign friendship with him to get closer to him and both enact a complex scheme to ruin his life, including faking their own death. Pre-plastic surgery Slade even resembles Tommy from the comics. WordOfGod admitted that the series was going to feature Hush before using a "similar" villain instead.
* The ComicBook/BlackLightning shorts on WesternAnimation/DCNation imply that Black Vulcan, Black Lightning's CaptainErsatz from ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'', was simply an identity that he used in the past.

* The 2019 version of ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'':
** Much like ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever'', Barbara Gordon is the ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} used, but her personality is more in-line with Stephanie Brown's.
** Also like ''SBFF'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} has the build and personality of ComicBook/PowerGirl, only this time, she also sports Pee Gee's shorter hair; the episode "#[=PowerSurge=]" even sees her take up the identity and costume of Power Girl. Additionally, her civilian outfit evokes [[ComicBook/Superboy1994 the Conner Kent Superboy's original costume]].
** Supergirl's mother Alura takes Jor-El's place as the one who imprisoned General Zod, Ursa and Non in the Phantom Zone just prior to Krypton's destruction.
** ComicBook/{{Robin}} is Dick Grayson, but has the more obnoxious and negative personality traits of BrattyHalfPint Damian Wayne. And, like many modern adaptations, he uses Tim Drake's bo staff.
** Much like the below-mentioned ''Harley Quinn'', Condiment King takes the name of "Mitchell Mayo" like the InNameOnly version introduced in ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' and the appearance of [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the original Buddy Standler version]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/DeathstrokeKnightsAndDragons'', the H.I.V.E. Queen is [[spoiler: Rose Wilson, usually known as the teen AntiHero Ravager in the comics]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFantasticFour1967'':
** "The Invasion of the Super-Skrulls" ends with the FF forcing the titular villain to shapeshift into a cow, and then hypnotizing him into believing he really is a cow so that he'll never hurt anyone again. That's not how the Super-Skrull was beaten in ''Fantastic Four'' #18 (The issue the episode was adapted from), but ''is'' how the group of Skrull invaders in ''Fantastic Four'' #2 were disposed of.
** Alicia Masters never appeared, so when the show did an adaptation of the original three-part ComicBook/{{Galactus}} storyline from the comics, her pivotal role was instead given to Sue Storm.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFantasticFour1978'', Medusa takes her husband Black Bolt's place as the ruler of ComicBook/TheInhumans.

* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'':
** The show's version of ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} is [[ComicBook/Batgirl2011 Barbara Gordon]] in name, appearance, and background, but her personality is more like that of [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie Brown]], and her getting started during the show's take on the ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand'' arc is taken from [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Cassandra Cain]].
** Condiment King has the name "Mitchell Mayo" like the InNameOnly version introduced in ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'', yet as the stocky appearance and blue and white costume of [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the original Buddy Standler version]].

* ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'':
** The Mandarin combines elements of his comic counterpart and his son, Temugin, specifically, while not the original Mandarin (that would be his older stepfather Zheng Tong), Gene Khan is intended to be Temugin, but becomes the main Mandarin that opposes Iron Man.
** [[AnIcePerson Blizzard]] has the real name of Donnie Gill, the better-known Blizzard II in the comics. But his backstory as an embittered ex-Stark scientist who created the cryosuit comes from Gregor Shapanka, the original Blizzard.
** And Justin Hammer is [[spoiler: Titanium Man]].
** Kevin O'Brien, known as the armored hero Guardsman in the comics, is instead the second pilot of the Crimson Dynamo armor.
** Once again, Ghost takes on Spymaster's role as the thief of Iron Man's designs during the "Armor Wars" adaptation.
** Whitney Stane is a composite of Whitney Frost (as Madame Masque) and Ezekiel Stane (as Obadiah Stane's child [[spoiler:and a user of the Iron Monger armor]]).
** The Black Knight used in the show is the villainous Nathan Garrett version, but sports the costume and clean-shaven appearance of Dane Whitman, [[RedeemingReplacement his heroic successor]].
*** The same combination (Garrett's personality and identity, Whitman's costume and physical appearance) was used for the Black Knight's appearance in the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAvengersUnitedTheyStand Avengers: United They Stand]]'' tie-in comic.
* ''WesternAnimation/IronManTheAnimatedSeries'':
** [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Julia Carpenter]] has a lot of elements of Pepper Potts thrown in. This is especially obvious in the second season, where her [[PromotedToLoveInterest romance with Tony]] is given much more focus. She also uses mechanical web-shooters like the ones worn by Peter Parker, unlike in the comics, where she possesses the ability to conjure psychokinetic webbing.
** In the comics, Force kick starts the ''ComicBook/ArmorWars'' storyline after it's discovered that his armor contains stolen Stark technology. Later in the same story, the Russian hero Titanium Man II dies after a battle with Iron Man. The show combines both roles into Crimson Dynamo, a Russian villain who is killed during a battle with Iron Man, and whose death starts the whole "Armor Wars" plot after Stark technology is discovered within his charred armor.
** Additionally, Iron Man calls Crimson Dynamo "Yuri," seemingly indicating that it's Yuri Petrovich inside the suit. However, the armor he wears is that of Valentin Shatalov, one of the men who later used the Crimson Dynamo identity in the comics after Petrovich was arrested and exiled to Siberia.
** Also, in the original ''Armor Wars'' storyline, Justin Hammer was responsible for distributing the stolen Iron Man technology to various shady characters. One of Hammer's clients was another CorruptCorporateExecutive named Edwin Cord, who used Stark's designs to build the Firepower armor. In the TV series, Hammer is both the one who sells Tony's designs ''and'' the businessman who uses that same technology to create Firepower.
** In general, the show's version of "Armor Wars" combined a lot of characters, often by giving roles held by certain characters in the comics to ones who were already in the show's cast. Examples include ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} being the teammate who Iron Man is forced to fight during his raid on the Vault instead of [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]], Ghost taking Spymaster's role as the one who is revealed to have stolen Tony's designs, Blizzard and Blacklash being the ones who perform the botched plane hijacking instead of the Raiders, and the Mandroids being Tony's targets at the Vault instead of the Guardsmen (with the Mandroids even sporting armor that looks more like the ones the Guardsmen wear in the comics).
** Speaking of which, the show's Titanium Man is the original Boris Bullski version, but his armor design is heavily influenced by that of the Gremlin, the second Titanium Man in the comics.
** The second season also makes the modular Iron Man armor a composite suit, by giving it the ability to transform into different models, including the Hydro Armor and the Silver Centurion, which were separate (and previous) models in the comics.

* The Toyman in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'' is Asian like the Hiro Okamura version of Toyman, but is also a villain like the previous iterations of the character. He also has the diminutive stature of the Toyman from ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''.
* ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2006'' pays tribute to Franchise/{{Superman}}'s entire legacy of PhantomZone criminals in the form of Drax, a young Kryptonian [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS with a big 'Z' on his chest]] and an inexplicable British accent who was ''born'' in the Phantom Zone and has design elements of the non-Kryptonian Zod from ''ComicBook/SupermanBirthright''.
** The spikes on him are reminiscent of Doomsday. The pale skin may be a shout out to Bizarro as well.
** Kel-El/Superman X is effectively a composite of [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Kon-El]] and the Superman of the 853rd century, with a little bit of [[ComicBook/{{Valor}} Mon-El]] thrown in as well.

* ''WesternAnimation/MarvelRisingSecretWarriors'': [[ComicBook/SpiderGwen Ghost Spider]] is Gwen Stacy, but her dyed pink hair is taken from [[ComicBook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool Gwenpool]], another character she inspired.
* ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'':
** In the comics, the Jackal has a brother named Raymond, who is a teacher at Midtown High. Here, [[spoiler: the Jackal ''is'' Raymond. Additionally, he's fused with Arthur Stacy as he's Gwen's uncle]].
** Flash Thompson is a jock like in the comics, but is interested in science (but not very good at it) like his ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' counterpart, and cuts his hair extremely short like his ''[[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Amazing Spider-Man]]'' counterpart. He also displays the ReformedBully characteristics that he eventually gained in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and the post-high school issues of the original comics. [[spoiler:Additionally, while he did have his Agent Venom time, this Flash takes over Eddie Brock's role as the symbiote's first post-Spidey host.]]
** Kraven fused the skills of his 616 self, the reality show stardom of his ''Ultimate'' counterpart, and a look his second son Alyosha wore when he fought ComicBook/ThePunisher.
** Gwen Stacy is a fusion of her 616 and ''ComicBook/SpiderGwen'' incarnations. An arc adapted from ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland'' also sees her in a role similar to Carlie Cooper.
** Screwball is Liz Allan instead of a separate person.
** Harry Osborn, much like in the ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' comics, [[spoiler:is the Hobgoblin, in this particular case, he's fused with post-FaceHeelTurn Phil Urich as this Harry has spiky black hair, as opposed to the reddish-brown of past versions of Harry, and wields a flame sword. However he is not evil this time, and another case of this trope applies when his father Norman Osborn uses the name instead of being Green Goblin.]]
** Electro is based on the [[LegacyCharacter second]] one, Francine Frye, but has an EnergyBeing form similar to the Ultimate incarnation of Max Dillon, her [[RaceLift being black]] might also be from ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''[='=]s version of Dillon, and she's also an Engineer like Dillon.
** Anti-Venom turns out to be [[spoiler: ComicBook/{{Groot}}]], with the suit being formed when his natural alien antibodies interact with a Venom symbiote.
** Tiberius Stone's connection with Alchemax during ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan's reign is taken from his comic counterpart. However, his hairstyle and role as Alchemax's CEO both come from Tyler Stone, his son from ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2099''. He also takes Donald Roxxon's place as the one behind the illegal experiments that transformed Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen into ComicBook/{{Cloak and Dagger|MarvelComics}}.
** Swarm turns out to be [[spoiler:Jefferson Davis, Miles Morales's dad, taking up a similar role to his brother Aaron as the Prowler]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman''
** While she has the name and powers of Livewire, her role as an arms dealer and mercenary who initially uses super-tech and serves as the StarterVillain of a Superman animated show owes a lot to the [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]] version of Metallo. She even tries to dispatch Superman with a robot that he struggles with due to inexperience during a heist, like that iteration of Metallo did.
** Dr. Anthony Ivo is a composite of his original comics self, his android Amazo, and the various incarnations of Parasite, with just a hint of Lex Luthor.
** Kyle [=McDougal=] composite of Bevan [=McDougal=][[note]]Siobhan's brother in the comics, who like Kyle is responsible for her powers, albeit accidentally in Bevan's case[[/note]] and the Golden Age villain [[ComicBook/StarmanDCComics Mist]][[note]]Who is unnamed in the original comics but has twice been named Kyle Nimbus in adaptations due to being composited with his son Kyle[[/note]]. His connection with Silver Banshee might also make him a reference to Silver Mist, an obscure ComicBook/{{Steel}} villain.

* In the Series/{{Arrowverse}} animated series ''WesternAnimation/FreedomFightersTheRay'', the title character's look and name come from Raymond Terrill, the second Ray in the comics. His sexuality comes from ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'''s version of Lanford Terrill, the original Ray. His origin appears to be based loosely on Lucien Gates, the ComicBook/{{New 52}} Ray, with Lanford's journalism background.

* ''WesternAnimation/SilverSurferTheAnimatedSeries'':
** Frankie Raye takes Alicia Masters' place as the human woman who convinces the Surfer to turn against Galactus and spare Earth.
** Drax is changed from a dead human recreated by Kronos to a living brain in an android body built by Mentor. This essentially makes him the show's equivalent of ISAAC, the advanced ArtificialIntelligence created by Mentor in the comics.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', Montana of the Enforcers and the Shocker (originally Herman Schultz in the comics) are now a single character. His partner in the Enforcers, Fancy Dan, becomes Ricochet (two ''heroes'' in the comics continuity, one of whom was Spidey himself). The Ox also gets a power suit, but stays the Ox.
** Their boss, Lonnie "Tombstone" Lincoln, also uses the alter-ego "Big Man," originally Frederick Foswell in the comics. (Interestingly, Foswell was in the series, and said that he ''knew'' if anyone was the Big Man, it wasn't Lincoln; it's unclear if something would have developed with this had the show not been ScrewedByTheLawyers.) As a billionaire VillainWithGoodPublicity he's also ''far'' more reminiscent of ComicBook/TheKingpin than thug-for-hire comic Tombstone, or even the original Big Man, who was more of a street gang leader. WordOfGod says they were originally going to include the Kingpin as "the Big Man of Crime," but had to [[WritingAroundTrademarks Write Around Trademarks]] since they were only allowed to use official ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' characters. Kingpin is technically a ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' villain now, so Sony didn't have the rights to him.
** And the Cat, ComicBook/BlackCat's GentlemanThief father, is combined with [[spoiler:Uncle Ben's killer]], which in turn makes Black Cat combined with [[spoiler:Jessica Carradine]].
** There's also Sable Manfredi. Her role as the loyal daughter of the elderly crime-lord Silvio "Silvermane" Manfredi comes from Alisha Silver in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''. Her name and appearance are clearly based on Nazi-hunter and occasional Spidey ally ComicBook/SilverSable (Silver Sablinova).
** Liz Allan's brother Mark has a gambling addiction, much like Betty Brant's brother Bennett in the comics.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967'', Mary Jane Watson is Captain Stacy's niece, presumably to fill the void left by Gwen Stacy, his daughter in the comics.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'':
** Felicia Hardy and Mary Jane Watson both received characteristics of Gwen Stacy due to Gwen being DemotedToExtra. Felicia retains Gwen's original LovableAlphaBitch characterization from her early appearances, while Mary Jane has her more wholesome personality from later comics, as well as [[spoiler:receiving Gwen's death, although she is trapped in another dimension instead of dying.]]
** The Hobgoblin is largely based on the original version of the character (believed at the time in the comics to have been Ned Leeds, but later confirmed to be Roderick Kingsley a few years after the show ended). However, when finally unmasked, it's revealed that the show's version of the Hobgoblin is Jason Phillip Macendale, [[LegacyCharacter the second major Hobgoblin]] in the comics.
** Electro mixes in elements of Albert Malik, the second Red Skull, by having Electro's costume and powers and much of Malik's background by being a Russian Agent, having ties to the conspiracy of the deaths of Peter's parents, and impersonating the real Red Skull.
** Tombstone is turned into an enforcer for Silvermane, a role in the comics that's primarily held by minor Spider-Man villain Man Mountain Marko.
** Spider-Carnage is created when the ComicBook/{{Carnage}} symbiote merges with an alternate universe version of Peter Parker, unlike in the comics, where Spider-Carnage was the result of a merger between the symbiote and Ben Reilly.
** Much like the live-action ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' movie would do years later, the show made the Wilson "ComicBook/TheKingpin" Fisk the one responsible for the murder of Jack Murdock, combining Fisk with Roscoe "The Fixer" Sweeney, the man who killed Jack in the comics.
* ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever'':
** The Batgirl used is [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]] but her personality in more in line with [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie Brown]].
** Likewise, the classic Kara Zor-El ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} is used, but she's fused with ComicBook/PowerGirl as she's more muscular like PG and has Karen's more rougher personality.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'', Scorpio (Nick Fury's brother in the comics) is [[spoiler:Nick Fury himself using the identity to infiltrate and thwart Dr. Doom's plans.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'':
** ComicBook/{{Robin}} is an amalgam of the first three characters who went by that name, although he is mainly implied (and later confirmed in the tie-in comics) to be Dick Grayson. He has Dick's origin and future identity as ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, but [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim Drake's]] fighting style, costume and detective skills. And to a lesser extent, Jason Todd's anger issues.
** While the Warp in the comics had VillainTeleportation, the Warp in this show was clearly meant to be DC supervillain Chronos, what with his [[TimeTravel time-travelling]] powers and whatnot.
** Kole has her comic book counterpart's powers and personality in addition to taking Lilith's role as Gnarrk's companion.
** Before Characters/{{Deathstroke}}'s daughter appeared in the animated series continuity proper, Terra's character combined elements of Rose Wilson and Tara Markov, particularly the abusive relationship the comic version of Wilson had with her father, and the long, blonde hair of Wilson's that fell over one eye, creating a visual comparison with Slade.
** ComicBook/{{Raven}} has her comic book counterpart's powers and backstory in addition to taking [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]]'s role as ComicBook/{{Starfire}}'s HeterosexualLifePartner.
** Jinx has her comic book counterpart's powers and role in addition to taking Magenta's role as Kid Flash's love interest.

* In ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'':
** Lady Deathstrike is ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s former lover from Japan, a backstory that was taken from Mariko Yashida, Logan's longtime girlfriend from the comics. Deathstrike's father, Professor Oyama, was himself combined with Abraham Cornelius, the scientist in charge of the adamantium-bonding procedure that was used on Logan at Weapon X.
** The Phalanx was amalgamated with the Technarchy.
** The adaptation of ''ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast'' combines that story with another time travel story (the X-Men traitor), and Bishop, the time traveler from the latter, also stands in for Kitty Pryde, the original traveler from the former.
** Any ''other'' role that was originally Kitty's was given to Jubilee. These include the scene from the first episode where Jubilee is kicked out of an arcade after breaking one of the machines (something that happened to Kitty in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #180), and the classic "Kitty's Fairy Tale" issue being loosely adapted as "Jubilee's Fairytale Theater" in the final season.
** Beast mentions that Magneto is the one who crippled Professor Xavier, an act performed by an alien named Lucifer in the original comics.
** Crossing over with DecompositeCharacter, [[Recap/XMenS1E5CaptiveHearts "Captive Hearts"]] gave the role of the X-Man Callisto kidnapped to be her mate to Cyclops, with Angel, who originally held the role, appearing later on.
* In ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', Avalanche seems to be a combination of the comic book Avalanche (name, role with the Brotherhood) and Rictor of the ComicBook/NewMutants (appearance, the details of how his powers work, occasional consideration of a HeelFaceTurn). The hotheadedness comes from both of them.
* In ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'':
** Marrow appears in the BadFuture, where she befriends Rover the Sentinel and takes on the role of Tom Skylark in the comic book BadFuture ''Here Comes Tomorrow'', only without the {{Technopath}}y that explained ''how'' Tom had made friends with a Sentinel. Instead, she was given it by Polaris.
** The show's version of Arclight is a male like the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' characters, but sported the powers of the classic Marvel version who's a woman and wears a [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]] version of her costume.
** Master Mold is combined with Danger, the evil sentient [[ArtificialIntelligence A.I.]] from Creator/JossWhedon's run. Because of this, Master Mold [[GenderFlip is depicted as a]] FemBot.
** Silver Samurai is merged with Noburu Hideki, Mariko's fiance from the original ''ComicBook/Wolverine1982'' mini-series. This causes a bit of {{Squick}}, [[BrotherSisterIncest since Silver Samurai is Mariko's BROTHER in the original comics]].
** Angel's father, Warren Worthington II, was a combination of his incarnation in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' (a misguided man who thinks he's helping mutants when he's really helping himself [[spoiler:[[HeelRealization who realizes the error of his ways]], though here, it's too late to really do anything]]) and Cameron Hodge ([[spoiler:being the one who has Angel's wings amputated]]).
** Toad is basically the Earth-616 version with the ComicBook/{{Ultimate|Marvel}} look.
** ComicBook/{{Mystique}}, who's a mix of Mystique as we know her, and [[spoiler:Silver Fox, Wolverine's former love interest and fellow captive at Weapon X]].

** While Itchy of ''JustForFun/TheItchyAndScratchyShow'' is mostly known as a parody of [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry Jerry Mouse]], he also has more than a few elements of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse (his in-universe first appearance was a parody of ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' and Roger Meyers Sr. is played as a parody of Creator/WaltDisney) and [[WesternAnimation/HermanAndKatnip Herman]] (as he is known to brutally torture Scratchy, usually for no discernable reason, and stretches DesignatedHero to the point of parody).

* ''{{WesternAnimation/The Looney Tunes Show}}'s'' take on WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck splits the difference between his prior [[CloudCuckooLander crazed prankster]] and [[SmallNameBigEgo greedy gloryhound]] personas. Thus, he's a blithely self-absorbed and erratic schemer who uses InsaneTrollLogic to justify [[LazyBum everything]] he [[BrutalHonesty does wrong]].

* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "I Am Furious (Yellow)", when Bart claims his comic character "Angry Dad" is not based purely on Homer, but is a composite of [[DistinctionWithoutADifference his dad, Lisa's dad, and Maggie's dad]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}}'':

** Krull the Eternal is the [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] enemy, King Kull, in name and appearance (and is also shown as a member of the Monster Society), but with the backstory of Comicbook/VandalSavage, plus some visual cues and a [[Creator/MichaelDorn voice actor]] from ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s son Kalibak.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFantasticFour1978'', ComicBook/{{Medusa|Marvel Comics}} takes her husband ComicBook/BlackBolt's place as the ruler of ComicBook/TheInhumans.

* ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' pays tribute to Franchise/{{Superman}}'s entire legacy of PhantomZone criminals in the form of Drax, a young Kryptonian [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS with a big 'Z' on his chest]] and an inexplicable British accent who was ''born'' in the Phantom Zone and has design elements of the non-Kryptonian Zod from ''ComicBook/SupermanBirthright''.

* This was a shrewd method of giving the lead character more roles in early episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' adapted from ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' novels. Whenever the original novels utilized a generic or unadapted engine, Thomas would be used in its place. For example, he is the engine that tries to pull Henry out of the tunnel in "The Sad Story of Henry", or the rude engine that fetches James' trucks in "Troublesome Trucks", both of which were unnamed background characters in the original books.
** The Fat Controller also took the role of the Narrow Gauge Controller in early episodes. Later on Mr. Percival was created to take the role of the Thin Controller from the original books.
** In "Percy Takes the Plunge", the unknown tank engines from outside the railway have been replaced by Bill and Ben. Likewise, in "Thomas and the Special Letter", Jinty is replaced with Oliver.

** With the exception of ''ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast'', where it's Bishop who takes the role instead, any role that was originally Kitty Pryde's was given to Jubilee. These include the scene from the first episode where Jubilee is kicked out of an arcade after breaking one of the machines (something that happened to Kitty in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #180), and the classic "Kitty's Fairy Tale" issue being loosely adapted as "Jubilee's Fairytale Theater" in the final season.

** To go along with Blackarachnia being a fusion of her namesake and Elita-One, Sentinel Prime has the color scheme and role as the second guy in Optimus's TwoGuysAndAGirl trio from Dion from "War Dawn".

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' and its two followups combined franchise villain Bowser with Wart from [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2 the second game]]. His first name is still Bowser and he has his basic appearance and personality, but his color scheme and the fact the he wears a crown comes from Wart.[[note]]This became his design in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''.[[/note]] He also has the 8 bits, who worked for Wart in the games, as his henchmen.

*** The Shredder, like his [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles film]] counterpart, takes his brother Nagi's part in the LoveTriangle between him, Yoshi, and Tang Shen, but his part in killing her and being raised alongside Hamato Yoshi is taken from Yukio Mashimi, the stand-in for Nagi in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 4Kids adaptation]].

** Tiberius Stone's connection with Alchemax during ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan's reign is taken from his comic counterpart. However, his hairstyle and role as Alchemax's CEO both come from Tyler Stone, his son from ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2099''. He also takes Donald Roxxon's place as the one behind the illegal experiments that transformed Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen into ComicBook/CloakAndDagger.
** Swarm turns out to be [[spoiler: Jefferson Davis, Miles Morales's dad, taking up a similar role to his brother Aaron as the Prowler]].

** Along those same lines, ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}} is given most of Spider-Woman's plot from ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', right down to [[spoiler: getting kidnapped and replaced by Veranke, the Skrull Queen.]]

** ComicBook/BaronZemo is another one, mixing the first Zemo, Heinrich, (who fought Cap during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and leads Masters of Evil) with his son, Helmut, the second Zemo (costume and personality, the fact that his face was hideously disfigured due to Captain America's actions, which while something similar happened with the first Zemo, was instead his mask being glued to his face, and his actions with the Masters of Evil include the [[ComicBook/UnderSiege Siege on Avengers Mansion]], a scheme done when Helmut reassembled the Masters of Evil a while after Heinrich's death).
** ComicBook/TheEnchantress takes the Space Phantom's place as the early villain who frames the Hulk to get the rest of the Avengers to turn against him, leading to his departure.

** The ComicBook/NewAvengers are basically given the origin story of the ComicBook/YoungAvengers (a failsafe program designed to seek out replacement Avengers in the event the team ever died or disbanded), the only difference being that while Characters/KangTheConqueror is the enemy the team unites to face, this time he also is the reason the Avengers disappear (replacing Scarlet Witch's role), and that while the New Avengers roster does consist of ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/LukeCage, ComicBook/IronFist, and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Thing]], it also includes ComicBook/WarMachine, whom was never part of the New Avengers in the comics. The New Avengers' actual origin story (the team assembles to combat a mass prison break) is [[DecompositeCharacter given]] to the regular Avengers at the start of the series (with the prison break being caused by Loki rather than Electro, and instead of this taking place at one prison, the Raft, it takes place at ''four'' prisons).

** While the Red Skull is largely the same as his comic book counterpart, his role of being responsible for ComicBook/{{Bucky|Barnes}}'s death via the explosion of a rocket plane [[spoiler:that is until Captain America touched the Cosmic Cube and (unknowingly) altered reality to make it so Bucky survived the blast of the explosion in the 21st century]] resembles that of the first Baron Zemo, while the fact that he is portrayed as [[spoiler:the mastermind behind Bucky becoming Winter Soldier]] resemble that of Aleksander Lukin.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersUnitedTheyStand'': The team's government liaison is a thin, clean-shaven ObstructiveBureaucrat named Raymond Sikorski. He bears little resemblance to his comic counterpart, a portly, mustachioed man who was generally helpful to the Avengers, and has much more in common with Henry Peter Gyrich, Sikorski's predecessor in the comics. In fact, the animated Sikorski's physical appearance and meddling nature (right down to forcing ComicBook/TheFalcon onto the team) come directly from Gyrich.

** ComicBook/{{Drax|The Destroyer}} is changed from a dead human recreated by Kronos to a living brain in an android body built by Mentor. This essentially makes him the show's equivalent of ISAAC, the advanced ArtificialIntelligence created by Mentor in the comics.

* ''WesternAnimation/SilverSurfer'':

** Kronis eventually becomes Trap Jaw thanks to getting his jaw broken, while serving Skeletor as an EvilGenius in place of Tri-Clops.

** The cast of ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyAndScrappyDooShow'' featured Daphne as a regular but not Fred or Velma, so Daphne became a composite of all three characters, taking on Fred's role of [[TheLeader the leader of the group]] and Velma's role as [[TheSmartGuy the smart one who analyzes the clues]], while still occupying her old role as DistressedDamsel.

** In the case of Applejack, Hasbro actually kept her trademark and thus just updated her G1 design to the G4 style, but she did inherent human character Megan's cowgirl aesthetic and TeamMom status. Applejack's older brother is a composite of some of the G1 Big Brother Ponies and gained G3 Applejack's color scheme.

** Pinkie Pie is the best example of this. G1 Surprise was a fun-loving prankster who used that quality to confuse her enemies when it was time to [[LetsGetDangerous get dangerous]]. However, G3 Pinkie Pie was a party planner. FIM Pinkie has Surprise's madcapness ''and then some'' but she's the foremost party planner in Ponyville. A lot of FIM characters are a G1 character's personality with a G3 character's name, but the FIM Pinkie Pie is ''really'' a fusion of Pinkie Pie and Surprise instead of just being Surprise in Pinkie Pie's colors. (Compare to Rainbow Dash, whose G3 incarnation was more like Rarity in personality, ''[[InNameOnly none]]'' of it carrying over to FIM RD aside from her color scheme.)

** Annie of Shaggy and Daphne, being TheChick and relying on Duke and Scrappy to figure things out, and being rather cautious when it comes to the kidnappers.

** Arcee looks and acts more like Chromia than her G1 counterpart, who was pink, TeamMom and TheChick rather than being blue, an ActionGirl and LadyOfWar.

** The ComicBook/NewAvengers are basically given the origin story of the ComicBook/YoungAvengers, the only difference being that while Kang is the enemy the team unites to face, this time he also is the reason the Avengers disappear (replacing Scarlet Witch's role), and that while the New Avengers roster does consist of ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/LukeCage, ComicBook/IronFist, and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Thing]], it also includes ComicBook/WarMachine, whom was never part of the New Avengers in the comics. The New Avengers' actual origin story (the team assembles to combat a mass prison break) is [[DecompositeCharacter given]] to the regular Avengers at the start of the series (with the prison break being caused by Loki rather than Electro, and instead of this taking place at one prison, the Raft, it takes place at ''four'' prisons).

** Krull the Eternal is mostly ComicBook/VandalSavage, but his name and appearance come from [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel's]] caveman enemy, King Kull. He also takes visual cues and a [[Creator/MichaelDorn voice actor]] from ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s son Kalibak.

** The version of ComicBook/{{Bane}} blends the ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' outfit and the infamously memetic voice of Creator/TomHardy's version from ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.
** ComicBook/MrFreeze mixes in the TragicVillain seen in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (having spent his life trying to save his beloved Nora) with the AffablyEvil persona (and accent) of the ''Series/Batman1966'' iteration.
** Catwoman wears a very [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Arkham-esque]] outfit, and is black like Creator/EarthaKitt's Catwoman from ''Series/Batman1966''.

** The Batman in general had a lot of this, due to the [[ExecutiveMeddling Bat Embargo]] preventing them from being able to use villains from ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' (Joker being the exceptions). Accordingly, Ethan Bennett/Clayface is similar to Harvey Dent/Two-Face (and a similar appearance and police career to Crispus Allen), Black Mask is similar to Ra's al Ghul, and Hugo Strange's later appearances (particularly Strange New World) use him as a stand-in for Scarecrow. They were also unable to use Robin due to ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', so ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} wound up inheriting a lot of his KidSidekick traits (at least until Robin was able to appear in later seasons), including a personality akin to the Spoiler's.

** The Robin used is [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]], but he wears [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim Drake]]'s costume like in ''Batman: TAS'', ''Film/BatmanForever'', and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' and uses a staff as his primary weapon like Drake and the ''TT'' version of Dick, and in a distant future, he ultimately does become Nightwing.

** The TB&TB incarnation of Damian Wayne combines elements of three separate children of Bruce Wayne from different continuities - obviously he gets his name from ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman, but the story he appears in is more like UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age|OfComicBooks}} "Imaginary Stories" with Bruce Wayne Jr. (complete with the FramingStory of Alfred writing fiction). And his mother isn't Talia, like comics Damian, or Kathy Kane, like Bruce Jr., but Catwoman like [[ComicBook/{{Huntress}} Helena Wayne]] of Earth-2, who became a vigilante in order to avenge the death of her mother, and continued on, taking her father's place after his subsequent death, in this case, both Batman and Catwoman die at once due to Joker's protege Joker Jr. rather than dying individually.