History Main / AdaptationSpeciesChange

* The novelization to ''Film/MenInBlack'' is an EarlyDraftTieIn where a second race called the Baltians have joined the Arauillians in threatening to destroy Earth. The tiny aliens piloting [[MobileSuitHuman Mobile Suit Humans]] are now called Baltians instead of Arauillians.

* For reasons known only to the North American branch of Epoch, the Walnuts Squirrel family in the Franchise/SylvanianFamilies toys and anime range are marketed as Chipmunks. They were previously marketed as squirrels under the Furbanks family however, but then an renaming exercise took place on the non-Japanese branches and this happened (the International English branches chose to sync the family name with the Japanese family name but gave them first names, in the original Japanese market they do not have first names). Their family name was also changed to Hazelnut, but [[DubNameChange that's a different trope]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Ultrakill}}'': Plenty of characters are depicted as different species unlike their [[Literature/TheDivineComedy poem counterparts]], one of which [[CanonImmigrant isn't even from the poem]].
** In the poem, King Minos is a giant [[SnakePeople snake man]] with a long tail that he uses to judge the sinners before casting them into their designated [[CirclesOfHell layers]] for punishment. Here in the game, he's depicted as a fully humanoid, if still towering, [[OurSoulsAreDifferent Husk]] with a [[AnimalMotif snake motif]] as the only reference to his poem counterpart's serpentine qualities.
** In ''Literature/TheBible'', [[KrakenAndLeviathan The Leviathan]] is a fully reptilian, if horrific, primordial beast. Here in the game, The Leviathan is a serpentine [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Demon]] made of [[LivingStatue stone and flesh]] [[spoiler:whose [[BodyOfBodies body is formed from The Sullen]], sinners who fell to [[UnderworldRiver The Styx' Abyss]] out of despair.]] It is also worth mentioning that The Leviathan is never mentioned in the poem despite being ''The Bible'''s most infamous monster.

** In the original Greek myths, Geryon is described as a giant with three bodies and/or three heads. However, Dante depicts him as a manticore-like creature instead.

* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico: Prince of Darkness'': Hokushin is a human. In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV'', Hokushin is the last Meganoid. According to [[Anime/Daitarn3 Banjo Haran]], his father gave the Jovian Union the technology to turn into Meganoids.

* Eve in the ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'' series was originally a HumanAlien from a distant planet. In the ''[[VideoGame/BlasterMasterZero Zero]]'' series, [[LateArrivalSpoiler it's revealed]] she's actually an [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot android]]. [[spoiler:[[ZigZaggingTrope But in the third game, she ends up transforming into a Human Alien.]]]] Also, Fred went from being definitely a frog to a frog-like "unidentified lifeform".

* In ''Literature/EmmetOttersJugBandChristmas'', one of Emmet's bandmates is a raccoon called Wendell Coon. In the Creator/JimHenson adaptation, he becomes Wendell Porcupine. This may have been due to the UnfortunateImplications of the word "coon".

* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake'': Odile is called the "Black Swan" in the original ballet, implying she turns into one. In this movie, she turns into a [[VileVulture vulture]] like her father Rothbart.

* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake'': Odile is called the "Black Swan" in the original ballet, implying she turns into one. In this movie, she turns into a [[VileVultures vulture]] like her father Rothbart.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'': The ''[[ComicBook/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast1992 comic]]'' and ''[[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga]]'' adaptations depict the Hyrule soldiers not as possessed humans, but as monsters or suits of Animated Armor.

* "Pinocchio Unstrung," Knott's Scary Farm's horror maze adaptation that turns Franchise/{{Pinocchio}} into an [[AdaptationalVillainy insane murderous fiend]], turns Monstro the whale into an anglerfish. He works with Pinocchio to eat the guests.

** The human circus ringmaster becomes an automaton puppet known as the Parade Master.

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* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' fanfics, Katakura Kojuro is given the ability to transform into a large [[PantheraAwesome black panther]] from [[HotWitch Kyogoku Maria]]'s magic, whereas in [[https://www.deviantart.com/misakiyu misakiyu]]'s illustrations, he is a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]].
** However, lately in [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Has-Peace-Finally-Returned-at-Long-Last-Ch-10-p3L-992691264 chapter 10 part 3]] of [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fic ''Has Peace Finally Returned at Long Last'', [[spoiler:Kojuro does get to transform into a wolf]], while his panther form Kurogane has separated into a single being.
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** All the anthropomorphic animal characters are here reimagined as humans wearing fully head covering animal head masks that corespond to their animal counterpart and part of a criminal organization known as the Stalkers.

** Smoke is a human ninja rather than an Enenra (a Japanese smoke yokai), with his abilities now coming from magical spells he learned during his time with the Lin Kuei.

** Smoke is a human ninja rather than an enenra, with his abilities now coming solely from his technology and Lin Kuei training rather than any supernatural power.

** All the anthropomorphic animal characters are here reimagined as humans wearing fully head covering animal head masks that corelate to their animal counterpart and part of a criminal organization known as the Stalkers.
** The human circus ringmaster3 becomes an automaton puppet known as the Parade Master.

** All the anthropomorphic animal characters are here reimagined as humans wearing fully head coving animal heads and part of an organization called the Stalkers.