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** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'' is based on ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel''.

* Likely the most downplayed example: ''Film/{{Hellzapoppin}}'' (with apostrophe) was based on the 1938 stage revue ''Hellzapoppin'' (no apostrophe).

* ''Film/Scrooge1935'', ''Film/Scrooge1951'' and ''Film/Scrooge1970'' are adaptations of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''. Sir Seymour Hicks, the star of the 1935 version, also starred in a 1913 silent version titled ''Old Scrooge.''

* ''VideoGame/UndertalePapyrussBelief'' is an adaptation of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'''s popular [[FandomSpecificPlot "Disbelief" AU]], and more specifically, the popular FanAnimation of the same name. However, given Papyrus's [[TheDeterminator far more optimistic nature]] in this game as compared to his counterpart in the AU, the title was changed to reflect his refusal of the idea that the protagonist is irredeemably evil. The fact that it's specifically "Papyrus's Belief" is likely also a spin on his AU counterpart's most well-known nickname, "Disbelief Papyrus."

* ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'' is based off the novella ''Literature/TheHellboundHeart''.

* ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' is based off a novel called ''The Body Snatchers''.

* ''Series/TheHauntingOfBlyManor'' is a loose adaptation of ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew''; the name change is partly to tie it to ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse'', of which it is part of the same anthology series. It also serves as an adaptation of another Creator/HenryJames story, ''Literature/TheRomanceOfCertainOldClothes'', which is reworked here to fit into the Bly Manor narrative.

* ''Film/{{Lifeforce}}'' is an adaptation of the Creator/ColinWilson novel ''The Space Vampires''. Part of the reason for the change was a title like "The Space Vampires" was completely at odds with the dead-serious tone of the film.

* ''Film/GetCarter'' was based on the novel ''Jack's Return Home''.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': The first anime is simply called ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'', though it's given a GeckoEnding and ultimately has a very different storyline. The second anime is called ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistBrotherhood'', likely to differentiate it from the first anime despite following the plot from the manga.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' is a very loose adaptation of ''The Snow Queen'', but the story ended up being changed so much that the title was changed along with it. Some translations still call it ''The Snow Queen''.

* ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' is loosely based on Creator/PhilipKDick's short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale". Later print runs of the collection that feature the short story add on a {{trend cover|s}} based on ''Total Recall'', complete with a [[CaptainErsatz legally distinct]] Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger lookalike.

* The episodes of ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'' share the same titles with the short stories they're based on but there are two notable exceptions. The LongTitle "Three Robots Experience Objects Left Behind from the Era of Humans for the First Time" and "On the Use of Shape-shifters in Warfare" are shortened to "[[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsThreeRobots Three Robots]]" and "[[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsShapeShifters Shape-shifters]]" respectively.

* Creator/IDWPublishing's ComicBookAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' was titled ''Transformers: The Animated Movie'' to avoid confusion with [[Film/{{Transformers|2007}} the 2007 live-action film]], which was less than a year away from release when the miniseries began publication.

* Creator/IDWPublishing's ComicBookAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' was titled ''Transformers: The Animated Movie'' to avoid confusion with [[Film/Transformers2007 the 2007 live-action film]], which was less than a year away from release when the miniseries began publication.

* Creator/IDWPublishing's ComicBookAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' was titled ''Transformers: The Animated Movie'' to avoid confusion with [[Film/{{Transformers}} the 2007 live-action film]], which was less than a year away from release when the miniseries began publication.

* ''Film/GoodFellas'' was based on Nicholas Pileggi's ''Wiseguy: Life In A Mafia Family''. The film's title was changed to avoid confusion with [[Series/{{Wiseguy}} the NBC series of the same name]].

* ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven'' is a Western remake of the Japanese film ''Film/TheSevenSamurai''.