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* ''Film/TheMadnessOfKingGeorge'' was based on the play ''Theatre/TheMadnessOfGeorgeIII''. According to the director, they wanted to get the word "king" in there so American audiences would understand the movie was about ''royalty''--but there was also at least a little concern that Americans would think ''The Madness of George III'' was the third movie in a trilogy.
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* ''Film/TheMadnessOfKingGeorge'' was based on the play ''Theatre/TheMadnessOfGeorgeIII''. According to the director, they wanted to get the word "king" in there so American audiences would understand the movie was about ''royalty''--but there was also at least [[ViewersAreMorons a little concern concern]] that Americans would think ''The Madness of George III'' was the third movie in a trilogy.
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* ''Film/HighAndLow'' is based on the Ed [=McBain=] novel ''King's Ransom''.
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* ''Film/SilverBullet'' is based on the Stephen King comic book "Literature/CycleOfTheWerewolf".
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* ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'' is a modernised adaptation of Shakespeare's ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'' is a loose adaptation of the novel ''The King's Damosel''.
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* Two ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'' episodes' titles were changed when James Blish adapted them as short stories: "The Man Trap" became "The Unreal [=McCoy=]" (which may have been a working title from a draft script), and "Charlie X" became "Charlie's Law."
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* Two ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'' episodes' titles were changed when James Blish adapted them as short stories: "The "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E1TheManTrap The Man Trap" Trap]]" became "The Unreal [=McCoy=]" (which may have been a working title from a draft script), and "Charlie X" "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E2CharlieX Charlie X]]" became "Charlie's Law."
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* ''Film/TheMadnessOfKingGeorge'' was based on the play ''Theatre/TheMadnessOfGeorgeIII''. According to the director, they wanted to get the word "king" in there so American audiences would understand the movie was about ''royalty''--but there was also at least a little concern that Americans would think ''The Madness of George III'' was the third movie in a trilogy.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' is based on the William Steig children's book ''Shrek!'' (note the exclamation mark).
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* ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma!}}'' is based on the 1931 play ''Green Grow the Lilacs''.
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* ''Theatre/Oklahoma!'' ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma!}}'' is based on the 1931 play ''Green Grow the Lilacs''.Lilacs''.
* The 1937 Hungarian play ''Parfumerie'' was famously adapted four times, each iteration with a different title:
** In 1940 as ''Film/TheShopAroundTheCorner''
** In 1949 as ''In the Good Old Summertime''
** In 1963 as ''Theatre/SheLovesMe''
** In 1998 as ''Film/YouveGotMail''
* The 1937 Hungarian play ''Parfumerie'' was famously adapted four times, each iteration with a different title:
** In 1940 as ''Film/TheShopAroundTheCorner''
** In 1949 as ''In the Good Old Summertime''
** In 1963 as ''Theatre/SheLovesMe''
** In 1998 as ''Film/YouveGotMail''
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** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'' is based on the "[[ComicBook/SupermanBatman Supergirl from Krypton]]" arc.
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* WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies:
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' is based on ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman''.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' is based on Creator/GrantMorrison's ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2''.
** When the "Under the Hood" arc was adapted into a movie, they added the word 'red' in the title, and thus we got ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'' is based on the "[[ComicBook/SupermanBatman Supergirl from Krypton]]" arc.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'' is based on ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'' is an adaptation of ''ComicBook/WhatsSoFunnyAboutTruthJusticeAndTheAmericanWay''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound'' is an adaptation of ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac''.
** The adaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' is titled ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' is based on ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman''.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' is based on Creator/GrantMorrison's ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2''.
** When the "Under the Hood" arc was adapted into a movie, they added the word 'red' in the title, and thus we got ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'' is based on the "[[ComicBook/SupermanBatman Supergirl from Krypton]]" arc.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'' is based on ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'' is an adaptation of ''ComicBook/WhatsSoFunnyAboutTruthJusticeAndTheAmericanWay''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound'' is an adaptation of ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac''.
** The adaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' is titled ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox''.
* ''Farewell, My Dear Cramer The Movie: First Touch'' is an adaptation of ''Manga/SayonaraFootball'', named because it was meant to be released alongside the ''Manga/FarewellMyDearCramer'' TV series.
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* WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies:
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' is based on ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman''.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' is based on Creator/GrantMorrison's ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2''.
** When the "Under the Hood" arc was adapted into a movie, they added the word 'red' in the title, and thus we got ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'' is based on the "[[ComicBook/SupermanBatman Supergirl from Krypton]]" arc.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'' is based on ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'' is an adaptation of ''ComicBook/WhatsSoFunnyAboutTruthJusticeAndTheAmericanWay''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound'' is an adaptation of ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac''.
** The adaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' is titled ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' is based on ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman''.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' is based on Creator/GrantMorrison's ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2''.
** When the "Under the Hood" arc was adapted into a movie, they added the word 'red' in the title, and thus we got ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'' is based on the "[[ComicBook/SupermanBatman Supergirl from Krypton]]" arc.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'' is based on ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'' is an adaptation of ''ComicBook/WhatsSoFunnyAboutTruthJusticeAndTheAmericanWay''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound'' is an adaptation of ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac''.
** The adaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' is titled ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox''.
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* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheGrinch2018 The Grinch]]'' is an adaptation of ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.
* DC Animated movies:
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' is based on Grant Morrison's ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'' is based on the "Supergirl from Krypton" arc.
* DC Animated movies:
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' is based on Grant Morrison's ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'' is based on the "Supergirl from Krypton" arc.
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* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheGrinch2018 The Grinch]]'' ''WesternAnimation/{{The Grinch|2018}}'' is an adaptation of ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.
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** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' is based on ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman''.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' is based onGrant Morrison's Creator/GrantMorrison's ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2''.
** When the "Under the Hood" arc was adapted into a movie, they added the word 'red' in the title, and thus we got ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'' is based on the"Supergirl "[[ComicBook/SupermanBatman Supergirl from Krypton" arc.Krypton]]" arc.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'' is based on ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'' is an adaptation of ''ComicBook/WhatsSoFunnyAboutTruthJusticeAndTheAmericanWay''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound'' is an adaptation of ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac''.
** The adaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' is titled ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox''.
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** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' is based on ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman''.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' is based on
** When the "Under the Hood" arc was adapted into a movie, they added the word 'red' in the title, and thus we got ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'' is based on the
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'' is based on ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'' is an adaptation of ''ComicBook/WhatsSoFunnyAboutTruthJusticeAndTheAmericanWay''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound'' is an adaptation of ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac''.
** The adaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' is titled ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox''.
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Lost City of Gold isn't *exactly* an adaptation. It's more of... I honestly don't know what to call it. It's an... alternate universe... continuation... spinoff? I dunno. Either way, it's still a clearly-marked part of the Dora franchise that isn't directly adapted from any previous works, and thus it doesn't really qualify for this trope
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* Two ''Series/StarTrek'' episodes' titles were changed when James Blish adapted them as short stories: "The Man Trap" became "The Unreal McCoy" (which may have been a working title from a draft script), and "Charlie X" became "Charlie's Law."
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* Two ''Series/StarTrek'' ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'' episodes' titles were changed when James Blish adapted them as short stories: "The Man Trap" became "The Unreal McCoy" [=McCoy=]" (which may have been a working title from a draft script), and "Charlie X" became "Charlie's Law."
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* ''Film/ChaosWalking2021'' is largely based upon the book ''The Knife of Never Letting Go''; the ''Chaos Walking'' title comes from the overarching name of [[Literature/ChaosWalking the trilogy]].
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* ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'' is based loosely on the ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' novels.
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* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretofBlueWater'' ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' is ''extremely'' loosely based on Creator/JulesVerne's ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea''.
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* ''Film/RealSteel'', is based on the Richard Matheson short story simply called "Steel",a 1956 short story in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' and ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode of the same name.
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* ''Film/TheyLive'' is based on the 1963 Ray Nelson short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" and and inspired by its comic book adaptation "Nada."
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* DC Animated movies **''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' is based on Grant Morrison's ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2''.
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** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' is based on Grant Morrison's ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2''.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' is based on Grant Morrison's ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2''.
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When an adaptation of a work has a different title than the source material. This can happen because the original title was difficult to understand, too similar to an unrelated work, or the producers simply wanted a better name. This may overlap with MarketBasedTitle, when the name is changed in international versions.
Depending on how different the title and/or the story are, this can lead the work to be seen less as an adaptation and more as a work ''influenced'' by the original, since now the title can't tie the two together. DivorcedInstallment is the more extreme version of this.
See also AdaptationNameChange, when something in-story has its name changed. See also AppropriatedTitle, which occurs when a franchise that began with a work of a particular title is better known by the name of a later installment in said franchise. Contrast InNameOnly, where the ''name'' is kept, but most or all of the ''content'' is different.
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* ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}'' is based on the 1958 novel ''The Kouga Ninja Scrolls''.
* ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'' is a SettingUpdate of ''Manga/{{Devilman}}''.
* ''Erin'' is based on the novel ''Literature/TheBeastPlayer''. It is known in Japan as ''The Beast Player Erin''.
* Played with in the anime adaptations of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. The first anime is simply called ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'', 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.
* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretofBlueWater'' is ''extremely'' loosely based on Creator/JulesVerne's ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea''.
* ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'' is the anime adaptation of the manga ''Pani Poni''.
* ''Parasyte -the maxim-'' is an adaptation of ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}''.
* ''[[Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea]]'' is very loosely based on Creator/HansChristianAndersen's ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid''.
* ''Anime/SonicX'' is loosely adapted from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''.
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* "[[WaxingLyrical Baby, It's Cold Inside]]" in Vault of Horror #17 (February 1951) from EC Comics is an adaptation of the Creator/HPLovecraft story ''Literature/CoolAir''.
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* Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon:
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'''s title is shortened from its source material, the 1923 novel ''[[Literature/{{Bambi}} Bambi, a Life in the Woods]]''.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' is loosely inspired by the novel ''Literature/TheEmperorsNewClothes''.
** ''{{WesternAnimation/Frozen|2013}}'' was ''intended'' as an adaptation of ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'', however, the story ended up being changed so much that the title was changed along with it. Some translations still called it ''The Snow Queen''.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' was based on a book called ''Literature/BasilOfBakerStreet'', which had a ProtagonistTitle. In the United Kingdom, the film was renamed to ''Basil the Great Mouse Detective''.
**''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'' is a loose adaptation of the Creator/CharlesDickens novel ''Literature/OliverTwist''.
**''WesternAnimation/{{One Hundred and One Dalmatians|1961}}'' is based on the novel ''Literature/TheHundredAndOneDalmatians''.
** ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' is inspired by the novel ''[[Literature/TalesOfTheFrogPrincess The Frog Princess]]''.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' was based on the fairy tale ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}''. Similarly to ''Frozen'', some international versions let Rapunzel's name be the title.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheGrinch2018 The Grinch]]'' is an adaptation of ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.
* DC Animated movies **''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' is based on Grant Morrison's ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'' is based on the "Supergirl from Krypton" arc.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' is a retelling of [[Literature/TheBible the biblical]] story of ''Exodus''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'' was based on a novel called ''Literature/MrsFrisbyAndTheRatsOfNIMH''. Mrs. Frisby's name was also changed to Mrs. Brisby.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' is based on the William Steig children's book ''Shrek!'' (note the exclamation mark).
* ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'' is a loose adaptation of the novel ''The King's Damosel''.
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* ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'' is inspired by the short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" by Creator/BrianWAldiss.
* ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' is based on Joseph Conrad's book ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness''.
* ''Film/TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms'' is loosely based on the Creator/RayBradbury short story "The Foghorn".
* ''Film/BladeRunner'' was based on the book ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep''.
* ''Film/TheBox'' is adapted from a ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'' episode, which was in turn adapted from the Creator/RichardMatheson short story "Button, Button".
* ''Film/{{Candyman}}'' is based on Creator/CliveBarker's short story "Literature/TheForbidden".
* ''Film/{{Carol}}'' is based on Patricia Highsmith's book ''The Price of Salt''.
* ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' was based on the unproduced play ''Everybody Comes to Rick's'' by Murray Burnett and Joan Allison.
* The film ''Film/{{Constantine}}'' is based on the Vertigo comic ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''.
* ''Film/DieHard'' is loosely based on a novel titled ''Nothing Lasts Forever''.
* ''Film/DoraAndTheLostCityOfGold'' is based on ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer''.
* ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' is the film adaptation of the light novel ''LightNovel/AllYouNeedIsKill''.
* ''Film/FamilyPlot'' was adapted from Victor Canning's novel ''The Rainbird Pattern''.
* ''Film/FieldOfDreams'' is based on the novel ''Shoeless Joe'' by W.P. Kinsella.
* ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' is based on the Japanese samurai movie ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}''.
* ''Film/{{Flubber}}'' is based on the 1961 film ''Film/TheAbsentMindedProfessor''.
* ''Film/FrankieAndJohnny'' is based on Terrence [=McNally=]'s play ''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune''.
* ''Film/{{Freaks}}'' is very loosely based on the Tod Robbins' short story "Spurs".
* ''The Fugitive Kind'' is based on Creator/TennesseeWilliams' play ''Orpheus Descending''.
*''[[Film/GoodFellas [=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/TheHandmaiden'' is based on Creator/SarahWaters' book ''Literature/{{Fingersmith}}''.
* Roger Corman's film ''The Haunted Palace'' is an adaption of the Creator/HPLovecraft work ''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard''.
* ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'' is based off the novella ''Literature/TheHellboundHeart''.
* ''Film/HighSociety'' is a musical remake of ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory'', with even the same character names.
* ''Literature/IAmLegend'' was adapted into ''Film/TheLastManOnEarth'' and ''Film/TheOmegaMan''. Averted with its third adaptation, 2007's ''Film/IAmLegend''.
* ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' is based off a novel called ''The Body Snatchers''.
* ''Film/TheIrishman'' is based on the novel ''I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa''. However, the film's alternate title does use the book's name.
* ''Film/JojoRabbit'' is based on the novel ''Literature/CagingSkies''.
* ''Film/TheKing'' is a loose adaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's "Henriad" plays (''Theatre/HenryIVPart1'', ''Theatre/HenryIVPart2'' and ''Theatre/HenryV'').
* ''Film/TheLastAirbender'' is adapted from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the name change was likely due to avoid confusion with James Cameron's ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.
*''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'' is based loosely on the ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' novels.
* ''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/{{Limitless}}'' is an adaptation of a novel originally titled ''The Dark Fields''.
* ''Film/LordOfIllusions'' is Creator/CliveBarker's adaptation of his own short story "Literature/TheLastIllusion".
* ''Love and Friendship'' is based on Creator/JaneAusten's novella ''Literature/LadySusan'' (and has no connection to [[Literature/LoveAndFreindship another work of Austen's]]).
* ''Film/LoveSimon'' is based on ''Literature/SimonVsTheHomoSapiensAgenda''.
* The very first adaptation of ''Literature/RedDragon'' was called ''Film/{{Manhunter}}''
* ''Film/MaximumOverdrive'' is an adaptation of a Creator/StephenKing short story called "Literature/Trucks".
* ''Mercy'', a 2014 film starring Chandler Riggs, is an adaptation of the Stephen King short story "Gramma".
* ''Film/{{Mothra}}'' is an adaptation of the Takehiko Fukunaga novel ''The Luminous Fairies and Mothra''.
* ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven'' is a Western remake of the Japanese Jidageki film ''Film/TheSevenSamurai''.
* ''Film/MrHolmes'' is based on Mitch Cullins' book ''A Slight Trick of the Mind''.
* ''Film/NannyMcPhee'' was based on a series of books called ''Nurse Matilda''.
* ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation'' is based on a Creator/JohnHughes short story called "Vacation 58", about his own childhood vacation.
* ''Film/{{Nightbreed}}'': Creator/CliveBarker, who seems to like doing this to his own works, adapted it from his novel "Cabal".
* ''{{Film/Precious}}'', which is based on the novel ''{{Literature/Push}}''.
* ''Film/RamonaAndBeezus'' is based on ''Literature/RamonaQuimby''.
* ''Film/RealSteel'', is based on the Richard Matheson short story simply called "Steel",a 1956 short story in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' and ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode of the same name.
* ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' is based on the stage musical called ''The Rocky Horror Show''.
* ''Say a Little Prayer'' (1993) is adapted from ''Literature/CameBackToShowYouICouldFly''; the filmmakers couldn't get the rights to the song which plays a role in the story, and had to substitute a different one.
* The film of ''Manga/SayonaraFootball'' is titled ''Manga/FarewellMyDearCramer The Movie: First Touch'', as it was meant to to be released alongside the ''Farewell, My Dear Cramer'' adaptation.
* ''Film/SchindlersList'' is an adaptation of ''Schindler's Ark'', itself based on the actions of Oskar Schindler.
* The ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' comic book series was adapted as ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', named after the second volume of the comics.
* ''Film/TheSeeker'' is very loosely based on ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising''.
* ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' is adapted from Stephen King's novella ''Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption''.
* ''Film/SilverBullet'' is based on the Stephen King short story "Literature/CycleOfTheWerewolf".
* ''Film/SleepyHollow'' is loosely based on the Creator/WashingtonIrving story ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow''.
* ''Film/StandByMe'' is an adaptation of the Stephen King short story "The Body".
* ''Film/TheyLive'' is based on the 1963 Ray Nelson short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" and and inspired by its comic book adaptation "Nada."
* John Carpenter's ''Film/{{The Thing|1982}}'' is a remake of ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'', in turn an adaptation of Creator/JohnWCampbell's 1938 novella ''Literature/WhoGoesThere''.
* ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' is loosely based on Creator/PhilipKDick's short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale".
* ''Film/TrueLies'' is a ForeignRemake of the French film ''La Totale''.
* ''Film/ValerianAndTheCityOfAThousandPlanets'' is based on the French-Belgian comic book series ''ComicBook/{{Valerian}}''.
* ''[[Film/VillageOfTheDamned1960 Village of the Damned]]'' is a pretty faithful adaptation of the novel ''Literature/TheMidwichCuckoos'' by Creator/JohnWyndham.
* ''Film/WeWereSoldiers'' was based on a book titled ''We Were Soldiers Once...and Young''.
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' is loosely based on Gary K Wolf's 1981 novel ''Literature/WhoCensoredRogerRabbit''.
* ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'' is loosely based on the Creator/DashiellHammett novel ''Literature/RedHarvest''.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Sol Yurick's 1965 novel ''The Warriors'' (and its [[Film/TheWarriors 1979 film counterpart]] of the same name) are a modernized retelling of the ancient Greek text the ''Literature/{{Anabasis}}'' by Creator/{{Xenophon}}.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' is based on the ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' comics.
* ''Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace'' is an adaptation of ''Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U.S. History''.
* The book series that ''Series/GameOfThrones'' is based on is actually called ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''; it's only the first book that's called "A Game of Thrones''.
* ''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.
* ''Series/{{Haven}}'' is a loose adaptation of the Stephen King novel ''The Colorado Kid''.
* ''Series/PhilipKDicksElectricDreams'' is an anthology series that is based on Creator/PhilipKDick's work. Some of the episodes have a different title than the short stories they're based on:
** "[[Recap/PhilipKDicksElectricDreamsS1E4CrazyDiamond Crazy Diamond]]" is based on "Sales Pitch".
** "[[Recap/PhilipKDicksElectricDreamsS1E5RealLife Real Life]]" is based on "Exhibit Piece".
** "[[Recap/PhilipKDicksElectricDreamsS1E9SafeandSound Safe and Sound]]" is based on "Foster, You're Dead!"
** "[[Recap/PhilipKDicksElectricDreamsS1E7KillAllOthers Kill All Others]]" is based on "The Hanging Stranger".
* ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' is an adaptation of ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments''
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' is based loosely on the ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' comics that focused on Clark Kent.
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[[folder:Theater]]
* ''Theatre/AGentlemansGuideToLoveAndMurder'' is adapted from the film ''Film/KindHeartsAndCoronets'', itself an adaption of the 1907 Roy Horniman novel ''Israel Rank''.
* ''Theatre/MyFairLady'' is an update of the play ''Theatre/{{Pygmalion}}''.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' is inspired by an obscure comic called ''M. Rex'' that lasted only two issues.
* ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'' toyline was adapted as ''[[TheHero He-Man]] and the Masters of the Universe'' first in [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 1983]] and later a {{reboot}} in [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002 2002]]. The only media that adapted the same name as the original toyline is the [[Film/MastersOfTheUniverse 1987 movie]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' is an adaptation of the original ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''. The title change reflects how Adora isn't or doesn't know she's a princess in the reboot as she never finds her biological family in this version, and the "princess(es) of power" instead refers to her princess allies now rather than herself.
* ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' is based on ''ComicBook/{{Static}}''.
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Depending on how different the title and/or the story are, this can lead the work to be seen less as an adaptation and more as a work ''influenced'' by the original, since now the title can't tie the two together. DivorcedInstallment is the more extreme version of this.
See also AdaptationNameChange, when something in-story has its name changed. See also AppropriatedTitle, which occurs when a franchise that began with a work of a particular title is better known by the name of a later installment in said franchise. Contrast InNameOnly, where the ''name'' is kept, but most or all of the ''content'' is different.
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}'' is based on the 1958 novel ''The Kouga Ninja Scrolls''.
* ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'' is a SettingUpdate of ''Manga/{{Devilman}}''.
* ''Erin'' is based on the novel ''Literature/TheBeastPlayer''. It is known in Japan as ''The Beast Player Erin''.
* Played with in the anime adaptations of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. The first anime is simply called ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'', 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.
* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretofBlueWater'' is ''extremely'' loosely based on Creator/JulesVerne's ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea''.
* ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'' is the anime adaptation of the manga ''Pani Poni''.
* ''Parasyte -the maxim-'' is an adaptation of ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}''.
* ''[[Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea]]'' is very loosely based on Creator/HansChristianAndersen's ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid''.
* ''Anime/SonicX'' is loosely adapted from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* "[[WaxingLyrical Baby, It's Cold Inside]]" in Vault of Horror #17 (February 1951) from EC Comics is an adaptation of the Creator/HPLovecraft story ''Literature/CoolAir''.
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[[folder:Film - Animated]]
* Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon:
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'''s title is shortened from its source material, the 1923 novel ''[[Literature/{{Bambi}} Bambi, a Life in the Woods]]''.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' is loosely inspired by the novel ''Literature/TheEmperorsNewClothes''.
** ''{{WesternAnimation/Frozen|2013}}'' was ''intended'' as an adaptation of ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'', however, the story ended up being changed so much that the title was changed along with it. Some translations still called it ''The Snow Queen''.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' was based on a book called ''Literature/BasilOfBakerStreet'', which had a ProtagonistTitle. In the United Kingdom, the film was renamed to ''Basil the Great Mouse Detective''.
**''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'' is a loose adaptation of the Creator/CharlesDickens novel ''Literature/OliverTwist''.
**''WesternAnimation/{{One Hundred and One Dalmatians|1961}}'' is based on the novel ''Literature/TheHundredAndOneDalmatians''.
** ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' is inspired by the novel ''[[Literature/TalesOfTheFrogPrincess The Frog Princess]]''.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' was based on the fairy tale ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}''. Similarly to ''Frozen'', some international versions let Rapunzel's name be the title.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheGrinch2018 The Grinch]]'' is an adaptation of ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.
* DC Animated movies **''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' is based on Grant Morrison's ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'' is based on the "Supergirl from Krypton" arc.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' is a retelling of [[Literature/TheBible the biblical]] story of ''Exodus''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'' was based on a novel called ''Literature/MrsFrisbyAndTheRatsOfNIMH''. Mrs. Frisby's name was also changed to Mrs. Brisby.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' is based on the William Steig children's book ''Shrek!'' (note the exclamation mark).
* ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'' is a loose adaptation of the novel ''The King's Damosel''.
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[[folder:Film - Live-Action]]
* ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'' is inspired by the short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" by Creator/BrianWAldiss.
* ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' is based on Joseph Conrad's book ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness''.
* ''Film/TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms'' is loosely based on the Creator/RayBradbury short story "The Foghorn".
* ''Film/BladeRunner'' was based on the book ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep''.
* ''Film/TheBox'' is adapted from a ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'' episode, which was in turn adapted from the Creator/RichardMatheson short story "Button, Button".
* ''Film/{{Candyman}}'' is based on Creator/CliveBarker's short story "Literature/TheForbidden".
* ''Film/{{Carol}}'' is based on Patricia Highsmith's book ''The Price of Salt''.
* ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' was based on the unproduced play ''Everybody Comes to Rick's'' by Murray Burnett and Joan Allison.
* The film ''Film/{{Constantine}}'' is based on the Vertigo comic ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''.
* ''Film/DieHard'' is loosely based on a novel titled ''Nothing Lasts Forever''.
* ''Film/DoraAndTheLostCityOfGold'' is based on ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer''.
* ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' is the film adaptation of the light novel ''LightNovel/AllYouNeedIsKill''.
* ''Film/FamilyPlot'' was adapted from Victor Canning's novel ''The Rainbird Pattern''.
* ''Film/FieldOfDreams'' is based on the novel ''Shoeless Joe'' by W.P. Kinsella.
* ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' is based on the Japanese samurai movie ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}''.
* ''Film/{{Flubber}}'' is based on the 1961 film ''Film/TheAbsentMindedProfessor''.
* ''Film/FrankieAndJohnny'' is based on Terrence [=McNally=]'s play ''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune''.
* ''Film/{{Freaks}}'' is very loosely based on the Tod Robbins' short story "Spurs".
* ''The Fugitive Kind'' is based on Creator/TennesseeWilliams' play ''Orpheus Descending''.
*''[[Film/GoodFellas [=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/TheHandmaiden'' is based on Creator/SarahWaters' book ''Literature/{{Fingersmith}}''.
* Roger Corman's film ''The Haunted Palace'' is an adaption of the Creator/HPLovecraft work ''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard''.
* ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'' is based off the novella ''Literature/TheHellboundHeart''.
* ''Film/HighSociety'' is a musical remake of ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory'', with even the same character names.
* ''Literature/IAmLegend'' was adapted into ''Film/TheLastManOnEarth'' and ''Film/TheOmegaMan''. Averted with its third adaptation, 2007's ''Film/IAmLegend''.
* ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' is based off a novel called ''The Body Snatchers''.
* ''Film/TheIrishman'' is based on the novel ''I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa''. However, the film's alternate title does use the book's name.
* ''Film/JojoRabbit'' is based on the novel ''Literature/CagingSkies''.
* ''Film/TheKing'' is a loose adaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's "Henriad" plays (''Theatre/HenryIVPart1'', ''Theatre/HenryIVPart2'' and ''Theatre/HenryV'').
* ''Film/TheLastAirbender'' is adapted from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the name change was likely due to avoid confusion with James Cameron's ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.
*''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'' is based loosely on the ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' novels.
* ''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/{{Limitless}}'' is an adaptation of a novel originally titled ''The Dark Fields''.
* ''Film/LordOfIllusions'' is Creator/CliveBarker's adaptation of his own short story "Literature/TheLastIllusion".
* ''Love and Friendship'' is based on Creator/JaneAusten's novella ''Literature/LadySusan'' (and has no connection to [[Literature/LoveAndFreindship another work of Austen's]]).
* ''Film/LoveSimon'' is based on ''Literature/SimonVsTheHomoSapiensAgenda''.
* The very first adaptation of ''Literature/RedDragon'' was called ''Film/{{Manhunter}}''
* ''Film/MaximumOverdrive'' is an adaptation of a Creator/StephenKing short story called "Literature/Trucks".
* ''Mercy'', a 2014 film starring Chandler Riggs, is an adaptation of the Stephen King short story "Gramma".
* ''Film/{{Mothra}}'' is an adaptation of the Takehiko Fukunaga novel ''The Luminous Fairies and Mothra''.
* ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven'' is a Western remake of the Japanese Jidageki film ''Film/TheSevenSamurai''.
* ''Film/MrHolmes'' is based on Mitch Cullins' book ''A Slight Trick of the Mind''.
* ''Film/NannyMcPhee'' was based on a series of books called ''Nurse Matilda''.
* ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation'' is based on a Creator/JohnHughes short story called "Vacation 58", about his own childhood vacation.
* ''Film/{{Nightbreed}}'': Creator/CliveBarker, who seems to like doing this to his own works, adapted it from his novel "Cabal".
* ''{{Film/Precious}}'', which is based on the novel ''{{Literature/Push}}''.
* ''Film/RamonaAndBeezus'' is based on ''Literature/RamonaQuimby''.
* ''Film/RealSteel'', is based on the Richard Matheson short story simply called "Steel",a 1956 short story in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' and ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode of the same name.
* ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' is based on the stage musical called ''The Rocky Horror Show''.
* ''Say a Little Prayer'' (1993) is adapted from ''Literature/CameBackToShowYouICouldFly''; the filmmakers couldn't get the rights to the song which plays a role in the story, and had to substitute a different one.
* The film of ''Manga/SayonaraFootball'' is titled ''Manga/FarewellMyDearCramer The Movie: First Touch'', as it was meant to to be released alongside the ''Farewell, My Dear Cramer'' adaptation.
* ''Film/SchindlersList'' is an adaptation of ''Schindler's Ark'', itself based on the actions of Oskar Schindler.
* The ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' comic book series was adapted as ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', named after the second volume of the comics.
* ''Film/TheSeeker'' is very loosely based on ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising''.
* ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' is adapted from Stephen King's novella ''Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption''.
* ''Film/SilverBullet'' is based on the Stephen King short story "Literature/CycleOfTheWerewolf".
* ''Film/SleepyHollow'' is loosely based on the Creator/WashingtonIrving story ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow''.
* ''Film/StandByMe'' is an adaptation of the Stephen King short story "The Body".
* ''Film/TheyLive'' is based on the 1963 Ray Nelson short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" and and inspired by its comic book adaptation "Nada."
* John Carpenter's ''Film/{{The Thing|1982}}'' is a remake of ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'', in turn an adaptation of Creator/JohnWCampbell's 1938 novella ''Literature/WhoGoesThere''.
* ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' is loosely based on Creator/PhilipKDick's short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale".
* ''Film/TrueLies'' is a ForeignRemake of the French film ''La Totale''.
* ''Film/ValerianAndTheCityOfAThousandPlanets'' is based on the French-Belgian comic book series ''ComicBook/{{Valerian}}''.
* ''[[Film/VillageOfTheDamned1960 Village of the Damned]]'' is a pretty faithful adaptation of the novel ''Literature/TheMidwichCuckoos'' by Creator/JohnWyndham.
* ''Film/WeWereSoldiers'' was based on a book titled ''We Were Soldiers Once...and Young''.
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' is loosely based on Gary K Wolf's 1981 novel ''Literature/WhoCensoredRogerRabbit''.
* ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'' is loosely based on the Creator/DashiellHammett novel ''Literature/RedHarvest''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Literature]]
* Sol Yurick's 1965 novel ''The Warriors'' (and its [[Film/TheWarriors 1979 film counterpart]] of the same name) are a modernized retelling of the ancient Greek text the ''Literature/{{Anabasis}}'' by Creator/{{Xenophon}}.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' is based on the ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' comics.
* ''Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace'' is an adaptation of ''Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U.S. History''.
* The book series that ''Series/GameOfThrones'' is based on is actually called ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''; it's only the first book that's called "A Game of Thrones''.
* ''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.
* ''Series/{{Haven}}'' is a loose adaptation of the Stephen King novel ''The Colorado Kid''.
* ''Series/PhilipKDicksElectricDreams'' is an anthology series that is based on Creator/PhilipKDick's work. Some of the episodes have a different title than the short stories they're based on:
** "[[Recap/PhilipKDicksElectricDreamsS1E4CrazyDiamond Crazy Diamond]]" is based on "Sales Pitch".
** "[[Recap/PhilipKDicksElectricDreamsS1E5RealLife Real Life]]" is based on "Exhibit Piece".
** "[[Recap/PhilipKDicksElectricDreamsS1E9SafeandSound Safe and Sound]]" is based on "Foster, You're Dead!"
** "[[Recap/PhilipKDicksElectricDreamsS1E7KillAllOthers Kill All Others]]" is based on "The Hanging Stranger".
* ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' is an adaptation of ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments''
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' is based loosely on the ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' comics that focused on Clark Kent.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Theater]]
* ''Theatre/AGentlemansGuideToLoveAndMurder'' is adapted from the film ''Film/KindHeartsAndCoronets'', itself an adaption of the 1907 Roy Horniman novel ''Israel Rank''.
* ''Theatre/MyFairLady'' is an update of the play ''Theatre/{{Pygmalion}}''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' is inspired by an obscure comic called ''M. Rex'' that lasted only two issues.
* ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'' toyline was adapted as ''[[TheHero He-Man]] and the Masters of the Universe'' first in [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 1983]] and later a {{reboot}} in [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002 2002]]. The only media that adapted the same name as the original toyline is the [[Film/MastersOfTheUniverse 1987 movie]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' is an adaptation of the original ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''. The title change reflects how Adora isn't or doesn't know she's a princess in the reboot as she never finds her biological family in this version, and the "princess(es) of power" instead refers to her princess allies now rather than herself.
* ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' is based on ''ComicBook/{{Static}}''.
[[/folder]]
