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->''"'Film/EdgeOfTomorrow' but really 'LightNovel/AllYouNeedIsKill', and it's like, why change the title like that, you know?"''

* ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' is the film adaptation of the light novel ''LightNovel/AllYouNeedIsKill''.[[note]]The changed title was then eclipsed, in a fair portion of the poster and cover art, by the {{Tagline}} "Live. Die. Repeat.", which is arguably a better alternate title.[[/note]]

* ''Series/{{The Magicians|2016}}'': Lampshaded by Josh, who notes that ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' changed the title of its source material ''LightNovel/AllYouNeedIsKill''.

* ''Film/MyFoolishHeart'' was based on Creator/JDSalinger's short story ''Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut''.

* ''Film/TheBirthOfANation1915'' was adapted from Thomas Dixon's novel ''The Klansman''.

* ''Film/Scrooge1970'' is a musical adaptation of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''.

* Creator/DynamiteComics' adaptation of the ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' video game series is titled ''Agent 47: The Birth of the Hitman'' in order to avoid confusion with the Creator/DCComics title of [[ComicBook/{{Hitman}} the same name]].

* 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''.

When an adaptation of a work has a different title from the source material. This often happens because the original title was deemed unsuitable for the medium it was adapted into – a title that sounds fine for a book may sound awkward for a film, and possibly difficult to understand if the original work has a premise that may not be familiar to mainstream audiences. The title may also be changed because it sounded too similar to an unrelated work. Or perhaps the producers simply wanted a better name.

* ''Film/MyFoolishHeart'' was adapted from Creator/JDSalinger's short story ''Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut''.

* ''Film/MyFoolishHeart'' was adapted from Creator/JDSalinger's short story ''Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut''. Also the only adaptation thus far of Salinger's work.

* ''Film/TheBirthOfANation2015'' was adapted from Thomas Dixon's novel ''The Klansman''.

** The adaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' is titled ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox''.

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. Taken to the extreme, the work ends up as a DivorcedInstallment, erasing all association with whatever it was based on.

* WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends:

* ''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.