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* An interesting case in Lucy and Fisk Black, characters across two different webcomics. In ''Webcomic/BadlyDrawnKitties'', where the two are adults, their BrotherSisterIncest is played as comedy, and considered something the other protagonists are rather used to from them. In the later comic ''Webcomic/BetterDays'', which follows the two in an alternate universe as they grow from kids to adults, these incestuous feelings are played entirely for drama, which the two of them angst quite a bit over, and ultimately grow out of.

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* An interesting case in Lucy and Fisk Black, characters across two different webcomics. In ''Webcomic/BadlyDrawnKitties'', where the two are adults, their BrotherSisterIncest is played as comedy, and considered something the other protagonists are rather used to from them. In the later comic ''Webcomic/BetterDays'', which follows the two in an alternate universe as they grow from kids to adults, these incestuous feelings are played entirely for drama, which the two of them angst quite a bit over, over and ultimately grow out of.
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* An interesting case in Lucy and Fisk Black, characters across two different webcomics. In ''Webcomic/BadlyDrawnKitties'', where the two are adults, their BrotherSisterIncest is played as comedy, and considered something the other protagonists are rather used to from them. In the later comic ''Webcomic/BetterDays'', which follows the two in an alternate universe as they grow from kids to adults, these incestuous feelings are played entirely for drama, which the two of them angst quite a bit over, and ultimately grow out of.
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* ''AlexRider2020'': While the constant trauma of Alex's missions slowly creeps up on him ''eventually'' in the books, it is downplayed at best, whereas the series plays up the psychological consequences of being a borderline ChildSoldier ''much'' harder. At the beginning of the second series, Alex has [[ShellShockedVeteran full-blown PTSD]] up to and including [[{{Hallucinations}} seeing Yassen Gregorovitch around every corner]]. This, unfortunately, doesn't help his case when Gregorovitch starts showing up for real and [[CassandraTruth nobody believes him]].
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** In the manga adaptation of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', Kafei is ashamed of his ForcedTransformation into a child and does not want to see his fiancé Anju until he's freed from his curse. His game counterpart only cared about getting his handmade wedding gift to her on time.
** The manga adaptation of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'' has this with Melari. In the game, Melari jumps at the chance to help Link reforge the Picori Blade. Here, he abandoned his craft after his wife died and he needs more encouragement.

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** In the manga adaptation of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', Kafei is ashamed of his ForcedTransformation into a child and does not want to see his fiancé Anju until he's freed from his curse. His game counterpart only cared about getting his handmade wedding gift to her on time.
** The manga adaptation of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'' has this with Melari. In the game, Melari jumps at the chance to help Link reforge the Picori Blade. Here, he abandoned his craft after his wife died and he needs more encouragement.

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* ''Series/AvatarTheLastAirbender2024'':

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* ''Series/AvatarTheLastAirbender2024'': ''Series/AvatarTheLastAirbender2024'' in general is a lot more willing to show how traumatizing and harmful living in a world that's been at war for a hundred years can be for people then the source material was able to:

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* ''Series/AvatarTheLastAirbender2024'': In [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the original series]], King Bumi was TheWonka and an EccentricMentor who only put Aang through his series of trials as a sly way of teaching him a lesson. The live action adaptation, he's still a CloudCuckoolander to some degree, but he's also a lot more cynical, jaded, and traumatised from a century of non-stop war with the Fire Nation, and has a lot of pent-up anger towards Aang for not being there to stop the war from happening, even after learning it wasn't his fault.

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* ''Series/AvatarTheLastAirbender2024'': ''Series/AvatarTheLastAirbender2024'':
** While the death of her mother was a significant part of her character arc in the animated series, here it's made explicit that Katara has PTSD from witnessing her mother's murder (in the original she only arrived after her mother was already dead and so never witnessed the act itself), up to and including trauma-induced flashbacks to the incident.
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In [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the original series]], King Bumi was TheWonka and an EccentricMentor who only put Aang through his series of trials as a sly way of teaching him a lesson. The live action adaptation, he's still unquestionably a huge CloudCuckoolander to some degree, but he's also a lot more cynical, jaded, and traumatised from a century of non-stop war with the Fire Nation, and has a lot of pent-up anger towards Aang for not being there to stop the war from happening, even after learning it wasn't his fault.
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* ''Series/AvatarTheLastAirbender2024'': In [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the original series]], King Bumi was TheWonka and an EccentricMentor who only put Aang through his series of trials as a sly way of teaching him a lesson. The live action adaptation, he's still a CloudCuckoolander to some degree, but he's also a lot more cynical, jaded, and traumatised from a century of non-stop war with the Fire Nation, and has a lot of pent-up anger towards Aang for not being there to stop the war from happening, even after learning it wasn't his fault.
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** Even ''the mouse'' is also given an angsty backstory, where he was jailed for stealing cheese to feed his family.

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** Even ''the mouse'' is also given an angsty backstory, [[Literature/LesMiserables where he was jailed for stealing cheese to feed his family.]]
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** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Unlike the mainstream Wolverine whose memories of his Weapon X are hazy and fractured, this Wolverine has full knowledge of what was done to him and what he experienced when being used as a living weapon for Weapon X and remarks that is literally all he remembers from his past.

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** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen2001'': Unlike the mainstream Wolverine whose memories of his Weapon X are hazy and fractured, this Wolverine has full knowledge of what was done to him and what he experienced when being used as a living weapon for Weapon X and remarks that is literally all he remembers from his past.

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** In the manga/anime, Nami secretly told Nojiko about her plan to buy Coco Village back from Arlong who would then secretly tell the rest of the villagers who pretended to hate Nami to not arouse Arlong's suspicions. In this series, Nami never told Nojiko the truth and Nami was genuinely ostracized by the villagers until they find out why Nami was working for Arlong.
** In the aftermath of Zoro and Mihawk's fight, Luffy suffers a crisis of confidence over his abilities as a captain as many characters, including Nami, calls Luffy out for not stopping Zoro when it was clear Zoro was in over his head for challenging Mihawk to a DuelToTheDeath. During the time Zoro was unconscious, it's clear that Luffy was truly afraid that Zoro would lose his life. He ultimately learns that a good captain must make the hard decision to step in and help when things are going awry regardless of the circumstances.

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** In the manga/anime, Nami secretly told Nojiko about her plan to buy Coco Village back from Arlong who would then secretly tell the rest of the villagers who pretended to hate Nami to not arouse Arlong's suspicions. In this series, Nami never told Nojiko the truth and Nami was genuinely ostracized by her sister and the villagers until they find out why Nami was working for Arlong.
** In the aftermath of Prior to Zoro and Mihawk's fight, Nami was the one most vocal and panicky about Zoro recklessly endangering his life, not wanting him to see him hurt or killed due to his stubbornness of fulfilling his dream. When Zoro asks why she cares so much, Nami nearly yells in frustration because he is her friend. And when Zoro accepts his defeat, Nami grabs Usopp's hand as a means to brace herself for Mihawk to deliver the final blow.
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fight, Luffy suffers a crisis of confidence over his abilities as a captain as many characters, including Nami, calls Luffy out for not stopping Zoro when it was clear Zoro was in over his head for challenging Mihawk to a DuelToTheDeath. During the time Zoro was unconscious, it's clear that Luffy was truly afraid that Zoro would lose his life. He ultimately learns that a good captain must make the hard decision to step in and help when things are going awry regardless of the circumstances.
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* ''Series/OnePiece2023'':
** When Usopp finds out Luffy knew his father, he has a displeased look on his face, showing he harbors some resentment towards his father who had abandoned him and his mother. And because the Usopp Pirates were adapted out of this adaptation, Usopp had to face Kuro and the emotional fallout of being the village outcast alone.
** In the manga/anime, Nami secretly told Nojiko about her plan to buy Coco Village back from Arlong who would then secretly tell the rest of the villagers who pretended to hate Nami to not arouse Arlong's suspicions. In this series, Nami never told Nojiko the truth and Nami was genuinely ostracized by the villagers until they find out why Nami was working for Arlong.
** In the aftermath of Zoro and Mihawk's fight, Luffy suffers a crisis of confidence over his abilities as a captain as many characters, including Nami, calls Luffy out for not stopping Zoro when it was clear Zoro was in over his head for challenging Mihawk to a DuelToTheDeath. During the time Zoro was unconscious, it's clear that Luffy was truly afraid that Zoro would lose his life. He ultimately learns that a good captain must make the hard decision to step in and help when things are going awry regardless of the circumstances.
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** ''ComicBook/StaticSeasonOne'': Static, and most of the Bang Babies for that matter, suffered a ''lot'' more trauma during the Big Bang compared to their previous versions. Not only are the circumstances much more traumatic, being the result of police using experimental chemical weapons against innocent protesters instead of from a drug deal gone bad, but it's also directly stated many of those present outright ''died'' while the police responsible sat by and did nothing. It's also implied Virgil's awakening of his powers was a lot more painful in this version.
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* ''ComicBook/AfterlifeWithArchie'' plays a lot of its tropes more seriously than [[ComicBook/ArchieComics the source]] and thus there's a lot more of this, along with any obligatory trauma from being set in a ZombieApocalypse. For example, Betty and Veronica aren't their normal VitriolicBestBuds and instead have a rocky relationship.

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* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'': ''ComicBook/AfterlifeWithArchie'' plays a lot of its tropes more seriously than [[ComicBook/ArchieComics the source]] source material and thus there's a lot more of this, along with any obligatory trauma from being set in a ZombieApocalypse. For example, Betty and Veronica aren't their normal VitriolicBestBuds and instead have a rocky relationship.



** One of the most notable examples of this is the case of Barry Allen, ''Franchise/TheFlash''. Originally a humble do-gooder who was motivated to become a superhero mostly because he liked comics and had just gained superpowers, meaning superheroics was the next logical step (he was already a police forensic scientist, so he already had a sense of right-and-wrong and desire to help justice), later retcons when he was brought into the present era included giving him a new backstory of a murdered mother with his father being falsely accused and convicted of her murder. Notable is the fact that this was both ''unneeded'' (Barry, while a NiceGuy, wasn't exactly without his angst as it was, what with the death of his first love Iris, and killing his arch-enemy Professor Zoom, Iris' killer, in order to save his second love), ''and justified'' at the same time (the retcon was explained away as Zoom going back in time to mess with Barry's life, killing his mother to give him more misery).

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** One of the most notable examples of this is the case of Barry Allen, ''Franchise/TheFlash''.''ComicBook/TheFlash''. Originally a humble do-gooder who was motivated to become a superhero mostly because he liked comics and had just gained superpowers, meaning superheroics was the next logical step (he was already a police forensic scientist, so he already had a sense of right-and-wrong and desire to help justice), later retcons when he was brought into the present era included giving him a new backstory of a murdered mother with his father being falsely accused and convicted of her murder. Notable is the fact that this was both ''unneeded'' (Barry, while a NiceGuy, wasn't exactly without his angst as it was, what with the death of his first love Iris, and killing his arch-enemy Professor Zoom, Iris' killer, in order to save his second love), ''and justified'' at the same time (the retcon was explained away as Zoom going back in time to mess with Barry's life, killing his mother to give him more misery).



** In ''ComicBook/WonderWomanOdyssey'' the Amazons are left as remnants hiding as refugees from those who destroyed their Paradise Island and killed their queen and most of their people. Diana is in turn a more violent, but still opposed to killing, Franchise/WonderWoman in this series as she searches for what's left of her people and struggles to protect them.

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** In ''ComicBook/WonderWomanOdyssey'' the Amazons are left as remnants hiding as refugees from those who destroyed their Paradise Island and killed their queen and most of their people. Diana is in turn a more violent, but still opposed to killing, Franchise/WonderWoman ComicBook/WonderWoman in this series as she searches for what's left of her people and struggles to protect them.



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*** The Reverse Flash. In the show, he's been TrappedInThePast for 15 years (originally being from an over a century in the future) and is ''desperate'' to get home, and his scheme to do so is the driving force behind Season 1. In the comics, he doesn't care about getting back to his time at all and is mostly just focused on screwing over Franchise/TheFlash in any way possible.

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*** The Reverse Flash. In the show, he's been TrappedInThePast for 15 years (originally being from an over a century in the future) and is ''desperate'' to get home, and his scheme to do so is the driving force behind Season 1. In the comics, he doesn't care about getting back to his time at all and is mostly just focused on screwing over Franchise/TheFlash the Flash in any way possible.



* In the ''Comicbook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' story "80 Years"/"Family Ties", when the triplets learn what happened to Della Duck, they're sad for a panel, then get distracted. Once Gyro contacts her and they learn she's fine, they actually lie to her out of fear that if she knew [[spoiler: relativity meant she'd been away for years]], she might give up, and they like living with Uncle Donald. In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', the triplets' feelings about their MissingMom is one of the driving forces of the first season, they do ''not'' handle learning the truth well, and both their issues over this, and her own trauma from ''knowing'' she's missed them growing up, continue to inform a lot of the plot thereafter.

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* In the ''Comicbook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' story "80 Years"/"Family Ties", when the triplets learn what happened to Della Duck, they're sad for a panel, then get distracted. Once Gyro contacts her and they learn she's fine, they actually lie to her out of fear that if she knew [[spoiler: relativity meant she'd been away for years]], she might give up, and they like living with Uncle Donald. In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', the triplets' feelings about their MissingMom is one of the driving forces of the first season, they do ''not'' handle learning the truth well, and both their issues over this, and her own trauma from ''knowing'' she's missed them growing up, continue to inform a lot of the plot thereafter.
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* Vakama in the 2nd ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' animated film is nearly perpetually angsty, emotional and self-loathing, though he has brief moments of confidence and courage, becoming a brave leader by the end. While he definitely had issues accepting his status as a leader in the books and comics, he was generally a capable hero with only occasional moments of uncertainty. The film focused more on his emotional side and his self-blame for the downfall of his predecessor, Lhikan, traits that barely factored into previous stories. After the film, the books and comics would start to play up his angst more too.
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* FanFilm ''WebVideo/SpiderManLotus'' was created as an adaptation of ''ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied'' & ''ComicBook/SpiderManBlue'', but makes Peter into a JerkassWoobie who lashes out at everyone close to him and has him trauma-dumping to the ''dying child'' from ''The Kid Who Collects ComicBook/SpiderMan''. In the original comic Peter remained well-composed and affable despite the weight of the situation, and only briefly shows open signs of self-doubt when the kid specifically asks him about why he fights crime.
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* The Franchise/MonsterVerse version of [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingKong King Kong]] doesn't get shot down in New York, but he ''does'' get to witness and live through the destruction of his island home by PerpetualStorm, claiming the lives of all but a few of the natives and creatures that he spent his entire life bleeding in defence of. ''WesternAnimation/SkullIsland2023'' also reveals that he made friends with a native girl sometime between 1973 and the mid-1990s, only for her to die in his hand [[spoiler:after he was too late to save her and her village from a monster fatally injured her; essentially, for this Kong, it was his Beauty instead of him, the Beast, who died]].

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* The Franchise/MonsterVerse version of [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingKong King Kong]] doesn't get shot down in New York, but he ''does'' get to witness and live through the destruction of his island home by PerpetualStorm, claiming the lives of all but a few of the natives and creatures that he spent his entire life bleeding in defence of. ''WesternAnimation/SkullIsland2023'' also reveals that he made friends with a native girl sometime between 1973 and the mid-1990s, only for her to die in his hand [[spoiler:after he was too late to save her and her village from a monster that fatally injured her; essentially, for this Kong, it was his Beauty instead of him, the Beast, who died]].
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* In the ''Comicbook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' story "Family Ties", when the triplets learn what happened to Della Duck, they're sad for a panel, then get distracted. Once Gyro contacts her and they learn she's fine, they actually lie to her out of fear that if she knew [[spoiler: relativity meant she'd been away for years]], she might give up, and they like living with Uncle Donald. In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', the triplets' feelings about their MissingMom is one of the driving forces of the first season, they do ''not'' handle learning the truth well, and both their issues over this, and her own trauma from ''knowing'' she's missed them growing up, continue to inform a lot of the plot thereafter.

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* In the ''Comicbook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' story "Family "80 Years"/"Family Ties", when the triplets learn what happened to Della Duck, they're sad for a panel, then get distracted. Once Gyro contacts her and they learn she's fine, they actually lie to her out of fear that if she knew [[spoiler: relativity meant she'd been away for years]], she might give up, and they like living with Uncle Donald. In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', the triplets' feelings about their MissingMom is one of the driving forces of the first season, they do ''not'' handle learning the truth well, and both their issues over this, and her own trauma from ''knowing'' she's missed them growing up, continue to inform a lot of the plot thereafter.
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* In the ''Comicbook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' story "Family Ties", when the triplets learn what happened to Della Duck, they're sad for a panel, then get distracted. Once they learn she's fine, they actually lie to her out of fear that if she knew [[spoiler: relativity meant she'd been away for years]], she might give up, and they like living with Uncle Donald. In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', the triplets' feelings about their MissingMom is one of the driving forces of the first season, they do ''not'' handle learning the truth well, and both their issues over this, and her own trauma from ''knowing'' she's missed them growing up, continue to inform a lot of the plot thereafter.

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* In the ''Comicbook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' story "Family Ties", when the triplets learn what happened to Della Duck, they're sad for a panel, then get distracted. Once Gyro contacts her and they learn she's fine, they actually lie to her out of fear that if she knew [[spoiler: relativity meant she'd been away for years]], she might give up, and they like living with Uncle Donald. In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', the triplets' feelings about their MissingMom is one of the driving forces of the first season, they do ''not'' handle learning the truth well, and both their issues over this, and her own trauma from ''knowing'' she's missed them growing up, continue to inform a lot of the plot thereafter.
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* In the ''Comicbook/DisneyDuckComicUniverse'' story "Family Ties", when the triplets learn what happened to Della Duck, they're sad for a panel, then get distracted. Once they learn she's fine, they actually lie to her out of fear that if she knew [[spoiler: relativity meant she'd been away for years]], she might give up, and they like living with Uncle Donald. In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', the triplets' feelings about their MissingMom is one of the driving forces of the first season, they do ''not'' handle learning the truth well, and both their issues over this, and her own trauma from ''knowing'' she's missed them growing up, continue to inform a lot of the plot thereafter.

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* In the ''Comicbook/DisneyDuckComicUniverse'' ''Comicbook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' story "Family Ties", when the triplets learn what happened to Della Duck, they're sad for a panel, then get distracted. Once they learn she's fine, they actually lie to her out of fear that if she knew [[spoiler: relativity meant she'd been away for years]], she might give up, and they like living with Uncle Donald. In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', the triplets' feelings about their MissingMom is one of the driving forces of the first season, they do ''not'' handle learning the truth well, and both their issues over this, and her own trauma from ''knowing'' she's missed them growing up, continue to inform a lot of the plot thereafter.

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