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** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' changes the setting of [[Comicbook/CaptainAmericaWinterSoldier the original comic]] (as well the location of Cap's apartment) from New York City to Washington, D.C., even though Cap still originally comes from Brooklyn.

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** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' changes the setting of [[Comicbook/CaptainAmericaWinterSoldier [[ComicBook/CaptainAmericaWinterSoldier the original comic]] (as well the location of Cap's apartment) from New York City to Washington, D.C., even though Cap still originally comes from Brooklyn.



** The ''[[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor]]'' comics had the titular character set up shop in New York as Dr. Donald Blake. The [[Film/{{Thor}} first film]] moved the action to the fictional New Mexico town of Puente Antiguo. The comic Asgardians also settled in Oklahoma after the destruction of their home during Ragnarok. ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' instead places the Asgardian settlement in Tonsberg, Norway.
** ''Series/WandaVision'' is loosely based on ''Comicbook/TheVisionAndTheScarletWitch'', but moves the action from Leonia, New Jersey to the fictional town of Westview.

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** The ''[[Comicbook/TheMightyThor ''[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]'' comics had the titular character set up shop in New York as Dr. Donald Blake. The [[Film/{{Thor}} first film]] moved the action to the fictional New Mexico town of Puente Antiguo. The comic Asgardians also settled in Oklahoma after the destruction of their home during Ragnarok. ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' instead places the Asgardian settlement in Tonsberg, Norway.
** ''Series/WandaVision'' is loosely based on ''Comicbook/TheVisionAndTheScarletWitch'', ''ComicBook/TheVisionAndTheScarletWitch'', but moves the action from Leonia, New Jersey to the fictional town of Westview.



* In the comics, ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'s traditional hometown is Fawcett City, located in the Midwestern United States. [[Film/Shazam2019 The DCEU film of the same name]] instead has UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} as the stomping grounds for the Red Cyclone. (Although Comicbook/TheNew52 made Fawcett a Philadelphia suburb, so there was some backing)
* In the ''Comicbook/SuicideSquad'' comics, Jotunheim was located in the fictional Middle Eastern nation of {{Qurac}}. In [[Film/TheSuicideSquad the 2021 film adaptation]], Jotunheim is instead in the (also fictional) BananaRepublic of Corto Maltese.

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* In the comics, ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'s traditional hometown is Fawcett City, located in the Midwestern United States. [[Film/Shazam2019 The DCEU film of the same name]] instead has UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} as the stomping grounds for the Red Cyclone. (Although Comicbook/TheNew52 the ComicBook/New52 made Fawcett a Philadelphia suburb, so there was some backing)
* In the ''Comicbook/SuicideSquad'' ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' comics, Jotunheim was located in the fictional Middle Eastern nation of {{Qurac}}. In [[Film/TheSuicideSquad the 2021 film adaptation]], Jotunheim is instead in the (also fictional) BananaRepublic of Corto Maltese.



* ''Series/{{Titans|2018}}'' Season 3 sees the team relocate to Gotham City and begin operating out of the Batcave [[spoiler: after Comicbook/{{Batman}} unexpectedly retires]]. While the various incarnations of the Comicbook/TeenTitans have been set in a few different cities, Gotham isn't one of them.

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* ''Series/{{Titans|2018}}'' Season 3 sees the team relocate to Gotham City and begin operating out of the Batcave [[spoiler: after Comicbook/{{Batman}} ComicBook/{{Batman}} unexpectedly retires]]. While the various incarnations of the Comicbook/TeenTitans ComicBook/TeenTitans have been set in a few different cities, Gotham isn't one of them.
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* ''Film/NightOfTheEagle'': Despite the film having two American screenwriters who usually worked in Hollywood, the plot of Creator/FritzLeibe's novel ''Conjure Wife'' is moved from a small, conservative American college to a small, prestigious British university.

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* ''Film/NightOfTheEagle'': Despite the film having two American screenwriters who usually worked in Hollywood, the plot of Creator/FritzLeibe's Creator/FritzLeiber's novel ''Conjure Wife'' is moved from a small, conservative American college to a small, prestigious British university.
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* ''Film/NightOfTheEagle'': Despite the film having two American screenwriters who usually worked in Hollywood, the plot of Creator/FritzLeibe's novel ''Conjure Wife'' is moved from a small, conservative American college to a small, prestigious British university.
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** Rather than being a separate world, [[WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}} Meridian]] is an archipelago in Northern Europe, between Germany, Denmark, and Sweden.

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** Rather than being a separate world, [[WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}} [[WesternAnimation/WITCH2004 Meridian]] is an archipelago in Northern Europe, between Germany, Denmark, and Sweden.
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* ''WesternAnimation/PollyPocket'': Polly's hometown, unnamed in the original specials, is called Pollyville in the early 2010s incarnation. When the franchise was rebooted for 2018, she lives in a different town called Littleton.

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