History Main / AdaptationalNationality

** Like the Bloodsport example, ''Film/BlackAdam2022'' has ComicBook/DoctorFate played by Creator/PierceBrosnan, who uses an English accent for the role even though the character is an American in the comics.

* An interesting case with Morgan Edge, who is American in ''Series/{{Supergirl}}'', just like his comic book prototype, but is British in the ''Series/SupermanAndLois'' universe (and played by a different actor). [[spoiler:In fact, he isn't even human. His real name is Tal-Rho, he's Superman's half-brother from Krypton. His accent comes from being imprisoned in England shortly after his arrival.]]

** An interesting case with Morgan Edge, who is American pre-Crisis, just like his comic book prototype, but is British post-Crisis (and played by a different actor). [[spoiler:In fact, post-Crisis he isn't even human. His real name is Tal-Rho, he's Superman's half-brother from Krypton. His accent comes from being imprisoned in England shortly after his arrival.]]

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the novel, Louis de Pointe du Lac was born in France and later moved to the French colony of Louisiana, and when he was turned into a vampire in 1791, it was still under French rule, so he had spent his whole human lifespan as a French citizen. In the TV adaptation, Louis is an American who was born in New Orleans in 1877.

[[caption-width-right:350:This duck [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse migrated]] far, far [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 north]][[labelnote:note]]He's still South African. [[{{Fauxreigner}} He just wants to outscot Scrooge]][[/labelnote]].]]

* ''Series/RuyisRoyalLoveInThePalace'': Xiangjian's historical counterpart [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rong_Fei Consort Rong]] was an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghurs Uyghur]]. The Uyghurs are currently being treated horrifically by the [=CCP=], so to be politically correct the series-makers made Xiangjian a member of a fictional ethnicity.

[[caption-width-right:350:This duck [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse migrated]] far, far [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 north]].]]

** In ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'', Barbara Ann Minerva/Cheetah's backstory is that she grew up in an orphanage in Idaho. However, ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' reverts to the pre-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' English heiress.

* In ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'', Alicia Masters is voiced with a British accent even though her comic counterpart is an American.

* ''Film/{{Matilda}}'': The 1996 movie adaptation of Creator/RoaldDahl's novel changed the setting from Great Britain to the USA, thus Americanizing all the characters, except for the evil headmaster Mrs. Trunchbull, who remains a [[TheMeanBrit Mean Brit]].

* Since ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' changed the setting from Medieval France to Medieval Scotland in Britain, King Stefan has a Scottish accent (done by South African actor Sharlto Copley) while Prince Phillip and the 3 fairies have English accents instead of American accents in the original ''Sleeping Beauty'', which was supposedly set in Medieval France. Similarly, Maleficent and Aurora still have Mid Atlantic accents, done by Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning.

** In the original Comics, the Purple Man is from Croatia. In ''Series/JessicaJones2015'', he's a British-American and is played by Creator/DavidTennant.
** In the comics, Moon Knight and all his alters are American and are primarily based in New York City. In ''Series/MoonKnight2022'', Steven Grant speaks with an English accent and works at the National Art Gallery in London. His passport reveals that Marc Spector is an American citizen, and Marc is shown speaking with his actor Oscar Isaac's natural American accent. [[spoiler:The third alter, Jake Lockley, has an unknown nationality, but the fact that he seems to be speaking Spanish as his native tongue heavily implies that he's "from" somewhere in Latin America]].

* The original ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' anime took place in Amestris, which is a fictional country but is often implied to be a FantasyCounterpartCulture to Germany with some slight influence from other European regions. As such, the nationalities of the Elric Brothers, their mother and their friend Winry are more or less ambiguous, but can be assumed to be western European. In ''WebVideo/NullmetalAlchemist'', all of the above mentioned characters are depicted as being British, while everyone else is given generic American accents. Additionally, [[spoiler:the Homunculi Envy and Sloth are both depicted as having British accents as well, which fits seeing as they'd later be revealed to be the Elrics' half-brother and mother respectively]].

* ''Film/BladeTrilogy'': ComicBook/{{Blade}}, who in the comics is canonically of British origin, is portrayed as an American in the films in large part to match that of Wesley Snipes, who portrays him. This continues in the [[Series/{{Blade}} TV series]], where he's portrayed by the American rapper Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jones.

* In ''Film/{{Constantine}},'' Constantine is an American (played by Creator/KeanuReeves). In the original ComicBooks, ComicBook/JohnConstantine is British.

* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:
** ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'':

** ''Film/WonderWoman1984'' does the inverse of Etta with ComicBook/{{Cheetah}}, going from being British in the comics to an American in this universe.

** Like the Bloodsport example, ''Film/BlackAdam2022'' has Comicbook/DoctorFate played by Creator/PierceBrosnan, who uses an English accent for the role even though the character is an American in the comics.

* In ''Literature/LittleWomen'', Friedrich Bhaer is German, but in the 2019 film adaptation (''Film/LittleWomen2019'') French actor Louis Garrel plays him and uses his natural French accent.

* In ''WesternAnimation/IronMan'', the Beetle (an American in the comics) is British and has a distinct Liverpudlian accent (as a ShoutOut to [[Music/TheBeatles a certain famous band from that area]]).

* The main character of the German novel ''Literature/JesusVideo'' is an American student named Stephen Foxx. In the TV-movie adaptation, he's a German named Steffen Vogt. And in the English dub of the movie, he's American again, but named Stephen Boyd.

* In ''Series/{{Titans}}'', ComicBook/LexLuthor's {{Bodyguard Babe|s}} Mercy Graves is British rather than American. And William Wintergreen is American rather than British.

* The ''Fanfic/{{Destiny}}'' series changes some of the character's nationalities. In some cases, characters are just changed from being from a country's fictional counterpart to their real world incarnation. Others get outright edited, such as Rapunzel being from Italy rather than a Germanic country.

** ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'': Mr. Big in the book is Haitian-French; in the film, he hails from the fictional Caribbean island nation of San Monique.
** ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'': Francisco Scaramanga, a Catalonian in the book, in the film is said to have been born to an English snake charmer and a Cuban father, and to have lived in Rio as a teenager.
** ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'': In the book, Hugo Drax is a former German Nazi masquerading as an Englishman, while in the film he is a FrenchJerk played by French actor Creator/MichaelLonsdale.

*** Melina Havelock is half-Greek, half-English in the film, while her literary counterpart, [[AdaptationNameChange Judy]], was just English.
*** Columbo and Kristatos are both Italian in the ''Risico'' short story, while their film counterparts are Greek, in keeping with the film's AdaptationalLocationChange of that story's scenes from Italy to Greece.

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' makes alterations to the nationalities of at least three characters:

** In the original Marvel Comics, the Purple Man is from Croatia. In ''Series/JessicaJones2015'', he's a Brit and is played by Creator/DavidTennant.

** ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'''s Kraven the Hunter is Australian (and a Steve Irwin {{Expy}}) rather than Russian.