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** The adaptation takes place after the original and Bob has gone through InUniverse HistoricalHeroUpgrade.

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** [[FutureImperfect The adaptation takes place after the original original]] and Bob has gone through InUniverse HistoricalHeroUpgrade.
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** In the original, Bob was a villain who later made a HeelFaceTurn. In the adaptation, he's a hero from the start.
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** AdaptationalSympathy
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** Bob was a CompleteMonster in the original, but is an {{incorruptible|purepureness}} AllLovingHero in the adaptation.
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**DracoInLeatherPants
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** Bob tries to outright kill the heroes in the original. In the adaptation, while he's still not on the heroes' side, he's simply a {{Jerkass}} who doesn't do worse than insult the heroes.
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** In the original, Bob was a well-intended HeroAntagonist who [[GoodVsGood just happened to be opposing the other heroes]] who were trying to stop the same villain. In the adaptation, he's a full-time ally to the heroes and works with them to stop the villain.
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** TruerToTheText
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** Bob was UnintentionallyUnsympathetic and came off as a DesignatedHero in the original, so the story was rewritten to give him more sympathetic and redeemable qualities as part of an AuthorsSavingThrow.

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** Bob was UnintentionallyUnsympathetic and came off as a DesignatedHero in the original, so the story was rewritten to give him more sympathetic and redeemable qualities as part of an AuthorsSavingThrow.ImprovedSecondAttempt or an AuthorsSavingThrow if done intentionally.

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* '''Subverted''': While it looks like Bob is the hero, it later turns out that he isn't, and he takes on his original role in the story...

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While it looks like Bob is the hero, it later turns out that he isn't, and he takes on his original role in the story...story...
** TruerToTheText
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** The adaptation takes place after the original and Bob has gone through InUniverse HistoricalHeroUpgrade.
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** Bob underwent a HeelFaceTurn in the original, so he is rewritten as a good guy.
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** Bob is [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy too unlikable to be a sympathetic hero]], and the adaptation gives him likable qualities so that the audience can emotionally invest in him.

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** Bob is [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy [[TooBleakStoppedCaring too unlikable to be a sympathetic hero]], and the adaptation gives him likable qualities so that the audience can emotionally invest in him.

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** Bob, originally an Straight villain, becomes an AntiVillain in the adaptation.

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** Bob, originally an Straight a straight villain, becomes an AntiVillain in the adaptation.



** Bob was the orignal's BigBad. In the adaptation, he is TheHero.
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** Bob was the orignal's original's BigBad. In the adaptation, he is TheHero.
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* '''Justified''': Due to the changes in the story Bob's StartOfDarkness never happens and he remains a good guy.

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** Bob is still evil in the adaptation, but circumstances place him on the good guy's team as their TokenEvilTeammate.
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Due to the changes in the story Bob's StartOfDarkness never happens and he remains a good guy.
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** Bob is minority( e.g. non-straight or non-white)and the adaptation is trying to be progressive and to avoid the accusations of negative representation without being less diverse than source material( which is why they didn't turn him into majority).
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* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Bob in the adaptation [[OlderThanTheyThink is actually based on]] [[EarlyInstallment how he was originally introduced]], [[TruerToTheText making him even closer to the source material]] than what most people know him for.

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* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Bob in the adaptation [[OlderThanTheyThink is actually based on]] [[EarlyInstallment [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness how he was originally introduced]], [[TruerToTheText making him even closer to the source material]] than what most people know him for.
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* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Bob in the adaptation [[OlderThanTheyThink is actually based on]] [[EarlyInstallment how he was originally introduced]], [[TruerToTheText making him even closer to the source material]] than what most people know him for.
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** Bob was UnintentionallyUnsympathetic in the original, so the story was rewritten to give him more sympathetic and redeemable qualities as part of an AuthorsSavingThrow.

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** Bob was UnintentionallyUnsympathetic and came off as a DesignatedHero in the original, so the story was rewritten to give him more sympathetic and redeemable qualities as part of an AuthorsSavingThrow.
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** Bob was UnintentionallyUnsympathetic in the original, so the story was rewritten to give him more sympathetic and redeemable qualities as part of an AuthorsSavingThrow.
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** Bob, originally an Straight villain, becomes a AntiVillain in the adaptation.

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** Bob, originally an Straight villain, becomes a an AntiVillain in the adaptation.

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** Bob is an immensely popular villain, and the adaptation wants to focus on him, but to do that, they need to make him a a hero.



* '''Implied''': Robert is a hero who appears to be a CanonForeigner. However, there is a MythologyGag that suggests he may actually be the adaptation's version of Bob.



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** Bob is still evil in the adaptation, but he's not absolute pure evil like in the original.


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** Bob was UnintentionallySympathetic in the original, so the story was rewritten to make it an intentional aspect of his character.
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-->'''Comic Book Alice:''' "Hey, did you hear? [[BreakingTheFourthWall There's gonna be a movie adaptation of this comic]]!"\\
'''Comic Book Bob:''' "Oh, Goddammit! [[TemptingFate I really hope they don't invent some crap about me being nice or something]]."

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-->'''Comic Book Alice:''' "Hey, Hey, did you hear? [[BreakingTheFourthWall There's gonna be a movie adaptation of this comic]]!"\\
comic]]!\\
'''Comic Book Bob:''' "Oh, Oh, Goddammit! [[TemptingFate I really hope they don't invent some crap about me being nice or something]]."

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