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* '''Straight''': In the novel ''The Adventures of Alice and Bob'', the [[SacrificialLion important character Dana gets killed by Emperor Evulz]]. In the movie based on the novel, Dana instead dies of a heart attack.
* '''Exaggerated''':

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* '''Straight''': In the novel ''The Adventures of Alice and Bob'', AliceAndBob'', the [[SacrificialLion important character Dana gets killed by Emperor Evulz]]. In the movie based on the novel, Dana instead dies of a heart attack.
* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':



** [[SparedByTheAdaptation Dana gets killed in the novel, but survives the movie.]]

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** [[SparedByTheAdaptation Dana gets killed in the novel, novel but survives the movie.]]



** The movie changes the causes of deaths of all of the characters.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Dana gets killed by Emperor Evulz in both the movie and the novel. However, in the movie, she survives long enough to get to the hospital before later succumbing to her injuries.
** Dana is killed by Emperor Evulz after he [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impales her]] in both versions. However, in the novel it's on a spiked trap, while it's a sword in the movie.
* '''Justified''': Dana doesn't encounter Evulz in the movie, so it would make no sense for her to get killed by him.

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** The movie changes the causes of deaths of all of the characters.
* '''Downplayed''':
'''Downplayed''':
** Dana gets killed by Emperor Evulz in In both the movie and the novel.novel, Emperor Evulz kills Dana. However, in the movie, she survives long enough to get to the hospital before later succumbing to her injuries.
** Dana is killed by In both the movie and the novel, Emperor Evulz after he [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impales her]] in both versions.Dana]] fatally. However, in the novel it's on a spiked trap, while it's a sword in the movie.
* '''Justified''': Dana doesn't encounter Evulz in the movie, so it would make no sense for her him to get killed by him.kill her.



* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''':

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* '''Parodied''': ???
In the movie, Dana is a {{Human Alien|s}} with BizarreAlienBiology, such that she gets ''stronger'' after Evulz attacks her. But she has a WeaksauceWeakness in the form of total intolerance of Earth's fast food, so when she takes a bite of a hot dog, she has a fatal heart attack.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''':



** The movie changes the way Dana dies, but keeps Evulz' [[DisneyVillainDeath death from falling off a cliff]] the same.

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** The movie changes the way Dana dies, and Charlie die but keeps Evulz' [[DisneyVillainDeath death from falling off a cliff]] the same.



** Dana's original death scene was planned for the movie, but would've been too difficult to film because of all the special effects, so the change is due to a PragmaticAdaptation.
** The plot of the movie is different than the novel - in the movie, Dana never encounters Evulz. However, the producers wanted to find a way to get rid of Dana anyway.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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** Dana's original death scene was planned for the movie, movie but would've been too difficult to film because of all the special effects, so the change is due to a PragmaticAdaptation.
** The plot of the movie is different than the novel - -- in the movie, Dana never encounters Evulz. However, the producers wanted to find a way to get rid of Dana anyway.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???As she lies dying of her heart attack, Dana says her last words: "I ... always ... thought ... I'd die ... fighting ... Evulz ... himself ..."



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'''Basic Trope''': A character dies differently in a different adaptation of the work.
* '''Straight''': In the novel ''The Adventures of Alice and Bob'', the [[SacrificialLion important character Dana gets killed by Emperor Evulz]]. In the movie based on the novel, Dana instead dies of a heart attack.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** [[DeathByAdaptation Dana originally survived the entire novel, so her death in the movie is entirely new.]]
** [[SparedByTheAdaptation Dana gets killed in the novel, but survives the movie.]]
** [[TheyKilledKennyAgain Dana repeatedly dies]], all in very different ways to how she got killed in the original novel.
** The movie changes the causes of deaths of all of the characters.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Dana gets killed by Emperor Evulz in both the movie and the novel. However, in the movie, she survives long enough to get to the hospital before later succumbing to her injuries.
** Dana is killed by Emperor Evulz after he [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impales her]] in both versions. However, in the novel it's on a spiked trap, while it's a sword in the movie.
* '''Justified''': Dana doesn't encounter Evulz in the movie, so it would make no sense for her to get killed by him.
* '''Inverted''': Dana dies in the same way, but the way she's brought BackFromTheDead differs in the novel and the movie.
* '''Subverted''': Dana has a heart attack, and seems to be dead, but it's just a DisneyDeath.
* '''Double Subverted''': She later gets KilledOffForReal after having a stroke.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''':
** Dana [[TheyKilledKennyAgain gets killed off repeatedly]], some ways echoing how she was killed in the original novel, and some are different.
** The movie changes the way Dana dies, but keeps Evulz' [[DisneyVillainDeath death from falling off a cliff]] the same.
* '''Averted''': Dana dies in the same way in both the novel and the movie.
* '''Enforced''':
** The movie of ''The Adventures of Alice and Bob'' is meant to be for a more general audience than the novel was, and the original way that Dana died was considered [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath too gruesome]]. To avoid cries of "WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids", they change it to something less graphic.
** Dana's original death scene was planned for the movie, but would've been too difficult to film because of all the special effects, so the change is due to a PragmaticAdaptation.
** The plot of the movie is different than the novel - in the movie, Dana never encounters Evulz. However, the producers wanted to find a way to get rid of Dana anyway.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Why is she dying of a heart attack in the movie? I thought she died after the villain killed her in the novel."
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