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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', Jafar isn't killed, but turned into a genie and then [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in a lamp.]] (He's finally KilledOffForReal in the first sequel, though.) In [[Literature/{{Aladdin}} the original tale]], depending on the version, the sorcerer is either killed by the princess with poisoned wine or put to sleep with drugged wine by the princess and then beheaded by Aladdin.
* Anastasia in ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'' (if you consider reality to be the source material, since it's so historically inaccurate it may as well be an AlternateUniverse). This is somewhat justified as during the time the film was produced her actual fate had not been confirmed.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatmanVsDracula'' took some influence from the ''ComicBook/BatmanVampire'' trilogy--but much [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman like the series it's tied into]], it's a movie aimed for kids, so no one outside of Dracula dies, Batman never becomes a vampire, and he even manages to cure the Joker. Additionally, Commissioner Gordon, Catwoman, Tanya, the Riddler, Two-Face, and many others were AdaptedOut.
* Grendel's Mother in the 2007 ''WesternAnimation/{{Beowulf|2007}}'' movie.
* In the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'' Book of Exodus, the Pharaoh drowned when the Red Sea crashed underneath him and his army once Moses and the Hebrews reached the other side of the sea. Ramses in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' survived the crashing waves washing away him and his soldiers as the torrent throws him back to his side of the sea. Justified, since the real UsefulNotes/RamesesII is known to have lived to old age and died of natural causes.
* WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies:
** [[GenderFlip Ms. Li]] in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood''. Mr. Li, her [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]] from the original comic, is [[DroppedABridgeOnHim killed]] by the titular Red Hood, while Ms. Li simply ends up BoundAndGagged by ComicBook/TheJoker. Whether her survival is due to the plot changes or [[MenAreTheExpendableGender her being a girl]] is uncertain.
** The Boyscouts in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', in the original comic they were poisoned to death by the cotton candy The Joker gave them, in the film Batman is able to stop them from eating it, this was because the crew thought it would've been in bad taste because of the recent Sandy Hook school shooting. Dr. Ruth Weisenheimer is mentioned on Dave Endocrine's show, but [[TheGhost doesn't appear in person]]. This spares her from The Joker's TV studio massacre, in which she was the first victim in the comic.
** In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'', the Elite are depowered and presumably jailed at the end, and that's the last we see of them. In the original comics, Black ended up lobotomizing Menagerie and, after a failed attempt to get revenge on Superman, committed suicide.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound'' doesn't see Jonathan Kent die, like he did in the ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac'' arc it's based on.
** While it was published after ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'' featured the death of Sal Maroni. ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke'' features Batman barging into a nightclub to talk to some people after the Joker cripples Barbara Gordon and kidnapped Commissioner Gordon. The guy he talks to is unmistakably voiced by Creator/RickDWasserman, who's credited in the role of "Maroni", suggesting Maroni's alive in the animated version and is the guy Batman talks to.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' has the "comes later" version: in the ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'' comic, ComicBook/LexLuthor died when he was ten. In this version he's alive as an adult, but winds up getting killed anyway.
** In the original ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'' storyline, [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Coast City]] is obliterated by Mongul and the Cyborg Superman. In ''WesternAnimation/ReignOfTheSupermen'', as Mongul is AdaptedOut, Coast City is spared its grisly fate. As well, as Coast City is spared, so is the Eradicator, who, in the original, is killed shielding Superman from a torrent of Kryptonite fuel, repowering Superman by accident.
* In ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet'', an adaptation of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' [[RecycledInSpace with lawn gnomes]], the only character to die is Tybalt--and somehow ''he'' gets reassembled for the DancePartyEnding! Of course, this wasn't a surprise. The trailer for the movie claimed, "The only tragedy... Would be missing it!" (Which was followed by a character's voice saying, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint "I don't get it..."]])
** Lampshaded during Gnomeo's conversation with a Shakespeare statue, where he calls the original a "horrible ending."
** Schlocky grindhouse adaptation ''Film/TromeoAndJuliet'' spares the two as well.
* Even compared to the below mentioned live-action version, Professor Bruttenholm gets this is the second ''WesternAnimation/HellboyAnimated'' movie, ''Blood and Iron'', surviving the events of the movie.
* The Giant from the Creator/GoldenFilms production of ''Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk'' most versions including the original story have the Giant fall to his death after Jack cuts down the beanstalk, in this version however just before he hits the ground he gets sealed inside the magic harp he had sealed Jack's father in years earlier along with his wife somehow, who did not accompany him in chasing Jack.
* Soren's parents in ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole'' are shown to have made it to the great tree by the end of the movie. In the books, we never see them (alive) again after Soren is kidnapped, and it's very strongly implied that they were killed shortly after that.
* Mondo TV (the same people who did ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic'') also did [[WesternAnimation/SuperLittleFantaHeroes a version]] of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', where EVERYONE is spared by the adaptation (yes, even Frollo). [[note]]not only that, [[spoiler: Phoebus and Fleur get turned into hunchbacks, Djali gets turned into a [[HumanityEnsues human girl]] for Gringoire to marry, and Quasimodo becomes handsome and Esmeralda marries him, while a redeemed Frollo performs the wedding ceremony]]. Yes, really - see for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55qW04A6aFs[[/note]]
* The 2015 French adaptation of ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'' implies this with regards to the '''Author'''. We never learn the name of the Aviator, but certain facts (former pilot, war hero, respected despit equirks and, well, wrote "The Little Prince") imply he is an aging St. Exupery who survived the war. In RealLife, St. Exupery died during World War Two when his plane was shot down.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'', everyone except 9 died in the original short; in the full-length movie he, 7, 3 and 4 all make it out alive.
* The Soviet AnimatedAdaptation of ''The Adventures of Captain Vrungel'' applies this to their ship "Beda" (meaning "trouble". Vrungel actually wanted to call it "Pobeda", as in "Victory", but lost two first letters due to accident). In the source material, the ship gets destroyed halfway through the book, forcing Vrungel and his crew to complete their journey around the world via increasingly unbelievable means. In the film, the ship survives till the end and successfully completes the journey.
* In the original novel of ''Literature/TheSuicideShop'', the book ends with Alan committing suicide, believing he has nothing to live for now that he's made his family see the upsides of life. [[WesternAnimation/TheSuicideShop The animated film]] instead has him live to avoid the story concluding with a DownerEnding.
* This happens in several Disney Adaptations, via {{Disneyfication}}:
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'': Every major character dies in the novel except for Bambi, his fawns, and Faline (who features prominently in the sequel). Many of the non-deer central characters in the film don't actually appear in the book, and so are not affected by this trope either.
** John Luther "Casey" Jones from ''The Brave Engineer''. In real life, he actually died in the train crash.
** Both Literature/TheSteadfastTinSoldier and the Ballerina from ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000''. The main reason why they both lived in the Disney adaptation is because the writers of the film actually did not want to cause any SoundtrackDissonance considering the fact that the musical piece accompanying this scene is an optimistic-sounding one.
** And [[spoiler: every single character]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''. In Chief's case [[DeathByAdaptation Not]] in the [[RecursiveAdaptation Disney books adapted from the film]], though. Chief [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] ''was'' going to die in the animated adaptation after being hit by the train, but someone in the Disney higher-ups wasn't willing to pull the trigger on a character who ''wasn't'' explicitly evil (this is before [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Mufasa's death]] convinced them it can be done effectively) - so he opens his eyes in what was meant to be his death scene, and ends up with ''only'' a broken leg for the rest of the film. This is definitely a case of it ''not'' being the best choice: killing him off would have explained Copper's ferocious grudge against Todd in the second half of the movie, while the final product makes him look a lot more spiteful (and it would have made their final reconciliation more [[{{Forgiveness}} potent]]).
** Esmeralda, Quasimodo, Clopin... and pretty much all of the main cast except for Frollo in ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. The musical [[RecursiveAdaptation on the other hand...]]
** Shere Khan from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967''. He retreats with a burning branch tied to his tail. Seconds after he's out of sight, it rains. In fact, he's still alive by the end of the sequel! Also the monkeys, who were eaten by Kaa originally.
** Ariel in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}''.
** ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''
*** In the book, Captain Hook decides to FaceDeathWithDignity once the crocodile catches up with him. In the movie, he immediately jumps out of the crocodile's mouth unharmed shortly after being swallowed up and later swimming away [[MemeticMutation screaming for Smee]] with the crocodile [[ExitPursuedByABear still behind him]]. There's an interesting story behind this. Originally, Disney was going to make Hook an evil, intimidating character who would die like his literary counterpart. However, they discovered that the slapstick scenes with the crocodile effectively ruined any sense that he was a serious threat. Therefore, they went all out and played him as an IneffectualSympatheticVillain. They kept him alive because they figured the audience wouldn't want to see such a humorous, non-threatening villain die.
*** The book also has a brief mention in the epilogue that fairies have very short lifespans ("as long a time as a feather is blown about the air on a windy day" in the play version), and the next time Peter sees Wendy, he's long forgotten Tinker Bell. In the film, no mention is made of fairy lifespans, and Tink becomes a BreakoutCharacter with [[Franchise/DisneyFairies her own franchise]]!
** If ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', as it commonly is, is taken as an adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', then the equivalents of Hamlet himself (Simba), Ophelia (Nala), Gertrude (Sarabi), Polonius (Zazu), and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Timon and Pumbaa) all live. On the other hand, we get to watch King Hamlet (Mufasa) die, while in the play he was DeadToBeginWith.
** The Talking Cricket (renamed Jiminy Cricket) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''. In the book he's killed early on and becomes a ghost, but eventually changes back into a living cricket. In the Disney version he lives from beginning to end.
** WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} in ''WesternAnimation/PocahontasIIJourneyToANewWorld''. In real life, she died during her stay in England.
** Arguably Robin Hood in ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'', though the Robin Hood mythos is so vast that it's not ironclad that he dies at the end normally.
** Maleficent in the Ride/DisneyThemeParks version of ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', whose cackling can be heard at the very last part of the ride, implying that she had survived being stabbed by the Sword of Truth and falling off a cliff. However, this was eventually removed and replaced with a scene where the fairies are still bickering over what color Aurora's dress should be. There was also a sequel storybook which also had Maleficent survive the above and still cause trouble.
*** A similar thing happened in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', though Justified since that was a prequel to a game where she's a major antagonist. [[FridgeHorror Though since the Sleeping Beauty world is said to have been "lost to the darkness" in the original game, this possibly turns the story into a case of]] TheBadGuyWins...
** Mad Madam Mim from ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone''. In [[Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing the book]], she was killed after Merlin became an infectious disease, but in the movie, she is merely bedridden, and Merlin actually had to use sunlight in order to cure her.
--->'''Mim''': [[BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad "I hate sunshine!]] I HATE horrible wholesome sunshine!! I HATE! I HATE IT! [[VillainousBreakdown I HATE HATE HATE HATE..."]]
** Kala, Tarzan's adoptive ape mother in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}''.
** [[AllThereInTheManual Leland]] Hawkins from ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet''. Not that this makes matters any [[WellDoneSonGuy less]] [[ParentalAbandonment heartwrenching]].
* In ''Literature/TheTrueMeaningOfSmekday'' has a century-long TimeSkip at the end where Tip suddenly dies of old age during the unveiling of the time capsule. The film adaptation ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'' lacks the TimeSkip ending whilst Tip is still a child.
* Herr Kleiser is killed and eaten by [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk the Hulk]] in ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'', but survives the events of both ''WesternAnimation/UltimateAvengers'' films. However, ComicBook/BlackPanther [[AFateWorseThanDeath seals him inside Wakanda's Vibranium reserves for all eternity]], making death look like a much kinder alternative.
** Also Comicbook/BlackWidow and Edwin Jarvis both survive the events of the films despite being killed in ''The Ultimates 2''.
* ComicBook/TheKingpin of the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe was killed by Mysterio in the immediate aftermath of ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'', well before ComicBook/MilesMorales replaced that universe's Peter Parker. ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' sees the Kingpin of its version of Miles's universe still alive and the BigBad.
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* In the original comicbook for ''ComicBook/{{Alena}}'', Fabian is murdered near the end. In the film, the corresponding character Fabienne lives.
* In ''Film/{{Alive}}'', a portrayal of the crash and aftermath of Uruguayan Flight 571, the character Hugo Diaz survives the avalanche and lives to be rescued, making for 17 survivors instead of the factually accurate 16. Diego Storm, the person from the real incident he was based on, died in the avalanche.
* In ''Film/AmericanHeart'', Nick Kelson is able to escape from Seattle's Skid Row and go up to greener (whiter?) pastures in Alaska; the real-life person he was based on, Dewayne Pomeroy, committed suicide in July 1984.
* Instead of following the ending to the novel, the English language film versions of ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'' followed either the ending to Agatha Christie's theatrical adaptation (sparing Lombard and Vera), or a slightly altered version in which Lombard is really Charles Morley, the real Lombard having died already (thus sparing only Vera.)
* ''Film/AngelsAndDemons'': In the movie, Langdon thwarts the assassination of the fourth cardinal, Cardinal Baggia. He's not so lucky in the original novel.
* ''Film/AptPupil'': The film adaptation spares the lives of both Todd himself and his guidance counselor. In the novella, Todd kills him before going on a shooting spree that ultimately ends with Todd being taken down by the police.
* In the ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' film, Arthur's father Thomas is still alive in the present day, and serves as part of the supporting cast. In Aquaman's original [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] origin story from ''More Fun Comics'' #73 (1941) and his [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] origin from ''Adventure Comics'' #260 (1959), Thomas died when Arthur was still a young man. In the Comicbook/{{New 52}} ''Aquaman'' run (which the movie is mostly based on), Thomas Curry's death is a ''very'' significant part of Arthur's backstory, as the one who accidentally caused Thomas to have a heart attack was David Hyde, the man who would later become Black Manta.
* In the book ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'', Eddie Willers's last scene shows him stuck in the middle of nowhere, with a broken-down locomotive he won't leave and can't fix. The remaining good guys, victorious, make no reference to him and seem unaware of his absence. In the final film, Eddie is not seen leaving New York City, and Francisco and Hank delay their own departure from the city so that they can rescue him. [[EvilMentor Robert Stadler]] may also be a beneficiary of this trope, as the spectacular HoistByHisOwnPetard that kills him in the book does not take place, and he is alive when last seen.
* Both Nancy and Harry survive in the 1993 remake of ''Film/AttackOfThe50FootWoman''. (Although Harry's not exactly better off. Nancy and two other giant women are keeping him and two other abusive husbands in a jar and forcing them to take endless "sensitivity classes" as they fly off in a spaceship.)
* In the 1956 movie version of ''Literature/TheBadSeed'', Christine is DrivenToSuicide but survives. Rhoda, the title character, [[KilledByTheAdaptation goes the other way]] thanks to some Hays Code-inspired divine contrivance.
* Cee Cee Bloom's mother survives much longer in ''Film/{{Beaches}}''. In the original novel, Leona dies of a heart attack while her daughter is in her late teens. The film changes this to Leona moving away to Florida, and brings her back for a later scene where she calls her daughter out on her selfish personality.
* In the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'' Book of Exodus, the Pharaoh drowned when the Red Sea crashed underneath him and his army once Moses and the Hebrews reached the other side of the sea. But in ''Film/TheTenCommandments'', Ramses never accompanied the soldiers when the sea receded, returning home humiliated as he never captured the slaves. Justified (as in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''), since the real UsefulNotes/RamesesII died of natural causes after living a long life.
* In ''Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor'' [[spoiler:Adèle lives unlike [[AdaptationNameChange Clémentine]] in the [[ComicBook/BlueIsTheWarmestColor comicbook]]]].
* King Pellinore is a supporting character throughout the musical ''{{Theatre/Camelot}}'', and is with Arthur in the final scene. In T. H. White's ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing'', upon which the musical is based, he [[DroppedABridgeOnHim gets a bridge dropped on him]] half-way through the third book.
* The 1962 version of ''Film/CapeFear'' ends with Sam Bowden arresting Max Cady. Both the original novel, ''The Executioners,'' and 1991 remake, end with Bowden killing Cady instead.
* In the 2002 remake of ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', the title character survives and goes into hiding in Florida. This, incidentally, was because they were planning on the film (which was [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV]]) being a PilotMovie, leading into a TV series about Carrie going on the run and helping other troubled teens with powers like hers. [[StillbornFranchise It never happened.]]
* The 1930s adaptation of ''Theatre/TheChildrensHour'', ''These Three'', doesn't have [[spoiler:Martha]] kill herself. This combined with censoring the lesbian plot completely changes the plays meaning.
* In Stephen King's ''Literature/{{Christine}}'' (the book), both of Arnie's parents die at the end (Christine kills Michael in the driveway of the Cunninghams' home, while Regina perishes along with Arnie in a freeway accident). In John Carpenter's film, Arnie dies, but his parents both survive. Likewise, in the book Detective Junkins is run off the road and killed by Christine, but is still alive at the end of the film.
* Both the novella ''Literature/TheCircusOfDoctorLao'' and its film adaptation, ''Film/SevenFacesOfDrLao'', feature shrewish Kate Lindquist TakenForGranite when she [[TooDumbToLive dares to look at the Medusa head-on]]. Only in the film does she get better and becomes nicer after the experience. The original novella leaves her stoned, much to the relief of her HenpeckedHusband.
* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': [[spoiler: Joe Napier from ''Half-Lives'', Timothy's brother Denny from ''The Ghastly Ordeal'', and Zachry from ''Sloosha's Crossin[='=]''.]]
* Judy escapes Ogden Marsh with David in ''Film/TheCrazies2010''. She was killed by armed civilians in [[Film/TheCrazies1973 original film]]''.
* Tad dies of dehydration in the novel ''Film/{{Cujo}}'', but is rescued in time by Donna in the film.
* ZigZaggedTrope with both [[Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951 1951]] and [[Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill2008 2008]] film adaptations of ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'': while on the original story ("Farewell To The Master") Klaatu only gets as far as introducing himself and Gort/Gnut before he's blown away by a crazy trigger-happy human, both films have him survive getting shot by the trigger-happy humans (nervous soldiers instead of the fanatical civilian of the story) at the beginning, only to die at the end.
* Tigercub in the film version of ''[[Literature/NightWatch Day Watch]]''. However, this is only because the Mirror storyline was utterly absent in the adaptation. Instead, Kostya is killed prior to ''Twilight Watch''... at least until the end of the film that rewinds the two films to the beginning.
* ''Film/DeathHunt'': The real Albert Johnson was killed by the Mounties after a months-long manhunt. In the film, the corpse of a local killer who was actually stealing gold teeth is made up to look like him, while Johnson escapes into Alaska.
* Misa Amane is heavily implied to have committed suicide at the end of ''Manga/DeathNote'' and its anime adaptation, but survives the live-action movies. She does die [[SequelGap ten years later]] in the sequel movie, ''Film/DeathNoteLightUpTheNewWorld'', which barely escapes this trope by virtue of being an original film not adapted from any previous work.
** Ukita also survives the film, Mogi [[DeathByAdaptation dying in his place]], as does Soichiro Yagami. The tradeoff for Soichiro, though, is that [[spoiler: he knows just what kind of monster Light is.]]
** In the [[Film/DeathNote2017 American remake]], [[spoiler: both Light and L survive the events of the story]]. However, the movie's AmbiguousEnding strongly suggests that [[spoiler: L may use the Death Note to kill Light now that he knows he is Kira]].
* In ''Film/DickTracy'', 88 Keyes the piano player is arrested during the raid on the Club Ritz. His comic strip counterpart was eventually gunned down by Tracy.
* An odd case is used for the ''Franchise/DieHard'' films, which were initially based on a novel entitled ''Nothing Lasts Forever.'' In it, the character Joseph Leland, whom John [=McClane=] was based on, has to save his daughter on Christmas Eve... and ultimately he fails, as after sending on the antagonist out a window he manages to grab his daughter and take her with him. In the films, [=McClane's=] character was made younger and the hostage was changed to his wife instead of his daughter (the wife was a PosthumousCharacter in the book). Antagonist Hans Gruber attempts to do the same thing, but this time John successfully saves her. In the fourth film in the series, [=McClane's=] now grown-up daughter actually ''does'' get taken hostage by the film's BigBad, but she is also saved by the end of the film.
** Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson is a much more standard use of the trope. In the novel, when [[TheDragon Karl]] returns at the very end he attempts to shoot Joe but Al Powell proceeds to push Robinson into the way of the bullets before killing Karl himself. In the film, Powell just up and shoots Karl on the spot before he can fire his gun, and Robinson, who is still a {{Jerkass}} but greatly toned down from his novel counterpart, lives.
* In ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'', many Dauntless initiates miss the jump from the train and fall to their deaths. In [[Film/{{Divergent}} the film adaptation]], everyone makes the jump.
* ''Film/DrWhoAndTheDaleks'' replaces the death of Antodus, who falls down a chasm in the TV ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]]", with a DisneyDeath where he lands safely on an unexpected ledge.
* Thufir Hawat is shown in the crowd watching Paul's duel with Feyd-Rautha at the end of ''Film/{{Dune}}''. His death scene just before that duel was filmed, but was cut.
* Uncle Bene in ''Film/EscapeToWitchMountain'' comes back to welcome Tia and Tony. In the book, he died trying to get them to America.
* In the Creator/EdgarAllanPoe short story "The Fall of the House of Usher", Roderick and Madeline fall over dead right before their house collapses around them. In the French film ''[[Film/TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher1928France The Fall of the House of Usher]]'', they both escape the house alive.
* In the original ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' comics, Sue and Johnny's mother Mary was a PosthumousCharacter who was killed in a car wreck many years ago. She's still alive in the [[Film/TheFantasticFour unreleased 1994 film]], and is even the one who comes up with the group's name.
* The originally filmed ending to ''[[Franchise/{{Rambo}} First Blood]]'' was much closer to the novel by David Morrell, which had John Rambo forcing Trautman to kill him. However, due to Rambo's more sympathetic portrayal in the film, a new ending was filmed which had Rambo being arrested instead, making the sequels possible. [[AdaptationDisplacement Due to the relative obscurity of the novel]], not many are aware that Rambo was supposed to die in the first film. Ironically, Morrell adapted the film's sequels into novels; as such, he took note of the CanonDiscontinuity in the first sequel, throwing said discontinuity out the window just as quickly.
** Rambo also kills his pursuers in the novel, including Teasle. In the film, the only death that Rambo causes (Galt) is an AccidentalMurder. Teasle and everyone else make it out alive.
* ''Film/TheGodfather''. Both of Michael’s Sicilian bodyguards, Fabrizio and Calo, die in the novel but survive in the movie adaptation, [[SubvertedTrope only to die in the sequels]]. [[TheMole Fabrizio]] sets a car bomb for Michael but kills Michael’s wife Apollonia instead. In the novel, Fabrizio is killed in the [[TheClimax climactic]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge massacre montage]], but in the movie he is not seen again. A deleted scene in ''Godfather II'' reveals that Michael has him killed years later ... [[KarmicDeath in a car bombing]]. In the novel Calo is killed in the car blast with Apollonia, but like Fabrizio his fate is unrevealed in the movie until ''Godfather III'', where he is killed while taking part in ''that'' film’s [[RecycledPremise climactic massacre montage]].
* ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'' depicted a universe where the Godzilla of [[Film/Godzilla1954 the original film]] was never exposed to the Oxygen Destroyer and thus is the Godzilla seen in this one.
* Two characters in ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'': Tony Makarios, whose daemon is severed from him, and Roger. In the book, both are killed. There may have been plans for Roger to die in the following movie (though his death was in the end of the first volume of the book series, not the second,) but since that movie will apparently not be made, as it actually stands Roger survived in the film. The script did, in fact, include Roger's death and that scene was filmed before being removed.
** Tony is an odd case, as in the movie his character is [[CompositeCharacter merged with Billy Costa]] - Billy loses his daemon the way Tony did in the book (and she has the same name as Tony's did), but the reference to the severing of daemons unavoidably killing their human counterparts, if they're just a child (all children who lose them in the novels are stated to die later on) is removed, and Lyra in the film's last scene comments on the need to help the kids who lost their daemons. ExecutiveMeddling actually ''forced'' the writers to NeverSayDie in the movie adaptation - a minor character mentions that several children separated from their daemons escaped, but were found dead later on (with the character simply falling silent after being outright ''asked'' if they were alive) - which is also the reason that 30-minutes were chopped off the end of the movie (and one sequence was moved into an earlier point of the story). If the film had [[WhatCouldHaveBeen gotten sequels]], their adaptation of ''The Subtle Knife'' would have reputedly opened with these deleted scenes.
*** Roger's death is also critical to the plot, as it highlights the lengths to which Lord Asriel is [[WellIntentionedExtremist willing to go in order to free the multiverse from the Authority]] (and create the contrast with Lyra), so the delaying measure of removing these scenes only served to weaken the movie (and might have saved it from becoming a StillbornFranchise - giving the movie better earlier reviews and potentially drawing more viewers into theatres).
* ''Film/TheGunsOfNavarone''. Stevens shatters his leg, contracts gangrene, and [[YouShallNotPass pins down a German assault single-handedly to buy time for his teammates to escape and continue their mission]] in the book. Major Franklin is captured, and though there's no hint of when or whether he'll be repatriated, he's at least shown alive and knows that the team's mission was a success.
** Ditto the sadistic Nazi officer Skoda. He's shot in the book for torturing Stevens. In the movie, he's renamed Sessler and is simply tied up. In the film, Sessler is not a sadistic Nazi but a professional Wermacht officer. He assures Mallory that Franklin will receive proper medical care. At the end, Franklin is seen in a hospital bed and smiles as he hears the explosion marking the mission's success. His fate isn't stated, but would likely be held as POW for the rest of the war.
* In the original ''Film/Halloween1978'', Annie Brackett is the first of Laurie's friends to get killed by Michael. In ''Film/Halloween2007'', while she is still attacked by Michael, Annie manages to survive, with Laurie finding her and calling 911. However, she was brought back for ''Film/HalloweenII2009'', where Michael ''did'' actually kill her for real.
* Clarice doesn't truly die - at least not physically - in the original version of ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}'', but many would say that being corrupted and turned to the dark side by the title character is much worse. She avoids this grim fate in the film version.
* ''Film/HarryPotter''
** Barty Crouch Jr. in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''. In the book, he got Dementor's Kiss. The movies state that he will be send back to Azkaban. He also suffers from ChuckCunninghamSyndrome as in later movies, all the Death Eaters are freed but he never appears alongside them. Some people simply assume that he did get a Dementor's Kiss and that filmmakers simply counted on that anyone who watched the movies simply read the books. Alternatively, he could be in the crowd of Death Eaters and simply not shown.
** Possibly Wormtail, who's book death is replaced by a TapOnTheHead. It's not clear if this was supposed to kill him or not, as it's presented somewhat comedically and that trope is (at least in fiction) usually not fatal, but he doesn't appear again after this scene. His original death was filmed, but had to be cut as the sequence was deemed too dark and would have bumped up the film's rating. Some have also argued Voldemort might have killed him during his rampage at Gringotts, or just for [[YouHaveFailedMe failing him one too many times]].
** Grindelwald doesn't seemingly die either, since he [[AdaptationalVillainy actually cooperates with Voldemort]] in the film.
** Colin Creevey, sort of. He appears sporadically throughout the books and dies in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]],'' but [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome disappears after the second movie]]. A CanonForeigner named Nigel Wolpert acts as a CompositeCharacter for both Colin and his brother Dennis, and he dies in Colin's place in the final film.
** Something similar happened with Crabbe, who was written out of the films without explanation after his actor suffered a RoleEndingMisdemeanor. His book death was given to Goyle, and it's never revealed what happened to Crabbe in the film continuity.
** Subverted with Hedwig. In the book, Harry takes her with him when he leaves the Dursleys and she's killed in the following chase scene. In the film, he lets her go before the chase scene, only for her to return and die [[TakingTheBullet taking a spell]] [[HeroicSacrifice for him]].
* The entire population of planet Earth in the film version of ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
* In the [[Film/TheHobbit film adaptation]] of ''Literature/TheHobbit'', Azog The Defiler survives the Battle of Azanulbizar by getting his arm cut off and being presumed dead, instead of [[OffWithHisHead getting his head cut off]] like in the book. [[spoiler: He finally dies during the Battle of the Five Armies when Thorin stabs him through the chest.]]
* Esmeralda in the [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1923 1923]], [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939 1939]], and many other adaptations of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. Quasimodo as well in the 1939 version. Averted in [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1956 the 1956 version]], which keeps all the book's deaths, albeit with Esmeralda [[DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation dying differently]]
* ''Film/TheHungerGames'': Peeta's leg remains intact at the end of the film.
* Lt. Kamarov in ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober''. [[DeathByAdaptation Borodin dies in his place]].
* Rapunzel in the film version of ''Film/IntoTheWoods''.
* ''Literature/{{It}}'':
** Neither the [[Film/It1990 1990 miniseries]] or ''Film/ItChapterTwo'' has Tom Rogan follow Beverly to Derry, like he did in the novel, where he gets possessed and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness later killed by It]]. Both films also keep the town of Derry intact, when, in the novel, it gets destroyed in a flood after It's death. The Neibolt Street house is the only casualty of It's demise in ''Chapter Two''.
** Butch Bowers is never seen in the miniseries, but [[TheGhost is mentioned once by Henry]]. This presumably means he doesn't get killed by Henry, like in the novel and ''[[Film/It2017 later film]]''.
** Eddie's mother is alive in his adulthood in the miniseries, while the novel and ''Chapter Two'' have her die a few years earlier, and Eddie is married to a woman just like her.
* In the novel ''The Last Detail'', the main character, Billy "Badass" Buddusky is killed, but since in the film, he's played by Creator/JackNicholson, he survives in the film.
* Matt Hooper from ''Film/{{Jaws}}''; granted in the film he is a much more likable character.
** This was actually an accidental case; Hooper was going to die, but before that scene could be filmed a real shark got tangled in the ropes and destroyed the prop cage while it was empty. The crew thought that the footage was too good to waste that they rewrote Hooper's fate to get it into the movie.
* Cantor Rabinowitz in ''Film/TheJazzSinger''. In the 1927 original he passed away after [[WellDoneSonGuy listening to his son Jack sing the Kol Nidre so beautifully]] and telling his wife Sara, "we have our son again" ([[OurGhostsAreDifferent his ghost is then shown at Jack's side in the synagogue]]). In the 1980 Neil Diamond remake, however, when Cantor Rabinowitz sees his son Jess sing the Kol Nidre in his father's place (since said father can't sing due to high blood pressure), he becomes surprised, and after some conversation, the father forgives his son and gives an embrace. He even hears the performance of Diamond's "America" at the end.
* In the LighterAndSofter Disney adaptation of Literature/JohnnyTremain, Rab doesn't die.
* John Hammond in ''Film/JurassicPark''. Ian Malcolm as well, which may have led Michael Crichton to make him NotQuiteDead in the [[Literature/TheLostWorld1995 book sequel]], though it's clearly implied that he dies in [[Literature/JurassicPark the first one]].
** It's actually an ''inversion'' (not counting the Malcolm issue): In the book, Gennaro and Muldoon survive with Grant and Sattler while Hammond and Malcolm are killed (though, as mentioned earlier, Malcolm is revealed to have survived with serious injuries in the sequel); in the film, Muldoon and Gennaro are eaten by rampaging dinosaurs and the survivors are Hammond and Malcolm. In both versions, the kids also make it.
** Dodgson is eaten in [[Literature/TheLostWorld1995 the second book]], but in [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark the second movie]], a different character plays his role (although it could be argued that after Nedry doesn't return, Dodgson tries to get the embryos himself...)
** The 1993 movie does [[FridgeLogic spare a lot of background employees]] by having them board a ship to the continent before the hurricane hits the island. Among the saved is chief geneticist Henry Wu, who is killed by raptors in the novel, but is still alive in the 2015 sequel ''Film/JurassicWorld''.
* The 2006 remake of ''Film/LastHoliday'' has the main character (portrayed by Creator/AlecGuinness in the original and Creator/QueenLatifah [[GenderFlip in the remake]]) survive, whereas the original film ended with the main character's vehicular demise.
* Mari and Justin in the 2009 remake of ''Film/TheLastHouseOnTheLeft''.
* ''Film/LastKnights'' is based on the tale of UsefulNotes/The47Ronin, which ended with the titular samurai being sentenced by the shogun to commit ''{{seppuku}}'' after avenging their master. In the movie, however, the surviving knights are forgiven by TheEmperor (mostly of [[PragmaticVillainy political pragmatism]]) with only their leader [[TheHero Raiden]] being [[TheHeroDies executed]] at [[HeroicSacrifice his own request]] to [[TheMenFirst spare his men]]. For added irony, the situation is a complete reversal of the samurai story, which had only one SoleSurvivor who did not commit ''seppuku'' and died several years, whereas in the movie has only one casualty at the end.
* In ''Film/{{La Reine Margot}}'', Orthon, Henri's young page, survives; whereas in the book he is killed by Catherine for refusing to betray Henri to her.
* Charlie's brother in ''Film/LemonadeMouth''. In the movie he's older, away at college until he returns near the climax. In the book, he's Charlie's twin and was stillborn.
* ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' has had two movie adaptations, one in 1939 with Creator/ShirleyTemple, and one in 1995. In both of these, Sara's father does not die as he does in the novel of BrainFever, he is merely injured in war and either too traumatized (1939) or amnesiac (1995). Either way, she gets a happy ending, as the novel ends with her being adopted by a family friend.
* In the musical film version of ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'', Seymour and Audrey both escape their fate of being eaten by the plant, which is killed. Partly subverted in that, in the stage musical, Audrey was a victim of DeathByAdaptation, having survived in the original film, while the plant, who died in the original film, ends up surviving.
** In the Director's Cut, Audrey and Seymour die, and the plant lives, as in the stage musical. The above is a FocusGroupEnding.
* Saruman and Wormtongue in the theatrical versions of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' movies. Not so much in the Extended Editions (which explains why the palantír is in the water when Pippin picks it up).
** Additionally, in the books the Isengarders set one of the Ents ablaze and it's implied he burned to death. In [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers the film]], the Ent survives long enough to douse himself in the monstrous flood (actually, it's more like the flood came earlier), turning an off-screen moment of villainy into a FunnyBackgroundEvent.
* In the play ''Film/MadchenInUniform'' is inspired by [[spoiler:Manuela]] succeeded in her suicide. In the film it was an InterruptedSuicide.
* In ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', [[spoiler: the titular character and her [[TheDragon Dragon]] Diaval]] both survive thanks to LoveRedeems, whereas in ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' [[spoiler:Maleficent]] was killed by Prince Phillip and [[spoiler:Diaval]] was TakenForGranite by the fairy godmothers.
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** In ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} had a wife named Laura and three kids, all of whom were killed by Comicbook/BlackWidow during ''ComicBook/TheUltimates 2''. Laura and the kids appear alive and well in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', with Black Widow (who isn't a traitor in this continuity) serving as the children's [[HonoraryUncle Honorary Aunt]]. [[spoiler: They later die in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', but are revived by the end of the movie.]]
** Related, but in the original ''Comicbook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' comic book, Hawkeye was one of the many heroes who was killed when Comicbook/{{Thanos}} used the Infinity Gauntlet to wipe out half of all the life in the universe. In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he's one of the few heroes to have survived Thanos' use of the Infinity Gauntlet.
** ComicBook/BlackPanther's father T'Chaka is still alive in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', [[Main/ZigZaggedTrope until the end of Act 1]]. This is in contrast to the comics and most other adaptations, where T'Chaka was murdered long before T'Challa ever became the Black Panther. Also true of T'Challa's mom, as Ramonda was his stepmother in the comics; presumably, having T'Challa's biological mother succumb to DeathByChildbirth as per his original backstory would be inconsistent with Wakanda's far-better-than-2018 medical technology.
** Happy Hogan in ''Film/IronMan3'', who was mercy killed in the comics after going into a braindead coma but survives in this movie until the very end after experiencing the impact of an Extremis soldier exploding and awakening from his coma.
** Rhomann Dey in the comics is known for dying in his first appearance and bestowing his powers upon [[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Richard Rider]]. His MCU counterpart has (so far) been spared this fate and is alive and well by the end of ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''.
* In the first issue of ''ComicBook/TheMask'', Stanley Ipkiss dies at the end. In [[Film/TheMask the movie]] (which is a lot more LighterAndSofter) he survives.
* Higgins in ''[[Film/MasterAndCommander Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]'', since the subplot that killed him didn't make the movie, though early versions of the screenplay killed him in the final battle.
* Nicole Horne becomes a KarmaHoudini in ''Film/MaxPayne''. The stinger sequence suggests that Max doesn't intend to let them stay that way.
* Many English film adaptations of ''Literature/LesMiserables'' don't include Jean Valjean's death. Thanks to ''Film/LesMiserables1998'', ChronicallyKilledActor Creator/LiamNeeson happens to be one of the surviving Valjeans in that respect. Other adaptations spare other characters: La Thénardier in the musical, Gavroche and Javert in the 2007 anime version, et cetera.
* ''Literature/TheMist'' has [[spoiler: Jim Grondin]] still alive at the supermarket when David and his group make their escape. In the book, [[spoiler: he was killed during the pharmacy expedition]].
** The unnamed mother who left the store early in the film [[spoiler: is revealed to have been rescued, along with her children, in the climax]]. Her fate was left unknown in the book, but she was generally presumed to have been killed like nearly everyone else who left the store.
* Film/MonsterVerse:
** Although not quite the same character, Serizawa’s previous incarnation in the Godzilla series died ''preventing'' Godzilla from wreaking more havoc. While in ''Film/Godzilla2014'' Serizawa is trying to convince the military the importance of Godzilla and comes out of the film with very little scrapes and bruises. That said, it's ultimately the "dies later" version as he gives up his life to save and heal Godzilla in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''.
** Not only does Godzilla survive his debut in the 2014 film, ''King of the Monsters'' sees him survive the Oxygen Destroyer and his Burning Godzilla mode, things that killed [[Film/{{Gojira}} the original Godzilla]] and [[Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah the Heisei Godzilla]] respectively.
** King Kong likewise lives to the end of ''Film/KongSkullIsland''.
* ''Film/MortalEngines'':
** As a result of both characters getting DemotedToExtra and thus having the scenes from [[Literature/MortalEngines the novel]] where they are stabbed through the chest by Thaddeus Valentine and crushed by a falling airship respectively cut, Katherine and Bevis end the movie still alive.
** In contrast to the book, MEDUSA doesn’t destroy most of London when it malfunctions, meaning all of London’s residents are left alive by the film's end.
* A minor example in ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol.'' In the book, Fezziwig is presumably dead in the present, as Scrooge exclaims "Old Fezziwig alive again!" when he sees the vision of him in the past. In the film, an elderly [[AdaptationalNameChange Fozziwig]] gets a cameo appearance near the end when the newly reformed Scrooge visits him. This isn't entirely unrealistic: if Scrooge is about sixty and was about twenty when he worked for Fezziwig, and if the latter was in his forties then, he would be in his eighties in the present, and while people rarely lived that long in the 1800s, it wasn't unheard of.
* Mister Arrow in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland''. Instead of giving him alcohol that causes Arrow to get drunk and fall overboard, Long John Silver tricks him into inspecting one of the lifeboats and drops it off the ship. We're left to assume Arrow was lost as sea anyway, but then he washes up on Treasure Island later. This was averted with Billy Bones, which is significant because he was the only character ''ever'' to die in a Muppet movie. Creator/BillyConnolly (who portrayed Bones) is quite proud of that fact.
* The original novel ''Literature/MySistersKeeper'' [[spoiler:has a TwistEnding in which ''Anna'', the healthy sister, is killed in a freak car accident, and her one of her kidneys is given to Kate, allowing the latter to survive.]] The film [[NotHisSled flips this around]] to the more expected ending, [[spoiler:where Kate dies and Anna does not]].
* Atreyu's horse, Artax, in the movie adaption of ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''. While it does die by sinking in a swamp through despair just like in the book, it comes back to life at the end of the movie [[spoiler:thanks to Bastian presumably wishing it back to life]]. And it appears in the second movie, still alive.
** It's implied that in the film, the effects of the Nothing were completely reversed by Bastian saving Fantasia, so everyone who died as a consequence is alive (including the characters who survived the novel without ''ever'' dying); in the novel, they stay dead but Fantasia was recreated when Bastian saved it (with new areas and such being formed). Given that the realm is [[spoiler:the manifestation of human wishes and dreams, taking on a physical form]], this makes sense in context.
* In the original ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'', Barbra is dragged off and implied to be devoured by a horde of zombies (among which, her brother is included) during the film's final siege. In the [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1990 1990 remake]], she becomes an ActionSurvivor.
* In the Titanic docudrama film ''Film/ANightToRemember'', Irish passenger Martin Gallagher survives the sinking on the overturned lifeboat Collapsible B, though he died in real life.
* The Renfield-type character in ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}'', both the original and in Werner Herzog's remake.
* Nobody ever has the heart to kill off Fagin in ''Literature/OliverTwist'' remakes anymore. Or sentence the Artful Dodger [[SentencedToDownUnder to transportation to Australia]].
* Charles Cheswick in ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest''. WordOfGod states that Cheswick was spared in order to [[spoiler:make Billy's death all the more shocking.]]
* The film adaptation of ''Theatre/OurTown'' has the female protagonist surviving. The third act of the play has her dying while giving birth to her child and takes place in the afterlife; in the film the afterlife portion is a dream she has.
* Norman Bates in the ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' follow-up movies.
* In ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'', Daito's real world counterpart is killed by the Sixers. In [[Film/ReadyPlayerOne the film]], he survives the events and is made co-controller of OASIS along with the rest of the High Five.
* In the original ''Film/{{Red Dawn|1984}}'' out of the Wolverines only Danny and Erica survive, in [[Film/RedDawn2012 the remake]] only Jed and Darryl are killed.
* In TheMagicalLegendOfTheLeprechauns, a LighterAndSofter version of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', all of the dead characters are brought back and it ends with Mickey and Jessica and Jack and Kathleen's weddings.
* Most movie adaptations of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' leave out the deaths of Paris and Lady Montague, probably because both contribute little to the story and slow down the ending. Though this very often creates a plot hole when the prince says that he has lost "a brace of kinsmen" at the end. The movie makers obviously don't realize what "a brace" means; it means ''two'': two kinsmen, namely Mercutio and ''Paris''. Without Paris' death, the prince has only lost ''one'' kinsman! The Prince's comment is made even more confusing in the Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio [[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet version]] where Captain Prince and Mercutio are black and Paris is white. And there is no evidence of any of them being of mixed race.
* Oscar de Jarjayes lives through the Storming of the Bastille in ''Lady Oscar'', whereas in ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' she's killed in the siege.
* In ''Film/{{Roxanne}}'', a SettingUpdate of ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'', CD and Chris make it to the end, unlike Cyrano and Christian of the play.
* In ''Film/RyansDaughter'', a SettingUpdate of ''Literature/MadameBovary'', Rosy and her husband Charles make it to the end, whereas their novel counterparts Emma and Charles Bovary do not.
* ''Film/TheSearchers'' has a borderline example in Ethan Edwards. In the book, he dies, but he survives in the movie. However, there are hints that Edwards may not live for long after the movie's ending.
* The Village Elder in ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]''. Chico is a partial example, as he's a {{composite|Character}} of two of the main characters of ''Film/SevenSamurai'': Kikuchiyo, who dies, and Katsushiro, who does not.
* Not a single version of ''Film/TheShaggyDog'' uses the ending of its source novel, ''The Hound of Florence'', in which the main character is stabbed to death in his dog form.
* From ''Film/TheShining'', the Overlook Hotel itself is left intact, as opposed to the book which had it being blown off. Kubrick allegedly felt the destruction of the hotel brought too much of a happy ending to the story, so it became one of the many things he left out of his adaptation. This may also be due to Kubrick turning what originally was a story about ghosts into a film about madness, meaning that the hotel itself became less of an enemy to be eliminated, most of the horror now coming from the characters themselves and what they experience.
* In ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' Harry's death is the sole reason Heather travels to Silent Hill to seek out revenge. In the film ''Film/SilentHillRevelation3D'' he survives; the one film Creator/SeanBean is supposed to die in and he lives. Vincent also survives, but his character has also change completely.
* TheDragon, Mr. Cooger, in ''Literature/SomethingWickedThisWayComes''. His fate of being [[HoistByHisOwnPetard aged to death by the evil carnival's age-changing carousel]] is transferred to [[BigBad his boss, Mr. Dark]], instead.
* In the novel ''Literature/{{Sounder}}'', both the father and Sounder the family dog die in the end. In the film, both are crippled but alive, Sounder by a shotgun blast, the father ([[NamedByTheAdaptation named "Nathan" in the film]]) by a dynamite blast in prison.
* In the ''Literature/TheSpiderwickChronicles'' books, Arthur dies at the end. In the movie, he stays with the Sylphs, but his daughter also comes with him.
* ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'':
** The bridge scene in ''Film/SpiderMan1'' not only has Gwen replaced with Mary Jane, but Mary Jane survives the ordeal, unlike poor Gwen.
** Gwen Stacy and Captain Stacy in ''Film/SpiderMan3'' probably due in no small part to being {{demoted to extra}}s.
* In ''Film/StandByMe'', the narrator reveals at the end that Chris was killed in a knife fight as an adult. As shocking as this was, it beat the original story by Creator/StephenKing, where three out of the four kids (excepting Gordie) met early ends in the epilogue.
** As pointed out in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19156_6-deleted-scenes-that-prove-book-isnt-always-better_p2.html this article]], ''even Gordie'' may not be lasting much longer in the original story...
* In ''Literature/{{Stargirl}}'', Archie's heavily implied to have passed away between showing Leo Stargirl's office and the book's epilogue. Not only is there no such implication in [[Film/{{Stargirl}} the movie]], but he also comes across as a couple of decades younger than his book counterpart.
* Carl in ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' suffers a rather anti-climactic off-screen death around three-quarters of the way through the novel; he makes it to the end of the film.
* The 2009 reboot of ''[[Film/StarTrek2009 Star Trek]]'' has this ZigZagged. The first film allows Christopher Pike to avoid being rendered an invalid, as he was shown in [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]. He's in a wheelchair at the end of the first film after being tortured by Nero, but has his mental faculties. He walks with a cane at the beginning of ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', set a year after the first film. But later in the film, [[DeathByAdaptation he's killed off]].
* In the ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' continuity of ''Franchise/StarWars'', Chewbacca got KilledOffForReal in ''[[Literature/NewJediOrder Vector Prime]]'', which was set approximately 21 years after ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', set 32 years after ROTJ, Chewbacca is alive and well [[spoiler:and in a truly tragic sense of irony, it's Han Solo who dies instead.]]
* At the time ''Film/{{Superman}}'' was made, both Ma and Pa Kent were dead in the comics by the time Clark becomes Superman. In the film, however, only Pa Kent dies. In the Post-Crisis comics both Kents are still alive making Jonathan Kent dying on ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' DeathByAdaptation. He's dead again in the Comicbook/{{New 52}}.
* ''Film/{{Surrogates}}'': At the end of the original comic [[spoiler:Maggie Greer]] committed suicide after the Surrogates were all shut down. In the movie [[spoiler:she and her husband]] instead just face each other physically for the first time in years.
* Again if you count real life as source material, Kim Sa-bok died in 1984, years after helping a German journalist film the uprising in Gwangju in 1980. In ''Film/ATaxiDriver'', his counterpart Kim Man-seob lives for at least 23 more years.
* In the original ''Literature/TedsCavingPage'' story, B was present during the BolivianArmyEnding with Ted and Joe, and presumably perished alongside them. In the film adaptation, ''Living Dark'', [[NamedByTheAdaptation Brad]] instead survives after Ted pulls a HeroicSacrifice to buy him time to escape.
* Unlike [[Film/TheTerminator the original film]], ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' sees Kyle Reese survive the events of the movie, as do the punks the original Terminator stole clothes from. [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay Miles Dyson]] also survives. While not outright stated, as both the original Terminator and the T-1000 both undergo type 2 of ''DeathByAdaptation'', many of their other victims, including Ginger Ventura, John Connor's foster parents, Ed Traxler and Hal Vukovich, are also are probably alive.
* ''Film/InTheHeartOfTheSea'', a film portrayal of the Essex whaleship disaster, has William Bond, the black steward, survive the disaster, probably because the filmmakers feared being accused of racism if none of the black crewmembers survived, never mind history. The film, in fact, does him a bigger disservice by taking a heroic feat he committed in reality (diving into the flooding ship to retrieve the navigational equipment, which undoubtedly saved the lives of the crew) and giving it to first mate Owen Chase instead.
* Possibly the case with Weena in ''Film/{{The Time Machine|1960}}''. In [[Literature/TheTimeMachine the original novel]] she is separated from the protagonist in the midst of a forest fire and he it unable to find her. Ultimately her fate is left ambiguous, but the protagonist (who narrates the story) isn't optimistic about her odds of survival. In the movie she very clearly survives and almost joins the protagonist in his own time (which is only prevented when the Morlocks trap him in the statue and he is forced to use time travel to escape, as in the book).
* The 2011 film version of ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|2011}}'' spares Milady de Winter, the Duke of Buckingham, and Constance Bonacieux. Cardinal Richelieu's survival is not an example; his deaths in previous adaptations are actually examples of DeathByAdaptation (he survives the original book).
* The 1948 film adaptation of ''Theatre/TheTimeOfYourLife'' spares Blick the offstage death which he meets in the play.
* Played straight with lover Frank at first in the 1975 film adaptation of Music/TheWho's ''Music/{{Tommy}}'', but then subverted at the end of the film when the angry mob kills him and Nora Walker.
* [[LoveableRogue Ostap Bender]] from ''Film/TheTwelveChairs'' by Creator/MelBrooks, survives the book instead of having his throat cut for all his trouble. An interesting case, as while the book itself explicitly stated him as dead, the character was later brought back for a sequel.
* Echo the Ventriloquist drowns in ''Literature/TheUnholyThree'', but survives in [[Film/TheUnholyThree both movie adaptations]]; rather ironic given that this was Creator/LonChaney's final role before his untimely death.
* In ''Literature/VampireAcademy'', the character Mr. Nagy/[[AdaptationNameChange "Mr. Meisner"]] is killed by Natalie Dashkov. Nothing happens to him in [[Film/VampireAcademy the film]].
* Both the kids and the would-be killer in the remake of ''Film/WhenAStrangerCalls''.
* Roger in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''; whereas in the source material he was the murder ''victim'' (specifically, his cause of death was censorship), here he's the murder ''suspect'' (the murder victim being Marvin Acme).
* The title character in the 2003 version of ''Film/{{Willard}}''. He dies in the 1971 version and is heavily implied to have died in the original novel.
* The 1936 movie adaptation of the play Theatre/{{Winterset}}. The young couple, Mio and Miriamne are both killed at the end of the play, but survive in the movie, when Mio creates an aversion and escapes along with Miriamne.
* ''Literature/WutheringHeights'':
** The [[Film/WutheringHeights1939 1939 Hollywood film]] has Isabella Linton still alive and married to Heathcliff at the time of his death. In the novel she leaves him and then dies long before.
** The 1954 Mexican film and the 1970 British film both have Hindley Earnshaw survive to [[DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation kill Heathcliff on the night of Cathy's funeral.]] Edgar and Isabella are both spared by default too.
** A few versions end with Heathcliff still alive and grieving Cathy's death. These include the 2011 film, and three different modernized adaptations: 2003's MTV version, 2015's ''Wuthering High'', and the 2002 GenderFlip retelling ''Series/{{Sparkhouse}}.''
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
** Mariko Yashida, who was killed in the comics, but survives till the very end of ''Film/TheWolverine''. [[spoiler:Well, at the time, as the later ongoing ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'' revealed that the Hand resurrected her and turned her into the Scarlet Samurai.]] This is also the case for her fiancé Noburo.
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'':\\\
[[ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast In the original story]], future Wolverine died during an ill-fated attack on the Sentinels headquarters. Here, he's the one who travels back in time to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.\\\
In the original comic Future Magento was the first to die, sacrificing himself early on by providing an off-panel diversion so the remaining resistance could escape their imprisonment. During the LastStand in the film, though he's badly wounded he never succumbs to his wounds before the timeline is reset.
** Moira [=MacTaggart=] is still alive and well in the films, as opposed to who her comic counterpart who was killed by Mystique and Sabertooth.
** In ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'', Professor Xavier and ComicBook/{{X 23}} were already dead. ''Film/{{Logan}}'', which is inspired by it, sees Xavier [[CompositeCharacter take over]] ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'s role and X-23 is the crux of the plot. [[spoiler:That said, it's a case of "Dies Later" for Xavier as he's killed near the end of the movie.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', Jafar isn't killed, but turned into a genie and then [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in a lamp.]] (He's finally KilledOffForReal in the first sequel, though.) In [[Literature/{{Aladdin}} the original tale]], depending on the version, the sorcerer is either killed by the princess with poisoned wine or put to sleep with drugged wine by the princess and then beheaded by Aladdin.
* Anastasia in ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'' (if you consider reality to be the source material, since it's so historically inaccurate it may as well be an AlternateUniverse). This is somewhat justified as during the time the film was produced her actual fate had not been confirmed.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatmanVsDracula'' took some influence from the ''ComicBook/BatmanVampire'' trilogy--but much [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman like the series it's tied into]], it's a movie aimed for kids, so no one outside of Dracula dies, Batman never becomes a vampire, and he even manages to cure the Joker. Additionally, Commissioner Gordon, Catwoman, Tanya, the Riddler, Two-Face, and many others were AdaptedOut.
* Grendel's Mother in the 2007 ''WesternAnimation/{{Beowulf|2007}}'' movie.
* In the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'' Book of Exodus, the Pharaoh drowned when the Red Sea crashed underneath him and his army once Moses and the Hebrews reached the other side of the sea. Ramses in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' survived the crashing waves washing away him and his soldiers as the torrent throws him back to his side of the sea. Justified, since the real UsefulNotes/RamesesII is known to have lived to old age and died of natural causes.
* WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies:
** [[GenderFlip Ms. Li]] in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood''. Mr. Li, her [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]] from the original comic, is [[DroppedABridgeOnHim killed]] by the titular Red Hood, while Ms. Li simply ends up BoundAndGagged by ComicBook/TheJoker. Whether her survival is due to the plot changes or [[MenAreTheExpendableGender her being a girl]] is uncertain.
** The Boyscouts in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', in the original comic they were poisoned to death by the cotton candy The Joker gave them, in the film Batman is able to stop them from eating it, this was because the crew thought it would've been in bad taste because of the recent Sandy Hook school shooting. Dr. Ruth Weisenheimer is mentioned on Dave Endocrine's show, but [[TheGhost doesn't appear in person]]. This spares her from The Joker's TV studio massacre, in which she was the first victim in the comic.
** In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'', the Elite are depowered and presumably jailed at the end, and that's the last we see of them. In the original comics, Black ended up lobotomizing Menagerie and, after a failed attempt to get revenge on Superman, committed suicide.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound'' doesn't see Jonathan Kent die, like he did in the ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac'' arc it's based on.
** While it was published after ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'' featured the death of Sal Maroni. ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke'' features Batman barging into a nightclub to talk to some people after the Joker cripples Barbara Gordon and kidnapped Commissioner Gordon. The guy he talks to is unmistakably voiced by Creator/RickDWasserman, who's credited in the role of "Maroni", suggesting Maroni's alive in the animated version and is the guy Batman talks to.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' has the "comes later" version: in the ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'' comic, ComicBook/LexLuthor died when he was ten. In this version he's alive as an adult, but winds up getting killed anyway.
** In the original ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'' storyline, [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Coast City]] is obliterated by Mongul and the Cyborg Superman. In ''WesternAnimation/ReignOfTheSupermen'', as Mongul is AdaptedOut, Coast City is spared its grisly fate. As well, as Coast City is spared, so is the Eradicator, who, in the original, is killed shielding Superman from a torrent of Kryptonite fuel, repowering Superman by accident.
* In ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet'', an adaptation of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' [[RecycledInSpace with lawn gnomes]], the only character to die is Tybalt--and somehow ''he'' gets reassembled for the DancePartyEnding! Of course, this wasn't a surprise. The trailer for the movie claimed, "The only tragedy... Would be missing it!" (Which was followed by a character's voice saying, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint "I don't get it..."]])
** Lampshaded during Gnomeo's conversation with a Shakespeare statue, where he calls the original a "horrible ending."
** Schlocky grindhouse adaptation ''Film/TromeoAndJuliet'' spares the two as well.
* Even compared to the below mentioned live-action version, Professor Bruttenholm gets this is the second ''WesternAnimation/HellboyAnimated'' movie, ''Blood and Iron'', surviving the events of the movie.
* The Giant from the Creator/GoldenFilms production of ''Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk'' most versions including the original story have the Giant fall to his death after Jack cuts down the beanstalk, in this version however just before he hits the ground he gets sealed inside the magic harp he had sealed Jack's father in years earlier along with his wife somehow, who did not accompany him in chasing Jack.
* Soren's parents in ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole'' are shown to have made it to the great tree by the end of the movie. In the books, we never see them (alive) again after Soren is kidnapped, and it's very strongly implied that they were killed shortly after that.
* Mondo TV (the same people who did ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic'') also did [[WesternAnimation/SuperLittleFantaHeroes a version]] of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', where EVERYONE is spared by the adaptation (yes, even Frollo). [[note]]not only that, [[spoiler: Phoebus and Fleur get turned into hunchbacks, Djali gets turned into a [[HumanityEnsues human girl]] for Gringoire to marry, and Quasimodo becomes handsome and Esmeralda marries him, while a redeemed Frollo performs the wedding ceremony]]. Yes, really - see for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55qW04A6aFs[[/note]]
* The 2015 French adaptation of ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'' implies this with regards to the '''Author'''. We never learn the name of the Aviator, but certain facts (former pilot, war hero, respected despit equirks and, well, wrote "The Little Prince") imply he is an aging St. Exupery who survived the war. In RealLife, St. Exupery died during World War Two when his plane was shot down.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'', everyone except 9 died in the original short; in the full-length movie he, 7, 3 and 4 all make it out alive.
* The Soviet AnimatedAdaptation of ''The Adventures of Captain Vrungel'' applies this to their ship "Beda" (meaning "trouble". Vrungel actually wanted to call it "Pobeda", as in "Victory", but lost two first letters due to accident). In the source material, the ship gets destroyed halfway through the book, forcing Vrungel and his crew to complete their journey around the world via increasingly unbelievable means. In the film, the ship survives till the end and successfully completes the journey.
* In the original novel of ''Literature/TheSuicideShop'', the book ends with Alan committing suicide, believing he has nothing to live for now that he's made his family see the upsides of life. [[WesternAnimation/TheSuicideShop The animated film]] instead has him live to avoid the story concluding with a DownerEnding.
* This happens in several Disney Adaptations, via {{Disneyfication}}:
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'': Every major character dies in the novel except for Bambi, his fawns, and Faline (who features prominently in the sequel). Many of the non-deer central characters in the film don't actually appear in the book, and so are not affected by this trope either.
** John Luther "Casey" Jones from ''The Brave Engineer''. In real life, he actually died in the train crash.
** Both Literature/TheSteadfastTinSoldier and the Ballerina from ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000''. The main reason why they both lived in the Disney adaptation is because the writers of the film actually did not want to cause any SoundtrackDissonance considering the fact that the musical piece accompanying this scene is an optimistic-sounding one.
** And [[spoiler: every single character]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''. In Chief's case [[DeathByAdaptation Not]] in the [[RecursiveAdaptation Disney books adapted from the film]], though. Chief [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] ''was'' going to die in the animated adaptation after being hit by the train, but someone in the Disney higher-ups wasn't willing to pull the trigger on a character who ''wasn't'' explicitly evil (this is before [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Mufasa's death]] convinced them it can be done effectively) - so he opens his eyes in what was meant to be his death scene, and ends up with ''only'' a broken leg for the rest of the film. This is definitely a case of it ''not'' being the best choice: killing him off would have explained Copper's ferocious grudge against Todd in the second half of the movie, while the final product makes him look a lot more spiteful (and it would have made their final reconciliation more [[{{Forgiveness}} potent]]).
** Esmeralda, Quasimodo, Clopin... and pretty much all of the main cast except for Frollo in ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. The musical [[RecursiveAdaptation on the other hand...]]
** Shere Khan from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967''. He retreats with a burning branch tied to his tail. Seconds after he's out of sight, it rains. In fact, he's still alive by the end of the sequel! Also the monkeys, who were eaten by Kaa originally.
** Ariel in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}''.
** ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''
*** In the book, Captain Hook decides to FaceDeathWithDignity once the crocodile catches up with him. In the movie, he immediately jumps out of the crocodile's mouth unharmed shortly after being swallowed up and later swimming away [[MemeticMutation screaming for Smee]] with the crocodile [[ExitPursuedByABear still behind him]]. There's an interesting story behind this. Originally, Disney was going to make Hook an evil, intimidating character who would die like his literary counterpart. However, they discovered that the slapstick scenes with the crocodile effectively ruined any sense that he was a serious threat. Therefore, they went all out and played him as an IneffectualSympatheticVillain. They kept him alive because they figured the audience wouldn't want to see such a humorous, non-threatening villain die.
*** The book also has a brief mention in the epilogue that fairies have very short lifespans ("as long a time as a feather is blown about the air on a windy day" in the play version), and the next time Peter sees Wendy, he's long forgotten Tinker Bell. In the film, no mention is made of fairy lifespans, and Tink becomes a BreakoutCharacter with [[Franchise/DisneyFairies her own franchise]]!
** If ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', as it commonly is, is taken as an adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', then the equivalents of Hamlet himself (Simba), Ophelia (Nala), Gertrude (Sarabi), Polonius (Zazu), and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Timon and Pumbaa) all live. On the other hand, we get to watch King Hamlet (Mufasa) die, while in the play he was DeadToBeginWith.
** The Talking Cricket (renamed Jiminy Cricket) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''. In the book he's killed early on and becomes a ghost, but eventually changes back into a living cricket. In the Disney version he lives from beginning to end.
** WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} in ''WesternAnimation/PocahontasIIJourneyToANewWorld''. In real life, she died during her stay in England.
** Arguably Robin Hood in ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'', though the Robin Hood mythos is so vast that it's not ironclad that he dies at the end normally.
** Maleficent in the Ride/DisneyThemeParks version of ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', whose cackling can be heard at the very last part of the ride, implying that she had survived being stabbed by the Sword of Truth and falling off a cliff. However, this was eventually removed and replaced with a scene where the fairies are still bickering over what color Aurora's dress should be. There was also a sequel storybook which also had Maleficent survive the above and still cause trouble.
*** A similar thing happened in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', though Justified since that was a prequel to a game where she's a major antagonist. [[FridgeHorror Though since the Sleeping Beauty world is said to have been "lost to the darkness" in the original game, this possibly turns the story into a case of]] TheBadGuyWins...
** Mad Madam Mim from ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone''. In [[Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing the book]], she was killed after Merlin became an infectious disease, but in the movie, she is merely bedridden, and Merlin actually had to use sunlight in order to cure her.
--->'''Mim''': [[BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad "I hate sunshine!]] I HATE horrible wholesome sunshine!! I HATE! I HATE IT! [[VillainousBreakdown I HATE HATE HATE HATE..."]]
** Kala, Tarzan's adoptive ape mother in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}''.
** [[AllThereInTheManual Leland]] Hawkins from ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet''. Not that this makes matters any [[WellDoneSonGuy less]] [[ParentalAbandonment heartwrenching]].
* In ''Literature/TheTrueMeaningOfSmekday'' has a century-long TimeSkip at the end where Tip suddenly dies of old age during the unveiling of the time capsule. The film adaptation ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'' lacks the TimeSkip ending whilst Tip is still a child.
* Herr Kleiser is killed and eaten by [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk the Hulk]] in ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'', but survives the events of both ''WesternAnimation/UltimateAvengers'' films. However, ComicBook/BlackPanther [[AFateWorseThanDeath seals him inside Wakanda's Vibranium reserves for all eternity]], making death look like a much kinder alternative.
** Also Comicbook/BlackWidow and Edwin Jarvis both survive the events of the films despite being killed in ''The Ultimates 2''.
* ComicBook/TheKingpin of the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe was killed by Mysterio in the immediate aftermath of ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'', well before ComicBook/MilesMorales replaced that universe's Peter Parker. ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' sees the Kingpin of its version of Miles's universe still alive and the BigBad.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* In the original comicbook for ''ComicBook/{{Alena}}'', Fabian is murdered near the end. In the film, the corresponding character Fabienne lives.
* In ''Film/{{Alive}}'', a portrayal of the crash and aftermath of Uruguayan Flight 571, the character Hugo Diaz survives the avalanche and lives to be rescued, making for 17 survivors instead of the factually accurate 16. Diego Storm, the person from the real incident he was based on, died in the avalanche.
* In ''Film/AmericanHeart'', Nick Kelson is able to escape from Seattle's Skid Row and go up to greener (whiter?) pastures in Alaska; the real-life person he was based on, Dewayne Pomeroy, committed suicide in July 1984.
* Instead of following the ending to the novel, the English language film versions of ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'' followed either the ending to Agatha Christie's theatrical adaptation (sparing Lombard and Vera), or a slightly altered version in which Lombard is really Charles Morley, the real Lombard having died already (thus sparing only Vera.)
* ''Film/AngelsAndDemons'': In the movie, Langdon thwarts the assassination of the fourth cardinal, Cardinal Baggia. He's not so lucky in the original novel.
* ''Film/AptPupil'': The film adaptation spares the lives of both Todd himself and his guidance counselor. In the novella, Todd kills him before going on a shooting spree that ultimately ends with Todd being taken down by the police.
* In the ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' film, Arthur's father Thomas is still alive in the present day, and serves as part of the supporting cast. In Aquaman's original [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] origin story from ''More Fun Comics'' #73 (1941) and his [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] origin from ''Adventure Comics'' #260 (1959), Thomas died when Arthur was still a young man. In the Comicbook/{{New 52}} ''Aquaman'' run (which the movie is mostly based on), Thomas Curry's death is a ''very'' significant part of Arthur's backstory, as the one who accidentally caused Thomas to have a heart attack was David Hyde, the man who would later become Black Manta.
* In the book ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'', Eddie Willers's last scene shows him stuck in the middle of nowhere, with a broken-down locomotive he won't leave and can't fix. The remaining good guys, victorious, make no reference to him and seem unaware of his absence. In the final film, Eddie is not seen leaving New York City, and Francisco and Hank delay their own departure from the city so that they can rescue him. [[EvilMentor Robert Stadler]] may also be a beneficiary of this trope, as the spectacular HoistByHisOwnPetard that kills him in the book does not take place, and he is alive when last seen.
* Both Nancy and Harry survive in the 1993 remake of ''Film/AttackOfThe50FootWoman''. (Although Harry's not exactly better off. Nancy and two other giant women are keeping him and two other abusive husbands in a jar and forcing them to take endless "sensitivity classes" as they fly off in a spaceship.)
* In the 1956 movie version of ''Literature/TheBadSeed'', Christine is DrivenToSuicide but survives. Rhoda, the title character, [[KilledByTheAdaptation goes the other way]] thanks to some Hays Code-inspired divine contrivance.
* Cee Cee Bloom's mother survives much longer in ''Film/{{Beaches}}''. In the original novel, Leona dies of a heart attack while her daughter is in her late teens. The film changes this to Leona moving away to Florida, and brings her back for a later scene where she calls her daughter out on her selfish personality.
* In the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'' Book of Exodus, the Pharaoh drowned when the Red Sea crashed underneath him and his army once Moses and the Hebrews reached the other side of the sea. But in ''Film/TheTenCommandments'', Ramses never accompanied the soldiers when the sea receded, returning home humiliated as he never captured the slaves. Justified (as in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''), since the real UsefulNotes/RamesesII died of natural causes after living a long life.
* In ''Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor'' [[spoiler:Adèle lives unlike [[AdaptationNameChange Clémentine]] in the [[ComicBook/BlueIsTheWarmestColor comicbook]]]].
* King Pellinore is a supporting character throughout the musical ''{{Theatre/Camelot}}'', and is with Arthur in the final scene. In T. H. White's ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing'', upon which the musical is based, he [[DroppedABridgeOnHim gets a bridge dropped on him]] half-way through the third book.
* The 1962 version of ''Film/CapeFear'' ends with Sam Bowden arresting Max Cady. Both the original novel, ''The Executioners,'' and 1991 remake, end with Bowden killing Cady instead.
* In the 2002 remake of ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', the title character survives and goes into hiding in Florida. This, incidentally, was because they were planning on the film (which was [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV]]) being a PilotMovie, leading into a TV series about Carrie going on the run and helping other troubled teens with powers like hers. [[StillbornFranchise It never happened.]]
* The 1930s adaptation of ''Theatre/TheChildrensHour'', ''These Three'', doesn't have [[spoiler:Martha]] kill herself. This combined with censoring the lesbian plot completely changes the plays meaning.
* In Stephen King's ''Literature/{{Christine}}'' (the book), both of Arnie's parents die at the end (Christine kills Michael in the driveway of the Cunninghams' home, while Regina perishes along with Arnie in a freeway accident). In John Carpenter's film, Arnie dies, but his parents both survive. Likewise, in the book Detective Junkins is run off the road and killed by Christine, but is still alive at the end of the film.
* Both the novella ''Literature/TheCircusOfDoctorLao'' and its film adaptation, ''Film/SevenFacesOfDrLao'', feature shrewish Kate Lindquist TakenForGranite when she [[TooDumbToLive dares to look at the Medusa head-on]]. Only in the film does she get better and becomes nicer after the experience. The original novella leaves her stoned, much to the relief of her HenpeckedHusband.
* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': [[spoiler: Joe Napier from ''Half-Lives'', Timothy's brother Denny from ''The Ghastly Ordeal'', and Zachry from ''Sloosha's Crossin[='=]''.]]
* Judy escapes Ogden Marsh with David in ''Film/TheCrazies2010''. She was killed by armed civilians in [[Film/TheCrazies1973 original film]]''.
* Tad dies of dehydration in the novel ''Film/{{Cujo}}'', but is rescued in time by Donna in the film.
* ZigZaggedTrope with both [[Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951 1951]] and [[Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill2008 2008]] film adaptations of ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'': while on the original story ("Farewell To The Master") Klaatu only gets as far as introducing himself and Gort/Gnut before he's blown away by a crazy trigger-happy human, both films have him survive getting shot by the trigger-happy humans (nervous soldiers instead of the fanatical civilian of the story) at the beginning, only to die at the end.
* Tigercub in the film version of ''[[Literature/NightWatch Day Watch]]''. However, this is only because the Mirror storyline was utterly absent in the adaptation. Instead, Kostya is killed prior to ''Twilight Watch''... at least until the end of the film that rewinds the two films to the beginning.
* ''Film/DeathHunt'': The real Albert Johnson was killed by the Mounties after a months-long manhunt. In the film, the corpse of a local killer who was actually stealing gold teeth is made up to look like him, while Johnson escapes into Alaska.
* Misa Amane is heavily implied to have committed suicide at the end of ''Manga/DeathNote'' and its anime adaptation, but survives the live-action movies. She does die [[SequelGap ten years later]] in the sequel movie, ''Film/DeathNoteLightUpTheNewWorld'', which barely escapes this trope by virtue of being an original film not adapted from any previous work.
** Ukita also survives the film, Mogi [[DeathByAdaptation dying in his place]], as does Soichiro Yagami. The tradeoff for Soichiro, though, is that [[spoiler: he knows just what kind of monster Light is.]]
** In the [[Film/DeathNote2017 American remake]], [[spoiler: both Light and L survive the events of the story]]. However, the movie's AmbiguousEnding strongly suggests that [[spoiler: L may use the Death Note to kill Light now that he knows he is Kira]].
* In ''Film/DickTracy'', 88 Keyes the piano player is arrested during the raid on the Club Ritz. His comic strip counterpart was eventually gunned down by Tracy.
* An odd case is used for the ''Franchise/DieHard'' films, which were initially based on a novel entitled ''Nothing Lasts Forever.'' In it, the character Joseph Leland, whom John [=McClane=] was based on, has to save his daughter on Christmas Eve... and ultimately he fails, as after sending on the antagonist out a window he manages to grab his daughter and take her with him. In the films, [=McClane's=] character was made younger and the hostage was changed to his wife instead of his daughter (the wife was a PosthumousCharacter in the book). Antagonist Hans Gruber attempts to do the same thing, but this time John successfully saves her. In the fourth film in the series, [=McClane's=] now grown-up daughter actually ''does'' get taken hostage by the film's BigBad, but she is also saved by the end of the film.
** Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson is a much more standard use of the trope. In the novel, when [[TheDragon Karl]] returns at the very end he attempts to shoot Joe but Al Powell proceeds to push Robinson into the way of the bullets before killing Karl himself. In the film, Powell just up and shoots Karl on the spot before he can fire his gun, and Robinson, who is still a {{Jerkass}} but greatly toned down from his novel counterpart, lives.
* In ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'', many Dauntless initiates miss the jump from the train and fall to their deaths. In [[Film/{{Divergent}} the film adaptation]], everyone makes the jump.
* ''Film/DrWhoAndTheDaleks'' replaces the death of Antodus, who falls down a chasm in the TV ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]]", with a DisneyDeath where he lands safely on an unexpected ledge.
* Thufir Hawat is shown in the crowd watching Paul's duel with Feyd-Rautha at the end of ''Film/{{Dune}}''. His death scene just before that duel was filmed, but was cut.
* Uncle Bene in ''Film/EscapeToWitchMountain'' comes back to welcome Tia and Tony. In the book, he died trying to get them to America.
* In the Creator/EdgarAllanPoe short story "The Fall of the House of Usher", Roderick and Madeline fall over dead right before their house collapses around them. In the French film ''[[Film/TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher1928France The Fall of the House of Usher]]'', they both escape the house alive.
* In the original ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' comics, Sue and Johnny's mother Mary was a PosthumousCharacter who was killed in a car wreck many years ago. She's still alive in the [[Film/TheFantasticFour unreleased 1994 film]], and is even the one who comes up with the group's name.
* The originally filmed ending to ''[[Franchise/{{Rambo}} First Blood]]'' was much closer to the novel by David Morrell, which had John Rambo forcing Trautman to kill him. However, due to Rambo's more sympathetic portrayal in the film, a new ending was filmed which had Rambo being arrested instead, making the sequels possible. [[AdaptationDisplacement Due to the relative obscurity of the novel]], not many are aware that Rambo was supposed to die in the first film. Ironically, Morrell adapted the film's sequels into novels; as such, he took note of the CanonDiscontinuity in the first sequel, throwing said discontinuity out the window just as quickly.
** Rambo also kills his pursuers in the novel, including Teasle. In the film, the only death that Rambo causes (Galt) is an AccidentalMurder. Teasle and everyone else make it out alive.
* ''Film/TheGodfather''. Both of Michael’s Sicilian bodyguards, Fabrizio and Calo, die in the novel but survive in the movie adaptation, [[SubvertedTrope only to die in the sequels]]. [[TheMole Fabrizio]] sets a car bomb for Michael but kills Michael’s wife Apollonia instead. In the novel, Fabrizio is killed in the [[TheClimax climactic]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge massacre montage]], but in the movie he is not seen again. A deleted scene in ''Godfather II'' reveals that Michael has him killed years later ... [[KarmicDeath in a car bombing]]. In the novel Calo is killed in the car blast with Apollonia, but like Fabrizio his fate is unrevealed in the movie until ''Godfather III'', where he is killed while taking part in ''that'' film’s [[RecycledPremise climactic massacre montage]].
* ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'' depicted a universe where the Godzilla of [[Film/Godzilla1954 the original film]] was never exposed to the Oxygen Destroyer and thus is the Godzilla seen in this one.
* Two characters in ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'': Tony Makarios, whose daemon is severed from him, and Roger. In the book, both are killed. There may have been plans for Roger to die in the following movie (though his death was in the end of the first volume of the book series, not the second,) but since that movie will apparently not be made, as it actually stands Roger survived in the film. The script did, in fact, include Roger's death and that scene was filmed before being removed.
** Tony is an odd case, as in the movie his character is [[CompositeCharacter merged with Billy Costa]] - Billy loses his daemon the way Tony did in the book (and she has the same name as Tony's did), but the reference to the severing of daemons unavoidably killing their human counterparts, if they're just a child (all children who lose them in the novels are stated to die later on) is removed, and Lyra in the film's last scene comments on the need to help the kids who lost their daemons. ExecutiveMeddling actually ''forced'' the writers to NeverSayDie in the movie adaptation - a minor character mentions that several children separated from their daemons escaped, but were found dead later on (with the character simply falling silent after being outright ''asked'' if they were alive) - which is also the reason that 30-minutes were chopped off the end of the movie (and one sequence was moved into an earlier point of the story). If the film had [[WhatCouldHaveBeen gotten sequels]], their adaptation of ''The Subtle Knife'' would have reputedly opened with these deleted scenes.
*** Roger's death is also critical to the plot, as it highlights the lengths to which Lord Asriel is [[WellIntentionedExtremist willing to go in order to free the multiverse from the Authority]] (and create the contrast with Lyra), so the delaying measure of removing these scenes only served to weaken the movie (and might have saved it from becoming a StillbornFranchise - giving the movie better earlier reviews and potentially drawing more viewers into theatres).
* ''Film/TheGunsOfNavarone''. Stevens shatters his leg, contracts gangrene, and [[YouShallNotPass pins down a German assault single-handedly to buy time for his teammates to escape and continue their mission]] in the book. Major Franklin is captured, and though there's no hint of when or whether he'll be repatriated, he's at least shown alive and knows that the team's mission was a success.
** Ditto the sadistic Nazi officer Skoda. He's shot in the book for torturing Stevens. In the movie, he's renamed Sessler and is simply tied up. In the film, Sessler is not a sadistic Nazi but a professional Wermacht officer. He assures Mallory that Franklin will receive proper medical care. At the end, Franklin is seen in a hospital bed and smiles as he hears the explosion marking the mission's success. His fate isn't stated, but would likely be held as POW for the rest of the war.
* In the original ''Film/Halloween1978'', Annie Brackett is the first of Laurie's friends to get killed by Michael. In ''Film/Halloween2007'', while she is still attacked by Michael, Annie manages to survive, with Laurie finding her and calling 911. However, she was brought back for ''Film/HalloweenII2009'', where Michael ''did'' actually kill her for real.
* Clarice doesn't truly die - at least not physically - in the original version of ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}'', but many would say that being corrupted and turned to the dark side by the title character is much worse. She avoids this grim fate in the film version.
* ''Film/HarryPotter''
** Barty Crouch Jr. in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''. In the book, he got Dementor's Kiss. The movies state that he will be send back to Azkaban. He also suffers from ChuckCunninghamSyndrome as in later movies, all the Death Eaters are freed but he never appears alongside them. Some people simply assume that he did get a Dementor's Kiss and that filmmakers simply counted on that anyone who watched the movies simply read the books. Alternatively, he could be in the crowd of Death Eaters and simply not shown.
** Possibly Wormtail, who's book death is replaced by a TapOnTheHead. It's not clear if this was supposed to kill him or not, as it's presented somewhat comedically and that trope is (at least in fiction) usually not fatal, but he doesn't appear again after this scene. His original death was filmed, but had to be cut as the sequence was deemed too dark and would have bumped up the film's rating. Some have also argued Voldemort might have killed him during his rampage at Gringotts, or just for [[YouHaveFailedMe failing him one too many times]].
** Grindelwald doesn't seemingly die either, since he [[AdaptationalVillainy actually cooperates with Voldemort]] in the film.
** Colin Creevey, sort of. He appears sporadically throughout the books and dies in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]],'' but [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome disappears after the second movie]]. A CanonForeigner named Nigel Wolpert acts as a CompositeCharacter for both Colin and his brother Dennis, and he dies in Colin's place in the final film.
** Something similar happened with Crabbe, who was written out of the films without explanation after his actor suffered a RoleEndingMisdemeanor. His book death was given to Goyle, and it's never revealed what happened to Crabbe in the film continuity.
** Subverted with Hedwig. In the book, Harry takes her with him when he leaves the Dursleys and she's killed in the following chase scene. In the film, he lets her go before the chase scene, only for her to return and die [[TakingTheBullet taking a spell]] [[HeroicSacrifice for him]].
* The entire population of planet Earth in the film version of ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
* In the [[Film/TheHobbit film adaptation]] of ''Literature/TheHobbit'', Azog The Defiler survives the Battle of Azanulbizar by getting his arm cut off and being presumed dead, instead of [[OffWithHisHead getting his head cut off]] like in the book. [[spoiler: He finally dies during the Battle of the Five Armies when Thorin stabs him through the chest.]]
* Esmeralda in the [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1923 1923]], [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939 1939]], and many other adaptations of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. Quasimodo as well in the 1939 version. Averted in [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1956 the 1956 version]], which keeps all the book's deaths, albeit with Esmeralda [[DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation dying differently]]
* ''Film/TheHungerGames'': Peeta's leg remains intact at the end of the film.
* Lt. Kamarov in ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober''. [[DeathByAdaptation Borodin dies in his place]].
* Rapunzel in the film version of ''Film/IntoTheWoods''.
* ''Literature/{{It}}'':
** Neither the [[Film/It1990 1990 miniseries]] or ''Film/ItChapterTwo'' has Tom Rogan follow Beverly to Derry, like he did in the novel, where he gets possessed and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness later killed by It]]. Both films also keep the town of Derry intact, when, in the novel, it gets destroyed in a flood after It's death. The Neibolt Street house is the only casualty of It's demise in ''Chapter Two''.
** Butch Bowers is never seen in the miniseries, but [[TheGhost is mentioned once by Henry]]. This presumably means he doesn't get killed by Henry, like in the novel and ''[[Film/It2017 later film]]''.
** Eddie's mother is alive in his adulthood in the miniseries, while the novel and ''Chapter Two'' have her die a few years earlier, and Eddie is married to a woman just like her.
* In the novel ''The Last Detail'', the main character, Billy "Badass" Buddusky is killed, but since in the film, he's played by Creator/JackNicholson, he survives in the film.
* Matt Hooper from ''Film/{{Jaws}}''; granted in the film he is a much more likable character.
** This was actually an accidental case; Hooper was going to die, but before that scene could be filmed a real shark got tangled in the ropes and destroyed the prop cage while it was empty. The crew thought that the footage was too good to waste that they rewrote Hooper's fate to get it into the movie.
* Cantor Rabinowitz in ''Film/TheJazzSinger''. In the 1927 original he passed away after [[WellDoneSonGuy listening to his son Jack sing the Kol Nidre so beautifully]] and telling his wife Sara, "we have our son again" ([[OurGhostsAreDifferent his ghost is then shown at Jack's side in the synagogue]]). In the 1980 Neil Diamond remake, however, when Cantor Rabinowitz sees his son Jess sing the Kol Nidre in his father's place (since said father can't sing due to high blood pressure), he becomes surprised, and after some conversation, the father forgives his son and gives an embrace. He even hears the performance of Diamond's "America" at the end.
* In the LighterAndSofter Disney adaptation of Literature/JohnnyTremain, Rab doesn't die.
* John Hammond in ''Film/JurassicPark''. Ian Malcolm as well, which may have led Michael Crichton to make him NotQuiteDead in the [[Literature/TheLostWorld1995 book sequel]], though it's clearly implied that he dies in [[Literature/JurassicPark the first one]].
** It's actually an ''inversion'' (not counting the Malcolm issue): In the book, Gennaro and Muldoon survive with Grant and Sattler while Hammond and Malcolm are killed (though, as mentioned earlier, Malcolm is revealed to have survived with serious injuries in the sequel); in the film, Muldoon and Gennaro are eaten by rampaging dinosaurs and the survivors are Hammond and Malcolm. In both versions, the kids also make it.
** Dodgson is eaten in [[Literature/TheLostWorld1995 the second book]], but in [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark the second movie]], a different character plays his role (although it could be argued that after Nedry doesn't return, Dodgson tries to get the embryos himself...)
** The 1993 movie does [[FridgeLogic spare a lot of background employees]] by having them board a ship to the continent before the hurricane hits the island. Among the saved is chief geneticist Henry Wu, who is killed by raptors in the novel, but is still alive in the 2015 sequel ''Film/JurassicWorld''.
* The 2006 remake of ''Film/LastHoliday'' has the main character (portrayed by Creator/AlecGuinness in the original and Creator/QueenLatifah [[GenderFlip in the remake]]) survive, whereas the original film ended with the main character's vehicular demise.
* Mari and Justin in the 2009 remake of ''Film/TheLastHouseOnTheLeft''.
* ''Film/LastKnights'' is based on the tale of UsefulNotes/The47Ronin, which ended with the titular samurai being sentenced by the shogun to commit ''{{seppuku}}'' after avenging their master. In the movie, however, the surviving knights are forgiven by TheEmperor (mostly of [[PragmaticVillainy political pragmatism]]) with only their leader [[TheHero Raiden]] being [[TheHeroDies executed]] at [[HeroicSacrifice his own request]] to [[TheMenFirst spare his men]]. For added irony, the situation is a complete reversal of the samurai story, which had only one SoleSurvivor who did not commit ''seppuku'' and died several years, whereas in the movie has only one casualty at the end.
* In ''Film/{{La Reine Margot}}'', Orthon, Henri's young page, survives; whereas in the book he is killed by Catherine for refusing to betray Henri to her.
* Charlie's brother in ''Film/LemonadeMouth''. In the movie he's older, away at college until he returns near the climax. In the book, he's Charlie's twin and was stillborn.
* ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' has had two movie adaptations, one in 1939 with Creator/ShirleyTemple, and one in 1995. In both of these, Sara's father does not die as he does in the novel of BrainFever, he is merely injured in war and either too traumatized (1939) or amnesiac (1995). Either way, she gets a happy ending, as the novel ends with her being adopted by a family friend.
* In the musical film version of ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'', Seymour and Audrey both escape their fate of being eaten by the plant, which is killed. Partly subverted in that, in the stage musical, Audrey was a victim of DeathByAdaptation, having survived in the original film, while the plant, who died in the original film, ends up surviving.
** In the Director's Cut, Audrey and Seymour die, and the plant lives, as in the stage musical. The above is a FocusGroupEnding.
* Saruman and Wormtongue in the theatrical versions of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' movies. Not so much in the Extended Editions (which explains why the palantír is in the water when Pippin picks it up).
** Additionally, in the books the Isengarders set one of the Ents ablaze and it's implied he burned to death. In [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers the film]], the Ent survives long enough to douse himself in the monstrous flood (actually, it's more like the flood came earlier), turning an off-screen moment of villainy into a FunnyBackgroundEvent.
* In the play ''Film/MadchenInUniform'' is inspired by [[spoiler:Manuela]] succeeded in her suicide. In the film it was an InterruptedSuicide.
* In ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', [[spoiler: the titular character and her [[TheDragon Dragon]] Diaval]] both survive thanks to LoveRedeems, whereas in ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' [[spoiler:Maleficent]] was killed by Prince Phillip and [[spoiler:Diaval]] was TakenForGranite by the fairy godmothers.
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** In ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} had a wife named Laura and three kids, all of whom were killed by Comicbook/BlackWidow during ''ComicBook/TheUltimates 2''. Laura and the kids appear alive and well in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', with Black Widow (who isn't a traitor in this continuity) serving as the children's [[HonoraryUncle Honorary Aunt]]. [[spoiler: They later die in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', but are revived by the end of the movie.]]
** Related, but in the original ''Comicbook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' comic book, Hawkeye was one of the many heroes who was killed when Comicbook/{{Thanos}} used the Infinity Gauntlet to wipe out half of all the life in the universe. In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he's one of the few heroes to have survived Thanos' use of the Infinity Gauntlet.
** ComicBook/BlackPanther's father T'Chaka is still alive in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', [[Main/ZigZaggedTrope until the end of Act 1]]. This is in contrast to the comics and most other adaptations, where T'Chaka was murdered long before T'Challa ever became the Black Panther. Also true of T'Challa's mom, as Ramonda was his stepmother in the comics; presumably, having T'Challa's biological mother succumb to DeathByChildbirth as per his original backstory would be inconsistent with Wakanda's far-better-than-2018 medical technology.
** Happy Hogan in ''Film/IronMan3'', who was mercy killed in the comics after going into a braindead coma but survives in this movie until the very end after experiencing the impact of an Extremis soldier exploding and awakening from his coma.
** Rhomann Dey in the comics is known for dying in his first appearance and bestowing his powers upon [[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Richard Rider]]. His MCU counterpart has (so far) been spared this fate and is alive and well by the end of ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''.
* In the first issue of ''ComicBook/TheMask'', Stanley Ipkiss dies at the end. In [[Film/TheMask the movie]] (which is a lot more LighterAndSofter) he survives.
* Higgins in ''[[Film/MasterAndCommander Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]'', since the subplot that killed him didn't make the movie, though early versions of the screenplay killed him in the final battle.
* Nicole Horne becomes a KarmaHoudini in ''Film/MaxPayne''. The stinger sequence suggests that Max doesn't intend to let them stay that way.
* Many English film adaptations of ''Literature/LesMiserables'' don't include Jean Valjean's death. Thanks to ''Film/LesMiserables1998'', ChronicallyKilledActor Creator/LiamNeeson happens to be one of the surviving Valjeans in that respect. Other adaptations spare other characters: La Thénardier in the musical, Gavroche and Javert in the 2007 anime version, et cetera.
* ''Literature/TheMist'' has [[spoiler: Jim Grondin]] still alive at the supermarket when David and his group make their escape. In the book, [[spoiler: he was killed during the pharmacy expedition]].
** The unnamed mother who left the store early in the film [[spoiler: is revealed to have been rescued, along with her children, in the climax]]. Her fate was left unknown in the book, but she was generally presumed to have been killed like nearly everyone else who left the store.
* Film/MonsterVerse:
** Although not quite the same character, Serizawa’s previous incarnation in the Godzilla series died ''preventing'' Godzilla from wreaking more havoc. While in ''Film/Godzilla2014'' Serizawa is trying to convince the military the importance of Godzilla and comes out of the film with very little scrapes and bruises. That said, it's ultimately the "dies later" version as he gives up his life to save and heal Godzilla in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''.
** Not only does Godzilla survive his debut in the 2014 film, ''King of the Monsters'' sees him survive the Oxygen Destroyer and his Burning Godzilla mode, things that killed [[Film/{{Gojira}} the original Godzilla]] and [[Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah the Heisei Godzilla]] respectively.
** King Kong likewise lives to the end of ''Film/KongSkullIsland''.
* ''Film/MortalEngines'':
** As a result of both characters getting DemotedToExtra and thus having the scenes from [[Literature/MortalEngines the novel]] where they are stabbed through the chest by Thaddeus Valentine and crushed by a falling airship respectively cut, Katherine and Bevis end the movie still alive.
** In contrast to the book, MEDUSA doesn’t destroy most of London when it malfunctions, meaning all of London’s residents are left alive by the film's end.
* A minor example in ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol.'' In the book, Fezziwig is presumably dead in the present, as Scrooge exclaims "Old Fezziwig alive again!" when he sees the vision of him in the past. In the film, an elderly [[AdaptationalNameChange Fozziwig]] gets a cameo appearance near the end when the newly reformed Scrooge visits him. This isn't entirely unrealistic: if Scrooge is about sixty and was about twenty when he worked for Fezziwig, and if the latter was in his forties then, he would be in his eighties in the present, and while people rarely lived that long in the 1800s, it wasn't unheard of.
* Mister Arrow in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland''. Instead of giving him alcohol that causes Arrow to get drunk and fall overboard, Long John Silver tricks him into inspecting one of the lifeboats and drops it off the ship. We're left to assume Arrow was lost as sea anyway, but then he washes up on Treasure Island later. This was averted with Billy Bones, which is significant because he was the only character ''ever'' to die in a Muppet movie. Creator/BillyConnolly (who portrayed Bones) is quite proud of that fact.
* The original novel ''Literature/MySistersKeeper'' [[spoiler:has a TwistEnding in which ''Anna'', the healthy sister, is killed in a freak car accident, and her one of her kidneys is given to Kate, allowing the latter to survive.]] The film [[NotHisSled flips this around]] to the more expected ending, [[spoiler:where Kate dies and Anna does not]].
* Atreyu's horse, Artax, in the movie adaption of ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''. While it does die by sinking in a swamp through despair just like in the book, it comes back to life at the end of the movie [[spoiler:thanks to Bastian presumably wishing it back to life]]. And it appears in the second movie, still alive.
** It's implied that in the film, the effects of the Nothing were completely reversed by Bastian saving Fantasia, so everyone who died as a consequence is alive (including the characters who survived the novel without ''ever'' dying); in the novel, they stay dead but Fantasia was recreated when Bastian saved it (with new areas and such being formed). Given that the realm is [[spoiler:the manifestation of human wishes and dreams, taking on a physical form]], this makes sense in context.
* In the original ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'', Barbra is dragged off and implied to be devoured by a horde of zombies (among which, her brother is included) during the film's final siege. In the [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1990 1990 remake]], she becomes an ActionSurvivor.
* In the Titanic docudrama film ''Film/ANightToRemember'', Irish passenger Martin Gallagher survives the sinking on the overturned lifeboat Collapsible B, though he died in real life.
* The Renfield-type character in ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}'', both the original and in Werner Herzog's remake.
* Nobody ever has the heart to kill off Fagin in ''Literature/OliverTwist'' remakes anymore. Or sentence the Artful Dodger [[SentencedToDownUnder to transportation to Australia]].
* Charles Cheswick in ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest''. WordOfGod states that Cheswick was spared in order to [[spoiler:make Billy's death all the more shocking.]]
* The film adaptation of ''Theatre/OurTown'' has the female protagonist surviving. The third act of the play has her dying while giving birth to her child and takes place in the afterlife; in the film the afterlife portion is a dream she has.
* Norman Bates in the ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' follow-up movies.
* In ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'', Daito's real world counterpart is killed by the Sixers. In [[Film/ReadyPlayerOne the film]], he survives the events and is made co-controller of OASIS along with the rest of the High Five.
* In the original ''Film/{{Red Dawn|1984}}'' out of the Wolverines only Danny and Erica survive, in [[Film/RedDawn2012 the remake]] only Jed and Darryl are killed.
* In TheMagicalLegendOfTheLeprechauns, a LighterAndSofter version of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', all of the dead characters are brought back and it ends with Mickey and Jessica and Jack and Kathleen's weddings.
* Most movie adaptations of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' leave out the deaths of Paris and Lady Montague, probably because both contribute little to the story and slow down the ending. Though this very often creates a plot hole when the prince says that he has lost "a brace of kinsmen" at the end. The movie makers obviously don't realize what "a brace" means; it means ''two'': two kinsmen, namely Mercutio and ''Paris''. Without Paris' death, the prince has only lost ''one'' kinsman! The Prince's comment is made even more confusing in the Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio [[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet version]] where Captain Prince and Mercutio are black and Paris is white. And there is no evidence of any of them being of mixed race.
* Oscar de Jarjayes lives through the Storming of the Bastille in ''Lady Oscar'', whereas in ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' she's killed in the siege.
* In ''Film/{{Roxanne}}'', a SettingUpdate of ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'', CD and Chris make it to the end, unlike Cyrano and Christian of the play.
* In ''Film/RyansDaughter'', a SettingUpdate of ''Literature/MadameBovary'', Rosy and her husband Charles make it to the end, whereas their novel counterparts Emma and Charles Bovary do not.
* ''Film/TheSearchers'' has a borderline example in Ethan Edwards. In the book, he dies, but he survives in the movie. However, there are hints that Edwards may not live for long after the movie's ending.
* The Village Elder in ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]''. Chico is a partial example, as he's a {{composite|Character}} of two of the main characters of ''Film/SevenSamurai'': Kikuchiyo, who dies, and Katsushiro, who does not.
* Not a single version of ''Film/TheShaggyDog'' uses the ending of its source novel, ''The Hound of Florence'', in which the main character is stabbed to death in his dog form.
* From ''Film/TheShining'', the Overlook Hotel itself is left intact, as opposed to the book which had it being blown off. Kubrick allegedly felt the destruction of the hotel brought too much of a happy ending to the story, so it became one of the many things he left out of his adaptation. This may also be due to Kubrick turning what originally was a story about ghosts into a film about madness, meaning that the hotel itself became less of an enemy to be eliminated, most of the horror now coming from the characters themselves and what they experience.
* In ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' Harry's death is the sole reason Heather travels to Silent Hill to seek out revenge. In the film ''Film/SilentHillRevelation3D'' he survives; the one film Creator/SeanBean is supposed to die in and he lives. Vincent also survives, but his character has also change completely.
* TheDragon, Mr. Cooger, in ''Literature/SomethingWickedThisWayComes''. His fate of being [[HoistByHisOwnPetard aged to death by the evil carnival's age-changing carousel]] is transferred to [[BigBad his boss, Mr. Dark]], instead.
* In the novel ''Literature/{{Sounder}}'', both the father and Sounder the family dog die in the end. In the film, both are crippled but alive, Sounder by a shotgun blast, the father ([[NamedByTheAdaptation named "Nathan" in the film]]) by a dynamite blast in prison.
* In the ''Literature/TheSpiderwickChronicles'' books, Arthur dies at the end. In the movie, he stays with the Sylphs, but his daughter also comes with him.
* ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'':
** The bridge scene in ''Film/SpiderMan1'' not only has Gwen replaced with Mary Jane, but Mary Jane survives the ordeal, unlike poor Gwen.
** Gwen Stacy and Captain Stacy in ''Film/SpiderMan3'' probably due in no small part to being {{demoted to extra}}s.
* In ''Film/StandByMe'', the narrator reveals at the end that Chris was killed in a knife fight as an adult. As shocking as this was, it beat the original story by Creator/StephenKing, where three out of the four kids (excepting Gordie) met early ends in the epilogue.
** As pointed out in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19156_6-deleted-scenes-that-prove-book-isnt-always-better_p2.html this article]], ''even Gordie'' may not be lasting much longer in the original story...
* In ''Literature/{{Stargirl}}'', Archie's heavily implied to have passed away between showing Leo Stargirl's office and the book's epilogue. Not only is there no such implication in [[Film/{{Stargirl}} the movie]], but he also comes across as a couple of decades younger than his book counterpart.
* Carl in ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' suffers a rather anti-climactic off-screen death around three-quarters of the way through the novel; he makes it to the end of the film.
* The 2009 reboot of ''[[Film/StarTrek2009 Star Trek]]'' has this ZigZagged. The first film allows Christopher Pike to avoid being rendered an invalid, as he was shown in [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]. He's in a wheelchair at the end of the first film after being tortured by Nero, but has his mental faculties. He walks with a cane at the beginning of ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', set a year after the first film. But later in the film, [[DeathByAdaptation he's killed off]].
* In the ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' continuity of ''Franchise/StarWars'', Chewbacca got KilledOffForReal in ''[[Literature/NewJediOrder Vector Prime]]'', which was set approximately 21 years after ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', set 32 years after ROTJ, Chewbacca is alive and well [[spoiler:and in a truly tragic sense of irony, it's Han Solo who dies instead.]]
* At the time ''Film/{{Superman}}'' was made, both Ma and Pa Kent were dead in the comics by the time Clark becomes Superman. In the film, however, only Pa Kent dies. In the Post-Crisis comics both Kents are still alive making Jonathan Kent dying on ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' DeathByAdaptation. He's dead again in the Comicbook/{{New 52}}.
* ''Film/{{Surrogates}}'': At the end of the original comic [[spoiler:Maggie Greer]] committed suicide after the Surrogates were all shut down. In the movie [[spoiler:she and her husband]] instead just face each other physically for the first time in years.
* Again if you count real life as source material, Kim Sa-bok died in 1984, years after helping a German journalist film the uprising in Gwangju in 1980. In ''Film/ATaxiDriver'', his counterpart Kim Man-seob lives for at least 23 more years.
* In the original ''Literature/TedsCavingPage'' story, B was present during the BolivianArmyEnding with Ted and Joe, and presumably perished alongside them. In the film adaptation, ''Living Dark'', [[NamedByTheAdaptation Brad]] instead survives after Ted pulls a HeroicSacrifice to buy him time to escape.
* Unlike [[Film/TheTerminator the original film]], ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' sees Kyle Reese survive the events of the movie, as do the punks the original Terminator stole clothes from. [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay Miles Dyson]] also survives. While not outright stated, as both the original Terminator and the T-1000 both undergo type 2 of ''DeathByAdaptation'', many of their other victims, including Ginger Ventura, John Connor's foster parents, Ed Traxler and Hal Vukovich, are also are probably alive.
* ''Film/InTheHeartOfTheSea'', a film portrayal of the Essex whaleship disaster, has William Bond, the black steward, survive the disaster, probably because the filmmakers feared being accused of racism if none of the black crewmembers survived, never mind history. The film, in fact, does him a bigger disservice by taking a heroic feat he committed in reality (diving into the flooding ship to retrieve the navigational equipment, which undoubtedly saved the lives of the crew) and giving it to first mate Owen Chase instead.
* Possibly the case with Weena in ''Film/{{The Time Machine|1960}}''. In [[Literature/TheTimeMachine the original novel]] she is separated from the protagonist in the midst of a forest fire and he it unable to find her. Ultimately her fate is left ambiguous, but the protagonist (who narrates the story) isn't optimistic about her odds of survival. In the movie she very clearly survives and almost joins the protagonist in his own time (which is only prevented when the Morlocks trap him in the statue and he is forced to use time travel to escape, as in the book).
* The 2011 film version of ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|2011}}'' spares Milady de Winter, the Duke of Buckingham, and Constance Bonacieux. Cardinal Richelieu's survival is not an example; his deaths in previous adaptations are actually examples of DeathByAdaptation (he survives the original book).
* The 1948 film adaptation of ''Theatre/TheTimeOfYourLife'' spares Blick the offstage death which he meets in the play.
* Played straight with lover Frank at first in the 1975 film adaptation of Music/TheWho's ''Music/{{Tommy}}'', but then subverted at the end of the film when the angry mob kills him and Nora Walker.
* [[LoveableRogue Ostap Bender]] from ''Film/TheTwelveChairs'' by Creator/MelBrooks, survives the book instead of having his throat cut for all his trouble. An interesting case, as while the book itself explicitly stated him as dead, the character was later brought back for a sequel.
* Echo the Ventriloquist drowns in ''Literature/TheUnholyThree'', but survives in [[Film/TheUnholyThree both movie adaptations]]; rather ironic given that this was Creator/LonChaney's final role before his untimely death.
* In ''Literature/VampireAcademy'', the character Mr. Nagy/[[AdaptationNameChange "Mr. Meisner"]] is killed by Natalie Dashkov. Nothing happens to him in [[Film/VampireAcademy the film]].
* Both the kids and the would-be killer in the remake of ''Film/WhenAStrangerCalls''.
* Roger in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''; whereas in the source material he was the murder ''victim'' (specifically, his cause of death was censorship), here he's the murder ''suspect'' (the murder victim being Marvin Acme).
* The title character in the 2003 version of ''Film/{{Willard}}''. He dies in the 1971 version and is heavily implied to have died in the original novel.
* The 1936 movie adaptation of the play Theatre/{{Winterset}}. The young couple, Mio and Miriamne are both killed at the end of the play, but survive in the movie, when Mio creates an aversion and escapes along with Miriamne.
* ''Literature/WutheringHeights'':
** The [[Film/WutheringHeights1939 1939 Hollywood film]] has Isabella Linton still alive and married to Heathcliff at the time of his death. In the novel she leaves him and then dies long before.
** The 1954 Mexican film and the 1970 British film both have Hindley Earnshaw survive to [[DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation kill Heathcliff on the night of Cathy's funeral.]] Edgar and Isabella are both spared by default too.
** A few versions end with Heathcliff still alive and grieving Cathy's death. These include the 2011 film, and three different modernized adaptations: 2003's MTV version, 2015's ''Wuthering High'', and the 2002 GenderFlip retelling ''Series/{{Sparkhouse}}.''
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
** Mariko Yashida, who was killed in the comics, but survives till the very end of ''Film/TheWolverine''. [[spoiler:Well, at the time, as the later ongoing ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'' revealed that the Hand resurrected her and turned her into the Scarlet Samurai.]] This is also the case for her fiancé Noburo.
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'':\\\
[[ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast In the original story]], future Wolverine died during an ill-fated attack on the Sentinels headquarters. Here, he's the one who travels back in time to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.\\\
In the original comic Future Magento was the first to die, sacrificing himself early on by providing an off-panel diversion so the remaining resistance could escape their imprisonment. During the LastStand in the film, though he's badly wounded he never succumbs to his wounds before the timeline is reset.
** Moira [=MacTaggart=] is still alive and well in the films, as opposed to who her comic counterpart who was killed by Mystique and Sabertooth.
** In ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'', Professor Xavier and ComicBook/{{X 23}} were already dead. ''Film/{{Logan}}'', which is inspired by it, sees Xavier [[CompositeCharacter take over]] ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'s role and X-23 is the crux of the plot. [[spoiler:That said, it's a case of "Dies Later" for Xavier as he's killed near the end of the movie.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', Jafar isn't killed, but turned into a genie and then [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in a lamp.]] (He's finally KilledOffForReal in the first sequel, though.) In [[Literature/{{Aladdin}} the original tale]], depending on the version, the sorcerer is either killed by the princess with poisoned wine or put to sleep with drugged wine by the princess and then beheaded by Aladdin.
* Anastasia in ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'' (if you consider reality to be the source material, since it's so historically inaccurate it may as well be an AlternateUniverse). This is somewhat justified as during the time the film was produced her actual fate had not been confirmed.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatmanVsDracula'' took some influence from the ''ComicBook/BatmanVampire'' trilogy--but much [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman like the series it's tied into]], it's a movie aimed for kids, so no one outside of Dracula dies, Batman never becomes a vampire, and he even manages to cure the Joker. Additionally, Commissioner Gordon, Catwoman, Tanya, the Riddler, Two-Face, and many others were AdaptedOut.
* Grendel's Mother in the 2007 ''WesternAnimation/{{Beowulf|2007}}'' movie.
* In the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'' Book of Exodus, the Pharaoh drowned when the Red Sea crashed underneath him and his army once Moses and the Hebrews reached the other side of the sea. Ramses in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' survived the crashing waves washing away him and his soldiers as the torrent throws him back to his side of the sea. Justified, since the real UsefulNotes/RamesesII is known to have lived to old age and died of natural causes.
* WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies:
** [[GenderFlip Ms. Li]] in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood''. Mr. Li, her [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]] from the original comic, is [[DroppedABridgeOnHim killed]] by the titular Red Hood, while Ms. Li simply ends up BoundAndGagged by ComicBook/TheJoker. Whether her survival is due to the plot changes or [[MenAreTheExpendableGender her being a girl]] is uncertain.
** The Boyscouts in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', in the original comic they were poisoned to death by the cotton candy The Joker gave them, in the film Batman is able to stop them from eating it, this was because the crew thought it would've been in bad taste because of the recent Sandy Hook school shooting. Dr. Ruth Weisenheimer is mentioned on Dave Endocrine's show, but [[TheGhost doesn't appear in person]]. This spares her from The Joker's TV studio massacre, in which she was the first victim in the comic.
** In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'', the Elite are depowered and presumably jailed at the end, and that's the last we see of them. In the original comics, Black ended up lobotomizing Menagerie and, after a failed attempt to get revenge on Superman, committed suicide.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound'' doesn't see Jonathan Kent die, like he did in the ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac'' arc it's based on.
** While it was published after ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'' featured the death of Sal Maroni. ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke'' features Batman barging into a nightclub to talk to some people after the Joker cripples Barbara Gordon and kidnapped Commissioner Gordon. The guy he talks to is unmistakably voiced by Creator/RickDWasserman, who's credited in the role of "Maroni", suggesting Maroni's alive in the animated version and is the guy Batman talks to.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' has the "comes later" version: in the ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'' comic, ComicBook/LexLuthor died when he was ten. In this version he's alive as an adult, but winds up getting killed anyway.
** In the original ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'' storyline, [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Coast City]] is obliterated by Mongul and the Cyborg Superman. In ''WesternAnimation/ReignOfTheSupermen'', as Mongul is AdaptedOut, Coast City is spared its grisly fate. As well, as Coast City is spared, so is the Eradicator, who, in the original, is killed shielding Superman from a torrent of Kryptonite fuel, repowering Superman by accident.
* In ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet'', an adaptation of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' [[RecycledInSpace with lawn gnomes]], the only character to die is Tybalt--and somehow ''he'' gets reassembled for the DancePartyEnding! Of course, this wasn't a surprise. The trailer for the movie claimed, "The only tragedy... Would be missing it!" (Which was followed by a character's voice saying, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint "I don't get it..."]])
** Lampshaded during Gnomeo's conversation with a Shakespeare statue, where he calls the original a "horrible ending."
** Schlocky grindhouse adaptation ''Film/TromeoAndJuliet'' spares the two as well.
* Even compared to the below mentioned live-action version, Professor Bruttenholm gets this is the second ''WesternAnimation/HellboyAnimated'' movie, ''Blood and Iron'', surviving the events of the movie.
* The Giant from the Creator/GoldenFilms production of ''Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk'' most versions including the original story have the Giant fall to his death after Jack cuts down the beanstalk, in this version however just before he hits the ground he gets sealed inside the magic harp he had sealed Jack's father in years earlier along with his wife somehow, who did not accompany him in chasing Jack.
* Soren's parents in ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole'' are shown to have made it to the great tree by the end of the movie. In the books, we never see them (alive) again after Soren is kidnapped, and it's very strongly implied that they were killed shortly after that.
* Mondo TV (the same people who did ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic'') also did [[WesternAnimation/SuperLittleFantaHeroes a version]] of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', where EVERYONE is spared by the adaptation (yes, even Frollo). [[note]]not only that, [[spoiler: Phoebus and Fleur get turned into hunchbacks, Djali gets turned into a [[HumanityEnsues human girl]] for Gringoire to marry, and Quasimodo becomes handsome and Esmeralda marries him, while a redeemed Frollo performs the wedding ceremony]]. Yes, really - see for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55qW04A6aFs[[/note]]
* The 2015 French adaptation of ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'' implies this with regards to the '''Author'''. We never learn the name of the Aviator, but certain facts (former pilot, war hero, respected despit equirks and, well, wrote "The Little Prince") imply he is an aging St. Exupery who survived the war. In RealLife, St. Exupery died during World War Two when his plane was shot down.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'', everyone except 9 died in the original short; in the full-length movie he, 7, 3 and 4 all make it out alive.
* The Soviet AnimatedAdaptation of ''The Adventures of Captain Vrungel'' applies this to their ship "Beda" (meaning "trouble". Vrungel actually wanted to call it "Pobeda", as in "Victory", but lost two first letters due to accident). In the source material, the ship gets destroyed halfway through the book, forcing Vrungel and his crew to complete their journey around the world via increasingly unbelievable means. In the film, the ship survives till the end and successfully completes the journey.
* In the original novel of ''Literature/TheSuicideShop'', the book ends with Alan committing suicide, believing he has nothing to live for now that he's made his family see the upsides of life. [[WesternAnimation/TheSuicideShop The animated film]] instead has him live to avoid the story concluding with a DownerEnding.
* This happens in several Disney Adaptations, via {{Disneyfication}}:
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'': Every major character dies in the novel except for Bambi, his fawns, and Faline (who features prominently in the sequel). Many of the non-deer central characters in the film don't actually appear in the book, and so are not affected by this trope either.
** John Luther "Casey" Jones from ''The Brave Engineer''. In real life, he actually died in the train crash.
** Both Literature/TheSteadfastTinSoldier and the Ballerina from ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000''. The main reason why they both lived in the Disney adaptation is because the writers of the film actually did not want to cause any SoundtrackDissonance considering the fact that the musical piece accompanying this scene is an optimistic-sounding one.
** And [[spoiler: every single character]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''. In Chief's case [[DeathByAdaptation Not]] in the [[RecursiveAdaptation Disney books adapted from the film]], though. Chief [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] ''was'' going to die in the animated adaptation after being hit by the train, but someone in the Disney higher-ups wasn't willing to pull the trigger on a character who ''wasn't'' explicitly evil (this is before [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Mufasa's death]] convinced them it can be done effectively) - so he opens his eyes in what was meant to be his death scene, and ends up with ''only'' a broken leg for the rest of the film. This is definitely a case of it ''not'' being the best choice: killing him off would have explained Copper's ferocious grudge against Todd in the second half of the movie, while the final product makes him look a lot more spiteful (and it would have made their final reconciliation more [[{{Forgiveness}} potent]]).
** Esmeralda, Quasimodo, Clopin... and pretty much all of the main cast except for Frollo in ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. The musical [[RecursiveAdaptation on the other hand...]]
** Shere Khan from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967''. He retreats with a burning branch tied to his tail. Seconds after he's out of sight, it rains. In fact, he's still alive by the end of the sequel! Also the monkeys, who were eaten by Kaa originally.
** Ariel in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}''.
** ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''
*** In the book, Captain Hook decides to FaceDeathWithDignity once the crocodile catches up with him. In the movie, he immediately jumps out of the crocodile's mouth unharmed shortly after being swallowed up and later swimming away [[MemeticMutation screaming for Smee]] with the crocodile [[ExitPursuedByABear still behind him]]. There's an interesting story behind this. Originally, Disney was going to make Hook an evil, intimidating character who would die like his literary counterpart. However, they discovered that the slapstick scenes with the crocodile effectively ruined any sense that he was a serious threat. Therefore, they went all out and played him as an IneffectualSympatheticVillain. They kept him alive because they figured the audience wouldn't want to see such a humorous, non-threatening villain die.
*** The book also has a brief mention in the epilogue that fairies have very short lifespans ("as long a time as a feather is blown about the air on a windy day" in the play version), and the next time Peter sees Wendy, he's long forgotten Tinker Bell. In the film, no mention is made of fairy lifespans, and Tink becomes a BreakoutCharacter with [[Franchise/DisneyFairies her own franchise]]!
** If ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', as it commonly is, is taken as an adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', then the equivalents of Hamlet himself (Simba), Ophelia (Nala), Gertrude (Sarabi), Polonius (Zazu), and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Timon and Pumbaa) all live. On the other hand, we get to watch King Hamlet (Mufasa) die, while in the play he was DeadToBeginWith.
** The Talking Cricket (renamed Jiminy Cricket) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''. In the book he's killed early on and becomes a ghost, but eventually changes back into a living cricket. In the Disney version he lives from beginning to end.
** WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} in ''WesternAnimation/PocahontasIIJourneyToANewWorld''. In real life, she died during her stay in England.
** Arguably Robin Hood in ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'', though the Robin Hood mythos is so vast that it's not ironclad that he dies at the end normally.
** Maleficent in the Ride/DisneyThemeParks version of ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', whose cackling can be heard at the very last part of the ride, implying that she had survived being stabbed by the Sword of Truth and falling off a cliff. However, this was eventually removed and replaced with a scene where the fairies are still bickering over what color Aurora's dress should be. There was also a sequel storybook which also had Maleficent survive the above and still cause trouble.
*** A similar thing happened in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', though Justified since that was a prequel to a game where she's a major antagonist. [[FridgeHorror Though since the Sleeping Beauty world is said to have been "lost to the darkness" in the original game, this possibly turns the story into a case of]] TheBadGuyWins...
** Mad Madam Mim from ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone''. In [[Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing the book]], she was killed after Merlin became an infectious disease, but in the movie, she is merely bedridden, and Merlin actually had to use sunlight in order to cure her.
--->'''Mim''': [[BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad "I hate sunshine!]] I HATE horrible wholesome sunshine!! I HATE! I HATE IT! [[VillainousBreakdown I HATE HATE HATE HATE..."]]
** Kala, Tarzan's adoptive ape mother in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}''.
** [[AllThereInTheManual Leland]] Hawkins from ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet''. Not that this makes matters any [[WellDoneSonGuy less]] [[ParentalAbandonment heartwrenching]].
* In ''Literature/TheTrueMeaningOfSmekday'' has a century-long TimeSkip at the end where Tip suddenly dies of old age during the unveiling of the time capsule. The film adaptation ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'' lacks the TimeSkip ending whilst Tip is still a child.
* Herr Kleiser is killed and eaten by [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk the Hulk]] in ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'', but survives the events of both ''WesternAnimation/UltimateAvengers'' films. However, ComicBook/BlackPanther [[AFateWorseThanDeath seals him inside Wakanda's Vibranium reserves for all eternity]], making death look like a much kinder alternative.
** Also Comicbook/BlackWidow and Edwin Jarvis both survive the events of the films despite being killed in ''The Ultimates 2''.
* ComicBook/TheKingpin of the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe was killed by Mysterio in the immediate aftermath of ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'', well before ComicBook/MilesMorales replaced that universe's Peter Parker. ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' sees the Kingpin of its version of Miles's universe still alive and the BigBad.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* In the original comicbook for ''ComicBook/{{Alena}}'', Fabian is murdered near the end. In the film, the corresponding character Fabienne lives.
* In ''Film/{{Alive}}'', a portrayal of the crash and aftermath of Uruguayan Flight 571, the character Hugo Diaz survives the avalanche and lives to be rescued, making for 17 survivors instead of the factually accurate 16. Diego Storm, the person from the real incident he was based on, died in the avalanche.
* In ''Film/AmericanHeart'', Nick Kelson is able to escape from Seattle's Skid Row and go up to greener (whiter?) pastures in Alaska; the real-life person he was based on, Dewayne Pomeroy, committed suicide in July 1984.
* Instead of following the ending to the novel, the English language film versions of ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'' followed either the ending to Agatha Christie's theatrical adaptation (sparing Lombard and Vera), or a slightly altered version in which Lombard is really Charles Morley, the real Lombard having died already (thus sparing only Vera.)
* ''Film/AngelsAndDemons'': In the movie, Langdon thwarts the assassination of the fourth cardinal, Cardinal Baggia. He's not so lucky in the original novel.
* ''Film/AptPupil'': The film adaptation spares the lives of both Todd himself and his guidance counselor. In the novella, Todd kills him before going on a shooting spree that ultimately ends with Todd being taken down by the police.
* In the ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' film, Arthur's father Thomas is still alive in the present day, and serves as part of the supporting cast. In Aquaman's original [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] origin story from ''More Fun Comics'' #73 (1941) and his [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] origin from ''Adventure Comics'' #260 (1959), Thomas died when Arthur was still a young man. In the Comicbook/{{New 52}} ''Aquaman'' run (which the movie is mostly based on), Thomas Curry's death is a ''very'' significant part of Arthur's backstory, as the one who accidentally caused Thomas to have a heart attack was David Hyde, the man who would later become Black Manta.
* In the book ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'', Eddie Willers's last scene shows him stuck in the middle of nowhere, with a broken-down locomotive he won't leave and can't fix. The remaining good guys, victorious, make no reference to him and seem unaware of his absence. In the final film, Eddie is not seen leaving New York City, and Francisco and Hank delay their own departure from the city so that they can rescue him. [[EvilMentor Robert Stadler]] may also be a beneficiary of this trope, as the spectacular HoistByHisOwnPetard that kills him in the book does not take place, and he is alive when last seen.
* Both Nancy and Harry survive in the 1993 remake of ''Film/AttackOfThe50FootWoman''. (Although Harry's not exactly better off. Nancy and two other giant women are keeping him and two other abusive husbands in a jar and forcing them to take endless "sensitivity classes" as they fly off in a spaceship.)
* In the 1956 movie version of ''Literature/TheBadSeed'', Christine is DrivenToSuicide but survives. Rhoda, the title character, [[KilledByTheAdaptation goes the other way]] thanks to some Hays Code-inspired divine contrivance.
* Cee Cee Bloom's mother survives much longer in ''Film/{{Beaches}}''. In the original novel, Leona dies of a heart attack while her daughter is in her late teens. The film changes this to Leona moving away to Florida, and brings her back for a later scene where she calls her daughter out on her selfish personality.
* In the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'' Book of Exodus, the Pharaoh drowned when the Red Sea crashed underneath him and his army once Moses and the Hebrews reached the other side of the sea. But in ''Film/TheTenCommandments'', Ramses never accompanied the soldiers when the sea receded, returning home humiliated as he never captured the slaves. Justified (as in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''), since the real UsefulNotes/RamesesII died of natural causes after living a long life.
* In ''Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor'' [[spoiler:Adèle lives unlike [[AdaptationNameChange Clémentine]] in the [[ComicBook/BlueIsTheWarmestColor comicbook]]]].
* King Pellinore is a supporting character throughout the musical ''{{Theatre/Camelot}}'', and is with Arthur in the final scene. In T. H. White's ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing'', upon which the musical is based, he [[DroppedABridgeOnHim gets a bridge dropped on him]] half-way through the third book.
* The 1962 version of ''Film/CapeFear'' ends with Sam Bowden arresting Max Cady. Both the original novel, ''The Executioners,'' and 1991 remake, end with Bowden killing Cady instead.
* In the 2002 remake of ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', the title character survives and goes into hiding in Florida. This, incidentally, was because they were planning on the film (which was [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV]]) being a PilotMovie, leading into a TV series about Carrie going on the run and helping other troubled teens with powers like hers. [[StillbornFranchise It never happened.]]
* The 1930s adaptation of ''Theatre/TheChildrensHour'', ''These Three'', doesn't have [[spoiler:Martha]] kill herself. This combined with censoring the lesbian plot completely changes the plays meaning.
* In Stephen King's ''Literature/{{Christine}}'' (the book), both of Arnie's parents die at the end (Christine kills Michael in the driveway of the Cunninghams' home, while Regina perishes along with Arnie in a freeway accident). In John Carpenter's film, Arnie dies, but his parents both survive. Likewise, in the book Detective Junkins is run off the road and killed by Christine, but is still alive at the end of the film.
* Both the novella ''Literature/TheCircusOfDoctorLao'' and its film adaptation, ''Film/SevenFacesOfDrLao'', feature shrewish Kate Lindquist TakenForGranite when she [[TooDumbToLive dares to look at the Medusa head-on]]. Only in the film does she get better and becomes nicer after the experience. The original novella leaves her stoned, much to the relief of her HenpeckedHusband.
* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': [[spoiler: Joe Napier from ''Half-Lives'', Timothy's brother Denny from ''The Ghastly Ordeal'', and Zachry from ''Sloosha's Crossin[='=]''.]]
* Judy escapes Ogden Marsh with David in ''Film/TheCrazies2010''. She was killed by armed civilians in [[Film/TheCrazies1973 original film]]''.
* Tad dies of dehydration in the novel ''Film/{{Cujo}}'', but is rescued in time by Donna in the film.
* ZigZaggedTrope with both [[Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951 1951]] and [[Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill2008 2008]] film adaptations of ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'': while on the original story ("Farewell To The Master") Klaatu only gets as far as introducing himself and Gort/Gnut before he's blown away by a crazy trigger-happy human, both films have him survive getting shot by the trigger-happy humans (nervous soldiers instead of the fanatical civilian of the story) at the beginning, only to die at the end.
* Tigercub in the film version of ''[[Literature/NightWatch Day Watch]]''. However, this is only because the Mirror storyline was utterly absent in the adaptation. Instead, Kostya is killed prior to ''Twilight Watch''... at least until the end of the film that rewinds the two films to the beginning.
* ''Film/DeathHunt'': The real Albert Johnson was killed by the Mounties after a months-long manhunt. In the film, the corpse of a local killer who was actually stealing gold teeth is made up to look like him, while Johnson escapes into Alaska.
* Misa Amane is heavily implied to have committed suicide at the end of ''Manga/DeathNote'' and its anime adaptation, but survives the live-action movies. She does die [[SequelGap ten years later]] in the sequel movie, ''Film/DeathNoteLightUpTheNewWorld'', which barely escapes this trope by virtue of being an original film not adapted from any previous work.
** Ukita also survives the film, Mogi [[DeathByAdaptation dying in his place]], as does Soichiro Yagami. The tradeoff for Soichiro, though, is that [[spoiler: he knows just what kind of monster Light is.]]
** In the [[Film/DeathNote2017 American remake]], [[spoiler: both Light and L survive the events of the story]]. However, the movie's AmbiguousEnding strongly suggests that [[spoiler: L may use the Death Note to kill Light now that he knows he is Kira]].
* In ''Film/DickTracy'', 88 Keyes the piano player is arrested during the raid on the Club Ritz. His comic strip counterpart was eventually gunned down by Tracy.
* An odd case is used for the ''Franchise/DieHard'' films, which were initially based on a novel entitled ''Nothing Lasts Forever.'' In it, the character Joseph Leland, whom John [=McClane=] was based on, has to save his daughter on Christmas Eve... and ultimately he fails, as after sending on the antagonist out a window he manages to grab his daughter and take her with him. In the films, [=McClane's=] character was made younger and the hostage was changed to his wife instead of his daughter (the wife was a PosthumousCharacter in the book). Antagonist Hans Gruber attempts to do the same thing, but this time John successfully saves her. In the fourth film in the series, [=McClane's=] now grown-up daughter actually ''does'' get taken hostage by the film's BigBad, but she is also saved by the end of the film.
** Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson is a much more standard use of the trope. In the novel, when [[TheDragon Karl]] returns at the very end he attempts to shoot Joe but Al Powell proceeds to push Robinson into the way of the bullets before killing Karl himself. In the film, Powell just up and shoots Karl on the spot before he can fire his gun, and Robinson, who is still a {{Jerkass}} but greatly toned down from his novel counterpart, lives.
* In ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'', many Dauntless initiates miss the jump from the train and fall to their deaths. In [[Film/{{Divergent}} the film adaptation]], everyone makes the jump.
* ''Film/DrWhoAndTheDaleks'' replaces the death of Antodus, who falls down a chasm in the TV ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]]", with a DisneyDeath where he lands safely on an unexpected ledge.
* Thufir Hawat is shown in the crowd watching Paul's duel with Feyd-Rautha at the end of ''Film/{{Dune}}''. His death scene just before that duel was filmed, but was cut.
* Uncle Bene in ''Film/EscapeToWitchMountain'' comes back to welcome Tia and Tony. In the book, he died trying to get them to America.
* In the Creator/EdgarAllanPoe short story "The Fall of the House of Usher", Roderick and Madeline fall over dead right before their house collapses around them. In the French film ''[[Film/TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher1928France The Fall of the House of Usher]]'', they both escape the house alive.
* In the original ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' comics, Sue and Johnny's mother Mary was a PosthumousCharacter who was killed in a car wreck many years ago. She's still alive in the [[Film/TheFantasticFour unreleased 1994 film]], and is even the one who comes up with the group's name.
* The originally filmed ending to ''[[Franchise/{{Rambo}} First Blood]]'' was much closer to the novel by David Morrell, which had John Rambo forcing Trautman to kill him. However, due to Rambo's more sympathetic portrayal in the film, a new ending was filmed which had Rambo being arrested instead, making the sequels possible. [[AdaptationDisplacement Due to the relative obscurity of the novel]], not many are aware that Rambo was supposed to die in the first film. Ironically, Morrell adapted the film's sequels into novels; as such, he took note of the CanonDiscontinuity in the first sequel, throwing said discontinuity out the window just as quickly.
** Rambo also kills his pursuers in the novel, including Teasle. In the film, the only death that Rambo causes (Galt) is an AccidentalMurder. Teasle and everyone else make it out alive.
* ''Film/TheGodfather''. Both of Michael’s Sicilian bodyguards, Fabrizio and Calo, die in the novel but survive in the movie adaptation, [[SubvertedTrope only to die in the sequels]]. [[TheMole Fabrizio]] sets a car bomb for Michael but kills Michael’s wife Apollonia instead. In the novel, Fabrizio is killed in the [[TheClimax climactic]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge massacre montage]], but in the movie he is not seen again. A deleted scene in ''Godfather II'' reveals that Michael has him killed years later ... [[KarmicDeath in a car bombing]]. In the novel Calo is killed in the car blast with Apollonia, but like Fabrizio his fate is unrevealed in the movie until ''Godfather III'', where he is killed while taking part in ''that'' film’s [[RecycledPremise climactic massacre montage]].
* ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'' depicted a universe where the Godzilla of [[Film/Godzilla1954 the original film]] was never exposed to the Oxygen Destroyer and thus is the Godzilla seen in this one.
* Two characters in ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'': Tony Makarios, whose daemon is severed from him, and Roger. In the book, both are killed. There may have been plans for Roger to die in the following movie (though his death was in the end of the first volume of the book series, not the second,) but since that movie will apparently not be made, as it actually stands Roger survived in the film. The script did, in fact, include Roger's death and that scene was filmed before being removed.
** Tony is an odd case, as in the movie his character is [[CompositeCharacter merged with Billy Costa]] - Billy loses his daemon the way Tony did in the book (and she has the same name as Tony's did), but the reference to the severing of daemons unavoidably killing their human counterparts, if they're just a child (all children who lose them in the novels are stated to die later on) is removed, and Lyra in the film's last scene comments on the need to help the kids who lost their daemons. ExecutiveMeddling actually ''forced'' the writers to NeverSayDie in the movie adaptation - a minor character mentions that several children separated from their daemons escaped, but were found dead later on (with the character simply falling silent after being outright ''asked'' if they were alive) - which is also the reason that 30-minutes were chopped off the end of the movie (and one sequence was moved into an earlier point of the story). If the film had [[WhatCouldHaveBeen gotten sequels]], their adaptation of ''The Subtle Knife'' would have reputedly opened with these deleted scenes.
*** Roger's death is also critical to the plot, as it highlights the lengths to which Lord Asriel is [[WellIntentionedExtremist willing to go in order to free the multiverse from the Authority]] (and create the contrast with Lyra), so the delaying measure of removing these scenes only served to weaken the movie (and might have saved it from becoming a StillbornFranchise - giving the movie better earlier reviews and potentially drawing more viewers into theatres).
* ''Film/TheGunsOfNavarone''. Stevens shatters his leg, contracts gangrene, and [[YouShallNotPass pins down a German assault single-handedly to buy time for his teammates to escape and continue their mission]] in the book. Major Franklin is captured, and though there's no hint of when or whether he'll be repatriated, he's at least shown alive and knows that the team's mission was a success.
** Ditto the sadistic Nazi officer Skoda. He's shot in the book for torturing Stevens. In the movie, he's renamed Sessler and is simply tied up. In the film, Sessler is not a sadistic Nazi but a professional Wermacht officer. He assures Mallory that Franklin will receive proper medical care. At the end, Franklin is seen in a hospital bed and smiles as he hears the explosion marking the mission's success. His fate isn't stated, but would likely be held as POW for the rest of the war.
* In the original ''Film/Halloween1978'', Annie Brackett is the first of Laurie's friends to get killed by Michael. In ''Film/Halloween2007'', while she is still attacked by Michael, Annie manages to survive, with Laurie finding her and calling 911. However, she was brought back for ''Film/HalloweenII2009'', where Michael ''did'' actually kill her for real.
* Clarice doesn't truly die - at least not physically - in the original version of ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}'', but many would say that being corrupted and turned to the dark side by the title character is much worse. She avoids this grim fate in the film version.
* ''Film/HarryPotter''
** Barty Crouch Jr. in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''. In the book, he got Dementor's Kiss. The movies state that he will be send back to Azkaban. He also suffers from ChuckCunninghamSyndrome as in later movies, all the Death Eaters are freed but he never appears alongside them. Some people simply assume that he did get a Dementor's Kiss and that filmmakers simply counted on that anyone who watched the movies simply read the books. Alternatively, he could be in the crowd of Death Eaters and simply not shown.
** Possibly Wormtail, who's book death is replaced by a TapOnTheHead. It's not clear if this was supposed to kill him or not, as it's presented somewhat comedically and that trope is (at least in fiction) usually not fatal, but he doesn't appear again after this scene. His original death was filmed, but had to be cut as the sequence was deemed too dark and would have bumped up the film's rating. Some have also argued Voldemort might have killed him during his rampage at Gringotts, or just for [[YouHaveFailedMe failing him one too many times]].
** Grindelwald doesn't seemingly die either, since he [[AdaptationalVillainy actually cooperates with Voldemort]] in the film.
** Colin Creevey, sort of. He appears sporadically throughout the books and dies in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]],'' but [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome disappears after the second movie]]. A CanonForeigner named Nigel Wolpert acts as a CompositeCharacter for both Colin and his brother Dennis, and he dies in Colin's place in the final film.
** Something similar happened with Crabbe, who was written out of the films without explanation after his actor suffered a RoleEndingMisdemeanor. His book death was given to Goyle, and it's never revealed what happened to Crabbe in the film continuity.
** Subverted with Hedwig. In the book, Harry takes her with him when he leaves the Dursleys and she's killed in the following chase scene. In the film, he lets her go before the chase scene, only for her to return and die [[TakingTheBullet taking a spell]] [[HeroicSacrifice for him]].
* The entire population of planet Earth in the film version of ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
* In the [[Film/TheHobbit film adaptation]] of ''Literature/TheHobbit'', Azog The Defiler survives the Battle of Azanulbizar by getting his arm cut off and being presumed dead, instead of [[OffWithHisHead getting his head cut off]] like in the book. [[spoiler: He finally dies during the Battle of the Five Armies when Thorin stabs him through the chest.]]
* Esmeralda in the [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1923 1923]], [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939 1939]], and many other adaptations of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. Quasimodo as well in the 1939 version. Averted in [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1956 the 1956 version]], which keeps all the book's deaths, albeit with Esmeralda [[DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation dying differently]]
* ''Film/TheHungerGames'': Peeta's leg remains intact at the end of the film.
* Lt. Kamarov in ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober''. [[DeathByAdaptation Borodin dies in his place]].
* Rapunzel in the film version of ''Film/IntoTheWoods''.
* ''Literature/{{It}}'':
** Neither the [[Film/It1990 1990 miniseries]] or ''Film/ItChapterTwo'' has Tom Rogan follow Beverly to Derry, like he did in the novel, where he gets possessed and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness later killed by It]]. Both films also keep the town of Derry intact, when, in the novel, it gets destroyed in a flood after It's death. The Neibolt Street house is the only casualty of It's demise in ''Chapter Two''.
** Butch Bowers is never seen in the miniseries, but [[TheGhost is mentioned once by Henry]]. This presumably means he doesn't get killed by Henry, like in the novel and ''[[Film/It2017 later film]]''.
** Eddie's mother is alive in his adulthood in the miniseries, while the novel and ''Chapter Two'' have her die a few years earlier, and Eddie is married to a woman just like her.
* In the novel ''The Last Detail'', the main character, Billy "Badass" Buddusky is killed, but since in the film, he's played by Creator/JackNicholson, he survives in the film.
* Matt Hooper from ''Film/{{Jaws}}''; granted in the film he is a much more likable character.
** This was actually an accidental case; Hooper was going to die, but before that scene could be filmed a real shark got tangled in the ropes and destroyed the prop cage while it was empty. The crew thought that the footage was too good to waste that they rewrote Hooper's fate to get it into the movie.
* Cantor Rabinowitz in ''Film/TheJazzSinger''. In the 1927 original he passed away after [[WellDoneSonGuy listening to his son Jack sing the Kol Nidre so beautifully]] and telling his wife Sara, "we have our son again" ([[OurGhostsAreDifferent his ghost is then shown at Jack's side in the synagogue]]). In the 1980 Neil Diamond remake, however, when Cantor Rabinowitz sees his son Jess sing the Kol Nidre in his father's place (since said father can't sing due to high blood pressure), he becomes surprised, and after some conversation, the father forgives his son and gives an embrace. He even hears the performance of Diamond's "America" at the end.
* In the LighterAndSofter Disney adaptation of Literature/JohnnyTremain, Rab doesn't die.
* John Hammond in ''Film/JurassicPark''. Ian Malcolm as well, which may have led Michael Crichton to make him NotQuiteDead in the [[Literature/TheLostWorld1995 book sequel]], though it's clearly implied that he dies in [[Literature/JurassicPark the first one]].
** It's actually an ''inversion'' (not counting the Malcolm issue): In the book, Gennaro and Muldoon survive with Grant and Sattler while Hammond and Malcolm are killed (though, as mentioned earlier, Malcolm is revealed to have survived with serious injuries in the sequel); in the film, Muldoon and Gennaro are eaten by rampaging dinosaurs and the survivors are Hammond and Malcolm. In both versions, the kids also make it.
** Dodgson is eaten in [[Literature/TheLostWorld1995 the second book]], but in [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark the second movie]], a different character plays his role (although it could be argued that after Nedry doesn't return, Dodgson tries to get the embryos himself...)
** The 1993 movie does [[FridgeLogic spare a lot of background employees]] by having them board a ship to the continent before the hurricane hits the island. Among the saved is chief geneticist Henry Wu, who is killed by raptors in the novel, but is still alive in the 2015 sequel ''Film/JurassicWorld''.
* The 2006 remake of ''Film/LastHoliday'' has the main character (portrayed by Creator/AlecGuinness in the original and Creator/QueenLatifah [[GenderFlip in the remake]]) survive, whereas the original film ended with the main character's vehicular demise.
* Mari and Justin in the 2009 remake of ''Film/TheLastHouseOnTheLeft''.
* ''Film/LastKnights'' is based on the tale of UsefulNotes/The47Ronin, which ended with the titular samurai being sentenced by the shogun to commit ''{{seppuku}}'' after avenging their master. In the movie, however, the surviving knights are forgiven by TheEmperor (mostly of [[PragmaticVillainy political pragmatism]]) with only their leader [[TheHero Raiden]] being [[TheHeroDies executed]] at [[HeroicSacrifice his own request]] to [[TheMenFirst spare his men]]. For added irony, the situation is a complete reversal of the samurai story, which had only one SoleSurvivor who did not commit ''seppuku'' and died several years, whereas in the movie has only one casualty at the end.
* In ''Film/{{La Reine Margot}}'', Orthon, Henri's young page, survives; whereas in the book he is killed by Catherine for refusing to betray Henri to her.
* Charlie's brother in ''Film/LemonadeMouth''. In the movie he's older, away at college until he returns near the climax. In the book, he's Charlie's twin and was stillborn.
* ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' has had two movie adaptations, one in 1939 with Creator/ShirleyTemple, and one in 1995. In both of these, Sara's father does not die as he does in the novel of BrainFever, he is merely injured in war and either too traumatized (1939) or amnesiac (1995). Either way, she gets a happy ending, as the novel ends with her being adopted by a family friend.
* In the musical film version of ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'', Seymour and Audrey both escape their fate of being eaten by the plant, which is killed. Partly subverted in that, in the stage musical, Audrey was a victim of DeathByAdaptation, having survived in the original film, while the plant, who died in the original film, ends up surviving.
** In the Director's Cut, Audrey and Seymour die, and the plant lives, as in the stage musical. The above is a FocusGroupEnding.
* Saruman and Wormtongue in the theatrical versions of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' movies. Not so much in the Extended Editions (which explains why the palantír is in the water when Pippin picks it up).
** Additionally, in the books the Isengarders set one of the Ents ablaze and it's implied he burned to death. In [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers the film]], the Ent survives long enough to douse himself in the monstrous flood (actually, it's more like the flood came earlier), turning an off-screen moment of villainy into a FunnyBackgroundEvent.
* In the play ''Film/MadchenInUniform'' is inspired by [[spoiler:Manuela]] succeeded in her suicide. In the film it was an InterruptedSuicide.
* In ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', [[spoiler: the titular character and her [[TheDragon Dragon]] Diaval]] both survive thanks to LoveRedeems, whereas in ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' [[spoiler:Maleficent]] was killed by Prince Phillip and [[spoiler:Diaval]] was TakenForGranite by the fairy godmothers.
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** In ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} had a wife named Laura and three kids, all of whom were killed by Comicbook/BlackWidow during ''ComicBook/TheUltimates 2''. Laura and the kids appear alive and well in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', with Black Widow (who isn't a traitor in this continuity) serving as the children's [[HonoraryUncle Honorary Aunt]]. [[spoiler: They later die in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', but are revived by the end of the movie.]]
** Related, but in the original ''Comicbook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' comic book, Hawkeye was one of the many heroes who was killed when Comicbook/{{Thanos}} used the Infinity Gauntlet to wipe out half of all the life in the universe. In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he's one of the few heroes to have survived Thanos' use of the Infinity Gauntlet.
** ComicBook/BlackPanther's father T'Chaka is still alive in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', [[Main/ZigZaggedTrope until the end of Act 1]]. This is in contrast to the comics and most other adaptations, where T'Chaka was murdered long before T'Challa ever became the Black Panther. Also true of T'Challa's mom, as Ramonda was his stepmother in the comics; presumably, having T'Challa's biological mother succumb to DeathByChildbirth as per his original backstory would be inconsistent with Wakanda's far-better-than-2018 medical technology.
** Happy Hogan in ''Film/IronMan3'', who was mercy killed in the comics after going into a braindead coma but survives in this movie until the very end after experiencing the impact of an Extremis soldier exploding and awakening from his coma.
** Rhomann Dey in the comics is known for dying in his first appearance and bestowing his powers upon [[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Richard Rider]]. His MCU counterpart has (so far) been spared this fate and is alive and well by the end of ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''.
* In the first issue of ''ComicBook/TheMask'', Stanley Ipkiss dies at the end. In [[Film/TheMask the movie]] (which is a lot more LighterAndSofter) he survives.
* Higgins in ''[[Film/MasterAndCommander Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]'', since the subplot that killed him didn't make the movie, though early versions of the screenplay killed him in the final battle.
* Nicole Horne becomes a KarmaHoudini in ''Film/MaxPayne''. The stinger sequence suggests that Max doesn't intend to let them stay that way.
* Many English film adaptations of ''Literature/LesMiserables'' don't include Jean Valjean's death. Thanks to ''Film/LesMiserables1998'', ChronicallyKilledActor Creator/LiamNeeson happens to be one of the surviving Valjeans in that respect. Other adaptations spare other characters: La Thénardier in the musical, Gavroche and Javert in the 2007 anime version, et cetera.
* ''Literature/TheMist'' has [[spoiler: Jim Grondin]] still alive at the supermarket when David and his group make their escape. In the book, [[spoiler: he was killed during the pharmacy expedition]].
** The unnamed mother who left the store early in the film [[spoiler: is revealed to have been rescued, along with her children, in the climax]]. Her fate was left unknown in the book, but she was generally presumed to have been killed like nearly everyone else who left the store.
* Film/MonsterVerse:
** Although not quite the same character, Serizawa’s previous incarnation in the Godzilla series died ''preventing'' Godzilla from wreaking more havoc. While in ''Film/Godzilla2014'' Serizawa is trying to convince the military the importance of Godzilla and comes out of the film with very little scrapes and bruises. That said, it's ultimately the "dies later" version as he gives up his life to save and heal Godzilla in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''.
** Not only does Godzilla survive his debut in the 2014 film, ''King of the Monsters'' sees him survive the Oxygen Destroyer and his Burning Godzilla mode, things that killed [[Film/{{Gojira}} the original Godzilla]] and [[Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah the Heisei Godzilla]] respectively.
** King Kong likewise lives to the end of ''Film/KongSkullIsland''.
* ''Film/MortalEngines'':
** As a result of both characters getting DemotedToExtra and thus having the scenes from [[Literature/MortalEngines the novel]] where they are stabbed through the chest by Thaddeus Valentine and crushed by a falling airship respectively cut, Katherine and Bevis end the movie still alive.
** In contrast to the book, MEDUSA doesn’t destroy most of London when it malfunctions, meaning all of London’s residents are left alive by the film's end.
* A minor example in ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol.'' In the book, Fezziwig is presumably dead in the present, as Scrooge exclaims "Old Fezziwig alive again!" when he sees the vision of him in the past. In the film, an elderly [[AdaptationalNameChange Fozziwig]] gets a cameo appearance near the end when the newly reformed Scrooge visits him. This isn't entirely unrealistic: if Scrooge is about sixty and was about twenty when he worked for Fezziwig, and if the latter was in his forties then, he would be in his eighties in the present, and while people rarely lived that long in the 1800s, it wasn't unheard of.
* Mister Arrow in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland''. Instead of giving him alcohol that causes Arrow to get drunk and fall overboard, Long John Silver tricks him into inspecting one of the lifeboats and drops it off the ship. We're left to assume Arrow was lost as sea anyway, but then he washes up on Treasure Island later. This was averted with Billy Bones, which is significant because he was the only character ''ever'' to die in a Muppet movie. Creator/BillyConnolly (who portrayed Bones) is quite proud of that fact.
* The original novel ''Literature/MySistersKeeper'' [[spoiler:has a TwistEnding in which ''Anna'', the healthy sister, is killed in a freak car accident, and her one of her kidneys is given to Kate, allowing the latter to survive.]] The film [[NotHisSled flips this around]] to the more expected ending, [[spoiler:where Kate dies and Anna does not]].
* Atreyu's horse, Artax, in the movie adaption of ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''. While it does die by sinking in a swamp through despair just like in the book, it comes back to life at the end of the movie [[spoiler:thanks to Bastian presumably wishing it back to life]]. And it appears in the second movie, still alive.
** It's implied that in the film, the effects of the Nothing were completely reversed by Bastian saving Fantasia, so everyone who died as a consequence is alive (including the characters who survived the novel without ''ever'' dying); in the novel, they stay dead but Fantasia was recreated when Bastian saved it (with new areas and such being formed). Given that the realm is [[spoiler:the manifestation of human wishes and dreams, taking on a physical form]], this makes sense in context.
* In the original ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'', Barbra is dragged off and implied to be devoured by a horde of zombies (among which, her brother is included) during the film's final siege. In the [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1990 1990 remake]], she becomes an ActionSurvivor.
* In the Titanic docudrama film ''Film/ANightToRemember'', Irish passenger Martin Gallagher survives the sinking on the overturned lifeboat Collapsible B, though he died in real life.
* The Renfield-type character in ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}'', both the original and in Werner Herzog's remake.
* Nobody ever has the heart to kill off Fagin in ''Literature/OliverTwist'' remakes anymore. Or sentence the Artful Dodger [[SentencedToDownUnder to transportation to Australia]].
* Charles Cheswick in ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest''. WordOfGod states that Cheswick was spared in order to [[spoiler:make Billy's death all the more shocking.]]
* The film adaptation of ''Theatre/OurTown'' has the female protagonist surviving. The third act of the play has her dying while giving birth to her child and takes place in the afterlife; in the film the afterlife portion is a dream she has.
* Norman Bates in the ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' follow-up movies.
* In ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'', Daito's real world counterpart is killed by the Sixers. In [[Film/ReadyPlayerOne the film]], he survives the events and is made co-controller of OASIS along with the rest of the High Five.
* In the original ''Film/{{Red Dawn|1984}}'' out of the Wolverines only Danny and Erica survive, in [[Film/RedDawn2012 the remake]] only Jed and Darryl are killed.
* In TheMagicalLegendOfTheLeprechauns, a LighterAndSofter version of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', all of the dead characters are brought back and it ends with Mickey and Jessica and Jack and Kathleen's weddings.
* Most movie adaptations of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' leave out the deaths of Paris and Lady Montague, probably because both contribute little to the story and slow down the ending. Though this very often creates a plot hole when the prince says that he has lost "a brace of kinsmen" at the end. The movie makers obviously don't realize what "a brace" means; it means ''two'': two kinsmen, namely Mercutio and ''Paris''. Without Paris' death, the prince has only lost ''one'' kinsman! The Prince's comment is made even more confusing in the Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio [[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet version]] where Captain Prince and Mercutio are black and Paris is white. And there is no evidence of any of them being of mixed race.
* Oscar de Jarjayes lives through the Storming of the Bastille in ''Lady Oscar'', whereas in ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' she's killed in the siege.
* In ''Film/{{Roxanne}}'', a SettingUpdate of ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'', CD and Chris make it to the end, unlike Cyrano and Christian of the play.
* In ''Film/RyansDaughter'', a SettingUpdate of ''Literature/MadameBovary'', Rosy and her husband Charles make it to the end, whereas their novel counterparts Emma and Charles Bovary do not.
* ''Film/TheSearchers'' has a borderline example in Ethan Edwards. In the book, he dies, but he survives in the movie. However, there are hints that Edwards may not live for long after the movie's ending.
* The Village Elder in ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]''. Chico is a partial example, as he's a {{composite|Character}} of two of the main characters of ''Film/SevenSamurai'': Kikuchiyo, who dies, and Katsushiro, who does not.
* Not a single version of ''Film/TheShaggyDog'' uses the ending of its source novel, ''The Hound of Florence'', in which the main character is stabbed to death in his dog form.
* From ''Film/TheShining'', the Overlook Hotel itself is left intact, as opposed to the book which had it being blown off. Kubrick allegedly felt the destruction of the hotel brought too much of a happy ending to the story, so it became one of the many things he left out of his adaptation. This may also be due to Kubrick turning what originally was a story about ghosts into a film about madness, meaning that the hotel itself became less of an enemy to be eliminated, most of the horror now coming from the characters themselves and what they experience.
* In ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' Harry's death is the sole reason Heather travels to Silent Hill to seek out revenge. In the film ''Film/SilentHillRevelation3D'' he survives; the one film Creator/SeanBean is supposed to die in and he lives. Vincent also survives, but his character has also change completely.
* TheDragon, Mr. Cooger, in ''Literature/SomethingWickedThisWayComes''. His fate of being [[HoistByHisOwnPetard aged to death by the evil carnival's age-changing carousel]] is transferred to [[BigBad his boss, Mr. Dark]], instead.
* In the novel ''Literature/{{Sounder}}'', both the father and Sounder the family dog die in the end. In the film, both are crippled but alive, Sounder by a shotgun blast, the father ([[NamedByTheAdaptation named "Nathan" in the film]]) by a dynamite blast in prison.
* In the ''Literature/TheSpiderwickChronicles'' books, Arthur dies at the end. In the movie, he stays with the Sylphs, but his daughter also comes with him.
* ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'':
** The bridge scene in ''Film/SpiderMan1'' not only has Gwen replaced with Mary Jane, but Mary Jane survives the ordeal, unlike poor Gwen.
** Gwen Stacy and Captain Stacy in ''Film/SpiderMan3'' probably due in no small part to being {{demoted to extra}}s.
* In ''Film/StandByMe'', the narrator reveals at the end that Chris was killed in a knife fight as an adult. As shocking as this was, it beat the original story by Creator/StephenKing, where three out of the four kids (excepting Gordie) met early ends in the epilogue.
** As pointed out in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19156_6-deleted-scenes-that-prove-book-isnt-always-better_p2.html this article]], ''even Gordie'' may not be lasting much longer in the original story...
* In ''Literature/{{Stargirl}}'', Archie's heavily implied to have passed away between showing Leo Stargirl's office and the book's epilogue. Not only is there no such implication in [[Film/{{Stargirl}} the movie]], but he also comes across as a couple of decades younger than his book counterpart.
* Carl in ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' suffers a rather anti-climactic off-screen death around three-quarters of the way through the novel; he makes it to the end of the film.
* The 2009 reboot of ''[[Film/StarTrek2009 Star Trek]]'' has this ZigZagged. The first film allows Christopher Pike to avoid being rendered an invalid, as he was shown in [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]. He's in a wheelchair at the end of the first film after being tortured by Nero, but has his mental faculties. He walks with a cane at the beginning of ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', set a year after the first film. But later in the film, [[DeathByAdaptation he's killed off]].
* In the ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' continuity of ''Franchise/StarWars'', Chewbacca got KilledOffForReal in ''[[Literature/NewJediOrder Vector Prime]]'', which was set approximately 21 years after ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', set 32 years after ROTJ, Chewbacca is alive and well [[spoiler:and in a truly tragic sense of irony, it's Han Solo who dies instead.]]
* At the time ''Film/{{Superman}}'' was made, both Ma and Pa Kent were dead in the comics by the time Clark becomes Superman. In the film, however, only Pa Kent dies. In the Post-Crisis comics both Kents are still alive making Jonathan Kent dying on ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' DeathByAdaptation. He's dead again in the Comicbook/{{New 52}}.
* ''Film/{{Surrogates}}'': At the end of the original comic [[spoiler:Maggie Greer]] committed suicide after the Surrogates were all shut down. In the movie [[spoiler:she and her husband]] instead just face each other physically for the first time in years.
* Again if you count real life as source material, Kim Sa-bok died in 1984, years after helping a German journalist film the uprising in Gwangju in 1980. In ''Film/ATaxiDriver'', his counterpart Kim Man-seob lives for at least 23 more years.
* In the original ''Literature/TedsCavingPage'' story, B was present during the BolivianArmyEnding with Ted and Joe, and presumably perished alongside them. In the film adaptation, ''Living Dark'', [[NamedByTheAdaptation Brad]] instead survives after Ted pulls a HeroicSacrifice to buy him time to escape.
* Unlike [[Film/TheTerminator the original film]], ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' sees Kyle Reese survive the events of the movie, as do the punks the original Terminator stole clothes from. [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay Miles Dyson]] also survives. While not outright stated, as both the original Terminator and the T-1000 both undergo type 2 of ''DeathByAdaptation'', many of their other victims, including Ginger Ventura, John Connor's foster parents, Ed Traxler and Hal Vukovich, are also are probably alive.
* ''Film/InTheHeartOfTheSea'', a film portrayal of the Essex whaleship disaster, has William Bond, the black steward, survive the disaster, probably because the filmmakers feared being accused of racism if none of the black crewmembers survived, never mind history. The film, in fact, does him a bigger disservice by taking a heroic feat he committed in reality (diving into the flooding ship to retrieve the navigational equipment, which undoubtedly saved the lives of the crew) and giving it to first mate Owen Chase instead.
* Possibly the case with Weena in ''Film/{{The Time Machine|1960}}''. In [[Literature/TheTimeMachine the original novel]] she is separated from the protagonist in the midst of a forest fire and he it unable to find her. Ultimately her fate is left ambiguous, but the protagonist (who narrates the story) isn't optimistic about her odds of survival. In the movie she very clearly survives and almost joins the protagonist in his own time (which is only prevented when the Morlocks trap him in the statue and he is forced to use time travel to escape, as in the book).
* The 2011 film version of ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|2011}}'' spares Milady de Winter, the Duke of Buckingham, and Constance Bonacieux. Cardinal Richelieu's survival is not an example; his deaths in previous adaptations are actually examples of DeathByAdaptation (he survives the original book).
* The 1948 film adaptation of ''Theatre/TheTimeOfYourLife'' spares Blick the offstage death which he meets in the play.
* Played straight with lover Frank at first in the 1975 film adaptation of Music/TheWho's ''Music/{{Tommy}}'', but then subverted at the end of the film when the angry mob kills him and Nora Walker.
* [[LoveableRogue Ostap Bender]] from ''Film/TheTwelveChairs'' by Creator/MelBrooks, survives the book instead of having his throat cut for all his trouble. An interesting case, as while the book itself explicitly stated him as dead, the character was later brought back for a sequel.
* Echo the Ventriloquist drowns in ''Literature/TheUnholyThree'', but survives in [[Film/TheUnholyThree both movie adaptations]]; rather ironic given that this was Creator/LonChaney's final role before his untimely death.
* In ''Literature/VampireAcademy'', the character Mr. Nagy/[[AdaptationNameChange "Mr. Meisner"]] is killed by Natalie Dashkov. Nothing happens to him in [[Film/VampireAcademy the film]].
* Both the kids and the would-be killer in the remake of ''Film/WhenAStrangerCalls''.
* Roger in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''; whereas in the source material he was the murder ''victim'' (specifically, his cause of death was censorship), here he's the murder ''suspect'' (the murder victim being Marvin Acme).
* The title character in the 2003 version of ''Film/{{Willard}}''. He dies in the 1971 version and is heavily implied to have died in the original novel.
* The 1936 movie adaptation of the play Theatre/{{Winterset}}. The young couple, Mio and Miriamne are both killed at the end of the play, but survive in the movie, when Mio creates an aversion and escapes along with Miriamne.
* ''Literature/WutheringHeights'':
** The [[Film/WutheringHeights1939 1939 Hollywood film]] has Isabella Linton still alive and married to Heathcliff at the time of his death. In the novel she leaves him and then dies long before.
** The 1954 Mexican film and the 1970 British film both have Hindley Earnshaw survive to [[DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation kill Heathcliff on the night of Cathy's funeral.]] Edgar and Isabella are both spared by default too.
** A few versions end with Heathcliff still alive and grieving Cathy's death. These include the 2011 film, and three different modernized adaptations: 2003's MTV version, 2015's ''Wuthering High'', and the 2002 GenderFlip retelling ''Series/{{Sparkhouse}}.''
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
** Mariko Yashida, who was killed in the comics, but survives till the very end of ''Film/TheWolverine''. [[spoiler:Well, at the time, as the later ongoing ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'' revealed that the Hand resurrected her and turned her into the Scarlet Samurai.]] This is also the case for her fiancé Noburo.
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'':\\\
[[ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast In the original story]], future Wolverine died during an ill-fated attack on the Sentinels headquarters. Here, he's the one who travels back in time to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.\\\
In the original comic Future Magento was the first to die, sacrificing himself early on by providing an off-panel diversion so the remaining resistance could escape their imprisonment. During the LastStand in the film, though he's badly wounded he never succumbs to his wounds before the timeline is reset.
** Moira [=MacTaggart=] is still alive and well in the films, as opposed to who her comic counterpart who was killed by Mystique and Sabertooth.
** In ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'', Professor Xavier and ComicBook/{{X 23}} were already dead. ''Film/{{Logan}}'', which is inspired by it, sees Xavier [[CompositeCharacter take over]] ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'s role and X-23 is the crux of the plot. [[spoiler:That said, it's a case of "Dies Later" for Xavier as he's killed near the end of the movie.]]
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** It's actually an ''inversion'' (not counting the Malcolm issue): In the book, Gennaro and Muldoon survive with Grant, Sattler, and the kids while Hammond and Malcolm are killed; in the film, Muldoon and Gennaro are eaten by rampaging dinosaurs and the survivors are Hammond and Malcolm.
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** It's actually an ''inversion'' (not counting the Malcolm issue): In the book, Gennaro and Muldoon survive with Grant, Sattler, Grant and the kids Sattler while Hammond and Malcolm are killed; killed (though, as mentioned earlier, Malcolm is revealed to have survived with serious injuries in the sequel); in the film, Muldoon and Gennaro are eaten by rampaging dinosaurs and the survivors are Hammond and Malcolm.Malcolm. In both versions, the kids also make it.
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* In the 1956 movie version of ''Literature/TheBadSeed'', Christine is DrivenToSuicide but survives. Rhoda, the title character, [[KilledByTheAdaptation goes the other way]].
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* In the 1956 movie version of ''Literature/TheBadSeed'', Christine is DrivenToSuicide but survives. Rhoda, the title character, [[KilledByTheAdaptation goes the other way]]. way]] thanks to some Hays Code-inspired divine contrivance.
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* In ''Film/AmericanHeart'', Nick Kelson is able to escape from Seattle's Skid Row and go up to greener (whiter?) pastures in Alaska; the real-life person he was based on, Dewayne Pomeroy, committed suicide in July 1984.
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* In ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', [[spoiler: the titular character and her [[TheDragon Dragon]] Diaval]] both survive thanks to LoveRedeems, whereas in ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' [[spoiler:Maleficent]] was killed by Prince Phillip and [[spoiler:Diaval]] was TakenForGranite by the fairy godmothers.
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* In ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', [[spoiler: the titular character and her [[TheDragon Dragon]] Diaval]] both survive thanks to LoveRedeems, whereas in ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' [[spoiler:Maleficent]] was killed by Prince Phillip and [[spoiler:Diaval]] was TakenForGranite by the fairy godmothers.
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** Ariel in ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1''.
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** Ariel in ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1''.''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}''.
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* In the original ''Film/Halloween1978'', Annie Brackett is the first of Laurie's friends to get killed by Michael. In ''Film/Halloween2007'', while she is still attacked by Michael, Annie manages to survive, with Laurie finding her and calling 911. However, she was brought back for ''HalloweenII2009'', where Michael ''did'' actually kill her for real.
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* In the original ''Film/Halloween1978'', Annie Brackett is the first of Laurie's friends to get killed by Michael. In ''Film/Halloween2007'', while she is still attacked by Michael, Annie manages to survive, with Laurie finding her and calling 911. However, she was brought back for ''HalloweenII2009'', ''Film/HalloweenII2009'', where Michael ''did'' actually kill her for real.
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* ''Film/LastKnights'' is based on the tale of UsefulNotes/The47Ronin, which ended with the titular samurai committing ''{{sepukku}}'' after avenging their master. In the movie, however, the surviving knights are forgiven by the authorities (mostly of [[PragmaticVillainy political pragmatism]]) with only their leader [[TheHero Raiden]] being [[TheHeroDies executed]] at [[HeroicSacrifice his own request]] to [[TheMenFirst spare his men]]. For added irony, the situation is a complete reversal of the samurai story had only one SoleSurvivor who did not commit seppuku and died several years, whereas in the movie has only one casualty at the end.
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* ''Film/LastKnights'' is based on the tale of UsefulNotes/The47Ronin, which ended with the titular samurai committing ''{{sepukku}}'' being sentenced by the shogun to commit ''{{seppuku}}'' after avenging their master. In the movie, however, the surviving knights are forgiven by the authorities TheEmperor (mostly of [[PragmaticVillainy political pragmatism]]) with only their leader [[TheHero Raiden]] being [[TheHeroDies executed]] at [[HeroicSacrifice his own request]] to [[TheMenFirst spare his men]]. For added irony, the situation is a complete reversal of the samurai story story, which had only one SoleSurvivor who did not commit seppuku ''seppuku'' and died several years, whereas in the movie has only one casualty at the end.
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* ''Film/LastKnights'' is based on the tale of UsefulNotes/The47Ronin, which ended with the titular samurai committing ''{{sepukku}}'' after avenging their master. In the movie, however, the surviving knights are forgiven by the authorities (mostly of [[PragmaticVillainy political pragmatism]]) with only their leader [[TheHero Raiden]] being [[TheHeroDies executed]] at [[HeroicSacrifice his own request]] to [[TheMenFirst spare his men]]. For added irony, the situation is a complete reversal of the samurai story had only one SoleSurvivor who did not commit seppuku and died several years, whereas in the movie has only one casualty at the end.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', Jafar isn't killed, but turned into a genie and then [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in a lamp.]] (He's finally KilledOffForReal in the first sequel, though.) In [[Literature/{{Aladdin}} the original tale]], depending on the version, the sorcerer is either killed by the princess with poisoned wine or put to sleep with drugged wine by the princess and then beheaded by Aladdin.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', Jafar isn't killed, but turned into a genie and then [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in a lamp.]] (He's finally KilledOffForReal in the first sequel, though.) In [[Literature/{{Aladdin}} the original tale]], depending on the version, the sorcerer is either killed by the princess with poisoned wine or put to sleep with drugged wine by the princess and then beheaded by Aladdin.
* In the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'' Book of Exodus, the Pharaoh drowned when the Red Sea crashed underneath him and his army once Moses and the Hebrews reached the other side of the sea. Ramses in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' survived the crashing waves washing away him and his soldiers as the torrent throws him back to his side of the sea. Justified, since the real UsefulNotes/RamesesII is known to have lived to old age and died of natural causes.
* In ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet'', an adaptation of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' [[RecycledInSpace with lawn gnomes]], the only character to die is Tybalt--and somehow ''he'' gets reassembled for the DancePartyEnding! Of course, this wasn't a surprise. The trailer for the movie claimed, "The only tragedy... Would be missing it!" (Which was followed by a character's voice saying, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint "I don't get it..."]])
** Lampshaded during Gnomeo's conversation with a Shakespeare statue, where he calls the original a "horrible ending."
** Schlocky grindhouse adaptation ''Film/TromeoAndJuliet'' spares the two as well.
* Even compared to the below mentioned live-action version, Professor Bruttenholm gets this is the second ''WesternAnimation/HellboyAnimated'' movie, ''Blood and Iron'', surviving the events of the movie.
* The Giant from the Creator/GoldenFilms production of ''Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk'' most versions including the original story have the Giant fall to his death after Jack cuts down the beanstalk, in this version however just before he hits the ground he gets sealed inside the magic harp he had sealed Jack's father in years earlier along with his wife somehow, who did not accompany him in chasing Jack.
* Soren's parents in ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole'' are shown to have made it to the great tree by the end of the movie. In the books, we never see them (alive) again after Soren is kidnapped, and it's very strongly implied that they were killed shortly after that.
* Mondo TV (the same people who did ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic'') also did [[WesternAnimation/SuperLittleFantaHeroes a version]] of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', where EVERYONE is spared by the adaptation (yes, even Frollo). [[note]]not only that, [[spoiler: Phoebus and Fleur get turned into hunchbacks, Djali gets turned into a [[HumanityEnsues human girl]] for Gringoire to marry, and Quasimodo becomes handsome and Esmeralda marries him, while a redeemed Frollo performs the wedding ceremony]]. Yes, really - see for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55qW04A6aFs[[/note]]
* The 2015 French adaptation of ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'' implies this with regards to the '''Author'''. We never learn the name of the Aviator, but certain facts (former pilot, war hero, respected despit equirks and, well, wrote "The Little Prince") imply he is an aging St. Exupery who survived the war. In RealLife, St. Exupery died during World War Two when his plane was shot down.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'', everyone except 9 died in the original short; in the full-length movie he, 7, 3 and 4 all make it out alive.
* The Soviet AnimatedAdaptation of ''The Adventures of Captain Vrungel'' applies this to their ship "Beda" (meaning "trouble". Vrungel actually wanted to call it "Pobeda", as in "Victory", but lost two first letters due to accident). In the source material, the ship gets destroyed halfway through the book, forcing Vrungel and his crew to complete their journey around the world via increasingly unbelievable means. In the film, the ship survives till the end and successfully completes the journey.
* In the original novel of ''Literature/TheSuicideShop'', the book ends with Alan committing suicide, believing he has nothing to live for now that he's made his family see the upsides of life. [[WesternAnimation/TheSuicideShop The animated film]] instead has him live to avoid the story concluding with a DownerEnding.
** Lampshaded during Gnomeo's conversation with a Shakespeare statue, where he calls the original a "horrible ending."
** Schlocky grindhouse adaptation ''Film/TromeoAndJuliet'' spares the two as well.
* Even compared to the below mentioned live-action version, Professor Bruttenholm gets this is the second ''WesternAnimation/HellboyAnimated'' movie, ''Blood and Iron'', surviving the events of the movie.
* The Giant from the Creator/GoldenFilms production of ''Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk'' most versions including the original story have the Giant fall to his death after Jack cuts down the beanstalk, in this version however just before he hits the ground he gets sealed inside the magic harp he had sealed Jack's father in years earlier along with his wife somehow, who did not accompany him in chasing Jack.
* Soren's parents in ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole'' are shown to have made it to the great tree by the end of the movie. In the books, we never see them (alive) again after Soren is kidnapped, and it's very strongly implied that they were killed shortly after that.
* Mondo TV (the same people who did ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic'') also did [[WesternAnimation/SuperLittleFantaHeroes a version]] of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', where EVERYONE is spared by the adaptation (yes, even Frollo). [[note]]not only that, [[spoiler: Phoebus and Fleur get turned into hunchbacks, Djali gets turned into a [[HumanityEnsues human girl]] for Gringoire to marry, and Quasimodo becomes handsome and Esmeralda marries him, while a redeemed Frollo performs the wedding ceremony]]. Yes, really - see for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55qW04A6aFs[[/note]]
* The 2015 French adaptation of ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'' implies this with regards to the '''Author'''. We never learn the name of the Aviator, but certain facts (former pilot, war hero, respected despit equirks and, well, wrote "The Little Prince") imply he is an aging St. Exupery who survived the war. In RealLife, St. Exupery died during World War Two when his plane was shot down.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'', everyone except 9 died in the original short; in the full-length movie he, 7, 3 and 4 all make it out alive.
* The Soviet AnimatedAdaptation of ''The Adventures of Captain Vrungel'' applies this to their ship "Beda" (meaning "trouble". Vrungel actually wanted to call it "Pobeda", as in "Victory", but lost two first letters due to accident). In the source material, the ship gets destroyed halfway through the book, forcing Vrungel and his crew to complete their journey around the world via increasingly unbelievable means. In the film, the ship survives till the end and successfully completes the journey.
* In the original novel of ''Literature/TheSuicideShop'', the book ends with Alan committing suicide, believing he has nothing to live for now that he's made his family see the upsides of life. [[WesternAnimation/TheSuicideShop The animated film]] instead has him live to avoid the story concluding with a DownerEnding.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet'', an adaptation of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' [[RecycledInSpace with lawn gnomes]], the only character to die is Tybalt--and somehow ''he'' gets reassembled for the DancePartyEnding! Of course, this wasn't a surprise. The trailer for the movie claimed, "The only tragedy... Would be missing it!" (Which was followed by a character's voice saying, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint "I don't get it..."]])
** Lampshaded during Gnomeo's conversation with a Shakespeare statue, where he calls the original a "horrible ending."
** Schlocky grindhouse adaptation ''Film/TromeoAndJuliet'' spares the two as well.
* Even compared to the below mentioned live-action version, Professor Bruttenholm gets this is the second ''WesternAnimation/HellboyAnimated'' movie, ''Blood and Iron'', surviving the events of the movie.
** Lampshaded during Gnomeo's conversation with a Shakespeare statue, where he calls the original a "horrible ending."
** Schlocky grindhouse adaptation ''Film/TromeoAndJuliet'' spares the two as well.
* Even compared to the below mentioned live-action version, Professor Bruttenholm gets this is the second ''WesternAnimation/HellboyAnimated'' movie, ''Blood and Iron'', surviving the events of the movie.
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* The Giant from the Creator/GoldenFilms production of ''Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk'' most versions including the original story have the Giant fall to his death after Jack cuts down the beanstalk, in this version however just before he hits the ground he gets sealed inside the magic harp he had sealed Jack's father in years earlier along with his wife somehow, who did not accompany him in chasing Jack.
* Soren's parents in ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole'' are shown to have made it to the great tree by the end of the movie. In the books, we never see them (alive) again after Soren is kidnapped, and it's very strongly implied that they were killed shortly after that.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'', everyone except 9 died in the original short; in the full-length movie he, 7, 3 and 4 all make it out alive.
* Mondo TV (the same people who did ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic'') also did [[WesternAnimation/SuperLittleFantaHeroes a version]] of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', where EVERYONE is spared by the adaptation (yes, even Frollo). [[note]]not only that, [[spoiler: Phoebus and Fleur get turned into hunchbacks, Djali gets turned into a [[HumanityEnsues human girl]] for Gringoire to marry, and Quasimodo becomes handsome and Esmeralda marries him, while a redeemed Frollo performs the wedding ceremony]]. Yes, really - see for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55qW04A6aFs[[/note]]
* Soren's parents in ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole'' are shown to have made it to the great tree by the end of the movie. In the books, we never see them (alive) again after Soren is kidnapped, and it's very strongly implied that they were killed shortly after that.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'', everyone except 9 died in the original short; in the full-length movie he, 7, 3 and 4 all make it out alive.
* Mondo TV (the same people who did ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic'') also did [[WesternAnimation/SuperLittleFantaHeroes a version]] of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', where EVERYONE is spared by the adaptation (yes, even Frollo). [[note]]not only that, [[spoiler: Phoebus and Fleur get turned into hunchbacks, Djali gets turned into a [[HumanityEnsues human girl]] for Gringoire to marry, and Quasimodo becomes handsome and Esmeralda marries him, while a redeemed Frollo performs the wedding ceremony]]. Yes, really - see for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55qW04A6aFs[[/note]]
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* In the original novel of ''Literature/TheSuicideShop'', the book ends with Alan committing suicide, believing he has nothing to live for now that he's made his family see the upsides of life. [[WesternAnimation/TheSuicideShop The animated film]] instead has him live to avoid the story concluding with a DownerEnding.
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* In the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'' Book of Exodus, the Pharaoh drowned when the Red Sea crashed underneath him and his army once Moses and the Hebrews reached the other side of the sea. Ramses in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' survived the crashing waves washing away him and his soldiers as the torrent throws him back to his side of the sea. Justified, since the real UsefulNotes/RamesesII is known to have lived to old age and died of natural causes.
* The 2015 French adaptation of ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'' implies this with regards to the '''Author'''. We never learn the name of the Aviator, but certain facts (former pilot, war hero, respected despit equirks and, well, wrote "The Little Prince") imply he is an aging St. Exupery who survived the war. In RealLife, St. Exupery died during World War Two when his plane was shot down.
* The Soviet AnimatedAdaptation of ''The Adventures of Captain Vrungel'' applies this to their ship "Beda" (meaning "trouble". Vrungel actually wanted to call it "Pobeda", as in "Victory", but lost two first letters due to accident). In the source material, the ship gets destroyed halfway through the book, forcing Vrungel and his crew to complete their journey around the world via increasingly unbelievable means. In the film, the ship survives till the end and successfully completes the journey.
* The 2015 French adaptation of ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'' implies this with regards to the '''Author'''. We never learn the name of the Aviator, but certain facts (former pilot, war hero, respected despit equirks and, well, wrote "The Little Prince") imply he is an aging St. Exupery who survived the war. In RealLife, St. Exupery died during World War Two when his plane was shot down.
* The Soviet AnimatedAdaptation of ''The Adventures of Captain Vrungel'' applies this to their ship "Beda" (meaning "trouble". Vrungel actually wanted to call it "Pobeda", as in "Victory", but lost two first letters due to accident). In the source material, the ship gets destroyed halfway through the book, forcing Vrungel and his crew to complete their journey around the world via increasingly unbelievable means. In the film, the ship survives till the end and successfully completes the journey.
* In the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'' Book of Exodus, the Pharaoh drowned when the Red Sea crashed underneath him and his army once Moses and the Hebrews reached the other side of the sea. But in ''Film/TheTenCommandments'', Ramses never accompanied the soldiers when the sea receded, returning home humiliated as he never captured the slaves. Justified (as in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''), since the real UsefulNotes/RamesesII died of natural causes after living a long life.
* Both the novella ''Literature/TheCircusOfDoctorLao'' and its film adaptation, ''Film/SevenFacesOfDrLao'', feature shrewish Kate Lindquist TakenForGranite when she [[TooDumbToLive dares to look at the Medusa head-on]]. Only in the film does she get better and becomes nicer after the experience. The original novella leaves her stoned, much to the relief of her HenpeckedHusband.
* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': [[spoiler: Joe Napier from ''Half-Lives'', Timothy's brother Denny from ''The Ghastly Ordeal'', and Zachry from ''Sloosha's Crossin[='=]''.]]
* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': [[spoiler: Joe Napier from ''Half-Lives'', Timothy's brother Denny from ''The Ghastly Ordeal'', and Zachry from ''Sloosha's Crossin[='=]''.]]
* Tigercub in the film version of ''[[Literature/NightWatch Day Watch]]''. However, this is only because the Mirror storyline was utterly absent in the adaptation. Instead, Kostya is killed prior to ''Twilight Watch''... at least until the end of the film that rewinds the two films to the beginning.
* In the original ''Film/Halloween1978'', Annie Brackett is the first of Laurie's friends to get killed by Michael. In ''Film/Halloween2007'', while she is still attacked by Michael, Annie manages to survive, with Laurie finding her and calling 911. However, she was brought back for ''HalloweenII2009'', where Michael ''did'' actually kill her for real.
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* In the original ''Film/Halloween1978'', Annie Brackett is the first of Laurie's friends to get killed by Michael. In ''Film/Halloween2007'', while she is still attacked by Michael, Annie manages to survive, with Laurie finding her and calling 911. However, she was brought back for ''HalloweenII2009'', where Michael ''did'' actually kill her for real.
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* ''Film/InTheHeartOfTheSea'', a film portrayal of the Essex whaleship disaster, has William Bond, the black steward, survive the disaster, probably because the filmmakers feared being accused of racism if none of the black crewmembers survived, never mind history. The film, in fact, does him a bigger disservice by taking a heroic feat he committed in reality (diving into the flooding ship to retrieve the navigational equipment, which undoubtedly saved the lives of the crew) and giving it to first mate Owen Chase instead.
* In the novel ''The Last Detail'', the main character, Billy "Badass" Buddusky is killed, but since in the film, he's played by Creator/JackNicholson, he survives in the film.
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* Oscar de Jarjayes lives through the Storming of the Bastille in ''Lady Oscar'', whereas in ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' she's killed in the siege.
* In the novel ''The Last Detail'', the main character, Billy "Badass" Buddusky is killed, but since in the film, he's played by Creator/JackNicholson, he survives in the film.
* In the novel ''The Last Detail'', the main character, Billy "Badass" Buddusky is killed, but since in the film, he's played by Creator/JackNicholson, he survives in the film.
* In ''Film/{{La Reine Margot}}'', Orthon, Henri's young page, survives; whereas in the book he is killed by Catherine for refusing to betray Henri to her.
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* Many English film adaptations of ''Literature/LesMiserables'' don't include Jean Valjean's death. Thanks to ''Film/LesMiserables1998'', ChronicallyKilledActor Creator/LiamNeeson happens to be one of the surviving Valjeans in that respect. Other adaptations spare other characters: La Thénardier in the musical, Gavroche and Javert in the 2007 anime version, et cetera.
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* In the original ''Literature/TedsCavingPage'' story, B was present during the BolivianArmyEnding with Ted and Joe, and presumably perished alongside them. In the film adaptation, ''Living Dark'', [[NamedByTheAdaptation Brad]] instead survives after Ted pulls a HeroicSacrifice to buy him time to escape.
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* In TheMagicalLegendOfTheLeprechauns, a LighterAndSofter version of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', all of the dead characters are brought back and it ends with Mickey and Jessica and Jack and Kathleen's weddings.
* The Village Elder in ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]''. Chico is a partial example, as he's a {{composite|Character}} of two of the main characters of ''Film/SevenSamurai'': Kikuchiyo, who dies, and Katsushiro, who does not.
* The Village Elder in ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]''. Chico is a partial example, as he's a {{composite|Character}} of two of the main characters of ''Film/SevenSamurai'': Kikuchiyo, who dies, and Katsushiro, who does not.
* Many English film adaptations of ''Literature/LesMiserables'' don't include Jean Valjean's death. Thanks to ''Film/LesMiserables1998'', ChronicallyKilledActor Creator/LiamNeeson happens to be one of the surviving Valjeans in that respect. Other adaptations spare other characters: La Thénardier in the musical, Gavroche and Javert in the 2007 anime version, et cetera.
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* Tigercub in the film version of ''[[Literature/NightWatch Day Watch]]''. However, this is only because the Mirror storyline was utterly absent in the adaptation. Instead, Kostya is killed prior to ''Twilight Watch''... at least until the end of the film that rewinds the two films to the beginning.
* Charles Cheswick in ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest''. WordOfGod states that Cheswick was spared in order to [[spoiler:make Billy's death all the more shocking.]]
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* Charles Cheswick in ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest''. WordOfGod states that Cheswick was spared in order to [[spoiler:make Billy's death all the more shocking.]]
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* In ''Film/{{La Reine Margot}}'', Orthon, Henri's young page, survives; whereas in the book he is killed by Catherine for refusing to betray Henri to her.
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* In ''Film/{{La Reine Margot}}'', Orthon, Henri's young page, survives; whereas in the book he ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'', Daito's real world counterpart is killed by Catherine for refusing to betray Henri to her. the Sixers. In [[Film/ReadyPlayerOne the film]], he survives the events and is made co-controller of OASIS along with the rest of the High Five.
* In TheMagicalLegendOfTheLeprechauns, a LighterAndSofter version of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', all of the dead characters are brought back and it ends with Mickey and Jessica and Jack and Kathleen's weddings.
* Oscar de Jarjayes lives through the Storming of the Bastille in ''Lady Oscar'', whereas in ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' she's killed in the siege.
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* Both the novella ''Literature/TheCircusOfDoctorLao'' and its film adaptation, ''Film/SevenFacesOfDrLao'', feature shrewish Kate Lindquist TakenForGranite when she [[TooDumbToLive dares to look at the Medusa head-on]]. Only in the film does she get better and becomes nicer after the experience. The original novella leaves her stoned, much to the relief of her HenpeckedHusband.
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* Both The Village Elder in ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]''. Chico is a partial example, as he's a {{composite|Character}} of two of the novella ''Literature/TheCircusOfDoctorLao'' main characters of ''Film/SevenSamurai'': Kikuchiyo, who dies, and its film adaptation, ''Film/SevenFacesOfDrLao'', feature shrewish Kate Lindquist TakenForGranite when she [[TooDumbToLive dares to look at the Medusa head-on]]. Only in the film Katsushiro, who does she get better and becomes nicer after the experience. The original novella leaves her stoned, much to the relief of her HenpeckedHusband.not.
* In the ''Literature/TheSpiderwickChronicles'' books, Arthur dies at the end. In the movie, he stays with the Sylphs, but his daughter also comes with him.
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* In the ''Literature/TheSpiderwickChronicles'' books, Arthur dies at the end. In the movie, he stays with the Sylphs, but his daughter also comes with him.
* Again if you count real life as source material, Kim Sa-bok died in 1984, years after helping a German journalist film the uprising in Gwangju in 1980. In ''Film/ATaxiDriver'', his counterpart Kim Man-seob lives for at least 23 more years.
* In the original ''Literature/TedsCavingPage'' story, B was present during the BolivianArmyEnding with Ted and Joe, and presumably perished alongside them. In the film adaptation, ''Living Dark'', [[NamedByTheAdaptation Brad]] instead survives after Ted pulls a HeroicSacrifice to buy him time to escape.
* In the original ''Literature/TedsCavingPage'' story, B was present during the BolivianArmyEnding with Ted and Joe, and presumably perished alongside them. In the film adaptation, ''Living Dark'', [[NamedByTheAdaptation Brad]] instead survives after Ted pulls a HeroicSacrifice to buy him time to escape.
* ''Film/InTheHeartOfTheSea'', a film portrayal of the Essex whaleship disaster, has William Bond, the black steward, survive the disaster, probably because the filmmakers feared being accused of racism if none of the black crewmembers survived, never mind history. The film, in fact, does him a bigger disservice by taking a heroic feat he committed in reality (diving into the flooding ship to retrieve the navigational equipment, which undoubtedly saved the lives of the crew) and giving it to first mate Owen Chase instead.
* Possibly the case with Weena in ''Film/{{The Time Machine|1960}}''. In [[Literature/TheTimeMachine the original novel]] she is separated from the protagonist in the midst of a forest fire and he it unable to find her. Ultimately her fate is left ambiguous, but the protagonist (who narrates the story) isn't optimistic about her odds of survival. In the movie she very clearly survives and almost joins the protagonist in his own time (which is only prevented when the Morlocks trap him in the statue and he is forced to use time travel to escape, as in the book).
* Possibly the case with Weena in ''Film/{{The Time Machine|1960}}''. In [[Literature/TheTimeMachine the original novel]] she is separated from the protagonist in the midst of a forest fire and he it unable to find her. Ultimately her fate is left ambiguous, but the protagonist (who narrates the story) isn't optimistic about her odds of survival. In the movie she very clearly survives and almost joins the protagonist in his own time (which is only prevented when the Morlocks trap him in the statue and he is forced to use time travel to escape, as in the book).
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* Possibly the case with Weena in ''Film/{{The Time Machine|1960}}''. In [[Literature/TheTimeMachine the original novel]] she is separated from the protagonist in the midst of a forest fire and he it unable to find her. Ultimately her fate is left ambiguous, but the protagonist (who narrates the story) isn't optimistic about her odds of survival. In the movie she very clearly survives and almost joins the protagonist in his own time (which is only prevented when the Morlocks trap him in the statue and he is forced to use time travel to escape, as in the book).
* The 1936 movie adaptation of the play Theatre/{{Winterset}}. The young couple, Mio and Miriamne are both killed at the end of the play, but survive in the movie, when Mio creates an aversion and escapes along with Miriamne.
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* The 1936 movie adaptation of the play Theatre/{{Winterset}}. The young couple, Mio and Miriamne are both killed at the end of the play, but survive in the movie, when Mio creates an aversion and escapes along with Miriamne.
* Again if you count real life as source material, Kim Sa-bok died in 1984, years after helping a German journalist film the uprising in Gwangju in 1980. In ''Film/ATaxiDriver'', his counterpart Kim Man-seob lives for at least 23 more years.
* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': [[spoiler: Joe Napier from ''Half-Lives'', Timothy's brother Denny from ''The Ghastly Ordeal'', and Zachry from ''Sloosha's Crossin[='=]''.]]
* In ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'', Daito's real world counterpart is killed by the Sixers. In [[Film/ReadyPlayerOne the film]], he survives the events and is made co-controller of OASIS along with the rest of the High Five.
* In the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'' Book of Exodus, the Pharaoh drowned when the Red Sea crashed underneath him and his army once Moses and the Hebrews reached the other side of the sea. But in ''Film/TheTenCommandments'', Ramses never accompanied the soldiers when the sea receded, returning home humiliated as he never captured the slaves. Justified (as in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''), since the real UsefulNotes/RamesesII died of natural causes after living a long life.
* Again if you count real life as source material, Kim Sa-bok died in 1984, years after helping a German journalist film the uprising in Gwangju in 1980. In ''Film/ATaxiDriver'', his counterpart Kim Man-seob lives for at least 23 more years.
* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': [[spoiler: Joe Napier from ''Half-Lives'', Timothy's brother Denny from ''The Ghastly Ordeal'', and Zachry from ''Sloosha's Crossin[='=]''.]]
* In ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'', Daito's real world counterpart is killed by the Sixers. In [[Film/ReadyPlayerOne the film]], he survives the events and is made co-controller of OASIS along with the rest of the High Five.
* In the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'' Book of Exodus, the Pharaoh drowned when the Red Sea crashed underneath him and his army once Moses and the Hebrews reached the other side of the sea. But in ''Film/TheTenCommandments'', Ramses never accompanied the soldiers when the sea receded, returning home humiliated as he never captured the slaves. Justified (as in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''), since the real UsefulNotes/RamesesII died of natural causes after living a long life.
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* In ''Literature/{{Stargirl}}'', Archie's heavily implied to have passed away between showing Leo Stargirl's office and the book's epilogue. Not only is there no such implication in [[Film/{{Stargirl}} the movie]], but he also comes across as a couple of decades younger than his book counterpart.
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** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound'' doesn't see Jonathan Kent die, like he did in the ''Brainiac'' arc it's based on.
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** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound'' doesn't see Jonathan Kent die, like he did in the ''Brainiac'' ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac'' arc it's based on.
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* In ''Disney/{{Aladdin}'', Jafar isn't killed, but turned into a genie and then [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in a lamp.]] (He's finally KilledOffForReal in the first sequel, though.) In [[Literature/{{Aladdin}} the original tale]], depending on the version, the sorcerer is either killed by the princess with poisoned wine or put to sleep with drugged wine by the princess and then beheaded by Aladdin.
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* In ''Disney/{{Aladdin}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', Jafar isn't killed, but turned into a genie and then [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in a lamp.]] (He's finally KilledOffForReal in the first sequel, though.) In [[Literature/{{Aladdin}} the original tale]], depending on the version, the sorcerer is either killed by the princess with poisoned wine or put to sleep with drugged wine by the princess and then beheaded by Aladdin.
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* In ''Disney/{{Aladdin}'', Jafar isn't killed, but turned into a genie and then [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in a lamp.]] (He's finally KilledOffForReal in the first sequel, though.) In [[Literature/{{Aladdin}} the original tale]], depending on the version, the sorcerer is either killed by the princess with poisoned wine or put to sleep with drugged wine by the princess and then beheaded by Aladdin.
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** Additionally, in the books the Isengarders set one of the Ents ablaze and it's implied he burned to death. In the film, the Ent survives long enough to douse himself in the monstrous flood (actually, it's more like the flood came earlier), turning an off-screen moment of villainy into a FunnyBackgroundEvent.
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** Additionally, in the books the Isengarders set one of the Ents ablaze and it's implied he burned to death. In [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers the film, film]], the Ent survives long enough to douse himself in the monstrous flood (actually, it's more like the flood came earlier), turning an off-screen moment of villainy into a FunnyBackgroundEvent.
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** ''Disney/{{Bambi}}'': Every major character dies in the novel except for Bambi, his fawns, and Faline (who features prominently in the sequel). Many of the non-deer central characters in the film don't actually appear in the book, and so are not affected by this trope either.
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** ''Disney/{{Bambi}}'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'': Every major character dies in the novel except for Bambi, his fawns, and Faline (who features prominently in the sequel). Many of the non-deer central characters in the film don't actually appear in the book, and so are not affected by this trope either.
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** Both Literature/TheSteadfastTinSoldier and the Ballerina from ''[[Disney/{{Fantasia}} Fantasia 2000]]''. The main reason why they both lived in the Disney adaptation is because the writers of the film actually did not want to cause any SoundtrackDissonance considering the fact that the musical piece accompanying this scene is an optimistic-sounding one.
** And [[spoiler: every single character]] in ''Disney/TheFoxAndTheHound''. In Chief's case [[DeathByAdaptation Not]] in the [[RecursiveAdaptation Disney books adapted from the film]], though. Chief [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] ''was'' going to die in the animated adaptation after being hit by the train, but someone in the Disney higher-ups wasn't willing to pull the trigger on a character who ''wasn't'' explicitly evil (this is before [[Disney/TheLionKing Mufasa's death]] convinced them it can be done effectively) - so he opens his eyes in what was meant to be his death scene, and ends up with ''only'' a broken leg for the rest of the film. This is definitely a case of it ''not'' being the best choice: killing him off would have explained Copper's ferocious grudge against Todd in the second half of the movie, while the final product makes him look a lot more spiteful (and it would have made their final reconciliation more [[{{Forgiveness}} potent]]).
** Esmeralda, Quasimodo, Clopin... and pretty much all of the main cast except for Frollo in ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. The musical [[RecursiveAdaptation on the other hand...]]
** Shere Khan from ''Disney/TheJungleBook''. He retreats with a burning branch tied to his tail. Seconds after he's out of sight, it rains. In fact, he's still alive by the end of the sequel! Also the monkeys, who were eaten by Kaa originally.
** Ariel in ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''.
** ''Disney/PeterPan''
** And [[spoiler: every single character]] in ''Disney/TheFoxAndTheHound''. In Chief's case [[DeathByAdaptation Not]] in the [[RecursiveAdaptation Disney books adapted from the film]], though. Chief [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] ''was'' going to die in the animated adaptation after being hit by the train, but someone in the Disney higher-ups wasn't willing to pull the trigger on a character who ''wasn't'' explicitly evil (this is before [[Disney/TheLionKing Mufasa's death]] convinced them it can be done effectively) - so he opens his eyes in what was meant to be his death scene, and ends up with ''only'' a broken leg for the rest of the film. This is definitely a case of it ''not'' being the best choice: killing him off would have explained Copper's ferocious grudge against Todd in the second half of the movie, while the final product makes him look a lot more spiteful (and it would have made their final reconciliation more [[{{Forgiveness}} potent]]).
** Esmeralda, Quasimodo, Clopin... and pretty much all of the main cast except for Frollo in ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. The musical [[RecursiveAdaptation on the other hand...]]
** Shere Khan from ''Disney/TheJungleBook''. He retreats with a burning branch tied to his tail. Seconds after he's out of sight, it rains. In fact, he's still alive by the end of the sequel! Also the monkeys, who were eaten by Kaa originally.
** Ariel in ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''.
** ''Disney/PeterPan''
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** Both Literature/TheSteadfastTinSoldier and the Ballerina from ''[[Disney/{{Fantasia}} Fantasia 2000]]''.''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000''. The main reason why they both lived in the Disney adaptation is because the writers of the film actually did not want to cause any SoundtrackDissonance considering the fact that the musical piece accompanying this scene is an optimistic-sounding one.
** And [[spoiler: every single character]] in''Disney/TheFoxAndTheHound''.''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''. In Chief's case [[DeathByAdaptation Not]] in the [[RecursiveAdaptation Disney books adapted from the film]], though. Chief [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] ''was'' going to die in the animated adaptation after being hit by the train, but someone in the Disney higher-ups wasn't willing to pull the trigger on a character who ''wasn't'' explicitly evil (this is before [[Disney/TheLionKing [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Mufasa's death]] convinced them it can be done effectively) - so he opens his eyes in what was meant to be his death scene, and ends up with ''only'' a broken leg for the rest of the film. This is definitely a case of it ''not'' being the best choice: killing him off would have explained Copper's ferocious grudge against Todd in the second half of the movie, while the final product makes him look a lot more spiteful (and it would have made their final reconciliation more [[{{Forgiveness}} potent]]).
** Esmeralda, Quasimodo, Clopin... and pretty much all of the main cast except for Frollo in''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. The musical [[RecursiveAdaptation on the other hand...]]
** Shere Khan from''Disney/TheJungleBook''.''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967''. He retreats with a burning branch tied to his tail. Seconds after he's out of sight, it rains. In fact, he's still alive by the end of the sequel! Also the monkeys, who were eaten by Kaa originally.
** Ariel in''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''.
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** If ''Disney/TheLionKing'', as it commonly is, is taken as an adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', then the equivalents of Hamlet himself (Simba), Ophelia (Nala), Gertrude (Sarabi), Polonius (Zazu), and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Timon and Pumbaa) all live. On the other hand, we get to watch King Hamlet (Mufasa) die, while in the play he was DeadToBeginWith.
** The Talking Cricket (renamed Jiminy Cricket) in ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}''. In the book he's killed early on and becomes a ghost, but eventually changes back into a living cricket. In the Disney version he lives from beginning to end.
** Disney/{{Pocahontas}} in ''Disney/PocahontasIIJourneyToANewWorld''. In real life, she died during her stay in England.
** Arguably Robin Hood in ''Disney/RobinHood'', though the Robin Hood mythos is so vast that it's not ironclad that he dies at the end normally.
** Maleficent in the Ride/DisneyThemeParks version of ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'', whose cackling can be heard at the very last part of the ride, implying that she had survived being stabbed by the Sword of Truth and falling off a cliff. However, this was eventually removed and replaced with a scene where the fairies are still bickering over what color Aurora's dress should be. There was also a sequel storybook which also had Maleficent survive the above and still cause trouble.
** The Talking Cricket (renamed Jiminy Cricket) in ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}''. In the book he's killed early on and becomes a ghost, but eventually changes back into a living cricket. In the Disney version he lives from beginning to end.
** Disney/{{Pocahontas}} in ''Disney/PocahontasIIJourneyToANewWorld''. In real life, she died during her stay in England.
** Arguably Robin Hood in ''Disney/RobinHood'', though the Robin Hood mythos is so vast that it's not ironclad that he dies at the end normally.
** Maleficent in the Ride/DisneyThemeParks version of ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'', whose cackling can be heard at the very last part of the ride, implying that she had survived being stabbed by the Sword of Truth and falling off a cliff. However, this was eventually removed and replaced with a scene where the fairies are still bickering over what color Aurora's dress should be. There was also a sequel storybook which also had Maleficent survive the above and still cause trouble.
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** If ''Disney/TheLionKing'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', as it commonly is, is taken as an adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', then the equivalents of Hamlet himself (Simba), Ophelia (Nala), Gertrude (Sarabi), Polonius (Zazu), and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Timon and Pumbaa) all live. On the other hand, we get to watch King Hamlet (Mufasa) die, while in the play he was DeadToBeginWith.
** The Talking Cricket (renamed Jiminy Cricket) in''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}''.''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''. In the book he's killed early on and becomes a ghost, but eventually changes back into a living cricket. In the Disney version he lives from beginning to end.
**Disney/{{Pocahontas}} WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} in ''Disney/PocahontasIIJourneyToANewWorld''.''WesternAnimation/PocahontasIIJourneyToANewWorld''. In real life, she died during her stay in England.
** Arguably Robin Hood in''Disney/RobinHood'', ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'', though the Robin Hood mythos is so vast that it's not ironclad that he dies at the end normally.
** Maleficent in the Ride/DisneyThemeParks version of''Disney/SleepingBeauty'', ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', whose cackling can be heard at the very last part of the ride, implying that she had survived being stabbed by the Sword of Truth and falling off a cliff. However, this was eventually removed and replaced with a scene where the fairies are still bickering over what color Aurora's dress should be. There was also a sequel storybook which also had Maleficent survive the above and still cause trouble.
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** Mad Madam Mim from ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone''. In [[Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing the book]], she was killed after Merlin became an infectious disease, but in the movie, she is merely bedridden, and Merlin actually had to use sunlight in order to cure her.
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** Mad Madam Mim from ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone''.''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone''. In [[Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing the book]], she was killed after Merlin became an infectious disease, but in the movie, she is merely bedridden, and Merlin actually had to use sunlight in order to cure her.
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** Kala, Tarzan's adoptive ape mother in ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}''.
** [[AllThereInTheManual Leland]] Hawkins from ''Disney/TreasurePlanet''. Not that this makes matters any [[WellDoneSonGuy less]] [[ParentalAbandonment heartwrenching]].
** [[AllThereInTheManual Leland]] Hawkins from ''Disney/TreasurePlanet''. Not that this makes matters any [[WellDoneSonGuy less]] [[ParentalAbandonment heartwrenching]].
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** Kala, Tarzan's adoptive ape mother in ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}''.
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** [[AllThereInTheManual Leland]] Hawkins from''Disney/TreasurePlanet''.''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet''. Not that this makes matters any [[WellDoneSonGuy less]] [[ParentalAbandonment heartwrenching]].
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** The 1939 Hollywood film has Isabella Linton still alive and married to Heathcliff at the time of his death. In the novel she leaves him and then dies long before.
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** The [[Film/WutheringHeights1939 1939 Hollywood film film]] has Isabella Linton still alive and married to Heathcliff at the time of his death. In the novel she leaves him and then dies long before.
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* In the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'' Book of Exodus, the Pharaoh drowned when the Red Sea crashed underneath him and his army once Moses and the Hebrews reached the other side of the sea. Ramses in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' survived the crashing waves washing away him and his soldiers as the torrent throws him back to his side of the sea.
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* In the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'' Book of Exodus, the Pharaoh drowned when the Red Sea crashed underneath him and his army once Moses and the Hebrews reached the other side of the sea. Ramses in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' survived the crashing waves washing away him and his soldiers as the torrent throws him back to his side of the sea. Justified, since the real UsefulNotes/RamesesII is known to have lived to old age and died of natural causes.
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* In the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'' Book of Exodus, the Pharaoh drowned when the Red Sea crashed underneath him and his army once Moses and the Hebrews reached the other side of the sea. But in ''Film/TheTenCommandments'', Ramses never accompanied the soldiers when the sea receded, returning home humiliated as he never captured the slaves.
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* In the ''Literature/{{Bible}}'' Book of Exodus, the Pharaoh drowned when the Red Sea crashed underneath him and his army once Moses and the Hebrews reached the other side of the sea. But in ''Film/TheTenCommandments'', Ramses never accompanied the soldiers when the sea receded, returning home humiliated as he never captured the slaves. Justified (as in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''), since the real UsefulNotes/RamesesII died of natural causes after living a long life.
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* The 1939 version of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' has Isabella Linton still alive and married to Heathcliff at the time of his death. In the novel she leaves him and then dies long before.
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** The 1939version of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' Hollywood film has Isabella Linton still alive and married to Heathcliff at the time of his death. In the novel she leaves him and then dies long before.before.
** The 1954 Mexican film and the 1970 British film both have Hindley Earnshaw survive to [[DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation kill Heathcliff on the night of Cathy's funeral.]] Edgar and Isabella are both spared by default too.
** A few versions end with Heathcliff still alive and grieving Cathy's death. These include the 2011 film, and three different modernized adaptations: 2003's MTV version, 2015's ''Wuthering High'', and the 2002 GenderFlip retelling ''Series/{{Sparkhouse}}.''
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** The 1954 Mexican film and the 1970 British film both have Hindley Earnshaw survive to [[DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation kill Heathcliff on the night of Cathy's funeral.]] Edgar and Isabella are both spared by default too.
** A few versions end with Heathcliff still alive and grieving Cathy's death. These include the 2011 film, and three different modernized adaptations: 2003's MTV version, 2015's ''Wuthering High'', and the 2002 GenderFlip retelling ''Series/{{Sparkhouse}}.''
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* A minor example in ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol.'' In the book, Fezziwig is presumably dead in the present, as Scrooge exclaims "Old Fezziwig alive again!" when he sees the vision of him in the past. In the film, an elderly [[AdaptationalNameChange Fozziwig]] gets a cameo appearance near the end when the newly reformed Scrooge visits him. This isn't entirely unrealistic: if Scrooge is about sixty and was about twenty when he worked for Fezziwig, and if the latter was in his forties then, he would be in his eighties in the present, and while people rarely lived that long in the 1800s, it wasn't unheard of.
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* In the original ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' comics, Sue and Johnny's mother Mary was a PosthumousCharacter who was killed in a car wreck many years ago. She's still alive in the [[Film/TheFantasticFour unreleased 1994 film]], and is even the one who comes up with the group's name.
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* In the original ''Literature/TedsCavingPage'' story, B was present during the BolivianArmyEnding with Ted and Joe, and presumably perished with them. In the film adaptation, ''Living Dark'', [[NamedByTheAdaptation Brad]] instead survives after Ted pulls a HeroicSacrifice to buy him time to escape.
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* The 2015 French adaptation of ''Literature/TheLittlePrice'' implies this with regards to the '''Author'''. We never learn the name of the Aviator, but certain facts (former pilot, war hero, respected despit equirks and, well wrote "The Little Prince") imply he is aging St. Exupery who survived the war. In RealLife, St. Exupery died during WorldWarTwo when his plane was shot down.
* The Soviet AnimatedAdaptation of ''The Adventures of Captain Vrungel'' applies this to their ship "Beda" (meaning "trouble". Vrungel actually wanted to call it "Pobeda", as in "Victory", but lost two first letters due to accident). In the Source material, the ship gets destroyed halfway through the book, forcing Vrungel and his crew to complete their journey around the world via increasingly unbelievable means. In the film, the ship survives till the end and successfully completes the journey.
* The Soviet AnimatedAdaptation of ''The Adventures of Captain Vrungel'' applies this to their ship "Beda" (meaning "trouble". Vrungel actually wanted to call it "Pobeda", as in "Victory", but lost two first letters due to accident). In the Source material, the ship gets destroyed halfway through the book, forcing Vrungel and his crew to complete their journey around the world via increasingly unbelievable means. In the film, the ship survives till the end and successfully completes the journey.
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* The 2015 French adaptation of ''Literature/TheLittlePrice'' ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'' implies this with regards to the '''Author'''. We never learn the name of the Aviator, but certain facts (former pilot, war hero, respected despit equirks and, well well, wrote "The Little Prince") imply he is an aging St. Exupery who survived the war. In RealLife, St. Exupery died during WorldWarTwo World War Two when his plane was shot down.
* The Soviet AnimatedAdaptation of ''The Adventures of Captain Vrungel'' applies this to their ship "Beda" (meaning "trouble". Vrungel actually wanted to call it "Pobeda", as in "Victory", but lost two first letters due to accident). In theSource source material, the ship gets destroyed halfway through the book, forcing Vrungel and his crew to complete their journey around the world via increasingly unbelievable means. In the film, the ship survives till the end and successfully completes the journey.
* The Soviet AnimatedAdaptation of ''The Adventures of Captain Vrungel'' applies this to their ship "Beda" (meaning "trouble". Vrungel actually wanted to call it "Pobeda", as in "Victory", but lost two first letters due to accident). In the
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* The 2015 French adaptation of ''Literature/TheLittlePrice'' implies this with regards to the '''Author'''. We never learn the name of the Aviator, but certain facts (former pilot, war hero, respected despit equirks and, well wrote "The Little Prince") imply he is aging St. Exupery who survived the war. In RealLife, St. Exupery died during WorldWarTwo when his plane was shot down.
* The Soviet AnimatedAdaptation of ''The Adventures of Captain Vrungel'' applies this to their ship "Beda" (meaning "trouble". Vrungel actually wanted to call it "Pobeda", as in "Victory", but lost two first letters due to accident). In the Source material, the ship gets destroyed halfway through the book, forcing Vrungel and his crew to complete their journey around the world via increasingly unbelievable means. In the film, the ship survives till the end and successfully completes the journey.
* The Soviet AnimatedAdaptation of ''The Adventures of Captain Vrungel'' applies this to their ship "Beda" (meaning "trouble". Vrungel actually wanted to call it "Pobeda", as in "Victory", but lost two first letters due to accident). In the Source material, the ship gets destroyed halfway through the book, forcing Vrungel and his crew to complete their journey around the world via increasingly unbelievable means. In the film, the ship survives till the end and successfully completes the journey.
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** Mariko Yashida, who was killed in the comics, but survives till the very end of ''Film/TheWolverine''. [[spoiler:Well, at the time, as the later ongoing ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'' revealed that he Hand resurrected her and turned her into the Scarlet Samurai.]] This is also the case for her fiancé Noburo.
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** Mariko Yashida, who was killed in the comics, but survives till the very end of ''Film/TheWolverine''. [[spoiler:Well, at the time, as the later ongoing ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'' revealed that he the Hand resurrected her and turned her into the Scarlet Samurai.]] This is also the case for her fiancé Noburo.
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** In ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'', Professor Xavier and ComicBook/{{X 23}} were already dead. ''Film/{{Logan}}'', which is inspired by it, sees Xavier [[CompositeCharacter take over]] ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'s role and X-23 is the crux of the plot.
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** In ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'', Professor Xavier and ComicBook/{{X 23}} were already dead. ''Film/{{Logan}}'', which is inspired by it, sees Xavier [[CompositeCharacter take over]] ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'s role and X-23 is the crux of the plot. [[spoiler:That said, it's a case of "Dies Later" for Xavier as he's killed near the end of the movie.]]
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* Esmeralda in the [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1923 1923]], [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939 1939]], and many other adaptations of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. Quasimodo as well in the 1939 version.
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* Esmeralda in the [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1923 1923]], [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939 1939]], and many other adaptations of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. Quasimodo as well in the 1939 version. Averted in [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1956 the 1956 version]], which keeps all the book's deaths, albeit with Esmeralda [[DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation dying differently]]
