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| 9 | * The 1939, 1960 and 1993 versions of the ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'' cut out Tom Sawyer, who plays a small, but important part in his pal's story. The 1955 telemovie kept Tom, but wrote out Jim, ''the novel's other major character.'' |
| 10 | * ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'': |
| 11 | ** Jan Svankmajer's ''Film/{{Alice|1988}}'' omits the Gryphon, the Mock Turtle, the Cheshire Cat and replaces the roles of the Duchess and her cook with the White Rabbit. |
| 12 | ** In ''[[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Through The Looking Glass]]'', after ringing the bells for the castle, Alice is greeted by a frog. He is omitted in the [[Film/AliceInWonderland1985 1985 TV movie]]. The food whom Alice is introduced to are both absent, perhaps because the writers needed more time for the sequence with the Jabberwocky. Dinah's kittens are also absent due to the story being adapted to take place directly after Alice's trip to Wonderland (as opposed to 6 months later). |
| 13 | ** Dinah and the kittens are absent in the 1998 ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass'' film. The story is instead bookended with Alice reading the ''Through the Looking-Glass'' book to her daughter. |
| 14 | * The film version of ''Theatre/AnimalCrackers'' entirely eliminated the part of Wally Winston, a society gossip columnist (who, like many other such characters from contemporary plays and movies, was a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Walter Winchell). His love interest, Arabella, was made a CompositeCharacter. |
| 15 | * ''Film/Annie2014'': |
| 16 | ** Rooster and Lily, Hannigan's brother and his significant other, are two major antagonists who are cut from the 2014 film version. Considering their role in the source musical as the ones who act as Annie's fake parents, [[RaceLift that wouldn't necessarily work out here.]] Their part in [[VillainSong "Easy Street"]] is given to Guy. |
| 17 | ** Also, Mr. Bundles the laundry guy doesn't appear in this adaptation, though that's mainly due to the SettingUpdate. |
| 18 | * The live action ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' duology omits several characters. |
| 19 | ** Due to Class 3-E's academic struggle against the AbsurdlyDividedSchool being downplayed in the films, Asano Junior and the StudentCouncil do not make an appearance. Similarly, because Principal Asano is DemotedToExtra, [[spoiler:his StartOfDarkness is not shown and thus his original students do not appear]]. |
| 20 | ** Lovro, Irina's mentor, does not show up at all. |
| 21 | ** ZigZaggingTrope with the [[spoiler:(Second) Shinigami. While Koro-sensei's rogue apprentice is omitted, his [[PsychoSerum tentacle-infused form]] is what [[CompositeCharacter Yanagisawa turns into]] during his OneWingedAngel moment in the climax instead of the form he assumed in the manga]]. |
| 22 | * The live-action ''Film/AttackOnTitan'' movie omits Levi and Erwin. Oddly, this was not due to the large number of characters, but the fact that their names were too difficult to pronounce for most of the Japanese actors. Also omitted are Annie, Bertolt, and Reiner [[spoiler:(the Warrior Trio), though the Colossal and Armored Titans remain albeit with different shifters]]. |
| 23 | * A number of supporting characters are cut from the LiveActionAdaptation of ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'', the most notable omission being Kaya Miyoshi, who is a member of the main cast in the original series. |
| 24 | * Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/Batman1989'' had [[spoiler:[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] as the killer of Bruce Wayne's parents, rather than Joe Chill, the man who shot them in the original comic books. The other crook may be Joe Chill himself, but isn't named within the film]]. |
| 25 | * ''Film/BatmanForever'' has [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Dick Grayson]]'s family murdered by [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two-Face]], rather than Tony Zucco. In the comics Jason Todd was the Robin to have had a parent murdered by Two-Face. |
| 26 | * Mitch's son Hobie is not present in ''Film/Baywatch2017''. |
| 27 | * At least one film adaptation of the first book of ''Beau Geste'' left out a particular character who in subsequent books was revealed to be plot-critical in the original book. |
| 28 | * ''Film/BicentennialMan'': The [[Literature/TheBicentennialMan original story]] had a number of characters from the US Robots corporation, as well as [[GenerationalSaga several generations]] of the Feingold and Chaney law firm. In {{the film|OfTheBook}}, however, the corporation members are replaced by [[CanonForeigner employees (and ex-employees) from NorthAm]] while only Bill Feingold and Lloyd Charney appear from the firm. The robot surgeon from chapter one (and reprise) is also removed entirely, his role being replaced by Rupert Burns, the son of an ex-employee of [=NorthAm=] Robotics. |
| 29 | * ''Film/BladeTrinity'' introduces the Nightstalkers including Hannibal King, but Frank Drake is omitted, his place taken by CanonForeigner Abigail Whistler who is the daughter of the movie-only character Abraham Whistler. The name "Drake", however, is used as an alias for the BigBad in the film. Although Blade, Frank Drake, and King were all introduced in Marvel's ''Tomb of Dracula'', Dracula appears to have been adapted out as well. King explains that there are a lot of myths and misconceptions that may or may not be true and it is implied that, unlike in the Marvel comic, the historical "Vlad Dracul" (aka Vlad the Impaler) did not become a vampire and that the events of Creator/BramStoker's [[Literature/{{Dracula}} novel]] (which also never suggested that Vlad and Count Dracula are the same person) did not happen InUniverse. King, also shows Blade a Marvel ''Tomb of Dracula'' comic to drive home the point. Drake, does, suggest, however, that he has been around long enough to borrow a few famous aliases. |
| 30 | * Arthur Lestrange does not appear in ''Film/TheBlueLagoon1949''. |
| 31 | * ''Film/TheBourneSeries'' cuts out the BigBad and HistoricalDomainCharacter, Carlos the Jackal, as the real man was arrested between the original book trilogy and [[Film/TheBourneIdentity the first film's release]]. |
| 32 | * ''Film/BoysDontCry'' ends with Brandon and Candace/Lisa's murder, but omits Philip Devine, the third victim of the crime, and the film also omits his girlfriend, Leslie, who was also Lana's sister. |
| 33 | * The film version of ''Theatre/{{Camelot}}'' eliminated Nimue and Morgan le Fey, both of whom appeared in one scene each in the original play. |
| 34 | * Neither version of ''Film/CapeFear'' features Sam Bowden's son from the original novel, ''The Executioners''. |
| 35 | * ''Film/CaptainClegg'': The lead character’s “Scarecrow” SecretIdentity, one of the best-known features of [[Literature/DoctorSynTheScarecrow the source novels]], largely disappears in the film. He and his followers ride around dressed as scary “marsh goblins”, and one of the gangs stands around disguised as a scarecrow and so hidden in plain sight as their lookout, but the idea of the Scarecrow as the formidable leader of the smugglers is never even mentioned. |
| 36 | * Creator/MikeNichols' film adaptation of ''Film/CatchTwentyTwo'' drops several of the characters, including Major [[SpellMyNameWithABlank _____]] de Coverley, Chief White Halfoat, and Ex-PFC Wintergreen. |
| 37 | * ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'': [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory The 1971 film adaptation]] dropped Mr. Bucket (Charlie's dad), with him suffering DeathByAdaptation before the main action starts. |
| 38 | * ''Literature/TheCiderHouseRules'', whose adapted screenplay was written by the novel's author, leaves out Melony entirely. More importantly, Angel is left out, completely altering the second half of the story. |
| 39 | * ''Film/CliffordTheBigRedDog'': Emily Elizabeth's father is left out of the film, overlapping with DisappearedDad. |
| 40 | * In ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', a modern adaptation of ''Literature/{{Emma}}'', Frank Churchill's analogue Christian is made gay instead of having a secret engagement, so the character of Jane Fairfax was rendered obsolete. |
| 41 | * ''Film/ColorOutOfSpace2020'': The researchers from the nearby university are nowhere to be seen in this movie, while in the short story they lead important research on the meteor's origin. As all of the extraneous but still plot-relevant characters are adapted out or [[spoiler:suffer DeathByAdaptation]], it's not clear who else [[spoiler:Ward]] is referring to when he remarks at the film's end that "few of us remember the strange times," given he's the SoleSurvivor. |
| 42 | * Neither the ''[[Film/TheColorPurple1985 1985]]'' nor ''[[Film/TheColorPurple2023 2023]]'' films of ''Literature/TheColorPurple'' feature the Mayor's daughter, Eleanor Jane. |
| 43 | * Private Bracewell is absent from the parts of ''Film/DadsArmy1971'' adapted from the ''Series/DadsArmy'' {{Pilot}}, "The Man and the Hour". JustifiedTrope seeing as the character was DroppedAfterThePilot in the series. |
| 44 | * Creator/TimBurton's [[Film/DarkShadows film adaptation]] of ''Series/DarkShadows'' opens with Barnabas's backstory, which is ''extremely'' condensed (the about-100-episode 1795 arc into 7 minutes) and eliminates nearly every character other than Barnabas, Josette, and Angelique.[[note]]This includes Barnabas's little sister Sarah Collins, his uncle (and Josette's husband), Jeremiah Collins, his aunt, Abigail Collins, cousins Millicent and Daniel Collins (with Daniel being the direct ancestor of the present-day family), Josette's father and aunt, and several important non-relatives like Ben Stokes and the Reverend Trask. [[/note]] This leads to an AdaptationInducedPlotHole: if Barnabas and his parents Joshua and Naomi were the only Collins family members, and Angelique killed the latter two, then how are the present-day Collinses still kicking around in the 1970s? As far as the present-day, even ''more'' characters are left out, and that's not even counting any other characters in different time periods... |
| 45 | * ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'': |
| 46 | ** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', despite featuring a veteran, middle-aged Batman, dispenses with most of the Bat-Family. A single, unidentified Characters/{{Robin}} (Creator/ZackSnyder claims it was Dick Grayson, while [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary material from the studio]] instead indicates it was Jason Todd) is established to have existed in the past before being murdered by [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], but after his death, Bruce never took on any of the later Robins like Tim Drake or Damian Wayne, nor any of the Characters/{{Batgirl}}s. A Batgirl movie ''was'' planned to be included as part of the tweaked post-''Film/TheFlash2023'' slate, but was ultimately shelved. |
| 47 | ** ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'': |
| 48 | *** [[Characters/{{Batgirl}} Oracle]] is not present in the movie, with the team instead coming together because of events surrounding [[Characters/DCEUHarleyQuinn Harley Quinn]]. |
| 49 | *** Also, in the comics, Harley has a pair of pet hyenas named Bud and Lou. Due to budget restrictions, she only has one hyena, [[AdaptationNameChange now called "Bruce,"]] in the movie. |
| 50 | ** The Hal Jordan Franchise/GreenLantern doesn't appear in the live-action ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' movie, making him the only member of the team from the ComicBook/{{New 52}} origin not to show up. This is particularly notable since nearly every other adaptation of the Justice League has included at least ''some'' iteration of the Green Lantern, whether it be Hal Jordan, John Stewart or Guy Gardner. It turns out that John Stewart actually was going to appear in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', but the studio forced Snyder to cut the cameo. |
| 51 | ** ''Film/Shazam2019'' is based on [[ComicBook/Shazam2012 the comic book origin story as it was post-]]''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}''. However, [[Characters/ShazamBlackMarvelFamily Black Adam]] is only alluded to, since he would get [[Film/BlackAdam2022 his own movie]]. As a tradeoff, the movie gets more focus on Dr. Sivana, who was a secondary villain in the original story. Also removed from the movie are Mr. Bryer (whom the Seven Deadly Sins posses during the comic origin's finale, while they [[spoiler:serve as the source of Sivana's powers]] in the movie), Francesca (the woman who appears in reflective surfaces to [[MrExposition give out exposition]]), and Tawny the tiger from the Philadelphia Zoo (possibly because the Magiclands story arc, an adaptation of which was [[SequelHook heavily being hinted at]] in the movie, introduces a more classic style Tawny who lives in the Wildlands). |
| 52 | ** ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': |
| 53 | *** The contest to send an ambassador to Man's World is written out, with Diana doing what she did in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' instead, going [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight "Screw my mother's edict, people need my help,"]] taking up the armor and weapons, and going off into Man's World's on her own. |
| 54 | *** Wonder Woman's friend Mala, who discovered [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Steve Trevor]] washed ashore together with her in the comics, is not in the film. |
| 55 | *** The Holliday Girls, a sort of unofficial commando unit of young women run by [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Etta Candy]], does not appear. Their position is filled by Steve Trevor's group of men instead. |
| 56 | ** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'': The four replacements to the real Superman in Superboy, the Cyborg Superman, Steel and Eradicator never show up in this movie despite being a core part of one of the source materials, ''Reign of the Supermen'' (which followed ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman''). |
| 57 | * Quite a few characters from the Creator/{{Netflix}} film, ''Film/DeathNote2017'' - unsurprisingly, given the film's runtime of less than two hours, as compared to the much longer Japanese adaptations. [[spoiler:Other than L, Watari and James Turner/Sochiro Yagami, none of the other Kira task force members - Matsuda, Mogi, Aiwaza etc. - have counterparts in the film. Also absent is Rem, and given Mia's death at the end of the film, she's unlikely to appear in possible sequels. Near and Mello also do not appear, though it is mentioned that there were other children trained to be master detectives by the same project that trained L, making it possible that they might appear in sequels. Light's sister Sayu also doesn't have a counterpart.]] |
| 58 | * ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': |
| 59 | ** Hrun the Barbarian from ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' doesn't appear in [[Creator/{{Sky}} Sky One's]] ''Film/TheColourOfMagic''. |
| 60 | ** Professor Pelc, Prehumous Professor of Bibliomancy, doesn't appear in their adaptation of ''Film/GoingPostal''. |
| 61 | ** Other people omitted from the ''Going Postal'' adaptation are Anghammarad the ancient golem, [[OddJobGods Anoia the Goddess of Things That Stick in Drawers]], most of the Grand Trunk's board, and (by implication) the Guild of Assassins. |
| 62 | * ''Film/{{Divergent}}'': |
| 63 | ** Many of Tris' friends and fellow initiates from [[Literature/{{Divergent}} the books]] do not make it in to the films so that more focus could be put on her romance with Four. This includes Uriah, Lynn, Marlene, Lynn's sister Shauna, Uriah's brother Zeke, and Will's sister Cara. ''The Divergent Series: Insurgent'' features them in a much more reduced role, with Lynn only coming up just once to remind the others that the [[spoiler: recently deceased Marlene]] did have a name.\ |
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| 65 | The exclusion of Cara is particularly significant, since in ''Allegiant'', she [[spoiler:is one of the leaders of the eponymous Allegiant, participates with Tris' group to get to the fringes of Chicago, and also gets the task of informing Four at the end about Tris' death]]. |
| 66 | ** [[spoiler:Tori's brother, George, and Four's mentor, Amar,]] do not appear in ''The Divergent Series: Allegiant''. However, since they figure little if at all in the book [[spoiler:(other than serving some TearJerker moments as Tori was killed just moments before, rendering her entire goal to take revenge a ShaggyDogStory)]], it does not greatly impact the plot. |
| 67 | * ''Film/ADogsPurpose'' edited down the first 54 pages of the [[Literature/ADogsPurpose book]] to less than 4 minutes. It very briefly showed Toby with his siblings but didn't name any of them, resulting in Toby and his family being DemotedToExtra. It also outright removed Senora, Senora's peers, Coco, Top Dog, Spike, and Rottie. The film removes several human characters like Todd's siblings. |
| 68 | * ''Film/ADogsWayHome'': Axel's cop friend Tom and some young men who beat him up for kicks are all omitted. |
| 69 | * The Universal version of ''Film/{{Dracula|1931}}'' dispenses with [[AmericansAreCowboys Quincey Morris]] and [[BlueBlood Arthur Holmwood]] altogether. |
| 70 | ** ''Film/HorrorOfDracula'' omits not only Morris, but Renfield and two of Dracula's brides. |
| 71 | * Krillin isn't in the live-action ''Manga/DragonBall'' adaptation, ''Film/DragonballEvolution'', even though his death is what caused Goku to go after King Piccolo (who is in the movie) in the first place. |
| 72 | * ''Film/DragonBallEvolution'': |
| 73 | ** Oolong and Puar despite being core members of the original Dragon Ball gang are missing here. Given they are respectively [[TalkingAnimal a talking pig and talking floating cat]] [[{{shapeshifting}} who can shapeshift]] they were likely removed for budgetary reasons. The same likely goes for Turtle, Roshi’s talking pet champion. |
| 74 | ** Pilaf and Shu make no appearance here unlike their constant companion Mai who is TheDragon to King Piccolo instead of serving Pilaf here. |
| 75 | ** Chi-Chi’s father Ox-King, despite his importance as one of Roshi’s students alongside Grandpa Gohan and soon being Goku’s father-in-law unlike his daughter is not to be seen here. |
| 76 | ** Krillin, Tien and Chiaotzu even though they were already introduced by the time King Piccolo saga unfolded, are all missing here. |
| 77 | ** King Piccolo’s mutant spawn Piano, Tambourine, Cymbal and Drum are omitted and replaced with more generic monsters created from Piccolo’s blood. |
| 78 | ** The Saiyans are not mentioned in the film and Goku is just a monster called Oozaru who took human shape. While it’s true the film is adapting the era before the Saiyans were introduced, the film still mentions the Nameks where Piccolo comes from, making the absence of the Saiyans more noticeable. The tie-in game did reveal Goku’s true parentage though. |
| 79 | * Paul and Chani's first son, Leto, who was murdered by the Harkonnen forces, was omitted from the Creator/DavidLynch [[Film/Dune1984 film adaptation]] of ''Literature/{{Dune}}''. |
| 80 | * Minor characters like Kaitlyn, Lydia and Gus' sisters are not present in ''Film/TheFaultInOurStars''. Van Houten gives Augustus' eulogy to Hazel personally, while Isaac fills the slightly comedic relief role. Some other scenes are also cut to improve the flow (and shorten the length) of the film. Creator/JohnGreen's cameo as the parent of Jackie, the little girl who wanted to try on Hazel's cannula, was also cut. |
| 81 | * ''Film/FridayNightLights'' focuses on the 1988 football season of Permian High School, depicted in the film as the only high school in the one-horse town of Odessa, Texas. Completely missing from the film is ''Odessa'' High School, the other big public school in a city that had around 90,000 residents in 1988. Though the original book focused on Permian, one chapter was devoted to the Odessa–Permian rivalry. |
| 82 | * The ''ComicBook/GenerationX'' TV movie from the 90s had to omit Chamber and Husk due to budgetary reasons, replacing them with two similar characters named Refrax and Buff. Synch was also left out, but no reason was given. |
| 83 | * ''Film/TheGreatGatsby1974'': Dan Cody and the section of Gatsby's backstory that included him has been excluded from the film completely. |
| 84 | * The film of ''Literature/GoAskAlice'' leaves out many minor/oneshot characters, Alex, and Carla's grandparents. |
| 85 | * Scarlett O'Hara's children from her first two marriages, Wade Hampton Hamilton and Ella Lorena Kennedy, appear not to exist in the film adaptation of ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''. |
| 86 | * ''Gor'', the film version of ''Tarnsman of Literature/{{Gor}}'', adapts out Tarl's father Matthew, the Older Tarl (Tarl's instructor at arms), Torm the Scribe, Tarl's sword brother Kazrak of Port Kar, the slave girl Sana, Nor the (sentient) spider, Pa-Kur the Master Assassin, Mintar the Merchant, and Tarl's tarn Ubar of the Skies. |
| 87 | * ''Franchise/HannibalLecter'': |
| 88 | ** Alan Bloom is given only a minor part in ''Film/{{Manhunter}}'' and completely left out of the Hopkins / Norton take of ''Film/RedDragon''. |
| 89 | ** ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'': |
| 90 | *** Margot Verger is entirely absent from the film adaptation of ''[[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal]]'', and as a result the manner of death for [[spoiler:her brother, Mason]] changes considerably between the two, since she killed him in the original book. |
| 91 | *** Because Creator/ScottGlenn refused to return for the film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}'' ([[EnforcedMethodActing and given what he went through]], who can blame him?[[note]]Glenn consulted with John Douglas, whom Crawford was based on, as part of research. Douglas, in a ''very'' dick move, played him tapes of a young teenager being tortured by serial killers Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris, which traumatized Glenn[[/note]]), the character of Jack Crawford was written out. A deleted scene reveals a combination of [[spoiler:type 2]] of DeathByAdaptation and KilledOffscreen and that he died between movies. |
| 92 | * Numerous characters in the [[Film/HarryPotter film versions]] of ''Literature/HarryPotter'', which can mostly be split into three categories: not being introduced until they are absolutely necessary to the plot, being in the earlier ones and then not showing up again, and completely being left out. Some examples: |
| 93 | ** Not appearing until they're necessary to the plot: Bill Weasley, [[note]] First appears in the fourth book and remains a prominent side character for the rest of the series. Doesn't appear until the seventh movie. [[/note]] Mrs. Figg, [[note]] Introduced in the second chapter of the first book, but only appears in the fifth movie.[[/note]] Dumbledore's brother Aberforth, [[note]] Mentioned in passing first in the fourth book and several times throughout the rest of the series. Harry meets him in the fifth without knowing who he is and then finally officially towards the end of the seventh book. However, Harry knew he existed in the books but straight-up says he didn't know about him in the seventh movie. [[/note]] Narcissa Malfoy, [[note]] Mentioned as early as the first book, first appears in the fourth, but doesn't appear until the sixth movie[[/note]] and Mundungus Fletcher. [[note]] Mentioned as early as the second book, shows up in the fifth, but not in the movies until the seventh. [[/note]] |
| 94 | ** Appearing in earlier installments and then disappearing: Phineas Nigellus Black, Firenze, Nearly Headless Nick, Moaning Myrtle, Colin Creevey, [[note]] Due to his actor going through a growth spurt[[/note]] and Crabbe. [[note]] Due to [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor legal issues on the actor’s part]][[/note]] |
| 95 | ** Don't appear at all: Ludo Bagman, Winky, Peeves the Poltergeist,[[note]] who was [[DeletedRole cut out of the first movie]] after negative reaction to his character design from test audiences[[/note]] Professor Binns, both sides of Voldemort's family, Neville's parents and grandmother, and the Muggle Prime Minister. |
| 96 | ** Mixed examples: Sir Cadogan, [[note]]only appears in the background of the scene where the Fat Lady disappears, but featured in {{Deleted Scene}}s on the DVD and in [[VideoGame/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban the video game adaptation]][[/note]] Andromeda Tonks, [[note]] Her name is on the Black family tree and her daughter exists but is never mentioned by name and got cut out of the seventh film[[/note]] Dobby [[note]] who was in the second movie and then didn't show back up until the seventh [[/note]], Charlie Weasley, [[note]]Is in the family photo and is mentioned but never appears like he does in the books[[/note]] and Teddy Lupin. [[note]]Is mentioned but not by name and Harry doesn't seem to be his godfather.[[/note]] |
| 97 | ** This was almost the case with the house elf Kreacher in the film adaptation of ''Order of the Phoenix'', but J.K. Rowling herself intervened and convinced the filmmakers to add him in because of his later importance to the plot. |
| 98 | * ''Film/HauntedMansion2023'': Though many ghosts from the original ride appear, the Singing Busts are not among them. |
| 99 | * Abe Sapien and Liz Sherman from [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} the Hellboy comics]] don't appear in ''Film/Hellboy2019'' as a means to differentiate it from [[Film/Hellboy2004 the previous]] [[Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy adaptations]]. Subverted with [[spoiler:Abe who appears in his tank at the end of the movie as a SequelHook]]. |
| 100 | * ''Film/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles1983'' omits the character of Frankland: Sir Charles' neighbour and filer of nuisance lawsuits. He is largely replaced by the CanonForeigner Lyons, with Frankland's daughter Laura noe being Lyons' wife. |
| 101 | * ''Film/TheHungerGames'': |
| 102 | ** Madge Undersee and her family do not appear in [[Film/TheHungerGames the film version]] of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', probably due to casting logistics and length constraints. Katniss instead gets the mockingjay pin (now lacking its BackStory involving Maysilee Donner) from a vendor at the Hob. Said vendor may or may not be Greasy Sae, making her an example of either this trope or DemotedToExtra. |
| 103 | ** Katniss only mentions Gale's brothers in the first movie, implying his sister Posey doesn't exist in the film universe. Her brief appearance in ''Mockingay'' also doesn't happen. |
| 104 | ** Lavinia, Katniss' Avox servant, is not present, though unnamed female Avoxes are present in background scenes, suggesting that DemotedToExtra is at play here. |
| 105 | ** Twill and Bonnie, a pair of District 8 refugees whom Katniss encounters during their journey to District 13 in ''Catching Fire'', don't appear in the films. |
| 106 | ** Enobaria is not mentioned as having been saved by the rebels in the third film, although she does appear during the Victors' meeting at the end of the fourth film. |
| 107 | ** Fulvia Cardew and Katniss' prep team aren't present in the adaptations of ''Mockginjay'' due to their roles being taken by Effie (who became an AscendedExtra; Effie only has a small cameo at the end of ''Mockingjay'', but Suzanne Collins loved Creator/ElizabethBanks' portrayal of her so much that she personally intervened to get her screen time expanded). |
| 108 | ** Delly Cartwright, a teenage girl from District 12 is absent from ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart2''. Her most significant part (first visit at Peeta after he attacked Katniss) is taken by Prim. |
| 109 | ** In ''Mockingjay'', Katniss befriends Dalton, a District 10 refugee who suggests that she looks best without her makeup in the propos. In the films, his role is cut, and it's Boggs who provides the suggestion. |
| 110 | ** Katniss' District 13 psychiatrist, Dr. Aurelius, is absent in the third and fourth films. |
| 111 | * The [[Film/InspectorGadget1999 live-action film adaptation]] of ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' by Creator/{{Disney}}, aside from other notable changes made to the source material, completely omits Dr. Claw's international crime organization M.A.D., instead having him assisted by a goon named Sykes and a MadScientist named Kramer. The sequel also avoids using M.A.D., instead having Claw assisted by a pair of crooks named Brick and [=McKibble=] and later hiring three criminals known as Squint, Jungle Bob, and the Ninja, though ironically, all three were M.A.D. agents in the original cartoon. |
| 112 | * ''Film/IntoTheWoods'': |
| 113 | ** The Narrator. The majority of his lines are now said by the Baker through a voice over. (This works in favor of the film's ending.) |
| 114 | ** Cinderella's drunkard father is also said to have [[DeathByAdaptation passed away]] shortly after marrying her stepmother. |
| 115 | ** Snow White and Sleeping Beauty don't get their cameos like in the musical, for obvious reasons: Cinderella's Prince is still a cad, but Disney probably didn't want to make two of their leading ladies into TheMistress. |
| 116 | ** Rapunzel's twins were cut. They wouldn't make sense in the compressed time-frame, contributed little to the plot, and [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappeared during Act Two]]. |
| 117 | * ''Film/TheIronClaw'': The movie omits a sixth brother of the Von Erich family named Chris, because his life story (his wrestling aspirations were a TragicDream due to chronic lifelong health issues, which led to his ultimately suicidal depression) would've made the already unrelentingly bleak film basically unwatchable (in the words of the director, "it was one more tragedy that the film couldn't really withstand"). |
| 118 | * ''Literature/{{It}}'': |
| 119 | ** Neither film version of the novel includes Mike's dog Mr. Chips ([[spoiler:[[KickTheDog who gets murdered by Henry]]]]), Gard Jagermeyer, Beverly's mother Elfrida and [[BigGood Maturin the Turtle]], among others. Peter Gordon and Moose Sadler, two of Henry's fellow bullies, are DemotedToExtra in the miniseries and are absent entirely in the 2017 movie. Maturin is at least alluded to with Georgie’s Lego turtle which Bill has a touching moment with. |
| 120 | ** [[Film/It1990 The 1990 miniseries]] cuts out Adrian Mellon, Eddie's wife Myra, Patrick Hockstetter and Butch Bowers (who is mentioned). |
| 121 | ** [[Film/It2017 The 2017 movie]] and [[Film/ItChapterTwo its 2019 sequel]] omit quite a few characters from the book, including The Losers' homeroom teacher Mrs. Douglas, Ben's parents Arlene and Captain Hanscom and Beverly's friend Kay. |
| 122 | * Film/JamesBond: |
| 123 | ** The films have yet to include either Bond's secretary Loelia Ponsonby or his Scottish housekeeper Mrs. May from the books (the former was combined with Miss Moneypenny). |
| 124 | ** ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' changes the main villain from General Nicholai Sergenovich Grubozaboyschikov (G) of SMERSH to Ernst Stavro Blofeld of SPECTRE. Also, moving the climax from Paris to Venice means that Rene Mathis' from ''Literature/CasinoRoyale'''s re-appearance is omitted. |
| 125 | ** ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' also had Blofeld replace the main villain of the original novel - Jack and Seraffimo Spang. |
| 126 | ** Felix Leiter is omitted entirely from ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun''. This is the opposite of ''Film/DrNo'', where he made his first appearance despite not featuring in the novel. |
| 127 | * The live-action ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' adaptation decided to have an AdaptationalEarlyAppearance of [[spoiler:Yoshikage Kira's Sheer Heart Attack]] kill [[spoiler:Keicho Nijimura]] instead of Akira Atoishi, who murdered him in the original manga (and its anime adaptation). Since the film was originally conceived as a trilogy (which may or may not end up being released, since the film was a financial flop), this was probably meant to cut out many of the minor antagonists of that arc and beeline immediately to the BigBad. |
| 128 | * In [[Film/TheJungleBook2016 the 2016 remake]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', Shanti, the girl at the end of the original, is clearly cut, with Mowgli remaining in the jungle at the end of the movie instead of following her and living with the humans. |
| 129 | * ''Film/JurassicPark'' leaves out the character of publicist Ed Regis. The character of Gennaro in the movie is a CompositeCharacter of him and the book's Gennaro. |
| 130 | * ''Franchise/KingKong'': The [[Film/KingKong1976 1976 remake]] and the Franchise/MonsterVerse iteration of Skull Island both adapt out the dinosaurs of the original film (the former possibly due to the non-functional Kong animatronic eating too much of the effects budget, while the latter is explicitly to distinguish it from ''Film/KingKong2005'' and the then recent ''Film/JurassicWorld''), although the latter replaces the dinosaurs with other monstrous creatures. |
| 131 | * [[Film/TheKingOfFighters2010 The live-action film version]] of ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' omitted the vast majority of the cast, in favor of mostly focusing on Kyo, Iori, Mai, Terry, and Rugal. |
| 132 | * ''Film/{{Lady and the Tramp|2019}}'': |
| 133 | ** Since Lady and Tramp don’t visit a zoo, they don’t meet with a real beaver. However, they use the statue of a beaver to remove Lady's muzzle. |
| 134 | ** The original animated film has Lady chased by three alley dogs after she gets muzzled. In this live-action adaptation, the amount of alley dogs that attack Lady is reduced to one. |
| 135 | ** Lady and Tramp's puppies, which they have at the end of the original animated film, although two CanonForeigner puppies do end up becoming their neighbors after Jock's owner adopts them having been inspired by Jim Dear and Darling adopting the Tramp. |
| 136 | ** The pound dogs mentioning that Tramp had several girlfriends before Lady. |
| 137 | * ''Literature/LandOfOz'': |
| 138 | ** The 1925 InNameOnly movie version, in addition to changing almost the entire plot, takes this [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] and removes everyone except for Dorothy, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, Auntie Em, Uncle Henry, and the Wizard. Characters loosely based on those from later books appear in place of the omitted characters. |
| 139 | ** In the original novels, Glinda was the Good Witch of the South, and the Good Witch of the North Dorothy met when she first arrived in Oz was a different character. The [[Film/TheWizardOfOz film version]] [[CompositeCharacter combined the two into a single character]] named Glinda. (This led to the infamous PlotHole of Glinda giving the ruby slippers to Dorothy in the beginning of the movie but not telling her that she could use them to get home until the end of the movie.) Due to AdaptationDisplacement, most subsequent adaptations have also had Glinda as the only Good Witch. |
| 140 | * ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', the film adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' was trying to condense a whole season into one 100 minute film so quite a few characters got the ax. Avatar Roku is the most important character to have gotten the axe and his role as Aang’s SpiritAdvisor is given to a stand-in for his dragon, Fang. Jet and Bumi were also left out. Suki and the Kyoshi warriors were in the original cut of the film but their twenty minutes were cut out of the theatrical release when the studio mandated a short runtime but this also seems pretty {{justified|Trope}} since Sokka already had a {{Love Interest|s}} in Yue anyway. |
| 141 | * Chaim Rosenzweig, the Israeli scientist whom Buck Williams reminisces about regarding Russia's all-out attack on Israel in the first few chapters of the first ''Literature/LeftBehind'' book, doesn't even get a mention by Buck in [[Film/LeftBehind2014 the 2014 film adaptation]], since its story is so tightly focused on the airplane trip that the Rapture takes place during. |
| 142 | * ''Film/TheLittleMermaid2023'': Louis, Eric's chef who sings "Les Poissons" and gets into slapstick comic relief with Sebastian, is absent in this live-action remake. He was cut in favor of romantic development between Ariel and Eric. |
| 143 | * ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': |
| 144 | ** Tom Bombadil and his wife Goldberry, together with the Hobbits' entire "Old Forest" adventure, are absent. |
| 145 | ** Glorfindel is absent, his role of rescuing Frodo from the Nazgûl and bringing him to Rivendell is given to Arwen. |
| 146 | ** Prince Imrahil who plays a major role in ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheKing'' is omitted entirely. In the books his role supporting Gandalf's defense of Minas Tirith and his support of Aragorn as King of Gondor are fairly important plot points, as he's the one that figures Aragorn can cure victims of the Nazgûl. |
| 147 | ** Beregond. His (and his son's) role as Pippin's friend is [[CompositeCharacter given to Faramir]]. His role in defending Faramir from premature cremation is simply cut, so Pippin's dash for Gandalf is even more desperate and they only get there ''just'' as the pyre is about to be lit. Purportedly, [[http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Beregond_%28soldier_of_Gondor%29#Portrayal_in_Adaptations Ian Hughes']] character was meant to be Beregond, but the name was changed in post-production because the role had been so reduced. ([[AllThereInTheManual Not that you hear either name said onscreen.]]) |
| 148 | ** Erkenbrand, the leader of the reinforcements that won the Battle of the Hornburg, is gone entirely, with his role being given to Éomer. In the books, Éomer was taken prisoner rather than exiled, freed when Théoden regained his senses, and fought as one of the defenders at the Hornburg. Elfhelm, a more minor commander, is also removed. |
| 149 | ** Ghan-buri-Ghan and Elrond's sons Elladan and Elrohir are also absent (one cut would have apparently merged their role with that of Arwen). Quickbeam the Ent appears in the crowd shots, DemotedToExtra. |
| 150 | ** The Scouring of the Shire is shown in the film as a possible BadFuture rather than an actual event. |
| 151 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: |
| 152 | ** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' was based on the comic book ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet''. However, [[Characters/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]], a protagonist of the comic, did not take part in that film. Adam does appear in the MCU though later on in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' |
| 153 | ** Likewise, ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' is based on the origins of the titular KillerRobot- but his creator Hank Pym a.k.a. ComicBook/AntMan is nowhere to be found, with Ultron instead originating as a project by [[Characters/MCUTonyStark Tony Stark.]] Though the official line is that Hank Pym as a character just comes with [[NeverLiveItDown/MarvelUniverse too much baggage]]- which was also the reason given for his absence in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' despite being a founding member in the books- the fact that he appeared as a major character (albeit after receiving a major AgeLift) in ''Film/AntMan1'' the very same year may indicate that the producers just wanted to keep him in their pocket for a more meaningful debut. |
| 154 | ** Many characters from Marvel Comics that have been licensed to other studios such the ComicBook/XMen and ComicBook/FantasticFour don't appear. As a result, adaptions of storylines that include a character that is off-limits are rewritten to avoid it. For example, [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] does not appear in the conflict between [[Characters/MCUJessicaJones Jessica Jones]] [[Characters/MCUKevinThompson Kilgrave]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]] are not involved with [[Characters/MCUCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]] and [[Characters/MCUUltron Ultron]] is made of Vibranium instead of Adamantium which is mostly associated with ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s claws (granted some of his bodies in the comics were made of an alloy of the two metals), Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch had a father who is not [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] (which was the case in the early comics), and so on. The Fantastic Four are also tied closely to many of ComicBook/SpiderMan storylines, while the MCU gives this relationship to [[Characters/MCUPeterParker Spidey]] and Stark Industries instead. This limitation largely applied to the Infinity Saga, prior to Marvel's partnership with Sony and Disney's acquisition of the Fox licenses with the company as a whole. Later films are able to avert this with the X-Men and Fantastic Four characters appearing in Phase 4 and Phase 5. |
| 155 | ** Aside from rights issues relating to certain properties, there is one missing character who in the comics is deeply connected to the Avengers and even played a direct role in the origins of at least two of their roster- [[Characters/IncredibleHulkSupportingCharacters Rick Jones.]] Despite being ''the'' reason Bruce Banner became ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk, the original partner and first human ComicBook/CaptainMarvel, the first and fastest friend of the resurrected ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, the second Bucky, and literally placing the call to each founding member that brought Earth's Mightiest Heroes together on that ''day unlike any other'', Rick has never made so much as a name-only cameo in ''any'' MCU movie. Instead, the role of Hulk's MoralityPet is bounced around between [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008 Betty Ross,]] [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Black Widow,]] and [[Film/ThorRagnarok Valkyrie,]] the role of Captain Marvel's sidekick is eliminated along with most of that character's history pre-Carol Danvers, and his spot as Captain America's pal and sidekick Bucky was given to, erm, Captain America's pal and sidekick [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Bucky.]] Granted, nowadays it probably makes more sense for the Avengers to assemble at the behest of S.H.I.E.L.D. rather than a teenager with a [[TechnologyMarchesOn HAM radio club,]] but for those in the know the omission of a man who is frequently and accurately described as TheHeart of the Marvel Universe is glaring. |
| 156 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsCosmicEntities Death]] like Rick Jones is another big omission as she plays a huge role in the Jim Shooter’s Thanos and Mar-Vell storylines with ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' saga happening entirely because Thanos wants to win her love and snaps away half the life in the universe in a bid to gain her affections. Since anthropomorphising the Grim Reaper is too out there, even for the MCU and would require hefty explanation, her role from is cut completely in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and Thanos wants to remove half of all life in the universe to avoid a OverpopulationCrisis. She does actually have a cameo as a carved figure and statue in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' and ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' though. |
| 157 | ** Uncle Ben, despite being a pivotal character to Spider-Man is completely absent from ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and ''Film/SpiderManHomecomingTrilogy ''. It is vaguely inferred in the films that his death from the comics did happen but it wasn’t until ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf'' (which isn’t particularly canon) that Uncle Ben was mentioned by name. WordOfGod affirmed they didn’t want to retread what the previous Spider-Man films had already gone over twice. Ben’s role of imparting Peter WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility, is instead given to Iron Man and later Aunt May, [[spoiler:before she dies.]] Furthermore, while most of Spidey’s supporting cast appear in the MCU, there’s the two big omissions of Gwen Stacy and Harry Osborn. Gwen’s appearance and earlier characterisation is given to Betty Brant while Ned Leeds takes Harry’s place as Peter’s best friend and as a MythologyGag alluding to Harry Ned swears that he’ll never go evil and try kill Peter. Though while Harry is absent, the ArchEnemy antagonism with Norman still plays out in ''No Way Home'', albeit with a different universe Green Goblin. |
| 158 | ** For the Thor films, a good deal of his supporting cast and villains are removed. Donald Blake, Thor’s human form is changed into being Jane’s ex-boyfriend who never appears. Gaia, Thor’s biological mother is removed and Frigga is his birth mother here instead, strengthening their already close bond. Baldur, Thor and Loki’s brother is nowhere to be seen (though they were scrapped plans to have him appear in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'') and neither does their sister Angela appear with Hela taking her place in ''Film/ThorRagnarok''. Amora the Enchantress is also missing from the films and it’s not until ''Series/Loki2021'' that an {{expy}} of her character Sylvie appears. There’s also a few missing figures from Norse Mythology who appear in the comics, most prominently Jörmungandr the Worid Serpent, who is absent in the films. Though strangely enough Thor’s goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr managed to make a belated appearance in ''Thor: Love and Thunder''. |
| 159 | * ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'' dumped Orko for a stand-in character who filled the same role in [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse the franchise]]. This is {{handwave}}d when one of the eponymous Masters claims that Skeletor has captured a number of their allies. |
| 160 | * In ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960'', Petra's father, the counterpart of Manzo from ''Film/SevenSamurai'', is mentioned but never appears. |
| 161 | * The "Bulb Monsters" that appeared during the climax of ''[[Literature/TheMazeRunner The Scorch Trials]]'', don't appear in ''Film/MazeRunnerTheScorchTrials''. |
| 162 | * ''Film/MonsterMash1995'' was loosely based on the stage musical ''Theatre/ImSorryTheBridgeIsOutYoullHaveToSpendTheNight'', with the discrepancies including the omission of Renfield as well as the grave robbers Montclair and Clairmont. |
| 163 | * Franchise/MonsterVerse: In addition to the ''King Kong'' Adapted Out (see above); on the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' side, this continuity substitutes many {{Kaiju}} from the original Toho movies for noticable Expies. This is because Toho has to give Legendary explicit approval to use specific {{Kaiju}} for the series, meaning that the only monsters that are licensed out to the company so far are Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, Ghidorah, and Mechagodzilla. That being said, Toho is very supportive of the series. |
| 164 | * ''Film/MortalEngines'': |
| 165 | ** Katherine Valentine's pet wolf Dog does not appear in the movie. |
| 166 | ** Due to Tunbridge Wheels and everything related to it being left out of the movie, the town's mayor Chrysler Peavy and his group of pirates are also absent. |
| 167 | ** As a side effect of Shrike never being brought to London in this adaptation, the other Stalkers created by Dr Trix from studying Shrike don't exist in the film's universe. |
| 168 | * Kung Lao was one of the few significant ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' characters at the time to never appear in [[Film/MortalKombatTheMovie either]] [[Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation of the]] live-action movies. On the villain side, Kintaro and Sektor were also absent. [[Film/MortalKombat2021 The 2021 reboot]] leaves out Johnny Cage, a major character who's been around since the very first game. [[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/johnny-cage-isnt-in-the-mortal-kombat-movie-heres-why/1100-6488897 Producer Todd Garner elaborated]] that Johnny Cage was cut because the team thought that Cage and Kano are too similar in personality, and would overshadow each other if they were both included. |
| 169 | * Neither RearWindowWitness Elspeth [=McGillicuddy=] or AmateurSleuth Lucy Eyelesbarrow appear in ''Film/MurderSheSaid'' (the film version of ''Literature/FourFiftyFromPaddington''), with Miss Marple [[CompositeCharacter assuming both of their roles]]. |
| 170 | * Julia and her sister are entirely absent from [[Film/MySistersKeeper the movie version]] of ''Literature/MySistersKeeper''. Julia's absence leads to an entire romantic subplot between her and Campbell being cut, substantially reducing Campbell's screen time. |
| 171 | * In the live-action adaption of ''Manga/NodameCantabile'', Yunlong is entirely absent, presumably due to content constraints. This is even though he does play a role that, while not big, is just as important as fellow friends Tanya and Frank. Any of his parts left in are given to other characters instead. |
| 172 | * As ''Film/TheNorthman'' is not a direct retelling of the Amleth legend, the key element of Amleth [[ObfuscatingStupidity faking insanity]] to deter suspicion about his plotting - which survived all the way to Shakespeare's ''{{Theatre/Hamlet}}'' - is not present since Amleth flees the scene as a boy. Elements in the legend that were later echoed by Shakespeare's Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are also absent. |
| 173 | * ''Film/OnceUponATime2017'' leaves out a lot of the original novel. Bai Qian's time at Kunlun Mountain is never mentioned. Mo Yuan only appears in flashbacks (except for the final scene... [[GainaxEnding maybe]]). Bai Zhen, Bai Feng Jiu, Dong Hua, and Li Jing are nowhere to be seen. Qing Cang's fight with Mo Yuan isn't shown. |
| 174 | * In the film version of ''Theatre/OnTheTown'', Claire's fiancé Pitkin is absent, which serves to remove the adulterous implications of her affair with Ozzie. |
| 175 | * Sister Fagan and Father Ardlui from ''Literature/TheSopranosWarner'' don't appear in the film adaptation, ''Film/OurLadies2019''. |
| 176 | * ''Film/PaintYourWagon'' removed Ben's daughter Jennifer and her LatinLover Julio, who were the ''primary couple'' in [[Theatre/PaintYourWagon the original show]]. |
| 177 | * Karin is never mentioned or seen in [[Film/PaperTowns the film]] adaptation of ''Literature/PaperTowns''. |
| 178 | * The film adaptations of ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' have a few. ''The Lightning Thief'' left out several characters, and this notably includes [[spoiler: Ares and Kronos]], two major antagonists of the book and in the latter's case, the BigBad of the entire series. Other characters like Clarisse and Dionysus were also left out. The sequel makes Clarisse, Dionysus [[spoiler:and Kronos]] appear, but Circe, Tantalus and the Party Ponies got the shaft this time. |
| 179 | * ''Film/ThePersonalHistoryOfDavidCopperfield'': Many minor characters from the novel ''Literature/DavidCopperfield'' are excised, like the stagecoach Mr. Barkis, David's teacher Dr. Strong, Agnes's friend Martha, and David's friend Tommy Traddles (who is mentioned by Mr. Dick). |
| 180 | * ''Film/PetSematary2019'': Jud is a widower from the beginning in this version, so Norma doesn't appear except when [[spoiler:the undead Ellie briefly takes her form to torment Jud]]. Also, a flashback with Jud's dog Biffer was cut from the finished movie. |
| 181 | * ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' adaptations like ''Dracula'' have a long tradition of taking out much of the cast of the book. The most glaring omission is the Persian who is a vital character in the book with a close connection to the Phantom, pretty much every adaptation (with the few exceptions of the 1925 film, Ken Hill musical, 1988 animated film and 2021 visual novel) remove his character entirely. Christine’s adoptive mother Mamma Valérius and Raoul’s older brother Philippe are likewise nowhere to be seen in the live action adaptations nor is La Sorelli who was Little Meg’s friend in the book rather than Christine. |
| 182 | * The [[Film/AceAttorney2012 live-action film adaptation]] of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' had to drop nearly all of the third case and a good chunk of the second, so quite a few characters were cut. Most notable were April May (whose role was taken over by [[CompositeCharacter Redd White]]), Cody Hackins, Wendy Oldbag, Jack Hammer, and Will Powers. Every character introduced in the fifth case, "Rise from the Ashes", is also missing. However, given that that case wasn't in the original GBA game, instead being added to the UpdatedRerelease for the DS as an epilogue of sorts, that's kind of understandable. |
| 183 | * ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'' cuts out several characters and elements from [[VideoGame/DetectivePikachu the original game]]: |
| 184 | ** Emilia Christie, Tim's female partner, was scrapped and replaced by Lucy Stevens. |
| 185 | ** Heck, pretty much ''any'' human character aside from Tim, Harry, and Roger gets cut out of the film. |
| 186 | ** Most of the Pokémon included in the game, such as Burmy, Tepig, and Mimikyu, were also cut. |
| 187 | * In ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' Buttercup’s [[MedievalMorons comical]] mother and father are not to be seen with Buttercup and Westley just running the farm by themselves in the film. Additionally Rugen’s wife the Countess and the killer animals of Humperdink’s Zoo of Death are omitted. |
| 188 | * ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' experiences this in ''Film/PowerRangers2017'', as Bulk and Skull are written out, as are most of Rita's forces outside of Goldar and the Putties. |
| 189 | * ''Film/RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue'' cut out several characters and plots from [[Literature/RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue the book]]: |
| 190 | ** Alex's older sister June doesn't exist in the movie. This means that the plot about her briefly pretending to date Henry when people are getting suspicious is also cut. |
| 191 | ** In the movie, Alex's parents are still together. In the book, they are divorced and Ellen is now married to Leo, who doesn't exist here. |
| 192 | ** They also cut out Rafael Luna, a gay Latino politician Alex looks up to. In the books, he betrays the Claremont family by siding with Richards, [[spoiler:which turns out to be a ploy to expose his sex crimes]]. |
| 193 | ** [[TheGhost Henry's mother is mentioned, but never actually shows up during the film.]] In the books, she actually shows up at the end [[spoiler:to stand up for her son after the emails are leaked]]. |
| 194 | ** Bea's former cocaine addiction is not mentioned in the movie. [[spoiler:Henry also doesn't talk about it in the leaked emails here.]] |
| 195 | ** Liam, Alex's best friend from high school, also didn't appear. Alex does mention fooling around with a high school friend, but does not name him. |
| 196 | * ''Literature/TheRelic'': |
| 197 | ** When the book was adapted to [[Film/TheRelic film]], Literature/AgentPendergast was written out and Lieutenant D'Agosta was promoted into his role. Pendergast became the BreakOutCharacter of the novel and is featured as the main character of all the novels that follow. The series is informally titled "The Agent Pendergast Series." |
| 198 | ** William Smithback, a reporter and recurring character in the Pendergast novels, was also cut from the film, though unlike Pendergast his character traits weren't given to anyone. |
| 199 | * The ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'' omits S.T.A.R.S entirely with their role of infiltrating a death trap monster filled-mansion being given to the Umbrella Commando team. Leon and Claire are missing from the Raccoon City incident (though they show up in later films) and Rebecca Chambers absent completely despite the rest of the main characters from the games showing up. Though granted, these films have never once cared particularly hard for the characters other than CreatorsPet Alice. |
| 200 | * ''Film/ResidentEvilWelcomeToRaccoonCity'' loosely adapts ''[=RE1=]'' and ''[=RE2=]'' but leaves out multiple characters and enemies. Most notably both Barry Burton and Rebecca Chambers are omitted despite being among the surviving S.T.A.R.S members in the games. On the monsters side, the Tyrant aka Mr. X despite being a big part of ''[=RE2=]'' is completely absent. Ada Wong seems like a case of this at first but she actually appears in TheStinger (though her pivotal role in Leon’s story is still missing). |
| 201 | * Aoshi, the Oniwabanshuu, and the Hiruma brothers are all omitted from the first live-action ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' film due to [[PragmaticAdaptation pacing issues]]. Aoshi's role as Kanryu's bodyguard and Gohei Hiruma's role as the impostor Battousai [[CompositeCharacter are both given to Jin-e]]. The second film featured Aoshi and the Oniwabanshuu alongside the Juppongatana. |
| 202 | * ''Film/TheSchoolForGoodAndEvil2022'': |
| 203 | ** August Sader, and his History class for that matter. |
| 204 | ** The Beast of the Doom Room ([[CompositeCharacter the role is filled]] by Lady Lesso instead). |
| 205 | ** Castor and Pollux, the talking two-headed dog and the Schoolmaster's main mouthpiece, is cut as the Schoolmaster is less of a recluse. |
| 206 | ** [[CompositeCharacter Professor Dovey teaches the animal communication class]] instead of Princess Uma. |
| 207 | * The character of Lisa Miller is absent from [[Film/ScottPilgrimVSTheWorld the film adaptation]] of ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'', although she does appear in the animated short. Also, Wallace's boyfriend Mobile never appears in the film. While he doesn't affect the plot much directly, he does spark a fairly important subplot where Wallace decides to move in with him, leaving Scott without a place to live until he takes the plunge and moves in with Ramona. The closest the film comes to this is Wallace telling Scott to move out for no particular reason, and then [[AbortedArc never bringing it up again.]] |
| 208 | * ''Film/{{The Secret Garden|1993}}'': The character of Mrs. Susan Sowerby, who has a small but influential role in [[Literature/TheSecretGarden the novel]], is absent from the 1993 film. |
| 209 | * ''Literature/TheSicilian'' was written as an {{interquel}} to ''Literature/TheGodfather'' and features Michael Corleone and Peter Clemenza in major roles. All references to ''The Godfather'' were written out of the film due to copyright reasons (namely ''The Sicilian'' being produced by Fox, while ''The Godfather'' was produced by Paramount). |
| 210 | * ''Film/SevenDaysInMay'': The film doesn't include a former mistress of Scott (Eleanor is only her friend rather than Scott's ex-lover herself in the book), Casey's wife, several lower-ranking generals and admirals working with Scott, Lyman's loyal vice-president (who Scott tricks into leaving the country before the planned coup), and Scott's replacement as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs (a admiral who disagrees with Lyman but respects him and was never approached by the conspiracy) from the novel. |
| 211 | * The character of Mort (one of Basin City's few honest cops) was written out of the cinema version of ''Film/SinCity''. In the comics, Mort is the ome who picks Hartigan up outside the prison. In the movie, this was done by Bob. (The extended version still includes a scene where Mort visits Hartigan in hospital.) He does appear in the sequel, though. |
| 212 | * In the original ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' comics, Al Simmons was killed by Chapel, a character from Creator/RobLiefeld's ''ComicBook/YoungbloodImageComics'' series. Rights issues made it impossible for Chapel to appear in [[Film/Spawn1997 the movie]], so the character Jessica Priest [[{{Expy}} was created as a replacement]]. |
| 213 | * ''Franchise/SpiderMan'': With Peter Parker's high-school years compressed into the first third of ''Film/SpiderMan1'', you could argue that most of the villains Spider-Man fought in his early years were adapted out of Creator/SamRaimi's [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy trilogy]], for instance Electro, Mysterio, the Vulture, Kraven, and the Kingpin. Also a number of supporting characters, e.g. Mary Jane takes over Liz Allan's role at Midtown High, while her Aunt Anna is replaced by her parents. Joe Robertson's son Randy (who went to college with Peter) and Bugle staffers Frederick Foswell and Ned Leeds also drop by the wayside, and Flash Thompson, who eventually became Peter's friend in the comics, drops from sight after Peter's high-school graduation in the films. |
| 214 | * Rita Blakemoor from ''Literature/TheStand'', who was merged into a CompositeCharacter with Nadine. Elements of Nadine's character (particularly the presence of Joe) were also merged with the Lucy character. Fran's mother is dead in the beginning of the TV adaptation. And Dayna is also a CompositeCharacter with another minor character. |
| 215 | * Nurse Christine Chapel, one of the main characters from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (and one of only two female leads), is TheGhost in ''Film/StarTrek2009'' ([=McCoy=] does name-check her but she is not actually seen on-screen), presumably so Uhura can benefit more from TheSmurfettePrinciple. Chapel's absence is {{handwave}}d in ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', confirming that at least she still exists and is alive in-universe. |
| 216 | * The 1994 ''Film/StreetFighter'' movie includes just about every single character from ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Super Street Fighter II]]'', with one major exception. Cammy, T. Hawk and Dee Jay all appear, but the fourth New Challenger, Fei Long, does not, and is instead replaced with a CanonForeigner / SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute named Captain Sawada. Several reasons for Fei Long's absence were given, among them being the creators considering him "too generic," worries he'd seem too redundant given the inclusion of Ryu and Ken, and the possibility of having to pay royalties to the estate of Creator/BruceLee. |
| 217 | * ''Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi'' is more liberal when it comes to this, as poster boys Ryu and Ken are omitted from the film despite making up the core trio alongside Chun-Li. Ryu is mentioned by name but only right at the end. Similarly Cammy despite being other the poster girl of the franchise is also missing in the film. Other characters such as Guile, Zangief and Blanka are omitted as well likely to fit the grounded tone. |
| 218 | * Princess Peach of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' fame is missing from ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993''. Instead it's Princess Daisy, who is set up as Luigi's love interest instead of Mario's. |
| 219 | * There was a fourth son in ''Literature/TheSwissFamilyRobinson'' book. He got dropped from the Disney movie. |
| 220 | * The 1925 silent film ''{{Film/Tartuffe}}'' drops most of the characters from [[{{Theatre/Tartuffe}} the original play]], retaining only Orgon, Elmire, Dorine, and Tartuffe himself. |
| 221 | * ''Film/Tekken2010'' is a ''very'' loose adaptation of Jin Kazama's origin story from ''[[Franchise/{{Tekken}} Tekken 3]]'', but leaves out some key characters: |
| 222 | ** In the game, Jin's entire reason for entering the tournament was to destroy Ogre, the creature that “[[HesJustHiding killed]]” his mother Jun. Ogre is nowhere to be seen in the film, and Jun is instead killed by Kazuya's Jackhammer forces. |
| 223 | ** Jin's friend Xiaoyu and his rival Hwoarang are also removed. Xiaoyu's absence is especially notable since she's the closest thing Jin has to a love interest in the games, while the movie randomly pairs him up with Christie, a character he has ''zero'' connection to in the source material. |
| 224 | * In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', Hamato Yoshi is nowhere to be seen, with Splinter a mutated rat (not Yoshi himself) who learned ninjutsu from reading books on it. |
| 225 | * In part due to the CompressedAdaptation nature and AlternateTimeline plot of ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'', many characters from from [[Film/TheTerminator the first]] [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay two movies]] are omitted, including Sarah's roommate Ginger Venture, Lt. Traxler and Sgt. Vukovich, and John Connor's foster parents Janelle and Todd Voight. [[spoiler: Given both the AlternateTimeline plot, and the original Terminator and T-1000's [[DeathByAdaptation Deaths by Adaptation]], they're probably alongside Kyle Reese, the heroic T-800, and Miles Dyson in SparedByTheAdaptation.]] |
| 226 | * Due to the novel having many character, Creator/TerrenceMalick's ''Film/TheThinRedLine'' fails to feature several major characters, including Queen the Texan. |
| 227 | * The 2018 ''Film/{{Tomb Raider|2018}}'' film omits the entire supporting cast of the 2013 ''VideoGame/{{Tomb Raider|2013}}'' game, most notably Samantha "Sam" Nishimura, who played a major role in its plot. |
| 228 | * Despite being one of the main five who go down to London at the end of ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'' for the drug deal, Second Prize is absent in [[Film/{{Trainspotting}} the film]], though some of his [[CompositeCharacter character traits]] are given to Spud. Other important book characters such as Matty, Davie, Lesley, Kelly and Mark's brothers are also absent. |
| 229 | * Out of the original five patients from ''Ring for Catty'', the only one not to have any counterpart in ''Film/TwiceRoundTheDaffodils'' is Bill Jones, a labourer. |
| 230 | * ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' ended up cutting several of the human characters and PairTheSpares by having two characters who had their love interests taken out with each other. |
| 231 | * ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie'': |
| 232 | ** In "It's a Good Life", Anthony mentions that his real mother and father hated him and wanted to "send [him] away to someplace bad." Ethel tells Helen Foley that he did something terrible to them but she does not go into details. In the short story "[[Literature/ItsAGoodLife It's a Good Life]]" by Jerome Bixby, Anthony's parents are major characters. |
| 233 | ** A variation in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet". John Valentine is traveling alone, like his counterpart Arthur Wilson in the short story by Creator/RichardMatheson. However, Bob Wilson, the protagonist of the [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E123NightmareAt20000Feet original episode]], was traveling with his wife Julia. |
| 234 | * In ''Film/VampireAcademy'', this is the fate of several minor characters from [[Literature/VampireAcademy the first novel]]: |
| 235 | ** Jeremy, a human housemate of Rose and Lissa, is adapted out. So is the scene where Lissa uses compulsion to convince him to hand over his car keys. |
| 236 | ** Teacher Stan Alto is also missing, along with the scene where he publicly grills Rose for details on her guardian methods. |
| 237 | ** Xander Badica is missing, along with the scene where he asks to taste the blood of Rose. |
| 238 | ** The dhampirs Anthony and Mile are missing, along with the scene where they try to force Rose to sleep with them. |
| 239 | ** The most important character missing is probably Eddie Castile, Mason Ashford's best friend. He only appears as a party boy in the original novel. He would receive more meaningful roles from ''Frostbite'' onwards, becoming one of the most important supporting characters. |
| 240 | * Given that the original books are edging on {{doorstopper}}s, it's understandable that several characters would be missing from the film adaptations of ''Literature/TheVampireChronicles''. Not only minor characters got ignored, though: |
| 241 | ** ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' axes Louis' younger brother Paul, whose death was the catalyst for Louis' [[DeathSeeker suicidal depression]] in the beginning of the book, replacing him with a brief mention of a dead wife and child who didn't exist in the books. An entire subplot regarding a woman named Babette who Louis secretly advises in running her family was also dropped. |
| 242 | ** ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'' is much more liberal with the axe. Louis and Nicolas are both entirely absent, despite being Lestat's love interests and, especially in Nicolas' case, integral to the plot. (It was his violin Lestat played to wake Akasha.) Daniel is also dropped, leaving Armand DemotedToExtra as his plotline revolved mostly around Daniel. Mekare is also missing, apparently having become a CompositeCharacter with her sister Maharet, and Khayman is nowhere to be seen (aside from a brief cameo, where he's played by Creator/BruceSpence), as much of the backstory was dropped to focus on the modern plot. The Talamasca agent Aaron Lightner has also been removed from the film, with his role as Jessie's mentor being taken over by the CompositeCharacter David Talbot. Lestat's maker Magnus is also absent, being replaced by Marius, who is also a CompositeCharacter. |
| 243 | * ''Film/Venom2018'' set itself the impressive challenge of adapting ComicBook/{{Venom}} without any reference to ComicBook/SpiderMan, the single character most central to Venom's comic backstory, ultimately having the symbiote brought to Earth by CorruptCorporateExecutive Carlton Drake and making Eddie's fall from grace at least mostly his own fault. |
| 244 | * ''Film/WarCraft2016'', film adaptation of ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'', drops a thing or two: |
| 245 | ** One of the most important plot devices in the ''Warcraft'' universe, the Blood of Mannoroth, is nowhere to be seen, and Gul'dan empowers the orcs with fel magic directly instead. While this is plausible for a few orcs (as Durotan and his Frostwolves, Thrall, and Orgrim didn't drink the Blood but still eventually developed green skin), it seems inefficient for the masses of them in the movie. Likewise, neither Kil'jaeden or Ner'zhul appear in the film. |
| 246 | ** On a similar note, Drek'Thar, the Frostwolf Clan's shaman, has been replaced by Orgrim Doomhammer (and fellow Frostwolf in this film) as Durotan's right hand Orc and closest advisor. |
| 247 | ** Aegwynn and the Council of Tirisfal do not show up in the film. Instead, Medivh was raised and trained by the Kirin Tor to become the Guardian, with Khadgar being trained to become his successor. |
| 248 | ** While [[spoiler: Medivh did turn into a demon in the end]], the concept of the [[TheLegionsOfHell Burning Legion]] is left almost completely untouched. In the non-movie continuity, Gul'dan's master was [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Kil'jaeden]] and [[SatanicArchetype Sargeras]] had [[spoiler: possessed Medivh]] as part of the Legion's effort to destroy Azeroth. In the movie, it's basically implied that there was just some single unexplained demon who was the ManBehindTheMan. Gul'dan is mentioned as having spoken to a demon to get the idea for invading Azeroth, but he's never named. [[spoiler:Fans will recognize Eredar[[note]]Sargeras is not an Eredar, though Kil'jaeden is[[/note]] facial features appearing on Medivh when he starts turning into a demon.]] |
| 249 | ** Gul'Dan seems to be the only Warlock in the Horde, and his Shadow Council is never mentioned. In the main universe every clan had at least one Warlock (each formerly a Shaman), and the Shadow Council controlled the Horde jointly with Gul'Dan (although he was still their leader.) |
| 250 | * ''{{Film/Watchmen}}'': |
| 251 | ** The [[spoiler:giant squid monster]] is removed, yet the backstory about its creation still seems to exist - [[spoiler:only this time to make Dr. Manhattan reactorsbombs]]. |
| 252 | ** Bernard and Bernie, the newspaper seller and the kid who hangs around his stand, don't appear except during the big explosion which wipes them out, making you wonder who they are. Though they are put back in the LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition, the rest of the cast of their B-plot still either don't show up much, or are cut out entirely (as with Joey and Aline, the feuding lesbian couple). |
| 253 | ** Dr. Long, Rorschach's prison psychiatrist, has his role cut down significantly due to time purposes. Thus, his wife and her subplot of leaving him were dropped. Rorschach's land-lady and her kids also went missing. |
| 254 | ** Ozymandias originally had three Vietnamese servants, who would later die from him drugging their wine. |
| 255 | ** In the comic there is a flashback where a little-seen costumed vigilante named Captain Metropolis calls together a meeting to form a group called Crimebusters. In the film, this role is given to Ozymandias, and the group's name is Watchmen. As a side note, the comic carefully avoided ever using that particular name about any group. |
| 256 | * The TV movie adaptation of ''Literature/TheWestingGame'' lacks Theo Theodorakis, Flora Baumbach, Dr. Denton Deere, and Madame Hoo. |
| 257 | * In ''Film/WhatsTheWorstThatCouldHappen'', everything related to the ''Literature/{{Dortmunder}}'' series (although it was light on continuity to begin with) was removed. |
| 258 | * ''Film/TheWitchesOfEastwick'' dropped the characters of Jenny Gabriel and her brother, Chris. The former draws the wrath of the Witches when she marries Van Horne, and is cursed with terminal cancer for it, while the latter attempts to avenge her death in the book's sequel, ''The Widows of Eastwick.'' Their parents, Felicia and Clyde, are still in the film, where they are renamed [[AdaptationalNameChange the Aldens.]] |
| 259 | * In ''Film/WarDogs'', David and Efraim's vocal opposition to UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror comes from the third player Alex Podrizki. |
| 260 | * ''Film/WarmBodies'': Colonel Rosso does not appear at all in the movie. Neither does R's zombie wife and "adopted kids". |
| 261 | * ''Film/WeeSing'': King Cole's Party is based on the songbook and album Wee Sing Nursery Rhymes and Lullabies, where the main little boy character who gives King Cole his own blanket as a gift is Georgie Porgie. But King Cole's Party omits both the character and his rhyme, and Jack of "Jack and Jill" fame becomes the blanket-giver. |
| 262 | * ''Film/WestSideStory2021'': |
| 263 | ** The overture is not performed at the beginning of the film, while it had in the 1961 version. |
| 264 | ** While they don't appear in person, both the original film and stage version establish that Bernardo and María's parents live with them, and their voices are even heard calling to María from inside the apartment during the "Tonight" scene. Here, it's explicitly stated that Bernardo, Anita, and María live together on their own, and their parents are implied to be dead. |
| 265 | ** Tony's mother is also adapted out, as he's shown living in Valentina's shop's basement. |
| 266 | ** Riff's uncle is not mentioned, and it's hinted he has no living relatives. |
| 267 | * ''Film/WhaleMusic'': Several characters from the book (including all the real-life celebrities) are completely absent from the film; most notably, Desmond's parents, his psychiatrist Dr. Tockette, the Indian guru Babboo Nass Fazoo, and recording engineer Fred Head. |
| 268 | * ''Film/WhatEverHappenedToBabyJane'': The novel states that the two girls went to live with their aunt after their parents died of influenza, and that was how Blanche got into films. The movie just cuts from 1917 to 1935 when Blanche is already a film star, with no mention of an aunt. |
| 269 | * ''Film/WhatsEatingGilbertGrape'': There are two other Grape children: eldest brother Larry (who is mentioned only once in the film as being the one who "got away") and second-oldest sister Janice, who isn't mentioned at all. |
| 270 | * ''Film/WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt1993'': Raymond Hill, who was Craig Turner's biological father, is not portrayed in the film. In fact, Craig is depicted as Ike and Tina's first of two sons together. In real life they only had one child together, Ronnie, who was given an AgeLift in the film to make him several years younger than his brothers. Tina's relationship with Hill was likely cut out in the interest of time. |
| 271 | * ''Film/WhatMaisieKnew'': Mrs. Wix is entirely omitted in the film adaptation. |
| 272 | * ''Film/WhatsTheWorstThatCouldHappen'': Everything related to the Dortmunder series (although it was light on continuity to begin with) was removed. |
| 273 | * ''Film/WhenAStrangerCalls'': The original film's second and third acts' TimeSkip, which happened after the incident when Jill was terrorized while babysitting, is completely removed in the remake. |
| 274 | * In ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'', Inverted — whereas the book has just one loyal commando who dies early on (Harrod), the film has two (Harrod and [=MacPherson=]). |
| 275 | * In ''Film/WhipIt'', Bliss's life in Bodeen is a much smaller percentage of the film's running time; an understandable reduction considering the visual appeal of roller derby vs. the prosaic nature of Bliss's hometown. |
| 276 | * ''Film/WhiteOleander'': Astrid and Ingrid's upstairs neighbor, an agoraphobic alcoholic named Michael. The Turlock and Ramos foster homes and associated characters like the prostitute Olivia Johnstone and the social worker Joan Peeler. |
| 277 | * ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'': Prince Pondicherry and his palace made entirely of chocolate aren't mentioned at all, likely because it would have been too hard to dramatize that {{Flashback}} convincingly with 1970s tech. |
| 278 | * Im ''Film/WintersBone'', the flashback scene where this is shown but the characters still act in a way that implies it. It is also never specifically stated in the film that Blond Milton is Sonny's father, though dialogue later in the movie alludes to it. |
| 279 | * In ''Film/WoodyWoodpecker'', none of the other Woody Woodpecker characters are present due to the film being a HumanFocusedAdaptation. |
| 280 | * ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': |
| 281 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' is loosely based on the graphic novel ''ComicBook/GodLovesManKills.'' In the book, Stryker's [[TheDragon second-in-command]] is a mercenary named Anne. The movie omits her in favor of making Lady Deathstrike his number one henchwoman. |
| 282 | ** While they added a lot of characters in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' (in the original story's future, only [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], [[Characters/XMen70sMembers Colossus]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]], and [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]] survived while [[Characters/MarvelComicsBeast Beast]] and Magneto's younger self were not involved in the story), at the same time a lot of characters were removed: |
| 283 | *** [[Characters/XMen80sMembers Rachel Summers]] and Franklin Richards are not present in the bad future, since Rachel's parents were killed before conceiving her and Franklin is tied to the ComicBook/FantasticFour and thus would require too much explanation. Giving Rachel's powers to Future Kitty as some sort of secondary mutation was the ''least'' problematic solution. |
| 284 | *** In the comic storyline, the present-day X-Men fight against the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]], Destiny, The Blob, Pyro, and Avalanche. In the movie, Mystique works alone. The only justified absence is Pyro, who in the movies is a classmate of Kitty's and thus wouldn't have been born yet in the 1970s. Destiny's absence from the entire series is probably the most glaring, [[HideYourLesbians as she was Mystique's lover in the comics]]. Instead, Mystique's major love interest in the movies is Beast. |
| 285 | *** The movie also introduces [[Characters/MarvelComicsQuicksilver Quicksilver]], but his twin sister Characters/ScarletWitch is absent - which is particularly noticeable given [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron an entirely different Marvel continuity]] made sure to feature both (at most the [[ReCut Rogue Cut]] adds a line where Peter is told to "Go upstairs and bug your sister"). |
| 286 | ** In the comics, [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] has an older sister named Sara. Sara is absent from both ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' and ''Film/DarkPhoenix'', despite the heavy focus on Jean's childhood and backstory. Also omitted from both films is Jean's childhood friend Annie, whose death is what actually triggered Jean's powers in the first place (though she does get mentioned in the {{novelization}} of ''The Last Stand''). |
| 287 | ** Additionally, while both ''The Last Stand'' and ''Dark Phoenix'' are adaptations of ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', neither film includes Mastermind or the Hellfire Club, who played key roles in corrupting Jean in the original story. Instead, ''The Last Stand'' has Magneto be the one who manipulates Jean and encourages her descent into evil, while ''Dark Phoenix'' has Vuk, a member of the D'Bari race, play the same role. |
| 288 | ** Logan's half-brother Dog and childhood friend Rose were omitted from his back story in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', and their roles in the plot were given to [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]]. |
| 289 | ** In the comic books, Magneto had an infant daughter named Anya, whose death was a major contributing factor to his fall from grace. But in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', both Anya and her mother, Magda, are omitted from this movie, which instead [[spoiler:presents a missile attack from the U.S. government as the final reason Magneto turns to villainy]]. |
| 290 | *** And then Anya (renamed to Nina) and Magda appear in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' [[spoiler:as the final reason Magneto returns to villainy]]. |
| 291 | ** In the comics, Professor Xavier was crippled by an alien named Lucifer. In this movie, [[spoiler:he's accidentally crippled by Magneto]]. This is adapted from the Ultimate continuity, where [[spoiler:Magneto was responsible for crippling Xavier]]. |
| 292 | ** In ''Film/Deadpool2016'', to make the movie more self-contained (and leave some room for any future films on the Weapon X project), Deadpool's power is from his own innate mutation rather than from Wolverine. |
| 293 | *** In the comics, Vanessa is a mutant shapeshifter with mimicry abilities codenamed Copycat. Here, she's just a regular human. (On the production features of the DVD, director Tim Miller says this was left open for future development.) |
| 294 | *** Bob, Agent of HYDRA, gets a cameo in the film, but rather than being an agent of HYDRA (for obvious copyright reasons), he's just a mercenary Wade knew prior to becoming Deadpool. |
| 295 | ** In ''Film/Deadpool2'', while we do see Cable's family, his son Tyler is not present. |
| 296 | * ''Film/YvesSaintLaurent'': |
| 297 | ** Although she was a great friend of Yves and one of his muses, Catherine Deneuve does not appear in the film, either as a character or in a cameo. |
| 298 | ** Although he mentions being a dog lover, none of Yves's many beloved dogs appear in the film. |
| 299 | * ''Film/{{Zola}}'': Two notable instances from the original thread that were left out include a moment where the pimp forced Jessica (the real life counterpart of Stefani) to have sex with him while her boyfriend watched, and the conclusion to the saga where Jessica, the pimp, and his fiancé were arrested for the events that transpired. |
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