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| 7 | [[caption-width-right:350:In some cases, the name change [[AdaptationDisplacement eclipses the source so much]] that it has to get a {{trend cover|s}} down the road so people know what it is.]] |
| 8 | ->''"'Film/EdgeOfTomorrow' but really 'Literature/AllYouNeedIsKill', and it's like, why change the title like that, you know?"'' |
| 9 | -->-- '''Josh''', ''Series/{{The Magicians|2016}}'' |
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| 11 | When an adaptation of a work has a different title than the source material. This often happens because the original title was deemed unsuitable for the medium it was adapted into – a title that sounds fine for a book may sound awkward for a film, and possibly difficult to understand if the original work has a premise that may not be familiar to mainstream audiences. The title may also be changed because it sounded too similar to an unrelated work. Or perhaps the producers simply wanted a better name. |
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| 13 | Depending on how different the title and/or story are, this can lead the work to be seen less as an adaptation and more as a work ''influenced'' by the original, since now the title can't tie the two together. Taken to the extreme, the work ends up as a DivorcedInstallment, erasing all association with whatever it was based on. |
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| 15 | A MarketBasedTitle, where the name is changed in international versions, may involve this, or it may reverse the trope and use the original work's title. This depends on how well the original story is known abroad. |
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| 17 | AdaptationDisplacement is a very frequent symptom of this trope if the original story is unknown to a wider audience. |
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| 19 | See also AdaptationNameChange (when something in-story has its name changed), AppropriatedTitle (when a franchise that began with a work of a particular title is better known by the name of a later installment in said franchise) and compare InNameOnly (when the ''name'' is (usually) kept, but most or all of the ''content'' is different). |
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| 21 | !!Examples: |
| 22 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 23 | |
| 24 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 25 | * ''Anime/EighteenIf'' is based on the game ''18''. |
| 26 | * ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}'' is based on the 1958 novel ''The Kouga Ninja Scrolls''. |
| 27 | * ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'' is a SettingUpdate of ''Franchise/{{Devilman}}''. |
| 28 | * ''Erin'', known in Japan as ''The Beast Player Erin'', is based on the novel ''Literature/TheBeastPlayer''. |
| 29 | * ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': The first anime is simply called ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'', though it's given a GeckoEnding and ultimately has a very different storyline. The second anime is called ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistBrotherhood'', likely to differentiate it from the first anime despite following the plot from the manga. In Japan, the first anime is called ''Hagane no Renkinjutsushi'' (literally "Alchemist of Steel"), while the second is called ''Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist'', combining both titles. |
| 30 | * The ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' manga got the same treatment as ''FMA''. The manga was given an [[Anime/{{Hellsing}} anime adaptation with the same name]], but with a different story. Years later, it would adapt into an OVA called ''Hellsing: Ultimate'', which would be a direct adaptation to the manga's original story. |
| 31 | * ''VideoGame/HeroBank'': The manga and anime adaptations are both based on the games of the original duology. |
| 32 | * ''Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold'' is a very loose adaptation of the novel ''The King's Fifth'' by Scott O'Dell. |
| 33 | * ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' is ''extremely'' loosely based on Creator/JulesVerne's ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea''. |
| 34 | * ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'' is the anime adaptation of the manga ''Pani Poni''. |
| 35 | * ''Parasyte -the maxim-'' is an adaptation of ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}''. |
| 36 | * ''Anime/TweenyWitches'': The manga adaptation is subtitled ''Lessons for Apprentice Witches''. |
| 37 | * ''Manga/{{Vagabond}}'' is a manga adaptation of the novel ''Literature/{{Musashi}}''. |
| 38 | * Common to ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' adaptations: |
| 39 | ** ''Anime/ThreeThousandLeaguesInSearchOfMother'' was adapted from a chapter of the novel ''Cuore''. |
| 40 | ** ''Anime/HeidiGirlOfTheAlps'' is an adaptation of ''Literature/{{Heidi}}''. |
| 41 | ** ''Anime/IeNakiKoRemi'' is adapted from the novel ''Literature/SansFamille''. |
| 42 | ** ''Anime/RascalTheRaccoon'' was adapted from ''Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era''. |
| 43 | [[/folder]] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 46 | * "[[WaxingLyrical Baby, It's Cold Inside]]" in Vault of Horror #17 (February 1951) from Creator/ECComics is an adaptation of the Creator/HPLovecraft story ''Literature/CoolAir''. |
| 47 | * ''Steed and Mrs. Peel'' was a Creator/GrantMorrison-penned miniseries derived from ITV's show ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'', but Creator/MarvelComics obviously owned the rights to ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' as a comic book title. |
| 48 | * Creator/IDWPublishing's ComicBookAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' was titled ''Transformers: The Animated Movie'' to avoid confusion with [[Film/Transformers2007 the 2007 live-action film]], which was less than a year away from release when the miniseries began publication. |
| 49 | * Creator/DynamiteComics' adaptation of the ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' video game series is titled ''Agent 47: The Birth of the Hitman'' in order to avoid confusion with the Creator/DCComics title of [[ComicBook/Hitman1993 the same name]]. |
| 50 | * The ''Milestone Returns'' reboots of the Creator/MilestoneComics series ''ComicBook/{{Xombi}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Icon}}'' are respectively retitled ''DUO'' and ''Icon and Rocket''. |
| 51 | [[/folder]] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | [[folder:Fairy Tales]] |
| 54 | * The original title of Creator/AsbjornsenAndMoe's tale "Literature/TheOldDameAndHerHen" was ''Høna tripper i berget'' (Norwegian: ''The Hen is Tripping in the Mountain''). However, it was changed by George Dasent when he translated the tale into English to include it in his ''[[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8933/8933-h/8933-h.htm Popular Tales from the Norse]]'' book. |
| 55 | [[/folder]] |
| 56 | |
| 57 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 58 | * ''Anime/BayonettaBloodyFate'' is based on the game ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}''. |
| 59 | * ''WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies'': |
| 60 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' is based on ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman''. |
| 61 | ** ''Justice League: The New Frontier'' is adapted from ''ComicBook/DCTheNewFrontier''. |
| 62 | ** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' is based on Creator/GrantMorrison's ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2''. |
| 63 | ** When the "Under the Hood" arc was adapted into a movie, they added the word 'red' in the title, and thus we got ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood''. |
| 64 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'' is based on the ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'' arc (which was also simply called ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' when collected). |
| 65 | ** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'' is based on ''ComicBook/JLATowerOfBabel''. |
| 66 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'' is an adaptation of ''ComicBook/WhatsSoFunnyAboutTruthJusticeAndTheAmericanWay''. |
| 67 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound'' is an adaptation of ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac''. |
| 68 | ** The adaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' is titled ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox''. |
| 69 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ConstantineCityOfDemons'' is based on the graphic novel ''John Constantine, Hellblazer: All His Engines'' |
| 70 | * Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon: |
| 71 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'''s title is shortened from its source material, the 1923 novel ''[[Literature/{{Bambi}} Bambi, a Life in the Woods]]''. |
| 72 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' is a very loose adaptation of ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'', but the story ended up being changed so much that the title was changed along with it. Some translations still call it ''The Snow Queen''. |
| 73 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' was based on a book called ''Literature/BasilOfBakerStreet'', which had a ProtagonistTitle. In the United Kingdom, the film was renamed to ''Basil the Great Mouse Detective''. |
| 74 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' is inspired by the novel ''[[Literature/TalesOfTheFrogPrincess The Frog Princess]]''. |
| 75 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' was based on the fairy tale "Literature/{{Rapunzel}}". Similarly to ''Frozen'', some international versions let Rapunzel's name be the title. |
| 76 | * ''Literature/TheDeerKing'': The animated film adaptation is subtitled ''The Promised Journey With Yuna''. |
| 77 | * ''Farewell, My Dear Cramer The Movie: First Touch'' is an adaptation of ''Manga/SayonaraFootball'', named because it was meant to be released alongside the ''Manga/FarewellMyDearCramer'' TV series. |
| 78 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Grinch|2018}}'' is an adaptation of ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''. |
| 79 | * ''Animation/HeroicTimes'' (original title: ''Daliás idők'') adapts all three ''Literature/{{Toldi}}'' books. ''Daliás idők'' was the WorkingTitle of the third ''Toldi'' book (''Toldi's Love''), which takes up most of the movie's plot. |
| 80 | * ''Anime/MaryAndTheWitchsFlower'' is based on the novel ''The Little Broomstick''. |
| 81 | * ''Anime/PerfectBlue'': Downplayed. The movie keeps the original novel's name but it omits the subtitle "Complete Metamorphosis". |
| 82 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' is a retelling of [[Literature/TheBible the biblical]] story of ''Exodus''. |
| 83 | * ''Anime/PrincessArete'' is based on the novel ''The Clever Princess'' by Diana Coles. |
| 84 | * ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'' is a loose adaptation of the novel ''The King's Damosel''. |
| 85 | * ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'' is based on the fairy tale ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter''. |
| 86 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'' was based on a novel called ''Literature/MrsFrisbyAndTheRatsOfNIMH''. |
| 87 | * The ''Franchise/{{Trolls}}'' franchise's title is a shortening of the "Troll Dolls" toyline it was based on. Justified in that the title species of the toyline are actual living beings in the franchise. |
| 88 | * ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'' was adapted into the ''WesternAnimation/UltimateAvengers'' duology. This was likely done since, between the newspaper seen at the end of the first and Bruce's shrink in the second, the AdaptationNameChange from ComicBook/UltimateMarvel was undone and the team is called the traditional name of "Franchise/TheAvengers". |
| 89 | [[/folder]] |
| 90 | |
| 91 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 92 | * ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'' is a modernised adaptation of Shakespeare's ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew''. |
| 93 | * ''Film/TwelveMonkeys'' is an feature-length remake of the French short film ''Film/LaJetee''. |
| 94 | * ''Film/AllAboutEve'' is based on the short story "The Wisdom of Eve". |
| 95 | * ''Film/{{Antlers}}'' is based on Nick Antosca's short story "The Quiet Boy". |
| 96 | * ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'' is inspired by the short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" by Creator/BrianWAldiss. |
| 97 | * ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' is based on Joseph Conrad's book ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness''. |
| 98 | * ''Film/Apollo13'' is based on the book ''Lost Moon'', Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell's account of said mission. (However, paperback editions of the book ''were'' released as ''Apollo 13''.) |
| 99 | * ''Franchise/{{Asterix}}'' live-action films: |
| 100 | ** ''Film/AsterixAndObelixMissionCleopatra'' instead of ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}} [[Recap/AsterixAndCleopatra and Cleopatra]]''. |
| 101 | ** Ditto ''Film/AsterixAndObelixGodSaveBritannia'' (''Asterix & Obelix: On Her Majesty's Service'' in French) instead of ''Recap/AsterixInBritain''. |
| 102 | * ''Film/AtomicBlonde'' is based on the graphic novel ''The Coldest City''. |
| 103 | * Downplayed with ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''. It's an adaptation of ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' and ''ComicBook/{{Infinity}}'' but named after [[ComicBook/TheInfinityWar the comic's sequel]] (which the movie has nothing to do with). |
| 104 | * ''Film/BadMoon'' is based on the novel ''Thor'' (not to be confused with the Norse mythological god or the [[Film/{{Thor}} 2011 movie of the same name]]). |
| 105 | * ''Film/TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms'' is loosely based on the Creator/RayBradbury short story "The Foghorn". |
| 106 | * ''Film/TheBirdcage'' americanizes the French farce ''Theatre/LaCageAuxFolles'', roughly translated into English to mean "The Cage of Mad Women". |
| 107 | * ''Film/TheBirthOfANation1915'' was adapted from Thomas Dixon's novel ''The Clansman''. |
| 108 | * ''Film/BladeRunner'' was based on the book ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep''. |
| 109 | * Another downplayed example is ''Literature/TheBlindSide''. The film kept the nonfiction book's original title but omitted the subtitle ''Evolution of a Game''. |
| 110 | * ''Film/BodySnatchers'' is a remake of ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1956''. |
| 111 | * ''Film/TheBox'' is adapted from a ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'' episode, which was in turn adapted from the Creator/RichardMatheson short story "Button, Button". |
| 112 | * ''Film/BriansSong'' is based on Gale Sayers' account of his friendship with Brian Piccolo in his autobiography ''I Am Third''. |
| 113 | * ''Film/BriefEncounter'' was adapted from Creator/NoelCoward's play ''Still Life''. |
| 114 | * ''Film/{{Candyman}}'' is based on Creator/CliveBarker's short story "Literature/TheForbidden". |
| 115 | * ''Film/CapeFear'' is based on the novel ''The Executioners'' by John D. [=MacDonald=]. |
| 116 | * ''Film/{{Carol}}'' is based on Patricia Highsmith's book ''The Price of Salt''. |
| 117 | * ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' was based on the unproduced play ''Everybody Comes to Rick's'' by Murray Burnett and Joan Allison. |
| 118 | * Both ''Film/CastleFreak1995'' and ''Film/CastleFreak2020'' are based on the H.P. Lovecraft novel ''Literature/TheOutsider1926''. |
| 119 | * ''Film/ChaosWalking2021'' is largely based upon the book ''Literature/TheKnifeOfNeverLettingGo''; the ''Chaos Walking'' title comes from the overarching name of [[Literature/ChaosWalking the trilogy]]. |
| 120 | * ''Film/{{Clueless}}'' is loosely based on ''Literature/{{Emma}}'' by Creator/JaneAusten. |
| 121 | * ''Film/ComeAndSee'' is loosely based on ''I Am From the Fiery Village''. |
| 122 | * ''Film/Constantine2005'' is based on the Vertigo comic ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''. |
| 123 | * Also downplayed: The book that ''Literature/TheDamnedUnited'' was based on was titled ''The Damned Utd''. |
| 124 | * ''Film/TheDeparted'' is a Western remake of the Hong Kong-produced ''[[Film/TheInfernalAffairsTrilogy Infernal Affairs Trilogy]]'' |
| 125 | * ''Film/DesertHearts'' is based on Jane Rule's autobiographical novel ''Desert of the Heart''. |
| 126 | * ''Film/DirtyRottenScoundrels'' is a remake of the film ''Bedtime Story'', which was also a short story. It was later remade as ''Film/TheHustle''. |
| 127 | * ''Film/DoctorInTrouble'' was loosely based on a novel called ''Doctor on Toast''. |
| 128 | * ''Film/TheDreamers'' is based on the novel ''The Holy Innocents''. |
| 129 | * ''Film/DrStrangelove'' was based on the novel ''Literature/RedAlert''. |
| 130 | * ''Film/DieHard'' is loosely based on a novel titled ''Nothing Lasts Forever''. |
| 131 | * {{Subverted|Trope}} with ''Film/TheDisasterArtist''. Its title was originally changed to ''[[SarcasticTitle The Masterpiece]]'' before it went with [[Literature/TheDisasterArtist the book]]'s title. |
| 132 | * ''Film/TheEagle2011'' is based on the Rosemary Sutcliff novel ''Literature/TheEagleOfTheNinth''. |
| 133 | * ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' is the film adaptation of the light novel ''Literature/AllYouNeedIsKill''.[[note]]The changed title was then eclipsed, in a fair portion of the poster and cover art, by the {{Tagline}} "Live. Die. Repeat.", which is arguably a better alternate title.[[/note]] |
| 134 | * ''Film/ElDorado'' is based on the novel ''The Stars in Their Courses'' by Henry Brown. |
| 135 | * ''Film/FatalAttraction'' is based on the short story "Diversion" by James Dearden. |
| 136 | * ''Film/FamilyPlot'' was adapted from Victor Canning's novel ''The Rainbird Pattern''. |
| 137 | * ''Film/FieldOfDreams'' is based on the novel ''Shoeless Joe'' by W.P. Kinsella. |
| 138 | * ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' is based on the Japanese samurai movie ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}''. |
| 139 | * ''Film/{{Flubber}}'' is based on the 1961 film ''Film/TheAbsentMindedProfessor''. |
| 140 | * ''Film/FrankieAndJohnny'' is based on Terrence [=McNally=]'s play ''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune''. |
| 141 | * ''Film/{{Freaks}}'' is very loosely based on Tod Robbins' short story "Spurs". |
| 142 | * Also downplayed: Both the [[Film/FridayNightLights film]] and [[Series/FridayNightLights TV]] versions of ''Friday Night Lights'' kept the book's original title but omitted the subtitle ''A Town, a Team, a Dream''. |
| 143 | * ''Theatre/TheFrontPage'' was adapted into ''Film/HisGirlFriday'' and ''Switching Channels''. |
| 144 | * ''The Fugitive Kind'' is based on Creator/TennesseeWilliams' play ''Orpheus Descending''. |
| 145 | * ''Film/FortApache'' was based on the short story ''Massacre''. |
| 146 | * ''Film/{{Get Carter|1971}}'' was based on the novel ''Jack's Return Home''. |
| 147 | * ''Film/GoodFellas'' was based on Nicholas Pileggi's ''Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family''. The film's title was changed to avoid confusion with [[Series/{{Wiseguy}} the NBC series of the same name]]. |
| 148 | * ''Film/{{Greed}}'' is based on the novel ''[=McTeague=]''. |
| 149 | * ''Film/TheHandmaiden'' is based on Creator/SarahWaters' book ''Literature/{{Fingersmith}}''. |
| 150 | * Roger Corman's film ''The Haunted Palace'' is an adaption of the Creator/HPLovecraft work ''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard''. |
| 151 | * ''Film/AHauntingInVenice'' is based on Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Literature/HalloweenParty''. |
| 152 | * The 1943 version of ''Film/{{Heaven Can Wait|1943}}'' (not related to the 1978 film of that title) was based on the play ''Birthday''. |
| 153 | * ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'' is based on the novella ''Literature/TheHellboundHeart''. |
| 154 | * One of the most downplayed examples possible: ''Film/{{Hellzapoppin}}'' (with apostrophe) was based on the 1938 stage revue ''Hellzapoppin'' (no apostrophe). |
| 155 | * ''Film/HereComesMrJordan'' has been remade twice as ''Film/HeavenCanWait1978'' and ''Film/DownToEarth2001''. |
| 156 | * ''Film/HighAndLow1963'' is based on the Ed [=McBain=] novel ''King's Ransom''. |
| 157 | * ''Film/HighNoon'' was based on the short story "The Tin Star". |
| 158 | * ''Film/HighSociety'' is a musical remake of ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory'', with even the same character names. |
| 159 | * ''Film/{{Hugo}}'' is based on the Brian Selznick children's novel ''The Invention of Hugo Cabret''. |
| 160 | * ''Literature/IAmLegend'' was adapted into ''Film/TheLastManOnEarth'' and ''Film/TheOmegaMan''. Averted with its third adaptation, 2007's ''Film/IAmLegend''. |
| 161 | * ''Film/TheIllusionist2006'' is based on the Steven Millhauser story "Literature/EisenheimTheIllusionist". |
| 162 | * ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' is based on a novel called ''The Body Snatchers''. |
| 163 | * ''Film/TheInsider'' is based on the ''Vanity Fair'' article "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (likely changed to avoid confusion with the Creator/AlfredHitchcock [[Film/TheManWhoKnewTooMuch film]]. |
| 164 | * ''Film/{{Invictus}}'' is based on John Carlin's nonfiction book ''Playing the Enemy: UsefulNotes/NelsonMandela and the Game that Made a Nation''. |
| 165 | * ''Film/TheIrishman'' is based on the novel ''I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa''. However, the film's alternate title does use the book's name. |
| 166 | * ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' was adapted from the short story "The Greatest Gift", which itself was loosely based on ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''. |
| 167 | * ''Film/JackieBrown'' was based on Creator/ElmoreLeonard's novel ''Rum Punch''. |
| 168 | * ''Film/JojoRabbit'' is loosely based on the novel ''Literature/CagingSkies''. |
| 169 | * ''Kanojo'' (''Film/RideOrDie'' in English territories) is based on the manga ''Manga/{{Gunjo}}''. |
| 170 | * ''Film/KillersOfTheFlowerMoon'' is another downplayed example; the film title omits the subtitle of the original nonfiction book, ''The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI''. |
| 171 | * ''Film/KillingThemSoftly'' is based on the novel ''Cogan's Trade'' by George V. Higgins. |
| 172 | * ''Film/TheKing'' is a loose adaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's "Henriad" plays (''Theatre/HenryIVPart1'', ''Theatre/HenryIVPart2'' and ''Theatre/HenryV''). |
| 173 | * ''Film/KingRalph'' is loosely based on the Emlyn Williams novel ''Headlong''. |
| 174 | * ''Film/KissKissBangBang'' was loosely inspired by an all-but-forgotten 1959 pulp mystery novel called ''Bodies Are Where You Find Them'' by Brett Halliday. |
| 175 | * ''Film/KnockAtTheCabin'' is adapted from the novel ''Literature/TheCabinAtTheEndOfTheWorld''. |
| 176 | * ''Film/TheLastAirbender'' is adapted from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''; the name change was likely due to avoid confusion with James Cameron's ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', released only a year prior. |
| 177 | * ''Film/LetItRide'' is based on the Jay Cronley novel ''Good Vibes''. |
| 178 | * ''Film/Lifeforce1985'' is an adaptation of the Creator/ColinWilson novel ''The Space Vampires''. Part of the reason for the change was a title like "The Space Vampires" was completely at odds with the dead-serious tone of the film. |
| 179 | * ''Film/{{Limitless}}'' is an adaptation of a novel originally titled ''The Dark Fields''. |
| 180 | * ''Film/LordOfIllusions'' is Creator/CliveBarker's adaptation of his own short story "Literature/TheLastIllusion". |
| 181 | * ''Love and Friendship'' is based on Creator/JaneAusten's novella ''Literature/LadySusan'' (and has no connection to [[Literature/LoveAndFreindship another work of Austen's]]). |
| 182 | * ''Film/LoveSimon'' is based on ''Literature/SimonVsTheHomoSapiensAgenda''. |
| 183 | * ''Film/TheMadnessOfKingGeorge'' was based on the play ''Theatre/TheMadnessOfGeorgeIII''. According to the director, they wanted to get the word "king" in there so American audiences would understand the movie was about ''royalty''--but there was also at least a little concern that Americans would think ''The Madness of George III'' was the third movie in a trilogy. |
| 184 | * The very first adaptation of ''Literature/RedDragon'' was called ''Film/{{Manhunter}}'', done to prevent audiences from mistaking it for a martial arts movie. Averted with [[Film/RedDragon the second adaptation]]. |
| 185 | * ''Film/TheMarkOfTheAngelsMiserere'' is an adaptation of a Jean-Christophe Grangé novel called ''Miserere''. |
| 186 | * ''Film/MaximumOverdrive'' is an adaptation of a Creator/StephenKing short story called "Trucks". |
| 187 | * ''Mercy'', a 2014 film starring Chandler Riggs, is an adaptation of the Stephen King short story "Gramma". |
| 188 | * Like ''The Blind Side'', ''Film/{{Moneyball}}'' kept the book's original title but omitted the subtitle ''The Art of Winning an Unfair Game''. |
| 189 | * ''Film/{{Mothra}}'' is an adaptation of the Takehiko Fukunaga novel ''The Luminous Fairies and Mothra''. |
| 190 | * ''Film/{{The Magnificent Seven|1960}}'' is a Western remake of the Japanese film ''Film/TheSevenSamurai''. |
| 191 | * ''Film/McCabeAndMrsMiller'' is based on the novel ''[=McCabe=]''. |
| 192 | * ''Film/MeanGirls'' is loosely based on the non-fiction novel ''Queen Bees and Wannabes''. |
| 193 | * ''Film/MrHolmes'' is based on Mitch Cullins' book ''A Slight Trick of the Mind''. |
| 194 | * ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'' is an American adaptation of the British novel ''Madame Doubtfire'' by Anne Fine (retitled ''Alias Madame Doubtfire'' in the U.S.). |
| 195 | * ''Film/MyFoolishHeart'' was adapted from Creator/JDSalinger's short story ''Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut''. |
| 196 | * ''Film/NannyMcPhee'' was based on a series of books called ''Nurse Matilda''. |
| 197 | * ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation'' is based on a Creator/JohnHughes short story called "Vacation 58", about his own childhood vacation. ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation'' was based on "Christmas 59". |
| 198 | * ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'' is based on the picture book ''The Night at the Museum''. |
| 199 | * ''Film/{{Nightbreed}}'': Creator/CliveBarker, who seems to like doing this to his own works, adapted it from his novel "Cabal". |
| 200 | * ''Film/NocturnalAnimals'' is based on the novel ''Tony and Susan'' by Austin Wright. |
| 201 | * Downplayed with ''Film/{{North}}''. The film keeps the novel's original title but omits the overly long subtitle "The Tale of a 9-Year-Old Boy Who Becomes a Free Agent and Travels the World in Search of the Perfect Parents". |
| 202 | * ''Film/OctoberSky'' is adapted from Homer Hickam's autobiography ''Rocket Boys''. Ultimately averted in that all editions of the book published since the film's release have been titled ''October Sky''. |
| 203 | * ''Film/OnceUponATimeInAmerica'' is loosely based on the novel ''The Hoods''. |
| 204 | * ''Film/OneEyedJacks'' was based on the novel ''The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones''. |
| 205 | * ''Film/OurLadies2019'' was based on the novel ''Literature/TheSopranosWarner''. This change was made to avoid confusion with the [[Series/TheSopranos HBO series of the same name]]. |
| 206 | * ''Film/TheOutlawJoseyWales'' was based on the novel ''The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales'', aka ''Gone to Texas''. |
| 207 | * ''Film/PaperMoon'' is based on the novel ''Addison Pray''. |
| 208 | * The 1961 and 1998 versions of ''[[Film/TheParentTrap1961 The]]'' ''[[Film/TheParentTrap1998 Parent Trap]]'' are based on the novel ''Literature/LottieAndLisa'', otherwise known as ''Das doppelte Lottchen''. |
| 209 | * ''Film/LaPielQueHabito'', titled ''The Skin I Live In'' in English, is adapted from a French novel titled ''Mygale'' (published in English under the title ''Tarantula''). |
| 210 | * ''Film/PiratesOfSiliconValley'' is based on the book ''Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer''. |
| 211 | * ''Film/{{Precious}}'', which is based on the novel ''Literature/{{Push}}''. |
| 212 | * ''Film/{{Predestination}}'' is based on the Creator/RobertHeinlein story ''Literature/AllYouZombies''. |
| 213 | * ''Film/PrincessFromTheMoon'' is based on the fairy tale ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter''. |
| 214 | * ''Film/ThePublicEnemy1931'' was based on the novel ''Literature/BeerAndBlood''. |
| 215 | * ''Film/Quarantine2008'' is an American remake of Spanish horror film ''Film/{{REC}}''. |
| 216 | * ''Film/RamonaAndBeezus'' is based on ''Literature/RamonaQuimby''. |
| 217 | * ''Film/ReAnimator'' is based on the HP Lovecraft short story titled ''Herbert West-Reanimator''. |
| 218 | * ''Film/RealSteel'', is based on the Richard Matheson short story simply called "Steel" in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' and ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode of the same name. |
| 219 | * ''Film/RedRiver'' was based on the novel ''The Blazing Guns of the Chisholm Trail by Borden Chase''. |
| 220 | * ''Film/TheRoaringTwenties'' was based on the short story "The World Moves On". |
| 221 | * ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' is based on the stage musical called ''The Rocky Horror Show''. |
| 222 | * The films ''Film/SamuraiIMusashiMiyamoto'', ''Film/SamuraiIIDuelAtIchijojiTemple'' and ''Film/SamuraiIIIDuelAtGanryuIsland'' are based on the aforementioned ''Musashi'' (see Anime and Manga section above). |
| 223 | * ''Say a Little Prayer'' (1993) is adapted from ''Literature/CameBackToShowYouICouldFly''; the filmmakers couldn't get the rights to the song which plays a role in the story, and had to substitute a different one. |
| 224 | * ''Film/SchindlersList'' is an adaptation of ''Schindler's Ark'', itself based on the actions of Oskar Schindler. |
| 225 | * ''Film/LaScoumoune'' is a film adaptation of the novel ''L'Excommunié'' by the writer himself, José Giovanni. |
| 226 | * The ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' comic book series was adapted as ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', named after the second volume of the comics. |
| 227 | * ''Film/Scrooge1935'', ''Film/Scrooge1951'' and ''Film/Scrooge1970'' are adaptations of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''. Sir Seymour Hicks, the star of the 1935 version, also starred in a 1913 silent version titled ''Old Scrooge''. |
| 228 | * ''Film/TheSearchers'' is based on the novel ''The Search'' by Alan [=LeMay=]. |
| 229 | * ''Film/TheSecretOfRoanInish'' is based on the novel ''Child of the Western Isles'' by Rosalie K. Fry. |
| 230 | * ''Film/TheSeeker'' is very loosely based on ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising''. |
| 231 | * ''Film/TheSeventhSeal'' was adapted from Creator/IngmarBergman's play ''Wood Painting''. |
| 232 | * ''Film/SeventhSon2015'' is the adaptation of ''Literature/TheWardstoneChronicles'' book series (also known as ''[[MarketBasedTitle The Last Apprentice]]'' in America) |
| 233 | * ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' is adapted from Stephen King's novella ''Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption''. |
| 234 | * ''Film/SheDevil'' is loosely based on the novel ''The Life and Loves of a She-Devil''. |
| 235 | * ''Film/SilverBullet'' is based on the Stephen King graphic novel "Literature/CycleOfTheWerewolf". |
| 236 | * ''Film/SingleWhiteFemale'' is an adaptation of the novel ''SWF Seeks Same''. |
| 237 | * ''Film/SleepyHollow'' is loosely based on the Creator/WashingtonIrving story ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow''. |
| 238 | * ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire'' is an adaptation of the novel ''Literature/QAndA''. |
| 239 | * ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'' was adapted from ''The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Website/{{Facebook}}, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal'' by Ben Mezrich. |
| 240 | * ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'' is loosely based on two of the Uncle Remus books by Joel Chandler Harris: ''Uncle Remus and His Friends'' (1892) and ''Told by Uncle Remus: New Stories of the Old Plantation'' (1905). |
| 241 | * ''Film/SoylentGreen'' is a loose adaptation of the novel ''Literature/MakeRoomMakeRoom'' by Creator/HarryHarrison. |
| 242 | * ''Film/StandByMe'' is an adaptation of the Stephen King novella "The Body". |
| 243 | * Another of the most downplayed examples possible: The film version of ''Theatre/SuddenlyLastSummer'' added a comma to the title of the original Creator/TennesseeWilliams play. |
| 244 | * ''Film/TheyLive'' is based on the 1963 Ray Nelson short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" and inspired by its comic book adaptation "Nada." |
| 245 | * Creator/JohnCarpenter's ''Film/{{The Thing|1982}}'' is a remake of ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'', in turn an adaptation of Creator/JohnWCampbell's 1938 novella ''Literature/WhoGoesThere''. The comic sequel to the Carpenter film reverted the title to ''ComicBook/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'', presumably to avoid confusion with The Thing of the ComicBook/FantasticFour. |
| 246 | * ''Literature/TomJones'' is an adaptation of ''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling''. |
| 247 | * ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' is loosely based on Creator/PhilipKDick's short story "Literature/WeCanRememberItForYouWholesale". Later print runs of the collection that feature the short story add on a {{trend cover|s}} based on ''Total Recall'', complete with a [[CaptainErsatz legally distinct]] Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger lookalike. |
| 248 | * ''Film/TheTourist'' is an American remake of the French film ''Anthony Zimmer''. |
| 249 | * ''Film/TheTown'' is based on the novel ''Prince of Thieves'' by Chuck Hogan. |
| 250 | * ''Film/TrueLies'' is a ForeignRemake of the French film ''La Totale''. |
| 251 | * ''Film/ValerianAndTheCityOfAThousandPlanets'' is based on the French-Belgian comic book series ''ComicBook/{{Valerian}}''. |
| 252 | * ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'' is based on French novel ''D'entre les morts'' (literally "From Among the Dead" but [[CompletelyDifferentTitle localized as]] "The Living and the Dead"). |
| 253 | * ''[[Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2]]'' (''The Life of Adele, Chapter 1 & 2'') is based on a graphic novel titled ''[[ComicBook/BlueIsTheWarmestColor Le Bleu est une couleur chaude]]''(''Blue Is the Warmest Color''). Averted with the english title that is the same as the original comic. |
| 254 | * ''[[Film/VillageOfTheDamned1960 Village of the Damned]]'' is a pretty faithful adaptation of the novel ''Literature/TheMidwichCuckoos'' by Creator/JohnWyndham. |
| 255 | * ''Film/WeWereSoldiers'' was based on a book titled ''We Were Soldiers Once...and Young''. |
| 256 | * ''Film/WhatsYourNumber'' is based on the novel ''20 Times A Lady'' by Karyn Bosnak. |
| 257 | * ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' is loosely based on Gary K Wolf's 1981 novel ''Literature/WhoCensoredRogerRabbit''. |
| 258 | * ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' is an adaptation of the Creator/RoaldDahl novel ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''. |
| 259 | * One of the most famous examples of this trope is ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', an adaptation of the 1900 novel ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. |
| 260 | * Ultimately [[AvertedTrope averted]] with ''Film/WutheringHeights1939'', but during production several alternative titles were considered, such as ''Gypsy Love'', ''[[SpoilerTitle He Died for Her]]'', ''Bring Me the World'', and even ''[[NeverTrustATitle Fun on the Farm.]]'' |
| 261 | * ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'' is loosely based on the Creator/DashiellHammett novel ''Literature/RedHarvest''. The book was later adapted as ''Film/LastManStanding''. |
| 262 | [[/folder]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 265 | * Sol Yurick's 1965 novel ''The Warriors'' (and its [[Film/TheWarriors 1979 film counterpart]] of the same name) are a modernized retelling of the ancient Greek text the ''Literature/{{Anabasis}}'' by Creator/{{Xenophon}}. |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 269 | * ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryDelicate'' is based on the novel ''Literature/DelicateCondition'' by Danielle Valentine. |
| 270 | * ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' is based on the ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' comics. |
| 271 | * ''Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace'' is an adaptation of ''Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U.S. History''. |
| 272 | * ''Series/BigSky'' is based on the novel '''[[Literature/CassieDewell The Highway]]'' by C. J. Box. |
| 273 | * ''Series/{{Blood Ties|2007}}'' is based on the ''Literature/BloodBooks'' series. |
| 274 | * As with the 2005 film, ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' is based on the comic ''Hellblazer''. |
| 275 | * The book series that ''Series/GameOfThrones'' is based on is actually called ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''; it's only the first book that's called ''Literature/AGameOfThrones''. |
| 276 | ** ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'' mostly adapts ''Literature/FireAndBlood'' (the title of which is the Targaryen motto). |
| 277 | * ''Series/TheHauntingOfBlyManor'' is a loose adaptation of ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew''; the name change is partly to tie it to ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse2018'', of which it is part of the same anthology series. It also serves as an adaptation of another Creator/HenryJames story, ''Literature/TheRomanceOfCertainOldClothes'', which is reworked here to fit into the Bly Manor narrative. |
| 278 | * ''Series/{{Haven}}'' is a loose adaptation of the Stephen King novel ''The Colorado Kid''. |
| 279 | * ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' was based on Creator/DavidSimon's non-fiction book ''Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets''. |
| 280 | * ''Series/{{Jessica Jones|2015}}'' is based on the comic ''ComicBook/{{Alias}}''. The change in title was made to avoid being confused with the [[Series/{{Alias}} unrelated spy drama of the same name]]. |
| 281 | * ''Series/KillingEve'' is based on the ''Literature/CodenameVillanelle'' books. |
| 282 | * ''Series/Kingdom2019'' is loosely based on the webcomic ''The Kingdom of the Gods'' |
| 283 | * ''Series/TheLastKingdom'' is named after the first book in ''Literature/TheSaxonStories'' novels. |
| 284 | * ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'' is based loosely on the ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' novels. |
| 285 | * ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' is adapted from the the Appendices written at the of ''[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King]]'', but the name of the show is inspired from ''Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age'' chapter of the ''Literature/TheSilmarillion''. |
| 286 | * ''Series/{{The Magicians|2016}}'': Lampshaded by Josh, who notes that ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' changed the title of its source material ''Literature/AllYouNeedIsKill''. |
| 287 | * ''Series/MastersOfScienceFiction'' is an [[GenreAnthology anthology series]] based on short stories by famous science fiction authors. All but one of the episodes keep the name of the original story. That one episode is "The Awakening", which is based on the story "The General Zapped an Angel". |
| 288 | * ''Series/MayfairWitches'' is based on Creator/AnneRice's ''Literature/LivesOfTheMayfairWitches''. |
| 289 | * ''Literature/{{Moribito}}'' is based on the novel series of the same name, but it has the same original Japanese title as the first novel, ''[[Literature/MoribitoGuardianOfTheSpirit Guardian of the Spirit]]''. |
| 290 | * ''Obsession'' (2023) is based on the novel ''Damage'' by Josephine Hart. This was not the case for the [[Film/Damage1992 1992 film adaptation]]. |
| 291 | * ''Series/PhilipKDicksElectricDreams'' is an anthology series that is based on Creator/PhilipKDick's work. Some of the episodes have a different title than the short stories they're based on: |
| 292 | ** "[[Recap/PhilipKDicksElectricDreamsS1E4CrazyDiamond Crazy Diamond]]" is based on "Sales Pitch". |
| 293 | ** "[[Recap/PhilipKDicksElectricDreamsS1E5RealLife Real Life]]" is based on "Exhibit Piece". |
| 294 | ** "[[Recap/PhilipKDicksElectricDreamsS1E9SafeandSound Safe and Sound]]" is based on "Foster, You're Dead!" |
| 295 | ** "[[Recap/PhilipKDicksElectricDreamsS1E7KillAllOthers Kill All Others]]" is based on "The Hanging Stranger". |
| 296 | * ''Series/SexLife'' is based on a novel titled ''44 Chapters About 4 Men''. |
| 297 | * ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' is an adaptation of ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' |
| 298 | * ''Series/SherlockHolmes'': The series adaptation of the Holmes' story, "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor" is instead titled "The Eligible Bachelor". |
| 299 | * ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' is based loosely on the ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' comics that focused on Clark Kent. |
| 300 | * Two ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'' episodes' titles were changed when James Blish adapted them as short stories: "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E1TheManTrap The Man Trap]]" became "The Unreal [=McCoy=]" (which may have been a working title from a draft script), and "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E2CharlieX Charlie X]]" became "Charlie's Law." |
| 301 | * ''Series/Tracker2024'' is based on the book ''The Never Game'' by Jeffery Deaver. |
| 302 | * ''Series/TrueBlood'' is based on ''Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries'' aka the ''Southern Vampire Series''. |
| 303 | * ''Series/WarriorNun'' is based on ''ComicBook/WarriorNunAreala''. |
| 304 | * ''Series/WinningTime'' is based on the nonfiction book ''Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s''. |
| 305 | [[/folder]] |
| 306 | |
| 307 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 308 | * ''Theatre/DamnYankees'' and its film adaptation of the same title are adapted from the novel ''The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant''. |
| 309 | * ''Theatre/AGentlemansGuideToLoveAndMurder'' is adapted from the film ''Film/KindHeartsAndCoronets'', itself an adaption of the 1907 Roy Horniman novel ''Israel Rank''. |
| 310 | * ''Theatre/MyFairLady'' is an update of the play ''Theatre/{{Pygmalion}}''. |
| 311 | * ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'' is based on the 1931 play ''Green Grow the Lilacs''. |
| 312 | * The 1937 Hungarian play ''Parfumerie'' was famously adapted four times, each iteration with a different title: |
| 313 | ** In 1940 as ''Film/TheShopAroundTheCorner'' |
| 314 | ** In 1949 as ''In the Good Old Summertime'' |
| 315 | ** In 1963 as ''Theatre/SheLovesMe'' |
| 316 | ** In 1998 as ''Film/YouveGotMail'' |
| 317 | * ''Literature/OliverTwist'' was adapted into the musical ''Theatre/{{Oliver}}''. |
| 318 | * ''Theatre/PrinceKaguya'' is based on the fairy tale ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter''. |
| 319 | * ''Theatre/TheFrontPage'' was adapted into the musical ''Wind City''. |
| 320 | [[/folder]] |
| 321 | |
| 322 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 323 | * The Game Boy port of the NES ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' was titled ''Battletoads in Ragnarok's World'' in order to avoid confusion with the first ''Battletoads'' game on the Game Boy, which was a completely different game sharing nothing except the title. |
| 324 | * ''[[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Vampire Savior: World of Darkness]]'' was ported to the [=PlayStation=] under the title of ''Darkstalkers 3'' in order to make it clear that it was the third game in the series. |
| 325 | * The Nintendo-published Famicom RPG ''Ginga no Sannin'' (The Galatic Trio) is a port of the Enix game ''Rayieza: The Earth Fighter'' originally released on the NEC PC-8801. The name change was due to trademark issues with the way the name ''Rayieza'' was written in kana. |
| 326 | * ''Magical Slot Mahō Shōjo Tai Arusu'' is based on ''Anime/TweenyWitches''. |
| 327 | * The NES game ''Film/TheLastStarfighter'' is a port of the C-64 game ''Uridium'' with the movie license slapped on. |
| 328 | * ''VideoGame/UndertalePapyrussBelief'' is an adaptation of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'''s popular [[FandomSpecificPlot "Disbelief"]] AlternateUniverse, and more specifically, the popular FanAnimation of the same name. However, given Papyrus's [[TheDeterminator far more optimistic nature]] in this game as compared to his counterpart in the AU, the title was changed to reflect his refusal of the idea that the protagonist is irredeemably evil. The fact that it's specifically "Papyrus's Belief" is likely also a spin on his AU counterpart's most well-known nickname, "Disbelief Papyrus." |
| 329 | * The SNK arcade game ''Victory Road'' was retitled ''Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road'' on the NES in order to make the connection with the first game clearer. |
| 330 | [[/folder]] |
| 331 | |
| 332 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
| 333 | * WebVideo/TheUnluckyTug discusses this trope in his ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' season 1 retrospective, where he says that ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' is a much better title than ''The Railway Series'' because conveys more information: it's about a sentient character (Thomas) who is a train (the Tank Engine), and it has an ensemble cast (& Friends). |
| 334 | [[/folder]] |
| 335 | |
| 336 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 337 | * ''Webcomic/YellowBrickRamble'' is a comic-slash-graphic-novel adaptation of ''Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz'', the second novel in the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' series. |
| 338 | [[/folder]] |
| 339 | |
| 340 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 341 | * ''Franchise/TheAvengers'': |
| 342 | ** At least two adaptations have added a sub-title; 1999-2000's ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersUnitedTheyStand'' and 2010-2012's ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''. |
| 343 | ** The 2013-2019 cartoon taking inspiration from both [[ComicBook/TheAvengers the comics]] and the [[Film/TheAvengers2012 live-action film]] was titled ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble''. {{Averted|Trope}} in the UK, where the film's MarketBasedTitle was the same as the cartoon that succeeded it. |
| 344 | * The Nickelodeon cartoon ''WesternAnimation/{{Catscratch}}'' is a loose adaptation of Creator/DougTenNapel's comic book ''ComicBook/{{Gear}}''. |
| 345 | * ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' is inspired by an obscure comic called ''M. Rex'' that lasted only two issues. |
| 346 | * ''WesternAnimation/GrizzlyTalesForGruesomeKids'' had some episodes go by different titles from the stories in the original book series they're adapted from. |
| 347 | ** "The Dumb Clucks" is retitled "The Dumb Klutzes", presumably because of how close the original title was to referencing an obscenity. |
| 348 | ** "A Lesson in History" is retitled "The History Lesson". |
| 349 | ** "The Death Rattle" is renamed "The Spelling Bee". |
| 350 | ** "Fatal Attraction" is renamed "Nerves of Steel". |
| 351 | * The episodes of ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'' share the same titles with the short stories they're based on but there are two notable exceptions. The long title "Three Robots Experience Objects Left Behind from the Era of Humans for the First Time" and "On the Use of Shape-shifters in Warfare" are shortened to "[[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsThreeRobots Three Robots]]" and "[[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsShapeShifters Shape-shifters]]" respectively. |
| 352 | * ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'' toyline was adapted as ''[[TheHero He-Man]] and the Masters of the Universe'' first in [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 1983]] and later a {{reboot}} in [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002 2002]]. The only media that adapted the same name as the original toyline is the [[Film/MastersOfTheUniverse 1987 movie]]. |
| 353 | * ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' is an adaptation of the original ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''. The title change reflects how Adora isn't or doesn't know she's a princess in the reboot as she never finds her biological family in this version, and the "princess(es) of power" instead refers to her princess allies now rather than herself. |
| 354 | * ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' is based on ''ComicBook/{{Static}}''. |
| 355 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'': |
| 356 | ** When ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' got adapted to television, the title was changed to ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' (later shortened to ''Thomas & Friends''), placing much more emphasis on [[BreakoutCharacter Thomas]] compared to the novels. Later rereleases of the novels would end up using the ''Thomas the Tank Engine'' title alongside the original title. |
| 357 | ** In an interesting case of this trope being combined with MarketBasedTitle, the US airings of the first 4 seasons (which were largely adaptations of the stories in ''The Railway Series'') often go by different titles than the UK airings, which mostly stuck to the original titles in the novels (bar some exceptions). For one example, the UK title of the first episode (and the title of the story it's based on), "Thomas and Gordon", was retitled entirely to "Thomas Gets Tricked" in the US. |
| 358 | [[/folder]] |
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