| 1 | [[quoteright:350:[[Franchise/DuckTales https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/44190fa5_45e6_4306_9584_ba0b8a2269c0.png]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:[-Gyro Gearloose, [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 1987]]: Eccentric, kindly, well-meaning, but inept BunglingInventor.[softreturn]Gyro Gearloose, [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 2017]]: Arrogant, hot-headed, sassy, sarcastic InsufferableGenius.-]]] |
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| 4 | ->''"[[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera The Phantom]] of ''Theatre/LoveNeverDies'' has all of the negative qualities of his original incarnation and none of the sympathetic ones. Since his situation has changed for the better, he's wealthy, successful, and has several people supporting him, he comes off as less of a tragic monster lashing out at a world that screwed him over, and more like a selfish bully hiding behind weak excuses."'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''WebVideo/MusicalHell''' |
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| 7 | Regardless of the medium, characters are introduced and established as having certain traits and, as such, the fans of those works expect those characters to adhere to them. If they're [[TheHero The Hero's]] trusted friend in the novel, the film adaptation should convey that as well, but wait -- why is the hero's trusted friend from the novel, suddenly giving him [[AloofAlly the cold shoulder]] in the motion picture? Why is the faithful {{Love Interest|s}} from the manga two-timing him in the anime? And the LovableRogue, who [[JustLikeRobinhood gives to the poor]] in the television series, [[ItsAllAboutMe only cares about lining his own pockets]] in the MadeForTVMovie. They weren't like that before, so what happened? |
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| 9 | The answer is: the character has suffered from Adaptational Jerkassery, the narrative equivalent of [[TookALevelInJerkass Taking a Level in Jerkass.]] |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Whatever the reasons, the writer(s) has seen fit to change the character's original positive portrayal, to make them more of a jerk. Perhaps the character was a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in the original work, but the adaptation failed to convey the "heart of gold" aspect. Thus, turning them into a total jerk. Or it could be due the adaptation being DarkerAndEdgier (or RuderAndCruder, especially ) than the original, and the character's portrayal was changed accordingly. |
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| 13 | However, while there may be ''some'' overlap with AdaptationalVillainy, the key difference here is, the character [[GoodIsNotNice isn't necessarily villainous.]] In many cases, they're still on the good side, but can be a [[HeroicComedicSociopath comedic sociopath]], an AntiHero or just TheFriendNobodyLikes. It's also possible to take an otherwise charming and charismatic villain and turn them into an obnoxious HateSink. It can also overlap with AdaptationalAngstUpgrade, if a character's more broodier personality makes them more of a piece of work to deal with or could be used to explain their jerkassery, which could sometimes [[JerkassWoobie make them far more sympathetic in addition to or in spite of their unpleasantness]]. |
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| 15 | Because of the nature of the trope, it's obviously related to TookALevelInJerkass and by extension contrasts with TookALevelInKindness. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | A subtrope of AdaptationPersonalityChange. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Its inverse is AdaptationalNiceGuy. |
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| 21 | !!Example subpages: |
| 22 | [[index]] |
| 23 | * AdaptationalJerkass/FanWorks |
| 24 | * ''AdaptationalJerkass/UltimateMarvel'' |
| 25 | [[/index]] |
| 26 | |
| 27 | !!Other examples: |
| 28 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[folder:Multiple Media]] |
| 31 | * ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'': |
| 32 | ** A lot of adaptations will make Scrooge, or the story's expy, far more of a jackass before the ghost of Jacob Marley/a Marley expy and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come set him straight. [[WesternAnimation/AChristmasCarol2009 Jim Carrey's Scrooge]] stole the coins off Jacob's eyes at his wake; [[WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol Scrooge McDuck]] initially only gives Mickey Mouse half a day off for Christmas and docks his pay for it; and his greed pushes Daisy Duck away as opposed to Belle realizing Ebenezer's greed outweighed his love for others long before he did; and [[Film/{{Scrooged}} Frank Cross]] is an outright CorruptCorporateExecutive yells at people who disagree with him, fires Eliot Loudermilk for pointing how how horrible an ad he came up with for the in-universe ''Christmas Carol'' adaptation he's producing was, and is overjoyed when he finds out said ad might've killed an old woman. Unfortunately, adaptations also have Scrooge's change of heart happen solely during the visit from the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, making it look like the change is out of self-preservation, whereas in the book, being shown his nephew Fred's joy during the holiday and Tiny Tim's plight by the Ghost of Christmas Present had already started Scrooge's HeelFaceTurn. |
| 33 | ** The Ghosts can also undergo this treatment. Frank Cross, for example, sees the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present react with their own upped jackassery, Past being a taxi cab driver who {{drives like crazy}}, and Present being [[TooKinkyToTorture a crazy sadomasochistic who enjoys Frank's threats of violence]], [[GroinAttack kicks him in the balls]], and ends her visit with a headbutt to Frank (itself in response to Frank attempting to choke her) and smacking him in the face with a toaster. The 2009 film saw the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come hound Scrooge by knocking him over, shrinking him for a bit, and chasing Scrooge while he was tiny, and [=McDuck=]'s Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come was WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}, who (unlike the silent character of other stories) ''delights'' in showing Scrooge the BadFuture, complete with enjoying Scrooge's reaction to his own grave and having an EvilLaugh at seeing Scrooge DraggedOffToHell before the old duck awakens. |
| 34 | * ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'': While Dracula himself is [[AdaptationalNiceGuy generally the opposite]] in most adaptations, protagonist Jonathan Harker gets hit with this trope ''hard''. In the original, he's a NiceGuy who went through a lot, but still cares deeply for his wife, and was even willing to become a vampire so she wouldn't suffer undeath alone. Most adaptations turn him into a {{Jerkass}} who barely cares about Mina at all, sometimes an abusive husband and/or EntitledToHaveYou. Most of these adaptations do this to justify a romance between Mina and Dracula, making it a case of AdaptationalConsent as well. |
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| 36 | |
| 37 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 38 | * [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftOfficeAssistant Clippy]] goes from the BlankSlate he was in previous versions of Microsoft Office to a obnoxious, snarky character in the Advertising/MicrosoftOfficeXP ads. Also doubles as AdaptationExpansion as there wasn't really much to work with. |
| 39 | [[/folder]] |
| 40 | |
| 41 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 42 | * In the ''VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo'' series, Ayako Yuuki is shown to be a GoodSamaritan who protects other women from muggers and rapists, but [[Anime/VariableGeo the OVA adaptation]] nearly makes Ayako out to be a rapist herself, by having her [[ThanksForTheMammary sexually]] [[ForcefulKiss harass]] Satomi during their fight. |
| 43 | * ''Manga/BlackButler'': In the first anime season, Ciel is much more selfish and can be downright abusive to his household staff, while in the manga he's never shown harming them, and even scolding them is left to Sebastian. He also slaps Sebastian in the face on multiple occasions in the anime, while in the manga the worst he's done to Sebastian when angry with him is throw a pillow at him. |
| 44 | * ''Anime/BlazblueAlterMemory'': Downplayed in [[Franchise/BlazBlue the original games]], Jin is already quite a {{Jerkass}}, but he still has a soft spot for his {{Childhood Friend|s}} Tsubaki. Here, that soft spot is gone. |
| 45 | * In the anime adaptation of ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'', Machi loses her temper during a discussion with Anko and Komo, briefly accusing the other two girls of being the uncontracted pilot (i.e. the one who doesn't have to take a turn fighting for the planet, [[spoiler:which will inevitably result in their death]]), for no apparent reason other than [[spoiler:possibly to prevent them from suspecting that ''she's'' the uncontracted pilot]]. Apart from that, the adaptation mostly sticks to her characterization as a fairly nice person who cares for Kana and [[spoiler:regrets getting the kids signed up to fight in the first place]]. |
| 46 | * Leon [=MacNicol=] in the ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' OVA was supportive of the Knight Sabers. Leon in the Tokyo 2040 remake considers the team vigilantes and a blight on the AD Police. |
| 47 | * ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': When Creator/{{Nelvana}} dubbed the anime into English and [[MarketBasedTitle rebranded]] it as ''Cardcaptors,'' they gave many of the characters, including Sakura herself, more of a jerkish attitude. |
| 48 | * ''Anime/CarnivalPhantasm'' does this to [[Characters/FateStayNightSakuraMatou Sakura Matou]]. In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', she was a [[ShrinkingViolet withdrawn girl]] who struggled to suppress her darker impulses [[spoiler:thanks to her [[DarkAndTroubledPast horrific upbringing]]]], but was also a total sweet-heart who deeply cared for her friends and her Servant, Rider/Medusa. As the ''Carnival Phantasm'' anime made her into the butt of jokes, her darker traits in the latter are {{flanderiz|ation}}ed into being a BitchInSheepsClothing with a [[{{Yandere}} creepy obsession towards Shirou]] and treats the people she cares about, such as Rider, like trash, while also forgiving Shinji for the abuse he inflicts on her because it makes her look good. |
| 49 | * In ''VideoGame/CorpseParty'', whiler most incarnations of Yoshiki Kishinuma range between being a loner (in [[VideoGame/CorpsePartyPC98 the PC-98 game]]) to a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in the ''Blood Covered'' continuity, he never did anything despicable. But in the manga ''Corpse Party: Musume'', he's on another level, as he himself admits, he only cares about Ayumi (and even then he isn't exactly nice to her either as he tries to grope her), and for him, the rest of the survivors can get by themselves. |
| 50 | * ''Anime/DDFistOfTheNorthStar'' has Toki, who does have jerkass tendencies in comparison to his original counterpart who is KungFuJesus and a NiceGuy. ''DD'' has Toki attempting get a job as a part-timer in Ryuken's store, and will use any means to get the job, such as having Raoh arrested for murdering Jyuza. |
| 51 | * ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'': Even before [[spoiler: he's revealed to the BigBad]], Ryo Asuka wasn't exactly a pleasant guy in the manga, and had a ruthless streak within him, but said ruthlessness is amped up considerably in the anime, with an extreme willingness to ShootTheDog that would come off as outright sociopathic if it wasn't for the humanizing interactions he has with Akira. |
| 52 | * ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': |
| 53 | ** Yamato from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' is portrayed as an AloofBigBrother, who sees it has his mission to keep his younger brother Takeru safe when the kids are trapped in the digital world. While his dub counterpart Matt does take care of his younger brother, his portrayal veers more into JerkWithAHeartOfGold, as he also throws insults at him. |
| 54 | ** In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', Davis is given this treatment in [[DubText the dub]], due to being the unfortunate CreatorsPest. He outright refers to Kari as [[EntitledToHaveYou "his girl"]] and is hostile towards TK due to how close he is with Kari. Originally, he's just your typical StockShonenHero who just wants to impress a girl he has a crush on. |
| 55 | * ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'': |
| 56 | ** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasGreatBattleOfTheMermaidKing'' has a manga adaptation (the movie comes first) that does this to two of the series' recurring NiceGirl characters. Manga Shizuka is somehow depicted as naggy and over-controlling, insisting on scrubbing Princess Sophia (an alien mermaid who's a FishOutOfWater) while scolding her for "not knowing the concept of a bath" and saying "the aliens should be educated over cleanliness", never mind the fact that Sophia is obviously not of this world and her obliviousness could hardly be her fault. Meanwhile, Doraemon's sister Dorami is willing to help her brother on his research... but [[FoodAsBribe he needs to pay her twenty Melon Buns in exchange]]. In the anime Dorami willingly helps her brother out of goodwill. |
| 57 | ** ''Anime/StandByMeDoraemon'' somehow pulls this off to the titular robot cat. Doraemon from the original manga is willing to be sent back to the past by Sewashi to help fixing Nobita's daily life and being supportive to him, only to become apathetic due to Nobita's bratty and immature tendencies toward him as time goes on while his bond with him remain intact. Here, he's already resentful with the idea of being sent back to the past to help Nobita from the get-go due to said bratty and immature tendencies of his, let alone helping his life and only being supportive toward Nobita just because Sewashi forced programmed him and make Doraemon unable to return to his original timeline until he make Nobita fully happy. |
| 58 | ** Doraemon is also far more unpleasant and [[CatsAreSnarkers snarky]] in the Creator/DisneyXD American dub of the 2005 series, having a more {{vitriolic|BestBuds}} relationship with Nobita ([[DubNameChange Noby in the dub]]) and the occasional JerkWithAHeartOfGold moments. |
| 59 | * In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Goku invites Gohan to participate in the tournament against Universe 6, but Gohan has to decline because of an academic conference scheduled on the same day. In the anime, we see the conversation happen (Gohan was excited at the prospect, but then remembered the conference) and Goku is disappointed but understands how important Gohan's job is to him; in the [[Manga/DragonBallSuper manga adaptation]] Goku tells us this after the fact while dismissively calling Gohan a bookworm. |
| 60 | * ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'': |
| 61 | ** Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière becomes this in the anime compared to the original light novels. While she was an overly violent {{Tsundere}} in both versions, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold she was a lot more sympathetic]] in the novels, where she had a lot of good moments and development and actually ''does'' get called out on her abuse of Saito when, instead of using her normal whip to "punish" Saito, she uses an actual ''bullwhip'' to knock out an already battle-weary Saito from the night before. By contrast, any likeability her anime incarnation has is extracted in favor of being an [[HairTriggerTemper easily-angered]] {{Jerkass}} KarmaHoudini and a [[FetishizedAbuser bad girlfriend]], while her treatment of Saito leans towards being [[DomesticAbuse abusive]] (in rather [[MindRape unsettling]] [[AMatchMadeInStockholm ways]]) as opposed to the usual BelligerentSexualTension. It's pretty understandable why many people have been turned off by the {{Tsundere}} as a whole due to characters like her, and why many fans of the {{Tsundere}} archetype are ''very'' put off by her. |
| 62 | ** Saito himself isn't immune from this either. In the original novels he was notoriously perverted whenever a woman comes near him and could be very inconsiderate to Louise when it comes to her [[ACupAngst chest size]], but was otherwise a ChivalrousPervert who still cares about the feelings of his familiar. The anime [[CharacterExaggeration exaggerates his perversion]] to the point of being a depraved LovableSexManiac who has no problem [[BlackComedyRape harassing other girls without their consent]], and a TooDumbToLive KarmicButtMonkey whose remarks on Louise's flat chest more often than not made him look like a jerk due to how frequent it was, not knowing how much it [[BerserkButton angers the latter]], whereas his novel counterpart was InnocentlyInsensitive and only made comments about her chest on occasion. |
| 63 | * ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'': |
| 64 | ** Sella, one of Illya's maids. In the original ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' VN she's just reserved and uptight. In the sequel ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'', she's merely suspicious and critical towards Shiro, constantly voicing disapproval of him and forcing him to sleep in the shed whenever he visits Illya's castle, but that's all. Her hostility gets turned up in ''kaleid liner'', where she's outright abusive towards him (even though he's now also one of her wards instead of just a visitor). To wit, she once viciously beats him up because ''his cooking was making her gain weight.'' |
| 65 | ** The same applies to Rin Tohsaka who, while already a canonical {{Tsundere}}, would never call a small child her slave, and then force said child to fight against corrupted spirits against her will unlike what this version did. She thankfully [[TookALevelInKindness eases up]] once she recognizes the stress she's causing. |
| 66 | * In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragon'', Marth's {{Love Interest|s}} Caeda is an overall NiceGirl. In [[Anime/FireEmblem the short-lived anime]], she's a {{Tsundere}} and ClingyJealousGirl. |
| 67 | * ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'': |
| 68 | ** Solf J Kimblee gets hit with this in the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 first anime adaptation]] of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. While the manga version of Kimblee was undoubtedly insane, he could be [[AffablyEvil quite charming]] and had genuine respect for people with strong integrity and convictions. The anime version of Kimblee, on the other hand, has nothing but contempt for everyone and his politeness is so paper-thin that nobody is fooled. |
| 69 | ** The townspeople of Xenotime in the anime's two-parter "The Other Brothers Elric." In the original Light Novel ''The Land of Sand'' that the episodes are based on, while they believed that Russell and Fletcher Tringham are "the real Elric brothers" and initially treat the real Ed and Al coldy, they come to realize that the two are genuine alchemists who could still help them, with one person suggesting that they do share similar names, but just aren't the famed "Elric Brothers" [[SureLetsGoWithThat (which Ed decides to go along with rather than cause a fuss)]] and ultimately treat the brothers nicely for most of the book. In the TV episodes, they simply believe the real Ed and Al to be con artists stealing their identities, completely ignoring that Ed still showed alchemic talent in front of them, and treat the two harshly throughout the 2-parter. |
| 70 | * ''Anime/GhostStories'': The GagDub from Creator/ADVFilms gives the anime a drastic GenreShift from a serious horror story to a RuderAndCruder [[BreakingTheFourthWall self-referential]] BlackComedy, with just about everyone becoming much more unpleasant to fit with the tone of the dub. The most notable example is Momoko Koigakubo, who was the kind-hearted TeamMom of the main group. In the dub, she was turned into TheFundamentalist who makes a lot of offensive comments about non-Christians (including Leo Kakinoki, who's Jewish in the dub) and gay people. |
| 71 | * ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' has a few examples from the manga adaptation: |
| 72 | ** An odd example comes with Anchovy, since the manga was released before the anime showed her match with Oarai. In the anime, Anchovy's competitive but fairly good-spirited, and after losing, invites the Oarai crew to eat with her and the people who set up the match. In the manga, she starts off by accusing Miho of having a "weak" way of tankery, and at the end, accuses Miho of costing her old school the championship by abandoning the flag tank. |
| 73 | ** Erika is a {{Jerkass}} in the anime, but mainly to the extent of being snide and condescending toward Miho (for example, in the finals, saying that Oarai must be weak if she became its commander). In the manga, between the semifinals and the finals, Erika flies over to Oarai, confronts Miho, and angrily accuses her of not just costing them the victory, but abandoning them in their time of crisis, and vaguely insinuates that Miho traded her vice-captaincy of her old school for captaincy of her of her new school. She's significantly more vicious and angry in that scene from the manga, and leaves Miho in tears at the end of it |
| 74 | * Killua is an AntiHero in all versions of ''Manga/HunterXHunter''; however, in the 1999 anime adaptation, there are more allusions to his dangerous CreepyChild nature from the get go. |
| 75 | * ''Anime/IsekaiQuartet'': |
| 76 | ** An InUniverse example happens in the production of ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' performed for the school festival, where the titular character is far more rude, aggressive and arrogant than many other versions as a result of [[Literature/ReZero Ram]] playing the leading role. |
| 77 | ** Played straight with [[Literature/KonoSuba Kazuma]], who is more of a {{Jerkass}} here than in his own series, with his more positive traits being downplayed. This goes double for his relationship with Aqua, as while they don't get along in their own series, Kazuma demonstrated more than once that he can't leave Aqua to die. This Kazuma is more than willing to leave Aqua while the latter is getting ''eaten by giant toads.'' |
| 78 | * ''Manga/KarakuriCircus'': The anime skips young Bai Jin's JerkassRealization, making him even more selfish than in the manga. |
| 79 | * ''Anime/KirattoPriChan'': Meganee Akai has been a very kind and generous person in all of her depictions in the ''VideoGame/PrettySeries'', but in ''Kiratto'', she's a HotBlooded boss who complains to her assistant Yuzuru about anything, whether he has anything to do with it or not. |
| 80 | * In ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'', King Dedede, while he's a lazy and rather greedy king whose "royalty" is questionable, he can be a pretty good guy every now and then who helps Kirby saving the day. In the ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' anime, Dedede is more of a jerk who wants to "clobbah dat dere Kurbeh" almost every episode and treats other people like crap, with more spaced out PetTheDog moments. |
| 81 | * ''Manga/{{Lady}}'' combines with this {{Flanderization}} with the Waverly family. [[spoiler: In the manga, despite all the horrible things they did, the Waverlys had some humanizing moments and the Waverly children eventually got along with Lynn. Lynn and Mary even remained good friends 20 years later in the sequel manga. In the anime, all three are purely unlikable and driven by greed, make Lynn cry, ''blame her for her mother's death'' and try to drive the Russells to bankruptcy. They eventually get out of the Russell's lives for good when Lynn wins the Lady's Crest, and Mary receives some ''serious'' consequences from her angry grandpa.]] |
| 82 | * ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa'': |
| 83 | ** ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime1999'': While Ganondorf was the villain in the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime original game]], the manga version has several more cruel actions, such as [[spoiler:brainwashing an innocent dragon into becoming Volvagia and forcing Link to kill it]]. He also lacks the FreudianExcuse later games give him. |
| 84 | ** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures Four Swords Adventures]]'', there’s nothing to suggest Link isn’t his usual IdealHero self. In ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords2004'', he’s much more arrogant and standoffish, and each copy of him sans Red follows suit in some way. |
| 85 | ** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', King Bulblin is just a strong monster following orders from whoever he deems the strongest. His cruelty is more pronounced in ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess2016'', and he is an unapologetic [[TheSocialDarwinist darwinist]] to contrast Link's belief in always helping those in need. |
| 86 | * ''Manga/LoveHina'': In the manga, Naru Narusegawa is a violent {{Tsundere}} [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale who frequently "punishes" Keitaro]], but she becomes [[CharacterDevelopment more open about her love to him by the end of the series]]. The anime [[CharacterExaggeration ramps up]] her {{Tsundere}} behavior to borderline {{Jerkass}} levels. |
| 87 | * ''Anime/MischievousTwinsTheTalesOfStClares'': In the original Creator/EnidBlyton novel, Janet was much warmer to the twins. Her anime counterpart is openly hostile to the O'Sullivans and a {{Tsundere}}. She also loves driving Pat up the wall. |
| 88 | * In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Naruto's goal is to be the leader of his town. In the HighSchoolAU ''Anime/ShippuKonohaGakuenDen'', Naruto's goal is to be the yakuza leader of Japan. Considering that the yakuza is a criminal organization, this is a lot less mundane than just being the hokage; however, Naruto still keeps his sweet nature nevertheless. He's more interested in [[BloodKnight fighting than anything]]. |
| 89 | * ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'': Rise's former manager, Minoru Inoue, is given this treatment in episode 9. In the game, he repeatedly shows up in Inaba and tries to convince Rise to return to show business, genuinely wanting her back and believing that her retiring from being an IdolSinger would be a waste of her talent. Here, he only heads to Inaba to KickTheDog by telling her she's been replaced in an upcoming movie by a younger IdolSinger, coldly telling Rise that he's done being her manager in favor of the new girl. He does the same thing in Volume 8 of the manga adaptation, showing up at the concert that she and the others put on at Junes. |
| 90 | * ''Anime/Persona5TheAnimation'': |
| 91 | ** A few of Sae's scenes establishing that she does care for Makoto are cut out, such as the first dinner together in which Sae expresses that [[EducationMama as strict as she is]], she does want Makoto to succeed. Immediately after [[spoiler:Okumura's death]], Sae seems unusually gleeful at the prospect of "using" the man's grief-stricken daughter for information, causing Akechi to sigh and walk away. "Dark Sun" also omits Sae's apology to Futaba for putting pressure on Sojiro. |
| 92 | ** Chihaya comes off as an unrepentant SnakeOilSalesman in the anime, in which she's shown trying to sell Holy Stones to Eiko and Tsukasa, and later to Ren, since her backstory and CharacterDevelopment are not included. By comparison, in the game, she did honestly believe that [[YouCantFightFate people couldn't change their fates without help]], it turned out the ADP's leader (who's done far worse things) was making her sell the stones, and after the protagonist helps change her beliefs, she pays him and her other customers back. |
| 93 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': |
| 94 | ** This is utilized with several Gym Leaders. Many, most notably Lt. Surge, Erika, and Skyla, are changed into egotistical {{Jerkass}}es with a condescending demeanor towards their challengers; or, in Erika's case, towards [[DisproportionateRetribution those who don't appreciate the perfume her gym makes]]. Pryce is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who is cold towards Pokemon due to a misunderstanding with his Piloswine long ago, although he ''does'' get better when the Piloswine is found and the situation explained. Particularly in the games, Pryce is a perfectly pleasant and decent man, Erika is a laidback {{Ojou}}, Skyla is a cheerful and upbeat NiceGirl, and Lt. Surge, while cocky in the games, isn't nearly as mean about it as he is in the anime (being a Type 1 {{Eagleland}}er instead of a Type 2). All of them [[DefeatMeansFriendship make friends with the heroes]] in the end. |
| 95 | ** Misty downplays this more than the others, as her anime counterpart is a {{tsundere}} with a temper (though she calms down once Togepi enters the picture) while her game counterpart doesn't seem to be that way (though later games made the odd nod to this characterization). The English dub also toned down her narcissism compared to the Japanese version. |
| 96 | ** Iris in the games is an energetic young prodigy. Despite her prowess as a trainer, she's a humble character who is quite friendly, to the point where she volunteers to be Bianca's bodyguard despite barely knowing her. However, in the anime, while heroic, she's telling Ash that he is "just a kid" due to his immaturity ([[HypocriticalHumor despite being the same age as him]]). Iris in the anime is much more brattier than in the games, although she does improve by the end of the show, and since she is not a Gym Leader of Opelucid City yet in the anime, it's arguable that her anime characterization is ''meant'' to take place before her game characterization, allowing for CharacterDevelopment. [[spoiler: Her final scene with her adoptive grandfather and mentor Drayden says that she will one day take his place at the Opelucid Gym as leader, and she eventually does reappear in ''Journeys'' as the Unova region's Champion, where she has matured but still calls Ash "just a kid" (albeit now out of joking fondness as opposed to actual criticism).]] |
| 97 | ** Spearow and Raichu are generally presented as far more aggressive than they are in the games, though good-natured Raichu have appeared. |
| 98 | ** In ''Anime/PokemonIChooseYou'', Ash has a moment where he abandons Pikachu after losing a battle. He says that he wishes he had a Squirtle starter instead of a Pikachu starter and runs off. Even though Ash in the Kanto arc could be stubborn and a little bratty, he would never say such things about his Pokémon. A downplayed example, as the rest of the film doesn't show him like this; and he does apologize for it in a later scene. |
| 99 | ** Another Gym Leader who went through this is Sabrina, a creepy girl with a permanent DeathGlare and a sadistic childishness who spent almost her whole childhood developing her PsychicPowers and nothing else. Any trainer unfortunate enough to lose to her must play with her. And by play with her, we mean she shrinks them into the size of a doll so that they can be her personal playthings for who knows how long. And if they are ''very'' unfortunate, she turns them into literal dolls, [[AndIMustScream putting them in a state where they can't even move at all]]. [[spoiler:She even did this to her mother no less]]. Obviously, she never did this in the games, and it thankfully doesn't last long thanks to Ash's Haunter [[WhenSheSmiles making her laugh]] for the first time. |
| 100 | ** The anime does this to Pokémon in general by showing that some change personalties upon evolving, most frequently being more stubborn and aggressive. This is loosely based on how in the games Pokémon will disobey their trainers if they don't have enough gym badges. The anime presents this as a normal part of Pokémon development, while the games do not. This also gives a convenient excuse for why [[NotAllowedToGrowUp some Pokémon refuse to evolve]]. |
| 101 | * ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'': |
| 102 | ** Norman, the protagonist's father in ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire''. In the games, Norman is a kind, gentle person who respects his child's wishes and would most likely not use physical violence. In the manga, Norman is a lot meaner and [[AbusiveParents beats up his son]] for disobeying him. Despite his harshness, he is on the side of good -- he is genuinely supportive of Ruby. |
| 103 | ** Gladion is more ruthless than his game counterpart and isn't against having his Pokémon attack humans. He's also shown having a [[HeManWomanHater thing against women in power]], thanks to his abusive mother. |
| 104 | * In ''Literature/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'', Pallet Town is a WretchedHive and Ash's mother Delia was a StepfordSmiler who resented him on some level and was glad to have him out of the house. In the actual anime she was perfectly kind and loving [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents to the point of embarrassing him frequently]]. |
| 105 | * Akane Tendo from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' is a [[ZigZaggingTrope zigzagging]] case, in that it's hard to get any group of fans to agree ''which'' of her two incarnations (anime vs. manga) is the more jerkish. The anime version is generally portrayed as more consistently hot-tempered and quick to start shouting at Ranma or get grumpy. But the manga version goes to far nastier extremes in terms of anger at and distrust for Ranma -- for example, believing Ranma will try to rape her when they are home alone together during the Hypnotic Mushrooms story, or accusing Ranma of trying to rape Hinako Ninomiya in her introductory story, both of which are things the anime version of Akane would ''never'' do. |
| 106 | * ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'': |
| 107 | ** In the original manga, Kokoa started out as a {{Jerkass}}, but mellowed out into a {{Tsundere}} JerkWithAHeartOfGold over time. In [=Capu2=], she ''never'' mellows out and is rude, disrespectful, and bitchy to everyone she talks to, [[JerkassToOne especially Outer Moka]]. Inner Moka is the ''only'' character in the entire show she treats with anything resembling kindness or respect, and that's just because they grew up together and Kokoa [[BigSisterWorship worships her]]. |
| 108 | ** Despite being overall LighterAndSofter than the manga, the anime nonetheless succeeded in making [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Kuyou]] even worse. In the manga, he just decides to kill the Newspapers Club as soon as he takes them to the headquarters of the [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil Public Safety Commission]] and they rebel against him, while in the anime, he takes Tsukune, Moka, Kurumu and Mizore, and proceeds to torture Moka (and threatens to do the same with Mizore and Kurumu) to make Tsukune confess his identity as a human. Afterwards, he sentences Tsukune to a PublicExecution in front of everyone in Yokai Academy to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem make an example of him]]. |
| 109 | * In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', Weiss Schnee is a prejudiced person from a wealthy, abusive family. However, she genuinely wants to improve, so her initial character development into a supportive friend and team-mate happens quickly. In ''Anime/RWBYIceQueendom'', she is a full-blown racist who learns the wrong lessons and fakes civility to [[ItsAllAboutMe score points]] with the teachers. This is to set up the main plot of her being infected by a Nightmare Grimm that so accentuates these negative traits that she's nicknamed "Nega(tive)-Weiss" in-universe. |
| 110 | * ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': |
| 111 | ** Rei is an AloofDarkHairedGirl in [[Manga/SailorMoon the manga]], but in the [[Anime/SailorMoon first anime adaptation]], she is HotBlooded and often picks fights with Usagi. Rei is very prone to insulting Usagi, much more than the other way round and in many cases without provocation or reason other than teasing Usagi. Despite their bickering, they're still the closest of the guardians (in the manga Rei is closer with Minako than Usagi). The Dic dub takes this a step further. Rei, or rather Raye, is made even meaner to Usagi, or rather Serena, losing almost every little hint of [[FireForgedFriends strong companionship]] they have in the original version. |
| 112 | ** This ended up happening to Sailors Uranus and Neptune in the classic anime. [[AloofAlly Aloof allies]] to the max, they treated the Inner Guardians as kids who were too idealistic for their own good and couldn't handle a war that decided the fate of the world, even though they had already dealt with two world threatening villains (an EldritchAbomination that was responsible for the Moon Kingdom's destruction and time-traveling terrorists from the 30th century) before they appeared and among them are a national genius girl with a handheld supercomputer that's suggested to be more advanced than modern day appliances (Ami), a psychic girl who could've figured out who held the Talismans by divining through the Sacred Fire (Rei), a girl who awoke as a Sailor Guardian long before all of them did and fought against evil organizations overseas by herself (Minako), and a girl with a legendary crystal that has the capacity to heal/destroy an entire planet and bring the dead back to life (Usagi). They even went as far as stealing Usagi's TransformationTrinket just to get her out of the way and threaten to kill her if she showed up again. |
| 113 | ** Luna also has a special mention. In the classic anime, she was very smug and quick to belittle Usagi whenever she did something dumb, and was especially snooty towards Artemis. She was always quick to dismiss him and hardly had any faith in him. When Diana appeared before him and called him her father, [[TheUnfairSex she instantly accused him of cheating on her]] while failing to see that Diana's fur was a mix of her's and Artemis' (grey). When it was revealed that she was Diana's mother, [[KarmaHoudini her treatment of him was never brought up]]. |
| 114 | ** While Chibiusa was no saint by any means in both the original and the Viz dub, her BrattyHalfPint tendencies get cranked up in the [=DiC=] dub. This is not helped by Tracey Hoyt making her sound even MORE intolerable than usual. |
| 115 | * ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'': |
| 116 | ** Makoto Itou gets this in the anime. While he was no saint in the original [=VNs=], his jerkish behavior only happened when his lust got the better of him, and was a relatively decent guy who ''did'' have some moral boundaries regarding his behavior. The [[MultipleEndings various routes]] also made it possible to make him a genuine NiceGuy. His anime counterpart, on the other hand, is a selfish, perverted, two-timing {{Jerkass}} who objectifies any girl he meets such as touching Sekai's ass without her permission (though not without a well-deserved GroinAttack from the latter), and later [[spoiler:intentionally manipulates said girls into loving him, which results in them [[{{Yandere}} going insane and killing him]]]]. The ''Cross Days'' manga [[AdaptationalVillainy takes this a step further]], where Makoto is a straight up [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil sexual predator]] who almost ''rapes'' Roka before [[WholesomeCrossdresser Yuuki]] [[BigDamnHeroes comes and rescues her]]. |
| 117 | ** In the manga adaption, where Makoto was given a [[AdaptationalNiceGuy far more likable personality]], the reverse was done for Sekai, being [[ManipulativeBastard very manipulative]] of everyone around her, including Makoto himself. Though Sekai in the [=VNs=] and anime wasn't really pleasant, she still had heart, and her descent into insanity was due to Makoto's manipulation of her. |
| 118 | * Amu from ''Manga/ShugoChara'' gets that treatment in the anime, being a lot more snooty towards her Charas than she was in the manga. She's always quick to dismiss them and hardly had any faith in them. When they, along with El, lost her TransformationTrinket, and then retrieved it, she instantly accused them of getting it lost on purpose, when it was El's idea. Also, when she lost her chocolate box she made for Tadase for Valentine's Day while fighting a BrainwashedAndCrazy classmate, and saw her charas rubbing their stomachs after the fight was over, she instantly accused them of eating her chocolates and chased after them, while failing to notice said chocolates landed on Ikuto. |
| 119 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': |
| 120 | ** Sonic in ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'' is ruder, more obnoxious, and less willing to help people than his video game counterpart. |
| 121 | ** ''Anime/SonicX'': |
| 122 | *** Amy Rose from the games could be {{bratty|HalfPint}} and [[ClingyJealousGirl over-obsessed]] with Sonic, but was otherwise a NiceGirl, while in the anime, she's portrayed as a [[CuteAndPsycho borderline]] {{Yandere}} towards Sonic to the point of attacking anyone who gets between her and the latter, and a [[HairTriggerTemper violently aggressive]] [[GoodIsNotNice Jerkass Hero]] who can be downright nasty to others, [[{{Flanderization}} most especially by the third season]], with her [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold moments of genuine kindness]] being few and far between. This personality in the anime [[RetCanon bordered to the games later on]], but was still toned down from her worst in the anime and eventually was abandoned. |
| 123 | *** Downplayed with [[CheerfulChild Cream]], who often joins in manipulating and beating up Knuckles just to showcase how much of a ButtMonkey he is. In the games, she treats him with just as much respect as the rest of her friends. |
| 124 | * ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'': As much of a bastard he is in the light novels, Gabriel Miller actually manages to be worse in the anime, having a penchant for [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]] that was never present in the light novels. |
| 125 | * General Radi Jaeger from ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' was a generally well-meaning PunchClockVillain who only fought on the side of the Empire because Maximillian promised to give his country independence if the war was won. This meant that he was also a regular witness to the DomesticAbuse his boss would inflict upon [[LoveMartyr Selvaria]]. To make up for his inability to intervene on her behalf, he befriended her and treated her with kindness. TheAnimeOfTheGame however, gave Jaeger's role to AscendedExtra Johann Eisen. To avoid repeating the same character archetype twice, Jaeger's personality needed to be retooled. So his entire approach towards Selvaria was changed to making [[StealthInsult Stealth Insults]] and snarky remarks whenever her love for Maximillian manifested itself and in reaction to the latter's abusive antics. Essentially, showing her some ToughLove to hopefully make her realise their relationship is unhealthy. |
| 126 | * Pai Chan from ''Anime/VirtuaFighter'' is normally cheerful and happy-go-lucky [[VideoGame/VirtuaFighter in the games]]. The anime turned her into a very sassy {{Tsundere}}, especially when it comes to [[BelligerentSexualTension Akira]]. |
| 127 | * ''Manga/YuGiOh'': While Gozaburo Kaiba was always a villain, being an {{Abusive Parent|s}} to Seto, Mokuba AND Noah, being the whole reason Seto is initially a psychotic {{Jerkass}}, he's infinitely worse in the anime. In the anime he's an OmnicidalManiac who planned to launch missiles across the world in order to wipe out 97% of Earth's population and rule over the survivors like a god from the digital world. The anime also has him basically raise Seto to perform a GrandTheftMe on him for Noah, before deciding to take Seto's body for himself when he dies via digitally transferring his mind. |
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| 130 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 131 | * ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'': |
| 132 | ** Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}} is depicted as enjoying violence and inflicting pain, in contrast to his [[TheStoic usual depiction]]. |
| 133 | ** Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} is more concerned with how Batman's actions will reflect on all superheroes than Dick Grayson's safety and is more quick to anger, going as far as threatening to kill Wonder Woman if she kills Batman. |
| 134 | ** Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} is a misandrist (an infamous line is her calling a man a "sperm bank"), thinking all men outside of Superman as worthless, and she honestly wanted to kill Batman and hand his head over to the authorities. |
| 135 | * ''ComicBook/Aquaman1986'': |
| 136 | ** Aquaman's father Tom Curry is depicted here, and nowhere else, as a militant man who favored Arthur and left Orm in the shadows, seething with revenge. |
| 137 | ** Aquaman himself is rather haughty and cruel in this series, building off of his Justice League Detroit characterization. A noted goal of the writers for this series was moving him past this mindset as he was felt to be too unlikable. |
| 138 | * In the ''Classics Illustrated'' adaptation of ''Literature/TheBlackArrow'', Bennet Hatch interrupts protagonist Dick Shelton as he is encouraging the villagers to join Sir Daniel's forces to tell them they will join their lord's army or else...and then advises Dick treating the "simple varlets" with more harshness. In the original novel he makes no such insulting comments; neither he suggests Dick to abuse people. |
| 139 | * Tony Stark himself suffers this early on in ''ComicBook/HeroesRebornIronMan'', starting off as an arrogant prick, not caring about less well-off people, comparing them to ants, and using his money and clout to get what he wants. |
| 140 | * ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW'': |
| 141 | ** The Misfits are still the antagonists and still not nice girls (except Stormer), but it's slyly demonstrated that each of the band stands solely on their own. Pizzazz's temper is even worse, and feels she literally cannot trust anyone in her life. Roxy and Jetta aren't down each other's throats anymore, but they'd just as easily laugh if one was the butt of a joke. Pizzazz, Roxy, and Jetta still gang up on Stormer, but Stormer is actually more likely to snark back at them, insult them and even scream at them, unafraid to stand up to even Pizzazz. Clash in [[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} the cartoon]] also wouldn't have tried to [[spoiler:seriously injure, or outright murder, Jem]] like that. |
| 142 | ** At the same time though, this is [[AdaptationalNiceGuy inverted]] as their softer sides and HiddenDepths are more present. Jetta went from the TokenEvilTeammate to being calm and relatively nice (especially towards Roxy, who she's best friend with in the comics but is enemies with in the cartoon). A lot more emphasis goee into giving Pizzazz's HiddenDepths focus. She has a lot more moments of sincerity, happiness, and vulnerability. In one issue she actually listens to Stormer's wants to do a ballad and ends the issue on a middle ground. She'll allow a ballad on the next album, not the current one. In the cartoon scene that was inspired by Pizzazz outright just ''shredded'' the lyrics because she doesn't like "soft" songs. |
| 143 | * ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' is a prime example of GoodIsNotNice, since his job ''requires'' him to be the faceless, robotic enforcer of a dictatorship prone to DisproportionateRetribution. However, Judge Dredd does have [[ByTheBookCop rules and a code of honor he adheres to]], helping out the helpless wherever he can and not taking instances where he has to ShootTheDog lightly. At one point he even turned in his badge when he grew disgusted with the system. In the AlternateContinuity published in ''Magazine/HeavyMetal'', he is a lot more TriggerHappy and seems to go out of his way to hound innocent people. |
| 144 | * The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters'' tie-in comics features a self-serving version of Francine Lee, the eventually wife of Man-Bat. Outside of ''The ComicBook/New52'', she's usually a supportive and loving person to Kirk. |
| 145 | * In [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes prior-continuities]], R.J. Brande was an affable nice billionaire who helped fund the Legion out of gratitude to Garth, Rokk, and Imra for saving his life and because he realized the galaxy needed heroes. President Brande in ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes2020'', on the other hand, is a two-faced bureaucrat whose opinion on the Legion flip-flops depending on what's useful to her at the time. Not helping matters is that Chameleon Boy loathes her, whereas in the continuities where Cham is R.J. Brande's son they get along seemingly well. |
| 146 | * ''ComicBook/New52'': |
| 147 | ** ComicBook/WonderWoman and her supporting characters are all much less pleasant people than the norm in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2011'', with some like [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]] being turned into straight up villains. That Wondy and the Amazons revel in killing and the Amazons of this continuity are murderous, rapist, slave trading misandrists rather misses the mark of the original intent behind Wonder Woman and the Amazons, who were meant to be an example of the best of humanity and what could be achieved without the limitations posed on people due to bigotry. |
| 148 | ** [[Characters/RobinTimDrake Tim Drake]] is as harsh and hardened as he was at his lowest points in ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' pre-Flashpoint but without the TraumaCongaLine that led him to that point in his new backstory. Evidently this version of Tim is just a jerk, even endangering his family to try to uncover Batman's identity, which he definitely did not do in his original incarnation. |
| 149 | ** [[Comicbook/{{Shazam}} Billy Batson]]. He starts off appearing to be the same WideEyedIdealist as in past versions, but is immediately revealed to the reader to be a ManipulativeBastard cynically spouting what potential foster parents want to hear, with the group home manager openly telling him that she's letting him get away with this in the hope of getting rid of the most unpleasant kid she's ever met. It's a set-up for him to learn AnAesop about family by the end of his origin, but it's still a bit off-putting. In his defense, he does mellow out as the story goes on, and it's shown that [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he won't stand for people being bullied or assaulted]], with his first non-selfish act using his powers being to defend someone from a mugging. |
| 150 | * In ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}: The Monster Society of Evil'', Mrs Bromfield is briefly mentioned as hating Mary because she blamed her fosterage for Mr Bromfield leaving. In all other continuities where the Bromfields feature Mary is HappilyAdopted. |
| 151 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': |
| 152 | ** Sonic is a heroic, laid-back, if somewhat cocky character in [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the games]], and at the time of ''Comicbook/SonicTheComic'' was written in western canon as being a TotallyRadical MascotWithAttitude. But in here, he's a bullying, immature {{Jerkass}}, [[JerkassToOne especially to Tails.]] Despite caring for his friends, he [[RealMenHateAffection really has a hard time showing it]]. |
| 153 | ** ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': |
| 154 | *** While not to the extent of his ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' counterpart, Sonic's flaws are emphasized more in this incarnation, and he verges into JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory more often than not. Examples include the following: |
| 155 | *** On top of dating Fiona despite full knowledge of Tails' crush on her, during the House of Cards arc, he ends up criticizing and insulting Tails' father for kick-starting a VelvetRevolution, and when trying to stop his mother from breaking him out of jail to continue it, fully expects Tails to be 100% okay with him doing so, going so far as to gloat to Rosemary and Amadeus' faces that even if they are his parents, Tails [[HeroWorshipper worships]] him and will [[EasilyForgiven get over it]]. Instead, Tails is justifiably pissed over all of that, on top of his dating Fiona, and hearing that leads him to snap and try to beat the crap out of Sonic. |
| 156 | *** In the games, Sonic is generally an AllLovingHero (if with a sarcastic streak and GoodIsNotSoft moments), while in Archie, as much as he ''tries'' to be such at times, he generally has a history of holding long lasting and sometimes even outright violent grudges: |
| 157 | *** After the events of ''Sonic 3 and Knuckles'', Sonic seemed perfectly willing to befriend Knuckles, with most of the distrust and resentment one-way on Knuckles' part, and often comedic (though Sonic has no qualms playfully insulting him). In the comics, the two both straight up ''hated'' each other for a long while even after Knuckles realizes he's been duped by Robotnik, and while Knuckles generally avoids the same trickery afterwards, they still regularly spat, blame each other for things going wrong or just show petty resentment towards each other, with just as much vitriol on Sonic's part as Knuckles'. They cool down eventually, but still have more serious disagreements than in the games. |
| 158 | *** In comparison to his games counterpart, who was perfectly willing to forgive and forget Silver for doing such acts as trying to kill him out of misguided heroism, Sonic's attitude towards him for similar acts here is much less relaxed, leading him to end up smashing Silver through a wall, trying to Spin Dash him to oblivion, and give him a brutal TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. Even after calming down, the next time they meet, Sonic still sees red, telling Silver in no uncertain terms that he's ''done'' listening to anything he has to say and ordering him to screw off. [[JustifiedTrope To be fair]], this was right after Sonic had just witnessed Sally's roboticization and Antoine, one of the people Silver [[InspectorJavert accused of being a traitor]] with little-to-no evidence to back it up, had been rendered comatose [[HeroicSacrifice after saving Elias and the Acorns from Metal Sonic]]. He does finally forgive Silver, but it takes a lot more convincing from his allies as well as Silver obtaining Mecha Sally for Sonic to lighten up around him. |
| 159 | *** No incarnation of Dr. Eggman is a NiceGuy, but his video game counterpart is a legitimately AffablyEvil villain with some positive qualities who is prone to EnemyMine situations with Sonic and his friends. Pre-[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide reboot]], ''this'' Eggman is far more monstrous and guilty of numerous horrifying atrocities, up to and including mass murder and genocide, having much more in common with [[VideoGame/SonicRush Eggman]] [[VideoGame/SonicRivals Nega]] than his games self. |
| 160 | ** ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'': Shadow is way more hostile and prone to violence than his more subdued and stoic persona in the games, and his relationship with Sonic is slightly more embittered (though this isn't unjustified given the situation they were in). Most notably, he's way more arrogant about his abilities and confidently assumes he's more capable than he actually is, which costs him greatly in the Metal Virus saga. According to Creator/IanFlynn, this was an [[ExecutiveMeddling editorial mandate]] on Sega's part, as they decided this was how they wanted Shadow's personality to be portrayed. |
| 161 | * In ''ComicBook/TheStarWars'', Princess Leia is much ruder than her canon counterpart, and has a SlapSlapKiss thing going on with Annikin. |
| 162 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderManLifeStory'': |
| 163 | ** Mary Jane in issue #2, having never met Peter when he was younger at Aunt May's insistence, is seen as the hedonistic party-goer she was in Lee-Romita's run. [[spoiler:It turns out, however, that this is an act and that she knew Peter was Spider-Man for a while and she gets angry at him for his constant bailing out on his friends and general passive nature, since all he does in his civilian life is pass judgment on his friends or make them feel guilty for their lives. She tones down considerably after the death of Gwen Stacy, allowing Peter to lash out at her while she in turns hugs him out of his grief and regret, much like the end of Conway's famous story.]] |
| 164 | ** In issue #3, Peter Parker [[spoiler:becomes a neglectful father to his twin babies, Ben and Claire, as opposed to the loving, caring and devoted parent seen in ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'' and ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManRenewYourVows''. He is entirely aware of this but his ChronicHeroSyndrome prevents him from taking active measures to improve his family life. Likewise, in 616, when Peter found out that the Symbiote was alive and was alerted about it by Reed Richards, Peter agreed to eject the suit quickly. Here Reed is appalled that Peter is knowingly using a suit with an alien consciousness just so he can continue to function as an aging superhero and a need to "stay relevant"]]. |
| 165 | ** In issue #4, it is shown that [[spoiler:Tony Stark never went through meaningful character development and never stopped being a weapons dealer due to becoming more involved in the Vietnam War. To Tony, his weapons helped the United States win the war against Russia and blows up on Peter for suggesting he stop making them. He hits Peter under the belt by hanging Mary Jane constantly moving herself and the kids away from New York, and Peter implies that Tony sold weapons to not-so-great regimes]]. |
| 166 | * ''ComicBook/SupremePower'': Due to having a darker tone than the original ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'', many of the heroes are more cynical and flawed, the most notable examples including Hyperion becoming disillusioned towards defending humanity after learning he had been manipulated and lied to for most of his life, Power Princess believing her strength entitles her to do what she wants with no regard to how her actions affect other people and Nighthawk (who is [[RaceLift African-American in this version]]) having no problem killing criminals in addition to believing that all Caucasians are irredeemable racists who deserve his scorn. |
| 167 | * ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesVsStreetFighter'': At least at this point in the IDW comics, Shredder had mellowed out and become a good guy as well as mentor to the heroes. Here he's still evil and kind of a dick, even if he's ALighterShadeOfBlack to M. Bison. |
| 168 | * ''ComicBook/ThorVikings'' (which is considered non-canon to the main Marvel Universe by everyone except the miniseries' writer Creator/GarthEnnis) depicts Dr. Strange as ruder and more aloof than his standard self, behaving more like [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]] and dismissively referring to his absent companion Wong as "some foreigner" who's supposed to tidy up the Sanctum Sanctorum. |
| 169 | * ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'': A controversial aspect is their tendency to do this to fan favorite characters. |
| 170 | ** Arcee is typically depicted as one of the more mature and sisterly Autobots. In the comics, she was originally a male Transformer who was subjected to inhumane experiments that turned her into a female. This resulted in her becoming [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil morally detached]] and [[AxCrazy violently unstable]]. |
| 171 | ** Prowl is usually an honorable ByTheBookCop. In the comics, he becomes a [[DirtyCop complete]] [[TautologicalTemplar jackboot]] who regularly commits immoral crimes because he feels that they were [[IDidWhatIHadToDo necessary to maintain peace]]. |
| 172 | ** In the original cartoon, Spike and Sparkplug Witwicky were the Autobots' closest human allies. The comic versions of the characters are [[InNameOnly completely different characters]], both being huge jerks who hate Transformers. Spike is a particularly extreme example, becoming a minor luddite who's such a smug jackass that no one except his parents like him. |
| 173 | ** ''ComicBook/TransformersDeviations'' sees its version of the Autobots introduced in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' be incredibly rude to Hot Rod, with Ultra Magnus threatening violence and even accusing Hot Rod of treason because of his dream of the Matrix. The thing is the premise of the story is deviating from the film so it's Optimus who survived what was supposed to be his final duel with Megatron and it's Megatron who died -- and in the film itself, the Autobots still didn't hold anything against Hot Rod despite Optimus's death, so it's weird they're bullying Hot Rod in this since with Optimus alive, they have no reason to do so. |
| 174 | ** Bumblebee of ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'' is not the cheerful KidAppealCharacter of the original show, but a much more grumpy and cynical leader laboring under TheChainsOfCommanding. He's still TheHeart, but he's noticeably more rude, sarcastic, and willing to let people suffer the consequences of their actions than bail them out (''especially'' Starscream, though most people believe Starscream tends to deserve what he gets). |
| 175 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': With the switch in writers after William Moulton Marston's death [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Steve Trevor and Gen. Darnell]] become noticeably more sexist, frequently saying things they'd once have been happy to have Wonder Woman and the Holliday Girls' help with are a man's job and belittling their once trusted ally Etta Candy. This changes were somewhat subtle at first, but the subtlety was dropped when the book switched from the Golden Age Earth-Two to the Silver Age Earth-One. |
| 176 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWomanAmazonia'': The story's incarnation of Wonder Woman's love interest Steve Trevor is a nasty piece of work, demonstrating misogynist treatment of his wife Diana and even [[MaritalRapeLicense seeing his marriage as entitling him to bed Diana whenever he wants to]]. |
| 177 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWomanTheTrueAmazon'' features one of the meanest versions of Wonder Woman out there that isn't outright evil, as she's incredibly spoiled, selfish, and proud. Her hubris ends up killing and maiming several of her Amazon sisters, and she becomes Wonder Woman as penance for her actions. |
| 178 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWomanTheHiketeia'': Features Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}} in the role of a HeroAntagonist as he tracks down someone who has come under Wonder Woman's protection and so many of his negative qualities get amplified and put on full display. |
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| 181 | [[folder:Films -- Animated]] |
| 182 | * A very downplayed version in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingMaurice'', where Keith is ''mostly'' the somewhat diffident NiceGuy he is in [[Literature/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents the book]], but there is one moment when book Keith is slightly shocked at Malicia's plan to deal with the ratcatchers (not just giving them laxative and telling them it's poision, but giving them ''more'' laxative and telling them it's the antidote), saying "You are not a nice person" (although he still goes along with it). In the film, he completely approves and calls her a genius. |
| 183 | * ''Animation/AlicesBirthday'': |
| 184 | ** In the original ''Literature/AliceGirlFromTheFuture'' series, Rrrr is timid, quiet and extremely polite. In the animated adaptation of ''Alice’s Birthday'', he is sarcastic and easily irritated, often rudely snapping at Alice. Partly justified, since their friendship, unlike in the books, has a rocky start, with her [[MistookTheDominantLifeform mistaking him for an actual kitten]] and later accidentally spraying him with a foul-smelling vaccine. |
| 185 | ** Alice herself gets it to a lesser extent. When a six-year-old boy from Koleida offers to help her, she rudely refuses, telling him rather sharply that he is too small. Granted, her nerves at that moment are on edge and she does not want him to join her dangerous mission, but book!Alice, while she can be sarcastic, is never outright rude, and she is always nice to kids younger than her, even when they are annoying. |
| 186 | * In the ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' comics, Councilman Arthur Reeves had mob connections and hated Batman, but he was an ultimately harmless buffoon set up to fail by said mob connections.[[note]]Rupert Throne, wanting Hamilton Hill to be mayor, set Reeves up with false evidence implying Batman as a mob boss, only to out the truth for Hill's victory.[[/note]] In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'', Reeves [[spoiler:sold Carl Beaumont out to Sal Valestra after Carl refused to give him more money for his campaign, resulting in Carl's death. The first annual for ''[[ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures Batman & Robin Adventures]]'' also sees this version of Revees becomes a super villain in his own right]]. |
| 187 | * In the original ''Literature/{{Coraline}}'' book, Coraline is polite, well-mannered, and stoic, while her [[WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}} film counterpart]] is sarcastic, belligerent, and snarky (although she does [[TookALevelInKindness soften out]] by the end). The [[VideoGame/{{Coraline}} game counterpart]] is a mixture of [[CompositeCharacter both]]. Nowhere near as jerkish as the movie version, but not as stoic as the book version. |
| 188 | * Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon: |
| 189 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': In the original tale, the Beast was never a bad guy to begin with. He was transformed by an evil fairy through no fault of his own and is seen to be kind-hearted for the most part, and gentleman-like, with only an occasional tendency to be hot-tempered. In the Disney version, he starts out as an outright {{Jerkass}} who was transformed as punishment for his cruelty, is always angry (although not without remorse, as shown when [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he sees Belle crying in the tower and takes her to a nicer room]]), and only becomes good after CharacterDevelopment. |
| 190 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' is more "Adaptational JerkWithAHeartOfGold." In the comics, Hiro Takachiho is an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent. At the start of the [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 animated movie]], Hiro [[AdaptationNameChange Hamada]] partakes in illegal bot-fights before his brother shows him around his school. There's also the issue of [[spoiler:trying to kill Callaghan]], though to be fair, [[YouKilledMyFather that was an extreme circumstance]]. |
| 191 | ** ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'': In one of the "Inter-Stitch-ial" trailers, Princess Jasmine from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' is depicted as a GoldDigger who ditches Aladdin for Stitch when she sees he has a spaceship, which she finds more impressive than Aladdin's magic carpet. |
| 192 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'': Both Wart's foster-father, Ector, and his foster-brother, Kay, have a lot of their positive qualities scrubbed away (at least until the end). Ector goes from a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who wants Wart to be educated to a bossy disciplinarian who's against it, while Kay is reduced to a one-dimensional bully who hates Wart for no good reason, rather than having a legitimate inferiority complex (he also gets an AgeLift, which exacerbates the problem -- it's one thing to see a twelve-year-old being picked on by his fourteen-year-old brother, and another thing to see that same bullying from a guy who's ''at least'' eighteen, if not older). |
| 193 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'': In the original tale, "the prince" (who Flynn is based on) was the stereotypical heroic character. Here, he is a selfish anti-heroic thief, but becomes less selfish after spending time with Rapunzel and steps up to true blue heroism. Flynn started development as a GentleGiant thief named "Bastion" who only robbed because he had no other choice growing up an orphan, making his more true to the original prince, however the team decided to revamp his character into something "sexier". |
| 194 | ** Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' where the [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Disney Princesses]] are more standoff-ish than normal and seem to enjoy messing up [[Franchise/StarWars C-3PO's]] [[MaliciousMisnaming name]]. They're still quite friendly otherwise. |
| 195 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'', Professor Ratigan is a BadBoss who feeds one of his henchmen to his pet cat for annoying him and tosses Fidget, one of his most loyal minions, off an airship to save weight. Professor Moriarty, his inspiration from the ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' stories, was an AffablyEvil BenevolentBoss who treated his men well, aside from betrayal, and had their complete loyalty in return. |
| 196 | * WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse: |
| 197 | ** In the comics, Nightwing is open to Damian becoming Robin (he actually replaced Tim Drake in order to bring Damian into the Batfamily) and gladly supports and guides him even before he got the mantle. In ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman'', he's a rather standoffish jerk who would prefer to avoid Damian if at all possible and is vehemently opposed to Damian becoming Robin. In this case, it's because he's a sort of CompositeCharacter with Tim Drake, whose relationship with Damian was a lot tenser. |
| 198 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBadBlood'', Batwoman is more willing to resort to lethal force and unlike the comic, when Batman rescues a pre-Batwoman Kate, she's shown to be resentful of it. |
| 199 | * A minor case in ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternFirstFlight'', where Tomar Re and Ch'p are initially distrustful and dismissive towards Hal Jordan because of doubts that he is a worthy successor to Abin Sur. In contrast, their comic counterparts got along rather well with Hal Jordan from the start. |
| 200 | * In ''Film/TheHobbit'', Thranduil. In the book, he's relatively isolationist, but he doesn't restrict his people's movements, he keeps ties to the nearby men, and he willingly comes to their aid. In the movie, he's [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first seen]] abandoning Erebor at Smaug's initial attack, and in ''Desolation of Smaug'' he orders his people not to leave the keep once the forest gets dangerous. In the book he is reluctant to fight the dwarves ( "Long may I tarry, ere I begin a war for gold,"), while in the movie, he is eager to fight. |
| 201 | * In the comics, Batman has tendencies of being a jerkass for sure. However, the version of him introduced in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' is more extreme, being an AttentionWhore who's [[ItsAllAboutMe full of himself]] and rude to everyone around him. ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' highlights his jerkassery even ''more'' with Batman being a constant {{Troll}} who mocks and humanililizes his allies and adversaries alike. [[JerkassRealization He gots better in the end, though]]. |
| 202 | * While Kano is no saint in ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' canon, he ''never'' did the crimes against humanity he committed in ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatLegendsSnowBlind'', which included terrorizing small towns [[spoiler:and deliberating unleashing a hodre of revenants so he could TakeOverTheWorld]]. |
| 203 | * ''[[WebAnimation/QueerDuck Queer Duck: The Movie]]'' does this to the unnamed MockyMouse mascot that appeared in the original web series' episode "The Gayest Place on Earth". While the character in the original web series was already not very nice due to [[CrazyJealousGuy lashing out on Queer Duck for flirting with his lover Gobble the Salty Seaman]] and berating Gobble at the end of the episode for not finishing a blowjob, the movie reinterprets the character as being [[AdaptationalSexuality straight]] and [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain a homophobe]], denying Queer Duck and the other gay men he's brought together entry to the theme park Happyland by bringing down the gates and yelling "Beat it, you homos!" |
| 204 | * In a case of this happening to the hero to a degree, ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'' actually sees [[spoiler:Superman go through with lobotomizing Manchester Black and depowering the Elite. In [[ComicBook/WhatsSoFunnyAboutTruthJusticeAndTheAmericanWay the original comics]], the Elite retained their powers and Supes merely gave Black a concussion. A small detail implies that it might still be a concussion, but those who haven't read the comics wouldn't be able to notice it]]. |
| 205 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', Franchise/DonkeyKong is given AdaptationalIntelligence (in the games normally using HulkSpeak at best DependingOnTheWriter) and made a snarky JerkJock. Also from the same movie is, surprisingly enough, [[BigBad Bowser]]. Unlike the games, where he [[BenevolentBoss showed that he at least cared for his minions]], this version of King Koopa [[BadBoss has no qualms mistreating his subordinates]], often for the most miniscule of reasons (such as roasting one of his Koopa Troopas enough to [[StrippedToTheBone reduce them to dry bones]] for speaking improperly, or [[PianoCoverSlam crushing the fingers of Kamek with his piano cover]] after the latter asks why he would go after Mario). And while both versions have a VillainousCrush on Peach, here it's less out of genuine affection and more out of [[{{Yandere}} obsession]] and {{entitl|edToHaveYou}}ment, to the point that he ''attempts to murder Peach'' after she [[NotGoodWithRejection rejects him]]. |
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| 209 | * ''Franchise/{{Asterix}}'': A general tendency in most [[LiveActionAdaptation live action adaptations]] of the franchise (except in Film/AsterixAndObelixMissionCleopatra). [[WithFriendsLikeThese Asterix]] gets confrontational with Obélix, when not openly dismissive of him, and his attraction to his diverse LoveInterests. Obélix himself is way more of a DeadpanSnarker, and Vitalstatistix or Getafix more reluctant to help others. |
| 210 | * ''Film/TheAdventuresOfSpirouAndFantasio'': It concern nearly every character, compared to [[ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio the source material.]] |
| 211 | ** Spirou himself is hit quite hard with this. Originally, he's an IdealHero, imagined as [[TheParagon exemplary]] by his original devoted christian editor. His first fan club even had a strict code of honor [[note]]It notably recommended to members to be frank, straight, FriendToAllLivingThings and especially weak people, having IncorruptiblePurePureness, always in a good mood...It encouraged, in RealLife, some children to join LaResistance during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and Spirou himself is a member of it in two spin-off[[/note]]. Through the years, [[NiceGuy Spirou]] was shown as not bearing injustice or dishonesty, [[ChronicHeroSyndrome being an helpful person]] (whether he actually work as a bellboy or not), a devoted friend, [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules selfless]], with a ThouShaltNotKill policy and courageous enough to rescue kids (or even rabbits) from [[HeroicFireRescue fire]] or drowning. In the movie he's inexplicably a pick pocket with StickyFingers [[note]]He steal his uniform, jewelry, wallets, a car, plane tickets and even [[TeamPet Spip]], found in a plane's transportation cage, during all the movie's duration [[/note]], posing as a bellboy while being dismissive of the actual job, defined by him as "being a hireling". Spirou's OnlyInItForTheMoney attitude is his initial motivation to run after the kidnapped Champignac, who possess a mushroom worth millions, then stay only because Fantasio suggest to pay him for [[note]]Said greed resembles more Zantafio, a recurring villain from the comics[[/note]]. He tend to have a WithFriendsLikeThese attitude with Fantasio, is a big DeadpanSnarker, have a ItsAllAboutMe and IWorkAlone behavior, [[spoiler: going as far of making Zorglub fall in his LavaPit with no qualms, despite the latter [[JokerImmunity survives the experience]]]]. His disinterested gestures are quite scarce in general [[note]]Only three: saving Fantasio's life, playing ShipperOnDeck for Seccotine and Fantasio, and finally reverse the zorglwaves worldwide effect[[/note]]. [[spoiler: Spirou theoretically redeems in the end, but seeing him abandon his job without warning don't make him look quite responsible.]] As the original Spirou was more prone to pursue pickpockets than being one himself, it can explain for a good part the movie under performance. |
| 212 | ** In the comics, Zorglub debuted as a classic BigBad, but already [[HeelFaceTurn redeemed]] in the end of his introduction album after Champignac (that he calls a friend no matter what) reasoned him. He had a few [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor relapses]] later, but mostly ended as an AntiVillain and a FriendlyEnemy. He often appear as [[WellIntentionedExtremist misguided]], genuinely thinking that his [[MindControlDevice zorglwaves]] can end wars and misunderstandings. He was regularly tricked into doing wrong things by more evil characters (like Zantafio). Or he was an EcoTerrorist in the second AnimatedAdaptation. In the latter, and in his own spin-off as well, having a teenage daughter humanize Zorglub a lot. In the movie, he goes under AdaptationalVillainy, having a TakeOverTheWorld goal, and blood on his hands as Zorglub is now used to make his minions fall into his LavaPit, sometimes for [[EvilIsPetty petty reasons]]. [[spoiler: He attempt to kill his "friend" Champignac this way, and do not redeem in the end]]. It's possible, though, that the movie version of Zorglub is a CompositeCharacter between the original and his [[spoiler: IdenticalGrandson, Zorglub jr]], who is a more by the book villain, who use his inventions to put the entire world under his tyranny in a BadFuture. |
| 213 | ** Count of Champignac, in the comics, is a kind, CoolOldGuy [[TheProfessor professor]] who only use science for greater good and will never use his inventions on a unsuspecting person [[note]]Except in his first apparition in ''Il y a un sorcier à Champignac'' (''The wizard of Culdesac''), where he inject a sleeping Fantasio the X1 product. But the latter gain SuperStrength and don't complain[[/note]]. In the movie the count is still mostly this. But, as Seccotine [[LampshadeHanging lampshade it]], he now have a chilling habit to use the first person in sight as a guinea pig for his latest product, and without asking first, no matter the consequences. As a result, Seccotine could never get rid of colored stains on her chest due to a failed experience. And a SlowerThanASnail inducing product is tested right on Spirou when they first met. The utility of the formula can be discussed, [[spoiler: [[LaserGuidedKarma and it leads to the Count 's capture as Spirou cannot react when Claude and Marie enter his room, and kidnap Champignac]]. ]] And the Count is now quite a DeadpanSnarker to Zorglub. |
| 214 | ** Seccotine and Fantasio were used to argue in the original, but mostly for professional reasons. Here, Seccotine deliberately plays TheTease, gleefully letting Fantasio believes that she have a date with his [[ClashingCousins hated cousin]]. However, as they are in a BelligerentSexualTension relationship there, it's possible that Seccotine tries to get a GreenEyedEpiphany reaction from Fantasio, [[OperationJealousy explaining]] her BlatantLies. |
| 215 | * ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': |
| 216 | ** ''Film/BatmanReturns'': |
| 217 | *** While the comics [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin Penguin]] was a crime boss, he was also an AffablyEvil WickedCultured gentleman of crime and was genuinely deemed sane. Here, he's a deformed, psychotic, AxCrazy, sadistic, sexually-repressed child killer and would-be mass murderer, setting the stage for many future interpretations of the character to follow, including ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', and ''Series/{{Gotham}}''. |
| 218 | *** In most versions, [[Characters/CatwomanSelinaKyle Selina]] is an amoral jewel thief who is mostly sane. Here, she's a revenge-obsessed and mentally unstable vigilante with an even more sadistic streak. |
| 219 | ** ''Film/BatmanForever'': In the comics, [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two-Face]] was was more of a [[TragicVillain tragic]] AntiVillain with sympathetic qualities. This incarnation of Two-Face, while [[LaughablyEvil sillier and more comical]], is also arguably the nastiest version of the character. For starters, he lacks any of the sympathetic or tragic qualities he has in the comics, and he has plenty of KickTheDog moments, such as being responsible for the deaths of Robin's parents and brother. |
| 220 | * ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'': In stark contrast to the mischievous but friendly and well-meaning Cat in the Hat of the [[Literature/TheCatInTheHat original novel]] and the [[WesternAnimation/TheCatInTheHat animated special]], Creator/MikeMyers' version of the Cat is a wisecracking, foul-mouthed, perverted Main/{{Jerkass}}. |
| 221 | * ''Film/DoctorZhivago'' has Commissar Strelnikov. In both the novel and film he's a WellIntentionedExtremist who burns down innocent villages [[MakeAnExampleOfThem just to make a point]]. However, the novel version is quite personable when Yuri meets him, and gets humanizing moments like making sure that a wounded POW gets medical care and privately wishing he could sneak off from the war even for a little while to see his family. In David Lean's film, Strelnikov is cold and hostile in person, claims "the private life is dead in Russia" with regards to his family, and the hints at his humanity are so subtle that it's easy to perceive him as being genuinely dead inside. |
| 222 | * In the book ''Literature/ADogsPurpose'', Ethan's dad is a distant father who is implied to have a bad relationship with his wife [[spoiler:which ends in divorce]]. Other than Bailey mentioning that Mom and Dad sometimes yell at each other, there aren't too many red flags about him. The [[Film/ADogsPurpose film adaptation]] exaggerates him into a more noticeably abusive character. |
| 223 | * ''Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes'': |
| 224 | ** ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'': |
| 225 | *** While in the animated film the villagers seemed amused by Belle's quirks, here they are much more hostile towards her and see her as a genuine threat to the status-quo, becoming outraged when Belle commits the crime of teaching a girl how to read, and bullying her for it by destroying the primitive washing machine she invented and spilling her laundry on the ground. |
| 226 | *** In the animated movie the Bimbettes were just silly airheads without any real malice towards anyone, but in this version they act more snobbish, disdainful, and actively dislike Belle. When Gaston has Belle locked up alongside her father, they actually laugh at her expense. |
| 227 | *** In the animated movie, the Beast was troubled, angry, violent and hostile, but he wasn't completely without remorse, as mentioned in the animated movies example above. In the live action film, he's much more uncaring and has no second thoughts about imprisoning Belle in a tower. |
| 228 | ** ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'': Baloo. While he keeps the animated version's laid-back personality in this film, he also gets a selfish, cunning side, such as tricking Mowgli into getting honey for him, unlike his animated counterpart who never takes advantage of Mowgli. |
| 229 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'': |
| 230 | *** Scar zigzags this trope, between this version of him and the Scar from [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 the original movie]]. His sarcasm focus more on malicious remarks this time, he gets a new scene trying to [[RomancingTheWidow make Sarabi his queen]], and punishing all the lionesses when she refuses. Though he still blames the hyenas for Mufasa's death and gets killed by them, he treated them better beforehand this time: he doesn't claim to be SurroundedByIdiots and personally leads them in hunts. The hyenas don't complain about his rule this time, implying he was a better king to them in this version. |
| 231 | *** Mufasa comes off as a more aloof and self-centered character than his portrayal as TheGoodKing in the 1994 film. In the original movie, he only interrupts Zazu's morning report for a "pouncing lesson", which is done with Zazu's (reluctant) permission, once he realizes that's what Simba is more interested in; in the remake, it's rewritten so that Mufasa gets the idea himself and never talks to Zazu about it, so it comes off as more of a prank he's playing on him out of boredom. Some added dialogue during his talk with Simba after the elephant graveyard also gives the impression that he cares more about ensuring the survival of his bloodline than the fact that his son just put himself and his friend in mortal danger for a cheap thrill. He gets better when he speaks to his son as a spirit years after his death, though, giving him less of a guilt-trip for losing his way in life than the 1994 Mufasa, and assuring him of his unconditional love and pride in him. |
| 232 | *** A brief moment, but Timon and Pumbaa say things that bother Simba while laughing about the "great kings of the past", which brings bad memories to Simba. This is opposed to them just laughing in the original. They also blame each other for laughing at Simba, while the original has them looking a little guilty, with Timon adding, "Was it something I said?" |
| 233 | ** ''Film/Mulan2020'': While Shan-Yu from [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} Disney's first take on the story]] was a brutal warmonger, he was also notable for his ''lack'' of sexism. Though he was understandably surprised that the Chinese soldier who set off the avalanche was [[SweetPollyOliver a woman in disguise as a man]], he clearly doesn't care that she's female, showing no wounded pride at [[IWasBeatenByAGirl a woman getting the better of him]] and taking her seriously as an opponent. His counterpart Bori Khan, however, is a StrawMisogynist who mistreats his right-hand woman Xian Lang despite her playing a crucial role in his success and refuses to accept Mulan as a genuine threat. |
| 234 | * ''Film/DiaryOfAMadBlackWoman'': Played straight but with an unusual mix of being more moral than the original canon counter. Charles is much meaner and crueler to his wife, Helen, than in the original play. In the original play, Charles, after arguing with his wife, Helen, reveals that he was having an affair with her friend and wanted a divorce. However, he had the decency to give Helen the house and $2000 a month to support herself. In the play, Charles almost regrets the divorce and has no interest in being cruel to Helen. In this movie, however, Charles kicks her out of the house without remorse so his mistress and his children with his mistress can move in. He had the decency to kick her out with her things, but because she signed a prenup, he had no interest in giving her any financial support. He only agreed to pay for Helen’s mother to live at a nursing home so the case wouldn’t drag out in court, but even then, it was only so he could keep all the money to himself. Generally, Charles is petty and cruel and willing to be more physically violent towards Helen than he was in to play. Ironically, in the play, it was revealed that Charles was physically abusing Helen during their marriage, but even more ironically, he wasn’t physically abusive to her after that divorce and seemed more regretful of the way he treated Helen in the play, which did not happen until much later in the movie. |
| 235 | * ''Film/Dune2021'': Gurney in [[Franchise/{{Dune}} the books]] was a hardass, but also had a well-developed sense of humor and a keen interest in art. The film's Gurney is far harsher and more brutal and only retains a small sliver of the book's WarriorPoet, with his interest in music gone and his tendency to joke and spout quotations at the drop of a hat severely curtailed. In ''Film/DunePartTwo'', he receives character development, and becomes more amiable over the course of the movie, bringing him more in line with his book version. |
| 236 | * In Jane Austen's ''Literature/{{Emma}}'', Emma's sister Isabella Knightley is a very sweet, affectionate woman who is very concerned about her children and their well-being, especially their health. She's easily distressed and a bit nervous but she's an indulgent mother whose children are happy. She's also absolutely devoted to her husband. In ''Film/Emma2020'' (the 2020 adaptation), she's turned into a shrew who constantly fusses at the slightest hint about her children's discomfort, makes a huge deal out of minor things and repeatedly makes her baby cry. She never once talks kindly to her husband and always snaps at him. |
| 237 | * In ''Film/FantasticFour2015'': |
| 238 | ** Johnny comes across as a cocky, spiteful, and combative individual -- and unlike his comic counterpart, he doesn't get [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold to show his devotion to his friends and family]]. Even his quip toward Ben (calling him "the Thing nobody wanted") comes across as mean-spirited instead of [[VitriolicBestBuds playful teasing]] (which is made worse by the fact that Ben in this movie was scarred by bullying growing up). The only justification he has is that he suffers a bit from perceiving himself as a WellDoneSonGuy, but even then, he doesn't make an effort to learn anything that his father tries to teach him. |
| 239 | ** While arrogant, the [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] of the comics is at the best of times a WellIntentionedExtremist. In the film, he's an OmnicidalManiac, intent on wiping out all life on Earth. |
| 240 | * ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': The [[Characters/MonsterVerseRodan MonsterVerse portrayal of Rodan]] which debuts in this film is one of the viler iterations. In the original Showa movies, Rodan consistently despised the evil King Ghidorah, and at his best he was portrayed as one of Godzilla's closest brothers-in-arms alongside Anguirus. By contrast, this version of Rodan is a WildCard who sides ''with'' Ghidorah against Godzilla and Mothra, [[spoiler:partially contributing to Mothra's death. And after Ghidorah's death at the climax frees Rodan from Ghidorah's control, he tries to aggravate Godzilla himself, before he wisely rethinks that and bows down to his slain evil master's killer]]. |
| 241 | * ''Franchise/HarryPotter'': |
| 242 | ** Ron's kindness and loyalty towards his friends has been toned down in the films, in an attempt to make him more of a comic relief character. In the books, Ron is portrayed as a very loyal friend, who is willing to even risk his life to help the people he cares about. In the films, he is portrayed as somewhat insensitive to the feelings of others, which is played for comedy. This is very noticable during this exchange from ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'': |
| 243 | *** Book version: |
| 244 | ---->'''Snape''': “That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger, Five more points from Gryffindor for being an insufferable know-it-all.” |
| 245 | ---->'''Ron''': “You asked us a question and she knows the answer! Why ask if you don’t want to be told?” |
| 246 | *** Film Version: |
| 247 | ----> '''Professor Snape''': That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger. Tell me, are you incapable of restraining yourself, or do you take pride in being an insufferable know-it-all? |
| 248 | ---->'''Ron''': He's got a point, you know. |
| 249 | ** Dumbledore is a frequent offender of this trope. |
| 250 | *** In ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'', Dumbledore raps on Ron's plastered leg several times, totally oblivious to Ron's winces of pain. |
| 251 | *** A particularly infamous example happens during ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''. Just after Harry is chosen to compete in a dangerous tournament he is too young to participate in, Dumbledore asks him whether or not he entered said contest voluntarily. The book explicitly mentions Dumbledore asking this calmly. In the movie, he physically shakes Harry while angrily yelling said question. |
| 252 | *** In ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', his overall demeanor seems to be more gruff and uncaring compared to his book counterpart. When divination professor Trelawney is sacked by Umbridge in front of a large number of students, Book Dumbledore takes charge of the situation, stays calm and gleefully acts like a RulesLawyer, telling Umbridge she has no right to banish sacked teachers from the Hogwarts premises. In the movie, he states the rules with a raised voice and then vents his frustration on the onlooking students, angrily asking them if they don't have any studying to do, instead of looking at Trelawney being sacked. He also acts like a jerk towards Harry, just after Harry saw Ron's father Arthur being attacked by Voldemort's snake. In the book, he sends Harry, along with the Weasley children, to his godfather Sirius, in order to get them away from Umbridge. In the movie, immediately after receiving the vision, Dumbledore sends the emotionally shaken and confused Harry to SadistTeacher Snape to teach him how to block his mind from Voldemort. |
| 253 | ** A minor case of this happens in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' when Harry's illegal studygroup Dumbledore's Army is discovered by Umbridge. In [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix the book]], Dumbledore's Army is willingly revealed by the best friend of Harry's love interest Cho, followed by Harry and Cho having a fight about this in which both sides actually have a point. When Umbridge discovers Dumbledore's Army in the movie, the group is unwillingly revealed by Cho, who has been obviously forced to show its location, as she was dragged along by Malfoy, yet Harry seems to treat it as if Cho willingly did so and alienates her like the rest of the school does, making him look like a bit of a jerk to her. He only realizes his mistake when Snape later outright confirms what he should have figured out from the start. |
| 254 | ** In the book of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', the Hufflepuffs shun Harry when they believe he put his name in the Goblet, thus stealing glory from the other Hogwarts Champion Cedric Diggory; in the film, they outright taunt him. |
| 255 | ** The film of ''Order of the Phoenix'' somehow manages to do this with Umbridge. Her film version introduces and enforces much more petty rules the students have to follow during her reign at Hogwarts. |
| 256 | * ''Film/Joker2019'' sees Thomas Wayne as more elitist and callous than most other depictions, and while he wants to help, he displays CondescendingCompassion. Related to this, Alfred Pennyworth is rather mean and taunts Arthur about his mother, though this behavior was likely caused by fear for Bruce. |
| 257 | * ''Film/TheKingOfFighters2010'': [[Franchise/TheKingOfFighters The actual franchise]] already displays Iori Yagami as a rather ruthless AntiHero, with him being an incredibly [[ArrogantKungFuGuy arrogant fighter]] with an IrrationalHatred of Kyo Kusanagi, openly intending to kill him [[TeethClenchedTeamwork even when they're on the same team]]. The film, by [[RaceLift making Kyo half-white]], throws in racism into the mix, with Iori [[HalfBreedDiscrimination perfectly willing to insult Kyo as a "half-breed"]]. |
| 258 | * ''Film/TheLastAirbender'': Sokka from the [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender parent cartoon series]] was a bit of a sexist jerk to his sister, Katara, pre-CharacterDevelopment but it was always portrayed as nothing outside a normal sibling relationship: he never did anything worse than smart off at her and she gave as good as he did. In the movie adaptation, it’s implied that he’s hit her in the past due to the way she cowers when he raises his arm. He also treats her a lot worse in general than he did in the show. |
| 259 | * ''Film/LastOfTheMohicans'': In the film version, Duncan Heyward, although [[spoiler: he has a HeroicSacrifice]], is significantly more of a jerk than the character in the [[Literature/TheLastOfTheMohicans book]], who [[spoiler: not only survives the book, but his descendants remain loyal to Hawkeye]]. |
| 260 | * ''Film/MarsAttacks'': Minor case. In the cards, the reason the Martians were attacking Earth was that Mars was going to explode from air pressure and they needed a new planet, whereas here they are doing it ForTheEvulz. Also, not all Martians were evil in the cards. The warlike Martians were called Gnards and the peaceful, intellectual ones were called Paecs. |
| 261 | * ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': |
| 262 | ** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'': In the comics, Star-Lord was a seasoned cosmic superhero long before joining the Guardians. In the movies, he starts off as a self-serving outlaw and a bit of an asshole, although he eventually chooses to step up for true blue unselfish heroism - with a side of whatever (and whoever) he can get his hands on. |
| 263 | ** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'': Although he's a villain in the comics as well, the film's version of Ego [[spoiler:plans to wipe out all life in the universe and replace it with himself, and commits very personal atrocities such as killing his own lover and Peter's mother Meredith with an artificial brain tumor]]. |
| 264 | ** In ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', Flash Thompson is a good deal less sympathetic than his comic counterpart, who, at the very least, had a FreudianExcuse for his bullying, and also greatly admired Spider-Man, qualities that ''Homecoming''[='s=] Flash lacks. Additionally, in one scene where he and his classmates are trapped in an elevator, [[ItsAllAboutMe he prioritizes saving himself and a trophy he didn't even earn]]. That said, the sequel ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' restores him to his regular levels of jerkassery; a FreudianExcuse is now implied and he gets to show that he ''does'' respect Spider-Man, with Flash himself commenting that he's trying to improve. |
| 265 | *** Then again in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', Flash is shown again to be more jerkassed than his comic book counterpart as he is shown to just want to profit off of knowing Peter Parker and therefore Spider-Man, going as far as pretending to be Spider-Man's best friend and blackmailing Peter when the latter needs his help. |
| 266 | ** Also from ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', J. Jonah Jameson. While he is an outright jerkass in the comics he is generally portrayed as a JerkassWithAHeartOfGold who also is a good journalist despite his hatred for Spider-Man who genuinly cares for Peter and his employees. Also, his hatred for Spider-Man is often justified for various reasons. MCU-Jameson however doesn't show any of these redeeming qualities and seems like a PompousPoliticalPundit who wants to capitalize on the whole Spider-Man-killed-Mysterio story. |
| 267 | ** [[Characters/MCUThanos Thanos]] zigzags this, as while [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos his comic counterpart]] put [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Gamora]] through TrainingFromHell, he does have some fondness for her and some PetTheDog moments, like saving her as her species was wiped out and seeking revenge against her attackers after she was raped. Film Thanos abducted her just because he could, though he does say he considers her his "favorite daughter," and is angry with Ronan when he finds out that [[spoiler:Gamora has defected and joined the good guys]]. However, the relationship with Nebula is better, given in the film, she's one of his "daughters" and in the comics, he turned her into a corpse-like vegetable just for claiming to be his granddaughter. Then the sequel plays it straight when Nebula reveals that Thanos made her and Gamora fight, and would forcibly replace part of the loser's body with cybernetics supposedly to make her stronger. Nebula always lost, hence her unquenchable hatred for Thanos in the films (and to a lesser extent her hatred for Gamora). |
| 268 | * ''Film/MeanGirls2024'': |
| 269 | ** Downplayed; Cady's behavior after BecomingTheMask is a bit colder than in the original film, with her directly revealing Regina's infidelity to Aaron in the hopes of getting together with him and explicitly denying Regina permission to sit with the Plastics after her weight gain. |
| 270 | ** While she also gets some of [[AdaptationalNiceGuy the opposite treatment]], Regina's treatment of Janis in their backstory is made even ''worse'' here than it was in the original; after seemingly supporting her newly-out friend, Regina kissed Janis at a party to get a boy's attention, then roundly mocked her sexuality to the rest of the school, discarding a friend for her own gain. |
| 271 | *** Likewise, in the 2004 original, she tells off Jason for flirting with Cady, but here, she tells off Kevin and his offer to Cady to join the North Shore Mathletes. |
| 272 | -->'''Regina George''': Ew, no. Why doesn't he buy her a table?\ |
| 273 | '''Kevin Ganatra''': [[ImStandingRightHere I can hear you by the way]].\ |
| 274 | '''Regina George''': Can you hear me now? ''[Whispers and waves]'' Bye. |
| 275 | ** Janis retains her meaner elements from 2004 and in at least one aspect is actually nastier; when Cady is reluctant to manipulate Gretchen, noting she is emotionally fragile, Janis is delighted to hear about this vulnerability in Regina's inner circle. |
| 276 | ** The original Mrs. George was vacuous and pathetically trying to be friends with her daughter and her friends, but mostly pleasant and harmless. This time around, she's the one who introduces the Burn Book, calling it the funniest thing the Plastics used to do. |
| 277 | * Claudius in ''Film/{{Ophelia}}''. Claudius is no saint in the original ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', but many adaptations portray him as AffablyEvil. Not so much in this one; he's FauxAffablyEvil at best and comes off as a churlish bully who preys on vulnerable people. All in all, this is one of the ''least'' sympathetic portrayals of Claudius in a major ''Hamlet'' adaptation. |
| 278 | * In ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', the opera house managers, Firmin and Andre, [[MoneyDearBoy care more about turning a profit than the art of the opera]], but they're not in any way malicious, with the worst thing they do being trying to pressure Christine into performing in a play she doesn't want to be in because the Phantom killed one of their workers the last time they didn't give Christine top billing. In ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera2004'', the managers also sexually harass their female performers, likely to make the audience less sympathetic to them when the opera house goes under. |
| 279 | * ''Film/PowerRangers2017'': |
| 280 | ** Almost all of the good characters are hit with this trope compared to their original versions in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''. The original Rangers were all idealized portrayals of teenagers, who could do no wrong, get top grades at school and do at least five volunteer jobs each. In this film, the Rangers are a far cry from their goody two shoes counterparts, as they meet each other in detention, which they received for legitimately screwing things up. Their allies Zordon and Alpha were the surrogate father figure and childlike RobotBuddy respectively. In the film, Alpha is a DeadpanSnarker, while Zordon openly admits he has no confidence in the Rangers [[spoiler:and it is even revealed he only bothered with them as a means to revive himself]]. |
| 281 | ** Rita Repulsa is far more serious, as this version is depicted as a murderer and even engaging in torture. |
| 282 | * The cartoon versions of Franchise/ScoobyDoo and his friends are generally friendly and nice people. The [[Film/ScoobyDoo2002 2002 live action film adaptation]], meanwhile, gives them a lot more Jerkass traits for laughs. Fred, Daphne and Velma spend much of the film arguing, Scooby punches Fred in the face, Shaggy suggests after Fred and Velma are captured by monsters that he, Scooby and Daphne let them get eaten (the cartoon version of Shaggy is a coward, but he's not the kind of person that would abandon his friends), and a flashback shows them abandoning Scrappy - Scooby's nephew - in the middle of the desert. In addition, Scrappy gets some heavy AdaptationalVillainy, becoming the film's BigBad. |
| 283 | * ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'': In the games, Dr. Eggman may be the primary villain, but he's AffablyEvil. This movie's take on him is an InsufferableGenius who's pretty much incapable of interacting with anybody else without being rude and condescending to them whose only real redeeming trait is his fondness for Dr. Stone. He crosses the line into AdaptationalVillainy as well, as this iteration of Eggman was far more {{sadist}}ic and cruel, [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans wanting to enslave the world]] rather than simply [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans rule it]]. |
| 284 | * ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'': |
| 285 | ** {{Love Interest|s}} Mary Jane went through this, as in the comics she was a laid-back GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak who [[DependingOnTheWriter almost]] always supported Peter. In the films however, she's neurotic and manipulative as she frequently starts {{Revenge Romance}}s to spite him before ditching her {{Disposable Fiance}}s when she gets bored of them. |
| 286 | ** ''Film/SpiderMan3'': In the comics, Eddie Brock's grudge against Spider-Man was caused when he published an article incriminating a man he thought was a SerialKiller, only for Spider-Man to catch the real culprit. This publicly shamed Eddie, causing [[TraumaCongaLine his company to fire him, his father to disown him, and his wife to leave him]]. Here, Eddie pretty much digs his own grave by forging fake photographs, [[EvilIsPetty making his grudge against Peter Parker seem pettier as a result]]. This even extends to his actual supervillain origin -- in the comics, Eddie went to the Our Lady Of Saints Church to pray to God for forgiveness, as he was planning to [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]] after his life fell apart, but here, Eddie [[PrayerOfMalice prays for God to kill Peter Parker]]. |
| 287 | * ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'': Zig-Zagged with the cast. Rorschach is more hostile and angry than his comic counterpart with Creator/JackieEarleHaley intentionally portraying him like rabid dog. However, Rorschach's craziness and misogyny seemed downplayed. Likewise, while Ozymandias is colder, he seems to feel more remorse for his more heinous actions. |
| 288 | * ''Film/WildWildWest'' sees this with Dr. Loveless. While ''Series/TheWildWildWest''[='=]s Loveless was still a villain, Miguelito Loveless was initially trying to reclaim a part of California his family originally had claim over with the intent to turn it into a paradise for those disadvantaged like himself (Miguelito suffering from dwarfism). [[AdaptationNameChange Arliss Loveless]] is [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain a bigot]] (who was a normal-sized man turned into a cyborg). |
| 289 | * ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': |
| 290 | ** In the comics, [[Characters/MarvelComicsQuicksilver Quicksilver]] may be a world-class asshole and suffer from HeelFaceRevolvingDoor, but he is well-meaning at the core and can be counted on to do the right thing. In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he's just a bored teenager with a kleptomaniac streak who doesn't really care about being a productive member of society and who has to have the breakout sold to him as an opportunity to raise hell, as it's clear that he probably wouldn't have done it of his own volition otherwise. However, he does grow out of it in later films. |
| 291 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' does this to both Angel, who becomes an angry and cocky rebel who jumps at the opportunity of becoming a Horseman of Apocalypse, and Cyclops, who is a bad boy instead of a "boy scout" (though through the movie, he starts to transition to the straight-edge guy who becomes the X-Men's field leader). |
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| 295 | * In the novelization of ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'', the executives of Baby Corp get this. When Francis Francis talks about them firing him, there is no mention of him being lactose intolerant like in the film. Apparently they just fired him without any stated reason. |
| 296 | * While the {{Eldritch Abomination}}s in the ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'' are highly destructive with no regard for humanity, they were [[BlueAndOrangeMorality so far removed from familiar human concepts like morality]] that they weren't so much evil as they were indifferent, much like how we step on ants without noticing them. In ''Literature/ICthulhu'', the Great Old Ones have thoughts and wants similar to that of humans, which makes them seem outright malicious. |
| 297 | * ''Literature/OliverTwisted'': The original tale of ''Literature/OliverTwist'' allowed a PetTheDog moment for Mr. Bumble when escorting Oliver to Mr. Sowerberry's premises, although he didn't act much on his slip of compassion. No such luxury is provided to the same beadleman in this novel, and it goes on amplifying his vanity and cruelty, to the extent where he hits Oliver with his cane to "keep him lively". |
| 298 | * Princess Odette in ''Theatre/SwanLake'' is usually portrayed as sweet, gentle and kind (she is the white swan, after all). Princess Odette in ''Literature/TheSorcerersDaughter'', a retelling of the story, is an IceQueen who has a HiddenHeartOfGold ''very'' deep down. The very reason she gets turned into a swan is that she a) ordered all the real swans of the lake to be shot because she wanted FluffyFashionFeathers dresses for herself and the court b) [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu taunted Rothbart]] about it. |
| 299 | * Ellie in ''Literature/TalesOfTheMagicLand'' is less innocent than Dorothy from ''Literature/LandOfOz''. For example, Ellie knows about Bastinda's fear of water and left the kitchen floor wet to annoy her. |
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| 302 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 303 | * The ''Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}'' has a tendency to depict many characters as far more ruthless than their comics counterparts, even if they were already villains: |
| 304 | ** ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': Oliver Queen was more forgiving and showed more of a sense of humor in the original comics, whereas this version [[DarkerAndEdgier goes for the opposite]] by portraying him as being a solemn and grouchy ByronicHero who is [[GoodIsNotSoft not above brutalizing his enemies]]. He does eventually grow out of it though. |
| 305 | ** ''Series/TheFlash2014'': |
| 306 | *** In contrast to the comics, Wally West is initially depicted as an angsty teen who is reluctant to accept Joe, Barry, and Iris and acts mean toward them at first. [[TookALevelInKindness He outgrows this, thankfully, in time to become Kid Flash.]] |
| 307 | *** Tina [=McGee=] is still heroic but initially depicted as antagonistic; it's downplayed, though, since she only acts this way because Eobard Thawne stole the identity of her friend Harrison Wells and estranged their friendship. Later, she warms up to Barry and his friends. |
| 308 | *** Dante Ramon was close to his brother Cisco in the comics, while here they don't get along at all. |
| 309 | *** In the comics, Ralph Dibny, the Elongated Man, is a slightly goofy NiceGuy and [[HappilyMarried thoroughly devoted husband]]. The show version was made a misogynist pervert and a cowardly asshole due to being a CompositeCharacter with Plastic Man. This also sets him up for eventual CharacterDevelopment as Barry trains him to be a hero, and come Season Five, [[TookALevelInKindness he acts a lot nicer]]. |
| 310 | *** The Future Flash from the New 52 comics was still a villain, but in the original source material, underwent SanitySlippage and had somewhat nobler intentions, wishing to correct his own mistakes which led to the death of Wally West. The Arrowverse version is a much pettier villain, doing many things ForTheEvulz, as well as attempting to kill [[spoiler:Iris only to secure his own existence by making sure Barry will eventually become him]]. |
| 311 | *** Clifford [=DeVoe=] is still a megalomaniac criminal known as the Thinker, but he puts his comics counterpart to shame by [[spoiler:faking his own murder and framing Barry for it, drugging his wife Marlize on a regular basis, and trying to destroy the entire world after his defeat just because it would go on without him otherwise]]. |
| 312 | * Downplayed with Dougal [=MacAngus=] in the ''Series/BlackAdder'' pilot and the episode based on it, "Born to be King". In both he is arrogant, obnoxious, indiscreet about his father's former relationship with the Queen, and happy to disrupt the royal family based on this. But in the former, his plot with Prince Edmund seems genuine, and he appears as bewildered as Edmund when it turns out the dates don't add up. In the broadcast version, it's very clear that he set the Black Adder up on purpose. |
| 313 | * ''Series/TheBoys2019'': |
| 314 | ** In the [[ComicBook/TheBoys original comic]], Mallory was a reliable ReasonableAuthorityFigure to the team who started the crusade against [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Supes]] after their incompetence got his platoon wiped out in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Greg's show counterpart, [[GenderFlip Grace Mallory]], [[spoiler:was partially responsible for the team originally falling apart due to her becoming an AccuserOfTheBrethren towards Frenchie, which was somewhat understandable since it was a result of PoorCommunicationKills. However, in Season 3 it's shown that rather than being a WWII vet she was a participant in the [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan Iran-Contra affair]] and knowingly helped instigate the crack epidemic in black neighborhoods before keeping the rest of the team LockedOutOfTheLoop about a potential method of killing [[BigBad Homelander]] [[DirtyCoward to save her own skin]]. When Butcher and Mother's Milk [[BrokenPedestal call her out for this]] she refuses to take responsibility and instead shifts the blame to Butcher, with his BrokenPedestal causing him to become even more of an AntiHero and make the team fall apart ''again'']]. |
| 315 | ** Soldier Boy in the original comic was an inept FakeUltimateHero but never showed bad interpersonal behavior. In the show, he had a bad habit of hazing his sidekick to the point of abuse as well as making [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain misogynistic remarks]]. He also crosses the line into AdaptationalVillainy as despite his claims that he's "[[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk not a bad guy]]", he's a DestructiveSaviour who shows little-to-no regard for the people he hurts in the process. |
| 316 | * L from ''Manga/DeathNote'' is subject to this in [[Series/DeathNote the TV drama]]. Though not exactly a ''hero'' (with WordOfGod admitting that he's a bit evil), he usually comes across as ALighterShadeOfGrey when compared to Light, and a few spin-offs (namely the film ''Film/LChangeTheWorld'' and the light novel ''Literature/AnotherNote'') [[AdaptationalHeroism portray him more sympathetically]]. The drama, by contrast, draws more attention to the amorality of his actions and he is generally far more smug and arrogant than most portrayals. |
| 317 | * In ''Series/FateTheWinxSaga'', Stella is less of the LovableAlphaBitch, and a lot more arrogant and condescending towards others than she was in ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub''. |
| 318 | * ''Series/TheFlash1990'': |
| 319 | ** In addition to being reimagined from a doctor to a retired beat cop, Henry Allen was also a jackass towards Barry for being a forensic scientist as opposed to following in his footsteps and becoming a beat cop like his other son Jay ([[RelatedInTheAdaptation a reimagined Jay Garrick]]) did. |
| 320 | ** In the comics, both Captain Cold and the Trickster are pretty sane bank robbers with gimmicks. Here, Cold is a hitman and the Trickster was pretty much a testing ground for Creator/MarkHamill's [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries version of]] [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]. |
| 321 | * Several characters in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' are subjected to this in contrast from [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire the books]]: |
| 322 | ** Ellaria Sand is a NiceGirl and an OnlySaneWoman in the books who knows that getting revenge against the Lannisters will not bring back her dead lover and his relatives. In the show, she's antagonistic towards her lover's older brother who refuses to participate her revenge against the Lannisters [[spoiler:and she even kills him personally]]. |
| 323 | ** In the books, Brienne is unfailingly kind and stubbornly idealistic, recoiling at the thought of killing and treating everyone around her with an unfailing fairness. In the series, possibly thanks to the writers [[AgeLift age lifting]] her by close to a decade, she's considerably more bitter and cynical, harboring no delusions as to the state of Westeros, and projects a much colder exterior as a result -- particularly when it comes to Davos and Melisandre, who she openly regards as opportunistic traitors. That being said, she's still bullheadedly honorable and rarely crosses over into being openly ''unkind'' -- even when it comes to Podrick, whom she initially treats [[DrillSergeantNasty a mite harshly]] but ultimately takes under her wing after bonding with him and apologizing for her behavior. However she still takes obvious pleasure in killing enemies, even if it's a wounded man who can't fight back, and gloating about it, while in the books Brienne has only ever killed in self-defense, and even though they were utterly vile people she never takes pleasure in it. [[labelnote:From the Books]] Brienne's fixation for vengeance for Stannis is not apparent in her POV in ''Literature/AFeastForCrows''. She notes privately on meeting Gendry and recognizing him as a bastard of King Robert, "They are not his sons. Stannis told it true, that day he met with Renly. Joffrey and Tommen were never Robert's sons" which hints that she's accepted that Stannis had a better claim than Renly[[/labelnote]] |
| 324 | ** Robett Glover is a loyal Stark bannerman who helped Wyman Manderly in his plot to overthrow the Boltons and bring House Stark back to Winterfell, and - so far as we know - isn't bigoted against the Wildlings. In the show, he refuses to help Jon Snow and Sansa Stark in retaking Winterfell not only because Jon's army had Wildings in them but because he lost his trust on his brother Robb after the Red Wedding and he rudely told Sansa that House Stark is dead. Fortunately, after Jon and Sansa successfully retook Winterfell, he realizes his mistake and apologizes to them. |
| 325 | ** Yara Greyjoy (the show's counterpart to Asha Greyjoy) is rather rude to her brother Theon as she comes off as a KarmicTrickster in terms of her baiting him. |
| 326 | ** Robb Stark breaking his oath to marry one of Walder Frey's daughters happens in both the books and the show, but the reasoning behind it is changed in a manner that makes him appear somewhat more selfish. In the book, Robb is wounded in battle, receives news of his two younger brothers' apparent deaths at the hands of his former friend Theon Greyjoy, drinks himself into a stupor, and, in a moment of weakness, beds the woman nursing him. When he sobers up the next day, he realizes he has done her a great disservice by taking her virginity out of marriage, and takes her as his wife to restore her honor at the cost of breaking his own word to the Freys. In the show, Robb simply falls for a random woman and decides to take her as his wife, even though doing so will alienate the Freys. While he breaks his word in both versions (and his ultimate fate was DisproportionateRetribution either way) in the books, he did it to protect someone else, whereas in the show he's just putting his own happiness above keeping his word. |
| 327 | * ''Series/{{Gotham}}'': |
| 328 | ** Renee Montoya is much more antagonistic towards Gordon than in other incarnations, her thinking clouded by the fact that he is with her ex-girlfriend, Barbara Kean, and going after Gordon for imagined crimes like the Penguin's disappearance. While she does apologize once the Penguin reveals himself to be alive, again, she still sleeps with Barbara behind Jim's back. |
| 329 | ** In the comics, Alfred is usually proper and polite in dealing with others and ServileSnarker to counterbalance Bruce's darker moments as Batman. While not a complete jerk, in the series, he's more coarser, more prone to expressing AngerBornOfWorry in dealing with Bruce and more flippant to Gordon, and promo materials even state this Alfred came from the East End, a rough neighborhood. |
| 330 | ** Tommy Elliot and his parents were friends with the Waynes until Tommy's half-successful attempt at being a SelfMadeOrphan. Here, neither he and Bruce like each other. He later returns when Bruce is in his jerkass playboy phase, and they get along quite well. |
| 331 | * ''Series/HankZipzer'': Miss Adolf and Principal Love, already not nice people in the books, are even worse in the tv series. They seem to actively despise Hank, and are constantly jerks to him. |
| 332 | * ''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight'' is an odd case in regards to Kamen Rider Femme, renamed Siren in the American adaptation. In the [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki original series]], she was a con artist who toyed with wealthy men to swindle them out of their money, but had a sympathetic goal in wanting to avenge sister's death and even falls for the main protagonist. In ''Dragon Knight'', she's introduced as one of the good guys but one of the first things she does is taunt and humiliate the main character, refusing to acknowledge him as a Kamen Rider. She thankfully gets better. |
| 333 | * ''Series/TheLastKingdom:'' The Welsh in Season 4 are very condescending towards the Saxons and even plan to use their spoils from the Battle of Tettenhall to build a "barrier" between them and the Saxons. The Welsh warriors in the books are actually rather amicable with the Saxons. |
| 334 | * ''Series/LesMiserables2018'': Valjean. In the book when he robbed Petit Gervais of the coin it is ambiguous whether he is really aware of what he is doing, only realising after Gervais has run away. In the series he clearly knows what he is doing and even pockets the coin, though repents of it quickly as well. He also fires Fantine in person for lying about her child rather than leaving it to the foreman and being ignorant of the situation. His charitable actions are also downplayed, while his relationship with Cosette is far more controlling. |
| 335 | * The ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'' incarnation of Michelangelo is noticeably a bit more uncouth than most incarnations of the most fun-loving Ninja Turtle, most notably in how he sometimes makes lecherous comments toward Venus de Milo. |
| 336 | * ''Series/OnceUponATime'': |
| 337 | ** Belle's father is more of a jerk here than he is in almost any other version of Beauty and the Beast, including [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast the Disney version]] that Belle herself gets most of her traits from. Instead of being a kindly but bumbling inventor, he's a stern, warlike and greedy lord. When the Storybrooke version, Moe, finds out Belle is actually alive, he rejects her attempt to have a relationship with Rumplestiltskin and is even willing to take her over the town line, getting rid of ''all'' her memories so she'll forget Rumple. |
| 338 | ** In ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland'', the Sultan from ''Literature/{{Aladdin}}'' is depicted as a tyrant who ruled through fear and treated his illegitimate son [[spoiler:Jaffar]] like crap, and even tried to kill him when he was a child. Especially jarring as the series takes a lot of inspiration from the [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Disney movie]] with the inclusion of [[EvilChancellor Jaffar]] and naming his kingdom Agrabah, where the Sultan was dim witted but kind. By the present day, he has become much [[TookALevelInKindness nicer]], but only after years of imprisonment have humbled him. |
| 339 | * ''Series/OnePiece2023'': |
| 340 | ** Nami gets hit with a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] case of this trope while also [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagging]] between it and AdaptationalNiceGuy. In [[Manga/OnePiece the manga]], Nami swears to only steal from pirates. In this show, meanwhile, she steals from Kaya, which she justifies with an EatTheRich philosophy. That said, once she gets to know [[SpoiledSweet Kaya]], she comes to regret stealing from her, and is never shown stealing from any other civilians at any point. This version of her is also far less short-tempered than her manga counterpart, and never hits any of the other Straw Hats for their annoying antics. |
| 341 | ** While Buggy of the manga has never been the nicest guy, his more devious qualities are usually undercut by his comedic traits. In this show, while he's still a comedic character, he's played up to be far more violent and threatening, causing him to come off as a lot more of a jerk. |
| 342 | ** While Sham and Buchi are not good people by any means in either version, the manga portrays the Nyanban Brothers as cowardly characters whose actions are largely done just because Kuro orders them to. In this show, their cowardly attitudes are removed, and [[spoiler:they actively involve themselves in Kuro's plan to poison Kaya to death, something that they take great glee in]]. |
| 343 | ** While Arlong isn't a good guy in either version of the series, this show depiction of him puts many of his traits in an even more negative light than in the manga. In the manga, it's left unclear if Arlong ever truly intended to fulfill his end of his deal with Nami, while this show makes it clear that he was lying. This Arlong's plan for Nami is also far more devious than his manga counterpart, seeing her as a tool to be used and disposed of once she's no longer useful, rather than simply just wanting to keep her as part of the Arlong Pirates forever. |
| 344 | * ''Script/{{Powerpuff}}'': The kind and humble Professor Utonium is portrayed in a more negative light here. He's now a controlling stage dad who raises the girls as if they were child stars, even forcing them to abide by a "character bible". |
| 345 | * ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' has several characters whose Japanese counterparts in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' seem to be [[AffablyEvil much nicer]]: |
| 346 | ** Bandora from ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' has a rather motherly demeanor and compliments her minions when they succeeded in a battle against the Rangers. Rita Repulsa, her counterpart in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' is constantly angry, has NoIndoorVoice and verbally and physically abuses her minions whenever one of her plans fail. |
| 347 | ** Guirail from ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' already fits the definition of Jerkass, as he frequently employs underhanded tactics to get his preferred results, including turning on his allies. He treats this as a necessary evil to achieve the ultimate victory. Darkonda from ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' has the same underhanded personality, but goes a step further by actually gloating about his underhandedness. |
| 348 | ** Dark Merchant Biznella from ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' is nothing more than a polite arms merchant who is completely loyal to the other villains, particularly Battobas who he's been longtime friends with. Deviot, his counterpart in ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' is a nasty piece of work with a severe case of ChronicBackstabbingDisorder. |
| 349 | * ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'': While ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' showed that he had his moments of snakiness and the occasional jab of Vulcan wit at Dr. [[TheMcCoy McCoy]], Spock was never outright mean unless he was under some sort of negative influence. Here, while he's still very much the same Vulcan we all known and love, he's an absolute jerk to his adoptive sister Michael Burnham, having refused to reconcile with her for years due to an incident long ago. [[spoiler:While said incident comes from a young Burnham insulting his human heritage, Spock refuses to forgive her because he feels her blaming herself for multiple tragedies in her lifetime was purely selfish, and isn't afraid to angrily express this to her]]. However, they are eventually able to reconcile. |
| 350 | * ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E11TheNightOfTheMeek Night of the Meek]]", Mr. Dundee is considerably more unpleasant than his officious counterpart from the original episode. In TheRemake, he berates an employee because a junior salesman accidentally sold the custom made fur coat that he intended to give his wife for Christmas and demands that both of them be in his office at 9 o'clock on Christmas Day. This version of Dundee clearly hates Christmas and sees it merely as an opportunity to make money. When another employee wishes him Merry Christmas, he pointedly says "Good night." As he leaves his store on Christmas Eve, he even kicks a tree. Most significantly, this Dundee is a racist. He comments that it would not surprise him in the least if Henderson, an African-American security guard, helped Henry Corwin to sneak the allegedly stolen merchandise out of his store. His expression and Henderson's reaction make it clear that it was intended as a racist remark. |
| 351 | * ''Series/WarAndPeace2007'': The Kuragins weren't exactly good people in the book, just selfish and uncaring rich people, but this series plays up their assholery. Anatole seduces Natasha as payback on the Bolkonskys for getting rejected by Marya. Hélène helps in the seduction out of jealousy of Natasha and because the girl suggested she was a horrible wife to Pierre. When Napoleon invades Moscow, Prince Vasily and Hélène decide to collaborate with the French occupiers. |
| 352 | * The incarnation of Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} in Creator/{{NBC}}[='s=] {{stillborn|Franchise}} [[Series/WonderWoman2011Pilot 2011 pilot of the same name]] has none of the positive qualities typically associated with the character. She tortures suspects for information instead of using her Lasso of Truth, accuses rivals of criminal acts even when she has no proof, brutally slaughters security guards who are just doing their job, and outright intimidates law enforcement into looking the other way. It's no [[{{Pun}} wonder]] that the series never got past the pilot. |
| 353 | * ''Series/YoungSheldon'': |
| 354 | ** In this series, Mary is quite mean in several ways, while for the majority of her time on ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', she was nice to nearly everyone she met, mostly Sheldon's friends, except Beverly Hofstadter or when she was angry with Sheldon. Mary usually feels she has to control everything, is often mean to her husband and bosses him around, does nothing about her mother's disapproval of him, gives Sheldon too much preferential treatment and too much coddling and while she still loves Georgie and Missy, she will yell or punish them. The Season 3 finale shows that she deliberately hid Sheldon's college acceptance letter just so her favorite child wouldn't leave and also because she feels she gets to make all of Sheldon's decisions by herself and without George, thus showing a lack of communication in the marriage. The Season 4 finale "The Wild and Woolly World of Nonlinear Dynamics" made her a bigger bitch when she instantly snapped and punished Missy for ripping Sheldon's picture and not even bothering to hear Missy's side, notice she's crying or even bothering to ask why she's crying. |
| 355 | ** In this series (especially seasons 1–3), Missy is much less of a nice character than in the parent series. Little Missy was a near-complete BrattyHalfPint who started cussing before she hit double digits and loved to antagonize Sheldon and get her way, but could still be nice. It's a backpedaling away from her present-day maturity to show that she used to be a real stinker. |
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| 357 | |
| 358 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 359 | * An interesting example from ''Theatre/HowToDanceInOhio'' - Caroline's [[TheGhost offstage]] boyfriend is described as being "kind of a jerk", something that isn't hinted at in the 2015 documentary that inspired the show. However, the RealLife Caroline [[https://twitter.com/ohiomusical/status/1755001069128519868?t=04_ruKNmHEK5bAo466VKog&s=19 confirmed]] her boyfriend at the time indeed turned out to be a jerk. |
| 360 | * Bamatabois in the ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' musical is a customer who makes advances on Fantine, beats her when she refuses, and tells Javert that she attacked him first. In the book, he meets her in public, taunts her and throws a snowball at her, but there's no indication that he was interested in her sexually, and he doesn't report her to the police, but runs away from the scene. |
| 361 | * In ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'''s theatrical play ''Puyo Puyo on Stage'', Amitie (who is typically a NiceGirl) does a couple of things in her excitement over the search for the White Wishing Puyo that she would probably never do in the games, such as punching Klug in the throat for calling the legend silly (and threatening to give him the ''[[AssShove kancho]]'', too), repeatedly tickling people to get them to pay attention to her, act dismissive of anyone who even as much as suggests the Wishing Puyo might not be worth tracking down and even trying to sabotage Rulue in a Puyo match that Arle was trying to win fair and square. She never apologizes for any of this. |
| 362 | * The Nutshell Kids are much ruder to each other in the stage adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/ReallyRosie''. |
| 363 | [[/folder]] |
| 364 | |
| 365 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 366 | * In ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGeniusJetFusion'' and ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGeniusAttackOfTheTwonkies'', TheBully Butch Pakovski acts as one of the bosses as he attacks Jimmy for no real reason. However, in the show Jimmy was one of the few kids he didn't pick on and he even went out of his way to help him at times. |
| 367 | * ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'': |
| 368 | ** While not to the same degree as ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'', Batman himself is struck with this. In addition to being more brutal and willing to break bones during interrogations, he's frequently cold, barely emotes, and frequently wants deals with his problems alone (to the point he never becomes a team player and his paranoia [[spoiler:leads him to putting Tim in a cell in ''Knight'']]). While we don't know his reason for doing so at the time, there's also the little matter of [[spoiler:Bruce having Tim replace Jason even before Jason is confirmed "dead", as opposed to the comics, where a reluctant Bruce lets Tim replace Jason (putting aside the whole "Jason coming back from the dead as the new Red Hood" bit) some time after Bruce already saw and buried Jason's body]]. |
| 369 | ** [[spoiler:Speaking of the Joker and what he did to Jason, unlike the comics version, where the Joker pummeled Jason with a crowbar and blew him up, this version sees the Joker hold Jason captive for a year and torture him (even branding him with a "J" on his cheek).]] |
| 370 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Ferris Boyle, the guy who turned Victor Fries into Mr. Freeze, was a greedy jerk who didn't care if he ended a life just to save money, and him turning Victor into Freeze was a reaction to Victor pulling a gun on him. In "Cold, Cold, Heart" DLC, he asked Victor to build cold based weapons in exchange for helping his wife, only to renege on the deal. [[spoiler:Later, he was willing to kill Batman and Freeze so he could leave no witnesses, and was preparing to kill Nora in front of Freeze out of spite.]] |
| 371 | ** Calendar Man. In the comics, he was a petty criminal whose holiday-themed crimes rarely involved murder. In the Arkham series, he's portrayed as a sadistic SerialKiller who crimes revolve solely around murder. |
| 372 | ** [[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]] himself, while very much a villain, occasionally has sympathetic moments in the comics, generally relating to his backstory as a [[WhosLaughingNow bully victim]] and severe abuse from his family (great-grandmother pre-Crisis, father in the New 52). In the game, he lacks any sympathetic qualities and is even more monstrous than his comics incarnation, easily one of the most vile characters in the series. Background material suggests that this version of Jonathan Crane isn't even mentally ill, just pure evil. |
| 373 | ** Much like in ''Film/BatmanReturns'', the Penguin was shown to be quite psychopathic, sadistic, and brutal. This version lacks the AffablyEvil and WickedCultured traits of the comics' gentleman of crime, and has displayed [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain racism, misogyny, homophobia, and ableism]]. |
| 374 | ** While most incarnations of [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler the Riddler]] are fairly narcissistic, they are, at the least, humble enough to respect Batman as a WorthyOpponent and are on good terms with the rest of Gotham's villains. Arkham's Riddler, by contrast, is a [[SmugSnake smug]], [[SmallNameBigEgo egotistic]], patronizing, arrogant, and thoroughly obnoxious {{Jerkass}} who is either ignored or outright belittled by Batman and most of the other villains. |
| 375 | ** While Jack Ryder could be a jackass, it was usually as part of a feint for his actions as [[Characters/BatmanSupportingCast The Creeper]]. Here, he's a legitimately self-serving and egoistical asshole. |
| 376 | ** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins''[='=] "Initiation" DLC saw Kirigi from as a mild example, making him a TrueNeutral {{Jerkass}} at worst, whereas his comics counterpart was one of the most pacifistic mentors Batman ever had (Denny O'Neil's ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' novelization mentions he stopped training Bruce because Bruce refused to forsake violence forever). |
| 377 | * In ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle'', GuestFighter [[spoiler:Tohru Adachi]] from ''VideoGame/Persona4'' had a HeelFaceTurn at the end of ''Golden'' that continued into ''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax''. However, his appearance in [=BlazBlue=] acts in a more antagonistic manner, contrasting his previous characterization as TheAtoner. In his interaction with Yu he calls him dumb for seeing him as a friend, when at the end of ''Golden'' he affirmed that [[DefeatMeansFriendship their friendship did mean something to him]]. |
| 378 | * ''VideoGame/{{Cyberpunk 2077}}'': |
| 379 | ** Johnny Silverhand was always an egocentric asshole, but his tabletop incarnation had enough redeeming features that he could be seen as a straight-up KnightInShiningArmor. This game's version of Silverhand is far more abrasive, toxic and jerkish to everything and everyone. |
| 380 | ** The tabletop version of Hanako Arasaka was an InternalReformist who was a moderating influence on her power-hungry father and older brother Kei. In this game Hanako is a staunch supporter of her [[CorruptCorporateExecutive father Saburo]] and his vision, including [[spoiler: his plan to use Soulkiller to take over Yorinobu's body]]. Granted, this game is a sequel and Saburo has had plenty of time since [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome Kei's death]] to bring Hanako and Yorinobu over to his way of thinking, but the contrast is still jarring. |
| 381 | * In ''VideoGame/DragonballFighterz'', upon Goku winning when paired with Gohan, the former expresses genuine pride in his son. However, the localization version for some reason, added a "...finally" line and in a condescending tone too which gives the impression that Goku isn't really proud of his son at all and once again, gives the impression of another "Goku is a bad father" moment. |
| 382 | * ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' have few characters become bigger jerks compare to the original. |
| 383 | ** [[TheHero Cloud Strife]]: In the original game, Cloud wasn't out to screw with things unless the others dragged him into it or Sephiroth was involved, and he barely cared all that much about Avalanche overall. But here, when [[ButtMonkey Johnny]] gets captured by Shinra security for questioning and [[LooseLips rats out Jessie]], which could jeopardize the whole group, Cloud immediately jumps to wanting to kill Johnny - which horrifies Tifa and causes her to plead for him to back down. Notably, unlike in the original where Barret rehires Cloud for the next mission, Cloud's bad attitude leads Barret to choose not to rehire him for the Sector 5 mako reactor job, forcing the Arbiters of Fate to intercede, and the people who hire him for side-quests often berate his lack of altruism. |
| 384 | ** [[TalkingAnimal Red XIII]]: Red XIII never adopted an adversarial attitude towards Barret in the original game[[note]]If anything, it was the other way around; at the beginning, Barret was often the one annoyed by Red[[/note]]. Here, he acts like a SitcomArchnemesis to the big guy for no apparent reason. |
| 385 | ** [[BigBad Sephiroth]]: Despite his more pronounced affability to Cloud in this version, Sephiroth does something in the remake that he didn't originally: he personally murdered Cloud's mother and uses it to torment him, telling him about how she begged him to spare her son and how he killed her with his own blade. In the original, she was another casualty of his burning of Nibelheim, and her death wasn't brought up again. He also mocks Cloud every time he fails to reinforce Cloud's frustration at the world over having no control over the direction of his own life to motivate Cloud into accomplishing his goals. |
| 386 | ** [[TheCracker Mayor Domino]]: Downplayed. Mayor Domino in the original game was a bitter and snarky, but kooky and helpful man. In this game, he is quite proud of his position as Mayor of Midgar, which he declares the greatest city in the world, and only helps the party specifically because he wants them to stick it to President Shinra. He quite clearly has no qualms with the terrible things Shinra has done, just with how they've marginalized his authority. |
| 387 | ** [[MamaBear Elmyra Gainsborough]]: Downplayed. In both versions, she's uncomfortable with the idea of Cloud getting close to her daughter Aerith, but the way she expresses it is different. In the original, she politely asks Cloud to leave the house at night without telling Aerith, but she's somewhat firmer in the remake, and claims that Cloud "made a trade- a normal life for power." |
| 388 | * Captain Bask Om is much worse in ''VideoGame/GihrensGreed: The Menace of Axis V'' than he was in ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam''. More crimes are added to his name such as him being the one to blow up Jaburo if he gets the chance and overthrowing and executing Jamitov if he isn't deposed by the end of the campaign, which is followed up with a war on the Jupiter colonies and the Earth Sphere being thrown in chaos. |
| 389 | * ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'': [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] was purely evil from the start, but his cruelty in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' overshadows his theatricality in the ''Injustice''-verse, making him [[HateSink even harder to root for]] in this game and [[VideoGame/Injustice2 its sequel]]. He's indirectly responsible for everything wrong with the ''Injustice'' universe [[ItWasHisSled by tricking Superman into killing his wife Lois Lane and]] [[DeadMansSwitch nuking Metropolis with a wire linked to Lois's heart]], resulting in years of misery for everyone. The heroes and villains in both games hate him for this reason [[EveryoneHasStandards or in general principle]], and [[EvenEvilHasStandards even his ex-moll Harley Quinn refuses to indulge with him]]. His jokes about mass murder, nihilism, and mocking his opponents' personal pain are also given attention to show how awful he is. |
| 390 | * ''VideoGame/KirbysAvalanche'': Kirby himself, in one of his ''very'' few speaking roles, comes off as far more sarcastic and rude toward his opponents than his usual portrayals as a CheerfulChild -- possibly as an attempt to portray him as a {{Mascot with Attitude}}. It's entirely possible the voices spoken in the game are all Kirby, since a voice is heard going "HA HA HA!" whenever Kirby beats an opponent. |
| 391 | -->'''Kirby''': (''to Kracko'') You couldn't hit a barn-sized lightning rod, Kracko!\ |
| 392 | '''Kirby''': (''to Bugzzy'') [[SarcasmMode Oooohhh, I'm]] ''[[SarcasmMode so]]'' [[SarcasmMode scared!]]\ |
| 393 | '''Kirby''': (''to Broom Hatter'') I'd worry more about cleaning up your Avalanche/Ghost Trap skills, first.\ |
| 394 | '''Kirby''': (''to Poppy Bros Sr.'') I'll breathe in your pathetic bombs and send them right back at you!\ |
| 395 | '''Kirby''': (''to Squishy'') Go meddle in someone else's affairs, Squishy; I've got to get to the Dream Fountain. |
| 396 | * Harry Potter himself is a bit of a cartoonish jerk in the ''VideoGame/LegoHarryPotter'' games. For example, during the Dueling Club scene in Chamber of Secrets, he deliberately commands the snake to go after Malfoy, looking smugly when Malfoy flees from it. In the original, he merely ordered the snake to stand down. He was also highly amused when he saw Snape being humiliated by his father during the flashback he saw in his Occlumency lessons, while the real Harry was actually disturbed seeing his father act like this. |
| 397 | * ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'': Downplayed with [=ProtoMan.EXE=]. The original Proto Man in ''Videogame/MegaManClassic'', while aloof, is a supportive big brother figure for Mega Man. In the BN timeline, [=ProtoMan.EXE=] is considered a rival to [=MegaMan.EXE=] because their operators are also rivals, but [=ProtoMan=] doesn't take it personally; he's also more willing to scold and even fight [=MegaMan=] if it's necessary. |
| 398 | * Entei, Raikou, and Suicune of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fame are free spirited [[OlympusMons Legendaries]] who mind their own business more often than not without much hostility towards others. Contrast that with how they act in ''VideoGame/PokemonSuperMysteryDungeon'', in which Entei at multiple points threatens to kill the heroes, first out of suspicion of them being the culprits of others turning into stone due to being at the wrong place and wrong time, and again [[DisproportionateRetribution when they trespass into its territory]]. [[spoiler:The others aren't much better as they treat the hero and partner characters like pack mules during the trip in the Void Lands. In their defense, the latter was done to prevent the two from staying beyond with them, and at the end of the game can be recruited, [[TookALevelInKindness even feeling humbled to join them]], like the rest of the legendary roster.]] |
| 399 | * Dario Rosso in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' was somewhat of a jerk to Jill by yelling at her and refusing to go with her for rescue, but this was due to him just having lost his daughter to the zombies while he barely survived himself, thus it's understandable that he's under a ton of stress. In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'', Dario is a complete dick towards Jill for no reason, dismissing her genuine attempts in wanting to rescue him and calling her names like "Missy". If you [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential shoot at his container]] after he seals himself in it, he'll threaten Jill by saying he'll call his lawyer and sue her. |
| 400 | * In ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos'', [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]] went from a stoic warrior who trains to better himself every day to an out-and-out asshat who taunts everyone he meets and even makes fun of [[VideoGame/FatalFury2 Mai]] for her choice of [[MsFanservice ninja garbs]]. |
| 401 | * While Shadow is far from a nice guy in the mainline ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games, in ''[[VideoGame/SonicBoom Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric]]'', he is more of a {{Jerkass}}. He is an abrasive, bullying {{Jerkass}} who calls Sonic weak for relying on his friends. His rivalry with Sonic is a lot more antagonistic as he's only there to fight him for no reason other than to antagonize him. |
| 402 | * Kyouji Shinkawa is subjected to this in ''Literature/SwordArtOnline: Hollow Realization'' as Richter. In canon, he was at least a BitchInSheepsClothing with [[BeneathTheMask enough acting skills]] to make himself seem like a NiceGuy that Shino trusted. In the games, he's a full out StalkerWithACrush who thoroughly creeps Sinon out and attempted to destroy her friendship with Kirito and co. by exposing her DarkAndTroubledPast. |
| 403 | * ''VideoGame/WildArmsMillionMemories'': |
| 404 | ** Tesla Maxwell is a lot more hostile to ARM users in this game than ''VideoGame/WildArms3''. Somewhat justified due to [[spoiler: the demise of Slayheim not so long ago]]. |
| 405 | ** Rudy Roughnight is a mild case. He's a lot more reckless in this version and veers on outright destructive at times. Again, the trope is justified as [[spoiler: he's had a vision of him betraying everyone and destroying the world, and there's [[LaserGuidedAmnesia something blocking the memories of his grandfather]], meaning he's less access to his moral compass]]. |
| 406 | * ''VideoGame/YsVLostKefinKingdomOfSand'': In Taito's [=PS2=] remake, [[spoiler:Jabir is far less tolerant of failure than he was in the [=SNES=] original, as shown with the deaths of Abyss, as well as King Kefin, and Rizze]]. |
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| 408 | |
| 409 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 410 | * The ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' parody series ''Webcomic/LearningWithMangaFGO'' turns The Female Protagonist (Ritsuka Fujimaru), who is canonically depicted as an AmbiguouslyBi NiceGirl who deeply cares for her servants, into [[MemeticPsychopath Gudako]], a [[TheGamblingAddict gambling]], [[PsychoLesbian sex-crazed]] HeroicComedicSociopath who regularly (be it physically or sexually) assaults her servants, especially [[ButtMonkey Mash and Olga]]. |
| 411 | * ''Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}}'': |
| 412 | ** In ''VideoGame/Persona4'', Saki was somewhat polite with Yosuke simply due to the fact that his family was her father's boss and he only found out that she hated him after her death, although the circumstances in which he heard her thoughts makes it somewhat ambiguous as to how much she disliked him. In the webcomic, she shows her being nothing but snide and insulting towards him with her sprit outright telling him to [[SuicideDare go kill himself]]. |
| 413 | ** In ''Persona 4'', Dojima was generally a good person, even if he often scolded Adachi for his mistakes, and there was a bit of tension between him and [[PlayerCharacter his nephew]] over the latter's involvement with the murder case. Here, he's a lot more abrasive and condescending; compare how in the game, he has positive reactions to how you take your coffee(the game notes he's smiling or "looks like he's having fun"), to the comic, in which his responses range from condescending to sarcastic, and he throws a cup at the protagonist's head if he asks Dojima to "surprise me." |
| 414 | * ''Webcomic/{{Platformers}}'': |
| 415 | ** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Mario. In his home series, he was always a NiceGuy, never letting his accomplishments get the best of him. In ''Platformers'', he is still a nice person, but he does sometimes give in to his ego every now and then. |
| 416 | ** While L.O.G. has always been a {{Jerkass}} in ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'', he's more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Here, he is an even ''bigger'' asshole, often getting himself into heated debates with the other Galaxy Council members. |
| 417 | [[/folder]] |
| 418 | |
| 419 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 420 | * ''WebVideo/AngelartsVALetsPlayEarthbound'': In canon, Pokey is AmbiguouslyEvil at best, with many of his qualities being up to interpretation. Here, it's implied that he's a jerk to Ness and he even physically abuses his little brother Picky at some points. |
| 421 | * ''WebAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastPhelous'': Nearly everyone is more of a jerk than they are in traditional versions of the fairytale: |
| 422 | ** Beauty, normally a pure-hearted heroine, claims she would sell her father's soul for more books, and kills/beats up some of the Beast's servants for saying anything she doesn't want to hear. She also only wants to marry the Beast for his money. |
| 423 | ** The Beast is more of a DirtyCoward than other versions. He tries to bribe Wabuu into not killing him. He also never learns to love like other versions of the Beast do. |
| 424 | ** With Old Man, this is either played straight or inverted depending on your point of reference. In ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastGolden1992'', his debut, he was meant to be a lovable character. In WebVideo/{{Phelous}}' videos, he's a massive {{Jerkass}}. Here, he's somewhere in between. He's not quite as malicious as in Phelous' other videos, but he still takes a rose from the Beast's garden immediately after being told not to. |
| 425 | ** Wabuu was also meant to be lovable in the Dingo Pictures movies he comes from, but his evil characterization here is perfectly in line with Phelous' version of him. |
| 426 | * ''WebAnimation/DarkSecretsOfGarrysMod'': {{Downplayed|Trope}} with {{Franchise/Sonic|TheHedgehog}}, in his source material [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness it is extremely rare to see him lose his cool let alone lash out on others]]. But in this series he has a much shorter temper and there are times when [[ComicalOverreacting he gets really hostile to rather harmless situations]]. While he can be still considered as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in both versions, in the original his "jerkish" part is downplayed while in this series is played more straight forward. |
| 427 | * ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': |
| 428 | ** Shockingly, ''Gohan'' of all people. [[spoiler:As Android 16 [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech points out]], this version of Gohan thinks he's better than everyone else and the only one suffering, refusing to stand up and fight back by [[DoomedMoralVictor clinging to pacifistic morals while everyone else gets hurt]]. He caps off the speech by asking Gohan to [[DareToBeBadass stop holding back]].]] |
| 429 | ** His Future counterpart is an even greater example of this. In the original ''[[Anime/DragonBallZTheHistoryOfTrunks History of Trunks]]'' special, Future Gohan clearly loves his parents and doesn't seem to hold a grudge towards either of them despite their treatment of him but in the abridged version, he outright hates his parents and cares very little of either Goku or Chi-Chi to the point that he didn't even care that the former had died. Case in point, in canon Gohan wears Goku's clothes because it reminds him of his father and wants to be as strong as him to fight off the androids while in abridged he only wears it because it's the only thing that Goku left him with. As for Chi-Chi, in canon, she is worried about Gohan constantly fighting the androids implying that they at least are still on decent terms which contrasts the abridged where Chi-Chi has fallen into depression because Gohan abandoned her meaning that she could never be the grandmother she wanted in his whole life. |
| 430 | * ''WebAnimation/FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged'': |
| 431 | ** Compared to TheHeart of the team she is in the original game, Tifa is a [[SirSwearsalot crass]], [[{{Jerkass}} salty]], [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative bitch]] who tricks Cloud into doing stupid stuff for her. She also happens to be a traumatized wreck of repressed tragedy and bad memories. Season 2 helped mellow her out once she starts to talk to someone without being abrasive. Unless your name is Reno. |
| 432 | ** The original Sephiroth killed nearly everyone in Nibelheim out of revenge. Abridged Sephiroth not only did that, but even [[spoiler:specifically singled out Cloud's mother just because of Cloud's annoying fanboy attitude. That sounds quite petty, even for a guy like Sephiroth]]. Also, upon murdering Aerith, rather than brushing off Cloud's ability to be emotional like in the original, here, he takes the opposite and more sadistic option and openly taunts Cloud on the latter feeling the pain of both her death and Cloud being unable to keep his promise to her. |
| 433 | * ''Platform/GoAnimate'': Practically everybody in the [[YouAreGrounded "grounded videos"]] that have a [[WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}} "Ba]][[WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer by]] [[WesternAnimation/LittleBill sh]][[WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} ow"]] character as the target could count (''especially'' Caillou and Dora), from the main character who goes from a likable guy and or girl to a sociopathic bully who wants to fuck everyone over to the [[AbusiveParents main character's parents that go from loving to hating their kids' guts]] to the [[SadistTeacher character's teacher that will punish their students for every minor thing.]] |
| 434 | * This is case for [[TheHero Sora]] in ''WebVideo/KingdomHeartsInANutshell''. In the [[Franchise/KingdomHearts original series]], he's a happy-go-lucky NiceGuy who's friendly to almost everyone he meets. In this series, he's the OnlySaneMan who constantly points out the logical inconsistencies of the other characters and complains about how stupid the plot is. His view of [[LoveInterests Kairi]] is also different, as whereas in the original series, he's head over heels in love with her, here, he seems annoyed by her mere existence. |
| 435 | * Darlene Spritzer from ''WebAnimation/{{Lobo|Webseries}}'' is more lippy than her comic book counterpart. She swears infrequently. |
| 436 | * Downplayed in ''WebAnimation/McBusters''. While Ronald [=McDonald=], Hamburglar and Mayor [=McCheese=] are still decent people for the most part, they are much more prone to anger and swearing than they were in the Advertising/McDonaldland ads. This is especially notable with Mayor [=McCheese=], whose canon portayal as the jovial mayor of [=McDonaldland=] is contrasted by making him an ill-tempered {{Manchild}} who shuts up Walter Peck by punching him unconscious and rudely yells at Grimace to be quiet in a vulgar way when the latter complains about not being included in the painting of the [=McBusters=] that appears after defeating Advertising/TheBurgerKing. |
| 437 | * ''WebVideo/MysteryIncorporated2022'': The Hex Girls are quite rude to Shaggy when they first meet him. While they did mess with him and Scooby a bit in their first appearance in the animated movie series, they were ultimately a group of {{Perky Goth}}s. |
| 438 | * Flora in ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' is a kind-hearted tram engine. In ''WebAnimation/NorthWesternRailwayTales'', she is reimagined as a more bitter engine who hates road vehicles and even tries to run over Bertie while she has passengers. |
| 439 | * Most of the characters from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' are given this treatment in ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi''. A prominent example is Ruby herself, who goes from a heroic PluckyGirl to an [[EntitledBitch entitled jerk]] that makes [[AcademicAlphaBitch Weiss]] look tame. Speaking of which, while Weiss herself was no saint, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold she did eventually warm up to people]]. This version of Weiss, however, [[ComedicSociopathy thought it would be funny to drop a bucket of frozen ice on Ruby as a prank]]. Adding to that, Blake on one occasion adopted Sun's kleptomania and Yang is shown to have a terrible temper and a twisted sense of humor, laughing at an unconscious Nora while everyone else there is worried about her. |
| 440 | * ''WebVideo/StacheBros'': |
| 441 | ** Mario is much more abrasive than [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros his canon counterpart]], what with him constantly quarreling with his brother Luigi, occasionally getting irritated with rescuing Peach, and having a deep hatred for Diddy. |
| 442 | ** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Luigi, who's comparatively nicer than Mario, but still has his moments of selfishness. |
| 443 | * In ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', Kirito and Asuna were noble and kind-hearted swordsmen who treated everyone with respect and were sometimes impulsive at their worst (Kirito specifically). ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'', meanwhile, twists them into {{Heroic Comedic Sociopath}}s, with the former being a smug {{Jerkass}} [[{{Troll}} who takes pleasure in tormenting people around him]], while the latter is a StalkerWithACrush {{Yandere}} who is [[TheDreaded feared by anyone who crosses paths with her]], all the while [[MaskOfSanity perfectly hiding it under her "innocent" facade]]. Unlike most examples, they actually do undergo some CharacterDevelopment, especially in regards to Kirito [[spoiler: after witnessing Sachi's death]]. |
| 444 | * ''WebAnimation/SodorThenAndNow'': [[Literature/TheRailwaySeries Gor]][[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends don]] is far ruder to the other engines with him having it out for [[JerkAssToOne Thomas in particular.]] This also plays into the prank he pulls on Thomas with the coaches as while in canon Gordon did it due to the little blue engine’s cheekiness, here he does it out of spite. [[CharacterDevelopment He does get better though.]] |
| 445 | * ''WebVideo/WelcomeBackPotter'': |
| 446 | ** Harry, here named Jarry, is a jaded drug-addled con-artist who has nothing but contempt for the Wizarding World he was destined to save compared to the angsty hero from the books and films. |
| 447 | ** While messing with his family was a big BerserkButton for Ron in canon, here Don isn't the least bit curious about what became of the rest of the Weasleys. |
| 448 | * ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'': |
| 449 | ** Seto Kaiba is even more of a jerk than in ''Manga/YuGiOh'', especially in mistreating his little brother. |
| 450 | ** In canon, Joey Wheeler participated in Duelist Kingdom to pay for Serenity's eye surgery. In this adaption, he blows all his winnings on Duel Monster cards, making his parents pay for her operation to fix her eyesight, and when it flopped he points out that on the bright side, she won't need her cards anymore. |
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| 454 | * ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'': Aladdin is a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed example]], as a lot of episodes saw Aladdin act more smug than he did in the films, but his positive and noble attributes remained overall intact. |
| 455 | * Mort in ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien''. Most entries in the ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' franchise depicted him as an obsessive {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, but still innocent and well-meaning. Here Mort is [[AxCrazy violently insane]], prone to fits of explosive rage, often indulges in bizarre and creepy fetishes (such as bathing in toenails or making wigs out of stolen hair), and he's heavily implied to have criminal connections. [[spoiler:Later seasons reveal he's also an immortal, soul-sucking EldritchAbomination, though a fairly benign one.]] |
| 456 | * ''WesternAnimation/AngryBirdsSummerMadness'': In the games, Stella was a nice girl if not a bit hot-blooded like Red, but in the show she’s more of a jerk, and sometimes bullies her friends. |
| 457 | * ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020'': |
| 458 | ** A downplayed example is with the Warners themselves. They're still fun loving to go after jerks, but they aren't quite as cheery. The siblings are much likelier to goof on each other and aren't above mean-spirited stunts (such as what Dot does to Yakko in "The Cutening" or the other two's response to Yakko's PungeonMaster antics in "[=WhoDonut=]"). |
| 459 | ** In the [[Literature/TheOdyssey original myth]], Odysseus may have been a trickster (and a cheater to his wife Penelope), but overall, he cared about his comrades and, for the majority of the time, he would not harm anyone if they did not set him off. In his appearance in "Warners Unbound", he's turned into a JerkJock who bullies the Warners just because he can. |
| 460 | * In ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Captain Marvel]] is written in a more condescending and combative manner than she usually is in the comics. While her comic counterpart can be cocky at times, she's usually not as much of a jerk to her fellow heroes. |
| 461 | * ''WesternAnimation/BackToTheFuture'': In the movie trilogy that introduced him, Marty [=McFly=] comes across as relatively humble (despite his dreams of being a wealthy rock star) and a loving friend, family member, and boyfriend who would (and did) go through any number of troublesome situations for the people in his life. The animated series portrays him as far more self-centered and uncaring. Episodes that especially highlight this include "[[Recap/BackToTheFutureTheAnimatedSeriesS1E4Witchcraft Witchcraft]]" and "St. Louis Blues." |
| 462 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': |
| 463 | ** The Penguin is rude, boorish, and all-around unpleasant. While he's still a bad guy in the original comics, he's nowhere near as impolite. On the contrary, he's AffablyEvil enough to be known as the "Gentleman of Crime". |
| 464 | ** Characters/{{Harley Quinn|TheCharacter}} was already stuck-up and had a few screws loose, even before meeting the Joker, and the Joker doesn't need to do much to push her over the edge. She also is [[KickTheDog shown poisoning squirrels]], something most Harleys wouldn't do. |
| 465 | ** Unlike in ''Batman: TAS'' where he is a sympathetic figure trying to cure his wife, Mr. Freeze is a thug who enjoys robbing banks. |
| 466 | ** Unlike tradition, Batman and Superman swapped stances on the League and teaming-up, meaning this version of Superman initially refused to get involved in the Justice League when it was started and had to be convinced to team-up with Batman, whereas he's usually the one of the two to be more open to both ideas. |
| 467 | * ''WesternAnimation/BattleTech1994'' makes Galen Cox, normally the [[RedOniBlueOni level headed rationalist to Victor Steiner Davion's youthful hotheadedness]], into a much more aggressive and suspicious character, with a degree of petty criticism and anti-Combine bias that is not present in the original novels. {{Justified|Trope}} however, as the cartoon is canonically an in-universe propaganda piece in the form of children's entertainment, retelling historical events but incorrectly representing many of the major characters and events, leading to both wild inaccuracy (such as normal humans being able to use Elemental suits without modifications) and character assassination (such as Galen's dickishness). |
| 468 | * ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'': |
| 469 | ** Carmilla has always been portrayed as a villain in the original games, but if there is one thing common in previous continuities was her slavish devotion to Dracula, sometimes serving as an {{Yandere}} for him like in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2''. In the animation however, she has nothing but disdain and contempt for him, and is actively plotting to undermine and usurp him. Later seasons reveal her to be not only [[DoesNotLikeMen sexist]] but also downright insane to the ninth degree. |
| 470 | ** [[spoiler: The game version of Death, while a villain, was [[AffablyEvil generally polite to his enemies]] and was unfailingly loyal to Dracula. This version of Death is a raging, slimy [[SirSwearsALot swearaholic]] who played everyone for fools and nearly ushered in the apocalypse.]] |
| 471 | * ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls2019'': |
| 472 | ** [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] in this series is a [[{{Narcissist}} narcissistic]] JerkJock, although he's more InnocentlyInsensitive than outright mean. |
| 473 | ** [[Characters/{{Robin}} Dick Grayson's]] portrayal in this series manages to be ''even worse'' than his below-mentioned ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' self, as he's a straight-up HateSink with a SmallNameBigEgo who makes fun of [[Characters/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]] (who despises him) trying to be a KidHero, lacking the redeeming qualities of not just Robin, but also [[CompositeCharacter Jason Todd and Damian Wayne]]. |
| 474 | ** Downplayed with [[Characters/SupergirlTheCharacter Kara Danvers]]. She’s generally portrayed in the comics as a sweet-hearted girl ([[ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton although she did get angry at times]]) and in the [[WebAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls2015 previous cartoon]], a dorky CuteClumsyGirl. This version is more rebellious and hot-tempered (partially due to being a CompositeCharacter with Characters/PowerGirl) and hates being compared to Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}, while also showing [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a kinder side]]. That being said, this version was based on Creator/LaurenFaust[='s=] ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever'' cartoon, which was used as the basis for the 2019 series. |
| 475 | ** Superman himself occasionally came off as a SmugSuper with a showboating, egotistic side which caused conflict between him and Kara. However, he still kept his [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold heart of gold]] and the two eventually reconcile once he admits that he always respected her. |
| 476 | * ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': |
| 477 | ** Gyro Gearloose in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' was a kindly, well-meaning, but inept BunglingInventor. Gyro in the reboot is a hot-headed, sarcastic InsufferableGenius who's [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced barging into a board meeting]] and shouting "Shut up, everyone, I've just done something brilliant!" [[spoiler:It's revealed that he became this because of a DarkAndTroubledPast.]] |
| 478 | ** Doofus Drake from the original series was an annoying but harmless FatComicRelief. Doofus Drake as introduced in "Day of the Only Child!" is a dangerously-temperamental SpoiledBrat who serves as a {{foil}} to JerkWithAHeartOfGold Louie. |
| 479 | ** In "Last Christmas!", The Ghost of Christmas Past from ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' is turned into a non-romantic CrazyJealousGuy trying to keep Scrooge from his family. |
| 480 | ** In "The Trickening!", the monsters from the short "Trick or Treat" and the original series episode "Ducky Horror Picture Show" are depicted as scaring trick-or-treaters to steal their candy, and eating the trick-or-treaters if they don't have any to appease them. |
| 481 | * [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} Nermal]] was never really a NiceGuy in most incarnations, but ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' ups his jerkishness and arrogance a notch, such as in "King Nermal", where he faked an injury to gain Jon's pity and unleashed a torrent of torment on poor Garfield and Odie. |
| 482 | * In ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries'', Adonis is portrayed as a RoyalBrat who frequently bullies Hercules but takes advantage of his strength and heroism when the school actually faces danger. The mythological Adonis was just known for being a PrettyBoy favored by Aphrodite. |
| 483 | * ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'': |
| 484 | ** Amber, Mark's first girlfriend in ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' was a ditzy DumbBlonde who definitely gave him her share of grief, but her [[TheScrappy show equivalent]] took it to another level. Here she was changed to an [[AdaptationalIntelligence intelligent]] SassyBlackWoman with a narcissistic streak, as she constantly gave Mark crap for showing up late to dates [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife despite knowing full well he was a superhero]], [[spoiler: and tried to manipulate him into giving up his SecretIdentity by acting hurt by his need to ditch her during an attack. She even flirts with another guy at a party [[UngratefulBitch right after he saved her life]] even though ''she'' was the sole cause of the rift in their relationship. When he finally works up the nerve to tell her, she's hurtful and dismissive towards him [[KickTheDog even after his best friend got kidnapped because he was distracted trying to fix things between them]].]] |
| 485 | ** Atom Eve's father Adam was a [[ParentsAsPeople well-meaning]] BumblingDad in the comics. However, in the show he's a StrawMisogynist who [[CurseCutShort stops short of calling his own daughter a bitch]] as he tells her to StayInTheKitchen and tries to justify her boyfriend Rex cheating on her. |
| 486 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'': Downplayed, as he was arguably borderline {{Jerkass}} to begin with, but The King from ''[[WesternAnimation/CBBears Heyyy, it's The King!]]'' is more aggressive and smug than his original incarnation. |
| 487 | * In the ''ComicBook/KidPaddle'' comics, the GamerChick [[PerkyGoth Max]] get along well with Kid and often partner with him and his friends in whatever they're up too at the moment, being at worst in a FriendlyRivalry with him. In her early appearance in the cartoon, the friendship is gone and the rivalry between them is more vitriolic, Max will sometime act cocky and mocking toward Kid. This get rectified when she is [[CharacterRerailment made closer]] to how she is in the comic, complete with a different more-fitting voice. |
| 488 | * ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'': Po rather jarringly gets hit with this a lot. In the movies, he's a lovable NiceGuy, but the show constantly makes him a lazy, incompetent {{Jerkass}} constantly undergoing the same lessons involving his pride and laziness. The other characters can get this as well. |
| 489 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989'': |
| 490 | ** Anyone familiar with Link, the hero of ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', knows that he's near consistently portrayed in adaptations as, and implied in the games to be, a brave, humble, all-around heroic person who saves the land of Hyrule and its princess without expecting anything in return. People familiar with Link's other portrayals will probably be surprised that in the cartoon that came after the NES games, he's the complete opposite. This Link was lazy, self-centered, whiny, and is only motivated by getting Zelda to kiss him. |
| 491 | ** Zelda herself isn't any better. Most incarnations of her are kind, regal, and wise. This version of Zelda is extremely arrogant, dismissive, snarky, and refuses to give Link the time of day no matter how many times he saves her and her kingdom. She is, after all, the whole reason why the WellExcuseMePrincess trope exists. |
| 492 | * ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'': |
| 493 | ** While WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck has always been a bit irritable, the Paul Rudish shorts portrays him as rather assholish and more prone to being inconsiderate and insensitive towards his friends. |
| 494 | ** There's also Fifi the Peke, who hasn't been seen since the 1950s. She was protrayed as kind hearted and served as Minnie's pet and Pluto's love interest. In the episode "You, Me and Fifi", she becomes [[GreenEyedMonster jealous]] of Mickey taking Minnie's attention from her and acts nightmareishly vicious towards him. Also in ''WesternAnimation/TheWonderfulWorldOfMickeyMouse'' episode, "Hard to Swallow" after Fifi finds out Minnie has been tricking her into taking flea pills, she becomes ''quite'' hostile towards her owner. |
| 495 | * ''Literature/MrMen'': |
| 496 | ** Little Miss Somersault in the books was a NiceGirl if not a bit of a showoff, but the [[WesternAnimation/MrMenAndLittleMiss 90s cartoon]] turns her into a JerkJock who [[SoreLoser acts like a bitch]] about losing a race to Little Miss Wise (Who, mind you, didn't intentionally take part) and calls Little Miss Splendid, Little Miss Greedy and Mr. Lazy "hopeless" for not being able to somersault as well as she can. |
| 497 | ** [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] with Mr. Rude in ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow''. In the books, he was, well, [[{{Jerkass}} rude]], but the worst thing he did was insulting people and eventually underwent CharacterDevelopment by the end of his story. In the series, he’s a FrenchJerk who repeatedly gets on others nerves, such as driving recklessly and getting people kicked out of restaurants on [[MisplacedRetribution something that wasn't their fault]], and was even willing to leave Miss Giggles to ''die'' in "Machines". That said, his book counterpart genuinely hurt others feelings, while in the series he would trade in some [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic remarks]]. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking The cartoon also adds in a]] RunningGag where he [[{{Gasshole}} passes gas]], causing the other Mr. Men and Little Misses to shout [[SayMyName "MR. RUDE!"]], something that [[EverybodyHasStandards even his book counterpart would find disgusting]]. |
| 498 | * An unusual example is Snufkin in Creator/SkyOne's ''[[Literature/TheMoomins Moominvalley]]''. His actual behaviour hasn't changed, but the way it's ''presented'' has. In [[Literature/TheMoomins the books]], his wanderlust and enjoyment of solitude are positive traits; in the series he's a selfish borderline misanthrope who must learn AnAesop about how Moomintroll is affected by the continual disappearance of his supposed best friend. As part of this, the plot of "The Spring Tune" becomes less "Snufkin finds himself bothered by a creature who won't take a hint" and more "Snufkin is rude to a creature that just wants to chat". "Snufkin and the Park-Keeper" treats his dislike of authority similarly; in ''Moominsummer Madness'', Moomintroll and Snork Maiden being arrested for burning the prohibitionary notices is entirely the fault of the unreasonable and inflexible authority figure, while the episode has it as Snufkin's fault for not thinking of the consequences when he tore them down. Even the song "All Small Beasts Should Have Bows in Their Tails" has been rewritten to make the point, going from a celebration of a world without punishments to a cautionary tale about facing up to your responsibilities. |
| 499 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'': |
| 500 | ** While DaEditor Perry White has always been a grouch, his depiction here takes it further than usual. Perry in the comics is a respectful character who recognizes the talent and achievements of his staff. In this show, meanwhile, he's extremely dismissive of Clark, Lois, and Jimmy due their status as [[AdaptationalJobChange interns rather than full-fledged reporters]], and denies them credit to their story by giving it to the senior staff. |
| 501 | ** While Vicki Vale in the comics has regularly been portrayed as a competitive and jealous woman, particularly during the Silver Age, the version seen in this show is far and away the most vindictive and careerist of any of her portrayals. She's an ImmoralJournalist who [[EvilCannotComprehendGood refuses to believe Superman just wants to help]], and goes out of her way to discredit him with dubious sources while [[BrokenPedestal taking advantage of Lois' admiration of her]]. |
| 502 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 The Powerpuff Girls]]'' episode "Members Only" features ''[[DextersLaboratory/TropesJusticeFriends The Justice Friends]]'' from ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''; though here they're called ''The Association of World Super Men'' and Major Glory, Van Halen and secondary character Tiki Torch are the only previously established heroes returning (Krunk is only mentioned in passing). In the episode, the entire superhero team, (Major Glory and Van Halen included) refuse to let the Powerpuff Girls join their team even after they pass their tests with flying colors, as they refuse to let any girls join them. The two were depicted as sexist and insensitive jerks, unlike in their original show where they were shown to be much nicer and inclusive to pretty much everyone, Van Halen more so then Major Glory. |
| 503 | * The ''Literature/RottenRalph'' animated special ''Not-So-Rotten Ralph'' and the television series give this treatment to Ralph's more polite cousin Percy. While the books simply used Percy as a foil to his ruder and more unscrupulous cousin, the animated special and series depicts Percy's politeness as being less sincere in addition to him relishing getting Ralph in trouble and talking down to him for not being as well-mannered as he is. |
| 504 | * ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' franchise: |
| 505 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' does this to Scooby and Velma. The latter is far more cynical, self-centered, vain, and sarcastic than any incarnation prior, and both she and Scooby spend a chunk of the first season at each other's throats in a FriendVersusLover fight for Shaggy's attention. A fight which ends with [[spoiler:Scooby winning and Velma's dislike being targeted towards Shaggy for a good while]]. This is especially rather jarring when compared to a good number of other ''Scooby'' productions (especially ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' and ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooInWheresMyMummy'') where Velma is all but stated to be Scooby's second best friend. |
| 506 | ** Fred has become this in ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo'', rendering him into a dimwitted ControlFreak and an unmasking hog. |
| 507 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}'' has [[DarkerAndEdgier a much more cynical tone than previous installments in the franchise]], so almost every character from the previous iterations is significantly meaner and more abrasive. The title character stands out; although Velma was often the [[DeadpanSnarker snarkiest]] member of the gang in previous incarnations, here, she's a completely InsufferableGenius who bullies and belittles everyone she meets. She constantly ridicules Fred for CompensatingForSomething, and even laughs at own her best friend when he confesses to having a crush on her (hard enough to ''snap her out of a panic attack''). |
| 508 | * ''WesternAnimation/SonicPrime'': Amy's alternate selves across the Shatterverse tend to be more aggressive than the prime version to varying degrees. This also applies to Nine, who is Tails' counterpart in the New Yoke City Shatterverse whom never met Sonic and had to survive in a crapsack world on his own. |
| 509 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'': |
| 510 | ** In the comics, Mary Jane Watson's Aunt Anna in the comics was a sweet-natured woman who even showed gratitude for Spider-Man saving her life. Here, she's an ill-tempered crone who treats Peter Parker like dirt in spite of how nice he is to her. |
| 511 | ** In the comics, Eddie Brock's grudge against Spider-Man was caused when he published an article incriminating a man he thought was a serial killer, only for Spider-Man to catch the real culprit. This publicly shamed Eddie, causing his company to fire him, his father to disown him, and his wife to leave him. Here, Eddie is a sleazy ImmoralJournalist who's not only perfectly willing to expose Curt Connors as the Lizard and ruin the doctor's life to boost his own career, but digs his own grave by outright lying to Jonah about the theft of Prometheum X from John Jameson's shuttle, claiming that Spider-Man was the thief when it was actually the Rhino, and Spider-Man's actual role in the event was fighting the Rhino to save both; Eddie saw the whole thing but deliberately withheld the Rhino's presence and took advantage of Jonah's hatred of Spidey to get his job back, making his grudge against Peter Parker much [[EvilIsPetty pettier]] as a result. |
| 512 | * ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'': |
| 513 | ** Angel Cake from the 2003 series. Her original 1980s incarnation was infallibly polite and kind to everyone, as befitting her name. Her 2003 incarnation is much more of a jerk, being prone to arguing with everyone and generally acting rude. |
| 514 | ** Raspberry Tart/Torte in [[WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcakeBerryInTheBigCity Berry in the Big City]], with the addition of AdaptationalVillainy. In most incarnations, she's a cheerful NiceGirl with a sharp tongue who's either a tomboyish jock or a girly fashionista, but in this series, she’s an AlphaBitch and Strawberry's SitcomArchNemesis, who is jealous of her business and plots to run her out of the [=BerryWorks=]. Later on she undergoes a HeelFaceTurn and becomes closer to her previous characterizations as a nice girl with a sharp tongue. |
| 515 | *** Sherry Bobbleberry from the same series likewise undergoes this treatment. In her original 2003 incarnation she was a nice, if clumsy, girl who went out of her way to help everyone. In ''BitBC'', she’s a narcissist who hogs the spotlight from her bandmates and ditches them after a falling-out over her lack of contributions to the band. |
| 516 | * ''WesternAnimation/TakAndThePowerOfJuju2007'': |
| 517 | ** While still capable of heroic deeds, Tak as depicted in the animated series is more arrogant than he was in the original [[VideoGame/TakAndThePowerOfJuju video]] [[VideoGame/Tak2TheStaffOfDreams game]] [[VideoGame/TakTheGreatJujuChallenge series]] and is more willing to use his magic for personal gain. |
| 518 | ** Lok frequently belittles and picks on Tak, when he was on better terms with him in the video games. |
| 519 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': |
| 520 | ** Despite her AdaptationalHeroism, Terra still has shades of this. In the comics her being evil is largely an InformedAttribute as she's never ''shown'' doing anything particularly evil in ''ComicBook/TheJudasContract'' arc. In the cartoon, under Slade's orders Terra does a lot more damage. She wrecks a city and it's implied she killed people. |
| 521 | ** Mento of the ComicBook/DoomPatrol, as virtue of [[CompositeCharacter elements of the Chief fused into him]], is more obsessive and unforgiving. That said, even in the comics, Mento was always a jackass, as he was a pompous asshole who didn't get along with the majority of the Doom Patrol in the '60s and was temperamental ''at best'' during the '80s and '90s. |
| 522 | ** Madame Rouge is depicted as a straight-up villain of her own volition, when in the original comics it was shown that she only became that way when the Brain and Monsieur Mallah got rid of her good side through brain surgery and switched between being good and being evil as a result of the Chief attempting to restore her good personality while the Brain tried to undo the Chief's remedies, eventually dying while thanking Beast Boy for liberating her from her life of conflicting morality. |
| 523 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', the Titans are straight-laced heroes. In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', they regularly display {{jerkass}} behavior, are often VitriolicBestBuds, and are {{Heroic Comedic Sociopath}}s. Here's the individual examples of the Titans: |
| 524 | ** Robin really distances from his usual heroic characterization and is portrayed as a selfish, narcissistic GloryHound who [[BloodKnight beats up villains for the fun of it]] or to get hero-cred, while caring very little about the safety of others. |
| 525 | ** Raven was always quite dark and moody, but she would usually retain her composure unless pushed too far, and at worst was a DeadpanSnarker. Here, she has more [[HairTriggerTemper anger management issues]], being prone to violent outbursts and having a habit of attacking the other Titans if annoyed, especially Beast Boy. |
| 526 | ** While Beast Boy was always depicted as a rebel, this Beast Boy is noticeably more of a jerk than his former incarnation, and is often devoid of remorse and regret over his actions. Instead of feeling guilty for his pranks, he will often laugh and fail to comprehend he has done anything wrong. |
| 527 | ** Cyborg is far more selfish and immature, not to mention [[AdaptationalDumbass a lot dumber]]. |
| 528 | ** While she's nicer than the rest of the Titans, Starfire can engage in jerkass behavior like them from time to time. One example is in the "TTG vs PPG" special where she along with Robin and Raven endlessly mock [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 the Powerpuff Girls]] for being babies. |
| 529 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'': Michelangelo is a lot slower to show the warm, emotional side that characterizes most of his other versions. In the other continuities, Mikey is an unquestioned NiceGuy, but he's more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in this adaptation due to his [[ItsAllAboutMe egocentric attitude]] as well as his frequent InnocentlyInsensitive moments and role as TheGadfly. |
| 530 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': |
| 531 | ** Splinter is a minor example. Make no mistake, he does love his sons dearly. But, at the same time, he's not above [[TheGadfly messing with their heads for his own amusement]], can be something of a {{hypocrite}}, and overreacts to an extreme degree towards some of the mistakes they make when fighting above ground. The reason why the Turtles fear disturbing him is because his default reaction to their fighting or being disruptive tends to be ''beating the shit out of them'' with a flurry of advanced ninjitsu techniques. It certainly keeps them in line, and is PlayedForLaughs as ToughLove, but at the same time, most of his previous counterparts would have never lifted a hand to the Turtles in anger. |
| 532 | ** April gets a special, but subtle mention. She would sometimes be prone to be mean towards the turtles if they do anything to upset or disappoint her. When her father was accidentally mutated into a bat and Mikey confessed they released the Mutagen canisters from a Kraang ship, which led to said mutation, she instantly accused them of mutating him on purpose, swore to never see them again, and even refusing to believe their claims that the whole incident was an accident. Fortunately, after a visit from Donnie and when Casey told her his story about how he lost a friend of his on an incident as they both remarked that some things can't be controlled, April not only realized her [[JerkassRealization horrible treatment]] towards the Turtles but also how wrong she was to be [[WastooHardonHim so hard on them]]. Also, during a Foot attack, April realized that Donnie and Casey were right as it convinced to call the Turtles for help. Through this act of being there for her and understanding their always be her friend, April was convinced to forgive the Turtles and apologizes to them for her awful behavior towards them, especially Donnie. |
| 533 | ** Neither of them have anything on the Turtles themselves, though. Make no mistake, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold they're still heroes and will do the right thing]], but they are ''much'' more prone to squabbling and infighting, and their personal flaws[[note]]Leo's rigidity and desire to have everything ''his'' way, Donnie's [[EntitledToHaveYou bordering-on-entitlement]] crush/obsession on April, Raph's BigBrotherBully behavior for absolutely no reason, and Mikey's [[NeverMyFault refusal to recognize when he's at fault]][[/note]] are given more focus, making the Turtles come off as much meaner and less reasonable than they are in most incarnations. It also doesn't help that the Turtles in this series have a bad habit of [[ItsAllAboutMe putting themselves and their desires]] over other people (including their family) and making morally questionable actions, such as betraying Karai despite a greater threat being on the loose or most of them agreeing to let Pulverizer spy on the Foot despite the threat. Fortunately, the Turtles get much better on these fronts through CharacterDevelopment, but it's still noticeable. |
| 534 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'': |
| 535 | ** Gordon in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventureBegins'' comes off as far more antagonistic and rude to Thomas than he was in the [[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB2ThomasTheTankEngine original book]] and the first episode of the TV series [[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS1E1ThomasAndGordon "Thomas and Gordon"]]. His trick dragging him along with the express is similarly revenge for Thomas heckling him earlier, however this itself was only in retaliation for Gordon belittling him a fair deal beforehand. |
| 536 | ** The Flying Scotsman seemed relatively humble and respectful in his few speaking roles in ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'', but in his first appearance in the special ''[[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriendsTheGreatRace The Great Race]]'', he's much more pompous and arrogant, has a low opinion on Sodor's engines, and often makes remarks to rile up Gordon, his brother. |
| 537 | ** The Skarloey Coaches undergo this due to SeriesContinuityError. In "Four Little Engines", they are rude and distrusting to Sir Handel despite him trying to be nice, and intentionally bump him off the rails at the first sign of him mishandling them. In the books this was because in an earlier story, Sir Handel had been very rude and insulting towards them and they pulled a HeelFaceDoorSlam when he tried to behave, though these events are moved to a later episode in the show. While they were still treated as wrong in both works, and apologised when called out on it by Skarloey, there was at least some founded explanation for their hatred of Sir Handel originally. |
| 538 | * On ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama'', Beth, Leshawna, and Gwen are all hit by this. Beth goes from being a socially awkward but very friendly NiceGirl to being an extremely selfish and thoughtless narcissist; Leshawna is changed from a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who stood up for others against bullies and cared deeply for her friends to a bossy and egotistical AlphaBitch; and Gwen goes from a PerkyGoth with a heart of gold under her icy attitude to a gloomy and sociopathic CreepyChild who enjoys scaring the other kids and seeing them get hurt. |
| 539 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': |
| 540 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': In G1, Bumblebee was such an all-around NiceGuy that the closest he got to being mean were a few DeadpanSnarker moments. Here, he's much more arrogant and temperamental. This is likely due to the ''Animated'' Bumblebee originally being envisioned as a new incarnation of Hot Shot from ''Anime/TransformersArmada'', who was changed to 'Bee in pre-production without changing much (if any) of his personality. |
| 541 | ** As opposed to other versions of the character, the Blurr of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'', while he does get better, starts off as a self-serving, cowardly, selfish jackass. |
| 542 | * In the original parable of the GoodSamaritan, the traveler is injured in a mugging, and the passersby are afraid that if they stop to help him, they will be the robbers' next targets, so they pretend not to see him. The ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode "The Tale of Flibber-O-Loo" plays this about the same, only now the passersby ''stop for a song and dance about how little they care'' before abandoning him. |
| 543 | * ''Literature/WatershipDown (2018)'': Bigwig from the original book and [[WesternAnimation/WatershipDown movie]] is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, being quite the DrillSergeantNasty yet still very loyal to Hazel and having a kinder side. The 2018 Netflix series really amps up the "Jerk" part of him, pretty much running on angry and [[CommanderContrarian confronting Hazel on every decision he makes]]. |
| 544 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/WITCH2004'' cartoon, Cornelia is presented as more of a straight AlphaBitch than the LovableAlphaBitch she is in the ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'' comics. She's ruder and generally more aggressive. In the comics she is a BullyHunter but in the cartoon, prior to her CharacterDevelopment she was TheBully herself. |
| 545 | * ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''[=/=]''WesternAnimation/XMen97'': |
| 546 | ** Unlike [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse his comics counterpart]], who was only TheSocialDarwinist, Apocalypse here is an outright OmnicidalManiac. |
| 547 | ** In the comics, Mister Sinister's [[ComicBook/MutantMassacre massacre of the Morlocks that his Marauders carried out]] was an atrocity to be sure, but a small-scale one. [[spoiler:In the SequelSeries, Sinister was made into a CompositeCharacter with Cassandra Nova as the massacre of the Morlocks was combined the massacre of most of Genosha from the first arc of ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' -- meaning the animated Sinister now as an at least ''thousand+, if not million+'' body count to his name, rather than merely dozens.]] |
| 548 | * The revival of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' sees [[Characters/TeenTitansNewTeenTitans Cyborg]]'s father Slias Stone get this treatment. While the character always had his flaws, including being a {{workaholic}} who put his work above his son, the show sees him so out of touch with Vic's life that he tells Vic to get his grades up--even though Vic's already got a 4.0 GPA. |
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