1 | '''Basic Trope''': A minor character gets an important role in adaptations, expansion or sequel, or gets hired on as a full member after serving as a fill-in. |
2 | * '''Straight''': |
3 | ** In the original ''Alice and Bob'', Charlie was a casual friend of the title characters. In an adaptation, he becomes their best friend and part of the core group of the main characters. |
4 | ** In the first film ''Welcome to Tropeville'', Alice, Bob, and Charlie are all random characters in a FourLinesAllWaiting plot. In the sequel, one of them becomes the main protagonist with a more straightforward plot. |
5 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
6 | ** In the original version, Charlie was only a casual acquaintance who [[TheGhost received occasional mentions but was never seen]]. In the adaptation, he becomes one of the most important characters, [[SpotlightStealingSquad possibly more important than]] AliceAndBob themselves. |
7 | ** Charlie was just a background character that only appeared for one frame in the original version, but in the adaptation he becomes the main character. |
8 | * '''Downplayed''': Charlie's scenes have somewhat more importance in the adaptation than the original. |
9 | * '''Justified''': |
10 | ** The adaptation is set three years after the original show. In that time, Alice and Bob have become closer to Charlie. |
11 | ** Charlie's actor pulled a OneSceneWonder, which stuck in the audience's head enough that the writers realized they had a great EnsembleDarkhorse on their hands. |
12 | ** The band that Charlie joined has an official policy of never hiring anyone sight-unseen and taking them out on tour first to make sure that they can deliver every night, get along with everyone, and are musically compatible. |
13 | * '''Inverted''': Diane is [[DemotedToExtra a major character in the original, but only a minor one in the adaptation]]. |
14 | * '''Subverted''': Charlie looks like he'll have a bigger role in the adaptation, then he gets pushed back to his original role. |
15 | * '''Double Subverted''': But he quickly gets it back. |
16 | * '''Parodied''': In the adaptation of ''Alice and Bob'', a random rock on the ground takes over as the protagonist. |
17 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': There are several adaptations, in which the sizes of the characters' roles vary. Only AliceAndBob are major characters in all adaptations. |
18 | * '''Averted''': All characters are just as important in the adaptation as in the original. |
19 | * '''Enforced''': |
20 | ** Charlie was [[EnsembleDarkhorse quite popular with the fans]]. |
21 | ** The adaptation is [[AdaptationExpansion longer than the original]] so the creators expanded on his subplot to fill up time. |
22 | ** The adaptation is [[CompressedAdaptation shorter than the original]], so Charlie's subplot takes up more time. |
23 | ** Some of the AcceptableBreaksFromReality that the original enjoyed don't work in the adaptation's format and instead of [[CanonForeigner creating a new character whole-cloth]], the adapters gave the underutilized Charlie the character attributes needed to deal with the issue. |
24 | * '''Lampshaded''': "The new ''Alice and Bob''. Now with 30% more Charlie scenes!" |
25 | * '''Invoked''': AliceAndBob decide to spend more time with Charlie. |
26 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
27 | * '''Defied''': |
28 | ** AliceAndBob refuse to be friends with Charlie. |
29 | ** [[PutOnABus Charlie moves away.]] |
30 | * '''Discussed''': "Charlie is your best friend? I really didn't know he was that close." |
31 | * '''Conversed''': |
32 | -->"Who is this Charlie guy? Was he in the book?"\ |
33 | "Yeah, but he was not that big of a character?" |
34 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Charlie was somewhat of a CloudCuckoolander in the original show. In the adaptation, he is even more of one due to {{Flanderization}}. This, combined with his increased screen time, makes for a much more humorous adaptation. |
35 | * '''Played For Drama''': Charlie [[KilledOffForReal dies]] in the final episode of the adaptation. Because he's a major character, his death is more dramatic than it would have been in the original. |
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41 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
42 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
43 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
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