Line #9 PlayingWith/AdaptationalBadass


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character is far more badass in one interpretation of the story than in other iterations.
2	* '''Straight''': In the book ''Legends of Troperia'', Alice is a weak ShrinkingViolet DamselInDistress. In TheFilmOfTheBook, she's a bonafide ActionGirl.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Alice [[DesignatedVictim spends 99% of the book either being kidnapped or being rescued from being kidnapped]]. In the film, she's a OneManArmy.
5	** Alice is a very wimpy and weak nerd in the book who gets pushed around easily. In the movie, she is a PhysicalGod.
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** Alice is still a ShrinkingViolet in the film, but she's slightly more badass.
8	** Alice was already a badass even in the book, but the movie gives her one or two abilities she lacked in the book.
9	** In the movie, Alice attempts to fight the BigBad, only to be on the receiving end of a CurbStompBattle. The fact that she even ''tried'' to fight him is still more than she ever did in the book, where she simply ran away from him.
10	* '''Justified''':
11	** Alice is a CompositeCharacter in the film, having been combined with the character of Sharon, an ActionGirl in the original.
12	** Alice went through some backstory development, and the film is actually a sequel to the original story.
13	** The adaptation is a [[FanWorks derivative work]] of the "WhatIf" variety, and the circumstances Alice is put in are such that she starts to both [[GrewASpine come out of her shell]] and [[TookALevelInBadass starts to crack open the shells of her enemies]].
14	* '''Inverted''': AdaptationalWimp - Alice was a competent fighter in the book, but she's an overrated and completely ineffective FauxActionGirl in the film.
15	* '''Subverted''': The film opens with Alice leading an army against the forces of evil and generally kicking ass. Turns out that it was AllJustADream, and she's closer to her characterization in the book.
16	* '''Double Subverted''': ...For a bit, anyway. Later she does take a level in badass.
17	* '''Parodied''': In the book, Alice is a [[ShrinkingViolet painfully shy]] 8-year old girl who wears a [[PinkMeansFeminine pretty pink dress]], carries around a [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals stuffed toy]], [[SweetTooth loves eating sweets]] and [[BabyTalk talks like a baby]], while in the film, Alice is an adult {{Nineties Anti Hero}}ine who wears [[HellbentForLeather black leather]], carries around a {{BFG}}, [[SmokingIsCool loves smoking]] and [[SirSwearsALot swears like a sailor]]. The [[SugarBowl setting]] remains the same though, making Alice look horribly out of place.
18	* '''Zig Zagged''':
19	** The film opens with Alice kicking ass, but it's AllJustADream - and stays that way. But in the AnimatedAdaptation, she's a badass.
20	** Book Alice and Movie Alice are both equally badass, Movie Alice just seems more badass at first glance due being portrayed as a different kind of badass than Book Alice.
21	* '''Averted''':
22	** The director of this movie is well known for giving characters a level in badass when he makes adaptations, but for this movie he decided [[TruerToTheText to keep more closely to the source material.]]
23	** No matter the adaptation, Alice is a frail ShrinkingViolet.
24	* '''Enforced''':
25	** "The women's rights groups will grouse if Alice is a wuss in this movie. We've gotta make her more awesome."
26	** "The fans of the book [[DamselScrappy hate Alice]] for being a [[TheLoad useless]] damsel in distress. We can't write her out of the story, so let's try to have her RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap by making her more competent."
27	* '''Lampshaded''':
28	** After Alice opens the film kicking a bunch of ass, Bob walks up and says "Weren't you supposed to be, y'know, more reserved?"
29	** A line from the source material is intentionally reused in a much more intimidating context.
30	* '''Invoked''': The author of ''Legends of Troperia'' wants the film adaptation to be handled by a director who is well-known for doing dark action movies.
31	* '''Exploited''': The author really wanted to include more "dark" aspects to Alice's character in the book, but couldn't due to time constraints. He sees the movie adaptation as the perfect chance to include those abandoned aspects.
32	* '''Defied''':
33	** The author of ''Legends of Troperia'' forbids his work from being adaptated to any other medium.
34	** The author of ''Legends of Troperia'' has final call over the adaptations of his work and refuses to have Alice be made a badass (something else like being the AdaptationalComicRelief is still possible, but beyond the scope of this trope).
35	** Alice is the KidAppealCharacter of the franchise, and as such the moment the project is announced the MoralGuardians swear they will raise such a stink the movie will become a BoxOfficeBomb if Alice does something they perceive as violent.
36	* '''Discussed''': "So, we should capture Bob and ignore Alice?" "No! The ShrinkingViolet always [[TookALevelInBadass Takes A Level In Badass]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall for the movie!]] Capture her too!"
37	* '''Conversed''': “Finally! Alice isn’t such a wimp anymore!” “What are you talking about? This movie is [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks AWFUL!]] Do the creators even KNOW who [[DamselInDistress Alice]] is?!”
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