Basic Trope: A character's name is changed in an adaptation.
- Straight: Alice Allen in the book becomes Alice Morton in the movie.
- Exaggerated: Alice Allen becomes Belinda Carmen Dorothy Eleanor Felicity Goodman in the movie, which confuses people as to whether she's Alice in the adaptation at all or a completely new character.
- Downplayed:
- Alice Allen becomes Alison Allen in the movie, although Alice is used as a nickname, a heavily used nickname.
- Alice Claire Allen becomes Alice Grace Allen in the movie.
- Alice Allen becomes Jennifer Alice Allen in the movie.
- Belinda Goodman legally changed her name from Alice Allen.
- Alice Allen is Alice's married name, her maiden name is Morton.
- In the movie, "Alice Allen" is an alias and her real name is never revealed.
- Justified:
- A setting update of an old story changes the Outdated Name: Ida Iverson in a story set in the 1890's becomes Isla Iverson in a story set in the present.
- The Adaptation is set in an Alternate Universe where Alice has a different name.
- The adaptation is set in a different country and/or Alice comes from another place in the adaptation, so her name is changed to something more common in her new country of origin.
- Alice is single in the book, but married in the movie.
- In the book Alice's parents are John Allen and Mary Morton, in the movie they are Joanna Allen and Marty Morton.
- Inverted:
- Everything changes in a work except for the names, like in a contextual reassignment Alternate Universe Fic or in an Elseworld.
- The names of all the places and businesses change, but not the characters.
- Subverted:
- Belinda Goodman turns out to be an alias.
- It's Alice Morton-Allen as she married between the book and the film.
- Double Subverted: ...But Belinda was using her Real Name as an Alias.
- Parodied: Characters frequently call Belinda "Alice" by accident, only to correct themselves shortly after.
- Zig-Zagged: Alice Allen becomes Belinda Goodman in the movie, but her love interest Bob Bobbins doesn't change his name, and the Unlucky Childhood Friend Claire Clarendon becomes Claire Clarenton.
- Averted: No character changes their name in an adaptation.
- Enforced:
- When Belinda Brock is cast as Alice Allen, her contract insists her character becomes The Danza.
- The original work includes characters with names that have fallen prey to Have a Gay Old Time or are otherwise considered offensive and have to be changed because of this.
- Alice Allen was originally a male character called Alan Alexander but was changed to a female for the adaptation.
- The creator of the adaptation dislikes the name Alice, but Alice Allen is a central character in the original work, so removing her from the adaptation isn't an option. Instead, the creator changes the character's name to Belinda Brock.
- Lampshaded:
- "I thought my name was Alice..."
- "Weren't you old Allen's daughter?"
- Invoked: "Your character's name is so damn complicated the cast of the film is not going to be able to pronounce it! You gotta change it."
- Exploited: "Since I'm that character's actor, can I suggest a name?"
- Defied:
- "That's preposterous! What about the character's fans who got endeared to that name? The name will remain and that's final."
- The author does allow others to adapt their stories, but the licenses always include a clause that names of characters should never be changed.
- Discussed: "If I were a bard, I'd write the most epic poem about your exploits, dear. Don't worry, I'd change your name so nobody suspects it's about you."
- Conversed: "Why did they have to change Alice's surname to Morton? She was my favorite character and now it sucks!"
- Implied: A character is momentarily confused upon hearing Alice's surname but doesn't explicitly mention it.
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