Basic Trope: A character becomes a comic relief in an adaptation of a work.
- Straight: In the novel Troper Adventures, Bob is a relatively serious character. In the film adaptation Troper Adventures: the Movie, Bob is Fun Personified.
- Exaggerated:
- Bob was a very serious character in Troper Adventures, but in the movie, he's a Plucky Comic Relief.
- All of the characters are made into comic reliefs.
- Downplayed:
- Bob is made The Comically Serious in the film, or at least tells the occasional joke, while he was more straightforwardly serious in the original book.
- Bob was already a comic relief in the original story, but he becomes funnier in the movie.
- Justified:
- Troper Adventures: the Movie takes place before Bob became a more serious character.
- Troper Adventures: the Movie is Genre Shifted compared to the novel, and Bob's Genre Savvy isn't adjusted to match. note
- Inverted:
- Subverted:
- Bob is introduced as a comic relief, but he is subjected to Break the Comedian, making him the more serious character he was in the original book.
- The novel has the skilled and dedicated Dr. Bob, the movie has the well meaning but klutzy Constable Bob… they are not the same person.
- Double Subverted: He later gets over this and gets back to telling jokes.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: Bob sometimes fills the role of the comic relief, but occasionally can become more serious when he needs to be.
- Averted: Bob retains the same level of seriousness in both the book and movie.
- Enforced:
- Troper Adventures: the Movie is Lighter and Softer and/or Denser and Wackier than the original story, so they have a character become more of a comic relief to reflect these changes.
- The actor playing Bob is known for comedic roles, so they decide to let him become a funnier character to reflect this.
- The producers believe that Bob becoming a comic relief would be more entertaining to the audience.
- The producers saw comedy gold in not adjusting Bob's Genre Savvy.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Bob decides to remain serious in the adaptation.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "Why is Bob telling jokes? I remember him being more serious in the original book!"
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