Basic Trope: Two characters are friends in an adaptation, despite them not being friends in the original work.
- Straight: In the original book of Adventures in Tropeland, Claire and Danny barely know each other. Adventures in Tropeland: The Movie makes Claire and Danny best friends.
- Exaggerated:
- The adaptation makes every character in the work friends with each other.
- Claire and Danny were arch-enemies in the original story, but are made Platonic Life-Partners in the adaptation.
- Claire and Danny were arch-enemies in the original story, but they're both Promoted to Love Interest in the adaptation.
- Downplayed:
- Claire and Danny already got along fairly well in the original book, but Adventures in Tropeland: the Movie further establishes that they're friends.
- Claire and Danny already got along fairly well in the original book, but Adventures in Tropeland: the Movie made them both Promoted to Love Interest.
- Claire and Danny barely knew each other at all, or were enemies, in the original story. The movie doesn't make them friends, necessarily, but does make them friendlier towards each other.
- Justified:
- Claire and/or Danny become Adaptational Nice Guys in the movie.
- The adaptation is meant to be a prequel or sequel to the source material, establishing that either Claire and Danny used to be friends prior to the main story, or that they become friends after the events of the main story.
- Inverted:
- Claire and Danny were friends in the original story, but in the adaptation, they aren't friends.
- Claire and Danny were friends in the original story, but in the adaptation, they are bitter enemies.
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Claire and Danny are friends in both the source material and the adaptation.
- Enforced:
- The creators of the movie believe that Claire and Danny have a lot in common, which could make for setting up an interesting friendship.
- Claire and Danny have a rivalry in the original story, and the adaptation is meant to be a prequel — establishing that Claire and Danny used to be friends is meant to explain how this rivalry began.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Alice and Bob introduce Claire and Danny to each other, hoping that they can become friends.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "I don't remember Claire and Danny being friends in the original story. To be fair, they're also portrayed as a lot nicer in the movie, so that could have something to do with it."
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