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* In [[Death Note (2006 film)|the 2006 ''Death Note'' live-action film]], while Light has always been a murderous [[Villain Protagonist]], the Japanese live-action film series makes him even ''worse''. He [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|becomes more evil]] even faster than either the anime or manga, to the extent he's perfectly willing to <!--[[Kinslaying Is a Special Kind of Evil|-->personally kill his own father to prevent the anti-Death Note team from being organized.
* The [[Harry Potter (film)|''Harry Potter'' films]] have a few instances:
** In the ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (novel)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' book, Hermione kept trying to make peace between Crookshanks and Scabbers, but her justifications that Crookshanks is a cat giving into instinct kept falling short as Ron aptly noticed that the cat is gunning for his rat. While she keeps going [[Never My Fault]] after it seems that Crookshanks has eaten Scabbers, she eventually apologizes to Ron when he helps her with Hagrid's trial notes. Hermione keeps saying in the film that "Ronald has lost his rat" and doesn't even consider the possibility that Crookshanks has eaten Scabbers. (She's right, but that's not the point.)
*** Speaking of Ron, he gets in on this himself when [[Jerkass|Snape]] calls Hermione an insufferable know-it-all for ''daring'' to be a good student. Instead of standing up to Snape and incredulously asking why he asked a question if he didn't want it to be answered, [[Kick the Dog|he snidely remarks that he has a point.]]
** The [[Memetic Mutation|oft-mocked]] scene from ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' film where Dumbledore, instead of "calmly" asking Harry if he had placed his name into the Goblet as in the book, immediately starts yelling and interrogating him. While the intention was ''probably'' to portray the normally cool-headed and unflappable [[Chessmaster]] as [[OOC Is Serious Business|genuinely startled by an act of sabotage that shouldn't have been possible]], the execution led to an infamously [[Narm|Narmy]] moment that's at odds with not only his portrayal in the books, but even with his portrayal in the rest of the movies!
** {{spoiler|Peter Pettigrew}} is more malicious in the films than he is in the books, despite his crimes in both being the same overall. Instead of being a blubbering, groveling, crybaby coward who seems to hold ''some'' level of regret for {{spoiler|betraying Lily and James Potter to Voldemort}}, he's completely shameless to the point of smirking and taking obvious pride in his treachery when he isn't turning on the crocodile tears and faking remorse.
* The ''[[Chocolat (literature)|Chocolat]]'' novel has Armande Voizon greeting Vianne and Anouk in the streets when seeing them perform a ritual with a black cat. She is a cranky old lady, but she's also nice to those she likes. In [[Chocolat (film)|the movie]], given they come to her while she's napping and ask to rent out her shop, she's a bit crankier and needs time to open up to them.
* During the ''[[In the Heights]]'' film, the argument that Benny and Nina had after the blackout is given to Usnavi and Vanessa instead, owing to the fact that Benny doesn't blame her for {{spoiler|her father selling the business as he does in the stage musical}}, telling Nina to stay with the group while he goes help at the dispatch. As a result, however, it makes Usnavi out to be more of a jerk rather than accidentally ghosting Vanessa and worrying her out of nerves.
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** Lana Weinberger is known to be an [[Alpha Bitch]] in both versions, but {{spoiler|she and Josh broke up after he went to college, and she matures in the later books after gracefully losing to Mia in the student elections. She offers an olive branch and genuine friendship to Mia after the latter breaks with Michael, saying she knows exactly how that feels. Mia eventually realizes that Lana isn't trying to hurt people's feelings; it's that she thinks she's being funny while coming off as insensitive, which actually makes her the Alpha Bitch version of Lilly who does the same thing}}. The first film had none of these moments since Book 9 came out long after production and Lana is nowhere to be seen in the sequel; she remains a vapid cheerleader who mocks Mia for the heck of it, with none of the [[Hidden Depths]] she would show later.
** Principal Gupta in the book is strict, coming down hard on Mia for the times she's come to blows with Lana, which happens quite a bit, but she's pretty fair. In fact, for the ice cream incident, all she asks is that Mia pay for the dry-cleaning on Lana's shirt as well as apologize to Lana, giving her detention when Mia refuses to apologize; she later cancels the detention when Grandmere outs Mia as a princess, half-joking that Mia ought to have told her she was under a lot of stress that week and saying the press drama is punishment enough. Principal Gupta in the films doesn't even ''know'' who Mia is until the latter is outed as a princess, referring to her as "Lilly's friend" and clearly buttering up Grandmere for being royalty - while she doesn't punish Mia for the ice cream incident, it's ''after'' Lana's friends humiliated her at the beach (which the principal didn't witness), so Gupta merely advises Lana to send her dry-cleaning bill to the school.
* [[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Bowser]] was never a nice guy, given that he's a violent and abrasive [[Manchild]] obsessed with kidnapping Princess Peach. But in
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** In the original ''Omori'' comic, Omori is shown as being kind to his friends and enjoying adventures with them, as a means to avoid boredom in Whitespace. He's not expressly mean or malicious. In the videogame, it's revealed that Omori {{spoiler|is actually the real [[Big Bad]] of the story, a defense mechanism that tortures and resets the dream versions of Sunny's friend group }}.
** Zigzagged with Kel. Comic Kel is along for the ride. Videogame Kel in the dream world is a bit of a bully towards Aubrey, who teases her. In the real world, Kel is the [[Only Sane Man]] of the friendship group.
** Also zigzagged with Aubrey. Comic Aubrey is a sweetheart, showing marvel in this world. So is Dream Aubrey. ''Real'' Aubrey, however, has become a juvenile delinquent.
* Considering that Grand Moff Tarkin is canonically a monstrous, cold-blooded mass-murderer willing to destroy an entire planet just to make a point, you'd think it would be impossible for him to qualify for this trope. But during ''[[Lego Star Wars]]'''s adaptation of ''[[A New Hope]]'', he goes from a ruthless, yet professional military man to a [[Evil is Petty|hilariously petty bully]] who [[Crosses the Line Twice|points and laughs at Princess Leia while she cries over the destruction of Alderaan.]]
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* The first iteration of ''[[Evil Inc.]]'' has Captain Heroic compromising his morals and blowing a secret marriage a few times if it means saving Miss Match, or their unborn child as shown in a flashback. In the second iteration, Captain Heroic rebuffs her a few times for her safety and when he suspects her of poisoning his dad, pointing out that he has less to lose as a superhero, but she can get ''killed'' if anyone finds out about their secret relationship.
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** Snoopy has his moments. In the comics, he and Charlie Brown have an understanding where Charlie Brown tolerates his dog's imaginings, and Snoopy is happy to greet his human. During a brief falling-out where Charlie Brown accidentally cost Snoopy a world record during a baseball game, they agreed to a truce when Charlie Brown offered to make Snoopy the team manager. Some of the cartoons by comparison have moments where Snoopy is more disparaging of Charlie Brown and less than emotionally supportive; Charlie Brown also offered Snoopy the manager position when the latter was upset about another baseball game lost, making the grievance pettier.
* In ''[[DC Super Hero Girls]]'', Kara/Supergirl is more hot-tempered, snarky, and rebellious than most versions of the character, more like [[Power Girl]]. In fact, she technically ''is'' Power Girl in this version, taking the name, costume, and identity in one episode. And ''that'' one episode only makes her narcissistic from public admiration, making her ''more'' of a jerk.
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