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* The [[Harry Potter (film)|''Harry Potter'' films]] have a few instances:
* The [[Harry Potter (film)|''Harry Potter'' films]] have a few instances:
** In the ''[[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.)
** In the ''[[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.)
** The [[Memetic Mutation|oft-mocked]] scene from ''[[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.
** The [[Memetic Mutation|oft-mocked]] scene from ''[[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!
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
** 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.
** 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.|Bowser]] was never a nice guy, given that he's a violent and abrasive [[Manchild]] obsessed with kidnapping Princess Peach. But in the 2023 movie, he's a physically abusive [[Bad Boss]] who keeps his minions in line through fear as opposed to respect like he does in the games.


== [[Literature]] ==
== [[Literature]] ==
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