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{{trope}}
▲<!-- The flip side to [[Adaptational Nice Guy]]; w--><!-- MOD: Not a trope entry here. -->While some adaptations make a character nicer, this is the opposite, making a character more of a [[Jerkass]] than they were in the original work
While there is some overlap with [[Adaptational Villainy]], the key difference is that a character isn't necessarily villainous. It can be a hero who was made into an [[Anti-Hero]], or a villain who was [[Affably Evil]] is now [[Faux Affably Evil]].
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* Early incarnations of Lucky from Lucky Charms would be willing to share his Lucky Charms with children if they could name all the shapes. Modern Lucky hides himself away from the kids, using magic to disguise his cereal.
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== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
* Loki in earlier sagas of Norse mythology would be chaotic and unreasonable, but he would always have his family's back. The later sagas have him deliberately get Baldr killed, as a joke.
== [[Puppet Shows]] ==
* During ''[[The Muppets|Muppet Classic Theater]]'', where the Muppet cast is putting on fairy tale skits, they sometimes do this for the story. For example, [[Nice Guy]] Kermit the Frog may play a skeptical mayor who mocks Gonzo for claiming there's a wolf after Gonzo had false alarms the whole day for earthquakes and tidal waves. Gonzo himself, a weirdo but good-natured, plays a "funny little man" that bargains with Miss Piggy about turning straw into gold, and rejects her bracelet as payment because he can see that it's zirconium.
== [[Theatre]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Omori]]'': Owing to the comic being a one-shot, the friendship group has flatter personalities overall. The game gets to expand their warts...
** 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.
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Stupid Mario Brothers]]'' has several examples, all [[Played for Laughs]]:
** Far from the happy-go-lucky hero of the games, Mario here is a selfish [[Lazy Bum]] who does such things as refuse to cut his vacation short to rescue Peach from Bowser again, on top of {{spoiler|stealing Snake's FOXDIE prescription chocolates to woo Pauline}}.
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** In the same film, as far as people know, BoJack was not involved with stealing the D from the Hollywood sign. (He was, by the way, thanks to a drug and alcohol trip fueled by jealousy.) The way that Wallace Shawn plays BoJack, he was definitely involved.
** BoJack himself feels that Diane did this to him with her ghostwriting project of his book becoming a chronicle of their friendship titled ''One Trick Pony''. She lists many embarrassing anecdotes without any of the "and all" that lends to the [[Warts and All]] credo that she maintains.
* Some of the ''[[Peanuts]]'' characters are a little meaner in the animated specials than they are in the comics, which is saying something.
** Peppermint Patty can be a little abrasive, but she's generally not that demanding on holidays.
** 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 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.
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[[Category:Characterization Tropes]]
[[Category:Derivative Works]]
[[Category:Adaptational Personality Change]]
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