Adaptational Jerkass
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The flip side to Adaptational Nice Guy; 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
A sub-trope of Adaptational Personality Change. Compare Took a Level in Jerkass.
Examples of Adaptational Jerkass include:
Advertising
Anime and Manga
Ballads
Comic Books
Fan Works
Film
- Death Note: While Light has always been a murderous Villain Protagonist, the live action film series makes him even worse. He becomes more evil more quickly than either the anime or manga, to the extent he's perfectly willing to personally kill his own father to prevent the Death Note from being organized.
Literature
Live-Action TV
Music
New Media
Newspaper Comics
Oral Tradition, Folklore, Myths and Legends
Pinball
Podcasts
Professional Wrestling
Puppet Shows
Radio
Recorded and Stand Up Comedy
Tabletop Games
Theatre
Video Games
Visual Novels
Web Animation
Web Comics
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 stealing Snake's FOXDIE prescription chocolates to woo Pauline.
- Princess Peach of the game series is a Nice Girl through and through. This Peach is a whiny, nagging Spoiled Brat.