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During the many years and decades of making an adaption of
Doing this sometimes results in accidents, like it turns out that this erased character is [[Chekhov's Gunman|really important later on]] them being accidentally cut will result in an [[Adaptation-Induced Plothole]], [[Adaptation Distillation]], and [[Compressed Adaptation]], the worst of these accidents is
▲During the many years and decades of making an adaption of regular source materials, sometimes new changes have to be made and even risks have to be taken. One of these changes is removing certain yet important characters that are found within the original works, mainly because [[The Character Died with Him|actor dying]], these lines and important parts given are then given to the [[Canon Foreigner]], [[Composite Character]], [[Creator's Pet|favoring other characters more]], and occasionally given to the [[Scrappy]] or [[Die for Our Ship|the author's preferred shipping]], when this happens, it's being Adapted Out. What causes the mention above happening, includes time constraints, budgets, [[Screwed By the Studio|getting screwed]], and just [[Pragmatic Adaptation|being pragmatic]].
▲Doing this sometimes results in accidents, like it turns out that this erased character is [[Chekhov's Gunman|really important later on]] them being accidentally cut will result in an [[Adaptation-Induced Plothole]], [[Adaptation Distillation]], and [[Compressed Adaptation]], the worst of these accidents is when [[Adaptation Decay]], that can occur. Sometimes this particular important character is [[Refitted for Sequel|move for]] the [[Sequel Hook|sequel]], so they're not totally gone.
Compare and contrast with [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]] and [[Canon Foreigner]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The ''[[Bleach]]'' [[The Musical|musical]] that was adapted for the stage removed several important characters, notably Uyruu Ishida and Orihime Inoue, both of whom are insanely ''vital'' in later arcs.
* The film version of ''[[Akira]]
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** In the ''[[Sera Myu]]'' musicals, [[Team Pet|Luna, Artemis, and Diana]] don't exist, due to practical reasons.
** In ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'', Umino
* In ''[[Vampire Knight]]'', Sara Shirabuki didn't show up in the anime adaptation.
* The anime adaptation of ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' adapted out some characters, like Mei Yasumura.
* ''[[Attack on Titan (manga)|Attack on Titan]]''{{'}}s live action movie
* In ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]''{{'}}s anime adaptation
* ''[[Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z]]''{{'}}s manga adaptation only
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* In ''[[Dragonball Evolution]]''{{'}}s live action adaptation, Krillin is nowhere to be seen.
* ''[[Midori Days]]''{{'}}s anime only has thirteen episodes, yet the manga has 85 chapters in all. Because of this, characters like [[Mad Scientist|Shirou]], his daughter, [[Badass Adorable|Nao]], and [[Foreign Exchange Student|Lucy]] are omitted.
* In the ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' movies, Asuka is the pilot of Eva Unit 03 instead of Toji, who just appears in a supporting role even though it's minor. Even Gaghiel is replaced by an unnamed, clock-like Angel.
** Considering just how condensed the movies are, most of the Angels are omitted or made into [[Composite Character|composite characters]].
== Comic Books ==
* The BBC radio adaptation of the ''[[Tintin]]'' adventures, the ''Destination Moon'' and ''Explorers on the Moon'' dropped both Thomson and Thompson. Instead they made Jorgen that's responsible for the oxygen being used up too quickly in the rocket.
* [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
== Film ==
* The live action ''[[He
* In ''[[Batman Forever]]'', instead of Tony Zucco, it was Two-Face that murdered [[Robin|Dick Grayson]]'s family, similar to what happen with Jason Todd.
* The ''[[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|Wonder Woman]]'' film wrote
* [[Once Upon a Time]]'s Season 4, introduces and incorporated [[Frozen (Disney film)|Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Hans, and Sven]]. Though Olaf is gone and the events of the film are changed, so that way it seems as though Hans is on the loose and still scheming up on how to take over Arendelle.▼
* The [[Inspector Gadget (film)|Inspector Gadget]] film by [[Disney]], besides notable changes made, completely omits M.A.D., the international crime syndicate, replacing them with a goon named Sykes and [[Mad Scientist]] for Dr. Claw. The sequel does the same thing, avoids M.A.D., Claw's much needed goons are a pair of crooks, Brick and McKibble; he eventually hires three criminals, Squint, Jungle Bob, and the Ninja, the latter two are actual M.A.D. agents in the original cartoon.
* The team in ''[[Mystery Men]]'' does not
* The [[Ghostbusters]] [[Pinball]] which
* The [[Casper (film)|Casper]] video game
* Some [[Oliver and Company]] storybook adaptations removes Georgette.
* Petra's father in [[The Magnificent Seven]], who
* The ''[[Space Jam]]'' [[Pinball]] game completely omitted Lola Bunny.
* The [[Thor: The Dark World]] video game's earth supporting cast is absent, especially Jane Foster. This means the whole plot about her getting possessed by the Aether was dropped, it's now the Dark Elves using the Uru-forged weapons to destroy the universe.▼
* In the current ''[[Power Rangers]]'' movie (2017), Bulk, Skull, and most of Rita's forces (except for Goldar and Putties) are written out.
* In [[Disney]]'s 2016 [[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]] [[The Jungle Book (2016 film)|reboot]], Shanti
** In [[TaleSpin]] both Bagheera and Kaa didn't get roles.
* In the theater version of the [[The Little Shop of Horrors]], Seymour
* [[Shrek]]: [[The Musical]]:
** The UK version omits the Magic Mirror. Lord Faraquaad gets all his much needed information from The Gingerbread Man. Plus, some of the fairy tale characters were also remove and replaced with ones that are recognizable to the UK audience.
** In community theaters, the Magic Mirror
* The ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'' video game adaptation leaves Padmé out entirely. ([[Natalie Portman]] was probably feeling a bit burned out; see the ''[[Thor: The Dark World]]'' example).
* Certain toys and Hannah, Sid's sister, were adapted out from ''[[Toy Story]]: The Musical''.
* In [[Bram Stoker's Dracula]], since [[Winona Ryder]] and [[Keanu Reeves]] don't want their
* Too many examples in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], like:
** Both [[Ant-Man]] and [[The Wasp]] were left out in ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'' and had their roles as founders given to [[Hawkeye]] and [[Black Widow (comics)|Black Widow]]. [[Joss Whedon]] tried to at least include the Wasp as an Avenger, but unfortunately had to write her out.
*** [[Averted Trope]]: In later movies, Ant-Man and eventually the Wasp comes in.
** In ''[[Ant-Man (film)|Ant-Man]]'', Scott Lang replaces Hank Pym in the stand alone film. Because of [[Unfortunate Implications|Hank]]'s [[Domestic Abuser|dark history]], he was demoted to a secondary mentor role to Scott.
** In ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]'', it's Tony Stark instead of Hank Pym, who created Ultron.
**
== Literature ==
* In numerous adaptions of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s [[Sherlock Holmes]], Godfrey Norton, a British lawyer and Irene Adler's husband, plays the part of not existing. Due to [[Shipper|writers, authors, screen writers, and such]] who want to pair up Sherlock with Irene.
** In the Robert Downey Jr. version, Irene's divorcing Godfrey, because he snores and
*
* In the [[Harry Potter (film)|film versions]] of the [[Harry Potter (
* ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' ends up cutting up several human characters and [[Pair the Spares]] by getting two characters, who had their love interests taken out with each other.
* The
** Both Tom Bombadil and Goldberry, his wife, and the Hobbits' entire "Old Forest" adventures are absent from both of the films so far.
** Glorfindel is gone from both adaptations, as well: In the [[The Lord of the Rings (film)|Peter Jackson films]], his part of saving Frodo from the Nazgûl was given to Arwen. Though in the [[The Lord of the Rings (animation)|Bakshi cartoon version]], this role is given to Legolas.
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** In most adaptations, Beregond is cut. He (and his son's) role as Pippin's friend is [[Composite Character|Faramir]] in the Jackson films. Since his role in defending the latter from premature cremation is also cut, so Pippin's dash for Gandalf is just as desperate and only came ''just in time'' as the pyre is about to be lit. According to [http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Beregond_%28soldier_of_Gondor%29#Portrayal_in_Adaptations Ian Hughes'] his character was originally meant to be Beregond but was change into Irolas and the role was reduce.
** Ghan-burh-Chan and Elrond's twin sons, Elladan and Elrohir, are also gone from the [[Peter Jackson]] films. Whereas Quickbeam, the ent, has a [[Demoted to Extra]] role.
* In ''[[The Swiss Family Robinson]]'', there's a fourth son. But he was dropped from the Disney movie.
* [[Terrence Malick]]'s ''[[The Thin Red Line]]'
* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''{{'}}s animated adaptation of the ''The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe'', Father Christmas is absent. Instead it was Aslan who gives the children their weapons. In 2005 version, there was an original plan to do the same in the live action version, that's before someone designed a suitable story for Father Christmas.
* The [[Disney]] [[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|adaptation]] of ''[[The Jungle Book (novel)|The Jungle Book]]'' omits several characters, notably Tabaqui, the Jackal. Same with some of the live action versions (Though ''Mowgli's Story'' has some of them, including Tabaqui, this makes this sequel as more loyal).
* In ''[[Animal Farm]]''{{'}}s animated adaptation, Benjamin the donkey fills in for Clover, since the latter is absent.
** Mollie is gone entirely.
* This happens with ''[[Watership Down]]'', because of [[Adaptation Distillation]]. Those that didn't appear in the film are:
** [[Those Two Guys]]: Hawkbit, Speedwell, and Acorn.
** [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: Bluebell
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** Hyzenthlay's friend, Thethuthinang and Nelthilta, a turncoat doe.
** The mouse that Hazel saves from a hawk on Watership Down, a character in the books that informs the rabbits that the Efrafans are planning to attack.
* [[Jurassic Park]]'s movie version removes Ed Regis, the publicist. Gennaro
* [[The Cider House Rules]]'s adapted screenplay was written by the novel's author, deletes Melony and Angel. This alters the story's second half.
* In most [[Oliver Twist]] adaptations, especially [[Oliver!]], the Monks and the Maylies are omitted. Meanwhile, in the Alan Bleasdale mini-series, both Monks and Rose Mayle are retained, but Rose is Mr. Brownlow's ward.
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* [[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]] has [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] that were on the Golden Ticket tour, but most of the adults have their dialogue/plot functions that are handed to others easily. Depending on the adaptation, some fall under this trope, while others are just [[Demoted to Extra]].
** [[Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory|The 1971 film adaptation]] made Mr. Bucket suffer a [[Death by Adaptation]], long before the main action begins.
** [[Charlie and the Chocolate
** [[The Golden Ticket]] opera drops Charlie's parents, Mr. Gloop, Mrs. Salt, Mrs. Beauregarde, and Mr. Teavee.
** [[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (theater 2013)|The 2013 stage musical]] dumps Mrs. Salt and Mrs. Beauregarde. - Making both Veruca and Violet into [[Daddy's Girl
* The film adaptations of [[Disney Fairies]] ignores many major and minor characters, like Rani, Bess, Prilla, and Mother Dove.
* The film of ''[[A Dog's Purpose]]'' edited down the first 54 pages to less than 4 minutes, just briefly showing Toby with his siblings. The film has Toby and his family [[Demoted to Extra]]. Even removing Senora, Senora's friends, Coco, Top Dog, Spike, Rottie, and most of the minor characters.
* The Little Mermaid has a grandmother in
* A number of characters and creatures from L. Frank Baum's [[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'']] are nowhere to be found in the classic 1939 film [[The Wizard of Oz (film)|''The Wizard of Oz'']].
** The Kalidahs (creatures with heads like tigers and bodies like bears) who menace Dorothy and friends on their way to the Emerald City are excluded, as are the wolves, crows and bees who attack them on their way to the Wicked Witch of the West's castle. The Queen of the Field Mice and her subjects who help the Tinman and the Scarecrow rescue Dorothy, Toto, and the Lion from the Poppy field are also omitted, replaced by Glinda neutralizing the poppies' affects with snow.
** Glinda in the movie is a [[Composite Character]]: In the original book, she is the Good Witch of the South and only appears at the end of the book (and then only after Dorothy and friends have to take a journey to the south to see her, rather than her coming to the Emerald City shortly after the Wizard accidentally leaves without Dorothy), and the movie combines Glinda with the Good Witch of the North (who is a separate character in the original book who meets Dorothy on her arrival in Oz but isn't seen again after she leaves Munchkin land).
** The entire journey to the South (which takes place after all conflicts except Dorothy's wish to return to Kansas have been resolved) is omitted in favor of Glinda coming to the Emerald City, and as a result, the giant spider and the Hammerheads who hinder them on the journey are omitted. And so is the Dainty China Country and its [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|population of creatures made from china]], who neither help nor hinder Dorothy and her friends.
* ''[[Return to Oz]]'' leaves out several characters from the two books that are its main basis, ''[[The Land of Oz]]'' and ''Ozma of Oz''. Among them, the Sawhorse, the Wogglebug, Jellia Jamb, General Jinjur, and the Royal Family of Ev. The Princess Mombi of the film is a [[Composite Character]] of Mombi from ''The Land of Oz'' and Princess Langwidere from ''Ozma of Oz''.
== Live-Action Television ==
* ''[[The Brady Kids]]'', a [[Brady Bunch]] cartoon adaptation, has both Alice and the parents
* The original ''[[Get Smart]]'' series's final season, it's reveal that Max and 99 had twins, a boy and girl. In the revival series, the son, who
▲* [[The Brady Kids]], a [[Brady Bunch]] cartoon adaptation, has both Alice and the parents are absent. Plus, the dog, Tiger, is replaced by Moptop.
* In ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' novel ''Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers'', Kirk, who
▲* The original [[Get Smart]] series's final season, it's reveal that Max and 99 had twins, a boy and girl. In the revival series, the son, who is now an adult, is in show. Yet there's no mention of his sister.
▲* In [[Red Dwarf]] novel ''Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers'', Kirk, who is a female captain (her name being a [[Shout-Out]] to a certain [[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]] captain) replaces Captain Hollister.
* In the [[Beetleborgs]]'s original series's final arc, [[Juukou B-Fighter]], has both the heroes and villains coming back from [[Tokusou Robo Janperson]] and [[Blue Swat]].''Convention Dimension'''s battle scenes cut out the ''Blue Swat'' heroes and the Season 1 finale (That has the ''Janperson'' and ''Blue SWAT'' characters all omitted).
* In the ''[[Baywatch]]'' movie adaptation, Hobie isn't present.
▲* ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]''{{'}}s Season 4
== Newspaper Comics ==
* [[Baby Blues (animation)|The animated adaption]] of [[Baby Blues]] removed both Hammie and Wren. It's practical, since it focused on Baby Zoe and neither were born yet.
* [[The Boondocks|The Boondocks cartoon series]] deletes Michael Caesar, despite him being an important character, like his best friend relationship with Huey and being a character that appears frequently in the comic strip.
== Radio ==
* In the BBC radio version of the [[Flight of the Conchords]], Rob Brydon
* In Episode 6 of [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]], the [[Unstable Genetic Code|Haggunenons]] were written out and replaced by the Disaster Area in the novelized version as part of [[The Restaurant At the End of The Universe]]. This eliminated the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal's only actual appearance, yet the latter is still mention in some of the Guide's entries that were moved up earlier in the books. It seems that the Hagguenons were John Lloyd's idea and Adams doesn't want the complications of including concepts that were not his own.
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== Theater ==
* The ''[[Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark]]'' musical (that's loosely based on the [[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man trilogy]]'s first two films) uses other characters that didn't appear in the films and
* [[Paint Your Wagon]]'s film adaptation removed both Jennifer and her boyfriend, [[Latin Lover|Julio]].
* [[Camelot (theatre)|Camelot]]'s film version eliminated Nimue and Morgan le Fey for some reason, since they both appeared in the original play, even though each of them have one-scene each.
* [[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]'s [[The Musical|musical]] version got rid of Jake, who
* In some [[Annie]] addaptations for example:
** Both Rooster and Lily, who are two major antagonists, were cut from the 2014 film version. Since their roles in the musical was just to impersonate Annie's parents, [[Race Lift|that won't necessarily work out]]. So their role is given to Guy.
** Because of [[Setting Update]], Mr. Bundles, the laundry guy doesn't appear as well.
*
* Gounod's ''[[Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour
* Clara Eynsford-Hill from ''[[Pygmalion]]'' is excluded from the musical adaptation, ''[[My Fair Lady]]'', with some of her lines being given to her brother Freddy.
== Video Games ==
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** [[Kingdom Hearts 1 (literature)|The novel of the first game]] cuts out Olympus Coliseum, Atlantica, Halloween Town, and the 100 Acre Wood.
* In [[Sonic Sat AM]], Knuckles, Amy, and Metal Sonic never appeared. Despite its second season coming out after the games.
* In [[Gate Keepers]]'s anime adaptation, Francine, one of the main characters was completely removed.
* The [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]] webcomics adapt out whichever team that isn't the issues' focus - Mainly the BLU team. Just to minimize the [[Palette Swap|weirdness]]. ''The Naked and the Dead'' goes even further and explicitly makes it clear there's only one team: [[Title Drop|Team Fortress]].
* Samantha "Sam" Nishimura doesn't appear in the [[Tomb Raider 2018 (film)|recent Tomb Raider film]], despite the fact it's based on the [[Tomb Raider (2013)|video game]], were she played a huge role.
* The video game tie-in of ''[[Van Helsing]]'' doesn't have Carl, the friar.
▲* The ''[[Thor: The Dark World]]'' video game's earth supporting cast
* ''[[Rockman 6: Unique Harassment]]'':
** Tomahawk Man is the only Robot Master from Mega Man 6 left in this rom hack. The other Robot Masters have been replaced with Robot Masters from other games <ref>Spark Man, Chill Man, Pharaoh Man, Jewel Man, Dust Man, Napalm Man and Galaxy Man</ref>.
** Beat doesn't show up at all. As a result, the sidequest to obtain his plates has been replaced with hidden parts strewn throughout the Robot Master stages.
** None of the Fortress Bosses show up in this rom hack. They've been replaced with different bosses. Even Mr. X pilots a different boss.
== Western Animation ==
* The [[My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Friendship Games]]'s novelization, Derpy is replaced by the
▲* The [[Fluppy Dogs]] hour long television movie adapted out Fanci, the sixth Fluppy.
▲* The [[My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Friendship Games]]'s novelization, Derpy is replaced by the marvelous Trixie. So, they won't mention her name.
* Certain minor/recurring characters from series, like [[Dora the Explorer]] would not appear, in [[GoAnimate!]] videos don't appear, due to being worried for mistaken for the unironic fan of said series mainly of knowing a character's existence.
* Until ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'', Gwen Stacy doesn't make an appearance in any of the [[Spider-Man]] adaptations. Even the [[Spider-Man (1967 TV series)|'60s cartoon]] doesn't include her,
* In ''[[The Spectacular Spider Man]]'', Uncle Ben's killer
* ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'''s [[Secret Invasion]] arc omitted [[Spider-Woman]], dividing her parts between [[Mockingbird (comics)|Mockingbird]] and [[Black Widow (comics)|Black Widow]]. [[Elektra]] was replace by Viper. This is understandable, since Marvel has [[Loads and Loads of Characters]], even the Maximoff twins were drop as well. This
* In one cartoon adaptation of the [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]
* Paul Westfield's ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'' gets rid of [[Superboy]]'s origins, instead it's [[Lex Luthor]] taking his place as Conner's creator.
* The ''[[Beetlejuice (animation)|Beetlejuice]]'' cartoon doesn't have the Maitlands, who are very central protagonists in the [[Beetlejuice (film)|original film]].
* The ''[[Street Fighter]]'' cartoon takes out Guile's wife and daughter, Julia and Amy. Instead, Guile has a [[New Old Flame]] in the local [[Hot Scientist]] Lucinda aka Cindy.
* ''Transformers'':
** As a result of the concept being done to hell and back over [[Unicron Trilogy|the previous six years]], ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' did away with Primus, the Thirteen Primes, and Unicron.
** When Hasbro made a finalized list of the Thirteen Primes, Logos Prime was cut from the roster when the group was introduced in the [[Transformers Aligned Universe]]. Of course, most of the fandom had never heard of this character, so there's no harm done.
** Skywarp is notably missing from the Seekers' lineup in ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse]]''. His status as [[Dumb Muscle]] was passed onto Thundercracker and his colour scheme seems to have been inherited by Nova Storm. Fellow Seeker Sunstorm is likewise nowhere to be found and no one got his characteristics. Likewise, Grimlock is the only Dinobot to put in an appearance.
* The Netflix adaptation of ''[[Trollhunters]]'' reimagines Jim's dad as a simple deadbeat who left his family. As a result, Uncle Jack is unlikely to appear. Even more so given the massive directional changes that the ''[[Tales of Arcadia]]'' verse has taken from the original source material.
* Inverted with Smurfette in ''[[The Smurfs]]''. Many of the first-season cartoon episodes where she appears are adaptations of comic book stories that occured before her first appearance (where she was "born"). The most notable was arguably "King Smurf" where the cartoon places her as leader of the [[La Resistance]] against Brainy's rule.
== Web Comics ==
* An original webseries called
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