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** Cho Chang takes on the respective roles of Marietta Edgecombe in the fifth film.

** Bellatrix Lestrange is prominently involved in the battle at the end of the sixth film, but she was not even in the corresponding scene from the book. All her actions in the film version of the scene (coaxing Draco to kill Dumbledore, firing the Dark Mark into the sky, catching Hagrid's hut on fire) were performed by various [[Mooks]] in the book.

** In the second book, it's stated that Vernon paid someone to fit the bars on Harry's window. In the movie version, Vernon just does it himself.

* In the film adaptation of ''[[Gypsy (theatre)|Gypsy]]'', Uncle Jocko and Herbie become the same person.

* In the first ''[[Austin Powers]]'' movie, Alotta Fagina parodies several female characters from [[James Bond]] films. Her name is obviously a direct parody of [[Goldfinger|Pussy Galore]],but she also resembles [[Thunderball| Fiona Volpe]] (both Italian, both shown in a scene in a tub with the male lead present), [[Dr. No| Miss Taro]] (her house is similar), and to a lesser degree, [[You Only Live Twice| Helga Brandt]] and [[The Spy Who Loved Me| Naomi]] (both secretaries working for the villain, although this is also true for Galore, Volpe, and Taro).

** The Fembots in the second movie have elements of [[Diamonds Are Forever| Bambi and Thumper]] (athletic and acrobatic fighters who use their legs offensively), [[Moonraker (film)| Drax's girls]] (silvery "metallic" outfits) and [[On Her Majesty's Secret Service|Blofeld's Angel's of Death]] (showing unflinchingly blind loyalty to their employer, albeit for different reasons).

** Colonel William Stryker in the X-Men movies is a composite of Rev. William Stryker from ''God Loves, Man Kills'' and Professor Thornton the man who gave [[Wolverine]] his Adamantium skeleton.

** And let's face it, Wolverine in the X-Men movies is basically comic Wolverine with Cyclops's personality traits and attitudes grafted on, leaving no personality traits for Cyclops at all [[Standardized Leader|when Cyclops didn't have many to begin with.]]

* From the preface to ''[[Tom Sawyer]]'':

{{quote|Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual—he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of architecture.}}

 

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* The TV adaptations of ''[[Sharpe]]'' have a tendency to do this, in order to avoid [[Loads and Loads of Characters]], with many recurring characters from the books becoming one-off characters and/or suffering [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]. For instance, the company of men that follow Sharpe in the books are reduced to half a dozen key characters. Two specific examples occur in ''Sharpe's Revenge'' to avoid bringing back characters from ''Sharpe's Siege'': Maillot is a composite of Maillot (the officer guarding Napoleon's treasure) and Lassan (Lucille's brother), while Wigram is a composite of Wigram (the officer in charge of Sharpe's court martial) and Bampfylde (the officer Sharpe fights a duel with).

* Done, kind of, in ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]''. At the end of Season Two, Marian, Will Scarlett, and Djaq the Saracen are written permanently out of the show. The next season introduces Kate, who fills all their niches in the group and show, as well as aspects of their personalities. She takes the place of Marian as [[Love Interest]] and [[Tsundere]], Djaq as [[The Smurfette Principle|Token Girl]], and Will as the representative of the suffering peasantry. She also experiences the murder of her brother (like Allan), has a tempestuous relationship with her parent (like Marian) and is separated from her family (like Little John). Naturally, she was considered an instant [[Replacement Scrappy]] and ended up a [[Creator's Pet]] in record time.

* Technically, the rangers in ''[[Power Rangers]]'' with more than one ranger identity (I.E., [[Got the Call on Speed Dial|Tommy]]) fall under this trope. Some season-unique examples:

** Inverted in ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'': The normal version of [[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger|Zyuranger's]] [[Monster of the Week|Dora Franke]] became the Frankenstein monster, while his second and third forms Zombie Franke and Satan Franke became two different forms of the same character, Mutitus.

*** In ''[[Turtles Forever]]'', one could argue that the movie Shredder was added to the mix (In his insanity to take revenge on the Turtles to the point of Murder Suicide).

* In ''[[X-Men: Evolution|X-Men Evolution]]'', Avalanche seems to be a combination of the comic book Avalanche (name, role with the Brotherhood) and Rictor of the New Mutants (appearance, the details of how his powers work, occasional consideration of a [[Heel Face Turn]]). The hotheadedness comes from both of them.

** And the Cat, Black Cat's [[Gentleman Thief]] father, is combined with {{spoiler|the burglar who killed Uncle Ben.}}

** There's also Sable Manfredi. Her role as the loyal daughter of the elderly crimelord Silvio "Silvermane" Manfredi comes from Alisha Silver in ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]''. Her name and appearance are clearly based on Nazi-hunter and occasional Spidey ally [[Silver Sable]] (Silver Sablinova).

** And then there's Venom. Take the history of Eddie Brock from the Ultimate Spider-Man series, combine it with the appearance of Brock from the original series and the symbiote's original origin (though its entry to Earth was more based on ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'') from the comics. Mix together and get pure [[Badass]]. This may count as an [[Incredibly Lame Pun]], seeing as Venom is ''already'' a composite character (Eddie Brock+ symbiote).

** A minor example, the treacherous business partner who stole Adrian Toomes's inventions and drove him to become the Vulture got folded into [[Norman Osborn]]'s character.

* ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'' has Artemis, who shares the name and backstory of her counterpart, but also has elements of Arrowette and Mia Dearden thrown in. Notably, the chest emblem on Artemis' costume comes from Mia's Speedy costume.

** Match is also given elements from various Bizarros (backwards S, insanity due to the difficulty of copying kryptonian DNA) and Superboy-Prime (carving an S-symbol into his own chest, having black eyes, status as the "original" Superboy).

** [[Robin]] is stated to be Dick Greyson, but here has the negative traits associated with Jason Todd and Damien Wayne.

** [[Green Lantern]] (as in, the member of the Corps whom Jessica most interacts with) is Hal Jordon, but has Simon Baz's headstrong nature and arrogance, plus Guy Gardner's [[Jerk Jock]] personality.

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