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* 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.

* In the [[Sky 1]] adaptation of ''[[Discworld/Going Postal|Going Postal]]'', Crispin Horsefry becomes Reacher Gilt's second in command, representing the entire board of the Grand Trunk in the novel. Also Mustrum Ridcully is given Professor Pelc's role as [[Mr. Exposition]].

** 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.

** Inverted again in ''[[Power Rangers Zeo|Zeo]]'': Prince Buldont of [[Chouriki Sentai Ohranger|Ohranger]], who [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up|later grew into an older form]], Kaiser Buldont, became the characters Prince Sproket (younger) and Prince Gasket (older).

*** And then there's borderline example Furio: He has the costume of Dr. Hinelar's final form, but Sanbash's role in the story. (Sanbash's costume, not available at the time, was later used for a new character named Villamax.)

*** Another borderline example comes in Trakeena: She fills in the role of Shelinda, but also has traits of Illies (her successful plot against Treacheron, using many of the monsters Illies used). Her accidental [[One-Winged Angel]] form in the [[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue|the next season's]] Crossover Special was originally the Infernal Dark Hell Beast summoned by [[Rescue Sentai Go Go Five|Gil.]]

*** Also done semi-straight: Lucas melds the ex-racer backstory of his Sentai counterpart, Ayase, with the womanizer side of Katie's [[She's a Man In Japan|Sentai counterpart]], Domon.

** [[Power Rangers Wild Force|Princess Shayla]] is a composite of [[Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger|Gaoranger's]] Priestess Tetomu and her grandmother, Murasaki.

*** Mora/Morgana owes as much to Abaranger's Rije/Rijewel as she does to Succubus, the villainness her sentai footage comes from.

** [[Power Rangers Mystic Force|Mystic Mother]] is a composite of [[Mahou Sentai Magiranger|Magiel]] and Bandora (aka Rita Repulsa) from ''Zyuranger'', by virtue of being said to have once been referred to as Rita. Both of these characters were played in [[Super Sentai]] by the late Machiko Soga.

*** Tyzonn, the Mercury Ranger, mixes in [[Sixth Ranger|Bouken Silver]] ([[It's Personal]] against the Ashu/Fear Cats), one-shot guest star Ragi (human transformed into [[Lego Genetics|dragonman]]), and even Bouken Red (backstory with deaths of former team).

*** Kamdor directly parallels Yami no Yaiba, and Maboroshi no Gekkou (the latter being the [[Big Bad]] of the third faction and the monster maker and [[Make My Monster Grow|enlarger]]). Also, Miratrix mostly has Shizuka's role, but her monster form is Gekkou's. Shizuka's monster form becomes a one-off monster earlier in the series.

*** You could argue that they had a third example: the Sentinel Knight is a counterpart to one of the [[McGuffin|Precious]], but has the traits of [[Original Generation|Aka RED (film)]], since they're both borderline-[[Physical God]]s who are important players in the [[Milestone Celebration]] crossover.

*** Also, RJ takes two roles. As the Rangers' mentor, he's part Sha-fu. As the accidental [[Wolf Man]] and later Wolf Ranger, he's part Gou.

** Although original to [[Power Rangers RPM|RPM]], [[Big Bad]] Venjix uses battle bodies that in [[Engine Sentai Go-onger|Go-onger]] were the characters Hiramechimedes and Yogoshimacritein.

** Dark Heart is directly based on Top Gunder of ''[[Choujinki Metalder]]'', but his backstory as {{spoiler|Ryan Steele's father, Tyler}} also merges not only Dr. Koga from ''Metalder'', but Dr. Bio from ''[[Jikuu Senshi Spielban]]''.

** Grimlord, while directly based on God Neros from ''Metalder'', effectively supplants [[Jikuu Senshi Spielban|Queen Pandora]] and [[Space Sheriff Shaider|Kubilai]] as the [[Big Bad|main villain]] of [[Cut and Paste Translation|the entire conglomerate]]. Slightly subverted in that counterparts for both villains did appear, but were [[Demoted to Extra]], Kubilai (aka Oraclon) becoming Grimlord's monster-maker and Pandora (aka Desponda, [[The Dragon|Despera's]] sister) becoming a one-shot guest villain.

** J.B. Reese and Kaitlin Starr were composites of [[Jikuu Senshi Spielban|Spielban and Diana Lady]], as well as Metalder's two human friends, [[Choujinki Metalder|Hakko and Mai]] (despite the fact that Spielban was the hero of his own show, J.B. was more of a sidekick to Ryan like Hakko was to Ryusei, while Kaitlin was a reporter like Mai). When footage of Spielban's sister Helen Lady (who wore the same suit as Diana Lady) was adapted into ''VR Troopers'', she became a mirror image of Kaitlin who could be summoned in battle, essentially making Kaitlin a composite of three characters.

*** Meanwhile, Hellvira, Helen Lady's [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] form, became the separate one-off character Red Python.

** Also [[Kamen Rider Ryuki|Ryuki's]] two main females, Reiko Momoi, [[Intrepid Reporter]] and senior to [[The Hero|Shinji]], and Yui Kanzaki, the only non-rider who could see the mirror world were combined into one character in Maya Young.

** Our hero himself is an example and an inversion at once. We have Kit as Dragon Knight (aka Ryuki, Shinji's shiny suit) until his {{spoiler|disloyal}} alternate self takes over after his [[Disney Death]]. Kit becomes Onyx (aka Ryuga, evil alternate Shinji's shiny suit.) However, we first saw Onyx in a ''dream'' of Kit's involving him taking Xaviax's lure. This means Dragon Knight is a composite of Ryuki and Ryuga, but Onyx is splitting Ryuga into two guys.

** In the Kabuto arc, Tendou's {{spoiler|two sisters}} are combined into one character, Mayu. To get her, we combine Hiyori's {{spoiler|turning out to be a Worm with Jyuka's being an adorable teenage girl who idolizes her bro.}} The storyline happens in a much more satisfying way than it did in ''Kabuto'' due to the lack of sudden actor departures.

* The 1998 ''[[Merlin (TV miniseries)|Merlin]]'' series does this at least twice, combining Morgan le Fay with Morgause into a single character that isn't much like either of them simply called Morgan le Fay, and also combining two different Elaines (there's a lot in Arthurian Mythology) into a single character of that name.

* Believe it or not, Robert Barone from ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'' is one of these. His main mannerisms (being a cop, being divorced, jealous of his brother, doing "crazy chin", etc.) are taken from Ray's brother Richard, but his name is taken from Ray's ''other'' brother Robert. (When asked why the TV Ray didn't have two brothers like the real one, Ray claimed the real Robert was "the normal one" in his family, and therefore felt he wasn't interesting enough for the show).

* ''[[Smallville]]'' featured Tess Mercer, a combination of Mercy Graves (Lex Luthor's assistant from ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]''), Miss Tessmacher (One of Lex's underlings from ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]''), and {{spoiler|Lena Luthor (Lex's sister from the comics.}}

* The made-for-tv adaptation of [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Stand]]'' merges Nadine Cross and Rita Blakemoor into one character. In the book, it was Rita who Larry Underwood met in New York, who was somewhat older than him. He only met Nadine later.

* Inverted in the ''[[Arrowverse]]'' [[The Flash (TV 2014)|''Flash'' series]], where [[The Flash]]'s enemy Reverse-Flash and Eobard Thawne (aka Professor Zoom) are different characters, both of them evil. In standard comic continuities, "Reverse-Flash" is another of Thawne's monikers.

 

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