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Likely to occur during a [[Gecko Ending]] where the adaptation is made before the original is ''even finished''.

Compare with [[~~Schrodinger~~'s Cast]] where a character's fate is different from the source material, but the source material is still ongoing (which may create the need for the adaptors to do a drastic rewrite if the character in question, or their averted death, becomes important later on in the source material).

Compare with [[Schrödinger's Cast]] where a character's fate is different from the source material, but the source material is still ongoing (which may create the need for the adaptors to do a drastic rewrite if the character in question, or their averted death, becomes important later on in the source material).

Contrast with [[Death by Adaptation]], where a character dies in the adaptation, but not in the source material.

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* Lt. Kamarov in ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]''. [[Death by Adaptation|Borodin dies in his place]].

* The 2011 film version of ''[[The Three Musketeers (2011 film)|The Three Musketeers 2011]]'' spares Milady de Winter, the Duke of Buckingham, and Constance Bonacieux. Cardinal Richelieu's survival is not an example; his deaths in previous adaptations are actually examples of [[Death by Adaptation]] (he survives the original book).

* Cantor Rabinowitz in ''[[The Jazz Singer]]''. In the 1927 original he passed away at his deathbed after [["Well Done, Son" Guy|listening to his son Jack sing the Kol Nidre so beautifully]] and telling his wife Sara, "we have our son again" ([[Our Ghosts Are Different|his ghost is then shown at Jack's side in the synagogue]]). In the 1980 Neil Diamond remake, however, {{spoiler|when Cantor Rabinowitz sees his son Jess sing the Kol Nidre in his father's place (since said father can't sing due to high blood pressure), he becomes surprised, and after some conversation, the father forgives his son and gives a [[Heartwarming Moments ~~(Sugar Wiki)~~|heartwarming embrace]]. He even hears the performance of Diamond's "[[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|America]]" at the end.}}

* Cantor Rabinowitz in ''[[The Jazz Singer]]''. In the 1927 original he passed away at his deathbed after [["Well Done, Son" Guy|listening to his son Jack sing the Kol Nidre so beautifully]] and telling his wife Sara, "we have our son again" ([[Our Ghosts Are Different|his ghost is then shown at Jack's side in the synagogue]]). In the 1980 Neil Diamond remake, however, {{spoiler|when Cantor Rabinowitz sees his son Jess sing the Kol Nidre in his father's place (since said father can't sing due to high blood pressure), he becomes surprised, and after some conversation, the father forgives his son and gives a [[Heartwarming Moments|heartwarming embrace]]. He even hears the performance of Diamond's "[[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|America]]" at the end.}}

* Played straight with lover Frank at first in the 1975 film adaptation of [[The Who]]'s ''[[Tommy]]'', but then subverted at the end of the film when the angry mob kills him and Nora Walker.

* Blick in the 1948 film adaptation of ''The Time of Your Life''.

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* Some productions of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' do this to Paris by cutting the scene where he gets killed.

* In Thomas Lodge's novel ''Rosalynd,'' usurping Duke Torismund dies in a forest battle at the end. When [[William Shakespeare]] adapted ''Rosalynd'' into the play known as ''[[As You Like It]]'', he spared the Duke, now named Frederick, by having him find religion and make an [[Deus Ex Machina|offscreen]] [[Heel Face Turn]]. This is probably because the Duke is the father of one of the heroines, who loves him very much and is deeply sad that he's so evil; killing him off would ruin the gleeful party atmosphere of the quadruple wedding at the end.

* In the screenplay adaptation of ''The Shadow'' by E. Schwartz, the writer is brought [[Back ~~From~~ the Dead]].

* In the screenplay adaptation of ''The Shadow'' by E. Schwartz, the writer is brought [[Back from the Dead]].

* {{spoiler|Elphaba and Fiyero}} in the ''[[Wicked (theatre)|Wicked]]'' musical.

* In ''[[Les Misérables (theatre)|Les Misérables]]'', Madame Thénardier lives and [[Karma Houdini|gets off scot free]]. In the original novel, she died in prison.

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* Rather Dashing in ''[[Homestar Runner|Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]'' .

* The NES ''[[Rambo]]'' game based on ''First Blood Part II'' allows the player to save Rambo's Vietnamese love interest Co from the grasp of death by {{spoiler|1=ignoring her completely after Rambo escapes from the Vietnamese prison camp. Since talking to NPCs serve as save points, it makes sense from a playing standpoint.}}

* The NES version of ''[[Double Dragon|Double Dragon II: The Revenge]]'' has a [[Revised Ending|new ending]] where Billy's girlfriend Marian is [[Back ~~From~~ the Dead|restored to life]], whereas in the original arcade version she remained dead.

* The NES version of ''[[Double Dragon|Double Dragon II: The Revenge]]'' has a [[Revised Ending|new ending]] where Billy's girlfriend Marian is [[Back from the Dead|restored to life]], whereas in the original arcade version she remained dead.

* The fate of Randam Hajile is left ambiguous in the original floppy disk versions of ''[[Snatcher]]''. The later CD-ROM versions of the game killed off for good, but ''[[SD Snatcher]]'' actually kept him alive until the very end.

* The first Reinforce is alive and a playable character in the ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As Portable]]'' games. However, Hayate's ending in the first game suggests that she will fade from existence in the near future.

* The first Reinforce is alive and a playable character in the ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable]]'' games. However, Hayate's ending in the first game suggests that she will fade from existence in the near future.

* Several of the video game adaptations of ''[[Alien]]³'' allow Ellen Ripley (the main heroine of the series) to remain alive at the end of the game, and disregard the plotline about being infected by a facehugger. The NES adaptation ends with her simply leaving the facility after she completes the final mission (and presumably escaping via unknown means), while the Game Boy adaptation ends with her using Bishop's body to fix the controls of the EEV and travel back to Gateway Station.

* While it's not a straight-up adaptation, all of Grimmjow's Fraccion in ''[[Bleach]]: The 3rd Phantom'' survive the raid on Karakura town. Subverted in that they do die later on (D-Roy and Nakeem in a raid on Soul Society, and the rest protecting Las Noches).

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** Zatara...technically. {{spoiler|He is now Dr. Fate's host}}.

* The 1990s animated [[X-Men]] series did an adaptation of the ''Dark Phoenix'' saga. One of the most enduring, powerful moments in the original comic-book Dark Phoenix saga was when Jean Grey got [[Killed Off for Real]]. In the animated adaptation, she died, but the rest of the X-Men were allowed to [[Disney Death|bring her back to life]] by each sacrificing a small part of their life force. It was like instead of Jean dying, everybody else had a head cold for a week or two.

* Queen Iolande's brother Ragnar was a minor villain in the [[Green Lantern]] comics, and got executed at the end of his first appearance for murdering a Green Lantern in an insane attempt to get his ring. In [[Green Lantern ~~the~~ Animated Series]], Iolande spares him and has him merely imprisonned, allowing him to eventually come back as a Red Lantern.

* Queen Iolande's brother Ragnar was a minor villain in the [[Green Lantern]] comics, and got executed at the end of his first appearance for murdering a Green Lantern in an insane attempt to get his ring. In [[Green Lantern: The Animated Series]], Iolande spares him and has him merely imprisonned, allowing him to eventually come back as a Red Lantern.

* [[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]] did an adaptation of the [[Secret Invasion]] story arc, where one of the most famous moments was Skrull leader [[God Save Us From the Queen|Queen Veranke]] getting shot in the head by [[Norman Osborn]], thus leading to Osborn's rise of power. Here however, she is merely neutralized at the end of the invasion and taken to custody in 42.

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