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== [[Film]] ==
* The ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' film changed most of the characters' looks so that they could be more realistic--[[Alternate Universe|not that most of them had previously had consistent looks anyway,]] but [[The Starscream|Starscream]] had <s>always</s> [http://tfu.info/1997/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm usually] been fairly recognizable before. This was met with criticism of being unable to recognize and/or distinguish them.
** But this is really nothing new in the series; characters named "Optimus Prime" generally look more or less the same (with the movie design ''mostly'' within the typical parameters), but every Megatron is completely different when it comes to physical appearance (the exception being in ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', where he is a combination of his Generation 1 and movie designs).
** Played straight with the Fallen however. In the G1 continuity, he's squarish and is on fire, but in the Movie continuity, he's scrawny and red-hot! And yes, [[Word of God]] confirmed that those two are actually the same character.
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** In the same vein, the Demons of ''[[Doom (series)|Doom]] 3'' only somewhat resemble their counterparts from the earlier games in the series (though ''3'' was a reboot, so...)
* Dante's redesign in the upcoming ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' hasn't gotten much positive reception for this reason.
* Guybrush Threepwood from the [[Monkey Island]] series was originally supposed to be red haired as can be seen on the original cover art for [[The Secret of Monkey Island]]. However, the game portrays him with blondish hair due to the limited color palette. The second game, LeChuck's Revenge has him with a brown ponytail and a beard. The third game, The Curse Of Monkey Island gives him a bright blond messy ponytail and this is how he's stayed for Escape and the Tales series. The Special Edition remake of Monkey Island 2 has him with blond hair, which led to fan backlash.
* Kid Kool's design in the box art for [[Kid Kool And The Quest For The Seven Wonder Herbs]] for the NES has him look like a tough character, with black hair, muscles, sunglasses, a white shirt, a sleeveless leather jacket, sneakers and ripped jeans. The Kid Kool character in the actual game itself looks completely different; he is chubby, has brown hair and wears a brown shirt and white overalls. Are we talking about the same character here?
* In a bizarre inversion, the Fallout franchise mentions the Desert Rangers multiple times across the continuity. One is first encountered in the first game, where he is described as wearing a trench coat and gas mask, but uses the standard model for a character wearing combat armor. An actual suit of Desert Ranger Armor can be acquired over the course of [[Fallout: New Vegas]], which looks exactly like Tycho's getup is described--but nothing like how Tycho actually ''looked'' in the first game.
* All three [[Spyro the Dragon]] continuities completely redesign the purple dragon. In the Classic series he is a tiny, cute purple dragon with really small wings, in [[The Legend of Spyro Trilogy]] he is more armor plated with a different personality and another redesign to make him larger after a [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up]], and in the [[Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure|Skylanders]] series he is smaller again with his original personality, but now looks much less cute and has larger purple wings and a much bigger tail spike. The fandom is divided about these changes, to say the least...
* The ''[[Super Smash Bros|Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' version of Pit from ''[[Kid Icarus]]''. Also serves as an [[Early-Bird Cameo]] of the character's incarnation in the upcoming game ''Kid Icarus: Uprising''.
** A similar case could be made for the ''Super Smash Bros'' interpretation of [[Fire Emblem Akaneia|Marth]] - while he retains the basic design tenets, he looks fairly different from his appearances in earlier games ''and'' subsequent games. In the case of subsequent games, this was accidental - the ''Shadow Dragon'' redesign of Marth was finalised just as they'd finalised his appearance in ''Brawl'', with neither development team having any idea of the other redesign effort until the ''SSB'' group came to show the ''Fire Emblem'' group their finalised Marth.
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