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** 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.

*** As with the original toy and cartoon versions of some G1 characters (particularly the shape of their heads), which was eventually corrected by later toys so that they look more like their cartoon incarnations. The worst offenders of these are Ratchet and Ironhide, whose toys neither had heads nor feet!

* Galactus from ''[[Fantastic Four (film)|Fantastic Four]]: Rise of the Silver Surfer'' was a huge cloud. He still [[Planet Eater|ate planets, though]].

** However, the cloud was lit up by periodic flashes from within, revealing shadows that looked like Galactus' [[Nice Hat|angular helmet.]] [[Word of God]] states that the big purple guy is ''inside'' the cloud, to be unveiled when the ''[[Silver Surfer]]'' movie comes out. [[Franchise Killer|Which it won't]].

** This was because the character designs were originally done by Yoshiaki Inagaki, which were used for the game sprites. However, due to [[Executive Meddling]] by Namco, the character designs were replaced by the ones done by Kosuke Fujishima, but it was too late to change the sprites at that point. The sprites were changed in the remakes to reflect Fujishima's designs.

** Also from the [[Tales (series)]], Summon Spirits Efreet, Gnome, Undine, and Sylph have almost never looked the same from game to game, though they hold on to certain themes (Efreet is a demonic burning beast, Sylph is a fairy, etc.). Gnome notably changed from a legion of lumps of dirt (''Phantasia'') into a big-nosed hamster creature (''Eternia'') between his first two appearances in the series. A more direct example of this trope would be Efreet himself turning from a vague fire monster in the original ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'' into a clear red humanoid with a fiery head and arms in the ''remake'' for the PSX.

** The ''Sonic Adventure'' version has stuck, becoming the basis for his subsequent appearances. An even more thorough redesign of [[Stalker with a Crush|Amy Rose]] was introduced at the same time, and has similarly completely displaced the earlier "short, crossdressing Sonic" depiction.

*** Note that this was because of an edict from Sega ordering all media of Sonic to be consistent with the game's designs, with various in-story reasons being offered for the changes.

** And King Boo in all appearances. [[Luigi's Mansion]] had him look plain horrifying, later games made him a normal(ish) goofy looking Boo with a crown who was just a standard [[King Mook]].

* The FMV opening in remakes of ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'' depicts, in rough order of appearance, the [[Big Bad]] [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070324001446/finalfantasy/images/c/ca/FF2_Emperor.jpg Emperor Palamecia] [[The Hero]] [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080420191733/finalfantasy/images/8/83/Pers_Firion.jpg Firion], [[The Big Guy]] [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080225080751/finalfantasy/images/1/1d/Amano_Guy.jpg erm...Guy], [[Black Magician Girl]] [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080225080647/finalfantasy/images/5/56/Amano_Maria.jpg Maria] ([[Stripperiffic|image mildly NSFW]]), and [[Black Knight]] [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080225080550/finalfantasy/images/1/18/Leon.jpg Leon]. And some [[Night of the Living Mooks|mooks]], but no one cares about them. See the opening [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtt9PUZWKiY here], and marvel at the differences. Leon doesn't get it too bad, Guy is badly altered but still basically "Guy," Firion and Maria resemble the actual character only vaguely, and if you hadn't been told beforehand that that was the Emperor, you would not recognize him.

* ''[[Quake II]]'s'' Strogg race have received a total makeover in ''[[Quake 4|Quake IV]]''.

** 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...)

* 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.

 

 

* The narrow gauge engines in Season 5 of [[Thomas the Tank Engine]] don't look like how they did in the season prior. Many details were changed, and some engines had completely remodeled faces. It is said they made new larger models to capture more detail. The worst offender being Rusty, with a large drawn out face going all over his front, as opposed to the earlier model, which had a smaller face.

* The Broadway musical version of ''[[The Lion King]]'' for some reason actually portrayed [[The Hyena|Ed the hyena's]] costume with [[Pluto the Pup|Pluto's]] face!

* Parodied in [[Homestar Runner|''Limozeen:]] [[Animated Adaptation|But they're]] [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE!'']] where Mary Palorocini is actually drawn with red hair and a pot belly "because he's the comic relief!"

* Pete Jr. for some reason looked nothing like [[Goof Troop|how he is drawn now]] in his debut short, ''Bellboy Donald'', where he is actually drawn like [[Mickey Mouse]], but with cat ears. His currently accepted design looks like a younger and fatter version of his father, [[Pete]].