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Usually in newer versions of older media (say an NES game or horror film) a character's design is changed to the point where they can only be recognized by incredibly minor details (or a name being posted on the picture). This is done to modernize characters for a new generation, much like any remake or adaptation. Sometimes this change doesn't sit well with the fans, but in some rare cases people will accept the newer design, saying it is a great change overall. Changes to old designs usually end with people getting used to them until the next change is made where a vicious cycle is restarted until the product comes out and people are settled.
Compare [[Not As You Know Them]] where the appearance is the same but the personality isn't, [[Adaptational Attractiveness]], and [[Progressively Prettier]] for when their looks improve, [[The Nth Doctor]] when the appearance changes suddenly and completely, and [[The Other Darrin]] for an unexplained change of actor. See also [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]].
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** 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.
* Ladd Spencer (or [[Spell My Name With an "S"|Rad]], depending on the game) from the NES version of ''[[Bionic Commando (Video Game)|Bionic Commando]]'' has been redesigned at least thrice already: the first time for the [[Game Boy]] version, followed by the ''Rearmed'' remake, and then the sequel for the PS3 and Xbox 360. Only the ''Rearmed'' version looks anything like the original NES character.
** While Ladd from the NES game looks nothing like the main character in the arcade version, he doesn't count as a redesign, since the player in the arcade game was just a nameless soldier (except in the American localization, which claimed he was Super Joe).
* The characters from the [[Neo Geo]] ''[[Double Dragon]]'' [[Recursive Adaptation|game based on the movie]] are twice-decayed: Billy and Jimmy only bear a vague resemblance to the original actors from the film (aside from their transformation ability), neither which had anything in common with the original characters to begin with other than the fact that one of them wore blue and other red. Same thing happened with Marian and Abobo. Burnov and Duke, who were characters from previous games not in the movie, only bear passing resemblances to their original designs.
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* [[Jackass Genie|Calypso]] in the ''[[Twisted Metal]]'' series has barely ever bothered keeping his design consistent.
* Bowser in ''[[Super Mario Bros Super Show]]''.
** In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine (Video Game)|Super Mario Sunshine]]'' he had a case of You Don't Sound Like You. [[So Bad
** And King Boo in all appearances. [[Luigis Mansion (Video Game)|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 (Video Game)|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.
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* When Cleveland Jr. first appeared in ''[[Family Guy]]'', he was a thin hyperactive boy with a short attention span. When he was [[Transplant|transplanted]] into ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'', he was turned into a slow-talking dimwitted fat kid. In other words, he became the [[Race Lift|black]] [[Expy|version]] of Chris Griffin.
* Tanya Mousekewitz looks and acts different in every single ''[[An American Tail]]'' movie. Most prefer her design in ''Fievel Goes West''.
* In the cartoon version of ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks]]'', the chipmunks are [[Funny Animal]] played straight. [[
* Professor Utonium in the pilot episode of ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' for some reason actually looked more like [[Dexters Laboratory|Dexter]] than what we see him in the later episodes.
* Nemo (Francine's pet cat) from ''[[Arthur]]'' is depicted as being skinny and having small eyes with rounded pupils during his debut episode, but later appearances of him instead depict him as being fat and having large eyes with slit-shaped pupils.
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