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* In ''Series/{{Pennyworth}}'', Alfred's father is Arthur Pennyworth. In all other continuities, Alfred's father is named Jarvis, something that even predates his surname being Pennyworth.
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* The 200th issue of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'' has a {{Retraux}} story set on Earth-Two that had her battle a [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] version of the modern CorruptCorporateExecutive Veronica Cale, given the MeaningfulName of Veronica Callow.

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* The 200th issue of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'' has a {{Retraux}} story set on Earth-Two that had her Diana battle a [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] version of the modern CorruptCorporateExecutive Veronica Cale, given the MeaningfulName of Veronica Callow.
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Specifying which comic had an interpretation of Veronica Cale with her surname being changed to Callow. Also updating wicks on the Golden Age and Silver Age of Comic Books pages.


* A {{Retraux}} issue of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' set on Earth-Two had her battle a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] version of the modern CorruptCorporateExecutive Veronica Cale, given the MeaningfulName of Veronica Callow.

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* A The 200th issue of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'' has a {{Retraux}} issue of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' story set on Earth-Two that had her battle a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] version of the modern CorruptCorporateExecutive Veronica Cale, given the MeaningfulName of Veronica Callow.



** When the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Earth-Two]] ComicBook/{{JSA}} villain Joe Mimic shows up in the New Earth continuity in ''ComicBook/JSAClassified'' he's renamed Johnny Mimic, and given the personal name Jonathan Waddill.
** ComicBook/{{Artemis}}'s introduction, appearance, motivation and character arc marks her as an updated version of Orana from UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}} Earth-One ''Wonder Woman''.

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** When the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Earth-Two]] ComicBook/{{JSA}} villain Joe Mimic shows up in the New Earth continuity in ''ComicBook/JSAClassified'' he's renamed Johnny Mimic, and given the personal name Jonathan Waddill.
** ComicBook/{{Artemis}}'s introduction, appearance, motivation and character arc marks her as an updated version of Orana from UsefulNotes/{{the MediaNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}} Earth-One ''Wonder Woman''.
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** Elasti-Girl is renamed "Elasti-Woman" to avoid confusion with ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' character, Elastigirl. Also, flashbacks later reveal that [[spoiler: "Rita Farr" is just a StageName, with her real name being Gertrude Cramp]].

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** Elasti-Girl is renamed "Elasti-Woman" to avoid confusion with ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' ''Franchise/TheIncredibles'' character, Elastigirl. Also, flashbacks later reveal that [[spoiler: "Rita Farr" is just a StageName, with her real name being Gertrude Cramp]].
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* ''Series/LoisAndClark'':

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* ''Series/LoisAndClark'':''Series/LoisAndClarkTheNewAdventuresOfSuperman'':
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* [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDoomThatCameToGotham The film adaptation]] of ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDoomThatCameToGotham'' renamed Cassandra Cain "Kai Li Cain."


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* ''Webcomic/VixenNYC'': Vixen went by Mari [=McCabe=] (or Mari Jiwe [=McCabe=]) in the comics, adopting "[=McCabe=]" after fleeing to the United States. Since this version of her is American, there was no need to take on a new name, so she is named Mari Jiwe.
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* ''Series/Peacemaker2022'' changes the name of the title character's father from Wolfgang Schmidt to August "Auggie" Smith.
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** Doctor Light's real name is changed from Arthur Light to Harold Leit.


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** Brother Blood's real name is Sebastian Sanger instead of Sebastian Blood.

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** Elasti-Girl is renamed "Elasti-Woman" to avoid confusion with the Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' character, Elastigirl. Also, flashbacks later reveal that [[spoiler: "Rita Farr" is just a StageName, with her real name being Gertrude Cramp]].
** The Nazi scientist who turned Morden into Mr. Nobody is named Heinrich Von Fuchs instead of Dr. Bruckner.

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** Elasti-Girl is renamed "Elasti-Woman" to avoid confusion with the Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' character, Elastigirl. Also, flashbacks later reveal that [[spoiler: "Rita Farr" is just a StageName, with her real name being Gertrude Cramp]].
** The Nazi scientist who turned Morden into Mr. Nobody is named Heinrich Von Fuchs instead of Dr. Bruckner.
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** The Nazi scientist who turned Morden into Mr. Nobody is named Heinrich Von Fuchs instead of Dr. Bruckner.
** Morris Wilson/Maura Lee Karupt is loosely based on Sergeant Washington, a minor character in Grant Morrison's run who appears in the Men from N.O.W.H.E.R.E. arc as a government agent before embracing a new life as a drag performer at Danny the Street's cabaret club Peeping Tom's under the name Lovely Louisa Washington at the arc's conclusion.
** Casey Brinke's father Richard Brinke has his surname changed to Frank.
** This continuity's version of Mr. 104 has Rama as his real name instead of John Dubrovny.

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* Barbara Gordon receives a name change to Barbara Wilson in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' as she is now Alfred's niece instead of Jim Gordon's daughter.

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Barbara Gordon receives a name change to Barbara Wilson in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' as she is now Alfred's niece instead of Jim Gordon's daughter.daughter.
** Retroactively for Bane. The film gives him the name "Antonio Diego", which was NamedByTheAdaptation at the time, though the comics would later that King Snake, real name Edmund Dorrance, is his father.



** In the original comics, Al Pratt's superheroic identity was Comicbook/TheAtom. ''Film/BlackAdam2022'' instead establishes that he was the [[LegacyCharacter original Atom Smasher]], with the codename later passing to his nephew in the present day.



* In ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'', the second team of superheroes had its name changed from the Crime Busters to the Watchmen. Amusingly, it's a longstanding [[IAmNotShazam misconception]] that the team actually ''was'' called the Watchmen in the comic, so the movie may have just made a bigger headache for readers in its attempt to streamline things.

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* In ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'', the ''Film/{{Watchmen}}''
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second team of superheroes had its name changed from the Crime Busters to the Watchmen. Amusingly, it's a longstanding [[IAmNotShazam misconception]] that the team actually ''was'' called the Watchmen in the comic, so the movie may have just made a bigger headache for readers in its attempt to streamline things.things.
** Dr. Malcolm Long, the prison psychiatrist who analyzes Rorschach after his arrest, has his forename changed to William according to the ''Under the Hood'' featurette.
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** In ''Film/Aquaman2018'', Black Manta is named David Kane rather than David Hyde. This is an unusual example -- in the comics, he was long only known by his first name. The movie [[NamedByTheAdaptation made up a surname]], only for the comics to come up with a different answer while it was in production.

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** In ''Film/Aquaman2018'', [[Characters/DCEUBlackManta Black Manta Manta]] is named David Kane rather than David Hyde. This is an unusual example -- in the comics, he was long only known by his first name. The movie [[NamedByTheAdaptation made up a surname]], only for the comics to come up with a different answer while it was in production.
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** The Nazi scientist who turned Morden into Mr. Nobody is named Heinrich Von Fuchs instead of Dr. Bruckner.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'':

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* ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'':''WesternAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls2019'':
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** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' has Comicbook/LexLuthor named after his father, whereas prior depictions of his dad had him named "Jules" or, after ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', "Lionel". By extension, this appears to Luthor himself as while the ComicBook/PostCrisis and ComicBook/New52 incarnations were named "Alexander" (pre-Crisis Earth-1's Lex was short for "Alexis" and Earth-2's was short for "Alexei"), they weren't named after their dads and thus weren't "Lex Luthor Jr."

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** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' has Comicbook/LexLuthor [[Characters/DCEULexLuthor Lex Luthor]] named after his father, whereas prior depictions of his dad had him named "Jules" or, after ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', "Lionel". By extension, this appears to Luthor himself as while the ComicBook/PostCrisis and ComicBook/New52 incarnations were named "Alexander" (pre-Crisis Earth-1's Lex was short for "Alexis" and Earth-2's was short for "Alexei"), they weren't named after their dads and thus weren't "Lex Luthor Jr."



** In the Comicbook/HarleyQuinn comics, Harley has a pair of pet hyenas named Bud and Lou. In the ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'' movie, however, she has [[AdaptedOut a single]] hyena named Bruce.

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** In the Comicbook/HarleyQuinn [[Characters/DCEUHarleyQuinn Harley Quinn]] comics, Harley has a pair of pet hyenas named Bud and Lou. In the ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'' movie, however, she has [[AdaptedOut a single]] hyena named Bruce.

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* A small example in the ''Comicbook/DcVsVampires'' series. In main continuity, Kryptonian women use their father's full name as their surname while men only use the family name, thus Supergirl is named ''Kara Zor-El'' while Superman is just ''Kal-El'' (''El'' being their family name, with their respective fathers being called ''Zor-El'' and ''Jor-El''). In this version, it seems that women use their family name only as well, thus she's just called ''Kara-El''.



* A small example in the Comicbook/DcVsVampires series. In main continuity, Kryptonian women use their father's full name as their surname while men only use the family name, thus Supergirl is named ''Kara Zor-El'' while Superman is just ''Kal-El'' (''El'' being their family name, with their respective fathers being called ''Zor-El'' and ''Jor-El''). In this version, it seems that women use their family name only as well, thus she's just called ''Kara-El''.
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* A small example in the Comicbook/DcVsVampires series. In main continuity, Kryptonian women use their father's full name as their surname while men only use the family name, thus Supergirl is named ''Kara Zor-El'' while Superman is just ''Kal-El'' (''El'' being their family name, with their respective fathers being called ''Zor-El'' and ''Jor-El''). In this version, it seems that women use their family name only as well, thus she's just called ''Kara-El''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders'' gives Chief O'Hara's first name as Miles, when [[Series/Batman1966 the original television show]] and his [[CanonImmigrant Earth-One and Earth-Two interpretations]] never revealed his forename and the his Post-Crisis incarnation featured in ''ComicBook/BatmanDarkVictory'' established his given name to be Clancy.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders'' gives Chief O'Hara's first name as Miles, when [[Series/Batman1966 the original television show]] and his [[CanonImmigrant Earth-One and Earth-Two interpretations]] never revealed his forename and the his Post-Crisis incarnation featured in ''ComicBook/BatmanDarkVictory'' established his given name to be Clancy.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders'' gives Chief O'Hara's first name as Miles, when [[Series/Batman1966 the original television show]] never revealed his forename and the interpretations of the character who [[CanonImmigrant appeared in the mainline comics]] established his given name to be Clancy.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders'' gives Chief O'Hara's first name as Miles, when [[Series/Batman1966 the original television show]] and his [[CanonImmigrant Earth-One and Earth-Two interpretations]] never revealed his forename and the interpretations of the character who [[CanonImmigrant appeared his Post-Crisis incarnation featured in the mainline comics]] ''ComicBook/BatmanDarkVictory'' established his given name to be Clancy.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders'' gives Chief O'Hara's first name as Miles, when [[Series/Batman1966 the original television show]] never revealed his forename and the interpretations of the character who [[CanonImmigrant appeared in the mainline comics]] established his given name to be Clancy.
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* ''[[ComicBook/BatmanBeyond Batman Beyond 2.0]]'': The "Bat Men" arc establishes that Kirk and Francine Langstrom had a son and a daughter like their mainstream counterparts, but their children's given names are Max and Michelle respectively rather than Aaron and Rebecca.
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* ''Batman: Dark Allegiances'':

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** This continuity's Supergirl has her surname changed from Zor-El to Kent as a result of [[RelatedDifferentlyInAdaptation her relation with Superman being changed from his cousin to his daughter]] and [[RelatedInTheAdaptation Lois Lane being her mother]].

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** This continuity's Supergirl has her surname changed from Zor-El to Kent as a result of [[RelatedDifferentlyInAdaptation [[RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation her relation with Superman being changed from his cousin to his daughter]] and [[RelatedInTheAdaptation Lois Lane being her mother]].

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* ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'' II:

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* ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'' II:''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'':
** This continuity's Supergirl has her surname changed from Zor-El to Kent as a result of [[RelatedDifferentlyInAdaptation her relation with Superman being changed from his cousin to his daughter]] and [[RelatedInTheAdaptation Lois Lane being her mother]].

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