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* ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'': "Golden Retrieved" adapts ''Literature/SilasMarner'', and in the real-world story, both Joe and Hubert function as stand-ins for Silas Marner. Joe is given Silas' character arc of realizing that love is more important than material things. At the same time, Hubert resembles Silas in terms of being a lonely depressed man whose life is enlivened when he takes in a lost soul.
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* ''Series/Fallout2024'' being an adaptation of a [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] cleverly splits up the possible branches the PlayerCharacter can take into multiple characters. Lucy the Vault-Dweller represents a good karma protagonist, who grows tougher over the course of the story. Maximus represents a neutral karma protagonist and is the one who gets PoweredArmour and becomes a Knight of the Brotherhood of Steel. Howard the Ghoul represents a bad karma protagonist being cruel and merciless [[spoiler:though he used to be a good man]] and gets the CanineCompanion. Norm, Lucy's brother fulfils the AmateurSleuth and puzzle solving aspect of the player character.
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* ''Series/Fallout2024'' being an adaptation of a [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] cleverly splits up the possible branches the PlayerCharacter can take into multiple characters.
** Lucy the Vault-Dweller represents a good karma protagonist, who grows tougher over the course of thestory. story.
** Maximus represents a neutral karma protagonist and is the one who gets PoweredArmour and becomes a Knight of the Brotherhood ofSteel. Howard the Steel.
** The Ghoul represents a bad karma protagonist being cruel and merciless [[spoiler:though he used to be a good man]] and gets theCanineCompanion. CanineCompanion.
** Norm, Lucy's brother fulfils the AmateurSleuth and puzzle solving aspect of the player character.
** Lucy the Vault-Dweller represents a good karma protagonist, who grows tougher over the course of the
** Maximus represents a neutral karma protagonist and is the one who gets PoweredArmour and becomes a Knight of the Brotherhood of
** The Ghoul represents a bad karma protagonist being cruel and merciless [[spoiler:though he used to be a good man]] and gets the
** Norm, Lucy's brother fulfils the AmateurSleuth and puzzle solving aspect of the player character.
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* ''Series/Fallout2024'' being an adaptation of a [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] cleverly splits up the possible branches the PlayerCharacter can take into multiple characters. Lucy the Vault-Dweller represents a good karma protagonist, who grows tougher over the course of the story. Maximus represents a neutral karma protagonist and is the one who gets PoweredArmour and becomes a Knight of the Brotherhood of Steel. Howard the Ghoul represents a bad karma protagonist being cruel and merciless [[spoiler:though he used to be a good man]] and gets the CanineCompanion. Norm, Lucy's brother fulfils the AmateurSleuth and puzzle aspect of the player character.
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* ''Series/Fallout2024'' being an adaptation of a [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] cleverly splits up the possible branches the PlayerCharacter can take into multiple characters. Lucy the Vault-Dweller represents a good karma protagonist, who grows tougher over the course of the story. Maximus represents a neutral karma protagonist and is the one who gets PoweredArmour and becomes a Knight of the Brotherhood of Steel. Howard the Ghoul represents a bad karma protagonist being cruel and merciless [[spoiler:though he used to be a good man]] and gets the CanineCompanion. Norm, Lucy's brother fulfils the AmateurSleuth and puzzle solving aspect of the player character.
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* ''Series/Fallout2024'' being an adaptation of a [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] cleverly splits up the possible branches the PlayerCharacter can take into multiple characters. Lucy the Vault-Dweller represents a good karma protagonist, who grows tougher over the course of the story. Maximus represents a neutral karma protagonist and is the one who gets PoweredArmour and becomes a Knight of the Brotherhood of Steel. Howard the Ghoul represents a bad karma protagonist being cruel and merciless [[spoiler:though he used to be a good man]] and gets the CanineCompanion. Norm, Lucy's brother fulfils the AmateurSleuth and puzzle aspect of the player character.
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* In the MadeForTVMovie ''[[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 The Incredible Hulk Returns]]'' [[Characters/MarvelComicsThorOdinson Thor]] appears; but instead of Don Blake [[SharingABody turning into Thor]], Blake and Thor are separate characters. Blake calls upon Odin while holding Thor's warhammer and Thor magically appears. Presumably in the spinoff series that never happened, [[WunzaPlot one's a doctor, one's a Norse God and they fight crime]].
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* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': Allegra Garcia has AdaptationalHeroism, introduced as a nonviolent criminal who quickly undergoes a HeelFaceTurn. Her ruthless and murderous comic book counterpart is closer to series-Allegra's cousin, Esperanza, who doesn't exist in the comics (although she's named after Allegra's adopted mother).
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* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'':
** The series's approach to [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] was to introduce a veritable smorgasbord of characters with his various personality traits, any of whom could potentially become him, including at least one who hints at a GenderFlip, to keep everyone guessing.
*** In the first episode we see a stammering comedian in Fish's nightclub, whose features are always hidden by a purple spotlight. This references (one of) Joker's origin(s) from ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke''.
*** Later on, we meet the Red Hood Gang, yet another ''Killing Joke'' reference; since anyone who wears the Hood seems to be infected by the same persona, this emphasizes that virtually anyone could become the Clown Prince.
*** Jerome Valeska is a homicidal, grinning lunatic with a menacing laugh, making him a very obvious and probable candidate... but he dies in his second appearance. [[spoiler: After he's resurrected in Season 3, his horrifying, stitched-on face is a reference to the nigh-supernatural serial killer Joker from the New 52 comics.]]\\\
[[spoiler: Jerome's brother Jeremiah is initially introduced as a GoodCounterpart, although Jerome himself disputes this. In any case, after his FaceHeelTurn he takes on more of the classical Joker appearance and his assistant Echo becomes distinctly Harley-like. He's also got more of the Joker's scientific ability.]]
** Jerome's legions of fans seem to be inspired by the Jokerz from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' (or several comparable groups from the comics). However, a point is made that any of them could eventually be Joker as well.
*** Sonny Gilzean takes an instant disliking to Bruce, whom he beats down while giggling hysterically, and the word Bruce chooses to insult him with is "clown".
*** Clyde the Fence is also a disturbingly cheerful guy and his henchmen wear logos that resemble Harley Quinn.
** ''Gotham'' does this as well with Sal Maroni by [[spoiler:subjecting him to a type 2 of DeathByAdaptation, killing him off before Bruce Wayne ever becomes Batman, meaning that someone else will take his role as the man who makes Harvey Dent Two-Face]].
** The series's approach to [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] was to introduce a veritable smorgasbord of characters with his various personality traits, any of whom could potentially become him, including at least one who hints at a GenderFlip, to keep everyone guessing.
*** In the first episode we see a stammering comedian in Fish's nightclub, whose features are always hidden by a purple spotlight. This references (one of) Joker's origin(s) from ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke''.
*** Later on, we meet the Red Hood Gang, yet another ''Killing Joke'' reference; since anyone who wears the Hood seems to be infected by the same persona, this emphasizes that virtually anyone could become the Clown Prince.
*** Jerome Valeska is a homicidal, grinning lunatic with a menacing laugh, making him a very obvious and probable candidate... but he dies in his second appearance. [[spoiler: After he's resurrected in Season 3, his horrifying, stitched-on face is a reference to the nigh-supernatural serial killer Joker from the New 52 comics.]]\\\
[[spoiler: Jerome's brother Jeremiah is initially introduced as a GoodCounterpart, although Jerome himself disputes this. In any case, after his FaceHeelTurn he takes on more of the classical Joker appearance and his assistant Echo becomes distinctly Harley-like. He's also got more of the Joker's scientific ability.]]
** Jerome's legions of fans seem to be inspired by the Jokerz from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' (or several comparable groups from the comics). However, a point is made that any of them could eventually be Joker as well.
*** Sonny Gilzean takes an instant disliking to Bruce, whom he beats down while giggling hysterically, and the word Bruce chooses to insult him with is "clown".
*** Clyde the Fence is also a disturbingly cheerful guy and his henchmen wear logos that resemble Harley Quinn.
** ''Gotham'' does this as well with Sal Maroni by [[spoiler:subjecting him to a type 2 of DeathByAdaptation, killing him off before Bruce Wayne ever becomes Batman, meaning that someone else will take his role as the man who makes Harvey Dent Two-Face]].
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* ''Series/LoisAndClark'':
** Winslow Schott appears in one episode, but he doesn't use the codename "Toyman". It's instead used by a villain of a later episode.
** In the comics, the Prankster is Oswald Loomis. In this series, the Prankster is Kyle Griffin. Randall Loomis is introduced as a suspect.
** In the comics, Lex Luthor the Second is the original Lex Luthor using a new body to cheat death and posing as his own son to keep running [=LexCorp=]. In this series, Lex Junior is really his son, [[spoiler: but ''isn't'' the tall, charming Australian claimant who here is just a patsy so the real heir can be TheManBehindTheMan]].
** Winslow Schott appears in one episode, but he doesn't use the codename "Toyman". It's instead used by a villain of a later episode.
** In the comics, the Prankster is Oswald Loomis. In this series, the Prankster is Kyle Griffin. Randall Loomis is introduced as a suspect.
** In the comics, Lex Luthor the Second is the original Lex Luthor using a new body to cheat death and posing as his own son to keep running [=LexCorp=]. In this series, Lex Junior is really his son, [[spoiler: but ''isn't'' the tall, charming Australian claimant who here is just a patsy so the real heir can be TheManBehindTheMan]].
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* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
** When the creators made the controversial decision to [[DeathByAdaptation kill off]] [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] in the Season 8 finale, they performed a last second {{Retcon}} that established that "Jimmy" had actually been named Henry James Olsen, and that the ''real'' Jimmy (the one who would later grow up to be a Daily Planet employee and Superman's pal) was actually his little brother.
** There were also two separate, completely unrelated versions of Professor Hamilton from the comics. The first was a middle-aged African-American scientist, while the second was a young, AmbiguouslyBrown guy who joined the cast in the later seasons.
** When the creators made the controversial decision to [[DeathByAdaptation kill off]] [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] in the Season 8 finale, they performed a last second {{Retcon}} that established that "Jimmy" had actually been named Henry James Olsen, and that the ''real'' Jimmy (the one who would later grow up to be a Daily Planet employee and Superman's pal) was actually his little brother.
** There were also two separate, completely unrelated versions of Professor Hamilton from the comics. The first was a middle-aged African-American scientist, while the second was a young, AmbiguouslyBrown guy who joined the cast in the later seasons.
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* ''Series/SupermanAndLois'': Superman's son from the comics, Jonathan Samuel Kent, is split into fraternal twins Jon and Jordan -- Jordan has the dark hair and powers, while Jon has much of [[TheAllAmericanBoy his comic-book counterpart's personality]]. Jordan overlaps with CanonForeigner.
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* In the MadeForTVMovie ''[[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 The Incredible Hulk Returns]]'' [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]] appears; but instead of Don Blake [[SharingABody turning into Thor]], Blake and Thor are separate characters. Blake calls upon Odin while holding Thor's warhammer and Thor magically appears. Presumably in the spinoff series that never happened, [[WunzaPlot one's a doctor, one's a Norse God and they fight crime]].
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* In the MadeForTVMovie ''[[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 The Incredible Hulk Returns]]'' [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson [[Characters/MarvelComicsThorOdinson Thor]] appears; but instead of Don Blake [[SharingABody turning into Thor]], Blake and Thor are separate characters. Blake calls upon Odin while holding Thor's warhammer and Thor magically appears. Presumably in the spinoff series that never happened, [[WunzaPlot one's a doctor, one's a Norse God and they fight crime]].
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** Finally, also [[spoiler:''Dolores''. A Cavalry variant of the [[CoolGun Colt Single Action Army]], the sidearm of the Gunslinger in the film, is intertwined with the dark secrets of her past. It becomes her sidearm during her adventures, and once she (re)gains full consciousness and learns of her past, she continues to use it as the vengeful leader of a robot uprising against humans. Fittingly enough, it's ''her'', rather than the Man in Black, who exhibits the Gunslinger's signature steely-eyed, stoic DeathGlare. Dolores and the Man in Black [[FromNobodyToNightmare gradually develop]] from seemingly heroic characters (in their past) to some of the main antagonists of the series (in the present), all the while reflecting different aspects of the 70s film's antagonist they're inspired by]].
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** Finally, also [[spoiler:''Dolores''. A Cavalry variant of the [[CoolGun Colt Single Action Army]], Army, the sidearm of the Gunslinger in the film, is intertwined with the dark secrets of her past. It becomes her sidearm during her adventures, and once she (re)gains full consciousness and learns of her past, she continues to use it as the vengeful leader of a robot uprising against humans. Fittingly enough, it's ''her'', rather than the Man in Black, who exhibits the Gunslinger's signature steely-eyed, stoic DeathGlare. Dolores and the Man in Black [[FromNobodyToNightmare gradually develop]] from seemingly heroic characters (in their past) to some of the main antagonists of the series (in the present), all the while reflecting different aspects of the 70s film's antagonist they're inspired by]].
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* On ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' both Xander and Angel have characteristics in common with Pike, a character from [[Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer the movie]].
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* On ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', both Xander and Angel have characteristics in common with Pike, a character from [[Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer the movie]].
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* Parker and Abigael Caine from ''Series/Charmed2018'' share different aspects to Cole Turner from [[Series/Charmed1998 the original series]]. Both are half-demons presented as morally-grey characters, though Parker leans towards Cole's conflicted human side whereas Abigael tends towards his darker, cunning side.
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* ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'' accounts for the diverse/contradictory characterizations of RobinHood through a combination of this trope and SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute. The initial Robin on the show, Robin of Loxley, covers the "oppressed Saxons fighting against the Normans"/traditional English myth part of the story, and after this death, he is replaced by Robert of Huntington, who fits the characterization of Robin Hood as a nobleman of Norman ancestry who sympathizes with and defends the poor.
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* ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'' accounts for the diverse/contradictory characterizations of RobinHood Myth/RobinHood through a combination of this trope and SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute. The initial Robin on the show, Robin of Loxley, covers the "oppressed Saxons fighting against the Normans"/traditional English myth part of the story, and after this death, he is replaced by Robert of Huntington, who fits the characterization of Robin Hood as a nobleman of Norman ancestry who sympathizes with and defends the poor.
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*** ''Ninninger's'' first MonsterOfTheWeek, {{Youkai}} Kamaitachi, appeared as two identical monsters in ''Ninja Steel'', Ripperrat and Trapsaw.
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*** ''Ninninger's'' first MonsterOfTheWeek, {{Youkai}} Kamaitachi, appeared as two identical monsters in ''Ninja Steel'', Ripperrat and Trapsaw.Trapsaw, with it being handwaved as the two being brothers.
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* ''Series/LostInSpace'' sees Dr. Smith undergo this, as he was split into two: a man with his name who underwent AdaptationalHeroism, and a woman whose real name is June Smith, who took on the original Smith's villain and rampped it up, pulling a KillAndReplace on the real Smith.
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* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
** A common complaint about Captain Kirk from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' was that he is the worlds worst captain, always leaving his post to go down to planets to risk his life and meet alien women. So when it came time for ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', the part was split between Captain Picard the Patriarchal [[TheLeader Leader]] who stood on the Bridge, made decisions, and gave [[PatrickStewartSpeech passionate speeches]], and Commander Riker, who went down on mission and had Swashbuckling Adventures and macked on Alien Women.
** Data, Worf, and Troi all share Spock's persona from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. Data is the emotionless logical thinker, Worf is the token alien who's sometimes torn between his loyalties to his Federation comrades and his own people, and Troi is the HalfHumanHybrid who often bickers with their same-sex/alien parent.
** A common complaint about Captain Kirk from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' was that he is the worlds worst captain, always leaving his post to go down to planets to risk his life and meet alien women. So when it came time for ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', the part was split between Captain Picard the Patriarchal [[TheLeader Leader]] who stood on the Bridge, made decisions, and gave [[PatrickStewartSpeech passionate speeches]], and Commander Riker, who went down on mission and had Swashbuckling Adventures and macked on Alien Women.
** Data, Worf, and Troi all share Spock's persona from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. Data is the emotionless logical thinker, Worf is the token alien who's sometimes torn between his loyalties to his Federation comrades and his own people, and Troi is the HalfHumanHybrid who often bickers with their same-sex/alien parent.
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* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
** *** A common complaint about Captain Kirk from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' was that he is the worlds worst captain, always leaving his post to go down to planets to risk his life and meet alien women. So when it came time for ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', the part was split between Captain Picard the Patriarchal [[TheLeader Leader]] who stood on the Bridge, made decisions, and gave [[PatrickStewartSpeech passionate speeches]], and Commander Riker, who went down on mission and had Swashbuckling Adventures and macked on Alien Women.
** *** Data, Worf, and Troi all share Spock's persona from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. Data is the emotionless logical thinker, Worf is the token alien who's sometimes torn between his loyalties to his Federation comrades and his own people, and Troi is the HalfHumanHybrid who often bickers with their same-sex/alien parent.parent.
** ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': Season 3 features Geordi La Forge and his two daughters, Sidney and Alandra, who are also serving in Starfleet, and they split their father's history. Sidney is the helmsman for the USS ''Titan''-A, like how Geordi was the ''Enterprise''-D's helmsman during season 1 of TNG; Alandra serves alongside her father in the Federation Fleet Museum as an engineer, like he was from season 2 of TNG onward.
** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
** ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': Season 3 features Geordi La Forge and his two daughters, Sidney and Alandra, who are also serving in Starfleet, and they split their father's history. Sidney is the helmsman for the USS ''Titan''-A, like how Geordi was the ''Enterprise''-D's helmsman during season 1 of TNG; Alandra serves alongside her father in the Federation Fleet Museum as an engineer, like he was from season 2 of TNG onward.
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** In the comics, Lex Luthor the Second is the original Lex Luthor using a new body to cheat death and posing as his own son to keep running [=LexCorp=]. In this series, Lex Junior is really his son.
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* ''Series/AroundTheWorldIn80Days2021'': Detective Fix from the original novel has been split into Abigail Fix, who inherited his name and main character status, and Thomas Kneedling, a much less sympathetic Dirty Cop who knows that Fogg isn't actually a criminal.
* ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}}'':
** Jagul, the {{Evil Sorcere|r}}ss from ''Series/JuukouBFighter'' who created [[EvilTwin Black Beet]], was used [[ShesAManInJapan as the male monster]] Hypnomaniac in ''Big Bad Beetleborgs''. Her [[OneWingedAngel ultimate form]] was later used as the separate monster, Borgslayer. Her role as [[DubNameChange Shadowborg's]] creator was given to Vexor.
** Similarly, Mother Melzard (the BigBad of ''Series/BFighterKabuto'') was divided into multiple roles in ''Beetleborgs Metallix''. Her role as overall leader of the villains was taken by Nukus, while her first form was used as the Monster Mother (first appearing as a fictional character in Les Fortunes' "Brainsucker Comics", and later appearing in the real world as a creation of Dr. Frankenbeans). Her ultimate form of Jadow Mothera became Repgillian, the last monster faced in the series.
* ''Series/TheBoys2019'':
** CorruptCorporateExecutive James Stillwell in the [[ComicBook/TheBoys original comic]] was split into Madelyn Stillwell who had his surname, and Stan Edgar who kept his [[DissonantSerenity personality]] and status.
** In the comic, Joseph Vogelbaum was a former Nazi who invented the SuperSerum and defected to the Allies. In the show there's Joseph Vogelbaum who created Homelander, and Frederick Vought who invented the serum before that [[AdaptationalVillainy and was a loyal Nazi]].
* On ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' both Xander and Angel have characteristics in common with Pike, a character from [[Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer the movie]].
* On ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'':
** Salem's role and backstory from the [[Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch 90s sitcom]] was split into two characters, Salem the cat, and Ambrose Spellman, Sabrina's cousin. Ambrose takes on Salem's role as Sabrina's confidant, and his background as a warlock being punished for breaking the rules of the magic world. Salem the actual cat has been downgraded from a warlock to a goblin who has taken the role of a {{familiar}}.
** Sabrina typically had one best friend in addition to her romance with Harvey. The series gives her two in Rosalind and Susie, each giving them qualities from her various friends in the sitcom and AnimatedAdaptation. Rosalind is a SoapboxSadie like Jenny (and technically Roxie from the college seasons) and [[spoiler: develops supernatural powers]] like Dreama. Susie is unpopular and awkward like Valerie, and androgynous like Pi from the animated series. Both girls eventually become [[spoiler: Sabrina's SecretKeeper]] like Chloe from the animated series.
** Sabrina's AlphaBitch rival in the sitcom was Libby, and Gem in the animated series. Here she now has to contend with a trio of evil witches called the Weird Sisters. While Libby and Gem had a GirlPosse, the Weird Sisters are more developed characters.
* Naomi Misora does not appear in the ''Series/DeathNote'' live-action drama, but her role in the plot is split between two other characters. Her role as Raye Penber's fiancee is given to a CanonForeigner named Cathy Campbell, while Shoko Himura ([[spoiler:AKA [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Halle Lidner]]]]) looks a lot like Naomi and has her background as a former FBI agent and L's ally.
* In ''Series/Dracula2020'', [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Abraham Van Helsing]] is split into two different characters, [[spoiler:Agatha and Zoe]].
* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'':
** This series has a CompositeCharacter who combines Irene Adler with Moriarty. But all of Moriarty's traditional characteristics were given to another character who took over Moriarty's criminal empire in her absence. This character, who is a professor, is someone the audience would recognize as Prof. James Moriarty in all but name.
** The BigBad of the final season, Odin Reichenbach, also has Moriarty elements; his name is a reference to Reichenbach Falls, he mentions his field of study was mathematics, and [[spoiler: Sherlock uses their final encounter to fake his death, leading to the series' version of the Great Hiatus]].
** In many versions Mycroft Holmes has the ability to pull strings and work behind the scene in politics to get things done, almost to the point of secretly running the world. In this series those qualities are given to Sherlock's father, Morland Holmes.
** The first season episode "M" introduced Sebastian Moran as a mercenary working for Moriarty. The GrandFinale, "Their Last Bow" is partly based on Colonel Moran's only appearance in the books, and splits his role between two characters: [[spoiler: Herman Zielenko is the card cheat who played with Ronald Adair, while Ellory from the season 6 episode "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" is the Moriarty lieutenant who killed him]].
* ''Series/FateTheWinxSaga'' the {{live action adaptation}} of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'':
** Terra effectively fills the same role in the show as the Winx fairy with Earth Magic, which Flora had in the original cartoon. However Flora is implied to exist in this continuity, as Terra mentions she has a cousin with that name.
** Sam takes over the role of love interest to Musa that Riven had in the cartoon, despite Riven also being a character on the show.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': Allegra Garcia has AdaptationalHeroism, introduced as a nonviolent criminal who quickly undergoes a HeelFaceTurn. Her ruthless and murderous comic book counterpart is closer to series-Allegra's cousin, Esperanza, who doesn't exist in the comics (although she's named after Allegra's adopted mother).
* Though ''Series/GameOfThrones'' usually goes the CompositeCharacter route, it has a few examples of this.
** Xaro Xhoan Daxos seems to have been split between the series Xaro, who was also given a RaceLift and became an AdaptationalBadass, and The Spice King, a TV-exclusive character who has the book Xaro's appearance and AmbiguouslyGay mannerisms.
** Likewise, Reek from the books has his traits split between [[spoiler:Ramsay Snow, his secret identity in the books after the real one was killed, known simply as "the boy" prior to TheReveal]] and Dagmer, an Ironborn who acts as Theon's NumberTwo when they invade Winterfell [[spoiler:who eventually betrays him]].
** Theon's lowborn bedmate Kyra is replaced by Ros in Season 1, Osha in "The Old Gods and the New", and Tansy in "The Lion and the Rose".
** Donal Noye's roles setting Jon straight when he first comes to Castle Black, leading the defense of Castle Black, and holding the gate against Mag the Mighty are divided between Tyrion, Alliser Thorne, and Grenn respectively.
** A Greyjoy mook handles the hounds during Theon's hunt in "A Man Without Honor" instead of Farlen the kennelmaster (who was shown standing up to Theon's occupation in "The Old Gods and the New").
* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'':
** The series's approach to [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] was to introduce a veritable smorgasbord of characters with his various personality traits, any of whom could potentially become him, including at least one who hints at a GenderFlip, to keep everyone guessing.
*** In the first episode we see a stammering comedian in Fish's nightclub, whose features are always hidden by a purple spotlight. This references (one of) Joker's origin(s) from ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke''.
*** Later on, we meet the Red Hood Gang, yet another ''Killing Joke'' reference; since anyone who wears the Hood seems to be infected by the same persona, this emphasizes that virtually anyone could become the Clown Prince.
*** Jerome Valeska is a homicidal, grinning lunatic with a menacing laugh, making him a very obvious and probable candidate... but he dies in his second appearance. [[spoiler: After he's resurrected in Season 3, his horrifying, stitched-on face is a reference to the nigh-supernatural serial killer Joker from the New 52 comics.]]\\\
[[spoiler: Jerome's brother Jeremiah is initially introduced as a GoodCounterpart, although Jerome himself disputes this. In any case, after his FaceHeelTurn he takes on more of the classical Joker appearance and his assistant Echo becomes distinctly Harley-like. He's also got more of the Joker's scientific ability.]]
** Jerome's legions of fans seem to be inspired by the Jokerz from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' (or several comparable groups from the comics). However, a point is made that any of them could eventually be Joker as well.
*** Sonny Gilzean takes an instant disliking to Bruce, whom he beats down while giggling hysterically, and the word Bruce chooses to insult him with is "clown".
*** Clyde the Fence is also a disturbingly cheerful guy and his henchmen wear logos that resemble Harley Quinn.
** ''Gotham'' does this as well with Sal Maroni by [[spoiler:subjecting him to a type 2 of DeathByAdaptation, killing him off before Bruce Wayne ever becomes Batman, meaning that someone else will take his role as the man who makes Harvey Dent Two-Face]].
* In the ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' take on ''Literature/PeterPan'', which has the Lost Boys as a group of homeless Wesen kids who kidnap women to be their mother, there are three Wendys: the previous "mother", who dies in the first scene and is actually named Wendy; Rosalee, who they kidnap to replace her; and their "sister" Lily (despite being named after Tiger Lily), an ill girl the boys attempt to treat with a vague understanding of how herbal tea works.
* A French MadeForTVMovie distant adaptation of Creator/AgathaChristie's ''[[Literature/HerculePoirot Hercule Poirot's Christmas]]'' split the [[spoiler:illegitimate son]] killer into two characters and introduced one early, to keep a bit of mystery for those who had read the original material.
* In ''Series/TheHollowCrown'', the Duke of Aumerle in ''Richard II'' and the Duke of York in ''Henry V'' are based on the same historical character, but are portrayed on screen as quite different people.
* ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS'''s Christina and Rachel are decomposites of the original series' Penny. Penny is the personal assistant and lover of Roger O'Neill, Peter Russo's original series counterpart, as is Christina to Russo. In the original series, Francis Urquhart pressures O'Neill into getting Penny to sleep with the Foreign Secretary. In the US series, Frank Underwood undertakes a similar gambit (to a different end), but as his target is Russo himself, it wouldn't have made sense to use Christina, and so the prostitute Rachel serves this purpose instead.
* In the MadeForTVMovie ''[[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 The Incredible Hulk Returns]]'' [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]] appears; but instead of Don Blake [[SharingABody turning into Thor]], Blake and Thor are separate characters. Blake calls upon Odin while holding Thor's warhammer and Thor magically appears. Presumably in the spinoff series that never happened, [[WunzaPlot one's a doctor, one's a Norse God and they fight crime]].
* In ''ComicBook/JupitersLegacy'', Blackstar was a villain that required both the Union and several other superheroes to defeat him in a fight that happened in the first issue. The same battle is featured in the first episode of [[Series/JupitersLegacy the tv adaptation]], climaxing with Brandon killing Blackstar, only for it to later be revealed as a clone with the real Blackstar still locked up in the Supermax prison.
* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
** Originally, in ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX'', General Jark assumed a OneWingedAngel form named Jark Midler. In ''Series/MaskedRider'', Jark Midler becomes Dregonator, an evil(er) clone of Count Dregon, to the point that both characters appear together in original footage.
** In ''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight'', we have Kit as Dragon Knight (aka Ryuki, main Rider Shinji's shiny suit in the original ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' version) until his disloyal alternate self takes over after his DisneyDeath. After his return, Kit becomes Onyx (aka Ryuga, evil alternate Shinji's shiny suit.) However, we first saw Onyx in a dream of Kit's involving him taking Xaviax's lure. This means Dragon Knight is a composite of Ryuki and Ryuga, but Onyx is splitting Ryuga into two guys. So this is a [[PlayingWithATrope composite and decomposed character]].
** Since Kotaro Minami is the only Franchise/KamenRider to star in two different shows (''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' and ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX''), team-ups and anniversary specials usually split him into two separate characters. For instance, ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' used dimension-hopping to have Kotaro team up with a MirrorUniverse version of himself who never adopted the Black RX identity, allowing both Riders to appear simultaneously.
* ''Series/TheKilling'': In ''Series/{{Forbrydelsen}}'', the Season 1 killer is [[spoiler:Vagn, Theis's best friend]] and a sadistic serial killer who is suspected via a significant photograph to have been killing for decades. Maybe. While this character is in the remake, as a sad-sack loner, but [[spoiler:isn't the killer.]] The sexual sadism, unfound victims, and significant photograph are given to the Season 3 BigBad, the Pied Piper.
* ''Series/LoisAndClark'':
** Winslow Schott appears in one episode, but he doesn't use the codename "Toyman". It's instead used by a villain of a later episode.
** In the comics, the Prankster is Oswald Loomis. In this series, the Prankster is Kyle Griffin. Randall Loomis is introduced as a suspect.
** In the comics, Lex Luthor the Second is the original Lex Luthor using a new body to cheat death and posing as his own son to keep running [=LexCorp=]. In this series, Lex Junior is really his son.
* ''Series/Merlin2008'':
** The sorceress who Merlin taught in mythology had many names, the most popular of which were Nimue and Vivian. In the series, Nimueh is the antagonist of the first season while Vivian is the mother of Morgana and Morgause. There's also [[OneSteveLimit another Vivian]] -- this one a princess who is a potential suitor for Arthur.
** In some myths, Nimue/Vivian is also the Lady of the Lake. In the series the Lady of the Lake is an unrelated character called Freya.
* ''Series/{{Nikita}}'' does this with its main character, creating a new character, Alex, in order to simultaneously tell the traditional ''Film/{{Nikita}}'' story of the woman who is kidnapped by a government organization and made into an assassin, and the story of what happens after that woman escapes and turns against her former masters. Alex is the rookie assassin working inside the organization, while Nikita herself is the veteran one fighting against it.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime'':
** ''Once Upon a Time'' is more known for its {{composite character}}s, however it decomposites Literature/PeterPan into three characters: [[spoiler: Rumpelstiltskin cut off Hook's hand and doubles as the crocodile, his son Baelfire wound up in Kensington Gardens and befriended the Darling family, and his father Malcolm became the actual Peter Pan]]. The Shadow is also a separate entity from Pan that actually originates in Neverland.
** In season 4, an interesting case happens: it features Elsa from ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', who was based on the titular character from the novel ''Literature/TheSnowQueen''. However, the Snow Queen of the novel also appears, as Elsa's aunt.
** Ursula. Her role as an antagonist for [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]] is given to Regina when she impersonates the goddess Ursula, while her actual backstory is a lot like Ariel's.
** Briar Rose is Aurora's mother, and Maleficent tried the Sleeping Beauty curse twice, both of which have different aspects of [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty the animated version]]. It was Briar Rose's prince who Maleficent threatened in dragon form, but Aurora's prince is called Philip. (GeniusBonus: In the Perrault tale, Aurore is the daughter of the unnamed Sleeping Beauty.)
** Within Arthurian mythology, Nimue is often the Lady of the Lake as well. In the show Nimue was Merlin's former lover, and the first Dark One. The Lady of the Lake is Lancelot's mother.
** In the soft reboot Season 7, Tiana from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' isn't the [[ForcedTransformation amphibianised]] true love of Robert, Literature/TheFrogPrince (because [[spoiler: Robert and his true love are actually frogs, and Robert was transformed into a human]]). Naveen appears as a separate character from Robert as well.
* ''Series/TheOrville'', befitting it's nature as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' and the three series set during the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' era, takes the Klingon species and splits their role in Star Trek into two separate species.
** The Krill hold the 1960's Cold War metaphor of "deadly enemy right next door" element.
** The Moclan take the ProudWarriorRaceGuy aspect, as well as the ''Series/DeepSpaceNine'' side where the Klingon Empire is an ally to the Federation.
* The Franchise/PowerRangers franchise provide many examples:
** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
*** The normal version of ''[[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]]'''s [[MonsterOfTheWeek Dora Franke]] became FrankensteinsMonster, while his second and third forms Zombie Franke and Satan Franke became two different forms of the same character, Mutitus.
*** Dai Satan's role in split as his Sentai footage goes to Lokar, who's another lackey of Rita, and CanonForeigner Lord Zedd taking over Dai Satan's role as Rita/Witch Bandora's boss. Franchise-wide, while Zedd also has Emperor Gorma XV's role as the boss of the ''Dairanger'' monsters, the Gorma costume was used for ''Wild Force''[='=]s Master Org.
*** Col. Shadam, [[spoiler:the true BigBad]] of ''Dairanger'', also had his role taken by Lord Zedd, while his masked form became Mondo the Magician.
*** The normal form of Dairanger's Kabuki Novice became Bookala and [[EvilTwin Evil Bookala]], while his machine form became a separate MonsterOfTheWeek, Weldo.
*** The third season initially had the Power Rangers use the robots from ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'', but not the actual Sentai costumes. Instead, the ''Kakuranger'' costumes would be worn by the Aquitar Rangers during the ''Mighty Morphin' Alien Rangers'' mini-series.
*** While Zordon is a mush-up of [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Barza the Wizard, Daizyuzin]], [[Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger Master Kaku]], [[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger Sandayū Momochi]], [[Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger Chief Naoyuki Miura]], [[Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger Dappu]], and [[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger Professor Kubota]], Daizyuzin's sentai footage was used for the original Megazord and Zordon ends up sharing the roles of Dappu and Kubota with [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Dimitria]] and [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Andros]] respectively.
** ''[[Series/PowerRangersZeo Zeo]]'': Prince Buldont of ''[[Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger Ohranger]]'', who [[PlotRelevantAgeUp later grew into an older form]], Kaiser Buldont, became the brothers Prince Sprocket (younger) and Prince Gasket (older).
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' famously put most of the Rangers [[PutOnABus On A Bus]] partway through the series, and then replaced them with a group of new characters. This meant that four of the five core heroes from ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' were split into two counterparts each: Kyousuke/Red Racer into Tommy and T.J., Youko/Pink Racer into Kat and Cassie, Minoru/Green Racer into Adam and Carlos, and Natsumi/Yellow Racer into Tanya and Ashley.
** The conversion of ''[[Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman Gingaman]]'' to ''[[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]]''.
*** The BigBad Captain Zahab was split off into Scorpius and his more direct counterpart, Captain Mutiny.
*** Sanbash, the first enemy general, had his role taken by Furio, who was portrayed by the costume of [[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger Dr. Hinelar's]] final form. Sanbash's costume, not available at the time, was later used for a new character named Villamax.
*** Illies, the third enemy general, was adapted late into the season as filler villain Hexuba. Her successful plot against her predecessor, Budoh, was used by Trakeena, who otherwise filled Steerwoman Shelinda's role.
*** [[spoiler: In ''Gingaman'', Saya is the only Pink Ranger during its run. Since Kendrix "[[DisneyDeath dies]]" during the middle of the show, a reformed [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Karone]] took her place from then on.]]
** In the conversion of [[Series/RescueSentaiGoGoFive GoGoFive]] to [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue]], Dr. Mondo Tatsumi (TeamDad, creator of the team's technology) was split into Captain Mitchell and Dr. Fairweather.
** Twice when converting ''[[Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger Timeranger]]'' to ''[[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force]]''. The costume of BigBad Don Dolnero was used for comic relief character Gluto, and the BigBad with some of Dolnero's role was original-design Ransik. Meanwhile, the Rangers' commanding officer Captain Ryuya was split into Captain Logan and, more directly, Alex.
** ''[[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Ninja Storm's]]'' Motodrone: he's based off the adult form of ''[[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Manmaruba]]'', while Eyezak, a MonsterOfTheWeek he used, is actually Manmaruba's OneWingedAngel form.
** ''[[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]'': Due to Trent turning good far sooner than [[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger Mikoto]] did, Abare Killer's remaining stint as a bad guy was fulfilled by a White Ranger clone.
*** Dezumozorlya, the BigBad of Abaranger, is replaced by Mesogog as the main villain, but all four of its forms are used seperately:
*** Dezumorijewel: Fridgia, a MonsterOfTheWeek.
*** Dezumovoorla: An unnamed MonsterOfTheWeek.
*** Dezumogevirus: Zeltrax's megazord.
*** Dezumovangelus: Zeltrax's powered up form.
** ''[[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'': Long, the ultimate BigBad of [[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]], was split into Dai Shi (inheriting his BigBad status and OneWingedAngel form) and General Scorch (inheriting his Phantom Beast form and TreacherousAdvisor status). Dai Shi possesses Jarod so in a way Long's Power Ranger counterpart is also Jarod who is also Rio's counterpart.
** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'':
*** New Sorrowful Knight Icerondo became lawyer-themed Scumlaw, while his cloak-and-mask disguised form became music-themed Conductro.
*** In Kyoryuger, [[TheMentor Torin]] is Kyoryu Silver, who passes his powers to Dantetsu Kiryu after allowing the latter [[spoiler:to kill him]]. In Dino Charge, Keeper is TheMentor while Torin's design and Silver Ranger role was used for Zenowing. Meanwhile, Dantetsu's counterpart James Navarro becomes the Aqua Ranger instead.
*** Chaos keeps the BigBad role of Kyoryuger until his SealedEvilInACan boss appears in the closing two or three episodes. Dino Charge gives the BigBad role to Sledge (leading the villains that were Chaos's in sentai), Heckyl and Snide (taking over after Sledge's death [[spoiler: which doesn't stick]]), and then Sledge's [[spoiler: superior, Lord Arcanon, who has Chaos's appearance and two later-appearing generals, eventually ousting Heckyl and Snide and running the existing crew as well]], and finally [[spoiler: back to Sledge, once he returns and uses an ArtifactOfDoom to take back his crew and wipe out Arcanon's.]]
** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'':
*** [[Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger Ninninger's]] [[TheDragon Kyuemon Izayoi]] was used design-wise as Madame Odious; [[ShesAManInJapan her]] role of [[MakeMyMonsterGrow up-sizing the monsters]] and summoning the [[GiantMook Giant Mooks]] fell to Cosmo Royale, whose costume is a HeadSwap of [[Series/ResshaSentaiToQger the previous Sentai's]] Baron Nero.
*** ''Ninninger's'' first MonsterOfTheWeek, {{Youkai}} Kamaitachi, appeared as two identical monsters in ''Ninja Steel'', Ripperrat and Trapsaw.
** In the [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger first]] [[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger two]] Dinosaur-themed [[Franchise/SuperSentai Sentai]] series, the SixthRanger would be evil. However, when the third Dinosaur themed sentai, ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'', aired, it ended up splitting the character into two -- while the team still did get a SixthRanger, Kyoryu Gold, who represented the two at their most heroic, the villainous aspects went to a movie-exclusive ranger, Deathryuger.
* ''Series/{{Reacher}}'':
** Dawson Kliner isn't in the book and has some but not all of his cousin KJ's personality traits and [[spoiler:role as the head of the hit squad and the man who kicked Joe's dead body]].
** In the book, the corrupt guard Spivey is also responsible for moving Reacher and Hubble back to the general population of the prison after his effort to get them killed fails (while seeking to cover up his crime). In the show, a second (seemingly honest) guard does that.
* The titular hero from ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'' was originally written to be the same Ultraman from the [[Series/{{Ultraman}} 1966 series]], but due to mixed reception, a {{retcon}} was introduced in Episode 18 that established him to be a separate Ultrabeing. In 1984 he was officially dubbed Ultraman Jack to distinguish from the original Ultraman.
* ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'' accounts for the diverse/contradictory characterizations of RobinHood through a combination of this trope and SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute. The initial Robin on the show, Robin of Loxley, covers the "oppressed Saxons fighting against the Normans"/traditional English myth part of the story, and after this death, he is replaced by Robert of Huntington, who fits the characterization of Robin Hood as a nobleman of Norman ancestry who sympathizes with and defends the poor.
* The 1979 ''Literature/SalemsLot'' mini-series gives much of Kurt Barlow's dialogue to [[TheRenfield Straker]], since this version of Barlow is TheSpeechless.
* Raphael Santiago's role in [[spoiler:Simon's vampirism]] in ''Literature/CityOfAshes'' is largely given to Camille Belcourt on ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' despite Raphael still existing as a separate character.
* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' is another Sherlock Holmes adaptation that spreads Professor Moriarty around a bit (arguably because all ''good'' Sherlock Holmes enemies seem a bit like Moriarty).
** The most obvious: Jim Moriarty. Sherlock's intellectual equal, but puts his efforts into pulling off crimes, and his rivalry with Holmes culminates in the series' equivalent of the Reichenbach incident. He is (or poses as) a children's show host, a reference to the literary Moriarty's day job as a teacher.
** Charles Augustus Magnussen, although based on a character from another Holmes story, has a bit of Moriarty in him. He is "the Napoleon" of his own special kind of crime but enjoys an unassailable position. John Watson had never heard of him and had no evidence of his crimes in his debut episode. His appearance also cleaves a bit closer to the description in the books.
** Eurus [[spoiler: Holmes]] as well, to a degree. She knew the aforementioned Jim personally and "introduces" herself with viral ads hinting that he's returned.
** More puzzlingly, Sherlock's mother has the literary Moriarty's mathematics career and has written a book with "The Dynamics of" in the title. She's not a criminal mastermind or anything, so far as we know, so it's more a MythologyGag than anything.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
** When the creators made the controversial decision to [[DeathByAdaptation kill off]] [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] in the Season 8 finale, they performed a last second {{Retcon}} that established that "Jimmy" had actually been named Henry James Olsen, and that the ''real'' Jimmy (the one who would later grow up to be a Daily Planet employee and Superman's pal) was actually his little brother.
** There were also two separate, completely unrelated versions of Professor Hamilton from the comics. The first was a middle-aged African-American scientist, while the second was a young, AmbiguouslyBrown guy who joined the cast in the later seasons.
* When ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' was adapted into ''Series/{{Sons of Anarchy}}'', Ophelia was split into Tara, the old flame of the Hamlet-analogue, and Opie, the son of the Polonius-analogue who is the Hamlet-analogue's best friend and has a name based on Ophelia's. Interestingly, this also makes Opie a {{composite character}} since he also fills Horatio's role.
* In ''Series/SpartacusWarOfTheDamned'', the historical German RebelLeader Castus was divided into two characters; Agron, who took most of his characterizations sans name, and Castus, an InNameOnly character who is instead the SixthRanger to Spartacus' LaResistance. Ultimately, the latter [[DoomedByCanon suffered his namesake's fate]] ([[DeathByAdaptation albeit a little early]]), while the former was SparedByTheAdaptation.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
** A common complaint about Captain Kirk from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' was that he is the worlds worst captain, always leaving his post to go down to planets to risk his life and meet alien women. So when it came time for ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', the part was split between Captain Picard the Patriarchal [[TheLeader Leader]] who stood on the Bridge, made decisions, and gave [[PatrickStewartSpeech passionate speeches]], and Commander Riker, who went down on mission and had Swashbuckling Adventures and macked on Alien Women.
** Data, Worf, and Troi all share Spock's persona from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. Data is the emotionless logical thinker, Worf is the token alien who's sometimes torn between his loyalties to his Federation comrades and his own people, and Troi is the HalfHumanHybrid who often bickers with their same-sex/alien parent.
* ''Series/SupermanAndLois'': Superman's son from the comics, Jonathan Samuel Kent, is split into fraternal twins Jon and Jordan -- Jordan has the dark hair and powers, while Jon has much of [[TheAllAmericanBoy his comic-book counterpart's personality]]. Jordan overlaps with CanonForeigner.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Aspects of Myth/{{Lilith}}, the mythological mother of all demons, were given to two separate characters. In the show, Lilith is the first demon, the very first human corrupted by the Archangel Lucifer. Much later, we're introduced to Eve, the so-called "Mother of All Monsters," as she is the ancestor of all monsters in the series. She would have been called "Lilith," but [[OneSteveLimit that name was already taken]].
* ''Series/TinMan'':
** There are two characters who correspond to the Great and Powerful Oz in ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. The Mystic Man is the humbug wizard and former ruler of the Central City, and [[spoiler:DG's father Ahamo]] is the guy with the hot air balloon and former co-ruler of the Outer Zone.
** Likewise, there are two characters who fill the role of the Wicked Witch. There's Azkadellia, a psychopathic sorceress who pursues the heroes in search of a magical MacGuffin, and [[spoiler: the original Wicked Witch]], a withered old woman with a soul of pure evil. Although it turns out that [[spoiler: Azkadellia is actually ''possessed'' by the spirit of the original Wicked Witch. The real Azkadellia is kind and pure of heart]].
* ''Series/UtopiaUS'': Milner and Dr Christie. In ''Series/{{Utopia}}'', [[spoiler:Dr Christie's closest counterpart -- Letts -- was a RedHerring for Mr Rabbit, while Milner is Mr Rabbit]]. However, in this version, Dr Christie is [[spoiler:Mr Rabbit, not Milner. However, Milner is still a traitor who's working with Mr Rabbit and captures Jessica Hyde, but Christie also survives the end of Season 1]].
* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'':
** Due to debuting much later than his comic counterpart, the role of Tyreese in the first two seasons was distributed to three different characters, namely; T-Dog (his CaptainErsatz), Shane (for his role as TheLancer and the LoveTriangle gone bad storyline) and Daryl (for his relationship with Carol [[spoiler: and later TheLancer after Shane's death]]). It's also worth noting that [[spoiler: Hershel Greene suffered his death in the comics [[SparedByTheAdaptation instead of him]]]].
** Speaking of which, a lot of Dale's characteristics as TeamDad and serving as a voice of reason to Rick were instead given to Hershel [[spoiler: due to Dale dying much earlier in the show than he did in the comic. Once Hershel himself finally dies (timely, this time), Bob picks up the remaining slack and suffers Dale's fate]].
** Hershel Greene only has one late wife in the comics. Here, he had two, with some of their children [[ZigZaggingTrope remixing]] their character relations to either of the late wives (those who weren't AdaptedOut, at least).
** Due to being InNameOnly characters, Allen and his son Ben's CharacterDevelopment are respectively given to Ryan Samuels and [[GenderFlip his daughter Lizzie]].
** Dr. Stevens from the comics was split into Dr. Stevens, a {{Gender Flip}}ped InNameOnly character, and Milton Mamet, his more direct counterpart.
** Much like Dale above, [[spoiler: Andrea dies, but unlike him, her comic counterpart is currently alive and well. Because of this, her characterizations were distributed to several characters; Carol becomes the group's resident badass sniper and LadyOfWar, Sasha picks up her character arc in Season 5 (the Fear the Hunters arc where Dale was supposed to die), and her best friend Michonne picks up her role as Rick's female [[TheLancer Lancer]], [[TheConfidant confidant]], and his SecondLove]].
** While Alice is physically AdaptedOut, her important character traits were distributed to both Andrea (as the wry Woodbury {{Elite Mook|s}}) and Milton (as the one who's interested in studying walkers). Since both have comic counterparts [[note]] Milton is basically a {{Gender Flip}}ped Dr. Stevens, who appeared as anInNameOnly character in the show. In turn, this also makes them another example of this trope. [[/note]], this makes her both a Decomposite ''and'' CompositeCharacter.
** The three Marauders in the comics became seven in the show. Since all of them were NamedByTheAdaptation, it's hard to determine if they really underwent this trope or the additional four are {{Canon Foreigner}}s.
** Ron Anderson from the comics was split into the brothers [[InNameOnly Ron]] (older) and Sam (younger). The older was given AdaptationalVillainy and becomes a nemesis to Carl, while the younger was given the character arc from the comics.
** A large number of the character traits of the Alexandria residents were split into ([[CompositeCharacter sometimes combined with]]) different characters.
* The ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' series has not two, but outright three characters that share traits with the [[Film/{{Westworld}} original film]]'s antagonist, the android known as The Gunslinger (played by Yul Brynner).
** Hector Escaton is the closest in terms of function. He's a tough, black-clad bandit, whose main purpose is to serve as an antagonist for guests interested in foiling the robberies he pulls off in Sweetwater and elsewhere. The Gunslinger's main role was challenging and provoking guests into gunfights with him.
** The Man in Black, who wears clothing highly reminiscent of the Gunslinger's outfit (a grey shirt, black hat, black waistcoat, black pants and black shoes) and shows signs of the macabre joviality exhibited by the Gunslinger at certain points in the film. [[spoiler:All the more strange, because he's actually ''a human guest'' who's grown obsessed with Westworld. He has a dark past intertwined with the park, and learning who he was and how he became who he is forms one of the main mysteries in the first season. The Man in Black also comes across Hector at least once, making this a case of decomposite characters meeting.]]
** Finally, also [[spoiler:''Dolores''. A Cavalry variant of the [[CoolGun Colt Single Action Army]], the sidearm of the Gunslinger in the film, is intertwined with the dark secrets of her past. It becomes her sidearm during her adventures, and once she (re)gains full consciousness and learns of her past, she continues to use it as the vengeful leader of a robot uprising against humans. Fittingly enough, it's ''her'', rather than the Man in Black, who exhibits the Gunslinger's signature steely-eyed, stoic DeathGlare. Dolores and the Man in Black [[FromNobodyToNightmare gradually develop]] from seemingly heroic characters (in their past) to some of the main antagonists of the series (in the present), all the while reflecting different aspects of the 70s film's antagonist they're inspired by]].
* ''Series/TheWire'': The RealLife Avon Barksdale's life of crime was so long and eventful that the writers had trouble fitting it all in. As such, many of the traits and acts perpetrated during his years as a juvenile offender were transferred to Bodie instead.
* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': On ''The Big Bang Theory'', Billy Sparks was mentioned as Sheldon's childhood bully. However, on this show, Billy is much more good-natured, whereas his sister Bobbi is the one who bullies Sheldon.
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* ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}}'':
** Jagul, the {{Evil Sorcere|r}}ss from ''Series/JuukouBFighter'' who created [[EvilTwin Black Beet]], was used [[ShesAManInJapan as the male monster]] Hypnomaniac in ''Big Bad Beetleborgs''. Her [[OneWingedAngel ultimate form]] was later used as the separate monster, Borgslayer. Her role as [[DubNameChange Shadowborg's]] creator was given to Vexor.
** Similarly, Mother Melzard (the BigBad of ''Series/BFighterKabuto'') was divided into multiple roles in ''Beetleborgs Metallix''. Her role as overall leader of the villains was taken by Nukus, while her first form was used as the Monster Mother (first appearing as a fictional character in Les Fortunes' "Brainsucker Comics", and later appearing in the real world as a creation of Dr. Frankenbeans). Her ultimate form of Jadow Mothera became Repgillian, the last monster faced in the series.
* ''Series/TheBoys2019'':
** CorruptCorporateExecutive James Stillwell in the [[ComicBook/TheBoys original comic]] was split into Madelyn Stillwell who had his surname, and Stan Edgar who kept his [[DissonantSerenity personality]] and status.
** In the comic, Joseph Vogelbaum was a former Nazi who invented the SuperSerum and defected to the Allies. In the show there's Joseph Vogelbaum who created Homelander, and Frederick Vought who invented the serum before that [[AdaptationalVillainy and was a loyal Nazi]].
* On ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' both Xander and Angel have characteristics in common with Pike, a character from [[Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer the movie]].
* On ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'':
** Salem's role and backstory from the [[Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch 90s sitcom]] was split into two characters, Salem the cat, and Ambrose Spellman, Sabrina's cousin. Ambrose takes on Salem's role as Sabrina's confidant, and his background as a warlock being punished for breaking the rules of the magic world. Salem the actual cat has been downgraded from a warlock to a goblin who has taken the role of a {{familiar}}.
** Sabrina typically had one best friend in addition to her romance with Harvey. The series gives her two in Rosalind and Susie, each giving them qualities from her various friends in the sitcom and AnimatedAdaptation. Rosalind is a SoapboxSadie like Jenny (and technically Roxie from the college seasons) and [[spoiler: develops supernatural powers]] like Dreama. Susie is unpopular and awkward like Valerie, and androgynous like Pi from the animated series. Both girls eventually become [[spoiler: Sabrina's SecretKeeper]] like Chloe from the animated series.
** Sabrina's AlphaBitch rival in the sitcom was Libby, and Gem in the animated series. Here she now has to contend with a trio of evil witches called the Weird Sisters. While Libby and Gem had a GirlPosse, the Weird Sisters are more developed characters.
* Naomi Misora does not appear in the ''Series/DeathNote'' live-action drama, but her role in the plot is split between two other characters. Her role as Raye Penber's fiancee is given to a CanonForeigner named Cathy Campbell, while Shoko Himura ([[spoiler:AKA [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Halle Lidner]]]]) looks a lot like Naomi and has her background as a former FBI agent and L's ally.
* In ''Series/Dracula2020'', [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Abraham Van Helsing]] is split into two different characters, [[spoiler:Agatha and Zoe]].
* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'':
** This series has a CompositeCharacter who combines Irene Adler with Moriarty. But all of Moriarty's traditional characteristics were given to another character who took over Moriarty's criminal empire in her absence. This character, who is a professor, is someone the audience would recognize as Prof. James Moriarty in all but name.
** The BigBad of the final season, Odin Reichenbach, also has Moriarty elements; his name is a reference to Reichenbach Falls, he mentions his field of study was mathematics, and [[spoiler: Sherlock uses their final encounter to fake his death, leading to the series' version of the Great Hiatus]].
** In many versions Mycroft Holmes has the ability to pull strings and work behind the scene in politics to get things done, almost to the point of secretly running the world. In this series those qualities are given to Sherlock's father, Morland Holmes.
** The first season episode "M" introduced Sebastian Moran as a mercenary working for Moriarty. The GrandFinale, "Their Last Bow" is partly based on Colonel Moran's only appearance in the books, and splits his role between two characters: [[spoiler: Herman Zielenko is the card cheat who played with Ronald Adair, while Ellory from the season 6 episode "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" is the Moriarty lieutenant who killed him]].
* ''Series/FateTheWinxSaga'' the {{live action adaptation}} of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'':
** Terra effectively fills the same role in the show as the Winx fairy with Earth Magic, which Flora had in the original cartoon. However Flora is implied to exist in this continuity, as Terra mentions she has a cousin with that name.
** Sam takes over the role of love interest to Musa that Riven had in the cartoon, despite Riven also being a character on the show.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': Allegra Garcia has AdaptationalHeroism, introduced as a nonviolent criminal who quickly undergoes a HeelFaceTurn. Her ruthless and murderous comic book counterpart is closer to series-Allegra's cousin, Esperanza, who doesn't exist in the comics (although she's named after Allegra's adopted mother).
* Though ''Series/GameOfThrones'' usually goes the CompositeCharacter route, it has a few examples of this.
** Xaro Xhoan Daxos seems to have been split between the series Xaro, who was also given a RaceLift and became an AdaptationalBadass, and The Spice King, a TV-exclusive character who has the book Xaro's appearance and AmbiguouslyGay mannerisms.
** Likewise, Reek from the books has his traits split between [[spoiler:Ramsay Snow, his secret identity in the books after the real one was killed, known simply as "the boy" prior to TheReveal]] and Dagmer, an Ironborn who acts as Theon's NumberTwo when they invade Winterfell [[spoiler:who eventually betrays him]].
** Theon's lowborn bedmate Kyra is replaced by Ros in Season 1, Osha in "The Old Gods and the New", and Tansy in "The Lion and the Rose".
** Donal Noye's roles setting Jon straight when he first comes to Castle Black, leading the defense of Castle Black, and holding the gate against Mag the Mighty are divided between Tyrion, Alliser Thorne, and Grenn respectively.
** A Greyjoy mook handles the hounds during Theon's hunt in "A Man Without Honor" instead of Farlen the kennelmaster (who was shown standing up to Theon's occupation in "The Old Gods and the New").
* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'':
** The series's approach to [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] was to introduce a veritable smorgasbord of characters with his various personality traits, any of whom could potentially become him, including at least one who hints at a GenderFlip, to keep everyone guessing.
*** In the first episode we see a stammering comedian in Fish's nightclub, whose features are always hidden by a purple spotlight. This references (one of) Joker's origin(s) from ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke''.
*** Later on, we meet the Red Hood Gang, yet another ''Killing Joke'' reference; since anyone who wears the Hood seems to be infected by the same persona, this emphasizes that virtually anyone could become the Clown Prince.
*** Jerome Valeska is a homicidal, grinning lunatic with a menacing laugh, making him a very obvious and probable candidate... but he dies in his second appearance. [[spoiler: After he's resurrected in Season 3, his horrifying, stitched-on face is a reference to the nigh-supernatural serial killer Joker from the New 52 comics.]]\\\
[[spoiler: Jerome's brother Jeremiah is initially introduced as a GoodCounterpart, although Jerome himself disputes this. In any case, after his FaceHeelTurn he takes on more of the classical Joker appearance and his assistant Echo becomes distinctly Harley-like. He's also got more of the Joker's scientific ability.]]
** Jerome's legions of fans seem to be inspired by the Jokerz from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' (or several comparable groups from the comics). However, a point is made that any of them could eventually be Joker as well.
*** Sonny Gilzean takes an instant disliking to Bruce, whom he beats down while giggling hysterically, and the word Bruce chooses to insult him with is "clown".
*** Clyde the Fence is also a disturbingly cheerful guy and his henchmen wear logos that resemble Harley Quinn.
** ''Gotham'' does this as well with Sal Maroni by [[spoiler:subjecting him to a type 2 of DeathByAdaptation, killing him off before Bruce Wayne ever becomes Batman, meaning that someone else will take his role as the man who makes Harvey Dent Two-Face]].
* In the ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' take on ''Literature/PeterPan'', which has the Lost Boys as a group of homeless Wesen kids who kidnap women to be their mother, there are three Wendys: the previous "mother", who dies in the first scene and is actually named Wendy; Rosalee, who they kidnap to replace her; and their "sister" Lily (despite being named after Tiger Lily), an ill girl the boys attempt to treat with a vague understanding of how herbal tea works.
* A French MadeForTVMovie distant adaptation of Creator/AgathaChristie's ''[[Literature/HerculePoirot Hercule Poirot's Christmas]]'' split the [[spoiler:illegitimate son]] killer into two characters and introduced one early, to keep a bit of mystery for those who had read the original material.
* In ''Series/TheHollowCrown'', the Duke of Aumerle in ''Richard II'' and the Duke of York in ''Henry V'' are based on the same historical character, but are portrayed on screen as quite different people.
* ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS'''s Christina and Rachel are decomposites of the original series' Penny. Penny is the personal assistant and lover of Roger O'Neill, Peter Russo's original series counterpart, as is Christina to Russo. In the original series, Francis Urquhart pressures O'Neill into getting Penny to sleep with the Foreign Secretary. In the US series, Frank Underwood undertakes a similar gambit (to a different end), but as his target is Russo himself, it wouldn't have made sense to use Christina, and so the prostitute Rachel serves this purpose instead.
* In the MadeForTVMovie ''[[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 The Incredible Hulk Returns]]'' [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]] appears; but instead of Don Blake [[SharingABody turning into Thor]], Blake and Thor are separate characters. Blake calls upon Odin while holding Thor's warhammer and Thor magically appears. Presumably in the spinoff series that never happened, [[WunzaPlot one's a doctor, one's a Norse God and they fight crime]].
* In ''ComicBook/JupitersLegacy'', Blackstar was a villain that required both the Union and several other superheroes to defeat him in a fight that happened in the first issue. The same battle is featured in the first episode of [[Series/JupitersLegacy the tv adaptation]], climaxing with Brandon killing Blackstar, only for it to later be revealed as a clone with the real Blackstar still locked up in the Supermax prison.
* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
** Originally, in ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX'', General Jark assumed a OneWingedAngel form named Jark Midler. In ''Series/MaskedRider'', Jark Midler becomes Dregonator, an evil(er) clone of Count Dregon, to the point that both characters appear together in original footage.
** In ''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight'', we have Kit as Dragon Knight (aka Ryuki, main Rider Shinji's shiny suit in the original ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' version) until his disloyal alternate self takes over after his DisneyDeath. After his return, Kit becomes Onyx (aka Ryuga, evil alternate Shinji's shiny suit.) However, we first saw Onyx in a dream of Kit's involving him taking Xaviax's lure. This means Dragon Knight is a composite of Ryuki and Ryuga, but Onyx is splitting Ryuga into two guys. So this is a [[PlayingWithATrope composite and decomposed character]].
** Since Kotaro Minami is the only Franchise/KamenRider to star in two different shows (''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' and ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX''), team-ups and anniversary specials usually split him into two separate characters. For instance, ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' used dimension-hopping to have Kotaro team up with a MirrorUniverse version of himself who never adopted the Black RX identity, allowing both Riders to appear simultaneously.
* ''Series/TheKilling'': In ''Series/{{Forbrydelsen}}'', the Season 1 killer is [[spoiler:Vagn, Theis's best friend]] and a sadistic serial killer who is suspected via a significant photograph to have been killing for decades. Maybe. While this character is in the remake, as a sad-sack loner, but [[spoiler:isn't the killer.]] The sexual sadism, unfound victims, and significant photograph are given to the Season 3 BigBad, the Pied Piper.
* ''Series/LoisAndClark'':
** Winslow Schott appears in one episode, but he doesn't use the codename "Toyman". It's instead used by a villain of a later episode.
** In the comics, the Prankster is Oswald Loomis. In this series, the Prankster is Kyle Griffin. Randall Loomis is introduced as a suspect.
** In the comics, Lex Luthor the Second is the original Lex Luthor using a new body to cheat death and posing as his own son to keep running [=LexCorp=]. In this series, Lex Junior is really his son.
* ''Series/Merlin2008'':
** The sorceress who Merlin taught in mythology had many names, the most popular of which were Nimue and Vivian. In the series, Nimueh is the antagonist of the first season while Vivian is the mother of Morgana and Morgause. There's also [[OneSteveLimit another Vivian]] -- this one a princess who is a potential suitor for Arthur.
** In some myths, Nimue/Vivian is also the Lady of the Lake. In the series the Lady of the Lake is an unrelated character called Freya.
* ''Series/{{Nikita}}'' does this with its main character, creating a new character, Alex, in order to simultaneously tell the traditional ''Film/{{Nikita}}'' story of the woman who is kidnapped by a government organization and made into an assassin, and the story of what happens after that woman escapes and turns against her former masters. Alex is the rookie assassin working inside the organization, while Nikita herself is the veteran one fighting against it.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime'':
** ''Once Upon a Time'' is more known for its {{composite character}}s, however it decomposites Literature/PeterPan into three characters: [[spoiler: Rumpelstiltskin cut off Hook's hand and doubles as the crocodile, his son Baelfire wound up in Kensington Gardens and befriended the Darling family, and his father Malcolm became the actual Peter Pan]]. The Shadow is also a separate entity from Pan that actually originates in Neverland.
** In season 4, an interesting case happens: it features Elsa from ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', who was based on the titular character from the novel ''Literature/TheSnowQueen''. However, the Snow Queen of the novel also appears, as Elsa's aunt.
** Ursula. Her role as an antagonist for [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]] is given to Regina when she impersonates the goddess Ursula, while her actual backstory is a lot like Ariel's.
** Briar Rose is Aurora's mother, and Maleficent tried the Sleeping Beauty curse twice, both of which have different aspects of [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty the animated version]]. It was Briar Rose's prince who Maleficent threatened in dragon form, but Aurora's prince is called Philip. (GeniusBonus: In the Perrault tale, Aurore is the daughter of the unnamed Sleeping Beauty.)
** Within Arthurian mythology, Nimue is often the Lady of the Lake as well. In the show Nimue was Merlin's former lover, and the first Dark One. The Lady of the Lake is Lancelot's mother.
** In the soft reboot Season 7, Tiana from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' isn't the [[ForcedTransformation amphibianised]] true love of Robert, Literature/TheFrogPrince (because [[spoiler: Robert and his true love are actually frogs, and Robert was transformed into a human]]). Naveen appears as a separate character from Robert as well.
* ''Series/TheOrville'', befitting it's nature as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' and the three series set during the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' era, takes the Klingon species and splits their role in Star Trek into two separate species.
** The Krill hold the 1960's Cold War metaphor of "deadly enemy right next door" element.
** The Moclan take the ProudWarriorRaceGuy aspect, as well as the ''Series/DeepSpaceNine'' side where the Klingon Empire is an ally to the Federation.
* The Franchise/PowerRangers franchise provide many examples:
** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
*** The normal version of ''[[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]]'''s [[MonsterOfTheWeek Dora Franke]] became FrankensteinsMonster, while his second and third forms Zombie Franke and Satan Franke became two different forms of the same character, Mutitus.
*** Dai Satan's role in split as his Sentai footage goes to Lokar, who's another lackey of Rita, and CanonForeigner Lord Zedd taking over Dai Satan's role as Rita/Witch Bandora's boss. Franchise-wide, while Zedd also has Emperor Gorma XV's role as the boss of the ''Dairanger'' monsters, the Gorma costume was used for ''Wild Force''[='=]s Master Org.
*** Col. Shadam, [[spoiler:the true BigBad]] of ''Dairanger'', also had his role taken by Lord Zedd, while his masked form became Mondo the Magician.
*** The normal form of Dairanger's Kabuki Novice became Bookala and [[EvilTwin Evil Bookala]], while his machine form became a separate MonsterOfTheWeek, Weldo.
*** The third season initially had the Power Rangers use the robots from ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'', but not the actual Sentai costumes. Instead, the ''Kakuranger'' costumes would be worn by the Aquitar Rangers during the ''Mighty Morphin' Alien Rangers'' mini-series.
*** While Zordon is a mush-up of [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Barza the Wizard, Daizyuzin]], [[Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger Master Kaku]], [[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger Sandayū Momochi]], [[Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger Chief Naoyuki Miura]], [[Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger Dappu]], and [[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger Professor Kubota]], Daizyuzin's sentai footage was used for the original Megazord and Zordon ends up sharing the roles of Dappu and Kubota with [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Dimitria]] and [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Andros]] respectively.
** ''[[Series/PowerRangersZeo Zeo]]'': Prince Buldont of ''[[Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger Ohranger]]'', who [[PlotRelevantAgeUp later grew into an older form]], Kaiser Buldont, became the brothers Prince Sprocket (younger) and Prince Gasket (older).
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' famously put most of the Rangers [[PutOnABus On A Bus]] partway through the series, and then replaced them with a group of new characters. This meant that four of the five core heroes from ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' were split into two counterparts each: Kyousuke/Red Racer into Tommy and T.J., Youko/Pink Racer into Kat and Cassie, Minoru/Green Racer into Adam and Carlos, and Natsumi/Yellow Racer into Tanya and Ashley.
** The conversion of ''[[Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman Gingaman]]'' to ''[[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]]''.
*** The BigBad Captain Zahab was split off into Scorpius and his more direct counterpart, Captain Mutiny.
*** Sanbash, the first enemy general, had his role taken by Furio, who was portrayed by the costume of [[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger Dr. Hinelar's]] final form. Sanbash's costume, not available at the time, was later used for a new character named Villamax.
*** Illies, the third enemy general, was adapted late into the season as filler villain Hexuba. Her successful plot against her predecessor, Budoh, was used by Trakeena, who otherwise filled Steerwoman Shelinda's role.
*** [[spoiler: In ''Gingaman'', Saya is the only Pink Ranger during its run. Since Kendrix "[[DisneyDeath dies]]" during the middle of the show, a reformed [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Karone]] took her place from then on.]]
** In the conversion of [[Series/RescueSentaiGoGoFive GoGoFive]] to [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue]], Dr. Mondo Tatsumi (TeamDad, creator of the team's technology) was split into Captain Mitchell and Dr. Fairweather.
** Twice when converting ''[[Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger Timeranger]]'' to ''[[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force]]''. The costume of BigBad Don Dolnero was used for comic relief character Gluto, and the BigBad with some of Dolnero's role was original-design Ransik. Meanwhile, the Rangers' commanding officer Captain Ryuya was split into Captain Logan and, more directly, Alex.
** ''[[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Ninja Storm's]]'' Motodrone: he's based off the adult form of ''[[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Manmaruba]]'', while Eyezak, a MonsterOfTheWeek he used, is actually Manmaruba's OneWingedAngel form.
** ''[[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]'': Due to Trent turning good far sooner than [[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger Mikoto]] did, Abare Killer's remaining stint as a bad guy was fulfilled by a White Ranger clone.
*** Dezumozorlya, the BigBad of Abaranger, is replaced by Mesogog as the main villain, but all four of its forms are used seperately:
*** Dezumorijewel: Fridgia, a MonsterOfTheWeek.
*** Dezumovoorla: An unnamed MonsterOfTheWeek.
*** Dezumogevirus: Zeltrax's megazord.
*** Dezumovangelus: Zeltrax's powered up form.
** ''[[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'': Long, the ultimate BigBad of [[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]], was split into Dai Shi (inheriting his BigBad status and OneWingedAngel form) and General Scorch (inheriting his Phantom Beast form and TreacherousAdvisor status). Dai Shi possesses Jarod so in a way Long's Power Ranger counterpart is also Jarod who is also Rio's counterpart.
** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'':
*** New Sorrowful Knight Icerondo became lawyer-themed Scumlaw, while his cloak-and-mask disguised form became music-themed Conductro.
*** In Kyoryuger, [[TheMentor Torin]] is Kyoryu Silver, who passes his powers to Dantetsu Kiryu after allowing the latter [[spoiler:to kill him]]. In Dino Charge, Keeper is TheMentor while Torin's design and Silver Ranger role was used for Zenowing. Meanwhile, Dantetsu's counterpart James Navarro becomes the Aqua Ranger instead.
*** Chaos keeps the BigBad role of Kyoryuger until his SealedEvilInACan boss appears in the closing two or three episodes. Dino Charge gives the BigBad role to Sledge (leading the villains that were Chaos's in sentai), Heckyl and Snide (taking over after Sledge's death [[spoiler: which doesn't stick]]), and then Sledge's [[spoiler: superior, Lord Arcanon, who has Chaos's appearance and two later-appearing generals, eventually ousting Heckyl and Snide and running the existing crew as well]], and finally [[spoiler: back to Sledge, once he returns and uses an ArtifactOfDoom to take back his crew and wipe out Arcanon's.]]
** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'':
*** [[Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger Ninninger's]] [[TheDragon Kyuemon Izayoi]] was used design-wise as Madame Odious; [[ShesAManInJapan her]] role of [[MakeMyMonsterGrow up-sizing the monsters]] and summoning the [[GiantMook Giant Mooks]] fell to Cosmo Royale, whose costume is a HeadSwap of [[Series/ResshaSentaiToQger the previous Sentai's]] Baron Nero.
*** ''Ninninger's'' first MonsterOfTheWeek, {{Youkai}} Kamaitachi, appeared as two identical monsters in ''Ninja Steel'', Ripperrat and Trapsaw.
** In the [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger first]] [[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger two]] Dinosaur-themed [[Franchise/SuperSentai Sentai]] series, the SixthRanger would be evil. However, when the third Dinosaur themed sentai, ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'', aired, it ended up splitting the character into two -- while the team still did get a SixthRanger, Kyoryu Gold, who represented the two at their most heroic, the villainous aspects went to a movie-exclusive ranger, Deathryuger.
* ''Series/{{Reacher}}'':
** Dawson Kliner isn't in the book and has some but not all of his cousin KJ's personality traits and [[spoiler:role as the head of the hit squad and the man who kicked Joe's dead body]].
** In the book, the corrupt guard Spivey is also responsible for moving Reacher and Hubble back to the general population of the prison after his effort to get them killed fails (while seeking to cover up his crime). In the show, a second (seemingly honest) guard does that.
* The titular hero from ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'' was originally written to be the same Ultraman from the [[Series/{{Ultraman}} 1966 series]], but due to mixed reception, a {{retcon}} was introduced in Episode 18 that established him to be a separate Ultrabeing. In 1984 he was officially dubbed Ultraman Jack to distinguish from the original Ultraman.
* ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'' accounts for the diverse/contradictory characterizations of RobinHood through a combination of this trope and SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute. The initial Robin on the show, Robin of Loxley, covers the "oppressed Saxons fighting against the Normans"/traditional English myth part of the story, and after this death, he is replaced by Robert of Huntington, who fits the characterization of Robin Hood as a nobleman of Norman ancestry who sympathizes with and defends the poor.
* The 1979 ''Literature/SalemsLot'' mini-series gives much of Kurt Barlow's dialogue to [[TheRenfield Straker]], since this version of Barlow is TheSpeechless.
* Raphael Santiago's role in [[spoiler:Simon's vampirism]] in ''Literature/CityOfAshes'' is largely given to Camille Belcourt on ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' despite Raphael still existing as a separate character.
* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' is another Sherlock Holmes adaptation that spreads Professor Moriarty around a bit (arguably because all ''good'' Sherlock Holmes enemies seem a bit like Moriarty).
** The most obvious: Jim Moriarty. Sherlock's intellectual equal, but puts his efforts into pulling off crimes, and his rivalry with Holmes culminates in the series' equivalent of the Reichenbach incident. He is (or poses as) a children's show host, a reference to the literary Moriarty's day job as a teacher.
** Charles Augustus Magnussen, although based on a character from another Holmes story, has a bit of Moriarty in him. He is "the Napoleon" of his own special kind of crime but enjoys an unassailable position. John Watson had never heard of him and had no evidence of his crimes in his debut episode. His appearance also cleaves a bit closer to the description in the books.
** Eurus [[spoiler: Holmes]] as well, to a degree. She knew the aforementioned Jim personally and "introduces" herself with viral ads hinting that he's returned.
** More puzzlingly, Sherlock's mother has the literary Moriarty's mathematics career and has written a book with "The Dynamics of" in the title. She's not a criminal mastermind or anything, so far as we know, so it's more a MythologyGag than anything.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
** When the creators made the controversial decision to [[DeathByAdaptation kill off]] [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] in the Season 8 finale, they performed a last second {{Retcon}} that established that "Jimmy" had actually been named Henry James Olsen, and that the ''real'' Jimmy (the one who would later grow up to be a Daily Planet employee and Superman's pal) was actually his little brother.
** There were also two separate, completely unrelated versions of Professor Hamilton from the comics. The first was a middle-aged African-American scientist, while the second was a young, AmbiguouslyBrown guy who joined the cast in the later seasons.
* When ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' was adapted into ''Series/{{Sons of Anarchy}}'', Ophelia was split into Tara, the old flame of the Hamlet-analogue, and Opie, the son of the Polonius-analogue who is the Hamlet-analogue's best friend and has a name based on Ophelia's. Interestingly, this also makes Opie a {{composite character}} since he also fills Horatio's role.
* In ''Series/SpartacusWarOfTheDamned'', the historical German RebelLeader Castus was divided into two characters; Agron, who took most of his characterizations sans name, and Castus, an InNameOnly character who is instead the SixthRanger to Spartacus' LaResistance. Ultimately, the latter [[DoomedByCanon suffered his namesake's fate]] ([[DeathByAdaptation albeit a little early]]), while the former was SparedByTheAdaptation.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
** A common complaint about Captain Kirk from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' was that he is the worlds worst captain, always leaving his post to go down to planets to risk his life and meet alien women. So when it came time for ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', the part was split between Captain Picard the Patriarchal [[TheLeader Leader]] who stood on the Bridge, made decisions, and gave [[PatrickStewartSpeech passionate speeches]], and Commander Riker, who went down on mission and had Swashbuckling Adventures and macked on Alien Women.
** Data, Worf, and Troi all share Spock's persona from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. Data is the emotionless logical thinker, Worf is the token alien who's sometimes torn between his loyalties to his Federation comrades and his own people, and Troi is the HalfHumanHybrid who often bickers with their same-sex/alien parent.
* ''Series/SupermanAndLois'': Superman's son from the comics, Jonathan Samuel Kent, is split into fraternal twins Jon and Jordan -- Jordan has the dark hair and powers, while Jon has much of [[TheAllAmericanBoy his comic-book counterpart's personality]]. Jordan overlaps with CanonForeigner.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Aspects of Myth/{{Lilith}}, the mythological mother of all demons, were given to two separate characters. In the show, Lilith is the first demon, the very first human corrupted by the Archangel Lucifer. Much later, we're introduced to Eve, the so-called "Mother of All Monsters," as she is the ancestor of all monsters in the series. She would have been called "Lilith," but [[OneSteveLimit that name was already taken]].
* ''Series/TinMan'':
** There are two characters who correspond to the Great and Powerful Oz in ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. The Mystic Man is the humbug wizard and former ruler of the Central City, and [[spoiler:DG's father Ahamo]] is the guy with the hot air balloon and former co-ruler of the Outer Zone.
** Likewise, there are two characters who fill the role of the Wicked Witch. There's Azkadellia, a psychopathic sorceress who pursues the heroes in search of a magical MacGuffin, and [[spoiler: the original Wicked Witch]], a withered old woman with a soul of pure evil. Although it turns out that [[spoiler: Azkadellia is actually ''possessed'' by the spirit of the original Wicked Witch. The real Azkadellia is kind and pure of heart]].
* ''Series/UtopiaUS'': Milner and Dr Christie. In ''Series/{{Utopia}}'', [[spoiler:Dr Christie's closest counterpart -- Letts -- was a RedHerring for Mr Rabbit, while Milner is Mr Rabbit]]. However, in this version, Dr Christie is [[spoiler:Mr Rabbit, not Milner. However, Milner is still a traitor who's working with Mr Rabbit and captures Jessica Hyde, but Christie also survives the end of Season 1]].
* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'':
** Due to debuting much later than his comic counterpart, the role of Tyreese in the first two seasons was distributed to three different characters, namely; T-Dog (his CaptainErsatz), Shane (for his role as TheLancer and the LoveTriangle gone bad storyline) and Daryl (for his relationship with Carol [[spoiler: and later TheLancer after Shane's death]]). It's also worth noting that [[spoiler: Hershel Greene suffered his death in the comics [[SparedByTheAdaptation instead of him]]]].
** Speaking of which, a lot of Dale's characteristics as TeamDad and serving as a voice of reason to Rick were instead given to Hershel [[spoiler: due to Dale dying much earlier in the show than he did in the comic. Once Hershel himself finally dies (timely, this time), Bob picks up the remaining slack and suffers Dale's fate]].
** Hershel Greene only has one late wife in the comics. Here, he had two, with some of their children [[ZigZaggingTrope remixing]] their character relations to either of the late wives (those who weren't AdaptedOut, at least).
** Due to being InNameOnly characters, Allen and his son Ben's CharacterDevelopment are respectively given to Ryan Samuels and [[GenderFlip his daughter Lizzie]].
** Dr. Stevens from the comics was split into Dr. Stevens, a {{Gender Flip}}ped InNameOnly character, and Milton Mamet, his more direct counterpart.
** Much like Dale above, [[spoiler: Andrea dies, but unlike him, her comic counterpart is currently alive and well. Because of this, her characterizations were distributed to several characters; Carol becomes the group's resident badass sniper and LadyOfWar, Sasha picks up her character arc in Season 5 (the Fear the Hunters arc where Dale was supposed to die), and her best friend Michonne picks up her role as Rick's female [[TheLancer Lancer]], [[TheConfidant confidant]], and his SecondLove]].
** While Alice is physically AdaptedOut, her important character traits were distributed to both Andrea (as the wry Woodbury {{Elite Mook|s}}) and Milton (as the one who's interested in studying walkers). Since both have comic counterparts [[note]] Milton is basically a {{Gender Flip}}ped Dr. Stevens, who appeared as anInNameOnly character in the show. In turn, this also makes them another example of this trope. [[/note]], this makes her both a Decomposite ''and'' CompositeCharacter.
** The three Marauders in the comics became seven in the show. Since all of them were NamedByTheAdaptation, it's hard to determine if they really underwent this trope or the additional four are {{Canon Foreigner}}s.
** Ron Anderson from the comics was split into the brothers [[InNameOnly Ron]] (older) and Sam (younger). The older was given AdaptationalVillainy and becomes a nemesis to Carl, while the younger was given the character arc from the comics.
** A large number of the character traits of the Alexandria residents were split into ([[CompositeCharacter sometimes combined with]]) different characters.
* The ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' series has not two, but outright three characters that share traits with the [[Film/{{Westworld}} original film]]'s antagonist, the android known as The Gunslinger (played by Yul Brynner).
** Hector Escaton is the closest in terms of function. He's a tough, black-clad bandit, whose main purpose is to serve as an antagonist for guests interested in foiling the robberies he pulls off in Sweetwater and elsewhere. The Gunslinger's main role was challenging and provoking guests into gunfights with him.
** The Man in Black, who wears clothing highly reminiscent of the Gunslinger's outfit (a grey shirt, black hat, black waistcoat, black pants and black shoes) and shows signs of the macabre joviality exhibited by the Gunslinger at certain points in the film. [[spoiler:All the more strange, because he's actually ''a human guest'' who's grown obsessed with Westworld. He has a dark past intertwined with the park, and learning who he was and how he became who he is forms one of the main mysteries in the first season. The Man in Black also comes across Hector at least once, making this a case of decomposite characters meeting.]]
** Finally, also [[spoiler:''Dolores''. A Cavalry variant of the [[CoolGun Colt Single Action Army]], the sidearm of the Gunslinger in the film, is intertwined with the dark secrets of her past. It becomes her sidearm during her adventures, and once she (re)gains full consciousness and learns of her past, she continues to use it as the vengeful leader of a robot uprising against humans. Fittingly enough, it's ''her'', rather than the Man in Black, who exhibits the Gunslinger's signature steely-eyed, stoic DeathGlare. Dolores and the Man in Black [[FromNobodyToNightmare gradually develop]] from seemingly heroic characters (in their past) to some of the main antagonists of the series (in the present), all the while reflecting different aspects of the 70s film's antagonist they're inspired by]].
* ''Series/TheWire'': The RealLife Avon Barksdale's life of crime was so long and eventful that the writers had trouble fitting it all in. As such, many of the traits and acts perpetrated during his years as a juvenile offender were transferred to Bodie instead.
* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': On ''The Big Bang Theory'', Billy Sparks was mentioned as Sheldon's childhood bully. However, on this show, Billy is much more good-natured, whereas his sister Bobbi is the one who bullies Sheldon.
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