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* The Creator/{{Dark Horse|Comics}} adaptation of ''Film/TheEvilDead'' ends with [[AllJustADream Ash waking up in the car]] with Linda as they approach the cabin. Addressing that the BroadStrokes ''Film/EvilDead2'' retconned Ash's friends away but kept his girlfriend, Linda.

* ''Theatre/EvilDeadTheMusical'' is ''Film/TheEvilDead'' and ''Film/EvilDead2'' if they both happened in the same night, plus a couple of the iconic lines from ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness''. Ash goes to the cabin with a gang of his friends like in the first movie but bar his girlfriend Linda, they were removed from the BroadStrokes sequel. Then the cabin owner's daughter shows up thinking Ash killed her parents like in the second movie.

* The first half of the second season of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' is pretty closely based on ''Comicbook/SecretInvasion'', but the specific plot point of a Skrull taking the appearance of Captain America because everyone listens to Captain America, only for the real Cap to force him to revert to Skrull form in the middle of a press conference, seems to be inspired by the Sensational Hydra's plan in Creator/MarkWaid's ''Comicbook/CaptainAmerica''.

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainLaserhawkABloodDragonRemix'': While the main inspiration is clearly ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'', the series pulls in elements from a wide range of Ubisoft titles including ''Franchise/WatchDogs'', ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'', ''VideoGame/BeyondGoodAndEvil'', and even ''Franchise/{{Rayman}}''.

** The movie amalgamates the "Mario saves Princess Peach from Bowser" ExcusePlot from the [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 first game]] with other games' plot points - Bowser wanting to marry Peach (''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''), Mario fighting Donkey Kong (''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''), and him having worked for Foreman Spike (''VideoGame/WreckingCrew''), among others.

* ''Film/FiveNightsAtFreddys2023'' is based primarily on ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys1'', with Mike Schmidt being the protagonist and the animatronics using that game's designs, but the restaurant is named Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place, as in ''VideoGame/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator'', and the murderer (who is only mentioned in passing in the first game's hidden newspaper stories) appears as drawn from subsequent entries (he first appears in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'', wears the Spring Bonnie suit as in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'', and is named William Afton, as in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'').

** Season 3 of ''Series/Daredevil2015'' is heavily based on Creator/FrankMiller's "[[ComicBook/DaredevilBornAgain Born Again]]" storyline (the Kingpin systematically destroying Matt Murdock's life, including using an impostor to frame Daredevil for violent crimes, implicating Matt in corruption and having him driven into a river in a stolen cab), but also borrows elements from "Guardian Devil" (Matt confronting Sister Maggie after learning she's his mother, and a fateful showdown between Daredevil and Bullseye in a church [[spoiler: that leaves one of Matt's allies dead]]) and "Out" (the Kingpin cutting a deal with the FBI in order to get released from prison).
** ''Series/WandaVision'' is based off from ''ComicBook/TheVisionAndTheScarletWitch'' (focus on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Wanda and Vision's relationship]], Wanda meeting a male family member, Wanda giving birth to her twins), [[ComicBook/TheVision2015 Vision's 2015-2016 run]] (where he and his family lives in a StepfordSuburbia, and a dog in the family is named Sparky), and ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' (Wanda going mad with her [[RealityWarper reality-warping powers]]).

* Due to hardware limitations, the Game Boy Advance version of Contra 3: The Alien Wars swaps the Mode-7 Top-Down sections with levels from Hard Corps.

** While mainly based on ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX'', six of the show's forty episodes included footage from the Kamen Rider films ''Film/KamenRiderZO'' and ''Film/KamenRiderJ'', adapting all but one villain (Garai/Cobra Man of ''Kamen Rider J'') from the two movies as [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters Of The Week]].
** ZO's footage was used in ''Escape From Edenoi'' parts 1 and 2 (with separate fight scenes for [[BigBad Doras]] and later a monster from Black RX) and ''Cat-Atomic'' (which again had two major fight scenes, one with the minor monster Koumori Man and one with a monster from Black RX).

* ''Film/FiveNightsAtFreddys2023'' is based primarily on ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys1'', with Mike Schmidt being the protagonist and the animatronics using that game's designs, but the restaurant is named Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place, as in ''VideoGame/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator'', and the murderer (who is only mentioned in passing in the first game's hidden newspaper stories) appears as drawn from subsequent entries (he first appears in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'', wears the Spring Bonnie suit as in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'', and is named William Afton, as in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'').

* ''Film/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' is based primarily on ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys1'', with Mike Schmidt being the protagonist and the animatronics using that game's designs, but the murderer (who is only mentioned in passing in the first game's hidden newspaper stories) appears as drawn from subsequent entries (he first appears in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'', wears the Spring Bonnie suit as in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'', and is named William Afton, as in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'').

* ''Theatre/ShrekTheMusical'' is otherwise based on the [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} first movie]] but it starts the same as the original book with Shrek's parents throwing him out of their house.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'': While the games have an original plotline, they incorporate elements of several story arcs and characterizations from the original comics, the [[Film/Batman1989 Bur]][[Film/BatmanReturns ton]]-[[Film/BatmanForever Schumacher]] and [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Nolan]] films, and the Franchise/{{DCAU}}.

A type of CrossOver. Also see CompositeCharacter, and BroadStrokes. Often crosses with DolledUpInstallment, but not always. May be a rare example of AdaptationDistillation and AdaptationExpansion at the same time. May take place [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace In Space]].

* In a case of WhatCouldHaveBeen, Creator/{{Disney}} originally planned on making a film that combined the stories of Literature/ReynardTheFox and Chanticleer the Rooster, but it was rejected, so they instead made a FunnyAnimal version in the 1970's that eventually became ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973''. The final version of ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'' is technically a combination of the Myth/RobinHood legends and the ''Literature/ReynardTheFox''/''Chanticleer'' movie Disney originally planned. Creator/DonBluth later created ''WesternAnimation/RockADoodle'' in the 1990's.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' combines aspects from the first two books in Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain. It follows the plot of the second book for the most part and uses its title, but uses the Horned King from the first book as the villain.

** All sorts of power-ups from the games, such as the Fire Flower, [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3 Tanuki Suit/Raccoon Suit]], and [[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii Ice Flowers]], among other things, are collected from the 30+ years of games that ''Mario'' has gotten.

* ''Film/RoboCop1987'': Screenwriter Edward Neumeier had written a screenplay about a robot that becomes a cop. When he met fellow writer Michael Miner it turned out that Miner was working on a screenplay about a human cop becoming a robot. They decided to combine the ideas and ''[=RoboCop=]'' was the result.

* ''WesternAnimation/MastersOfTheUniverseRevelation'' was marketed as a sequel to the 1983 ''[[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe]]'' but had some elements of the [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002 2002 reboot]] such as Prince Adam looking different from He-Man to help keep his secret identity and Robot being built by Man-At-Arms rather than coming from space.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'', a show heavy on comic book elements, reinterprets different comic storylines to fit its overarching plot.

* ''Fanfic/SonicGenerationsFriendshipIsTimeless'' combines elements and characters from not just pretty much all the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' games (even more so than [[VideoGame/SonicGenerations the original game]]), but also from all the Sonic cartoons released at that point, all the Sonic comics released at that point, ''Anime/SonicX'', and even ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed]]'' and the ''VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames'' games.

* ''VideoGame/{{Somari}}'', also a Chinese Famicom bootleg, puts [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]], using his ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' character design, in the game world of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''.

* ''Series/TheWatch'' uses elements of ''Literature/GuardsGuards'' and ''Literature/NightWatchDiscworld'', as well as other Watch novels.

** Season 3 of ''Series/{{Daredevil}}'' is heavily based on Creator/FrankMiller's "[[Comicbook/DaredevilBornAgain Born Again]]" storyline (Comicbook/TheKingpin systematically destroying Matt Murdock's life, including using an impostor to frame Daredevil for violent crimes, implicating Matt in corruption and having him driven into a river in a stolen cab), but also borrows elements from "Guardian Devil" (Matt confronting Sister Maggie after learning she's his mother, and a fateful showdown between Daredevil and Comicbook/{{Bullseye|Marvel Comics}} in a church [[spoiler: that leaves one of Matt's allies dead]]) and "Out" (the Kingpin cutting a deal with the FBI in order to get released from prison).

** ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'' pulls from Nick Spencer's ''ComicBook/{{Captain America|SamWilson}}'' run (namely [[ComicBook/TheFalcon Sam Wilson]] becoming the new Captain America and having to deal with the political minefield that comes with the legacy), but also draws heavily from Mark Gruenwald's 80s ''Captain America'' run, ([[ComicBook/USAgent John Walker]] being appointed by the government as the new Captain America and subsequently needing to be stopped after going insane from the pressure).
** The 2021 ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' miniseries is primarily based on Creator/MattFraction and David Aja's run of the ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye|2012}}'' comics. However, the show also features Echo from the ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' comics, and incorporates plot points from her introductory storyline.

* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'', Peter's universe combines elements from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', and the main comics, including Peter's divorce from MJ, [[Film/TheAvengersAgeOfUltron the Sokovia Incident]], ComicBook/KamalaKhan and Mister Sinister.

* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossingFlyMeToTheMoon'' combines multiple installments from both ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' and ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. Almost every character from the Animal Crossing franchise is set to appear (with the exception being the player character), while multiple Pokémon entries are referenced through the story.

* {{Anime}} example: The live-action film ''Film/GhostInTheShell2017'' uses elements of the [[Anime/GhostInTheShell 1995 animated film]] as well as the second season of ''[[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex Stand Alone Complex]]''.

* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossingFlyMeToTheMoon'' combines multiple installments from both Animal Crossing and Pokemon. Almost every character from Animal Crossing is set to appear (with the exception being the player character), while multiple Pokemon entries are referenced through the story.