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* Barbara Gordon receives a name change in ''BatmanAndRobin'' as she is now Alfred's niece

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} [=ThunderCats (2011)=]]]'' Jackalman and Monkian are renamed Kaynar and Addicus

* In Film/{{Transformers}} Spike Witwicky is renamed Sam Witwicky

* in the new [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thundercats]] series Jackalman and Monkian are renamed Kaynar and Addicus

* in the new [[WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011 Thundercats]] series Jackalman and Monkian are renamed Kaynar and Addicus

* in the new [[WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011]] series Jackalman and Monkian are renamed Kaynar and Addicus

* Barbara Gordon receives a name change in BatmanAndRobin as she is now Aalfred's niece

* In WesternAnimation/YoungJustice The Secret Society of Super Villains was called [[LightIsNotGood The Light]]

* In YoungJustice The Secret Society of Super Villains was called [[LightIsNotGood The Light]]

[[CaptainObvious This is when a character or group has a name change between adaptations.]] This can be their first name, last name or both.

* In ''Film/KickAss'', John Genovese is renamed Frank D'Amico.

* In ''SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', the Sinister Six was called the Insidious Six. FoxKids censors felt that the word ''sinister'' sounded too menacing for a children's program (even though another Fox Kids program, ''WesternAnimation/{{X-Men}}'', had Mister Sinister as a villain).

* Barbara Gordon receives a name change in BatmanAndRobin as she is nowAalfred's niece

[[CaptainObvious This is when a character has a name change between adaptations.]] This can be their first name, last name or both..

[[CaptainObvious This is when a character has a name change between adaptations.]] This can be their first name, last name or both.

This trope came to mind when I read the SuddenNameChange YKTTW entry, but that trope is about name changes in the same series.

You think of an adaptation but there is one problem: A character's or group's name in the original work sometimes can be offensive or silly. Sometimes the name just changes with no reason given.

You think of an adabtation but there is one problem the character or groups name sometimes can be offending or to silly. sometimes the name just change with no reason

* In The First Anime of {{Berserk}} Dante and Errol are renamed Dan and Earl

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* In SpiderManNoir The Green Goblin is just called the Goblin

* In Film/KickAss John Genovese is renamed Frank D'Amico
** Red Mist's civilian identity Chris Genovese is renamed Chris D'Amico

* In SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries the Sinister Six was called the Insidious Six. Fox Kids censors felt that the word sinister sounded too menacing for a children's program (even though another Fox Kids children's program, X-Men had Mister Sinister as a villain)
** Electro because the series did not want to interfere with the continuity of James Cameron's proposed Spider-Man movie in which the Sandman and Electro were supposed to be the villains. Although Sandman remained unseen in the series when Cameron's film fell through, Electro was belatedly introduced in the series' fifth season. Electro appears in the "Six Forgotten Warriors" storyline of season five, Here his name is Rheinholt Schmidt, instead of Max Dillon.
* In TheSpectacularSpiderMan Molten Man's civilian identity Mark Raxton is renamed Mark Allan

** Chris Genovese is renamed Chris D'Amico

In The First Anime of {{Berserk}} Dante and Errol are renamed Dan and Earl

* In TheSpectacularSpiderMan Molten Man's Secret Identity Mark Raxton is renamed Mark Allan