History Main / AdaptationNameChange

** The minigame Shell Shocked returns from both ''VideoGame/MarioParty2'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarioPartyTheTop100 The Top 100]]'', but is now called "Tread Carefully".
** Just like in ''Top 100'', the minigame Mush Pit is a remake of a minigame from ''VideoGame/MarioParty3'' originally known as Toadstool Titan.
** The minigame Money Belt from ''VideoGame/MarioParty6'' returns under the new name of "X-Ray Payday" to avoid confusion with the similarly named "Money Belts" from ''VideoGame/MarioParty4'', which also appears in this game.
** The main menu takes place at Village Square, the town that also served as the main menu of ''VideoGame/MarioParty1'', which was originally called Mushroom Village.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ToddMcFarlanesSpawn'', Chapel from ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}}'' was renamed Jess Chapel. In the comics, his real name is Bruce Stinson, with "Chapel" merely serving as his superhero CodeName.

* ''Film/SecondhandLions'': In the musical, [[TheLostLenore Jasmine]] is renamed Samira.

* To reflect a change in background and personality in the character, Del Cottonwood from ''VideoGame/Shadowgate64TrialsOfTheFourTowers'' has been renamed Del Thornburrow in the new version of ''[[VideoGame/BeyondShadowgate2023 Beyond Shadowgate]]''.

* ''WebOriginal/{{FNAFNG}}'': [[AdaptationNameChange/{{FNAFNG}} Has its own page]].

*** A dub example: Elite Four member Lorelei, whose [[DubNameChange name was already dubbed to begin with]], was changed to Prima in the [=4Kids=] dub.

** The ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' Pokedex Holders are based on game protagonists and rivals but most are named after the games. So we have "Sapphire" instead of "May", "Black" instead of "Hilbert", "Y" (short for "Yvonne" in [[DubNameChange translations]]) instead of "Serena", etc.

* In the AnimatedAdaptation of ''LightNovel/TheFruitOfEvolution'', the name of the leader of Telbert's Adventurer's Guild is changed from the novel's "Gatthur Krut" to "Guscle Clute".

* To reflect a change in background and personality in the character, Del Cottonwood from ''VideoGame/Shadowgate64TrialsOfTheFourTowers'' has been renamed Del Thornburrow in the new version of ''Beyond Shadowgate''.

* To reflect a change in background and personality in the character, Del Cottonwood from ''VideoGame/{{Shadowgate}} 64: Trials of the Four Towers'' has been renamed Del Thornburrow in the new version of ''Beyond Shadowgate''.

* The cartoon adaptation of ''ComicBook/MonsterAllergy'' changes Patty and [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Tatty]]'s names to [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Pattie]] and Mattie, respectively. Also the way the name of the race of monsters with detachable body parts is spelled was changed from Sgnakuz to Snyakutz, in order to make the pronounciation more easy to foreign people.

This is also very common in [[ForeignRemake foreign adaptations,]] where names are changed to either reflect the local culture or to give the show its own identity. It may also accompany a RaceLift, AdaptationalNationality change, GenderFlip, or AdaptationalGenderIdentity; with a character's name reflecting their new ethnicity or gender ([[GenderBlenderName usually]]).

* In ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'', based very loosely on Vera Chapman's retelling of the legend of Lynette and Gareth, ''The King's Damosel'', Lynette becomes Kayley and the {{composite|Character}} of Gareth and Chapman's OriginalCharacter Lucius becomes Garrett.

** ''Literature/ThePositronicMan'': While [[AdaptationExpansion expanding]] from "Literature/TheBicentennialMan", some of the names change, although they're supposed to represent the same characters. George Martin is called George Charney here, keeping his father's last name instead of his mother's. This has a direct effect on the Feingold law firm, which becomes Feingold and Charney instead of Feingold and Martin. When meeting representatives of US Robots for the first time, robopsychologist Merton Mansky is replaced by robopsychologist Merwin Mansky.

* In the ''Literature/{{MASH}} sequel novels, written ''after'' [[Series/{{MASH}} the TV show]], "Radar" O'Reilly, previously NamedByTheAdaptation as Walter Eugene O'Reilly, is instead named J. Robespierre O'Reilly.

* ''Theatre/LaNona'': Some UsefulNotes/{{Peru}}vian takes on the play change Chicho's name to Tito due to the former name's resemblance to a slang word that means tits.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'': In the Braodway musical, the trolls are called "Hidden Folk" in the [[Theatre/Frozen2018 theatrical adaptation]].
* When ''Theatre/{{Grease}}'' went from Chicago to Broadway, Danny's second-in-command went from being called "Miller" to "Kenickie" (while the original greaser that had the latter name was cut). This change stuck with all later adaptations, to the point where the ''original'' "Kenickie" was in turn renamed "Miller" with 40th anniversary revival of the Chicago version.
* In TheMusical of ''Film/ICanGetItForYouWholesale'', Teddy Ast is renamed Teddy Asch.

* In ''Theatre/JekyllAndHyde'', Jekyll's fiancee was originally named Lisa Carew, but then renamed to Emma Carew. There have been so many changes and updates made to the show that new productions alternate between the two names depending on which version they're following.
* ''Theatre/LaNona'': Some UsefulNotes/{{Peru}}vian takes on the play change Chicho's name to Tito due to the former name's resemblance to a slang word that means tits.

* Seymour's last name in ''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors'' is "Krelboyne," the sadistic dentist's name is "Dr. Phoebus Farb," and the killer plant is named "Audrey Jr". ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'' changes those names to "Krelborn," "Dr. Orin Scrivello," and "Audrey II".
* In Mozart's ''Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro'', most of the characters' names are simply given Italian forms in place of their French forms from the original play: Suzanne becomes Susanna, Chérubin becomes Cherubino, etc. But two characters get full name changes: Fanchette becomes Barbarina and the judge Don Guzman becomes Don Curzio. Figaro's [[spoiler:birth name, revealed in Act III,]] is also changed from Emmanuel to Raffaello.
* In ''Theatre/TheMatchmaker'', Dolly tries to divert Horace from his marriage plans by inventing on the spot a young woman named Ernestina who's in love with him; when he asks her surname, Dolly doesn't have time to be creative so she claims the young woman's name is Simple and covers it by saying she's "like her name: simple, domestic, practical". The musical adaptation, ''Theatre/HelloDolly'', is a bit more cynical about what Horace finds attractive in a woman, and in this version the young lady's name is said to be Ernestina Money.
* TheMusical of ''Film/MeanGirls'' changes Janis Ian's surname to Sarkisian.

* ''Theatre/TheMostHappyFella'' has an odd example in the heroine, who is called Rosabella until the final scene, when she reveals that her real name is Amy. In the original play, ''Theatre/TheyKnewWhatTheyWanted'', Amy was never renamed Rosabella or anything else.
* In the play adapted from ''Literature/NativeSon'', Bigger's girlfriend Bessie is renamed Clara, and the circumstances of her death are changed.
* In most productions of ''Theatre/TheNutcracker,'' the protagonist changed from Marie to Clara (and, due to AdaptationDisplacement, stayed that way in pretty much every other adaptation of the story). That's a bit fo a MythologyGag, since Marie had a doll named Clara in [[Literature/TheNutcrackerAndTheMouseKing the book]]. Some productions, like George Balanchine's famous version for the New York City Ballet, do change her name back to Marie, though. Interestingly, the ballet's co-creator, Marius Petipa, had a daughter named Marie who was a famous dancer herself; some suggest that the change was to make clear that she wasn't playing the lead[[note]](though funnily enough, she ''did'' marry the Nutcracker's actor)[[/note]].

* In the musical of ''Film/SecondhandLions'', [[TheLostLenore Jasmine]] was renamed Samira.
* The ''Film/SisterAct'' musical changed Deloris Van Cartier to being a stage name with her original name now being Doris Wilson. Her gangster ex-boyfriend Vince has been renamed Curtis.

* ''Theatre/StarlightExpress'' re-named Hashamoto to Nintendo for the "new" West End production in 1994. In the 2012 UK tour, Ashley the Smoking Car was renamed to Duvay the Sleeper because smoking cars are no longer common on trains. Apart from a slight change of lyrics to reflect her new function, the character is the same.
* Three examples from the ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'' trilogy:

* ''Theatre/LaTraviata'', adapted from ''La dame aux camelias'' (itself a RomanAClef), changes the name of every character: just to name the three leads, Marguerite Gautier becomes Violetta Valéry, Armand Duval becomes Alfredo Germont, and his father Monsieur Duval becomes Giorgio Germont. English- and French-language productions will occasionally change the names back, though.

* The stage adaptation of ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'' changes General [=MacArthur=]'s name to General [=MacKenzie=], because at the time of the play's release in 1943, the real-life General Douglas [=MacArthur=] was an important figure in the Allied forces of WWII.
* In ''Theatre/AnnieGetYourGun'', Annie has three little sisters named Jessie, Nellie, and Minnie and a little brother named Jake, and she mentions three other sisters named Sal, Lou, and Rose. In real life, her six sisters were named Mary Jane, Lidia, Elizabeth, Sarah Ellen, Catherine (who died in infancy) and Hulda, and her brother was named John. Their surname is also portrayed as "Oakley," when really it was "Mosey" (or "Moses") – "Oakley" was just Annie's stage name.
* In TheMusical version of ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', Princess Joanna has been renamed "Princess Mary." (On the cast album, she is "Sarah.")
* In the opera ''Theatre/BillyBudd'', the HMS Bellipotent of the book becomes the Indomitable, which was its name in the novel's early drafts.
* ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'', based on the ''Berlin Stories'' by Christopher Isherwood, changes the main character's name from [[AuthorAvatar Isherwood himself]] to Cliff Bradshaw.
* ''Theatre/{{Carousel}}'' changed the name of most of the characters of ''Film/{{Liliom}}'' along with the setting. Julie (who merely acquired the last name Jordan) and her daughter Louise got to keep their original names, but Liliom became Billy Bigelow, Mrs. Muskat became Mrs. Mullin, Ficsur/"The Sparrow" became Jigger and the BetaCouple of Marie and Wolf Berkowitz became Carrie and Enoch Snow.

* The play adapted from ''Literature/DarknessAtNoon'' changes the name of Arlova (Rubashov's doomed secretary) to Luba Loschenko.
* In the various versions of ''Don Juan'', while the title character's name has been consistent (apart from localizations by country: e.g. "Don Giovanni" in Italy), most of the other stock characters have had different names in different retellings. For example, the Don's comic servant is called Catalinón in the original play ''El Burlador de Sevilla,'' Sganarelle in Creator/{{Moliere}}'s ''Dom Juan'', Pasquariello in Giuseppe Gazzaniga's opera ''Don Giovanni Tenorino'', and most famously, Leporello in Mozart's opera ''Theatre/DonGiovanni.''
* In the 1920s stage adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Dracula|1924}}'', Mina Weston is the equivalent of the novel's Lucy Westenra, while Lucy Seward is the equivalent of the novel's Mina Murray.
* The trolls from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' are called "Hidden Folk" in the [[Theatre/Frozen2018 theatrical adaptation]].

* ''Theatre/LaTraviata'', adapted from ''La dame aux camelias'' (itself a RomanAClef), changes the name of every character: just to name the three leads, Marguerite Gautier becomes Violetta Valéry, Armand Duval becomes Alfredo Germont, and his father Monsieur Duval becomes Giorgio Germont. English- and French-language productions will occasionally change the names back, though.

* Princess Jasmine in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' was named "Badroulbadour" in the original tale. Interestingly, Disney was [[OlderThanTheyThink not the first]] to use that name. Aladdin's princess was first called "Jasmine" in an 1952 film called ''Aladdin And His Lamp''.

* Mrs. Frisby to Mrs. Brisby in ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'', due to [[WritingAroundTrademarks the Frisbee (the toy)'s name being copyrighted.]]

* When Amy Rose originally appeared in the Japanese ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' [[Manga/SonicTheHedgehog Shogakukan manga]], she did not have a surname and her name was also occasionally spelled as "Eimy" (she even wears a blouse with the letter "E" on it in the first issue). Her name was standardized when she appeared in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'' the following year. She was also given the nickname "Rosy the Rascal", which did not last long.

** The son of ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} and ComicBook/{{Mera}} has his name changed from Arthur, Jr. to Artur.

** In the 2019 graphic novel ''Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy'', in which the Marches are a blended family living in modern-day Brooklyn, Meg is short for Megan instead of Margaret, and Mrs. March is also renamed from Margaret to Maddie. (Since she's [[RelatedDifferentlyInAdaptation Meg's stepmother]] in this version, it wouldn't make sense for Meg to be named after her.)

* In ''Literature/LittleWomen'', Jo and Beth's [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname nicknames]] are short for "Josephine" and "Elizabeth." In Bethany C. Morrow's YA retelling ''So Many Beginnings'', which re-envisions the Marches as a black family living in the Freedpeople's Colony of Roanoke Island, their full names are "Joanna" and "Bethlehem," while Amy's name becomes a nickname for "Amethyst."
** And in the 2019 graphic novel ''Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy'', in which the Marches are a blended family living in modern-day Brooklyn, Meg is short for Megan instead of Margaret.