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** The ''Jasmine: Wind-Borne'' side story, released in the gap between Seasons 5 and 6 of the webcomic, features several characters who only appear much later in the novel. These include Jasmine's ArchnemesisDad Trodius and her CoolAunt Hester, both of whom do not appear until the WarArc (Volumes 6 and 7). In addition, the end of the side story features a cameo from Lensa, [[spoiler:a former member of the Twin Horns whose death is pivotal to the backstory of Arthur's mother Alice and who only gets mentioned at the start of Volume 6 when Arthur's parents leave to rejoin the Twin Horns]].

* Due in large part to the fact that [[SequelDisplacement the second game was FAR more popular and financially successful than the first]], adaptations of the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' franchise almost always start with many of the {{Iconic Sequel Character}}s from ''Videogame/StreetFighterII'' (Chun-Li, Guile, M. Bison, Blanka, Zangief, Cammy, ect.) already in the mix. These include both [[Film/StreetFighter live-action]] [[Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi movies]], [[Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie the anime movie]], [[Anime/StreetFighterIIV the anime series]] and [[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter the American animated series]]. In fact, to date, there's never been any adaptation solely focused on the cast and story of the original ''[[Videogame/StreetFighter1 Street Fighter]]''.

* Due in large part to the fact that [[SequelDisplacement the second game was FAR more popular and financially successful than the first]], adaptations of the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' franchise almost always start with many of the {{Iconic Sequel Character}}s from ''Videogame/StreetFighterII'' (Chun-Li, Guile, M. Bison, Blanka, Zangief, Cammy, ect.) already in the mix. These include both [[Film/StreetFighter live-action]] [[Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi movies]], [[Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie the anime movie]], [[Anime/StreetFighterIIV the anime series]] and [[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter the American animated series]]. In fact, to date, there's never been any adaptation solely focused on the cast and story of the original ''[[Videogame/StreetFighter| Street Fighter]]''.

* Due in large part to the fact that [[SequelDisplacement the second game was FAR more popular and financially successful than the first]], adaptations of the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' franchise almost always start with many of the {{Iconic Sequel Character}}s from ''Videogame/StreetFighterII'' (Chun-Li, Guile, M. Bison, Blanka, Zangief, Cammy, ect.) already in the mix. These include both [[Film/StreetFighter live-action]] [[Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi movies]], [[Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie the anime movie]], [[Anime/StreetFighterIIV the anime series]] and [[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter the American animated series]]. In fact, to date, there's never been any adaptation solely focused on the cast and story of the original ''Videogame/StreetFighter''.

* Due in large part to the fact that [[SequelDisplacement the second game was FAR more popular and financially successful than the first]], adaptations of the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' franchise almost always start with many of the {{Iconic Sequel Character}}s from ''Videogame/StreetFighterII'' (Chun-Li, Guile, M. Bison, Blanka, Zangief, Cammy, ect.) already in the mix. These include both [[Film/StreetFighter live-action]] [[Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi movies]], [[Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie the anime movie]], [[Anime/StreetFighterIIV the anime series]] and [[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter the American animated series]]. In fact, to date, there's never been any adaptation solely focused on the cast and story of the original ''Videogame/Street Fighter''.

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* Due in large part to the fact that [[SequelDisplacement the second game was FAR more popular and financially successful than the first]], adaptations of the ''Videogame/StreetFighter'' franchise almost always start with many of the {{Iconic Sequel Character}}s from ''Videogame/StreetFighterII'' (Chun-Li, Guile, M. Bison, Blanka, Zangief, Cammy, ect.) already in the mix. These include both [[Film/StreetFighter1994 live-action]] [[Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi movies]], [[Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie the anime movie]], [[Anime/StreetFighterIIV the anime series]] and [[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter the American animated series]]. In fact, to date, there's never been any adaptation solely focused on the cast and story of the original ''Videogame/{{Street Fighter|1987}}''.

** [[spoiler:Cait Sith makes an early appearance arriving too late to stop the destruction of Sector 7.]] (Pedant's note - [[spoiler: Cait Sith]] technically appeared much earlier in the original, showing up in a room in the Honeybee Inn, but in a much more ambiguous scene that makes it hard to tell if it counts.)

** In the original novel, none of the Lances are named during the announcement of the Council. In the webcomic, each of the six Lances are introduced by name during the announcement, when in the novel they were only named in a scene covering the aftermath of [[spoiler:Alea's death]] (a scene which was AdaptedOut). This serves to give the audience an earlier introduction to the Lances, in particular Alea (the Lance [[spoiler:whom Arthur becomes the successor of during the War Arc]]) and Bairon (the brother of Arthur's nemesis Lucas Wykes, whose earlier introduction underscores how Arthur needs to be careful about having made an enemy of one of the most influential houses in Xyrus). In addition, an original scene has Arthur and Claire meeting those two Lances in person, as in the original novel Arthur does not meet Alea until [[spoiler:he finds her dying in Widow's Crypt]] and Bairon until [[spoiler:he gets arrested in the aftermath of the attack on Xyrus]].
** The ''Jasmine: Wind-Borne'' side story, released in the gap between Seasons 5 and 6 of the webcomic, features several characters who only appear much later in the novel. The most notable example is Jasmine's AbusiveParent Trodius, who does not appear until Volume 7 of the novel.

* A {{Downplayed}} example in the webcomic version of ''Literature/TheBeginningAfterTheEnd''. In the original novel, none of the Lances are named during the announcement of the Council. In the webcomic, each of the six Lances are introduced by name. This serves to give the audience an earlier introduction to the Lances, in particular Alea (the Lance [[spoiler:whom Arthur becomes the successor of during the War Arc]]) and Bairon (the brother of Arthur's nemesis Lucas Wykes, whose earlier introduction here serves to underscore how Arthur needs to be careful about having made an enemy of one of the most influential houses in Xyrus). In addition, an original scene in the webcomic has Arthur and his superior Claire meeting the aforementioned two Lances in person, as in the original novel Arthur does not meet Alea until [[spoiler:he finds her dying in Widow's Crypt]] and Bairon until [[spoiler:he gets arrested in the aftermath of the attack on Xyrus]].

* ''Animation/TheKingOfFightersDestiny'' has a bit of this due to being an AdaptationAmalgamation of ''Videogame/TheKingOfFighters94'' and the first ''Videogame/FatalFury'' game. Notably, Geese Howard and his henchman Billy Kane appear as antagonists despite not actually showing up as playable characters in the ''KOF'' series until ''[[Videogame/TheKingOfFighters '96]]'' and ''[[Videogame/TheKingOfFighters95 '95]]'', respectively.

* ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' has UsefulNotes/MarquisDeLafayette appear in the second song of the first act, "Aaron Burr, Sir", which takes place before UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution starts as part of Hamilton's ThreeAmigos alongside John Laurens and Hercules Mulligan. As anyone familiar with American History will know, Lafayette and the French did not get involved until after the American victory at Saratoga, which occurred much later in the war (Saratoga is mostly AdaptedOut save for being indirectly alluded to in Lafayette's song "Guns and Ships"). This also applies to Aaron Burr himself, as the earliest Hamilton and Burr would have met was at Valley Forge, which occurred after Saratoga (which is also AdaptedOut). Creator/LinManuelMiranda justifies this as him needing a quartet of characters that the audience could follow throughout the act. In Burr's case, it is to allow his and Hamilton's relationship as {{Foil}}[=s=] to better progress.