History Main / AdaptationalJerkass

* ''Film/Dune2021'': Gurney in [[Literature/{{Dune}} the books]] was a hardass, but also had a well-developed sense of humor and a keen interest in art. The film's Gurney is far harsher and more brutal and only retains a small sliver of the book's WarriorPoet, with his interest in music gone and his tendency to joke and spout quotations at the drop of a hat severely curtailed. In ''Film/DunePartTwo'', he receives character development, and becomes more amiable over the course of the movie, bringing him more in line with his book version.

** A lot of adaptations will make Scrooge, or the story's expy, far more of a jackass before the ghost of Jacob Marley/a Marley expy and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come set him straight. [[WesternAnimation/AChristmasCarol2009 Jim Carrey's Scrooge]] stole the coins off Jacob's eyes at his wake; [[WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol Scrooge McDuck]] initially only gives Mickey Mouse half a day off for Christmas and docks his pay for it; and his greed pushes Daisy Duck away as opposed to Belle realizing Ebenezer's greed outweight his love for others long before he did; and [[Film/{{Scrooged}} Frank Cross]] is an outright CorruptCorporateExecutive yells at people who disagree with him, fires Eliot Loudermilk for pointing how how horrible an ad he came up with for the in-universe ''Christmas Carol'' adaptation he's producing was, and is overjoyed when he finds out said ad might've killed an old woman. Unfortunately, adaptations also have Scrooge's change of heart happen solely during the visit from the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, making it look like the change is out of self-preservation, whereas in the book, being shown his nephew Fred's joy during the holiday and Tiny Tim's plight by the Ghost of Christmas Present had already started Scrooge's HeelFaceTurn.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures'', there's nothing to suggest Link isn't his usual IdealHero self. In ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords2004'', he's much more arrogant and standoffish, and each copy of him sans Red follows suit in some way.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', King Bulblin is just a strong monster following orders from whoever he deems the strongest. His cruelty is more pronounced in ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess2016'', and he is an unapologetic [[TheSocialDarwinist darwinist]] to contrast Link's belief in always helping those in need.

** Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} is a misandrist (an infamous line is her calling a man a "sperm bank"), thinking all men outside of Superman as worthless, and she honestly wanted to kill Batman and head his head over to the authorities.

* ''WebAnimation/AngelartsVALetsPlayEarthbound'': In canon, Pokey is AmbiguouslyEvil at best, with many of his qualities being up to interpretation. Here, it's implied that he's a jerk to Ness and he even physically abuses his little brother Picky at some points.

* ''Film/Dune2021'': Gurney in [[Literature/{{Dune}} the books]] was a hardass, but also had a well-developed sense of humor and a keen interest in art. The film's Gurney is far harsher and more brutal and only retains a small sliver of the book's WarriorPoet, with his interest in music gone and his tendency to joke and spout quotations at the drop of a hat severely curtailed. In ''[[Film/DunePartTwo]]'', he receives character development, and becomes more amiable over the course of the movie, bringing him more in line with his book version.

* ''Film/Dune2021'': Gurney in [[Literature/{{Dune}} the books]] was a hardass, but also had a well-developed sense of humor and a keen interest in art. The film's Gurney is far harsher and more brutal and only retains a small sliver of the book's WarriorPoet, with his interest in music gone and his tendency to joke and spout quotations at the drop of a hat severely curtailed. In ''[[Film/DunePartTwo'', he receives character development, and becomes more amiable over the course of the movie, bringing him more in line with his book version.

* ''Film/Dune2021'': Gurney in [[Literature/{{Dune}} the books]] was a hardass, but also had a well-developed sense of humor and a keen interest in art. The film's Gurney is far harsher and more brutal and only retains a small sliver of the book's WarriorPoet, with his interest in music gone and his tendency to joke and spout quotations at the drop of a hat severely curtailed.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' cartoon, Cornelia is presented as more of a straight AlphaBitch than the LovableAlphaBitch she is in the ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'' comics. She's ruder and generally more aggressive. In the comics she is a BullyHunter but in the cartoon, prior to her CharacterDevelopment she was TheBully herself.

* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'': [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] was purely evil from the start, but his cruelty in the game overshadows his theatricality in the ''Injustice''-verse, making him [[HateSink even harder to root for]] in this game and [[VideoGame/Injustice2 its sequel]]. He's indirectly responsible for everything wrong with the ''Injustice'' universe [[ItWasHisSled by tricking Superman into killing his wife Lois Lane and]] [[DeadMansSwitch nuking Metropolis with a wire linked to Lois's heart]], resulting in years of misery for everyone. The heroes and villains in both games hate him for this reason [[EveryoneHasStandards or in general principle]], and [[EvenEvilHasStandards even his ex-moll Harley Quinn refuses to indulge with him]]. His jokes about mass murder, nihilism, and mocking his opponents' personal pain are also given attention to show how awful he is.

* ''Website/GoAnimate'': Practically everybody in the [[YouAreGrounded "grounded videos"]] that have a [[WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}} "Ba]][[WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer by]] [[WesternAnimation/LittleBill sh]][[WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} ow"]] character as the target could count (''especially'' Caillou and Dora), from the main character who goes from a likable guy and or girl to a sociopathic bully who wants to fuck everyone over to the [[AbusiveParents main character's parents that go from loving to hating their kids' guts]] to the [[SadistTeacher character's teacher that will punish their students for every minor thing.]]

* ''Anime/GhostStories'': The GagDub from Creator/ADVFilms gives the anime a drastic GenreShift from a serious horror story stuff into a RuderAndCruder [[BreakingTheFourthWall self-referential]] BlackComedy, with just about everyone becoming much more unpleasant to fit with the tone of the dub. The most notable example is Momoko Koigakubo, who was the kind-hearted TeamMom of the main group. In the dub, she was turned into TheFundamentalist who makes a lot of offensive comments about non-Christians (including Leo Kakinoki, who's Jewish in the dub) and gay people.

* ''Anime/KirattoPriChan'': Meganee Akai has been a very kind and generous person in all of her depictions in the ''VideoGame/PrettySeries'', but in ''Kiratto'', where she's a HotBlooded boss who complains to her assistant Yuzuru about anything, whether he has anything to do with it or not.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E47TheNightOfTheMeek Night of the Meek]]", Mr. Dundee is considerably more unpleasant than his officious counterpart from the original episode. In TheRemake, he berates an employee because a junior salesman accidentally sold the custom made fur coat that he intended to give his wife for Christmas and demands that both of them be in his office at 9 o'clock on Christmas Day. This version of Dundee clearly hates Christmas and sees it merely as an opportunity to make money. When another employee wishes him Merry Christmas, he pointedly says "Good night." As he leaves his store on Christmas Eve, he even kicks a tree. Most significantly, this Dundee is a racist. He comments that it would not surprise him in the least if Henderson, an African-American security guard, helped Henry Corwin to sneak the allegedly stolen merchandise out of his store. His expression and Henderson's reaction make it clear that it was intended as a racist remark.

** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasGreatBattleOfTheMermaidKing'' have a manga adaptation (the movie comes first) that does this to two of the series' recurring NiceGirl characters. Manga Shizuka is somehow depicted as naggy and over-controlling, insisting on scrubbing Princess Sophia (an alien mermaid who's a FishOutOfWater) while scolding her for "not knowing the concept of a bath" and saying "the aliens should be educated over cleanliness", never mind the fact that Sophia is obviously not of this world and her obliviousness could hardly be her fault. Meanwhile, Doraemon's sister Dorami is willing to help her brother on his research... but [[FoodAsBribe he needs to pay her twenty Melon Buns in exchange]]. In the anime Dorami willingly helps her brother out of goodwill.

** Gyro Gearloose (pictured above) in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' was a kindly, well-meaning, but inept BunglingInventor. Gyro in the reboot is a hot-headed, sarcastic InsufferableGenius who's [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced barging into a board meeting]] and shouting "Shut up, everyone, I've just done something brilliant!" [[spoiler:It's revealed that he became this because of a DarkAndTroubledPast.]]

** A lot of adaptations will make Scrooge, or the story's expy, far more of a jackass before the ghost of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come set him straight. [[WesternAnimation/AChristmasCarol2009 Jim Carrey's Scrooge]] stole the coins off Jacob's eyes at his wake; [[WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol Scrooge McDuck]] initially only gives Mickey Mouse half a day off for Christmas and docks his pay for it; and his greed pushes Daisy Duck away as opposed to Belle realizing Ebenezer's greed outweight his love for others long before he did; and [[Film/{{Scrooged}} Frank Cross]] is an outright CorruptCorporateExecutive yells at people who disagree with him, fires Eliot Loudermilk for pointing how how horrible an ad he came up with for the in-universe ''Christmas Carol'' adaptation he's producing was, and is overjoyed when he finds out said ad might've killed an old woman. Unfortunately, adaptations also have Scrooge's change of heart happen solely during the visit from the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, making it look like the change is out of self-preservation, whereas in the book, being shown his nephew Fred's joy during the holiday and Tiny Tim's plight by the Ghost of Christmas Present had already started Scrooge's HeelFaceTurn.

** ''Film/BatmanForever'': In the comics, [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two-Face]] was was more of a tragic AntiVillain with sympathetic qualities. This incarnation of Two-Face, while [[LaughablyEvil sillier and more comical]], is also arguably the nastiest version of the character. For starters, he lacks any of the sympathetic or tragic qualities he has in the comics, and he has plenty of KickTheDog moments, such as being responsible for the deaths of Robin's parents and brother.

** The Ghosts can also undergo this treatment. Frank Cross, for example, sees the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present react with their own upped jackassery, Past being a taxi cab driver who {{drives like crazy}}, and Present being [[TooKinkyToTorture a crazy sadomasochistic who enjoys Frank's threats of violence]], [[GroinAttack kicks him in the balls]], and ends her visit with a headbutt to Frank (itself in response to Frank attempting to choke her) and smacking him in the face with a toaster. The 2009 film saw the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come hound Scrooge by knocking him over, shrinking him for a bit, and chasing Scrooge while he was tiny and [=McDuck=]'s Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come was WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}, who ''delights'' in showing Scrooge the BadFuture, complete with emjoying Scrooge's reaction to his own grave and having an EvilLaugh at seeing Scrooge DraggedOffToHell before the old duck awakens.

** The Ghosts can also undergo this treatment. Frank Cross, for example, sees the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present react with their own upped jackassery, Past being a taxi cab driver who {{drives like crazy}}, and Present being [[TooKinkyToTorture a crazy sadomasochistic who enjoys Frank's threats of violence]], [[GroinAttack kicks him in the balls]], and ends her visit with a headbutt to Frank (itself in response to Frank attempting to choke her) and smacking him in the face with a toaster. The 2009 film saw the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come hound Scrooge by knocking him over, shrinking him for a bit, and chasing Scrooge while he was tiny and [=McDuck=]'s Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come was WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}, who ''delights'' in showing Scrooge the BadFuture, complete with Scrooge's grave and seeing him DraggedOffToHell before he awakens.

** The Ghosts can also undergo this treatment. Frank Cross, for example, sees the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present reacted with their own upped jackassery, Past being a taxi cab driver who {{drives like crazy}}, and Present being [[TooKinkyToTorture a crazy sadomasochistic who enjoys Frank's threats of violence]], [[GroinAttack kicks him in the balls]], and ends her visit with a headbutt to Frank (itself in response to Frank attempting to choke her) and smacking him in the face with a toaster. The 2009 film saw the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come hound Scrooge by knocking him over, shrinking him for a bit, and chasing Scrooge while he was tiny and [=McDuck=]'s Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come was WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}, who ''delights'' in showing Scrooge the BadFuture, complete with Scrooge's grave and seeing him DraggedOffToHell before he awakens.