History Main / AdaptationalSkill

* ''Film/JurassicPark'': Lex is given Tim's hacking skills due to their ages being swapped, which come in handy [[ChekhovsSkill during the climax]].

* ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa'': Inverted in the adaptation of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap Minish Cap]]''. In the game, the villain Vaati was implied to be a MasterSwordsman who won the annual tournament fairly. In the manga, he cheats with his magic.

* Inverted in the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap''. In the game, the villain Vaati was implied to be a MasterSwordsman who won the annual tournament fairly. In the manga, he cheats with his magic.

* Zig-zagged with Chloe in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid''. In the ''Kanna's Daily Life'' spin-off, she's shown to have been learning Japanese since meeting Kanna, though she isn't completely fluent. In the anime, she hasn't had any time to learn Japanese (since her visit occurs only a few weeks after she and Kanna first met), but Tohru used a spell to put her on par with a native speaker.

** Vivi and Conis are learning to read the Ponoglyphs (the ancient and forbidden language from the void century) from Robin.

* Inverted with Shirogane in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar''. In the manga, he starts learning how to speak French after the embarassment of being the only one at the exchange party who couldn't. The anime skipped over the chapter showing this, so he presumably never did so.
* Zig-zagged with Chloe in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid''. In the ''Kanna's Daily Life'' spin-off, she's shown to have been learning Japanese since meeting Kanna, though she isn't completely fluent. In the anime, she hasn't had any time to learn Japanese (since her visit occurs only a few weeks after she and Kanna first met), but Tohru used a spell to put her on par with a native speaker.

** In ''Whipped'' (covered in Episode 10), Lily can use a tape recorder, which also counts as CharacterExaggeration since, in the show, she's only minorly a BrainyBaby.

* In ''Fanfic/ASagaOfParallelWorlds'', Creator/JenniferMorrison can read Japanese, which results in her having to review terrible Famicom-exclusive games such as VideoGame/HoshiWoMiruHito with the AVGN.
* A somewhat popular trend in ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' fanfics is the "Talentswap AU" in which the students' Ultimate Talents are all switched out amongst each other (eg. Makoto is now the Ultimate Swimmer, Kaede is now the Ultimate Inventor, etc.)

* In the ''Literature/{{Fletch}}'' book series, the titular character is plenty happy to give fake aliases and lie about his identity as part of his investigations, although he shows no skills in disguising himself - this actually comes to bite him in the ass at the end of ''Fletch and the Widow Bradley''. In the [[Film/{{Fletch}} movie adaptation]], however, Fletch is depicted as a MasterOfDisguise, being able to come up with all manners of accents and elaborate disguises to coax more out of his targets.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', characters that can't swim in their games of origin such as Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}, [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Charizard]], and [[Franchise/{{Splatoon}} Inkling]] are just as capable of swimming as any other character. This becomes downplayed in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' where these characters now receive constant damage whenever they are swimming.

-->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse Lincoln Loud]]''', on ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/mrtyedye/art/Fanfic-Peeking-Through-the-Fourth-Wall-Ep-1-712977264 Bunking In,]]'' ''Fanfic/PeekingThroughTheFourthWall''

* {{Justified}} in ''Fanfic/MoreThanEnemies''. Several developments steer Sakura to gain a different skillset from canon and much earlier. This includes:

* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', characters that can't swim in their games of origin such as VideoGame/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}, [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Charizard]], and [[Franchise/{{Splatoon}} Inkling]] are just as capable of swimming as any other character. This becomes downplayed in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' where these characters now receive constant damage whenever they are swimming.

** Oliver Queen displays some skill in computer hacking, something his comic counterpart cannot do. He is also much better at hand-to-hand combat and displays knowledge of firearms in one episode.
** The [[ComicBook/FirestormDCComics comic book version of Felicity Smoak]] was a business manager. In the show she is an OmnidisciplinaryScientist skilled in computer hacking, engineering, biochemistry and forensics. She also displayed some knowledge of dentistry in the episode "Resolution".

* ''Series/LukeCage2016'': In the live-action series, Luke is a trained military veteran and ex-cop, and is further trained in rudimentary combat while fighting in an underground prison ring. By the time he actually receives any superpowers, he is already a competent fighter capable of beating ordinary humans one-on-one. This contrasts with his [[ComicBook/LukeCage comic book version]], who learned how to fight in the streets and only received informal training much later on.

* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'': Envy is portrayed as being highly intelligent with good leadership and tactical skills, being TheDragon to [[spoiler:Dante]]. In the manga, for strategy they employ little more than [[ShapeshifterGuiltTrip guilt-tripping]] and have barely any ability to lead.

Inverted with Shirogane in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar''. In the manga, he starts learning how to speak French after the embarassment of being the only one at the exchange party who couldn't. The anime skipped over the chapter showing this, so he presumably never did so.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', characters that can't swim in their games of origin such as VideoGame/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}, [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Charizard]], and [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} Inkling]] are just as capable of swimming as any other character. This becomes downplayed in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' where these characters now receive constant damage whenever they are swimming.