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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is a human in the movie. She somehow still acts like a cat.

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Alice is a human in the movie. She somehow still acts like a cat.cat.
** The adaptation changes the species of all of the characters.



* '''Justified''': Alice was originally a rare species of lizard, so the producers of the movie decided to make her a snake for the sake of convenience.

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* '''Justified''': Alice was originally [[ForcedTransformation transformed into a rare species of lizard, so the producers of dog]] early in the movie decided to make her a snake for the sake of convenience. adaptation.



** Alice was originally a rare species of lizard, so the producers of the movie decided to make her a snake for the sake of convenience.



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* '''Conversed''': ???"Why is Alice a dog in the movie? I remember her being a cat in the original comics."
* '''Implied''': Alice still looks like a cat in the movie, but at times it's hinted that she might be a different breed of cat or even a different creature altogether.



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* '''Enforced''': The creators thought Alice would be more likable as a dog.

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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The creators thought Alice would be more likable as a dog.dog.
** The costuming department [[NoBudget couldn't afford the materials]] to make Alice [[SpecialEffectsFailure convincingly six legged]], so they gave her double pointed ears instead.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is a human in the movie.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is a human in the movie. She somehow still acts like a cat.
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** Alice was a Siamese cat in the comics. In the film adaptation, she's a Siberian cat.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character in an adaptation is a different species than they were in the source material.
* '''Straight''': In comic books, Bob has a cat named Alice. In the movie adaptation, she's a dog.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is a human in the movie.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Alice was an alien in the comics but is now human.
** Alice was originally human but is now a HalfHumanHybrid.
** Alice was originally an alien but is now a different species of alien.
* '''Justified''': Alice was originally a rare species of lizard, so the producers of the movie decided to make her a snake for the sake of convenience.
* '''Inverted''': Everything about Alice changes except her species.
* '''Subverted''': Bob frequently talks about his pet, Cat. Cat turns out to be a dog, just as she was in the source material.
* '''Double Subverted''': It turns out that Bob is just pet-sitting the dog. He actually does have a cat.
* '''Parodied''': Alice was a dog in the original. Now she's a horse [[AllAnimalsAreDogs with the mannerisms of a dog]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': There's a lot of animals in the franchise. In the movie, some undergo species changes to some degree, others don't.
* '''Averted''': Alice's species never changes.
* '''Enforced''': The creators thought Alice would be more likable as a dog.
* '''Lampshaded''': "In another story, you'd be the TeamPet."
* '''Invoked''': Alice, a human in the comics and initially in the movie, drinks a potion that will turn her into a dragon.
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