History PlayingWith / AdaptationalHeroism

* '''Justified''': Due to the changes in the story Bob's StartOfDarkness never happens and he remiansa good guy.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob was an evil psycho in the original, but the adaptation makes him [[AllLovingHero practically a saint]].

* '''Justified''':
** The adapters have to simplify, expand on, or change the story to make it into a movie, and Bob's motives and AntiHero tendencies are too complex to be filmed.
** Bob is combined with the more sympathetic Carl. The resulting CompositeCharacter has Bob's name, appearance, and mannerisms, but Carl's heroic personality.
** The book had a good idea but was poorly written, making Bob look ineffectual, boring and unrealistic. The movie polishes up the book's rough edges, including Bob's role as the hero.
** Bob is a FlatCharacter as a villain, and the adaptation gives him more sympathetic motives or qualities to give him more character depth.
** Bob was given a HeelFaceTurn in the original source material so he was rewritten in a positive light in the adaptation.

** Bob was given a HeelFaceTurn in the original adaptation so he was rewritten in a positive light in the adaptation.

** AdaptationalNiceGuy.

** Bob was originally a hero, but an unfriendly one, and the adaptation makes him nicer.

** AdaptationalNiceGuy

** AdaptationalVillainy

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** Bob, originally an outright {{Jerkass}}, becomes a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in TheFilmOfTheBook.

* '''Lampshaded''': Random Bystander: "Wasn't he supposed to be a bad guy?".

* '''Downplayed''': Bob is almost the same character in TheFilmOfTheBook that he was in the original story, but he gets a few added PetTheDog moments.

** Bob, originally an AntiHero, becomes a HeroProtagonist in the adaptation.

* '''Discussed''': Comic Book Alice: "Hey, did you hear? [[BreakingTheFourthWall There's gonna be a movie adaptation of this comic]]!" Comic Book Bob: "Oh, Goddammit! [[TemptingFate I really hope they don't invent some crap about me being nice or something]]."

* '''Conversed''': ???

** Bob is [[DarknessInducedApathy too unlikable to be a sympathetic hero]], and the adaptation gives him likable qualities so that the audience can emotionally invest in him.

** Bob is too unlikable to be a sympathetic hero, and the adaptation gives him likable qualities so that the audience can emotionally invest in him.

* '''Enforced''': The original source had only anti-heroes, or followed BlackAndGreyMorality. The adaptation is trying to be LighterAndSofter, making it more clear who the hero is.

* '''Parodied''': Bob's motives for being a {{Jerkass}} is that he hates being a comic book character and always wanted to star in a movie. Now that he is a movie character, he has little reason to be a jerk.

* '''Parodied''': In order to participate in the movie adaptation, comic book Bob is contractually-obliged to come up with a tragic, sympathetic backstory or motive that redeems him to an extent (which might be inserted in the movie whether he likes it or not), a list of his more pleasant qualities (which also might be inserted into the movie whether he likes it or not) and a [[MoralityPet pet animal or little brother/sister]] [[PetTheDog for him to show some affection to]] (which will definitely be inserted into the movie whether he likes it or not).

* '''Parodied''': In order to participate in a movie adaptation, comic book villains are contractually-obliged to come up with a tragic, sympathetic backstory that redeems them to an extent.

* '''Parodied''': Comic book villains are contractually-obliged to come up with a tragic backstory that makes them look sympathetic in order to appear in the movie.

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': Random Background Character while seeing Bob doing something heroic: "Wasn't he supposed to be a bad guy?".

* '''Parodied''': Other characters still haven't got used to Bob's sudden heroism and start panicking or attacking Bob whenever he enters the scene.

* '''Parodied''': Other characters still haven't got used to Bob's sudden heroism and start panicking or attacking Bob whenever he enters the scene, only to suddenly remember that he's a good guy now.

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': Random Background Character while seeing Bob [[PetTheDog petting a dog]]: "Wasn't he supposed to be a bad guy?".

* '''Discussed''': Comic Book Alice: "Hey, did you hear? [[BreakingTheFourthWall There's gonna be a movie adaptation of this comic]]!" Comic Book Bob: "Oh, Goddammit! [[TemptingFate I really hope they don't invent some crap about me being nice or something]].".

* '''Discussed''': Comic Book Alice: "Hey, did you hear? [[BreakingTheFourthWall There's gonna be a movie adaptation of this comic]]!" Comic Book Bob: "[[TemptingFate I really hope they don't invent some crap about me being nice or something."]].

* '''Discussed''': Comic Book Alice: "Hey, did you hear? [[BreakingTheFourthWall There's gonna be a movie adaptation of this comic]]!" Comic Book Bob: "[[TemptingFate: I really hope they don't invent some crap about me being nice or something."]].