Fleshing out characters, by connecting them to other characters.
Has high overlap with Adaptation Deviation tropes because a large number of them deal with an adaptation of a character, compared with another version of that same character.
See also Characterization by Item.
Sub-Tropes and indexes:
Sub-indexes:
- Admiration Tropes
- Blame Tropes
- Duo Tropes
- Foil
- Love Tropes: Includes friendship too, not just romantic love.
- Organization Index
- Rivalry Tropes
- Adaptational Abomination: Character is made into an Eldritch Abominations in-adaptation.
- Adaptational Badass: Character who was a wimp in the source material is made much more competent in an adaptation.
- Adaptational Dumbass: Character who was of average intelligence at the very least in the source material is made much dumber in an adaptation.
- Adaptational Friendship: Two characters are made friends in an adaptation.
- Adaptational Heroism: Character who was a villain, or at least morally dark, made more noble by comparison.
- Adaptational Intelligence: Character who was previously not the brightest bulb in the source material is made much smarter in an adaptation.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Character who was nice becomes more of a jerk in an adaptation.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Character who was a Jerkass becomes nicer in an adaptation.
- Adaptational Nonsapience: Character who was smart enough to talk isn't in the adaptation.
- Adaptational Romance Downgrade: A romantic relationship from the original is downplayed or Adapted Out in the adaptation.
- Adaptational Villainy: Character who was heroic or at least morally gray in the source material is made more villainous in an adaptation.
- Adaptational Wimp: Character who was a competent fighter in the source material is made weaker in an adaptation.
- Adaptation Personality Change: Character has a different personality in an adaptation from the original medium.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: The relationship between two or more characters is changed in an adaptation.
- Always Know a Pilot: A pilot's skills prove useful or necessary during the course of an adventure.
- The Hecate Sisters: A trio of female archetypes: an alluring young maiden, a matronly mother, and a wise crone.
- Heinousness Retcon: A returning villain's crimes or personality are retconned to make them better/worse than originally established.
- Mutually Unequal Relation: Two or more characters have differing views of their relationships.
- "World's Best" Character: Someone who's the "best in the world" at something.
