Basic Trope: A deity or other mythological figure has an appearance differing from their usual depiction.
- Straight: Thor is a character in the work, but instead of being a large muscular man, Thor is portrayed as a short Asian woman.
- Exaggerated: The work is a Fantasy Kitchen Sink consisting of lots of different mythological figures, and they all differ from how they're typically portrayed.
- Downplayed:
- A character in the work is Anubis. Rather than being a man with a jackal's head, Anubis is portrayed as more of a Funny Animal jackal.
- Thor is still a tall muscular man, but has a minor Adaptation Dye-Job that gives him darker hair.
- Colour Blind Casting is in effect with gods who should be related being played by actors of differing ethnicities.
- Justified: In this world, mythology is somewhat different.
- Inverted: Daimyo Raiden looks very out of place as a muscular Nordic man as a general in Imperial Japanese army. He is later revealed to be the god Thor. His appearance matches the usual depiction but caused him to look massively out of place because of it.
- Subverted: A short asian woman is referred to as Thor and she calls herself the god of thunder. However she is actually just a channeler that Thor is speaking through.
- Double Subverted: Except when seen in the flesh Thor is actually a tall black woman.
- Parodied: The god Thor appears as a hispanic girl with tribal tattoos and an electric katana. When a mythology buff asks her what's going on, she claims, in complete seriousness, to be trying to appeal to a wider demographic.
- Zig-Zagged: Mythological figures in this work can shapeshift - sometimes their forms resemble their typical portrayals, but sometimes they don't.
- Averted:
- There are no mythological figures.
- Any mythological figures look how they're expected to.
- Enforced:
- To be different from other portrayals of mythological figures.
- The actor was chosen with Ability over Appearance in mind.
- Sometimes, this can be done to increase diversity.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "This movie portrays Thor as a short Asian lady - how interesting, I usually think of a big Norwegian guy when I think of Thor."
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