Basic Trope: A character with no romantic connection to another character in a work is upgraded to the latter's love interest in an adaptation of the work.
- Straight: In King of Tropes, Alice is a close friend to Bob, but nothing else. In The Movie of King of Tropes, however, Alice and Bob become an Official Couple.
- Exaggerated:
- Alice and Bob have never met in King of Tropes, but have an epic, fleshed out romance in The Movie.
- Alice and Bob are bitter arch-enemies in King of Tropes with no Foe Romance Subtext, while The Movie turns their enmity into Belligerent Sexual Tension.
- Downplayed:
- In King of Tropes, Alice has a lot of Ship Tease subtext with Bob to the point of being his Implied Love Interest. The Movie just goes with the subtext and makes it official.
- In King of Tropes, Alice and Bob are Platonic Life-Partners. The Movie gives them a lot of Ship Tease but doesn't outright hook them up.
- In The Movie, one of them has a crush on the other, but it's unrequited.
- In King of Tropes, Carol and Bob are the Official Couple while Alice is Bob's platonic friend. In The Movie, Carol and Bob are still the official couple, but Alice is made into a love rival who ultimately loses.
- In King of Tropes, Carol wins the Love Triangle between her and Alice for Bob's heart. In The Movie, Alice wins instead.
- Justified: The Movie expands much more on Alice and Bob's relationship, making it more plausible for them to end up together.
- Inverted: Adaptational Romance Downgrade — Alice is Bob's girlfriend in King of Tropes, but in The Movie, she's presented as just his friend.
- Subverted: There's more Ship Tease in The Movie of King of Tropes between Bob and Alice than there is in the original material, but near the end, they explicitly say that they only like each other as friends and their friends just got the wrong idea.
- Double Subverted: ...However, in the final five minutes, they change their minds and have a Last Minute Hook Up.
- Parodied:
- The Movie makes God and Satan, of all people, an Official Couple.
- The Movie pairs up Bob and Laurie. Laurie's from a different franchise.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: Alice and Bob's platonic relationship in King of Tropes is carried over directly to The Movie, with little to no alterations.
- Enforced:
- "We need to give Bob a love interest. Let's use Alice!"
- "The fans have unanimously agreed that these two should be together; let's give it to them."
- Lampshaded: "Wait, where's the Love Confession coming from? Weren't you guys Platonic Life-Partners five minutes ago?"
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: A Fan Fic writer points to The Movie to prove their Alice/Bob ship.
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Implied: The movie adds Ship Tease between Alice and Bob, and although it doesn't get confirmed on-screen, the movie ends with the possibility of Maybe Ever After.
Back to Promoted to Love Interest.
