Basic Trope: An adaptation makes many changes to a character, leaving it unregonizable from its original incarnation.
- Straight: In Alice Strikes Back our protagonist is a snarky anti-heroine in full body armor who differs greatly from the original show where she's a kind hearted girl in a simplistic superhero costume.
- Exaggerated: Alice goes from an Innocent superheroine to a cyber-goth-raptor.
- Downplayed: The only change done to Alice is her race.
- Justified:
- Alice Strikes Back takes place in a Alternate Universe.
- A lot has happened between the show and Alice Strikes Back.
- Inverted: Alice ends up closer to her original concept than her debut media.
- Subverted: Turns out This Alice isn't the original one, but instead a descendent of her.
- Double Subverted: However, she went through a personality change as well.
- Parodied: Alice gets a new haircut. But now, not even her own mother can recognize her.
- Zig-Zagged: Alice goes through a personality change, but it's only has her become more suspicious of others. Despite this, Bob is the only person who still recognizes her, and when she tries to go back to her old personality, he doesn't recognize her either.
- Averted: Alice's design and behaviour remains consistent trought the years.
- Enforced:
- The team behind Alice Strikes Back is unfamiliar with the source material.
- Alice needed to be redesign from scratch due to her original look and mannerisms being considered too "outdated" for today's viewers.
- The people behind the new version disliked Alice's original look and redesigned her into a form they'd like better.
- Lampshaded: "Hey Alice, you look... different. Did you got a new haircut?"
- Invoked: Alice grew up and decided to develop a new image, as she felt that her old one didn't match her current mindset.
- Exploited: After realizing that no one recognizes her anymore, she decides to start a new life with a new name.
- Defied: Alice starts to change her personality, but she stops herself before it could become permanent.
- Discussed: "It's strange how people can suddenly change between adventures. Let's hope everyone stayed the same."
- Conversed: "I just hope that the characters stay the same when they release the sequel."
Back to You Don't Look Like You
