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** In the ''Interview with the Vampire'' novel, Armand's role starts in the second-half of the story, but in the TV adaptation, his opening scene is in the pilot (albeit in HumanDisguise as Rashid).
** Dr. Fareed Bhansali first appears in ''Prince Lestat'', the eleventh installment of ''Literature/TheVampireChronicles''. On the show, he's introduced in episode 6, which isn't yet halfway through ''IWTV'', the first book of the series.

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** In the ''Interview with the Vampire'' novel, Armand's role starts in the second-half of the story, but in the TV adaptation, his opening scene is in [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E1InThroesOfIncreasingWonder the pilot pilot]] (albeit in HumanDisguise as Rashid).
** Dr. Fareed Bhansali first appears in ''Prince Lestat'', the eleventh installment of ''Literature/TheVampireChronicles''. On the show, he's introduced in episode 6, "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod Like Angels Put in Hell by God]]", which isn't yet halfway through ''IWTV'', the first book of the series.series.
** Nicolas makes his debut in episode 10 (Season 2 covers the second-half of the first novel), which is half of a book earlier than expected. His literary counterpart's sole appearance is in ''The Vampire Lestat'', the second installment.
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* ''Series/Rebus2024'':
** DC Siobhan Clarke appears in the first episode. In the original novels, she's only introduced in the fifth book (''The Black Book''), six years into the series.
** Gangster Ger Cafferty makes his debut in the first episode's ActionPrologue. In the novels he's not even mentioned until the third book.
** DI Malcolm Fox appears in the first episode. In the novels, he's introduced as the protagonist of two of Ian Rankin's non-Rebus novels, and only joins the Rebus series almost 20 books (and over 20 years) after it starts.
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** Cole Turner was introduced in the first episode of season three, while his reboot counterpart is introduced in the episode three of the first season.

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** Cole Turner was introduced in the first episode of season three, while his reboot counterpart is introduced in the third episode three of the first season.
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** [[spoiler:[[{{Sadist}} Razim]], the BigBad of ''Scorpia Rising'', is name-dropped twice in Season 3, which in book terms is a good four instalments away from when he actually makes his debut]].
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*''{{Series/Ripley}}'': Reeves Minot appears in the final episode. He's a major character in the rest of the books in the ''{{Literature/Ripliad}}'', but doesn't appear in ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (which this series is adapting).
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** General Zhao participates in the attack on Kyoshi Island, and thus encounters the Gaang earlier. In the cartoon, he first encounters them in Roku's Temple during the Winter Solstice.

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** General Commander Zhao participates in the attack on Kyoshi Island, and thus encounters the Gaang earlier. In the cartoon, he first encounters them in Roku's Temple during the Winter Solstice.

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** The opening scene features Fire Lord Sozin, who is totally absent in the original series until the Book Three episode "The Avatar and the Fire Lord" in which we learn about his backstory, despite being [[GreaterScopeVillain the instigator of the Hundred Year War]].



** General Zhao participates in the attack on Kyoshi Island, and thus meets the Gaang earlier. In the cartoon, he first meets them in Roku's Temple during the Winter Solstice.
** In the original series, Azula has just two cameos in Book One, neither of which names her, and only one clarifies who she is. She's been made a prominent recurring character in the first season. Her friends Mai and Ty Lee are similarly Book Two characters who are introduced earlier.
** The owl spirit Wan Shi Tong, a character introduced in the original's Book Two, briefly meets Aang during his voyage to the Spirit World in the first season.

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** Speaking of Avatars, Aang meets Avatar Kuruk in the penultimate episode of the first season. Kuruk and his predecessor Yangchen (the last Airbender Avatar before Aang) first meet Aang near the end of Book Three, barring a single non-speaking, unidentified cameo in Book Two. The live-action series also namedrops Yangchen earlier, though unlike Kuruk she doesn't actually appear.
** General Zhao participates in the attack on Kyoshi Island, and thus meets encounters the Gaang earlier. In the cartoon, he first meets encounters them in Roku's Temple during the Winter Solstice.
** In the original series, Azula has just two cameos in Book One, neither of which names her, and only one clarifies who she is. She's been made a prominent recurring character in the first season. Her
** Azula's
friends Mai and Ty Lee and the owl spirit Wan Shi Tong are similarly all Book Two characters who are introduced earlier.
** The owl spirit Wan Shi Tong, a character introduced in the original's Book Two, briefly meets Aang during his voyage to the Spirit World
appear in the first season.

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