Tropescilloscope: Adaptation Name Change

Different name, different medium, but same great entity! (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Black Comedy Film Noir Index Suspiciously Specific Denial Only in It for the Money Becoming the Mask Throwing Your Sword Always Works Intrepid Reporter Evil Laugh Humiliation Conga One-Word Title Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Evil Plan Storming the Castle Dutch Angle Super Strength Index of Film Westerns Plot Hole Jerk Jock Destination Defenestration Sexy Discretion Shot Authority Equals Asskicking Arc Words Took a Level in Jerkass Adaptational Attractiveness Bury Your Gays Pre-Mortem One-Liner The Power of Love Show Within a Show Riddle for the Ages Running Gag The Alcoholic Cloudcuckoolander Eureka Moment The Brute Redshirt Army Face–Heel Turn All Just a Dream Yandere Extremely Short Timespan Contrived Coincidence What the Hell, Hero? Black Best Friend Friend to All Children Adorkable Beta Couple Very Loosely Based on a True Story Immune to Bullets Same Language Dub Affectionate Parody Badass Normal Manchild Punch-Clock Villain No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Horror Comedy Gorn Eiffel Tower Effect Damsel in Distress Parental Substitute Insistent Terminology Naked People Are Funny Killed Mid-Sentence Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Villain Opening Scene Hero Antagonist Expy Butt-Monkey N-Word Privileges The Atoner True Companions Big Applesauce Dramedy Exactly What It Says on the Tin Laughing Mad Psychopathic Manchild Villain Protagonist Ominous Latin Chanting World of Ham Line-of-Sight Name Even Evil Has Standards Loophole Abuse Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Men Are the Expendable Gender Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Arranged Marriage Sole Survivor Narrator Catch-Phrase Abusive Parents Sports Stories "The Reason You Suck" Speech Four-Temperament Ensemble Fantastic Racism All Girls Want Bad Boys Ambiguously Gay "Awesome McCool" Name Bittersweet Ending Have a Gay Old Time Distracted by the Sexy Break the Haughty Bar Brawl You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Dramatic Irony Wounded Gazelle Gambit timeperiod Revenge Made of Iron Brother–Sister Incest Bring My Brown Pants Serious Business Dumb Blonde Anguished Declaration of Love Fanservice Extra Light Is Not Good Evil Sounds Deep The '70s Reasonable Authority Figure All There in the Script Department of Redundancy Department Laser-Guided Karma Anachronism Stew Made of Explodium Half the Man He Used to Be Broken Bird Malevolent Masked Men Almost Kiss Amusing Injuries Death by Sex Redemption Equals Death Sequel Escalation Wretched Hive Evil Counterpart Big Eater Artistic License – Biology Heroic BSoD Did Not Get the Girl Historical Hero Upgrade Historical In-Joke Downer Ending Getting Crap Past the Radar Match Cut Put on a Bus Gone Horribly Right Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Alliterative Name Facial Horror Jerkass Love Triangle Bottomless Magazines Agony of the Feet Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Chekhov's Gunman I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Those Two Bad Guys Femme Fatale Rasputinian Death Karmic Death The Alleged Car Rule of Cool The Great Depression Drives Like Crazy Really Gets Around Maybe Ever After Car Fu As the Good Book Says... Babies Ever After Big Fancy House Camp Gay A God Am I More Dakka La Résistance Good Is Not Nice Scenery Gorn The Film of the Book Spiritual Successor Room Full of Crazy Bad Boss Adaptational Heroism Pimped-Out Dress It's All About Me Lock and Load Montage Gratuitous English Tap on the Head Hero of Another Story Real Life Writes the Plot Unresolved Sexual Tension Covers Always Lie Precision F-Strike Say My Name Cool Guns Back from the Dead Take That! Tempting Fate Dying Moment of Awesome Naïve Newcomer Failed a Spot Check Animal Motifs Artistic License – Gun Safety Vampire Fiction The Reveal Fantasy Films Kick the Dog Heroes Want Redheads Visual Pun Gender Flip Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Country Matters Martial Arts Movie Leitmotif Blackmail As You Know Fiery Redhead Would Hit a Girl I Need a Freaking Drink Accidental Murder Ax-Crazy Hidden Depths The Quiet One Improbable Aiming Skills Jump Scare "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Adaptation Distillation Ripped from the Headlines Not So Different An Arm and a Leg Our Vampires Are Different Demonic Possession Cool Shades Action Girl Bolivian Army Ending Disney Death Flipping the Bird Token Minority Affably Evil Adapted Out Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Artistic License – Military Crucified Hero Shot Hair-Trigger Temper May–December Romance Empathic Environment Chekhov's Skill Mighty Whitey Foreshadowing Military and Warfare Films Never My Fault Kids Are Cruel A.I. Is a Crapshoot Dark Is Not Evil Romantic Comedy Berserk Button Scary Black Man Only Known by Their Nickname Fatal Flaw Genre Savvy No Celebrities Were Harmed Villainous Breakdown Victoria's Secret Compartment Bloodless Carnage Insult Backfire Homage Card-Carrying Villain From Nobody to Nightmare Meaningful Background Event I'm a Humanitarian Dull Surprise Music Stories The Voiceless Shower Scene Our Zombies Are Different Only One Name Henpecked Husband Dark Action Girl Not So Stoic Parental Abandonment Dressing as the Enemy The Cavalry Offscreen Moment of Awesome Ship Tease Determinator aka: The Determinator Pyrrhic Victory Truth in Television Expository Hairstyle Change Cluster F-Bomb Morality Pet And I Must Scream Recycled IN SPACE! Aside Glance Abhorrent Admirer War Is Hell Actually Pretty Funny In Name Only Eldritch Abomination Early Installment Weirdness Aluminum Christmas Trees Daylight Horror Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Death Seeker Villain Ball Not Even Bothering with the Accent Gainax Ending From Bad to Worse An Axe to Grind Costume Porn Pet the Dog Foil Novelization Eye Scream Deliberately Monochrome It Can Think Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Evil-Detecting Dog Belligerent Sexual Tension He Who Fights Monsters Zombie Stories Wicked Cultured Worthy Opponent Here We Go Again! Re-Cut Rated M for Manly Stealth Hi/Bye Meaningful Name Obfuscating Stupidity Mooks Drill Sergeant Nasty Market-Based Title Psychological Thriller Advertised Extra Guile Hero "Shaggy Dog" Story The Stoner Twist Ending Non-Indicative Name Film Noir Cain and Abel Ass Shove Manipulative Bastard No OSHA Compliance Artistic License – Law Retcon Faking the Dead The Dog Bites Back Sinister Minister Taking You with Me Evil Is Hammy Informed Ability In Medias Res Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Small Name, Big Ego Older Than They Look Stock Footage Time Skip Spiteful Spit Defiant to the End Red Oni, Blue Oni Badass in a Nice Suit Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Outrun the Fireball Big Brother Instinct Animal Title Index Disproportionate Retribution Domestic Abuse Green-Eyed Monster Bare Your Midriff The Ghost Missing Mom Bland-Name Product Imagine Spot Idiot Ball Knife Nut Romantic False Lead Silence Is Golden Lighter and Softer Final Girl Lampshade Hanging Off with His Head! Brainless Beauty Manly Tears Title Drop Undying Loyalty Dwindling Party There Is No Kill Like Overkill You Have Failed Me You Killed My Father The Lost Lenore Darker and Edgier The '80s Trailers Always Spoil Beware the Nice Ones No-Sell Took a Level in Badass Shut Up, Hannibal! Stealth Pun Knight Templar The Musical Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Even Evil Has Loved Ones Badass Longcoat Bound and Gagged Straight Gay Conspicuous CG Let's Get Dangerous! Man on Fire Disappeared Dad Slasher Smile Rewatch Bonus Unusually Uninteresting Sight Gory Discretion Shot Meet Cute Fingore Parental Incest Closed Circle As Himself Deconstruction Creative Closing Credits Credits Gag Take a Third Option For the Evulz Guns Akimbo Retirony 20 Minutes into the Future Framing Device Children Are Innocent Stalker with a Crush Word of God Decoy Protagonist Hypocritical Humor Improbable Weapon User Eagleland Screw This, I'm Outta Here! The '50s Works Set in World War II Bad "Bad Acting" Rule of Three Cool Car Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Mr. Fanservice Artistic License – Physics Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Madness Mantra "Well Done, Son!" Guy Creepy Child Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil You Have Outlived Your Usefulness No Antagonist Rule of Symbolism Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Wrong Genre Savvy Vitriolic Best Buds I Have Your Wife Soft Glass O.O.C. Is Serious Business Suspiciously Similar Substitute Fainting Too Dumb to Live Fan Disservice Anachronic Order Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Badass Bookworm Overly Long Gag Early-Bird Cameo Heel–Face Turn Bloodier and Gorier Thriller Karma Houdini Fourth Date Marriage The Casanova Breaking the Fourth Wall Plucky Comic Relief Big Bad Exact Words I Did What I Had to Do The Hero Dies Freudian Excuse Does This Remind You of Anything? Up to Eleven Never Trust a Trailer The X of Y Suddenly SHOUTING! Badass Boast Mythology Gag Based on a True Story The Chessmaster Only a Flesh Wound Cat Fight Bullying a Dragon Danny Peary Cult Movies List Obstructive Bureaucrat Anyone Can Die Science Fiction Films The Bully Beauty Is Never Tarnished Five-Man Band Chase Scene The Place Important Haircut Darkest Hour Chiaroscuro Developing Doomed Characters Refuge in Audacity Character Development The '90s Diabolus ex Machina Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Death Glare Russian Films Flashback Action Survivor Skewed Priorities Crazy Jealous Guy Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun What You Are in the Dark Never Found the Body The Starscream Irony The Vamp British Films Roaring Rampage of Revenge Establishing Character Moment Nothing Is Scarier Italian Films Sci-Fi Horror Bond Villain Stupidity Broken Pedestal I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Batman Gambit Grievous Bottley Harm Love at First Sight Comically Missing the Point Dirty Old Man Black and Gray Morality Crazy-Prepared Adaptational Badass Monumental Damage Intergenerational Friendship Curse Cut Short Deal with the Devil Corpsing Ascended Extra The Remake This Is Gonna Suck Cat Scare Death by Adaptation Mind Screw Your Cheating Heart Everyone Has Standards Be Careful What You Wish For Tagline An Aesop Adult Fear Rule of Funny Meaningful Echo French Films Silent Movie No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Kill It with Fire Calling the Old Man Out How We Got Here Anti-Hero Logo Joke The Chick Slasher Movie Dark Reprise Soundtrack Dissonance Woman in White Adults Are Useless Deadpan Snarker Frame-Up Evil Is Petty Spell My Name with an "S" A Date with Rosie Palms Bavarian Fire Drill Humans Are Bastards Alas, Poor Villain Needs Wiki Magic Love Not So Above It All Well-Intentioned Extremist My Beloved Smother Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? The Hero Big Damn Heroes The Faceless Get Out! Spanner in the Works For Want of a Nail Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Blatant Lies Leave the Camera Running The '60s Unspoken Plan Guarantee Double Entendre Cassandra Truth Star-Crossed Lovers Epic Fail Coming-of-Age Story Earn Your Happy Ending Wham Line Defrosting Ice Queen folderlabel Corrupt Corporate Executive German Films Mama Bear Canon Foreigner Christmas Movies Index Film Series Jitter Cam Police are Useless Heroic Sacrifice Pragmatic Villainy Dogged Nice Guy Male Gaze Pragmatic Adaptation The Dragon All There in the Manual Big-Bad Ensemble Disney Villain Death The Oner Red Shirt Black Dude Dies First Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Paper-Thin Disguise Broken Aesop Daddy's Girl Race Lift Noodle Incident Ironic Echo Mugging the Monster BFG Offscreen Teleportation Freeze-Frame Bonus Red Herring Sequel Hook Unusual Euphemism NO INDOOR VOICE She's Got Legs Face Death with Dignity And the Adventure Continues Ghost Fiction Dropped a Bridge on Him Japanese Films Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Major Injury Underreaction Names to Run Away from Really Fast Real Life Annoying Younger Sibling Demoted to Extra Jerkass Has a Point Gilligan Cut Cold-Blooded Torture Catapult Nightmare Casting Gag Reckless Gun Usage The Load Married to the Job The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Creator Cameo Death of a Child Mexican Standoff Smug Snake Depraved Bisexual Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Reality Is Unrealistic The Mafia The Ace Black Comedy Rape Sacrificial Lion Happily Married Mr. Exposition Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Rousing Speech Enemy Mine Composite Character Overprotective Dad Big Bad Duumvirate Age Lift Evil vs. Evil Beard of Evil The Smurfette Principle Unreliable Narrator Adaptational Villainy Television Movie Index Those Two Guys Interrupted Suicide Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Tranquil Fury Those Wacky Nazis Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Fate Worse than Death Brick Joke The Stoic The Lancer Asshole Victim Shown Their Work Honor Before Reason Groin Attack Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Continuity Nod Hong Kong Films Body Horror Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Red Eyes, Take Warning Kubrick Stare Canadian Movies Artistic License – Geography Slap-Slap-Kiss Cool Old Lady Attempted Rape The Stinger Properly Paranoid Police Brutality Fatal Family Photo Central Theme Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Hooker with a Heart of Gold Scare Chord Smoking Is Cool Kick the Son of a Bitch Toplessness from the Back Bowdlerise Product Placement Make It Look Like an Accident Mad Scientist She Cleans Up Nicely Last-Name Basis Animated Credits Opening Adaptation Expansion Vomit Discretion Shot Bilingual Bonus Protagonist Title Left the Background Music On Rich Bitch Does Not Like Shoes Bunny-Ears Lawyer Woman Scorned Mystery and Detective Films Hope Spot Determinator Foregone Conclusion Captain Obvious Leaning on the Fourth Wall Horror Films Shoot the Shaggy Dog Once More, with Clarity! Sir Swears-a-Lot The Dreaded He Knows Too Much Would Hurt a Child Serial Killer Whole Plot Reference Bitch in Sheep's Clothing It Will Never Catch On Shipper on Deck MacGuffin Apocalypse How Actor Allusion Antagonist Title Deliberate Values Dissonance Sanity Slippage Politically Incorrect Villain Greater-Scope Villain Villain with Good Publicity Australian Movies Rape as Drama Death by Irony Bald of Evil Shell-Shocked Veteran Vomit Indiscretion Shot Heterosexual Life-Partners Camera Abuse Not What It Looks Like Genre Shift A Minor Kidroduction Dies Wide Open Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Pretty Little Headshots Badass Grandpa All for Nothing Jerk with a Heart of Gold Cowboy Cop Fake Shemp Chewing the Scenery Loads and Loads of Characters Award-Bait Song Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Dirty Coward Due to the Dead Bloody Hilarious The Sociopath No Ending Hoist by His Own Petard Hate Sink Cruel and Unusual Death Stuff Blowing Up Amoral Attorney The Bad Guy Wins Together in Death Reality Ensues Drugs Are Bad Bond One-Liner Ambiguous Ending Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Break the Cutie Oh, Crap! Sassy Black Woman Driven to Suicide Vacation Films Auto Erotica Superhero Ambiguous Disorder Stylistic Suck A Father to His Men Roger Ebert: Great Movies List '80s Hair Drowning My Sorrows The Big Guy Shout-Out Fun with Acronyms Retired Badass Implacable Man Self-Deprecation Your Head A-Splode Hollywood Law Dark and Troubled Past Dissonant Serenity The Un-Reveal Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds My God, What Have I Done? Historical-Domain Character Off-into-the-Distance Ending Cool Old Guy Bait-and-Switch Only Sane Man Villain Song Hollywood Darkness Disguised in Drag Celebrity Paradox Large Ham Deus ex Machina In the Back Scenery Porn Documentary Better to Die than Be Killed Eyepatch of Power Mercy Kill Chekhov's Gun Fanservice Training Montage Nice Hat The Smart Guy Pretty in Mink Slashed Throat Boom, Headshot! Unwitting Instigator of Doom Shirtless Scene Famous Last Words Genre Throwback Fire-Forged Friends B-Movie Dual Wielding Combat Pragmatist Poor Communication Kills Motor Mouth Translation Convention Sealed Evil in a Can Instant Death Bullet And Starring No Name Given Despair Event Horizon Ms. Fanservice Bi the Way All Men Are Perverts Mistaken for Gay Nice Guy Not Quite Dead What Happened to the Mouse? Male Frontal Nudity Book-Ends Extreme Doormat Easily Forgiven Taking the Bullet Psycho for Hire Peek-a-Boo Corpse Parental Neglect Playing Gertrude Betty and Veronica Not Using the "Z" Word The Mole After the End Double-Meaning Title Neck Snap Sadistic Choice Gold Digger The Ditz Red Right Hand Captain Ersatz Action Prologue Faux Affably Evil Action Genre One Steve Limit Air-Vent Passageway Evil Brit My Greatest Failure Arch-Enemy Setting Update Didn't Think This Through Funny Foreigner Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Call-Forward Artistic License – History Handicapped Badass Fat Bastard Dramatic Gun Cock Wham Shot The Cameo Heel Realization Dirty Cop Video Credits Crapsack World Papa Wolf Manic Pixie Dream Girl Obviously Evil Alpha Bitch Every Car Is a Pinto As Long as It Sounds Foreign Adaptation Name Change Accidental Misnaming Ungrateful Bastard Kill 'em All Public Domain Feature Films Posthumous Character Awesome, but Impractical Author Appeal Hell Is That Noise Insane Troll Logic Mundane Made Awesome Hypocrite Epic Movie Totally Radical Biopic Author Avatar Moment Killer Fish out of Water Grey and Gray Morality Blood Knight Random Events Plot Mood Whiplash Anti-Villain Armor-Piercing Question Blood from the Mouth Improvised Weapon Neck Lift Spared by the Adaptation Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Historical Villain Upgrade Call-Back Brutal Honesty The End... Or Is It? Adaptation Dye-Job Curb-Stomp Battle It's Personal Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Big "NO!" Reality Has No Subtitles Race Against the Clock Funny Background Event One-Man Army Stepford Smiler Pay Evil unto Evil Punny Name