Tropescilloscope: Adaptation Name Change

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

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