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