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== Anime and Manga ==

* The [[Comic Book Adaptation]] of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] [[The Movie]] First'' appeared to be an [[All There in the Manual]] affair for the first season (For those who don't know, ''[[The Movie]] First'' is a remake of that season), much like the ''A's'' and ''StrikerS'' comics that came before it. Indeed, this seemed to be the case until it reached the series proper in Chapter 5, where it gave a summary of the first Season, {{spoiler|except that in place of Nanoha successfully befriending Fate and the two of them joining forces to stop Precia like everyone was expecting, Bardiche is destroyed, Fate never comes out of her comatose state for the final battle, Precia dies without giving Fate any sense of closure, and our last shot is of Nanoha crying about how she wasn't able to save Fate in the end}}, quickly revealing how this manga was actually another alternate retelling of the first season.

 

 

* In ''[[Spider-Man|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', Spider-Man's archnemesis, the Green Goblin, tossed Spidey's first love off a bridge in [[I Let Gwen Stacy Die|one of comics' most iconic moments]]. It was a huge twist when the comic was published (never before had a superhero let someone die, [[Death by Origin Story|except in an origin story]]) and shocked many readers. Since then, however, whenever Gwen Stacy is present, it's become more shocking ''not'' have the Green Goblin kill Gwen Stacy.

** The most straight example of this is in the mini-series ''[[Powerless]]'', which re-imagines, among others, Peter Parker becoming a cripple due to the spider-bite, rather than getting superpowers. When [[Norman Osborn]] kidnaps Gwen Stacy, they both fall off a balcony, {{spoiler|but Peter manages to catch Gwen Stacy, saving her}}.

*** It also really splits the difference when recreating the scene with Mary Jane: she's saved by a portal opening under her, but this just leaves her trapped in limbo. She later inexplicably appears again, but it turns out this is just a clone. Then the show was cancelled before we could see any closure to the storyline, though the final episode does feature the promise that rescuing Mary Jane is Spider-Man's next stop.

** There were explicitly no plans to have Gwen die in ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]''.

** In ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', instead of throwing Gwen Stacy off a bridge, the Green Goblin throws ''Mary Jane'', {{spoiler|and she ends up surviving}}.

*** In the same continuity, Gwen Stacy is {{spoiler|killed by Carnage}} instead of being killed by the Green Goblin.

** Also played straight with ''[[Marvel Adventures]]'', in which Gwen Stacy is present, but her death is never explored.

 

* All of the film adaptions of [[Agatha Christie]]'s ''[[And Then There Were None]]'' (with the notable exception of the Russian version) use a different ending from the book; the killer's identity is usually left unchanged, but their [[The Perfect Crime|Perfect Crime]] doesn't go as perfectly as it does in the book.

* In the remake of ''[[The Wolf Man]]'', {{spoiler|Lawrence is not killed by his father, nor does it turn out that Malevra's son is the one who bit him. Instead, his father is the werewolf that killed Lawrence's brother and bit him. The film ends with Lawrence, as a werewolf, killing his transformed father and in turn being shot by Gwen. This leads to a [[Sequel Hook]] where we see that the police officer investigating the entire situation had also been bitten. And it is all [[Crazy Awesome|awesome]].}}

** The ending of the first film toys with this trope. {{spoiler|In the book, Harry spends the whole scene adamantly refusing to give Voldemort the Stone. In the movie, Voldemort tempts Harry with the possibility of bringing his parents back to life and, for a moment, it looks like Harry might actually hand over the Stone, but then [[Subverted Trope|he doesn't]].}}

** There's another subversion in the same film. At first, it seems the way Devil's Snare is thwarted has been changed so that you have to relax to get pulled through to the other side. However, Ron is unable to relax, so Hermione ends up thwarting it the same way she did in the book, [[Weakened by the Light|by targeting light at it]].

* The NES ''[[Rambo]]'' game based on ''[[First Blood Part II]]'' has an alternate ending where Rambo saves his Vienamese love interest Co, and then he {{spoiler|turns Murdock into a frog}}.

* Two distinctly different versions of how Kalecgos becomes the Aspect of Magic for the [[Warcraft]] universe exist. In [[World of Warcraft]], a player on the Dragonwrath questline, with help from Tarecgosa, uncovers Arygos plotting with Deathwing. Tarecgosa sacrifices herself, but Kalecgos becomes Aspect and makes you the Dragonwrath staff, forcing Arygos to flee. In [[Thrall Twilight of the Aspects]], Thrall is Kalecgos' ally, and after Kalecgos becomes Aspect, {{spoiler|Arygos is killed by Blackmoore}}.

* In ''[[Dead Rising 2]]'', it is revealed that {{spoiler|Sullivan}} was the mole that framed Chuck. In the re-make, ''Dead Rising 2: Off The Record'', they change this to {{spoiler|Stacy, who was your [[Mission Control]] in the original.}}

 

== Western Animation ==

** Likewise, the first time Doomsday (the creature that "killed" Superman in the comics) shows up in [[The DCAU]], he faces an alternate-universe Superman [[Knight Templar|who has few scruples]], and wastes no time whatsoever lobotomizing Doomsday with his heat vision.

* In the first [[Scooby Doo]] animated film, not only are the zombie pirate monsters real, but {{spoiler|they're the good guys.}}

 

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