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*** Oh, and just to rub salt in the wound, Light dies begging Soichiro to believe that he acted as Kira to put justice, which Soichiro had [[Freudian Excuse|taught him about since childhood]], into effect.
** Soichiro is also not shown to die in the second rewrite special...leading to plotholes regarding his absence as well as how Light was able to acquire Mello's true name.
* Duclis, a tiger-like creature from ''[[Slayers]]'' has two completely different backstories and fates in the novel and anime; in the anime, he's the friend and assistant to the prince [[Bratty Half
** And in a twisted meta-version of this trope, the eigth novel has [[Creepy Child|Fibrizo]] the demonic lord only imprison Lina's companions and threaten their lives, which triggers Lina's second use of the [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|Giga Slave.]] This is a far cry from the anime season it was based on, in which Fibrizo [[Your Soul Is Mine|crushes the physical embodiments of the life forces]] of Lina's party members ''before'' imprisoning them.
* Maximillion Pegasus in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' anime. After his defeat, Evil Bakura [[Eye Scream|plucks out his]] [[Clingy MacGuffin|Millennium Eye.]] In the anime, this merely knocks him out and he is almost immediately [[Put On a Bus]] as his henchmen get him to a hospital to recover. Not only does he survive in time for the filler arcs and movies, but he is also a major character in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]''.
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* Captain Vere in the opera version of Billy Budd. In the book he's shot in a battle, in the opera he lives to old age and the whole story is his flashback.
** ...although at least one production (in Hamburg) had him {{spoiler|slitting his wrists}} in the Epilogue.
* {{spoiler|Fagin}} in the musical ''[[Oliver! (Theatre)|Oliver]]''
* Some productions of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' do this to Paris by cutting the scene where he gets killed.
* In Thomas Lodge's novel ''Rosalynd,'' usurping Duke Torismund dies in a forest battle at the end. When [[William Shakespeare]] adapted ''Rosalynd'' into the play known as ''[[As You Like It]]'', he spared the Duke, now named Frederick, by having him find religion and make an [[Deus Ex Machina|offscreen]] [[Heel Face Turn]]. This is probably because the Duke is the father of one of the heroines, who loves him very much and is deeply sad that he's so evil; killing him off would ruin the gleeful party atmosphere of the quadruple wedding at the end.
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** Among the characters who died in the original version of ''[[Persona 3]]'' were {{spoiler|Chidori and Shinjiro}}, both of whom developed [[Ensemble Darkhorse|strong fan followings]]. When the game was remade as Persona 3: FES, a sidequest was added to allow you to save the former, then when the game was remade ''again'' for the PSP, ''another'' sidequest was added to save the latter. The frustrating thing is that both of these are pure [[Guide Dang It]] and the latter is only possible if you chose the female main character, so it's [[Lost Forever|missable]] from the ''very first choice in the game''.
** The remake of ''[[Dragon Quest 4]]'' gives you the option of redeeming and recruiting Saro, the [[Tragic Villain]] [[Big Bad]], and joining forces to fight [[The Starscream]] who was ''really'' responsible for the whole damn mess.
** The Nintendo DS remake of ''[[Lufia]] II'' has Maxim and Selan surviving in the [[New Game
** The [[PS 2]] rerelease of ''[[Phantasy Star]] II'' allows you to restore Nei back to life, thereby thumbing your nose at her extremely cruel [[Plotline Death]] in the original. It involves a very convoluted and difficult process, but good ''God'' [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|is it ever worth it]].
** The Wii release of ''[[Dead Rising]]'', ''Chop Till You Drop'', let you save the gun shop owner Cletus, whereas in the original game you had to kill him as part of a boss battle. Likewise, ''Dead Rising 2: Off the Record'' has a divergent plot from the original ''Dead Rising 2'', {{spoiler|where Rebecca Chang becomes Frank's love interest and survives the game, whereas Stacey turns out to be the [[Big Bad]] and is killed in the finale}}.
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