Tropescilloscope: Adaptation Dye-Job

Part of a character's appearance is changed to a different color in another adaptation. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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