Basic Trope: An adaptation makes many changes to a character, leaving it unrecognizable from its original incarnation.
- Straight: In Alice Strikes Back our protagonist is a snarky anti-heroine in full body armor who differs greatly from the original show where she's a kind hearted girl in a simplistic superhero costume.
- Exaggerated: Alice goes from an Innocent superheroine to a cyber-goth-raptor.
- Downplayed: The only change done to Alice is her race.
- Justified:
- Alice Strikes Back takes place in a Alternate Universe.
- A lot has happened between the show and Alice Strikes Back.
- Inverted: Alice ends up closer to her original concept than her debut media.
- Subverted: Turns out This Alice isn't the original one, but instead a descendent of her.
- Double Subverted:
- However, the allusions to Alice I the adaptation makes are not compatible with her debut self.
- However, she went through a personality change as well.
- Parodied: Alice gets a new haircut. But now, not even her own mother can recognize her.
- Zig-Zagged:
- Averted: Alice's design and behaviour remains consistent trought the years.
- Lampshaded: "Hey Alice, you look... different. Did you got a new haircut?"
- Invoked: Alice grew up and decided to develop a new image, as she felt that her old one didn't match her current mindset.
- Exploited: After realizing that no one recognizes her anymore, she decides to start a new life with a new name.
- Defied: Alice starts to change her personality, but she stops herself before it could become permanent.
- Discussed: "It's strange how people can suddenly change between adventures. Let's hope everyone stayed the same."
- Conversed: "I just hope that the characters stay the same when they release the sequel."
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