Playing With / Adaptation Name Change

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Basic Trope: A character's name is changed in an adaptation.

• Straight: Alice Allen in the book becomes Alice Morton in the movie.
• Exaggerated:
  • Alice Allen becomes Belinda Carmen Dorothy Eleanor Felicity Goodman in the movie, which confuses people as to whether she's Alice in the adaptation at all or a completely new character.
  • Along with Alice Allen, Bob Bell becomes Bob Smith, Charlie Curtis becomes Charlie Dawson, Diane Davis becomes Diane Graves and even Fido, a dog, is renamed Dog.
• Downplayed:
  • Alice Allen becomes Alison Allen in the movie, although Alice is used as a nickname, a heavily used nickname.
  • Alice Claire Allen becomes Alice Grace Allen in the movie.
  • Alice Allen becomes Jennifer Alice Allen in the movie.
  • Belinda Goodman legally changed her name from Alice Allen.
  • Alice Allen is Alice's married name, her maiden name is Morton.
  • In the movie, "Alice Allen" is an alias and her real name is never revealed.
  • Alice Allen wasn't revealed to be her name in the book until after the movie came out, while the movie calls her Alice Allan early on.
  • "Alice Allen" is called "Alice Allan" in the movie.
• Justified:
  • A setting update of an old story changes the Outdated Name: Ida Iverson in a story set in the 1890's becomes Isla Iverson in a story set in the present.
  • The Adaptation is set in an Alternate Universe where Alice has a different name.
  • The adaptation is set in a different country and/or Alice comes from another place in the adaptation, so her name is changed to something more common in her new country of origin.
  • Alice is single in the book, but married in the movie.
  • In the book Alice's parents are John Allen and Mary Morton, in the movie they are Joanna Allen and Marty Morton.
• Inverted:
  • Everything changes in a work except for the names, like in a contextual reassignment Alternate Universe Fic or in an Elseworld.
  • The names of all the places and businesses change, but not the characters.
• Subverted:
  • Belinda Goodman turns out to be an alias.
  • It's Alice Morton-Allen as she married between the book and the film.
  • Alice Morton is merely a namesake to Alice Allen.
• Double Subverted: ...But Belinda was using her Real Name as an Alias.
• Parodied: Characters frequently call Belinda "Alice" by accident, only to correct themselves shortly after.
• Zig-Zagged: Alice Allen becomes Belinda Goodman in the movie, but her love interest Bob Bobbins doesn't change his name, and the Unlucky Childhood Friend Claire Clarendon becomes Claire Clarenton.
• Averted: No character changes their name in an adaptation.
• Lampshaded:
  • "I thought my name was Alice..."
  • "Weren't you old Allen's daughter?"
• Invoked: "Your character's name is so damn complicated the cast of the film is not going to be able to pronounce it! You gotta change it."
• Exploited: "Since I'm that character's actor, can I suggest a name?"
• Defied:
  • "That's preposterous! What about the character's fans who got endeared to that name? The name will remain and that's final."
  • The author does allow others to adapt their stories, but the licenses always include a clause that names of characters should never be changed.
• Discussed: "If I were a bard, I'd write the most epic poem about your exploits, dear. Don't worry, I'd change your name so nobody suspects it's about you."
• Conversed: "Why did they have to change Alice's surname to Morton? She was my favorite character and now it sucks!" "I know, right? Morton's gotta be the stupidest surname choice I've ever heard. What dumbass even decided that was okay!?"
• Implied: A character is momentarily confused upon hearing Alice's surname but doesn't explicitly mention it.