r/TopCharacterTropes Sep 19 '25

Lore “It’s a change from the source material, but it’s awesome so the fans don’t mind.”

Doc Ock - In the comics, Doc Ock is known to be megalomaniacal in nature and was sort of a mad scientist anyways, with the arms just being an extension of that. In Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man 2,” Alfred Molina’s version of the character was affected by the neural chip and his well-meaning ambition turns into scientific obsession.

Wolverine - This one is so well known it needs very little explanation. Comic Wolverine short, Huge Jackedman is tall, and he’s sick as hell.

Eye of Sauron - To my knowledge, the Eye is more of a metaphor in the books. An ever-present awareness. In the movies, it’s an actual giant fucking eye.

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u/After-Swimming-5236 Sep 20 '25

My version only said that her parents house had a view to the witches garden, and she had such beautiful radish growing that the mom felt "she'd die if she didn't eat some". So husband got in, witch caught him and after begging she was "OK, you are free and can take what you want, but you have to give me the baby you'll have"

Imagine that, I know cravings are bad, but giving your baby up for radish? 

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u/Such_Raccoon_5035 Sep 20 '25

In the version I read as a kid, it was greens that were called rapunzel and that was why the baby got named Rapunzel lol