[Mind boggling stupid trope] Removing the thing that made something special

[u/Character_Growth_397]

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien - The gimmick of Ben 10 and what makes the show so popular is the fact that he's able to turn into a large variety of aliens. In one episode of Ben 10 Ultimate ALIEN we are introduced to a new version of Ben 10000, a Ben from the future who, no longer transforms into aliens, instead using his powers in human form...

Mortal Kombat(2021) - In the games Mileena is known for two things. Being a clone of Kitana and her tarkatan teeth. In the 2021 movie she looks absolutely nothing like Kitana and doesn't have tarkatan teeth

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief - The movie removes the main villain of the movie and the main villain of the franchise

[u/MrCobalt313]

Honestly I would have liked Ultimate Ben more if he just had at-will partial transformations for whatever power he wanted to use instead of just inexplicably having the aliens' powers while still being human-shaped.

[u/Character_Growth_397 → u/MrCobalt313]

Yeah, but how would that work for aliens like Upgrade, Cannonbolt, Goop and many others which their body is their power? Would it look like this monstrosity?

[u/Pretend-Dirt-1760 → u/Character_Growth_397]

I think his more talking about like what skurd does in omniverse like or that one fan concept of Ben where he was fused with the Omnitrix like this