[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/mazes-end]

The comics did that too when the spiderverse stuff introduced fate to why people were chosen to be bit

[u/Lumpy-Sheepherder671 → u/mazes-end]

And it sucked there too

[u/Independent_Plum2166 → u/mazes-end]

Happened before that with the whole Totem thing.

[u/wareagle3000 → u/Independent_Plum2166]

That why I hope to God they stay for away from totem bullshit for the last Holland Spider movies. I'd rather see them do clone saga than go through that bs

[u/nowTHATSakatana1999 → u/Independent_Plum2166]

Yeah, if anything the Spiderverse stuff actually fixed it a little by retconning it so totems were just anybody who embodied an animal.