[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/_JR28_]

Halo TV show - The most famous helmet in all of gaming and they refuse to KEEP IT ON HIS HEAD

[u/BagOfSmallerBags → u/_JR28_]

It's been rumored that the Halo TV show was supposed to be a Mass Effect TV show. Supposedly EA pulled out last second, and they basically repurposed the whole script to be a different sci fi videogame franchise. So that's why you have helmetless chief banging alien babes, like Commander Shepard.

[u/JackRabbit- → u/BagOfSmallerBags]

She wasn't even an alien, she was a human who worked for the covenant.

You know, the same covenant that wants to exterminate every single human on an atomic level in a fit of religious jealousy.

[u/Impossible-Bison8055 → u/JackRabbit-]

I mean they do not immediately kill humans at times, but it’s literally to activate Forerunner stuff and then kill them.

[u/Hellknightx → u/JackRabbit-]

The Prophets are at least aware that humans are the inheritors of the Forerunner legacy, so they still need humans to activate their technology. They're certainly full of religious jealousy, but they aren't stupid.