Heroes who are either not good in their original source material or are more heroic than their original versions who may have been anti-heroes who may do things just for revenge killing rather than what they are in the recent adaptation who are more noble than the source version (with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles being an example). They are the polar opposite of Adaptational Villainy.
Sometimes, they can stay on the side of good unlike their original versions while sometimes they may end up falling to the evil side to get close to what they are in the source material.
However, some of them can be Pure Good so long as they have no corrupting traits, and they have welly acknowledge between right and wrong.
Also note that not only does this apply to fiction, but it can also apply to myths and legends like most versions of Zeus who have been depicted as more heroic than his original version.
Note: Do not include people or beings from Abrahamic religion for this wiki is neutral on that sort of faith and that some may have disagreements about such. also do not include real life people for they are only included in Fictionalized versions of true events.
Also, canon foreigners cannot have adaptational heroism, unless they were done more heroic in another version. Canon foreigners are born in adaptations so there is not an original source to give them heroic traits.
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- Aaron Davis
- Abraham Ford
- Achilles (Fate)
- Adam (Record of Ragnarok)
- Adventure Animatronics
- Afro Samurai
- Agent K
- Agent Venom (2010s Marvel Animated Universe)
- Ai Sen
- Akari Wanibuchi
- Alan Abernathy
- Alan M. Mayberry
- Alcmene (Disney's Hercules)
- Alex Wilder (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Alfred Brown
- Allen (The Walking Dead)
- Allison Angel
- Alopex (TMNT 2012)
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Alvin the Treacherous
- Amanda Waller (DC Superhero girls)
- Ambrosius Goldenloin
- Amenadiel
- Amphitryon (Disney's Hercules)
- Amy Rose (Sonic Boom)
- Anatoly Knyazev (Arrowverse)
- Ang Jouyan
- Angelo (Angelo Rules)
- Annelotte Kreutz
- Annette (Netflix's Castlevania)
- Annette Birkin
- Annie Brackett
- Ant-Man (Yost Universe)
- Anubis (Kane Chronicles)
- Aphrodite (Disney)
- April O'Neil (TMNT 1987)
- April O'Neil (TMNT 2003)
- April O'Neil (TMNT 2012)
- Aptom
- Aramina
- Arbormon
- Archdeacon
- Archie the Bear
- Ares (Warriors Orochi)
- Aria Montgomery
- Ariadne Oliver
- Ariel (Disney)
- Arkin O'Brien
- Artemis (Camp Half-Blood)
- Artemis Crock (Young Justice)
- Aru Rikuhachima
- Ashley Graham
- Asmodeus (Helluva Boss)
- Athena (God of War)
- Athena (Saint Seiya)
- Athena (Warriors Orochi)
- Atreus
- Aurora Morningstar
- Avallac'h
- Axel (The Walking Dead)
- Ayane (DOA: Dead or Alive)
- Ayo (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Azazel (Dragalia Lost)
- Azrael (Arkhamverse)
- Bagheera (2016)
- Ballister Boldheart
- Baloo (2016)
- Balrog (1994)
- Balthazar (Supernatural)
- Bandersnatch
- Baraka
- Barbarella
- Barbatos
- Baron Samedi (folklore)
- Baroness (G.I. Joe Film Series)
- Barricade (IDW Comics)
- Bastian Bux
- Batgirl (DC Animated Universe)
- Batman (1960s Series)
- Batman (Beware the Batman)
- Batman (Injustice)
- Batman (Justice League: Gods and Monsters)
- Batman (LEGO Batman)
- Batman (Nolanverse)
- Batman (The Batman)
- Batten Rouge
- Beast Boy (Teen Titans)
- Bebop (TMNT 2012)
- Beelzebub (Helluva Boss)
- Beelzemon (Digimon Fusion)
- Beelzemon (Digimon Tamers)
- Belial (Seven Mortal Sins)
- Belle (2017)
- Belle (Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast)
- Benjamin (Animal Farm)
- Benthomaar
- Betterfly
- Betty Boop
- Big Bad Wolf (Shrek)
- Big Daddy (Kick-Ass Film)
- Billy Cranston (Power Rangers 2017)
- Bishop (TMNT 2012)
- Black Adam (DC Extended Universe)
- Black Cat (Marvel)
- Black Widow (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Blackfire (DC Superhero Girls)
- Bloodshot (2020 Film)
- Bloodsport (DC Extended Universe)
- Blue Fairy (Disney)
- Blue Pac-Man
- Bob Stookey
- Bodi
- Bokomon
- Bonnie the Bunny (FNAF World)
- Bouchard
- Boyd "Bible" Swan
- Brad Barrett
- Brandish μ
- Broly (Dragon Ball Super)
- Bruce Robertson (Film Version)
- Bubbles (Powerpuff Girls Z)
- Bugs Bunny (Space Jam)
- Bumblebee (DC Super Hero Girls 2019)
- Byakuya Togami
- Caliban (X-Men Movies)
- Call Guy (Contamination)
- Captain Blackadder
- Captain Brineybeard (The Cuphead Show!)
- Captain Hook (Once Upon a Time)
- Captain Phoebus
- Captain Qwark
- Captain Underpants
- Carl Grimes (TV Series)
- Carl Johnson
- Carly Beth Caldwell
- Carmen Sandiego (2019)
- Carol Malus Dienheim
- Cartoon Bendy
- Casey Jones (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Caster (Fate/Extra)
- Catman (The Fairly OddParents)
- Catra (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- Catwoman (2004 film)
- Catwoman (DC Super Hero Girls)
- Catwoman (JLA: The Nail)
- Cerberus (Housepets!)
- Charlotte Emily (Novels)
- Charlotte Richards
- Charon (Deadbolt)
- Cheetah (DC Super Hero Girls)
- Chef Hatchet (Total DramaRama)
- Cherino Renkawa
- Cheshire (Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon)
- Cheshire (Bayonetta)
- Cheshire Cat (Ever After High)
- Chester Stoddart
- Chica the Chicken (FNAF World)
- Chouhi Yokutoku (Koihime†Musou)
- Chouun Shiryuu (Koihime†Musou)
- Chris Yukine
- Christie Allen (DOA: Dead or Alive)
- Christopher Robin (Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey)
- Cindy Lou Who (2018)
- Clara Drosselmayer
- Clarabelle Cow
- Clarice Starling
- Classic Loki
- Cleopatra Philopator VII
- Clippy
- Clopin
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- Cookie (Shrek)
- Copper (The Fox and the Hound)
- Corinne D'Artagnan
- Count Rudolph Andrenyi
- Countess Helena Andrenyi
- Countess Vera Rosakoff
- Courtney (Total DramaRama)
- Creek
- Cresselia (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon)
- Cruella De Vil (Cruella)
- Cthugha (Kūko)
- Cthulhu (Cthulhu Saves the World)
- Cynder (Skylanders Academy)
- Cyrax