Role added by connieblackwood on November 10, 2023
A character is happier in a derivative work than in the source material. This could be caused by the adaptation being Lighter and Softer overall, the adapters deciding to Throw the Dog a Bone, or other plot changes that mean their angst doesn't happen. This may overlap with Angst? What Angst? if the character suffers through the same things as in the source, but is strangely cheerful regardless.
Fan Casting
Adaptational Angst Downgrade
The Little Mermaid
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Fox and the Hound
Pocahontas
Pocahontas
Cassandra Webb
Megara
Quasimodo
Esmeralda
Ariel
Sonic Boom
Quest for Camelot
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Little Shop of Horrors
The Lion King
Snotlout Jorgenson
Fishlegs Ingerman
Simba
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