Change and Original

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Change noun - The act, process, or result of making different.

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Original and change are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Original" instead a noun "Change".

Original noun - Something from which copies are made.

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Change and original are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Change" instead a noun "Original".

Sometimes an Alternate Continuity is the occasion for Adaptation Decay, which means the gradual change (not necessarily bad, just change) in the themes and characters of the original.

Source: Alternate Continuity
In the original Gamecube/N64 version they'll change clothes by doing a little spin, and in all subsequent games they'll do a flip instead.

Source: Instant Costume Change
Depending on the story or situation, the character might be able to only partially change part of himself into the element involved, and may or may not retain his original shape after the change.

Source: Elemental Shapeshifter

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