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Post by Lance Uppercut on May 16, 2023 23:38:26 GMT -5
I'm not talking Chuck Cunningham or Judy Winslow.
I mean more like guest characters who show up for multiple ep story but never officially written off or brought back.
I'm watching Burn notice right now and I see Professor Slater from Community.
She was a big part of Season 1 and there for the season finale. Had absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the series and not explained what happened to her in the season premiere. This series is big on continuity and call backs and making sure every small detail is referenced. It's weird her and Vaughn never return nor are mentioned.
Big Bang theory. Leonard dates a dr. Goes to the trouble of stealing her from Howard. She freaks out of Penny. They move in together. Leonard freaks out, debates whether or not to move out. She asks him to have sex and he chickens out and goes back to her apartment. She's never mentioned again. At least with Priya, he broke up with her over Skype and the actress showed up to do that 2 minute scene.
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Post by tirtefaa on May 16, 2023 23:49:24 GMT -5
Not the same thing, but I remember in that obnoxious Peter Jackson version of King Kong, there was a character named Jimmy that they put a lot of focus on, up to including making sure he was safe as other people were dying on Skull Island. His character isn't even around in the third act
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Post by ace on May 17, 2023 0:01:27 GMT -5
Half the town in Silver Bullet. One of the damndest things. First half of the movie spends so much time with the townspeople.…and they not only don’t factor into the climax…they mostly just vanish halfway through. That and the odd choice to have a narrator who isn’t even the main character are just weird choices. Of course, King wrote that script and he was at the peak of his drunken drugged out period. So it actually came out pretty good all things considered.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on May 17, 2023 0:23:03 GMT -5
Probably the most infamous example is Ben Gellar in Friends. He stops showing up at a later point in the series, and by the time Ben's half-sister is born his father, aunt, and grandfather seem to have forgotten he ever existed, and he's never mentioner again.
Also, Dr. Pulaski in Star Trek: TNG. Shows up to replace Beverly Crusher, stays for one season and leaves without trace, never getting another mention until a ship named in her memory appears in the series finale of Star Trek: Picard.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 17, 2023 4:33:56 GMT -5
Saruman in the movies.
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Post by Bo Rida on May 17, 2023 5:16:28 GMT -5
Brother Mouzone was very important and memorable in The Wire but was only in a few episodes and then wasn't seen again. Not sure he counts though as his part of the story was complete but you'd just expect him to pop up again.
Most of the cast of Raw and Smackdown.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on May 17, 2023 6:14:41 GMT -5
On Fresh Prince, Will's mom marries Lisa's dad Fred in the season 5 finale. When she appears in the following season's Thanksgiving episode, Fred isn't there, nor is he mentioned
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Post by Fundertaker on May 17, 2023 6:27:54 GMT -5
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Post by BlackoutCreature on May 17, 2023 7:05:41 GMT -5
Speaking of Burn Notice, we have Sugar, Michael's friendly neighborhood drug dealer. He was a recurring character throughout most of the series, but when we last see him in season six he's being captured and tortured by a corrupt CIA Agent in hopes he might have information on where Michael is. He does not resurface in season seven and we never find out what happened to him. For its first two and a half to three seasons The Commish had a bunch of minor reccurring characters floating around the police station - Carmella, Caruso, Papadakis, Rose, Gordy, Lucille the Secretary, Freddie the Handyman - and by the start of season four they've all disappeared without explanation. The most egregious example was probably Rachel's Brother Arnie, who was squatting with the Scali's through the first half of season one. They wrote him out effectively enough, but he's never mentioned or seen again after season one, not even at his own Father's funeral in season four. Not the same thing, but I remember in that obnoxious Peter Jackson version of King Kong, there was a character named Jimmy that they put a lot of focus on, up to including making sure he was safe as other people were dying on Skull Island. His character isn't even around in the third act That's one of my biggest problems with that version of King Kong (besides its unbearable length). Peter Jackson spent so much time giving almost every crew member of the Venture focus and depth and characterization, and it all just feels wasted because they're all long gone from the movie by the time it reaches its climax in NYC with no real resolution to any of their individual story arcs. |
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Post by Lance Uppercut on May 17, 2023 12:28:57 GMT -5
On Fresh Prince, Will's mom marries Lisa's dad Fred in the season 5 finale. When she appears in the following season's Thanksgiving episode, Fred isn't there, nor is he mentioned I always found it odd that Lisa disappeared after that wedding. They never explicitly said they were breaking up. Just didn’t want to get married. So I thought she’d still be around. Speaking of Fresh Prince, what happened to Jackie? Seems like that whole character and sub plot was just dropped cold |
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on May 17, 2023 12:49:24 GMT -5
Dexter in Season 6 introduced Lewis, a character that was a video game designer obsessed with Dexter and seemingly knew more about him than he led on. All throughout that season Dexter does all he can to rid of him, only to get his wrath in Season 7.
Only to get whacked by misunderstanding and deus ex machina by the mob.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on May 17, 2023 12:54:28 GMT -5
On Fresh Prince, Will's mom marries Lisa's dad Fred in the season 5 finale. When she appears in the following season's Thanksgiving episode, Fred isn't there, nor is he mentioned I always found it odd that Lisa disappeared after that wedding. They never explicitly said they were breaking up. Just didn’t want to get married. So I thought she’d still be around. Speaking of Fresh Prince, what happened to Jackie? Seems like that whole character and sub plot was just dropped cold I *kinda* get the Lisa thing. I think we were to assume during the Summer they realized it wasn't to be even as a couple. Jackie's last appearance was the ep where Will gets drunk and wakes up in the graveyard. I wanna say she was quickly referenced when Carlton took over managing the Peacock restaurant (transferred maybe?") |
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Post by Milkman Norm on May 17, 2023 13:06:59 GMT -5
Probably the most infamous example is Ben Gellar in Friends. He stops showing up at a later point in the series, and by the time Ben's half-sister is born his father, aunt, and grandfather seem to have forgotten he ever existed, and he's never mentioner again. Also, Dr. Pulaski in Star Trek: TNG. Shows up to replace Beverly Crusher, stays for one season and leaves without trace, never getting another mention until a ship named in her memory appears in the series finale of Star Trek: Picard. She fell down a turbolift shaft. |
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Post by saneiac on May 17, 2023 14:16:35 GMT -5
Fringe season 2 introduced a new character, FBI Agent Jessup, played by former actress and current Duchess Meghan Markle. At the start of episode 1, she butts heads with the Fringe team and questions their authority, but they eventually start to work together and the team lets her in on some of their secrets. Episode 2 reveals that she is deeply religious, and the episode ends with Jessup reviewing the events of past Fringe cases and comparing them to events in the Bible.
And then she is never seen again.
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Post by James Fabiano on May 17, 2023 14:19:44 GMT -5
Let me get it out of my system...
Saved By The Bell has dozens of these.
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Post by James Fabiano on May 17, 2023 17:53:07 GMT -5
Serious answers...
A LOT of the "midcard" Once Upon A Time characters, when the show became The Charmings, Regina, and Rumple.
Any of Marshall's other new wives on Ab Fab. Mo Gaffney just returned by Last Shout and has been there whenever they revive.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on May 20, 2023 13:26:30 GMT -5
Another one from TNG:
The last time we saw anything of Sela, she had just been Vulcan nerve pinched by Data and left laying on the floor of her office. While she was used pretty extensively in the novels and had a major role (and conclusion to her story) in Star Trek Online, in canon she's just never heard from again post-"Unification II".
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Post by CMWaters on May 20, 2023 13:34:37 GMT -5
Another one from TNG: The last time we saw anything of Sela, she had just been Vulcan nerve pinched by Data and left laying on the floor of her office. While she was used pretty extensively in the novels and had a major role (and conclusion to her story) in Star Trek Online, in canon she's just never heard from again post-"Unification II". Data pinched too hard. |
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on May 20, 2023 13:52:18 GMT -5
Sela got it easy.  |
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Post by Lance Uppercut on May 20, 2023 14:15:54 GMT -5
Speaking of big bang theory, this almost applies to Bernadette.
She had a couple episode long romance with Howard and one day he was single again and back to his pervy ways. At least Raj asked once and he casually said they broke up. Thankfully they brought her back with explanation with what happened
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