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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jun 17, 2024 9:45:31 GMT -5
By this I mean not a character who disappeared never to be mentioned again, but other elements of a TV show, etc. that never came up after being mentioned once or at the most a handful of times. Not people, but maybe places or things, more like.
Example...
Alberta being able to talk to the Alexa on Ghosts seems to be this. I don't remember it being acknowledged other than the episode she discovers this power on. A LOT of plots could have been resolved with it too...maybe it's too deus-ex-machiney for the show?
Challenge of the Superfriends did this all the time, with the Legion of Doom's tech and weaponry. Each episode would have some kind of, ahem, doomsday device that doesn't even necessarily get destroyed at the end of the episode. Yet the LOD never use it again, or used it before, if they were so effective.
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Post by chrom on Jun 17, 2024 11:45:42 GMT -5
Rachel's Place on Family Matters. Was there for 4 seasons and then vanished.
Mighty Weenie became the new hangout and where Laura, Eddie and Steve worked
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Post by Feyrhausen on Jun 17, 2024 11:47:59 GMT -5
Cursed abandoned the idea of the main character being cursed.
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Post by fw91 on Jun 17, 2024 12:07:37 GMT -5
Uncle Jesse's last name going from Cochran to Katsapolis
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jun 17, 2024 12:13:46 GMT -5
Rachel's Place on Family Matters. Was there for 4 seasons and then vanished. Mighty Weenie became the new hangout and where Laura, Eddie and Steve worked Didn't Over Our Heads similarly just disappear on Facts of Life's later seasons?
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Jun 17, 2024 12:14:51 GMT -5
Still waiting on the bug invasion arc that ST:TNG promised.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jun 17, 2024 12:17:40 GMT -5
Uncle Jesse's last name going from Cochran to Katsapolis Well yeah. I mean they attempted to explain Blanche going from Hollingsworth to Devereaux, from pilot to series (it was her maiden name, simple as that). Hair I know can change easily, but still...Anne, Gidget's sister, only being a brunette on the first episode. I think Bonnie, Ann Marie's first neighbor on That Girl, was similar...dark haired once or twice, red haired for the rest of her (sadly) one season.
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Post by schma on Jun 17, 2024 12:18:42 GMT -5
The original Transformers cartoon had all transformers able to fly. After a few episodes the Autobots stopped flying. A couple seasons later, Galvatron straight up stated autobots can't fly.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Jun 17, 2024 12:20:28 GMT -5
The conch shell in the first season of Survivor.
The contestants had to hold it in order to speak at Tribal Council.
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Post by Sephiroth on Jun 17, 2024 12:21:05 GMT -5
We never did get to see Maris
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Post by Mike Strike on Jun 17, 2024 12:23:07 GMT -5
First book of Animorphs they could thought speak while in human form. Book 2 onwards they straight up couldn't.
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Post by chrom on Jun 17, 2024 12:24:35 GMT -5
The conch shell in the first season of Survivor. The contestants had to hold it in order to speak at Tribal Council. So that's where SpongeBob got it
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Post by ERON on Jun 17, 2024 15:50:42 GMT -5
The original Transformers cartoon had all transformers able to fly. After a few episodes the Autobots stopped flying. A couple seasons later, Galvatron straight up stated autobots can't fly. A lot of the built-in weapons like Optimus Prime's energy axe and Jazz's grappling hook were forgotten after the first few episodes, too.
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Post by wildojinx on Jun 17, 2024 16:09:55 GMT -5
The original Transformers cartoon had all transformers able to fly. After a few episodes the Autobots stopped flying. A couple seasons later, Galvatron straight up stated autobots can't fly. A lot of the built-in weapons like Optimus Prime's energy axe and Jazz's grappling hook were forgotten after the first few episodes, too. By season 2, stuff like Skywarp being able to teleport, Soundwave reading minds, and Hound's holograms were gone too (Mirage at least did use his disappearing ability in The Golden Lagoon).
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jun 17, 2024 16:10:56 GMT -5
The original Transformers cartoon had all transformers able to fly. After a few episodes the Autobots stopped flying. A couple seasons later, Galvatron straight up stated autobots can't fly. A lot of the built-in weapons like Optimus Prime's energy axe and Jazz's grappling hook were forgotten after the first few episodes, too. Come to it, I don't think we saw Roller after MTMTE too, no?
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Post by thegatewaydrug on Jun 17, 2024 16:12:19 GMT -5
Whatever happened on Poochie's home planet? Was the crash investigated?
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Post by ERON on Jun 17, 2024 17:13:47 GMT -5
A lot of the built-in weapons like Optimus Prime's energy axe and Jazz's grappling hook were forgotten after the first few episodes, too. Come to it, I don't think we saw Roller after MTMTE too, no? He did show up a couple more times in season 2, I guess just to remind people that he still existed.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jun 17, 2024 18:31:30 GMT -5
Penny’s sister on BBT. Mentioned oftenish throughout the show, then her family appeared and she was never mentioned again.
Jerry’s sister on Seinfeld was mentioned once and never again. George’s brother on Seinfeld was also mentioned once and no trace ever again.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jun 17, 2024 18:55:24 GMT -5
A couple seasons later, Galvatron straight up stated autobots can't fly. Which is also the same season where a lot of episodes take place in space, where all the Autobots display the ability to fly with no visible means of propulsion.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Jun 17, 2024 19:14:54 GMT -5
Monster Blood in the first Goosebumps book was brought to life by a witch named Sarabeth and was killed off in the book. Every book onward it was just always a magic substance you could buy.
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