39,327
edits
Demoted to Extra: Difference between revisions
m
update links
m (update links) |
m (update links) |
||
Line 145:
* Rotor Walrus in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', both ''[[Sonic Sat AM|SatAM]]'' and [[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Archie Comics]] versions, have been hit hard with this; in both versions, he started out as a strong fixture in the Freedom Fighters, then got kicked into this position after a certain point (Season 2 in SatAM, issue #125 in the [[Archie Comics]]); in fact, in the comics, his jacked-up importance and [[Word of Gay]] relationship in the "Mobius: 25 Years Later" storyline was meant by previous head writer Ken Penders as a way of moving him out of extra status and giving him a much-needed jolt of [[Character Development]]. Sadly, when current head writer Ian Flynn took over, he was beaten back down to this spot ''violently'', in both the main comic and the "M:25YL" storyline.
** A group of characters called "The Substitute Freedom Fighters" that faded out of relevance soon after their introduction. Currently, they were brought back as councilors on the royal council. One of them, Hamlin, was angry enough about his treatment that he joined the council out of spite for the Freedom Fighters.
* The original Titans West from the '70s ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' vanished when it came time for the New Teen Titans series, due to Marv Wolfman considering all of the characters (except Lilith and Beast Boy/Changeling) to be lame. Bumblebee and Mal Duncan (who were part of the original East Coast team towards the end of the '70s) were also [[Put on a Bus]], and Duela Dent showed up once as a fat phony who revealed that she had lied about her origin of being Two-Face's daughter. After the Crisis, Wolfman seized the opportunity to retcon Bumblebee and Mal (now called "Herald") as having been part of Titans West, and attempted to erase Duela from continuity completely. Caveman G'narrk (who died in a [[Bus Crash]] Pre-Crisis) became a case of [[Death
** The earlier Titans all became demoted when it was time for Dan Jurgens' version of the Titans, partly due to [[Executive Meddling]]. Jurgens had originally planned to use Nightwing and the JSA member Wildcat as mentors for the team, but had to make do with using the de-aged Ray Palmer instead.
** Characters like the second Wonder Girl suffered this in the change from the Young Justice title to the third volume of Teen Titans, as Geoff Johns decided to pay more attention to Robin and Superboy, effectively making the rest of the cast into wallpaper. After OYL, the focus then became Robin and Wonder Girl, which continued somewhat into Sean Mc Keever's run.
* Practically every [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] character in [[The DCU]] save for the [[Justice Society of America]]'s core team has either been killed off as [[C-List Fodder]] or relegated to the team's reserves. It's hard to imagine that the Red Bee once had his own backup series.
* Lampshaded in James Robinson's ''[[Starman (
* [[Wonder Woman]] hasn't been able to keep a stable supporting cast together in decades. Even [[Official Couple|Steve Trevor]] got [[Put on a Bus]] years ago.
* This happens in ''[[Sin City]]'', mostly because different stories have different protagonists. For instance, Marv was the main character in the first story and a supporting character in the second. Aside from two one-shots, he was never the main character for any stories after that. Later stories have him showing up as an extra in the background (often if the scene takes place at Kadie's Bar) with one or two lines. [[Word of God]] states that he will be the focal point in future tales.
Line 273:
** In the fifth season of HBO's , many of the supporting (and even major) characters from the previous seasons appear during several episodes of the series, largely as a reminder that life in Baltimore keeps on going, even when the major plot arcs end. {{spoiler|Roland Prezbylewski, the other three main child characters from season four, Cutty Wise, Nick Sobotka, Major Colvin}} and several others show up in different scenes. More notably, however, various characters who were glimpsed in previous seasons also return, including {{spoiler|Clay Davis' limo driver, several dock workers (who are now homeless) and former members of Avon Barksdale's gang who were prominent in the first and second seasons}}.
** Similarly, since the fourth season dealt with the school system, this inevitably led to less focus being spent on the actual police force; which was the forte of Jimmy McNulty (arguably the show's main character). He's even absent for an episode.
* Since Season 4 of ''[[
* During the first season of ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]],'' Scott Scanlon is David Silvers' best friend. As David becomes accepted by Brandon and Brenda's friends, Scott is pushed into the background since he doesn't fit in with that group. He eventually develops a liking for country music and accidentally kills himself in front of David while playing with his father's gun in a second-season episode.
* Happened to a lot of characters on ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'', because the show has [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] (and they can only focus on so many of them). The most notable example would probably have to be Toby Issacs. He was a major character in the first 2 seasons. Come season 3, he became more of a background character and his screen time was significantly reduced (only getting a total of two major story lines from seasons 3-7 while it seemed like some characters would have a new story line every other episode). He was even removed from the opening credits during his final 2 seasons, before being [[Put on a Bus]] for good in season 8.
Line 388:
* Luis from [[Resident Evil 4]] isn't playable in mercenary mode, despite the fact that he showed himself to be capable of using a gun in story mode and a total [[Badass Spaniard]], yet Hunk, who has no bearing in the main story, appears.
* [[Saga Frontier]]'s Fuse is much like Sacchin; he was supposed to have his own quest route and be a playable hero and so on and so forth, but when time constraints ate the development team, that got dropped entirely (along with a lot of the playable characters' sidequest material - the game wasn't exactly a polished work). He's recruitable by any/all the other characters but all that remains of what would've been his storyline is a few debug rooms. Woe!
* The [[Super Mario Bros.]] series and spinoffs has a few. Look at [[Mario
** And [[Super Mario Galaxy|Rosalina.]] Despite helping Mario save both Peach and the entire Mushroom Galaxy from Bowser in ''Super Mario Galaxy'', as well as being a playable character in the ''[[Mario Kart]]'' games, in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', she actually does not appear until ''after'' Bowser is defeated at the end of the game.
* Tawna, the title character's original girlfriend from the ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' series, only made a few returns appearances following her role as [[Distressed Damsel|damsel-in-distress]] in the first game. The game designers decide to explain away her absence in the second game by stating in the ([[Missing Episode|now-defunct]]) official website that Tawna left Crash for Pinstripe Potoroo.
Line 406:
** In the third game she does have a major role, being a third party member, having her own puzzle solve screens, and her head shows up with layton and luke on the map, as for the second game, she is present for the first quarter before being kidnapped and replaced by Don Paulo in disguise. It may also be lampshaded by layton when he sees her again in the second game and states he forgot all about her.
* Motaro is the only character from ''[[Mortal Kombat]] 3'' who is not a fighter in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]''. {{spoiler|[[Plotline Death|He is killed by Raiden in a cut-scene and later appears as a dead body]].}}
* A common complaint about ''[[Golden Sun|Golden Sun: The Lost Age]]'' was that this happened to everyone but Isaac, Felix and Kraden once the two parties met up. The sequel, ''[[Golden Sun: Dark Dawn]]'', attempted to fix this, but that ended up causing [[Mandatory Line|another problem]].
* [[Wrench Wench|Keira]] in ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'': [[Love Interest]] and fixer of [[Broken Bridge|Broken Bridges]]. Keira in ''Jak II'': [[Love Interest]] and source of a few bits and pieces (one of which, yes, fixed a [[Broken Bridge]]). Keira in ''Jak III'': appears in a few scenes doing exaggerated facial expressions and gets somewhere in the neighbourhood of one line (seriously, ''Tess'' had more importance to the plot). Thankfully, she was re-promoted in time for ''Jak X''.
* Luciana Rune Artwaltz is ''very'' important in [[Yggdra Union]] (although she appears under [[Tag-Team Twins|her sister]]'s name for most of her appearances), but does almost nothing in its prequel, [[Blaze Union]], instead shifting the focus onto the aforementioned twin sister Aegina. Then again, you can't do all that much on an injured leg. Aegina herself falls out of the spotlight in two of the three [[Multiple Endings]] - but in the third one, Luciana dies.
| |||