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* [[Disney]] related material
** Mickey Mouse, amazingly enough. While still Disney's mascot, he rarely appears in cartoons nowadays other than holiday and anniversary one-shot specials, his only important role being in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' franchise.
** Also happened to Donald in ''[[DuckTales (1987)|DuckTales]]'', the series focusing on Scrooge McDuck, Hewey, Dewey, and Louie, with Donald joining the Navy and only appearing as a [[Recurring Character]]. He does, however, appear far more often in [[DuckTales (2017)|the relaunch.]]
** Several [[The Lion King|Lion King]] spin-offs have Simba suffering from this, in favour of Timon and Pumbaa, such as in the aminatedanimated series, in which Simba only appeared a couple of times, and the third Lion King movie which is all about Timon and Pumbaa stealing scenes from the first movie. This was eventually lampshaded in an episode of ''[[House of Mouse]]'', when Timon and Pumbaa are introduced by Mickey Mouse, Simba moans "[[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|Those guys always get all the attention!]]"
** The entire cast of ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', including the titular character, suffered this fate as the later merchandise based on the film now focus on [[Disney Princess|Jasmine.]] Considering that The Disney Princess line of merchandising is quite profitable and has become in an odd way, it's OWN spinoff from the various Disney films that each princess comes from, this may not be the case with Jasmine—or perhaps, the fate of any character associated with a Disney Princess.
** And Flounder from [[The Little Mermaid|''The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea'']], where he is also now portrayed as a father to several baby fish.