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[[I Thought It Meant|Not to be confused]] with shows ''shot'' [[Chroma Key|in a green room]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* A skillful usage of this technique is in ''[[Love Hina]]'', where Motoko (along with her "groupies") is introduced in the first minutes of the first episode, but she immediately leaves on a training excursion, thus freeing up screen time for introductions of the other characters before she gets her turn to take center stage in the third episode. Shinobu is also seen in the first episode, but not really introduced until the second.
* In ''[[
== Live-Action TV ==
* In ''[[
** Also, [[Robot Buddy]] Kamelion is introduced in "The King's Demons" and then disappears for almost an entire season, reappearing only [[Back for
*** Script editor Eric Saward said in an interview in ''Doctor Who Magazine'' that Mike Powers' death wasn't the cause of Kameleon getting sidelined. The robot prop hadn't worked right from the beginning, and the character had been created based on the operators' exaggerated claims of its capabilities. Powers' death provided an easy explanation that didn't lay blame on anyone.
* Happened quite a bit in ''[[Code Name
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Touhou Project]]'' has this to a large degree thanks in part to [[Loads and Loads of Characters]], as well as [[The Rashomon]] endings to most games, where characters like Ruukoto, whose mere presence would [[Cutting Off the Branches|deny the canon status of all the other endings]]. Stage 5 characters are almost guaranteed to become [[Recurring Character
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* [[G.I. Joe]] had a habit of doing this, with its [[Loads and Loads of Characters|ridiculously large number of characters]] and all.
* [[Transformers]] suffered from the same thing, some characters only appeared for one episode!
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Princess Luna makes her first non-Nightmare Moon appearance at [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** The zebra Zecora has [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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