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A '''One-Scene Wonder''' is a character that has [[One-Shot Character|limited screen time]], and usually notlacks much in the way of plot relevance, but is still one of the most memorable things in the moviework. [[BillingYou Displacement|Theyknow mayyou're evendealing bewith giventhis topsort billing]],of orcharacter atif leastyou anstart referring to "[[Andtheir Starring]]scene" credit, along with the more obvious stars.
 
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A '''One-Scene Wonder''' gone [[Gone Horribly Wrong|very, very wrong]] results in a [[Non Sequitur Scene]].
Many characters of this type will be clergymen of some kind, particularly in comedy. A good reason this works is because of [[The Vicar]] principle, and because clergymen are really only needed for [[Wedding Day|wedding scenes]] anyway. The character type needn't be played for comedy, but frequently is. Often a [[Large Ham]].
 
Also see [[Kent Brockman News]]. Compare [[Ham and Cheese]], [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]], and [[Small Role, Big Impact]]. Fanfic authors are prone to make characters like this into [[OC Stand-In]]s. If the character becomes so popular that the writers decide to come up with an excuse just so bea ablereason to use himthem again, hethey'sre an [[Ascended Extra]].
A '''One-Scene Wonder''' gone [[Gone Horribly Wrong|very, very wrong]] results in a [[Non Sequitur Scene]].
 
If thea movie with a One-Scene Wonder is particularly bad, the One Scene Wonderscene may bebecome [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"]]. When a minor character in a musical does this through the use of one fantastic song, it's [[Minor Character, Major Song]].
Also see [[Kent Brockman News]]. Compare [[Ham and Cheese]], [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]], and [[Small Role, Big Impact]]. Fanfic authors are prone to make characters like this into [[OC Stand-In]]s. If the character becomes so popular that the writers decide to come up with an excuse just so be able to use him again, he's an [[Ascended Extra]].
 
If the movie is particularly bad, the One Scene Wonder may be [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"]]. When a minor character in a musical does this through the use of one fantastic song, it's [[Minor Character, Major Song]].
 
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== Advertising ==
* R.O.B. the Video Robot was hardly a "wonder" for the [[NES]] (more like a one-scene failure), but it did have a [[Moment of Awesome]] in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq9FhnRZdR4 this 1986 commercial] for Toys R Us.
 
== Anime and Manga ==
* Abel Nightroad is the ''main character'' of ''[[Trinity Blood]]'', but his superpowered form, the Crusnik, has so few appearances that it counts.
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* Inuyama, the "cowardly" samurai/firefly enthusiast/ {{spoiler|assassin}} from ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'' only gets one episode and he {{spoiler|nearly beats Jin, stopping only when he discovers his employer's death and decides to walk away.}} And what's worse, {{spoiler|he promises that they'll meet again.}}
* ''[[Code Geass]]'' has Mao. He was only in a few episodes in a row towards the middle of the first season, but is remembered for being [[Crazy Awesome]], and at the very least foreshadowed {{spoiler|Lelouch's [[Power Incontinence]]}}.
 
 
== Comic Books ==
* Anytime [[Batman]] cameos in someone else's book, especially since, away from home, he gets to [[The Comically Serious|be hilarious.]]
** Joe Chill, the mugger who killed Batman's parents. While his motive for the murders vary by continuity, he is rarely depicted as anything but a common thug. Batman himself even realizes in one story that the loathing he feels towards Chill is misplaced:
{{quote|'''Batman:''' All he wanted was money. He was sick and guilty over what he did. I was naïve enough to think him the lowest sort of man.}}
* Nazi dinosaur [http://www.comicvine.com/tyrannosaurus-reich/29-70678/ Tyrannosaurus Reich]. Only appears in two issues of ''Major Bummer'' and his concept is as awesomely cool as it is utterly ridiculous.
* [[Neil Gaiman]] specifically mentions that he didn't have Death appear more often in ''[[The Sandman]]'' because he didn't want to water down the effect and specialness of her appearances. He still found a way for her to show up in all of the trade paperbacks, however, even if sometimes it's just in a silent cameo.
* ''[[Nextwave]]'' made a single-page appearance, complete with NW-style info box pointing it out as a superfluous cameo, in ''[[Marvel Zombies]] [[Capcom vs. Whatever|VS]] [[Evil Dead|Army of Darkness.]]''.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130710074641/http://www.cracked.com/funny-5066-snowflame/ SNOWFLAME,] [[A God Am I|god]] [[Ensemble Darkhorse|of Cocaine?]] Dude appeared in only one issue of the ''New Guardians'' comic, but boy did he steal it.
* Tif from ''[[Ironwood]]'' is a definite fan favourite, despite making only one appearance (and dying at the end of it). Bill Willingham has said that he has had more requests for sketches of Tif than any other character from the series, (probably due to interestingher physicalfour-armed appearance).
* The Locksmith, a villain who appeared in the final issue of the original ''[[Spider-Woman]]'s original' comic. Fans seem to view him as the [[Trope Codifier]] of [[The Jailer]], but he only appeared in a story that ran ''half'' of the issue, which was not even the more important half. Even his accomplice - a mutant called Tick-Tock - has appeared in more issues. Still, given that the story was something of a [[Back for the Finale]] gathering of several of Jessica's old foes (along with an [[Enemy Mine]] with all of them) fans tend to remember it.
* ''[[Spider-Man]]'':
** Peter's uncle, Ben Parker. He only appeared in person in ''Amazing Fantasy #15'', spoke only two lines in the entire comic, and died the same issue. Despite his brief appearance, very few supporting characters in Spider-Man's life have had as much of an impact on him as a character, due to the tragic way that he became a hero - Peter's refusal to apprehend a criminal when he had the chance was what caused his uncle to be murdered. Uncle Ben has since appeared in many [[Flashback]] stories, often as a [[Posthumous Character]], and in non-canonical stories involving [[Another Dimension|alternate timelines]]. Also [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|contrary to popular belief]], the phrase "[[Comes Great Responsibility|With great power comes great responsibility]]" does not originate with Uncle Ben, though it is later attributed to him; the phrase first appeared as a narrative in the final panel of the comic.
** The same could be said for the nameless burglar who committed the crime. He did appear in a later story (where the motive for the burglary was revealed), but it didn't change the fact that he was nothing more than a common thug. Still, given the impact that this common thug had on Spider-Man's life, he could well be considered the greatest enemy the hero ever faced.
 
== Film ==
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* [[Jean Reno]] as "the cleaner" has one scene in ''[[Nikita (film)|La femme Nikita]]'', but it is probably what viewers remember best about the whole movie. In fact the scene was so memorable that director Luc Besson decided to make a similar character the protagonist of his [[Léon: The Professional|next film]], with the role specifically written for Reno.
* [[Bill Bailey]] as the Whale in the film of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]''.
* [[Sean Connery]] has a uncredited cameo appearance as King Richard at the end of ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]''. It's the best scene in the movie that doesn't involve [[Alan Rickman]] leaving [[Chewing the Scenery|teeth-marks]] [[Ham and Cheese|in the set]].
* [[Orson Welles]]'s role as Cardinal Wolsey in the 1966 film version of ''[[A Man for All Seasons]]''. He's in two scenes, and is probably the best thing about this very excellent film. In a later version of the film, John Gielgud did a pretty decent, though less remarkable, job in the role as well.
* Diedrich Bader in ''[[Napoleon Dynamite]] as Rex the patriotic martial arts instructor with the bodybuilder wife.
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* ''[[In the Loop]]'' is not short of great performances or funny material. Steve Coogan is in the movie for what must be a grand total of five minutes all up, and interacts with few of the main characters and none of the main plot. However, in those five minutes he easily manages to steal the movie as Paul, the easily frustrated constituent who just wants the U.K. Minister for International Development to do something about the wall of his constituency office (which is collapsing into Paul's mum's back garden) whilst said Minister is self-importantly but foolishly involving himself in grand matters of geo-political diplomacy.
* Pyramid Head in the ''[[Silent Hill (film)|Silent Hill]]'' movie. Two scenes, each lasting approximately thirty seconds, not a single line, and he's still one of the best parts.
* [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] examples:
* ''[[You Only Live Twice]]'' features [[Donald Pleasence]] as Ernst Stavro Blofeld. He's got a white cat, a bald head, and a scar. He's also one of the most memorable [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] villains, parodied and referenced ad nauseum. Total screen time: Approximately ten minutes.
** ''[[Goldfinger]]'' had Jill Masterson, who only appeared a couple of minutes before being killed, with her death becoming one of the most iconic in the franchise. Also, [[Never Mess With Granny|the old lady]] who whips out an MP 40 and shoots at Bond's Aston Martin.
** ''[[You Only Live Twice]]'' features [[Donald Pleasence]] as Ernst Stavro Blofeld. He's got a white cat, a bald head, and a scar. He's also one of the most memorable [[Jamesvillains Bondin (film)|Jamesthe Bond]] villainsfranchise, parodied and referenced ad nauseum. Total screen time: Approximately ten minutes.
** [[Madonna]] as a fencing instructor in ''[[Die Another Day]]''. She also sang the theme to the movie.
* ''[[Wholly Moses]]'' has a few of these, but the one that really stands out is John Ritter's one-and-half-minute appearance as Satan.
* [[Jack Palance]] had a film career of 50 years and over 70 movies, but when he died in 2006, one film role consistently stood out in all the obituaries and tributes dedicated to him: the role of the taunting, [[Slasher Smile|smiling]] [[The Dragon|hired gun]] Jack Wilson in ''[[Shane]]''. Palance's Wilson is widely regarded as '''the''' definitive [[The Western|Western]] bad guy. Total screen time: eight minutes. Total words spoken by Wilson: less than fifty, but he makes the most out of two of them: "Prove it."
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* The nameless cigar-smoking mobster from ''[[Ninja Assassin]]''. When your response to getting stabbed in the neck is to hold it with one and do a ''spinning close-fisted backhand'' to your would-be killer with the other, well, you will be memorable. The rest is just icing on the cake.
* [[Christopher Eccleston]] as a truth-spouting tramp in ''[[24 Hour Party People]]''.
* The [[EveryBest OneKnown Remembersfor the StripperFanservice|three-breasted alien chick]] from ''[[Total Recall]]''. Johnny-cab, as well. 'cab is on screen for a total of two minutes. In this time, he spouts chirpy nonsense, gets torn apart by [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], starts screaming and glowing, tries to kill Arnie by driving at full speed into him, misses him, and hits a wall and explodes. ''"Fasten your seatbelt!"''
* [[Chevy Chase]] as the [[Almighty Janitor|jacuzzi repairman]] in ''[[Hot Tub Time Machine]]''. Appears four or five times throughout the movie, but never for more than a couple minutes [[Stealth Hi Bye|before disappearing as suddenly as he came]], and is easily one of the best parts.
* By all accounts, Emily Hampshire's role as the chatty, eccentric Vivienne at the beginning of ''[[Snow Cake]]'' is one of these moments.
* [[Eminem]] and [[Ray Romano]] (how about that for unlikely team-ups) completely steal the one scene of ''[[Funny People]]'' that they're in together.
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* Carla Perez's thirty-second cameo as Rita Repulsa in ''[[Power Rangers Turbo|Turbo]]: A [[Power Rangers]] [[The Movie|Movie]]'', with all the [[Large Ham|ham]] her presence implies, may be the best thing about it.
* Mathieu Amalric appears in the first and last scenes of ''Les Aventures Extraordinaires D'Adèle Blanc-Sec'' as the titular heroine's revolting arch-nemesis Dieuleveult, dressed entirely in a black trenchcoat, hat and sunglasses like a Gestapo officer, completely unrecognizable under a thick layer of makeup with rotten-looking false teeth and speaking with a wheezy voice, all in all resembling Toht from ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''. After stealing the scene with a wonderfully [[Large Ham|over-the-top]] creepy performance, his character is mummified alive and only seen at the end of the movie, observing Adèle embarking on the {{spoiler|Titanic}} and ominously wishing her "bon voyage". This is made even more infuriating due to the fact that Dieuleveult is, as previously indicated, her arch-nemesis in the comics and yet has no other role in the plot other than failing to prevent her from stealing a mummy she hopes will bring her sister back to life. Needless to stay, the fans of the original comic were not pleased.
* ''[[American Gangster]]'' has [[Ruby Dee]] in an Academy Award nominated role as Frank Lucas' mother. She had less than 10 minutes of screen time.
* [[Jackie Earle Haley]] in ''[[Shutter Island]]''. His one scene lasts maybe five minutes and he owns every second of it.
* [[Jackie Earle Haley]] as the "particularly dirty hippie" Dukes in ''Semi-Pro''.
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* The 1933 film ''Dinner at Eight'' alludes to this trope in-universe. One of the characters is a washed-up, alcoholic actor who learns he's been demoted from the lead in an upcoming play to a minor one-scene role. His agent persuades him to accept the smaller part on the grounds that he can make a bigger impression on the audience with his single scene.
* [[Pee Wee Herman]] in ''[[Back to the Beach]]''. He appears in the middle of a beach party, performs an amazing idiosyncratic version of "Surfin' Bird", and then literally ''flies away'' on a surfboard.
* In ''[[The Exorcist]]'', this is true of ''the title character''. [[Badass Preacher|Father Damien Karras]] does not appear until near the end of the movie, and the part involving him is surprisingly short, but ''damn'' does he make full use of every second.
* Most of the monsters in ''[[The Cabin in the Woods]]'' get less than a minute of screen time apiece, but ''damn'' they make good use of every second.
* [[Robert Duvall]]'s first role ever was Boo Radley in the film adaptation of ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]''. Less than a minute of screen time and no spoken lines, he didn't need more than that for the movie's iconic finale.
* [[Stan Lee]], the author of many a different Marvel comics, makes a [[Cameo]] in just about every single live-action movie adaption of his heroes, whether it be a plain old man, a few speaking lines, or sometimes even [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]] by playing himself.
* [[Drew Carey]] gets a brief scene when his cab ride gets delayed in ''[[Coneheads]]'', addressing himself as a decorated star to make sure all know this snafu is [[Serious Business]].
 
== Literature ==
* Steven Erikson's ''[[Malazan Book of the Fallen]]'' has several underused-and-awesome characters. One of the more notable examples is Hood, the god of death.
* There is usually at least one scene in every ''[[Discworld]]'' book featuring [[The Grim Reaper|Death]] (''The Wee Free Men'' is one of the few books where he doesn't appear). Except in the book where he stars, these definitely count.
* Voldemort in ''[[Harry Potter]] and the [[Goblet of Fire (novel)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', especially [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|the film]]. Less so in other entries of the series, as he starts getting more time.
** Also Aunt Marge at the beginning of the third book.
* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''
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** In ''Changes'' there's Donnar Vadderung, otherwise known as ''Odin''. he gets a single chapter with dialogue {{spoiler|and briefly appears at the end}} but he effectively comes off as [[Gargoyles|a divine David Xanatos]].
** [[Our Dragons Are Different|Ferrovax]], thus far.
* [[Stan Lee]], the author of many a different Marvel comics, makes a [[Cameo]] in just about every single live-action movie adaption of his heroes, whether it be a plain old man, a few speaking lines, or sometimes even [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]] by playing himself.
* [[Drew Carey]] gets a brief scene when his cab ride gets delayed in ''[[Coneheads]]'', addressing himself as a decorated star to make sure all know this snafu is [[Serious Business]].
 
 
== Live -Action TV ==
* [[The Ace|Lord Flashheart]] in ''[[Blackadder]]'', especially in the second series where he appears out of nowhere, goes through his monologue, and disappears again in less than two minutes of screen time, and totally runs away with the episode.{{spoiler|And the girl}}. {{spoiler|"Woof!"}}
** [[Word of God|In an interview]] [[Rik Mayall]] said he only agreed to play Flashheart if he got more laughs than the main character in that episode.
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*** [[Stephen Fry]] too, in ''Blackadder the Third'' as Wellington.
{{quote|"The men had a whip-round and got you this... well, what I mean is that I had the men roundly whipped until they got you this. It's a cigarillo case engraved with the regimental crest of two crossed dead Frenchmen, emblazoned on a mound-of-dead-Frenchmen motif."}}
**:* [[Tom Baker]] as Captain Rum. ''"Arr...'" (Although in the last two cases it's more of a One Episode Wonder.)
**:* Denis Lill as Sir Talbot Buxomley in ''Blackadder III'' episode "Dish and Dishonesty". He appears for about two minutes and dies at the end of his scene. But he is absolutely unforgettable.
* When ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' had [[The Power of Rock|a guitar solo challenge]] between [[Stephen Colbert]] and Chris Funk of [[The Decemberists]], there were guest stars galore. However none of them could compare to the brief appearance via satellite by none other than Dr. Henry Kissinger.
{{quote|'''Stephen Colbert''': Dr. Kissinger, what time is it?
'''Henry Kissinger''': Stephen, [[Rock Me, Asmodeus|it is time to rock]]. }}
*:* Colbert said in an interview that they also wanted to [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] the absurdity of having gotten Henry Kissinger to oversee a guitar-playing contest by having him say, "Where are my pancakes? I was promised pancakes." But he wouldn't, and according to Colbert, somewhere there exist several minutes of footage of him begging Kissinger to say the pancake line.
*:* John Legend and his nutmeg song in the Christmas special.
*:* ''[[The Daily Show]]'' had a recent [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] involving [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-19-2009/gaywatch---peter-vadala---william-phillips Mick Foley] defending a kid who supports gay rights.
* In [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the new ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' series]], none of the [[Mauve Shirt]] Viper/Raptor pilots are more memorable then the "Tattooed Pilot" whose actually more of an extra since he plays no vital role and has only one speaking line in the entire series.
** Racetrack has a bit of a following too, despite never having actually had her own storyline, she's probably survived more raptor mishaps than Athena and Boomer put together, especially in later seasons.
* [[Crazy Awesome|Jubal Early]] in ''[[Firefly]]'', who only appeared in the last episode yet was perhaps the greatest part of an already great series.
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** [[Christopher Eccleston]]'s memorable turn as Claude Rains began as an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]], but since he hasn't returned and was only in 5-ish out of nearly 60 episodes, he has evolved into a much-loved One-Scene Wonder.
* Brother Mouzone in ''[[The Wire]]'' only appeared in six episodes, most of them for just a few minutes, or seconds in the case of his introduction. An erudite, soft spoken, Harpers magazine reading, suit and bow tie wearing gentleman... who also happens to be one of the most feared and respected hitmen on the east coast, and whose popularity rivals some regulars.
* Comedy actor Guillermo Francella ([[Dyeing Forthefor Your Art|without his trademark moustache]]) played the until then unseen [[Big Bad]] of Argentine [[Soap Opera|telenovela]] ''Vidas Robadas'': he appeared in three scenes in the last two episodes, and completely owned the show. To picture the impact of [[The Reveal]], imagine: the [[Magnificent Bastard]] head of a human trafficking net is finally seen on camera - and it's a completely serious and creepy-looking, say, ''Adam Sandler''.
* In the season one finale of ''[[Fringe]]'' the fact that Olivia was in a parallel universe where the Twin Towers are still standing was heavily overshadowed by the fact that she'd just met the mysterious William Bell, played by [[Leonard Nimoy]].
** Nimoy as William Bell deserves some sort of minimalist record for this. He had two lines in the Season 1 finale, then showed up for less than a minute in a fragmented flashback to the same scene four episodes later, and then had another one-line cameo in the mid-season cliffhanger. Then, the character was conspicuously absent in the [[Whole-Episode Flashback]] "Peter", with a lame excuse about being away on business, and then Nimoy retired from acting after filming one more appearance for season 2.
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* David Rees Snell, who played [[Ascended Extra]] Ronnie Gardocki on ''[[The Shield]]'', played season four [[Big Bad]] Leon Drake, an evil [[G.I. Joe|Cobra Commander]]-type terrorist who was the [[Big Bad]] for the fourth and final season of ''[[The Unit]]''. Despite appearing in only seven episode (with most of those episodes featuring him in one or two scenes, barking orders to his army of minions from his secret lair), David Snell's role is largely the only notable thing about the show in the eyes of fans of Shawn Ryan's other, more famous show ''[[The Shield]]''.
* ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'' had this in episode 2x12: despite featuring major advancement on most of the season's main storylines and one character's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], most of the online chatter about the episode centered around former ''[[The Shield]]'' star Kenny Johnson's surprise cameo as an out-of-town member of the Sons of Anarchy biker gang summoned to help participate in a planned rumble with a rival Aryan gang.
* Several examples in ''[[Star Trek: TOSThe Original Series]]:'' Lt. Riley, who appeared in only two episodes; [[Grande Dame|T'Pau]] and [[Childhood Marriage Promise|T'Pring]] from "Amok Time"; [[Follow in My Footsteps|Sarek]] and [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents|Amanda]] in ''Journey to Babel''; the Romulan Commanders in "[[Worthy Opponent|Balance of Terror]]" and "[[Hot Chick in a Badass Suit|The Enterprise Incident]]"; Baalok from "The Corbomite Maneuver"; the [[Psychopathic Manchild|Squire of Gothos]]; the [[Silicon-Based Life|Horta]].
* A few examples in ''[[Star Trek: TNGThe Next Generation]]'': Sonya Gomez, the famously bumbling junior engineer; Nick Locarno in "The First Duty" (so much so that they wanted to use that character in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]'', but had to settle for just the actor); Robin Lefler (due to the fact that she was played by ''Ashley fricking' Judd''); Commander Shelby in "The Best of Both Worlds"; Captain Jellico and Gul Madred (played by Ronny Cox and David Warner, respectively); etc.
* The Klingon chef in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', who owned a restaurant on DS9, and also played Klingon folk songs to customers on the accordion. Actually appeared in two episodes, "Melora" and "Playing God"; novels claim his name is Kaga, possibly meant as Homage to Chairman Kaga from ''[[Iron Chef]]'', which debuted the same month as "Melora"
* [[Violent Glaswegian|Jamie MacDonald]] is only in a handful of scenes in ''[[The Thick of It]]'' (he doesn't even get his last name until [[The Movie]]) but manages to be one of the most memorable characters in a show full of memorable characters.
* Mr. Flibble from ''[[Red Dwarf]]''. A ''penguin hand-puppet'', visibly played and voiced by one of the regular cast during the last scenes of a single episode, never to be seen or even mentioned in the show again... but he's one of the most popular supporting characters, almost to the point that you could consider him the show's mascot, and he's got [http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/features/interviews/mr-flibble/ his own section] on the show's official website, where he acts as an interview host.
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*** Her reunion with Des in the fourth season finale (her only scene in that two hour episode making it a literal example) is a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|is a ray of hope and happiness]] in an otherwise [[Crapsack World|grim episode.]]
* A minor controversy erupted when the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences served up an extreme version of this in 2006, nominating Ellen Burstyn for an Emmy for her 14-second, 38-word cameo in the TV movie ''[[Mrs Harris]]''.
* From ''[[The X-Files|the X Files]]'', Maggie Scully (Scully's mom) has a surprisingly large fanbase, despite only appearing quite briefly in a handful of episodes. It probably has something to do with the fact that she's such a nice, reasonable, ''normal'' person, especially when you compare her to Mulder's family.
** And of course, she has to [[The Woobie|put up with a lot]] in the show, including her husband {{spoiler|dying of a heart attack}}, her daughter {{spoiler|being abducted by aliens and presumed dead}}, her ''other'' daughter {{spoiler|being shot dead}}, and her son being a total douche.
** Similarly, Cassandra Spencer, played memorably by [[Veronica Cartwright]], is so central to the show's mythos, it's hard to believe she's only in 4 episodes.
** Also, Peter Boyle as the one-off character Clyde Bruckman, in the episode ''"Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose". One episode. Not an important episode. Not a character important to the myth arc. But he's one of the most memorable characters in the whole show, partly because it was one of the most highly-acclaimed episodes ever, and because...well... it's Peter Boyle.
* Brian Cox as Vesper Abaddon in ''[[Kings]]''. A deposed tyrant, he has two scenes where he tries to make his captor, Silas, as vile as he is, and another where he speaks to [[The Hero]], David, before he is to be executed. Scary as hell, incredibly complex, and has only a few minutes screentime.
* ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' had the [[Fisher King]], an ageless old king who has waited years for Merlin to arrive and release him from his eternal life. The actor infuses the character with so much gravitas and poignancy that he turns a single scene into a bona-fide [[Tear Jerker]]. The lighting and music only adds to the epic nature of the scene.
* ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]'': Every fan talks about John Rhys-Davies' performance as King Richard. He was in exactly one episode: "The King's Fool".
 
 
== Music ==
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** Mama from ''Memphis'' may qualify for her showstopping "Change Don't Come Easy" song. Though she is a frequent character and sings more than once, "Change Don't Come Easy" particularly stands out.
* Herbert in ''[[Tanz der Vampire]]''. He has ''one line'' in the first act, appears wordlessly (except for some singing over a backing chorus) in the second scene of the second act, proceeds to have a showcase song/scene full of [[Ho Yay]] with the hero that is generally regarded as one of the funniest (or sexiest, [[Yaoi Fangirl|if you like that sort of thing]]) parts of the whole show a few scenes later, and then is demoted to harmonizing on two lines with his father at the ball and with Magda in the finale, and yet he is probably at least the second- if not THE- most popular character in the show, with one reviewer commenting that it's hard not to squee when he shows up, ''even if you don't like the actor playing him''. The actor doesn't even double in the ensemble scenes before Herbert's entrance.
** Vindication: [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20191017114240/https://www.musicalvienna.at/index.php/ende/home/article/32203 This article]- ''from the producers of the show''- calls Herbert ''Tanz'''s "arguably the most popular figure".
* Harvey Johnson, the nerdy kid from the opening number of ''Bye Bye Birdie'', is easily the most memorable character from the whole play, despite having about three lines.
* ''[[The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee]]'' has the moment where {{spoiler|JESUS himself}} comes down to give advice to one of the children in their time of need.
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* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Sergeant Dornan]] in ''[[Fallout 2]]'', one of the most memorable NPC's despite being little more than an extra. Despite his relative insignifance to the plot (you can rather easily bypass him at camp Navarro), the Sarge's got a "talking head" and voice acting which [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cut-ZRbbbY must be heard to be believed.]
* The Kuribo's Shoe from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]] 3'' only appears in ONE level from ONE game of the entire [[Long Runner|Mario franchise]]!! It might be more popular than Luigi!! Goodness sake.
* From ''[[Mass Effect]]'':
* In ''[[Mass Effect]]'',* Peter Jessup voices [[Killer Robot|Sovereign]] for ''one'' scene, yet manages to freak out the entire fan community with a single, all-encompassing [[Badass Boast]] on behalf of the [[Eldritch Abomination|Reapers]];
{{quote|'''Sovereign''': '''YOU EXIST BECAUSE WE ALLOW IT. AND YOU WILL END BECAUSE WE DEMAND IT.'''}}
:** TwoActually, make that ''two'' scenes.
{{quote|'''"I AM SOVEREIGN. {{spoiler|AND THIS STATION IS MINE.}}"'''}}
**:* In one the second scene he fights off the Coucil and Alliance fleets, and nearly annihilates both of them before finally being destroyed himself showing just how powerful one Reaper is. It wasn't even trying to fight back until the end.
:** Other than Sovereign, ''[[Mass Effect]]'' is packed with these, many of them turians. There's Lii, the mechanic on Noveria with the awesome Jersey accent, the drunken and bombastic General Septimus, and the smooth and cultured office politician Lorik Q'uinn.
*:* ''Mass Effect 2'' gives the other council races time to shine. Matriarch Aethyta for example only affects one short sidequest and the conversation options with her never change. But as those conversation options show, she's seen it all in her thousand year life, and she's has no qualms about sharing it. The [[Cool Old Lady|cool old ladies]] don't get much cooler, or older.
{{quote|''"I saw a krogan drink a liquified turian on a dare six or seven centuries back. Nobody came out of that one looking pretty."''}}
**:* [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Niftu Cal]]. "I am a biotic god! I think things and they happen! Fear me, lesser creatures, for I am biotics made flesh!"
**:* One of them ''doesn't even get screentime''. He's only in two commericals on Illium:
{{quote|'''Announcer:''' The Council thought that Blasto, the first hanar Spectre, would play by the rules.
'''Blasto:''' This one's heat sink is over capacity. It wonders whether the criminal scum considers itself fortunate.
'''Announcer:''' They were ''wrong''.
'''Blasto:''' This one has no time for your solid waste excretions. }}
*:* A slightly more traditional example from [[Mass Effect 2]] is [[Adam Baldwin]]'s brief appearance as [[Memetic Badass|Kal'Reegar]], a quarian ''commando'' with a ''rocket launcher''. Despite only appearing in two places, he's gained a huge fan following. (and spawned a lot of Kal/Tali shippers...)
*:* The Sergeant drilling two privates on space combat at the Citadel entrance in number 2. "Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest sonofabitch in space!" indeed, sir.
*:* Refund Guy, who has tried getting his money back for the two years that separate the first two games. Will he get his money back in [[Mass Effect 3]] before the reapers destroy everything?{{spoiler|Yes, if Shepard supports him. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|It's for a 15 credit Toaster Oven]]}}.
*:* How can we forget Khalisah al-Juliani? The paparazzi reporter that Renegade!Shepard has a running gag of punching out?
*** {{spoiler|Yes, if Shepard supports him. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|It's for a 15 credit Toaster Oven]]}}.
*:* {{spoiler|Harbinger}} in ''Mass Effect 3''. Though mentioned occasionally, he shows up ''only once'' in the entire game {{spoiler|at the very end. He has no lines. [[Curb Stomp Battle|Only]] [[Beam Spam]].}}
** How can we forget Khalisah al-Juliani? The paparazzi reporter that Renegade!Shepard has a running gag of punching out?
** {{spoiler|Harbinger}} in Mass Effect 3. Though mentioned occasionally, he shows up ''only once'' in the entire game {{spoiler|at the very end. He has no lines. [[Curb Stomp Battle|Only]] [[Beam Spam]].}}
* Lancer in ''[[Fate/stay night]]''. He is the first enemy encountered in the game's introduction and does little but fight with Archer and all but kill Shirou, after which he spends most of the time in the background . He only gets a bit of spotlight {{spoiler|in Unlimited Blade Works when he helps Rin and Shirou by defeating Archer, rescues Rin and kills Kotomine and scares off Shinji all while ''missing his heart''. Oh, and inadvertently saving Shirou post-humously by making Gilgamesh sooty}}. Outside of that he's basically the poster boy for [[The Worf Effect]], {{spoiler|being killed off by the [[The Dragon]] in the other two routes.}} Yet he's almost as [[Badass|GAR]] as Archer for the fandom.
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' there are a very few high-ranking NPCs that get an occasional memorable scripted scene.
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* {{spoiler|[[David Hasselhoff]]}} as the American Vice President in ''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert|Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3]]''
* Poseidon in ''[[God of War]] 3''. All of the other gods have at least one other appearance in the game, but Poseidon only shows up during Kratos and the Titans' siege of Mount Olympus {{spoiler|due to being killed during it}}. But boy, is his role in that part [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|memorable]].
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'':
** ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]'': "I AM ERROR." A short appearance and [[Misblamed|name that seemed the result of a glitch or poor translation]] endeared Error to the fans forever.
** Canon-wise, Zelda only assumes her Sheik identity in one game, ''[[Ocarina of Time]]'', but has become high-octane [[Fanfic Fuel]] as a result.
** In [[The Legend of Zelda CDI Games]] several minor characters are immensely popular like Morshu who only has two scenes.
{{quote|'''Morshu''': Mmmmmm...Richer.}}
* ''[[Golden Sun]]'' fandom is largely convinced that Rief's sister Nowell from ''[[Golden Sun: Dark Dawn|Dark Dawn]]'' will return as a player character in the next game. All we know about her presently is that she doesn't like her little brother getting into danger, and that she ''does'' like Captain Piers enough to [[Put on a Bus|go for an unplanned joyride with him]].
** An even better example from the same game would be [[Shrine Maiden|Himi]], who is ''barely'' a player character—she [[Eleventh-Hour Ranger|joins the party at the last possible second]] and as a result has ''[[Flat Character|literally NO character development whatsoever]]'' (even by Golden Sun's notoriously low standards), but easily rivals [[Estrogen Brigade Bait|Amiti]] and [[Badass Adorable|Sveta]] in sheer popularity with the fandom.
* In [[The Legend of Zelda CDI Games]] several minor characters are immensely popular like Morshu who only has two scenes.
{{quote|'''Morshu''': Mmmmmm...Richer.}}
* Inverted in ''[[No More Heroes]] 2: Desperate Struggle''. The game's [[Big Bad]], Jasper Batt Jr. doesn't appear until the very end of the game, but despite that has become a Scrappy character infamous even amongst people that haven't played the game due many planners finding him annoying, pretending to kill most of the cast, and the boss fight with him not being especially cool or fun, and for being [[That One Boss]].
* [[Big Bad|Father Balder]] in ''Bayonetta'' is heard in voice, but doesn't appear on screen till the end of the game, but easily steals the show when he does due to his Badassery and crossing the [[Moral Event Horizon]].
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* There's exactly one playable Pandaren in the whole Warcraft series (so far), he's an optional character in a campaign that you don't even need to play in a regular playtrough, he became so popular that Blizzard have been teasing [[WoW]] players with making Pandaren a playable race since the early stages, they will finally get their own expansion (they included the race's name in the title of the expansion). Oh, and the character wasn't even planed to be included in the game, one of the designers made a concept artwork as an april's fool joke.
* [[Kingdom Hearts 3D]] has one that seemed to exist solely for the trailers, and lasted for all but ''two seconds''. Oh, hi there, {{spoiler|Vanitas.}} Oh, bye, {{spoiler|Vanitas}}!
* The very first zombie Jill (and by extension, the player) encounters in the very first ''[[Resident Evil (video game)|Resident Evil]]'' game is a [[Jump Scare]] and [[Gut Punch]] that few fans of the series ever forget. In fact, he may be even creepier in the original version than in the remake. Sure, he's technically just a mook, but that face slowly turning to look at Jill as she approaches what she thinks is an injured victim... [[Simple Yet Awesome]] way to start the nightmare that is ''[[Resident Evil]]''.
 
 
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== Western Animation ==
* Earl of Lemongrab from ''[[Adventure Time]]'' has turned out to be this. He only had about six total minutes of screen time, and only appeared in one episode (so far,) yet he stole the show in his singular episode. There is a small, but exceedingly loud (no surprise,) group of Adventure Time fans who wholeheartedly sympathize with Lemongrab's plight, and want him back in the series as a reoccuring minor character.
* Miss Kitty from Disney's ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]''. She's in the show for only one song, but... well, it's [http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=e2IctxaCPqw a very memorable] one, and judging by the amount of [http://blackrozepetal.deviantart.com/art/Let-me-be-good-to-you-91337723 fan] [http://tabbykat.deviantart.com/art/Let-me-Be-Good-To-You-80676729 material] about her, [[Everybody Remembers the Stripper|quite a few people remembered]] as the most exciting part of the movie. Also, she has the ever-sexy voice of Melissa Manchester.
* Chernabog from ''[[Fantasia]]''; the star of a sequence that lasts all of 11 minutes with no dialogue, he is nonetheless, unforgettable. It's hard to find a critic who does not count him among Disney's greatest villains.
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* ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' has plenty of one-episode wonders. Foxglove, the bat from "Good Times, Bat Times", appeared in only this one episode, but she seems to be part of a [[Fanfic]] cast more often than not, she might have more fans than Monterey Jack, and she has even got a website dedicated to her. Tammy, the squirrelmaid from "Adventures in Squirrelsitting", comes in second. There are several more, including the lab rat Sparky from "Does Pavlov Ring a Bell", Gadget's [[Evil Twin]] Lahwhinie from "Gadget Goes Hawaiian", and Geegaw Hackwrench (who never even appeared on-screen, apart from a portrait in "To the Rescue" part 3). Unlike the others, Foxglove has gone on to make regular appearances in [[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Comic Book)|the 2010 CDRR comic series]] produced by [[Boom Studios]].
** Speaking of Chip and Dale, there was one short named "Two Chips and a Miss", in which a character named Clarice fills in the role of Chip and Dale's girlfriend. This was her only appearance, and yet she has a HUGE popularity (even appearing in Disney Parks for some reason), [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|especially in Japan]]. Who knew that a one appearance character would cause THIS much popularity?
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'':
** Hank Scorpio only appeared in one episode of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', but is a truly memorable [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] villain parody who is also an excellent example of an [[Affably Evil]] character.
** Such was his popularity that he was initially considered to be the main villain for [[The Movie]]. The plan was canned as the writers didn't want to use a villain from an episode over a decade old. His voice actor (The ever awesome Al Brooks) was kept to voice the final villain, who still shares many quirks worthy of Scorpio.
** Frank Grimes was only in one episode too—he died. He's mentioned in many others, with a [[Running Gag]] where Homer forgets that he's dead, and his son (Frank Grimes, Jr.) is a villain in another episode.
** The shotgun wielding nurse in the Flying Hellfish episode;
{{quote|'''THE RESIDENTS'''-''BANG''-'''ARE TRYING'''-''BANG''-'''TO NAP!'''-''BANG''}}
:* The Very Tall Man, the only original character introduced in "22 Short Films About Springfield", (a [[Creator Cameo|caricature of writer Ian Maxtone-Graham]], who is also rather tall), who left a rather big impact on it by punishing Nelson for mocking him. His only other appearances have been cameos.
:* Dr. Colossus, the boastful - but easily humbled - [[Mad Scientist]] from the second part of "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" His two rather brief scenes were so impressive, he is the Trope Namer for [[Cartoonish Supervillainy]]. Unfortunately, those scenes were cut for syndication, making them hard to see these days.
* The inhabitants of the [[True Neutral|Neutral Planet]] appear in only one episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', but their "neutral humor" was a particular favorite of the fans and producer David X. Cohen.
{{quote|'''Neutral President''': If I don't survive, tell my wife "hello."}}
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** ''Back Alley Oproar'' is quite funny with Sylvester keeping Elmer up with his singing, then [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ncgc78RIV0 this guy] comes along and steals the show.
* In ''[[Chicken Little]]'' one of the most popular characters is Morkubine Porcupine he only has five minutes of screen time and he only says three words.
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'':
** From ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', twoTwo words: Rowdyruff Boys. From ONE episode came a raging torrent of fanfics, raging internet debates, and impassioned pleas to [[Craig McCracken]] to bring them back, nearly all of them [[Misaimed Fandom|completely missing the point]] of what the Boys were about. (What they were about: Fight, fight, fight, gross out, fight some more. The Mayor had more depth than that.) And when McCracken finally gave in and brought them back, ''they hardly changed at all!'' To this day they're some of the most popular PPG supporting characters EVER (even have a dot-net website), despite being essentially just a more powerful and vicious Gang Green Gang.
*** But there are 2 very good reasons to their appeal, shallowness aside: 1) They can be paired with the Girls in a series with little or no romance, making the "One of them decides to turn good" plot popular. 2)They are the only enemies in the series to beat the girls AND keep the powers they used to beat them/almost beat them (Both Mojo and the Gangreen Gang came close, but they were all [[Brought Down to Normal]] by the end of the episode).
** Dick Hardly, a one-shot villain who made literal rip-offs of the girls to sell to cities all over the place, managed to be this. Likely due to being a [[Complete Monster]] and arguably one of the worst villains in the show (possibly even worse than ''Him'', who is supposedly the devil himself, as unlike that character, Hardly lacks any moral limits or comedic qualities at all), which makes him rather easy to remember. Another thing making him stand out is he's the only human in the series to actually be [[Killed Off for Real]], due to his own recklessness.
** Bunny - poor, poor Bunny. Created via a botched experiment, her attempts to fit in and [[Heroic Sacrifice]] at the end was one of the biggest [[Tear Jerker]]s of the whole franchise, obviously the reason "Twisted Sister" is the episode that actually won an Emmy.
** The Broccoloids; of all the [[Crazy Awesome]] plots involving an [[Alien Invasion]], this was one of the craziest and most awesome.
** The Boogie Man - ''really'' cool character with a badass VA, and a [[Shout Out]] to ''[[Star Wars]]'' on top of it! “Blame it on the Boogie!“
* In the three seasons of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', we see Koh the Face-Stealer ''twice''. One episode, wayyy back in the first season, when Aang first travels to the Spirit World. Why do we remember him? ''Because he's a gigantic centipede trickster spirit who will steal your face and wear it like a mask if you show the slightest twitch of expression.'' And technically, he's not even a ''bad guy''. Few monsters have ever been so imaginatively, effortlessly terrifying - it's no wonder fans clamoured for more.
** His second appearance was in a flashback during the finale, which reveals a previous avatar's experience with him.
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** There's also the blue... [[Eldritch Abomination|whatever you want to call it]] from "Perfect." The thing is one of the scariest and most notorious creatures in a scary series, and it gets less than 10 seconds of screen-time.
*** Kitty and Bunny from the episode "The Mask".
** Di Lung is another rather extreme example of one of these, being the absolute worst character in the entire series and pretty much existing as an [[Ethnic Scrappy|incredibly-stereotypically]] [[Asian Rudeness|Asian]] [[Catch Phrase|catchphrase]] dispenser and absolutely nothing else (even when he ''does'' [[A Day in the Limelight|get actually significant roles in episodes]], in fact)...but also having quite-easily ''the'' best (and, of course, funniest) catchphrase in the entire franchise.
{{quote|'''Di Lung ([[Hypocritical Humor|after/while blatantly forgetting to watch where he is going]]):''' WATCH WHERE YOU'RE ''GOING'', [[You Fool!|YA ''FOOL!'']]}}
* Occasionally on ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'', a girl named Daria sees the titular duo in the middle of something stupid. [[Dull Surprise|She barely reacts]] to the [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]], [[Deadpan Snarker|makes a snide remark]] about [[Too Dumb to Live|the boys' stupidity]], then disappears for pretty much the rest of the episode. As hilarious as Beavis and Butthead can be, [[Daria|I can definitely see how this character would end up getting her own series.]]
* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'': Argent. Oh so much. A [[Pettanko]] dressed in the whole [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|gothic dress thing]] and has an [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French|Australian accent?]] And her big action during the scene was...getting a communicator from Starfire. Yeah. Her minimal time on screen didn't stop her from becoming a fan art favorite.
** A relationship example: Kid Flash and Jinx appeared in two and five episodes, respectively. Their relationship had an episode mostly devoted to it, and then a couple of lines a few episodes later. It's the fourth most written for ''Teen Titans'' couple on fanfiction.net.
** Let's not forget Red X who has become on of the most popular characters in the show despite only appearing twice.
* ''[[South Park]]'' has the [[MeMemetic MeMutation|meme]]-inspiring [[Step Three: Profit|underpants gnomes]] and the sexual harassment panda.
* ''[[The Modifyers]]'' has Baron Vain, whose psychopathy and ridiculousness won the hearts of those who actually saw it.
* Hondo from ''[[The Clone Wars]]''. Why? Because he single-handedly outwitted Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Count Dooku... 3 times! All in the course of one two-parter episode. Also, he was charming and friendly during the whole thing.
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* Firefly, Medley, Twilight, Applejack, Bowtie, Scorpan, and Tirek are some of the most popular ''[[My Little Pony]]'' characters but in American canon only appeared in the first of the two ''[[My Little Pony TV Specials]]''.
* The ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' [[Grand Finale]] [[The Movie|Movie]] introduces us to Eddy's long-unseen older brother. He only gets five minutes of screen time...'''AND''' '''[[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|WHAT]]''' '''[[Fridge Horror|A]]''' '''[[Tear Jerker|FIVE]]''' '''[[The Reveal|MINUTES]]''' '''[[Broken Pedestal|THOSE]]''' '''[[Complete Monster|WERE]]'''.
* ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' had Julie Bruin. In one very short toon, yet memorable for [[Gainaxing|perhaps unwholesome]] reasons, as well as being a spoof of her voice actor, comedienne/actress/singer [[w:Julie Brown|Julie Brown].
* In ''[[Gargoyles]]'', there was [[Cute Monster Girl| Elisa, as a gargoyle.]] This only occurred in one episode ("The Mirror") for one brief scene, as Puck was doing it to troll Demona, but try telling ''that'' [[Fanfic Fuel| to fanfiction writers]].
* On ''[[The Flintstones]]'', Fred and Wilma have a pet cat (well, a sabre-tooth tiger) who is notable for one scene, during the end credits where it throws Fred out of the house. It rarely appears in the show itself, being little more than a [[Living Prop]] when it does.
* Similar to the one with Elisa as a Gargoyle was April O'Neil as a [[Cat Girl]]. This wasn't the only time she was a victim of [[Baleful Polymorph]] in that version of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', but it is the one most fans remember, even though she was only the Cat Girl in one episode ("The Cat Woman of Channel 6"). [https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Mutatin%27_April_(1993_action_figure) They even made an action figure!]
* [https://samuraijack.fandom.com/wiki/Narc Narc] from ''[[Samurai Jack]]''. In the second episode this [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|three-eyed space babe]] was both a dancer and a waitress at the [[Bad Guy Bar]] where Jack ends up shortly after arriving into the future via Aku's time portal. Secretly, she is an informant for a Aku who informs the villain that Jack is here, her bizarre appearance serving as a [[Gut Punch]] to Jack about how different the world has become. She only appeared briefly in one other episode, “Jack and the Swamp Wizard”, but she has become incredibly popular in fan works, particularly fan art, often of the [[Rule 34]] type.
 
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