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[[File:bwi-bus.jpg|frame|Bye, bye! See you again someday ... [[Long Bus Trip|maybe]]. [[Bus Crash|We hope]].]]
A character is written out of a series in such a way that they can easily be returned later, if the producers so choose. They are [[Put
▲A character is written out of a series in such a way that they can easily be returned later, if the producers so choose. They are Put On A Bus.
A staple of the [[Prime Time Soap]] and particularly [[Soap Opera]] where casts are large and actor turnover is frequent. Conveniently, when such a character is brought back, it can be with a case of [[Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome]] or [[The Other Darrin]].
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See [[The Exile]] and [[Reassigned to Antarctica]] for when this is more directly a sentence of banishment.
Not to be confused with [[Sacrificial Lamb|being thrown ''under'' the bus]].
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* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': [[The Hero]] Kouji Kabuto himself and his [[Battle Couple]], Sayaka, were Put on a Bus at the end of the series (to be exact, they were put on a plane and sent to America), and they were replaced by [[The Hero]] and the [[Action Girl]] from the next series, ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' (Tetsuya and Jun). In fact,
▲== Anime & Manga ==
▲* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': [[The Hero]] Kouji Kabuto himself and his [[Battle Couple]], Sayaka, were Put on a Bus at the end of the series (to be exact, they were put on a plane and sent to America), and they were replaced by [[The Hero]] and the [[Action Girl]] from the next series, ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' (Tetsuya and Jun). In fact, all ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' characters but Shiro, Boss and his gang were Put on a Bus when ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' started, although a few of them returned in the last season for the [[Grand Finale]] (Kouji, Sayaka, Prof. Yumi and {{spoiler|Dr. Hell}}). In ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]'', Kouji was the only character from ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' and ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' was not Put on a Bus (although Boss made a cameo appearance). [[Go Nagai]] intended Sayaka returned, too, but [[Executive Meddling]] prevented this from happening. In the manga versions, though, more characters and settings from the original series show up.
* Hiei from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' mysteriously disappears after the first few episodes in the Sensui arc, using the excuse that he doesn't care whether or not the human world is destroyed. He turns up several episodes to test Yusuke's strength. He goes on a temporary bus again when the team enters Sensui's hideout and battle Gamemaster. Hiei notes, "I know as much of games as I do hugs or puppies and care for them even less" and falls asleep. He remains like this for several episodes.
** A much more straight example would be Kuwabara in the final arc. While the other main characters travel to the demon realm he stays behind to focus on his studies and is only seen at the beginning and the end of the arc.
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* Between the late 1960s and his return in the early '80s, J'onn J'onnz, the [[Martian Manhunter]] of the [[Justice League]], went off to find "New Mars" with the rest of the Martian people. This has since been [[retcon]]ned—along with the existence of [[Last of His Kind|other Martians in general]].
* Most of the Justice League members added to the team under [[Dwayne McDuffie|Dwayne McDuffie's]] tenure ended up being written out in this manner once James Robinson took over and decided he wanted to write his own characters. [[Zatanna]] seemingly had an emotional breakdown and quit offscreen, Vixen took a "leave of absence" to heal from some recent injuries and then was never seen or mentioned again in that series, Green Lantern left without an explanation, and [[Firestorm]] also quit offscreen after the death of his girlfriend. Each of those characters save for Green Lantern would later return in subsequent volumes of the franchise.
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* In the ''[[X Wing Series]]'' comics, [[Boisterous Bruiser|Plourr Illo]] had an arc which showed her to be a [[Badass]] [[Expy]] of Anastasia, the last princess of a line that had died in revolution. She returned to her homeworld and waded into the teeth of a new revolution that was even more violent than the last. At the end of it, she [[I Choose to Stay|chose to stay]] and rule her planet while the Rogues left. They left her her X-Wing and Wedge told her "You've saved your world. When you're ready, come back and save the rest of us." And she and a squadron of fighters from her homeworld did have a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment at the end of the very next arc, and she complained about how boring politics was. But the very next issue after that had her serving full-time with the Rogues again, flying into combat and getting into [[Boisterous Bruiser|fistfights]]. Weird.
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* Too many characters to list in ''[[The Tainted Grimoire]]''. This is because Clan Gully and many of the people they meet do a lot of traveling.
** [[The Bus Came Back]]: Some characters are rather important to the story so they get a [[Day in The Limelight]] to show us what they have been up to. Either that or meet up with Clan Gully again.
** [[Commuting on a Bus]]: Micaiah and Francesca both have long periods of absence between their multiple re-
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* The ending of ''[[Ghost World]]''.
** With a '''literal''' bus, no less
* In the film ''[[Coal Miners Daughter]]''
* In the ''[[Back to The Future]]'' sequels, Marty's girlfriend Jennifer is passed out asleep quickly and (except for an incident where she discovers something important about Marty's future and promptly passes out again from encountering her future self) stays there until the end of the third movie. In the DVD commentary, the writers admit that if they'd known they were actually going to do a sequel, they wouldn't have had Jennifer get in the DeLorean at the end of the original movie, because they didn't know what to do with her.
* Right before the climax in ''[[Fight Club]]'' the Narrator forces Marla Singer onto a bus.
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== Podcasts ==
▲* [[Potter Cast]]: Sue Upton left the show.
== Radio ==
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* In ''[[Darths and Droids]]'', one of the players, Sally, wants her character Jar Jar to be hit by a bus. In the next strip she is playing Guitar Hero, and has mostly been playing bit part [[NPC]]s.
** In episode 4, Ben disappears for an unspecified reason.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130203020845/http://girlyyy.com/go/83 Done] in ''[[Girly]]'' when Officer Policeguy gets fed up with Detective Clampjaw.
** More like '''strapped to''' the bus!
* In ''[[General Protection Fault]]'', Trish goes into a coma after being attacked by her impostor, who proceeds to impersonate her until she is unmasked.
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* Tepoz from ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' is put on a bus [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/01232002/ to Utah] shortly after his introduction. He returned later and played an important role in the plot.
* The now decidedly unnecessary "human characters" in ''[[Comic Shorts]]'': Spriteoverse are removed in episode 26 possibly the least subtle way imaginable: by interrupting the comic's dialog to announce that they're going to blink out of existence. They may or may not come back if it's convenient enough to the plot.
* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'', this happens most notably to [https://web.archive.org/web/20131026072301/http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2006-01-01/ Der Thris], who resigns to help out the police on Mahuitalotu.
* ''[[Sonichu]]'' has a number of characters be tossed on the bus, due to the author's ever-shifting focus. Saramah Rosechu, who was supposed to be part of a big prophecy, is married off not even two issues after her appearance and the prophecy ignored; Meg-chan (aka Sailor Megtune) disappeared without a trace another two issues later; Metal Sonichu makes an appearance and is launched to the Moon, never to be seen again (he was supposed to return, but so far, no show).
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' with to-be-revived Zulenna. Of course, now that the legitimate rulers of Holfung-Borzoi [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20161221 apparently] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150608 are] dead or wasped, we may guess ''how'' her return will look like.
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