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{{quote|''"Have you ever met someone you don't know, again? Like, you don't actually know them, but they keep popping up, like [[God]] is running out of extras for the movie of your life."''
|'''[[Louis CK]]'''}}
Character(s) with no relation to the main story who keep popping up when the important cast is doing something in the vicinity, usually to their inconvenience or discomfort. They usually have nothing to do with the plot whatsoever, and the cast does not even notice them. For obvious reasons this can become a [[Running Gag|running joke]], although their appearances often culminate in a formal introduction into the cast.
A level or two below [[Those Two Guys]] and the [[Recurring Traveller]]. Also see [[Memetic Bystander]] for when the fans take a shine to these characters. May overlap with [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Menko ("Miss Noodle") and Shiruo ("Mr. Soup") in ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'', a terminally shy couple who are always just about to declare their love for one another at the moment another [[Thundering Herd]] runs over them.
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* In ''[[8-Bit Theater]]'', the Onion Kid character suffers repeatedly as a side effect of Black Mage's actions, even as they travel to different cities and continents. His family and two foster families are killed by Black Mage, he is put on trial for one of those murders, and he is kicked out of an orphanage for being bad luck when a delivery is destroyed. Eventually this was subverted by the revelation that the Onion Kid is actually {{spoiler|[[Jerkass God|Sarda's]] past self.}}
** Another example are the Real Light Warriors, which [[Missed the Call]] that hired Black Mage & Co., and now always one step behind the Light Warriors (or being screwed by them).
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' has a pair of Flumphs, floating, white, tentacled creatures, who wander around and get landed on by (and save the lives of) falling main characters in almost every appearance.
** Lampshaded with a towering side of spoilers [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0444.html here.]
* ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'' has a young man with yellow eyes and brown hair who reappears numerous times in various roles. {{spoiler|He turns out to be a Sidereal [[Exalted]] who knows Ten Winds. Probably a Chosen of Journeys, given his yellow color scheme.}}
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