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* The Belgian comic ''[[De Kiekeboes]]'' has a fat woman in a red sweater who is always being run over by the main character. To be more exact; she has appeared in EVERY De Kiekeboes comic that was written. With her appearance in every of the 127 comic books, equalling the four main characters and doing better than every other character.

* The various helicopter pilots, particularly the French one and his extended family, who encounter main character Shautieh Ley's [[Rushmore Refacement]] everywhere they go in ''[[Bowling King]]''.

* The woodcutter couple in ''[[Usagi Yojimbo]]''. They appear in the background of every other issue or so, sometimes interacting with the main cast (unwittingly helping Usagi foil the Neko Ninja's plans, even more unwittingly helping him feed and clothe Princess Kinuko, and very nearly getting killed by Inazuma...) and often telling one another that samurai are crazy.

* In ''[[Watchmen]]'', the Bernards appear repeatedly yet have nothing to do with the plot, save to sell other characters newspapers and be a [[Framing Device]] for the ''Black Freighter'' story arc. The lesbian couple who get into a fight just before {{spoiler|the squid-alien appears}} have even less connection to the main characters. Subverted with {{spoiler|the "End Is Nigh" sign-carrier}}, who looks innocuous until {{spoiler|it turns out he's Rorschach}}.

 

* In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'' there's an unnamed underclassman of Kyon who has run him when [[Good Cop, Bad Cop|interrogating a member of an illegal photography ring]] and talking how him breaking a yakuza thug's hand was the most impressive display of that fight, between other moments.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* The late actor [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669653/ Ed Peck] played five different characters in all five seasons of ''[[That Girl]]'' and three different characters in three different seasons of ''[[The Odd Couple]]''.

* The ''[[Law & Order]]'' franchise frequently reuses actors who play characters outside the main cast, leading to the nickname "repeat offenders", some of whom have made their way into the main cast with a lampshade hanging. Special mention to retired ESU officer Ed Bogdanowicz who was regularly cast in the original and ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' when the plot [[Spear Carrier|required an ESU officer speak]]. Unlike most recurring background actors, Bogdanowicz always played a single position and remained nameless, leaving open the possibility he was playing the same character.

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

 

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