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If the character is [[We Hardly Knew Ye|going to be killed off straight away]], this trope can be used to turn him into a [[Mauve Shirt]] beforehand.
Compare [[Cain and Abel And Seth]], [[Cousin Oliver]] and [[New Neighbours As the Plot Demands]]. Can often occur in combination with [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]], when an actor is no longer available and a new character is quickly brought in with minimal introduction to fill the role. Contrast [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]], in which a character ''disappears'' with no explanation. When an adaptation takes steps to avert this, it's an [[Early
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* A similar plot was used earlier by ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' in "The Fifth Man". In this case the new team member had "joined recently", which made it less obvious to the audience, whereas on ''Torchwood'', Adam had supposedly joined before Gwen.
** Also, Cameron Mitchell. He's never mentioned before Season 9, and since the Season 8 finale was screwing with time, [[Stargate SG-1 (TV)/WMG|you have to wonder where he came from...]] According to [[Word of God]], he was supposed to be introduced during the big Antarctica battle in Season 7 instead of just being retconned into it later.
* Inverted in ''[[
** In "Let's Kill Hitler", Amy and Rory's never before mentioned best friend shows up for the first part. The Doctor is as confused as the audience, asking why he's never heard of her and where she was at their wedding. {{spoiler|Then "Mels" is killed and turns out to be a prior regeneration of River Song/Melody Pond.}}
* ''[[Star Trek Voyager]]'' had an episode where Ahni Jetal, a crewmen who had been lost to the Hirogen some seasons ago, appear in flashbacks. Said episode was actually her first appearance. Later, Lyndsay Ballard, a crew member who had died and been resurrected by aliens, returns but no longer fits in; she, too, had never been seen or mentioned before. This despite it being a ''[[Star Trek]]'' series, the [[Trope Namer]] and [[Trope Maker]] of the [[Red Shirt|disposable one-shot crew member]] phenomenon. It's not like there's any lack of ''established'' dead or missing crew members to bring back. (In fact, Jetal bears enough similarity to Ballard that it's likely that they couldn't get Jetal's actress back or something. Shoulda made 'em the same character anyway; if there can be ''three'' [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine|Tora Ziyals]] and nobody cares...).
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