Replacement Flat Character: Difference between revisions

** Dr. McKay starts out as a recurring ''SG-1'' character who shows up whenever there's a need for a scientist to jerkily disagree with the main characters. On ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'', he ''is'' one of the main characters, so he gets some character development and Dr. Kavanagh is introduced to take over the "recurring jerk scientist" role.

* Sawyer on ''[[Lost]]'' started out a [[Jerkass]] and developed into a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]. In season 4, he exhibits little (if any) jerky behavior at all, but then Miles was introduced and became the replacement jerk. This is lampshaded even before it becomes blatant:

'''Hurley:''' Oh, awesome, the ship sent us another Sawyer. }}

* ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'': When Mary's friend Rhoda got her own spinoff, she brought along her younger sister Brenda to take on the "less cool friend" role.