Role-Ending Misdemeanor: Difference between revisions

 

See also [[Undermined By Reality]], [[Actor Existence Limbo]], [[Contractual Purity]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Supposedly, the character of Yuuichi Tate in ''[[Mai-HiME]]'' was not recycled into ''[[Mai-Otome]]'' because his voice actor, [[Tomokazu Seki]], spoiled the ending of the first series.

* The creator of [[Hentai]] cosplay comedy manga/anime ''Go Go Marine-chan'', Hideki Nonomura, was arrested in 2005 for raping one of his assistants over a seven month period. Apparently, he was living out his sexual fantasies in real life through the victim, since outside of ''Marine-chan'', Nonomura's entire body of work revolved around stories about naive women being tied up and raped over a consecutive time period.

* [[Aya Hirano]] was booted from Lantis (her music agency) after they caught wind of her affairs with her (male) co-workers. She must've realized her time was up at Space Craft (her seiyuu agency) as well due to the scandal, so [[Genre Savvy|she had enough foresight to pack her bags before that agency could act]], voluntarily submitting her resignation effective August 20, 2011 and switching agencies the day after. It is unknown how this kerfluffle will affect ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', ''[[Lucky Star (Anime)|Lucky Star]]'', and the third season of ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', but a non-fatal version of [[Actor Existence Failure]] may be in play here.

* Allegedly happened twice in ''[[Homicide Life On the Street]]''. First Brody was allegedly written out because Max Perlich had drug and arrest issues. Then, more controversially, it's been rumored that Howard was dropped because of press stories about unpleasant events involving Melissa Leo and her then ex-partner, despite the fact that she was most likely the victimized party in the situation.

** Humorously, Max Perlich played Whistler from the above ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]'' example, and was not carried over to ''[[Angel]]'' because of his issues.

** Her run-ins with the law have since become ''[[Creator Killer|Career]]'' Ending Misdemeanors, since she's now very difficult to insure.

* Alastair Stewart, British newsreader and host of documentary series ''[[Police Camera Action]]'' had his contract terminated in 2003 for a drink-driving offense (his second one, he'd referred to it previously in a November 1994 episode, the show's ''second episode'') and was relegated to intro and outros in the [[Continuity Reboot|Reboot]]ed version of it, which was now presented by Alastair Stewart and Adrian Simpson, as of September 2007. Surprisingly, he was allowed to present the special edition episode ''Ultimate Pursuits'' in September 2007.

** Others say Bonet (who apparently is an even bigger [[Cloudcuckoolander]] than her character, Denise) constantly butted heads with [[Bill Cosby]], who used ''[[Angel Heart]]'' as a "Last Straw" excuse.

** Carl Anthony Payne was allegedly fired for [[Disproportionate Retribution|refusing to cut his hair]].

* Oh boy oh boy oh boy, where do we ''begin'' on [[Charlie Sheen]]? Allegations of domestic abuse didn't cut it. Getting arrested and put in jail in Aspen for violating a restraining order didn't cut it. No, for him to get kicked off of ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'', it took: Sheen getting sent to the hospital for suffering a hernia while engaging in what was, by all accounts, a coke-fueled orgy; taking a leave of absence to go into rehab, putting the show on hiatus in the process; calling up [[Alex Jones]] and bitching about the show's executive producer, his co-stars, and the higher-ups at [[CBS]]; and demanding ''$3 million per episode'' once he returned (compared to his previous salary of $1.8 million per episode, already a rather staggering amount) for [[Warner Bros]] to finally say, "Fuck it" and toss him out into the cold, [[McLeaned|killing his character]] ([[Kill It With Fire|and making sure Sheen himself can never, EVER come back to the show]]), and replacing him with Ashton Kutcher.

** [[Memetic Mutation|Duh! Winning!]]

* Artie Lange (from the original cast of ''[[Mad TV]]'') was fired from the cast after season two due to his cocaine habit. A few years later, he more or less lost his job on [[Howard Stern]]'s radio show for the same reason, but in that case he did get it back eventually.

* Jessica Biel did a racy photo shoot specifically to get out of wholesome family drama ''[[Seventh Heaven]]'' because she felt her squeaky-clean image was making her miss out on serious dramatic roles. It didn't quite get her fired, but it did drastically reduce her screen time.

== Sports ==

* Professional golfer Tiger Woods lost a number of endorsement deals after details of his multiple sexual affairs began coming out. Woods' brand was that of a squeaky clean, upstanding family man, and a seemingly endless conga line of mistresses coming out of the woodwork destroyed that image.

* After basketball star Kobe Bryant was accused of sexual assault, he lost most of his endorsement deals, including his longtime stand as the spokesman for Nutella hazelnut spread. It's possible that his defense against the accusation - that he was just cheating on his wife - also played a part in it.

* Pro hockey player Marty McSorley attacked Donald Brashear with his stick, resulting in a trial and conviction for assault with a weapon. The [[National Hockey League]] initially suspended him for the remainder of the season (23 games), but lengthened it to a year after the jury found him guilty. It effectively ended his career.

* Voice actor Greg Burson was fired from [[Looney Tunes]] in 2003 because of his struggles with alcohol. He later died in 2008 after being absent from the business for five years.

* In his first cartoon appearance, ''[[Popeye]]'' was voiced by William Costello. However, Costello's behavior came in conflict with the Hays Code and he was booted off the role and replaced with the more memorable performance of Jack Mercer.

** An other episode deals with Kent Brockman himself being fired after Homer accidentally pours hot coffee onto his crotch and says a word "so horrible, it could only be said by Satan himself while on the toilet." Though what gets Kent Brockman fired ''wasn't'' the swearing on live TV (that got him demoted to weatherman while Arnie Pie took over as the anchor), but allegedly having cocaine in his cup of coffee (it was actually Splenda, but his boss thought that Splenda was drug slang for cocaine).

 

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