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* [[Those Two Guys|Those two boys]] from [[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni]] who fawn over Rika and Satoko, Okamura and Tomita, respectively.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has a few. Understandable in a series with [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] that some may be less noticeable than others, such as Yue's [[Wizarding School|magic school]] class-mates or some of the mage teachers to the headmaster or eachother.
* [[Precision
** Partially [[Justified Trope|justified]], since it's stated that she turned out [[Emotionless Girl|almost completely emotionless]], even compared to Otto and Deed.
* Similar to the ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' example, Ayano from ''[[Lucky Star]]'' is pretty much characterized as "That one girl who hangs out with [[Tsundere|Kagami]] and [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Misao]]". In fact, she's so non-present, she's the only one of the ten main girls [[Chaste Teens|to have a boyfriend!]]
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* In ''[[Boston Public]]'', the school coach was billed as a main character in the opening credits, but his entire role seemed to be commenting on other people's plotlines. The [[Television Without Pity]] recaps dubbed him "Coach Lamphrey the Plot Parasite."
* Although Vala is more than capable of standing on her own feet as a character in ''[[Stargate SG 1]]'', she is noticebly much more interesting and funny when she's teasing Daniel. In fact, she often seems more lost and bored without him, and definitely much less manageable.
* Rose, Martha and Donna's parents in ''[[
** The classic series had all the minor UNIT people who were satellites to the Brigadier.
** In series 4, Wilfred, Donna's grandfather and originally a minor character, took the position of Donna's father after the actor who played him died. Wilf eventually became a Companion himself in "The End of Time", while Donna is relegated to secondary character status.
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== Video Games ==
* Due to limits on how much story time there is to develop characters with, non-RPG video games have far too many examples of this to list, mostly in the form of rivals, love interests, parents, slain mentors and other already-cliched roles.
* Angry variant: While [[Super Mario Bros|Wario's]] main characteristic is his greed, Waluigi seems to be defined primarily by his hatred of Luigi. Later games have given him an egotistical cheater personality, but only once has he featured without Wario (''[[Mario Tennis]]: Power Tour'') and is never not seen competing with Luigi. He has never appeared in his own (official) game. He was created for ''Mario Tennis'' and has since only appeared in the [[Go
** Nintendo seems to be fond of introducing these characters in the Mario side games but unlike Waluigi, they tend to be from previous games (Daisy, Bowser Jr.) or rarely come back (the Koopa Kids).
* In ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]'', Penelo's official character description says it all: "Vaan's friend."
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