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{{quote|'''Poochie:''' [[But Now I Must Go|I have to go now. My planet needs me]].
'''Title Card:''' ''[[Dropped a Bridge on Him|Note: Poochie died on the way back to his home planet.]]''
|''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]
A character is introduced into a show with a lot of fanfare, and almost at once moves up to main character status (if not necessarily the credits). He/she will often form a close relationship with the existing main characters, and may even have a prior history with a main character, even if this has [[Remember the New Guy?|never been mentioned before]]. Sometimes the character is a result of [[Executive Meddling]].
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** That and they might as well fulfill her [[Meaningful Name|prophetic name]]. She may have always been planned to be a [[Stealth Pun|substitute teacher]] while Mr. Garrison took some [[Character Development]].
** In his first appearance, Towelie appears to be a parody of this trope. He appears out of absolutely nowhere, the boys react just enough to get him to wander off periodically, and the episode features a fake commercial for Towelie merchandise (including, just in case, "I hate Towelie" T-shirts).
* Parodied in an episode of ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'', with Larry, who got an awkward [[Promotion to Opening Titles]], and generated a [[Retool]] into a ''[[Three Stooges]]'' knock-off. And plenty of [[My Friends and Zoidberg]] moments. In a [[Lampshade Hanging]], he left specifically ''because'' Brain pointed out that he didn't gel. Then, at the very end, just as it looked like that Pinky and the Brain will carry on as a duo again, a scientist placed another mouse into their cage, and the mouse introduces himself as [[The Marx Brothers|Zeppo]]. The ending reprise of the theme song was then reworked to have Zeppo's name in it in the same manner as Larry. [[Status Quo Is God|He's gone
** And then used for real with ''[[Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain]]''.
* ''[[The Smurfs]]'' cartoon show averts this trope by the fact that most of the Smurfs are basically [[Faceless Masses]], identical to each other. A character can be brought in, given prominence for a while, and then be easily written out with no problem and without anybody really missing them.
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