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== Film ==
* Jar Jar Binks is an infamous failed attempt at [[Kid Appeal Character|pandering to kids]] in ''[[Star Wars]]: [[The Phantom Menace]]''. Thankfully, [[George Lucas]] took the hint and severely reduced his screentime in the following prequels. Nowadays, he usually only shows up as [[Take That, Scrappy!|the butt of cheap jokes]]; and even ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'', probably the one place where he's given an ounce of respect, only features him maybe once a season.
 
 
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** Similarly, Alejandro and Maya were included in season 2 and initially teased as major characters. After much angst, Alejandro is murdered by Sylar, Maya is cured of her [[Unfortunate Implications]] powers, and they are never referenced again.
** Monica Dawson was written out the same time West was and was equally hated.
** DL could count seeing as he wasn't introduced until episode 5. He was killed offscreen in possibly the lamest way possible. (Niki developing a THIRD personality WHICH IS NEVER SEEN AGAIN)
* Tori on ''[[Saved by the Bell]]'', whose presence was so jarring that Zack, Lisa, Slater, and Screech went through their senior year again. (The producers wised up and brought Tiffani Amber Thiessen back for the College Years.)
** This is a zig-zag. The final season had its episode count doubled very shortly before shooting, and Thiessen (and Elizabeth Berkeley) refused to sign a new contract for the extra episodes.
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* Josie Sutton on ''[[Cold Case]]'' was given a mysterious [[Backstory]] and complicated relationships with the regular cast before being [[Put on a Bus]] four episodes later.
* ''[[Married... with Children]]'' had Seven, a little boy who was adopted by the Bundys. Seven was [[Executive Meddling|forced on the show by Fox execs]], who saw how popular the cute kids [[Full House|on other sitcoms of the time]] were and decided that's what the Bundys needed (even though their ratings were just fine.) Fox hyped the kid's arrival to no end, but Seven was resoundingly hated by fans and writers alike. The main problem was that the writers couldn't do anything with him: the show's humor came from mercilessly abusing the characters, but that wouldn't work with a little kid. So Seven just kind of stood around in the background doing nothing for most episodes. After half a season of this, the writers removed him from the show entirely. His picture shows up on a milk carton a few episodes later, as both a quick gag and an explanation for his absence.
* Marcus from ''[[The Suite Life On Deck]]'', a former hip-hop star who came to the ship to try and live a (fairly) normal life, was introduced to the series with a decent amount of fanfare, quickly receiving a [[Promotion to Opening Titles]] and becoming a [[Regular Character]] soon after. He left the show a season later to become one half of a ''[[Pair of Kings]]''
* Lana Sheilds on ''[[Three's Company]]'', the foxy older lady who was trying to get Jack in bed. They ran a few good episodes featuring her chasing after him then...nothing.
* ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'' introduced multiple short-lived New Guys between Seasons 7 and 8. Thankfully as it's a school characters vanishing from the center stage is easily handwaved away.
** Season 7 gave us Damian who started off as Manny's love interest, quickly became Emma's love interest, then quickly became Liberty's love interest. And at the end of the season he's gone because he graduated... and all three girls want nothing to do with him.
** Kelly, Leia, and Blue in season 8. Kelly was the cool stoner roommate for Manny, Emma, and Liberty. Quickly put in a love triangle with Manny and Emma, then became Emma's new romance. He's never seen again after he breaks up with Emma in Season 9. Leia and Blue were never fleshed out, Leia's a pathological liar trying to fit in and Blue is a tall dreamy artist who can net himself any girl he wants. When Blue and Holly J don't work out, Blue slowly fades into the background. Leia appears for two episodes in Season 10, but after that she's dropped from the credits.
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' had Shakaar, who was mentioned early in the show's run as being Major Kira's former resistance commander. After he actually appeared in person he went from being a dirt farmer to being head of the Bajoran government, then was revealed as the only man that Major Kira had ever loved,<ref>This wasn't the most popular move, especially with fans of regular character Odo (who had a crush on her) or her recently deceased former boyfriend, Vedek Bareil</ref> before finally being [[Put on a Bus]], all the space of three appearances. In this instance the writers actually did like Shakaar (even if the fans didn't) and intended to make him an important recurring character, but actor Duncan Regehr's other work commitments put a halt to this plan.
* An odd example from ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'': in the first episode of season two a new knight called "Sir Geraint" in the credits was introduced, who seemed to function as Arthur's second-in-command and was given several promotional shots. He was never seen after the first episode, possibly because the ''second'' episode introduced... [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Sir Leon!]]
* ''[[WhosWho's theThe Boss?]]'': During the fall of 1990, a [[Cousin Oliver|cute kid]] named Billy (Jonathan Halyalkar) briefly joins the Miceli-Bower household, purportedly as a comic foil to Tony Danza's male lead character; the idea was that Billy's parents had died several months earlier in a car accident, and that Tony (both he and Billy were from the same Bronx neighborhood) would be the perfect person to raise him. Although a promising actor, Halyalkar had problems meshing with the cast (according to Katherine Helmond in a series retrospective that aired on E!), plus he came off as annoying to audiences. By the end of the season, Billy had gone to live with a new foster family, and he was retconned out of existance.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' had Riley Finn, introduced in season 4 to be Buffy's new love interest after ''[[Angel]]'' got his own series. He was never really accepted by the fans, and got written out again in season 5.
* ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit|Law & Order SVU]]'' added Kim Greylek in Season 10 to replace the disbarred Casey Novak. Her cold demeanor didn't win over fans so after 15 episodes she was quickly booted and replaced with the returning Alex Cabot.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* As much as [[Unpleasable Fanbase|fans complain]] about [[Loads and Loads of Characters|all the additional]] ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' characters the newer games have added, Sonic Team seemed to learn their lesson with [[The Scrappy|Silver]]; after his debut in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 (video game)||Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]]'' and prominent role in ''Sonic Rivals 2'', he's been demoted to extremely minor roles and is not missed.
** His return in ''[[Sonic Generations]]'' was met with ire, until people actually fought him. Cue everyone liking him again.
 
 
== Web Originals ==
* The guy from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ohUVRVoXtY&feature=channel this] short [[Cyanide and& Happiness]] video.
* Todd and Travis from ''[[Arby 'n' the Chief]]'' were introduced, and subsequently removed a few episodes later, because of the enormous backlash they received from the fanbase.
 
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