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Why, promote the [[Sidekick]] of course. Or an ally. Or a brother or [[Spin Offspring|child]]. They haven't married and settled down yet. [[The Hero]] and his [[Love Interest]] can serve as supporting characters (and prove that they are [[Happily Married]] as a sidenote). Or the [[Heroic Bystander]], or the [[Heroic Wannabe]] - any character that wasn't the lead can fit, if only they are promoted to lead. A [[Sequel Hook]] about their story helps, but is not required. Even new characters who have plausible relationships to the old story, such as the [[Spin Offspring|children]] [[The Hero]] and [[Love Interest]] could have - or [[Someone to Remember Him By|the child]] the [[Love Interest]] is about to have, even if she wants to make sure he doesn't [[Turn Out Like His Father]].
Any story is possible; the '''Changing of the Guard''' may be invisible to the characters, behind the fourth wall. However,
Compare with [[Legacy Character]]s. When done for the right reasons, an excellent way to avoid [[Plot Leveling]]. Then, it may be [[Real Life Writes the Plot|dictated by real life]], if an actor refuses to return, or even to increase
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* Most of the main good guys from the first three ''[[Emberverse]]'' books have a lot of authority in the [[Divided States of America|new nation-states]] by the time the second series rolls around. This would put a crimp in their ability to go haring off to find the [[Sword of Plot Advancement]] when such a trip would take several years - a fact the resident Tolkien geek deeply laments - and so the task falls to the previously established [[Chosen One]], his childhood friend, and [[Shout-Out|se]][[The Lord of the Rings|ven]] more characters who either could be missed by blinking in the first three books or are completely new. While they're away, we do get the occasional glimpse of the old guard struggling to stave off the new [[Big Bad]].
* ''[[Discworld]]''
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* After a while, the [[Thoroughbred]] series stopped focussing on Ashley and her friends and timeskipped a few years to focus on their kids instead.
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* ''Inspector Morse's'' sidekick, now the star of ''[[Lewis]]''.
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' did a lot of this in its early seasons: when old actors left or started getting too old for their roles, they transferred their powers to new ones and went off to do stuff.
* The ''[[War of the Worlds]]'' series did this when it switched into a [[Darker and Edgier]] season, throwing out [[Villain Decay|decayed villains]] and immediately establishing the threat of the new ones with the death of two of the ensemble. Their mourning was short-
* In ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'' this happens to several major cast members: Henry's tour of duty ends and gets killed on his way home, and is replaced by Potter. Trapper goes home as well, in comes BJ. Frank breaks down, and is replaced by Charles. When Radar leaves, Klinger takes over his role as the company clerk.
* Agent John Doggett replaced Fox Mulder as the male lead after the latter was abducted by the aliens in the eighth season of ''[[The X-Files]]''. In the ninth season, Monica Reyes replaced Dana Scully as the female lead, [[Deuteragonist|completing the guard change]].
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