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* Connie Nielsen as Detective Dani Beck replaced Olivia Benson for eight episodes on ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'' while her actress Mariska Hargitay was on maternity leave.

* With Jesse L. Martin committed to the filming of ''[[Rent]]'' in 2005, his character Ed Green on ''[[Law and Order]]'' was shot late in the season and spent the remaining four episodes recovering in the hospital. Michael Imperioli took over as Fontana's temporary partner Nick Falco for the duration. Unlike most other out-of-nowhere Temporary Substitute, Falco made an additional appearance the next season in a non-substitute capacity.

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'':

** ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S2/E02 The Dalek Invasion of Earth|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'': Star William Hartnell was injured in an action scene in this story. So in the next episode, the Doctor is knocked out in an injury (played by a double), and his lines (and technical skills) are given to a freedom-fighter character from the story. (Hartnell was back in the next episode).

* With Mary Jo Pehl busy in Los Angeles filming scenes with Leonard Maltin for the ''[[Gorgo]]'' episode of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', she was unable to play the role of Pearl in the ''[[Touch of Satan]]'' episode. Hence, it was explained that Pearl went on vacation and hired a babysitter to watch over Prof. Bobo and the Observer while also informing Mike and the 'Bots about the film they were going to watch.

* When Kathryn Erbe got pregnant during Season 3 of ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'', the character of G. Lynn Bishop was brought in as a replacement. Erbe was still seen in those episodes, but she stayed behind a desk.

* In the older ''[[Randall and Hopkirk Deceased]]'' series, there's one episode, "The House on Haunted Hill" in which Jeannie does not appear. Her sister Jenny had appeared in an earlier episode, so the characters mention right at the beginning that Jenny is filling in for Jeannie at the office, and then act exactly as usual for the rest of the episode.

* When JJ Jareau (and her actress AJ Cook) took maternity leave on ''[[Criminal Minds]]'', she picked Jordan Todd (played by actress Meta Golding) to fill in for her.

** Also, Jason Marsden's character Rich Halke who was a supporting role during the fifth season was promoted to a series regular beginning with season six and replaced Cody as the "Dumb character".

* In the third ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' film, Goyle is replaced in several scenes by a random Slytherin boy. Apparently, Josh Herdman had suffered an injury and was unavailable when they had to shoot those scenes. Goyle resumed his usual role in all subsequent films and his replacement was never seen again. Fans like to imagine that the unnamed replacement character was Theodore Nott, a Slytherin student in the books who otherwise has never appeared in the movies.

* In the first season of ''[[30 Rock]]'', Jonathan disappeared for two episodes. A character called Matt filled in as Jack's assistant until Jonathan's return.

* Variation on [[Forever Knight]]: Some of the scripts originally written with Captain Stonetree in season 1 were stashed away and used with Captain Reese in season 3. The two captains even both have the first name "Joe".

 

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