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* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': Kouji Kabuto, Sayaka Yumi and nearly all ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' characters were [[Put on a Bus]] at the end of the series. Several of them returned at the end of ''''[[Great Mazinger]]'', though: Kouji, Sayaka and Prof. Yumi. When ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]'' started, though, Kouji was the only character of both series was not [[Put on a Bus]]. The Bus Came Back for Boss for two episodes, and it was supposed to come back for Sayaka as well, but [[Executive Meddling]] prevented it.

* ''[[Pokémon]]'':

* The final storyline of the 2003-2011 ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' series had several Titans who were put on a bus at the start of [[JT Krul]]'s run (notably Aquagirl and Bombshell, who were "fired" from the team off-screen and never mentioned again) coming back to aid the current team in their [[Final Battle]]. A number of other former Titans, many of whom weren't necessarily put on a bus, came back as well.

 

* ''Ray'' - Ray Charles' mother was active through much of Ray's life but the film makes it appear as though she didn't have an active role in his young development. She died before he met his first wife. In fact, Ray's life is portrayed as a rotating support circle. Different bandmates and managers guided him along different steps of the way and then he outgrew them and moved onto a new support circle. In reality, Ray kept in touch with a lot of his earlier band mates and Ahmet Ertegun (Curtis Armstrong) knew Ray until the end of his life. Once Ray dropped him as a manager, he didn't appear again in the movie though.

* Scarecrow in the [[The Dark Knight|Dark Knight trilogy]]. He's a fairly main character in [[Batman Begins]] until Ra's Al Ghul shows up, and escapes on a horse during the final fight. In [[The Dark Knight]], he's used to demonstrate how weird Gotham crime has become now that Batman has been around, and gets arrested. And he's been confirmed for at least an appearance in [[The Dark Knight Rises]]. So everytime you think he's gone for good, he comes back.

 

 

* Most famously on ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'', with Bo and Luke returning after being absent for most of the show's fifth season due to contract issues with [[Absentee Actor|actors John Schneider and Tom Wopat]]. (Unlike most examples of this trope, the bus brought them back not just for a visit, but for good.)

** Deputy Enos Strate, who'd left Hazzard in the third season for his own short-lived spinoff show, returned at the start of season 3 (just as Bo and Luke were leaving). He also stuck around for the remainder of the show's run.

* ''[[24]]'' had Milo Pressman, who inexplicably disappeared after Day 1, suddenly return in a major role in Day 6, his absence explained as him having been working in another CTU division. [[Back for the Dead|He is eventually killed]]. This caught several people by surprise since ''24'' is notorious for its rampant [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]].

 

* ''[[Sam and Max]]'':

** Bluster Blaster, who left to Vegas with Bosco between seasons 2 and 3, returns in the fourth episode to deliver a note about how Bosco is stuck in Vegas paying off a debt.

* After long ago accepting that any characters not named Chris, Leon, Jill or Claire would never come back, ''[[Resident Evil]]'' fans were quite surprised to learn that Sherry Birkin will be returning in ''[[Resident Evil 6]]'', apparently having [[Took a Level in Badass|taken a level or two in badass]] in her downtime.

* ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' was actually this to [[Super Mario Bros 3|Boom Boom.]]

 

 

* ''[[Suburban Knights]]'': [[That Dude in the Suede|Suede]] left the site two years prior to do missionary work. It turns out he was taking a [[Punch Clock Villain|temp position]] as an Obstacle for [[Knight Templar|Jaffers]]. He lets Team A go after 'defeating' him and assists them in the final battle.

* [[Fallout: Nuka Break]]: In episode 5, a character from the movie, Red, returns to the cast ensemble as a villianess.

 

* The ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' [[Spin-Off]] ''[[Gadget and the Gadgetinis]]'' had this with the characters of Brain and Chief Quimby. Quimby was about the same, except Gadget is now working for a different agency, while a shell-shocked Brain has retired to a riverfront house.

* In the last season of ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'', the prominent supporting characters from the first season came back and the newer additions like Carl and Pops stayed as well.

 

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