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** Also Lyta Alexander returned first in the S2 episode Divided Loyalties and returns as a recurring character in the following seasons
** Also happened with Na'Toth, G'Kar's second aide. After the original actress decided not to reprise her role for season two she was recast. The new actress proved dissappointing in the role so the character was given less screen time and seemingly killed off. Three seasons later Na'Toth returns in a single episode to recieve a decent send off.
* In the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'', Dirk Benedict's character Starbuck returned in a single episode of ''Galactica 1980'' after being put on a bus (due to ''Galactica 1980'' being set at least 20 years into the future.
* In ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation]]'':
** "Yesterday's Enterprise" was originally supposed to be a [[Back for The Dead]] episode for Tasha (using ripple-effect time travel to get around the fact that she was ''already'' dead), but it got a [[Cosmic Retcon]] into the more general version of this trope in order to allow her to have a Romulan daughter.
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** After being [[Put On a Bus]] at the end of Season 7, Lana Lang returns in Season 8 for a five-episode mini-arc.
* Richie and Ralph Malph returned for an episode of ''[[Happy Days]]'' (with Richie coming back again for the series finale).
* Young Mr. Grace returned for a very brief cameo during a birthday celebration for his older brother in the episode of ''[[Are You Being Served? (TV)|Are You Being Served]]'' titled "Roots".
* Randy returns for the last Christmas special of ''[[Home Improvement]]''.
* ''[[Sanford and Son]]'': Good ol' Grady returned, then, seemingly not learning his lesson, did an equally short-lived spinoff after the parent show was cancelled.
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* Basically everyone who'd been [[Put On a Bus]] to Mandyville came back for Leo's funeral in one of the last episodes of ''[[The West Wing]]''. Ironically, one of the few departed cast members not to put in an appearance was Sam Seaborn, who would return an episode or so later, and appear in several more remaining episodes.
* ''[[ER (TV)|ER]]'' had Carter return for four episodes in season 12. Susan Lewis, absent from seasons 3-7, returned as a regular in seasons 8-12 before leaving again. In the show's 15th and final season, ''all'' of the departed regulars from the original cast, including the deceased Mark Greene, came back for guest appearances.
* Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart's bus came back three times after the "UNIT era" of ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''; "[[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S20 E3 Mawdryn Undead|Mardwyn Undead]]", "[[Doctor Who (TV)/20th AS the Five Doctors/Recap|The Five Doctors]]" and "[[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S26 E1 Battlefield|Battlefield]]". Other buses that came back for "Five Doctors" included Susan, Jamie and Zoe (except it wasn't really them), Sarah-Jane and K9, and Romana.
** Jamie really did return in "[[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S22 E4 The Two Doctors|The Two Doctors]]", as did [[The Nth Doctor|the Second Doctor]], if that counts. (If it does, than "[[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S10 E1 The Three Doctors|The Three Doctors]]", "The Five Doctors" again and "[[Doctor Who (TV)/2007 Ci NS Time Crash/Recap|Time Crash]]" also qualify).
** Sarah-Jane's bus returned again in "[[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S2 E3 School Reunion|School Reunion]]", [[Spin-Off|which led to]] ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. Which featured another return for the Brig in Series 2, and {{spoiler|Jo Grant-Jones}} in the upcoming Series 4. ([[What Could Have Been|The Brig was also supposed to pop up once more in Series 3, but Nicholas Courtney sadly suffered a stroke at the time of filming...]] and the episode he was going to appear in was the one in which [[David Tennant]] [[Crossover|guest-starred as the Doctor]]!)
* When René and Edith of ''[[Allo Allo (TV)|Allo Allo]]'' accidentally travel to London, they meet Hans, who had been stolen away by the Communist Resistance to England a few seasons previously. He now works for the British government and speaks English.
* In ''[[Bones]]'', Zack only really comes back once after being [[Put On a Bus]] {{spoiler|to a mental institution}}, in "The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond". (He appears in two other episodes, but one is a hallucination and the other is a [[Whole -Episode Flashback]].)
* On ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit|SVU]]'', Alex Cabot came back. [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]].
** {{spoiler|But then she left again.}} And there was weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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