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{{trope}}
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Your favorite franchise is getting a new game! All of your favorite characters are returning again to kick each other's asses!
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But wait a second, we all knew that Hero Guy was going to be in the game, but, One Episode Comic Relief Squid Guy!?! That's just crazy!
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Sometimes these character choices are praised, bringing in a previously unknown character to recent audiences, others, somewhat controversial...
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== Comic Books ==
* The revival of ''Justice League International'' has Godiva, a very minor DC superheroine mostly remembered for being in the [[Global Guardians]], a really minor DC superteam.
== Film ==
* ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' has the title character from ''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]'' as one of Bonnie's toys. He's visible in a lot of shots but he's also completely voiceless.
* Bio Hunter Silva, a villain introduced late into ''[[Choudenshi Bioman]]'', completely faded into obscurity after the series ended its run. However, around 30 years later, he has recently been added to the roster of a [[Super Sentai]] [[Legion of Doom]] during ''[[Kamen Rider x Super Sentai: The Great Superhero War|Kamen Rider X Super Sentai Super Hero Taisen]]'', and, as the trailers imply, he's going to have a major role as well.
== Literature ==
* Lots of unexpected characters pop up in the ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' novel ''The Last Hope'', such as Redtail, Raggedstar and Mosskit. But almost nobody was expecting Brambleberry's cameo appearance at the beginning where she is one of the first cats to ever successfully give Jayfeather a lecture.
== Music ==
* Large-scale tours and festivals are bound to have this. Obviously everyone will know the headlining act, but when an unsigned band makes the line-up, people tend to scratch their heads (especially if they play the main-stage). For instance, Download Fest 2011, main stage with the likes of [[Def Leppard]], [[System of a Down]], [[Linkin Park]] and... The Pretty Reckless?
* Mass-artist compilations fall into this from time to time.
* In a media crossover-example, [[Rhythm
== [[Video Games]] ==
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** And ''[[Raving Rabbids]]''. Don't forget them.
* This isn't the first time a Ninja turtles has had really obscure characters. Excluding the Turtles and Shredder, almost the SNES entire cast of "[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters]]" was really obscure. The two biggest examples are Aska(an original character) and War(a very minor bad guy in the Archie comic book series).
* [[
** The [[Ice Climbers]] appearing in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Melee'' would qualify, since they previously only ever existed in a single arcade/NES title, and were only added to the roster for their gameplay potential. Mr. Game & Watch in the same game and R.O.B. in ''Brawl'' could also qualify, though they're quite a bit more significant to Nintendo's history as well. However, none of these can compare to when [[Metal Gear Solid|Solid Snake]] was confirmed as the series' first third-party character...and later, [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] as the other.
** Then we have the [[Marth Debuted in Smash Bros|infamous]] case of Marth. Perhaps not too unexpected for Japanese gamers, but [[Fire Emblem|the series he hailed from]] had [[No Export for You|never been released in the US]] prior to their inclusion. Even [[Fire Emblem]] came to the United States, it took several years for the [[Fire Emblem Akaneia|Akaneia]] games in which Marth was featured in to reach America and by then [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|they had aged poorly]] compared to the newer games in the series.
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** M.O.D.O.K. in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''. Also unexpected (and before M.O.D.O.K.'s reveal) were [[Devil May Cry|Trish]], [[Okami|Amaterasu]], and [[X-Men|X-23]]. Later, [[Final Fight|Mike Haggar]] joined the fray and the manliness levels of the game ''[[Rated "M" for Manly|skyrocketed]]''. And near the end, [[Taskmaster]]. 'Nuff said.
*** Now with the [[Updated Rerelease]] ''Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3'', we received [[Marvel Comics|Rocket Raccoon, Nova]], and [[Ghosts 'n Goblins|Firebrand]]. [[Ace Attorney|Phoenix Wright]] would also qualify if not for the fact that he was so highly requested.
* Before appearing in ''Brawl'' as mentioned above, R.O.B. also showed up as a secret character in ''[[Mario Kart]] DS''. The Wii installment also has a few surprises, such as [[Donkey Kong Country|Funky Kong]] and Dry Bowser (from ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]].'').
** And in ''[[Mario Kart]] 7'', we have a Lakitu, [[Super Mario 64|Metal Mario]], a Wiggler and [[Super Mario Galaxy|Queen Bee]].
* [[SNK]] has gotten into the act as well, from the many Another Striker cameos in ''[[The King of Fighters]] 2000'' to such characters as [[Metal Slug|Mars People]], [[Ghosts 'n Goblins|Red Arremer]] and the title character of ''[[Athena (video game)|Athena]]'' in ''[[SNK vs. Capcom|SNK vs. Capcom: Chaos]]''. And nobody expected a ''[[King of the Monsters]]'' character<ref>Cyber Woo</ref> in ''[[Neo Geo Battle Coliseum]]''.
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*** Banpresto did it again for ''[[Endless Frontier|Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier EXCEED]]'' with Mark Hunter, from a more obscure Banpresto [[Action RPG]] called ''Gaia Saver''. At this point, anyone from any Banpresto-developed game has a possibility to appear in ''Original Generation'', be it the main series or its [[Spin-Off|Spinoffs]].
** Few people expected [[Super Robot Wars Z]] 2 would add [[Dai-Guard]] to the roster.
* The ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' games do this a lot. The ''Budokai Tenkaichi'' games have, among others, ''Grandpa Gohan'', [[Doctor Slump|Arale Norimaki]], [[Invisible to Gaydar|General]] [[Putting on the Reich|Blue]], [[Mooks|Frieza Soldier]] (No, seriously, that ''is'' a character), [[Mooks|Appule]],<ref>his appearance was used for a quick joke in [[Dragon Ball Abridged]] in which he's playing the game as himself, beating up Bardock</ref>
* ''[[Melty Blood]]'', a fighting game based on ''[[Tsukihime]]'', had Miyako Arima, a character barely mentioned to have existed, and even then not by name. Not to mention Neko-Arc, Mecha-Hisui, and Neko-Arc-Chaos.
* While both [[Star Wars|Yoda and Darth Vader]] were constantly advertised as playable characters in ''[[Soul Series|Soulcalibur IV]]'', having Vader's apprentice from ''[[The Force Unleashed]]'' was not expected by many, particularly since [[Early-Bird Cameo|his game had yet to be released at the time]].
** And [[Keroro Gunso|Angol Moa]]- sorry, [[Expy|Angol Fear]] as a bonus character? Even more unexpected...
* In ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' people assumed early on Seymour would be in as the villain of ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', but instead Tidus' father Jecht, who was more an [[Anti-Hero]]/[[Anti-Villain]] than a real antagonist, got in over Seymour. [[Memetic Badass|Not]] [[Memetic Sex God|that]] [[Difficult but Awesome|people]] [[Rated "M" for Manly|mind]]... Square actually [[Word of God|decided to explain this one]]
** Then in the prequel ''Dissidia 012'', who did we get new from ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]''? Not [[The Rival|Seifer]], or [[The Chick|Rinoa]], or even [[Brainwashed and Crazy|Edea]]. No, we get [[Badass Normal|Lag]][[The Gunslinger|una]] [[Cloudcuckoolander|Loire]].
* [[Nippon Ichi]] games often have a number of characters from other games appear as [[The Cameo|cameos]], which may fall under this trope. For example, the character Aramis from ''[[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]]'' appears for all of one chapter and isn't even playable in any version of the game. [[Ascended Extra|He becomes]] a [[Downloadable Content]] [[Optional Party Member]] in [[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]. Another example is in ''[[Zettai Hero Kaizou Keikaku|Zettai Hero Project]]'', whose strongest [[Bonus Boss]] is actually Valvoga from ''[[Makai Kingdom]]''. His only other appearance outside those two games were as part of a ''spell animation'' in [[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]].
** ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'' has announced [[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness|King]] [[Disappeared Dad|Krichevskoy]] as a [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] [[Optional Party Member]]. {{spoiler|However, it's technically Vyers/Mid-Boss, but with his power returned and the antennae grown back out. Still pretty awesome though.}}
* Harold the ghoul in ''[[Fallout 3]]''. He's now the only character that appears in all 3 main Fallout games.
* The [[Mascot Fighter]] ''[[Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion]]'' includes the channel's usual stable of characters... and [[Captain Planet]], who actually ''predated'' the channel by a few years.
* [[Nicktoons MLB]] has five [[SpongeBob]] characters ([[Cash Cow Franchise|natch]]): SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy,... Larry the Lobster and the Flying Dutchman? We also get [[Invader Zim|Gaz]], [[The Ren and Stimpy Show|Powdered Toast Man and a Yak]]. The 3DS version adds Hiro Mightypaw.
* Okay, so after an unusually long hiatus (filled by ''three'' side-games), ''[[Touhou]]'' 13.0 has finally been announced, and we've got...'''four''' playable characters? Having Sanae playable again was expected as she'd been playable in 12.0 as well, but Youmu's return to playability (last appearance in a danmaku game: ''Shoot the Bullet'', as a boss) was a pleasant surprise.
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* The appearance of Sonic's Classic self in the teaser trailer for ''[[Sonic Generations]]''.
* While ''[[Mortal Kombat Armageddon]]'' promised to bring back every character that ever appeared in a ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' game as playable, it's doubtful that very many fans (assuming they even ''knew who he was'') would have expected Meat making it to the roster, given that in his appearance in ''[[Mortal Kombat 4]]'' he wasn't so much a character as an alternate costume available for any character through a cheat code to make them look like a bloody skeleton.
** In [[Mortal Kombat 9]], [[A Nightmare on Elm Street|Freddy]] [[Guest Fighter|Krueger]] as a [[Downloadable Content|DLC character]]. [[God of War (series)|Kratos]] as a [[
* Kuina and Zeff from ''[[One Piece]]'' appeared in ''One Piece: Grand Adventure'', the American made sequel to ''One Piece: Grand Battle''.
* Yugao Uzuki from the ''[[Naruto]]'' series, appearing in ''Clash of Ninja Revolution 2'', has to be one of the most unexpected characters on this list, appearing in the Manga for less then ''five panels'', showing none of her skills in these panels.
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