8 Recent Movie Characters That Just Disappeared

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00:00There will always be imperfections in any movie, sometimes plot holes, loose ends or

00:05general issues with the story that don't quite make sense, and this is where the audience's

00:10disbelief needs to be appropriately suspended. This can be difficult however when a character

00:15just disappears without a trace, it happens more often than you think, but what about

00:20over the last 5 years? So let's dive in, as I'm Adam from WhatCulture and here are

00:258 recent movie characters that just disappeared.

00:288. The Underminer, Incredibles 2 There have been a handful of franchises within

00:33the realms of Pixar that have seen something of a revival after many, many years. Toy

00:38Story 3 came out 11 years after Toy Story 2, there were 12 and 13 years between Monsters

00:44Inc and Monsters U, and Finding Nemo and Finding Dory respectively, and joining this list is

00:50The Incredibles. 14 years after the original movie cut short the titular family's fight

00:55with The Underminer, Incredibles 2 picked up exactly where the narrative left off. Tony

01:00Ridinger was in the custody of Rick Dicker, and told of the fight that had ensued.

01:04In 2003, The Underminer only appeared at the end of The Incredibles after having nothing to

01:10do with the overall story. He was there as something of a tease for the family fighting together

01:14as a proper superhero team, and in a similar way, he was only involved in the sequel at

01:20the very start, again having nothing to do with the overall main story. The villain got

01:25away from The Incredibles at the start of the sequel, making off with immeasurable amounts

01:29of money, but because of the collateral damage and the supers in general, no one seemed to care.

01:35He was forgotten about, and no one was particularly interested in tracking him down or bringing him

01:40to justice.

01:417. Efficient Man, Glass Onion

01:44As a sequel to Rian Johnson's incredibly popular Knives Out from 2019, with the exception

01:49of Benoit Blanc, Glass Onion boasted a completely different cast. Marta Cabrera and The Thrombris

01:55were replaced with Miles Braun and his disruptor friends, though the deliciousness of the mystery

02:00remained throughout. Though Miles Braun himself was supposedly one of the world's smartest

02:05billionaires, he was in fact an idiot with enough money to pay intelligent people to earn

02:10his reputation for him. He then simply sat back and enjoyed his own private island and

02:14the Mona Lisa on hire without ever really breaking a sweat. One such thing his money paid for

02:19was seemingly a hassle 3 covid vaccination. The characters were all able to remove their

02:24masks and go about their daily lives as normal after a quick spray from Ethan Hawke's character,

02:30known simply in the credits as Efficient Man. Because it was an actor as big as Ethan Hawke,

02:35it was surprising that Efficient Man had no further role to play in the movie. He literally

02:39showed up, vaccinated everyone with no context as to exactly who he was, and then was never

02:45heard of or seen again.

02:476. The Detachable Kid, The Suicide Squad

02:50The cast of The Suicide Squad was so ridiculous in size that it seemed impossible to fit everyone

02:55into one movie. It all made sense by the end of the first few scenes, however, when half

03:00of the titular team were gunned down on Corto Maltese. The likes of Captain Boomerang, Blackguard,

03:06and more bit the dust serving as a distraction to allow Bloodsport's true Task Force X onto the

03:13island. It seemed as though Weasel died during the chaotic opening, but the post-credits scene saw

03:18him simply get up and walk away. But what about The Detachable Kid, aka TDK? Nathan Fillion's

03:24character may have had a crap power and a crap way of using it, but he actually didn't die on that

03:29beach like most of the team did. While slapping and pouring at the Corto Maltese soldiers, TDK's

03:35arms were shot to hell, leaving him writhing in pain on the floor. However, the opening credits

03:41sequence that followed confirmed that TDK wasn't actually dead, but was instead in critical condition.

03:47So, what happened to him? Was he ever extracted off the beach or was he left there to die by the

03:52heartless and ruthless Amanda Waller? Weasel survived and will reprise his role in Creature

03:57Commandos, so did James Gunn keep TDK alive with the intention of bringing him back?

04:035. Kingo Eternals

04:06This entry is slightly different from the rest in that the character at least announced that he was

04:11disappearing. While everyone else just went without so much as a goodbye, Kingo actually let everyone

04:16know what he was doing and even returned to the screen before the end of Eternals. All that being said,

04:22however, he undoubtedly still disappeared, and at a key point in the movie. Icarus had been revealed

04:28as the villain, and he and Sprite were about to go toe to toe with the rest of the Eternals.

04:33Whether Tiamut's emergence happened or not directly affected the future of the entire human race,

04:38and yet Kingo decided to take a step back. The rest of the Eternals were his brothers and sisters,

04:44and though it's admirable in a way to remain neutral in such a situation, did anyone actually

04:49believe that as a major character he would manage to stay out of it entirely. Kingo was nowhere to be

04:55seen for the entire final battle. Realistically, he may as well have gotten involved, as he still

05:01ended up at the mercy of Arisham next to Cersei and Phastos anyway.

05:044. Mike Sing 2

05:08Sing is a genuinely enjoyable kids film even in spite of its singing competition premise, with a stunning cast

05:14to boot. Alongside the phenomenal voices of Reese Witherspoon, Taryn Egerton, Scarlett Johansson and

05:20more was Seth MacFarlane. The Family Guy creator's character, Mike, was a tiny mouse with one hell of a

05:26voice, but an attitude that got him in trouble on more than one occasion. When the little guy didn't

05:31appear or even get a mention in 2021's Sing 2, there was a theory equal parts dark and compelling.

05:38Mike likely would never have returned to be in Buster's new show anyway,

05:42as he was solely there for the money, but could it be that he was completely absent from the second

05:46movie because he had been killed by the bears who were chasing him? The big grizzly hanging off the

05:51back of Mike's car is the last we see of him after all. Harder to explain is the absence of both Pete

05:57and Eddie, who were present at the reopening of the New Moon Theater at the end of Sing,

06:01and the three bunnies at the start of Sing 2 that were clearly part of the production,

06:05but had absolutely nothing to do with the excursion to Red Shore City or the new show at the Majestic.

06:113. The Fourth Skrull – Captain Marvel In 2019, Captain Marvel introduced to the

06:17MCU not only Carol Danvers herself, Maria and Monica Rambeau, and the mind-boggling

06:23Flerken, it also brought to life for the first time the Skrulls. Even better, the movie actually

06:28did a fantastic job of portraying the race as the villains of the piece before pulling the rug from

06:33under audiences with a genuinely shocking revelation. Back when everyone thought they were evil invading

06:39aliens, there were four Skrulls that landed on Earth. They each shifted into the shape of someone

06:45on that beach, but not all four are to be accounted for by the time the credits rolled. There was of

06:50course Talos, his science guy Norex who was killed by Yon-Rogg, and the Skrull posing as Agent Coulson who

06:56died in Nick Fury's car. Now, for anyone keeping count, you won't be shocked to learn that we are still

07:02one slippery Skrull short. It could be that Norex was the alien that morphed into the old woman that

07:07Carol fought on the bus, in which case, what happened to the fourth Skrull? If Norex wasn't the alien

07:13that morphed into the old woman that Carol fought on the bus, what happened to the old woman Skrull?

07:18Either way you look at it, there is a Skrull still M.I.A.

07:222. Nagini – Fantastic Beasts – The Secrets of Dumbledore Outside of the likes of the Dumbledore's,

07:29Newt Scamander's name on the Morda's map, and the canon breaking McGonagall name drop that made

07:34no sense, there aren't too many characters that appear in both the Fantastic Beasts and Harry

07:39Potter franchises. One such character is Nagini, and because of this, audiences already know what

07:45her ultimate fate would be. Several decades down the line, the Maledictus would have permanently

07:50transformed into a snake, be one of Voldemort's most trusted allies and a horcrux no less,

07:55and would be sliced in half by Neville Longbottom. Even with this knowledge,

07:59there were some twists and turns during Fantastic Beasts – The Crimes of Grindelwald.

08:04Firstly, the fact that Nagini appeared as a human woman was mind blowing,

08:08but by the end of the movie she actually aligned herself with Newt and the other heroes.

08:12With a compelling story between here and where she would ultimately end up,

08:16she was completely left out of Fantastic Beasts – The Secrets of Dumbledore.

08:21No explanation for her absence, she just simply disappeared from the narrative altogether.

08:26She may return further down the line if the movie franchise ever survives that long,

08:30but even if she does, there will have to be a big explanation as to where she was in the 3quel.

08:361. Rocky Balboa – Creed III

08:39Creed III was something completely different in the franchise in a number of ways. It was the

08:44directing debut of Michael B. Jordan, who brought with him an anime-inspired fighting style,

08:49but it was also the first in the franchise not to feature Rocky Balboa.

08:53Throughout all of the Rocky movies and the first two entries in the Creed franchise,

08:58Rocky was a mainstay, and yet for Creed III, he didn't appear.

09:02It was a decision made by Stallone himself due to creative differences,

09:06but what about in terms of the narrative?

09:08There are a couple of potential reasons for the Italian Stallion's absence.

09:12Firstly, by the time of the 3quel's events, Adonis is retired and living out in LA,

09:17as far away from Philly as you could possibly get in the USA.

09:21There really wouldn't be any need for Rocky to be out there.

09:24There is also a darker possibility pertaining to Rocky's poor health in the first Creed movie.

09:29Whatever the reason however, it seems a strange decision to give audiences

09:33absolutely no closure on the subject whatsoever.

09:36Donnie couldn't have just given him a call,

09:38or just mentioned in passing to Bianca how he was doing.

09:41And there we have it folks, our list of movie characters that just disappeared.

09:45But please do let us know down in the comments section,

09:47which movie or TV characters you have no idea what happened to them.

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