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From sitcom siblings who vanished without a trace to dramatic love interests who faded away, we're shining a spotlight on memorable TV characters who disappeared from our favorite shows. Whether sidelined by new storylines or simply ignored, these characters left fans with unanswered questions and plenty of theories. Which character's abrupt exit surprised you most?
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00:00My name's Ruby. My friends call me Red.
00:04Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at TV characters who played prominent roles
00:08until they were suddenly banished to off-screen land.
00:11Yeah, you go over there, you may never come back.
00:14Ah, that's crazy. Hey, Mr. Turner, wait up.
00:18This doesn't mean that they weren't ever mentioned later or appeared in a few episodes down the line,
00:22but just that the writers and or characters of the series seemingly didn't remember their existence most of the time.
00:28Also, spoilers.
00:30Number 20. Skipper Johnston. Sex and the City.
00:33Steve Brady was Miranda's most serious love interest throughout Sex and the City,
00:37until and just like that ruined everything.
00:39Before Steve entered the picture, Miranda had another boyfriend, Skipper Johnston.
00:43Don't you want to go out with a girl your own age?
00:46It's got nothing to do with age. I...
00:48I think you're luminous.
00:52You think I'm luminous?
00:53Totally.
00:54The two have an on-and-off relationship throughout the first season.
00:57However, Miranda eventually makes it clear that she isn't looking for anything serious,
01:02much to Skipper's disappointment.
01:03I'm not ready for a full-blown relationship thing.
01:07What?
01:09I mean, we can see each other and still see other people, right?
01:14No.
01:15No, we can't.
01:16At least I can't.
01:17He resurfaces in a single episode of season two, finally tired of being emotionally whipped around.
01:23Considering how they left things, we suppose it isn't surprising that Miranda and the audience never see Skipper again.
01:28Since Skipper was friends with Carrie before meeting Miranda, though,
01:31you'd think the show's narrator would have insight into his whereabouts.
01:35The resolution to his arc was skipped over.
01:37You know, you got a lot of nerve talking to me like nothing happened ever since you tossed me out like bad milk.
01:43You know, I'll tell you, I've been friggin' wonderful now that I've got you out of my system.
01:46Number 19.
01:47Beruz Aras, 24.
01:50Day 4 introduces the Aras family.
01:52On the surface, they appear like a normal suburban family that immigrated to America.
01:56Behind closed doors, though, they are secretly working with a Middle Eastern terrorist named Habib Marwan.
02:02While his parents are committed to their so-called cause, teenage son Beruz is apprehensive,
02:07especially after his girlfriend is murdered.
02:09But she didn't tell anyone.
02:11And we're fortunate that's the case.
02:13But she still saw the warehouse, and she could tell the authorities about it, if she's ever brought in for questioning.
02:19His mother is eventually prompted to switch sides for her son's sake, although she's killed in the process.
02:24CTU later trades Beruz to the terrorists for Jack Bauer.
02:28Does my mother know about this?
02:31Yes.
02:33You made a deal with her to put us both in witness protection.
02:38And we'll do everything to abide by that deal.
02:40Then don't do this!
02:42That's not an option.
02:43Although Beruz is given tracking devices, they are swiftly destroyed.
02:47CTU loses track of Beruz, as does the audience.
02:51A few deleted scenes would have revealed that Beruz was rescued, but in the official canon, his day was cut short.
02:57My mom was okay.
03:00So I would agree to help you.
03:03We didn't have a choice, Beruz.
03:05I'm sorry.
03:06Number 18.
03:07Alex Lessman.
03:08Gilmore Girls.
03:09The third season introduces Alex, Suki's friend of a friend.
03:13Alex emerges as a love interest for Lorelai, even though he's outdoorsy and she is not.
03:18Nevertheless, the two enjoy each other's company.
03:21Your mom's never been fishing before, has she?
03:23Oh, no.
03:24She's a well-seasoned fish killer.
03:27Uh-huh.
03:27I made lunch reservations at the Chehala Lodge and Spa afterward.
03:31Think she'll like that?
03:31She'll love that.
03:32Good.
03:33Go back to sleep.
03:34After appearing in three episodes, Alex suddenly goes AWOL.
03:38Lorelai mentions later in the season that they're still seeing each other,
03:40but it doesn't sound like she's very invested.
03:43I don't know.
03:43I don't know what I'm feeling or what I'm looking for these days.
03:47I hate that.
03:47It's so bishy-washy, but it's true.
03:50I mean, technically, I'm still seeing Alex, although it's more intermittent than ever.
03:54That is the last we hear of Alex, and the show never explains what happened to him.
03:58Since Lorelai goes on to have relationships with a few other guys,
04:01it's safe to say she broke up with Alex at some point.
04:04Or maybe she forgot to break up with him.
04:06The Gilmore Girls tend to do that.
04:08Rory, due to our ever-conflicting schedules, I think we should break up.
04:12Take care, Paul.
04:14Who?
04:15I can't believe how I treated him.
04:18I suck.
04:18Number 17.
04:19Lindsay Gardner, The O.C.
04:21In season 2, Ryan dates new girl Lindsay Gardner,
04:25who is later revealed to be Caleb Nichols' daughter from an affair.
04:28Oh my god.
04:29Oh my god.
04:30No way.
04:33I'm so sorry, sweetie.
04:34I should have told you.
04:35This kind of means Lindsay is Ryan's aunt, but don't worry.
04:38They aren't biologically related.
04:40Although there is blood between Lindsay and Seth,
04:42with whom she also went out on a single occasion.
04:45I think you and I have a lot to be grateful for.
04:47Most of all, that we didn't start dating.
04:50Oh, yeah, because that would have been gross on several levels.
04:55While Caleb considers adopting her,
04:57Lindsay decides to move to Chicago with her mom,
04:59leaving Ryan behind.
05:01Lindsay never returns to Newport.
05:03Not even when Caleb dies later that season.
05:06Granted, they didn't have the best relationship,
05:08but it still feels odd that Lindsay didn't show up for Caleb's funeral.
05:12We assumed she would at least be there for her half-sister Kirsten,
05:15who was also dealing with heavy substance use around this time.
05:18This is really weird.
05:20Oh, it's our family.
05:22Number 16.
05:23Brendan Lambert, Step by Step.
05:25When you're part of a big family,
05:26it's easy to get lost in the shuffle.
05:28In a sitcom like Step by Step,
05:29you can get lost altogether.
05:31Oh, no, you're not having another kid, are you?
05:35No.
05:35As a matter of fact,
05:36we're thinking of getting rid of a couple we already have.
05:39Such was the case with Brendan Lambert,
05:41Frank's second-born son.
05:42Played by Josh Byrne,
05:43Brendan was a part of the Foster-Lambert bunch for six seasons.
05:46When the sitcom moved to CBS for a seventh and final season,
05:50we guess the showrunners forgot to pack Brendan.
05:52Oh, I'm sorry, honey.
05:54It's just a little backup on the breakfast sausage.
06:00Not bad.
06:01The silence.
06:02It already felt like Brendan was being phased out of the show.
06:05He was absent from several season six episodes,
06:08with more attention going to little sister Lily.
06:10Behind the scenes,
06:11Byrne went to high school and left acting behind.
06:14That explains Brendan's absence,
06:16albeit not within the context of the show's universe.
06:18You take him up to his room and help him with his math,
06:21and you wear anybody's underwear you want to.
06:24Just don't show me.
06:26Number 15.
06:28Violet and Roscoe Plunkett.
06:29Mom.
06:30This sitcom's premise changed over time.
06:33As the title suggests,
06:34it was initially about a mom raising her two kids
06:36while reconciling with her own mom, Bonnie.
06:39After two seasons,
06:40teenage daughter Violet only made a handful of appearances
06:42in seasons three and four.
06:44I'm gonna go stay with my friend Sarah.
06:46Okay?
06:47When are you coming back?
06:49I'm not.
06:51What are you talking about?
06:52I don't want to be here anymore.
06:54I'm done with all this.
06:56No.
06:56No, no, no, no, no.
06:57No.
06:58No one is done until I say we're done.
07:00Violet made her final appearance in season six,
07:02as matriarch Christy attempts to reconcile with her.
07:05The two never quite receive closure, however.
07:08What do you say we build from here?
07:10I really want to be in your life.
07:13Actually, it's been really good not having you in my life.
07:16I'm finally in a healthy place right now,
07:20and I think that what would be best for me
07:21is to not have a relationship with you.
07:23Violet still got more closure than younger half-brother Roscoe,
07:26who was last seen in season four.
07:29Roscoe goes to live with his father and stepmother,
07:31a plot point that's glanced over.
07:33While many felt the series improved
07:35as the focus shifted to Christy, Bonnie, and their support group,
07:38it's strange that a show called Mom forgot the kids.
07:40You take that back.
07:42Make me.
07:43Wait, wait.
07:44If you guys are going to do this,
07:46let's get a mud pit and make some money.
07:47Number 14.
07:48Adam Milligan.
07:49Supernatural.
07:50During season four,
07:51the Winchester brothers meet Adam,
07:53a teenager looking for his father.
07:55As it turns out,
07:56his father is John Winchester,
07:58making him Sam and Dean's half-brother.
08:00He didn't want Adam to have our lives, okay?
08:02And we're going to respect his wishes.
08:03Do I get a say in this?
08:04No!
08:05No.
08:08Babysuit the kid.
08:09Where are you going?
08:09I'm going out!
08:17Is he always like that?
08:20Welcome to the family.
08:21The dynamic duo soon learns
08:22that this is actually a ghoul
08:24that killed Adam and took his form.
08:26That said,
08:27Adam was still their brother.
08:28Adam is resurrected the following season,
08:30only for Michael to possess him.
08:32When Sam and Adam both wind up in hell,
08:34Dean can't save them both.
08:36Naturally, he chooses Sam.
08:37I'm moving!
08:39No!
08:41Dean, no!
08:42In a show about brotherhood,
08:44one might think that Sam and Dean
08:45would channel their energy into freeing Adam.
08:47Yet Adam doesn't resurface
08:49until the 15th and final season.
08:51Even then,
08:52it's a little unclear
08:53what ultimately becomes of him.
08:55No, we bailed on you, okay?
08:56And there's nothing that we can say
08:58to fix that.
08:59How about, uh...
09:03I'm sorry.
09:05Number 13, Mandy Hampton, The West Wing.
09:08I'm accomplished and brilliant.
09:12And yet, look how young and cute I am.
09:14Throughout the first season of The West Wing,
09:16actress Moira Kelly was the second name
09:18featured in the opening credits.
09:20She played Mandy Hampton,
09:21a media consultant who used to date Josh.
09:23Aside from everything else,
09:25this is a PR disaster waiting to happen
09:27and it's gonna happen today.
09:30This is why you hired me.
09:33Yeah, I was wondering why that was.
09:34Although creator Aaron Sorkin
09:35didn't have any issues with Kelly's performance,
09:38he felt the character didn't fit.
09:39Kelly seemed to agree,
09:40and it was decided that Mandy would be gone
09:42by the beginning of the second season.
09:44That said, season one ends with a shooting,
09:46revealing in the following episode
09:48that President Bartlett and Josh got hit.
09:50Amid this crisis,
09:51the White House media director
09:53just disappeared without explanation.
09:55Sorkin considered bringing Mandy back
09:57for an episode that would have cleared up her departure,
09:59but this never materialized.
10:01Are you crazy?
10:04Are you crazy?
10:05Mandy.
10:06Have you lost your mind?
10:07Why don't we go out to my office?
10:08Why did you make that deal?
10:09I don't think you can leave here.
10:10Shut up!
10:11Number 12, Sean's other siblings, Boy Meets World.
10:15Boy Meets World forgot about
10:16several characters over the years.
10:18Minkus and Mr. Turner are two notable examples,
10:21although the show would poke fun
10:22at their absence in a meta moment,
10:24while Girl Meets World brought both back.
10:26We appreciate it when students are fond of a teacher.
10:29I mean, it factors into a decision,
10:31but it cannot be the first priority.
10:33Sean's siblings didn't get the same consideration.
10:35In the first season,
10:37it's mentioned that Sean has a sister named Stacy,
10:39who is never brought up again, let alone seen.
10:42In season three,
10:43Corey learns that Sean has a half-brother named Eddie.
10:45Here's a nice camera.
10:48It's mine.
10:49What you doing with it here?
10:51We're just filming some video, you know,
10:52with friends and family.
10:54And you didn't ask me to be in it?
10:56Should I be insulted?
10:58Technically, they're stepbrothers,
10:59as Sean later finds out
11:00the woman who raised him
11:01wasn't his biological mother.
11:02Even so,
11:03it's curious that Eddie doesn't come up
11:05when Sean reunites with half-brother Jack,
11:07who becomes a mainstay of the show.
11:09Man, I am so proud to have two boys in college.
11:13You know what?
11:14I'm gonna go get me one of them
11:15official Pembroke University sweatshirts.
11:17Number 11,
11:18Various Characters,
11:20Glee.
11:20Honestly,
11:21we could make a whole list of characters
11:22that Glee lost track of.
11:24Season three in particular
11:25introduced several newcomers
11:27who either disappeared completely over time
11:29or became glorified extras.
11:31Skull hits us even more now.
11:32Which is why we have to work even harder this year
11:34to recruit new members.
11:35We're three men down.
11:36There was Rory Flanagan,
11:37whose entire personality
11:39revolved around him being Irish.
11:41We also got Joe Hart,
11:42who was religious
11:43and that's pretty much it.
11:44Then there was Sugar Mata,
11:46who claimed to be on the spectrum,
11:47although that might have just been an excuse
11:49for her to get away with acting insensitive.
11:51Either way,
11:52not good representation.
11:54Here's the deal.
11:55I'm awesome
11:55and I want to be a big, big star.
11:58And when I saw you guys
11:58singing and dancing in the cafeteria,
12:00I thought,
12:01I'm so much better than you.
12:03Sorry, Asperger's.
12:05The show kept forcing in characters
12:06like Marley Rose and Ryder Lynn,
12:08who were both irrelevant
12:09by the final season.
12:10Clearly, the writers only cared
12:12about a handful of characters.
12:14So why keep adding more?
12:16The only question is,
12:17which one of you is the new Rachel?
12:21Well, I am.
12:22Number 10.
12:23Mark Brandanowicz, Parks and Recreation.
12:25I want to thank you for meeting me today.
12:28I just work right there.
12:30Well, thank you for clearing your schedule.
12:32I didn't clear anything.
12:33After season one,
12:34the political satire sitcom
12:35changed direction
12:36and also seemingly left
12:38one of the department's
12:39integral employees behind.
12:41I'm going to get out of here.
12:42I'm sorry.
12:43It's okay.
12:44No.
12:45Oh my God.
12:46Oh!
12:46Oh!
12:47As despite his being a main character
12:49and love interest
12:50for both Leslie and Anne,
12:52season two sees jaded city planner
12:54Mark Brandanowicz
12:55swiftly exit the Parks and Rec department.
12:58His epiphany is spurred
12:59by his fall in the pit,
13:01after which he realizes
13:02he needs to change his ways.
13:03And I mean that I literally fell
13:06to the bottom of a pit
13:07and hit a rock.
13:08I remember laying there thinking,
13:10there's probably a good reason
13:12why I'm down here
13:13and single.
13:15The biggest decision he makes
13:16is to leave his government job
13:18in order to join the private sector,
13:20earning him the name
13:21Mark Brandanowquits
13:23in the season finale.
13:24Wait a minute.
13:25What are you doing?
13:25What's happening?
13:26Um, you know,
13:28they offered me a buyout
13:29and I took it.
13:31And so now I work
13:32for Norton Construction.
13:33Chris and Ben,
13:35who appeared in the previous episode,
13:37are then set to replace him
13:38as permanent cast members,
13:40while Mark silently disappears
13:41and is never heard from again.
13:44Number 9.
13:45Jacqueline Jackie Ames,
13:47The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
13:48Tyra Banks made her acting debut
13:50in season four of The Fresh Prince
13:52as Will's childhood friend Jackie.
13:55Oh my god.
13:55Will!
13:56Woo!
13:58From the moment they first reunite,
14:01their deep-rooted friendship
14:02is evident.
14:03And as the pair become reacquainted,
14:05the romantic energy
14:07between them intensifies too.
14:08Seems to me we were more than friends
14:10that night after Alonzo Simmons' party.
14:13I was young and immature then.
14:15I guess you still are.
14:17Low.
14:18However,
14:18Will's drunken antics at a party
14:20bring an abrupt end
14:21to their will-they-or-won't-they relationship.
14:23Will!
14:24Hey, hey, hey, hey!
14:26Hey, Jackie!
14:27I didn't see you standing in front of the dip.
14:30Infuriated by Will
14:31and her new boyfriend's childish behavior,
14:33Jackie asks Carlton to drive her home
14:35and leaves the party.
14:37Look, I've had about all I can take
14:38of this damn thing.
14:39Carlton, would you take me home, please?
14:40Later that night,
14:41when Will sobers up,
14:43he admits that his stupid behavior
14:44cost him a friend,
14:45and we never see Jackie again.
14:48Well, I got a lot accomplished today, huh?
14:50I lost Jackie.
14:52I lost my self-respect.
14:54Lost my dinner.
14:57I ain't got nothing left.
14:59Number 8.
14:59Tori Scott.
15:01Saved by the Bell.
15:02Let me explain something.
15:03I'm Zach Morris.
15:06Should I be impressed?
15:07When the gang finally made it to graduation,
15:09they thought they were saying goodbye
15:10to their Bayside days for good.
15:13But when the show got picked up
15:14for some extra episodes,
15:15actresses Tiffany Thiessen
15:16and Elizabeth Berkley
15:17had already moved on.
15:19Fine.
15:19I'll write the ad campaign.
15:20Good.
15:21Then I'll do the product research.
15:23Is a cute librarian
15:23who owes me a favor?
15:25Did you know how to read?
15:26To fill the gap,
15:27the show introduced
15:28tough girl Tori Scott.
15:30Although she and Zach
15:31initially butt heads,
15:32she soon befriends the group
15:34and, of course,
15:35dates Zach and Slater.
15:37Yeah, I mean,
15:37it would be a lot of fun
15:38and it's something
15:38the school would really appreciate.
15:40After 10 episodes, though,
15:41she disappears
15:42and her absence
15:43is never acknowledged.
15:45Neither are we told
15:46why Jessie and Kelly
15:47are all of a sudden back.
15:48Though the real-life reason
15:50is because the episode
15:51was filmed beforehand.
15:52Zach does mention Tori
15:54in the revival,
15:55but Kelly's response
15:56leaves him wondering
15:57whether she ever
15:58really existed at all.
16:00Besides,
16:00new kids keep things fresh.
16:02Remember Tori?
16:03Who?
16:03Number 7.
16:04Mutt Shit.
16:05Schitt's Creek.
16:06As played by Tim Rozon,
16:08Shit's Creek's rugged
16:09recluse Mutt
16:10was a series regular
16:11during the show's
16:12first two seasons.
16:13Why do they give you
16:14table scraps?
16:15Are you, like,
16:16poor person or...?
16:19Um, no.
16:20But thanks for asking.
16:22No, I use the compost.
16:23You know,
16:23that way nothing
16:24gets thrown out.
16:25As Roland and Jocelyn's
16:26once estranged son
16:27and Alexis's
16:29community service buddy,
16:30love interest,
16:31and later boyfriend,
16:32it seemed very unlikely
16:33that he would
16:34suddenly disappear.
16:35You're talking about
16:36how nice it is
16:36not to talk,
16:37but you're still
16:37talking about it.
16:39I mean, yeah,
16:40I'm not a mute.
16:41Well, that is
16:42an understatement.
16:43However,
16:44following their breakup,
16:45we start seeing
16:45less of Mutt
16:46around the creek.
16:47And after a brief cameo
16:48at the start of season 3,
16:50he doesn't reappear again
16:51until the season 4 episode
16:53The Rollout.
16:54I think it's funny.
16:55You bringing people together
16:56and here we are,
16:58still single.
17:00Makes you wonder
17:01if it's us.
17:01After Alexis rejects
17:03his advances,
17:04he vanishes again
17:05for good.
17:06Fans hoped that he
17:07might reappear
17:08during the show's
17:08final season,
17:09but it simply
17:10was not meant to be.
17:12Number 6,
17:13Tina Pinciotti,
17:14That 70s Show.
17:15Considering this character
17:16had such a short
17:17lifespan on the sitcom,
17:19you'd be forgiven
17:20for forgetting
17:20she ever existed.
17:22Donna,
17:22some of your creepy
17:23friends are using
17:24dead stereo.
17:25In season 1,
17:26Donna throws a party
17:27while she's stuck
17:28babysitting her little sister
17:29when her parents go away.
17:30Hello, pretty lady.
17:32Hi.
17:34She's not a pretty lady.
17:35She's my sister
17:36and she's 14.
17:37Tina crashes the party
17:38to complain about
17:39rowdy partygoers
17:40in the house
17:41before getting her
17:42flirt on with Fez.
17:43You know,
17:44in my country,
17:45it's illegal here.
17:48Oh, I see.
17:51And that's it.
17:52She is never seen
17:53or heard of again.
17:55And Donna becomes
17:56an only child.
17:57Well, actually,
17:58she's mentioned once more
17:59at the end of the season 2
18:00episode Vanstock.
18:02And whatever happened
18:03to Midge's daughter Tina?
18:04Making a meta
18:05tongue-in-cheek joke,
18:07the soap opera style
18:08voiceover comments
18:09on her sudden disappearance.
18:11Number 5,
18:12Ruby Lucas,
18:13Once Upon a Time.
18:14It's gonna be dark soon.
18:17Granny will be out of her mind
18:19with worry if we're not home.
18:20She'll go out there.
18:21After her growing popularity
18:23in season 1,
18:24not to mention
18:24an entire episode
18:25devoted to her story
18:26in season 2,
18:28Red was set
18:28as a series regular.
18:30However,
18:31that would end up
18:32only being temporary.
18:33I don't have to be
18:34afraid anymore.
18:35Even though the writers
18:36had big plans
18:37for her story,
18:38the introduction
18:38of several new characters
18:40meant that their plans
18:41got put on the back burner
18:42and seemingly forgotten
18:43about completely.
18:45Eventually,
18:46Ruby decides that
18:47Storybrooke no longer
18:48feels like home
18:49and leaves.
18:49Ever since we got
18:51back to Storybrooke,
18:51I feel like I haven't
18:53been in.
18:55We catch up with her
18:56again in season 5
18:57when the writers
18:58decided to bring
18:58her story arc
18:59to a close.
19:00But after giving her
19:01a happily ever after,
19:02any memory of Ruby
19:04vanishes as if by magic
19:05from the rest
19:06of the series run.
19:07You came back for me.
19:10You always will.
19:12Number 4.
19:13Terry McGregor
19:14Degrassi
19:14The Next Generation
19:16Hey guys,
19:16what's going on?
19:17Poor Terry was put
19:18through a lot
19:19during the first three seasons,
19:20including a harmful
19:22relationship that later
19:23left her in a coma.
19:24She called me a psycho.
19:27That's just Paige
19:28being Paige.
19:29Going into season 4,
19:31you might hope that
19:32the writers would cut
19:33her some slack,
19:34but instead,
19:35she completely disappears.
19:36Rick,
19:37you're hurting me.
19:38You're not going here.
19:40Not!
19:40Not!
19:41Not!
19:44Considering that
19:45the last time we see her
19:46she's recovering
19:47in the hospital,
19:48you can bet that
19:48fans were alarmed.
19:50A deleted scene
19:51from season 4
19:52explains that she was
19:53transferred to a private school
19:54to keep her away from Rick.
19:55Sir,
19:55have you even asked
19:56Terry McGregor
19:57what she thinks
19:58about all this?
19:59Terry transferred
20:00to private school.
20:01That's because
20:01she scared Mr. Radich.
20:03Rick used to abuse her.
20:04Well,
20:05we're glad she's okay
20:06and we hope she has
20:07better luck
20:08at her new school.
20:08Number 3.
20:10Ben Geller
20:11Friends
20:11From the moment
20:20Ross learns
20:20he's going to be a father,
20:22he seems pretty determined
20:23to play an active role
20:24in his son's life.
20:25And sure,
20:26he certainly has his moments,
20:27but we can all agree
20:28that he was never going
20:29to win Father of the Year.
20:30Wow, thanks!
20:31You're welcome, Ben.
20:33Merry Christmas.
20:35Ooh.
20:36And
20:37Happy Hanukkah!
20:38Over the course of the series,
20:42Ben's sightings
20:43become more sporadic,
20:44and we last see him
20:46about midway
20:46through season 8.
20:48By the end of that season,
20:49Rachel gives birth to Emma.
20:51Not only does she seem
20:52to replace her big brother
20:53in their father's life,
20:55but she also never ends up
20:56sharing any screen time
20:57with her half-bro.
20:58To top things off,
21:00Jack Geller
21:00seems to forget
21:01that Emma isn't actually
21:02his first grandchild.
21:04Look at her.
21:05My first grandchild.
21:08What about Ben?
21:13Well, of course, Ben.
21:14I meant my first granddaughter.
21:18Number 2.
21:19Chuck Cunningham.
21:21Happy Days.
21:21Looks to me like
21:22he's got girl problems.
21:24Hardcore Happy Days fans
21:25might recall
21:26that in the first two seasons,
21:28Richie and Joni
21:28had an older brother
21:29named Chuck.
21:30Hey, this is terrific soup.
21:31Nice and more?
21:32While local bad boy
21:33Arthur Fonzie Fonzarelli
21:35grew in popularity
21:36with viewers,
21:37Chuck was phased
21:38into the background
21:38and eventually vanished
21:40without a trace.
21:41My old roommate
21:42just moved out.
21:42Why don't you move in with me?
21:43The show continued
21:44as if he never existed
21:45with the hope
21:46that fans wouldn't notice
21:48or would at least
21:49play along.
21:50However,
21:50not only did they notice,
21:52but they also coined
21:53the term
21:53Chuck Cunningham syndrome.
21:55This has since caught on
21:57as a blanket term
21:57for those characters
21:58who, like Chuck,
21:59simply evaporated
22:01from their shows.
22:02Hey, wait a minute, Rich.
22:03Make sure you get
22:03the ball in the picture.
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22:18Number 1.
22:21Judith Judy Winslow
22:23Family Matters
22:24Well, what's 7 times 9?
22:2563.
22:26Thanks.
22:27Originally a spin-off
22:28of Perfect Strangers,
22:30Family Matters
22:30was meant to center
22:31on the Winslow family.
22:32You're supposed
22:33to use a sponge.
22:34I did,
22:35but I still didn't get
22:36all that glue off my tongue.
22:38However,
22:39after introducing
22:40the hugely popular
22:41nerdy neighbor
22:42Steve Urkel,
22:43the show decided
22:44to take a new direction.
22:45This was bad news
22:47for the Winslow's
22:47youngest daughter, Judy,
22:49who started to fade
22:50into the background.
22:50So grandma,
22:51are you gonna be
22:52a June bride?
22:53We last see her
22:54in season 4's
22:55Mama's Wedding,
22:56in which she's seen
22:57as a flower girl
22:57during Estelle and Fletcher's
22:59wedding.
22:59The sitcom had plans
23:00to bring her back
23:01for Steve and Laura's
23:02wedding,
23:03where they would also
23:04explain her absence,
23:05but Family Matters
23:06was canceled
23:07before they got a chance.
23:09Which forgotten character
23:10do you think
23:10deserved better?
23:11Let us know in the comments.
23:12Maybe lunch will take
23:13your mind off it a bit.
23:14Hope so.
23:15Are you sure there was
23:15really an Alex?
23:16Stop.
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