Incredible Disappearing Television Characters

[jordiepop]

she sure did ... if you type her real name ,jamiee foxworth, onto google it has a few images. its like, ohh no how could she..

[Kimbell175113]

Mandy, The West Wing

They at least kinda halfway acknowledged Sam's existence, but Mandy existed entirely within the first season and was never mentioned elsewhere.

[loose passive]

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Oliver Martin , usually known as Cousin Oliver, stays with the Brady Family during the final six episodes of The Brady Bunch. As explained in the episode "Welcome Aboard", Oliver's parents travelled to an archaeological dig in South America, and Oliver is unable to accompany them. Therefore, he is sent to live with the Bradys. Oliver was portrayed by Robbie Rist.

Oliver was created because the producers wanted a younger character to balance out the maturing cast. The "kids" were now all over twelve, and it was hoped that adding a younger cast member would improve ratings. The addition did not work, and Cousin Oliver proved unpopular with the viewing audience; years later, some fans would call the addition of Oliver the moment when the series "jumped the shark". The "Cousin Oliver syndrome" is named after Oliver.

A "Cousin Oliver" is also a metaphor that is sometimes used to denote when the writers of a television program decide that the addition of a cute child actor to the cast will improve the ratings of the show, or as a replacement for child cast members that have grown up since the show started


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[cookieb]

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Didn't Richie have an older brother on Happy Days?

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Isn't the story that he went upstairs and never came back down?

[Cry Me A River]

Amy from The A-Team who disappeard in the second season. The A-Team had other "5th members" who similarily disappeared (ie: Tia Carrere).

Yeoman Janice Rand on Star Trek disappeared after the first season. She reappeared, much later, in some of the movies and on Voyager.

Bo and Luke Duke were replaced by Coy and Vance Duke on The Dukes Of Hazzard. They later disappeared themselves when the original stars returned.

The Facts Of Life originally had a much larger cast of girls but half of them were cut after 13 episodes.

The Scott Baio sitcom Charles In Charge went through a similar retooling as he switched from living with the Pembroke family to the Powell family.

Airwolf was completely recast when it moved from CBS to USA.


I'll also mention that all this is really common on daytime Soap Operas.

[RunDownHouse]

The little sister in "Boy Meets World" qualifies, I think.

[tuq]

The funny character on every WB sitcom was cut after the pilot.

[Cry Me A River]

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Mandy, The West Wing

They at least kinda halfway acknowledged Sam's existence, but Mandy existed entirely within the first season and was never mentioned elsewhere.

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Ainsley Hayes met a similar fate on The West Wing.

[JackWhite]

Spearchucker in MASH. He appeared in the first few episodes then disappeared.

[dw2006]

The mom from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air was replaced after 3 seasons.


And in Seinfeld Jerry references having a sister in "The Chinese Restaurant", but we never hear anything about her again. And in "The Parking Space" George references a brother who we never see or hear of again.