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* Peyton Sawyer from ''OneTreeHill''. Both she and [[spoiler: her husband]] Lucas and [[spoiler: their daughter]] were PutOnABus after season 6. However, only [[TheBusCameBack Lucas returned]] in the final season.

* Peter MacNicol missed an entire season of {{Numb3rs}} so he could do a season of {{24}}. They put his Numb3rs character on a bus...to outer space.

* When ''[=~Mama's Family~=]'' transitioned from NBC to CBS, and the actors for the two characters were no longer available, Buzz and Sonja were said to have gone off to college...and were never heard from again. Not even at Christmas.

* Largo [=LaGrande=] is [=LeChuck=]'s second in command and was last seen in ''[=~Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge~=]'' in a blown-up evil lair that... wasn't even really that blown up. He have not been seen at later points in the series despite [=LeChuck=]'s constant appearances.

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* The JasonAlexander-voiced character Sal from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''.

* At the end of the third ArtemisFowl book, Holly Short tells Juliet Butler before she's mind-wiped that the bodyguarding business is too cold for her and she really should consider other employment. The epilogue says Juliet has quit and is trying out to become a professional wrestler, though Artemis hopes she'll fail and come back, and she's never seen again, though she's mentioned a few times in passing as her brother is still a fairly major character.

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* The Zombies from [[TheEeyore Tina]]'s swagger dream from BobsBurgers.

DiedOnABus is a form of this enforced by RealLife. When it's the result of AuthorExistenceFailure, that's TheCharacterDiedWithHim.

* [[OneSceneWonder Marine the Raccoon]] from SonicTheHedgehog is one of the few characters that's most likely tho come back. Yet as of 2011, we havn't heard from her since her [[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries last game appearance]]. However, she was breifly mentioned in the DS version of SonicColors as well as a costume in Mario & Sonic at The London 2012 Olymic Games.
** Also on the Sonic bus: [[SegaSonicTheHedgehog Ray the Flying Squirrel]], [[KnucklesChaotix Mighty the Armadillo]], [[SonicTripleTrouble Fang the Sniper/Nack the Weasle]], [[SonicChampionship Bean the Bomber, and Bark the Polarbear]]. At least they got cameos on [[LampshadeHanging wanted and missing posters]] in SonicGenerations.

* In John Bunyan's ''Pilgrim's Progress'', Christian (or Pilgrim, depending on which version you're reading) has to fight the beast Apollyon. When he's defeated, Apollyon swears vengeance on Christian, but aside from a couple of name-drops, Apollyon is never mentioned again.

* The chef, commercial director and Planton's grandma from SpongebobSquarepants.

** [[spoiler: Likewise, Valve is directly invoking this trope for [[{{Portal}} Chell]], so as to stick to their desired plan of using a different protagonist in future games. Chell was only brought back for Portal 2 by playtester demand.]]

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** See also The Earth King, who takes off on his own at the beginning of season 3 and is never seen again. ''Presumably'' he comes back after Ba Sing Se is liberated, but he's never shown.

** Also Hawkie, the messenger hawk Sokka buys while in the Fire Nation. Toph uses it to send a message to her parents and it's never seen again.

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* Alex (who literally gets on a bus I'm pretty sure), Darcy, Mia, Ashley, and many other characters on ''DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' end their runs on the show this way.

* [[OneSceneWonder Marine the Raccoon]] from SonicTheHedgehog is one of the few characters that's most likely tho come back. Yet as of 2011, we havn't heard from her since her [[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries last game appearance]]. However, she was breifly mentioned in the DS version of SonicColors as well as a costume in Mario & Sonic at The London 2012Olymic Games.

* [[OneSceneWonder Marine the Raccoon]] from SonicTheHedgehog is one of the few characters that's most likely tho come back. Yet as of 2011, we havn't heard from her since her [[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries last game appearance]]. However, she was breifly mentioned in the DS of SonicColors as well as a costume in Mario & Sonic at The London 2012Olymic Games.

* [[OneSceneWonder Marine the Raccoon]] from SonicTheHedgehog is one of the few characters that's most likely tho come back. Yet as of 2011, we havn't heard from her since her [[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries last game appearance]].

* [[OneSceneWonder Marine the Raccoon]] from SonicTheHedgehog is one of the few characters that's most likely tho come back. Yet as of 2011, we havn't heard from her since her [[SonicRushAdventure last game appearance]].

* The JasonAlexander-voiced character Sal from AmericanDad.