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* With the exception of Donkey Kong himself, none of the characters who appeared in the ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' trilogy on SNES or in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' appears in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongJungleBeat''. Instead, DK's friends and family have been replaced with the Helper Monkeys, as well as the Jungle Buddies (who are similar to the Animal Buddies from the previous games, but clearly aren't the same). Averted with later Donkey Kong games, who would bring back characters from the games developped by Creator/{{Rare}}.

* At the second season of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', only Robin(now Nightwing), Superboy, and Miss Martian are still on the Team and are leading new teammates that joined over the 5-year time skip.

* Franchise/WonderWoman in particular suffers from this. She had a regular supporting cast up until UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks, but since then they keep being killed off or [[BrotherChuck just disappearing without explanation]]. Most infamously, they just won't let her have her original love interest, ComicBook/SteveTrevor, back, doing everything from killing him to marrying him off to Etta Candy (another rarely seen supporting character). Wonder Woman herself has been based off at least three different American cities over the years. ''Comicbook/WonderWomanRebirth'' returns Steve to being her love interest and also brings Etta back as a main character, but one with [[AdaptationalSexuality no interest in Steve]].

* MickeyMouse Mystery Magazine was a failed attempt to [[FollowTheLeader repeat the success of Paperinink New Adventures]]. It placed Mickey in a new town called Anderville. Pretty much all the cast was new, except for Mickey himself.

** This also applies to his cousin ComicBook/SheHulk, whose supporting cast are often jettisoned for an entirely new one by the writer when a new series begins.

* In ''Series/{{Chef}}'', only Gareth and Everton carry over for all three seasons. The supporting cast changes frequently.

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': A major event followed by a seven-year-timeskip between the [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney third]] and [[VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney fourth games]] leaves title character Phoenix Wright the SameCharacterButDifferent, as he's gone from a generally well-respected lawyer to a bum-like pianist/poker player. Following this, his supporting cast's gone in the fourth game with little mention as well, and is replaced by his adopted daughter, his new employee Apollo, and ''their'' supporting cast (as Phoenix is now the {{Deuteragonist}} instead of the protagonist). ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'' and ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice Spirit of Justice]]'', however, have appearances by Wright's companions, with the [=DLC=] case of the latter being a NostalgiaLevel featuring Maya as the sidekick, Edgeworth as the prosecutor, and Larry as a witness.

** After ''Mountain of Faith'', the tenth game, starts the [[FanNickname Moriya Shrine Conspiracy]] arc, the characters from the sixth to ninth games have been getting a lot less appearances. Unlike the first case, though, the characters are explicitly shown to still exist, just not getting as much screentime.

** ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent: Mike Logan's last appearance on the original ''Series/LawAndOrder'' was in the season 5 episode "Pride". He returned on ''Criminal Intent'' as a regular cast member from seasons 4-7.

* When the de-frozen ComicBook/CaptainAmerica began having solo adventures apart of ComicBook/TheAvengers, this trope was enforced by the fact that he had already lost his supporting cast in the meantime. Fortunately, Sharon Carter and ComicBook/TheFalcon went a long way in the 1970s to make him feel better as his new companions.
** For the second year of the title, all of the original team members except Captain America left the team, with the sole members being comprised of Hawkeye, the Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver.

** MickeyMouse Mystery Magazine was a failed attempt to [[FollowTheLeader repeat the success of PKNA]].

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': A major event followed by a seven-year-timeskip between the third and fourth games leaves title character Phoenix Wright the SameCharacterButDifferent, as he's gone from a generally well-respected lawyer to a bum-like pianist/poker player. Following this, his supporting cast's gone in the fourth game with little mention as well, and is replaced by his adopted daughter, his new employee Apollo, and ''their'' supporting cast (as Phoenix is now the {{Deuteragonist}} instead of the protagonist). ''Dual Destinies'' and ''Spirit of Justice'', however, have appearances by Wright's companions, with the [=DLC=] case of the latter being a NostalgiaLevel featuring Maya as the sidekick, Edgeworth as the prosecutor, and Larry as a witness.

* ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' only keeps Paperinik (AKA DonaldDuck) and Uncle Scrooge (albeit DemotedToExtra), while the rest of the characters are new ones.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'' is this for ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon''. So is ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'', although the focus is placed more on the "New Pals" than the "Old Hero".

** Thanks to its high mortality rate, several major characters were [[KilledOffForReal killed off]], and anyone who managed to survive was almost always PutOnABus. Jack was the only real constant character in the show.

* Likewise, ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' does the same, with Ryu and Ken being the only returning characters. The [[UpdatedRerelease Updated Rereleases]] adds Akuma and Chun Li, respectively, but everyone else is new to the series (albeit a lot of them counts as [[{{Expy}} expies]] of old characters.
* In ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]'', only Terry Bogard is still around. Rock Howard, the game's protagonist, is mostly an AscendedExtra (with a few cameos in Terry's endings in older games), and the rest of the cast is completely new to the series (with a lot of [[{{Expy}} expies]] as well).

* ''[[Manga/{{Gunnm}} Battle Angel Alita: Last Order]]'' begins with Alita stranded [[spoiler: on Zalem]], having left all her friends (and almost all other characters) back [[spoiler: on the surface]]. She soon makes new friends.

* The ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' series always has Mario as the main lead while he gets a new set of partners in each game. Mario’s allies in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' in particular are largely [[Expy Expies]] of the allies from the first game.

* The ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' series always has Mario as the main lead while he gets a new set of partners in each game. ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' has Mario's allies that are basically the same as the ones from the first game in all but name.

* While the ''Advanced'' and ''Diamond and Pearl'' seasons of the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime utilized WithAFriendAndAStranger,[[note]]as did the Orange Islands long prior[[/note]] the seasons from ''Black & White'' onwards had this trope as Ash picked up Iris and Cilan in ''Black & White'', Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena in ''XY'', Lillie, Kiawe, Mallow, Lana, and Sophocles in ''Sun & Moon'', and Goh in ''The Journeys''.%%Iris & Cilan are presently in the lower picture; I'm thinking about making an Image Picking for the nitpick that Paul was the Rival in D & P, not a party member.

* While the ''Advanced'' and ''Diamond & Pearl'' season of the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime utilized WithAFriendAndAStranger,[[note]]As did the Orange Islands long prior,[[/note]] The ''Best Wishes'' and ''X & Y'' seasons had this Trope as Ash picked up Iris and Cilan in Unova and Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena in Kalos.%%Iris & Cilan are presently in the lower picture; I'm thinking about making an Image Picking for the nitpick that Paul was the Rival in D & P, not a party member.

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* This was the case for the first several ''Film/MissionImpossible'' movies, with Creator/TomCruise and Creator/VingRhames being the only constants throughout the first three films while all of their other teammates or supervisors would be replaced or killed off. The fourth film plays with it a bit, in that Rhames' character is mostly absent outside of a cameo at the end, but Creator/SimonPegg's minor character from the third film is given an expanded role. It's outright averted in the fifth film, as Cruise, Pegg, Rhames and Creator/JeremyRenner (who was a prominent supporting figure in the fourth film as well) all return in major parts.

* When the de-frozen ComicBook/CaptainAmerica began having solo adventures apart of Comicbook/TheAvengers, this trope was enforced by the fact that he had already lost his supporting cast in the meantime. Fortunately, Sharon Carter and ComicBook/TheFalcon went a long way in the 1970s to make him feel better as his new companions.

* The ''[[Series/TheAvengers New Avengers]]'' keeps only John Steed. Of course, his partner changed anyway during the original series.

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