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* Charlotte the Dessert Witch, of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', got less than two minutes of screentime in a twelve-episode series. Danbooru currently list her as having over two thousand different fanarts, more than all the other [[MonsterOfTheWeek witches,]] all the supporting cast, and all the spinoff characters put together. Being the KnightOfCerebus and deliverer of the show's first WhamEpisode help, as does generally being [[CuteIsEvil cute.]] In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'', she's an AscendedExtra, although the characters call her "[[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Bebe]]". [[spoiler:She even changes back into her human form, new character Nagisa Momoe.]]

** Natsume & Kurumi, the faux-Tendo sisters from one of the anime's two-part OVAs, are also hugely popular with the branch of Ranma fandom that acknowledges the anime. This no doubt stems from a mix of their sympathetic backstory and their being the most formidable female fighters in a series where female martial artists tend to be {{Paper Tiger}}s -- they even have their own {{Ki Manipulation}}s, unique amongst the female cast of the series.

* Yuna from ''Manga/InuYasha''. She only had two episodes but the amount of fan art you would think she was a reoccurring villain. It helps that she has EvilIsSexy, VaporWare, NavelDeepNeckline and ToplessnessFromTheBack.

* Luke and Jan, the Valentine brothers from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' only appear in one episode (2 in the TV anime) but have one of the largest followings in the fandom. Jan for his [[CrossesTheLineTwice over-the-top]] LaughablyEvil nature and Luke for his SmugSnake-ness and ''brutal'' offscreen death. It helps that they invoke EvilIsSexy for quite a few fangirls.

* The ''Franchise/{{Touhou}}'' spinoff manga, ''Manga/TouhouSuzunaanForbiddenScrollery'' has the unnamed Fortune Teller-turned-Jinyou who only appears for a single scene during chapter 25 [[spoiler:only to unceremoniously be KilledOffForReal by Reimu (giving him the dubious honor of being the only fully sapient youkai in the series to die on-screen - or rather, on-page)]], but this one scene made him popular enough where he's even outranked certain characters, from the games in popularity polls, and making [[spoiler:his death]] one of the main things people remember from said manga.

* ''Manga/GiantRobo'' has the remaining members of the BigBad ruling council, the Magnificent Ten. Plenty of people were disappointed at how they only got a few minutes between them to strut their stuff, but damn it was cool.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':

* Gustav St. Germain from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' fits this trope like a glove. He's in the series for a grand total of ten minutes, barely makes an impact on the plot, and yet he's probably just as memorable as some as the biggest badasses in the series.
** It's also because he's essentially the narrator of the show's FramingDevice.

* Several one-shot characters in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' apply, even though many of them usually appear in only one episode they are often deemed as some of the show's most memorable characters. Whether its characters who are actually from the games such as [[EagleLand Lt. Surge]] and Sabrina, or anime-only characters such as [[WhipItGood A.J.]] and [[{{Joshikousei}} Giselle.]]

* [[spoiler:Kuroha]] in the ''Franchise/KagerouProject'' anime ''Anime/MekakucityActors''. Despite being shown in the opening doing something [[KillEmAll extremely plot important]] and being hyped up as a source of conflict in the intro and TheStinger of episode 11, he only appears halfway into episode 12 and [[EvilIsHammy hams up the scene]] for all of five minutes before [[spoiler:he ultimately bites it.]]

* Yuna from ''Manga/InuYasha''. She only had two episodes but the amount of fan art you would think she was a reoccurring villain. It helps that she has EvilIsSexy, VaporWare, AbsoluteCleavage and ToplessnessFromTheBack.

** In episode 4, [[spoiler:a [[AceCustom Byalant Custom]] turns the Zeon Remnants' siege of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Torrington Base]] into a CurbStompBattle, singlehandedly turning the tides and handing the Zeeks' asses back to them. ]]