History PlayingWith / RememberTheNewGuy

* '''Zig Zagged''': Charlie is in episode #5, disappears for several episodes at a time and no one remembers him, then reappears in episode #11.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey Alice, you remember my brother Charlie?" "Actually, no I don't, seeing as how you've never mentioned him before."

** Charlie literally appears out of thin air, and Bob casually sparks a conversation with him, to the bewilderment of everyone else.

** Bob had good reasons for not mentioning him, e.g. he thought that his brother had died in a car accident, and didn't talk about it because it upset him so much.

* '''Deconstructed''': Charlie joins the cast after some important events had happened and was implied to be offscreen for awhile. Bob acts as if Charlie was there all along... when he wasn't. Thus the group treats him as sort of an outsider, he frequently ends up LockedOutOfTheLoop and is usually forgotten about by others. When the group [[CallBack references past events,]] Charlie wasn't around for them, [[Continuitylockout so he just stares cause he doesn't know what they are talking about.]] Charlie doesn't really "integrate" into the group very easily.

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%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???

** Before Charlie appeared, it was explicitly stated that Bob did not have a brother.

* '''Straight''': Bob's brother Charlie becomes a regular character in the show, despite the fact that Bob has never previously mentioned him.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The writers decide to give the main character a younger brother named Charlie to appeal to younger audiences. As for explaining why no one has mentioned him thus far... TheyJustDidntCare.

* '''Deconstructed''': Charlie ends up becoming TheScrappy, which can even lead to fans refusing to watch the show anymore.
* '''Reconstructed''': Charlie gets some CharacterDevelopment, and the fans decide that his inclusion in the show, if abrupt, wasn't so bad after all.

** The characters one episode act like this is Charlie's introduction despite him having been a regular character up until then.

* '''Justified''': Bob had good reasons for not mentioning him, e.g. he thought that his brother had died in a car accident, and didn't talk about it because it upset him so much.

** Characters show up for the sole purpose of gags.
* '''Exploited''': A spy uses hypnosis to make her "friends" think she's been in their circle all along, and thus trustworthy.
* '''Defied''': A new character is introduced and the main characters are shown meeting him.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': Charlie becomes ''the'' main character on the show, and it is suggested that he had a heavy influence on the events of previous episodes, despite not being seen or even mentioned during that time.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob was actually in the earlier episodes; he was just in a [[RecurringExtra recurring background character]]. He gets promoted to a minor/secondary character in the new season.
* '''Justified''': Bob had good reasons for not mentioning him e.g. he thought that his brother had died in a car accident, and didn't talk about it because it upset him so much.

* '''Parodied''': Charlie literally appears out of thin air, and Bob casually sparks a conversation with him, to the bewilderment of everyone else.

* '''Averted''': Either Charlie was there from the start, or when he's introduced it's made clear that he's new to the show.
* '''Enforced''':
** The writers decide to give the main character a younger brother named Charlie to appeal to younger audiences. As for explaining why no one has mentioned him thus far... TheyJustDidntCare.
** "Let's not even bother explaining how Charlie got here. We gotta leave ''some'' things to the audience's imagination!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey Alice, you remember my brother Charlie?" "Actually, no I don't, seeing as how you've never mentioned him before"
* '''Invoked''': Characters show up for the sole purpose of gags.
* '''Exploited''': The main character is a MagnificentBastard and brings in a hired actor to pretend he is his brother Charlie for whatever reason. Other characters wonder why he never mentioned him before but quickly brush it off.

* '''Discussed''': "Everyone keeps acting as if they've known Charlie their entire lives but this is the first time I've ever seen him."
* '''Conversed''': Bob and Alice talk about how annoying it is when shows do this.
* '''Implies''': Charlie shows up and, in his first scene, the dialogue is written as such to imply it might not be the first time the cast has seen him but he is still treated as if he were new.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Charlie's appearance is a hint [[MindRape that he manipulated their memories]] [[FalseMemories so they think that they always knew him.]]
* '''Played For Laughs''': In the middle of the story, Charlie pops up and a main character suddenly says, "Hey, there's my brother Charlie. Everyone remembers him, right?". The cast give a blank stare for a moment, then suddenly start acting as if they've known Charlie for years.
* '''Played For Drama''': Charlie appears and everyone acts as if they've known him for years even though it is obvious he is a new character. This is played off as a MindScrew to the audience.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Charlie's appearance is a hint [[MindRape that he manipulated their memories so they think that they always knew him.]]

* '''Enforced''': The writers decide to give the main character a younger brother named Charlie to appeal to younger audiences. As for explaining why no one has mentioned him thus far... TheyJustDidntCare.

** ChuckCunninghamSyndrome

* '''Implies''': Charlie shows up and, in his first scene, the dialogue is written as such to imply it might not be the first time the cast has seen him but he is still treated as if he were new.

* '''PlayedForLaughs''': In the middle of the story, Charlie pops up and a main character suddenly says, "Hey, there's my brother Charlie. Everyone remembers him, right?". The cast give a blank stare for a moment, then suddenly start acting as if they've known Charlie for years.
* '''PlayedForDrama''': Charlie appears and everyone acts as if they've known him for years even though it is obvious he is a new character. This is played off as a MindScrew to the audience.

* '''PlayedForDrama''': Charlie appears and everyone acts as if they've known him for years even though it is obvious he is a new character. This is played off as a MindScrew to the audience. If it's the finale, then expect a GainexEnding.

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* '''Inverted''': Charlie, previously a regular character in the show, suddenly disappears, but everyone constantly mentions him as though he was still there.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': Charlie ends up becoming TheScrappy, which can even lead to fans refusing to watch the show anymore.
* '''Reconstructed''': Charlie gets some CharacterDevelopment, and the fans decide that his inclusion in the show, if abrupt, wasn't so bad after all.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey Alice, you remember my brother Charlie?" "Actually, no I don't, seeing as how you've never mentioned him before"

* '''PlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste''': Charlie's appearance is a hint [[MindRape that he manipulated their memories so they think that they always knew him.]]

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