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2	* TheBusCameBack/MarvelCinematicUniverse
3	* TheBusCameBack/StarWars
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7	!Animated
8	* ''WesternAnimation/Cars3'': Bob Cutless, the announcer alongside Darrell Cartrip from the [[WesternAnimation/Cars1 first film]] who hasn't been seen since then, finally returns in this movie.
9	* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'':
10	** Buck, who debuted in ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeDawnOfTheDinosaurs'', returns to the franchise for ''[[WesternAnimation/IceAgeCollisionCourse Collision Course]]'' (after a cameo in ''[[WesternAnimation/IceAgeContinentalDrift Continental Drift]]'').
11	** ''WesternAnimation/TheIceAgeAdventuresOfBuckWild'': Momma T. Rex from ''Dawn of the Dinosaurs'' returns to assist Buck and the herd once again.
12	* ''Anime/PatlaborTheMovie'': Kanuka Clancy returned to New York City following the end of ''Anime/MobilePolicePatlaborTheEarlyDays'', due to her training assignment with the Tokyo police ending. She's briefly mentioned fairly early on in the film, then arrives in Tokyo in the third act to help out with the final battle. This is her final appearance in the OVA and film continuity.
13	* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'' marks the return of Bo Peep, Woody's LoveInterest and their subsequent reunion, after being absent from the third movie (In real life? Bo Peep last appeared 20 years earlier).
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15	!Live-Action
16	* ''Film/GodsNotDeadALightInDarkness'': Josh reappears in this movie, after having not been seen since the [[Film/GodsNotDead first one]]. It seems he chose not to pursue a legal career, and went into the ministry with Dave.
17	* Dr. Serizawa, not seen since the first film, is back in ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'', being portrayed by Creator/KenWatanabe. However, the character is a descendant instead of the original (to be fair, the original also ''died''), and he's for Godzilla instead of against him.
18	* In ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', they basically rounded up every monster design from Toho's history, including ones who hadn't been seen in twenty or thirty years - Anguirus, Ebirah, King Caesar, Hedorah, Kamacurus, Kumonga and so on make appearances, and Gigan plays a significant role, even getting a new design when he gets scraped up and rebuilt with [[ChainsawGood chainsaw hands]].
19	* ''Film/TheFlash2023'' makes the momentous return of [[spoiler: Creator/MichaelKeaton’s [[Film/Batman1989 Batman]] who hasn’t been seen since ''Film/BatmanReturns'' a whooping 31 years ago. To a much lesser extent General Zod played by Creator/MichaelShannon returns having been last been seen a decade previously in ''Film/ManOfSteel'' where he got a NeckSnap from Supes, but is alive again along with the rest of his army thanks to a TimeyWimeyBall.]]
20	* ''Film/{{Ray}}'' - Ray Charles' mother was active through much of Ray's life but the film makes it appear as though she didn't have an active role in his young development. She died before he met his first wife. In fact, Ray's life is portrayed as a rotating support circle. Different bandmates and managers guided him along different steps of the way and then he outgrew them and moved onto a new support circle. In reality, Ray kept in touch with a lot of his earlier band mates and Ahmet Ertegun (Creator/CurtisArmstrong) knew Ray until the end of his life. Once Ray dropped him as a manager, he didn't appear again in the movie though.
21	* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/SummerSchool'': [[spoiler:Jerome is excused to use the restroom on the first day, and isn't seen again until the Final Exam six weeks later.]]
22	* ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' has a prime example: A duo of con-men (portrayed by Lew Davis and Nick Copeland) once appeared in "Cash and Carry", then had another appearance in "Playing the Ponies".[[note]]Unlike the Stooges' shorts, there were always one-time characters that [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome never]] [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse return]] in another short whatsoever.[[/note]]
23	* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
24	** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Toad finally returns for his first appearance since the [[Film/XMen1 original X-Men movie]]. He was in the military, and after Mystique saves him from Trask Industries, he's working in a kitchen somewhere.
25	** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': [[http://www.ew.com/node/2106722 Moira [=MacTaggert=] returns]] after being absent in ''[[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast Days of Future Past]]''.
26	* A constant in ''Franchise/JurassicPark''; as most of the appeal of the series is rampaging dinosaurs, the main human cast has seldom remained consistent:
27	** Alan Grant (Creator/SamNeill) and Ellie Sattler (Creator/LauraDern) were absent from ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'', which starred BreakoutCharacter Ian Malcolm (Creator/JeffGoldblum); the pair returned in ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', with Grant regaining his role as protagonist.
28	** In ''Film/JurassicWorld'' only one (human) character from the original trilogy appeared: Henry Wu (Creator/BDWong), who had one scene in the first film. ''World'' also saw the return to the series of "Rexy", the same ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' who appeared in the first film.
29	** Malcolm, after sitting out the third and fourth films, returned in ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom''.
30	** ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'', third installment in the second trilogy and sixth in the saga as a whole, united Grant, Sattler, and Malcolm for the first time since the first film. Also returning from the first film is Dodgson, which crosses over into UnexpectedCharacter territory (though [[TheOtherDarrin played by another actor]], Creator/CampbellScott, since the first actor, Cameron Thor, became a convicted sex criminal in the meantime).
31	* ''Film/JamesBond'': The Creator/DanielCraig era Felix Leiter, Creator/JeffreyWright (introduced in ''Film/{{Casino Royale\|2006}}''), was last seen in ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' in 2008. 2021's ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' brought him back [[spoiler:and [[BackForTheDead killed him off]].]]
32	* Eugene Kittridge (Creator/HenryCzerny), the IMF Director in ''[[Film/MissionImpossible1996 Mission: Impossible]]'' (1996), returned in ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning'' (2023), the seventh installment of the ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries Mission: Impossible]]'' film series.
33	* ''Film/DoctorSeries'': ''Film/DoctorAtLarge'' sees Tony Benskin, Joy Gibson, Sir Lancelot, and the Padre all return from ''Film/DoctorInTheHouse1954'' after missing ''Film/DoctorAtSea''.
34	* ''Film/DadsArmy2016'': Private Walker, who was written out of [[Series/DadsArmy the original series]] following the untimely death of his actor, Creator/JamesBeck, is shown to have returned to Walmington-on-Sea by 1944 and resumed his duties with the platoon, [[TheOtherDarrin now played by]] Daniel Mays.

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