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* In the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' story "Block Rockin' Feats," Mac and Mr. Herrington are absent.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' story "Block Rockin' Feats," Feats" (Cartoon Network Block Party #35), Mac and Mr. Herrington are absent.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' story "Block Rockin' Feats," Mac and Mr. Herrington are absent.
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* ''Manhwa/{{Yureka}}'': When Lotto splits from [[PowerTrio Team Triple Threat]] after [[TenMinuteRetirement "giving up"]] ''[[FictionalVideoGame Lost Saga]]'', Ah-dol and Boromid are barely seen until the end of the next arc, since they no longer meet in game and avoid each other in school and the rest of real life. And any reader expecting to see [[SecondaryCharacterTitle Yureka]] during that time was in for a long wait! This period experienced a considerable cast-shift, resulting in massive quantities of plot development and new characters (somewhat at the expense of old). The ensemble has since come around full circle, with all original characters and some few new present.
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* Master Shifu is a major character in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'', but gets DemotedToExtra for the sequels. This is justified, since his character arc from the first film had ended and ''someone'' has to guard the Jade Palace while the heroes are away.

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* Master Shifu is a major character in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'', but gets DemotedToExtra for the sequels. This is justified, since his character arc from deuteragonist in the first film had ended and ''someone'' has ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' film, with the story being just as much about his CharacterDevelopment as it is Po's. In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'', he stays behind to guard the Jade Palace while when Po and the heroes are away. Furious Five embark on their adventure, only coming to help them in the climax, and in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'' he once again stays behind before being defeated and captured by Kai.



* The Bergens from ''Franchise/{{Trolls}}''. After having major roles in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}} first film]] and ''WesternAnimation/TrollsHoliday'', they are completely absent from most of ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn'' and ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'', save for the former's first season and the latter's [[TheStinger Stinger]] with Gristle and Bridget.

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* The Bergens from ''Franchise/{{Trolls}}''. Several characters and groups introduced in Dreamworks' ''Franchise/{{Trolls}}'' have gradually decreased in prominence as the franchise goes on.
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After having major roles in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}} first film]] and ''WesternAnimation/TrollsHoliday'', they [[WesternAnimation/TrollsHoliday the first holiday special]], the Bergens are completely absent from most of ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn'' and DemotedToExtra in ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn'', only appear in a single scene in ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'', save for and [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome are completely absent without any mention]] in ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTrollstopia'' and [[WesternAnimation/TrollsHolidayInHarmony the former's second holiday special]]. The Bergens would [[TheBusCameBack eventually return]] in the third film, ''WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether'', with part of the plot revolving around Bridget and Gristle's wedding.
** Poppy's original friend group in the Pop Village, the Snack Pack, all had prominent supporting roles in the
first season film, and each had [[ADayInTheLimelight their own focused episodes]] in ''The Beat Goes On''. In both ''World Tour'' and ''Band Together'', the Snack Pack have significantly less screentime, at least one of them [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome has disappeared entirely]], and they rarely have any function in the plots with Poppy and Branch taking the main focus.
** ''Trolls World Tour'' introduces several other Troll tribes that follow different genres of music, who then appeared in both the ''Trollstopia'' series
and the latter's [[TheStinger Stinger]] with Gristle ''Holiday In Harmony'' special, [[IconicSequelCharacter and Bridget.became almost just as popular and fundamental to the franchise as the original cast]]. However, other than a single offhand mention of the second film's events, the majority of these other Trolls are neither seen or mentioned in ''Band Together'', and time will only tell if they ever return in the franchise's future instalments.

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** After having primary villainous roles in Volumes 2-3, Mercury and Emerald are reduced to background characters in Volume 4; Emerald occasionally speaks when acting as Cinder's voice, but Mercury's presence is entirely voiceless. They are entirely absent in Volume 7, only returning in Volume 8. [[spoiler:Mercury is upgraded to Salem's group, but sent out of the volume early to prepare for the Vacuo Arc, while a HeelFaceTurn sees Emerald join the main cast as a hero.]]
** Following Cinder's defeat at the end of Volume 5 and subsequent exile from Salem's forces, both Mercury and Emerald see a significantly reduced screen presence in favour of setting up and carrying out the villainous plot of Volume 7, for which they're not required. As a result, they only make two appearances throughout all of Volume 6 and are completely absent from Volume 7.

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** After having primary villainous roles in Volumes 2-3, Mercury and Emerald are reduced to background characters in Volume 4; Emerald occasionally speaks when acting as Cinder's voice, but Mercury's presence is entirely voiceless. They Following Cinder's defeat at the end of Volume 5 and subsequent exile from Salem's forces, both Mercury and Emerald see a significantly reduced screen presence in favour of setting up and carrying out the villainous plot of Volume 7, for which they're not required. As a result, they only make two appearances throughout all of Volume 6 and are entirely completely absent in from Volume 7, only returning in Volume 8. [[spoiler:Mercury is upgraded to Salem's group, but sent out of the volume early to prepare for the Vacuo Arc, while a HeelFaceTurn sees Emerald join the main cast as a hero.]]
** Following Cinder's defeat at the end of Volume 5 and subsequent exile from Salem's forces, both Mercury and Emerald see a significantly reduced screen presence in favour of setting up and carrying out the villainous plot of Volume 7, for which they're not required. As a result, they only make two appearances throughout all of Volume 6 and are completely absent from Volume 7.
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* A common criticism of Creator/MichaelBay's ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' films is that the Transformers ''themselves'' are out of focus [[HumanFocusedAdaptation in favor of the human and army characters]]. This is an issue of practicality in [[Film/{{Transformers}} the first film]] though, as the cost of the CGI limited how much screen time the Transformers could actually have. They show up a lot more in the sequels.

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* A common criticism of Creator/MichaelBay's ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' films is that the Transformers ''themselves'' are out of focus [[HumanFocusedAdaptation in favor of the human and army characters]]. This is an issue of practicality in [[Film/{{Transformers}} [[Film/Transformers2007 the first film]] though, as the cost of the CGI limited how much screen time the Transformers could actually have. They show up a lot more in the sequels.
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* Many illustrations of the Solar System [[ScienceMarchesOn made after 2006]] will now often tend to leave out [[PlutoisExpendable Pluto]] when showing the official planets. And whenever various, non-Sun, non-planet objects, like Pluto and other dwarf planets like Ceres, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea are included, then most specific asteroids and comets will get this treatment instead, likely due to scale reasons. Most notably, various Pluto-like objects that would also be considered as dwarf planets like Orcus, Quaoar, Gonggong, and Sedna ''are not even considered as such.'' As for moons, only Earth's Moon is primarily featured, if other moons (usually the larger, rounder moons orbiting the giant planets) are included, then the smaller moons of the giant planets, which outnumber the larger moons, are often ignored (only Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars, which are roughly the size of these moons, are still included). Despite all of the giant planets having ring systems, only Saturn's are usually depicted, though [[UranusisShowing Uranus]] will have its rings depicted to demonstrate its unusual axial tilt and to make the planet look more visually appealing (as Uranus is a nearly featureless turquoise ball), and Jupiter's and Neptune's rings are often rarely being depicted at all, due to the other giant planets' rings being too dark and narrow to be seen, unlike Saturn's.

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* Many illustrations of the Solar System [[ScienceMarchesOn made after 2006]] will now often tend to leave out [[PlutoisExpendable [[PlutoIsExpendable Pluto]] when showing the official planets. And whenever various, non-Sun, non-planet objects, like Pluto and other dwarf planets like Ceres, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea are included, then most specific asteroids and comets will get this treatment instead, likely due to scale reasons. Most notably, various Pluto-like objects that would also be considered as dwarf planets like Orcus, Quaoar, Gonggong, and Sedna ''are not even considered as such.'' such''. As for moons, only Earth's Moon is primarily featured, if other moons (usually the larger, rounder moons orbiting the giant planets) are included, then the smaller moons of the giant planets, which outnumber the larger moons, are often ignored (only Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars, which are roughly the size of these moons, are still included). Despite all of the giant planets having ring systems, only Saturn's are usually depicted, though [[UranusisShowing Uranus]] will have its rings depicted to demonstrate its unusual axial tilt and to make the planet look more visually appealing (as Uranus is a nearly featureless turquoise ball), and Jupiter's and Neptune's rings are often rarely being depicted at all, due to the other giant planets' rings being too dark and narrow to be seen, unlike Saturn's.

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Out of Focus is the flip side of CharacterFocus. When they show less and less of a character, seen in the background flying under the radar in obscurity with extremely little screen time, living in the shadows of other prominent standouts. While someone's hogging the limelight with a lot of screen time in abundance, other members of the cast fly under the radar with a serious decrease in screen time. Particularly luckless characters may vanish for extended periods of time without any particular explanation, only to be brought back as if nothing's happened. A consequence of CreatorsPet.
Webcomics are particularly prone to this. It's easy to see why -- when you've got a cast of twenty characters and only four panels available, it's obvious that someone's going to lose out. If a character isn't central to the plot, with such limited space (and usually, time) available, it's probably a waste of time putting said character in at all. Webcomic readers usually understand this, but even the most tolerant and faithful of readers may get a little dissatisfied if a character, who was formerly one of the main cast, has been sighted less frequently than the Loch Ness Monster.

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Out of Focus is the flip side side, and in some ways a casualty, of CharacterFocus. When they show less and less of a character, seen in the background flying under the radar in obscurity with extremely little screen time, living in the shadows of other prominent standouts. While someone's hogging the limelight with a lot of screen time in abundance, limelight, other members of the cast fly under the radar with are going to see a serious decrease in screen time. Particularly luckless characters may vanish for extended periods of time without any particular explanation, only to be brought back as if nothing's happened. A consequence of CreatorsPet. \n

Webcomics are particularly prone to this. It's easy to see why -- when you've got a cast of twenty characters and only four panels available, it's obvious that someone's going to lose out. If a character isn't central to the plot, with such limited space (and usually, time) available, it's probably a waste of time putting said character in at all. Webcomic readers usually understand this, but even the most tolerant and faithful of readers may get a little dissatisfied if a character, character who was formerly one part of the main cast, cast has been sighted less frequently than the Loch Ness Monster.



Deciding if a character is Out of Focus tends to be relative to the media in which they appear. In a daily webcomic, for example, two weeks may be a long time for an absence. In a three-days-a-week webcomic, it may be over a month before it's noticed that someone's missing. In television, however, a member of the main cast who goes vanishes without explanation for a single episode had better have a damn good reason for their vacation when they get back, unless the show has a huge cast.

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Deciding if a character is Out of Focus tends to be relative to the media in which they appear. In a daily webcomic, for example, two weeks may be a long time for an absence. In a three-days-a-week webcomic, it may be over a month before it's noticed that someone's missing. In television, however, a member of the main cast who goes vanishes without explanation for a single episode had better have a damn good reason for their vacation when they get back, unless the show has a huge cast.



Another good example for when this is a necessary evil is for Strategy games, in which AnyoneCanDie and usually they're gone for good depending on the game. A good way to keep special characters in focus is to more or less program and write a lot of event data into the game, in the event that the player recruited the character and then still has them. But sometimes, the player may just dismiss them or let them die and they wind up DeaderThanDead, so in order to save time, the games are programmed under the assumption that they could be dead and that the only non-player characters that are still around are plot-crucial ones. A RealTimeStrategy game would often avert this by making it crucial (They die, you fail the mission and GameOver) or they die but are resurrectable. It's also possible to get around this where if they die in battle, they're merely knocked out and come back if needed.

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Another good example for when this This is also a necessary evil is for Strategy many strategy games, in which AnyoneCanDie and usually they're gone for good depending on the game. A good way to keep special characters in focus is to more or less program and write a lot of event data into the game, in the event that the player recruited the character and then still has them. But sometimes, the player may just dismiss them or let them die and they wind up DeaderThanDead, so in order to save time, the games are programmed under the assumption that they could be dead and that the only non-player characters that are still around are plot-crucial ones. A RealTimeStrategy game would games often avert this by making it crucial (They (they die, you fail the mission and GameOver) GameOver), or they die but are making them resurrectable. It's also possible to get around this where if by making battle defeats non-fatal so they die in battle, they're merely knocked out and can come back if needed.
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** Badger and Skinny Pete feature as major recurring characters in the first few seasons, functioning as comic relief. As the series undergoes a GenreShift from black comedy to a full-scale crime drama, they don't play much of a role anymore and start showing up less and less frequently. They only appear in three episodes in the last two seasons.
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* ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' established the Brain as the team's most prominent adversary in the original series, but had his presence downplayed in subsequent series. He is a no-show in Paul Kupperberg, Rachel Pollack and Gerard Way's runs, he has only a handful of appearances in Grant Morrison's run, is only featured in John Arcudi's run for a minor two-part story, only appears briefly in an alternate timeline Robotman found himself in (specifically the ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'' continuity) during Creator/JohnByrne's run (which notoriously ignored previous continuity before everything was reconciled as canon in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'') and is only featured in a flashback cameo for Keith Giffen's run (mainly as a result of him and Monsieur Mallah being killed off in ''Salvation Run'').

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* ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' established the Brain as the team's most prominent adversary in the original series, but had his presence downplayed in subsequent series. He is a no-show in Paul Kupperberg, Rachel Pollack and Gerard Way's runs, he has only a handful of appearances in Grant Morrison's run, is only featured in John Arcudi's run for a minor two-part story, story where the current roster of the team found their minds inhabiting the bodies of the original roster, only appears briefly in an alternate timeline Robotman found himself in (specifically the ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'' continuity) during Creator/JohnByrne's run (which notoriously ignored previous continuity before everything was reconciled as canon in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'') and is only featured in a flashback cameo for Keith Giffen's run (mainly as a result of him and Monsieur Mallah being killed off in ''Salvation Run'').
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* ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' established the Brain as the team's most prominent adversary in the original series, but had his presence downplayed in subsequent series. He is a no-show in Paul Kupperberg, Rachel Pollack and Gerard Way's runs, he has only a handful of appearances in Grant Morrison's run, is only featured in John Arcudi's run for a minor two-part story, only appears briefly in an altered timeline (specifically the ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'' continuity) during Creator/JohnByrne's run (which notoriously ignored previous continuity before everything was reconciled as canon in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'') and is only featured in a flashback cameo for Keith Giffen's run (mainly as a result of him and Monsieur Mallah being killed off in ''Salvation Run'').

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* ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' established the Brain as the team's most prominent adversary in the original series, but had his presence downplayed in subsequent series. He is a no-show in Paul Kupperberg, Rachel Pollack and Gerard Way's runs, he has only a handful of appearances in Grant Morrison's run, is only featured in John Arcudi's run for a minor two-part story, only appears briefly in an altered alternate timeline Robotman found himself in (specifically the ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'' continuity) during Creator/JohnByrne's run (which notoriously ignored previous continuity before everything was reconciled as canon in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'') and is only featured in a flashback cameo for Keith Giffen's run (mainly as a result of him and Monsieur Mallah being killed off in ''Salvation Run'').
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* ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' established the Brain as the team's most prominent adversary in the original series, but had his presence downplayed in subsequent series. He is a no-show in Paul Kupperberg, Rachel Pollack and Gerard Way's runs, he has only a handful of appearances in Grant Morrison's run, is only featured in John Arcudi's run for a minor two-part story, only appears briefly in an altered timeline during John Byrne's run (which notoriously ignored previous continuity before everything was reconciled as canon in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'') and is only featured in a flashback cameo for Keith Giffen's run.

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* ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' established the Brain as the team's most prominent adversary in the original series, but had his presence downplayed in subsequent series. He is a no-show in Paul Kupperberg, Rachel Pollack and Gerard Way's runs, he has only a handful of appearances in Grant Morrison's run, is only featured in John Arcudi's run for a minor two-part story, only appears briefly in an altered timeline (specifically the ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'' continuity) during John Byrne's Creator/JohnByrne's run (which notoriously ignored previous continuity before everything was reconciled as canon in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'') and is only featured in a flashback cameo for Keith Giffen's run.run (mainly as a result of him and Monsieur Mallah being killed off in ''Salvation Run'').
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* The Boomerville faction on the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'' {{invoke|dTrope}}s this trope, preferring to fly under the radar as a retirement area for older MCYT away from the drama of the younger members of the server. [[spoiler:However, it's [[ExploitedTrope for this very reason]] that [[BigBad Dream]] abducts both of the founding/primary members of the faction to be used as [[TestedOnHumans human guinea pigs]] for [[ResurrectionDeathLoop testing the]] [[TomeOfEldritchLore revive-book]], and their disappearance was ''completely'' glossed over until Dream posted a video revealing where the two had gone... which was posted about a ''year'' after [[BusCrash the two's deaths]].]]

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* The Boomerville faction on the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'' ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'' {{invoke|dTrope}}s this trope, preferring to fly under the radar as a retirement area for older MCYT away from the drama of the younger members of the server. [[spoiler:However, it's [[ExploitedTrope for this very reason]] that [[BigBad Dream]] abducts both of the founding/primary members of the faction to be used as [[TestedOnHumans human guinea pigs]] for [[ResurrectionDeathLoop testing the]] [[TomeOfEldritchLore revive-book]], and their disappearance was ''completely'' glossed over until Dream posted a video revealing where the two had gone... which was posted about a ''year'' after [[BusCrash the two's deaths]].]]
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* ''[[Film/BeingHands being Hands]]'' contains an unnamed character near Hands, who is also in their party. The unnamed character has one line, which draws notice from the other characters, but they never again appear in the film.
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'''Hands:''' Yes?\\
'''Unnamed character:''' ''[forcefully]'' Yes?
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* A common fate of ''many'' [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Avengers]] in general. Anyone seen Rage lately (outside his 2016 appearances in ''ComicBook/CaptainAmericaSamWilson'')? Black Knight (who had an ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel series that has since been cancelled)? Silverclaw? Lionheart? Stingray (who is a supporting character in " Deadpool & the Mercs for Money")? [[CListFodder Does anyone know who half those characters are]]?

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* A common fate of ''many'' [[Comicbook/TheAvengers [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]] in general. Anyone seen Rage lately (outside his 2016 appearances in ''ComicBook/CaptainAmericaSamWilson'')? Black Knight (who had an ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel series that has since been cancelled)? Silverclaw? Lionheart? Stingray (who is a supporting character in " Deadpool & the Mercs for Money")? [[CListFodder Does anyone know who half those characters are]]?



* Maya Lopez, a.k.a. [[Characters/DaredevilSupportingCharacters Echo]], fell victim to this in Creator/BrianMichaelBendis' first run on ''ComicBook/NewAvengers''. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in Bendis' ''Comicbook/MoonKnight'', where [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Ms. Marvel]] is unable to remember Maya's name and Spider-Man flat out ''forgets'' she ever left the team in the first place. Also lampshaded in ''New Avengers'' itself: during a TerribleIntervieweesMontage for the position of Characters/JessicaJones and Characters/LukeCage's daughter's babysitter, one of the applicants is Echo who states "You know, I used to be on this f***ing team!"

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* Maya Lopez, a.k.a. [[Characters/DaredevilSupportingCharacters Echo]], fell victim to this in Creator/BrianMichaelBendis' first run on ''ComicBook/NewAvengers''. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in Bendis' ''Comicbook/MoonKnight'', ''ComicBook/MoonKnight'', where [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Ms. Marvel]] is unable to remember Maya's name and Spider-Man flat out ''forgets'' she ever left the team in the first place. Also lampshaded in ''New Avengers'' itself: during a TerribleIntervieweesMontage for the position of Characters/JessicaJones and Characters/LukeCage's daughter's babysitter, one of the applicants is Echo who states "You know, I used to be on this f***ing team!"



* Following the disappointing response to both ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'', both Batman and Superman took a backseat in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse[[note]]Creator/BenAffleck, who had played Batman, lost interest in the role due to problems in his personal life and the unpleasant experience he had filming reshoots for ''Justice League'' under Creator/JossWhedon, while Creator/HenryCavill, who'd played Superman, was effectively [[ExecutiveVeto barred from appearing]] after contract renegotiations fell through[[/note]]. Superman wouldn't appear onscreen again (not counting ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' and the FakeShemp cameos in ''[[Film/Shazam2019 SHAZAM!]]'' and ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}'') until ''Film/{{Black Adam|2022}}'' in 2022, while Batman wouldn't return until 2023's ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}''. Both at least fared better than Comicbook/{{Cyborg}}, who was unceremoniously dropped from the franchise due to actor Creator/RayFisher's feud with then-head of DC Films Walter Hamada.

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* Following the disappointing response to both ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'', both Batman and Superman took a backseat in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse[[note]]Creator/BenAffleck, who had played Batman, lost interest in the role due to problems in his personal life and the unpleasant experience he had filming reshoots for ''Justice League'' under Creator/JossWhedon, while Creator/HenryCavill, who'd played Superman, was effectively [[ExecutiveVeto barred from appearing]] after contract renegotiations fell through[[/note]]. Superman wouldn't appear onscreen again (not counting ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' and the FakeShemp cameos in ''[[Film/Shazam2019 SHAZAM!]]'' and ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}'') until ''Film/{{Black Adam|2022}}'' in 2022, while Batman wouldn't return until 2023's ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}''. Both at least fared better than Comicbook/{{Cyborg}}, ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}, who was unceremoniously dropped from the franchise due to actor Creator/RayFisher's feud with then-head of DC Films Walter Hamada.
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* The premise behind ''The Marvel Saga: The Official History of the Marvel Universe'' is to take excerpts of the various unrelated stories of the ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' and put them roughly in chronological order (though certain character backgrounds and origins are generally saved for when the character in question is first introduced in the "main" narrative). For most of its 25-issue run, the focus was broad, shifting between the various superheroes. When the editors changed from Danny Fingeroth to Adam Blaustein on Issue 22 (a special issue looking back on the relationship between [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Watson]] in honor of their wedding), however, the focus changed entirely to the ComicBook/FantasticFour's adventures, detailing Reed and Sue's wedding[[note]]"Bedlam at the Baxter Building", from ''Fantastic Four Annual'' #3[[/note]], their inaugural encounters with ComicBook/TheInhumans[[note]]''Fantastic Four'' #s 44-48[[/note]], and the coming of [[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]] and the Characters/SilverSurfer[[note]]''Fantastic Four'' #s 48-50, with the origins of Galactus and the Silver Surfer from ''Super-Villain Classics'' #1 and ''Silver Surfer'' Vol. 1, #1 included[[/note]], with the rest of the Marvel Universe reduced to a general overview in a four-page epilogue.

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* The premise behind ''The Marvel Saga: The Official History of the Marvel Universe'' is to take excerpts of the various unrelated stories of the ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' and put them roughly in chronological order (though certain character backgrounds and origins are generally saved for when the character in question is first introduced in the "main" narrative). For most of its 25-issue run, the focus was broad, shifting between the various superheroes. When the editors changed from Danny Fingeroth to Adam Blaustein on Issue 22 (a special issue looking back on the relationship between [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spider-Man]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Watson]] in honor of their wedding), however, the focus changed entirely to the ComicBook/FantasticFour's adventures, detailing Reed and Sue's wedding[[note]]"Bedlam at the Baxter Building", from ''Fantastic Four Annual'' #3[[/note]], their inaugural encounters with ComicBook/TheInhumans[[note]]''Fantastic Four'' #s 44-48[[/note]], and the coming of [[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]] and the Characters/SilverSurfer[[note]]''Fantastic Four'' #s 48-50, with the origins of Galactus and the Silver Surfer from ''Super-Villain Classics'' #1 and ''Silver Surfer'' Vol. 1, #1 included[[/note]], with the rest of the Marvel Universe reduced to a general overview in a four-page epilogue.



** Of [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam the original five X-Men]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsIceman Iceman]] gets the least focus and character development. [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]], being the leader and all, is one of the more focused characters. [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean]], [[DeathIsCheap when she's alive]], gets a lot of focus. [[Characters/MarvelComicsBeast Beast]] is very focused on as the team's main scientist, and later as a member of the Avengers and Illuminati, and [[Characters/MarvelComicsAngel Angel]] has the whole SuperpoweredEvilSide Archangel stuff going for him. Iceman is... Comic relief... Which the X-Men have in abundance... Hell, he's not even the [[Characters/DeadpoolWadeWilson MAIN comic relief X-character]]. Though this has changed in recent times with his [[ComicBook/IcemanMarvelComics 2 solo series]].

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** Of [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam the original five X-Men]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsIceman Iceman]] gets the least focus and character development. [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]], being the leader and all, is one of the more focused characters. [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean]], [[DeathIsCheap when she's alive]], gets a lot of focus. [[Characters/MarvelComicsBeast Beast]] is very focused on as the team's main scientist, and later as a member of the Avengers and Illuminati, and [[Characters/MarvelComicsAngel Angel]] has the whole SuperpoweredEvilSide Archangel stuff going for him. Iceman is... Comic relief... Which the X-Men have in abundance... Hell, he's not even the [[Characters/DeadpoolWadeWilson [[Characters/MarvelComicsDeadpool MAIN comic relief X-character]]. Though this has changed in recent times with his [[ComicBook/IcemanMarvelComics 2 solo series]].
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** Both WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} and WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}, despite being marketed as official Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es, actually do not appear in most of their merchandise unlike [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} six]] [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty core]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 prin]][[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast cess]][[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} es]] (and to a much lesser extent, later additions [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessandtheFrog Tiana]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Rapunzel]]) let alone several group artworks. This may have to do with controversy over using a real person's life as a fairytale in the former's case, and the fact that Mulan is not actually a princess (for that matter, neither is Pocahontas, but Disney felt that since she is the chieftain's daughter, that's close enough). Jasmine, Aurora, and ''especially'' Snow White, probably for the better, are also starting to suffer from this, in order to make room for Tiana and Rapunzel. This is eventually downplayed after [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Merida]] and {{WesternAnimation/Moana}} were both added, with most of the earlier Princesses being given equal amounts of appearances.

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** Both WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} and WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}, despite being marketed as official Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es, actually do not appear in most of their merchandise unlike [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} six]] [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty core]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 prin]][[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast cess]][[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} es]] (and to a much lesser extent, later additions [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessandtheFrog Tiana]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Rapunzel]]) let alone several group artworks. This may have to do with controversy over using a real person's life as a fairytale in the former's case, and the fact that Mulan is not actually a princess (for that matter, neither is Pocahontas, but Disney felt that since she is the chieftain's daughter, that's close enough). Jasmine, Aurora, and ''especially'' Snow White, probably for the better, are also starting to suffer from this, in order to make room for Tiana and Rapunzel. This is eventually downplayed after [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Merida]] and {{WesternAnimation/Moana}} were both added, with most of the earlier Princesses being given equal amounts of appearances.



* Many illustrations of the Solar System [[ScienceMarchesOn made after 2006]] will now often tend to leave out [[PlutoisExpendable Pluto]] when showing the official planets. And whenever various, non-Sun, non-planet objects, like Pluto and other dwarf planets like Ceres, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea are included, then most specific asteroids and comets will get this treatment instead, likely due to scale reasons. Most notably, various Pluto-like objects that would also be considered as dwarf planets like Orcus, Quaoar, Gonggong, and Sedna ''are not even considered as such.'' As for moons, only Earth's Moon is primarily featured, if other moons (usually the larger, rounder moons orbiting the giant planets) are included, then the smaller moons of the giant planets, which outnumber the larger moons, are often ignored (only Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars, which are roughly the size of these moons, are still included). Despite all of the giant planets having ring systems, only Saturn's are usually depicted, though [[UranusisShowing Uranus]] will have its rings depicted to demonstrate its unusual axial tilt and to make the planet look more visually appealing (as Uranus is a nearly featureless turquoise ball), and Jupiter's and Neptune's rings are often rarely being depicted at all.

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* Many illustrations of the Solar System [[ScienceMarchesOn made after 2006]] will now often tend to leave out [[PlutoisExpendable Pluto]] when showing the official planets. And whenever various, non-Sun, non-planet objects, like Pluto and other dwarf planets like Ceres, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea are included, then most specific asteroids and comets will get this treatment instead, likely due to scale reasons. Most notably, various Pluto-like objects that would also be considered as dwarf planets like Orcus, Quaoar, Gonggong, and Sedna ''are not even considered as such.'' As for moons, only Earth's Moon is primarily featured, if other moons (usually the larger, rounder moons orbiting the giant planets) are included, then the smaller moons of the giant planets, which outnumber the larger moons, are often ignored (only Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars, which are roughly the size of these moons, are still included). Despite all of the giant planets having ring systems, only Saturn's are usually depicted, though [[UranusisShowing Uranus]] will have its rings depicted to demonstrate its unusual axial tilt and to make the planet look more visually appealing (as Uranus is a nearly featureless turquoise ball), and Jupiter's and Neptune's rings are often rarely being depicted at all.all, due to the other giant planets' rings being too dark and narrow to be seen, unlike Saturn's.
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** Both WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} and WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}, despite being marketed as official Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es, actually do not appear in most of their merchandise unlike [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} six]] [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty core]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 prin]][[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast cess]][[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} es]] (and to a much lesser extent, later additions [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessandtheFrog Tiana]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Rapunzel]]) let alone several group artworks. This may have to do with controversy over using a real person's life as a fairytale in the former's case, and the fact that Mulan is not actually a princess (for that matter, neither is Pocahontas, but Disney felt that since she is the chieftain's daughter, that's close enough). Jasmine, Aurora, and ''especially'' Snow White, probably for the better, are also starting to suffer from this, in order to make room for Tiana and Rapunzel. This is eventually downplayed after [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Merida]] and {{WesternAnimation/Moana}} were both added, with most of the earlier Princesses being given equal amounts of appearances.

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** Both WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} and WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}, despite being marketed as official Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es, actually do not appear in most of their merchandise unlike [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} six]] [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty core]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 prin]][[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast cess]][[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} es]] (and to a much lesser extent, later additions [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessandtheFrog Tiana]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Rapunzel]]) let alone several group artworks. This may have to do with controversy over using a real person's life as a fairytale in the former's case, and the fact that Mulan is not actually a princess (for that matter, neither is Pocahontas, but Disney felt that since she is the chieftain's daughter, that's close enough). Jasmine, Aurora, and ''especially'' Snow White, probably for the better, are also starting to suffer from this, in order to make room for Tiana and Rapunzel. This is eventually downplayed after [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Merida]] and {{WesternAnimation/Moana}} were both added, with most of the earlier Princesses being given equal amounts of appearances.



* Many illustrations of the Solar System [[ScienceMarchesOn made after 2006]] will now often tend to leave out [[PlutoisExpendable Pluto]] when showing the official planets. And whenever various, non-Sun, non-planet objects, like Pluto and other dwarf planets like Ceres, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea are included, then most specific asteroids and comets will get this treatment instead, likely due to scale reasons. Most notably, various Pluto-like objects that would also be considered as dwarf planets like Orcus, Quaoar, Gonggong, and Sedna ''are not even considered as such.'' As for moons, only Earth's Moon is primarily featured, if other moons (usually the larger, rounder moons orbiting the giant planets) are included, then the smaller moons of the giant planets, which outnumber the larger moons, are often ignored (only Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars, which are roughly the size of these moons, are still included).

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* Many illustrations of the Solar System [[ScienceMarchesOn made after 2006]] will now often tend to leave out [[PlutoisExpendable Pluto]] when showing the official planets. And whenever various, non-Sun, non-planet objects, like Pluto and other dwarf planets like Ceres, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea are included, then most specific asteroids and comets will get this treatment instead, likely due to scale reasons. Most notably, various Pluto-like objects that would also be considered as dwarf planets like Orcus, Quaoar, Gonggong, and Sedna ''are not even considered as such.'' As for moons, only Earth's Moon is primarily featured, if other moons (usually the larger, rounder moons orbiting the giant planets) are included, then the smaller moons of the giant planets, which outnumber the larger moons, are often ignored (only Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars, which are roughly the size of these moons, are still included). Despite all of the giant planets having ring systems, only Saturn's are usually depicted, though [[UranusisShowing Uranus]] will have its rings depicted to demonstrate its unusual axial tilt and to make the planet look more visually appealing (as Uranus is a nearly featureless turquoise ball), and Jupiter's and Neptune's rings are often rarely being depicted at all.
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** Both WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} and WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}, despite being marketed as official Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es, actually do not appear in most of their merchandise unlike [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} six]] [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty core]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 prin]][[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast cess]][[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} es]] (and to a much lesser extent, later additions [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessandtheFrog Tiana]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Rapunzel]]) let alone several group artworks. This may have to do with controversy over using a real person's life as a fairytale in the former's case, and the fact that Mulan is not actually a princess (for that matter, neither is Pocahontas, but Disney felt that since she is the chieftain's daughter, that's close enough). Jasmine, Aurora, and ''especially'' Snow White, probably for the better, are also starting to suffer from this, in order to make room for Tiana and Rapunzel. This is eventually downplayed after [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Merida]] and {{WesternAnimation/Moana}} were both added, with most of the earlier Princesses being given equal amounts of appearances.

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** Both WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} and WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}, despite being marketed as official Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es, actually do not appear in most of their merchandise unlike [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} six]] [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty core]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 prin]][[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast cess]][[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} es]] (and to a much lesser extent, later additions [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessandtheFrog Tiana]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Rapunzel]]) let alone several group artworks. This may have to do with controversy over using a real person's life as a fairytale in the former's case, and the fact that Mulan is not actually a princess (for that matter, neither is Pocahontas, but Disney felt that since she is the chieftain's daughter, that's close enough). Jasmine, Aurora, and ''especially'' Snow White, probably for the better, are also starting to suffer from this, in order to make room for Tiana and Rapunzel. This is eventually downplayed after [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Merida]] and {{WesternAnimation/Moana}} were both added, with most of the earlier Princesses being given equal amounts of appearances.



* Many illustrations of the Solar System [[ScienceMarchesOn made after 2006]] will now often tend to leave out [[PlutoisExpendable Pluto]] when showing the official planets. And whenever various, non-Sun, non-planet objects, like Pluto and other dwarf planets like Ceres, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea are included, then most specific asteroids and comets will get this treatment instead, likely due to scale reasons. Most notably, various Pluto-like objects that would also be considered as dwarf planets like Orcus, Quaoar, Gonggong, and Sedna ''are not even considered as such.'' As for moons, only Earth's Moons is primarily featured, if other moons (usually the larger, rounder moons orbiting the giant planets), then the smaller moons, which outnumber the larger moons, are often ignored.

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* Many illustrations of the Solar System [[ScienceMarchesOn made after 2006]] will now often tend to leave out [[PlutoisExpendable Pluto]] when showing the official planets. And whenever various, non-Sun, non-planet objects, like Pluto and other dwarf planets like Ceres, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea are included, then most specific asteroids and comets will get this treatment instead, likely due to scale reasons. Most notably, various Pluto-like objects that would also be considered as dwarf planets like Orcus, Quaoar, Gonggong, and Sedna ''are not even considered as such.'' As for moons, only Earth's Moons Moon is primarily featured, if other moons (usually the larger, rounder moons orbiting the giant planets), planets) are included, then the smaller moons, moons of the giant planets, which outnumber the larger moons, are often ignored.ignored (only Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars, which are roughly the size of these moons, are still included).

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** Both WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} and WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}, despite being marketed as official Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es, actually do not appear in most of their merchandise unlike [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} six]] [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty core]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 prin]][[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast cess]][[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} es]] (and to a much lesser extent, later additions [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessandtheFrog Tiana]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Rapunzel]]) let alone several group artworks. This may have to do with controversy over using a real person's life as a fairytale in the former's case, and the fact that Mulan is not actually a princess (for that matter, neither is Pocahontas, but Disney felt that since she is the chieftain's daughter, that's close enough). Both Jasmine and ''especially'' Snow White, probably for the better, are also starting to suffer from this, in order to make room for Tiana and Rapunzel.

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** Both WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} and WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}, despite being marketed as official Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es, actually do not appear in most of their merchandise unlike [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} six]] [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty core]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 prin]][[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast cess]][[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} es]] (and to a much lesser extent, later additions [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessandtheFrog Tiana]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Rapunzel]]) let alone several group artworks. This may have to do with controversy over using a real person's life as a fairytale in the former's case, and the fact that Mulan is not actually a princess (for that matter, neither is Pocahontas, but Disney felt that since she is the chieftain's daughter, that's close enough). Both Jasmine Jasmine, Aurora, and ''especially'' Snow White, probably for the better, are also starting to suffer from this, in order to make room for Tiana and Rapunzel.Rapunzel. This is eventually downplayed after [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Merida]] and {{WesternAnimation/Moana}} were both added, with most of the earlier Princesses being given equal amounts of appearances.


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* Many illustrations of the Solar System [[ScienceMarchesOn made after 2006]] will now often tend to leave out [[PlutoisExpendable Pluto]] when showing the official planets. And whenever various, non-Sun, non-planet objects, like Pluto and other dwarf planets like Ceres, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea are included, then most specific asteroids and comets will get this treatment instead, likely due to scale reasons. Most notably, various Pluto-like objects that would also be considered as dwarf planets like Orcus, Quaoar, Gonggong, and Sedna ''are not even considered as such.'' As for moons, only Earth's Moons is primarily featured, if other moons (usually the larger, rounder moons orbiting the giant planets), then the smaller moons, which outnumber the larger moons, are often ignored.
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* It's become something of a standard rule in {{Dom Com}}s that the protagonist couple have three children (see ''Series/FullHouse'', ''Series/HomeImprovement'', ''Series/TheNanny'', etc.) as a quick and easy way to have a childhood's worth of plot lines very quickly (the oldest has teen problems, such as dating and driving, the middle child has kid problems, such as first day of school, and the youngest gets to sit there and either look cute, or get an occasional one-liner.) Often, the youngest of the three children will have to go out of focus, usually because very young kids simply can't act that well and are subject to stricter child labor laws. D.J. from ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' and Jake from ''Series/{{Reba}}'' are two notable examples.

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* It's become something of a standard rule in {{Dom Com}}s that the protagonist couple have three children (see ''Series/FullHouse'', ''Series/HomeImprovement'', ''Series/TheNanny'', etc.) as a quick and easy way to have a childhood's worth of plot lines very quickly (the oldest has teen problems, such as dating and driving, the middle child has kid problems, such as first day of school, and the youngest gets to sit there and either look cute, or get an occasional one-liner.) Often, the youngest of the three children will have to go out of focus, usually because very young kids simply can't act that well and thus may not grow into the role as they get older, and are subject to stricter child labor laws. D.J. from ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' and Jake from ''Series/{{Reba}}'' are two notable examples.
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** Nutty gets less and less episodes centered around him as time went on. At best, he gets a few supporting roles and brief cameos, with the occasional major appearance. Similarly, Lifty and Shifty were given increasingly less episodes featuring them, starting with Season Three.

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** Nutty gets less and less episodes centered around him as time went on. At best, he gets a few supporting roles and brief cameos, with the occasional major appearance. Similarly, Lifty and Shifty were given increasingly less episodes featuring them, starting with Season Three.3.
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** Cro-Marmot has never been a prominent character in the series. Sure, even he made a few starring roles, but otherwise, the show has given him little to essentially nothing to do. A few whole seasons has gone without Cro-Marmot having a starring role and beginning with Season Four, he disappeared from the show altogether.

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** Cro-Marmot has never been a prominent gets the least focus out of any character in the series. Sure, even he made a few by far. He only has two starring roles, but otherwise, the show has given him little to essentially nothing to do. A few whole seasons has gone without Cro-Marmot having a starring role and beginning which is tied with Lammy and Mr. Pickels as the lowest amount. Otherwise, he is a minor LivingProp at most. After Season Four, 3, he disappeared from the show altogether.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Despite the gargantuan page count at comic's end, a huge cast and limited page sizes mean several characters are out of the limelight for any amount of time spanning anywhere between days and weeks because:
** Hussie took his sweet candy coated time to properly flesh out a character through a series of one on one conversations between two characters.
** The character is not in the universe or timeline the comic is currently focusing on.
** Hussie is trolling the readers.
** In a more general sense, Jade ended up being the least focused of the main four kids by a huge margin. John gets a lot of focus because he's the main character, Dave and Rose get a lot of focus because Hussie loved writing them, and Jade... Jade spends the majority of the comic isolated from the rest of her team in one way or another, resulting in her having less development than [[FlatCharacter a few of the background trolls that were only intended to be jokes.]] The end of the comic tries to justify this with the explanation of The Ultimate Self, saying that it doesn't matter that Jade didn't get to do anything because there were alternate timelines where she did do things and those Jades somehow develop the main Jade even if she (or the audience) don't know what they did. Response to this is... mixed.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Despite the gargantuan page count at comic's end, a huge cast and limited page sizes mean several characters are out of the limelight for any amount of time spanning anywhere between days and weeks because:
''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
** Hussie took his sweet candy coated time to properly flesh out a character through a series of one on one conversations between two characters.
** The character is not in the universe or timeline the comic is currently focusing on.
** Hussie is trolling the readers.
** In a more general sense,
Jade ended up being is the least focused of the main four kids by a huge margin. John gets a lot of focus because he's the main character, Dave and Rose get a lot of focus because Hussie loved writing them, and Jade... Jade spends the majority of the comic isolated from the rest of her team in one way or another, resulting in her having less development than [[FlatCharacter a few of the background trolls that were only intended to be jokes.]] The end of the comic tries to justify this with the explanation of The Ultimate Self, saying that it doesn't matter that Jade didn't get to do anything because there were alternate timelines where she did do things and those Jades somehow develop the main Jade even if she (or the audience) don't know what they did. Response to this is... mixed.
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* Very common in Wrestling/{{WWE}}. A new wrestler will be introduced to much fanfare or will even be quite successful. Usually seeing their greatest success for as few as six weeks or, iff lucky, as many a six months. They start off winning on the main shows. Gradually, they start losing more than winning. Then they are only seen on lesser shows like ''Superstars'' and ''Main Event''. Finally the company will be wishing them "good luck on their future endeavors." In between, you're bound to catch a glimpse of them once in a while: participating (fleetingly) in a Battle Royal, looking on from the middle distance as something happens backstage, or standing underneath the [=TitanTron=] with the rest of the cast to commemorate a recently deceased wrestler or national tragedy. Let's look at some of them in more detail.

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* Very common in Wrestling/{{WWE}}. A new wrestler will be introduced to much fanfare or will even be quite successful. Usually seeing their greatest success for as few as six weeks or, iff if lucky, as many a six months. They start off winning on the main shows. Gradually, they start losing more than winning. Then they are only seen on lesser shows like ''Superstars'' and ''Main Event''. Finally the company will be wishing them "good luck on their future endeavors." In between, you're bound to catch a glimpse of them once in a while: participating (fleetingly) in a Battle Royal, looking on from the middle distance as something happens backstage, or standing underneath the [=TitanTron=] with the rest of the cast to commemorate a recently deceased wrestler or national tragedy. Let's look at some of them in more detail.
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* ''VideoGame/PeretEmHeruForThePrisoners'': Mitsuru doesn't have a lot of dialogue when the group gathers together to discuss what to do next, preferring to be off to the side resting. [[spoiler:This can end up in his death, as after a rather hectic rush through a GasChamber, it may be entirely possible to forget that he was left on the other side all alone...]]
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* ''Film/DoctorInTrouble'' has the least screen time for Sir Lancelot Spratt out of all the films in the ''Film/DoctorSeries'', as he stays behind at the hospital while Dr. Burke goes off on the ''Golden Horn''. Creator/JamesRobertsonJustice was originally supposed to be ActingForTwo as both Sir Lancelot and Captain Hogg to give him more to do, but after a nasty stroke, he was no longer well enough to play both parts and only barely had enough strength to film the few scenes he was in.
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* In ''Myth/HinduMythology'', despite being part of the Trimurti (The supreme trinity that represents the fundamental functions of reality) and being the CreatorGod, Brahma (not to be confused with Brahma'''n''') is not that worshipped nowadays and is mostly ignored in favor of Shiva and/or Vishnu (depending on the local tradition). Brahma also has significantly less presence in mythological stories, while Shiva is protagonist of several myths and two of Vishnu's incarnation have protagonist roles in the two most important Indian epic works of literature, ''Literature/TheRamayana'' and ''Literature/TheMahabharata''.
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