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* ''Series/{{Jeremiah}}'':
** Michael from "The Ground, Sown with Salt", is a frightening GodhoodSeeker and WastelandWarlord who has an arsenal of military weapons (including nukes), a DarkAndTroubledPast, and an interesting but ultimately unhealthy relationship with his pregnant MoralityPet. He is a more interesting villain than most of the Valhalla Sector and Army of Daniel characters, but he still only gets one episode.
** Some fans dislike how HeroOfAnotherStory characters Eddie and William from "To Sail Beyond the Stars" don't become recurring sources of information about the world outside Thunder Mountain.
** Villainous OldSoldier Major Quantrell (Creator/MichaelRooker) from "Firewall" is probably the most interesting Valhalla Sector loyalist in the show by far. He has a rich and bitter dynamic with Markus and the other original Thunder Mountain survivors, being the former executive officer of the base, who abandoned them and is willing to kill them in the present and ends up as their DefiantCaptive. Consequently, it can be disappointing that he only gets one appearance.
** Michelle from "The Mother of Invention" is the leader of a non-hostile community and has a rich history with Jeremiah (who may be the father of her son), but is only in one episode and doesn't even appear during later meetings of faction leaders.
** Libby is introduced as an accomplished scientist and loyal friend to Devon (who is trying to undermine the Valhalla Sector from within). However, after the fall of the Valhalla Sector, she doesn't exert any scientific expertise or leadership skills and merely serves as a SatelliteLoveInterest [[spoiler:and LoveInterestTraitor who never even gets confronted by Jeremiah over this]] during a time where the plot had more than enough going on to let her do something more dynamic. Her status as the only female character to ever be in the opening credits (albeit only for half of season 2) makes her limited role in the plot all the more notable.
** Valhalla Sector collaborator Davis and his lieutenants from "Strange Attractors" seem to get a MookCarryOver after the Western Alliance runs then out of Millhaven and they talk about joining the Army of Daniel. Their knowledge of Millhaven (which Jeremiah is put in charge of running) and feud with the main cast could have made them interesting recurring Sims subordinates, but they are never seen again.
** Michael from "The Ground, Sown with Salt", is a frightening GodhoodSeeker and WastelandWarlord who has an arsenal of military weapons (including nukes), a DarkAndTroubledPast, and an interesting but ultimately unhealthy relationship with his pregnant MoralityPet. He is a more interesting villain than most of the Valhalla Sector and Army of Daniel characters, but he still only gets one episode.
** Some fans dislike how HeroOfAnotherStory characters Eddie and William from "To Sail Beyond the Stars" don't become recurring sources of information about the world outside Thunder Mountain.
** Villainous OldSoldier Major Quantrell (Creator/MichaelRooker) from "Firewall" is probably the most interesting Valhalla Sector loyalist in the show by far. He has a rich and bitter dynamic with Markus and the other original Thunder Mountain survivors, being the former executive officer of the base, who abandoned them and is willing to kill them in the present and ends up as their DefiantCaptive. Consequently, it can be disappointing that he only gets one appearance.
** Michelle from "The Mother of Invention" is the leader of a non-hostile community and has a rich history with Jeremiah (who may be the father of her son), but is only in one episode and doesn't even appear during later meetings of faction leaders.
** Libby is introduced as an accomplished scientist and loyal friend to Devon (who is trying to undermine the Valhalla Sector from within). However, after the fall of the Valhalla Sector, she doesn't exert any scientific expertise or leadership skills and merely serves as a SatelliteLoveInterest [[spoiler:and LoveInterestTraitor who never even gets confronted by Jeremiah over this]] during a time where the plot had more than enough going on to let her do something more dynamic. Her status as the only female character to ever be in the opening credits (albeit only for half of season 2) makes her limited role in the plot all the more notable.
** Valhalla Sector collaborator Davis and his lieutenants from "Strange Attractors" seem to get a MookCarryOver after the Western Alliance runs then out of Millhaven and they talk about joining the Army of Daniel. Their knowledge of Millhaven (which Jeremiah is put in charge of running) and feud with the main cast could have made them interesting recurring Sims subordinates, but they are never seen again.
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** Some fans dislike how HeroOfAnotherStory characters Eddie and William from "To Sail Beyond the Stars" don't become recurring sources of information about the world outside Thunder Mountain.
** Villainous OldSoldier Major Quantrell (Creator/MichaelRooker) from "Firewall" is probably the most interesting Valhalla Sector loyalist in the show by far. He has a rich and bitter dynamic with Markus and the other original Thunder Mountain survivors, being the former executive officer of the base, who abandoned them and is willing to kill them in the present and ends up as their DefiantCaptive. Consequently, it can be disappointing that he only gets one appearance.
** Michelle from "The Mother of Invention" is the leader of a non-hostile community and has a rich history with Jeremiah (who may be the father of her son), but is only in one episode and doesn't even appear during later meetings of faction leaders.
** Villainous OldSoldier Major Quantrell (Creator/MichaelRooker) from "Firewall" is probably the most interesting Valhalla Sector loyalist in the show by far. He has a rich and bitter dynamic with Markus and the other original Thunder Mountain survivors, being the former executive officer of the base, who abandoned them and is willing to kill them in the present and ends up as their DefiantCaptive. Consequently, it can be disappointing that he only gets one appearance.
** Michelle from "The Mother of Invention" is the leader of a non-hostile community and has a rich history with Jeremiah (who may be the father of her son), but is only in one episode and doesn't even appear during later meetings of faction leaders.
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** Michelle from "The Mother of Invention" is the leader of a non-hostile community and has a rich history with Jeremiah, but is only in one episode and doesn't even appear during later meetings of faction leaders.
** Some fans dislike how HeroOfAnotherStory characters Eddie and William from "To Sail Beyond the Stars" don't become recurring characters.
** Some fans dislike how HeroOfAnotherStory characters Eddie and William from "To Sail Beyond the Stars" don't become recurring characters.
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** Michelle from "The Mother of Invention" is Valhalla Sector collaborator Davis and his lieutenants from "Strange Attractors" seem to get a MookCarryOver after the leader Western Alliance runs then out of a non-hostile community Millhaven and has a rich history they talk about joining the Army of Daniel. Their knowledge of Millhaven (which Jeremiah is put in charge of running) and feud with Jeremiah, but is only in one episode and doesn't even appear during later meetings of faction leaders.
** Some fans dislike how HeroOfAnotherStory characters Eddie and William from "To Sail Beyondthe Stars" don't become main cast could have made them interesting recurring characters.Sims subordinates, but they are never seen again.
** Some fans dislike how HeroOfAnotherStory characters Eddie and William from "To Sail Beyond
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** Michael from "The Ground, Sown with Salt", is a frightening GodhoodSeeker and WastelandWarlord who has an arsenal of military weapons (including nukes), a DarkAndTroubledPast, and an interesting but ultimately unhealthy relationship with his pregnant MoralityPet. He is a more interesting villain than most of the Valhalla Sector and Army of Daniel characters, but he still only gets one episode.
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** Michelle from "The Mother of Invention" is the leader of a non-hostile community and has a rich history with Jeremiah, but is only in one episode and doesn't even appear during later meetings of faction leaders.
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** Data's artificial daughter, Lal. A naive android girl who has emotions and contractions but isn't "fully human", and she would give Data some good moments with being a father. They could even have made full episodes with her, but unfortunately, she "died" on her first episode.
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** Data's artificial daughter, Lal. A naive android girl who has emotions and contractions but isn't "fully human", and she would give Data some good moments with being a father. They could even have made full episodes with her, but unfortunately, she "died" on in her first episode.
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**[[Main/AlphaBitch Angela]] is [[Main/TheBully The Bully]] who spends the first few episodes of Season 4 tormenting Eleven at every possible opportunity. When [[spoiler: Eleven finally puts Angela in her place by punching her with a roller skate and gives her a concussion]], she is never seen again. This raises a lot of questions: Why did she have it out for Eleven? Why did the entire town seem to always side with her? What happened to her after [[spoiler: her concussion]]? Answers to these questions could have given her a [[Main/FreudianExcuse Freudian Excuse]] and perhaps some [[Main/CharacterDevelopment Character Development]].
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** Kali Prasad was set up to being a pretty big deal in Season 2, as she is introduced at the very beginning of the season. She even gets her own [[Main/DayInTheLimelight Day in the Limelight]] episode which reveals that she was [[spoiler: Eight, one of the only surviving test subjects after the tragedy with Eleven and Vecna]]. With nowhere else to go, Kali ended joining a gang. [[spoiler: Eleven’s mother even told her to go find her for help against the monsters of the Upside Down]]. However, this all goes crashing down when she, as well as the rest of her gang are [[Main/PutOnABus Put On A Bus]] at the end of their [[Main/DayInTheLimelight Day in the Limelight]] episode, where they are never seen again aside from a few cameos. With Kali’s interesting backstory and [[Main/MasterOfIllusion cool powers]], she and the rest of her gang could have been so much more than they ended up being.
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** Kali Prasad was set up to being a pretty big deal in Season 2, as she is introduced at the very beginning of the season. She even gets her own [[Main/DayInTheLimelight Day in the Limelight]] episode which reveals that she was [[spoiler: Eight, one of the only surviving test subjects after the tragedy with Eleven and Vecna]]. Vecna, with Eleven’s mother thinking of Kali as her “sister.”]] With nowhere else to go, Kali ended joining a gang. [[spoiler: Eleven’s mother even told her to go find her for help against the monsters of the Upside Down]]. However, this all goes crashing down when she, as well as the rest of her gang are [[Main/PutOnABus Put On A Bus]] at the end of their [[Main/DayInTheLimelight Day in the Limelight]] episode, where they are never seen again aside from a few cameos. With Kali’s interesting backstory and [[Main/MasterOfIllusion cool powers]], she and the rest of her gang could have been so much more than they ended up being.
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** Kali Prasad was set up to being a pretty big deal in Season 2, as she is introduced at the very beginning of the season. She even gets her own [[Main/DayInTheLimelight Day in the Limelight]] episode which reveals that she was [[spoiler: Eight, one of the only surviving test subjects after the tragedy with Eleven and Vecna]]. With nowhere else to go, she ended joining a gang. [[spoiler: Eleven’s mother even told her to go find her for help against the monsters of the Upside Down]]. However, this all goes crashing down when she, as well as the rest of her gang are [[Main/PutOnABus Put On A Bus]] at the end of her [[Main/DayInTheLimelight Day in the Limelight]] episode, where they are never seen again aside from a few cameos. With her interesting backstory and [[Main/MasterOfIllusion cool powers]], she and the rest of her gang could have been so much more than they ended up being.
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** Kali Prasad was set up to being a pretty big deal in Season 2, as she is introduced at the very beginning of the season. She even gets her own [[Main/DayInTheLimelight Day in the Limelight]] episode which reveals that she was [[spoiler: Eight, one of the only surviving test subjects after the tragedy with Eleven and Vecna]]. With nowhere else to go, she Kali ended joining a gang. [[spoiler: Eleven’s mother even told her to go find her for help against the monsters of the Upside Down]]. However, this all goes crashing down when she, as well as the rest of her gang are [[Main/PutOnABus Put On A Bus]] at the end of her their [[Main/DayInTheLimelight Day in the Limelight]] episode, where they are never seen again aside from a few cameos. With her Kali’s interesting backstory and [[Main/MasterOfIllusion cool powers]], she and the rest of her gang could have been so much more than they ended up being.
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** Kali Prasad was set up to being a pretty big deal in Season 2, as she is introduced at the very beginning of the season. She even gets her own [[Main/DayInTheLimelight Day in the Limelight]] episode which reveals that she was [[spoiler: Eight, one of the only surviving test subjects after the tragedy with Eleven and Vecna]]. With nowhere else to go, she ended joining a gang. [[spoiler: Eleven’s mother even told her to go find her for help against the monsters of the Upside Down]]. However, this all goes crashing down when she, as well as the rest of her gang are [[Main/PutOnABus Put On A Bus]] at the end of her [[Main/DayInTheLimelight Day in the Limelight]] episode, where they are never seen again aside from a few cameos. With her interesting backstory and [[Main/MasterOfIllusion cool powers]], she and the rest of her gang could have been so much more than they ended up being.
** Kali Prasad was set up to being a pretty big deal in Season 2, as she is introduced at the very beginning of the season. She even gets her own [[Main/DayInTheLimelight Day in the Limelight]] episode which reveals that she was [[spoiler: Eight, one of the only surviving test subjects after the tragedy with Eleven and Vecna]]. With nowhere else to go, she ended joining a gang. [[spoiler: Eleven’s mother even told her to go find her for help against the monsters of the Upside Down]]. However, this all goes crashing down when she, as well as the rest of her gang are [[Main/PutOnABus Put On A Bus]] at the end of her [[Main/DayInTheLimelight Day in the Limelight]] episode, where they are never seen again aside from a few cameos. With her interesting backstory and [[Main/MasterOfIllusion cool powers]], she and the rest of her gang could have been so much more than they ended up being.
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** Aside from [[MagnificentBastard Ba'al]], Yu was by far the most interesting of the System Lords. He was the only one that was openly against Anubis from the beginning, was nice enough that his worshipers seemed to genuinely respect him instead of following out of fear, like Ba'al he recognised the value of not obliterating Earth, and was so old even by [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Goa'uld standards]] he was actually ''going senile''. And yet with the exception of during a brief EnemyMine situation none of this was really explored, and he went the way of all the other System Lords after the Replicators arrived.
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** Aside from [[MagnificentBastard Ba'al]], Yu was by far the most interesting of the System Lords. He was the only one that was openly against Anubis from the beginning, was nice enough that his worshipers seemed to genuinely respect him instead of following out of fear, like Ba'al he recognised the value of not obliterating Earth, and was so old even by [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Goa'uld standards]] he was actually ''going senile''. And yet with the exception of during a brief EnemyMine situation none of this was really explored, and he went the way of all the other System Lords after the Replicators arrived. It was also pointed out in his debut that Yu is the only known Goa'uld to ''not'' [[GodGuise take the identity of an Earth culture's god]] (instead he uses the identity of Yu the Great, the legendary first Emperor of China), suggesting that while still a villain he might actually be in some significant way different from most Goa'uld. Given his age, maybe he's even ''really was'' Yu the Great during his time on Earth instead of just appropriating the name. But nothing ever comes of this and ultimately falls into the stereotypical Goa'uld "AGodAmI" attitude.
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** [[FanNickname Replicarter]]. She was effectively a robotic copy of Samantha Carter, but in control of the entire [[GreyGoo Replicator]] army. Think about it, all of the creativity and brilliance Carter uses to help the good guys, now applied to expanding an ultra-advanced machine race working to conquer the universe. Not to mention Replicarter's [[NotSoDifferentRemark claims that she and the original aren't so different]], implying Carter possesses megalomaniacal inclinations. However, nothing ever comes of it. She appears in one cameo, then one episode to explain her origins and how she's evil. Then, she launches a massive invasion and [[EvilerThanThou annihilates the Goa'uld]] and is killed off without any additional development.
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** [[FanNickname Replicarter]]. She was effectively a robotic copy of Samantha Carter, but in control of the entire [[GreyGoo Replicator]] army. Think about it, all of the creativity and brilliance Carter uses to help the good guys, now applied to expanding an ultra-advanced machine race working to conquer the universe. Not to mention Replicarter's [[NotSoDifferentRemark claims that she and the original aren't so different]], implying Carter possesses megalomaniacal inclinations. However, nothing ever comes of it. She appears in one cameo, then one episode to explain her origins and how she's evil. Then, she launches a massive invasion and [[EvilerThanThou annihilates the Goa'uld]] Goa'uld System Lords]] and is killed off without any additional development.
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* Detective Steve Crosetti from ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet''. Crosetti was the resident PluckyComicRelief who was not only genuinely funny and likeable, but had a lot of depth and pathos to him that made him a deeply sympathetic character. He instantly became a fan-favorite, and his focus episodes in Season 1 are regarded as series highlights. However, he was massively OutOfFocus in the second season (admittedly due to an extremely shortened episode count), [[McLeaned and he was killed off in the third season via suicide after his actor]] Creator/JonPolito [[McLeaned was fired.]]
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* Detective Steve Crosetti from ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet''. Crosetti was the resident PluckyComicRelief who was not only genuinely funny and likeable, but had a lot of depth and pathos to him that made him a deeply sympathetic character. He instantly became a fan-favorite, and his focus episodes in Season 1 are regarded as series highlights. However, he was massively OutOfFocus in the second season (admittedly due to an extremely shortened episode count), [[McLeaned [[ActorLeavesCharacterDies and he was killed off in the third season via suicide suicide]] after his actor]] actor Creator/JonPolito [[McLeaned was fired.]]
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** Tecteun. She was the corrupt secret founder of Time Lord society and the Doctor's abusive adopted mother. In Series 13 she turned out to be NotQuiteDead and delivered a chilling speech to the Doctor. It seemed like she was being set up as the BigBad, with a strong personal conflict with the Doctor, but instead, she got killed off by the more generic Swarm and Azure, leaving many questions unanswered and removing the personal element from the conflict.
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* ''Series/RobinHood'': Djaq was a SweetPollyOliver who played the {{Gender Flip}}ped role of the Saracen, brought from Jerusalem to England as a slave. She disguises herself as a boy, takes her twin brother's persona, and decides to join Robin and his outlaws as TheMedic. The potential here was breathtaking - not only could it been a great FishOutOfWater story, but Djaq effortlessly took the place as TheHeart of the group, had an intriguing dynamic with all her fellow outlaws (including a LoveTriangle that was vastly more interesting than [[RomanticPlotTumor Robin, Marian and Guy forever whinging at each other]]) and an endearing superiority complex that was completely at odds with the actress's tiny stature. She almost instantly become the show's EnsembleDarkHorse, only for the writers to completely ignore her, throw her into an [[StrangledByTheRedString abrupt relationship]] with Will Scarlett, write her out of the show, and [[ReplacementScrappy replace her]] with a JerkassSue who was [[CreatorsPet hated by all and sundry]], but who got twice as much screentime in one season than Djaq did in two.
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* ''Series/RobinHood'': Djaq was a SweetPollyOliver who played the {{Gender Flip}}ped role of the Saracen, brought from Jerusalem to England as a slave. She disguises herself as a boy, takes her twin brother's persona, and decides to join Robin and his outlaws as TheMedic. The potential here was breathtaking - not only could it been a great FishOutOfWater story, but Djaq effortlessly took the place as TheHeart of the group, had an intriguing dynamic with all her fellow outlaws (including a LoveTriangle that was vastly more interesting than [[RomanticPlotTumor Robin, Marian and Guy forever whinging at each other]]) and an endearing superiority complex that was completely at odds with the actress's tiny stature. She almost instantly become the show's EnsembleDarkHorse, only for the writers to completely ignore her, throw her into an [[StrangledByTheRedString abrupt relationship]] with Will Scarlett, write her out of the show, and [[ReplacementScrappy replace her]] with a JerkassSue {{Jerkass}} who was [[CreatorsPet hated by all and sundry]], but who got twice as much screentime in one season than Djaq did in two.
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** ROK Captain Sam Paek, played by Creator/PatMorita appears twice in the second season and more than holds his own in witty banter with the others and acts as a sort of bridge between the Americans and the Koreans. Most fans of the show wish he'd made more appearances.
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* The second season of ''{{Series/Charmed|1998}}'' has Jenny Gordon - a TagAlongKid who moves in next door to the sisters. She's even put in the opening credits. She appears in four episodes and is then PutOnABus forever. She was apparently written out because producers realised she served no purpose.
* ''Series/ControlZ'': We're supposed to sympathize with Luis as he is constantly bullied by Gerry, but we only have the three first episodes to witness the same routine to the point when the hacker worsens everything through the public fight that results in Luis getting hospitalized and remains there for the remainder of the first season...[[spoiler:until his tragic death]]. Even if Gerry's backstory revealed how this situation came about in the first place, it would've been a perfect move for the writers to further delve deeper into Luis's own backstory.
* ''Series/ControlZ'': We're supposed to sympathize with Luis as he is constantly bullied by Gerry, but we only have the three first episodes to witness the same routine to the point when the hacker worsens everything through the public fight that results in Luis getting hospitalized and remains there for the remainder of the first season...[[spoiler:until his tragic death]]. Even if Gerry's backstory revealed how this situation came about in the first place, it would've been a perfect move for the writers to further delve deeper into Luis's own backstory.
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* The second season of ''{{Series/Charmed|1998}}'' has Jenny Gordon - a TagAlongKid who moves in next door to the sisters. She's even put in the opening credits. She appears in four episodes and is then PutOnABus forever. She was apparently written out because producers realised felt she served no purpose.
purpose, but the fans think that could have been fixed easily.
%%** Kyra.
** Charlene from "Ex Libris" is a CuteGhostGirl with an interesting backstory of being a WellDoneDaughterGirl who is killed by demons for researching their existence and nearly proving it. She's only in one episode, but feels like she could have been kept around for a while in a recurring role.
** "Repo Manor" features a trio of female demons and their master, who want to take the power of the Charmed Ones to free their people from slavery. They could have been interesting recurring characters and formed and/or inspired some feelings of respect or empathy with the heroes. Instead, they're just {{One Shot Character}}s whose motives the heroes learn little about and never fully appreciate as they fight each other.
** The CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass PsychoRangers Stillman sisters are decently entertaining villains who survive their debut in the show but never show up as recurring foes.* ''Series/ControlZ'': We're supposed to sympathize with Luis as he is constantly bullied by Gerry, but we only have the three first episodes to witness the same routine to the point when the hacker worsens everything through the public fight that results in Luis getting hospitalized and remains there for the remainder of the first season...[[spoiler:until his tragic death]]. Even if Gerry's backstory revealed how this situation came about in the first place, it would've been a perfect move for the writers to further delve deeper into Luis's own backstory.
%%** Kyra.
** Charlene from "Ex Libris" is a CuteGhostGirl with an interesting backstory of being a WellDoneDaughterGirl who is killed by demons for researching their existence and nearly proving it. She's only in one episode, but feels like she could have been kept around for a while in a recurring role.
** "Repo Manor" features a trio of female demons and their master, who want to take the power of the Charmed Ones to free their people from slavery. They could have been interesting recurring characters and formed and/or inspired some feelings of respect or empathy with the heroes. Instead, they're just {{One Shot Character}}s whose motives the heroes learn little about and never fully appreciate as they fight each other.
** The CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass PsychoRangers Stillman sisters are decently entertaining villains who survive their debut in the show but never show up as recurring foes.* ''Series/ControlZ'': We're supposed to sympathize with Luis as he is constantly bullied by Gerry, but we only have the three first episodes to witness the same routine to the point when the hacker worsens everything through the public fight that results in Luis getting hospitalized and remains there for the remainder of the first season...[[spoiler:until his tragic death]]. Even if Gerry's backstory revealed how this situation came about in the first place, it would've been a perfect move for the writers to further delve deeper into Luis's own backstory.
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* ''Series/VanHelsing2016'': The Season 3 finale ends with Vanessa accidentally reviving her 19th century ancestor Lily Van Helsing. The two bond over the course of the Season 4 premiere... and by the end of the episode, Lily has been mortally wounded by a vampire and dies.
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* ''Film/ASpecialSesameStreetChristmas'': Creator/{{CBS}} scored a coup when they managed to cast Creator/MichaelJackson for a cameo in their Franchise/SesameStreet ChristmasSpecial... and then did not give his character so much as one note to dance or sing. If ever there was a wasted opportunity, that has to be it.
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* ''Film/ASpecialSesameStreetChristmas'': Creator/{{CBS}} scored a coup when they managed to cast Creator/MichaelJackson Music/MichaelJackson for a cameo in their Franchise/SesameStreet ChristmasSpecial... and then did not give his character so much as one note to dance or sing. If ever there was a wasted opportunity, that has to be it.
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* ''Film/ASpecialSesameStreetChristmas'': Creator/{{CBS}} scored a coup when they managed to cast Creator/MichaelJackson for a cameo in their Franchise/SesameStreet ChristmasSpecial... and then did not give his character so much as one note to dance or sing. If ever there was a wasted opportunity, that has to be it.
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* ''Series/ControlZ'': We're supposed to sympathize with Luis as he is constantly bullied by Gerry, but we only have the three first episodes to witness the same routine to the point when the hacker worsens everything through the public fight that results in Luis getting hospitalized and remains there for the remainder of the first season...[[spoiler:until his tragic death]]. Even if Gerry's backstory revealed how this situation came about in the first place, it would've been a perfect move for the writers to further delve deeper into Luis's own backstory.
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''Series/OnceUponATime'' naturally features this, particularly from season 2 onwards - where the show's ever increasing LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters caused more than a few to slip into the background:
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** Sophie-Anne Leclerq. Bisexual, petulant, hammy vampire queen with an incredible sense of fashion, played by Evan Rachel Wood of all people. [[spooiler: Ends up getting unceremoniously splattered all over the floor at the hands of Bill Compton when he takes over as King, instead of escaping and plotting a coup to take her throne back which would have been an interesting storyline.]]
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** Sophie-Anne Leclerq. Bisexual, petulant, hammy vampire queen with an incredible sense of fashion, played by Evan Rachel Wood of all people. [[spooiler: [[spoiler: Ends up getting unceremoniously splattered all over the floor at the hands of Bill Compton when he takes over as King, instead of escaping and plotting a coup to take her throne back which would have been an interesting storyline.]]
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** Franklin Mott, the psychotic vampire detective! [[spoiler:May he rest in peace]].
** Sophie-Anne Leclerq. Bisexual, petulant, hammy vampire queen with an incredible sense of fashion, played by Evan Rachel Wood of all people. Ends up getting unceremoniously splattered all over the floor at the hands of Bill Compton when he takes over as King, instead of escaping and plotting a coup to take her throne back which would have been an interesting storyline.
** Sophie-Anne Leclerq. Bisexual, petulant, hammy vampire queen with an incredible sense of fashion, played by Evan Rachel Wood of all people. Ends up getting unceremoniously splattered all over the floor at the hands of Bill Compton when he takes over as King, instead of escaping and plotting a coup to take her throne back which would have been an interesting storyline.
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** Warlow. A vampire/fairy hybrid that's twice the age of multi-season baddie Russell Edgington and can walk in daylight... [[spoiler:Who spends most of his time tied up in a graveyard and is easily staked halfway through the episode in his final appearance.]]
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** Warlow. A vampire/fairy hybrid that's twice the age of multi-season baddie Russell Edgington and can walk in daylight... [[spoiler:Who [[spoiler: Who spends most of his time tied up in a graveyard and is easily gets staked halfway through the episode in his final appearance.]]
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** Nora sadly gets hit with this in season 6: [[spoiler: After pulling a HeelFaceTurn at the end of season 5 and helping Eric to take down the Authority, it seems like the show was setting her up for a RedemptionQuest where she worked to stop the recently turned Billith. Instead, she ends up getting captured midway through the season before she can truly accomplish anything, gets infected with Hep-V, and dies in Eric's arms.]]
** Niall Brigant. He is introduced in season 6 as Sookie and Jason's faerie grandfather and is played by Creator/RutgerHauer of all people. Even though his reasons for finally showing up were about [[spoiler: hunting down Warlow and killing him to avenge the death of his family]], there was a lot of potential for his character, from him and Jason bonding as grandfather and grandson, and Sookie learning more from Niall about her faerie abilities and heritage. Instead, he [[spoiler: disappears halfway through season 6, only shows up briefly in the finale to help Jason kill Warlow, disappears after that for six months for unexplained reasons, and then only makes a cameo appearance in one episode of season 7. The show never really explores his relationship with Jason and Sookie like it could have.]]
** Niall Brigant. He is introduced in season 6 as Sookie and Jason's faerie grandfather and is played by Creator/RutgerHauer of all people. Even though his reasons for finally showing up were about [[spoiler: hunting down Warlow and killing him to avenge the death of his family]], there was a lot of potential for his character, from him and Jason bonding as grandfather and grandson, and Sookie learning more from Niall about her faerie abilities and heritage. Instead, he [[spoiler: disappears halfway through season 6, only shows up briefly in the finale to help Jason kill Warlow, disappears after that for six months for unexplained reasons, and then only makes a cameo appearance in one episode of season 7. The show never really explores his relationship with Jason and Sookie like it could have.]]
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** Whistler, the mysterious agent of the PowersThatBe. Like the Doyle example above, the writers did have further plans for the character (in fact, Doyle was originally supposed to ''be'' Whistler), but the drug problems of the actor made this impossible.
** Back in season 1, [[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E11OutOfMindOutOfSight}} an episode]] was about a student Marcie Ross who can turn invisible and by the end of this episode was taken by FBI agents to be trained in assassination and espionage. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse She never appeared again.]] Then again, she's ''invisible''...
** Adam, the season 4 villain. The main problem was that the season focused so much on setting on The Initiative, where he came from, and it doesn't spend much time on the character himself. However his abilities and perfectly rational mind made him the most dangerous villain Buffy ever faced. Also having Spike as his [[TheDragon Dragon]] made him just that more of a threat. Oddly enough the lack of development made the character far more mysterious, punctuated by his short appearence (unaugmented) in Restless where Buffy asks who he used to be before he became Adam, and he replies that no one living remembers.
** Back in season 1, [[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E11OutOfMindOutOfSight}} an episode]] was about a student Marcie Ross who can turn invisible and by the end of this episode was taken by FBI agents to be trained in assassination and espionage. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse She never appeared again.]] Then again, she's ''invisible''...
** Adam, the season 4 villain. The main problem was that the season focused so much on setting on The Initiative, where he came from, and it doesn't spend much time on the character himself. However his abilities and perfectly rational mind made him the most dangerous villain Buffy ever faced. Also having Spike as his [[TheDragon Dragon]] made him just that more of a threat. Oddly enough the lack of development made the character far more mysterious, punctuated by his short appearence (unaugmented) in Restless where Buffy asks who he used to be before he became Adam, and he replies that no one living remembers.
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** Whistler, the mysterious agent of the PowersThatBe. Like the Doyle example above, the writers did have further plans for the character (in fact, Doyle PowersThatBe, who was originally supposed to ''be'' Whistler), Doyle on ''Series/{{Angel}}'', but the drug problems of the actor made this impossible.
was busy with other projects and they created the character of Doyle instead.
**Back in season 1, [[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E11OutOfMindOutOfSight}} In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E11OutOfMindOutOfSight Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight]]", an episode]] episode was about a student Marcie Ross who can turn invisible and by the end of this episode was taken by FBI F.B.I agents to be trained in assassination and espionage. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse She never appeared again.]] Then again, she's ''invisible''...
it's debatable to see whether she [[ObligatoryJoke "appeared"]] at all.
**Adam, Kendra, the secondary Slayer introduced in Season 2 who was called after Buffy's temporary death in Season 1. Very little of her character and background was explored before she was killed off towards the end of the second season.
** Dracula. A famous vampire with mysterious powers[[note]]including the ability to survive even being staked, making him a tough vampire to beat[[/note]], has history with both Spike and Anya and is able to ''really'' get under Buffy's skin. [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E1BuffyVsDracula His single episode]] ends with him being mocked and leaving, most of the episode really more focused on foreshadowing things about the main characters. The comics at least make more use of him, in particular his weird relationship with his friend/meat puppet Xander.
** Professor Maggie Walsh was shaping up to be an interesting arc villain in Season 4 - a human WellIntentionedExtremist who shared many of Buffy's goals, had personal relationships with Buffy, Willow and Riley, and at one point even eclipsed Giles as a mentor figure for Buffy. Alas, she was killed halfway through the season4 villain. The and replaced by her own creation, the far less relatable human-demon-cyborg hybrid Adam, who barely interacted with the main problem cast.
*** Adam himself could have been an even more interesting antagonist, perhaps exploring his genesis and the morality of the organization that made him, which might have lead to a HeelFaceTurn or at least him becoming an AntiVillain who developed his own goals and motivations who might even end up [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters turning on his masters]]. Instead, he remained a shallow one-note villian until his demise in the finale. It didn't help that he was introduced very late in the season.
** The original plans for Sunday, the vampire Buffy faces in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E1TheFreshman The Freshman]]", was that she was a previous slayer turned vampire. Seeds of this storyline remain in theseason focused so much on setting on The Initiative, where he came from, episode, particularly in Sunday’s uncanny savviness against Buffy. One has to wonder why ''that'' idea wasn’t resurrected when Walsh had to be written out, rather than the introduction of pretty universally disliked Frankenstein {{Expy}} Adam.
** Dawn is an ''inter-dimensional key to hell dimensions in human form'' but was given no powers, andit doesn't spend much is largely used as a helpless DamselInDistress for most of her time on the show. The comics take better advantage of Dawn's origins, granting her portal-opening powers in season 10, but even then it was used rather scarcely.
** Amy Madison feels like she could have been a more regular characterhimself. However his abilities after being turned human, and perfectly rational mind made him maybe even a member of the most dangerous villain Buffy ever faced. Also gang with some nice new personality traits instead of only having a few more (somewhat antagonistic) appearances.
** Vampire barfly Sandy, given a bit of flirtation with Riley and seeming like a rare non-murderous vampire. The fact that she was turned by Vampire Willow also gives her an interesting connection to the main cast, but she's killed off in her third appearance without doing anything of note beyond kick-starting Riley's vampire bite addiction arc.
** Principal Robin Wood was a great addition to the cast in season seven, an easy-going principal who's the son of the Slayer that Spike killed in New York in 1977. Following the resolution to their feud, he fades into the background in the last few episodes, ashis [[TheDragon Dragon]] made if the show didn't know what to do with him just beyond that more of a threat. Oddly enough arc, beside having him hook up with fate. In fact, the lack of development made reason his fate is ambiguous in the character far more mysterious, punctuated by his short appearence (unaugmented) in Restless where Buffy asks who he used finale is because Creator/JossWhedon literally couldn't decide whether to be before he became Adam, and he replies that no one living remembers.kill him off or not.
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** Dracula. A famous vampire with mysterious powers[[note]]including the ability to survive even being staked, making him a tough vampire to beat[[/note]], has history with both Spike and Anya and is able to ''really'' get under Buffy's skin. [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E1BuffyVsDracula His single episode]] ends with him being mocked and leaving, most of the episode really more focused on foreshadowing things about the main characters. The comics at least make more use of him, in particular his weird relationship with his friend/meat puppet Xander.
** Professor Maggie Walsh was shaping up to be an interesting arc villain in Season 4 - a human WellIntentionedExtremist who shared many of Buffy's goals, had personal relationships with Buffy, Willow and Riley, and at one point even eclipsed Giles as a mentor figure for Buffy. Alas, she was killed halfway through the season
*** Adam himself could have been an even more interesting antagonist, perhaps exploring his genesis and the morality of the organization that made him, which might have lead to a HeelFaceTurn or at least him becoming an AntiVillain who developed his own goals and motivations who might even end up [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters turning on his masters]]. Instead, he remained a shallow one-note villian until his demise in the finale. It didn't help that he was introduced very late in the season.
** The original plans for Sunday, the vampire Buffy faces in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E1TheFreshman The Freshman]]", was that she was a previous slayer turned vampire. Seeds of this storyline remain in the
** Dawn is an ''inter-dimensional key to hell dimensions in human form'' but was given no powers, and
** Amy Madison feels like she could have been a more regular character
** Vampire barfly Sandy, given a bit of flirtation with Riley and seeming like a rare non-murderous vampire. The fact that she was turned by Vampire Willow also gives her an interesting connection to the main cast, but she's killed off in her third appearance without doing anything of note beyond kick-starting Riley's vampire bite addiction arc.
** Principal Robin Wood was a great addition to the cast in season seven, an easy-going principal who's the son of the Slayer that Spike killed in New York in 1977. Following the resolution to their feud, he fades into the background in the last few episodes, as
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** Dr. Anna Del Amico (played by Creator/MariaBello) shows up for the fourth season (and a couple of episodes in the third as a guest character), where her interactions with staff members largely amount to arguing with Doug Ross over hospital etiquette and having a ShipTease with Dr. Carter -- which then turns into ShipSinking when a combination of her anger over Carter's wealth and the return of an ex-boyfriend causes disagreements between them. Come the fifth season, she [[PutOnABus left the hospital (offscreen)]], with a comment afterwards that she'd [[ButNowIMustGo decided to go back to her hometown of Philadelphia with her ex-boyfriend]]. Following this, she's replaced with SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Lucy Carter (who even inherits the same locker, no less) -- a ''much'' better received character in the long run.
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** Dr. Anna Del Amico (played by Creator/MariaBello) shows up for the fourth season (and a couple of episodes in the third as a guest character), where her interactions with staff members largely amount to arguing with Doug Ross over hospital etiquette and having a ShipTease with Dr. Carter -- which then turns into ShipSinking when a combination of her anger over Carter's wealth and the return of an ex-boyfriend causes disagreements between them. Come the fifth season, she [[PutOnABus left the hospital (offscreen)]], with a comment afterwards that she'd [[ButNowIMustGo decided to go back to her hometown of Philadelphia with her ex-boyfriend]]. Following this, she's replaced with SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Lucy Carter Knight (who even inherits the same locker, no less) -- a ''much'' better received character in the long run.
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* ''Series/NoOrdinaryFamily'':
** [[IncrediblyLamePun The pilot from the pilot]] is never seen after the plane crash that grants the eponymous family their powers. It would have been interesting seeing someone outside of the family having permanent powers, and the fact that the show runners actually considered making him a regular character makes his absence even more disappointing.
** Detective Cho has some good ReasonableAuthorityFigure moments that could have made her a great character for the whole show if [[spoiler:she hadn't died in the second episode.]]
** Except for [[spoiler:a BackToTheDead appearance in the penultimate episode]], the hard-nosed Detective Cordero vanishes from the show just an episode or two after he finally warms up to Jim. This can feel disappointing, as a lot of fans enjoyed this reasonable and outgoing new side to his character.
** Earthquake-inducing Rebecca Patton (who is stealing drugs to try and suppress her powers) and the amnesiac Tom Seeley (who has SuperSmoke powers and wants revenge on the people who transformed him) are both {{One Shot Character}}s. Their cool powers and sympathetic IJustWantToBeNormal characterization cause some fans to wish they'd been recurring characters.
** [[IncrediblyLamePun The pilot from the pilot]] is never seen after the plane crash that grants the eponymous family their powers. It would have been interesting seeing someone outside of the family having permanent powers, and the fact that the show runners actually considered making him a regular character makes his absence even more disappointing.
** Detective Cho has some good ReasonableAuthorityFigure moments that could have made her a great character for the whole show if [[spoiler:she hadn't died in the second episode.]]
** Except for [[spoiler:a BackToTheDead appearance in the penultimate episode]], the hard-nosed Detective Cordero vanishes from the show just an episode or two after he finally warms up to Jim. This can feel disappointing, as a lot of fans enjoyed this reasonable and outgoing new side to his character.
** Earthquake-inducing Rebecca Patton (who is stealing drugs to try and suppress her powers) and the amnesiac Tom Seeley (who has SuperSmoke powers and wants revenge on the people who transformed him) are both {{One Shot Character}}s. Their cool powers and sympathetic IJustWantToBeNormal characterization cause some fans to wish they'd been recurring characters.
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* ''Series/{{Jeremiah}}'': Some fans dislike how HeroOfAnotherStory characters Eddie and William from "To Sail Beyond the Stars" don't become recurring characters.
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* ''Series/{{Jeremiah}}'': ''Series/{{Jeremiah}}'':
** Libby is introduced as an accomplished scientist and loyal friend to Devon (who is trying to undermine the Valhalla Sector from within). However, after the fall of the Valhalla Sector, she doesn't exert any scientific expertise or leadership skills and merely serves as a SatelliteLoveInterest [[spoiler:and LoveInterestTraitor who never even gets confronted by Jeremiah over this]] during a time where the plot had more than enough going on to let her do something more dynamic. Her status as the only female character to ever be in the opening credits (albeit only for half of season 2) makes her limited role in the plot all the more notable.
** Michelle is the leader of a non-hostile community and has a rich history with Jeremiah, but is only in one episode and doesn't even appear during later meetings of faction leaders.
** Some fans dislike how HeroOfAnotherStory characters Eddie and William from "To Sail Beyond the Stars" don't become recurring characters.
** Libby is introduced as an accomplished scientist and loyal friend to Devon (who is trying to undermine the Valhalla Sector from within). However, after the fall of the Valhalla Sector, she doesn't exert any scientific expertise or leadership skills and merely serves as a SatelliteLoveInterest [[spoiler:and LoveInterestTraitor who never even gets confronted by Jeremiah over this]] during a time where the plot had more than enough going on to let her do something more dynamic. Her status as the only female character to ever be in the opening credits (albeit only for half of season 2) makes her limited role in the plot all the more notable.
** Michelle is the leader of a non-hostile community and has a rich history with Jeremiah, but is only in one episode and doesn't even appear during later meetings of faction leaders.
** Some fans dislike how HeroOfAnotherStory characters Eddie and William from "To Sail Beyond the Stars" don't become recurring characters.
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* Detective Steve Crosetti from ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet''. Crosetti was the resident PluckyComicRelief who was not only genuinely funny and likeable, but had a lot of depth and pathos to him that made him a deeply sympathetic character. He instantly became a fan-favorite, and his focus episodes in Season 1 are regarded as series highlights. However, he was massively OutOfFocus in the second season (admittedly due to an extremely shortened episode count), [[McLeaned and he was killed off in the third season via suicide after his actor]] Creator/JonPolito [[McLeaned was fired.]]
