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TantaMonty
Since: Aug, 2017
23rd Aug, 2022 12:19:54 PM
Okay, did a quick search and I think it's either:
- Demoted to Extra: For characters who become unimportant to the story, but are still seen or mentioned occasionally; or
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: A character disappears from the work without an In-Universe explanation and is nowhere to be seen or mentioned again.
RandomTroper123
(Not-So-Newbie)
23rd Aug, 2022 05:39:52 PM
Maybe Put on a Bus, though I feel ^ is a better answer.
Admiralakbar1
Since: Dec, 2013
24th Aug, 2022 10:13:48 AM
There's also Out of Focus.
Trope name for a character (or a group of characters) becomes less important and/or unimportant at all?
One example is where the Hole-Digging Club members in Shimeji Simulation were slightly important characters from Chapters 1 to 20, but the Hole-Digging Club itself becomes unimportant after the latter chapter.
Edited by holygrail24