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BeerBaron Since: Mar, 2012
2023-10-04 07:11:38

I'm not seeing something specific to that, but it could qualify as Commuting on a Bus - the character isn't completely written off and, despite not actually appearing, the letter indicates they're still out there. Maybe Downplayed Commuting on a Bus?

Edited by BeerBaron
OldMovieRob Since: Oct, 2023
2023-10-04 08:23:27

Thanks, I think that was the lead I was looking for. It's more of a Put on a Bus trope, a Tarzan film where they wrote out Jane as being off in London visiting her family, with the idea that the character (and Maureen O'Sullivan) would one day return to the character again.

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