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In a T.V. show, popular secondary characters conveniently, without any forewarning, make life changing decisions just to stay in the main character's lives. (Cousin Fred from the Netherlands is extending his vacation to forever! He moved into the house next door!) It also happens when an ensemble stays together, despite graduating high school or the main character moving. All the other characters just inexplicably tag along with a Hand Wave. You know what I mean?
The closest things I can find are Theory of Narrative Causality and Magnetic Hero, but both are unsatisfying for describing when it happens in Sitcoms/Slice of Life. Is This Tropable?
Edited by leurz