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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
WarJay77
(Troper Knight)
2020-11-07 18:21:57
Ambiguous Criminal History fits part of it.
Edited by WarJay77 Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Mac_R
(Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)

A recurring extra is given a few lines or a minor plot thread in a long-running show, and the joke is he has knowledge and/or skills that suggest a freaky backstory, like being in witness protection or on the run from the mob/cops, having Once Killed a Man with a Noodle Implement, being Ambiguously Human, being incongruosuly intelligent (or having a Worthless Foreign Degree), having extreme or incomprehensible beliefs, et cetera. Sometimes happens to an Ascended Extra.
Edited by Mac_R