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re: Unexplained Disappearing Characters

Posted on 7/6/11 at 11:01 am to
Posted by BeeFense5
Kenner
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Posted on 7/6/11 at 11:01 am to
Just saw that the unexplained disappearing characters on tv shows has it's own psychological term: "Chuck Cunningham Syndrome".

Posted by Kingwood Tiger
Katy, TX
Member since Jul 2005
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Posted on 7/6/11 at 11:03 am to
quote:

Married...with Children - Seven


Wasn't it all just a bad dream by Al?
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
57438 posts
Posted on 7/6/11 at 11:03 am to
quote:

Lisa, zack, Screech and Belding all decided it was best to move to Southern Cal at the same time. Why does that need explaining?


And go to the same college with apparently the same majors, etc. I am thinking they were part of some weird comet cult.
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 7/6/11 at 11:04 am to
Cyclops on X-Men 3
Posted by Turbeaux Gumbeaux
A little south of Tiger Stadium
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 7/6/11 at 11:08 am to
Donna's younger sister on That 70's Show.
Posted by TigerinATL
Member since Feb 2005
61588 posts
Posted on 7/6/11 at 11:09 am to
That 70's Show - Donna had a sister that only showed up in one episode. Where was she the rest of the time? They also had a dog named Shotsy on the show that wasn't on the show for a while and iirc they made a joke about it when he made an appearance in later episodes.
Posted by sbr2
Member since Apr 2011
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Posted on 7/6/11 at 11:21 am to
Cyclops didn't really just disappear, they showed what happened to him.
Posted by lsufanintexas
Member since Sep 2006
5011 posts
Posted on 7/6/11 at 11:31 am to
No they mentioned seven off handedly later in the show. It was supposedly all a dream by the dog.
This post was edited on 7/6/11 at 11:32 am
Posted by Buck Magnum
Springdale
Member since Dec 2003
11623 posts
Posted on 7/6/11 at 12:20 pm to
Ellie on The Andy Griffith Show, she was there one season, the last episode she was in, she was seen talking to Buddy Fleet.
Posted by Tiger Ryno
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Member since Feb 2007
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Posted on 7/6/11 at 12:30 pm to
The parents on 90210 (Walsh's)
Posted by Murray
Member since Aug 2008
14430 posts
Posted on 7/6/11 at 12:33 pm to
quote:

The parents on 90210 (Walsh's)


Did the thread change to "Characters that left tv shows with an in show explanation of why they left and where they went?"

Otherwise your post doesn't make sense.
Posted by BlacknGold
He Hate Me
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 7/6/11 at 12:37 pm to
in Boy meets world, Shawn has an older sister Stacy but then is never mentioned again.

Same show, the younger sister Morgan goes away for a season then is replaced by an older girl and is joked about being grounded for awhile.

Law and Order: SVU, Munch had a different partner and then Ice T just shows up.
Posted by CaptainsWafer
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Posted on 7/6/11 at 12:51 pm to
Munch's partner is the Allstate mayhem guy, BTW
Posted by BlacknGold
He Hate Me
Member since Mar 2009
12054 posts
Posted on 7/6/11 at 2:48 pm to
yeah my girl pointed that out to me. had me laughing
Posted by TheRoarRestoredInBR
Member since Dec 2004
30308 posts
Posted on 7/6/11 at 3:00 pm to
quote:

Richie Cunninghams brother on Happy Days.


Absolutely rude of Howard and Marion to trash son Chuck, his college hoops teammates, and Fonzie's poplin jacket from season 1 to 2.



This post was edited on 7/6/11 at 3:03 pm
Posted by Flair Chops
to the west, my soul is bound
Member since Nov 2010
35573 posts
Posted on 7/6/11 at 3:10 pm to
quote:

What happened to the older brother? Did he do something wrong?
He became a flaming homosexual, which led to his banishment from the Cunningham household. He was dead to the family. It's in the directors cut, surprised you guys didn't know.
Posted by SpqrTiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2004
9276 posts
Posted on 7/6/11 at 3:46 pm to
Another famous example of Chuck Cunningham Syndrome:



Remember her?

Of course you don't! That's Sara Spooner, Carrie's little sister on King of Queens. She appeared in the first five episodes of season one of King of Queens, only to be completely forgotten as the show progressed.

In the pilot, she actually moved into Doug and Carrie's house with Arthur!

But after episode 6, subsequent scripts referred to Carrie as an only child. It was as though she never existed.

The producers discovered they weren't creating any storylines for Sara, so they dropped her as an unnecessary character. The show never missed her.
Posted by Bankshot
Member since Jun 2006
5375 posts
Posted on 7/6/11 at 4:23 pm to
-Remember her?

I remember her character from when King of Queens first started. I mentioned this a while back to my wife but she didn't believe me.

Posted by Jimbeaux
Member since Sep 2003
20152 posts
Posted on 7/6/11 at 4:29 pm to
quote:

Of course you don't! That's Sara Spooner, Carrie's little sister on King of Queens. She appeared in the first five episodes of season one of King of Queens, only to be completely forgotten as the show progressed.

In the pilot, she actually moved into Doug and Carrie's house with Arthur!


I saw that episode recently, and I thought, who the hell is this fine chick and what happended to her?

In the episode where she moved in with Doug and Carrie, a "conflict" arose when she kept using the bathroom when Doug needed to get ready for work. At one point, Doug was in the bathroom shaving, and she came in wearing only a towel, and stepped in to take a shower WHILE DOUG WAS STILL SHAVING. I thought that the plot line was about to go NC-17 and would soon include a threesome, but they never brought up the sexual tension angle, just the "how inconsiderate" angle. Weird. I was getting a chubby in anticipation.
Posted by Marciano1
Marksville, LA
Member since Jun 2009
18476 posts
Posted on 7/6/11 at 4:38 pm to
The Russian in the "Pine Barrens" episode on The Sopranos.

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