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Top 10 TV Characters Who Vanished Without A Trace


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counting down our picks for the top 10
TV characters who vanished without a
trace
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this list we’re looking at characters on
TV shows that disappeared with little
explanation or logic thought I was gonna
get that big Mentos commercial but
apparently they didn’t think I was fresh
and full of life stupid shroom Luck’s
number 10 Ben Geller friends everybody
there’s someone I’d like you to meet
this is Ben although Ross’s son Ben was
raised by his ex-wife and her partner
the neurotic paleontologist always been
an effort to be in his son’s life well
at least until the last few seasons of
friends who can forget his attempt to
get Ben to connect to his Jewish
heritage by dressing up as the holiday
armadillo however the last time we seen
ben is midway through season 8 with him
hardly being mentioned in the final two
seasons this coincides with the birth of
Ross and Rachel’s daughter Emma whose
storylines largely took the place of
been even Ross’s father’s seemingly
forgot he had another grandchild during
Emma’s birth number 9
Jacquie Eames The Fresh Prince of
bel-air wait I thought there gonna be
other people here well there were they
left Jackie played by Tyra Banks is
introduced in season four of fresh
prints as a childhood friend of wills
from Philadelphia their deep emotional
bond which predated most of the other
characters on the show coupled with
clear sexual and romantic tension
established a delightful will they won’t
they dynamic maybe there’s a little hope
for me yet very little unfortunately
nothing would ever come of it
even their friendship seemed to be
destroyed after her final appearance and
rather abrupt disappearance the last we
ever see of
he is her being driven home from a party
to distance herself from an inebriated
we’ll all I can take of this damn thing
would you take me home please
introducing a young child to a
family-based sitcom late in the game
rarely works out a mistake that married
with children learned the hard way
rambunctious young cousin of the Bundy
family named seven was introduced to the
show in an effort to boost ratings but
fence despised him filming his character
was out of place with the raunchy
Bundy’s seven was dropped from the show
and quickly forgotten by the family the
series had some fun mocking the trope it
had fallen into however having Kelly
literally forget about 7:00 and showing
his face on a milk carton number 7 buzz
Hickey community mr. winger is a teacher
you know what that means it means you
get you meatballs the introduction of
the curmudgeon criminology professor
buzz Hickey played by Breaking Bad alum
Jonathan banks was part of community’s
return to form in its fifth season after
the departure of main characters Troy
and Pierce Hickey was a welcomed
addition with his gruff exterior and
hidden depths quickly endearing him to
fans however banks left community the
following season to reprise his role for
Breaking Bad spinoff better call Saul
unlike other characters his departure
was never truly explained and he was
barely mentioned in passing however
eagle-eyed fans have spotted an email
with the title buzz Hickey memorial
services which we hope is just a morbid
tastes like burnt aluminum for a while
number 6 mr Turner Boy Meets World
listen if anything comes up the offer
stands you call me at home anytime you
need to okay one of Cory Shawn and
topanga’s youngest teachers Jonathan
Turner could relate to the kids in a way
others like mr. Feeny never could mr
Turner even became a guardian for Shawn
when his father temporarily disappeared
one of the most emotional moments in the
show’s run came when
Turner got into a motorcycle accident
that landed him in the hospital in dire
condition don’t do this to me Johnny I
don’t do a loan real good following that
dramatic twist Turner was conspicuously
absent for the rest of the show’s run
only getting a joking reference about
being on the other side of the school
hey mr. Turner laid out thankfully
Turner would finally reappear in the
spin-off Girl Meets World still friends
with his former students and their
children Cory what do you teach in today
I don’t know I’m probably making
something up number five Caitlin
heroes Tommy I lost your memory of
tonight ooh but don’t pretend I’m stupid
the second season of Heroes introduced a
number of new storylines and characters
including new major players like Monica
a girl from New Orleans with the power
to replicate any physical activity she
viewed please let me go I swear I was
only trying to help somebody
despite her status as a main character
she never appeared in another season but
at least her fate wasn’t tied to an
unresolved cliffhanger sadly the same
can’t be said for Caitlin Peters
girlfriend who time traveled alongside
him to a horrific future where 93% of
the world had been killed while Peter
travelled back to the present Caitlin
was left behind the future she existed
in was rewritten and Peter just never
bothered to figure out what happened to
her number four bay Roos Aras 24 sorry
this is my fault
24 was notorious for constantly putting
its characters in peril and then never
returning to them one of the most
notorious examples of these unresolved
cliffhangers was when Air Force One
crashed with the president surviving
only to never be seen again even more
famous was bedrooms at us whose
disappearance was so shocking that fans
adopted the term bruising when referring
to characters who vanished without a
trace
mother’s day
I don’t believe you
Burroughs was an instrumental character
in the fourth season boss seen kidnapped
by terrorists and in grave danger while
two separate resolutions to his story
were filmed neither made it into the
show as both cut in order to make room
for other storylines what are you
talking about number three
Mandy Hampton the West Wing I may have
just gone back into the business this
morning but I didn’t come my way of a
turnip truck you know what I’m saying
another show famous for its characters
quietly disappearing was the West Wing
the characters that vanished were often
jokingly said to have been sent to Mandy
Bell so named for Mandy Hampton we
should get back tomorrow Mandy was a
main character in the show’s first
season a key member of President
Bartlet’s team and the White House media
consultant over the course of the season
however she appeared less and less and
by season two she was gone without
explanation never to be mentioned again
even in flashback episodes where she
should have been present I like it
number two Chuck Cunningham happy days
well roommate just moved out why don’t
you move in with me while Mandeville and
Bayrou zing applied to specific shows
Chuck Cunningham syndrome is the broad
catch-all for characters who disappeared
from a show with little fanfare the term
of course refers to the older brother
character on happy days Chuck Cunningham
who appeared in the show’s first two
seasons and who was played by a pair of
different actors starting in the third
season supporting character Fonzie began
to increasingly share the spotlight with
Richie Cunningham while the sporadically
appearing Chuck disappeared altogether
anyway in their rich make sure you get
the ball in the picture before we unveil
our top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
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number one Judy Winslow family matters
are you gonna be a June bride and
perhaps the only example of Chuck
Cunningham syndrome worse than the
original the youngest member of the
Winslow family
Judy seemingly ceased to exist overnight
like many others appearing on this list
her absence was never acknowledged by
her family or anyone else in fact Judy
and the rest of the original main cast
became largely expendable as family
matters turned into a show centered on
their neighbor
there were plans for duty to reappear in
the show’s original planned finale but
the series was canceled before this
could happen and as a result her fate
will likely never be known you’re
supposed to use a sponge I did but I
still didn’t get all that glue off the
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