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But she knew what she wanted and she stuck to it. This is where she shines in telling her story. She never sounded like she was bragging and she never spoke with a sense of entitlement or condescension. Like I said, she worked hard to get where she got, and she was entirely grateful to everyone who helped her along the way. That's why this was a true joy to read. If there would have been one ounce of pretentiousness, I would have put this down. But there wasn't, and I was pleased with this entire book. One thing that was also kinda cool was getting to read about the beginnings of Hollywood.

I think it would have been so fascinating to be living during those glamorous, classy days of L. Beloved names like Katharine Hepburn and Bob Hope and Ginger Rogers are mentioned in these pages, much to the reader's delight. I also particularly liked when Lucy described meeting and falling in love with Desi and their first few happy years together. It was sweet to hear it told in her own words, and it definitely pulled some heartstrings. Even when describing her difficult separation and subsequent divorce from him, she never stooped to the level of blatant bashing.

This is a woman who respects herself and those around her. I was a little nervous knowing that she married a second time. I was afraid that I would get to that part and somehow it would just seem all wrong. But I was pleasantly surprised, and I see that her second marriage was good for her and was a necessary mode of therapy after the last few rather negative years with Desi.

She never talked like she was above anyone. She didn't see herself as any different than anyone else, and as a reader, I could definitely appreciate that. She is clearly confident, but confident in a good way and in a way that everyone should strive to be. Lucy is an excellent and strong woman, mother, wife, comedienne, and actress, and I really enjoyed reading her story told in her own unforgettable words.

Jul 20, Michelle rated it really liked it. I already admired Lucille Ball before I read this book.

After learing about her early years I grew to greatly respect her too. She was an amazing woman. I truly enjoyed reading this book. It was unfortunate that Lucille Ball stopped writting in , 54 years into her fabulous life. Even more unfortunate is that this autobiography might never have made it to print if it weren't for her two children, Lucie and Desi Jr. Lucy was a pioneer in her time. She didn't succumb to the infamous casting couch, illicit drugs and alcoh She didn't succumb to the infamous casting couch, illicit drugs and alcohol, and seem to always keep her wits about her.

Brought up on a mid-western foundation that kept her grounded for pretty much all of her earlier career. Not too sure about anything after Her autobiography talked about her trying to make it in show business, trying to find "her" and what her talent s were, the introduction to Desi Arnaz, her decade of trying to have children and not being successful. Now I'll need to follow this up with the years from to Mar 19, Carrie Poppy rated it it was amazing. Dec 09, Nola rated it really liked it Shelves: When Lucille Ball passed away in , she was only weeks away from starting work on an autobiography with a co-writer.

It was thought that she'd died without the opportunity to present her own version of her eventful life. However, some years later, her children discovered an unpublished manuscript in amongst documents kept by her lawyer. It turns out that she had written her autobiography with the help of another writer, but had shelved it in the early 60s because she didn't want to hurt her e When Lucille Ball passed away in , she was only weeks away from starting work on an autobiography with a co-writer. It turns out that she had written her autobiography with the help of another writer, but had shelved it in the early 60s because she didn't want to hurt her ex-husband Desi Arnaz.

This book is that story. It covers Lucy's life from birth until about when she remarried. In spite of Lucy's original fears, I think the scenes detailing the difficulties she and Desi had are handled sensitively, with no intended malice. They clearly loved each other in spite of their difficulties. It's a warm and sometimes funny tale that gives an insider's look into her early family life, modelling days in New York, the years of being a contract player in Hollywood, her rollercoaster romance with Desi Arnaz, her long battle to have children and the incredible success of the original 'I Love Lucy' series from the 50s.

It's easy to forget what a groundbreaking show 'I Love Lucy' was. Desi pioneered the three-camera technique still used for TV shows today, and they were the first sit-com to use a live studio audience. Apparently some of the canned laughter used in later sit-coms came from the actual audience laughter from the Lucy shows.

Their Desilu company also produced many other hit shows, including the original Star Trek series though the book finishes before it gets up to that bit. It's a shame it cuts off abruptly in the early 60s and doesn't go through to the end of her life. It's hard to know why she never picked it up again and continued the story. But it's a great insight into those golden years. I've sometimes read autobiographies that have shattered my illusions about a well-known person. Lucy doesn't sugarcoat her own faults, but I came away feeling even more admiration for one of my all-time favourite entertainers.

Here's just one anecdote that reinforces that. Lucy had an African-American personal assistant called Harriet who worked with her for about 23 years Maybe longer - she was still working for her when the story ended. When Lucy was starring in a Broadway show in the 60s, the apartment block where she was staying didn't allow African Americans to travel in the front elevator. So she got them to change the rules. That sums up her attitude to those around her. She was a loyal and generous person. This book would probably be most appreciated by fans, but has a lot of depth.

It also includes a moving forward by Lucy's daughter Lucie Arnaz. Must be time to do some binge-watching. Apr 27, Pat rated it liked it. This book covers Lucille Ball's life up till or so. She describes her childhood, her career and the divorce from Desi Arnaz. This book was conceived after her death when found among her estate was a manuscript. It was dated Lucille Ball died in The manuscript was based on tape recordings that Lucille Ball had made in anticipation of a memoir that she decided not to finish. Lucille Ball probably shelved the project because she didn't want to hurt Desi so soon after th I Love Lucy!

Lucille Ball probably shelved the project because she didn't want to hurt Desi so soon after their divorce. She was afraid it would be all about the "D" words the drinking, the dames and the divorce. I am a huge fan of Lucy and this book helps to explain the break up of her marriage to Desi. The marriage was literally falling apart during the last years of I Love Lucy and finally broke down entirely the last season of their comedy hour.

Lucille Ball was a class act and this book tells in her own words her growing up in Jamestown, New York and her passion for her family. Oct 24, Jeannie rated it really liked it. I've read other biographies of Lucille Ball and Desiz Arnez,but this one by Miss Ball herself was interesting because after growing up watching her on tv,I know her voice pretty well,so it was if I could her her speaking and even imagine her facial expressions.

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The book like her tv shows and movies was very intertaining. Aug 25, 02Jazlyn S. Feb 11, Stephanie rated it it was amazing. Thank goodness this little treasure was found and released for all to read! This was such a delightful and interesting read and I was terribly disappointed when I encountered the last page. Just as her daughter remarked in the introduction of the book, Lucy's stories are truly written as if she's right there telling them. You can tell that the material on her tapes was very thoughtfully and thoroughly preserved in the translation to print.

It covers her life up to it's truly a shame that s Thank goodness this little treasure was found and released for all to read! It covers her life up to it's truly a shame that she didn't give her story more credit and continue it beyond that point, as it would have been wonderful to read more. There are so many things I didn't know about this remarkable woman and it was a great joy to get the chance to learn about her life and her thoughts in such a charming fashion. I highly recommend this book!

Jun 25, Rachel rated it it was amazing. Ok, I'll be honest with myself for a moment. Is this really a 5-star book? But, I don't care. Everything Lucy is 5-stars. The most moving part of the book for me is when Lucy begins to lament about her divorce from Desi. I knew that they divorced and this was not news to me. But their divorce from Lucy's own point of view? In a word, devastating. Jul 12, Lydia rated it liked it Shelves: Takeshi Yoshida from Touch is sent to South America just before dueling Tatsuya for the title of ace pitcher.

The Vehicle Voltron and everything to do with it seems to have been put on a bus. The only reason seems to be that it just wasn't as popular as the one with the lions. However, references to the Drule empire still pop up from time to time. A great deal of minor characters in Yu-Gi-Oh! But then, almost every season a new duel tournament begins, so they have a semi-genuine reason to bring back the old characters all at once.

In Season 3, the Ishtars board a plane home to Egypt and return in the final season. GX got put on a bus partway through season 2, after freeing himself from the recruiting cult's brainwashing , done through a Shout-Out to the original Eureka Moment. At least the dub edited in a pair of underwear He returned next season to give some Expo Speak and a little Techno Babble And he started out as a major character, too, before being Demoted to Extra. Poor guy practically had a bus pass. Hiei mysteriously disappears after the first few episodes in the Sensui arc, using the excuse that he doesn't care whether or not the human world is destroyed.

He turns up several episodes to test Yusuke's strength. He goes on a temporary bus again when the team enters Sensui's hideout and battle Gamemaster. Hiei notes, "I know as much of games as I do hugs or puppies and care for them even less" and falls asleep. He remains like this for several episodes. A much more straight example would be Kuwabara in the final arc. While the other main characters travel to the demon realm he stays behind to focus on his studies and is only seen at the beginning and the end of the arc.

Between the late s and his return in the early '80s, J'onn J'onnz, the Martian Manhunter of the Justice League , went off to find "New Mars" with the rest of the Martian people. This has since been retconned — along with the existence of other Martians in general. Most of the Justice League members added to the team under Dwayne McDuffie 's tenure ended up being written out in this manner once James Robinson took over and decided he wanted to write his own characters.

Zatanna seemingly had an emotional breakdown and quit offscreen, Vixen took a "leave of absence" to heal from some recent injuries and then was never seen or mentioned again in that series, Green Lantern left without an explanation, and Firestorm also quit offscreen after the death of his girlfriend. Each of those characters save for Green Lantern would later return in subsequent volumes of the franchise. Ironically enough, this happened to the majority of Robinson's new characters, who quit offscreen after his first three issues.

Linda hasn't been consigned to Canon Discontinuity , but she's barely ever mentioned anymore, either. Kitty Pryde was Put on a Bus by most writers and forgotten about for majority of the 90s where Jubilee took her place. Two female human pilots left Rogue Squadron. Elscol, a guerrilla leader before Wedge recruited her, left because of command issues and because she believed she could do better working on the ground. Plourr, a Boisterous Bruiser who turned out to be a princess, left because revolutions had torn up her homeworld and she needed to rule and bring it back under control.

Oddly, it's Plourr who was written back in, and very quickly. A drop-in commando character recurred, but Elscol did not. Well, not in the comics. She did have a role in one of the novels.

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Having been betrayed by Count Dooku, Ventress decides she's had enough of the Clone Wars, hijacks a Republic medical shuttle and flies off into parts unknown never to be seen again. Well, then Star Wars: The Clone Wars came along and decided that none of that happened. Following Excalibur 67, half the team is Put on a Bus , though they make guest appearances in other books. Karolina was put on a spaceship right after the "True Believers" arc of Runaways. To make a very long story short, she had to go back to her home planet with Xavin in order to help end a war.

However, they returned before the end of that volume. This was also done to Xavin , though whether or not that bus will crash remains to be seen. A Scooby-Doo comic features a subplot where Scrappy goes to a gambling table and begins winning hotels. At the end, he declares that he has won hotels and vanishes from the Mystery Machine, where the gang discovers he was using the solid hologram device from that story. The last panel has Scooby leave the van to go back to Las Vegas to get him, but by the next comic, Scrappy isn't anywhere to be seen, so presumably the gang left him there to run his hotels.

Watterson introduced Uncle Max into the strip but quickly realized he hadn't put enough thought into the character, and wasn't quite sure what to do with him. After visiting once, Max goes back home and is never seen or mentioned again. Word of God says that another problem with Max was that his dialog was really hard to write: Watterson had a policy that Calvin's parents never be given names beyond "mom" and "dad," but this made their conversations with Max incredibly awkward.

Thanks to Max, Watterson developed a personal rule that none of the supporting characters should be given outside friends or interests. Calvin's beleaguered babysitter, Rosalyn, disappeared in but returned for a final arc in September , three months before the strip's finale. After enduring several circumstances having Hal's Power Battery explode, trapping him in the Phantom Zone, rescued from it, and rendered catatonic , he would then play a greater role in the Green Lantern comics following the Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Good, because DC would prefer you forget that ever happened. The Justice Society of America following Crisis on Infinite Earths , when they decided to disband after the merging of the Earths but were called to alter the outcome of the Norse gods' Ragnarok in order to prevent Adolf Hitler from retroactively destroying the universe in , which caused the team to remain trapped in a never-ending fight cycle until several years later in Armageddon: Zap Zodiac a comic strip in The Beano ended in a way so that the strip was left open to return in the future.

But as of bus has not yet returned to Beanotown. Practically every character gets put on a bus at some point in Scott Pilgrim. Kim even gets put on a literal bus at the end of volume five and doesn't return till halfway through six. In the X-Wing Series comics, Plourr Illo had an arc which showed her to be a badass expy of Anastasia, the last princess of a line that had died in revolution. She returned to her homeworld and waded into the teeth of a new revolution that was even more violent than the last.

At the end of it, she chose to stay and rule her planet while the Rogues left. They left her her X-Wing and Wedge told her "You've saved your world. When you're ready, come back and save the rest of us. But the very next issue after that had her serving full-time with the Rogues again, flying into combat and getting into fistfights.

Subverted and played straight with different characters in Transformers: Wheelie, Garnak, and Hardhead are not seen for several issues despite having been semi-important characters and then in issue 5 Ironhide makes an offhand comment about Wheelie having left Cybertron. With all of this it seems as if the characters have been put on the bus. Then in very next issue we leave Cybertron and pick up with the three of them and see where they went, why they left, and what kind of adventures they're getting into right now.

Played straight with Omega Supreme- he's offlined by a bomb attack very early in the series and gets occasionally mentioned as being barely alive. It's pretty obvious why this happened; he's got Story-Breaker Power. When Geoff Johns took over Green Lantern , he started bringing back characters from the mythos. There was some fan interest in a giant canine GL named G'Nort. Johns insisted that G'Nort was dead. Then, during Blackest Night , when dead people started coming back, people asked about G'Nort The implication being that G'Nort was on a bus, under a bridge which was itself on fire.

Even Guy comments that it was about time. Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog Legal matters resulted in every Echidna except Knuckles and Finitevus, as well as Charmy's girlfriend Saffron, being tossed through a warp ring by Thrash. What makes this funnier is that they disappear between issues: Earlier, Sleuth Dawg decided he was done and walked out, promising not to be seen again. And before him was Dulcy the Dragon, who last appeared in This happened twice to Jerry, the district manager in Retail. First time, he got promoted to a job in another state, only to get his old job back a year later due to his position being eliminated.

The second happened years later, when he decided to retire altogether. He hasn't been seen since After Marla's promotion to store manager, she fired Courtney in , and Josh in Neither of them appeared in the strip since then. Several early characters in Retail left the store for various reasons. These include Jerry he came back about a year later , only to leave again , Courtney, and Josh.

Count Gonzague Hernyvanz , his wife and Winston all disappear. Their castle was accidentally burned because of Cancrelune and we don't see them anymore except of an occasional moment or two. Cancrelune also leave the series after committing suicide. Jason's original teacher was an elderly woman by the name of Miss Grinchley. Likely due to legal issues surrounding her name , she retired three years into the strip and was replaced by Miss O'Malley. Only natural for Defence Professors, whose job description includes disappearing after a year, but Professor Max and Professor Lupin in The Parselmouth of Gryffindor went off to Azkaban Island and America, respectively, and haven't been heard of since.

Too many characters to list in The Tainted Grimoire. This is because Clan Gully and many of the people they meet do a lot of traveling. The Bus Came Back: Some characters are rather important to the story so they get A Day in the Limelight to show us what they have been up to. Either that or meet up with Clan Gully again. Commuting on a Bus: Micaiah and Francesca both have long periods of absence between their multiple re-appearances.

She returns later on just in time to help the group take down Odyne! She and the Princesses are put back on the bus after the latter are freed because the Princesses are presently powerless fillies, and Twilight doesn't want to put all their eggs in one basket on the off chance Discord had one last trump card up his sleeve. And then the bus comes back again when the Benevolent Interloper tips them off that Twilight and the others will need help against Nightmare Paradox and her Psycho Rangers. However, they might sometimes take temporary leaves that leave them out of some adventures, but they're not as permanent as in the anime.

They Shook Hands by Dethryl. When first written, after Goblet of Fire , the character of Blaise Zabini was written as female. When the canon was complete, Dethryl revised the series and renamed the character Tracy Davis. The real Blaise was given a cameo appearance and then taken out of school after the troll incident. Keena the Defendants of Constan Magic Academy goes for this, to make sure Keena gets notable focus and even bring up the Student Council Club from minor to main characters. By the end of chapter 16, Akuto and Junko make a cameo.

Chapter 17 has Korone returning. This trope applies to all of the six except Twilight who died and Applejack who still lives in Ponyville. Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie moved to the alternate version of Appleloosa, Rainbow Dash left to travel the world, and we don't know what happened to Rarity yet. Fallen King has Yami Yugi, who is made to leave by Joey and the others. Pegasus lampshades that it was a dumb move soon after he disappears. Cookie Dough only makes one appearance in the third "season" of My Brave Pony: The Quantum Bus is a convenient artifact that has a habit of an appearing to run over people who need to go, erasing them from the timeline.

Used on the wiki to explain the sudden absence of any banned users and their characters. But, he continues to keep in touch with Mitsuzane and Gou. Chase is also revealed to be absent from action in the aftermath of the encounter with Gandrayda, Ghor, and Rundas. It is implied that he underwent cryostasis hibernation for a month.

He later woke up several chapters later. Vivienne gets this treatment early in the Skyhold Academy Yearbook series, as she's given a delicate excuse to leave the school and never returns. The authors admit they were just never quite sure what to do with her, given the setup.

Simba's Pride , the hyenas suffered this, although they did appear from time to time in The Lion Guard. Film - Live Action. In the Back to the Future sequels, Marty's girlfriend Jennifer is passed out asleep quickly and except for an incident where she discovers something important about Marty's future and promptly passes out again from encountering her future self stays there until the end of the third movie. In the DVD commentary, the writers admit that if they'd known they were actually going to do a sequel, they wouldn't have had Jennifer get in the DeLorean at the end of the original movie , because they didn't know what to do with her.

In the film Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta and Doolittle leave their four kids with a relative to pursue her musical career.

They were not seen for the rest of the film and were only mentioned once in a handwave. The Dark Knight Saga The exit of Scarecrow in Batman Begins was putting him on a bus until the director could find out if he was reusable for the next installment. Commissioner Gordon's entire family was put on a bus to Cleveland explained by his wife leaving him and taking the kids with her.

This conveniently removed his daughter Barbara from the story, who might have been just old enough to begin being Batgirl. Church from The Expendables does not appear in the third movie , and is instead replaced with Max Drummer, played by Harrison Ford. Max claims Church is "out of the picture" , implying that Church is either dead or was reassigned. In the second film , Yin Yang appears in the opening sequence, but parachutes into China with the rescued official and is never seen again.

Prior to leaving, Gunnar asks when he'll return, and Yin Yang replies, "Maybe soon An offhand line in Hellboy II: Age of Ultron , before Captain America: Civil War finally revealed that she had broken up with Tony. This is presumably because Gwyneth Paltrow took a break from acting after Iron Man 3 to focus on her company.

She reappears in a cameo in Spider-Man: Homecoming , working with Tony again and accepting a marriage proposal from him when his attempt to induct Peter into the Avengers is shot down by Peter himself. She also appears at the beginning of Avengers: Infinity War Betty Ross from The Incredible Hulk is the poster girl for this trope as unlike other hero interests who have been at least mentioned if they're unseen, Betty completely dropped off the face of MCU after her only movie appearance.

Bruce Banner also sees Black Widow as he's only Love Interest despite Betty still existing, the only mention of her again was a Word of God saying that she turned to ash along with half of the universe in Avengers: Fans hoping for Red She-Hulk are gonna be disappointed. Ironically her father Thaddeus Ross managed to get off the bus in Captain America: Apart from an offhand reference to her breakup with Thor Jane Foster and her supporting cast of Darcy and Dr. Selvig has likewise disappeared. Phil Coulson has yet to be mentioned post- Avengers despite coming back from the dead and having his own extensive series of adventures.

Captain Marvel marks his first cinematic appearance since , though it's when Coulson was a younger man in the 90s. Karl Mordo was last seen in The Stinger for Doctor Strange embarking on a quest to kill Earth's sorcerers, but has yet to be mentioned since then. Ethan's wife, Julia, as well as Jane from Mission: Impossible II and Declan, Ethan's helicopter pilot, are absent from the series as well. Sam Trautman, Rambo's mentor and friend from the Rambo series, does not show up in the fourth movie. This was probably done out of respect for the actor who portrays Trautman, Richard Crenna, who passed away in Yoda, a wise sage who guided the main characters throughout the first three episodes of Star Wars , is absent from Episode IV, A New Hope , due to his humiliating defeat and exile at the end of Revenge of the Sith by the evil Emperor Palpatine.

And due to his character not having been created yet when A New Hope was written and filmed. Abrams confirmed in July that they will not recast the role for the next film. In The Truman Show , Truman's father was quite literally and forcefully put on a bus immediately when Truman recognized him for who he was. Nightcrawler didn't appear with no explanation given. The in-universe reason appears in the X-Men: The Official Game where Nightcrawler leaves due to the X-Men's missions clashing with his peaceful nature. The real life one was that Alan Cumming had refused to return without Bryan Singer , especially since he was not fond of the torturous makeup sessions.

In one of the behind-the-scenes featurettes, he readily admits that he doesn't think he could come back and go through it again.

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Originally, Nightcrawler was to appear in X-Men: Days of Future Past , but it was cut out because Singer felt there were too many mutants already. Days of Future Past: His role in the first act concluded, Quicksilver is promptly told to go his own way, only making a brief cameo at the end at his house, away from the action. Moira MacTaggert, who was last seen in X-Men: First Class , doesn't appear in this movie, but she returns in X-Men: In The Passenger , the girl is literally put on a bus by David Locke when the film nears its end. Soon she returns in time for the denouement.

Before the end of the first book, the Starling triplets in The 39 Clues are caught in an explosion rigged by the Holts and end up in the hospital with serious injuries. They barely garner a mention in any of the next nine books, but return in the tenth book in time for the series' conclusion. He spends the rest of the Poem back in the first circle of Hell, although Dante thinks of him during later discussions of God's justice. Witkacy in Dora Wilk Series. After starring in book one as one of side characters and then appearing briefly in book two, he was sent out for basic magical training out of town and, despite being mentioned several times as Dora's trainee off-screen, hasn't reappeared yet.

Hard-drinking amateur detective Dr. Gideon Fell is married to a rabid teetotaler.

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Once the first novel was finished, John Dickson Carr didn't so much put Mrs. Fell on a bus as he renovated the bus into a nice RV for her and sent her off for most of the series. Brian from Out of Position disappears in the second book after sending Lee an angry text message. Too bad he shows up again in the third book to cause more trouble. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Thalia Grace gets put on a bus for book four after joining the Hunters of Artemis. Leo Valdez is put on a bus at the end of The Blood of Olympus , or rather a flying dragon, with Calypso. They return at the end of The Hidden Oracle.

Annabeth is on a bus for the first book of The Trials of Apollo because she's off participating in the first book of Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. Then he was put on a bus and never heard from again Save for a one page reference in the next book stating where the bus is going. Strangely, the bus heads in different directions in each media: In the game, he gets a crown-paid scholarship to Stardock and potentially becomes a great wizard.

In the books, he goes home and spends the rest of his life in a part of the Kingdom that is generally irrelevant to the plot of the series. Father Callahan from the Stephen King novel 'Salem's Lot went off on a literal bus near the end of the book, and rather unexpectedly reappeared years later in the loosely related The Dark Tower series as a church pastor in another dimension. It is explained he spent a lot of the intervening time killing vampires. Happens in the sixth Septimus Heap book, where Snorri's mother comes to take her home.

Even the second book put Simon and Merrin on a bus, for them to return in the fourth. Sisterhood Series by Fern Michaels: Charles Martin was essentially put on this in the book Under the Radar. He comes back to stay by the book Vanishing Act. In A Song of Ice and Fire , the character Rickon gets put on a bus — or sent off with a wildling woman of dubious allegiance — at the end of Book 2 and hasn't been heard from since, mainly because the author found writing for a four-year-old difficult. It is anticipated he will return, possibly badassed up, with his psychotic direwolf, in later installments.

Benjen Stark has been MIA since early in the first book after going on a scouting mission north of the Wall.

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The Battle of Betazed , Lwaxana Troi features heavily. Homn her valet , is strangely absent, and indeed isn't even mentioned. This despite usually appearing whenever and wherever she does or being specifically mentioned as travelling elsewhere if not. A later novel went and transformed this into a Bus Crash ; Star Trek: The death is eventually shown in a short story, part of the Tales of the Dominion War anthology.

In the first six books of Galaxy of Fear , Hoole is distant and irritable and doesn't relate too well to his adoptive niece and nephew, so has his droid assistant DV-9 give them lessons and do most of the interaction with them. After Army of Terror the droid finally objects to how much danger he's been taken into, so Hoole sets him free and the droid starts working somewhere safe. By that time Hoole's relationship with Tash and Zak has warmed considerably, so the droid isn't needed anymore.

He does briefly appear at the end of the series, but likes the safety too much to go with them again. The Sword of Truth series does this with alarming regularity, with Chase, Rachel, Scarlet, Chandalen, Gratch, Jennsen, and several others abruptly vanishing for several books at a time. The final book, however, brought back or mentioned all of them. This happens to many different characters in War and Peace , as there are so many of them , but the one who stands out most is Dolokhov, who is put on one after crushing Nikolai Rostov and stripping him of nearly forty thousand roubles, only to return later after having taken a level in Badass.

Ryber disappears by the end of Truthwitch , with only a note explaining that she has to be gone left behind. In her case, The Bus Came Back by the end of the second book. After Merik and the plot move to the north of Nubrevna, it's mentioned that Evraine stayed behind in Noden's Gift. Gretchya tells Iseult that she's escaping to Saldonica with her student and disappears, never to be seen again, even when the plot visits the aforementioned city. In Warrior Cats , Graystripe gets captured by Twolegs early in the third book of the second series and is ultimately presumed dead or permanently lost by his Clanmates, especially since they have moved out of the forest since he went missing.

He returns over half a year and several books later, having escaped and found them in their new home. Because of the lengthy time gaps between "days" and the high turnover at CTU and other government agencies, characters' disappearances on 24 are usually justified. However, one notable exception is Milo Pressman, who vanished without any explanation — though he was referred to at least once later on — in the middle of Day 1 when actor Eric Balfour unexpectedly left the show.

He would then reappear as a full-time CTU employee in Season 6 only to be killed in the day's final hours at the actor's request. Tony Almeida was effectively "put on a bus" in the middle of Season 5 for his return into Season 7, while Charles Logan was "put on a bus" during the middle of Season 6 for his return to Season 8. Kim Bauer leaves after season 3.

She only makes guest appearances in 9 episodes for the rest of the series. Not that most people really cared though. Very often, characters are put on a bus for a good handful of episodes roughly sometime during the first quarter or in the middle of the season so they can return much later on that same season, with the most common excuse being that a character will be fired and then later returns when someone personally needs their help.

The most noteworthy example of this is Chloe during season 4. Series protagonist Jack Bauer won't be returning for Legacy , though this may be justified considering he turned himself in for the Russians at the end of Live Another Day. Subverted in 30 Rock when Kenneth broke his promise to his mother that New York would not change him and decided to move back home to Georgia, but returned a few minutes later because he missed the train. Also subverted with the writing out of Josh's character: For a while, she's not even mentioned, but then Jack spends a lot of time the next season trying to get her back.

She returns in the final episodes of the season, only for them to divorce in the finale. The entire Tanner family i. Since the movie was made in order to wrap up the series storyline, the bus never came back. All in the Family: Henry Jefferson was devised as a sort of "placeholder" character to stand in for George Jefferson until actor Sherman Hemsley who had been offered the role of George but wasn't available due to his commitment to the Broadway show Purlie finally became available in season 4.

Once that happened, Henry "moved upstate" and was never heard from again, either on All in the Family or the spinoff The Jeffersons. After her actress' departure from the show at the end of the third series, they opted to explain why Maria had suddenly vanished when she was trapped in the prison camp for British soldiers with the majority of rest of the primary cast by explaining that she had attempted to escape by disguising herself as a package and getting mailed out. Unfortunately, she didn't have enough stamps and was as such "returned to Switzerland.

Hans Geering was spirited away by the Communist resistance and sent to England because he was disguised as a British officer - he then defected, even reprising his role as a British intelligence worker a few seasons later. The two British airmen were eventually explained to have escaped back to England on a submarine, 'disguised as a couple of squids'. They came Back for the Finale. Only the Italian Captain Bertorelli is given a serious explaination - the series skips forward to a time after Italy have surrendered.

In Andromeda , Rev Bem was a main character until the 12th episode of the second season, which opens with Rev's recorded message that he isn't coming back from the long spiritual journey that hadn't even started yet in the previous episode. The Bus Came Back in the third season only to give him a Metamorphosis before putting him back on the bus. Are You Being Served? Grace was said to have gone on a sabbatical to write a book when actor Harold Bennett became too infirm to continue in the role.

However, he appeared once to say good-bye and made one cameo before Bennett died. Annyong from Arrested Development left the scene early in season 2 when Lucille ships him off to the Milford Academy, only to reappear late in season 3 to plot his revenge against the Bluths. It even turned out that he never even arrived at the academy but instead was living inside the walls of their model home gathering intel on them, as well as vandalizing the Banana Stand offscreen.

In Auction Kings , Several of the old experts haven't been seen in a while. Sometimes items of their expertise don't come in. Other times, they just vanish. In the last season of The Avengers , writers dealt with Tara King's uselessness by putting her in drugged sleep for an episode and sending her on vacation for another in which she was replaced by another character.

In Babylon 5 , commander Ivanova was put on a bus given her own ship to command when the actress left the show. She appeared a year later in the last episode, which was however filmed as the last episode of the season when the actress was still part of the cast.



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Well before this, the station's original commander, Jeffrey Sinclair, is put on a bus at the beginning of the second season by being reassigned to a diplomatic post on the Minbari homeworld, and is replaced by Captain Sheridan. Sinclair reappears to make guest appearances in seasons two and three. Given the complex nature of trying to deal with potential actor change-ups that might interfere with a tightly-plotted 5 year arc it turns out that every character had a bus ticket waiting at the will-call desk referred to as "trapdoors" in case they needed to be changed out.

With the number of major and minor characters that ended up getting on that bus it seems like Babylon was as much a bus station as a space station. Though, given the number of bus crashes they encountered it might be best just to stay. An exception to this is the aforementioned Sinclair bus trip, which was not planned but rather precipitated by actor Michael O'Hare's mental health issues he had schizophrenia.

Michael Straczynski did have a trapdoor for Sinclair, but didn't expect it to be triggered until at least after Season 2, which led to him scrambling to find a way to work it into the series believably a whole season or more earlier. Chano Amenguale was put on a bus on Barney Miller , but viewers weren't told for several seasons.

Following his disappearance, no one mentioned him until a few years later when a new detective was transferred to the precinct to replace him, causing Barney to marvel at how long it took the department to send anyone. Also Barney's wife Liz, who had been unseen on the show for several seasons after being played by Barbara Barrie in Seasons The producers actually came up with the separation storyline as a way of bringing Barrie, whose character had been deemed as not "working" in the context of the show, back before the viewers.

After a Number Three Cylon disobeys the consensus of the other Cylon models, it's decided that the Number Three models are inherently flawed. The Number Threes are then "boxed up" and their memories and consciousnesses downloaded into cold storage indefinitely. At least one number three is "unboxed" later on in season 4. One of the most notorious and self-influential incidents in Beverly Hills, 's narrative history was putting Brenda Walsh, the show's powerhouse, on a plane to London after actress Shannen Doherty was fired for repeated unprofessional behaviour.

Brenda was only supposed to stay in London for a year, but never reappeared in the original show. Charmed , the next Aaron Spelling product that Doherty starred in, went one further when the actress was dismissed again and killed off her character. Leo from Charmed was put on a bus in season 8 temporarily the network slashed the budget in half and the actor had to be written out of the show for about ten episodes when he had to be frozen in time to prevent him being killed in the crossfire of the battle between the Charmed Ones and the Ultimate Power.

After a few episodes of Commuting on a Bus via web cam, she cheats on Leonard off screen, the next episode confirms he's single off handly, she's never mentioned again, and Leonard ultimately gets back together with Penny, highlighting the fact Priya only existed as a Romantic False Lead. Eugene, the forgotten Barkley brother, in The Big Valley Then actor Charles Briles got drafted, and Eugene was never mentioned again.

Though considering the show was set in the 's, he was more likely Put On a Train. Big Wolf on Campus first season character Stacy Hansen is a prime example of this trope. It's revealed at the start of the Second Season that she had left for college. Though, she never did return and was never mentioned again.

This is somewhat based on real life in that the actress who played Stacy really DID go to college. In Blake's 7 the entire cast is scattered after having to bail out of their ship in the opening episode of Season 3 after a massive space battle involving thousands of ships. Most of the regular cast reunite, apart from Blake and Jenna. The characters spend much of the next two years trying to find Blake, but Jenna gets forgotten about. When Blake does return in the series finale, he says Jenna is dead.

However, in the closing moments of the show he reveals that all of his actions in the finale were a morass of deception and lies to see if his old crewmembers were still loyal to his ideals and test their reactions, so the fate of Jenna is very much left up in the air. If she was still alive, that makes her the sole regular castmember of the show not to be killed off with the possible exception of ORAC, who vanishes before the final scene. There was some ambiguity about all the deaths except that of Blake himself the actor requested that it be clear that Blake be decisively killed , making it something of a Bolivian Army Ending.

Specifically, fanon has it that Vila avoided getting killed by faking it, as his actor falls the wrong way. In the final few episodes of the third season, Elizabeth Keen was at one point killed off for apparent shock value. Due to actress Megan Boone's real life pregnancy , this fake death was added in to facilitate Boone's maternity leave until she was available for filming future episodes from the third season's finale and onwards.

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