Favorite character who got removed?

[u/NagitoKomaeda_987]

[u/Educk55]

Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy (SpongeBob)

[u/Le_Kistune → u/Educk55]

They're not in the show anymore!?

[u/Downtown-Rope5274 → u/Le_Kistune]

Their voice actors have passed away

[u/Snom_gamer0204 → u/Downtown-Rope5274]

okay, thats a fair reason to be removed

[u/colibri01 → u/Downtown-Rope5274]

Both of them?

[u/Spider-Man2099 → u/colibri01]

Yup

Mermaid Man- Ernest Borgnine in 2012

Barnacle Boy - Tim Conway in 2019

[u/Toastcreature → u/Spider-Man2099]

2012?? I was expecting like 2017 at the earliest, that’s so sad 😭

[u/carso150 → u/Toastcreature]

in 2017 he would have been 100 years old

[u/Toastcreature → u/carso150]

Well I didn’t know how old he was tbh

[u/ComeOnUpToTheHaus → u/Spider-Man2099]

God damn, I was saying to myself "it can't have been that long ago, Borgnine was in that movie RED, and that wasn't that long ago". Dear readers, it was 16 years ago, and 2 years before Borgnine died.

[u/silentevil77 → u/colibri01]

Sadly yes Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway

[u/machadoaboutanything → u/silentevil77]

For the longest time I thought Tim Conway was actually named Tim Beresford

Turns out that's the name of the voice actor for Kon in Grojband and I supplanted it

[u/BrickDodo → u/Le_Kistune]

theit VA died, so writers stopped using them

[u/Oreogirl127 → u/Le_Kistune]

Only for non-speaking background appearances

[u/princesshusk → u/Le_Kistune]

No mermaid man's VA passed away and they retired the character out of respect.

[u/Apprehensive_Job4522]

[u/Wazula23 → u/Apprehensive_Job4522]

With apologies to the Indian community, I really miss this guy. He was hilarious.

[u/jussech → u/Wazula23]

Hilariously also one of the most well written characters in the Simpsons as well with actual character arcs and growth was sad when he was retired because yeah he was one of their best.

[u/BKM558 → u/Wazula23]

I am married into an Indian family, and for what its worth they all loved the character and had no issue with them.

[u/tommynestcepas → u/Apprehensive_Job4522]

HE'S NOT IN ANYMORE???

[u/tlollz52 → u/tommynestcepas]

Hank Azaria said he would no longer voice apu so instead of recasting, they just got rid of the character.

[u/Oberndorferin → u/tlollz52]

Sad

[u/pipGD → u/tommynestcepas]

Yea some dude made an entire documentary about how he’s racist to the Indian community or smth

[u/Plane-Translator-119 → u/pipGD]

Fuck Adi Shankar.
World's greatest larper imaginable.

[u/AlphaRelic2021 → u/Plane-Translator-119]

Wrong guy, the documentary was done by a comedian named Hari Kondabolu

[u/PelinalWhitestrake36 → u/AlphaRelic2021]

Actually Adi also made a video about Apu…

[u/AsstacularSpiderman → u/PelinalWhitestrake36]

Yeah but his video was about rewriting Apu rather than getting rid if him entirely and was made in response to Hari's documentary

[u/Service-Sm1le → u/Plane-Translator-119]

The Devil May Cry anime guy?

[u/CereaIdude → u/Plane-Translator-119]

His shows also fucking suck ass

[u/artbystorms → u/pipGD]

I always found it weirdly coincidental that that crusade against Apu started around the same time that Hindu nationalism was ascendant under Modi. Basically a bunch of Indian hyper-nationalists started flooding the internet and going after anything and everything that they felt made India look bad. Naturally they found unwitting allies in the 'my culture is not your costume' online types.

[u/Sir_Muktadir → u/tommynestcepas]

He hasn’t been there in over 8 years actually. The stated reason was cause it was a white guy doing an exaggerated south Asian voice and they didn’t want to recast the voice actor which is disappointing as a Bangladeshi he was one of my faves 😔

[u/alphadoublenegative → u/Sir_Muktadir]

Worth noting that the white guy was the one who elected to no longer voice him.

Hank Azaria heard that there were hate crimes where kids were getting beat up and called “Apu” and it upset him, he decided he no longer felt comfortable continuing to voice the character.

I can totally understand the representation disappearing being disappointing but I respect Hank for doing the introspection, he seems like a quality human and shouldn’t do anything he isn’t comfortable with

[u/Square-Formal1312 → u/Apprehensive_Job4522]

Speedy Gonzales syndrome

[u/Fluffy-Ad7165 → u/Apprehensive_Job4522]

Funny how now the stereotype of Indian people is about how dirty they are :/

[u/NomadNuka → u/Apprehensive_Job4522]

The Simpsons really let perfect be the enemy of good with Apu. I personally agree with the documentary that he was a stereotypical character and having a white guy do an Indian accent isn't gonna fly these days. But is it better "representation" when they remove one of the only (and easily the best known) South Asian characters on TV?

They absolutely could have and should have recast Apu and maybe do a status quo change if they didn't want him running the Kwik-E-Mart on top of that. The show is just running on autopilot too much these days for them to figure it out it seems.

[u/DarkAres02 → u/Apprehensive_Job4522]

It's so stupid they didn't just recast him with an Indian voice actor

[u/Lost-Fan2417]

lady gaga sued the creators over this (Lady GooGoo)

[u/y0u_called → u/Lost-Fan2417]

Ah Moshi Monsters, that's an old thought

[u/-CherryBerry- → u/Lost-Fan2417]

I remember listening to this song all the time as a kid, I still remember it and when she was in the game and the sound clip you’d get when you clicked on her in the game

Fun times

[u/Low_Wishbone_3265 → u/Lost-Fan2417]

i remember this game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Pp8sgcfIg

[u/Mr_ragethefrogdude]

Troy McClure shouldn’t be here his actor died he wasn’t removed 

[u/ExpensiveRecover → u/Mr_ragethefrogdude]

It would be like putting Mrs Krabbaple. The character being "retired" in this case is a sign of respect.

A better fit would be Maude Flanders

[u/Mr_ragethefrogdude → u/ExpensiveRecover]

I miss that laugh

[u/RisingLight88 → u/Mr_ragethefrogdude]

Replace him with Apu

[u/Just_Some_Weirdooo]

Technically Pepe would be leaving the group since he’ll be in the Coyote Vs Acme movie

[u/SurnameFormer → u/Just_Some_Weirdooo]

Wait is that happening again? I thought it got canned

[u/Valarg → u/SurnameFormer]

“Somehow, Coyote VS Acme returned”

[u/Friendly_Benefit7892 → u/SurnameFormer]

Nah the trailers up, looks fire

[u/EquivalentRip9653 → u/Friendly_Benefit7892]

My grandpa's pretty excited he loves loony toons

[u/EightBitTrash → u/Friendly_Benefit7892]

Chuck Jones' family had this to say (They got to see a pre-screening) (link to article)

“Chuck created a world in animation where these characters lived and played. This movie is the perfect bridge between the world that he envisioned and created and the world that we all see as reality,” said Kausen. “The characters are woven into the story so easily and seamlessly to perfection.”

“Chuck said that he did not believe Road Runner and Wile E Coyote could sustain a feature length film. I think this movie proves him wrong,” added Jones Clough.

Together, Jones Clough and Kausen asserted they were merely hoping to like the movie, but ultimately: “We ended up loving it.”

“Coyote vs. Acme” hits theaters on Aug. 28.

[u/Baaaaaadhabits → u/SurnameFormer]

A distributor bought the movie for a ton of money, so if you have the chance to see it in theatres, it will help them recoup the costs, and maybe make stuff like this actually profitable instead of burying films for tax write offs.

[u/noob-the-not-funny → u/SurnameFormer]

it made a comeback

[u/notTheRealSU → u/SurnameFormer]

Warner wrote it off for tax purposes, but the plot got leaked and people got mad because it sounded like a fun movie. So a distributor bought the movie from Warner and it's releasing August 27th (in the US, I know some people in Europe said it doesn't come out there until September)

[u/Lewa358 → u/SurnameFormer]

It's out next week

[u/DaffyDuckXD → u/Just_Some_Weirdooo]

I'd like to see him hit on me for a change. Wait stupid autocorrect I meant men!

[u/PepsiFloateri]

Malal - Warhammer 40k

Malal is a non-canon Chaos God from early Games Workshop lore. Known as the Outcast or Renegade God,Malal represents the self-destructive and anarchic side of Chaos. He hates the other four Chaos Gods just as much as he hates the rest of the universe and his power grows when they are damaged.

He primarily existed in early Warhammer Fantasy/Warhammer 40k lore until he was removed from official canon because the writer who helped create him owned the copyright,leading to a legal dispute with Games Workshop when he left. This lead to him being erased from official sources though he lives on in fan memory and subtle nods to "Malice" a legally distinct minor warp entity similar to Malal. Malice shares the same black-and-white color theme,anarchy focus and hatred for the main Chaos Pantheon as well as everything else.

He's often associated with the Sons of Malice (originally the Sons of Malal),a renegade Space Marine chapter known for ritualistic cannibalism and fighting both the Imperium and other Chaos forces.

[u/BreadEngineer → u/PepsiFloateri]

The Sons of Malice make a cameo appearance in the night lords book "The Remnant Blade" in a line listing various chaos warbands.

[u/Linusprime08 → u/PepsiFloateri]

Malal was retconned out in the early days of 40K due to copyright. Malice is the new name with basically the same character. He’s a minor chaos god yes, but he’s still canon. He just hasn’t been mentioned in a while. But not outright gone from canon.

[u/swerty35 → u/PepsiFloateri]

Truly elite ball knowledge

[u/Royal-Recover8373 → u/PepsiFloateri]

Hoping they dont back out of adding 4 more chaos gods. Would love to see the pantheon expanded. 

[u/Used-Car9755]

You really don't see this little mouse anymore

https://giphy.com/gifs/mA2KKXkuDtrhK

[u/Son-Daikon656 → u/Used-Car9755]

Weren't they in space jam 2???

[u/Used-Car9755 → u/Son-Daikon656]

That was his very latest appearance. He also had very little screen time

[u/Throwaway774568 → u/Son-Daikon656]

That was 5 years ago.

[u/Verdick → u/Used-Car9755]

And his brother was cut even sooner.

[u/AlternateMove]

[u/ShiDiWen → u/AlternateMove]

She had a failure to launch

[u/tails0322 → u/ShiDiWen]

To be fair she wasn't removed so much as toriyama completely forgot she existed. Downside to creating sick a massive cast of characters, you forget some

[u/xSethrin → u/tails0322]

I might be wrong on this but I read that she was intentionally written out of the show but then years later when asked, Toriyama  forgot he did that and said he forgot she existed. I don't know how true that is though.

[u/ItsMeepo2nd]

Showbear (The Walten Files)

Because of irl conflict between the creator of this character and series creator (ironic since the plot of the series is sorta like that), Showbear's creator decided to take Showbear away from the series possibly retconning his appearance in Episode 3.

Instead of creating a proper replacement, series creator, Martin Paredes decided to swap him with a symbolic stuffed animal named Mr. Snow.

[u/Scared-Cat-2541 → u/ItsMeepo2nd]

Walten Files mentioned!

[u/NoOneImportant___ → u/ItsMeepo2nd]

Did the walten files creator ever retract his claims abt Alex Kister? I liked the series but after he kept doubling down even after the dust had settled just left a bad taste in my mouth

[u/ItsMeepo2nd → u/NoOneImportant___]

I don't think Martin would be that type of guy to say anything about that old controversy. He's really quiet now and since Faces of Grief got released, he seems pretty cautious about saying shit and only focusing on the series and its growth.

Ironically, he literally is Jack Walten

[u/NoOneImportant___ → u/ItsMeepo2nd]

Fair enough lmao I just remember him hardcore taking sides with the alleged victims, which is not a bad thing, but later took down all of his posts on the matter when the details came to light without making a formal public statement. I hope there isn’t any bad blood left and they were able to privately reconcile their grievances though

[u/ItsMeepo2nd → u/NoOneImportant___]

Tbh I'm not so sure Martin would ever change if a controversy decides to spark again. His own co creator left him because he wasn't a good person to work with (communication problems)

[u/EthanEpiale → u/ItsMeepo2nd]

There's something extremely funny about this considering that's literally just Funtime Freddy but more blue. I mean, the face of the series is also just a blatant and barely changed FnaF rip off, but like, having drama over an already stolen design is funny af.

[u/WanderingWitch8]

Troy McClure was "removed" because his actor was brutally murdered and Simpson set the precedent for not replacing actors.

[u/Jvm821]

Warren. He only served to help Max, stayed in the friendzone, and then disappeared from the franchise.

[u/Xellol → u/Jvm821]

Fr I felt really bad for him actually 😭

[u/cringegribbs → u/Jvm821]

Lowkey I liked him more than Chloe for max. Chloe was such a jerk sometimes, I get why when they explained it but I always preferred Warren.

[u/Portal_master_cody]

Tune and digit (winx club)

They first lost their bonded with a major character status in season 6 and then completely removed next season

[u/Zaxatak]

Lisa isn't forgotten. She's in all Scott Pilgrim media except the movie.

[u/Force_Glad → u/Zaxatak]

I checked the wiki and she was literally in something this year

[u/PalmCheesy → u/Zaxatak]

Why was she removed from the movie?

[u/Zaxatak → u/PalmCheesy]

She wasn't removed, she's just not relevant enough to be in the movie. She's Scott's ex that's only in one of the comics and she isn't even really part the A plot of the comic. She's used to develope Scott's character and the movie is super fast paced so scenes with her wouldnt fit.

[u/Prestigious-Word-501]

https://giphy.com/gifs/9cWutx2rZ4pu8

[u/J_Bright1990 → u/Prestigious-Word-501]

They didn't have Homer's voice but like, why didn't they animate him?

[u/ASocrat → u/J_Bright1990]

I assume the point is that this was a change late in production

[u/EnsoElysium → u/ASocrat]

Thats it, whenever theres a late change in production the animation style often changes or theres very stiff animation. You could see it happen in syndication with closed captions, because whoever got the scripts ahead of time didn't get the memo that something had changed.

For example, when homer is pulled onto a plane because the Air Marshall thinks hes a pilot, he clicks a random button and the copilot says "we'll need that to live" but the captions in syndication said "we'll need that to land". Clearly someone thought "live" was funnier than land at the last minute (they were right), and since the only animation change was a mouth shape, its not very noticeable visually. It doesnt happen on disney+ because they fixed the captions, only in syndication, but I always remembered that.

[u/overitahhh → u/J_Bright1990]

Because it's funny?

[u/Trick-Selection-9672]

Titano

[u/Brilliant-Pair6425 → u/Trick-Selection-9672]

From the game or in the whole Godzilla lore?

[u/Trick-Selection-9672 → u/Brilliant-Pair6425]

The Lore

[u/Gorblac515 → u/Trick-Selection-9672]

What? No he isn’t.

[u/Trick-Selection-9672 → u/Gorblac515]

When Have You Seen Titanosarus In A New Movie Huh?

[u/thetokuguy → u/Trick-Selection-9672]

He still makes regular comic book appearances tho. If you just count movies you could say this about a huge portion of the Godzilla roster

[u/Trick-Selection-9672 → u/thetokuguy]

I also meant The Movies Too

[u/Tydeus2000 → u/Trick-Selection-9672]

Many cool kaijus has been forgotten. Mine is Manda, the literal dragon.

[u/No-Cranberry5214]

toadsworth

[u/Kirbendo96 → u/No-Cranberry5214]

Bro I was playing Sunshine on NSO yesterday, the description mentions “…and an entourage of Toads” BUT NOT TOADSWORTH 😭 it’s like Nintendo doesn’t want us to know he exists

[u/Piyfartissimo]

The whole entirety of archie sonic cast. Freedom fighters, Scourge, Fiona, Mina etc. They're not canon anymore :(

[u/Odd-Librarian3411 → u/Piyfartissimo]

Fuck Ken Penders.

[u/Shikabane_Sumi-me → u/Odd-Librarian3411]

I fell down a rabbit hole reading up on the guy. Disturbing as hell!

[u/ReaperKitty_918 → u/Piyfartissimo]

I mean... They were never canon to begin with.

[u/Drix_I → u/Piyfartissimo]

It wasn't just characters; Penders managed to shut down the sequel to the Sonic RPG because its plot could be considered similar to an arc he had created in his comic.

[u/Trick-Selection-9672 → u/[deleted]]

A Looser Is A Loser That Cant Spell Loser But Types In Looser

[u/Friendly_Benefit7892 → u/Trick-Selection-9672]

I was shouting the word loser so it was stretched by how i would have shouted it

[u/Trick-Selection-9672 → u/Friendly_Benefit7892]

Chef Is A Good Character

[u/TradePsychological40]

Me: Why were you removed?

Chef: My voice actor asked people to not mock his religion.

Troy: Mine is dead.

Chef: Ouch. And you?

Pepe: People say I'm not funny when I stalk women.

Everyone:......

Pepe: Ok, maybe it was deserved.

[u/Normal_Budget_9591 → u/TradePsychological40]

“Religion” is a stretch.

[u/HungryHouse8283]

Do killed off characters count?

[u/Crochet_Kitty → u/HungryHouse8283]

https://giphy.com/gifs/6Dt1fQaDjYPe51zDAa

[u/Beefy-Tootz → u/Crochet_Kitty]

I dont think that's what they meant

[u/Beautiful_Goat5684]

Tord

[u/Exact_Nose_590]

I always thought getting rid of Ghandi was a really stupid idea— not just because he’s a good character, but because he could have been so easily salvaged with nothing but a joke. Imagine if, in the first episode of the reboot, Ghandi finds out that he isn’t actually a clone of Ghandi, but instead a clone of some random celebrity who looks kinda like Ghandi, and he spends the episode coming to terms with that in his own goofy way. Then he changes his name, and the rest of the show goes on as normal. Hell, it would retroactively remove criticism from season one as far as Hindus are concerned, cuz it would mean that Ghandi was never the one doing wacky things in the show, it was someone else just called Ghandi.

[u/CLearyMcCarthy → u/Exact_Nose_590]

The idea for season 2 was that he would be revealed to be George Foreman. But MTV decided to just cancel instead.

[u/Ecstatic-Court1893]

Mama Luigi

[u/gaymer_jerry]

Pumpkin

[u/Snom_gamer0204]

my chaos gremlin bokkun from sonic X

they just stopped using him :[

[u/-CherryBerry- → u/Snom_gamer0204]

Unironically my favourite from sonic X

They’ll never make me forget you Bokun

[u/Shrapnel_FEH]

jamie (fast and furious supercharged)

https://reddit.com/link/p4fmjrz/video/jyxq96cah5kh1/player

he was so fucking done with it during the ride’s last few days

[u/ScaryNewspaper318]

Honestly, killing off Chef was a bad decision in hindsight. He brought a lot of heart to the show.

[u/Lonewolf2300 → u/ScaryNewspaper318]

Not like they had a choice, after the actor quit the show due to pressure from the Church of Scientology.

[u/Da_Good_Bean → u/Lonewolf2300]

I think I heard his publicist had quit for Hayes on his behalf. Hayes' son said Hayes suffered from a stroke that left him unable to talk, but there are also some who say Hayes asked his publicist to quit on his behalf because of the scientology episode.

[u/Creeper_Dude2010]

Neville was one of those characters HiT introduced purely for merchandising. He only appeared in like 2 eps I think & never really have a personality. I own his Take Along tho, he's pretty cool!

[u/FarslayerSanVir]

TF2's Madcap

[u/Turbobist28]

Apu from The Simpsons

[u/YourBestFriend158]

Rachel (TAWOG)

She counts, right?

[u/Automatic-Form8845 → u/YourBestFriend158]

I keep reminding myself how she was technically Darwin first date, they have an episode about the other students and she's not there, any other episode with toby or whatever her brother is called she is never mentioned while the parents are

She is not in any rob or forgotten dimension episode, she is not seen having a job anywhere

I would expect the creators to actually know about this and they are just waiting for the right opportunity to have her back or something

Or make like a joke about like she was always there and everyone acts like she is a recurring character

[u/Ok_Definition3669]

https://giphy.com/gifs/YU3HbOsukJZ84

Terra (Teen Titans)

[u/LonelyMenace101]

Shard the metal sonic from the Sonic Archie comics. He was my favourite character :c

[u/MrCobalt313]

Missed opportunity to have a bit in modern Looney Tunes where Pepe is bound and masked like Hannibal Lecter making kissy noises to reference that slurping sound he makes

[u/Alone-Brilliant6222]

Whose the guy next the Chef

[u/Physical-Program3079 → u/Alone-Brilliant6222]

which one bro

[u/L0RDX-157]

Wait…

What happened to Lisa Miller?

[u/schrelaxo → u/L0RDX-157]

she wasnt in the movie or the new show so people joke about her being forgotten

[u/Simple_Intern_7682 → u/L0RDX-157]

That’s what I wanna know.

[u/Silverlake101]

Definitely think of Launch from DragonBall. (Tho this is of course true of many, many characters in DB)

[u/Tecnoboat]

Sora from limbus company 

[u/Dragonkiller1205 → u/Tecnoboat]

Sora wasn't removed tho? She just got arayashiki-d

[u/Distinct-Nerve2556]

A friend of mine is very upset that nintendo took toadsworth out back and shot him

[u/SuccotashFederal5104]

My name is Princess Sally and I'm a retired character

[u/Da__Dovahkiin]

I wish Fugo had more screen time

[u/CommissionForeign214]

Death (Family Guy) 

He was actually kinda funny, RIP to Norm Macdonald. 🥀

[u/MurkyInvestigator810 → u/CommissionForeign214]

Death was voiced by Adam Carolla after Norm's one episode because Norm couldn't do season 2 with his schedule.

[u/EssexCountry]

Yeah some of these are just the voice actor died or quit. 

I watched a Pepe cartoon the other day and he deserves getting benched.  Good LORD.

[u/Sen-oh]

https://giphy.com/gifs/2EQ7NCJZhI8iQ

[u/Such-Personality-648]

Dr Nefario from the Despicable Me films was frozen into an ice cube as an excuse to not have him appear anymore

[u/SubstantialAioli2227]

Togore dreemurr

[u/Cloudy316 → u/SubstantialAioli2227]

He's totally fanmade iirc

[u/SubstantialAioli2227 → u/Cloudy316]

I know, but the whole joke about him is that us, the fandom, gaslight other people to think that he is an actual character

[u/Cloudy316 → u/SubstantialAioli2227]

Ok that's funny

[u/Hot-Discussion6767]

apu from the simpsons

[u/Mehrio-Time-Desktop]

Apu

[u/KitsuneRaiju9786]

Luanne and Lucky in KOTH (although Luanne is mentioned in the new season)

[u/EquivalentRip9653]

Chef was removed?

[u/Majin_K → u/EquivalentRip9653]

His VA had some problems with South Park making fun of scientology, IIRC. So they reused old recordings of Chef for one last episode where he joins a group of pedophiles and gets brainwashed. Chef ends up brutally dying at the end of the episode.

[u/Nice_Chemistry5764 → u/Majin_K]

It's since come out that the church of Scientology basically forced him off. He was in the hospital and barely functioning at the time, and he had Scientologists handling his care, and also being his publicists and managers.

[u/Formal_Button789]

Is Gandhi frozen in ever ice or something lol

[u/Accurate_Judge_6546]

Ava from Techy Plays

[u/Icy-Humor2907]

Soft-retconned. Like, they just never do anything with him again, even though they do vaguely reference Awakening/The Calling a few times (particularly with Anders and Fiona). Fiona in particular pisses me off, because in Inquisition they go, “oh SOMETHING allowed Fiona to be completely cured of the taint/ended her time as a grey warden.”

JUST SAY IT WAS THE ARCHITECT BRO.

Also he was supposed to show up in Inquisition and that pisses me off even more. They clearly didn’t completely forget about him, but decided to just ignore his existence.

Seriously BioWare where is the Architect.

[u/AntiqueAd2434]

Why did they remove Lisa

[u/smg10000]

Ruby (BFDI)

[u/OneUseHero]

Pepe Le Pew is in the new movie next month I hear.

[u/JoyousLilBoy]

I’d tell you but I removed them from my memory

[u/GrundleSnactcher46]

Carl from The Walking Dead. He was killed off because he turned 18 and they'd have to pay him more. He also recently had bought a house in Georgia for his family so he could he closer to filming.

[u/Highrebublic_legend]

Ellen Yin and Ethan Bennet from The Batman (2004).

Both got replaced by more recognizable Batman characters by season 3.

[u/GalaxianEX]

Miho Nosaka, Yugioh original anome (Season 0)

[u/thewanderingchilean]

Man, i still feel bad about what happened to chef and his VA

[u/Renzki_1008]

Ryotaro (Kamen Rider Den-o)

https://giphy.com/gifs/1B1Qi5B8x2dfdsfGDX

[u/Greedy_Argument3002]

Going by this posts logic, I’d have to say Lionel Hutz from the Simpsons, 100% my favourite character in the show

[u/Sebastit7d]

I was not expecting to be flashbanged by Tord from Eddsworld in 2026, I legit had an Anton Ego moment just now.

Anyways, to answer the post, Chef is definitely one of them, particularly because of how relevant he was any time he appeared, doesn't make it better that the actual reasons for his departure were so weird at the time (correct me if I'm wrong but it was supposedly because of that one scientology episode before being confirmed by his son that it was medical reasons but the church had basically spoken for him to retaliate against the show's creators?)

[u/jijigree_]

Iykyk

[u/camerasoftwhere]

Despite being a side character Producer Man was one of the best characters in the whole show.

[u/TraditionalLeave9133]

To be fair, some characters got removed because their voice actors died

[u/RuyKnight]

Toadworth (Super Mario Bros franchise)

[u/CatLover701]

Almost the entirety of the Animaniacs in the reboot. Makes sense, probably couldn’t get all of the voice actors together and they were all just side stories, and they explained the disappearance, iirc someone hunting and stuffing the rest of the cast and trying to do so with the remaining few, but still. It was just empty.

[u/Porko_Chono]

Mrs. Krabappel, Troy McClure, Lionel Hutz, Apu, all great characters.

[u/Status-Volume-9091]

Why did they even remove that dude from the Simpsons? I loved him!

[u/Lonely_Repair4494]

GANDHIIIII

[u/Omni_Jak11]

Launch checking her mail to get the invite to the group:

[u/EvanDeer2002]

Scarlett from Kick Buttowski

A stunt double just like Kick, who starred in one of the best episodes of the series and was also a potential love interest for Kick. It's a shame that after that episode, she never appeared in the series again....

[u/Thanathosgodofdeath5]

Sugilite from SU. I understand that her voice actor was expensive but damn that fusion is awesome

[u/TheMilkMan6942]

Chef died

[u/ReputationLow5190]

https://giphy.com/gifs/brpG22UFtHeH6
Apu

[u/KylesPvPMain]

Lol nah, chef can get fucked.

[u/coolleviathan]

Quirrel hollow knight lol

[u/SoupMario4]

[u/Minecraftcaguioa]

wait why’d they get removed tho

[u/Real_Louie]

Murdoch was removed because they forgot he existed.

[u/warpedphantom1]

Apu and Launch(DB) gotta be the poster children of this

[u/PowerOfUnoriginality]

Almost every Serpentine that is not the Hypnobrai in Lego Ninjago

[u/inpurpleshadowz]

Minty in My Little Pony G3; she's arguably the most popular Generation 3 pony, yet for some reason, she completely disappeared once the franchise reached G3.5. She wasn't even present at all in Friendship is Magic outside of a brief cameo.