Comments on: TV Characters Who Suffered from Chuck Cunningham Syndrome

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:01:54 +0000

How about the opposite? On the Cosby Show Claire asks Cliff why they had four kids and he said “Because we didn’t want five.” Then one day Sondra appeared out of nowhere.

By: Numpty

Numpty — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:39:45 +0000

RE: Grounded for Life, as long as the son was being referred to as being somewhere else, then that’s not an instance of Chuck Cunningham Syndrome. That requires that the character disappears with no explanation.

By: TheMovieManiac

TheMovieManiac — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:36:51 +0000

Randall Carver played John Burns in season 1 of Taxi, then they dropped him season 2 and he was never heard from or mentioned again.

Kind of: in LOST, Rose was seen in the pilot and was given a lot of screen time, then i think she was seen in one more episode for the rest of that 45 minute per episode, 22 episode series (not even in background scenes). But she returned for about 4/5 episodes for every other season.

King of Queens: doug’s wife had a sister who lived with them for the first 6 episodes, then she must have stepped into the twilight zone because she was an only child for the rest of the show…

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:11:17 +0000

Grounded for Life

The youngest (most annoying) son is always “in the next room” or “outside” for the entire last season.

The best part tho is in the series finale when his mom has a baby, and the entire family – including the granddad’s new girlfriend – is gathered around to see it, he is “stuck in the gift shop” or something.

By: Kate H

Kate H — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:38:41 +0000

Jonas Quinn in “Stargate: SG-1″. He was a main character in season six, when Michael Shanks, who played Daniel Jackson, left the show. When Shanks came back in season seven, Jonas (who, despite being human, was an alien from another planet) went back to his home planet. He made one more appearance in season seven, and then we never saw him again…just had one reference in season ten to the Ori (bad guys) conquering his homeworld. And while he was no Daniel Jackson, I really liked him!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Quinn

By: Capital Cat

Capital Cat — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:51:49 +0000

When MASH began, there was a nurse named Lt Dish. Shortly thereafter the actress playing her did a spread in Playboy and disappeared from the show. Also, Loudon Wainwright III appeared on a few episodes as a folksinging medic but he went missing as well.

By: Sara in Al

Sara in Al — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:52:47 +0000

I know it’s a cartoon, but on “Family Guy”, Joe and Bonnie had a son named Kevin. Then he disappeared. Bonnie gave birth to Suzy, then we find out that Kevin was killed in Iraq. So he was explained. But Suzy disappeared right after her debut.

By: lisaj6112

lisaj6112 — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:04:35 +0000

Sorry to DP…Chalke with an “e”

By: lisaj6112

lisaj6112 — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:03:05 +0000

In regards to the whole Becky debacle on Roseanne,you’ll even hear Alicia Goransen and Sarah Chalk tell you they Becky 1 and 3(AG)and 2 and 4(SC). I think it was the next to the last season when Alicia Goransen decided to come back but she was in and out the entire season which made for the Sarah Chalk cameos like at Halloween and even the The Patty Duke Show homage where AC and SC mirrored the opening credits with the song “Cousins” as “Beckys”. At one time when SC was filling in,they all paused while an announcer came as said she was playing Becky this week. And another time when they were going to Disney Land,and Roseanne tells SC “aren’t you glad you’re here this week” after she gets excited about going. And yes,DJ was apparently the only screwed up in the head by the whole thing as we see in the future. YIKES! I know way too much about this show.

By: Kassie

Kassie — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:06:31 +0000

@Pat Ronising 8 Simple Rules completely explained John Ritter’s departure. Starting in the episode “Goodbye” and then throughout the rest of season 2 they deal with his departure.