![]() The Third Doctor comics did this twice over - first the Second Doctor suddenly appears, and then he turns out not to be the Second Doctor at all, but his believed-dead human Mad Scientist Criminal Doppelgänger Ramón Salamander, from the TV story "The Enemy of the World".A doubly unexpected character as he hadn't been used for many years, and also because he came from a completely different Expanded Universe continuity with different rightsholders. The Eleventh Doctor Year Two comics reintroduced '90s Anti-Hero Abslom Daak from the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip.Doctor Who Magazine: It's safe to say that nobody expected the Delgado Master to turn up as the final villain in the Twelfth Doctor's "Seventies Earth vacation" arc, let alone get killed off at the end of it.While nowhere near as unexpected as Manhattan, the appearance of Legion villain Emerald Empress was rather unexpected, given that she is not one prone to being the problem of 20/21st century heroes in their home eras. Suicide Squad, has this to a lesser extent. A later Rebirth era event, Justice League vs.Manhattan from Watchmen to appear in DC Rebirth. It's safe to say that, before the leaks, no one expected Dr.Dark Nights: Metal brings Dream of the Endless back into the main DC continuity.Avengers Undercover managed to shock Runaways fans with the sudden resurrection of Alex Wilder.Age of Ultron, a Red Skies Crossover, migrates Angela, a Neil Gaiman exclusive character, who was previously part of the Spawn supporting cast, into the Marvel Universe.The appearance of Dummied Out character Honey the Cat in the same storyline? Not so much. Fans of Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) were taken off-guard learning that Breezie the Hedgehog, a character from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, was going to make her debut in issue #268, which began an adaptation of Sonic the Fighters.And he wasn't even the only unexpected character was anybody expecting Shako the polar bear to show up later? 2000 AD prog 2183 ended with a teaser of Judge Anderson announcing "You'll never guess who's coming to prog 2184!" She was right nobody expected Ichabod Azrael to appear in next week's Judge Dredd story.Still, if a show is strongly formulaic fantasy series, seeing The Count of Monte Cristo show up will always be a shock. Genre Refugees need not be pre-existing characters, however, and may not shock an audience depending on what the show builds to before the Refugee shows up. The trope most closely tied to the Unexpected Character reaction is the Genre Refugee, a character that is from a genre that is completely different from the genre of the show. Very often, it can increase interest if not sales in the unexpected addition, which is actually pretty sound business sense. In video games, these characters are also sometimes accused of "stealing" a character slot, especially if a more important or popular character is missing from the game. Sometimes these character choices are praised, bringing in a previously unknown character to recent audiences, but other times the choice can be seen as a gimmick to increase sales. Audience members have this type of reaction to most Guest Fighters, by nature of coming from separate works and franchises. Ironically common examples of the latter two include characters from a nonviolent game (or with a nonviolent role in the game) appearing as combatants, or a pilot/driver stepping out of their machine and showing they're just as competent on foot, if not moreso. ![]() In video games, particularly Mascot Fighters, Kart Racers, and other Massive Multiplayer Crossovers, this can also include characters from games that were obscure or never left their home country, or games whose genre puts them outside that game's purview. They could be a One-Scene Wonder, someone who had succumbed to Chuck Cunningham Syndrome, simply a Living Prop, a Joke Character, or even someone from outside the franchise. However, creators may want to shake things up and include less obvious characters. The Hero, The Lancer, the Ensemble Dark Horse, no one is surprised by their return. Normally when time comes for a sequel or adaptation of a franchise, you can have a pretty good idea of who to expect in the returning cast. ![]() As players can attest to, this is far from being the only character in the series that fits that description. Masahiro Sakurai on the inclusion of Wii Fit Trainer, Super Smash Bros.
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