Top 10 TV Characters Who Vanished Without A Trace

Top 10 TV Characters Who Vanished Without A Trace
These TV characters suddenly disappeared from their respective TV shows out of the blue. We’ll be looking at characters on TV shows that disappeared with little explanation or logic. Our list includes TV characters who vanished such as Mr Turner from Boy Meets World, Judy Winslow from Family Matters, Mandy Hampton from The West Wing, and more. Join WatchMojo as we count down our picks for the Top 10 TV Characters Who Vanished Without A Trace.

List Entries and Rank:
#10. Ben Geller
#9. Jackie Ames
#8. Seven
#7. Buzz Hickey
#6. Mr. Turner
#5. Caitlin
#4. Behrooz Araz
#3, 2, 1: ???

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[lordphobius]

Donna's younger sister from That 70's Show. She was in the first season or two, but then completely disappeared from the show. In fact, Bob Pinciatti (Donna's dad) referred to Donna as his "only daughter" later in the series. When the show started, her sister was around 14 years old while Donna was 16. She wasn't even mentioned to be living with Midge when she moved to California after the divorce.

[ComeliaO]

They just did a family matters reunion and still left her out. That was just petty.

[Highretrogamelord]

I expected Chuck Cunningham to be #1, since the term "Chuck Cunningham syndrome" is named after him (also known as "to put someone on the bus"). But I can definitely agree with #1. I was like "WTF? Where is she? Why is she gone without a trace?" when I watched that show.

[kristenthompson]

All these characters got sucked up into a void like in The Amazing World of Gumball because the universe thought they were a mistake lol

[HurriShane]

wow.. a top ten on Mojo that had the #10 in the thumbnail instead of them putting #1 in the thumbnail...Is Mojo actually learning?

[aaronarnold]

What really put the nail in Chuck Cunningham's coffin was the very last episode of HAPPY DAYS in which Howard mentioned raising "two wonderful kids."

[itsrectimemedia]

A dude called Ritchie on Power Rangers.
Originally a love interest for Trini and possibly could have been the White Ranger. Trini's actress quit the show and Ritchie just vanished.

[LiamCatterson]

They got caught up in the snap, that's what happened to them.

[appouhal]

There are many Degrassi: TNG characters that just vanished with no explanation including: Nadia (Girl in wheelchair), Oskar, (from Season 1), Kendra, Sheila the lunch lady, Chester, Bruce the Moose, Chester, Leia, Blue, Wesley, Dave, Ms. Oh, Ms. Kwan, Chris (Emma’s 1st black boyfriend), Ms. Sauvé, Ms. Dawes, Towerz (Liberty’s first boyfriend), Sully, Eric, and those are the ones I can recall at the top of my head. There are probably other characters who just evaporated from existence.

[alexmeyer]

Even after Ben's last appearance on Friends, Ross still mentioned him several times for the rest of the series. Plus, he was never meant to be a main character, so I don't really see why he's on this list.

[esther]

Haven’t watched yet but Judy from Family Matters should be on the list

[christelheadington]

They once did a "Happy Days" reunion thing. While the cast was being interviewed, there was a loud crashing noise off stage. Tom Bosley, looked in that direction, and said, "Chuck, is that you?".

[shoresean]

Carl Winslow: Steve, does that stupid time machine of yours actually work?

Steve: Well, big guy...why doncha ask Judy? She helped me put it together.

Carl: Judy who?

Steve: Ohhhh...did I do that?!!!

[kotarobokuto]

My boy Adam from Supernatural really can't catch a break. Even the people from WatchMojo forgot about him.

[irina]

Alana (The 4400), Rhonda (Melrose Place), Maeve (The Adventures of Sinbad). They weren't popular characters but I missed them so much

[gnarwhal]

Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz from the Simpsons (as tragic as that disappearance was)

[megalon]

Judy Winslow is probably the famous character who disappear without a trace you know now looking back on it was like what was the point of even having her at the show was going to be overshadowed by Urkel.

[chrismcflyyssj]

Who Else Thinks Seven Should’ve Been #7 For Nostalgia Purposes ?🧐

[diamondking]

Judy Winslow, Chuck Cunningham and Seven Bundy are the most famous. There was also Brandon Lambert from Step by Step.

[natvan]

I knew Judy Winslow was going to be Number 1. There was also Brendan from step by step he vanished with a trace and was never mentioned