History Main / PutOnABusToHell

** ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': How did Marvel take [[Characters/MarvelComicsThorOdinson Thor]] out of the picture when they decided that they wanted to [[AffirmativeActionLegacy replace him with Jane Foster]]? By having him [[TraumaCongaLine become unworthy and unable to lift his hammer, then lose his powers and his left arm]], ''then''' try to reclaim his hammer only to discover that there's someone else wielding it, having to relinquish his signature weapon and his name as a result.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Baldo}}'': Smiley is originally Baldo's {{tomboy}}ish next-door neighbor and later becomes his girlfriend. WordofGod is that the relationship wasn't interesting to write, so the characters break up but decided to [[BetterAsFriends stay friends]]. A couple of months later, Smiley has some offscreen CharacterDerailment within the span of three days, culminating in an EvilMakeover into an AlphaBitch. Despite a claim from the author that she ''might'' return, Smiley disappeared from the comic after 2006.

* Later installments of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' have a tendency of doing this to some contestants who get eliminated, such as Ezekiel devolving into a feral savage from staying in a cargo hold by the end of ''World Tour'', and Duncan [[PutOnAPrisonBus getting sent to prison]] after [[spoiler: blowing up Chris' mansion]] in ''All-Stars''. Not even already-eliminated contestants are safe, as evidenced by Dave going ballistic in ''Pahkitew Island'' when he learns that [[spoiler:Sky dumped him due to already dating someone else]], and anyone not part of the SpotlightStealingSquad in ''All-Stars'' being trapped in fart-filled balloons to fly towards the sun (with only WordOfGod to confirm that they survived this fate). Many of these characters haven't come back in the main series since then, barring those lucky enough to be featured in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'' and ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama'' (the latter of which is in a different continuity anyway).

* Later installments of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' have a tendency of doing this to some contestants who get eliminated, such as Ezekiel devolving into a feral savage from staying in a cargo hold by the end of ''World Tour'', and Duncan [[PutOnAPrisonBus getting sent to prison]] after [[spoiler: blowing up Chris' mansion]] in ''All-Stars''. Not even already-eliminated contestants are safe, as evidenced by Dave going ballistic in ''Pahkitew Island'', when he learns that [[spoiler:Sky dumped him due to already dating someone else]], and anyone not part of the SpotlightStealingSquad in ''All-Stars'' being trapped in fart-filled balloons to fly towards the sun (with only WordOfGod to confirm that they survived this fate). Many of these characters haven't come back in the main series since then (barring those lucky enough to be featured in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama'', which is in a different continuity anyway).

* Later installments of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' have a tendency of doing this to some contestants who get eliminated, such as Ezekiel devolving into a feral savage from staying in a cargo hold by the end of ''World Tour'', and Duncan [[PutOnAPrisonBus getting sent to prison]] after [[spoiler: blowing up Chris' mansion]] in ''All-Stars''. Not even already-eliminated contestants are safe, as evidenced by Dave going ballistic at the end of ''Pahkithew Island'', when he learns that [[spoiler:Sky dumped him due to already dating someone else]]. Many of these characters haven't come back in the main series since then (barring those lucky enough to be featured in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama'', which is in a different continuity anyway).

** In ''ComicBook/RunawaysRainbowRowell'', it's established early on that Klara was taken away by child services after the events of ''ComicBook/AvengersArena''. {{Subverted|Trope}} when it turns out that Klara is happy with her new foster parents, although it took some time for her to accept them because they were a gay couple. {{Iron|y}}ic, given how foster care has been portrayed as a FateWorseThanDeath in this franchise, and given that Klara is precisely the sort of kid who would ''not'' do well in the system...

* [[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]] has an almost literal example at the end of WebAnimation/SMG4MovieItsGottaBePerfect, where [[spoiler:after Peach’s Castle is destroyed in order to get rid of the Eldritch Goop, it’s shown that Peach slept through it and is still inside the castle, which itself is inside a massive demonic entity]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderman'', John Jameson, a likable and heroic character, gets powers that make him a FlyingBrick and expresses interest in becoming a superhero ally of Spidey. Unfortunately, these powers [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity cause him to become increasingly aggressive and irrational]], which is helped along by Venom attacking him while pretending to be Spider-Man. Spider-Man ends up having to de-power John in order to stop him. When last seen in the show, John is in an asylum and is a broken wreck suffering from power withdrawal, shown to be every bit as crazy as Electro, the most mentally unstable character in the series. Ironically (and appropriately), Eddie Brock ends up with roughly the same fate as him after losing the Venom symbiote again, left as a ranting mess while being hauled off on a stretcher.

* Kim from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' is a very insignificant character who became an EnsembleDarkhorse randomly after showing off a cool outfit and vaguely interesting personality in the episode "Victor. Echo. November." The writers never particularly cared for her and didn't bring her back - so they wrote her out with a quick line in the fourth season finale, where her friend Triana says that Kim moved to Florida, fell in with preppies, got addicted to drugs, then became a born-again Christian. In other words, they deliberately killed ''anything'' cool about her and skewed her as far in the other direction as possible.

** ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': How did Marvel take [[Characters/MarvelComicsThorOdinson Thor]] out of the picture when they decided that they wanted to [[AffirmativeActionLegacy replace him with Jane Foster]]? By having him [[TraumaCongaLine become unworthy and unable to lift his hammer, then lose his powers and his left arm]], ''then''' try to reclaim his hammer only to discover that there's someone else wielding it, having to relinquish his signature weapon and his name as a result.\\
There's also how Jane herself relinquishes the mantle; [[spoiler:she takes it up to stave off the effects of her cancer, but the kicker is that, every time she transforms, her body reverts to how it was before chemotherapy, to the point where Doctor Strange warns her that, if she "Thors out" once more, she will die. Still, she takes on one last mission in order to stop a rampaging Mangog by [[HurlItIntoTheSun hurling him into the Sun]] while chained to Mjolnir (since any other method of getting rid of him would just end up with him coming back). While Jane does die after Mjolnir gets vaporized, Odin and Thor travel to rescue her soul and bring her back from the gates of Valhalla (where she's just standing because she hesitated), and so she comes back to life, with her cancer in remission, and lets Thor be Thor again -- although, without Mjolnir, he makes do with a variety of enchanted hammers until the climax of ''ComicBook/WarOfTheRealms'' when he has Mjolnir reforged]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' has Mary Jane sucked into a limbo between universes. She later comes back, until it's revealed that this is a clone, and the series was ScrewedByTheNetwork before the real Mary Jane was seen again. The final episode does make it clear that Peter is about to go on a mission to save her, though.

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': The "Endangered Species" arc has Thrash the Tasmanian Devil banish the ''entire'' Echidna species (except Knuckles) and also Charmy Bee's girlfriend into the Twilight Zone, before escaping, on account of the behind-the-scenes problems the series was having. There is the hope Knuckles could have found Thrash and saved some Echidnas if things had worked out eventually, but then more behind the scenes stuff occurred, and they were all erased from existence.

** Oz is written out by a StoryArc which ends with him acting amazingly stupid, breaking Willow's heart, and killing (a villain, but this is a show where ThouShaltNotKill). His encore episode later on is barely any kinder, though he at least makes amends with Willow this time.

* [[ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew]] seemed safe as long as they were in ComicBookLimbo. Unfortunately, when they were brought back in the mid-2000s, their AnimalSuperheroes world had to become darker to reflect the DarkerAndEdgier mainstream DC Universe. As a result, Little Cheese is [[DroppedABridgeOnHim murdered]], and then comes the ''Captain Carrot And the Final Ark'' mini-series. Their world has become uninhabitable, so Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew, and the other anthropomorphic animal superheroes, arrange for an ark to take them to the Justa Lotta Animals' world, Earth C-Minus. However, because of a mishap, not only do they end up in the "main" DC Universe Earth but they are also turned into non-anthropomorphic animals who can't communicate with Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} and the ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}}. The mini-series ends with them stuck this way, and the DC heroes not knowing why this ship appeared filled with animals. Fortunately, there's good news: [[spoiler:The Monitor Nix Uotan breaks down that bus to Hell by reverting the Zoo Crew into their original forms in time for the final battle of ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'']].

** ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': How did Marvel take [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]] out of the picture when they decided that they wanted to [[AffirmativeActionLegacy replace him with Jane Foster]]? By having him [[TraumaCongaLine become unworthy and unable to lift his hammer, then lose his powers and his left arm]], ''then''' try to reclaim his hammer only to discover that there's someone else wielding it, having to relinquish his signature weapon and his name as a result.\\

* In ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', Xavin poses as Karolina and offers herself up to the Majesdanians, who had demanded that Karolina return with them to answer for her parents' crimes. The odds that Xavin, a Skrull, might be spared if the Majesdanians ever discover the deception are not exactly favorable...

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Mary Jane Watson once left for a short period of time to avoid her and Peter getting married. They did so with her returning the engagement ring he gave her and claiming that marriage just isn't her thing, doing so in a rather unsympathetic way.
* ''ComicBook/TheThanosImperative'' ends with Star-Lord and Nova facing down an utterly enraged and completely unkillable Thanos in order to keep him stuck in a collapsing universe. The surviving Guardians acknowledge that even if they somehow survived, they're stuck there. With ''Thanos.'' However, Star-Lord and Thanos came back within two years. Rich took a little longer.