History Main / PutOnABusToHell

** Degrassi likes this trope. In ''DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' this happens at least three times: Terri in season 3 was written out because her actress, Christina Schmidt wanted to pursue a career in modeling. She was put into a coma by her abusive boyfriend and was later said to be enrolled in private school. The second time was when Dan Woods, who had been commuting between LA and Toronto, wanted to leave the show because his productions for SpeedChannel were taking off; Principal Raditch spoke to Rick three times in the two days before the shooting, entirely clueless as to how deeply troubled Rick was, and was ReassignedToAntarctica not long after. JT's exit doesn't fit this trope as he was [[McLeaned McLeaned]]. However, Alex's exit probably qualifies.

*** Actually, WordOfGod (if DC is to be believed) was that the Zoo Crew's fate was supposed to spur fans into demanding their return.

**** Fortunately, there's good news: [[spoiler:The Monitor Nix Uotan broke down that bus to Hell, and the Zoo Crew are themselves again in time for the Final Crisis finale.]]

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* [[spoiler: Silver loses his powers]] in {{Sonic}} Rivals 2.
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* Literally the case for Adrian's mother Rosemary in ''[[WhateverHappenedToRosemarysBaby Whatever Happened To Rosemary's Baby?]]''
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** Degrassi likes this trope. In ''DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' this happens at least three times: Terri in season 3 was written out because her actress, Christina Schmidt wanted to pursue a career in modeling. She was put into a coma by her abusive boyfriend and was later said to be enrolled in private school. The second time was when Dan Woods, who had been commuting between LA and Toronto, wanted to leave the show because his productions for SpeedChannel were taking off; Principal Raditch spoke to Rick three times in the two days before the shooting, entirely clueless as to how deeply troubled Rick was, and was ReassignedToAntarctica not long after. Mosr famously, when Ryan Cooley who portrayed JT wanted to go to college. His character was stabbed and killed.

* Literal, in the case of [[spoiler: Erin Winters]] from ''ScaryGoRound''.

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bus_hell_4413.jpg So an actor's walked out of the show, leaving you and the other writers in a bit of a sticky spot. You don't want to [[McLeaned kill their character off]], but you're still feeling pretty malicious, and just having them PutOnABus isn't nasty enough. The solution is to Put Them On A Bus To Hell - write them out in a way so mean-spirited that it's clear to all and sundry that you're doing it out of spite.

** Degrassi likes this trope. In ''DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' this happens at least twice: Terri in season 3 was written out because her actress, Christina Schmidt wanted to pursue a career in modeling. She was put into a coma by her abusive boyfriend and was later said to be enrolled in private school. The second time, Ryan Cooley, who portrayed JT, wanted to go to college. His character was stabbed and killed.
*** JT was the ''third'' time. In Season 4 Raditch spoke to Rick three times in the two days before the shooting, entirely clueless as to how deeply troubled Rick was; Raditch was ReassignedToAntarctica not long after. All because Dan Woods' LA-based production company was taking off and Woods no longer wanted to commute to Toronto for a few days a month.

*** JT was the ''third'' time; in Season 4 Raditch spoke to Rick three times in the two days before the shooting, entirely clueless as to how drrply troubled Rick was; Raditch was ReassignedToAntarctica not long after. All because Dan Woods' LA-based production company was taking off and Woods no longer wanted to commute to Toronto for a few days a month.

** Another example would be Homer's half-brother Herb, who is left financially ruined thanks to Homer's antics and leaves on a bus, spitefully making it clear that he has no intention to acknowledge Homer as his brother any longer by the end of the episode. Apparently the executives were left uncomfortable, so they [[ExecutiveMeddling ensured]] another episode was made in which [[TheBusCameBack]], allowing Homer to help Herb regain his fortune and the two half-brothers to reconcile.

** Interestingly, Lorne from the spinoff ''{{Angel}}'' has something akin to this happen, in a case of TropesAreNotBad. His growing discomfort with the gang's EnemyMine situation, and feeling out of place as the resident comic relief guy in an increasingly dark series, is cemented in the finale. He helps out with Angel's plan to take out the worst bad guys ever, but after his part -- shooting resident AmoralAttorney/ArchEnemy Lindsey in the back after they fight off a bunch of demon {{Mook}}s. Lorne makes it quite clear that he's finished with their vigilante shtick, and that this is the last thing -- and personal MoralEventHorizon -- he's going to do with them.

** And apparently cleaned up and got the job back as she had a background cameo in the 8th season episode "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson". Perhaps more apropos is the fate of Larry Burns, who showed up in his own background cameo at the end of another episode receiving unemployment insurance.
** The problem with Mindy is that she was hired to replace Charlie, and yet both Mindy and Charlie appear in the background of several Power Plant scenes before the episode where it was revealed she was fired. Charlie also disappears whenever anyone else is hired, such as Frank Grimes, so Charlie probably has as many adventures as Homer when he's not at work!

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bus_hell_4413 So an actor's walked out of the show, leaving you and the other writers in a bit of a sticky spot. You don't want to [[McLeaned kill their character off]], but you're still feeling pretty malicious, and just having them PutOnABus isn't nasty enough. The solution is to Put Them On A Bus To Hell - write them out in a way so mean-spirited that it's clear to all and sundry that you're doing it out of spite.

So an actor's walked out of the show, leaving you and the other writers in a bit of a sticky spot. You don't want to [[McLeaned kill their character off]], but you're still feeling pretty malicious, and just having them PutOnABus isn't nasty enough. The solution is to Put Them On A Bus To Hell - write them out in a way so mean-spirited that it's clear to all and sundry that you're doing it out of spite.

Compare DroppedABridgeOnHim.

*** It should also be noted that according to Eric Bischoff's 2006 autobiography (produced by WWE, no less), WCW was so restricted by Turner Broadcasting's legal team (due to a pending trademark lawsuit brought by the then-WWF over Kevin Nash & Scott Hall's debuts) that there would have never been a reprise of the "belt in trash can" incident, or any inclusion of a WWF/E trademark (such as a title belt) on a WCW program, even if Bret had been willing to do it. Ultimately, the entire "screwjob" incident did little more than serve as a catalyst for the chance in Vince [=McMahon=]'s on-air character, and may have done as much as WCW's booking incompetence to ruin Bret's wrestling career.

*** Actually, WordOfGod (if DC is to be believed) was that the Zoo Crew's fate was supposed to spur fans into demanding their return. SoYeah...

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* Miya from ''{{Mai-Otome}}'' disappeared completely from the show following her implication in Arika's AttemptedRape situation halfway through the series, while also confessing to other Arika-related incidents (in one of the situations, she was completely innocent) before being led out of Garderobe by school administrators. None of the other characters see or hear anything from her again, nor is she ever ''[[BrotherChuck mentioned by name]]'' after the incident.

* Wade from {{Sliders}}. Oh, Lord, Wade. Sabrina Lloyd supposedly didn't return for season four due to behind-the-scenes drama, and her character's fate sure seems to confirm this: how does "taken by the villains to spend the rest of her life being '''used for breeding purposes'''" sound? The way she was brought back was not much friendlier, basically kept in jar with her brain exposed to be used to control the same villains' new advanced dimension-hopping machine. She destroys the base in a HeroicSacrifice, but appears to Rembrandt once more afterward, so there's hope for her survival... if you can call being trapped in the ruined Kromagg base in a mutilated, AndIMustScream condition "hopeful."

* ''SouthPark''. Chef. [[ChurchOfHappyology Super Adventure Club]]. For those who don't watch the show, Chef's actor left the show after a stroke, and a statement was issued (not by him or anyone in any legal position to speak for him) that it was in response to the show's treatment of religion, immediately after an episode mocking Scientology (Isaac Hays was a Scientologist). In response, his character was given a final episode using audio pulled from previous episodes. It was written so as to be the ultimate in CharacterDerailment, turning him into a (brainwashed) pedophile. He is then given a RasputinianDeath... and his corpse is turned into child-molesting cyborg, in a scene that was obviously intended to resemble [[StarWars Annakin Skywalker's transformation into Darth Vader]]. Indeed, it could almost be mistaken for a parody of the trope, it's so thorough.
** Which is ironic, given that in the very same episode, Kyle gives a speech at Chef's funeral, which is clearly a message to the fandom saying "Don't blame Isaac Hays for this, blame Scientology". The entire episode is in fact a parody of the whole kerfluffle.

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