History OutOfFocus / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/Chowder'':

** Ferb. True to his nature, he mostly serves in a supporting role not just in regular episodes, but also most of the long specials and the movie. However, he does get his own subplot in "Summer Belongs to You!" and is TemporarilyAVillain in "Phineas and Ferb Star Wars".

** The first episode of Season 4 introduces the new character Thomas the goat, only to virtually ignore his existence a few episodes in. He's basically passed off as another friend to Muscle Man and an occasional servant for him and the other characters. In the later episode "The Real Thomas", which revealed him as a Russian spy, Thomas/Nikolai explains his assignment, he brings up past episodes where he seemingly wasn't important.

** Cleveland's family ever since they moved to Quahog. While Cleveland Jr. and Donna occasionally get some focus, Rallo rarely talks (which is odd considering that Mike Henry voices him) and Roberta's become TheQuietOne.

** In the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episode, "Pranks for Nothing", Mac doesn't appear at all, and it's also one of the few episodes Madame Foster does not appear in. Either the events at the beginning occurred after he left for the day, or he got sick and couldn't visit Bloo. It also could have been before he visited. But the InUniverse explanation is that there was a fumigation due to termite infestation.

** During the first season only Dewey appeared in every episode, and one episode featured him in a silent cameo. Huey, ** Louie and Scrooge each missed 2 episodes, Webby missed 3, Launchpad missed 6, Donald missed 12 and Mrs. Beakley missed 13. The episode "The Great Dime Chase!" features Dewey and Louie, but not Huey, making it the first time that not all of the triplets have appeared in the same episode.

** No main characters other than BoJack and Todd appear in the Christmas special.

** "Escape From LA" only features BoJack, aside from a brief scene with Princess Carolyn and [[spoiler:Diane in the very last scene]].
** An in-universe example occurs in "Out to Sea"; [[spoiler:BoJack discovers that during his two-month stay in Tesuque, New Mexico, Turteltaub had the Secretariat film finished by replacing BoJack with the 'Computer BoJack' created in the first episode of Season 2]].
** "See Mr. Peanutbutter Run" (the fourth season premiere) is notable because it doesn't feature BoJack at all (similarly, the season 4 trailer only features him at the end), although he is mentioned a few times. Conversely, "Free Churro" from the following season features only BoJack.
** "The Old Sugarman Place" only has BoJack and Diane, the latter of whom doesn't have much of a role during the episode.
** "Time's Arrow" is ADayInTheLimelight episode for [[spoiler:Beatrice Horseman]], and as such [[spoiler:BoJack]] is the only main character present in the episode.
** "A Quick One, While He's Away" one-ups all the other examples by [[spoiler:featuring none of the main characters (aside from a brief mention of BoJack) and focusing on several female side characters and a new character]].

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': No character has been focused on all the time:.
During the first season only Dewey appeared in every episode, and one episode featured him in a silent cameo. Huey, ** Louie and Scrooge each missed 2 episodes, Webby missed 3, Launchpad missed 6, Donald missed 12 and Mrs. Beakley missed 13. The episode "The Great Dime Chase!" features Dewey and Louie, but not Huey, making it the first time that not all of the triplets have appeared in the same episode.