Demoted to Extra/Playing With

Basic Trope: An important character loses said importance in adaptations and/or sequels.

• Straight: Mina, an important supporting character in the comic, makes only a few appearances in the cartoon
• Exaggerated:
  • Mina is only a background extra in the cartoon.
  • Several supporting characters along with Mina, previously important, make only brief appearances in the cartoon.
• Justified: The adaptation covers a portion where Mina had a minor role to begin with.
• Inverted: Ascended Extra. Alternatively, Ensemble Darkhorse
• Subverted:
  • Mina returns unexpectedly for a major plot, getting a great deal of screen time and importance...
  • Although she has little screentime and doesn't has any impact on the plot, those little appearances are awesome and often used for advertising.
• Double Subverted: ...but it turns out to be only A Day in the Limelight
• Parodied: Mina struggles in each episode to get more screentime.
• Deconstructed: Mina pulls a Face Heel Turn because she was suddenly ignored by everyone.
• Reconstructed:
  • Mina then does a Heel Face Turn and is promptly ignored again.
  • Or Mina was a bit of a Scrappy beforehand when she had a bigger role but in this adaptation/new installment while she gets a lot less screentime most/all of her negative attributes get downplayed/removed making her a more likable character. So to make a long story short she gets less screentime but is Rescued from the Scrappy Heap as a result.
• Zig Zagged: Commuting on a Bus
• Averted: Mina has the exact same role in the comic and the cartoon adaption.
• Enforced:
  • Mina's planned voice actor had other commitments, forcing her to have little screentime. Alternatively, Mina is The Scrappy.
  • The cartoon is only Twelve-Episode Anime, so the producers decide to remove Mina's subplot in order to squeeze overall plot in 12 episodes.
• Lampshaded: "I remember Mina used to be around more often. I wonder what happened?"
• Invoked: Reassigned to Antarctica.
• Exploited: Mina is able to spy on the Big Bad precisely because she has been ignored.
• Defied: Mina does a Hostile Show Takeover.
• Discussed: "Mina if you hang around over there so much, we'll stop noticing you!"
• Conversed: "All the fans miss Mina and wish she came back."
• Played for Laughs: Mina humorously complains to the writers about her sudden insignificance. Repeatedly.
• Played for Drama: Mina's fewer appearances are caused by depression or anxiety. The characters talk about trying to help her.
• Plotted A Good Waste: Mina's decreased importance was done entirely to ensure the fans would be as excited as possible when that importance returns.

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