It doesn't have to be a main character. Just a character who never appears.
Oh, well, that opens it up.
Except I still can't think of a good example.
Does it have to be a movie? Gossip Girl is a prime example.
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Polter-Cow - Apr 15, 2008 1:08:48 pm PDT #5049 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
megan walker - Apr 15, 2008 1:29:03 pm PDT #5050 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Those are both great examples, but it should be a movie.
The current example is Mel Blanc playing the father (I think) in Strange Brew.
Polter-Cow - Apr 15, 2008 1:30:32 pm PDT #5051 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Those are both great examples, but it should be a movie.
Charlie's Angels IS a movie. As is Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle.
megan walker - Apr 15, 2008 1:31:15 pm PDT #5052 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm going to pretend you didn't say that.
§ ita § - Apr 15, 2008 1:34:22 pm PDT #5053 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's what I meant.
megan walker - Apr 15, 2008 1:52:19 pm PDT #5054 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Well, I was trying to get something more refined than Strange Brew as an example, but the thing that really doesn't work in the reference is that it was first done for TV and wasn't some new idea for the film.
Jesse - Apr 15, 2008 1:58:20 pm PDT #5055 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
What about the phone booth movie? Um, probably called Phone Booth. Colin Farrell on the phone. But maybe he does show up in person, too.
And the villain in that one movie with Denzel Washington and John Goodman never appears as "himself," but that's because he's only corporeal in other creatures. Or something. Does that work?
I don't think I'm really any help.
megan walker - Apr 15, 2008 1:59:49 pm PDT #5056 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
What about the phone booth movie? Um, probably called Phone Booth. Colin Farrell on the phone. But maybe he does show up in person, too.
The voice is Keifer. But I can't remember if we see him.
Jesse - Apr 15, 2008 2:01:12 pm PDT #5057 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh yeah, I meant we see Colin Farrell on the phone and hear the other guy who may or may not show up.
Dana - Apr 15, 2008 2:04:26 pm PDT #5058 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think you see Keifer very briefly at the end.