This is a frequent occurrence in sitcoms, where networks may agree to continue a show, but only if a certain character is emphasized, leading other minor characters to become victims of Chuck Cunningham Syndrome, while the emphasized character ( usually a Breakout Character ) ( as in the case of Frasier Crane ) develops a more complete back story that ignores previous, more simplified back stories.

Chuck Jones ' character styles were more controlled and calmed down, while Bob Clampett's were crazy, wacky and insane.

Scary Monsters ( and Super Creeps ) ( 1980 ) produced the number one hit " Ashes to Ashes ", featuring the textural work of guitar-synthesist Chuck Hammer and revisiting the character of Major Tom from " Space Oddity ".

Another character is " Cluck Egger ", after astronaut Chuck Yager.

The central conflict is based on the experiences of former Chicago police officer Chuck Adamson and his pursuit in the 1960s of a criminal named McCauley, after whom De Niro's character is named.

" Nolan summed up what happened: " Like his character ' Walter Jameson ,' Chuck just dusted away.

* Road Runner: New segments of the Looney Tunes character and his pursuer, Wile E. Coyote, produced and directed by Chuck Jones.

A series of TV ads for Amco windshield wipers featured character actors Chuck McCann and Jim McGeorge, as Laurel & Hardy.

From 1945 until the original Warner Bros. Cartoons studio closed, Freleng had almost exclusive use of Tweety at the Warner cartoon studio ( much like Yosemite Sam ), with the exception of a brief cameo in No Barking in 1954, directed by Chuck Jones ( that year, Freleng used Pepé Le Pew, a Jones character, for the only time in his career and the only time in a Tweety short, Dog Pounded ).

Recently, gay white performer Chuck Knipp has used drag, blackface, and broad racial caricature while portraying a character named " Shirley Q.

Chuck Norris allegedly turned down the role of John Kreese, because he did not want to portray a character that reinforced a negative stereotype of martial arts.

Boyer's role as Pepe Le Moko was already world famous when animator Chuck Jones based the character of Pepe le Pew, the romantic skunk introduced in 1945's Odor-able Kitty, on Boyer and his most well-known performance.

In the 2000s, Veronica appeared a few times as Powerteen — a comic book character created by Chuck Clayton.

Animation director Chuck Jones noted that Bugs Bunny soon began to outwit Yosemite Sam ( the creation of the senior director, Friz Freleng ), so he decided to create the opposite type of character ; one who was quiet and soft-spoken, but whose actions were incredibly destructive and legitimately dangerous.

Chuck Jones ' 1942 cartoon The Dover Boys had demonstrated that animation could freely experiment with character design, depth, and perspective to create a stylized artistic vision appropriate to the subject matter.

* In a Saturday Night Live segment (" Next Week in Review ") in episode 64 of the show's third season, Steve Martin's character, a psychic named Cocuwa, predicts that the cover of Time Magazine for the upcoming week will show the four words " Send more Chuck Berry ," which had supposedly been sent from extraterrestrials to Earth the week before.

After a long hiatus, the character of Chuck Mangione returned in a later episode titled " Lucky's Wedding Suit ", in May 2007.

Chuck's rarely seen character disappeared without explanation in season two, giving rise to the pejorative term " Chuck Cunningham Syndrome " to describe TV characters simply disappearing from shows, to the point where later episodes of the show are scripted as if the character had never existed.

" However, a viewing of the early Bugs cartoons of the late 1930s and early 1940s clearly demonstrates that the character was not " created " as a whole at one time, but rather evolved in terms of personality, voice, and design over several years through the efforts of Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Cal Dalton and Ben " Bugs " Hardaway, Robert McKimson, Sr., and Mel Blanc, in addition to Clampett's contributions.

Woody's character and design would evolve over the years, from an insane bird with an unusually garish design to a more refined looking and acting character in the vein of the later Chuck Jones version of Bugs Bunny.

Inki is the lead character in an animated cartoon series of Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies short films by animator Chuck Jones.

* Charlie Dog, Chuck Jones ' late 1940s cartoon character

Rock musician David Bowie also made three popular concept albums ; The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, about the fictional character, Ziggy Stardust and his band ; Aladdin Sane ; and Diamond Dogs.

* Frank Rossitano, character on 30 Rock

The main character Julius Rock, from the TV show Everybody Hates Chris, his wife Rochelle mentions that grits are one of his favorite foods.

* Rock ( comics ), a fictional character in the DC Comics universe

* Rock ( manga character ), a recurrent major character in most of Osamu Tezuka's manga series

In 1990, he played the character of — appropriately enough — Simple Simon on the Disney channel TV movie, Mother Goose Rock ' n ' Rhyme.

In 1990, Nielsen also appeared as a Frank Drebin-style character in a series of advertisements in the United Kingdom for Red Rock Cider.

* 1998: Played a cameo role in the TV series The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star as the character Derek Trout.

A guinea pig named Rodney, voiced by Chris Rock, was a prominent character in the 1998 film Dr. Dolittle and Linny the Guinea pig is a co-star on Nick Jr .' s Wonder Pets.

Both Olaf and Baleog make an appearance in the 1993 game Rock n ' Roll Racing ; Olaf can be unlocked as a hidden character, while Baleog appears on several billboards advertising " Viking Cola " on the planet Bogmire.

Rock, with the Rock character as a member of the U. S. 442nd Infantry regiment, and the unknown " Easy Company ", as well as Unknown Soldier, which takes place in Uganda in 2002, both change the character's background or setting.

It was produced and directed by Frank Tashlin, who also wrote the largely original screenplay, utilizing little more than the title and the character of Rita Marlowe from the successful Broadway play Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

* Fred Nitney-another never-heard character, Fibber's old vaudeville partner from Starved Rock, Illinois.

The name was a combination of Vince Everett, Elvis Presley's character in Jailhouse Rock, ( which Cocker misheard as Vance ) and country singer Eddy Arnold.

Although heavily wooded in many rural areas and retaining a predominantly rural character in its western sector, York County is part of the greater Charlotte metropolitan region and includes Rock Hill, the county ’ s largest city, as well as the smaller cities of Tega Cay and York and the smaller towns of Clover, Fort Mill, Hickory Grove, McConnells, Sharon, and Lake Wylie.

* Dewey Finn, fictional character in the 2003 film School of Rock

* 30 Rock characters Tracy Jordan and Jenna Maroney perform an adaptation of the skit, but much like Dustin Hoffman's character in Rain Man, do so without understanding the joke.

* Liz Lemon, a fictional character played by Tina Fey on the NBC comedy 30 Rock

The character of Radiator Springs hotelier Sally Carrera is heavily based on Rock Café proprietor Dawn Welch and her efforts to promote and rebuild the town.

* In the 4th season 30 Rock episode " Winter Madness ", character Tracy Jordan accuses a Bostonian John Hancock re-enactor of lying after claiming to have met Attucks at a Sons of Liberty meeting in 1775, five years after his death.

Johnson was quickly given a push as a heroic character in the WWF, originally billed as " Rocky Maivia ", and then as " The Rock ".

* Newman appeared on the season two finale of the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun, accompanying the character Harry Solomon's performance of " Life Has Been Good To Me " on piano in a dream sequence.

Strawberry was mentioned during an episode of 30 Rock when Alec Baldwin's character, Jack Donaghy, says " Now this is decadent.