TV actors getting changed between seasons is a reasonably frequent incidence. Generally, the present ignores it and pretends they’re nonetheless the identical individual, however different occasions, they write it into the present, whether or not it is a tongue-in-cheek joke or a dramatic twist.
Listed below are 15 wild and humorous methods TV exhibits acknowledges the actual fact they recast a key character:
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THE SWITCH: On Season 1 of The O.C., Shailene Woodley performed Kaitlin Cooper. Nonetheless, for Season 3, she was changed by Willa Holland as a result of she “hadn’t gone by way of puberty but” and “they wanted a lady who had a physique…that was completely different than [Shailene’s].”
THE EXPLANATION: On Season 3, Episode 12, Kaitlin returned house from boarding faculty after a progress spurt.
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THE SWITCH: On Ugly Betty Season 1, Jowharah Jones had a recurring position as Nico Slater, Wilhelmina’s daughter, who went again to boarding faculty in Paris. When Nico made a shock reappearance in Season 4, she was performed by Yaya DaCosta.
THE EXPLANATION: After Marc, Wilhelmina’s assistant, found she was hiding Nico in her house, he attributed her new look to a nostril job.
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THE SWITCH: On Roseanne, Lecy Goranson performed Becky Conner for Seasons 1–4, however she was written off (by eloping with Mark) in Season 5 so Lecy may go to school. Then, Becky returned for Seasons 6–7 performed by Sarah Chalke. Nonetheless, for Season 8, the 2 actors alternated the position round Lecy’s school schedule.
THE EXPLANATION: The present joked concerning the two Beckys a number of occasions. For instance, when the household went to Disney World in Season 8, Episode 17, Roseanne jokingly acknowledged that it was an excellent week for Sarah to be taking part in Becky.
Within the Roseanne reboot (which later grew to become The Connors), Lecy reprised the position of Becky, however Sarah guest-starred as Andrea, who requested Becky to be her surrogate.
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THE SWITCH: Nicollette Sheridan initially performed Alexis Carrington Colby within the Dynasty reboot. Nonetheless, when she left in direction of the tip of Season 2 to spend time along with her mom, who was terminally unwell, Elizabeth Gillies — who already starred as Alexis’s daughter Fallon — placed on facial prosthetics and briefly took over for her.
THE EXPLANATION: Alexis’s son, Adam, pushed her into a fireplace. Then, he took her to a hospital and organized for plastic surgeons to provide her a “new face” modeled after Fallon’s.
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THE SWITCH: Having Elizabeth in two important roles proved to be a manufacturing problem, so for Dynasty Season 3, Elaine Hendrix took over the position of Alexis.
THE EXPLANATION: On the finish of Season 3, Episode 8, Alexis — who’d been overseas till she returned to the US with one other new face the day before today — made a shock look as the ultimate witness in her ex-husband’s homicide trial. She saved her face obscured till she acquired to the stand, the place she made her grand reveal.
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THE SWITCH: After taking part in Morgan Matthews for 2 seasons on Boy Meets World, Lily Nicksay reportedly left as a result of she was not considering performing. She was changed by Lindsay Ridgeway.
THE EXPLANATION: In Season 3, Episode 14, Morgan returned from an extended absence, which was jokingly defined away as an extremely lengthy timeout in her room.
On the sequence finale of the spin-off Woman Meets World, each actors reprised the position of Morgan.
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THE SWITCH: On Sense8, Aml Ameen initially performed Capheus Onyango, however he reportedly left forward of Season 2 over artistic variations and disagreements. Within the Christmas particular between seasons, Toby Onwumere made his debut as the brand new Capheus.
THE EXPLANATION: Within the first episode of Season 2, Capheus’s pal Jela acknowleged that he was wanting completely different.
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THE SWITCH: William Hartnell originated the position of The Physician through the unique run of Physician Who. After three seasons, he left the present as a result of, because of his growing arteriosclerosis, the grueling manufacturing schedule was an excessive amount of. He additionally disagreed with producers over the present’s path. Patrick Troughton took over the lead.
THE EXPLANATION: Script editor Gerry Davis and producer Innes Lloyd invented regeneration — the method by which Time Lords like The Physician can cheat demise by way of an entire organic renewal. He saved his data and recollections however regenerated into a brand new physique with a brand new persona. All through the present’s unique run and the reboot, The Physician has regenerated many occasions.
This is the total clip of the First Physician’s regeneration:
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THE SWITCH: Jazz Raycole performed Claire Kylie for one season of My Spouse and Youngsters earlier than she reportedly left as a result of her mom objected to a being pregnant storyline involving considered one of Claire’s associates. Jennifer Nicole Freeman changed her.
THE EXPLANATION: In Season 2, Claire’s dad, Michael, joked that there was one thing completely different about her that he could not fairly put his finger on.
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THE SWITCH: For the six seasons that Final Man Standing aired on ABC, Molly Ephraim performed Mandy Baxter. After the community canceled it, she moved on to new tasks. Nonetheless, the present was picked up by Fox, so that they changed her with Molly McCook.
THE EXPLANATION: On Season 7 Episode 1, Mandy’s husband Kyle mentioned she was mad as a result of he could not determine what was completely different about her.
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THE SWITCH: Early in Loopy Ex-Girlfriend Season 2, Greg broke up with Rebecca by singing “It Was A Shit Present” and left West Covina to review enterprise at Emory College as a result of actor Santino Fontana signed on for different tasks whereas the present’s renewal was nonetheless up within the air. In Season 4, he was changed by Skylar Astin.
THE EXPLANATION: When Greg returned to West Covina halfway by way of Season 4, Rebecca actually and metaphorically noticed him as a very completely different individual, which represented how he’d modified and grown.
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THE SWITCH: After 4 seasons of taking part in Anna-Kat Otto on American Housewife, Julia Butters left the present to pursue completely different alternatives. Giselle Eisenberg took over the position for the ultimate season.
THE EXPLANATION: Within the opening of Season 5, Anna-Kat’s mother, Katie, broke the fourth wall to joke about how “youngsters change.”
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THE SWITCH: On The Child-Sitters Membership, Xochitl Gomez left the position of Daybreak Schafer after Season 1 for Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity. She was changed by Kyndra Sanchez.
THE EXPLANATION: On Season 2, Episode 1, Daybreak joked that she felt “like a complete new individual” after her summer time trip.
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THE SWITCH: Rowan Blanchard performed Jackie Geary for Seasons 4–5 of The Goldbergs however passed on Season 6. She was changed by Alexis G. Zall, who additionally reprised the position in Season 10.
THE EXPLANATION: In his narration for Season 6, Episode 2, Adam Goldberg defined that his girlfriend had modified so much after spending her summer time away at NYU.
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And eventually, THE SWITCH: On The Fosters, Jake T. Austin left the position of Jesus forward of Season 3 after studying his half was going to be considerably decreased, and he did not need it to carry him again from different alternatives. Noah Centineo changed him.
THE EXPLANATION: Within the Season 2 finale, Jesus was in a automobile accident. In Season 3, Episode 10, he lastly got here house. The surgical procedures he needed to get resulted in his new face.
