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   List of breakout characters

   Most often a breakout character in a series captures audience's imagination and popularizes it, sometimes inadvertently.
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   Recurring character

   Sometimes a recurring character eventually becomes part of the main cast of characters; such a character is sometimes called a breakout character.
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   Happy Days

   Fonzie became the show's breakout character and took on a big brother role to Richie, leaving Chuck with nothing to do.
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   Saturday Night Live characters appearing on Weekend Update

   Don Novello was featured almost exclusively on the news segment as his breakout character, Father Guido Sarducci, and Tim Kazurinsky, in the face of Eddie Murphy's overshadowing popularity, created characters almost exclusively for Update.
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   Arnold Jackson (character)

   Arnold Jackson is a breakout character on the series Diff'rent Strokes, and was portrayed by child star Gary Coleman.
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   Bart Simpson

   During the first two seasons of The Simpsons (1989–1991), Bart was the show's breakout character and "Bartmania" ensued.
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   Butters Stotch

   He is considered to be, after having his very own episode, the breakout character of South Park.
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   Jack Sparrow

   Depp's flamboyant and eccentric characterization, partially inspired by Pepé Le Pew and Keith Richards, turned Sparrow into an iconic anti-hero and the breakout character of the series.
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   Space: 1999

   Maya was considered to be the breakout character of the series, and very early on the producers began grooming her for her own spinoff show, which was at one point intended to run concurrently with series 3 of Space: 1999.
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    Kenneth Parcell

    A supporting character in the first two episodes, the show's producers see him as an example of a breakout character.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• List of breakout characters,
• Recurring character,
• Happy Days,
• Saturday Night Live characters appearing on Weekend Update,
• Arnold Jackson (character),
• Bart Simpson,
• Butters Stotch,
• Jack Sparrow,
• Space: 1999,
• Kenneth Parcell