# Favorite "Added" Character **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488 "2005-02-23T05:28:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/21 "2005-02-23T15:41:46Z")
Pavel Chekov ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/22 "2005-02-23T16:24:07Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Adding **Mork** to Happy Days was the sort of inspiration that only comes along once every century. That was pretty much a one-off (or two-off) novelty episode, but the first example I thought of was the addition of Johnathan Winters (“Mearth”) to Mork and Mindy. And let’s not forget the addition of little Oliver to the cast of The Brady Bunch. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/23 "2005-02-23T16:34:07Z")
Lots of good examples on Buffy: Tara, Oz, Spike, Anya. (And I know I’m in the minority, but I’ll say Dawn and Riley, too.) On DS9, Ezri was OK, (not great), but there are some other great ones: Kai Winn, Weyoun, Martok. Methos and Amanda on Highlander: The Series. Not sure if this counts, but Iron Chef Morimoto on Iron Chef. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/24 "2005-02-23T17:08:56Z")
IIRC Tony Shaloub’s Italian taxi driver character on _Wings_ was added after the first season. Great actor, funny character. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/25 "2005-02-23T17:12:10Z")
> [@TV time](#): > > Although I loved **Coach** on _Cheers_ I felt that **Woody** was a wonderful addition. I also liked **Lillith**. Lilith! What a woman! _pitter-pat, pitter-pat_ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/26 "2005-02-23T18:04:10Z")
I just mentioned _Barney Miller_ on another thread, so I’ll mention Arthur Dietrich here. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/27 "2005-02-23T18:22:07Z")
> [@Tracy Lord](#): > > Lilith! What a woman! _pitter-pat, pitter-pat_ Who of course wouldn’t have existed on the show had they not introduced Frasier Crane to the cast 2 seasons into Cheers run. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/28 "2005-02-23T20:15:39Z")
I gotta say the #1 addition would be Amanda (Heather Locklear) on _Melrose Place_. [sub]Yes, I’m a 35 year old man and proud of it. :)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/29 "2005-02-23T20:43:06Z")
Carl (Will Sasso) on Less Than Perfect, and to a lesser extent Jeb (Patrick Warbuton). These characters changed the dynamic of the show and kept it fresh without seeming forced. As for DS9 minor characters, I would add Sloan. He was not only an interesting characer, his presense signaled a Section 31 episode which were usually pretty good. Compare that to Vic Fontain who usually meant it was another stupid holodeck episode. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/30 "2005-02-23T22:46:20Z")
I’d second Chiana on Farscape. I’ll add the Cigarette Smoking Man on X-files, Woody and Frasier on Cheers, and Potter on MASH. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/31 "2005-02-23T22:52:15Z")
I had pretty much lost interest in “The Practice” until they added James Spader’s character, Alan Shore. While I’m not entirely satisfied with the show’s evolution into “Boston Legal,” at least it isn’t the tedious bore that “The Practice” became in its latter years. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/32 "2005-02-23T22:57:05Z")
Finn (Ice-T) and Dr. Huang (BD Wong) on **Law & Order: SVU**. ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/33 "2005-02-23T23:26:50Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’ll add the Cigarette Smoking Man on X-files, Woody and Frasier on Cheers, and Potter on MASH. I could have sworn the CSM was on the first X-files episode. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/34 "2005-02-24T00:01:42Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > Of course, if _Arrested Development_ survives a few more seasons, George Michael may give him a run for his money. 😃 Whoa, whoa! **George Michael** is on _Arrested Development_?! “I Want Your Sex” George Michael? Dude! I knew I should’ve been watching that show. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/35 "2005-02-24T00:06:56Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > Whoa, whoa! **George Michael** is on _Arrested Development_?! “I Want Your Sex” George Michael? Dude! I knew I should’ve been watching that show. Nah, I think George Michael is just on _Arrested_. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/36 "2005-02-24T00:18:46Z")
What’s white and slides down a public restroom wall? [spoiler]George Michael’s latest release.\* ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/37 "2005-02-24T00:20:55Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > What’s white and slides down a public restroom wall? > > George Michael’s latest release. HA HA HA HA HA HA What a maroon! ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/38 "2005-02-24T00:44:22Z")
I never watched The Practice, but I enjoy the hell out of Alan Shore (James Spader) and Denny Crane! (William Shatner) on Boston Legal, and I know they were late additions to The Practice cast. I also loved Chloe O’Brien (Mary Lynn Rajksub) when she was added to 24, and I hope her character isn’t gone forever after being forced to quit CTU earlier this season. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/39 "2005-02-24T00:44:40Z")
Three Words: Steven Q. Urkel. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/40 "2005-02-24T00:57:14Z")
> [@Tracy Lord](#): > > Not a permanent character, but Daphne’s ne’er-do-well brother Simon on _Frasier_ was one of the most spectacular television characters in recent memory. LaPaglia won an Emmy for the role, didn’t he? Yes, he did, and it was well deserved. > [@Saint Sparky](#): > > Also Kay Carter-Shepley (Lily Tomlin) saved the last two season of “Murphy Brown” from mediocrity. And Tomlin’s Debra Fiderer has been a very enjoyable addition to “The West Wing.” Ainsley Hayes was also a great addition, I wish she’d stuck around. I’m not so thrilled with any of the additions this season, though I suppose that a candidate like Jimmy Smits’s Matt Santos might improve voter turnout were he real. Oh, and to clarify: George-Michael Bluth (it’s hyphenated) is a _character_ on **Arrested Development** , played by the talented young [http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0148418/](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0148418/)]Michael Cera. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488.md?page=3)