# Minor character in a work of fiction that you would like to see have their own spin-off **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [June 24, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-character-in-a-work-of-fiction-that-you-would-like-to-see-have-their-own-spin-off/1031162 "2026-06-24T23:02:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-character-in-a-work-of-fiction-that-you-would-like-to-see-have-their-own-spin-off/1031162/82 "2026-07-07T16:02:19Z")
She was far from a minor character, but I always thought Arya Stark’s travels into the unknown territories would have made an excellent series. New tribes! New adventures! Instead we end up with dragons. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-character-in-a-work-of-fiction-that-you-would-like-to-see-have-their-own-spin-off/1031162/83 "2026-07-07T16:41:20Z")
Carson Wells in _No Country for Old Men_. Both the book and the movie make it seem like he has an interesting backstory, but don’t reveal much about him. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-character-in-a-work-of-fiction-that-you-would-like-to-see-have-their-own-spin-off/1031162/84 "2026-07-08T08:51:33Z")
I was going suggest that a Tangina Barrons (Zelda Rubinstein) spin off from Poltergeist could be great stuff. Then I saw that Amazon is apparently rebooting Poltergeist as a series, so what with world-building, expanded universes, studio tentpoles and whatnot, I guess there is a chance. But then I read that one of the Poltergeist show runner’s most recent job was as a consulting producer on Star Trek: Discovery, so that doesn’t bode well. ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-character-in-a-work-of-fiction-that-you-would-like-to-see-have-their-own-spin-off/1031162/85 "2026-07-08T11:05:04Z")
that’s the one I thought of too. The Wolf character is kinda similar to Mike Ehrmantraut, who you could argue got his own series in Better Call Saul. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-character-in-a-work-of-fiction-that-you-would-like-to-see-have-their-own-spin-off/1031162/86 "2026-07-08T12:26:04Z")
A series focused on a young Mike Ehrmantraut first becoming a cop and detailing how ended up crooked _could_ be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-character-in-a-work-of-fiction-that-you-would-like-to-see-have-their-own-spin-off/1031162/87 "2026-07-08T16:47:54Z")
> [@zbuzz](#): > > I was going suggest that a Tangina Barrons (Zelda Rubinstein) spin off from Poltergeist could be great stuff. She gave up ghost hunting and became a church organist, specializing in weddings. And also day drinking. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-character-in-a-work-of-fiction-that-you-would-like-to-see-have-their-own-spin-off/1031162/88 "2026-07-08T18:35:45Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > A series focused on a young Mike Ehrmantraut first becoming a cop and detailing how ended up crooked _could_ be interesting. They could focus on his time working at the airport: [![](https://i.imgur.com/brhOJ_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=grand) ](https://i.imgur.com/brhOJ_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=grand) and then his job in Beverly Hills; [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzAwYzFmNTgtNzc2Yy00NDQ3LWIyZDUtOTI1YzIxNjBhNTMzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzAwYzFmNTgtNzc2Yy00NDQ3LWIyZDUtOTI1YzIxNjBhNTMzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-character-in-a-work-of-fiction-that-you-would-like-to-see-have-their-own-spin-off/1031162/89 "2026-07-09T00:14:33Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Carson Wells in _No Country for Old Men_. Both the book and the movie make it seem like he has an interesting backstory, but don’t reveal much about him. Good pick! ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-character-in-a-work-of-fiction-that-you-would-like-to-see-have-their-own-spin-off/1031162/90 "2026-07-14T16:06:53Z")
I always thought a good spin-off book or comic from POTC would be these two having to team up with their pirate opposite numbers Ragetti and Pintel. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-character-in-a-work-of-fiction-that-you-would-like-to-see-have-their-own-spin-off/1031162/91 "2026-07-14T16:51:33Z")
Aunt Voula plans her son’s Big Fat Greek Gay Wedding. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-character-in-a-work-of-fiction-that-you-would-like-to-see-have-their-own-spin-off/1031162/92 "2026-07-14T22:45:27Z")
Meg Cratty from MASH. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-character-in-a-work-of-fiction-that-you-would-like-to-see-have-their-own-spin-off/1031162/93 "2026-07-18T12:48:26Z")
Speaking of MASH, do you remember the Swamp’s Korean houseboy, Ho-Jon from the first season? How about a show that reveals that the local Koreans all worked for the Commies just as Frank suspected? Their primary mission would be to sabotage Frank at every turn to make him look crazy while cozying up to the smug but useful idiots Hawkeye and Trapper. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-character-in-a-work-of-fiction-that-you-would-like-to-see-have-their-own-spin-off/1031162.md?page=4)