Daily Urban Legend

For many wildly popular break-out characters on television shows, there’s usually a story about how the show runner intended to kill off or write that character out after a brief story arc. However, that character usually ends up sticking around for the length of the series due to the overwhelming fan response. In actuality, that character was always intended to be the break-out star, but the story about the character initially only appearing for a few episodes is usually just a PR creation. In the biz, these roles are known as “Fonzies.”