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Old 13-10-2013, 00:31
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Although other soaps are guilty of it, I have noticed since I was a child that Coronation Street have a habit of bringing in a new character, failing to do absolutely anything with them, and then writing them out again because they "were not a success" or words to that effect, as if the character was just supposed to magically write him/herself.

Anyway, who sticks out in your mind as one of these characters?

I don't remember his name but there was a guy who was a hairdresser at the salon. They wrote him in, gave him nothing to do for months, then suddenly there was a storyline with his father turning up and being ashamed that his son was a hairdresser. Then they both disappeared.
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Old 13-10-2013, 00:33
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Michelle's son who's just left.
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Old 13-10-2013, 00:36
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Michelle's son who's just left.
You didn't like him (neither did I) but he had storylines. I'm talking about characters who come in and disappear again without really having done anything.

Everyone please don't use this thread as an excuse to just slag off characters you don't like!!! I was hoping it could be a good historical thread with discussion.
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Old 13-10-2013, 00:39
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The Mortons spring to mind
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Old 13-10-2013, 00:48
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Another salon employee, Natasha Blakeman. They brought her in and told us they had such great plans for her. But she did absolutely nothing until she left!

Oh and let's not forget Violet's sister Actually yeah let's.
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Old 13-10-2013, 01:03
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Another salon employee, Natasha Blakeman. They brought her in and told us they had such great plans for her. But she did absolutely nothing until she left!

Oh and let's not forget Violet's sister Actually yeah let's.
You reminded me of another salon-related one!

In 2000 Bobbi and Geena became flatmates above the salon, and Corrie heralded a fabulous and fun new "girls behaving badly" type friendship on the street. Subsequently we never saw them in the flat and the characters rarely shared a scene.
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Old 13-10-2013, 01:12
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Big Momma Angry Mandy springs to mind Did absolutely nothing but moan with an expression of a bulldog licking p!ss off a stinging nettle the whole ( thankfully short) time she was there.
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Old 13-10-2013, 01:34
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The sexy doctor!! Damn I miss him.
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Old 13-10-2013, 01:36
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Big Momma Angry Mandy springs to mind Did absolutely nothing but moan with an expression of a bulldog licking p!ss off a stinging nettle the whole ( thankfully short) time she was there.
LOL so true. another pointless person is her daughter Jenna. it still bugs me that she is now in a relationship with the person that lost her her job so she is reduced to working part time in the café. she should have gone with her mother.
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Old 13-10-2013, 01:41
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Old 13-10-2013, 02:17
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Janice Battersby's bloke Roger Stiles played by Andrew Dunn.
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Old 13-10-2013, 07:51
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Old 13-10-2013, 09:02
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The point of "pointless" characters is often to give the setting of storylines some everyday normality. Not everyone is a murderer, a serial adulterer or a two bit brass. Those characters have to work against a backdrop of life in a northern, cobbled backstreet. Hence, some people just eat breakfast, buy their paper and go to work.
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Old 13-10-2013, 09:11
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Although other soaps are guilty of it, I have noticed since I was a child that Coronation Street have a habit of bringing in a new character, failing to do absolutely anything with them, and then writing them out again because they "were not a success" or words to that effect, as if the character was just supposed to magically write him/herself.

Anyway, who sticks out in your mind as one of these characters?

I don't remember his name but there was a guy who was a hairdresser at the salon. They wrote him in, gave him nothing to do for months, then suddenly there was a storyline with his father turning up and being ashamed that his son was a hairdresser. Then they both disappeared.
amy barlow
michelle real son
sunita aunts
Gloria fancy man
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Old 13-10-2013, 09:24
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You reminded me of another salon-related one!

In 2000 Bobbi and Geena became flatmates above the salon, and Corrie heralded a fabulous and fun new "girls behaving badly" type friendship on the street. Subsequently we never saw them in the flat and the characters rarely shared a scene.
I can't remember who Bobbi was!
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Old 13-10-2013, 09:25
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The point of "pointless" characters is often to give the setting of storylines some everyday normality. Not everyone is a murderer, a serial adulterer or a two bit brass. Those characters have to work against a backdrop of life in a northern, cobbled backstreet. Hence, some people just eat breakfast, buy their paper and go to work.
A very good point
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Old 13-10-2013, 10:04
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Tina.
They really should try & include her in more storylines.
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Old 13-10-2013, 11:26
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The point of "pointless" characters is often to give the setting of storylines some everyday normality. Not everyone is a murderer, a serial adulterer or a two bit brass. Those characters have to work against a backdrop of life in a northern, cobbled backstreet. Hence, some people just eat breakfast, buy their paper and go to work.
Nicely put, exactly what I was thinking.

Take Dr Carter for example, he was only meant to be a minor character and was a doctor, it would of been just stupid if he turned out to be a serial killer or having dozens of affairs with the street's women. I have no idea why people complain about him not having an on-screen exit, how else was he meant to leave. People don't leave in dramatic fashions in real life.
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Old 13-10-2013, 11:26
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I can't remember who Bobbi was!
I don't remember Bobbi either! But she in the show for two years apparently...

http://coronationstreet.wikia.com/wiki/Bobbi_Lewis
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Old 13-10-2013, 11:35
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Kens gay grandson that they bought in, he did nothing but work for a charity, then he out of no where turned evil at the end

those 2 sisters that worked at the factory one was an illegal imagrint.

Mandy

Natalie Barns niece back in 1998

Violets sister

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Old 13-10-2013, 12:20
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Old 13-10-2013, 15:21
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The two sisters who worked in the factory, but looked nothing alike. One was tubby and the other slim; they had a weird comedy, ditzy think going on.

I remember Bobbi. She did nothing for so long.

Kelly Crabtree.

Michelle's biological son, Alex.

Diggory. Was he related to Molly?

I find Julie to be a pointless character. She's been with the show for 5 years and hasn't done much of anything.
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Old 13-10-2013, 15:27
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Diggory. Was he related to Molly?
He was Molly's dad and (possiby) Auntie Pam's brother.
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Old 13-10-2013, 15:31
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He was Molly's dad and (possiby) Auntie Pam's brother.
Thanks. I was thinking he was her uncle. lol I guess I was thinking he was Pam's ex, or something.
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Old 13-10-2013, 15:31
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He was Molly's dad and (possiby) Auntie Pam's brother.
Auntie Pam was another pointless character.
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