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9 Of The Best Latecomer TV Characters

For decades, it has been the norm for a once great show on the wane to stick in needless extra characters to try and up the viewers’ interests again. Think Scooby’s annoyingly perky cousin Scrappy Doo or Poochie, the rapping dog from Itchy and Scratchy on The Simpsons that was a terrific satire of that type of character.
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3) David Puddy – Seinfeld

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David Puddy Seinfeld

Quality over quantity is definitely all important when it comes to TV characters who arrived late, as they get less time to win us over than longer-lasting characters. Seinfeld’s Puddy is an extreme example, as the character only appeared in 11 episodes from season six to nine.

Played by Patrick Warburton, Puddy served as Jerry’s mechanic and one of Elaine’s conquests (who was probably the closest thing she had to a soulmate). Airheaded to the point of being eerily calm most of the time (he’s probably best known for his signature monotonous delivery of the line “yeah, that’s right”), Puddy made the most of his limited screen time to become one of the show’s best characters.


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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered. Since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester, he has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade. The MCU is his comfort place but, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is The Incredibles.