English Explanatory Dictionary

Chuck Cunningham syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The unexplained disappearance or removal of a fictional character from the plot.

Word forms

Chuck Cunningham syndrome

Etymology

Name after Charles “Chuck” Cunningham, a minor character in the 1970s sitcom Happy Days who disappeared without explanation in season three and was never mentioned again.

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