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Iconic Characters Who Never Met On Screen
Whether it is movies or TV, we can all agree that great characters make a story great. When a cast is so stacked, it can sometimes be easy to forget that certain characters from the same story never share screentime or interact. Here are 21 examples of famous characters from the same movies and TV shows who somehow never actually met on screen: Doc Brown & Biff in Back to the Future In Back to the Future, the main character Marty McFly shares several scenes with Doc Brown and Biff. Yet, those two characters never interact in the entire first movie. Since Doc was away from the school for all but one scene, it makes sense that he never encounters the high school bully. A back-and-forth with them, past or present, would have been interesting. Jesse Pinkman and Walt Jr. in Breaking Bad The fact that Walter White's "business" partner and his son never shared a scene shouldn't be too shocking, but Pinkman did have other interactions with the family. For full perspective, both characters appeared in ALL 62 Breaking Bad episodes. They never shared a single interaction. Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope That's right. The main hero and villain of the original trilogy never meet on screen. Luke isn't even presented as the hero for the film's first act, and Vader has less than twenty minutes of screentime. Luke witnesses Obi-Wan's demise at Vader's hand, but other than that, these two never share a moment until the third act of Episode V. Ned Stark and Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones They stayed loyal to the book. Game of Thrones almost has too many characters to keep count of, but it's hard to believe two of the most prominent actors never interacted. The two favorites out of the gate, but only one made it past Season 1. Location is no excuse, because these two characters never seem to cross paths. Ned's dislike for the Lannisters could have something to do with it, and it seems, in the end, his head was in the right place to think that. Steve Rogers & Pepper Potts in any of the MCU movies The Marvel Cinematic Universe is so enormous that many characters never share screen time. Still, since Pepper Potts is part of the O.G. Iron Man and plays a pretty large role in Tony Stark's story, it's shocking she never interacted with "The First Avenger." It would have been interesting to see emotionally for Stark's also, there was that whole "Civil War" between the two heroes, so maybe it was for the best. Frank Costanza & Newman in Seinfeld Seinfeld is known for their hilarious one-off characters, but there are some recurring characters that gave memorable moments in the series. There is George Costanza's dad, Frank, who has no "serenity now." And then there's Newman, Jerry Seinfeld's rival and Kramer's friend. Newman and Frank are arguably the two funniest (and unhinged) side characters in the series, but they never share an iconic moment. Arwen, Eowyn and Galadriel inThe Lord of the Rings trilogy Yup. All three prominent women in the LOTR trilogy never interact. Shocking to think about, but since all three are seen along the journey and rarely leave their setting, it's not hard to understand how they never met. The closest we got was the final ceremony for Aragorn, and Eowyn and Arwen are a few yards apart. Perhaps they gave each other a "knowing nod" to say "sup." Michael Scott & Robert California in The Office Fans of The Office were hot (that's what she said) following the departure of Steve Carell's character Michael Scott. James Spader's Robert California still left his mark on the show. While it was not surprising that Michael and his replacement never interacted, a brief encounter was still possible. Michael Corleone and Vito Corleone in The Godfather: Part II This one feels like a cheat, but Al Pacino and Robert De Niro were two of the biggest names in Hollywood at the time. Sure, their characters are in two separate periods, and a time travel moment would have made zero sense, but it's amazing we didn't even get an interaction in that final flashback scene at the end (obviously with Marlon Brando as older Vito). Again, big asterisk with this one, but it still qualifies. Korben Dallas and Zorg in The Fifth Element The Fifth Element isn't the only film in which the hero and villain don't share screen time, but it stands out more than others. And by stand out, their lack of confrontation proves the film carries itself through story and action well enough to go unnoticed. Vegeta and Chi-Chi in Dragon Ball Z Dragon Ball Z fans know just about every fight like the back of their hand, but it often goes unnoticed that two major players never meet. Vegeta appears in 129 episodes while Chi-Chi appears in 109, yet they never have a meaningful interaction in the original series. Other series don't allow that to happen again. The two share a few moments in shows like Dragon Ball Super. Steve Murphy and Pablo Escobar in Narcos Another one with decent logic behind it. Detective X looks for Suspect Y. With the plot of the show in mind, it makes total sense that we never see a scene with Steve Murphy and Pablo Ecscobar. Draco Malfoy & Sirius Black in the Harry Potter franchise You can put Harry Potter character names outside of the core three on a dart board, and there is a good chance they never interacted. So, in my very Jeremy way of deciding things, I picked the adult and student who had a lot of importance to the plot, but never shared a scene. That's right, Malfoy's father will be hearing about how he never came face-to-face with Harry's (almost wrote uncle, lol) godfather, Sirius Black. Stringer Bell & Bubbles in The Wire The Wire is another show where you could pick several characters, but for this list, I picked Stringer and Bubbles. Stringer appeared in 37 episodes, while Bubble appeared in 52. Through all the episodes their appearances crossed over, they never once had a scene where they interacted. Frozone and Syndrome in The Incredibles So much for top-shelf monologuing. The interaction between Frozone and Syndrome would have been hilariously legendary. Obviously, Syndrome is aware of Frozone and even targets him in the final fight, but they never share a meaningful scene. It's a shame; they are both big personalities. (Still waiting on that Frozone spinoff) The Wizard and the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz "Her sister was a witch!"In the Wizard of Oz, we get one scene with Glinda and the Wicked Witch of the West, but we never see the green nightmare meet the green fraud. We never even see their "real world" selves cross paths. Both are HUGE to the plot, but the Wizard's true form is hidden throughout the film until she melts, so it makes sense. Hannibal Lector and Detective Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs Of everything on this list, this entry makes the most sense. Crawford almost immediately eludes to Clarice that he wouldn't get the information needed from Hannibal since he knew him and hated him. Hannibal had little screen time generally, but a run-in between these two would have been interesting. Barbosa and Davey Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise The two main non-ETC villains in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy are Captain Barbosa and Davy Jones. Both have a large presence in the third installment, yet we never get to see them go toe-to-toe. They stand across from each other in At World's End, but these two juggernauts never interact. All three leads in No Country for Old Men This example isn't by accident, and it's what makes the story of No Country for Old Men so special. Other than the motel shootout scene, Anton Chigurh and Llewyn Moss never share a scene together, despite them being the main protagonist and antagonist. Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, on the other hand, can't seem to catch up. Max and Will in Stranger Things Stranger Things features many young characters from "The Party" members to other students, whom we all watched grow up over the seasons. With all the turmoil Will went through in the first season and Max in the second, it feels like there is a story somewhere there, but neither has shared a meaningful interaction leading into the final season. Who knows, maybe Stranger Things 5 will see them off on a quest where they can bond over their struggles. I haven't seen every TV show or movie, so can you think of two characters you love who never interacted despite being in the same story? Comment below!
The Guardian
08-04-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
Spare a thought for the poor billionaires who backed Trump — and hate tariffs
Trade Wars, Episode V: The Empire Shoots Itself in the Foot. As the world financial markets fail to appreciate his genius, tariff-excreting president Donald Trump has explained it all away by stating that 'sometimes you have to take medicine'. Why am I reminded of the bit in Covid where he appeared to suggest that disinfectant could helpfully be injected into the lungs? I guess that was just science, same as this tariffs plan is just economics. Even so, can it really still be less than a week since a Wall Street Journal poll found 77% of US Republicans thought tariffs would have a positive impact? Ah well. Famously, the American people have a great tolerance for pain. If only one of their kindly gazillionare firms could come up with some sort of financial opioid epidemic to take the edge off the coming agonies. As discussed here recently, in China, they call Trump 'the nation builder'. And, spoiler alert, the nation they're taking about is not the United States. Perhaps, then, it is not altogether strange and unpredictable that the Chinese have, thus far, failed to fold in the face of the American president's tariffs, even as Trump threatens to slap an extra 50% tax on Chinese imports as revenge for Xi Jinping's government having had the temerity to impose a 34% counter-tariff on the US. 'If the US insists on going its own way,' a spokesperson for Beijing's commerce ministry stated on Tuesday, 'China will fight it to the end.' Big talk – but what about Xi's midterm elections? This could really pile political pressure on – oh right, I just remembered. Presumably a future stage of Trump's masterplan will be to explain that for too long, the rest of the world has been taking advantage of America because it has indulged them by holding regular elections. Well, NO MORE! The United States cannot be made a fool of by democracy any longer. Still, as the world burns, we've got to take our cheap thrills where we can – so who's your favourite embarrassingly disillusioned billionaire Trump backer? My current one is Bill Ackman, hedge-fund supremo, who last July publicly endorsed Trump, grandly declaring: 'I assure you that I have made this decision carefully, rationally, and by relying on as much empirical data as possible.' Well, flash forward to Sunday, and – whaddayaknow? – the same Bill Ackman could be found explaining that Trump was launching 'economic nuclear war on every country in the world', and that we were 'heading for a self-induced, economic nuclear winter'. Mm. I guess the ONE piece of empirical evidence Ackman overlooked about tariffs was all the many, many, many times during the election campaign that Trump clearly stated he was going to impose tariffs. Can't believe he's imposed tariffs. I guess strife comes at you fast. According to Bill, 'this is not what we voted for'. Oh dear. Always read the big print, Bill! Then again, of all the wanky things Trump's mega-rich backers say about him, the most masturbatorial of all is surely 'take him seriously but not literally'. How many times have we had to sit through this trite little piece of wisdom-effect nonsense? But, gentlemen … he has quite literally done the very serious thing he said he was going to do. How to play this wholly unpredictable state of affairs? Tell you what – if any of your companies or the ones you invest in need goods or parts from overseas, why not simply inform your suppliers that you are taking the presidential tariffs 'seriously but not literally', and see how you get on? The added irony, of course, is that this is happening to members of that special class of Trump big-hitters who think about the Roman empire every day. I wonder which period of it they've been thinking of this past week. The good days, definitely! Especially when Trump hit the golf course while the markets were on fire. Take presidential first buddy Elon Musk, who has wimped out of saying anything explicit about tariffs, preferring instead to drag his brainworms on to his own platform again and post a video of Milton Friedman debunking the very notion of trade taxes. Good to see the guy retreating into his clicktivist phase, the period where he – along with everyone else on X – thinks that posting about something is the same as doing anything remotely useful. Speaking of conspicuously absent friends, though, whatever happened to Trump's local beta, Nigel Farage? He's gone rather quiet on the cheerleading front. In fact, given the raging shitstorm, it's no surprise that all this is playing out as one of the great submarine moments of Farage's career. He always does this when he's afraid to front up, eventually emerging with some mealy-mouthed bollocks long after backbone and leadership were required. He didn't surface in the immediate aftermath of the murder of Jo Cox during the referendum campaign. He had scarcely a soundbite when his much-touted new friend Musk suddenly turned on him and said he didn't have what it takes as a leader. And now Nigel's declining to be meaningfully drawn as Donald Trump – a man in whose colon the Clacton MP has spent more time than his constituency – has unleashed destructive turmoil, even though Nigel told everyone he was a very stable genius. Nigel always pulls this trick when the going gets tough, somewhat like the child who imagines that putting his hands over his eyes means no one can see him. We've certainly yet to hear him expand on the real-world implications of the tariffs. After all, speaking of 'taking medicine', health secretary Wes Streeting has this morning said that tariffs could affect the UK's medicine supply. That, I suppose, would be quite literally – and definitely seriously – 'taking medicine', in that it would be taking medicine away from people who urgently need it. Of course, Elon Musk isn't the only wingnut to own his own platform, so let's play out with a genuine statement posted to Truth Social by the occupant of the Oval Office. 'The United States has a chance to do something that should have been done DECADES AGO. Don't be Weak! Don't be Stupid! Don't be a PANICAN (a new party based on Weak and Stupid people!). Be Strong, Courageous, and Patient, and GREATNESS will be a result'. Righto. Last week, Republican house speaker Mike Johnson declared: 'You have to trust the president's instincts on the economy, OK?' Do you trust in the instinct of the man who wrote the above word salad? Or do you, like rather a lot of people, find yourself slightly panican? Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist
