Character
Letters
Both words in one sentence
- This trope is where a character on a TV series is still alive off-screen (referred to by on-screen characters, writes letters, etc.) but his/her actor has died after their character was Put on a Bus.
Source: Character Outlives Actor - Letters to the The Sensational She-Hulk were answered by the titular character or one of her supporting cast.
Source: Letters to the Editor - This leads to the main character Kit's mother and best friend wondering in their own letters why Kit never writes to them.
Source: I Never Got Any Letters
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Letters and Character. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/character/letters
Character & Letters. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/character/letters>.
Letters or Character. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/character/letters.
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