16 TV Characters We Never Actually Saw

10. Tino from My So Called Life

The high school in My So Called Life was a lot like all other high schools out there…in that it had a student who was too “cool” to regularly attend class. The character Tino was often referenced in the show for being in the know about a lot of stuff and busy with his band, and he was actually never pictured at all. Tino was referenced in pretty much every episode by every character, so he was pretty popular for someone with no tangible evidence of existence.

11. Stan Walker from Will and Grace

On Will and Grace, Karen had an apparently obese husband named Stan Walker who was never shown but still had a pretty big role. Karen was a pretty spoiled character, thanks to the multi-millions of dollars that she got from Stan. Throughout the show’s history, the couple actually got divorced twice, once because Stan faked his own death.

12. The President from Veep

On Veep, Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays the vice president of the United States, and her superior (the president) is not only never shown, but is never even referred to by name. The cast calls him POTUS and it isn’t even clear what his political affiliation is. Julia says: “We’re depicting a situation in which that relationship is highly dysfunctional, and the president is very much trying to keep this vice president, Selina Meyer, an arm’s length away.”