Let Them Have Cake
The shadows turned him into some background character whom one wouldn't afford a second glance.
Alcatraz Ch. XXVI-Aiakos
I think i might have mentioned this before but she was actually meant to take the role of riddick and riddick was just a background character but somehow it flip flopped she's too interesting to waste idk alright enough increasing my wordcount
Follow-Up Interview
Like that evil background character waiting to claim the spotlight? she did a lot of sidelining or playing the diplomat. you know, thunder bay's representative or whatever." while danny was talking, lauren was thinking about the badger as well.
Chaos Chapter 9: Final Hunt
"what am i, a background character in a comic book?!" "eh..probably best that you missed this one." hank said as he lifted his bandaged arm for kaen to see. "bastard tried to bury me and howler, and took quite a bite out of us too.
Damocles
And here i was, the useless background character in novel that kinda gets taken along for the ride. it never ends well for them. so what should i do, then? keep on the present course and hope for the best?
Fumigantlocology Compendium
A lot of the background characters in evelyn waugh novels, for example, fit this archetype.