Intended Recurring Roles
Several characters on the series were written as recurring, but made only one appearance. Among them:
- Tina Pinciotti (played by Amanda Fuller) was the younger sister of regular Donna Pinciotti. She first appeared in "Eric's Burger Job", but made no appearances following that, save for a brief mention in the episode "Vanstock". A similar situation occurred with unseen Valerie Pinciotti.
- Valerie Pinciotti was the older sister of Donna Pinciotti and Tina Pinciotti, who was said to be away at college and then never mentioned again.
- Buddy Morgan (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) was introduced in "Eric's Buddy", and was intended to become a recurring character. However, the introduction of homosexual Buddy as a love interest for Eric (at a time when both Eric and Hyde were competing for Donna) did not go over well with audiences, and Buddy was cut from the show.
- Melissa (played by Reagan Gomez-Preston) appeared in "Hyde Gets The Girl" as a potential love interest for Hyde. She was intended to become his on-off girlfriend.
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