Strap in, folks — we’re heading straight into the Cousin Oliver Zone!You know the place! That strange, shimmering stretch of television history where perfectly fine shows suddenly decided, “Hey, what if we added… one more guy?”This week, Ben, Gregory, and Tom chart the strange history of characters who arrived late to the party and somehow stole the spotlight! In other words, we dig into the great (and sometimes disastrous) tradition of late-arrival sidekicks, mascots, and spotlight thieves!We’re talking:Scrappy-Doo crashing Mystery Inc. like an uninvited chihuahua at a Great Dane partyCousin Oliver moving in with the Bradys, bringing a bowl cut and the kiss of deathUrkel turning “Family Matters” into “The Steve Urkel Show” without even tryingThe Great Gazoo, proving “prehistoric” doesn’t mean “alien-free”Wario, evolving from tennis court menace to Mario’s most profitable frenemyAnd because this is us, we go further:Fonzie’s hostile takeover of Happy DaysTommy Oliver singlehandedly becoming the Power RangerPopeye muscling into Thimble Theatre like he owned the placeWrestling factions that just… kept… adding… members (looking at you, NWO)We also detour through:Sailor Moon’s sudden “cute mascot” phaseSonic the Hedgehog’s ballooning friend list (do we really need Big the Cat?)Blondie’s pivot from a comic about a flapper to a strip about her sandwich-obsessed husbandThe politest vaudeville trio ever — Alphonse, Gaston, and LeonIt’s part nostalgia trip, part pop-culture autopsy, and part “Wait, who remembers Orbity?”By the end, you’ll be asking yourself: “Am I a main character… or did I just show up in season 5?”

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