What is Character Bloat?

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Hi Guys I’m new,

I stumble this term “Character Bloat” when I learned that Furnace, a character from the Starved Sonic Creepypasta, was removed cuz “Character Bloat” and I don’t know what it means. I searched it, still don’t know it. I ask in Quora, still no answers. So, yeah, hope I get the answer so I can now sleep.

Thanks.

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It most likely means the author felt that there were too many characters to focus on, the cast became “bloated”, so they cut some of the more minor or less popular characters. In happens a lot in episodic television when it’s run for long enough.