Main Character Absence

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This is a list of main characters' absences from episodes that credit them.

Current[]

Elena Gilbert[]

	Elena Gilbert
	main character from	"Pilot"				to	"I'm Thinking Of You All The While"
	appearances as main character				131/133 (98%)
previous appearances				later appearances
0				I Was Feeling Epic
Absences
Season 1 none	Season 2 none		Season 3 none		Season 4 none			Season 5 "Total Eclipse of the Heart" "No Exit"
Season 6 not a a main character	Season 7 not a a main character				Season 8 not a a main character

Stefan Salvatore[]

	Stefan Salvatore
	main character from	"Pilot"				to	"I Was Feeling Epic"
	appearances as main character				171/171 (100%)
previous appearances				later appearances
n/a				n/a
Absences
Season 1 none	Season 2 none		Season 3 none		Season 4 none			Season 5 none
Season 6 none	Season 7 none				Season 8 none

Damon Salvatore[]

	Damon Salvatore
	main character from	"Pilot"				to	"I Was Feeling Epic"
	appearances as main character				171/171 (100%)
previous appearances				later appearances
n/a				n/a
Absences
Season 1 none	Season 2 none		Season 3 none		Season 4 none			Season 5 none
Season 6 none	Season 7 none				Season 8 none

Caroline Forbes[]

	Caroline Forbes
	main character from	"Pilot"				to	"I Was Feeling Epic"
	appearances as main character				150/171 (87%)
previous appearances				later appearances
n/a				n/a
Absences
Season 1 "Lost Girls" "Bloodlines" "Children of the Damned" "Under Control" "Blood Brothers"	Season 2 "The Dinner Party" "Klaus"		Season 3 "Ordinary People" "The New Deal" "1912"		Season 4 "The Five" "Catch Me If You Can" "A View to a Kill" "The Originals"			Season 5 "Original Sin" "Fifty Shades of Grayson" "Man on Fire"
Season 6 "Black Hole Sun" "I Alone"	Season 7 "I Went to the Woods" "One Way or Another"				Season 8 none

Jeremy Gilbert[]

	Jeremy Gilbert
	main character from	"Pilot"				to	"The Downward Spiral"
	appearances as main character				97/132 (73%)
previous appearances				later appearances
n/a				I'm Thinking Of You All The While I Was Feeling Epic
Absences
Season 1 "A Few Good Men"	Season 2 "Bad Moon Rising" "Memory Lane" "The Descent" "Klaus" "The Last Day"		Season 3 "The End of the Affair" "Ordinary People" "Homecoming" "The Ties That Bind" "Bringing Out The Dead" "Dangerous Liaisons" "All My Children" "1912"		Season 4 "We'll Always Have Bourbon Street" "Bring It On" "Because the Night" "American Gothic" "The Originals" "She's Come Undone			Season 5 "Original Sin" "The Cell" "Fifty Shades of Grayson" "The Devil Inside" "No Exit"
Season 6 "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" "Do You Remember the First Time?" "Fade Into You" "Prayer For the Dying" "Let Her Go" "No Exit" "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" "I Never Could Love Like That" "Because" "I'd Leave My Happy Home For You" "I'll Wed You in the Golden Summertime"	Season 7 not a man character				Season 8 not a main character

Bonnie Bennett[]

	Bonnie Bennett
	main character from	"Pilot"				to	"I Was Feeling Epic"
	appearances as main character				137/171 (80%)
previous appearances				later appearances
n/a				n/a
Absences
Season 1 "Lost Girls" "A Few Good Men" "There Goes the Neighborhood" "‎Let The Right One In" "Under Control" "Blood Brothers"	Season 2 "Memory Lane" "Kill or Be Killed" "The Descent" "Klaus" "The Last Day"		Season Three "The Hybrid" "The End of the Affair" "Dangerous Liaisons" "1912" "Heart of Darkness"		Season 4 "The Rager" "My Brother's Keeper" "Bring It On" "American Gothic" "The Originals"			Season 5 "Original Sin" "The Cell" "Fifty Shades of Grayson" "The Devil Inside" "No Exit"
Season 6 "Woke Up With a Monster" "Prayer For the Dying" "Stay" "I Never Could Love Like That"	Season 7 "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" "Days of Future Past" "I Went to the Woods"				Season 8 "An Eternity of Misery" "We Have History Together"

Matt Donovan[]

	Matt Donovan
	main character from	"Pilot"					to	"I Was Feeling Epic"
	appearances as main character				127/171 (74%)
previous appearances				later appearances
n/a				n/a
Absences
Season 1 "Family Ties" "Bloodlines" "Children of the Damned" "Miss Mystic Falls" "Blood Brothers"	Season 2 "Memory Lane" "Kill or Be Killed" "Rose" "Katerina "The Dinner Party" "Klaus" "As I Lay Dying"		Season 3 "The End of the Affair" "Disturbing Behavior" "Ordinary People" "The New Deal" "The Ties That Bind" "All My Children" "Break On Through"			Season 4 "We'll Always Have Bourbon Street" "Into the Wild" "Down the Rabbit Hole" "Because the Night" "American Gothic" "The Originals"			Season 5 "Monster's Ball" "Handle with Care" "Death and the Maiden" "The Cell"
Season 6 "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" "Fade Into You" "Prayer For the Dying" "The Downward Spiral" "A Bird in a Gilded Cage"	Season 7 "Age of Innocence" "Live Through This" "Cold as Ice" "This Woman's Work" "One Way or Another" "Somebody That I Used to Know"					Season 8 "Hello, Brother" "Today Will Be Different" "You Decided That I Was Worth Saving" "It's Been a Hell of a Ride"

Tyler Lockwood[]

	Tyler Lockwood
	main character from	"Pilot"					to	"I'm Thinking Of You All The While"
	appearances as main character				83/133 (62%)
previous appearances				later appearances
n/a				"Age of Innocence "I Carry Your Heart With Me" "Things We Lost in the Fire" "Moonlight on the Bayou" "You Decided That I Was Worth Saving" "An Eternity of Misery" "Nostalgia's a Bitch" "I Was Feeling Epic"
Absences
Season 1 "You're Undead to Me" "Lost Girls" "162 Candles" "History Repeating" "Bloodlines" "Unpleasantville" "Children of the Damned" "A Few Good Men" "There Goes the Neighborhood" "Miss Mystic Falls" "Blood Brothers"	Season 2 "Katerina" "The Dinner Party" "The House Guest" "Know Thy Enemy" "The Last Dance" "Klaus" "As I Lay Dying"		Season 3 "Ghost World" "Ordinary People" "Bringing Out The Dead" "All My Children" "1912" "Break On Through" "The Murder of One"			Season 4 "The Five" "Catch Me If You Can" "A View to a Kill" "Stand By Me" "Because the Night" "American Gothic" "The Originals" "She's Come Undone" "The Walking Dead" "Graduation"			Season 5 "True Lies" "Original Sin" "Handle with Care" "Death and the Maiden" "Dead Man on Campus" "The Cell" "Fifty Shades of Grayson" "While You Were Sleeping"
Season 6 "Yellow Ledbetter" "Black Hole Sun" "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get" "Stay" "The Downward Spiral" "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" "Because"	Season 7 not a main character					Season 8 not a main character

Katherine Pierce[]

	Katherine Pierce
	main character from	"Lost Girls"				to	"No Exit"
	appearances as main character				48/48 (100%)
previous appearances				later appearances
n/a				n/a
Absences
Season 1 N/A (not a main character)*	Season 2 "Brave New World" "Rose" "The Descent" "Crying Wolf"		Season 3 N/A (not a main character)*		Season 4 N/A (not a main character)*			Season 5 "For Whom the Bell Tolls"

Note: *Although Katherine did receive starring credits, on the contrary to believe she was a main character, however she made recurring and sporadic appearances; therefore not counting her absences. She currently is a regular character, continuing her storyline in Season Five, and also was a major regular in Season 2.

Former[]

Silas[]

	Silas
	main character from	"Into the Wild"					to	"Death and the Maiden"
	appearances as main character				6/7 (86%)
previous appearances				later appearances
"Into the Wild" "Down the Rabbit Hole" "Stand By Me" "Because the Night" "American Gothic" "Pictures of You" "She's Come Undone" "The Walking Dead" "Graduation"				n/a
Absences
Season 1 N/A (not a main character)	Season 2 N/A (not a main character)		Season 3 N/A (not a main character)			Season 4 N/A (not a main character)*			Season 5 "For Whom the Bell Tolls" "Dead Man on Campus"

Alaric Saltzman[]

	Alaric Saltzman
	main character from	"Fool Me Once"					to	"I Was Feeling Epic"
	appearances as main character				89/113 (78%)
previous appearances				later appearances
"History Repeating" "The Turning Point" "Bloodlines" "Unpleasantville" "Children of the Damned"				"Memorial" "The Walking Dead" "Graduation" "500 Years of Solitude" "Home"
Absences
Season 1 "Fool Me Once" "There Goes the Neighborhood"	Season 2 "The Return" "Brave New World" "Kill or Be Killed" "Rose" "Katerina"		Season 3 "The End of the Affair" "The Reckoning" "Homecoming" "Dangerous Liaisons"			Season 4 N/A (not a main character)			Season 5 N/A (not a main character)
Season 6 "Welcome to Paradise" "Prayer For the Dying" "The Day I Tried To Live" "The Downward Spiral" "I Never Could Love Like That"	Season 7 "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" "Hello, Brother" "Postcards from the Edge" "Days of Future Past"					Season 8 "We Have History Together" "The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch" "Nostalgia's a Bitch" "You Made a Choice to Be Good"

Niklaus Mikaelson[]

	Niklaus Mikaelson
	main character from	"The Birthday"					to	"Graduation "
	appearances as main character				37/45 (82%)
previous appearances				later appearances
"Know Thy Enemy" "The Last Dance" "Klaus" "The Last Day" "The Sun Also Rises" "As I Lay Dying"				"500 Years of Solitude" "Moonlight on the Bayou"
Absences
Season 1 N/A (not a main character)	Season 2 N/A (not a main character)		Season 3 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" "Ghost World" "1912" "Break On Through"			Season 4 "Memorial" "We'll Always Have Bourbon Street" "Stand By Me" "The Walking Dead"			Season 5 N/A (not a main character)
Season 6 N/A (not a main character)	Season 7 N/A (not a main character)					Season 8 N/A (not a main character)

Jenna Sommers[]

	Jenna Sommers
	main character from	"Pilot"					to	"As I Lay Dying"
	appearances as main character				31/44 (70%)
previous appearances				later appearances
n/a				"The Departed" "500 Years of Solitude" "I Was Feeling Epic"
Absences
Season 1 "Friday Night Bites" "Lost Girls" "Haunted" "Fool Me Once" "Let The Right One In" "Blood Brothers"	Season 2 "Brave New World" "Kill or Be Killed" "Rose" "Katerina" "The Descent" "The Last Dance" "As I Lay Dying"		Season 3 N/A (not a main character)			Season 4 N/A (not a main character)			Season 5 N/A (not a main character)
Season 6 N/A (not a main character)	Season 7 N/A (not a main character)					Season 8 N/A (not a main character)

Vicki Donovan[]

	Vicki Donovan
	main character from	"Pilot"					to	"The Turning Point"
	appearances as main character				7/9 (78%)
previous appearances				later appearances
n/a				"As I Lay Dying" "The Birthday" "The Hybrid" "The Reckoning" "Smells Like Teen Spirit" "500 Years of Solitude" "Resident Evil" "Nostalgia's a Bitch" "We're Planning a June Wedding" "I Was Feeling Epic"
Absences
Season 1 "162 Candles" "The Turning Point"	Season 2 N/A (not a main character)		Season 3 N/A (not a main character)			Season 4 N/A (not a main character)			Season 5 N/A (not a main character)
Season 6 N/A (not a main character)	Season 7 N/A (not a main character)					Season 8 N/A (not a main character)