The following are minor characters from Berke Breathed's comic strip Bloom County. Though significant enough to have appeared multiple times in the strip, they were not crucial to the strip's overall development, and disappeared without much (if any) explanation long before Breathed segued into his next comic, Outland.
Alphonso Ali
Alphonso Ali was the first African American character in Bloom County. An admirer of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, Alphonso was first introduced as Binkley's opponent in the boxing ring.
Later, Alphonso would make appearances as a friend of Binkley and Milo, as well as everyone else in the meadow. He disappeared in 1983, and was replaced by Oliver Wendell Jones later that year.
Senator Bedfellow
Senator Bedfellow was the greedy and arguably evil senator for Bloom County. He frequently came under scrutiny from his constituents in the meadow; it somehow got to the point that Hodge-Podge would honk Bedfellow's nose every time that the man spoke.
Bedfellow was involved in a number of scandals, the final being the illicit trade of illegal Bill the Cat tote bags in 1983. He was convicted and sent to prison, and was never referenced again in the strip.
However, Senator Bedfellow eventually reappeared 22 years later in Opus, complaining by phone to the Bloom Picayune that his name had been repeatedly misspelled as "Poopyhead".
Blondie
Blondie was Binkley's African American girlfriend. Originally from Los Angeles, Blondie immediately found herself to be Binkley's crush. She went on a date with Binkley to see Pink Floyd The Wall, much to Binkley's father's dismay.
She appeared twice more in the strip, but eventually faded away without further mention.
Limekiller
Limekiller was a bum of apparent British origin who sought room and board at the Bloom Boarding House. When he was first introduced, it was revealed that Limekiller had been estranged from his wife, Eleanor, and his activist daughter, Debra Jo.
Initially, Major Bloom disapproved of having Limekiller around, but Bess Bloom had been so enchanted by Limekiller's usage of the French language that the Major had no choice but to let Limekiller stay (even though the only thing he knew how to say in French was "Your earlobes resemble fish heads").
Limekiller later reappeared as the Meadow Party's first presidential nominee in 1983. However, his nomination was short-lived; after taking a politically incorrect jab at his campaign committee, he was dropped from the Meadow ticket. He disappeared shortly therafter.
A very short time after Limekiller's disappearance, a little old lady named Lola Limekiller appeared for a while in the strip. Whether or not she was related in some way to the original Limekiller is currently unknown.
Quiche Lorraine
Quiche Lorraine was Bobbi Harlow's contemptous sister and Steve Dallas' eventual lover.
At first, Steve only stayed with Quiche as a way to eventually get back together with Bobbi, but the relationship somehow lasted after Bobbi left the strip in 1983.
Quiche later broke up with Steve twice: once when Steve's back had been broken by Sean Penn, and once when Steve had returned from having his brain scrambled by aliens. She did not reappear after the latter.
Alf Mushpie
Alf Mushpie first appeared as a blind date fluke with Opus. Unfortunately for Opus, Alf proved to be a rather avid neo-feminist with a hatred for all men.
Alf and Opus had some disastrous dates before Opus and Cutter John disappeared over the ocean (and were subsequently presumed dead) in a flying wheelchair accident. Alf was left with the book Learn How to be a Model...or Just Look Like One!, as spelled out in Opus' will.
Later it was revealed that Alf had been seen in Tehran in 1985 lighting a pile of bras and veils, and had eventually become a minesweeper on the Iraqi front by 1988.
Yaz Pistachio
Yaz Pistachio was introduced in June of 1983 as Bobbi Harlow's sixteen-year-old niece in need of a date for the junior prom. Bobbi's ex-boyfriend, Steve Dallas, was recruited to accompany Yaz. The prom was a horrible failure, as Steve got drunk early on, the school quarterback insulted Yaz, and Steve ended up puking during their spotlight dance.
After that, Yaz appeared most often in early Meadow Party storylines, as well as in Binkley's Return of the Jedi dream sequence.
Although she had a few storylines of her own in the strip (many of which were left out of subsequent Bloom County collections), Yaz never really caught on as a popular character. After her last appearance in the strip in December of 1983, she was promptly forgotten in the Bloom County universe.
Rosebud the basselope
Rosebud the basselope was the world's last basselope (a cross between a basset hound and an antelope). After it was revealed that Rosebud was a female, Oliver Wendell Jones discovered that Rosebud had embarked on an affair with Hodge-Podge the jackrabbit, and was pregnant. Rosebud gave birth to 50 jackabasselopes who matured and left after a week.
Rosebud was likely based on Breathed's own pet basset hound.
W. A. Thornhump III
W. A. Thornhump III was introduced into Bloom County in 1986. Thornhump was Breathed's attempt at satirizing the hypocrisy of money-grubbing corporate America, as well as the unruly demands of the cartoon syndicate bosses.
Thornhump was always prepared to pander to whomever he felt need to pander to. He also did whatever he could to make a quick buck or rating point, even going so low as to schedule a field trip to the Acme Stewardess Academy during a "Nudeness Week" in the strip.
Thornhump was not present when Bloom County was "sold" to Donald Trump in Bill the Cat's body, although he was later parodied in a editorial cartoon by Bill Watterson that attacked Breathed's penchant for allowing merchandising rights for his creations.