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Well, I think we need a topic for the more uncommon/minor characters that appear for an episode (or more) like Ace London, Covington, Buffy & Muffy, etc.

I've noticed both Buffy & Muffy are a sort of recurring couple you see throughout the series.

1. Mach One for the Gipper (Buffy and I think Muffy possibly appears)
2. Louie's Last Stand (Buffy)
3. A Touch of Glass (as actual characters)
4. My Fair Baloo (Muffy)
5. My Fair Baloo (Buffy & Muffy)
6. A Star Is Torn (Buffy & Muffy)
7. Plunder & Lightning (Buffy)
8. Plunder & Lightning (Muffy)
9. The Golden Sprocket of Friendship (Buffy & Muffy)
10. Last Horizons (Buffy & Muffy)
11. Last Horizons (Buffy & Muffy a second time)
12. Vowel Play (Buffy & Muffy)

Also notice Fred (the rhinoceros guy) who appeared in A Touch of Glass appears in panels 1, 2, 6, 9, 10 and 11. There's plenty more who make an appearance but you get the idea. I like how the creators were consistent in making some of the same characters appear throughout the series. Anyway, I thought it was an interesting idea.

Odd, but interesting find! I knew they were evil!

I did notice them in several episodes, but I didn't know they appeared so often!
Good job!

I do believe the artists were given some examples for drawing minor characters, so a lot of them used them
There are other minor characters that make regular appearances... (such as the kid in red tee shirt from "A Baloo Switcheroo" which can be seen 3 times in your pictures) it would be cool to find them too.

Oh wow, they're sneaky ^^

lol I love how Kitten Kaboodle was supposed to be in jail for all the accidents in "A Star is Torn" but instead in the ep Louie's Last stand she's seen dancing in the audience. Perhaps she bought her way out of jail time with her fortune money or she got off on some technicality. ha ha

Or there's no order/continuity for the episodes, so Louie's last stand could have happened before A Star is Torn.
Though the most obvious explanation is that they wanted to reuse her model for a background character

Well, I just think using minior chars in other eps of this show is the effect of saving some money by Talespin's creators.
If I can use another example, remember orange - dog pirate from "Plunder and Lighting"? He appeared, suprisingly for me, also in ep "Ransom of the Red Chimp" in dancing scene in Louie's (!) (I always thought Karnage's pirates don't visit this place 'cause of "not to be seen", as Dumptruck would say). That's interesting...