minor character

• supportingBearing or sustaining
• backgroundOne's formative experiences
• extraAdditional, beyond necessary
• cameoBrief guest appearance
• sidekickSubordinate adventure partner

bit part · walk-on · ensemble · tertiary · peripheral · forgettable · nameless · fleeting · subplot · scene-stealer · understudy · foil · bystander · passerby · spear-carrier · one-liner · crowd · throwaway

• Minor ___minor league, minor detail, minor key, minor scale, minor chord
• charactersprotagonist, antagonist, hero, character, characters
• theater rolesprotagonist, antagonist, villain, hero, heroine
• supporting rolessidekick, second fiddle, supporting act, understudy, understudies
• secondarysecondary, second fiddle, second string, second choice, second place