History Main / CelebritySurvivor

* The upcoming zombie game ''DeadIsland'' has a rap star named Sam B and a former football player named Logan as two of the playable characters.

* The ''only'' two survivors of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_South_Carolina_Learjet_60_crash 2008 Learjet crash in South Carolina]] were [[BlinkOneEightTwo Blink 182]] drummer Travis Barker and celebrity [=DJ=] Adam "DJ AM" Goldman.

* Something of a subversion in ''TheWalkingDead'' -- Tyreese used to be a pro football player, but he was already washed-up by the time the ZombieApocalypse started. It's also stated that he was a pretty crappy player, and retired after just a few years.

* [[spoiler:Bill Murray]] in ''{{Zombieland}}''.

** They also rescued Gaius Baltar, was also a well-known scientist and major proponent of re-developing advanced computer technology.

* The upcoming zombie game ''DeadIsland'' has a former rap star named Sam B as one of the playable characters.

* The ''CallOfDutyBlackOps'' map "[[NaziZombies Call of the Dead]]" has this as its setup. George Romero is shooting a zombie movie on location in Siberia starring Robert Englund, DannyTrejo, Michael Rooker and SarahMichelleGellar ([[AsHimself all played by themselves]]). LifeImitatesArt, a real ZombieApocalypse happens, Romero is zombified (and becomes the "King of the Zombies"), and now the four aforementioned actors must fight off wave after wave of the undead.

* The ''CallOfDutyBlackOps'' map "Call of the Dead" has this as its setup. George Romero is shooting a zombie movie on location in Siberia starring Robert Englund, DannyTrejo, Michael Rooker and SarahMichelleGellar ([[AsHimself all played by themselves]]). LifeImitatesArt, a real ZombieApocalypse happens, Romero is zombified (and becomes the "King of the Zombies"), and now the four aforementioned actors must fight off wave after wave of the undead.

* The ''CallOfDutyBlackOps'' map "Call of the Dead" has this as its setup. George Romero is shooting a zombie movie on location in Siberia starring Robert Englund, DannyTrejo, Michael Rooker and SarahMichelleGellar ([[AsHimself all played by themselves]]). LifeImitatesArt, a real ZombieApocalypse happens, Romero is zombified (and becomes the "King of the Zombies"), and now the four aforementioned actors must fight off wave after wave of zombies.

* Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, carrying the Old Christians Club rugby team from Montevideo, crashed in the Andes in 1972 on their way to Chile. The survivors spent 72 days in the Andean wilderness, and eventually had to resort to [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty cannibalism to survive]]. Their experience [[BasedOnATrueStory was adapted]] into the film ''Alive!''.

** Fish & Bicycle Productions is a troupe of actresses who continue to work after the {{Gendercide}}, traveling from town to town. Some of them feel that the plague was karmic punishment for how older women would often find themselves pushed out of the arts.

* ''[[ThePoseidonAdventure Poseidon]]'' (the 2006 remake of ''ThePoseidonAdventure'') gives us former NewYorkCity Mayor [[KurtRussell Robert Ramsey]] as the leader of the survivors, and the ship's star singer [[strike:Fergie]] Gloria as a disposable early victim.

* ''{{Piranha}} 3D'' has, among its cast of characters, a sleazy producer of ''Girls Gone Wild''-esque videos, as well as a pair of porn stars who are shooting his latest video. None of them make it to the end of the film.

* Two of the survivors at the end of ''[[MarsAttacks Mars Attacks!]]'' are a former World Champion Heavyweight boxer...and Tom Jones. The latter case is particularly ironic since the film delights in killing off its AllStarCast in gruesome fashion.

* And while we're on the subject of desert islands, who could forget glamourous movie star Ginger Grant on ''[=~Gilligan's Island~=]''?

* In {{Supernatural}}'s episode where Dean gets transported three years into the future after the Devil's zombie apocalypse destroys much of humanity, he arrives in a CrapsackWorld (yes, even more crapsack than the {{Supernatural}} world ''already'' is) where a drunken, depowered Castiel lives in a survivor camp, much of the United States (and the rest of the world) lies in ruins...and Sarah Palin is President. Also meant as a TakeThat against Palin, as she apparently decided to bomb Houston according to a newspaper Dean looks at in one scene.
* Invoked in the {{Smallville}} episode "Apocalypse", where Clark goes to an alternate future where he never arrived on Earth and Lex Luthor became President. [[{{PresidentEvil}} President Luthor]] plans to provoke a nuclear war, but before he does, he has the military secretly shuttle the country's best and brightest (which presumably includes a fair number of famous scientists and businessmen) to bunkers so that they will be the largest group of survivors, this planting the seeds for Lex's idea of a "perfect" world...led by Lex of course.
* One MarriedWithChildren has the Bundys and Darcys ending up on a liferaft after their cruise ship sinks. Their raftmates? A fat lady and GilbertGottfried, who was the comedian entertainment on the cruise.
* BattlestarGalactica has Starbuck run into a band of survivors who used to be a professional sports team before the nuking of Caprica, who only escaped the initial blast because they were training up in the mountains.

-->''"You might've heard about a lot of bands cancelling their tours this week because of all the airports shutting down and the government telling people to stay indoors. To that the Riders say: We'll stop touring when we stop breathing. What America needs most right now in its time of trial is MUSIC, and that is one thing the Riders are proud to provide."''

** Chuck Greene, the protagonist, is a former motocross champ turned contestant on the zombie-killing game show ''Terror is Reality''. In the ''Case: Zero'' prequel, one of the survivors recognizes Chuck and finds it awesome to be in his presence and getting rescued by him.

* Zombie-infested VehicularCombat game BloodDrive has PunkRock frontman Bedlam and [[ProfessionalWrestling wrestler]] Superstar, who've both found new careers in zombie-splattering TV entertainment.

* One MarriedWithChildren has the Bundys and Darcys ending up on a liferaft after their cruise ship sinks. Their raftmates? A fat lady and GilbertGottfried, who was the comedian entertainment on the cruis.

* One MarriedWithChildren has the Bundys and Darcys ending up on a liferaft after their cruise ship sinks. Their raftmates? A fat lady and GilbertGottfried.

* The upcoming game ''DeadIsland'' has a former rap star named Sam B as one of the playable characters.

* Something of a subversion in ''TheWalkingDead'' -- Tyreese used to be a pro football player, but he was already washed-up by the time the ZombieApocalypse started.

* Happens ''on purpose'' in the {{Smallville}} episode "Apocalypse", where Clark goes to an alternate future where he never arrived on Earth and Lex Luthor became President. [[{{PresidentEvil}} President Luthor]] plans to provoke a nuclear war, but before he does, he has the military secretly shuttle the country's best and brightest (which presumably includes a fair number of famous scientists and businessmen) to bunkers so that they will be the largest group of survivors, this planting the seeds for Lex's idea of a "perfect" world...led by Lex of course.

** Reed and Roger, two stage magicians who are equal parts Penn & Teller and Siegfried & Roy.

It's a few years AfterTheEnd, and {{Alice|AndBob}} (no, not [[Film/ResidentEvil that Alice]], or maybe it is) is WalkingTheEarth scraping out a meager existence for herself. One day, she runs into Bob. But wait, this isn't any Bob -- this is Bob Hoskins! How the hell did ''he'' make it through this? And Alice is dying to know: what was it like filming ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' and ''{{Hook}}''?

* ''WorldWarZ'' has lots of fun with this. One of the soldiers that Todd Wainio served with was a former pro wrestler, and another one may or may not have been Michael Stipe. A pre-war film director also finds work shooting propaganda movies for the government. And then, of course, there's [[DeathByMaterialism the celebrity fortress]] [[TooDumbToLive on Long Island...]]