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*** The head of Femuto, a member of the antagonistic kaiju species of [[Film/Godzilla2014 the previous film]], is being held at Castle Bravo, Monarch's Godzilla monitoring station. A very much alive grey female with more exaggerated head crests (somewhere between the black female and the Muto Prime) is one of the Titans awoken by Ghidorah [[spoiler:and later bows to Godzilla once he is recognized as the Alpha.]]
*** Word of God confirms that what looks in the finished film like normal-sized birds flying amid the freshly-blasted ruins of Boston at the film's end are actually the Leafwings from ''Film/KongSkullIsland''. Kong also makes a cameo in video footage, as do the [=MUTOs=].

** ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': An adaptational one for [[Characters/MonsterVerseAlanJonah Alan Jonah]] from ''King of the Monsters''. He's entirely absent from the 'film with no explanation given of how Ghidorah's skull made its way from his possession to [[spoiler:Apex Cybernetics]], but in the novelization; a prologue scene set two years before the main time frame depicts a man who's heavily implied to be Jonah meeting with Walter Simmons after having contacted him on the dark web, [[spoiler:offering Simmons the skull of San/Kevin's severed head plus a second Ghidorah skull of unknown origin]] in exchange for a lot of money.

* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'': Week 5 has a whole treasure trove of famous Website/{{Newgrounds}} characters, alongside several other internet icons, that cameo in the background. In total, there's Darnell and Pico himself from the ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'' series, [[https://twitter.com/z0ne?lang=en ZONE-tan]], the [[https://twitter.com/nightmarecops Nightmare Cops]], Kenstar from Creator/{{Egoraptor}}'s ''WebAnimation/GirlchanInParadise'', evilsk8r's mascot Buggy, [[https://twitter.com/cooldudetm @cooldudetm's]] mascot, WebAnimation/{{Blockhead}}, VideoGame/MeatBoy, [[https://twitter.com/OneyNG OneyNG]], [[https://twitter.com/psychicpebble Psychicpebbles]], characters from the [[https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/754092 GENTLES]] Newgrounds short, WebAnimation/SubloAndTangyMustard, [[VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries Henry Stickmin]], xXsquidwardXx's parody rapper from their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exclOSuHdI0 FNF parody]], Monster, and Music/HatsuneMiku.

* ''Film/CarryOnMatron'': Before becoming a star of the later ''Film/CarryOn'' films, Creator/JackDouglas has one scene in this film as a twitching father in the style of his usual "Alf Ippititimus" type of character.

* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', Haro and Lee from the webcomic ''[[https://amirrorstale.com/ A Mirror's Tale]]'' appear [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-17/ as background characters]] (and as demons rather than humans) in the village that Mao and Kalliv visit.

* The ''VideoGame/BlackHeart'' custom level series has cameos from King Crazy and Irqus, two characters from custom levels outside of it and by different creators. King Crazy shows up at the beginning of a level his creator helped with, and Irqus appears petrified alongside Jestar Heart's assassins.

* [[WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster Toaster, Lampy, Radio, Kirby, and AC]] cameo in indie IdleGame ''VideoGame/IdleMastermind''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Extrapower}}'' is fond of sneaking cameo appearances from other games in the series and from Happy Challenger Yamada:
** ''VideoGame/ExtrapowerStarResistance'': Maintaining a high kill count in Stage 1 and halfway through Stage 2 and Yamada himself from Happy Challenger Yamada drives up on his delivery motorcycle to throw the player a pizza.
** ''VideoGame/ExtrapowerGiantFist'': Nimon, Shiira and Juno from ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce Attack of Darkforce]]'' appear at the end of the Mille City, Industrial Zone stage before the stage boss. Keep an eye on the water between shark and [[TheMenInBlack men in black]] attacks and you can see them launch out of the water and then wade for the remainder of the screen. In the first Mille City stage, ''the'' Pizza Happy mascot from Happy Challenger Yamada can appear as an EasterEgg.
* ''WebAnimation/NCHProductions''' mascot, Meow Meow, has cameoed thrice in the ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'' series. He first appeared as a {{summon|magic}} for Natalie in ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy2'', before appearing as a questgiver and skill in ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy3''. After his absence in ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy4'', he would cameo in ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy5'' as the Meow Meow Badge.
* Used quite frequently in video games; the longer the series, the more likely you are to have cameos in later games from older characters. Mario, in particular, has had so many cameos (even in games that aren't made by Nintendo) that they outstrip his appearances in games where he's playable.
* In ''VisualNovel/ExtracurricularActivities'', Waffle from ''I.D.E.K.A.'', the previous visual novel the creators made, appears as a school librarian.
* Website/{{DayNine}} voices himself in the tutorial of ''VisualNovel/{{SC2VN}}''.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'': According to the Japanese instruction booklet, Digdogger and Manhandla are respectively a Unira from ''VideoGame/CluCluLand'' and a Piranha Plant from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' (incidentally, Rupees use Ingot sprites from the former). This is removed from localized manuals. The Bubble enemy may also be an allusion to the latter game's [Lava] Bubbles (then known as Podoboos).
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'': A pair of Chain Chomps appear in Turtle Rock. There's also a portrait of Mario in a hanging in a house.
** Many enemies of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series have crossed over into ''Zelda'' to bother Link instead. Bob-Ombs, Goombas, Lakitus, Piranha Plants, Thwomps, Cheep-Cheeps, Bloopers and Boos amongst several others have appeared in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening''.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'':
*** A flying Mario's picture can be seen in the Hyrule Castle.
*** If you hack into the game's files you can find an [[VideoGame/StarFox Arwing]] enemy. Apparently it was coded in to test a flight pattern for dungeon boss Volvagia.
* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Balthier (who else?) in the rerelease of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics''. Ramza tells him that the path they're on is dangerous, and Balthier responds that a leading man doesn't balk in the face of danger... but this ''does'' feel more like a cameo role.
* This actually happened with ''[[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames classic video games]]''. The VideoGame/{{Galaxian}} flagship has had cameo appearances in ''VideoGame/PacMan'', ''Rally-X'', and ''VideoGame/DigDug'' among others, and even the newer ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''.
* The Special Flag from ''VideoGame/RallyX'' is also a recurring item in Namco games.
* It's a slightly more substantial part than a cameo, but there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it reference suggesting that Daedric Prince Sheogorath in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' is actually the player character from ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' (the ''Shivering Isles'' expansion for the latter explains how this happened).

* ''VideoGame/SaturnBomberman'' eschews having just multi-colored Bombermen for battle mode: instead, you get the White and Black Bombers, then [[VideoGame/AdventureIsland Master Higgins]], [[VideoGame/MilonsSecretCastle Milon]], VideoGame/{{Bonk}}, and several ''VideoGame/TengaiMakyou'' characters to choose from.
* Music/MichaelJackson cameo'd in ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5'' as well as [[VideoGame/Ready2RumbleBoxing Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2]], in which he voiced himself and was motion-captured.
* Oliver and Hardy as French Foreign Legionnaires cameo'd in ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIII''.
* [[VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile Lenneth Valkyrie]] makes cameo appearances as an OptionalBoss in various Tri-Ace games.
* The 2023 rerelease of ''VideoGame/LikeADragonIshin'' features many prominent celebrities and internet personalities as Trooper Cards that bestow the play with special abilities, including professional wrestler Wrestling/KennyOmega, actor Creator/RahulKohli, cosplayer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Le Vampy Bitme]], composer [[https://twitter.com/alex_moukala Alex Moukala]], twitch streamer [[https://streamers.fandom.com/wiki/CohhCarnage Cohh Carnage]], and VTuber [[WebVideo/VShojo Nyatasha Nyanners]].
* The later ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' games feature a number of cameos from Konami's Boktai series, including series creator Hideo Kojima (due to the latter three Battle Network games each having link functionality with one of the Boktai games...at least in [[NoExportForYou Japan]].
* The Creator/{{Sierra}} adventure games ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'' and ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'' were known for including famous figures from fairy tales/mythology and science fiction, respectively.
* At least one cameo has been the inspiration for an ''entire series'': Ryo Sakazaki's playable cameo in ''VideoGame/FatalFury Special'' inspired the creation of ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' series, while Akuma's cameo in ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' lead to the creation of the ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' series.
* If you play Level 9 in Mode B of the NES ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' and successfully complete it, various Nintendo characters will appear to congratulate you. The higher you have the "High" setting set (which fills the play area with random blocks at the start), the more characters will show.
* [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]] makes a cameo appearance in ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3'' where you have to freeze some Metroids for her. Goku and Chao appear and R.O.B and his creator appear too. Chao also appears in Dream Land 2, though only in the Japanese version.
* Dr. Robert Hoffman of ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter'' fame makes an appearance in ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' as the main town's apothecary.
* Vyse, Aika, and Fina of CultClassic ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' fame make cameo appearances eight years later in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles''; Vyse and Aika as playable soldiers and Fina (who's apparently one of a set of identical triplets) as the medic that rescues downed soldiers.
** A Vyse lookalike also showed up in the ''Anime/ValkyriaChronicles'' anime. [[DeathByCameo He died.]]

* ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior1997'' has [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] appear in a secret room, BoundAndGagged.
* ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'' has the PlayerCharacters from Doom and Quake 1, and a number of playable characters from Quake 2 were brushed up for the new engine and included. Doom's death animation is even a faithful fully 3D reproduction of his iconic throat-grab from the original game. [=TankJr=] is [[AllThereInTheManual explicitly stated]] to be a Strogg, although nothing exactly like him appears in Quake 2. And that's just the characters included on the disc.... Bullfrog made an official add-on model for Quake 3 of ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper 2'''s Great Horny.
* In ''VideoGame/DoomII'', if you turn on the clipping cheat and go inside the Icon of Sin's head, you discover that TheManBehindTheCurtain is John Romero's head on a stake. Also, the "satanic" speech that is heard before its attack commences is actually the following, played backwards through a modulator: "To win the game you must kill me, John Romero." There are also two entire ''levels'' taken from ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'', complete with the iconic blue-suited gestapos. The second level finishes up with VideoGame/CommanderKeen of all people making an appearance.
* In ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'', several ''VideoGame/RageOfBahamut'' characters appear in wyrmprints like Forte in "Lord of the Skies" and Cerberus (with Coco and Mimi) in "Fireside Gathering". The Jeanne d'Arc dragon also takes some obvious cues from the Jeannes in ''Rage'' and ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', including being voiced by Creator/MegumiHan in Japanese.
* Claude of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' has a pretty prominent cameo in ''San Andreas''.

* In ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'', Cloud Strife makes a cameo. As a piece of anti-virus software. Attached to a computer magazine called 'Aeris'.
* Two bosses from ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes'' appear in ''VideoGame/AlienSoldier''.
* Franchise/SpyroTheDragon made a brief appearance in ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity''.
* Yoda and Darth Vader get cameos in ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur IV'', depending on the console you play on. Both versions have [[VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed The Apprentice]], making his first appearance (''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'' was released [[EarlyBirdCameo a few months later]] than ''Soul Calibur IV'').
** Soul Calibur II also had console-specific cameo characters: Xbox got ComicBook/{{Spawn}}, [=PS2=] got [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Heihachi]], and Gamecube got [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]].

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' appears in the Sega game ''VideoGame/{{Bug|1995}}'', twice. The first is a bonus level where Bug was able to race him (Sonic's route was a lot longer and uneven, so it balanced out), and the second one was a secret area where Sonic would appear and leave a bunch of powerups on a platform.
** If you turned the "flying Bug" cheat on which allows Bug to freely move anywhere, you could actually run up to Sonic and kill him in one sting. [[HilarityEnsues He disappears into a poof and 50 points]].

* While playing through a level in ''VideoGame/JediKnight'', there's one small home with a finnicky automatic door; it'll only open when Katarn is a certain distance away. Move quickly enough, and you can get inside to find [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Max]], holding a blaster very much like the one you start out with. Lead him out and he'll start blasting your enemies for you. Happen to attack him, and he'll come after '''you'''!
* [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/{{Okami}} Amaterasu]]]] makes an appearance in ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' in one of the episode recaps. Considering both games are published by Capcom, and are based on Asian Mythology, it makes a lot of sense.
* ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamland'' includes some from stone statues of Rick, Coo and Kine from ''[[VideoGame/KirbysDreamland2 Dreamland 2]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/KirbysDreamland3 3]]'' and Marx from ''[[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Super Star]]''. ''[[VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack Mass Attack]]'' has Max Flexer, Chef Shiitake, and the Holy Nightmare Co.'s Salesman from [[Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa the anime]]. And finally, ''Super Star'' has [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] while Ultra has him with Peach, Luigi and Wario.
* ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster2'' - So far [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]] and 876's idols Ai Hidaka and Eri Mizutani are available in DLC as in story rivals for the 765 Pro idols.
* In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 2'', Ken's home stage features cameos by Morrigan, Felicia, Hsien-Ko, Mei-Ling and Lord Raptor from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'', Biff Slamkovich and Jumbo Flapjack from ''VideoGame/SaturdayNightSlamMasters'', Captain Commando and Ginzu the Ninja from ''VideoGame/CaptainCommando'', the two Unknown Soldiers from ''VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds'', Pure the Magician from ''Adventure Quiz: Capcom World 2'', Michelle Heart from ''VideoGame/LegendaryWings'', Strider Hiryu from ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'', Linn Kurosawa from ''VideoGame/AlienVsPredatorCapcom'' and Capcom's CEO Kenzo Tsujimoto as a butler, all as guests attending Eliza's birthday party.
* ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia'' makes plenty of [[ShoutOut/{{Neptunia}} shout-outs]] and references to other video games, often by using [[LawyerFriendlyCameo silhouettes of the characters and avoiding using their actual names]]. One {{side quest}}, however, basically has you chasing after (and then fighting) Macaroon, the merchant girl from ''VideoGame/TrinityUniverse'', another of Idea Factory's dungeon exploring [=RPGs=].
* ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'' features The Flying Welshman who looks almost identical to Bobbin Threadbare from ''VideoGame/{{Loom}}''. The only difference is he's wearing a lifejacket and has a different voice (''Loom'' had a talkie version, rare at the time)). As ''Loom'' had no sequels, Creator/LucasArts clearly put this in for people wondering what Bobbin was up to.
** In reference to the ''Loom'' advertisement in the first game, ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'' advertises ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'' in a similar way, with Guybrush encountering the advertiser in a restaurant. The only difference is that the character who does so is the lead character from that game, Manny Cavalera...who doesn't speak to Guybrush on account of being dead.
* At the beginning of Alleyway, an old Breakout clone for the Game Boy, [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] runs across the screen and hops into the pilot seat of the paddle.
* In the bonus modes of ''VideoGame/DuelSaviorDestiny'' a couple of characters from early games the company made are playable characters.
* In ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution'', VideoGame/KaneAndLynch have cameos in the first stages of Act II. Kane is seen in a bar while Lynch is at a shooting range in a gun store.
* ''Franchise/BreathOfFire'' series:
** In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireI'', an easter egg shows [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Chun-Li]] practicing her Lightning Kick.
** In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireII'', Nina must fight a boss who turns out to be the Nina from I, the sorceress Bleu/Deis is a hidden OptionalPartyMember, and Bo and Karn appear on the optional Giant's Island.
** In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII'', Bleu/Deis appears again, this time playing a small role in the plot and acting as a Master. Several generic characters also look like Ox and Mogu from I, and Sten from II.
** In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'', Momo from III is a Master, and in the EndGamePlus, Rei and Teepo appear to sell you a unique item.
* Seeing as how the ''VideoGame/SegaSuperstars'' series involves crossovers, other characters cameoing in the courts and tracks is inevitable. (Chao as spectators on [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] tracks, Yoyo, Rhyth, Professor K, and others on ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' tracks, the VideoGame/BurningRangers flying around the track based on the game named after them, and so on).
** In ''All-Stars Racing'', Ristar makes his first appearance in 16 years hidden on the Death Egg Zone track.
** In ''All-Stars Racing Transformed'', Advertising/SegataSanshiro appears in the Race of Ages, still riding the rocket he saved Sega HQ from in his final commercial.
* ''VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale''. A crossover fighting game, so it's a no-brainer. Each stage involves elements from some other game interfering with that one, you can get chibi versions of certain characters to cheer you on in fights, story modes involve characters from the same franchise as that character, etc. Also, some finishing moves include cameos from other characters of that franchise too. ([[VideoGame/SlyCooper Sly's]] Lvl. 1 finishing move has Murray come out and attack, [[VideoGame/PaRappaTheRapper PaRappa's]] Lvl. 3 finishing move has him put on a concert with characters such as Lammy and Katy Kat watching, etc.)
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series
** In ''VideoGame/BlueSphere'', after completing a stage, the difficulty of that stage is displayed. If the difficulty rating is high enough, sprites of Mecha Sonic, Eggrobo, and the animal buddies can appear.
** ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' is filled to the brim with cameos. Most notable is [=NiGHTS=] in the 3DS version, making them the only non-Sonic character to appear in the game.
* In ''VideoGame/AtlantisNoNazo'', the old master whom you rescue at the end is the hero from Creator/{{Sunsoft}}'s earlier game ''Ikki''.
* The first batch of ''VideoGame/{{McPixel}}'s'' DLC had stages for Website/YouTube {{Lets Play}}ers who supported the game, such as WebVideo/JesseCox & LetsPlay/PewDiePie.
* In ''Atomic Robo-Kid Special'', the OneUp dolls are Ninja-kun from the game of the same name and Mutron-kun from ''Mutant Night''.
* Tons of them in ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle''. Comes with being a game based on a LongRunner franchise:
** The menus have, among others, Robert E.O. Speedwagon, Wang Chan, [[spoiler:Cyborg]] Rudolf von Stroheim, Oingo and Boingo, Ringo Roadagain...
** Nukesaku as a stage hazard of the Dio's Mansion stage.
** Wilson Phillips as part of the stage hazard in the Cairo Streets stage.
** Yoshihiro Kira as a stage hazard of the Kira Estate stage.
** Reimi Sugimoto as part of the Morioh stage's Situation Finish.
** Pesci and Prosciutto, as both the stage hazard and Situation Finish of the Naples' Train Station stage.
** Secco as the stage hazard of the Rome Streets stage.
** Green Baby is part of Pucci's stand Whitesnake's evolution to C-Moon.
** Weather Report as the stage hazard of the Green Dolphin Street Prison stage.
** Emporio Alnino as part of the stage hazard of the Kennedy Space Station stage.
** Lucy Steel and Stephen Steel as the stage "hazard" of the Atlantic Coast stage.
** Yasuho Hirose and Joushuu Higashikata as both the stage hazard and Situation Finish of the Wall Eyes stage.
* Every stage in ''VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdAdventures'' has a certain Internet personality hanging out in a hidden area, usually filled with lots of power-ups. They include Music/{{Brentalfloss}}, Creator/{{Egoraptor}}, [[WebAnimation/DeathBattle Wiz and Boomstick]], and the dev team.
* Played for laughs in ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes'', where instead of saving a generic face during the levels like previous Lego games, the player (if the person chooses to) can save Creator/StanLee during the story missions, different locations on the world map, and even the special Deadpool comic missions. Lampshaded by Stan Lee, himself, who constantly gives statements about making cameo appearances throughout the game after you rescued him. The whole point is to poke fun at how Stan Lee often makes cameo appearances in both his live action movies and animated projects. Deadpool himself also makes a brief cameo in every one of the main story levels. You’ll have to keep your eyes peeled for where he’ll show up!
* Characters from the ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'' series (such as the masked wrestler, the Wandering Samurai, and the Chorus Kids) make guest appearances in ''VideoGame/GameAndWario''. Returning the favor, ''Rhythm Heaven Megamix'' has a special mode where characters from ''[=WarioWare=]'' appear in various rhythm games.
* While the series' recurring Kremling antagonists have yet to appear in person in Retro Studios' run on the ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' series, K. Rool, the BigBad of the first three games, appears in rock formation form in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' (complete with a bunch of 10 bananas where his crown would be).
* The ''Radio/BlazBlueRadio'' show, ''[=BuruRaji=]'', features none other than [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear SOL BADGUY]]!!
* Miles Edgeworth makes a cameo at the end of ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', after the first credits sequence.
* [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Lucca]] makes a brief appearance in the first town of ''VideoGame/XenoGears'' to explain how save points work. [[spoiler: [[DoomedHometown Given what happens next,]] it's fairly likely that we've got a DeathByCameo here.]]
* While the incantation of Mega Man used in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is the ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' incantation of Mega Man, Mega Man's Final Smash has cameos of Mega Man's incantations from ''VideoGame/MegaManX'', ''VideoGame/MegamanLegends'', ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce''.
* [[http://i.imgur.com/8vaaKMF.jpg One intermission scene]] in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsBX'' features the respective OriginalGeneration from ''W'', ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK'' and ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsL'' in the background.
* In the files of ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', you can find an updated sprite of the Sumo enemy from ''VideoGame/MendelPalace''.
* People who donated $1000 for ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'''s Website/IndieGogo campaign could have a background character they designed appeare in the background. Besides the many {{Original Character}}s, in the River King Casino, there's Matt and Woolie from ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'' and Yuzuriha from ''VideoGame/UnderNightInBirth''. The Glass Canopy stage has [[http://cc-sh.wikia.com/wiki/Shady Shady ''from CC & SH'']], Sanshee-Tan, the mascot of the online website [[http://sanshee.com/ 'Sanshee']], and Zone-Tan, the mascot of the extremely NSFW 'Zone-Archive.
* In ''VideoGame/GoatSimulator'', you can find Music/{{Deadmau5}} putting on a show on top of a skyscraper. You can even don his signature helmet, with the ability to make people around you spontaneously dance.
* In TheStinger of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', [[spoiler:the Stargazer]] is voiced by Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon (unless you picked the [[spoiler:Refusal]] ending in the Extended Cut, in which case [[spoiler:the Stargazer]] is an alien woman).
* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': [[VideoGame/Persona4 Rise]] and [[VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight Kanami]] appear in individual advertisements at subway stations. You can also hear characters from ''VideoGame/Persona2'', ''VideoGame/Persona3'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4'' being interviewed on tv at various points throughout the year. Tanaka from ''Persona 3'' also shows up as the administrator of the "Dark Net" you can buy illicit goods off.
* Bean from ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' has a cameo in the football game ''Virtua Striker 2''. This however was considered to be an UrbanLegendOfZelda for over a decade because it seemed so weird and no one could figure out how to view him in any incarnation of the game. The only official note of this was an article in Official Sega Saturn Magazine, with everything else being a few subpar screencaps shot by fans online. Eventually fans figure out he could be seen when a certain team won fifty times against the CPU. Bean's cameo is not as random as it seems as his official character bio from ''Sonic the Fighters'' says he is a soccer player.
** ''Virtua Striker 3'' has a hidden unlockable team in "FC Sonic", consisting of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Eggman, and a handful of Chao.

* ''VideoGame/{{Flight}}'': Several other flash game characters appear [[spoiler:after transforming]], including [[VideoGame/TossTheTurtle the Turtle]] and [[VideoGame/HedgehogLaunch the Hedgehog]].
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** The trio of heroes from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII'' appear as summonable helpers in the arcade game ''Dragon Quest Monster Battle Road Victory'', both supporting the player and their monsters with defensive buffs and finishing their enemies off with Kazapple, also known as Alldain or Thordain — a spell that didn't exist until ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV''. The Cousins also pop up in ''VideoGame/FortuneStreet'' spinoffs.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'': Torneko and Ragnar from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'' are the first two opponents in the Monster Arena's S Rank battles.
** In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestX'', the hero/heroine is implied to have fought evil in the history of ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'' and left behind the White Star Sword (a white version of the Hypernova Sword).
** In the GoldenEnding of ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'', [[spoiler:as the Yggdragon speaks to the Luminary]], she alludes to a time in the future when "(her) power may be turned against the world"[[note]]Alluding to the Dragonlord, whom she even resembles the true form of on a physical level[[/note]] that someone would arise just as the Luminary did. Cut to the Hero of ''VideoGame/DragonQuestI'' standing on a high precipice overlooking Castle Charlock with the Sword of Erdrick at his side, psyching up for the final battle.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestHeroesTheWorldTreesWoeAndTheBlightBelow'': Rodrigo Briscoletti, Nera's father from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'', appears for the duration of one quest.
* Sort of in ''VideoGame/TerminatorResistance''. Going through the Skynet nightmare hospital, you crawl out of a vent into a room and find the dead body of a Resistance soldier strapped down to an operating table with all his organs removed. The guy looks like Creator/RobertPatrick. And then a familiar DroneOfDread plays...
* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'': Week 5 has a whole treasure trove of famous Website/{{Newgrounds}} characters, alongside several other internet icons, that cameo in the background. In total, there's Darnell and Pico himself from the ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'' series, [[https://twitter.com/z0ne?lang=en ZONE-tan]], the [[https://twitter.com/nightmarecops Nightmare Cops]], Kenstar from Creator/{{Egoraptor}}'s ''WebAnimation/GirlchanInParadise'', evilsk8r's mascot Buggy, [[https://twitter.com/cooldudetm @cooldudetm's]] mascot, WebAnimation/{{Blockhead}}, VideoGame/MeatBoy, [[https://twitter.com/OneyNG OneyNG]], [[https://twitter.com/psychicpebble Psychicpebbles]], characters from the [[https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/754092 GENTLES]] Newgrounds short, WebAnimation/SubloAndTangyMustard, [[VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries Henry Stickmin]], xXsquidwardXx's parody rapper from their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exclOSuHdI0 FNF parody]], Monster, and Music/HatsuneMiku.
* ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'':
** Creator/ChisaYokoyama and Akio Suyama cameo as the respective voices of Sakura Shinguji and Ichiro Ogami in the prologue to ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove''.
** In ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2019'', Yokoyama returns for yet another brief cameo as Sakura Shinguji.
* In the ''VideoGame/LonelyWolfTreat'' series, various characters from Creator/NomnomNami's other works make minor appearances in the series.
** The main characters of ''VisualNovel/SyrupAndTheUltimateSweet'' make minor appearances in ''Clever Fox Moxie'' and ''Wandering Wolf Trick''. They are also part of an optional sidequest in ''Dreaming Treat''.
** Time and Space from ''VisualNovel/HerTearsWereMyLight'' do not appear in person, but are represented by two cosplaying witches named Thyme and Spice.
** Strudel from ''VisualNovel/FirstKissAtASpookySoiree'' can be found on the beach in ''Dreaming Treat''.
* ''VideoGame/DaveTheDiver'' features a cameo of characters from the free to play game ''Master of Eternity'' (going under its release name of ''Stra Stella'' which is treated as an in-universe anime, and resident [[TheBlacksmith gunsmith]] Duff is a huge fan of Leahs in particular.
* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilDuringTheStorm,'' Kevin encounters [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis Jill Valentine]] at Bar Jack shortly before the ZombieApocalypse begins. Jill tries to convince Kevin to quit the R.P.D. and skip town due to Chief Irons' corruption and Umbrella's machinations, and even asks him to help her with her investigations, but Kevin just dismisses it as a crazy conspiracy theory. This prompts her to leave in frustration, where she'll eventually become the protagonist of her own game.
* ''VideoGame/{{Webbed}}'' has a cameo by the main character of the game ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/971030/SkateBIRD SkateBIRD]]'' as the NPC who runs the skateboard minigame.
* In ''VideoGame/XMenTheRavagesOfApocalypse'', obscure '80s X-Men ally Gateway appears as the end level marker, and his powers provide the transport from one level to the next.

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* Fanfic writer Creator/CVGWJames has done quite a bit of cameo appearances of characters from other franchises outside of the ones he's currently writing for. As a standout example, ''Fanfic/TheCaseOfTheGhostBiker'' has some minor appearances from various characters from Franchise/TheDCU, even though it's primarily a crossover between ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' and ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''.
** Even after the passing of Creator/StanLee, James occasionally gives him cameos in his stories, such as [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13847060/1/Sonic-and-the-Chitauri-invasion-A-Sonic-and-Marvel-crossover "Sonic and the Chitauri invasion"]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14172362/1/In-The-Silver-Moonlight-a-Sonic-x-Black-Cat-story "In The Silver Moonlight"]]. It's not just the short stories either--the cameos also happen in his bigger projects, like (again) ''Fanfic/TheCaseOfTheGhostBiker'' and ''Fanfic/MysteriesOfTheUniverse''. It should be noted, however, that none of these appearances refer to Stan Lee by name, due to a policy on [=FanFiction=] that doesn't take kindly to writers including real celebrities into their stories.

*** A blink-and-you'll-miss-it case: one of the mutants shown during the first test run of Cerebro appears to be a very young ComicBook/{{Storm}}, and another looks like ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}.

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* ''WebVideo/TheCryOfMann'': [[WebVideo/RebelTaxi Pan Pizza]] was one of the callers on the show; he was the one who kept saying "no" to Courtney in episode 3 and was was subsequently deemed a "giggly machine".

* ''Film/BlazingSaddles'': Jazz musician Count Basie shows up leading the orchestra in the desert.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Creator/TomBergeron of ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'' made an appearance as the BodyOfTheWeek, a late-night TV show host [[spoiler:poisoned for having to fire his best friend due to ExecutiveMeddling]].

* In a secret room in ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' there's a [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} certain iconic marine in green armor]] impaled on a pyre. Duke even comments "[[IncrediblyLamePun Hmm, that's one Doomed space marine!]]"

* ''Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure'' has Kiyone Makibi, Ramia, and Misao Amano from "Tenchi Muyo" appear as background characters in the final OVA episode. other tenchi charaters show in the laser disk sleeve artwork while elements of Dual! pop up in "Tenchi Muyo GXP" both shows are from the same team at AIC and are considered as part of one multiverse.

[[caption-width-right:300:"What are [[Series/SesameStreet you]] doing here?" [[LampshadeHanging "A very brief cameo."]] "... [[Creator/PeterUstinov Me too]]."]]

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' appears in the Sega game ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}'', twice. The first is a bonus level where Bug was able to race him (Sonic's route was a lot longer and uneven, so it balanced out), and the second one was a secret area where Sonic would appear and leave a bunch of powerups on a platform.

* In the AU ''Webcomic/InvertedFate'', Susie from ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' makes a apperance on bonus part 6.

** ''ComicBook/UltimateFF'': It seems that, at some point, Ultimate Rick Jones crossed into the prime universe and met [[ComicBook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]].

** ''ComicBook/SpiderMenII:'' ComicBook/MilesMorales heard the Taskmaster talking on the phone with one "Miles Morales". What is going on? Needing some answers, Peter Parker hires a private investigator... ComicBook/JessicaJones!

* ''WebAnimation/{{Anon}}'' features a lot of cameos including characters from the creator's other works, notably Cheyenne and Alice from Faux becoming recurring characters on Season 2.

* The music video for "Faster Than Light" by Lead Into Gold features a few shots of [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] miming a guitar part. Trent did not actually play guitar on the recording and has no other direct involvement with the group - rumor has it he happened to be shooting Music/NineInchNails' "Head Like A Hole" video on a nearby sound stage.