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Administrivia/TropesAreTools. There are some actors whose typical role has become known so well that as soon as you see them in a movie, whatever it is, you know it's going to be awesome/hilarious/full of asskicking/etc. (WebVideo/CinemaSins, for example, [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this with the comment whenever he appears in a movie in a normal presence, "Creator/LiamNeeson is not killing anyone in this scene.") In the world of [[EpilepticTrees fan theories]], this practice also has a tendency to make fans believe that those characters played by a typecast actor [[FanonWelding are secretly one and the same]].
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Administrivia/TropesAreTools. There are some actors whose typical role has become known so well that as soon as you see them in a movie, whatever it is, you know it's going to be awesome/hilarious/full of asskicking/etc. (WebVideo/CinemaSins, for example, [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this with the comment whenever he appears in a movie in a normal presence, "Creator/LiamNeeson is not killing anyone in this scene.") In the world of [[EpilepticTrees fan theories]], this practice also has a tendency to make fans believe that those characters played by a typecast actor [[FanonWelding are secretly one and the same]].
same]]. On the other hand, some audiences will expect these actors to play specific roles, and the writers risk angering them if they subvert their expectations. Writing the personality of Typecasted characters as a [[TheReveal twist]] is also extremely difficult to do successfully, because chances are that [[CaptainObviousReveal audiences prematurely figure it out]] [[NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize solely based on the actor's filmography]].
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-->-- '''Creator/LeVarBurton''' (when asked about this trope), Dragon*Con 2010,
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-->-- '''Creator/LeVarBurton''' (when asked about this trope), Dragon*Con 2010,
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[[quoteright:310:[[Creator/MorganFreeman https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/morgan_freeman_roles.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:310:Hollywood's go-to authority figure.[[note]]top: ''Film/BruceAlmighty''; middle: ''Film/Ted2''; bottom: ''Film/DeepImpact''[[/note]]]]
[[caption-width-right:310:Hollywood's go-to authority figure.[[note]]top: ''Film/BruceAlmighty''; middle: ''Film/Ted2''; bottom: ''Film/DeepImpact''[[/note]]]]
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This is not entirely the fault of casting directors. When Ed O'Neill left ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' to spread his wings as a dramatic actor, audiences laughed the instant he appeared onscreen in ''Film/TheSpanishPrisoner''. The extreme example of this is IAmNotSpock (and also IAmNotLeonardNimoy).
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This is not entirely the fault of casting directors. When Ed O'Neill left ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' to spread his wings as a dramatic actor, audiences laughed the instant he appeared onscreen in ''Film/TheSpanishPrisoner''. The An extreme example of this is IAmNotSpock (and also IAmNotLeonardNimoy).
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Administrivia/TropesAreTools. There are some actors whose typical role has become known so well that as soon as you see them in a movie, whatever it is, you know it's going to be awesome/hilarious/full of asskicking/etc. (WebVideo/CinemaSins, for example, [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this with the comment whenever he appears in a movie in a normal presence, "Creator/LiamNeeson is not killing anyone in this scene.") In the world of [[EpilepticTrees fan theories]], this practice also has a tendecy tendency to make fans believe that those characters played by a typecast actor [[FanonWelding are secretly one and the same]].
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MetaCasting is playing off this Type Casting to push it into another realm of familiarity.
Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad. There are some actors whose typical role has become known so well that as soon as you see them in a movie, whatever it is, you know it's going to be awesome/hilarious/full of asskicking/etc. (WebVideo/CinemaSins, for example, [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this with the comment whenever he appears in a movie in a normal presence, "Creator/LiamNeeson is not killing anyone in this scene.") In the world of [[EpilepticTrees fan theories]], this practice also has a tendecy to make fans believe that those characters played by a typecast actor [[FanonWelding are secretly one and the same]].
Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad. There are some actors whose typical role has become known so well that as soon as you see them in a movie, whatever it is, you know it's going to be awesome/hilarious/full of asskicking/etc. (WebVideo/CinemaSins, for example, [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this with the comment whenever he appears in a movie in a normal presence, "Creator/LiamNeeson is not killing anyone in this scene.") In the world of [[EpilepticTrees fan theories]], this practice also has a tendecy to make fans believe that those characters played by a typecast actor [[FanonWelding are secretly one and the same]].
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MetaCasting is playing off this Type Casting Typecasting to push it into another realm of familiarity.
Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad.Administrivia/TropesAreTools. There are some actors whose typical role has become known so well that as soon as you see them in a movie, whatever it is, you know it's going to be awesome/hilarious/full of asskicking/etc. (WebVideo/CinemaSins, for example, [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this with the comment whenever he appears in a movie in a normal presence, "Creator/LiamNeeson is not killing anyone in this scene.") In the world of [[EpilepticTrees fan theories]], this practice also has a tendecy to make fans believe that those characters played by a typecast actor [[FanonWelding are secretly one and the same]].
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Capitalization was fixed from Main.Type Casting to Main.Typecasting. Null edit to update page.
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When lampshaded in the work itself, this becomes AdamWesting. The opposite is, naturally enough, PlayingAgainstType (subtropes of which include TomHanksSyndrome, LeslieNielsenSyndrome and PlayingWithCharacterType).
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When lampshaded in the work itself, this becomes AdamWesting. The opposite is, naturally enough, PlayingAgainstType (subtropes of which include TomHanksSyndrome, LeslieNielsenSyndrome and PlayingWithCharacterType).PlayingAgainstType.
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Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad. There are some actors whose typical role has become known so well that as soon as you see them in a movie, whatever it is, you know it's going to be awesome/hilarious/full of asskicking/etc. (WebVideo/CinemaSins, for example, [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this with the comment whenever he appears in a movie in a normal presence, "Creator/LiamNeeson is not killing anyone in this scene.")
") In the world of [[EpilepticTrees fan theories]], this practice also has a tendecy to make fans believe that those characters played by a typecast actor [[FanonWelding are secretly one and the same]].
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* [[Typecasting/SpanishVoiceActors Spanish voice actors]]
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When lampshaded in the work itself, this becomes AdamWesting. When it happens with voice actors, it's called PigeonholedVoiceActor.
The opposite is, naturally enough, PlayingAgainstType (subtropes of which include TomHanksSyndrome, LeslieNielsenSyndrome and PlayingWithCharacterType).
The opposite is, naturally enough, PlayingAgainstType (subtropes of which include TomHanksSyndrome, LeslieNielsenSyndrome and PlayingWithCharacterType).
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When lampshaded in the work itself, this becomes AdamWesting. When it happens with voice actors, it's called PigeonholedVoiceActor.
The opposite is, naturally enough, PlayingAgainstType (subtropes of which include TomHanksSyndrome, LeslieNielsenSyndrome and PlayingWithCharacterType).
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I relisted the sub-pages, and fully merged this trope with Pigeonholed Voice Actors.
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* [[TypeCasting Live-action actors]]
** [[TypeCasting/BothGenders Both genders]]
** [[{{TypeCasting/Actors}} Male actors]]
** [[{{TypeCasting/Actresses}} Female actors]]
* [[PigeonholedVoiceActor Voice actors]]
** [[PigeonHoledVoiceActor/EnglishVoiceActors English voice actors]]
** [[PigeonHoledVoiceActor/JapaneseSeiyuu Japanese voice actors]]
** [[PigeonHoledVoiceActor/SpanishActoresDeDoblaje Spanish voice actors]]
** [[PigeonHoledVoiceActor/NorwegianVoiceActors Norwegian voice actors]]
** [[PigeonholedVoiceActor/DutchVoiceActors Dutch voice actors]]
** [[PigeonholedVoiceActor/BrazilianVoiceActors Portuguese voice actors]]
** [[TypeCasting/BothGenders Both genders]]
** [[{{TypeCasting/Actors}} Male actors]]
** [[{{TypeCasting/Actresses}} Female actors]]
* [[PigeonholedVoiceActor Voice actors]]
** [[PigeonHoledVoiceActor/EnglishVoiceActors English voice actors]]
** [[PigeonHoledVoiceActor/JapaneseSeiyuu Japanese voice actors]]
** [[PigeonHoledVoiceActor/SpanishActoresDeDoblaje Spanish voice actors]]
** [[PigeonHoledVoiceActor/NorwegianVoiceActors Norwegian voice actors]]
** [[PigeonholedVoiceActor/DutchVoiceActors Dutch voice actors]]
** [[PigeonholedVoiceActor/BrazilianVoiceActors Portuguese voice actors]]
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[[AC:[[{{Actors}} Live-action
** [[TypeCasting/BothGenders
* [[Typecasting/BothGenders Both genders]]
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** [[PigeonHoledVoiceActor/EnglishVoiceActors
* [[Typecasting/EnglishVoiceActors English voice actors]]
** [[PigeonHoledVoiceActor/NorwegianVoiceActors Norwegian voice actors]]
** [[PigeonholedVoiceActor/DutchVoiceActors Dutch voice actors]]
** [[PigeonholedVoiceActor/BrazilianVoiceActors Portuguese voice actors]]
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** [[TypeCasting/{{Actors}} Typecast actors]]
** [[TypeCasting/{{Actresses}} Typecast actresses]]
** [[TypeCasting/{{Actresses}} Typecast actresses]]
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** [[TypeCasting/{{Actors}} Typecast [[{{TypeCasting/Actors}} Male actors]]
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** [[PigeonholedVoiceActor/BrazilianVoiceActors Portuguese voice actors]]
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