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15	Examples of ActorAllusion in Western animation.
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18	* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', Jimmy supposedly forgets Carl's name, calling him [[Creator/RobPaulsen Rob]].
19	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
20	** In "Red Throne", the Flame King and Don Jon come to blows and have a comically-drawn-out fist-fight, reminiscent of the one in ''Film/TheyLive'' between Frank and Nada, who were played by their voice actors Creator/KeithDavid and Wrestling/RoddyPiper.
21	** In "The Mountain", Lemongrab has a vision of Princess Bubblegum offering to play catch with him. In this vision, Bubblegum speaks in a stilted, overly-formal manner reminiscent of Starfire from ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans\|2003}}'', who was also voiced by Creator/HyndenWalch.
22	** In "Abstract" James (voiced by Andy Merrill, best known for his role as Brak from ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'') remarks on how he could eat beans all day, a reference to a ''WesternAnimation/CartoonPlanet'' skit.
23	** In the case of a show referencing itself, Finn remarks how Aunt Lolly sounds similar to their mother Margaret in "Gumbaldia". Maria Bamford plays both characters.
24	* In the ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' episode "When Chaos Comes Calling", Iago is given a human head, which closely resembles his voice actor Creator/GilbertGottfried. It could also be an allusion to animator Will Finn's process of designing the character; Finn caricatured him, then gave him a parrot's body. Also related to InkSuitActor.
25	** In the series, Genie frequently says "D'oh!", an allusion to [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Dan Castellaneta's other famous role]].
26	** Abis Mal, voiced by Creator/JasonAlexander, is basically [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} George Costanza]] if he lived in the Ancient Middle East instead of 90s New York City.
27	* The ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien'' episode "Jungle Games" features literal JumpingTheShark as one of the titular games. Julien's uncle, (voiced by Creator/HenryWinkler) offers to do the challenge on behalf of his team because, as he puts it [[Series/HappyDays "I invented it"]].
28	* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'':
29	** Bullock (played by Creator/PatrickStewart) shows off a device he calls the "Hologram Deck." When Dick and Stan point out the resemblance to the holodeck from ''Star Trek'', Bullock claims not to know what that is.
30	--->'''Bullock:''' Some of us spent the late '80s and early '90s getting laid, Smith.
31	** In "The Neverending Stories," Bullock claims people call him "Professor X." Because he does so much ecstasy.
32	** Another episode has Creator/JonCryer guest star as Francine's high-school friend Quacky, a nod to his role as Duckie from ''Film/PrettyInPink''.
33	** One episode features a scene where Klaus says that he can perform animal sounds to help Stan make money. Klaus happens to be voiced by Creator/DeeBradleyBaker, who is known for being second only to Frank Welker when it comes to voicing various animal and creature characters.
34	** The character of Snot, voiced by Creator/CurtisArmstrong, is essentially an ''American Dad'' version of Booger from ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds''. In one episode, Steve and his friends discuss the film, but Snot claims to have never seen it.
35	** In "Dreaming of a White Porche Christmas", Roger is trying to explain the plot by analogy to a movie. Stan hasn't seen any of the movies he mentions, including, to Roger's surprise, ''{{Film/Ted}}''.
36	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''/''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'':
37	** Creator/OrsonWelles attempted a series of radio commercials for several foods, probably sometime around the 1960s. ''Animaniacs'' did a ''Pinky and the Brain'' sketch built around Creator/MauriceLaMarche imitating fairly famous outtakes of that recording session almost verbatim (compare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V14PfDDwxlE Orson]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uWW--w4SRs Maurice]]). If the entire cartoon wasn't enough of one long ActorAllusion on its own, it includes a line where the Brain storms off, saying, "if you want this done, you'll just have to find some actor who does ''impressions!"''
38	** Other ''Pinky and the Brain'' episodes featured parodies of ''Film/CitizenKane'', ''Film/TheThirdMan'' and the Mercury Radio Theater production of ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds''.
39	** One episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' featured a GameShow host called "Ned Flat", resembling Ned Flanders from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' not only in name but in voice -- Creator/HarryShearer's voice, in both cases.
40	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'':
41	** The character of Malory Archer (played by Jessica Walter) is essentially [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Lucille Bluth]] placed in command of a spy agency. She even has a feud with her unseen neighbor Trudy Beekman, echoing Lucille's feud with "Lucille Two"
42	** Eventually we meet Len Trexler, the head of the rival agency ODIN who was involved with Malory in the past and thus may be Archer's biological father. He of course is played by Jeffrey Tambor, who played [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment George Bluth]], Lucille's husband.
43	** The Season 4 premiere revealed Archer had developed amnesia and was selling burgers under the name Bob. H. Jon Benjamin voices Archer and Bob from ''[[WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers Bob's Burgers]]''. The idea that both characters were the same person was made all the funnier by the fact that they look nothing like each other, despite sounding exactly alike. Far from being a quick gag, the allusion was a major plot point, complete with an Archer-style makeover for the Bob's Burgers settings and characters. It tiptoed along the border of Actor Allusion and a full Crossover episode.
44	** In "Honeypot", Thomas Lennon guest-stars as one of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek villains of the week]]. At one point, Archer is shown dressed in an outfit ''very'' similar to Terry, the recurring gay prostitute from Thomas’ series ''Series/Reno911''.
45	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
46	** Wrestling/MickFoley voices The Boulder, a parody of [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]. The Rock and Mick’s character Mankind formed the popular tag team The Rock and Sock Connection.
47	** Small one from Robert Patrick when he voices Piandao. When Piandao describes swordsmanship, he says the sword is like an extra long, really sharp arm. Robert Patrick’s most famous role was as the T-1000 in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', and the Terminator he played was fond of making his arms long and sharp to use as swords.
48	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' manages to combine this with ActingForTwo. Creator/FredTatasciore plays both the [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner Hulk]] (reprising the role from... practically everything the Hulk has been in since 2003) and Graviton. Then Graviton lets loose one of Hulk's catchphrases:
49	-->'''Graviton:''' [[TemptingFate I am the strongest one there is!]]\
50	'''Hulk:''' (''[[BigDamnHeroes lands next to him]]'') [[PreAsskickingOneLiner You sure about that?]]
51	* Franchise/{{Batman}}:
52	** In an episode of ''The New Batman Adventures'', the Joker is attempting to kill Commissioner Gordon while he is at the dentist. Batman manages to find out first and stops him, but before he leaves the Joker tosses a grenade in while making the pun "May the floss be with you!" This is an obvious parody of the line "May the Force be with you", and it is a reference to his voice actor Creator/MarkHamill, famous for his role as Luke Skywalker in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise.
53	** A similar reference appears in the spin-off comic book ''Harley and Ivy'' which stars the Joker's henchgirl Harley Quinn and the villain Poison Ivy; the two are on a movie set beating up what looks like Batman and the Joker, but turn out to be actors. Harley laments about some actor trying to impersonate the Joker and takes off his fake nose while the actor mumbles something about "Yoda" and the "Dagobah System". It is safe to say that this is a reference to Hamill again, probably suggesting that the actor is supposed to be him.
54	** In ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', Boss Zucco, voiced by Creator/MarkHamill, kills John Grayson, who is voiced by Creator/KevinConroy. As Mark voiced the Joker in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and Kevin voiced Batman, many noticed that, in a way, the Joker finally managed to kill Batman.
55	** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' has Temple Fugate (the ClockKing) played by Creator/AlanRachins, then best known for playing the punctilious managing partner Douglas Brachman on ''Series/LALaw'' -- a clock watcher's clock watcher.
56	** In his introduction in "Heart of Ice", Mr. Freeze says "Revenge is a dish best-served cold.", popularly called [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan a Klingon proverb]]. Creator/MichaelAnsara, who plays Freeze, played the Klingon Captain Kang in ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
57	** Grant Walker, voiced by Creator/DanOHerlihy, has decided that things are too rough and has decided to replace an old society with a new city, and is willing to take drastic steps to take out the old one. Granted, wiping out the planet's population is more extreme and Grant [[MrAltDisney was based on]] Creator/WaltDisney, but Oceania sounds a lot like Delta City from the ''Franchise/RoboCop'' movies, which OCP's chairman, the Old Man, (also played by Dan) intended to replace crime-ridden Detroit. The willingness to commit mass murder for a cause he supports also evokes yet another CorruptCorporateExecutive Dan played, Conal Cochran from ''Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch''.
58	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'':
59	** The villain Mad Stan is a psychopathic Luddite who very closely resembles Spider from ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic'', even going so far as to mimic his "information overload" rant (minus the profanity.) Actor Music/HenryRollins played both roles, and Stan was probably modeled after Henry's performance.
60	** King is voiced by Creator/GeorgeLazenby, who was known for his short stint as Film/JamesBond. He gets two significant lines: First, [[Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService "we have all the time in the world"]], a reference to his James Bond performance. Second, "Do you have any idea what it's like living in [[Creator/SeanConnery someone's shadow?]]"
61	* Creator/WillFriedle again invokes ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' by playing Bats' on-again, off-again partner ComicBook/BlueBeetle in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''. The show was full of these, particularly referencing the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse.
62	* In ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', Silverbolt remarks that Venus reminds him of Blackarachnia. Blackarachnia was voiced by Venus Terzo.
63	* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'':
64	** A rather obscure one: Ben Tennyson exclaims in one episode: "How stupid do you think I am?", a line uttered by Terrence of ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' no less than 2 years beforehand. Both characters are voiced by Creator/TaraStrong.
65	** Another episode where Ben and Gwen are [[TrappedInTVLand drawn into a video game]] involves a scene where Grandpa Max notices that their game console has been left on, and drops into a deeper voice to complain, "I thought I told you to ''turn the game console off''!" If you've played ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 2\|SonsOfLiberty}}'' to the ending, you will likely void your bowels at this exact moment - Creator/PaulEiding plays both Grandpa Max and Colonel Campbell, and towards the end of ''Metal Gear Solid 2'', the game abruptly shifts into a NoFourthWall horror game. At the start of this downward slide, the Colonel shouts at Raiden to turn the game console off!
66	* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'':
67	** The Pepper Merchant from "Feud Fight" is played by [[Creator/McElroyBrothers Griffon McElroy]], with basically the same voice he uses for [[Podcast/TheAdventureZone Garfield the Deals Warlock]].
68	** A foreign dub-based example in "Gramma Driver", Gramma Alice Green becomes the getaway driver for an OutlawCouple inspired by [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Jessie and James]]. The reason for this is that Gramma is voiced by Inuko Inuyama in the show's Japanese dub, and her most famous role is Meowth.
69	* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "Just One Of the Boyz 4 Now" one of the boys Tina crushes on, Jesse, gets a section in his song where he raps about stereotypical French culture. Jesse's voice actor, Daveed Diggs, famously played the Marquis de Lafayette in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''.
70	* Although ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' is chock-full of celebrity gags, there are only a few about those voicing the main characters; however, in several seasons Princess Carolyn has a parody of a Creator/DavidSedaris book in her bookshelf. She's voiced by Creator/AmySedaris, his sister.
71	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'' episode "Love Stuck" featured a character named Boss Hoss voiced by Sorrell Booke, the actor who played [[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard Boss Hogg]].
72	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' has quite a few of these.
73	** There are many allusions to ''Film/{{Friday}}'', both direct and indirect, which starred John Witherspoon, the voice of The Boondocks' Robert "Granddad" Freeman.
74	** In the episode "A Date with the Health Inspector", the character Gin Rummy (voiced by Creator/SamuelLJackson) makes several statements pulled almost word-for-word from ''Film/PulpFiction'', including the iconic "English, motherfucker, do you speak it?". Rummy also seems to have a certain inclination toward tasty beverages.
75	** In one episode, Creator/MarkHamill plays a dealer who sells Granddad a strain of marijuana called "Skywalker".
76	** Rev. Rollo Goodlove messes up while singing "Go-Go Gadget Gospel," a song originally performed by his voice actor Cee-Lo. Extra layers of funny occur when you realize Cee-Lo is purposefully messing up his song when he should be able to sing it perfectly.
77	** Charles Murphy as Wuncler III had the line "[[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney I'm rich, bitch!]]"; a line from ''Series/ChappellesShow'' where he frequently performed on.
78	* In ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'', Cat, voiced by Creator/{{Jim Cummings\|1952}}, would often refer to his and Dog's live-in neighbor Winslow as a blue rodent. Jim had previously played the villain in a cartoon starring [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM Sonic the Hedgehog]] whom he would often refer to as "rodent."
79	* ''WesternAnimation/CityIsland2022'': James III's role as Link, a talking satellite, could be a nod to his role in ''Series/AstronomyClubTheSketchShow''.
80	* In ''WesternAnimation/ClassOf3000'' musician Andre "3000" Benjamin provides the voice of Sunny Bridges. In one episode, we learn that Sunny has Andre Benjamin on his cell phone speed dial.
81	* The ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'' episode "Halloween Enough" features Josh dressing up as Mordecai from J.G. Quintel's previous animated series ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', complete with saying "OOOHHHHHHH!!!". Quintel voices both characters and they're [[AuthorAvatar avatars of him]].
82	* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'':
83	** There's this memorable exchange between title character Jay Sherman and his son Marty, the humor hinging on the fact that Jay is voiced by actor Creator/JonLovitz (and drawn to look more than a little bit like him, too):
84	--->'''Jay Sherman:''' Don't worry son, if you think that only handsome musicians can get beautiful women, I have two words for you: Lyle Lovett.\
85	'''Marty Sherman:''' I thought that he was handsome.\
86	'''Jay Sherman:''' You're thinking of Jon Lovitz. With his good looks, he takes the cake.
87	** One episode takes this further by actually having Jon voice himself in a scene where he passes by [[ActingForTwo Jay]]. Marty mentions their voices are similar.
88	* The ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' episode "The Catburglar" is basically Curtis Armstrong (Dan) as his [[Series/{{Moonlighting}} other famous character he played in the '80s]]. [[note]] He played Bert Voila for the last three seasons.[[/note]]
89	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'':
90	** In an episode where Maddie married Vlad instead of Jack, Jack mistakenly called Danny "Davy" at one point. Danny's voice actor is David Kaufman.
91	** In "Splitting Images", while Danny is stuck inside a 1950's version of Caspar High in the Ghost Zone, there's a brief shot of Marty [=McFly=] (played by David in the [[WesternAnimation/BackToTheFuture animated series]]) among the students.
92	* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'' King Zog, voiced by Creator/JohnDiMaggio, shouts a variant of [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender's]] catchphrase:
93	-->''Bite my shiny metal axe!''
94	* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'' has a pretty blatant one in "The Midnight Desert": while riding in a howdah on the back of an enormous beast of burden, Callum finds something strangely familiar about a boomerang, the signature weapon of Jack De Sena's previous role, [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Sokka]].
95	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
96	** Creator/AdamWest in the role of Catman. Fun fact: that episode was co-written by Seth [=MacFarlane=], who of course is responsible for the "Mayor Adam West" character on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', mentioned below.
97	** The Crimson Chin is voiced by Jay Leno, a chin-themed superhero whose origin story comes when a late-night talk show host was bitten by a radioactive celebrity. In a later episode, the Crimson Chin crashes through a building during a fight scene...straight onto the filming of an episode of ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''.
98	** In his first appearance, Chip Skylark, voiced by Chris Kirkpatrick, mentions "The album comes out July 24th." Music/{{NSYNC}} actually had an album come out on July 24th, 2001.
99	** There's also Dr. Rip Studwell, voiced by series creator Creator/ButchHartman himself. His over-the-top, soap opera style is a reference to Butch’s acting roles in soap operas before he made it big in animation. His design is also based on Butch himself, originally done as a joke.
100	** Probably unintentional, but the episode "Sleepover and Over" has Timmy wearing a CaptainErsatz version of a Franchise/HelloKitty costume near the end. One of Tara Strong's first voice acting roles was the title character in ''WesternAnimation/HelloKittysFurryTaleTheater''.
101	** When the episode "The Gland Plan" was redubbed for Brazilian audiences, the scene where Cosmo turns into a G has Cosmo saying it's G for Guilherme. Cosmo's Brazilian voice actor is Creator/GuilhermeBriggs.
102	* Brazilian extinct dubbing studio Herbert Richers was such a loose environment during the late '80searly '90s that the voice actors liked to throw this, such as acknowledging Manolo Rey by having someone say "Mr. Manolo's bakery". Creator/MarcioSimoes fondly remembers that in one episode of ''Westernanimation/DenverTheLastDinosaur'', the guy playing a fashion designer decided to basically list the voice actors in a French accent.
103	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
104	** Creator/SethMacFarlane intentionally avoids allusions to ''Series/Batman1966'' with Adam West because they're too obvious. Though there was the ''Super Griffins'' short where he mentioned having past experiences fighting super-powered beings.
105	** Also, in the episode [[Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero "Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air"]], Peter notes the similarity between the voices of Dr. Hartman and Carter Pewtersmidt -- both played by Seth [=MacFarlane=] -- who do indeed sound nearly identical. Hartman and Carter then converse about this, with Carter noting it as being a bit lazy, whereas Hartman figures that there are only so many voices out there, with some bound to sound similar.
106	** There was a fairly subtle one on the first episode [[UnCanceled after the show came back]]. Peter listed all of the series on Creator/{{FOX}} that had been cancelled since they were. When Peter says ''Series/GregTheBunny'', he looks at Chris, whose VA, Creator/SethGreen, was the star of that series.
107	** Later in the series, Peter and Chris [[SeinfeldianConversation have a conversation about]] ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' (which also did a ''Franchise/StarWars'' episode) with Peter dismissing the show and Chris defending it. Seth Green is the co-creator of ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''.
108	** There's an even more obvious reference to ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' in "Road to the Multiverse:"
109	--->'''Stewie:''' How's it feel to be on a major network for 30 seconds?\
110	'''Chris:''' FUCK YOU!!
111	** In the second ''Star Wars'' spoof, Peter short-circuits the argument by bringing up ''Film/WithoutAPaddle'', which causes Chris to scream and run out of the room angrily. ''Without a Paddle'' was a critically-panned box office flop that starred Seth Green.
112	** In the third ''Star Wars'' spoof, they simply go into outright ''bashing'' Seth Green by name, which naturally irritates Chris/Luke. At the end, Chris asks Peter what his problem with Seth Green is, proceeding to turn around and bash Seth [=MacFarlane=] with Meg and Lois, while Peter, Stewie, and Brian (all voiced by [=MacFarlane=]) try to defend him.
113	** In "Meet the Quagmires", where the timeline was altered, President Gore killed Osama bin Laden. Lois says: "Who woulda thought that bin Laden was hiding out in the cast of ''Series/{{MADtv\|1995}}''?" Quagmire remarks: "Man, the perfect hiding spot. The one place no one would look!" Creator/AlexBorstein, the voice of Lois, had a recurring role on ''Series/MadTV1995''.
114	** In one episode, Carl the gas station attendant gives lackluster impersonations of [[WesternAnimation/{{Archer}} Sterling Archer]] and [[WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers Bob Belcher]], both of which share their voice actor H. Jon Benjamin with Carl.
115	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'':
116	** The title character's butler Professor Jones, voiced by Jonathan Harris, is pretty much a reprisal of Jonathan’s role as Dr. Smith from ''Series/LostInSpace'' -- snotty and coward, with some lines directly lifted from ''[=LiS=]''. A RunningGag in his introductory episode "Mission: Freakazoid" involves everyone asking Jones if he was "on a show with a robot". Also, Sgt. Cosgrove and the villain Guitierrez resemble their voice actors, Creator/EdAsner and Creator/RicardoMontalban, respectively.
117	** In "The Chip", Guitierrez delivers a speech to Dexter that seems to have been taken from ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''. Guess what actor portrayed Khan. Ricardo Montalbán.
118	** The first season's finale is titled "The Wrath of Guitierrez". One gets the impression that the writers ''really'' liked having Ricardo Montalbán on their side.
119	** The Brazilian dub added one more Khan allusion for Guitierrez's return in season 2's "Hero Boy", as Freakazoid yelling at the villain goes from the original's "[[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 Get your darn ape hands off me!]]" to "Captain Kirk is gonna get you!"
120	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
121	** In "A Bicyclops Built for Two", Leela (played by Creator/KateySagal) meets and falls in love with a fellow cyclops called Alcazar... who insists she call him Al... who then turns out to be a shiftless slob... and eventually the show temporarily [[{{Homage}} turned into an episode of]] ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', in which Katey played Peggy Bundy, right down to the hooting FOX audience.
122	** In "Bender's Big Score", in the battle against the scammers, the Chanukah Zombie, voiced by Creator/MarkHamill, flies a stereotypically Chanukah-themed [[Franchise/StarWars TIE Fighter]].
123	** "Hah -- Creator/BillyWest? What a stupid, phony, made-up name." Fry's line might be one of the least subtle actor allusions in history.
124	** In "Yo Leela Leela", Abner Doubledeal tells Leela that her show ''Rumbledy Hump'' was a hit and mentions that its gonna be bigger than [=SpongeBot=] [=SquareBolts=], a ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' expy. Creator/TomKenny, who voiced Abner, also voiced the titular character in that show.
125	** In "Leela and the Genestalk", Bender finds [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Finn and Jake]] trapped in Mom's floating Genetics lab. Creator/JohnDiMaggio voices both Bender and Jake.
126	--->'''Jake''': (weakly) What time is it?\
127	'''Bender''': Time for you to shut up!
128	* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'':
129	** The title orange cat is voiced by Creator/LorenzoMusic, who had previously voiced [[TheVoice Carlton the Doorman]] on the CBS sitcom ''Series/{{Rhoda}}''. Naturally, one of the {{Couch Gag}}s featured the line, "This is Garfield, your doorman." (Doubles as a ParentalBonus, given that ''Rhoda'' aired during TheSeventies.)
130	** Aloysius Pig's catchphrase is "That's not right!", a reference to his voice actor Kevin Meaney.
131	** Another episode had Garfield consider getting help from the [[WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters Ghostbusters]], only to then say they were cancelled, a reference to Lorenzo Music's role on that show.
132	* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' episode where the characters went to Ireland, a teenage wastrel remarked that there was more to Bronx than meets the eye, a reference to the tagline for ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''. Bronx's voice was provided by Creator/FrankWelker, who also did [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Frank_Welker a lot of voices]] in ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1''.
133	* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode Carpet Diem Candy remarks that Kevin from the electronic dating game she is playing has the voice of a robot. Her voice actress is Nikki Yang, the voice of BMO from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''.
134	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Green Eggs and Ham\|2019}}'': Broadway star Creator/DaveedDiggs, best known for playing UsefulNotes/MarquisDeLaFayette in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', plays another character who's a revolutionary with a French accent who sings a song which parodies ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' in "Mouse."
135	* Baron von Ghoulish in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Billy and Mandy Save Christmas]]'' is introduced brushing his fangs and humming "Singing in the Rain". His voice actor is Creator/MalcolmMcDowell, who infamously sang that same song in ''Film/AClockworkOrange''.
136	* In an example, also seen under CompanyCrossReferences, the ''WesternAnimation/HaileysOnIt'' episode "Smells Like Queen Spirit" has the list item of the week being trying to become Crab Queen, which Hailey said she signed up for during a "princess phrase." She then flops down on her bed, holding a pillow over her chest with [[WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} a very familiar looking tribal pattern on it]], and says [[SelfDeprecation "I mean, who would see me as a princess?"]] Hailey is voiced by Creator/AuliiCravalho, who also plays Moana.
137	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', especially when its cast got huge, absolutely loved these.
138	** Examples include bringing in the entire lead cast of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' to voice the first Royal Flush Gang, bickering brothers Hawk and Dove being played by Wayne and Kevin Arnold from ''Series/TheWonderYears'', and Nazi-esque villain Virman Vundabar, voiced by Arte Johnson, saying "verrry interesting... but schtupid!"[[note]]He replaced the last word with futile, but close enough. [[/note]] -- his catchphrase in his most famous role, Wolfgang the German Soldier on ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn''.
139	** Not to mention tapping Nathan Fillion to voice Vigilante, [[Series/{{Firefly}} a cowboy that flies a spaceship.]] And paired with Vixen, who was voiced by Creator/GinaTorres.
140	** Creator/KeithDavid, who was Goliath in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', voice acts Despero the cult-leader. When he's brainwashing the heroes one by one, he remarks about Hawkgirl: "The wings give her an exotic quality, wouldn't you agree?"
141	** "The Great Brain Robbery" has a FreakyFridayFlip between Flash and Lex Luthor in which [[VoicesAreNotMental voices are decidedly not mental]]. Flash's voice actor, Creator/MichaelRosenbaum, plays Luthor in ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.
142	** During "The Once and Future Thing, Part 2", as time itself starts to degrade and warp out of control, a group of redcoats suddenly appear. They see [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond the Terry McGinnis Batman]] and one of them shouts, "Fire at [[Creator/WillFriedle will]]."
143	** "Epilogue" features a new Royal Flush Gang and the Jack in this one is a samurai. When he's returned to normal, the animators made him look exactly like Creator/PhilLaMarr - the voice of WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack.
144	** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'' took the concept of actor allusion to its ultimate limit in the short "Missing the Mark" when the Joker (most famously voiced by Mark Hamill) and the Trickster (played by Mark Hamill in ''Series/TheFlash1990'' and as two different versions of the character in ''Series/TheFlash2014'', and here voiced by Mark Hamill) abduct famous actor Mark Hamill (voiced by himself), who helps in his own rescue by fooling the Joker and Trickster by imitating their voices, allowing his rescue by Swamp Thing...who in ''Justice League Action'' is voiced by Mark Hamill.
145	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'':
146	** A two-in-one parody in "The Fearless Ferret": an aging TV star who played a superhero on TV is voiced by Creator/AdamWest of the classic ''Series/Batman1966''. He coaches a successor via radio, in the form of series regular Ron. Ron's VA, Creator/WillFriedle, was the voice of the future Batman on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' -- whom the original Batman coached via radio.
147	** On another episode, Señor Senior Sr. speaks of chasing someone 'round perdition's flames, in much the same way his voice actor (Creator/RicardoMontalban) did in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''.
148	* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'':
149	** One episode of (specifically "Arlen City Bomber") has Bobby state that his dream is to eat a corn chip right off the production line. Lucky tells him "I'm gonna help you run down that dream." [[Music/TomPetty Lucky's portrayer]] had a song titled "Runnin' Down A Dream".
150	** In the season four episode "Rodeo Days", the boy Bobby (voiced by Pamela Aldon) meets at the rodeo is voiced by Andrew Lawrence. [[WesternAnimation/{{Recess}} This is not the first time they've been on the same show together]].
151	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
152	** Music/HenryRollins voices Zaheer, the ArcVillain of Book 3 and a BombThrowingAnarchist like [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Mad Stan]] (albeit much more spiritual).
153	** The Brazilian dub had Korra replying to a question of whether she's the avatar with "Yup, that’s me!" in the same pronunciation of another role of Mariana Torres, Raven Baxter from ''Series/ThatsSoRaven''. She also employed the phrase as her other Raven in ''Teen Titans Go!''.
154	* A PBS children's show called ''WesternAnimation/LibertysKids'' had Walter Cronkite as the voice of Benjamin Franklin. Separate from the main storyline (having to do with a trio of preteen reporters during the American Revolutionary War), there would be anachronistic segments, including Benjamin as a newscaster-an obvious nod to his voice actor, who was also a newscaster. He would even end each segment with "And that's the way it is."
155	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'', Pleakley (voiced by Kevin Macdonald of ''The Kids in the Hall'') is visited by his mother, sister, and brother, voiced by Scott Thompson, Bruce [=McCullough=], and Mark [=McKinney=], respectively, three of Kevin's four regular costars from ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall''. The remaining costar, David Foley, appears as well, playing a priest at Pleakley's mock wedding. Not to mention Pleakley is fond of cross-dressing.
156	* [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19940624/REVIEWS/406240301/1023 According to]] Creator/RogerEbert, Scar's answer to Simba's "You're so weird," from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' is a reference to an earlier Creator/JeremyIrons part in ''Film/ReversalOfFortune'' where he played Claus von Bulow. Even the intonation is exactly the same.
157	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
158	** The short "WesternAnimation/DaffyDuckSleptHere" has Daffy intone "Train leaving on Track 5 for Anaheim, Azusa, and Cuc...amonga!". His voice actor, Creator/MelBlanc, regularly said the same line on ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram''.
159	** In "WesternAnimation/EasterYeggs", Mel voices a sullen bunny rabbit with the same worried tone as his mailman character on ''Radio/TheBurnsAndAllenShow'', right down to the catchphrase "And remember, keep smiling."
160	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks'' had an ImagineSpot that was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LXXSY4mhBk a parody of]] ''Franchise/MyLittlePony''. Martha's voice actress Creator/TabithaStGermain is pretty much ''the'' voice of ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'', as she's done [[WomanOfAThousandVoices tons of characters]] in both the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3 G3]] era and ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Friendship is Magic]]''.
161	* ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'':
162	** Recurring villain Magnanimous is voiced by Creator/BruceCampbell. In one episode, Magnanimous gets a mech of his own... [[Franchise/EvilDead with a shotgun in one hand and a chainsaw in the other.]] Magnanimous as a whole is [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed a parody of Bruce Campbell]] [[AdamWesting who just happens to actually be voiced by Bruce Campbell]].
163	-->'''Magnanimous:''' AHHHH! IT HURTS! ...Oh wait, no it doesn't...
164	** [[Film/BubbaHoTep Plus, he looks like Elvis in one episode.]]
165	* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': In "Mollyball", Trini (voiced by Vienna Leacock) suggests that there may be aliens on another planet playing basketball. [[WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo Sydney]] is also voiced by Leacock and she hangs out with an alien (Jet) every day.
166	* In both ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' and ''WesternAnimation/HighSchoolUSA'', Jay Johnston plays a cop (he plays multiple characters in the former). He's also played a cop in live-action tv shows like ''Series/TheSarahSilvermanProgram'' and ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''.
167	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
168	** Discord, the villain of the season 2 premiere is played by Creator/JohnDeLancie, who [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration once again plays]] a [[RealityWarper reality-warping]], [[BadassFingerSnap finger-snapping]], teleporting [[TheTrickster Trickster Archetype]] with a cruel sense of humor. Given the near omnipotence of the character and Q's InformedAbility to take any form he pleases, they can quite easily be the same character. By WordOfGod, Discord was created in the aftermath of a ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' marathon.
169	** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]", a jerk jock, voiced by Kathleen Barr, picks on the prideful main character, Rainbow Dash. Kathleen Barr also plays Kevin, a JerkJock in ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' who picks on a prideful Eddy.%%Speaking of Kathleen Barr, she also happens to voice Chrysalis, the queen of an insectoid race of creatures who cocoon the ones they've defeated. Gee, does [[Toys/{{Bionicle}} that sound familiar]]?%%ZCE -- how is that an actor allusion?
170	** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy Hurricane Fluttershy]]", Twilight Sparkle has a squirrel trying to tell her something, and on being asked what it's saying replies "Do I ''look'' like I speak Squirrel?" Twilight is voiced by Creator/TaraStrong, who also voiced Bubbles on ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'', who ''does'' in fact speak squirrel.
171	** In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls1'', Twilight's EvilCounterpart, Sunset Shimmer, is voiced by Creator/RebeccaShoichet, who provides Twilight's singing voice.
172	** In flashbacks we see that [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Weird Al]]'s character Cheese Sandwich wore glasses when he was younger like Al did until the '90s.
173	* ''WesternAnimation/OddJobJack'': One episode's supposed guest star is none other than the voice actor of the main character who plays himself. The title character disapproves of and criticizes him and the two fight each other throughout the episode.
174	* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'':
175	** In "Hunting Palismen", a shot of Hunter's bedroom reveals that he has a bobblehead of [[WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens Remy Remmington]] on his shelf. Both Remy and Hunter are voiced by Creator/ZenoRobinson.
176	** In "Eclipse Lake" Amity, voiced by Creator/MaeWhitman, starts carrying a flask of Abomination juice on her hip, and uses its contents as a weapon in a manner reminiscent of [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Katara's]] [[MakingASplash waterbending]]. The episode also references Katara's interactions with Zuko in "The Crossroads of Destiny" as both have her trying to convince a 16-year-old boy with facial scars to have a HeelFaceTurn while in a green cave by bonding over their similar pasts, only to fail [[WellDoneSonGuy due to his desire to please]] the BigBad.
177	* ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'': In one episode, Pepper Ann is watching a show suspiciously similar to ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries''; April Winchell, who voiced PA's mother Lydia, also voiced Tanya on MD:TAS.
178	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
179	** In an episode, Candace (voiced by Music/AshleyTisdale) competes for a job at Mr. Slushy Burger with Wendy (voiced by Creator/BrendaSong). Both Ashley and Brenda appeared on ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''.
180	** On another episode where Candace does a horrible job at acting in a movie her brothers made, Ferb edits the final cut resulting in a Photoshopped photo of Ashley Tisdale as a princess in a castle.
181	** And in "Hawaiian Vacation", we have a Hotel Manager who tries to bust Phineas and Ferb. He is voiced by Phill Lewis, who also played Mr. Moseby on ''The Suite Life''.
182	** On the show, Ferb (voiced by Thomas Sangster) has a PrecociousCrush on Vanessa (played by Olivia Olson). In ''Film/LoveActually,'' Thomas’s character had a crush on Olivia’s character.[[http://whitebag.deviantart.com/art/Parody-147766811 Compare]] their [[SmoochOfVictory Smooches of Victory]].
183	** The Halloween-themed episode "The Curse of Candace" had three in one episode:
184	*** In the ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' parody in the beginning of the episode, the {{Exp\|y}}ies of Edward & Bella are voiced by Creator/AnnaPaquin & Stephen Moyer, who [[Series/TrueBlood have been on a show where a human woman loves a vampire]].
185	*** The Jacob {{Expy}} is voiced by Creator/MichaelJFox, which isn't the first time [[Film/TeenWolf he's played a teenage werewolf]].
186	*** And, at one point during the episode, Lawrence watches a horror movie and comments, "where are the rock and roll musical numbers?" Richard O'Brien, who plays Lawrence, wrote and starred in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', which combines horror & rock and roll music.
187	*** In "Druselsteinoween", Vannesa voiced by Oliva Olson is dressed as a [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Vampire Queen]].
188	** In "Phineas and Ferb Save Summer," Creator/JackMcBrayer's character Irving Du Bois sings a song about wilderness safety in which he advises his audience to avoid "[[WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder banjo-playing hicks]]."
189	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'', one episode involves Penny, voiced by Creator/KylaPratt, inexplicably finds herself able to talk to a tiger from a circus act in one episode. This references Pratt's role in ''Film/DrDolittle'', which had a plot also involving an uncooperative tiger.
190	* When ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' hear that a movie about them is being planned, they look at a press release and see that some guys named Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis are in the main roles.
191	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'':
192	** In the episode "The Dude", the main six meet Franklin Dudikoff, the school's original charismatic prankster (Like T.J.) in the '80s, who's now back to become a teacher. T.J. looks up to him like an older brother. The Dude is voiced by Creator/JoeyLawrence, who's the older brother of T.J.'s then-voice actor Creator/AndyLawrence.
193	** In ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'', T.J.'s sister, Becky, is shown talking on the phone in one scene with her friend, Melissa. Becky's voiced by Creator/MelissaJoanHart.
194	** In ''Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade'', Becky is voiced by Creator/TaraStrong instead of Creator/MelissaJoanHart. In two made-for-TV movies for ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', both of them star in the films: Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina, and Tara Strong as Gwen.
195	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', an anthropomorphic hot dog is voiced by Creator/TimCurry, known for his role as Dr. Frank-n-further in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' (the original film).
196	* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', Morty's mother Beth is a horse surgeon voiced by Creator/SarahChalke, who played a doctor in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''.
197	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/RoaryTheRacingCar'' has a racecar designer called Hugo Amarillo, apparently purely so Big Chris (voiced by Peter Kay) can say "Is this the way to Hugo Amarillo?", referring to the song he mimed to for UsefulNotes/ComicRelief.
198	* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': In one episode, Heffer is so stunned by a cute girl that he forgets his name, saying "Creator/{{Tom\|Kenny}}" instead.[[note]]This is immediately followed by him accidentally saying his name is Dan (Povenmire), Jeff (Marsh), and Joe (Murray), so it's unlikely this was a coincidence.[[/note]]
199	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
200	-->'''Quiz show host:''' ''(voiced by Creator/AlexTrebek, of ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' fame)'' This automotive tool is used to tighten bolts.\
201	'''Didi:''' What is a torque wrench?\
202	'''Host:''' You're absolutely right, and Didi, you don't have to answer in a form of a question.
203	** Said host's name is Alan Quebec, both rhyming with Alex’s name and punning on Alex being Canadian.
204	* ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'': Captain Jean Lafitte, voiced by Creator/LongJohnBaldry, shouts "I HATE Salem!" after being defeated in "This Is Your Nine Lives."[[note]]Lafitte is defeated by Sabrina, Harvey, and Chloe rather than Salem, but Salem's wrongdoings in the past are the reason why Lafitte became an antagonist in the first place.[[/note]] This is nearly identical to the OnceAnEpisode catchphrase used by Dr. Robotnik in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', who Baldry also voiced: "I HATE that hedgehog!"
205	* The Rankin/Bass Christmas special ''Santa, Baby!'' has a twofer. It features the voice of Eartha Kitt, the original performer of the song, and she voices a cat, referencing her role as [[Series/Batman1966 Catwoman]].
206	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'':
207	** This isn't the first time Creator/PatrickWarburton plays a [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy lawman.]]
208	** In Episode 4, David Faustino plays a down-on-his-luck guy named Bud. [[Series/MarriedWithChildren Huh, where have we seen that one before?]]
209	** The mother of Velma's StalkerWithACrush Jason is played by Jessica Walter, who played one herself in ''Film/PlayMistyForMe''.
210	** In episode 18, Creator/JamesHong's character takes on the guise of a [[Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina powerful Chinese wizard]].
211	** Of course, the Creator/HPLovecraft {{Expy}} is played by Creator/JeffreyCombs.
212	** From "The Night the Clown Cried", Crybaby Clown is voiced by Creator/MarkHamill, who, having voiced [[Characters/DCAUJoker the Joker]], has much experience with voicing clowns.
213	*** Crybaby Clown also seems like an allusion to Mark’s role as Macendale/Hobgoblin on ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', since the villain is more practical-minded than Joker, and both are shallow pretty boys who romance the local rich girl who is fed up with her distracted ex/potential beau and turn to destructive crime waves in the name of money/fame. Both Daphne and Felicia Hardy are made to feel like fools when their date is unmasked.
214	** Early on in season two, Velma seems to have become pretty good friends with Hot Dog Water. It probably doesn't hurt that Hot Dog Water's voice actress, Creator/LindaCardellini, has a bit of a [[Film/ScoobyDoo2002 past relationship]] [[Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed with Velma]]...
215	** Ricky Owens is an intentional {{Expy}} of Shaggy. Creator/ScottMenville, who voices the character as a teenager, played Shaggy in ''WesternAnimation/ShaggyAndScoobyDooGetAClue''.
216	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
217	** One episode titled "Brother from Another Series" starred Sideshow Bob (Creator/KelseyGrammer) and his brother Cecil, voiced by, you guessed it, Creator/DavidHydePierce. One scene becomes an obvious extended reference to ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', down to the incidental music and SnarkToSnarkCombat. At one point when Bart jumped on his back and yelled "Guess who!" Cecil's first guess was "Maris?" Maris was [[TheGhost the never seen/never heard]] wife of Niles Crane. A later episode starred Bob, Cecil, and their father Robert, voiced by John Mahoney. One extended CouchGag had the Simpsons running through sets from different sitcoms; they sit in the bar from ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' (the show ''Frasier'' was a spin-off of) and Sideshow Bob walks in.
218	** Another episode features Lisa plotting against Bart and cackling evilly. When Marge asks her what's so funny, she quickly covers by saying she was just thinking about a joke she saw on ''[[Series/HermansHead Herman's Head]]'', on which Creator/YeardleySmith (the voice of Lisa) starred. Conversely, Yeardley Smith's character on the show once asked if she sounded like that girl who voices Lisa Simpson.
219	** In one episode Comic Book Guy says "America needs the wisdom of ''Herman's Head'' now more than ever." Comic Book Guy is voiced by Creator/HankAzaria, who co-starred on ''Herman's Head''.
220	** Spoofed: Mark Hamill, starring in a dinner-theatre production of ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls'', is [[IAmNotSpock forced to adapt everything to fit his role in]] ''Franchise/StarWars'', climaxing with the "Luke, Be a Jedi Tonight" musical number and a few references like "use the Forks!"
221	** The episode "Lisa's Substitute", guest-starring Creator/DustinHoffman, features an extended sequence that comes out of nowhere in which Dustin’s character and Mrs. Krabappel do a shot-for-shot reenactment of the famous seduction scene from ''Film/TheGraduate''. Ironically, Hoffman used a pseudonym in this appearance, so anyone who couldn't recognize his voice was probably completely mystified as to why the episode suddenly stopped dead in its tracks to do such a specific parody.
222	** In the episode "Lard of the Dance", a character voiced by Creator/LisaKudrow says when meets Lisa: "Your name's Lisa? Shut up, I love that name!" Later, she tells her not to be such a [[Series/{{Friends}} Phoebe]].
223	** In the Latin-American version of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', when Homer wants to prove that he forgot the name of Lisa's secret boyfriend, he incorrectly gives his name as "Beto Vélez". Creator/HumbertoVelez voices Homer. In another episode, when calling a photographer for an erotic photo shoot, he gives his name as "Humberto Simpson".
224	** In the episode "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife", Homer meets Creator/DanCastellaneta (who's Homer's voice actor).
225	--->'''Tour Guide:''' Oh, why look! There's Dan Castellaneta from ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow.''\
226	'''Homer''' ''(leaning out of the tour guide tram)'' Hey, funny man! Say something funny!\
227	'''Dan Castellaneta:''' Please don't lean out of the tram, sir. You might get hurt.\
228	'''Homer:''' ''(childishly imitating Castelleneta)'' Oh, don't lean out of the tram! ''(Homer hits his head on a statue of Mischa Barton)''
229	** In the episode "Apocalypse Cow", there's a CD called ''Anguished Animals III'', recorded by Creator/TressMacNeille. Tress [=MacNeille=] voices many female supporting characters on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
230	** In the episode "The Bob Next Door", Bart thinks their new neighbor is his nemesis, Sideshow Bob in disguise, because he sounds like him. Homer and Marge tell him that a lot of people sound like Sideshow Bob, like "Frasier on ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', Frasier on ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', and Lt. Cmdr. Tom Dodge in ''Down Periscope''." Those roles were played by Creator/KelseyGrammer, the voice of Sideshow Bob.
231	** Combined with a TakeThat in a scene in which Fat Tony (Joe Mantegna) becomes emotional and says "I haven't cried this much since I paid to see ''Godfather III''" (that movie being a favorite punching bag on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.) ''Film/TheGodfatherPartIII'' co-stars Joe Mantegna as Joey Zasa.
232	*** His [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E4BartTheMurderer debut episode]] ends with a MadeForTVMovie costarring Joe Montegna as Fat Tony.
233	** When Creator/RodneyDangerfield voiced Mr. Burns' son Larry, he echoed his "I don't get no respect" catchphrase with "I tell ya, I don't get no regard. No regard at all. No esteem, either."
234	** In "Mypods and Boomsticks", Homer has a dream sequence where he meets up with the Genie from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' who, like Homer, is voiced by Dan Castellaneta. He previously voiced Genie in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'' and ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries''.
235	*** A similar and rather unusual example is in the episode "Special Edna", in which Dan plays an expy of [[Film/DeadPoetsSociety John Keating]]. Genie and John were both played by Creator/RobinWilliams originally.
236	** In "Homer's Enemy", Marge wants a vanity license plate, but Marge, Margery, and Mitzi are taken. When the clerk mentions 'Nancy' is available, the camera focuses on Bart who leaves. Bart is voiced by "Nancy" Cartwright.
237	*** Also, one of the things Bart writes on the chalkboard during the opening was "I am not a 32-year-old woman" when Creator/NancyCartwright was 32.
238	** The Canadian French dub frequently makes references to the voice actors from that dub. One such example is in "Mr. Plow". When Troy [=McClure=] mentions that Krusty's "inspiring battle with Percodan addiction" will be the subject of a movie of the week, Krusty adds that he'll be played by Creator/JimmySmits in that movie. In the dub, he instead says that he'll be played by Marc Labrèche, who voiced Krusty during the first 18 seasons of the show.
239	* In an episode of the [[ShortRunners short-lived]] series ''WesternAnimation/SitDownShutUp'', after hearing hot science teacher Miracle Groh sing, bisexual drama teacher Andrew comments "you sound good enough to be in ''Wicked''". Miracle's voice actor is Kristen Chenoweth, who was indeed in said play. (Seconds later, Miracle [[TheDitz because of her character]], reveals she has never heard of either ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' or ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.)
240	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'':
241	** Not the [[WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines first]] [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces time]] both Creator/PaulWinchell and Creator/DonMessick worked together as an owner and his pet.
242	** Don Messick voiced three other cats before Azrael, named [[WesternAnimation/TheRuffAndReddyShow Ruff]], [[WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats Sebastian]] and [[WesternAnimation/HongKongPhooey Spot]].
243	** Before Miner Smurf, Creator/AlanYoung provided a Scottish accent to [[Film/TheTimeMachine1960 David Filby]] and [[Series/MisterEd Wilbur Post’s father]].
244	** In the episode "The Masked Pie Smurfer", Papa tries to solve the identity of the titular Masked Pie Smurfer. Not only are both Franchise/ScoobyDoo and Papa voiced by Don Messick, but Hefty’s voiced by [[Creator/FrankWelker Fred Jones]] himself.
245	** During 'The Crooner Smurf,' Harmony gains the ability to sing like a professional. In actuality, Creator/HamiltonCamp was a songwriter/musician.
246	** If Henry Polic II provided the voice of Tracker, who plays the role of a guard in “The Adventures of Robin Smurf,” then Henry had worked in a Myth/RobinHood production before as the [[Series/WhenThingsWereRotten Sheriff of Nottingham]] alongside Dick Gautier, the voice of Wooly Smurf as well as additional voices, who played the titular outlaw.
247	*** Dutch film director and voice actor Arnold Gelderman, the Netherlands' dubbed voice for Jokey, played said outlaw in the [[WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973 Disney]] version of the folklore.\
248	Likewise, Brainy's and Clumsy's French dubbed voice actor, Francis Lax, and Hefty's French dubbed voice actor, Albert Augier, provided the voices of Nutsy and Trigger, the two vultures.
249	** Gargamel brings Jokey’s caricature dummy of said wizard to life to cause havoc in Smurf Village, and Paul Winchell voiced the dummy. Paul was a ventriloquist star in 1950s and 1960s television and films.
250	** Ray Walston, who was the voice of Scruple's teacher in "The Enchanted Quill", was also Jeff Spicoli's teacher in ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh''.
251	** Farmer Smurf's voice actor, Alan Young, played a farmer before in the 1952 movie ''Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick'' as titular Aaron Crick. Farmer even refers to himself as a 'country bumpkin' in one episode!
252	* Whenever the children of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' visited Chef's home, there was a photograph of Music/IsaacHayes on the wall. Issac provided the voice of Chef.
253	* In the '90s ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', Ed Asner played the voice of Daily Bugle editor J. Jonah Jameson. This isn't his first role as a news editor; his best-known role was that of Lou Grant in ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', head of a TV news program. In his own spin-off series, Lou became a newspaper editor. He later voiced the editor of ''The Springfield Shopper'' on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
254	* This exchange from ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'':
255	-->'''Sonic:''' Coming in for a hard landing, Tails. You got me covered?\
256	'''Tails:''' Roger.\
257	'''Knuckles:''' Who's Roger?\
258	'''Sonic:''' [[Creator/RogerCraigSmith He's talking to me.]]
259	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
260	** "Whirly Brains" sees a temporarily brainless Patrick say "M-O-O-N. That spells moon!" This just happens to more or less be the catchphrase of Tom Cullen in ''Literature/TheStand'', and just [[Creator/BillFagerbakke who]] do you suppose played Tom in the 1994 miniseries adaptation of the book?
261	** In the German dub, Mr. Krabs is played by Jürgen Kluckert. In "Born Again Krabs", when the Flying Dutchman comes for Mr. Krabs' soul, Krabs gives the [[LineOfSightName hasty alias]] of "Benjamin Blümchen", a nod to Jürgen‘s role as the voice of the German children's cartoon character of the same name.
262	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'':
263	** Obi-Wan's love interest is the Duchess Satine. Creator/EwanMcGregor played Obi-Wan in the ''Star Wars'' prequels as well as the male lead in ''Film/MoulinRouge''. His character's love interest was named Satine.
264	** Mother Talzin, leader of the Nightsister clan of witches, is voiced by Barbara Goodson, best known as the other space witch [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita Repulsa]].
265	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
266	** In "Steven's Birthday", Garnet and Greg are looking through the latter's album collection for music to play. Greg pulls out a "Stella" album with [[https://45.media.tumblr.com/3a22e4201dae0e6c676608c2f9512586/tumblr_o0i4qt4IOx1rz6w0do2_540.gif a very familiar cover.]] Garnet, voiced by Music/{{Estelle}}, is not amused.
267	** ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'' introduces Steg, a [[FusionDance fusion]] of Steven and Greg, who gets a duet with Pearl and Amethyst's fusion, Opal. Their respective voice actors, Ted Leo and Aimee Mann, form the rock duo The Both.
268	* In ''WesternAnimation/TamagotchiVideoAdventures'', Mimitchi and Potitchi playing the parts of [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren and Stimpy]] in a screenless television set is alluding to their voice actor, Creator/BillyWest, also voicing Ren and Stimpy themselves.
269	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans\|2003}}'':
270	** Beast Boy talks in [[TotallyRadical stereotypical surfer lingo]] and won't touch meat. His VA, Creator/GregCipes, is a professional surfer and has lived on a vegan diet since he was a kid. Also, "You're just jealous 'cause I sound like a rock star."
271	** Titans villain Mad Mod (voiced by Creator/MalcolmMcDowell) claims that nothing teaches discipline and respect like [[Film/AClockworkOrange brain-erasing drugs]]. Not to mention at one point he has mechanical chairs that hold your eyes open.
272	** The witch character Mother Mae-Eye is voiced by Billy Hayes, who also played a witch in ''Series/HRPufnstuf''.
273	* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', Raven is revealed to be a fan of the TV show "Pretty Pretty Pegasus". [[Creator/TaraStrong Her voice actress]] also happens to be the star of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic show it's based on]]. At the end of the first episode, it's revealed that Robin is openly a fan, as well. [[Creator/ScottMenville His voice actor]] voiced Danny, the human boy, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials back in generation 1]].
274	* Another ''Lord of the Rings'' allusion is present in the ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' episode "Turtle Temper", where Raphael (voiced by Creator/SeanAstin) is told to go home by Leonardo after letting his temper get the better of him when [[UngratefulBastard the guy they saved calls them 'Kung-Fu Frogs']], then shows up to save his brothers from Spider Bytez.
275	* In ''WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011'', Claudus (voiced by Larry Kenney, the [[WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985 original Lion-O]]) announces that he'll show his son Lion-O what the Sword of Omens is capable of in the proper hands. OldRetainer Jaga makes [[LampshadeHanging reference]] to how much like his son Claudus was in youth. Later, he gets to yell out "[[BattleCry ThunderCats, HO!]]" one last time.
276	* In a ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode formatted like ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', Creator/TressMacNeille voices a Bart Simpson {{Expy}} serving as a guest host. In another episode, she voices Babs imitating Bart, Marge, and Maggie. Tress voices many characters on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
277	* The bumper for the last broadcast of Creator/{{Toonami}}'s original run has TOM delivering a closing monologue and flying away, and while he's in the distance he says "Bang". This was a line said by [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Speigel]] multiple times and was his last line in the series. Both are voiced by Creator/SteveBlum.
278	* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'':
279	** Sentinel physically resembles WesternAnimation/TheTick in both his blue color and huge chin. They have Townsend Coleman as a voice actor. The creators have confirmed that they had this in mind when designing Sentinel once they found out Townsend was cast. It's also been {{lampshade\|Hanging}}d a time or two, like when Sentinel has the line of "Energon-y goodness", referencing the Tick's odd manners of speech.
280	** When Ratchet says Wreck-Gar wouldn't dare do something really, ''really'' moronic, he replied "I am Wreck-Gar. I ''dare'' to be stupid!", referencing his voice actor Music/WeirdAlYankovic's song "Dare to be Stupid". This also counts as a MythologyGag as it was the Junkions' theme (the Junkions being led by Wreck-Gar) in [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie the G1 movie]]. Another happens in "Human Error, Part 2", where he briefly tries to fight Soundwave with an accordion, an instrument Weird Al often uses.
281	** A script-reading for ''Animated'' called "Bee in the City" actually had ''four'':
282	*** ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' Megatron taking Sari's key and declaring that he has a big boost of confidence, referencing the Enzyte commercials that Creator/DavidKaye narrates.
283	*** Optimus Prime (also David Kaye) saying waiting in a line took longer than an ''Manga/InuYasha'' story arc, which is punctuated with a fist pump. David had a recurring role in ''Manga/InuYasha'' as Sesshomaru.
284	*** Bumblebee saying "My manwich!", a line Creator/BumperRobinson previously said as Dwight Conrad in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''.
285	*** Isaac Sumdac calling Sari "The joy and the laughter", referencing Creator/TaraStrong's previous role as Bubbles in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''.
286	** In the final season finale, Optimus dons a new jetpack in order to fly and be able to fight Decepticons more evenly. Upon takeoff, he shouts ''Excellent!! YEEEESSSSS!!'', two words frequently pronounced by the ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' Megatron. Both were voiced by David Kaye.
287	** Two toys based on ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' had [[Creator/GaryChalk Optimus Prime]] and [[Creator/DavidKaye Megatron]] temporarily turn into [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars a gorilla and a Tyrannosaurus rex]] while still on the Jungle Planet according to their toy bios.
288	* The ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' episode "Price of Power" has Beck (voiced by Creator/ElijahWood) being slowly driven mad by a [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings ring-shaped item]] which grants him incredible power, and which he must destroy through very hot means.
289	* In-universe example at the end of ''Jonah: A WesternAnimation/VeggieTales Movie'': When Khalil appears and asks who needed a tow, Twippo says "Uh...have we met?" This was because Archibald was Jonah and Twippo in the film and Jonah meets Khalil in the Jonah story in the film.
290	* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' featured ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' voice actor Creator/KevinConroy as an avenging superhero mourning his dead sidekick. His [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything reputation]] with teen sidekicks is [[{{ephebophile}} suspect]] at best.
291	* In the TV series ''WesternAnimation/WatershipDown'', the main antagonist General Woundwort is voiced by ''Creator/JohnHurt'' who also voiced the main protagonist Hazel in the 1978 feature film of the same name.
292	** In said film, Michael Graham Cox voiced Bigwig. The pair of John Hurt and Michael Graham Cox voiced two certain other characters that year who share a strikingly similar dynamic; Aragorn and Boromir in ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings''. John Hurt voices the born leader whereas Michael voices the stubborn and slightly envious subordinate with greater physical prowess.
293	* Tino of ''WesternAnimation/TheWeekenders'' is voiced by Jason Marsden, who, in addition to being an accomplished voice-over actor, also served as an announcer on Disney Channel for a number of years. The episode "Careers" has this dialogue:
294	-->'''Tino:''' Well, this is right on target! My number one career is announcer.\
295	'''Lor:''' But you don't even like sports that much.\
296	'''Tino:''' No, it doesn't say sports announcer. I'm thinking like one of those guys on TV. ''(doing an announcer impression)'' "Up next, a very special Teen Canyon", or "Tonight on Action Flash News: Are your socks killing you?" ''(switches to a high-pitched voice)'' Or maybe I could do cartoon voices.
297	* Captain Neweyes's last line in ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory'' is "And that's the way it is," referencing how his voice actor Cronkite signed off his newscasts back in the day.
298	* Creator/AdamWest [[AdamWesting practically made a new career out of this]]. On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' he voiced a washed-up has-been actor whose most famous role was playing a superhero in a television show. Later on, he voiced Mayor Grange in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', and appeared in ''Series/LoisAndClark''. He had a steady role as Mayor Adam West of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. (Yes, the names are the same and he's insane, but there doesn't seem to be an actual connection to Batman.) Adam West also appeared in ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' a few times.
299	** As a bonus, a handful of minor roles, including some mentioned above, involved some parody of Batman (for example, Catman from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'').
300	* A bit of an inversion in ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'': during a scene in the second-season episode "L is for Loser", the girls wonder aloud why the Knights of Destruction have been able to feed off of their negative emotions, and why Cornelia hasn't been affected. Cornelia responds matter-of-factly with "I'm the only one here who's not starring in a soap opera". Her voice actress, Christel Khalil, plays Lily on ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless'', and ''is'' the only one of the five main voice actresses who is in fact starring in a soap opera. The girls lampshade this by saying "This week".
301	* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'':
302	** Minor villain Black Spider is played by Creator/JoshKeaton, who played another wisecracking person with [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan arachnid]] themed powers in a Creator/GregWeisman production.

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