Line #192 Main/CharacterAsHimself


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2	[[caption-width-right:296:Sadly, [[{{Pun}} his career never really took off.]]]]
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4	When a TV show gives a fictional character billing in the credits as himself. Frequently done [[CreditsGag as a joke]] or [[DirectLineToTheAuthor to give additional verisimilitude to a "based on a(n) (un)true story"]], although it can also be used to hide a spoilerific cast change. Another reason this is done is if the "character" in question is an inanimate object, animal, or otherwise not actually played by an actor, or if the media is targeted towards children and the specific character is a mascot popular with children credited as playing themselves to maintain the illusion to the youngsters that the character is a real person.
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6	Please note the distinction between this and AsHimself. This trope is when a ''fictional character'' is credited as himself; AsHimself is when a ''real person'' is credited as himself.
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8	Compare NotNamedInOpeningCredits and AnimatedActors.
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11	!!Examples:
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15	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
16	* Sumiyoshi, a [[TheVoiceless silent]] character in ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' is credited as "Himself" in the ADV dub.
17	** Weirdly inverted in ''Anime/PuniPuniPoemi'' as the main character, Poemy, thinks she's her own voice actress, even going so far as calling [[AsHimself Nabeshin]] "Mr. Director", talking to her agent on the phone and showing up at a recording studio.
18	* ''Anime/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' gives every single character a billing as themselves in the title credits, even going so far as to list characters who either don't have a voice or aren't even in the series! (Emperor Penguin as Emperor Penguin, Oriental Stork as Oriental Stork) Anyone they miss then gets the odd billing of "Everyone else - Staff".
19	* Haruhi Suzumiya is credited as the ''director'' of the ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' anime. And not just director, but '''[[LargeHamTitle Ultra]]''' Director, as in her ShowWithinAShow. The series composition of the anime is also credited to "Haruhi and her friends"; in "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya VI", that credit shows ''right before'' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Kyon wonders if Haruhi "wrote this scenario"]]. Also, the anime's copyright somehow belongs to Nagaru Tanigawa, Noizi Ito (the author and illustrator of the original light novels, respectively) and [[FamousFamousFictional the SOS Brigade]] (or in the English dub, "a member of SOS").
20	* Played with in a collaboration between ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'' and ''Manga/SketDance'' where a minor character in ''Sket Dance'' episode 31 is credited as being played by Miho Azuki, a character in ''Bakuman'' who is a voice actress. Miho (and by extension, Miho's role in ''Sket Dance'') is actually played by Creator/SaoriHayami. The characters of ''Bakuman'' are also shown watching said episode of ''Sket Dance'' in episode 30 of their own show.
21	* Not really the series itself, but Amazon.com's [[https://www.amazon.com/Seiyus-Life-Complete-SUB-Only/dp/B01LZJMY3Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483365928&sr=8-1&keywords=seiyu%27s+life listing]] for ''Manga/SeiyusLife'' lists the characters Futaba Ichinose and Rin Kohana as actors.
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24	[[folder:Fan Works]]
25	* Exaggerated in ''WebAnimation/TheMarionetteTriesToListenToHisMusicbox''; not only are all the animatronics in the video credited as themselves, but so are things like the music, the animator's headache, and ''the video itself''.
26	-->Marionette as Marionette\
27	Freddy as Freddy\
28	Balloon Boy as Balloon Boy\
29	Music as Music\
30	Credits as Credits\
31	''(...)''\
32	Background as Background\
33	My Headache as My Headache\
34	This Video as This Video\
35	You as the one who is probably confused about what just happened and [[EverythingExplodesEnding why everything exploded]]\
36	You as the one pausing to read all of this, again
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39	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
40	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'' had "and Squeeks the Caterpillar."
41	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'' credits UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein as himself, though the voice was actually done by Matt Stone.
42	* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad'' ends its opening billings with "And Thomas The Tank Engine" (although voice actors are listed in the end credits). The same thing was done with in ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'', previously.
43	* ''WesternAnimation/TwiceUponATime'' credits [[TheVoiceless Mum]] "As Himself".
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46	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
47	* ''Franchise/TheMuppets'':
48	** ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'' credited "Rizzo the Rat as Himself," partially because most of the other Muppets were playing characters in [[UniversalAdaptorCast the story]], while Rizzo just happened to be hanging around.
49	** ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'': The opening sequence credits ends with "The Great Gonzo and Rizzo the Rat as Themselves." Same reason--all other [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppets]] (except Beaker) played the characters from the original story, while Gonzo and Rizzo were... well, themselves.
50	* ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'': Creator/MichaelJFox's performance of "Johnny B. Goode" is listed in the credits as "Performed by Marty [=McFly=]". [[NonSingingVoice Probably because he wasn't actually singing.]]
51	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
52	** Jabba the Hutt is credited as Himself in ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeIThePhantomMenace''. Presumably partially done because Jabba was a purely CG character (so he didn't have a puppeteer) so there was no human being playing him. He did have lines, though, and ''some'' nonfictional person must have provided them.
53	** The opening to ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' credits R2-D2 as R2-D2, as does the ''WesternAnimation/{{Droids}}'' animated series. Creator/KennyBaker wasn't credited in the former for the simple reason that he wasn't involved - since R2 wasn't scripted to move, no actor was needed.
54	* The mischievous gopher in ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' gets this treatment in the trailer.
55	* ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'' had "Freddy Krueger as Himself", to suit the RealWorldEpisode plot. Of course Creator/RobertEnglund (who played Freddy in the movies, including this one, and figures into the plot), was also credited with playing ''himself''.
56	* In one of the live-action ''Sinbad'' series, one of the characters is a falconeer and comes equipped with a real falcon. The falcon is named Dermott and is listed in the credits as played by himself.
57	* ''Film/GhostbustersII'' has "and Slimer" in the credits, which is a nod to the cartoon, where he got his name.
58	* [[CompanionCube Otto the Autopilot]] from ''Film/{{Airplane}}''.
59	* ''Film/FieldOfDreams'' has The Voice as Himself.
60	* ''[[Film/OceansEleven Ocean's Twelve]]'' had a slightly different version: the character Tess (played by Creator/JuliaRoberts) impersonates Julia Roberts as part of a caper. The end credits include the credit "Introducing Tess as Julia Roberts". Which was a callback to the first movie's credit of: "Introducing Julia Roberts as Tess"
61	* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' The Wizard is credited as "Himself" (though the actual actor is also credited). Toto is credited as played by "Toto."
62	* The credits for ''Film/TheTrumanShow'' start with "Truman Burbank as himself", echoing the fact that in the show, he's the only person not playing a scripted part.
63	* ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself]]''. (Villa was actually played by Creator/AntonioBanderas).
64	* ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' movie has Pete as himself.
65	* ''Film/TheAmateurs'' is framed as a movie in itself. When the credits start, it lists several people from the movie with the role they had in making the movie within the movie that...is the movie? Eh, something like that.
66	* ''Film/SpaceJam'' bills WesternAnimation/BugsBunny alongside Michael Jordan.
67	* Tony Clifton, AlterEgoActing persona of Creator/AndyKaufman, was always billed and treated as a separate person from Andy. This carried over to the 1999 {{Biopic}} ''Man on the Moon'' (in which he is played by both Creator/JimCarrey [Andy] and Paul Giamatti [Bob Zmuda, Andy's friend - who ultimately took over the role to maintain the illusion]), with the credits billing "Tony Clifton as himself".
68	* ''Film/{{S1m0ne}}'' went one step further, giving the eponymous computerised actress the starring role in the credits "[[AndStarring And introducing]] Simone as herself". Interestingly, this PR move gave Rachel Roberts (who actually did play Simone) the world record for "most screentime by an uncredited actor/actress". The home media releases change the credits to list Roberts as playing the character.
69	* Slight variation: In ''Film/TheLostSkeletonOfCadavra'', the credit is "And introducing the Skeleton."
70	* ''Film/HouseOnHauntedHill1959'' featured a sequence involving a skeleton emerging from a vat of acid. The end credits included: "SKELETON....BY HIMSELF (''sic.'')"
71	* ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'': "...and UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein as himself." This is in the showcase credits; in the actual cast credits the real actor (Jerry Haleva) is credited.
72	* In ''Theatre/{{Harvey}}'', the [[NotSoImaginaryFriend eponymous character]] (a giant invisible white rabbit) is introduced as playing himself, while the camera shows an empty set.
73	* In ''Film/MacAndMe'', [[{{Mascot}} spokesclown]] Ronald [=McDonald=] is credited "as himself." (It was actually Squire Fridell, the fourth actor to play Ronald [=McDonald=] in nationally syndicated TV commercials.)
74	* In the first ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' movie, Goro is credited as playing himself.
75	* In ''Film/TheEyesKnow'', the credits list Mr. Nibbles the mouse as playing himself. He's the director's pet mouse and was filmed running around the dirty hotel the film takes place in because they couldn't afford multiple rats or mice. His biggest scene is when he grooms himself for a minute and a half... And he gets top billing over the human stars anyway.
76	* ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' lists Stanley the stuffed toy Teddy bear, "as himself".
77	* In ''Film/EvilToons'' the evil wolf beast drawing is credited as himself.
78	* The LiveActionAdaptation of ''Film/TheFlintstones'' has Dino listed as himself. This made the family of Mel Blanc (the original voice of Dino) very angry, as some of Blanc's vocals from the show were used.
79	* In 2011 russian movie ''Vysotsky. Thank You For Living'' Music/VladimirVysotsky is credited as himself (he was actually played by Sergey Bezrukov).
80	* In ''Film/{{Robowar}}'', the eponymous war machine is credited as "Robowar as himself"
81	* In ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainMarvel'', the Scorpion was credited as himself, to hide which of the other characters it was supposed to be. (His voice actor, Gerald Mohr, wasn't credited at all)
82	* In the 1982 sci-fi film ''Android'', the eponymous character, Max 404, is billed as "Max 404" in the closing credits (the android was actually played by Don Keith Opper, best known as Charlie [=McFadden=] in the ''Film/{{Critters}}'' franchise).
83	* In the the Franco-Belgian movie ''Film/HoubaOnTheTrailOfTheMarsupilami'', the Franchise/{{Marsupilami}} as well as his mate, the Marsupilamie, are credited as themselves.
84	* In ''Film/TheWizardOfSpeedAndTime'', the credits list the titular Wizard as playing both himself and "The Man in the Green Jacket," Mike Jittlov. They happen to also be the same character.
85	* Juggernaut gets this treatment in ''Film/Deadpool2''. [[spoiler:It's actually Ryan Reynolds voicing and motion capturing him.]]
86	* ''Film/KingKong1933'': Kong is credited with the rest of the cast in the opening titles.
87	* The opening credits for ''[[Film/Annie1982 Annie]]'' has Bingo, an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otterhound otterhound]] playing the role of Annie's CanineCompanion, credited as "Sandy as himself".
88	* ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'': Pee-wee Herman is credited as "Himself". This coincides with the actor Paul Reubens portraying the character as a real person and making media appearances in-character.
89	* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': The credits list Godzilla, King Ghidorah, Rodan, and Mothra as "him/herself".
90	* ''Film/CoolCatSavesTheKids'' adds a bizarre twist to this by not only crediting Cool Cat as himself, but also crediting him as an ''associate producer''.
91	* A rare example of a main character: the bizarre, absurdist comedy ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6459382/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Sylvio]]'' (based on the "Simply Sylvio" Vine account, no less) stars the gorilla Sylvio Bernardi as himself. He's a man in a gorilla costume, but the actual performer goes uncredited. (It's probably the series' creator Albert Birney)
92	* In ''Film/CannibalGirls'', [[TheIgor Bunker]]'s part is credited as "Bunker as himself".
93	* ''Film/TomAndJerry2021'' credits [[Franchise/TomAndJerry the famous cartoon duo]] as themselves.
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96	[[folder:Literature]]
97	* One of Creator/JudyBlume's books is titled ''Literature/StarringSallyJFreedmanAsHerself''.
98	* Some of Creator/JasperFforde's ''Literature/ThursdayNext'' novels include credits that thank {{Public Domain Character}}s such as [[Literature/WutheringHeights Heathcliff]] for agreeing to appear in the book and credit Creator/WilliamShakespeare (William) Inc. for supplying [[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} the three witches]] and other characters from his plays.
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101	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
102	* On ''Series/SeventhHeaven''..."Happy the Dog as Happy".
103	* In ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'', Thing is credited "as itself". It was actually the hand of Ted Cassidy, who played Lurch (except in scenes where Thing and Lurch appeared together, in which case Thing would be played by various crew members, most prominently AD Jack Voglin).
104	* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfBriscoCountyJr'' combined this with AndStarring for "And Comet", Brisco's horse.
105	* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'' opening montage has clips of each character, with the character's names going where the actors' usually go. (The actors are put in the end credits, though.) The metal plate in Ms. Wrigley's head and Little Pete's tattoo Petunia are played by themselves, to the point where cast biographies on a website make passing reference to the fact that "Mom's Plate" has yet to appear in any other films or TV series.
106	* In ''Series/{{Atlanta}}'', Teddy Perkins is credited as himself. It's really just [[spoiler:[[Music/ChildishGambino Donald Glover]] (who also plays Earn) under a ton of makeup.]]
107	* "Cursor as Himself" in ''Series/{{Automan}}''.
108	* The finale of the first series of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' featured [[OneSceneWonder Mad Gerald]]. He was quite mad. Also he was Rik Mayall, but that's not what the credits say.
109	* ''Series/TheCube'' has The Body as herself, in a game show example that's actually more similar to The Stig than The Banker.
110	* ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'' UK has The Banker as himself. A few lesser British game shows have done this gimmick since.
111	* ''Series/DoctorWho'' appended "and WOTAN" to the credits of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines "The War Machines"]], possibly to reinforce the idea that the computer was so intelligent that it could speak for itself rather than through an actor.
112	* Sean Williamson is credited as "Barry" in ''{{Series/Extras}}'', a play on the fact that in the show, everyone refers to him thus because he is most (only?) famous for playing that character in ''Series/EastEnders''.
113	* In one episode of ''Series/TheGames'', fitting the name of this trope, but with none of the entities involved really fictional: John Howard (the character) played by Creator/JohnHoward (the actor) in order to be mistaken for John Howard (the then Prime Minister of Australia).
114	* A two-part episode of ''Series/GetSmart'' featured a villain (actually played by Creator/JamesCaan) billed only as "Rupert of Rathskeller as himself."
115	* ''Series/{{Inquizition}}''[='=]s host the Inquizitor - to the point where ten years after the show was cancelled, still no one knows who played him.
116	* The opening credits for the ''Series/ChildrenInNeed'' special of ''Series/LarkRiseToCandleford'' featured "and introducing Pudsey Bear".
117	* An early episode of ''Series/{{MASH}}'', "Captain Tuttle," featured Hawkeye and Trapper inventing an officer so they could get out of Officer-Of-the-Day duty. They managed to convince everyone in camp that Captain Tuttle really existed, even though [[InventedIndividual no such person existed]]...and in the ending credits, Captain Tuttle was credited as playing himself.
118	** This particular story may have been influenced by the fact that Kerry Thornley (who would eventually go on to create UsefulNotes/{{Discordianism}}) did something similar as a US Marine - creating a fictional private, [[http://jubal.westnet.com/hyperdiscordia/lord_omar_biography.html Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst]], which started as a joke and became a somewhat surreal example of how perception can shape reality. No word, however, on whether or not Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst ever starred as himself - though Kerry Thornley spent most of the rest of his life starring as Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst.
119	* The opening credits of ''Saban's Series/MaskedRider'' read "and introducing Ferbus" when they credit him. This is could be down to the fact that in early episodes he was an animatronic puppet.
120	* In the ''Series/{{Maverick}}'' episode "Pappy", James Garner plays Bret and Bart's Dad, while Jack Kelly plays Uncle Bently Maverick. Pappy is listed as "Himself", while Uncle Bently is listed as "?".
121	* In ''Series/TheMillionaire'', fictional EccentricMillionaire John Beresford Tipton acts as an AnonymousBenefactor changing the lives of people he's never met. To add to his mystique, Tipton is TheFaceless, and is billed in the credits as "and John Beresford Tipton". (He was actually played by Creator/PaulFrees.)
122	* ''Series/MisterEd'' was always billed "as himself", although the horse's actual name was Bamboo Harvester and the uncredited voice was provided by Allan "Rocky" Lane.
123	* Cambot, on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
124	* ''Series/OutOfThisWorld1987'': Evie's father, Troy, is an alien who only "appeared" as a disembodied voice from a communication device. He was is credited "as Himself" and actually voiced by Creator/BurtReynolds.
125	* ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'': "Pee Wee Herman as Himself", actually played by Creator/PaulReubens.
126	* To maintain the mystery around the BigBad SerialKiller for several seasons, ''Series/{{Profiler}}'' ended the opening credits with "and Jack".
127	* On ''Series/{{Psychoville}}'', the [[CreepyDoll doll]] Freddie Fruitcake is credited as himself. As is, on at least one occasion, The Silent Singer.
128	* In one ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode, spliced WWII footage was used. Inevitably: "...and UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, as himself."
129	* ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' in addition to ending the opening titles with an "AndStarring WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine", also credited the Flexitoon Puppets as the Juke Box Band. In the final season when it was {{retool}}ed as "Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales", ''all'' of the ''Thomas'' main cast got credited in the opening titles.
130	* In BBC's ''Series/TopGearUK'', The Stig is only ever listed in the credits as "and The Stig", even ''after'' supposedly unmasking.
131	* Icelandic celebrity Örn Árnason was for quite a while the main star of a series titled "Waking up with Grandpa" or something like that. So as not to spoil the illusion for kids watching, Grandpa was always credited as himself.
132	* ''Series/FatherTed'' plays with this is a complex inversion involving Richard Wilson, who is NOT pleased to be referenced to his (real life) screen character Victor Meldrew .... whatever the eponymous priest might think...
133	* Don Novello's character Father Guido Sarducci would often be introduced and/or credited in this manner wherever he appeared, be it on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' or ''Series/ItsGarryShandlingsShow''.
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136	[[folder:Music]]
137	* The music video for Music/BeastieBoys' "Sabotage" features Sir Stewart Wallace (played by MCA) guest-starring as himself.
138	* Music/SoundHorizon albums always credit Revo's vocals not to himself, but to whatever character he's playing in the album.
139	* Music/{{Eminem}}'s ''Kamikaze'' credits the album as being executive produced by Music/DrDre and ''Slim Shady'', Eminem's HeroicComedicSociopath alter-ego. In short, Satan is taking the wheel.
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142	[[folder:Radio]]
143	* "And [[TheGrimReaper Death]] as himself" in Creator/TheBBC Radio adaptations of several ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels.
144	** In ''Literature/GoodOmens'', the Dramatis Personae describes each of the characters, but the Horsemen are just described as themselves ("Famine - Famine")
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147	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
148	* In ''Series/{{ALF}}'', no one is credited as "ALF" or "ALF's voice", nor are the puppeteers listed as such. But the credits do list these people as "Personal assistants to ALF" (one of the series' creators, Paul Fusco, provided -- and ''still'' provides -- the voice).
149	* Done almost universally in promotions for works starring Franchise/TheMuppets. While the actual credits ''do'' list the performers by name, pretty much everything from press solicitations to interviews to DVD extras will present the Muppets as real actors.
150	* Done in every {{UsefulNotes/Supermarionation}} production. ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'', ''Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons'', ''Series/{{Stingray 1964}}'', ''Series/{{Joe 90}}''... you get the idea.
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153	[[folder:Theatre]]
154	* In ''The Actor's Nightmare'' the Executioner is credited As Himself, and he then chops off actor George Spelvin's head during the final scene of ''A Man For All Seasons''.
155	* A young Scottish actor named Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith began his career in a show called ''Ken Campbell's Roadshow''. Here, he starred in a play about a circus stuntman by the unlikely name of Creator/SylvesterMcCoy. As a joke, the programs proclaimed "Sylvester [=McCoy=] played by himself". The critics missed the joke and assumed that was his name, and Kent-Smith decided to make it his stagename.
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158	[[folder:Video Games]]
159	* In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5'', under the vocal cast Ulala is credited as herself.
160	* In the final cinematic before the actual credits of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', the characters are credited by the name you gave them, and then their [[CanonName full, official name]], before a short cut-scene with them. If you kept the originally suggested names, this gives you stuff like "Cyan as Cyan Garamonde", or "Mog as Mog".
161	* The video game ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', which portrays its campaigns as horror movies, features movie posters and end credits which show the names of the four characters and their "actors" (being the players controlling them). When they're controlled by the CPU, they're credited as being played by themselves.
162	* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' FirstPersonShooter ''VideoGame/JediKnightDarkForcesII'', Gorc, TheVoiceless member of the group of Dark Jedi the player character must hunt down, is credited "As Himself". The sequel to its sequel, ''VideoGame/JediKnightJediAcademy'', credited Chewbacca in the same manner.
163	* ''[[VideoGame/RebelAssault Star Wars: Rebel Assault II]]'' credits Admiral Ackbar as himself.
164	* Brick from ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' gets this, as his name more or less describes [[TheBerserker his character type]]. In the introduction and all other scenes/materials referencing him, it explicitly gives him this subtitle.
165	** In ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'', Zane is credited as '''himselves'''.
166	* An unusual zig-zagged version occurs like this: Some of the ''VideoGame/YouDontKnowJack'' games are hosted by Josh "Schmitty" Schmitstinstein, voiced by Phil Ridarelli. Ridarelli also voiced characters on several ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' games, but was credited there as "Josh 'Schmitty' Schmitstinstein."
167	* In the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series:
168	** The original ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland2LeChucksRevenge'' has "Featuring Walt as himself" in the end credits (Walt being the dog in the prison scene).
169	** And in a ShoutOut to the aforementioned game, the end credits of ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland Chapter 5: Rise of the Pirate God'' finishes the "Cast" section with "and Franklin as himself."
170	* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', the character of Nastasha Romanenko is credited as the writer of "In the Shadow of Shadow Moses", an in-game document which retells the events of the first ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' from her side of things.
171	* In ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfBayouBilly'', Billy and Annabelle (the hero and his girlfriend) are credited by their full names as Billy West and Annabelle Lane, while the enemy characters are referred by generic titles and credited by their names (e.g. Swamp Gas Charlie as the Dogmaster).
172	* Temmie of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' is credited as herself. Justified that Temmie is the AuthorAvatar of Temmie Chang.
173	* ''VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles 15: The Black Veil'' credits "Homeless man as Himself" and "Ankou as The Goddess of Death."
174	* In the sound test section of ''VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift'''s Gallery, the lyricist for the introduction song Shinsou is credited to Tsubaki Yayoi [[SubvertedTrope followed by the name of her Japanese voice actor in brackets]]. The ''Central Fiction'' version of Stardust Memories and the ''Chronophantasma'' version of the Fu-Rin-Ka-Zan theme are credited to Noel Vermillion and Bang Shishigami in a similar way.
175	* The credits for the ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' remake list Cube as voiced by "himself", as he's a robot that only makes beeps and chirps.
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178	[[folder:Web Originals]]
179	* In ''WebVideo/TheCultOfScratchwood'' and its prequel series ''The Adventures of Matt & Derek'', Derek the Dalek is credited in the ''Series/DoctorWho''-style opening where the name of the actor playing the Doctor's companion would appear in a real intro. (In the end credits however, his voice credit properly goes to Matthew Alden-Farrow.)
180	* Marcus of ''WebVideo/{{Mega64}}'' is credited as himself.
181	* Cthulhu is credited as himself in the Calls for Cthulhu sketches.
182	* Stalkkus is credited as himself in the Franchise/{{Godzilla}} FanFilm ''Godzilla vs the Kaiju Killer''
183	* Episode 2 of ''The [[Music/DoctorSteel Dr. Steel]] Show'' credits Hamster 65 as himself.
184	* Everyone on ''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Movie]]'' was listed "as him/herself" in the credits, including Kaiba's ego, Tristan's voice and Mai's breasts. Except Mokuba, he was listed as "Not in the movie".
185	* A credits gag in ''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Dangeresque 1: Dangeresque, Too?]]'' has the character of [[TheDragon Killingyouguy]] played by "himself" (in-universe, he's played by [[DumbMuscle Strong Mad]]).
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188	[[folder:Western Animation]]
189	* A unique variation: an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' had [[Franchise/TheMuppets Fozzie Bear]] credited with voicing a non-Muppet dentist, with an accompanying promo video of Fozzie in the recording booth. A similar thing happened with Kermit being promoted as voicing a character on ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', but the credits actually list Kermit's performer, Matt Vogel, as the voice actor in that case.
190	* The second season of ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' has Goat listed in the end credits as being voiced by himself, when the first season actually credited his voice actor Scot Rienecker (who Goat is based on in both [[InkSuitActor appearance]] and personality).
191	* InUniverse in ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw''--the opening of ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Doctor Zone Files]]'' has "[[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal Time Ape]] as Himself".
192	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
193	** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': Wookiees on the show don't have voice actors, but in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E22WookieeHunt "Wookiee Hunt"]], in which Chewbacca guest-starred, he was listed in the credits as himself.
194	** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'':
195	*** Chopper, the ''Ghost'' crew's irascible astromech droid, is credited like this. He was the first astromech droid in any canon ''Franchise/StarWars'' media to be given such an honour. Then again, he ''was'' {{defictionaliz\|ation}}ed later on, so the trope seems to be more literal.
196	*** Ultimately averted, however. Per the GrandFinale, [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E13FamilyReunionAndFarewell "Family Reunion]] [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E14FamilyReunionAndFarewellPartII — and Farewell"]], Chopper was actually voiced by [[spoiler:Dave Filoni]].
197	*** In the final season, the white Lothwolf is credited for portraying "himself". And the [[spoiler:Dume Wolf (who may-or-may-not be Kanan's ghost)]] from [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E09DUME "DUME"]] is credited as being voiced by "the Force".
198	** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'': Bucket, Team Fireball's ancient astromech droid, follows Chopper by being credited as himself. Whether or not Bucket secretly has a real voice actor is unknown.
199	** In the [[https://youtu.be/S7XCe2XorcY opening titles]] to the old 80s ''WesternAnimation/{{Droids}}'' cartoon, R2-D2 was ''also'' credited as himself.
200	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E6LastOneOutOfBeachCity "Last One Out of Beach City"]] ends with fake credits listing the main characters with descriptive titles ("[[TheSmartGuy Pearl]] as Repressed Nerd", etc.) The [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] girl whom Pearl was crushing on is listed as "Mystery Girl as Herself".
201	* For ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'''s episode "The Howling Commandos", the end credits lists The Invisible Man's voice actor as "himself."
202	* All six ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'' videos credit Ronald [=McDonald=] as playing himself.
203	* ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'' listed Robot Jones as himself for the episodes where he was [[SyntheticVoiceActor voiced by a computer program]]. His credit changed to the human actor Bobby Block upon recasting (or, in this case, casting).
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