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| 11 | ->'''Leela:''' Who are you people? Haven't I seen you in some copyrighted movie?\ |
| 12 | '''Glurmo:''' ''[singing]'' We ''resemble-but-are-legally-distinct-from'' the Lollipop Guild, the Lollipop Guild... |
| 13 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E18AnthologyOfInterestII Anthology of Interest II]]" |
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| 15 | Sometimes fiction leans towards a rather lax interpretation of trademark issues. You may find characters who are not merely an imitation of characters from a popular show, film or comic, but literally are those characters. Somehow. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | You can blur their face a bit or simply not name them. Still, this trope is known enough that you can expect any work that featured these frequently will get modified a bit if the adaptation's sponsors are worried about copyright infringement. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | On the other hand, if said cameo characters are famous enough, you're liable to get away with a more overt reference. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Often used as part of a TakeThat, but it can also be a [[AffectionateParody friendly]] ShoutOut. If a real person is being imitated, that's NoCelebritiesWereHarmed. Compare WritingAroundTrademarks, CaptainErsatz, and ExpyCoexistence, where [[{{Expy}} Expies]] and the characters that they are based on live in the same world/canon. See also BlandNameProduct, which is the same thing for real-world products rather than fictional characters. |
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| 24 | !!Examples: |
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| 26 | |
| 27 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 28 | * 21st Century Insurance runs comparison ads featuring ''Series/MythBusters''-like tests run by a man who has Adam's glasses and Jamie's mustache. |
| 29 | * At one time Vodafone did a series of TV ads in the UK which had [[CaptainErsatz Captains Ersatz]] of Mulder and Scully from ''Series/TheXFiles'' (the Mulder character a dual parody of [[Series/TwinPeaks Dale Cooper]] even to the point of being played by Creator/KyleMacLachlan) investigating rumoured paranormal events that turned out to be misunderstandings of people discussing new features on Vodafone handsets. [[http://youtu.be/mUKa5qIdI1w One of them]] was themed around time travel. As "Mulder and Scully" departed down the street, Creator/JonPertwee stood in the road behind them, checking his watch before walking into a garage with "[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor]] On Call" painted across the doors and a strange glow emerging from it. |
| 30 | * ComicBook/JohnnyTurbo was directly attacking Creator/{{Sega}} in all but name, and even the name was ridiculously close -- "Feka". |
| 31 | * A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzsC1qSqFDo commercial]] for ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'' shows that Ty beat up and hospitalized Franchise/{{Spyro|TheDragon}}, VideoGame/{{Crash|Bandicoot}} and Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}. Since the characters are in [[BandageMummy full-body casts]], and the characters are only referred to on their charts by their SpeciesSurname, they got away with it. |
| 32 | * Owing to ''Film/HeneralLuna'''s popularity, John Arcilla went on to reprise his role in various commercials. Though in some instances his Luna expy would be similar but sufficiently different from his character from the original film, referred to simply in a KFC ad as "Heneral" or a variation thereof. |
| 33 | * The social media part of Tyskie beer's "Przejdźmy na ty" ("Let's know each other's names") has two, both based on the same idea of two people toasting with glasses or bottles of beer, only their forearms visible, with the Tyskie logo on them being replaced with names (similarly to the special editions of the labels): |
| 34 | ** One of the images depicts a hand with a black leather jacket sleeve visible and a [[VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077 glitched silver robot hand]], with the names being "[[Creator/KeanuReeves Keanu]]" and "Johnny". |
| 35 | ** Another one depicts [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} a hand in a black leather gauntlet and a hand in purple glove with a green jacket sleeve visible]], with the names "Bruce" and "Jack". |
| 36 | * A [[https://live.staticflickr.com/6064/6050398440_13792b559e_b.jpg magazine ad]] for ''VideoGame/{{Clayfighter}}'' featured Bad Mister Frosty crushing [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Blanka and Chun-Li]] beneath his feet. Presumably, they got away with this because both characters are mostly obscured. |
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| 38 | |
| 39 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 40 | * ''Manga/AhMyBuddha'' had the ShowWithinAShow ''Franchise/{{Kamen R|ider}}anger'', and continued to reference it throughout the show's run. The featured Kamen Ranger, Hayabusa 20, could've easily passed for [[Series/KamenRider555 Faiz]]. |
| 41 | * ''Anime/AnimeGataris'' may lay claim to being the first ReferenceOverdosed show to be comprised entirely out of lawyer-friendly variants. It has so many examples, [[LawyerFriendlyCameo/AnimeGataris it deserved its own separate page]]. |
| 42 | * In one chapter of ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'', Yugi Mutou from ''Anime/YuGiOh'' pops out of Bo-bobo's afro and summons Sky Dragon Osiris (AKA Slifer the Sky Dragon) to help battle Halekulani. (This is even more lawyer-friendly, as the scene in which this happened was drawn by the original creator of ''Manga/YuGiOh''.) This later becomes a combo attack for the two characters in Jump Superstars. |
| 43 | * ''Manga/CaseClosed'' has the shows "[[Manga/DeathNote Kiss Note]]", "[[Manga/CityHunter Urban Hunter]]", and "[[Franchise/KamenRider Kamen Yaiba]]". |
| 44 | * ''Anime/{{Classicaloid}}'': In the episode when Beethoven was challenged to dodgeball by a group of children, one of said children heavily resembled Frisk from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''. |
| 45 | * Colonel Sanders shows up a lot as a figure of menace, thanks to the legend of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Colonel Curse of the Colonel]]. A few examples: |
| 46 | ** At one point in ''Anime/ProjectAKo'', the main characters watch a horror movie - itself a parody of Rin Taro's scifi/horror anime ''Harmagedon'' - wherein a victim, panicking, yells "The Colonel! The Colonel!" His pursuer is... Colonel Sanders. |
| 47 | ** One of the villains in the first series of ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' dresses up as Colonel Sanders, complete with what appears to be a roast (not fried) chicken, in a particular episode. |
| 48 | ** ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' starts saccharine-cute but quickly becomes the story of a town under a terrifying curse. The first sign that we're about to experience MoodWhiplash? A statue of the Colonel. |
| 49 | ** Albireo in the later chapters of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' insists on being called "Ku:nel Sanders" (originally just to cover up his identity, later because he liked it). At one point during his insistence, an image of Colonel Sanders appears behind him (eyes blacked out, of course, as though to protect his "anonymity"). (For those interested, "Ku:nel" turns out to be the title of a Japanese leisure magazine, an involved Japanese pun about the purpose of living as well as a play on "Colonel".) |
| 50 | ** In ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSpiralCity'' about Nobita and friends making a toy land with animated dolls, toys, and statues, one of them is a Colonel Sanders statue. |
| 51 | ** Directly referenced in a chapter of ''Manga/Eyeshield21'', where Hiruma uses a statue he "found in a ditch" as a stand in for Homer, the quarterback for the Nasa Aliens. Said statue has its face covered by a poorly-drawn copy of Homer's face, but it's obviously supposed to be a Colonel Sanders statue. |
| 52 | ** The Colonel also appeared in ''Anime/SuperMilkChan'' as a selfish, greedy, sexist man who hires assassins to kill a pair of pigs who escaped from one of his meat-packaging plants. |
| 53 | ** In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', there is a plotline that involves a man's soul wandering around even though he's not dead yet. In the manga, this was called "the Colonel Sanders Effect". |
| 54 | ** The Colonel also appears briefly in ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' at least once, where heavy rains flood most of Fukuoka, floating by as debris. Excel even comments on it in the English version. |
| 55 | ** A ''lot'' of {{hentai}} features ''rape by Colonel.'' So yeah.... |
| 56 | * ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool'''s Freddie was so obviously Freddie Mercury that the character couldn't be used in another adaptation for fear of lawyers. This was lampshaded with obscure references nearly every time Freddie appeared, and lampshaded most overtly with the brief appearance of another character, Mr. Mercury, who was noted by the other characters as looking exactly like Freddie (except for his clothes- although both Freddie's and Mr. Mercury were wearing exact copies of outfits worn by Freddie Mercury on stage) and who made a very loud emphasis on a number of dissimilarities between himself and Freddie (and, as a result, contrasting Freddie Mercury as well) It should also be noted that a number of other Queen references, such as many of the chapter titles, and literally hundreds of inside jokes and subtle references were present, making the manga a constant source of knowing grins from Queen fans everywhere. |
| 57 | * Shawn Conecone from ''Manga/DFrag'', who looks like [[Creator/SeanConnery Indiana Jones' father]] and is Kazama's InexplicablyAwesome English teacher. |
| 58 | * One chapter of ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'' had the main characters in a book world. In the background of the wedding scene you can see the figures of Cloud, Aerith, Sephiroth and Rufus Shinra from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. |
| 59 | * ''Literature/DirtyPair'''s Kei and Yuri show up in a few different ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' crowd scenes. They also appear in a few different ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' episodes. |
| 60 | * ''Manga/DoctorSlump'' featured "Suppaman", essentially a short, pudgy version of Superman. He popped up during the Dr. Slump CrossOver in the original ''Manga/DragonBall'' series. |
| 61 | ** Later chapters introduce incompetent NatureHero Parzan (a play on Franchise/{{Tarzan}} and the Japanese word ''paa'', which can colloquially mean "stupid") and ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' knock-off Kintaman (whose name is a play on ''kintama'', "golden balls", or "[[DontExplainTheJoke testicles]].). |
| 62 | ** However, ''Manga/DoctorSlump'' also makes [[ShoutOut explicit references]] to ''Manga/AstroBoy'', ''Film/{{Gamera}}'', ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', and ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''. |
| 63 | * ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'': |
| 64 | ** An episode has a gangster referring to "Ambassador Mama", a reference to Series/AmbassadorMagma from ''Manga/AstroBoy'', with an accompanying pixelated image of his spaceship. |
| 65 | ** Also a couple of ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110801025759/deathnote/images/1/17/Death_note_in_full_metal_panic.jpg characters]] happened to be at the same place at the same time when Sousuke was getting his haircut. |
| 66 | * ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' does this frequently, typically by having its characters cosplay as characters from other Shounen Jump manga. |
| 67 | ** The secret weapon the Renho plan to use against Earth are mechs called "Gunsams" that have their heads [[{{Pixellation}} pixellated]] due to how much of a resemblance they bear to what they're parodying. [[NoFourthWall Shinpachi remarks about how heinous is that they managed to get away with such a blatant rip-off without being sued.]] The end notes on the episode that usually contain some RealitySubtext, or just plain text, mentions how lucky they are that it's Creator/{{Sunrise}} making the show. |
| 68 | * ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'': |
| 69 | ** At one point, Onizuka challenges an entire gang to arm wrestling and winds up beating look-alikes of Jason Voorhees (from ''Franchise/FridayThe13th''), Heihachi Mishima (from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''), and ''Manga/GiantRobo''. |
| 70 | ** Onizuka himself actually dresses as Manga/{{Doraemon}} and explicitly calls himself as such when forced to fight a gang with his hands stuck in bowling balls. |
| 71 | ** At one point he ''shatters'' the bowling balls and draws a bunch of CrossPoppingVeins on himself, screaming about a woman named Yuria. Now, he calls himself [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]] and even draws Ken's seven scars. To top it all off, in the anime, he beats the gang with Ken's signature SpamAttack, the Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken. |
| 72 | ** He also dressed up as Devilman (apropos of ''nothing'', naturally) once, and made Tomoko wear a ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' outfit. |
| 73 | ** The first chapter of ''Shonan 14 Days'' includes Onizuka painting Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya on the hood of Uchiyamada's car and threatening to write his name into a Manga/DeathNote. |
| 74 | * ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'': |
| 75 | ** Episode 11 has a pixelated version of a Franchise/{{Gundam}} launch and refers to it as the "[=Gun3=]". |
| 76 | ** Also, in episode 1, Haruhi holds up magazines to Kyon and Mikuru, featuring other anime series, one of which is ''Anime/{{Shuffle}}'', with Kaede and Asa on the cover. Note that Yuko Goto voices [[ActorAllusion both Mikuru and Kaede]]. |
| 77 | * [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Kamui Gakupo]], who is owned by Internet Co. and not Crypton and thus can't legally be used as a character, makes two speaking appearances in ''Manga/HatsuneMix''. He isn't named and doesn't wear his official costume, but anyone can tell he's Gakupo from his hair. |
| 78 | * The anime version of ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' is full of lawyer-friendly mentions, although the ones in dialogue are always bleeped out. Being a fangirl, Nagi rattles them off quickly enough that it's common to have half of her monologue melodically beeped out. |
| 79 | ** This happens in the manga as well, although it's so inconsistent (as with the ''Negima'' example above), anyone who can put two-and-two together can figure it out. |
| 80 | *** One of the most notable lampshades being when Hayate tries to correct Nagi when she says ''VideoGame/{{Mushiking}}'' without censorship, to which she explains that they got permission this time. |
| 81 | ** Honestly, the anime [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade on the trope]] and dances in circles around it, pointing at it as a RunningGag in its own right. And episode where Nagi ''doesn't'' make a reference is rarer than one where she does. |
| 82 | * In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', Alucard's and Seras's main weapons are named ''Jackal'' and ''Harkonnen'' respectively. Though not explained in the anime, their namesakes show up in the manga as the characters' "spirit guides" during dream sequences: the [[MagnificentBastard Baron Vladimir Harkonnen]] from ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' in the case of Seras, and Creator/BruceWillis (who starred in the movie ''Jackal'') for Alucard. (The Baron does appear briefly in the anime's [[BonusMaterial omake]]-style "next episode" teasers.) |
| 83 | * ''Manga/TheHelpfulFoxSenkoSan'' features fluffy fox-girl versions of popular videogames like Nintendo's ''Super Smash Bros.'' The game boxes also resemble that of the Nintendo Switch, but the console and controllers more closely resemble Sony's Playstation 4. |
| 84 | * In the final episode of ''Imagin Anime'', an animated spin-off from ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'', the Kyoshouryuku Labs of ''Anime/MazingerZ'' is name-dropped, Series/UltramanTaro shows up, Momotaros attempts to replace Toei Animation's mascot, Pero, then throws a fit at the ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' poster. Urataros, at the very end, comments they probably never got permission for all of this. |
| 85 | * In ''Anime/IrresponsibleCaptainTylor'', a chainsaw-wielding, [[Franchise/FridayThe13th hockey mask-wearing fellow named "Jason"]] is a member of the crew of the ''Soyokaze'' (mirroring the common Western misconception Jason ever used a chainsaw). |
| 86 | * In ''Manga/KeepYourHandsOffEizouken'', the anime that inspired Midori to want to make anime herself is ''Conan of the Lost Island'', which is really ''Anime/FutureBoyConan'' in all but name. Because Creator/ScienceSARU had support, but not legal permission to use ''Future Boy Conan'' in the anime adaptation, the scenes from ''Conan of the Lost Island'' were painstakingly traced frame by frame, recolored, and the music cues and sound effects remade to match the original. Some brief dialogue from the show itself also changes Lana's name to Kana. |
| 87 | * Creator/KenAkamatsu, being a video game fan, has dropped numerous character cameos into both ''Manga/LoveHina'' and ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': the "Mahora Budokai" arc in ''Negima!'' featured crowd cameos from M. Bison, Sakura Kusanago, Akuma, Hugo, and Adon from the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' games as well as Athena, Terry Bogard, Ryo Sakazaki, Chris, Yashiro Nanakase, and the ''Maximum Impact'' version of Kyo Kusanagi, all from ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' and related series, and several others. |
| 88 | ** Later, when the robot army arrives, one of the characters makes an extraordinarily blatant Lawyer-Friendly ShoutOut: |
| 89 | --> "Wow! Are those Gu_dams? They have to be Gun_ams!" |
| 90 | ** Love Hina also has references to ''Franchise/StarWars'' quite often; in amongst Keitaro/Naru sniping Naru is stabbed with a lightsaber, Motoko wins Su a mini Death Star, and Seta's van has the license plate number R2-D2. |
| 91 | *** That's nothing: in the official English translation of Chapter 11, Su asks, "Star Wars: Episode One, what is the name of the [[Creator/EwanMcGregor actor]] who played the young Obi-Wan Kenobi?!" |
| 92 | ** One chapter of ''Negima'' had a number of people dressed up as different anime and toku heroes, such as ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'', ''Series/KamenRiderX'', and the main heroines of ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure''. |
| 93 | * A Season 2 episode of ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'' has Komi and her friends visit a thinly veiled parody of [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Studios Japan]] and ride what is obviously Ride/TheAmazingAdventuresOfSpiderMan. During their time on the ride, only Spider-Man's leg is shown and he is referred to as "Spider-San". |
| 94 | * ''Anime/TheLegendOfBlackHeaven'' features a scene where Mulder and Scully from ''Series/TheXFiles'' are investigating a mysterious event at a cemetery in the U.S., where a grave has been dug up in an incredibly precise manner. [[spoiler: Former band member Watanabe's body had been stolen by the enemy in order to create a clone to defeat the remaining member of the band.]] The two agents are unceremoniously pushed into the hole by Layla's sidekicks. |
| 95 | ** There's also a ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' parody, the Flying 5. |
| 96 | * As it usually tries to avoid censoring, ''Manga/LuckyStar'' references titles and locations only indirectly, ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Suzumiya Haruhi No Yuutsu]]'' being the major exception. However, in one episode, Konata tells a 'ghost story' about a bus driver singing "[[AnimeThemeSong Danzen!]] [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Futari wa *** cure]]", and in another a thinly-veiled conversation about Franchise/{{Gundam}}s between Konata and her father seems to be an exercise in "how far can we go before we get sued?" |
| 97 | ** They once made a reference to Pocky beyond obvious when they had Misao say the name twice, the first time having the last half blanked out (Po*** ) and the second time the first half blanked (** cky), alongside having chocolate milk or juice sucked up a straw to a certain point before being held in place to look like the snack. |
| 98 | ** Konata's "fight" with [[Franchise/StreetFighter Guile]] actually has ''two'' separate ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' references. The first is the obvious Guile clone, but the second shows up in the form of the "VS screen". The background is taken right out of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII: 3rd Strike''. |
| 99 | *** And the "stage" is Ryu's from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''. Finally, she knocks him out with the Tatsumaki Senpyukyaku (Hurricane Kick), one of Ryu and Ken's signature moves. |
| 100 | ** One episode has ''Anime/CodeGeass'' and Lelouch's name censored out. Ironically, Bandai Entertainment would later pick up the rights to localize both that and ''Lucky Star''. |
| 101 | ** Tsukasa's ''Manga/SgtFrog'' keychain is worth noting here. |
| 102 | ** During the ''Manga/InitialD'' parody, Kagami refers to Initial D as "chomei-chomei D", "chomei-chomei" being a placeholder name for something well-known. |
| 103 | *** Kadokawa-Bandai dub: "Bleepin'-D." |
| 104 | ** Cousin Yui reading manga with [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Rider]] on the cover. Also, episode 10, when Tsukasa's gentle nature and Kagami's {{Tsundere}} nature become blatantly obvious to Soujirou. |
| 105 | ---> '''Soujirou''': (hands in the air) Sakura! Tohsaka... Tohsaka's your sister! |
| 106 | ** The ''Gundam'' discussion segment is meant to parody the ridiculousness of the censoring. Both Konata and Soujirou's eyes have a censor bar over them, and every third word is bleeped out with a different sound. |
| 107 | *** That said, the corresponding manga was published in an official Gundam magazine, so... |
| 108 | ** The ImageSong "Yuuchou Sentai Dararenjaa" (A ''Franchise/SuperSentai''-esque song) mentions, by cutting short instead of censoring, a certain "[[Series/KamenRider555 Lucky Clo---]]." |
| 109 | ** In episode 19, Hiyori draws Apollo Justice and Klavier Gavin from the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' series. |
| 110 | * ''Anime/LupinTheThird'' has been referenced in quite a lot of different media: |
| 111 | ** ''VideoGame/CliffHanger'' appears in one episode of ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'', specifically the car-chase scene from ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', with a player in a [[Anime/LupinIIIPart1 green jacket]], making it a triple cameo. |
| 112 | ** It's highly likely that there is a Jigen sighting in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' (specifically the "Sir Yakksalot" episode) as a wagon driver bearing a very distinctive slouched fedora and pointed beard drives by the screen. Tokyo Movie Shinsha provided animation work for both the ''Lupin III'' franchise and ''Animaniacs.'' |
| 113 | ** Yet ''another'' one is an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' where a thief that's basically Jigen in a white suit with light-brown hair tries to steal a time traveling jewel. Or, rather, he looked like Jigen but acted more like Lupin III. |
| 114 | ** Zenigata makes a cameo in the ''Anime/MyHime'' manga [[ItMakesSenseInContext arresting Shizuru.]] |
| 115 | ** ''Anime/Megazone23'' has an appearance from a cop who looks exactly like Lupin. |
| 116 | ** Lupin and Jigen can be seen as Federation soldiers who help launch the White Base in an episode of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''. They also show up in another episode alongside Zenigata and Goemon as members of a military brass band. |
| 117 | ** Lupin and Jigen can be seen in a hotel lobby in an episode of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders''. |
| 118 | * In episode 5 of ''Manga/MariaHolic Alive'', when the Dorm Leader mentions about the punishment of watching the entire "Legend of Japanese Heroes" series back to back without blinking, the scene cuts to a shot of [[Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes Yang Wen-li and Reinhard von Lohengramm]] whose faces are concealed by stereotypical ninja masks. |
| 119 | * ''Miami Guns'' has several of these, such as Bruce Tsuji, the "''Franchise/DieHard'' detective" from one episode. The most significant example in the series is the father of "[[SociopathicHero heroine]]" Yao Sakurakoji -- who is a bleached-blonde doppleganger of Gendo Ikari, right down to the design of his office. (For some reason, he has a pet dog who's a parody of [[WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines Muttley]]. Hey, why not?) |
| 120 | * Lady Lynx from ''Anime/GiantGorg'' appears as a waitress in episode 3 of ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamTheOrigin''. |
| 121 | * ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'' features the Franchise/{{Terminator}} as an important character. With lines like ''[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_seto_no_hanayome_homage.jpg "I'll be back"]]'' and ''"You must die, human! TERMINATOR!"'', and ''"Who's your daddy? TERMINATOR!"'', it's kinda hard to miss. |
| 122 | ** And then there's [[Creator/BruceWillis Bunta Willis]], whom Sun is a die hard fan of. |
| 123 | * ''Anime/MyHeroAcademiaTwoHeroes'': One of the heroes introduced in the movie is Godzillo, who is rather blatantly a smaller, slightly more anthropomorphic version of Franchise/{{Godzilla}} who happens to wear clothes. |
| 124 | * Killer Bee from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' looks like [[RaceLift a black version of]] Wrestling/HulkHogan. |
| 125 | ** The first Raikage also looks almost ''exactly'' like Music/JimiHendrix. |
| 126 | * In the North #2 arc of Naoki Urasawa's ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'', blind composer Paul Duncan recants a tale in his childhood where he was pulled from the brink of death by a Japanese black market doctor at the cost of his already weak eyesight. Said series is set in the ''Manga/AstroBoy'' universe. Said doctor was dressed in a black cloak and, according to North #2's investigations, charged his mother a ridiculously high fee for the procedure. [[WMG/{{Monster}} Wild Mass Guessing aside]], [[Manga/BlackJack this doctor's identity should be obvious to any Tezuka fan.]] |
| 127 | ** Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion also made an appearance in a group of escaping zoo animals. |
| 128 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': |
| 129 | ** "Staging a Heroes' Welcome" had two girls who look suspiciously like Sakura and Tomoyo from ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''. |
| 130 | ** Doyle in "Where Did You Go, Audino?" bears a resemblance to [[Manga/CaseClosed Conan Edogawa]]. Even his name is a reference (playing off of Creator/ArthurConanDoyle). |
| 131 | * ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'': |
| 132 | ** The first episode of the anime has a reenactment of the bus stop scene from ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', albeit Pipimi as Totoro is heavily pixelated. |
| 133 | ** The fourth episode features [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Dick Dastardly and Muttley]] cameo as one of the teams in the Skeleton Grand Prix. Like with the above example, the duo are heavily pixelated on top of being PaletteSwap[=ped=], though the former is undone in the DVD release. |
| 134 | * ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'' anime has Makunouchi Ippo of ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'' fame appear briefly in the stands at a baseball game during a chibi episode. He is voiced by the same seiyuu as Prince of Tennis's [[{{Tsundere}} Kaidoh]], making this an ActorAllusion cameo. |
| 135 | * ''Anime/ProjectAKo'': |
| 136 | ** It's hinted a few times that Eiko's parents are ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/WonderWoman, though they've never appeared onscreen in costume. (Although they ''have'' appeared ''with'' costume -- Mrs. Magami is shown sewing or repairing a Superman outfit at one point.) Dad is also shown reading the ''Daily Planet''. |
| 137 | ** The third movie has a cameo appearance from [[Manga/YawaraAFashionableJudoGirl Yawara Inokuma and her grandfather]] at the burger joint where Eiko works. |
| 138 | * Episode 27 of ''Manga/PsychicSquad'' has [[Manga/LuckyStar Konata, Kagami, Tsukasa, Miyuki, Yutaka and Minami]] appearing in the background briefly; the first four had realistic hair colors and all of them have their backs turned to the camera except for Miyuki, whose face is obscured by a leg. In addition, because Gonzo helped produce the episode, it also has ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' cameos (but how could they get away with their lack of pants in that world?). |
| 139 | * Reversed in ''Anime/RayTheAnimation'': In the manga, Osamu Tezuka's Dr. Black Jack 'cameos', but his face is never shown and he is never referred to by his full name, due to copyright concerns. In the animation, Black Jack doesn't fall under these restrictions anymore, seeing as how it was produced by Tezuka's animation studio, which of course holds the copyright on the character. |
| 140 | * In ''Rescue Me Mave-Chan'', a parody of ''Literature/SentouYouseiYukikaze'', the villain of the short, For-Getter (which looks like a combination of Anime/GunBuster and Manga/GetterRobo G), shows off different characters who have been forgotten by fans, including Lum and EVA-01. |
| 141 | * In ''Manga/RozenMaiden'', Buu, the doll that attacks Jun early on, is quite clearly Franchise/WinnieThePooh. In the anime, Pooh is replaced with a generic clown doll. In turn, Jun makes a brief cameo early in the first episode of ''Ultimate Girls''. |
| 142 | * Nobuhiro Watsuki of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' fame did that so many times with ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' that the owners of the latter asked the author to draw some of the new characters for the fifth game. |
| 143 | * ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' featured Ogami Ito and Daigoro from Lone Wolf and Cub at the end of the episode "Cosmic Collisions". |
| 144 | * ''Anime/SamuraiFlamenco'' features tons of in-universe {{Toku}}satsu works that are clearly based off franchises like ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai''. |
| 145 | * ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' has innumerable instances. In speech, one syllable of the word/name in question is either bleeped over or pronounced "maru", in text one letter is replaced by a circle. |
| 146 | ** Pretty much anything from Creator/StudioShaft is guaranteed to be filled with Lawyer-Friendly Cameos. Anime/PaniPoniDash for example, had a freakin' [[Franchise/TouhouProject Yukkuri]] in the {{O|riginalVideoAnimation}}VA. |
| 147 | * In ''Manga/SchoolRumble'' Harima stays home and watches a movie that is pretty much a rip off of ''Franchise/StarWars'' that at first covers the opening of episode 4 with Lego like star ships, and what some lines that seems to be taken from episode 6. Needless to say this is quite funny to watch. |
| 148 | * In episode 21 of ''Manga/SgtFrog'', thinly-disguised versions of Franchise/LupinIII and Jigen get run off the road by the Hinata family car in an obvious parody of a scene from ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''. In episode 48, there is an inexplicable appearance by a human-sized version of the giant floating Rei Ayanami from ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion End of Evangelion]]''. |
| 149 | * In episode 49 of the 2001 anime of ''Manga/ShamanKing'', the members Team LCT/Team Insane Asylum were based off [[ProfessionalWrestling Pro Wrestlers]] Mark [=LoMonaco=] ([[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys Bubba Ray Dudley/Brother Ray]]), one of the Hardys (Wrestling/MattHardy or Wrestling/JeffHardy) and Adam Copeland (Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}) who used tables, ladders and chairs respectively as their weapons in the Wrestling/{{WWE}}. |
| 150 | ** And of course, earlier the heroes had to fight the corpse of a [[BruceLeeClone world famous Chinese martial artist from Hollywood movies, who developed his own fighting style, whose favorite weapons were a pair of nunchuks, and who died mysteriously at the peak of his popularity]]. So, totally not Creator/BruceLee, then. |
| 151 | * In ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'', Yayoi's alarm clock bears a superhero resembling a Franchise/KamenRider, most likely Kamen Rider Scissors of ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki''. |
| 152 | * ''Manga/SorcererHunters'' includes a number of these, exemplified by the chapter "Seaside Days in the Springtime of Youth, one of the series' many {{Beach Episode}}s. In it, a magical potion turns the protagonists into cosplaying cameos from other series such as ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', and ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''. Also, for a {{Fanservice}} laden {{shonen|Demographic}} series, the frequent cameos from the decidedly {{shoujo|Demographic}} and chaste dating sim of ''VideoGame/{{Angelique|KoeiTecmo}}'' were amusing, especially when the game's resident cute boy showed up as a slave boy belonging to one of the manga's villains. |
| 153 | * ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has... [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarePants Squidward]]. [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2906041136_21ac3e0e62_o.jpg You have to really be watching to find him though.]] |
| 154 | ** The bathhouse episode has a bunch of female spa employees who resemble major characters from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Manga/{{Mahoromatic}}'' and ''Anime/{{Diebuster}}''. |
| 155 | * ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' has several Lawyer-Friendly Cameos. The mayor of Sternbild, for example, [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed apparently bears a resemblance to]] President Obama. |
| 156 | * ''Manga/TouhouIbarakasenWildAndHornedHermit'', one of the official ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' manga adaptations, had a chapter that involved a mythological creature that emits electricity. Cue Sanae wondering if they were talking about an electric rat while her thought bubble showed a picture of [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pikachu]] with a censor bar placed across its eyes. |
| 157 | * [[Manga/UruseiYatsura Lum]] has cameos in quite a few works, including ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', ''Anime/CreamyMamiTheMagicAngel'', ''Dirty Pair'' and ''Manga/HunterXHunter''. |
| 158 | ** And speaking of ''Anime/UruseiYatsura'', the show was rife with these. For instance, in an episode spoofing the folk tale of Urushima Taro, amongst the beautiful women whom Onsen Mark is surrounded by in the palace you can spot [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Misa Hayase, Lynn Minmay, Kim, Shammy and Vanessa]]. Then there was that one time Megane briefly became [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Jabba the Hutt]] during a freakout... |
| 159 | * ''Manga/YakitateJapan'''s American character Kid is nearly identical to Creator/BradPitt, for no good reason. Conan from ''Manga/CaseClosed'' also makes a thinly-veiled appearance. |
| 160 | * ''Anime/YuGiOh'' often has characters in the background, while not outright named, Vash the Stampede (''Manga/{{Trigun}}''), Ino, Shikamaru, Choji (''Manga/{{Naruto}}'') and Ryoma Echizen (''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'') all have brief appearances (Vash is in the background of the characters walking down the street, the other four in the stands of a duel). |
| 161 | ** The cards for the game are no better. In the card game plenty of cards are named/designed after other Konami products (Gradius games, a card explicitly named DDR, Goemon characters). However, in the anime they do one for another Shounen Jump series. The card Illegal Summon in GX features a character scene from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' of Naruto's Frog Summoning training. Sonic Duck is a member of ''Franchise/OnePiece'''s Supersonic Duck Squadron. There's a card in ''5 D's'' that increases your D-Wheel's speed counter... featuring a thinly-veiled ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}''. |
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| 165 | * Until 2015, Creator/BigFinish did not have permission to use elements from the 21st-century series of ''Series/DoctorWho'' in its [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho plays]], but three Fourth Doctor stories involved him interacting with the Eleventh Doctor through TimeyWimeyBall, recorded message means. This was got away with by simply identifying the Eleventh Doctor as one of Four's "future incarnations" and delivering his dialogue in reported speech rather than having the actual actor play him, but it's obvious from his personality which one he is supposed to be. |
| 166 | * Continuing the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off theme, Chris Boucher's semi-official audio drama series ''Kaldor City'', set in the same futuristic AmbiguouslyHuman society as his popular Fourth Doctor TV story [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E5TheRobotsOfDeath "The Robots of Death"]], introduced a character who is '''extremely''' strongly implied to be one of the regular characters from his TV series ''Series/BlakesSeven'' under a new identity, played by the same actor. |
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| 170 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': When Peter and Mary Jane are about to get married in ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963'' Annual #1, Mary Jane is approached by an old ex named Bruce who attempts to convince her to change her mind and leave with him to his villa in Paris. While not confirmed, [[https://screenrant.com/batman-mary-jane-spiderman-marvel-comic/#:~:text=According%20to%20MJ%2C%20Bruce%20wanted%20to%20take%20her,MJ%E2%80%99s%20admirer%20continued%20to%20make%20his%20presence%20known some]] believe that Bruce is intended to be the Marvel version of [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]], who never became a crime fighter and truly was a billionaire playboy. Thankfully he's not completely a jerk, as after his attempts to seduce Mary Jane fail he does give her the plane tickets and keys to his villa so she and Peter can go on a honeymoon. |
| 171 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer: Season 8'' gives us an utterly pointless panel that has exactly one purpose: A lawyer-friendly cameo of [[Series/DoctorWho The Tenth Doctor and Rose]]. [[https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/tardis/images/5/56/TenRoseBuffyComic.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130122194910 See them here.]] On the bright side, you get to go insane trying to put the conflicting universes together. |
| 172 | * An issue of ''Series/{{Angel}}: After the Fall'' featured a background cameo by Jay and Silent Bob. |
| 173 | * In the ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' story ''Recap/AsterixInBelgium'', the two Belgians who announce Caesar's arrival are dead ringers for Thomson and Thompson, the pseudo-twin detectives from the Belgian comic ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}''. |
| 174 | ** Right down to the ArtShift, the font in their SpeechBubbles, and the use of their catchphrase "To be precise..." |
| 175 | ** And the {{recurring|Extra}} pirates are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redbeard_(comics)#Asterix_parody based on the cast of the Belgian comic ''Barbe-Rouge'']], although [[ParodyDisplacement no one outside France would get that]]. |
| 176 | ** ''Recap/AsterixInSwitzerland'' had a repairman who looked like the mascot of a French oil company. He was redrawn in the English edition to look like the Michelin man instead. |
| 177 | * During his run on ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', Steve Englehart introduced Mantis, a character he quickly became extremely invested in. After departing Marvel and moving to DC to write ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'', Englehart had Mantis appear in a story. She was referred to as "Willow" for legal reasons, but was clearly meant to be Mantis, even displaying her trademark VerbalTic, claiming to come from "a place she must not name" and alluding to the events of ''ComicBook/TheCelestialMadonnaSaga''. He later pulled the same stunt at Eclipse Comics by writing Mantis into ''Scorpio Rose'' under the alias "Lorelei", complete with an acknowledgement that [[IHaveManyNames she's gone by many names over the years]]. |
| 178 | * During Walt Simonson's run on ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'', the thunder god becomes permanently separated from his mortal alter ego. He must disguise himself as a mortal, and as "Sigurd Jarlson," does so [[ClarkKenting using glasses for a secret identity]], with Nick Fury remarking that "it worked for that other guy". One scene humorously includes a quick cameo by a well-built reporter named [[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/kentclrk.htm Clark]] who gets accidentally flattened by Thor, who he thinks he recognises, before dismissing it. He also had ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} (who, at the time, had been erased from continuity by the events of ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'') appear in a ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' issue's group of discontinued universes. |
| 179 | ** Around the same time, Clark and Lois appeared in an issue of ''ComicBook/ExcaliburMarvelComics'', with Clark being cheerful about the number of superheroes in New York (which, in the Marvel Universe, is infamously full of them) as he sees Captain Britain flying overhead, and Lois not bothering to look up, remarking dismissively that "when you've seen one hyperthyroidal egomaniac in spandex, you've seen them all". |
| 180 | * ''ComicBook/Crossover2020'', in which a big crossover between many real-life comic books from different companies spills over into the world of the comic, has plenty of cameos and even supporting roles of characters from indie and creator-owned comics, but appearances of characters from Creator/DCComics and Creator/MarvelComics are usually limited to name-dropping, apperances of their actual comic books or just mostly obscured appearances like seeing their hands sticking between prison cell bars. |
| 181 | * An issue of ''ComicBook/XFactor1991'' has an appearance from actress Creator/SeanYoung as Strong Guy's new girlfriend. What pushes it into this territory is that [[http://cyberspacecomics.com/blogimages/x-factor-079-young.jpg she shows up for their date dressed like]] Catwoman from ''Film/BatmanReturns''. |
| 182 | * An issue of ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' has a cameo from two prostitutes dressed as ComicBook/PowerGirl. This is part of a RunningGag where prostitutes dressed as famous superheroines can be seen in the police station Spidey often visits, but this instance is notable since the women in question are almost always dressed as Creator/MarvelComics heroines. |
| 183 | * In ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', in which every character is either a literary character or a literary character's ancestor, Literature/FuManchu is never mentioned by name, because he's still under copyright. In [[Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen the movie]], Fu Manchu was replaced with the Franchise/SherlockHolmes villain Prof. Moriarty (who also appears in the comic) disguised as a mix of Franchise/ThePhantomOfTheOpera and Fantomas. |
| 184 | ** And the ''Black Dossier'' includes British secret agents named "Jimmy", who is obviously Literature/JamesBond (He won't stop talking about "[[Literature/DrNo some business in Jamaica]]" and all that, and he's also the grandson of ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' original character Campion Bond), Miss Night, who is clearly [[Series/TheAvengers1960s Emma Peel]], and Uncle Hugo, who is Literature/BulldogDrummond. |
| 185 | ** To say nothing of the new M, who dislikes being referred to as "Harry" because Harry died a long time ago, [[Film/TheThirdMan in the sewers under Vienna]]. |
| 186 | ** And then there's Paint it Black in which Mina meets a tall dark haired gentleman who claims [[Literature/HarryPotter his first name is Tom, his middle name is a marvel and his last name is a conundrum.]] ''Century 2009'' extends this to [[spoiler:Harry himself being not only the ultimate bad guy, but the ''AntiChrist'' -- while still never being named or even seen before being mutated by his powers]]. |
| 187 | ** Also in Paint it Black, during Mina's hallucination she sees [[Series/DoctorWho the Daleks]] and [[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine a Blue Meanie.]] |
| 188 | ** In ''The Black Dossier'', the Blazing World features characters who are unidentified but are clearly Franchise/TheLoneRanger, [[Franchise/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown,]] and the Disney version of WesternAnimation/{{Snow White|andtheSevenDwarfs}}. |
| 189 | ** And that's just the ''prominent'' ones! There are ''hundreds'' of smaller references and cameos scattered throughout the series alongside their {{public domain}} counterparts. |
| 190 | * Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/SwampThing'': |
| 191 | ** The story "Pog", whose title character was ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}}'' in a spacesuit and had a companion based on Pogo's friend Albert named Bartle who ends up killed by the end of the story. Amusingly, Bartle later resurfaced in an arc where Swamp Thing went to Hell to rescue his infant daughter Tefé Holland, which occurred late in Doug Wheeler's run, who didn't seem to recognize the reference. |
| 192 | ** ''Swamp Thing'' Vol 2 #47: Swamp Thing communicates with the Parliament of Trees, a collective consciousness of Swamp Elementals. One Swamp Elemental looks like ComicBook/ManThing, easily justified since Man-Thing can traverse dimensions through the Nexus of All Realities. |
| 193 | * ''ComicBook/TopTen'' has a ton of these, sometimes a dozen on a single page, ranging from the extremely well-known to the rather obscure. |
| 194 | * In an issue of ''ComicBook/WynonnaEarp'', a pair of BoundAndGagged Marshals are executed by Bobo [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves after giving him classified information about Black Rock]]. Despite not being named, they strongly resemble [[Series/TheXFiles Dana Scully and Fox Mulder]]. |
| 195 | * An ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' storyline has the title character being bounced around alternate universes. While he had a full issue experience with ComicBook/SpiderMan in ''ComicBook/MarvelTeamUp'', he also encounters ComicBook/{{Batman}} (though only his arm is seen and his name is implied without having to say it outright, thanks to a running joke from the MTU issue), a world similar to ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'' and possibly the world of ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'', one of Robert Kirkman's other books. |
| 196 | * The original ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'' story arc from ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'' was supposed to have the virus-carrying hero from another dimension be Superman, but the art was recolored to make it be ComicBook/TheSentry instead. This is why Sentry is drawn with an uncharacteristically short hairstyle that appears to include a spit curl, as well as why there is a triangular rip on the front of his costume that's roughly the same shape as Superman's S-shield logo. |
| 197 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': |
| 198 | ** In ''Doctor Octopus: Year One'', flashbacks to young Otto Octavius' past are prevalent throughout the story. At one point it shows four bullies beating him up. [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons One with long hair and a wool cap, one with a white t-shirt and a shaved head, one with a green T-shirt, and one with a torn jean jacket.]] |
| 199 | ** One issue had a single-panel cameo appearance from [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros Doc "Rusty" Venture and Brock Samson]]. They weren't really doing anything of note, they were just having lunch. |
| 200 | ** The bullies from ''The Simpsons'' also showed up in an issue of ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'', where they tried to harass ComicBook/RedTornado's daughter during Halloween. |
| 201 | ** They showed up ''again'' in two separate issues of the ''Film/MarsAttacks'' comic book series, as well as an issue of ''ComicBook/GodzillaKingdomOfMonsters''. |
| 202 | * Similarly, some of the kids from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' were shown having a snowball fight with Volstagg's children and Sif in one of the final issues of ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMysteryImmonen''. |
| 203 | * [[https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/marvel-lockjaw-dc-comics-universe/ The final issue]] of the 2018 ''[[ComicBook/TheInhumans Lockjaw]]'' mini-series has a scene where Lockjaw teleports D-Man and Annihilus across various dimensions in the Multiverse while they fight. One of the dimensions they land in (identified only as "[[YouWannaGetSued Redacted]]") is heavily implied to be Franchise/TheDCU, where they briefly encounter two heroes who are very obviously Superman and Wonder Woman. The heroes are both drawn in a way that obscures their faces, but it's still clear who they're supposed to be. |
| 204 | * Prior to this, an issue of Creator/BrianMichaelBendis' ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2016'' series had a brief scene where [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Miles Morales]] and ComicBook/SpiderGwen ended up in the DC Universe, complete with a shot of [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} a red blur]] flying past the Daily Planet building. |
| 205 | * ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'' by Creator/MarkMillar features lawyer-friendly versions of every supervillain (and some heroes) ever. ''Ever''. In addition, it's implicit that the characters in the story are the real versions, and the comics are a [[MemeticMutation half-baked attempt by the world to tell their exploits]]. But [[ThisLoserIsYou who reads comics anymore anyway]]? |
| 206 | * [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, and Lois Lane]] cameo as a group of visiting reporters in the first issue of ''ComicBook/TheUltimates2002''. |
| 207 | ** They also appear in a panel of ''ComicBook/{{Marvels}}''. It's not uncommon for them to attend press releases in Marvel comics. |
| 208 | ** [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica The Falcon]] once rescued a woman who looked like Lois Lane (specifically as she appeared in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'') from the Grey Gargoyle. Her name was even revealed to be "Margot Neill" as a nod to Creator/MargotKidder and Creator/NoelleNeill, two women best known for portraying Lois in live-action. |
| 209 | ** Clark and Lois showed up in the audience of a Shakespeare in the Park production in ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen Annual'' #10. Other cameos in the crowd included [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} the Joker]], [[ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns Carrie Kelley and her friend Michelle]], an adult [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]] and, perhaps most surprisingly, the Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon. |
| 210 | * ''ComicBook/YoungbloodImageComics'': |
| 211 | ** An issue "dedicated to the memory of Joe Schuster" has [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Clark Kent and Lois Lane]] appear as reporters. |
| 212 | ** In ''Youngblood Strikefile'' #8, Clark Kent opens his shirt, revealing a Superman logo. |
| 213 | ** ''Youngblood: Bloodsport'' #1 opens with [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/tHPNvApjACbFOlE5XeIWa5RF-xfNevWv7BhIZCQh2RjI6jQZ5l5xdUWhNyINNHMCWIThISVzpbZm9IQENDYdW-g3DVHiTa1coV7ve7uHJ1lCrRKotL4_FCu7lOlDZJ68psrEdg=s1600 Seahawk and Battlestone getting blowjobs]] from [[ComicBook/XMen Wolverine and Cyclops]]. |
| 214 | * If you look closely in crowd scenes during DC and Marvel {{Crisis Crossover}}s, you can often make out characters that have been ExiledFromContinuity (the hand of ComicBook/SwampThing in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', for example). |
| 215 | * [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] shows up in the [[BeachEpisode Beach Issue]] of ''ComicBook/PatsyWalkerAKAHellcat'', wearing his muumuu and "fat guy hat" from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E7KingSizeHomer King-Size Homer]]." |
| 216 | * In ''ComicBook/TeenTitans Spotlight'' #11, the Brotherhood of Evil are transported to a post-apocalyptic alternate reality where the planet has been ravaged by nuclear war. There, they encounter a band of rebels led by a warrior known only "Tin," who sports a peculiar red quiff hairstyle and rides into battle atop a mutated white dog. Once it's revealed that he used to be a boy adventurer and that his two closest friends are an alcoholic sea captain and a balding scientist, it becomes clear that the universe the Brotherhood landed in is a BadFuture AU version of ''Franchise/TheAdventuresOfTintin''. |
| 217 | * In ''Assassin's Guild'' one-shot issue of ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'', the titular AntiHero guns down thinly-disguised counterparts of Manga/LupinIII and his gang. |
| 218 | * Throughout ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'', Jesse Custer has a spirit adviser called The Duke, who is clearly meant to be John Wayne but never explicitly referred to as such and always drawn with face in shadow. However, his father, John Custer, is shown and referred to as meeting the flesh-and-blood John Wayne while serving in Vietnam. Also, in issue #53, Jesse gives a lift to a fat, aging Elvis (this one's a lot harder to identify, but it's definitely him). Plus there's the sequence where Herr Starr meets (and insults) a number of unnamed world leaders - we only see Starr's face, but can identify who he's addressing by the insult (e.g. "You've got a girl's haircut, Colonel.") |
| 219 | * Group scenes in comics featuring the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes like to slip in famous aliens or other odd-looking characters. |
| 220 | ** An alien resembling Dr. Zoidberg of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' was seen being arrested by the Science Police in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #863 (part of the ''ComicBook/SupermanAndTheLegionOfSuperHeroes'' storyline). |
| 221 | ** The fourth annual of the 1989 series, which was part of the ''Bloodlines'' crisis crossover, has Angon slaughter a pair of aliens who resemble [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren Hoek and Stimpson J. Cat]]. |
| 222 | * In ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #579, ComicBook/{{Superman}} is sent back in time to 253 AD, where he finds himself in a Gaulish village that has been fighting off the Romans thanks to a magic potion -- so successfully, in fact, that they're unaware that the Empire has fallen. Jimmy Olsen puts on the outfit of their unnamed "[[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} greatest warrior]]", while a mind-controlled Superman fights "Columnix", an overweight Gaul with a white dog, who fell in the potion as a baby. |
| 223 | * An early ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' comic features one from a young Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, who ends up saving Miyamoto Usagi's life in return for rice cakes. Just in case you somehow missed it, Usagi actually asks "Are you a god, Zylla?" to which the creature responds "Godzylla?" |
| 224 | ** ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo also features occasional cameos from Lone Goat and Kid, an obvious {{expy}} of Ogami & Daigoro Itto, the main characters of ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub''. |
| 225 | * In one issue of ''ComicBook/XMan'', there's cameos of [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ken, Chun-Li and Guile]] in the background, watching Nate's power demonstration. [[VideoGame/XMenVsStreetFighter How appropriate]]. |
| 226 | ** In a backup story in an issue of ''ComicBook/XMen Classics'' (earlier issues has a secondary story featuring "before they were X-Men" or "between the issues" tales), a story is recounted of an inadvertent meeting between Logan (while he was a roughneck on the run from Weapon X) and Banshee (while he was just a humble Interpol agent). Banshee is hot on the trail of three jewel thieves, one of whom is named [[Manga/LupinIII Arsene]], and who look like the Lupin Gang with a few cosmetic alterations. Guess who that makes Banshee, of course... |
| 227 | ** Creator/ChrisClaremont has put Lawyer-Friendly Cameos of anime in quite a few of his stories. Both the Literature/DirtyPair and Anime/SpeedRacer, for instance show up in an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur|MarvelComics}}'', and yes, the lawyer-friendly Dirty Pair are as destructive as the genuine article. |
| 228 | ** The Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} made a rather extensive appearance during the ''ComicBook/Inferno1988'' storyline during Claremont's run of ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'', then appeared again when Jubilee was introduced. One notable change is that the Ghostbusters' secretary, Janine, was a member of the group. |
| 229 | ** ''Inferno'' also has other cameos, including [[http://media.comicbook.com/uploads1/2014/12/xfactor36-116576.jpg a scene]] in one of the ''ComicBook/XFactor'' tie-ins where Iceman and Beast rescue ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes from a possessed hot dog stand. |
| 230 | * One of the forms [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting Kate briefly assumes]] in ''ComicBook/{{Demo}}'' #5 is that of a female martial artist who looks a helluva lot like [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]]. |
| 231 | * ''ComicBook/RomSpaceKnight'' was a licensed series based on a toy from Parker Bros, meaning that once the license expired, the character could no longer appear in the Marvel Universe. However, since Marvel owns most of his lore and his non-Spaceknight design, he's still managed to pop up on occasion. For instance, the creative team behind ''[[ComicBook/{{Earth X}} Universe X]]'' were able to slip him into issue #3 by showing him without most of his armor (including his distinctive helmet), with the other characters only referring to him as "The greatest of the Spaceknights" and never using his real name. |
| 232 | * The ''Howard and Nester'' comic strip in issue #9 of ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' has Howard accompanying a duck on an expedition to the moon (with Nester stowing away). The duck in question is never addressed by name and doesn't look like it, but the reader can probably guess, judging from the fact that this particular installment was based on the ''VideoGame/DuckTales'' {{UsefulNotes/N|intendoEntertainmentSystem}}ES game, that he is supposed to be Scrooge [=McDuck=]. The same comic has a character named Roboduck, who is clearly an {{Expy}} of Gizmoduck. |
| 233 | * One Marvel comic from the 1980s involved many of the Marvel speedsters, who were getting some help from [[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/fastforw.htm an amnesiac speedster from another dimension]]... [[ComicBook/TheFlash Wearing a torn red suit (with a few yellow elements), saying his name was "Buried Alien, or something like that", and who quickly disappeared in some Speed Dimension afterwards as all he could remember was that he had to keep running]]. Oh, and he was much, ''much'' faster than all the other Marvel speedsters. As this story took place not so long after [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths an important cross-over from the Distinguished Competition]], this can be seen as a {{homage}} to a certain character who died during this event. |
| 234 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'': |
| 235 | ** In the first Annual, as a reference to ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s origins as a Deathstroke CaptainErsatz, had an AlternateUniverse Deathstroke who looked like Deadpool, acted like Deadpool, and had powers like Deadpool, but was always interrupted whenever he attempted to reveal his name (including one panel where he screams "[=DEADPOOOOooooo=]~") since Deadpool is the property of Creator/MarvelComics. It should be noted that the comic was written by Joe Kelly, who had written Deadpool in the 1990s. And drawn by Ed [=McGuinness=], who drew Deadpool under Kelly. |
| 236 | ** The ''With A Vengeance'' storyline features the "Maximums" who are thinly veiled analogues of ComicBook/TheAvengers (the name suggests ComicBook/TheUltimates; the line-up doesn't) from the [[Creator/MarvelComics other guys]]. |
| 237 | * During Creator/{{Christopher Priest|Comics}}'s first issue of ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'', the title character visited ComicBookLimbo and briefly encountered a bunch of heroes Priest had written in the past. These included non-Marvel characters like ComicBook/{{Steel}}, ComicBook/GreenLantern, ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} and a few members of the [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League Task Force]], each of whom had to be partially obscured to avoid any possible litigation from Creator/DCComics. |
| 238 | * Priest did the same thing in his ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' run, where Ross briefly ran into [[ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody Woody]] while trapped in Mephisto's realm. Woody was only shown from behind and had no dialogue, but Ross even worked in an allusion to the then-recent financial trouble at Creator/{{Acclaim}} Entertainment. He then turned around and did the reverse when ''Quantum and Woody'' was temporarily UnCanceled. An [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe comic]] mirrored a recent battle between Black Panther and ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk by showing a fight between two heroes named "Dark Kitty" and "The Mass", complete with narration provided by Dark Kitty's pal "Russ" (who looks and acts suspiciously like Ross). |
| 239 | * [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] once fought the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_Rebel_Four Rebel Four]]. |
| 240 | ** This occurs several times in ''ComicBook/StarWarsTales'' and ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTagAndBink Tag and Bink]]''; there are minor appearances of characters from outside the franchisee who appear in the background such as [[Franchise/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]], a Franchise/{{Predator}}... among the few characters who sometimes pop up. |
| 241 | ** In an issue of ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977'', Lando disguised himself in an outfit that made him look exactly like a {{Palette Swap}}ped version of Anime/CaptainHarlock. |
| 242 | * In issue #35 of the ''[[ComicBook/Batgirl2011 Batgirl of Burnside]]'' run, [[Franchise/SailorMoon Usagi Tsukino]] can be seen using a laptop in the background of the coffee shop Barbara visits. Later in the same run, a few of the other Sailor Senshi are shown as guests at Alysia's wedding. |
| 243 | * The ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' {{Elseworld}} ''[[ComicBook/BatmanDetectiveNo27 Detective #27]]'' features Bruce Wayne being inducted into the Secret Society of Detectives. Apart from Alfred and the Crimson Avenger, none of the other members are named, but from the way they're drawn, they're clearly intended to include [[Creator/DashiellHammett Sam Spade]] (or maybe Literature/PhilipMarlowe), Literature/HerculePoirot, [[Film/TheThinMan Nick and Nora Charles]], and Literature/NeroWolfe, amongst others. |
| 244 | * Writer Steve Skeates famously began a story in an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'' (published by Creator/DCComics), only to resolve it in an issue of ''[[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]]'' (published by Creator/MarvelComics) after the former series was cancelled. The ''Namor'' installment contained a very brief BroadStrokes recap of the events of the previous issue, and thanks to the obvious copyright problems, Aquaman could not be named or explicitly shown. This resulted in only his hand being seen, and the narration itself refusing to identify the hero by name. |
| 245 | -->Who that man is... and why he wished to destroy the satellite... that need not concern us! |
| 246 | * ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' had tons of theses, especially in its early days. This even continued on when Knuckles got his own short-lived series. This was actually done by turning them into the various races that live on Mobius or one of Robotnik's robots. Amongst more recognizable ones were a recurring set of Mobians that resembled Mihoshi, Ayeka and Sasami of ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', the infamous [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sally Moon, Chibi Rose]] [[http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/7400000/Sailor-acorn-and-Chibi-Rose-sonic-the-hedgehog-7462581-535-463.jpg and]] [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf6d4e8cZp1qd0l18o1_500.jpg Tuxedo Knux]], [[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Sonicaman]], ComicBook/{{Spawn}}[[http://www.comicsalliance.com/2009/12/28/sonic-the-hedgehog-superhero-parody-comic/ mower]], a group of robots resembling [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Crow T. Robot, Tom Servo, Cambot]] and JustForFun/RobbyTheRobot ([[http://tohaveacurse.blogspot.com/2011/07/sonic-hedgehog-52-review.html fourth image from the top here]]), [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Link]][[https://spiritsonic.tumblr.com/post/77049336628/sonic-the-hedgehog-257-cameo-list-please-open ara]], and a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Goomba]] in [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131008131633/sonic/images/4/4a/Gooma_cameo_mm27.png a panel]] of the crossover ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide''. This has been continued into ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'', such as with a background character who [[https://twitter.com/semifreqsonic/status/1380986898466942983 clearly resembles]] [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons Flick]]. |
| 247 | * In Sonic Universe Issue #47, a prisoner that was rescued from Lord Mordred Hood's dungeon by the Chaotix as well as the Mercian Freedom Fighters resembled Yakko Warner from the Animaniacs. Finally, during the Scourge: Lockdown arc of Sonic Universe (Sonic Univeruse issues #29-33), Scourge (Mirror Universe Sonic) has been locked up in Zone Jail, and two of the inmates that are bullying him strongly resemble Bebop & Rocksteady from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. |
| 248 | * In the "Dawn of X" story arc in ''ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics'', Xander Payne travels through time and witnesses the events of ''Worlds Collide''. He sees Mega Man talking to a "[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog giant talking animal]]", though all we see is a speech bubble coming from off panel. Though when Xander later ends up in prison, he carves what is unmistakably Sonic's face on his cell's wall, so... |
| 249 | * In ''ComicBook/AllFallDown'', appearances are made by [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]], [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Alfred Pennyworth]], [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]], Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls, and others. |
| 250 | * ''ComicBook/TheRocketeer'' has appearances by several unnamed pulp characters including Radio/TheShadow and Literature/DocSavage. |
| 251 | * ''ComicBook/{{Shadowhawk}}'' #14 has Shadowhawk travel through Alternity, "The place between all places. The route to other worlds... ...and other times." Several alternate versions of Image, Marvel and DC heroes can be glimpsed, obscured in shadow: Wolverine, Cyclops, Batman, The Flash, Spawn, Prophet, Nightwing, Huntress, Green Lantern, Superman, Red Tornado, and more generic, unidentifiable heroes. |
| 252 | * ''[[Creator/ImageComics Shattered Image]]'' has Spawn viewing alternate Earths, meant to represent the Image, Marvel, DC and Valiant universes. |
| 253 | * ''ComicBook/WildCATsWildStorm'' #8 features a brief appearance by a honeymooning [[ComicBook/XMen Scott Summers and Jean Grey]]. Scott thinks Voodoo and Spartan might be mutants and wants to talk to them, but drops it when Jean insists he direct his attention, ahem, ''elsewhere''. |
| 254 | ** Creator/{{Wildstorm}}-universe comics did a lot of these, most of them at a GoodGuyBar called Clark's. The owner is basically an older ComicBook/{{Superman}}, and the place is usually packed with heroes from other companies. |
| 255 | * Other than the main cast, most characters who show up in ''ComicBook/{{normalman}}'' are either parodies or used with permission from their creators, but ComicBook/{{Asterix}} and Obelix make a cameo appearance when norm is in Roman times. It's more lawyer-friendly than most examples -- their faces are never shown, but the silhouettes are unmistakable and they even give norm some of their [[SuperSerum potion]]. |
| 256 | * In the penultimate issue of Creator/JackKirby's ''ComicBook/CaptainVictoryAndTheGalacticRangers'', Kirby included a Lawyer-Friendly Cameo of his own characters (which was a necessary route to take, since unlike ''Captain Victory'', which was a creator-owned property, the relevant characters were owned by Creator/DCComics). Captain Victory faces the spirit of his evil grandfather Blackmass, former ruler of the planet Hellikost. In both name and appearance Hellikost suggests Apokolips, and Blackmaas's ghostly silhouette resembles Darkseid, implying that Victory is the son of Orion of the ComicBook/NewGods. He even restores his father's Astro-Harness. |
| 257 | ** His ''ComicBook/NewGods'' run was heavily implied to be a StealthSequel to his run on Marvel's ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'', with a character who looks a ''lot'' like Thor appearing in a {{Flashback}} in the first issue. In a later story, one of the characters finds Thor's winged helmet among the ruins of an ancient city that is strongly hinted to be Asgard. |
| 258 | * One story arc in Marvel's 2004 ''Sentinel'' series featured a guest appearance from a scrappy off-duty cop who helped out during a plane crash. His last name was never given, but dialogue revealed that his first name was "John," and that he had been living in Los Angeles before his wife left him. This, coupled with the fact that [[ComicBookFantasyCasting he was drawn to look a helluva lot like]] Creator/BruceWillis, would seem to indicate that "John" was John [=McClane=] from the ''Franchise/DieHard'' movies. |
| 259 | * Lin from ''ComicBook/{{Fallen Angel|2003}}'' is essentially Linda Danvers from Creator/PeterDavid's prior ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' series (which ''Fallen Angel'' is a SpiritualSuccessor to). He later confirmed the two girls are in fact one and the same, via WordOfGod: |
| 260 | -->'''Peter David:''' Can I say this is Linda Danvers? Of course I can't. However, it's pretty freaking obvious that it is. |
| 261 | * The first issue of ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage'' has a young ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} appear during Splinter's telling of the Turtles' origin, as it is a recreation of the scene where Daredevil gets his powers in the first issue of ''that'' comic. The can of green ooze is shown hitting him and then falling onto the turtles. |
| 262 | * Magazine/NickelodeonMagazine had a 3-D comic about pirates going to different comic and cartoon universes because they believed "3-D" to refer to some kind of treasure. On their journey, they encounter obvious pastiches of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]], Superman, and WesternAnimation/PorkyPig. |
| 263 | * ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'': |
| 264 | ** There's a rather {{Anvilicious}} issue in which the titular character meets a bunch of superheroes imprisoned in Hell. You never quite see any of them due to heavy shadows, but the one they call the "First" and the "Most Powerful of All" has [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} tight blue sleeves with no gloves and a spitcurl]]. (The {{Anvilicious}} part is that it's a TakeThat against publishers denying royalties to the creators of their most iconic characters. Spawn himself is rather famously creator-owned, which is why he's free instead of chained like the others.) This particular issue was written by Dave Sim, who includes an appearance in the end of the issue by his own creation ComicBook/{{Cerebus|TheAardvark}}. |
| 265 | ** While reading Creator/ToddMcfarlane's autobiography on the toilet, the Archangel Michael laughs over how stupid [[ComicBook/SpiderMan a superhero with spider-powers]] sounds. |
| 266 | * In the very first issue of Creator/GrantMorrison and Howard Porter's ''ComicBook/JLA1997'' run, Wolverine and Dr. Doom can be seen among the costumed supervillains who get executed by the Hyperclan. |
| 267 | * "Crisis on Infinite Darkwings", the second arc of the WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck [[ComicBook/DarkwingDuck comic book]] published by Boom Studios, has many of the alternate universe incarnations of Darkwing Duck being parodies of copyrighted characters, most of them only appearing in the background on so much as one panel. Aside from the ones that spoof characters Disney actually owns the rights to, there are also alternate Darkwings that copy Popeye the Sailor Man, Batman and Robin, Rorschach from Watchmen, Optimus Prime, the Fourth Doctor, and the Universal movie monsters, to name but a few. |
| 268 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'': |
| 269 | ** Due to [[ExiledFromContinuity licensing issues]], the versions of Spider-Man from the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' and ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' could not appear. The writers got around this by mentioning a pair of Spider-Men that looked like Creator/TobeyMaguire and Creator/AndrewGarfield when unmasked, implying that the cinematic Spideys were indeed present during the battle. |
| 270 | ** Spider-Boy, the combination of Spider-Man and ComicBook/{{Superboy}} from Creator/AmalgamComics, was deemed off-limits due to being co-owned by Marvel and DC. However, the creators were able to sneak him into ''Spider-Verse'' #2, where his face can briefly be seen in a crowd shot. Later, during ''ComicBook/EndOfTheSpiderVerse'', Morlun is shown holding Spider-Boy's severed arm (made identifiable by the glove and leather jacket sleeve) after apparently having [[KilledOffscreen killed him off-panel]], but the character still isn't identified by name. |
| 271 | ** Spider-Man versions of [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]], ComicBook/CortoMaltese and Superman can be briefly seen in the Web of Life and Destiny, but otherwise do not impact the plot. |
| 272 | ** Being an anime homage, ''Edge of Spider-Verse'' #5 is ''rife'' with these. [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji, Rei, Asuka, Kaworu]] and [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simon]] can be seen as students in Peni's classroom, while [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell Motoko Kusanagi, Batou]] and [[Manga/{{Akira}} Kaneda]] show up as criminals who get busted by Peni and Daredevil. |
| 273 | * ''ComicBook/WeCanNeverGoHome'' #3 has a CostumeTestMontage where Maddie tries on a bunch of different outfits while trying to settle on a vigilante look. Most of the costumes she's wearing very clearly belong to trademarked heroines like ComicBook/WonderWoman, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, ComicBook/MsMarvel, ComicBook/TankGirl, and ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, with only a few logo changes to hide this. Unsurprisingly, the scene was [[OrwellianRetcon altered for trade]]. Surprisingly, most of the costumes that were omitted were simply replaced with ''other'' recognizable heroine costumes, like those of [[ComicBook/XMen Storm, Psylocke]], ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Invisible Woman]]. |
| 274 | * As a landmark collaboration between Marvel and DC, ''ComicBook/SupermanVsTheAmazingSpiderMan'' still gets referenced from time to time, despite the potential legal issues involved: |
| 275 | ** The very first issue of ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' alluded to the crossover by showing a glimpse of Spider-Man being punched by a faceless combatant in a blue costume. For legal reasons, the Watcher only identified Superman as "a colorfully-clad alien" from another continuity. |
| 276 | ** A flashback in ''ComicBook/AvengersForever'' depicts ''ComicBook/SupermanVsTheAmazingSpiderMan'' as one of the alternate realities witnessed by Thor and the Space Phantom, with the panel showing a flash of Doctor Octopus and Lex Luthor escaping from prison together. Lex obviously goes unnamed, and the appendix published in the back of issue #10 refers to him only as "a striking-looking bald man." Additionally, the future version of Rick Jones wears a bunch of articles of clothing taken from various superheroes. While most of Rick's items appear to be from Marvel characters, the outfit also includes Batman's UtilityBelt and Superman's cape, albeit with the latter folded in such a way that the S-shield logo is partially obscured. Once again, the final issue's appendix plays coy, saying "We're not going to ask where he got the poncho and the belt." |
| 277 | ** The final ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' cover features an [[HomageShot homage]] to the cover of the crossover. Since Superman is obviously a DC character, the picture is cropped in such a way so that all we see of him is one of his red boots floating near Spidey. |
| 278 | ** During his short series, the {{Body Surf}}ing hero Mosaic briefly took over Spider-Man's body, and memories of his adventures appeared as panels floating through his mind. One of said panels was very clearly Spidey's attempt to use RapidFireFisticuffs on Supes [[PunchPunchPunchUhOh that nearly broke both his hands]], but of course the man he's punching just so happens to be obscured by Mosaic's own arm. |
| 279 | * ''ComicBook/InfinityCountdown: ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}'' shows that Captain Marvel's Multiverse counterparts possess their own versions of the Reality Stone. These alternate universe Captain Marvels include versions of Mar-Vell, Monica Rambeau and... ComicBook/{{Shazam}}, a.k.a. the ''original'' Captain Marvel. Even though only Shazam's right arm, right leg and trademark cape are shown (and are colored blue, the color of Captain Marvel ''Jr.''), it's still very clear who he's supposed to be. |
| 280 | * Superman and Wonder Woman are seen as part of a montage depicting the past wielders of Mjolnir in the ''Thor: The Worthy'' one-shot, acknowledging their use of the hammer during ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'' and ''ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC'', respectively. Neither character's face is shown, but Superman is identified by his haircut and red cape, while Wonder Woman's Lasso of Truth and trademark bracelet are clearly visible in her cameo. |
| 281 | * The first issue of the ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' relaunch of ''ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}'' shows various incarnations of the title character from across time and space, including one who was apparently a [[ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga Phoenix Force]] host. Another Hawkman who looks suspiciously like [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Black Bolt]] also appears in the same spread. |
| 282 | * ''ComicBook/{{The Sandman|1989}}'' character Death [[https://blogintomystery.com/2010/11/08/break-out-the-hankies-its-time-for-a-wedding-the-incredible-hulk-418/ shows up at Rick Jones' and Marlo's wedding reception]] during Peter David's run on ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk''. We don't see her face, just her upper torso and shoulders, but the pale skin, black sleeveless top and ankh pendant are giveaways. She briefly chats with the bride to assure her that Marlo and Rick will have a long and happy marriage, and to give her a gift. Marlo opens the gift and turns out to be a hairbrush. Given that Marlo had died and come back from the death in a previous storyline, you might say that Marlo had [[StealthPun a brush with Death]]. |
| 283 | * In ''Savage Dragon/Destroyer Duck'', Spider-Man appears in the shadows, as the Savage Dragon appears in the shadows in ''Spider-Man Team-Up'' #5. Wolverine's shadow appears on a fake cover for Leonard the Duck. All Leonard the Duck appearances are a lawyer friendly appearance of Howard the Duck. Leonard appears in a Creator/DCComics cameo, in a ''Nevada'' story in ''Vertigo Winter's Edge'' #2. |
| 284 | * ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight'': ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} briefly pops up as a castle groundskeeper in Résurrection. |
| 285 | * Characters from the comic ''Eltingville'' once appeared in a ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'' comic. |
| 286 | * Three actors who resembled Creator/MilesTeller, Creator/KateMara and Creator/JamieBell showed up in an issue of ''ComicBook/ThePunisher''. [[TakeThat Then they got blown up]]. |
| 287 | * [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] appears in the second issue of ''ComicBook/{{Crimson}}'' as [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/homer_simpson_6.jpg a nameless vagrant holding a Springfield sign]] in [[FunnyBackgroundEvent the background]]. |
| 288 | * ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck'': |
| 289 | ** In the first issue of Vol. 6 (2016, for the record), the part of "Nameless Marvel Comics Redneck Conservative {{Strawman}} #4,451" is played by what is very clearly Soos from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''. Which is weird, because that description doesn't really apply to Soos at all, but whatever. |
| 290 | ** In the final issue of the same volume, Tara transforms into thinly-veiled versions of [[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Jun the Swan]], ComicBook/JudgeDredd, and even [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion an EVA]]. |
| 291 | * Whenever the [[ComicBook/NewGods Source Wall]] is shown, you can usually spot at least one Marvel character trapped among it's many prisoners, such as [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Galactus or Doctor Doom]]. |
| 292 | * Though never named, the babysitter in [[http://hiandlois.com/comics/october-25-2014/ this]] [[ComicStrip/HiandLois Hi and Lois]] strip bears more than a passing resemblance to [[ComicStrip/CalvinandHobbes Rosalyn]]. |
| 293 | * In ''ComicBook/BatmanAndRobinEternal,'' children around the world become BrainwashedAndCrazy due to [[OneBadMother Mother]]'s plan. In [[http://i.imgur.com/KmQAyH4.png one panel]], two of the kids are clearly ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' protagonists Dipper and Mabel Pines. |
| 294 | * ''ComicBook/{{PS238}}'' is full of {{Captain Ersatz}}es, but Murphy arguably falls into this trope for ''ComicBook/{{The Sandman|1989}}'''s Morpheus. Murphy is a [[PiecesOfGod piece]] of a cosmic being of dreams, and took the name "Murphy" because he knows that it's close to his real name, which he can't quite remember. Also, he has an unseen sister who's implied to be [[DontFearTheReaper Death]]. |
| 295 | * The ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' storyline "Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite" had Mr. Mxyzptlk hand Lex Luthor a chunk of red kryptonite, stating that he was too busy having fun in another dimension to make his usual visit to the Man of Steel. When we see Mxy in [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse the other universe]] at the storyline's conclusion (''Superman'' volume 2, issue 50), he takes on the form of a color-inverted Impossible Man and harasses a superhero team strongly implied to be the ComicBook/FantasticFour. Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, and the Human Torch are mostly off-panel with the only parts of them visible being Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman's legs, Mr. Fantastic's stretched out torso, and the fiery trail the Human Torch leaves when he is flying, while the Thing's appearance is hidden by having Mxyzptlk cover him in brown glop while assuming the form of a fire hydrant. |
| 296 | * An issue of ''ComicBook/PowerPack'' features a brief panel of [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes an excited kid carrying a tiger and dragging along exasperated parents]], appropriately enough at a dinosaur exhibit. |
| 297 | * The 2016 ''[[ComicBook/TheAwesomeSlapstick Slapstick]]'' series has several inhabitants of Dimension Ecch [[https://www.niadd.com/article/1004160.html being parodies of iconic cartoon characters]]. For instance, one of the first villains Slapstick faces in the series is [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse a muscleman wielding a sword named Bro-Man]], the Taurs are a composite parody of Franchise/TheSmurfs and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', and near the end of the series, you can see a brunette WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo and a CartoonCreature resembling [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow a purple Stimpson J. Cat]] clad in Mickey Mouse's shorts and shoes. |
| 298 | * The 91st issue of ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'' features an appearance by an investor specializing in fashion based on superhero costumes who strongly resembles Edna Mode from ''Franchise/TheIncredibles'' (this was before Creator/MarvelComics was acquired by Creator/{{Disney}}). |
| 299 | * The 34th issue of the ComicBookAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' had Ren win the lottery. While on a shopping spree with Stimpy, Ren's purchases are carried around by [[Franchise/{{Batman}} a balding butler with a mustache who wishes that he didn't quit working for "Master Bruce"]]. |
| 300 | * A ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' story appearing in Marvel's ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'' book had the hero facing a band of [[CaptainErsatz Enraged Mutant Ninja Poodles]] during a training session. Later in the story, the back of the head of [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor #4]] and an anthropomorphic bird caricature of [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus John Cleese]] appears. |
| 301 | * Various ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' characters can be seen at the house party in ''ComicBook/ZodiacStarforce'' #1, including the five main characters, Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna. |
| 302 | * In ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' #29, [[ComicBook/DoomPatrol Robotman]]'s head can be seen on ComicBook/MachineMan's mantelpiece alongside the heads of [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Ultron]] and [[ComicBook/AgentsOfAtlas M-11]]. |
| 303 | * ''ComicBook/{{Grimjack}}'' did a lot of this, especially in its backup feature, ''Munden's Bar''. Played both straight, with a series of images of various incarnations of Iron Man's armor, and PlayedForLaughs as with a humanoid cat sighing "Oh Bruce!" to a humanoid bat who responds with, "Oh Selina!" |
| 304 | * At one point in the "Soul Hunter" arc of ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'', in which Deadpool agrees to collect the souls of people who made deals with the demon Vetis, Deadpool collects the soul of a lifeguard with the ability to communicate to fish named Artie, even mocking him for having a superpower he considers lame. Artie's clearly a stand-in for Creator/DCComics' ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}''. |
| 305 | * ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'': |
| 306 | ** In "Race with the Devil", a story exclusive to the UK version, Susan Hoffman investigates the sighting of a resurrected Starscream with the assistance of three men who strongly resemble [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Egon Spengler, Ray Stantz and Peter Venkman]] as depicted in ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters''. |
| 307 | ** The comic introduced a superhuman AntiHero named Josie Beller, AKA Circuit Breaker. Because she's owned by Marvel, Circuit Breaker has been unable to appear in any subsequent Transformers media, at least officially. ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRegenerationOne'' was able to give her a cameo in a flashback by having the artist draw her with a blue energy coating over her entire body, thus obscuring her face and any identifiable costume elements. She also wasn't identified by name, with her old boss G.B. Blackrock instead referring to her as "an ex-employee" of his. ''ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass'', meanwhile, has a character called Sephie Beller (like Josie, Sephie is a nickname derived from the name Josephine), who is implied (but never explicitly stated) to be Josie's MirrorUniverse counterpart. |
| 308 | * At the end of ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'', it's mentioned that in the year 2030, Superman would become caught up in a "Secret Crisis" (a play on ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' and ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'') that would see him encounter [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] (without specifying if it was the Marvel hero or the public domain mythological figure) and a certain unnamed "[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk green behemoth]]." |
| 309 | * Issue #2 of the 2020 ''[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]'' series shows an alternate reality that was destroyed by the Black Winter. Said reality is very strongly implied to be Franchise/TheDCU, complete with a shot of the Daily Planet building and a group of heroes who are very obviously supposed to be the ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}}. |
| 310 | -->[[ComicBook/{{Superman}} A sun god]]. [[ComicBook/GreenLantern A god of emerald light]]. [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} A god of dark, perhaps]]. [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} A god of the ocean]]. [[ComicBook/TheFlash Of speed]]. [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Of strength]]. |
| 311 | * ''ComicBook/TheSimpsonsFuturamaCrossoverCrisis'': In the second miniseries, several fictional characters come to life, some public domain, others not. One notable instance has Bart rushing to save Lisa only to be blocked by [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} seven]] [[ComicBook/WonderWoman figures]] [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} all]] [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica lurking]] [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} in]] [[ComicBook/SpiderMan the]] [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor shadows]]. |
| 312 | -->'''[[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Clawed character]]:''' Not so fast, bub!\ |
| 313 | '''Bart:''' Oh no! There must have been graphic novels in the library!\ |
| 314 | '''[[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Caped character]]:''' "Graphic novels? Great Scott! I mean what was wrong with just calling them comic books?\ |
| 315 | '''Bart:''' Why are you all standing in the shadows?\ |
| 316 | '''[[ComicBook/SpiderMan Upside-down character]]:''' [[LampshadeHanging Copyright protection!]] |
| 317 | * In ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' issue #4, Power Girl goes to the movies where a young man tries to hit on her while his three friends look on. None of them are named but they are clearly the gang from ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. |
| 318 | * ''ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'': |
| 319 | ** In #15 Alley-Kat-Abra attempts to teleport herself, the rest of the team and the Justa Lotta Animals back to Earth-C, but mistakenly teleports into a world where a bespectacled, mustached Mickey Mouse and a car containing the silhouettes of Donald Duck and his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie can be seen. |
| 320 | ** In the miniseries ''The Oz-Wonderland War'', amongst the bunnies the Nome King has kidnapped is Bun Rab from ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}}''. . |
| 321 | * Issue 180 of ''ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroIDW'' features two background characters who resemble [[WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers Eugene and Louise Belcher]] at the comic convention. |
| 322 | * In ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' #173, the comic strip "Party Animals" has the Doctor attending the birthday party of an old friend. Other guests include [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Lieutenant Worf]], [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]], Series/SapphireAndSteel, Creator/AlanMoore's Axel Pressbutton, [[Series/TheAvengers1960s John Steed and Mrs Peel]], [[Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons Captain Scarlet]], [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] and Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian. (As well as many Creator/MarvelComics characters, but they were ''official'' cameos.) |
| 323 | * A seedy bar in ''ComicBook/TheMuppetShowComicBook: Pigs in Space'' special includes Muppet versions of [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender Rodriguez]], [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot]], and [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo and Greedo]]. A later scene has a cameo by Series/{{ALF}}. |
| 324 | * The 1997 ''Bug'' one-shot had Bug of Marvel's ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts|MarvelComics}}'' comic get into a squabble with Annihilus when the Negative Zone villain used his cosmic rod to travel through time and space. The two end up transporting to the origins of various Marvel characters...and one DC character. At one stop, Bug accidentally causes a bat to crash through a wealthy man's window, which is likely the moment where Bruce Wayne saw a bat and was inspired to become Batman. |
| 325 | * In ''Women of Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}'' #1, [[ComicBook/XMen Mystique]] assumes the identity of a female archeologist in order to get close to Rogue. Though not named, the BoundAndGagged archeologist Mystique replaces is very clearly [[Film/JurassicPark1993 Dr. Ellie Sattler]], right down to the pink shirt and khaki shorts. Her partner even looks like Alan Grant. |
| 326 | * In the first issue of ''ComicBook/AquamanTheBecoming'', [[Manga/OnePiece Nami and Nico Robin]] can be seen hanging out on the beach when Jackson bursts out of the ocean, and Usopp shows up in front of a seafood restaurant a few panels later. |
| 327 | * Issue 426 of volume one of ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' had Creator/PeterDavid include a lawyer-friendly cameo of [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] in the form of a mental patient Doc Samson and Bruce Banner run into named Mr. J who wears green clothes, has brown hair with graying temples and is under the delusion of owning a power ring. This references the role Hal Jordan played as Parallax in DC Comics' then-recent ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime'' CrisisCrossover. In issue #413, meanwhile, Hulk defeats [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman Doomsday]] (who has his face obscured and is cut off before he can say his full name for legal reasons) in a virtual reality training program. |
| 328 | * ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': |
| 329 | ** The fifth issue of ''Green Lantern Corps Quarterly'' has G'Nort's story involve having to stop a villain who has caused humans and dogs to switch places as owners and pets. After things are returned to normal, [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle a bespectacled man with red hair and a white dog he calls "Mr. Peabody"]] are shown among the humans and their pet dogs. |
| 330 | ** When Kyle Rayner moved to New York in ''Green Lantern'' volume 3, issue 57, he got help from ComicBook/DoctorStrange's assistant Wong in finding his apartment building at 175 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village. The Sanctum Sanctorum's address in the Marvel Universe is 177A Bleecker Street. As a bonus, the house on that site was demolished, reflecting the state of the Sanctum over in Strange's series at Marvel at the time. Wong (who, naturally, went unnamed in his appearance here) even noted that Kyle would find the neighborhood "a little... ''strange''". |
| 331 | ** Creator/GrantMorrison's ''ComicBook/TheGreenLantern'' has featured inhabitants of the vampire planet Vorr in crowd shots who bear strong resemblances to notable vampire characters who aren't under ownership by DC Comics, particularly Creator/MarvelComics' ComicBook/{{Blade}} and ComicBook/{{Morbius}} the Living Vampire. In addition, one of the alternate Green Lanterns featured in the AllianceOfAlternates formed near the end of Season One is Spectra, who is almost certainly a [[GenderFlip female]] analogue of Doctor Spectrum, the Green Lantern counterpart of Marvel's Justice League AlternateCompanyEquivalent the ComicBook/SquadronSupreme. |
| 332 | * ''ComicBook/DialHForHero'': Several of the hero transformations shown in the 2019 series are obvious stand-ins for certain copyrighted characters, including a recolored [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]] pastiche and the Thunderbolt Club at one point trying to stop Miguel and Summer by assuming the forms of the [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Tweenage Irritable Librarian/Pirate/Gangster/Butcher Geckos]]. |
| 333 | * In the 41st issue of ''ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures'', the story "What Would You Do If You Were Superman" shows a cab driver in a green cap named Joe Oblogatz among the people interviewed, who bears a strong resemblance to the titular character of ''ComicBook/TheGoon''. |
| 334 | * Several crowd shots in ''ComicBook/DannyPhantomAGlitchInTime'' feature [[WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse Luz and Amity]] (though, natch, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4047_7.jpeg we only ever see them from the back]]). |
| 335 | * The fifth issue of ''[[ComicBook/TomStrong Tom Strong's Terrific Tales]]'' has a story giving Tom's talking gorilla sidekick King Solomon ADayInTheLimelight, with one scene having Solomon running into a line of representations of famous fictional simians, including [[Franchise/DonkeyKong a necktie-wearing gorilla holding a barrel]], a purple [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 King Louie]], [[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 Cornelius]] clad in a yellow uniform and [[Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls Mojo Jojo]] colored orange. |
| 336 | * ComicBook/{{Batman}} makes a guest appearance in the ''ComicBook/{{Judge Dredd}}'' story "Troublemaker", where he impedes Dredd so that [[Creator/{{Alan Grant}} Alvin Gaunt]] can escape with [[ComicBook/{{Strontium Dog}} Johnny Alpha]]. Batman never speaks, keeps to the shadows, and never shows his insignia, but the design, as well as the batarangs, are unmistakeable. |
| 337 | * ''ComicBook/Batman66'': The final story of the main series, "Main Title", ends with various reporters and photographers showing up to try and interview Batman, Robin and Batgirl. Among them is a photographer referred to as "Petey", who is likely ComicBook/SpiderMan in his civilian identity Peter Parker. |
| 338 | * Near the end of ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', Norman [=McCay=] can be seen seated next to an elderly, bespectacled man with a mustache and an eyepatch, who is clearly Phillip Sheldon from ''ComicBook/{{Marvels}}''. Both comics were illustrated by Alex Ross. |
| 339 | * The first issue of ''ComicBook/MortTheDeadTeenager'' has one panel showing a schoolbus with lookalikes of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson and Otto Mann in the front]]. |
| 340 | * In the second issue of ''Satan's Six: Hellspawn'', the demon Frightful gets into a bar where he brawls with thinly-veiled pastiches of ComicBook/{{Lobo}} (referred to as "Bolo"), [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]], [[ComicBook/BloodSyndicate Brickhouse]], [[ComicBook/WildCATsWildStorm Maul]] and [[ComicBook/YoungbloodImageComics Badrock]]. |
| 341 | * The third issue of the original 1990 miniseries of ''ComicBook/TheBooksOfMagic'' has a scene where Tim Hunter is taken to a market in Faerie, one of the individuals spotted there being [[ComicStrip/RupertBear a small, white-furred bear with a red shirt and yellow checkered pants]] who is viewed from the back. |
| 342 | * Issue ten of ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'' volume one had Slade Wilson consult a bald, bespectacled man named Dr. Benson Honeywell, who is clearly ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' character Dr. Bunsen Honeydew as a normal human being. Dr. Honeywell also mentions an unseen assistant named Bleaker, an overt play on Honeydew's assistant Beaker. |
| 343 | [[/folder]] |
| 344 | |
| 345 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 346 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Candorville}}'': After Scott Adams infamously made racist comments supporting segregation, the strip featured a character clearly supposed to be ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}} and portrayed him as a massive bigot in a clear TakeThat. |
| 347 | [[/folder]] |
| 348 | |
| 349 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 350 | * Fanfiction written by MJTR occasionally feature or reference characters from works besides the one the fic is based on, but they're usually incorporated without official confirmation of their identities. There's obviously no legal precedent for doing this, just stylistic preference. Examples include: |
| 351 | ** ''[[Fanfic/DantesNightAtFreddys Dante's Night at Freddy's 2: Animatronic Boogaloo]]'' features ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} and Franchise/BillAndTed, though none are identified by name. Dante later references [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]], [[Series/{{Supernatural}} the Winchester brothers]], and ComicBook/{{Blade}}, but they are only referred to as, "That blonde, bisexual British guy, those good looking brother punks and that vampire with the cool glasses." |
| 352 | ** [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]] later gets referenced by an embittered Constantine in ''Fanfic/AngelOfTheBat: Da Pacem Domine'', though like those referenced before, he's not referred to by name, just as, "That fellow from Chicago. He's got a number in the phone book, says he's a wizard and everything." |
| 353 | * The MouseWorld ''[[ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11463846/1/The-League-of-Extraordinary-Gentlebeasts The League of Extraordinary Gentlebeasts]]'', Jupiter from ''Literature/DeptfordMice'' is only ever referred to as "the Alchemist's Cat", since he serves much the same role as "the Devil Doctor" in the original. This serves as homage, as the ''League'' books themselves are chock full of this trope. |
| 354 | * ''Fanfic/TheLostChildOfAzarath'': When the Doctor and Raven visit the Land of Fiction, they naturally encounter a large number of fictional characters from other franchises. However, the ones who aren't important to the plot of the arc aren't named outright, only described, because not having grown up on Earth, Raven doesn't recognize most of them. |
| 355 | [[/folder]] |
| 356 | |
| 357 | [[folder:Film — Animation]] |
| 358 | * Played with in ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph''. The title character is basically a human version of Donkey Kong from the 8-bit days, but plenty of other video-game characters cameo as themselves -- [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]], [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Robotnik]], [[Franchise/StreetFighter M. Bison]], VideoGame/QBert, VideoGame/PacMan ghosts, etc. Ralph even goes to an AnimatedActors-style [[TropaholicsAnonymous therapy group for depressed villains]]. Despite the real cameos, this trope is still played straight at points; one member of Bad Guys Anonymous is clearly based on Kano from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', and in a clear Fatality reference, there's even a point during the meeting where he rips out Zombie's heart. Despite that, he's only called "Cyborg". Given the game had Australian authorities on the lookout for anyone importing the game, it's little surprise a Disney movie wouldn't go there. Sergeant Calhoun is essentially [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Shepard]] were she played by [[Series/{{Glee}} Sue Sylvester]]. |
| 359 | * Mister Fantastic appears briefly in the ''WesternAnimation/PlanetHulk'' movie, but is shown only in shadow and has no lines. This was due to [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]] owning the film rights to the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' at the time.[[note]]Creator/{{Disney}}, which acquired Creator/MarvelComics back in 2009, eventually bought out most of Fox's entertainment assets on March 20, 2019, which included the movie rights to the Fantastic Four.[[/note]] |
| 360 | * Similarly, one of the main characters of ''WesternAnimation/NextAvengersHeroesOfTomorrow'' is Azari, the son of the Wakandan king ComicBook/BlackPanther and Storm of the ComicBook/XMen. Because the X-Men's film rights still belonged to Fox at the time, Storm is not referred to by name and is only shown from behind in a flashback, though her trademark white hair is still visible. The only other clues we get to her identity are a brief shot of a stylized lightning bolt logo (similar to the one Storm wore on her costume during the X-Men's Outback era) and the fact that Azari inherited her ability to generate electric blasts. |
| 361 | * The Undersea Gal, one of the background characters in Halloween Town from ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', resembles a female version of [[Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon the Gill-Man]] with a mermaid's tail in place of legs. |
| 362 | * In ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'', among the framed pictures of Georgette's admirers is one of Franchise/ScoobyDoo. It's especially telling that his is the only picture taken so close up you can only make out a small portion of his face. |
| 363 | * In ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'', Old Fred and Ringo pass through images of different fictional characters, two of them comic strip characters The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician. Of course, the film was produced by King Features, syndicators of said characters. |
| 364 | -->'''Old Fred:''' Can't we take one of these?\ |
| 365 | '''Ringo:''' No, Fred. I only work with me mates. |
| 366 | * ''WesternAnimation/MadMonsterParty'', while not made by Creator/{{Universal}}, was clearly working with the characters of Franchise/UniversalHorror. It should be noted that while the literary versions of some of these monsters are in the public domain, their Universal interpretations are not. |
| 367 | ** Count Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster are extremely similar to their portrayals in ''Film/{{Dracula|1931}}'' and ''Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}}'', with a few minor new touches such as a Dracula's HighClassGlass. |
| 368 | ** The Film/BrideOfFrankenstein is renamed "the Monster's Mate", but is basically a [[InkSuitActor stop-motion version]] of Creator/PhyllisDiller. |
| 369 | ** The Creature is Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon with just a shortened title, and a slight redesign for the puppet to not make it an exact match. |
| 370 | ** The Werewolf is just as humanoid as Film/{{The Wolf Man|1941}}, and is even called "[[ActorAllusion Ron Chanley]]" in the prequel. |
| 371 | ** "It" is a gigantic ape who kidnaps a woman, climbs a tower, and fights off attacking planes; the only difference from Franchise/KingKong is the name. |
| 372 | * ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'': |
| 373 | ** During the opening montage, when Fiona and Shrek are making out on the beach, a tidal wave washes an [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]] lookalike up onto Shrek, who reacts in horror. Fiona then chucks her out to sea, [[ComedicSociopathy where she's apparently eaten by sharks]]. |
| 374 | ** In a later scene, when Fairy Godmother's factory is flooded with potions, two of her affected mooks resemble [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Lumiere and Cogsworth]]. |
| 375 | * At the very end of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool'', among three monsters seen with their daughters, one appears to be [[Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon Gill-Man]], though colored orange instead of green, and another is a not-so-subtle cameo by Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, albeit only as a giant foot. |
| 376 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' features main antagonist Spot briefly visiting a BuiltWithLEGO universe (complete with its LEGO Minifig version of Peter Parker/Spider-Man) that some people assumed that of ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' (which [[Creator/PhilLordAndChrisMiller two of the movie's producers and writers]] also made), complete with being animated in the same pseudo-stop motion style and the LEGO characters making their own sound effects as they go to do things as in those movies. But then it's [[https://stealthoptional.com/news/lego-spider-man-in-across-the-spider-verse-video-game/ discovered]] that it's the universe of the LEGO Marvel video games, including ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelsAvengers''. |
| 377 | * The rattlesnake that briefly appears during the "{{Series/Rawhide}}" sequence in ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest'' resembles [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Kaa.]] |
| 378 | [[/folder]] |
| 379 | |
| 380 | [[folder:Film — Live-Action]] |
| 381 | * ''Alias Jesse James'', a Western comedy by Creator/BobHope, Hope's character holds off Jesse James and his family with the help of several Western stars: [[Series/{{Maverick}} James Garner]]; [[Series/{{Gunsmoke}} James Arness]]; [[UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett Fess Parker]]; Creator/RoyRogers; and many more, all in their trademark characters' {{Iconic outfit}}s and never identified by name. |
| 382 | * ''Film/AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes'': Lois Fairchild knows a [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} flying reporter named Clark]]. |
| 383 | * ''Film/AustinPowers in Goldmember'' has this exchange after the protagonists crash into a parade float: |
| 384 | -->'''[[Creator/BrianTee Man #1]]:''' Run! It's Godzilla!\ |
| 385 | '''[[Creator/MasiOka Man #2]]:''' It looks like Godzilla, but due to international copyright laws, it's not.\ |
| 386 | '''Man #1:''' Still, we should run like it ''is'' Godzilla!\ |
| 387 | '''Man #2:''' Though it isn't.\ |
| 388 | '''Both:''' ''AAAAAAAAAAAA!'' |
| 389 | * Many of the background cartoon characters from ''Film/ChipnDaleRescueRangers2022'', whether bootlegged or otherwise. |
| 390 | * ''Film/ComingToAmerica'' has [=McDowell's=], which is not only an obvious ripoff of UsefulNotes/McDonalds, but is treated as such in the movie -- and the owner has to describe the subtle differences between his store and the [=McDonald's=] right next door. When they actually made the building for filming, the owner of the adjacent [=McDonald's=] actually threatened to sue. |
| 391 | * ''Film/Deadpool2016'' was a Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios adaptation of a Creator/MarvelComics property. As it was released three years before 20th Century Fox was bought out by Marvel parent Creator/{{Disney}}, there were two references to Marvel properties that had to be [[WritingAroundTrademarks legally veiled]] due to Fox not owning the rights to them. |
| 392 | ** The movie includes a speaking appearance by [[spoiler:Bob]], one of the title character's most prominent allies in the comics. But [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel Studios]] owns the movie/TV rights for the organization he works for[[labelnote:spoiler]]ComicBook/{{HYDRA}}[[/labelnote]], so this movie depicts him as simply a mook for the BigBad. |
| 393 | ** The final battle takes place on a [[spoiler:decommissioned ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} Helicarrier]], which is never identified by name. Concept artist Emmanuel Shiu was even told to make sure it didn't resemble the one seen in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' too closely. |
| 394 | * In TheTeaser of ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'', Film/JamesBond kills off a bald man in a wheelchair who looks a lot like SPECTRE boss Ernst Blofeld, who goes unnamed and uncredited because Blofeld and SPECTRE had been ExiledFromContinuity when the film was made. |
| 395 | * Action movie parody ''Film/{{Loaded Weapon 1}}'' includes a cameo by Creator/BruceWillis, still in costume from ''Franchise/DieHard''. |
| 396 | * ''Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor'': The emperor transforms into a three-headed dragon identical to Franchise/{{Godzilla}} villain King Ghidorah, but recolored and with extra limbs. |
| 397 | * ''Film/MurderByDeath'' was an entire crossover of famous but legally-distinct fictional detectives: |
| 398 | ** Sidney Wang = Film/CharlieChan |
| 399 | ** Sam Diamond = [[Literature/TheMalteseFalcon Sam Spade]] |
| 400 | ** Dick and Dora Charleston = [[Film/TheThinMan Nick and Nora Charles]] |
| 401 | ** Miss Marbles = Literature/MissMarple |
| 402 | ** M'sieu Perrier = Literature/HerculePoirot |
| 403 | *** Another role had been written for Creator/KatharineHepburn as Creator/AgathaChristie—or "Dame Abigail Christian"—but the character was dropped when Creator/MyrnaLoy, who'd played Nora Charles in ''The Thin Man'', refused to appear. |
| 404 | *** The movie originally ended with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5oBeFUDllM a cameo]] by two detectives so similar to Franchise/SherlockHolmes and Dr. Watson that Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's estate got it removed from all home video releases. |
| 405 | * In the 1983 reunion TV-movie ''[[Series/TheManFromUncle The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'', Robert Vaughn is helped by a British agent driving a heavily-modified Aston-Martin played by Creator/GeorgeLazenby. His license plates have only two letters: "JB". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WIXI4AfbwA Who could it possibly be]]? |
| 406 | * ''Film/SpiderMan2'': as Mary Jane [[RunawayBride runs away from her wedding]], she passes by a man in a long black trenchcoat. The audio commentary reveals that he's meant to be [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Frank Castle]], played by Thomas Jane's stunt double from ''Film/ThePunisher2004''; however, since Creator/{{Lionsgate}} owned The Punisher's film rights at the time, Jane couldn't appear as the character. |
| 407 | * ''Film/TransformersRiseOfTheBeasts'': Shortly before the Autobots set out to retrieve the Transwarp Key, Mirage demonstrates his abilities to turn into the alternate modes of several other Transformers as MythologyGag. These include a Lamborghini (Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Breakdown), a dragster (G1 Mirage, Drag Strip), and a [[{{Fauxrrari}} Ferrari]] (''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon DotM]]'' Mirage[=/=]Dino, Wildrider). Naturally, considering how overprotective Ferrari is over how their products are portrayed and the fact that Creator/{{Hasbro}} does not hold the rights to make Ferrari toys (which was in fact the reason why Dino [[ToylessToylineCharacter did not get an accurate toy]] until a decade after the film's release), the transformation occurs entirely offscreen. |
| 408 | [[/folder]] |
| 409 | |
| 410 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 411 | * "Literature/AfterKingKongFell": Both ''Literature/TheShadow'' and ''Literature/DocSavage'' are there at the site of Kong's body after he falls. They go unnamed, but descriptions of the former's "hawk-like face" and the latter's "gold-specked eyes" make them unmistakable references. |
| 412 | * ''Literature/AllThoseExplosionsWereSomeoneElsesFault'' is set in an AlternateUniverse where supernatural monsters and superheroes are a part of normal society. The novel's narrator relates a story at the beginning about how superheroes (called "Sparks" in this universe) first emerged publicly into the world, telling about how a trio of monsters ran afoul of [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} a young, hyper-intelligent, bald man with a massive ego named Alex and his friend, a young man called Cal who wears glasses, is later revealed to be wearing a blue suit and a cape under his clothes]], and who promptly [[CurbStompBattle wipes the floor with the monsters]]. |
| 413 | * In the ''[[Literature/TheCrewOfTheCopperColoredCupids Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'' story ''[[https://thecrewofthecoppercoloredcupids.wordpress.com/2022/07/16/marksmanship-526-and-the-secret-society-stratagem-part-two/ Marksmanship-526 and the Secret Society Stratagem]]'', delegates from the Prime Universe, the Second Universe and the Third Universe are seen. |
| 414 | ** The delegate from the Prime Universe, referred to as "[[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the Prince of the House]]", is described as a [[NiceGuy very nice]] young man with big ears, wearing a "sky-blue crown". If you hadn't previously realised that the Prime Universe in the series is also the [[ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics Disney Comics Universe]], you would be forgiven for not clocking that this is WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse. |
| 415 | ** The Third Universe had previously been established as the ''Franchise/FactionParadox'' universe, which is also the ''Franchise/DoctorWho'' universe, meaning the Three must be representatives of the Great Houses of the Time Lords, as borne out by their being about to launch [[http://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Eternal_War a war with the eldritch vampires of the universe next-door to theirs]]. (Although there is no smoking gun, the fact that there are three of them and they come from just before the war with the vampires may lead some to guess that the Three are in fact [[https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Triumvirate the Triumvirate]] of [[https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Rassilon Rassilon]], [[https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Omega Omega]] and [[https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Other the Other]].) |
| 416 | %%* Literature/TheDestroyer practically lives on this trope in almost every one of its 144+ books. |
| 417 | * In ''Night Probe'' (part of the ''Literature/DirkPittAdventures''), the British bring one of their old spies out of retirement, who has changed his name to Brian Shaw to avoid assassination attempts. It is strongly implied that Shaw is actually James Bond. |
| 418 | * ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': In ''Literature/WitchesAbroad'', the Lancre witches are [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings on a voyage down a fast-flowing majestic river in a small boat with unspecified hazards on both banks and (although they don't know it yet) a mighty cataract ahead]]. A strange creature with big frog-like eyes is seen swimming behind them, finally coming to the gunwhale and announcing, apropos of nothing, that it's his birthday. It is stunned with the flat of an oar and thrown back in. |
| 419 | -->Ugly little bugger. I wonder what he wanted? |
| 420 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]]: |
| 421 | ** The Literature/BerniceSummerfield novel ''Ship of Fools'' by Dave Stone features a 25th century space-liner filled with {{Great Detective}}s [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]], including Emil Dupont (Literature/HerculePoirot) and Khaarli of Czhanos (Literature/CharlieChan). |
| 422 | ** The ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'' novel ''Camera Obscura'' had an appearance of William the Bloody Awful Poet, which was the nickname Spike from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' had as a human. Also, the ''Literature/PastDoctorAdventures'' novel ''The King of Terror'' has a character from Southern California mention Dingoes Ate my Baby as one of his favourite bands. |
| 423 | ** The ''Literature/PastDoctorAdventures'' novel ''Millennial Rites'' briefly mentions a [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} a blond-haired man in a dirty trenchcoat]] in a Dublin pub, and [[ComicBook/DoctorStrange a thoughtful man levitating in a voluminous blue cloak]] in a New York brownstone as sensing the psychic shockwave caused by the MonsterOfTheWeek. |
| 424 | * ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' is ReferenceOverdosed enough as it is, but in ''Literature/ProvenGuilty'', the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Book]] happen to be taking on the forms of horror movie monsters. Most of them just have the names changed a tiny bit (Film/{{Ch|ildsPlay}}ucky becomes Bucky, for instance), but the obviously-a-[[Franchise/{{Alien}} xenomorph]] is just described. And Harry quotes the movie at it. |
| 425 | * Simon Scarrow's HistoricalFiction novel ''The Fields of Death'', set around the Battle of Waterloo, includes an English rifle commander who looks and sounds exactly like Literature/{{Sharpe}}. Oh, and he's named Richard. |
| 426 | * Creator/MichaelChabon's novella ''Literature/TheFinalSolution'' is about a retired detective who, while never named, is clearly Franchise/SherlockHolmes. |
| 427 | * In ''Literature/GoodOmens'' there is the [[Series/DoctorWho alien that looked like a pepper pot]], described as ''beeping'', so... the shout out/lawyer-friendly cameo becomes [[Franchise/StarWars a bit of a twofer]]. |
| 428 | * Towards the end of Creator/EstherFriesner's ''Harpy High'' the main character's mother starts dating Dr. Faustus and drawing a comic strip called ''Mr. Mephisto'' which, in the words of the main character's best friend, is about "this wizard and this demon and they go around with this [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} fat orange kitten]] that thinks all these funny things and eats lasagna and-" |
| 429 | * In Robert [=McCloskey=]'s ''Literature/HomerPrice'' the local kids' biggest fictional heroes are the [[Series/TheLoneRanger Lonely Ranger]] and the [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Super-Duper]]. |
| 430 | * ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'': Features appearances by Steve Wozniak, Creator/StephenKing, Walter Mosley, Creator/AnneRice, and Camille Paglia, among others, all of whom have quite a bit to say about both the house and the film that it's the subject of. |
| 431 | * ''Literature/HowMuchForJustThePlanet'': At around the point where Scotty and Chekov's golf game stops being a normal game and starts being a BizarreAndImprobableGolfGame, with a completely accurate sign reading "Bunker Left - Minefield Right", they and their Klingon counterparts are interrupted by a man in a khaki uniform with a pencil moustache who speaks with a clipped voice, or, in other words, TheBrigadier from ''Series/DoctorWho''. Just to make sure that you don't think it's a coincidence, one of this man's few lines is calling on a Sergeant Benson, who is exactly one letter off being UNIT's most notable non-Brigadier character, Sergeant Benton. |
| 432 | * Simon Cardigan in ''Literature/MartyPants'' likes to draw a character that [[LampshadeHanging can't be featured in the book for legal reasons]]. So, Marty uses a substitute called ''[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Anenomebob Trapezoidshorts]]". |
| 433 | * A major element of Creator/NeilGaiman's short story ''The Problem of Susan'' is that the character of "Professor Hastings" could be a much older [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Susan Pevensie]] (Hastings also being just along the coast from Pevensey, Sussex), although the narrative never outright confirms it. |
| 434 | * ''Literature/ShadesOfMilkAndHoney'' by Creator/MaryRobinetteKowal: ''Of Noble Family'' has a slim black woman who works as a doctor on Antigua in the early 19th century, named "Dr. Jones" (no first name given). Even the author's note admits that the resemblance to Martha Jones of ''Series/DoctorWho'' is more than coincidental. |
| 435 | * ''Literature/SpiderManSinisterSixTrilogy'': ''Spider-Man: Gathering of the Sinister Six'' features the Machiavelli Club, an elite New York establishment that caters to criminal geniuses. [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} An industrialist named Lex]] and a [[ClassyCatBurglar female thief]] named Franchise/{{Carmen|Sandiego}} are mentioned as members, as is a [[Literature/EightySeventhPrecinct deaf German by the name of Taubmann]]. Deceased former members include the Gentleman's dear friend [[Literature/{{Goldfinger}} Auric]], a pair of terrorists known as [[Franchise/DieHard the Gruber Brothers]], and a [[Literature/FuManchu wealthy, long-lived Asian man]] who perished during a conflict with [[ComicBook/ShangChi his son]]. Additionally, it's heavily implied the club's original founder was [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes James Moriarty]]. |
| 436 | * In the ''Literature/SolarPons'' story "The Adventure of the Orient Express", Pons encounters several characters who are thinly disguised (''very'' thinly) famous fictional spies and detectives, including [[Creator/WSomersetMaugham Ashenden]], Literature/HerculePoirot, and Literature/TheSaint. Pons himself is something of a Lawyer-Friendly Star based on Franchise/SherlockHolmes. |
| 437 | * ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors'' features a plot where Tails is sucked into a computer world and Dr. Robotnik is using video game characters to conquer the world so there are lots of these. The pair are attacked by [[VideoGame/{{Tetris}}large falling blocks (that come in L, S and I shapes) that fuse together]], a [[VideoGame/PacMan large yellow sphere with a split in the middle, like a mouth, that makes electronic gulping sounds]], a [[Franchise/StreetFighter blond fighter in a red karate suit and a black haired blue costumed female called "Chin Lie"]]. Sonic recognizes the latter as being from "Road Warrior Two". |
| 438 | * The ''[[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]]'' short story "[[https://web.archive.org/web/20121003145308/http://mysite.verizon.net/garykwolf/Staytoonedfolks/Staytoonedfolks.pdf Stay Tooned Folks]]" features such toons as Sir Lanced Alot (an [[Comicstrip/PrinceValiant Arthurian knight with a bowl haircut]]), Poopdeck the Pirate (a [[ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} bulging-armed, spinach eating sailor]]) and (in a sort of double-whammy) [[Comicstrip/KrazyKat Dr Ignatz Cats]], [[WesternAnimation/DrKatzProfessionalTherapist Head Shrinker to the Muckety Mucks]]. |
| 439 | * Creator/KimNewman: |
| 440 | ** A short story in the ''Unforgivable Stories'' collection features [[Franchise/{{Tintin}} an unnamed teenaged journalist who has an uncontrollable cowlick and is accompanied by a small white dog]] who is a Nazi collaborator in occupied Paris. |
| 441 | ** Another - ''[[Franchise/CareBears Nice Mice]] Vs The [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Garganuabots]]'' - features two races of aliens selling toys of themselves on Earth. ItMakesSenseInContext. |
| 442 | ** The Red Baron has [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} an unexplained hatred for a white dog]] in ''Literature/TheBloodyRedBaron''. |
| 443 | * ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': |
| 444 | ** Barigans are stand-ins for hobbits, being short, hairy and usually rustic people, with Arcie going so far as to lampshade this (like Biblo or Frodo, he's the Black Sheep due to being an adventurer thief). |
| 445 | ** The Nathauan also seem like ones for dark elves/drow, given their attributes (e.g. being a pretty AlwaysChaoticEvil subterranean people who would raid surface dwellers) and one theory is even that "they were elves once". |
| 446 | ** On a more parodic level, the Gnifty Gnomes are thinly-disguised Smurfs, being sickly sweet tiny people that live in the same kind of houses the Smurfs did along with sharing their appearance. |
| 447 | * In the ''ComicBook/XMen and ComicBook/SpiderMan: Time's Arrow'' trilogy's third and final book, Spider-Man finds a set of OminousMultipleScreens showing several dimensions of the multiverse... one of which displays a [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Gothic cityscape with a man wearing a pointy-eared bat costume and scalloped cape]]. |
| 448 | * ''Literature/YoungWizards'': The [[Series/DoctorWho Fifth Doctor]] makes a cameo in ''High Wizardry'', helping Dairine give some pursuers the slip. |
| 449 | [[/folder]] |
| 450 | |
| 451 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 452 | !!!'''Series:''' |
| 453 | * Granny from the ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'' makes an appearance on ''Series/MisterEd''. Irene Ryan, dressed in "Granny" garb, and with Granny's accent, meets Wilbur Post while touring a wax museum. She offers to take Wilbur home and poultice his head; very Granny-type actions. In the credits, however, Irene Ryan is credited as "Irene Ryan" with no character after her name. |
| 454 | * Doubly lampshaded in the "John Lennon's Dead Day Off" sketch in ''Series/BoSelecta''; John bumps into Ringo Starr as ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' at a train yard, Ringo tells him that he's wearing the wrong-coloured ''[[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand Sgt. Pepper]]'' suit[[note]]John is wearing the pink suit, which Ringo wore on the album cover[[/note]]. John knows that and answers back asking isn't Thomas supposed to be blue, Ringo responds that he has to be burgundy for copyright reasons. |
| 455 | * The original version of ''Series/BurkesLaw'' spun off ''Honey West'' - Anne Francis returned to the role in the revival's "Who Killed Nick Hazard?", but for legal reasons she became Honey Best. |
| 456 | * Kind of an odd one here: Actor Creator/PatrickMcGoohan starred in a show called ''Series/DangerMan'' (renamed ''Secret Agent'' when imported to the US) in which he was, well, a secret agent named John Drake. His next series ''Series/{{The Prisoner|1967}}'' had him as a ''retired'' secret agent of some sort who was kidnapped and imprisoned in "The Village", where he was addressed only as "Number Six". Number Six was never outright ''stated'' to be John Drake, but ... Of course given that Patrick [=McGoohan=] loved himself some TrollingCreator and MindScrew, and he and the show's other producer were at odds over whether Six was Drake ([=McGoohan=] adamantly denied it, the other producer said Sure, Why Not), take it as you will. |
| 457 | * ''Series/GoodnessGraciousMe'' did a parody of ''Series/TheSootyShow'' with Sweep's face pixelated to hide his resemblance to the original puppet. |
| 458 | * Deputy U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco appears in an episode of ''Series/{{Justified}}'', though they had to rename her Karen Goodall for rights reasons. She's even played by [[Creator/CarlaGugino the same actress]] who played Sisco in the short-lived TV series, and a reference is made to her new married surname. |
| 459 | * Perhaps the biggest example of "Pushing it" with this trope would be an ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' episode where the hero fights Jirass, a monster that looks a lot like Franchise/{{Godzilla}} with a neck frill attached (And in fact it ''[[PropRecycling was]]'' an old Godzilla suit with a collar attached). Said frill is then torn off by Ultraman about halfway through the fight. Keep in mind though that series' creator Creator/EijiTsuburaya owned the Godzilla suit, not Creator/{{Toho}} as he was the head of their special effects team. |
| 460 | * In ''Series/{{Two and a Half Men}}'', after Charlie dies, a married couple played by Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson consider buying the house. They're not named in dialogue, script, or credits, but they speak and act exactly like Series/{{Dharma and Greg}}. |
| 461 | * The ''Series/{{Stargirl 2020}}'' episode "Brainwave" features a photograph of the ComicBook/SevenSoldiersOfVictory, including a pair of archers who are obviously supposed to be ComicBook/GreenArrow and his KidSidekick Speedy. However, neither character is named (tellingly they are the ''only'' ones to get this treatment; the Star-Spangled Kid, ComicBook/{{Vigilante}}, Shining Knight, Crimson Avenger and Wing are all explicitly identified by Pat), presumably to avoid confusion with ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', which had also aired on the CW and was still in recent memory. |
| 462 | * ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'': |
| 463 | ** The show officially forbids contestants from referencing fictional characters, but several queens on the show have specialized in cosplay, like Phi Phi O'Hara and Dax [=ExclamationPoint=]. As a result, the show has gotten ''extremely'' permissive and basically lets the queens do everything but reference the character by name, such as the African-American Dax wearing a [[ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}} white wig and lightning motifs]] when she first entered the Werk Room (accompanied by thunder and lighting, no less). However, the show seems to have done away with this rule. In Season 16, during the second episode's metallic-themed runway, Jax (no relation) flat-out admitted that her look--army fatigues with metal arms--was based on her semi-namesake, Jax from ''Franchise/MortalKombat''.[[note]]"Semi" because her real name out of drag is Jackson or Jax for short, but the decision to use it as her drag name comes from the irony of having the same name as the character, a super-masculine Army major.[[/note]] |
| 464 | ** In the OnceASeason challenge "The Snatch Game," a ''Series/MatchGame'' parody where the queens impersonate celebrities and try their hand at improv comedy, they're not allowed to impersonate fictional characters, but they ''can'' impersonate the actor/actress who played that character and base the impersonation on that specific role, like Season 3's Stacy Layne Matthews officially impersonating Creator/{{Monique}} but specifically channeling the abusive mother from ''Film/{{Precious}}''. |
| 465 | [[/folder]] |
| 466 | |
| 467 | [[folder:Manhua]] |
| 468 | * In ''Manhua/BowlingKing'', a nefarious physician bears an eerie resemblance to ''Manga/BlackJack''... and in a LampshadeHanging, claims to have strived to be like Black Jack his entire life. |
| 469 | [[/folder]] |
| 470 | |
| 471 | [[folder:Manhwa]] |
| 472 | * Volume 7 of ''Manhwa/FaeriesLanding'' has a brief one panel cameo of Luffy D. Monkey from ''Franchise/OnePiece''. |
| 473 | [[/folder]] |
| 474 | |
| 475 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 476 | * The [[CanonDiscontinuity disowned]] joke module ''Castle Greyhawk'' for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' does this a LOT. Some levels in the dungeon are nothing but Lawyer-Friendly Cameos to '80s pop culture icons including ''Series/DoctorWho'', Music/MichaelJackson, Creator/MarvelComics, Film/TheBluesBrothers, and even Burger King and UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken! |
| 477 | * Creator/GaryGygax's own seemingly aborted version of the castle (of which only the top levels have been published due to [[DiedDuringProduction his untimely death]]) were a Lawyer-Friendly Cameo storm of their own -- many names and locations had to be changed since they were Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast IP, even though Gygax tried to keep as much of the Greyhawk feel so that canny [=DM=]s could fill in the blanks if they wanted to. In one section, he takes a brief TakeThat against Creator/{{TSR}}, talking of the corrupt city of Dunfalcon... |
| 478 | * ''TabletopGame/PalladiumFantasy'' has a quite obvious [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] analogue depicted in its section on warlocks. |
| 479 | * A ''Pyramid Magazine'' article about the possibilities of giving superheroes a connection to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos had several examples, all Lawyer-Friendly Cameos of {{Creator/Marvel|Comics}} and {{Creator/DC|Comics}} characters. For instance there was a [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} millionaire vigilante]] who had been possessed by the Great Race of Yith, and was reluctantly considering asking "[[ComicBook/MartianManhunter the Martian]]" to scan his mind; a note from industrialist "[[ComicBook/{{Superman}} L.L.]]" to his research teams about how the alien fungus samples seem to have the ability to take human form, possibly with [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} powers and abilities far beyond mortal men]]; a powerful telepath unable to prevent his mutant-detecting machine from broadcasting the chant of "[[Literature/AtTheMountainsOfMadness Tekeli-li]]!" to [[ComicBook/XMen his students]]; and a chant to Nyarlathotep which reveals his [[IHaveManyNames many names]] include [[ComicBook/SilverSurfer the Surfer in Silver]] and [[ComicBook/NewGods the Blackened Racer]]. |
| 480 | * WebAnimation/TheOdd1sOut's card game on kickstarter, ''Can't Catch Harry'', has a card based on a skeksi from ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'', referred to as "Evil Bird". |
| 481 | [[/folder]] |
| 482 | |
| 483 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 484 | * Jakks Pacific's ''SLUG Zombies'' featured characters based on [[http://www.oafe.net/yo/slugxmas.php Rambo, Crocodile Dundee]], [[http://www.oafe.net/yo/slug2.php Indiana Jones, Hulk Hogan]], [[http://www.oafe.net/yo/slug3.php Andre the Giant, Velma Dinkley, Superman, Shaun of the Dead, Nurse Ratched, "Tallahassee"]], [[http://www.oafe.net/yo/slug4.php Ash Williams, Lara Croft]], and more. Plus, [[http://www.oafe.net/blog/2015/10/the-undead-future-of-s-l-u-g-zombies/ future releases were planned to include]] ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}, Film/DirtyHarry, Film/HappyGilmore, Blaine from ''Film/{{Predator}}'', Ripley from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', Franchise/HarryPotter, [[Film/TheBigLebowski the Dude]], and the guy from ''Film/TheyLive''. |
| 485 | ** The toy line also included [[http://www.oafe.net/yo/slug4.php especially stealthy versions of Moe, Larry and Curley]] from ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' - they split up the trio so that each Stooge came with a different set of figures, with the FlavorText only vaguely hinting that the characters have any connection to each other. |
| 486 | [[/folder]] |
| 487 | |
| 488 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 489 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' features the [[Franchise/StarWars Death Egg]] as Eggman's ultimate weapon to destroy Sonic. |
| 490 | * ''VideoGame/PokemonPlatinum'' features an [[InterpolSpecialAgent "International Police"]] detective named Looker who bears a striking resemblance to Koichi Zenigata from ''Franchise/LupinIII''. Franchise/{{Pokemon}} makes quite a few references. For starters, [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rotom_(Pokémon) Rotom]] is based off of [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Pulseman_box_art.jpg Pulseman]] and Volt Tackle is based off of his signature move. It helps that Creator/GameFreak also made ''VideoGame/{{Pulseman}}''. |
| 491 | * In ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa3'', there is a Zorro-esque character called Robin, and in the credits, said character pulls off Zorro's infamous Z cut (Strongest Foil technique) |
| 492 | * The first print versions of ''VideoGame/TheRevengeOfShinobi'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis featured bosses that resembled ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Batman}}, the Franchise/{{Terminator}} (who [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk wore no shirt and turned green as he took damage]]), and Franchise/{{Godzilla}}. To avoid any potential lawsuits, Sega released a revision of the game which replaces Godzilla with a metal skeletal dinosaur and Batman with a Franchise/{{Devilman}}[=-=]like creature. Spider-Man was kept as an official cameo (with a new copyrights screen acknowledging Marvel Comics' ownership of the character), since Sega had the Spider-Man license for a couple of other games (namely the ''Spider-Man'' arcade game and the Genesis game ''VideoGame/SpiderManVsTheKingpin''). In the Virtual Console re-release, Spider-Man is now colored pink (Due to Sega losing the rights to use Spider-Man to Activision). Ironically, the Terminator/Hulk has appeared in all versions of ''The Revenge of Shinobi'' with no modifications whatsoever. |
| 493 | ** ''Shinobi III'', on the other hand, was able to get away with Mechagodzilla. |
| 494 | * In the VGA remake of ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestITheSarienEncounter'', the Droids-B-Us shop (which itself features an android Geoffrey the Giraffe as its logo!) has a "Dalick" for sale, which bears a striking resemblance to a certain creature from ''Series/DoctorWho''. There's also the robot from ''Series/LostInSpace'', as well as another droid, HA-Y-AO, which clearly was inspired by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''. The Blues Brothers also have a cameo as bar singers. |
| 495 | ** Music/ZZTop had a cameo in the original, but this wasn't so lawyer-friendly, as Sierra got slapped with a lawsuit and had to replace them in the remake by a band of similarly dressed midgets, while Film/TheBluesBrothers were replaced with a pair of blue-skinned [=MIBs=]. Their respective musics were also changed. The former's sprites could still be found DummiedOut in the game data. |
| 496 | ** There was a robot called the "Def-Tech" resembled a Rifleman [[TabletopGame/BattleTech 'Mech]] |
| 497 | ** ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIVohaulsRevenge'' had a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph-like]] alien and an ersatz of ED-209 from ''Franchise/RoboCop'', and [[BigBad Vohaul]] resembles [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader unmasked]]. |
| 498 | ** ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIIThePiratesOfPestulon'' has Arnoid, a killer robot (Franchise/{{Terminator}}). |
| 499 | *** And Monolith Burger, with its large yellow "M" logo. |
| 500 | *** The garbage ship is full of these, including a "[[Franchise/StarWars bow tie fighter from the Cologne Wars]]" and an expy of [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime's head]]. |
| 501 | ** ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIVRogerWilcoAndTheTimeRippers'' features a Radioshock store which suffered the same case with Droids-R-Us which was renamed to Hz. So Good. |
| 502 | ** ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVTheNextMutation'' featured the rear end of the [[Franchise/StarTrek USS Enterprise]] in the Starcon hangar bay. [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard]] appears in the conference room on the station. There's also [[Film/Alien3 Spike]]. No lawsuits, somehow. Of course, the entire series is filled with this sort of stuff. |
| 503 | *** It wasn't in ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryII'', though. That was the [[{{Pun}} USS Exitprise]]. |
| 504 | * In ''VideoGame/ClockTower2'', one possible encounter with [=ScissorMan=] in Scenario 2 is finding him on a rocking chair watching ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' on television. |
| 505 | * ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII'' featured lawyer-friendly cameos from Mr. Thriller, Audrey Jr. and Betelgeuse. Yes, '''''that''''' [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Betelgeuse]]. |
| 506 | * ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' has a few hero units with oddly familiar names hidden away in the map editor. Examples include the flamethrower-wielding [[Literature/{{Fahrenheit 451}} Gui Montag]]. |
| 507 | ** And Mech pilot [[Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne Allen Shezar]]. |
| 508 | *** Wraith fighter ace pilot Tom [[Film/TopGun Kazansky]], anyone? |
| 509 | * ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' has the character "Mike Bison", a boxer, in the Japanese version. However, his name was changed to "Balrog" in the English release to avoid lawsuits. It's still obvious who he's based on, however. The name Mike Bison was shortened to M. Bison and given to the BigBad. |
| 510 | * Creator/{{SNK}} sold off the rights to its pachinko assets between ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXIV'' and ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXV'', rendering both Mui Mui and Love Heart unable to reappear due to being in legal limbo. As a result, they are only alluded to in the official backstory for Team Samurai, which opens with the two of them being PutOnABus. |
| 511 | * While ''VideoGame/{{Burnout}}'' normally uses [[BlandNameProduct Bland Name Cars]], ''VideoGame/BurnoutParadise'' has the Legendary Cars DLC pack, which has four cars inspired by famous cars from films and television: [[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard Hunter Cavalry Bootlegger]] (complete with Dixie Horn), the [[Series/KnightRider Carson GT Nighthawk]], the [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Hunter Manhattan Spirit]], and the [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Jansen P12 88 Special]]. [[BadassAdorable Toy]] versions of these cars are also unlockable in the Big Surf Island DLC. |
| 512 | ** ''VideoGame/Burnout3Takedown'' also had [[Series/TheATeam The B-Team]] van, and the first lorry you get in crash mode [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} has a particular disguise to it.]] |
| 513 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' has the recurring characters [[ThoseTwoGuys Biggs and Wedge]], named after the pair from ''Franchise/StarWars'' -- although Biggs's name was romanized as "Vicks" in the SNES release of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''. |
| 514 | ** Not only did they show up in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' as well, but that game even has an [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Admiral Piett]] to go with them. |
| 515 | ** The Japanese version of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' basically used the original ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' bestiary down to the names, and most monsters were renamed in localization to prevent legal action. |
| 516 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has the summon Hades, a skeleton wearing a hooded robe that curses enemies with fumes from a giant kettle, and his attack is explicitly named "[[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron Black Cauldron]]". |
| 517 | * An early conversation in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' has Emil and Marta discussing whether the mask that Lloyd dropped reminded them of the one from "[[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Phantom of the Operetta]]", "[[ComicBook/VForVendetta F for Foe]]", or "[[Film/TheManInTheIronMask The Man in the Aluminum Mask]]". Also the [[Franchise/SuperSentai Centurion]] [[Franchise/PowerRangers Rangers]]. |
| 518 | * Every ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' game features a cameo by at least one famous comedian. The list includes Film/TheThreeStooges in the first game, the Creator/MarxBrothers in the second, Redd Foxx as [[Series/SanfordAndSon Fred Sanford]], ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark, ''and'' Creator/LaurelAndHardy in the third, and a sound-alike of Rodney Dangerfield in the fourth. |
| 519 | ** In ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryI'', the VGA remake, if you're in the forest at certain times at morning or afternoon, you can see a [[{{Series/Dinosaurs}} dinosaur either going to or returning from work]] |
| 520 | ** In ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'', one of the farmers at the inn is a Lawyer-Friendly [[Series/AllInTheFamily Archie Bunker]]. |
| 521 | * Due to [[ExiledFromContinuity licensing issues]], ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk was one of the few prominent Marvel heroes not to appear in the launch version of ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance''.[[note]]The rights issues were eventually worked out at a later date, allowing the Hulk to be released as a DLC character for the Xbox 360 version of the game.[[/note]] However, the developers were able to sneak in a Hulk cameo for the "Doom's Day" cutscene, where he was briefly glimpsed among the fallen heroes who'd tried to stop Doctor Doom. The same thing was done in ''VideoGame/MarvelNemesisRiseOfTheImperfects'', where the Hulk's sole appearance consisted of a giant green hand poking out from beneath some rubble during the opening cutscene. |
| 522 | * ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'' does this quite obviously with the infamous ''[[AllYourColorsCombined Prism Rangers]]''. |
| 523 | ** And how could you forget '''Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth!''' |
| 524 | ** The second game also features a conversation with a member of monster-type demon race that's usually considered [[OneGenderRace female]] for pretty much the rest of the game. At the end of the conversation the monster reveals that it is, in fact, [[UnsettlingGenderReveal a boy]]. At this point, you realize/remember that the monster in question is named ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Bridget]].'' |
| 525 | ** And then there's the third game with not one, but two of the Diez Gentlemen. One is Bo Tie (flip his name around). Then there's [[Anime/YuGiOh Se-To-Oh]], who ironically, [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries summons a bunch of monsters in one turn]]. |
| 526 | * Classic H-game ''Season of the Sakura'' features characters from ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'', ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', ''Saint Tail'', and ''Pia Carrot'', but given how blatant the references were, this may simply be a ShoutOut (or an excuse to let fanboys pursue anime girls popular in the mid-90s, when the game was made). |
| 527 | * The Masters in ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' are explicitly said to [[Franchise/StarWars use the For]]---- Magnets! (With that exact wording.) And other reminiscent things. |
| 528 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' isn't exempt from this either. In Un'Goro Crater, a gnome [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda wearing a green tunic and cap, named Linken]], sets you on a long quest line that references everything from "Eastern peninsula is the secret", to tossing a sword into a spring and receiving it tempered, to receiving a magical boomerang that deals ranged damage and stuns or disarms. And not too far away you'll find Dadanga, and the hammer-wielding dwarves [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Larion and Muigin]]. The list goes on. The zone is basically one long shoutout to Nintendo, but there are plenty of other examples of this trope in the rest of the game. |
| 529 | ** One of the characters describes a movie trilogy that is Lord of the Rings, but with ''[=WoW=]'' characters and barely disguised titles such as the third movie being called "Hey, the King is Back!" |
| 530 | * ''Gunbird 2'' is full of {{exp|y}}ies and {{Shout Out}}s, but the one that takes the cake is the end boss, who attacks with pills, and above all is a Lawyer-Friendly Cameo of Sato Pharmaceutical's mascot. |
| 531 | * Ownership of Lieutenant Linn Kurosawa from ''VideoGame/AlienVsPredatorCapcom'' is apparently tied up with Twentieth Century Fox, so while Creator/{{Capcom}} usually uses any [[CrossOver excuse]] to revisit its own obscure characters, Linn's cameos have been limited to hanging out far in the background of stages in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 2'' and ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' and an unrelated character {{Cosplay}}ing as her for a split-second during a super attack in ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom''. |
| 532 | * ''VideoGame/ThreeDDotGameHeroes'' has direct appearances by Minwu, Josef, Guy, Firion, and Maria from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'', "Pizarro", Rosy, Alena, Brey, Cristo, Mina, Mary, and Healie the slime from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'', and the Hero, Bianca, and Flora (and their kids) from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'', among others. |
| 533 | * The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series has [[Franchise/StarWars "Lightsabers" and "Blasters"]] as usable weapons, even going so far as to using the original sound effects (or at least something similar) for when the items are used. |
| 534 | * ''VideoGame/TransportTycoon'' featured real-life vehicles in the original British release. Just to give a few examples, there were aircraft from Boeing, [=McDonnell=]-Douglas, and Airbus; road vehicles from British Leyland, Ford, and Volvo; train locomotives designed by Stanier and Gresley, and later in the game the Eurostar and TGV. For the American release, these were changed to fake companies to avoid litigation. These were carried forward into ''VideoGame/TransportTycoonDeluxe'' and ''VideoGame/OpenTTD''. |
| 535 | * And of course we have ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline'', with player created wonders such as ''[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk The Incredible Haulk]]'', ''[[ComicBook/IronMan Iron Dude]]'', and ''ComicBook/{{Dead|pool}}sea''. These characters, of course, look almost the same with maybe a slight color change. |
| 536 | * ''[[http://www.thedarkmod.com/main/ The Dark Mod]]'', a {{fan remake}} total conversion inspired by the original ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' series, uses this for some of the more uniquely named concepts, creatures and factions. Hammerites become "Builders", Haunts become "Revenants", Burricks become "Belchers", the "Inventor's Guild" is a loose analogue of the Mechanists, etc. |
| 537 | * The 5 to 2 Cafe in ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'' is lifted from ''Film/NaturalBornKillers''. |
| 538 | * The title cards for the PARANOIA songs in ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' display expies of Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s robot alter egos. |
| 539 | * ''Videogame/TeamFortress2'' features the Pyro hat [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Triboniophorus_Tyrannus Triboniophorus Tyrannus]] as a nod to the brain slugs of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. |
| 540 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' had a special Christmas event where a [[Franchise/StarWars little green man in front of a hermit's hut]] was giving away [[LaserBlade glowing melee weapons]]. |
| 541 | * The ''Very Big Cave Adventure'' has a sequence set in Gotham City, with a masked crimefighter known only as "THAT MAN" and his archnemesis "THE JESTER". And yes, their names always appear in allcaps. |
| 542 | * ''VideoGame/Portal2'''s Perpetual Testing Initiative: When you enter a specific chamber, Cave Johnson will say that you are "the first half-man, half-machine police officer" named [[Franchise/RoboCop Robot-a-Cop]]. |
| 543 | * ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'': The ending results screen shows VideoGame/EarthwormJim's blaster and [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic's shoes]] lying discarded by a trash can with a sign that says "[[TakeThat No Hopers]]". |
| 544 | * ''Silent Dragon'' features [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Jagi]] as the third boss, except he's called "Wolfkid." The flyer states that you [[BlatantLies can't see him in the daytime]] despite the boss fight taking place in broad daylight. |
| 545 | * ''Chronicles of Albion 2: The Wizbury School of Magic'' features a talking painting called Tripstaff. After you hang it on the art room wall, clicking on it produces a wide variety of increasingly ridiculous excuses, one of which is "Sorry, can't talk now, I'm watching a ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Fluffy the Werewolf Slayer]]'' marathon." |
| 546 | * ''Royal Envoy'' has a girl pirate named [[Literature/PippiLongstocking Tippy Long-Boots]]. |
| 547 | * The player character in ''Spandex Force'' reminisces about what a shock it was when [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} "meek Kenneth Clarke" revealed his secret identity as Miracle Man]]. |
| 548 | * In ''Cowboy Blues'' the denizens of the local saloon are [[Series/{{Cheers}} Normal, Dyanne, Speckle and Spam the bartender]]. |
| 549 | * The ''VideoGame/KingdomRush'' series, being packed with references and cameos, features some. |
| 550 | ** In ''Kingdom Rush Frontiers'', a total of three Franchise/{{Predator}}s are hidden across three different maps, but are called 'Alien Hunters'. |
| 551 | ** In a map on ''Kingdom Rush Origins'', two kids (named 'Hans' and 'Ethel') can be freed from a candy house inhabited by a witch. The achievement for freeing them is ''also'' a Lawyer Friendly Cameo: 'Candy ''Rush'''. |
| 552 | * A number of ''Little Alchemist'''s cards are clear {{Captain Ersatz}}es of popular media characters like [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Adventure Kid]], [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Windmaster Eng]], [[Film/{{Maleficent}} Malevolent]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Lieutenant USA]], [[Franchise/CareBears Care Chilla]], [[Franchise/HarryPotter The Snake Lord]], and much more. |
| 553 | * The Platform/{{Amiga}} PlatformGame ''The Adventures of Quik & Silva'' had a lot of suspiciously familiar-looking enemies, including [[VideoGame/BubbleBobble Bubblun]] and Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog, whose own [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 flagship game]] had not even been released yet! |
| 554 | * ''Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum'' features Romans dressed as [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]], Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}, VideoGame/CrashBandicoot, VideoGame/{{Rayman}}, VideoGame/PacMan, [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]], and [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]]. |
| 555 | * In the ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' series, there are enemies and bosses called [[http://www.mariowiki.com/Burt Burt]], which wear blue and white striped pants. In German, they are called [[SdrawkcabName Xilebo]]. In French, their name is Bélixo. You can guess [[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} who]] they are based on. |
| 556 | * ''Antagonist'' has a minor character called Teeth who works for Evil Productions, a company that specializes in supplying video game villains. Her usual role is [[Franchise/{{Batman}} the Cat Burglar, a foe of Fatman]]. |
| 557 | * ''VideoGame/Persona5'': You can rent dvds and go to movie theaters to watch parody versions of ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'', ''Film/Ghost1990'', ''Series/TheXFiles'', ''Series/UglyBetty'', ''{{Series/ER}}'', ''Series/PrisonBreak'', ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire'', ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', ''Film/BeforeMidnight'', ''Film/LesMiserables2012'', ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'', ''Film/TheGodfather'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', ''Film/MissionImpossible'', ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', ''Film/SawI'', ''Film/DieHard'' and ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence''. As Creator/{{Atlus}} doesn't have the money to license all those works, each have silly names like "I, Miserable" or "Mansion Impossible", and you can hear dialogue making fun of tropes from the given work as your character watches the show or movie off-screen. |
| 558 | * ''VideoGame/DiscworldNoir'' has a young female Stealth Archaeologist with the suspicious initials [[Franchise/TombRaider L.C.]] |
| 559 | * In ''[[Videogame/{{Forza}} Forza Horizon 3]]'', the baby blue AMC Pacer from ''Film/WaynesWorld'' is present in all-but-name; one of the exclusive barn finds is a rusty old blue Pacer X with a flame-colored lightning bolt on its side and a guitar sitting on its hood, and your mechanic is dumbfounded that you haven't seen "the movie". |
| 560 | * In ''VideoGame/FridayThe13thTheGame'', the Jarvis Tapes namedrop various names locations from other slasher movies like ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'', ''Film/{{Shocker}}'', and ''Film/{{Hatchet}}''. The final tape ends with [[spoiler:Tommy being institutionalized at [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Springwood and suffering mysterious lacerations whenever he goes to sleep]]]]. |
| 561 | * ''VideoGame/GhostReconWildlands'' has a scene in which Sam talks about how he's one of the few of the covert op old guard. He mentions that there's one other old operative, [[VideoGame/MetalGear an Army Operations member who wears a bandana]], only to be informed that said operative [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots retired fairly recently]]. "[[TearJerker So there's only me...]]" |
| 562 | * The unreleased Japanese prototype of ''VideoGame/MonsterParty'' had several enemies and bosses based on famous fictional characters, many of which were modified to avoid lawsuits in the game's limited American release. Examples of the bosses include [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors a singing potted plant that uses musical notes as projectiles]][[note]]Changed to a pitcher plant that shoots bubbles in the American release.[[/note]], [[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 an ape-man on horseback who fights with a ruined Statue of Liberty appearing in the background]][[note]]The American release changed it to a pumpkin-headed ghost boss and removed the ruined Statue of Liberty seen in the background[[/note]], [[Film/TheThing1982 a grotesque head on spider legs]][[note]]Changed to a GiantSpider in the American release.[[/note]], [[Film/{{Gremlins}} a Mogwai that turns into a Gremlin as the boss fight starts]][[note]]Changed into a cute cat that turns into a feline monstrosity in the American release.[[/note]], and [[Franchise/{{Alien}} a Xenomorph]][[note]]Changed to TheGrimReaper in the American release.[[/note]]. |
| 563 | * In the original ''[[VideoGame/PGATour PGA Tour Golf]]'', the fictional course "Sterling Shores" is an unlicensed version of Pebble Beach. |
| 564 | * Lina from ''VideoGame/Dota2'' is an odd example. Back when ''[=DotA=]'' was a [[VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncientsAllStars humble game mod]], she was straight-up named [[Anime/{{Slayers}} Lina Inverse]] and all her spell names were copied off the ones she used. She was built with purely in-game assets, so it wasn't meant to be a blatant copy. In ''Dota 2'', she was one of many heroes that were renamed, and she's now called Lina the Slayer and is pretty distanced from the character she used to reference, but for some reason her spells weren't renamed, so she ends up being a sort of InNameOnly {{Expy}}. |
| 565 | ** Another similarly weird instance happened regarding Aghanim. Aghanim's Scepter is an item whose name is just a ShoutOut to ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' villain. ''Dota 2'' for a while skirted around name dropping Aghanim for hero voice lines, but suddenly this trend stopped with the newer heroes. Then Aghanim was introduced as a lore character, far removed from the character the item used to reference. |
| 566 | * In ''VideoGame/ExpeditionsRome'', the player can encounter a pair of Gaulish menhir merchants who sound just like ComicBook/{{Asterix}} and his friend Obelix. |
| 567 | * ''Homescapes'': |
| 568 | ** A couple of characters comment that their favorite TV shows are ''[[Series/BreakingBad Baking Bread]]'' and ''[[Series/HouseMD Mouse, PhD]]''. |
| 569 | ** When Andy gets a bit too creative with his design ideas, Olivia comments that they're not trying to recreate ''[[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Billy and the Bubblegum Factory]]''. |
| 570 | ** William states that some novels are detailed enough to count as scientific books, such as ''[[Literature/TheDaVinciCode The [=McGlinchey=] Code]]'' or ''[[Literature/TheNameOfTheRose The Fame of The Nose]]''. |
| 571 | * ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'' has a lot of fun implying as hard as it can that the twelfth founder of the pirate colony of Libertalia, whose name has been mostly lost to time, was actually ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' protagonist Guybrush Threepwood. He's portrayed as looking almost exactly like ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland2LeChucksRevenge''-era Guybrush, had a pirate flag with a monkey on it, and Nate even drops a "[[RunningGag That's the second biggest X I've ever seen!]]" joke later into the game. (Officially, the man is named [[CaptainErsatz "Guy Wood"]], but this name only appears in supplementary material.) |
| 572 | [[/folder]] |
| 573 | |
| 574 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 575 | * Each story in ''Webcomic/{{Devilbear}}'' features a "special guest" character that represents a more famous character such as "Winnie the Pimp" instead of Pooh or "Pandatchoo" instead of Pikachu... |
| 576 | %%* Plenty in ''[[Webcomic/TheChosenFour EarthBound: The Chosen Four]]'', such as VideoGame/ProfessorLayton, [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], and [[VideoGame/MetalGear Liquid]]. |
| 577 | %%* [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2010-05-12 Andy Debtman]] of [[Series/ManVFood Man Engulfs Food]] in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''. |
| 578 | * Sonoda Meimi from ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' is suspected to be Haneoka Meimi from ''Manga/KaitouSaintTail''. At one point a character even starts to refer to her as "Myster..."(ious Thief Saint Tail), but gets cut off. (On two other occasions, he only gets as far as "Mys".) |
| 579 | * A supporting character in ''Webcomic/ItsWalky'' was a short, quiet girl with coke-bottle glasses named [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Marcie]]. No mention is made of what she was like as a child, but it's safe to take a guess. (For bonus reference points, she's openly bisexual.) |
| 580 | * In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' Rich drops an entire lamp, never mind the shade, on the subject with the Mind Flayer. |
| 581 | ** Vaarsuvius attempts to exploit this trope by claiming [[Literature/TheLegendOfDrizzt Zz'dtri]] is ''not'' one, causing a pair of lawyers to show up and arrest him. [[spoiler:He is acquitted by getting classified as a parody, which is protected speech.]] |
| 582 | * In ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'': "[[http://nonadventures.com/2007/12/22/a-christmas-peril/ Mace Windu is a Lucasfilm character. I'm Samuel L. Jackson in a bathrobe.]]" |
| 583 | * Meet ''Webcomic/WeaponBrown''. The comic that is literally constructed wholesale out of this trope. Whether it be the main characters [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Chuck "Weapon" Brown and his dog Snoop]], the [[ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}} pointy-haired CEO of 'The Syndicate']], [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes CALv1.n and HOBS]], or the currently unknown-in-name alliance of characters including {{ComicStrip/Pop|eye}}s, [[ComicStrip/PrinceValiant Val]], and [[ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie the blind Annie]], you can be sure that you can easily recognise everybody, provided you're learned enough in your newspaper comics. |
| 584 | ** And if you're not, JY tags the images with the names of either the characters or strip he's parodying. |
| 585 | * ''Webcomic/{{Academia}}'' features one by Yo-Yo Ma, who is [[GodWasMyCopilot secretly an angel]]. |
| 586 | * ''Webcomic/LeifAndThorn'' does this with background characters, given names in the transcripts like [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/leaves-that-are-green-1021/ not!]][[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Touga]], [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-masquerade-1066/ not!]][[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]], and [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/vampire-masquerade-1066/ not!]][[Literature/{{Twilight}} Bella]]. |
| 587 | * ''Webcomic/MechagicalGirlLisaANT'': [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha and Vita]] appear in episode 3, [[http://ant.comicgenesis.com/d/20060213.html attending a free samba lesson for kids]]. Along with many cameos from the girls of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}''. |
| 588 | [[/folder]] |
| 589 | |
| 590 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 591 | %%* Pretty much the entire premise of the first batch of episodes of ''WebOriginal/PressStart''. |
| 592 | * Averted in ''[[http://sooniwillrule.blogspot.com/ Soon, I Will Rule The World!]]'', which makes no real bones about the fact that [[OurLichesAreDifferent the main character]] comes from a ''D&D''-based world with a bit of ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'' thrown in, with all creatures and gods referred to by their in-game names. |
| 593 | * ''Literature/LegionOfNetHeroes'': At one point in ''Decibel Dude & Vigilante Guy'', Decibel Dude was ready to quit being a superhero due to a number of extremely stressful plot developments. A quiet chat with four guys known only as [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Clark]], [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Bruce]], [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Frank]], and [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter]] convinced him to get back in the game. |
| 594 | [[/folder]] |
| 595 | |
| 596 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 597 | * ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' features as a major villain an alien of an unnamed species named Ferdinand von Turrell, who is quite clearly Terl the Psychlo from ''Film/BattlefieldEarth''; he even goes by his last name, pronounces it Terl, and originates in a review of ''Film/BattlefieldEarth''. |
| 598 | * Creator/StevenOgg appeared in the short parody film ''GTA VR'' where he played the role of that psycho criminal kingpin Ogg became best known for, but wasn't referred to as such due to copyright issues (though if there's any consolation, Trevor Philips didn't look any more different from the actor who portrayed him anyway). |
| 599 | [[/folder]] |
| 600 | |
| 601 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 602 | * ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'': During the GrandFinale, [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Wile E. Coyote]] (!) briefly stops chasing the Road Runner to answer the Twilight Bark. |
| 603 | * In an interesting case, one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' had Arthur and friends writing pilot scripts for a contest. These were all obvious parodies of other popular cartoons. The thing is, most of these parodies were of shows aimed at a- to put it lightly- [[ParentalBonus more mature audience]], like ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'', and ''WesternAnimation/DrKatzProfessionalTherapist''. What makes this more bizarre is that each of the stories were actual submissions by kids for a contest to generate ideas for the show, implying that the kids who sent those stories in [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids watched those shows themselves]]. |
| 604 | --> '''Francine/Cartman?''': Hey, you squished Buster! |
| 605 | ** One episode had a Domo plush in the background, another referenced a show called "Judo Kittens" whose characters [[Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls looked pretty familiar]]... |
| 606 | * "Tomato from the Black Lagoon", an episode of the ''Film/AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes'' animated series, has one scene where Chad Finletter waits in line to get on a plane, with one of the people ahead of him being [[HulkMashUp an angry and impatient man who becomes green and muscular as his rage worsens]]. |
| 607 | * ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has a lawyer-friendly version of [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]] seen losing to June at arm wrestling at a bar (he's still there the next time they visit and is part of a BarBrawl). |
| 608 | * In the episode "Living Legends" from ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', WesternAnimation/KimPossible and Ron make a cameo. Kim also [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/phineasandferb/images/a/a4/Kim_Possible%27s_Spot_the_Diff_cameo.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20081016044602 showed up]] in the Spot-The-Diff event for ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''. |
| 609 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': The episode "The Copycats" was made as a direct response to [[Animation/MiracleStar a very infamous series of milk commercials]] in China that featured scenes from the show ripped off shot-for-shot. In a huge case of irony, though, even the rip-offs here had to be slightly altered in design to avoid legal trouble. It's worth noting that the storyboards for the episode still presented these characters in their original "Miracle Star" designs. |
| 610 | * The titular game in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS2E24SentriesOfTheLastCosmos Sentries of the Last Cosmos]]" is clearly modeled off of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise. The "save the distant universe" game plot, the imposing armor for the "sentries", and their lightsaber-like flaming swords are relatively generic enough. However, there is no way of getting around the fact that the villain du jour is straight-up wearing Jedi robes and furthermore has the hood up for the climax like Emperor Palpatine. To seal the deal, there is this gem of dialogue: |
| 611 | -->'''Terry:''' They said they were sent on a sacred mission by "the wise one".\ |
| 612 | '''Max:''' "The wise one"... that's what Corey calls Simon Harper! [...] Do you think there is a connection?\ |
| 613 | '''Terry:''' [[IsTheAnswerToThisQuestionYes Is Jar-Jar lame?]] |
| 614 | * During the first two seasons of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', ComicBook/WonderWoman was deemed [[ExiledFromContinuity off-limits due to the notoriously convoluted legal red tape regarding the character's media rights]]. The creators were able to give Wondy a cameo in a {{Flashback}} sequence by only showing her from behind, thus avoiding any of her trademarked iconography (such as her tiara or W crest). |
| 615 | * The ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' OffToSeeTheWizard episode has the Munchkins (here, giant beetles) greet Lydia (as Dorothy) with "Welcome to the Land of PublicDomain!" Let's make this very clear: you do ''not'' have to write around any copyrights to use characters from [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz the first book]] (and a few others, all the ones written before about 1923) of the ''Oz'' series (it's in the public domain now) ...the ''[[Film/TheWizardOfOz movie]]'', on the other hand, is copyrighted. No ruby slippers for you. |
| 616 | * One of the episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' has [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Konohamaru's team]] appear in the background. In another, an orange-haired girl dressed like Sakura is on screen briefly. |
| 617 | * In the fifth-season finale of ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'', [[Series/{{Runaways 2017}} Gert Yorkes]] can be seen among the crowd protesting against Henry Fondle. |
| 618 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "Guess Hoe's Coming to Dinner", there's a background character who resembles Jin from ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''. |
| 619 | * ''WesternAnimation/BountyHamster'' has a [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner carefully unnamed coyote]] show up and recommend that the eponymous hamster try a better catalogue than AcmeProducts. |
| 620 | * The "Nubian vs. Nubian" episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBoysDiabolical'' features a brief appearance from [[Videogame/FinalFantasyVII Barret Wallace and Jessie Raspberry]] as pedestrians. |
| 621 | * WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, Warner Bros.' iconic cartoon star, appeared in cameo in Paramount's Puppetoon "Jasper Goes Hunting". Unlike most examples of this trope, his design is not altered in the slightest and he's even referred to by name. |
| 622 | * The last episode of ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'' had a twist ending where it was revealed that Lumpus [[spoiler:wasn't the real scoutmaster of Camp Kidney]]. [[spoiler:The real scoutmaster]] isn't named, but he looks strikingly like a shaved and elderly version of Heffer Wolfe from ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', another cartoon by Joe Murray, from Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, whereas ''Camp Lazlo'' aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork. In case there was any doubt that he was a lawyer-friendly cameo of Heffer, the character even references the RunningGag of Heffer [[InsistentTerminology insisting that he is a "steer"]]. The two characters are even voiced by the same actor, Creator/TomKenny. |
| 623 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' episode "'Teers in the 'Hood", Shaggy and Velma from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' [[http://scoobyfan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/cp.png can clearly be seen in the backdrop of a school hallway.]] |
| 624 | * The ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'' episode "Video Store" features a significant appearance from an unnamed video store clerk who is heavily implied to be a grown-up version of Brendon from ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies''. In addition to the clerk being voiced by the same actor and having the same personality and appearance (albeit nearly a decade and a half older), a photo of Brendon's old coach John [=McGuirk=] can be seen in the store, cementing the connection. |
| 625 | * In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' a kid dressed exactly like Ash Ketchum (wearing Ash's outfit in the original series) from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' can be seen often in the stands. He's usually next to [[Anime/YuGiOh Yugi.]] They were seen together in a couple episodes with large crowds of KND operatives. There was also an expy of [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Kairi]] in the LotusEaterMachine. |
| 626 | * ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': |
| 627 | ** A recurring segment features the "Justice Friends," a superhero group made up of [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Major Glory]], [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Val Hallen]], and [[HulkMashUp The Infraggable Krunk]], who despite the name, are clear [[{{Expy}} expies]] of a [[ComicBook/TheAvengers different group]]. |
| 628 | ** One episode featuring Dexter getting a rugged beard had him walk past [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons George Jetson]]. |
| 629 | * In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', Doug buys a new video game console and quickly becomes addicted. The game in question is a pretty obvious knock off of ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' with squirrel aliens instead of cats. |
| 630 | * Done quite often on ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether''. In "Gay Bash", Elmer Fudd and Snagglepuss (their faces covered by {{Pixellation}}) show up at Xandir's "coming-out-of-the-closet" party. In "Requiem for a Reality Show", a masked Charlie Brown and Natasha Fatale (from ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'') with a black bar over her eyes show up as the new BDSM partners for Foxxy Love and Captain Hero, respectively. In another episode, a down-and-out Wooldoor Sockbat is lying on the street when two characters, one fat wearing a white shirt and green pants, and one slender wearing a blue blouse and off-white pants (whose heads are cut off by the screen) walk by and give him some change. The skinny one, in a voice a little more than very reminiscent of Lois from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (because it was done by the very same actress as Lois), chastises her pudgy counterpart for it. |
| 631 | ** In another episode when Toot, Xandir, and Wooldoor get high off Ling-Ling's sweat, the next day following their hangovers, [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] can be seen lying next to them. |
| 632 | ** "Oh my god! It's Mickey [beep]!" "I can't believe it! It's [beep] Mouse!" |
| 633 | * ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'': |
| 634 | ** The short "Attack of the Drones" was written by Eric Kaplan and directed by Rich Moore, both of whom worked regularly on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''; thus, Zoidberg is clearly visible at the council early on. Same scene had a Klingon and The Great Gazoo in the council. Not to mention the Langoliers. |
| 635 | ** There's also [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack Samurai Quack]] and the evil wizard Achoo. Even the Cheshire Cat was the alarm clock. |
| 636 | ** In "Fins of War", when the chancellor snaps at King Great-White and calls him a sea-sponge, which cuts to a green sponge-like character in the room who resembles another [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants sea-sponge]]. |
| 637 | * In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', Franchise/LupinIII's trademark yellow Fiat 500 can briefly be seen driving past Scrooge's limo, complete with a dog version of Jigen poking his head out through the sunroof. The episode "Astro B.O.Y.D.!" took this even further by including cameos from Lupin himself and a young woman dressed as Franchise/SailorMoon. |
| 638 | ** Disney isn't above pulling this trope on ''themselves''. When ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' first went into production, the showrunners had the rights to every Disney Afternoon franchise ''except'' WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers, because a movie starring them had long been in production and Disney didn't want conflicts with the brand. The showrunners knew however they couldn't leave them out, so they slipped them in by only referring to them as "intelligent rodents" in the script, didn't have them speak, and never explicitly refer to them as the Rescue Rangers. By the time Disney execs found out, they felt the references were harmless and let the episode air as is. |
| 639 | * After his fallout with Creator/MarvelComics, Creator/SteveGerber wrote the ComicBook/ManThing character into an episode of the ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'' television series, for which he was a head writer. The fact that [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons the game]] had a monster type[[note]]the Shambling Mound[[/note]] based in part on Man-Thing provided legal cover. |
| 640 | * ''Literature/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', while a very prominent holiday figure, hasn't appeared in many Christmas specials lately because he is a registered trademark of The Rudolph Company and using him would entitle The Rudolph Company to royalties. Nevertheless, the ChristmasEpisode of WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim features a brief appearance by an unnamed red-nosed reindeer who complains about Santa barring him from the reindeer games and only needing his help because of his nose. |
| 641 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': |
| 642 | ** [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent The President]] always appears [[HistoricalHilarity dressed up as]] UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington [[HistoricalHilarity or]] UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln and has NoNameGiven, but once you hear his voice you can tell he is a parody of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush. |
| 643 | ** One episode had Charlie Brown ([[WritingAroundTrademarks who had a tuft of brown hair in this cameo for some reason]]) falling for Lucy's football trick like he always does and Snoopy was sleeping on his dog house. |
| 644 | * Nearly every episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' has this with characters appearing in a CutawayGag. If anyone cares, besides the Kool-Aid Man, the most prolific cameo is ComicBook/{{Superman}}, who in one early appearance in the episode "Holy Crap" got around trademarks by both not calling him by name and by the framing of him sitting at a poker table, [[SceneryCensor with his cards conveniently covering up his S symbol]]. |
| 645 | * In ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes'', Johnny hires a freelance photographer to take pictures of him and make him look good to the media. The photographer is cut off right before he introduces himself, but he resembles another [[ComicBook/SpiderMan freelance photographer of superheroes Marvel was not allowed to use due to a contract with]] Creator/{{Sony}} [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy at the time]]. |
| 646 | * One episode of [[Creator/ToonDisney Disney]]'s ''{{WesternAnimation/Fillmore}}'' has a pan of the school cafeteria, which shows a well-known [[WesternAnimation/{{Recess}} tough girl who has apparently graduated from elementary school]] into middle school, as well as a young [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} hero-to-be]], who is sitting with friends and a future enemy from a [[Series/{{Smallville}} concurrently airing series]] on a [[Creator/TheWB rival network]]. |
| 647 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' loves "The guy who hits stuff with mallets". He's obviously talking about 80s comedian Gallagher, whose main schtick was to hit watermelons with giant mallets. But he's referred to as "Gulliver". |
| 648 | ** In the very first episode, the narrator says that only one hero is able to stop Cave Guy. The camera then pans up to a [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries certain silhouetted caped crusader]], but then the narrator says that that hero is "on another network", since the World's Greatest Detective was airing on Fox Kids at the time, and ''Freakazoid'' aired on what was then The WB. |
| 649 | * ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': |
| 650 | ** The opening of one episode has a HumongousMecha that looks a hell of a lot like a turquoise [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion EVA Unit 01]]. |
| 651 | ** An episode in ''Justice League Unlimited'' begins with Supergirl, Stargirl, S.T.R.I.P.E., and Green Lantern saving Japan from [[Film/{{Gamera}} a giant turtle monster]]. |
| 652 | * Possibly due to its anime influence, ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey'' has a few of these. |
| 653 | ** A few of the guest appearances include a fat, middle-aged Anime/SpeedRacer, a palette-swapped version of Puchiko from ''Anime/DiGiCharat'', and [[Anime/YuGiOh Yugi Muto]] with ridiculously exaggerated hair. |
| 654 | ** In one of the first episodes, you can also see a figure that looks like [[VideoGame/MegaManX Mega Man X and Zero]] combined. |
| 655 | * ''WesternAnimation/LaFamiliaDelBarrio'': El Noruego wears a lawyer friendly Mickey Mouse T-shirt as part of his IconicOutfit. |
| 656 | * One episode of ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' featured a villain who was a dead ringer for Anime/CaptainHarlock. |
| 657 | ** May not exactly fit this trope, but a [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell Motoko Kusanagi-lookalike]] can be spotted in one episode |
| 658 | ** In general, Megas is swimming in lawyer-friendly-cameos. Even the titular 'bot has one - before having it replaced, his head looks ''exactly'' like [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Soundwave's]]. |
| 659 | ** And then you have the fact that the second time you see Mag Nanimous, his robot has [[Franchise/EvilDead a shotgun and a chainsaw for arms]] and [[Film/BubbaHotep dresses like Elvis]]. (Of course, considering who VOICED that particular villain, [[ActorAllusion it's not all that surprising]].) |
| 660 | * The ''[[WesternAnimation/MightyMouse Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures]]'' episode "Don't Touch That Dial" had the hero being transposed into other cartoons, each of them a CaptainErsatz of existing shows "[[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones The]] [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Jetstones,"]] [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo "Ring-A-Ding, Where Are You?,"]] [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle "Rocky & Hoodwinkle,"]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters "The Real Gagbusters"]]. A rapid-fire series of channel changes showed a bizarre rendition of WesternAnimation/BeanyAndCecil and ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} as a Smurf. |
| 661 | * In the two-part pilot of ''WesternAnimation/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur'', [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sakura Haruno, Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha]] can be seen at a classroom in Lunella's school. Sanji from ''Manga/OnePiece'' can be seen as a cook in another episode. |
| 662 | ** The trend continues in season 2, where [[WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil Star Butterfly]] (sans cheek marks) and [[Manga/OnePiece Monkey D. Luffy]] can be seen as guests at the roller rink. |
| 663 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' gets away with this all the time since said cameos are ponies. So far we've had Karl Lagerfeld, Anna Wintour, the entire cast of ''Film/TheBigLebowski'', Franchise/IndianaJones, [[VideoGame/MetalGear Big Boss]], [[Film/TopGun Mike 'Viper' Metcalf]], WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty, and although they won't admit it was intentional, Braeburn looks an awful lot like [[Film/ShanghaiNoon Roy O'Bannon]]. |
| 664 | ** An accidental example that has since become AscendedFanon is the pony named Time Turner, AKA "Doctor Whooves", who strongly resembles [[Series/DoctorWho the Tenth Doctor]]. In addition to further appearances of Time Turner since then, there have been occasional background cameos of other ponies who resemble other incarnations of the Doctor. |
| 665 | ** The comics have even more examples. You can find Mario and Luigi, Monkey D. Luffy from ''Franchise/OnePiece'', Loki from The Avengers, the Inner Senshi from ''Anime/SailorMoon'', Mabel Pines from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' and tons of others. The comics also imply that Discord actually is [[ActorAllusion Q from]] ''Franchise/StarTrek''. |
| 666 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMysteries'' features two characters who are clearly based on Thomson and Thompson from ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}''. |
| 667 | * An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Phantom 2040}}'' features a guest appearance by an "old family friend" who strikingly resembles, but is not named as, ComicStrip/MandrakeTheMagician, the other famous character created by Lee Falk, the writer who created ComicStrip/ThePhantom. |
| 668 | * ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' episode "Are You Ready for Some Megafootball?!" lists [[Franchise/LittleWitchAcademia Luna Nova Magical Academy]] as a competing school defeated by P.O.I.N.T. Prep. The subtitles actually spell the school as "Loo Nanofa Magical Academy" which ends up sounding indistinguishable from "Luna Nova" thanks to some homophonal shenanigans.[[note]]The school was abbreviated on screen as 'LN' - an abbreviation applicable both to "Luna Nova" and the mock name "Loo Nanofa"[[/note]] |
| 669 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' episode "Knock It Off", has the villain of the episode sell Powerpuff Girls knockoffs to Japan and when he does, the camera pans to find expies of Anime/GreatMazinger, Manga/GetterRobo, and Series/{{Ultraman}} bowing their heads in defeat, along with a giant, face always obscured somehow, WesternAnimation/WallyGator. Another episode features a montage of The Mayor calling the girls to stop various crimes, including a bank being robbed by "two barefoot criminals" resembling [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred and Barney]]. |
| 670 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "Party Pete", Party Pete [[http://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/2011/5/23/f1a8beea-c7d5-4cc7-9192-ea1d928b066d.jpg bears a striking resemblance to the Swedish singer Günther]]. |
| 671 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'': |
| 672 | ** In the pilot "Big House Blues" dog versions of Fred Flintstone and George Jetson can be seen at the pound. |
| 673 | ** The episode "I Was a Teenage Stimpy" features Stimpy inviting a few friends over; although not named they are obvious parodies of Archie Andrews and Jughead Jones. Jughead can be seen tattooing Archie's back with their high school graduation years which date back to the 1950's to the 90's referring to the fact that [[NotAllowedToGrowUp the characters never age]]. |
| 674 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 675 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E3ThePresidentWorePearls The President Wore Pearls]]" is a spoof of ''Music/{{Evita}}'' and ends with a note from the directors that says, "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial based on the advice of our lawyers, we must say that we have never heard of a musical based on the life of Eva Perón]]". |
| 676 | ** In ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E6TreehouseOfHorrorV Treehouse of Horror V]]", Groundskeeper Willie refers to Bart's newfound psychic power as "Literature/{{the Shin|ing}}ning" [[YouWannaGetSued for fear of copyright infringement]]. |
| 677 | ** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E5SideshowBobRoberts Sideshow Bob Roberts]]" Homer is thrown out of Riverdale by the ComicBook/ArchieComics gang. |
| 678 | ** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E22RoundSpringfield 'Round Springfield]]", Lisa has a dream in which she gets to give a final goodbye to her recently deceased jazz musician idol "Bleeding Gums" Murphy. In this dream, his visage appears in a large gathering of clouds in the night sky. Soon after he appears and starts speaking to her though, he is joined in the clouds by the faces of [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 a rather familiar looking and sounding lion]][[note]]who even proceeds to [[AccidentalMisnaming accidentally refer to his son Simba]] as [[Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion Kimba]] immediately after he appears[[/note]] and an equally familiar looking and sounding [[Franchise/StarWars armored space warrior]][[note]]hint, he is Luke's father[[/note]], as well as their voice actor[[note]]This is CNN[[/note]]. |
| 679 | ** During one episode, Lisa and Bart fight over the TV remote. Although the TV screen isn't shown, a man with a Texas accent can clearly be heard saying "[[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill I got propane in my urethra]]." |
| 680 | ** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E13SimpsoncalifragilisticexpialaAnnoyedGruntcious Shary Bobbins]], who definitely isn't based on Film/MaryPoppins but instead is a original creation, like Ricky Rouse and Monald Muck. |
| 681 | ** The opening of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E21BlackWidower Black Widower]]" shows the Simpsons watching their own clear parody of ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}''. |
| 682 | * Speaking of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Creator/WarnerBros managed to drop Bart Simpson in episodes of both ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' and the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Spring Break Special''. The former case was in the episode "Hooray for North Hollywood Part 1," in which he appears, albeit only through his hair, during a song by Dot Warner referencing the Simpsons. The latter case is a bit more exposed; he appears as one of the animals caught by Elmyra Duff, but he doesn't speak and only appears for a few seconds. The Bart Simpson-like character also appears in the ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' episode "Weekday Afternoon Live" (a parody of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'') as the "show"'s host. |
| 683 | * ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In "Cartoon Wars Part II", Cartman is joined in his quest to get ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' taken off the air by a kid who's obviously supposed to be Bart Simpson from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', but is never referred to by name. In a turnaround, an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Bart and Milhouse watching an unnamed version of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. Which was in turn a reference to the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Simpsons Did It". |
| 684 | * The ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1981'' episode "Curiosity Killed the Spider-Man" has a scene in which Spider-Man runs into [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} a mild-mannered gentleman with an unlikely build and glasses using a phone booth]], noting that there is something familiar about him. |
| 685 | * In the original airing of the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Apokoplips...Now! (Part 2)", [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], the ComicBook/FantasticFour, ComicBook/NickFury and Creator/StanLee were seen at Dan Turpin's funeral, which was meant as a nod to the passing of Creator/JackKirby (Turpin's creator and the show's inspiration for [[ComicBookFantasyCasting Turpin's design]]). [[OrwellianRetcon This was later changed for the DVD release]]. |
| 686 | * The [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures Shadowkhan]] show up in the antepenultimate episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', fighting Bushido. |
| 687 | * Various ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' characters make appearances as background characters in Leone Middle School in ''WesternAnimation/ElTigre''. |
| 688 | * The ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode "New Character Day" begins with the titular character of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' being rejected at the audition for new characters to appear on the show. Since that film was made by Creator/WarnerBros' rival Creator/{{Disney}}, however, legal action was avoided by never giving the audience a clear shot of his face and referring to him as "White Rabbit" in the credits. |
| 689 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Tooned}}'' has [=McLaren=] driver UsefulNotes/JamesHunt (later of ''Film/Rush2013'' fame) take on his nemesis "Lautfinger" in a ''Franchise/JamesBond'' parody set in Monte Carlo, Lautfinger being a thinly-veiled reference to Hunt's real life [[FriendlyEnemy arch-rival]] UsefulNotes/NikiLauda. Lauda actually drove for [=McLaren=] in the early 80s following his stint at Ferrari and Brabham, but due to the fact that he (and Creator/LewisHamilton, who previously voiced himself in the series) was working with Mercedes at the time, they could only settle for an expy instead. |
| 690 | * A slight subversion of this occurs in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers''; Jetfire was based upon ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''' VF-1 fighter. While this proved no issue for Creator/{{Hasbro}} (who licensed it from Bandai themselves), it did for Takara and the character wound up being redesigned (and renamed) so that he could be shown on the show. And even then, [[{{Bowdlerise}} Takara did whatever they could to prevent him from appearing in the Japanese version of the show]]. Hasbro and Creator/{{Toei|Animation}} on the other hand, were able to use a robot similar to the VF-1 in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OEEncGeu8s Jetfire's animated toy commercial.]] |
| 691 | ** Similarly, ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'''s Starscream has Isamu Alva Dyson's YF-19 "Alpha One" from ''Anime/MacrossPlus'' as his vehicle mode, but this time the staff got away with it. |
| 692 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' plays with this ''a lot''. Many of the characters on the show are parodies, but the characters they're based on [[ExpyCoexistence also exist]], either as fiction (Baron Underbeit is mockingly compared to [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Doctor Doom]]) or ''actual people''. For instance, Dr. Rusty Venture is a parody of ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' (a boy adventurer with a genius scientist for a father), which doesn't stop his bodyguard/Race Bannon parody Brock Samson from being old friends with the actual Bannon, or Rusty from being in a therapy group with "Action Jonny" himself. Not to mention the time that [[TheFantasticFaux the Impossible Family]] won a costume contest by dressing as the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''. |
| 693 | * ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'': |
| 694 | ** "Cube Wars" has Robot Jones fantasize that solving his [[BlandNameProduct Wonder Cube]] will cause it to become [[WesternAnimation/RubikTheAmazingCube Cubik, the Amazing Rube]]. |
| 695 | ** Robot Jones encounters parodies of [[Series/KnightRider Michael Knight and KITT]] in the episode "Work." |
| 696 | * ''Franchise/SailorMoon'''s Usagi Tsukino appears in the school lunch line in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}''. |
| 697 | * ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' would sometimes feature cameos from Marvel characters who were off-limits due to their TV rights belonging to other networks or production companies. The use of generic placeholder names in [[AllThereInTheScript the scripts]], such as "Large Green Neanderthal Robot" for an android duplicate of ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk or "African Mutant Refugee #3" for ComicBook/BlackPanther, helped get these past the lawyers. In one instance, after being told that he couldn't use ComicBook/SpiderMan in an episode, storyboard artist Larry Houston managed to sneak a cameo in anyway by showing Spidey's arm firing a line of webbing. ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries'' did the same thing, such as showing a group of plain-clothed tourists who were clearly supposed to be Wolverine, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm and Gambit in "Nightmare in Green", or Storm and her godson Mjnari popping up in Wakanda in "Prey of the Black Panther". "Nightmare in Green" also showed a shot of the Juggernaut's hand bursting out of the water, a reference to an earlier ''X-Men'' episode where he'd been hurled into the ocean by Gladiator. |
| 698 | * Hilariously lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'' when referring to a ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' villain-like villain. |
| 699 | -->'''Yin:''' Is that a peng...\ |
| 700 | '''Yang:''' No, that's a puffin! Can't get sued for a puffin. |
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| 704 | * When ''The Legend of the Lone Ranger'', the 1981 movie remake of ''Radio/TheLoneRanger'', was in production, former TV Lone Ranger Clayton Moore was [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton_Moore#Lawsuit_over_public_appearances legally prevented]] from appearing in public as the Lone Ranger... so Moore varied his costume slightly and exchanged the mask for similar-looking wraparound sunglasses until he won his countersuit. The situation was parodied on ''Series/NightCourt'' with a CaptainErsatz who faced the same exact dilemma. |
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