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->''"As in all reboots there's always an opportunity for a beloved character to return to pass the torch, so to speak, from the original franchise to the new one."''
-->-- '''Creator/MikeNelson''', the Podcast/RiffTrax of ''Film/StarTrek2009''

It's become common in {{remake}}s (or "reimaginings") of classic films and TV shows to placate hesitant and suspicious fans, who aren't sure whether the remake is going to stink from the head like yesterday's fish or do the original justice, by having one of the [[ActorAllusion stars of the original]] [[StuntCasting stunt-cast]] in a cameo (or perhaps even a supporting role) as a nod to the source material. Sometimes this is done just to give the new project some legitimacy by implying that the remake has the approval of the original cast. Other times, the creator of the remake is actually a fan of the original and casts the cameo as a tribute. This has almost become standard operating procedure in Hollywood.

Not to be mistaken for flashback storytelling, where one of the original actors is cast as the "old" version of a character, and someone new is cast as the "young" version of the same character.

If it's not a remake, but a based-on-a-real-story dramatization, it's a RealPersonCameo.

See also TheCameo, CastingGag, and MythologyGag. Generally a supertrope to the PredecessorCastingGag. Compare to: IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine, ActorAllusion, and ContinuityCameo.
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!!Examples:
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[[folder:Advertising]]
* The 2011 Advertising/JakeFromStateFarm ad was remade in 2020 to introduce the new version of the character. He asks if customers often ask what they're wearing, and the agent who replies in the affirmative is played by Jake Stone, who played the character in the original commercial.
* When Kraft Foods Canada planned in 2020 to reintroduce the "Philly Angel" mascot from TheNineties, the original actress Linda Kash was brought back to produce a commercial in-character announcing open auditions for the role.
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[[folder:Anime]]
* Fernanda Figueiredo, who played the lead role of Sailor Moon in the [[Anime/SailorMoon original 1990's anime]], appears as Queen Serenity in the Portugal dub of ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal''.
* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistBrotherhood'': Creator/AaronDismuke, who voiced Alphonse Elric in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 the 2003 series]], voices a young Hohenheim in ''Brotherhood'', due to going through puberty at the time.
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'':
** The 2019 reboot also has Creator/AaronDismuke, who played Hiro Soma in the 2001 series, recasted as another character, this time as Kakeru Manabe.
** Chad Cline, who originally voiced Akito in the original 2001 series, plays Akito's father in the remake.
* ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro'': Masako Nozawa who voiced the title character Kitaro from its 1968 and 1971 anime version including the Hakaba Kitaro one played as Medama-Oyaji Kitaro's father in the 2018 version.
* As ''Anime/GhostInTheShellArise'' features a younger and more emotional take on the Major, it was felt that a new voice actress was needed. While Creator/ElizabethMaxwell wound up taking over as the new voice of the Major, Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn, who famously voiced the character in ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'', was given the rule of Kurutsu.
* In the French dub of ''Anime/HarlockSpacePirate'', Creator/RichardDarbois is the narrator for the prologue. Darbois previously voiced Harlock himself in the 1978 series, ''Harlock Saga'', and ''Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey''.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'': The English dub didn't do a voice over for Setsuna F. Seiei's SkywardScream after [[spoiler:the first Lockon Stratos' death]], instead using the original audio featuring Creator/MamoruMiyano.
* Two examples in ''Manga/Bastard1988'':
** Creator/MamiKoyama who voiced Arshes Nei in the first 3 Drama CD's voices Anthrasax in the 2022 Netflix ONA
** Creator/WendeeLee is so far the only dub voice actor in the cast to be in both the 1992 OVA and the 2022 ONA as she voiced Yoko in the former and voices Nei in the latter.
* Creator/FumiHirano, who voiced Lum in the original ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' anime series, returns in the 2022 remake, voicing Lum's mother. Similarly, Creator/ToshioFurukawa, who voiced Ataru in the original, came back for the remake as Ataru’s father.
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'':
** Creator/CharlesMartinet, who usually voices Mario, Luigi, and most of the named male Super Mario characters in the video games, appears in the film as several cameo characters. These include Giuseppe, a "Punch-Out Pizzaria" customer who claims that the Mario Brothers' accents are perfectly fine, as well as Mario and Luigi's father.
** The Latin Spanish dub chose the voices for the Mario family members based on their previous appearances in productions related to the franchise. These include Víctor Delgado and Creator/JoseAntonioMacias (who voiced Mario and Luigi in the [[Film/SuperMarioBros1993 1993 movie]]) as the Mario brothers' father (who primarily resembles Mario) and Uncle Arthur (who has a strong resemblance to Luigi instead) respectively, Creator/MariaFernandaMorales (voice of Peach in the [[Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow 1989 animated series]]) as their aunt, and Jorge Roig Sr. (dubbing director of both the 1989 and [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3 1990 animated series]], plus providing some additional voices in the former) as their grandfather.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/TheBadSeed2018'': Patty Mccormack, the actress who played as Rhoda in the 1956 version played as a shrink in the remake.
* ''Film/FinalCut'': Miss Matsuda is played by Yoshiko Takehara, who played the same role in ''Film/OneCutOfTheDead''.
* Gene Barry and Ann Robinson, who play leading roles in ''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds1953'', appear as the grandparents of Dakota Fanning's character in ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005''.
* ''Film/Shaft2000'' includes a cameo from Creator/RichardRoundtree in a scene with Creator/SamuelLJackson. Unusually for this trope, he reprises his role from the original film; Jackson was unwilling to play the character, which led to the idea of the new Shaft being the original Shaft's nephew. Appropriately enough, the scene takes place just after [[spoiler:the younger Shaft quits the police force and follows in his uncle's footsteps as a private investigator]]. Creator/GordonParks, filmmaker of the orginal, also has cameos in both versions. Roundtree would again return in a slightly larger role alongside Jackson in ''Film/Shaft2019'', again playing the original Shaft.
* Michael Stein, who played Dirk Diggler in Creator/PaulThomasAnderson's short film ''The Dirk Diggler Story'', appears in ''Film/BoogieNights'' as the customer that Buck fails to sell a stereo system to.
* ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes2001'':
** Creator/CharltonHeston makes a cameo...as an ape! His character is filled with allusions to both himself and the original character -- his last words are "DAMN THEM! Damn them all to...", and he gives a huge speech about [[RealitySubtext how powerful]] [[ActorAllusion the human invention of "guns" was]]. This ended up being one of his final film appearances.
** Linda Harrison, who played Nova, appears as a prisoner of the apes.
* Creator/MichaelCaine plays loanshark/club owner Cliff Brumby in ''Film/GetCarter2000''. He played the titular Jack Carter in [[Film/GetCarter1971 the original]].
* ''Film/TheLongestYard'':
** In an unusually large role by the standards of this trope, Creator/BurtReynolds, who played the hero in the original film, appears in the Creator/AdamSandler remake as the prison football team's trainer. And he ends up saving the day in the remake, too.
** Creator/EdLauter, who played the guards' team captain in the original, has a more traditional cameo role as one of the warden's golf buddies.
* ''Dawn of the Dead'':
** Creator/KenForee, Scott Reiniger, and Creator/TomSavini, who starred in the original version of ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978'', all had cameos in the [[Film/DawnOfTheDead2004 2004 remake]]. Foree even got to quote his famous "when there's no more room in hell..." line, in this case as [[TheFundamentalist a fundamentalist televangelist]] blaming the ZombieApocalypse on [[TheScourgeOfGod America's libertine sinfulness]], rather than mentioning it as something his houngan grandfather used to say to him.
** Gaylen Ross, the actress who played Fran, didn't make a cameo, but did have one of the department stores in the mall [[ShoutOut named after her]].
* Creator/DavidCarradine starred in ''Film/DeathRace2000''; In ''Film/DeathRace'', he lends his voice to Frankenstein for the film's opening scene.
* Bernie Kopell, who played enemy agent Siegfried in the original ''Series/GetSmart'' TV series, had a cameo appearance in the [[Film/GetSmart film version]] starring Steve Carell. They even got him to use his "Siegfried" accent. (But he gets wanged by a car, so Smart swipes his vehicle for transport.)
** Kopell's scene also features [[CoolCar the Sunbeam Tiger and the Opel GT]] from the original. (The Karmann Ghia shows up with the Tiger in the earlier museum scene, alongside props like the shoe phone and the portable Cone of Silence.)
* ''Film/ElMariachi'' was remade into ''Film/{{Desperado}}'' using pretty much the same creative team, but because of the higher budget demanding a big-name leading man, they had to replace Mexican actor Carlos Gallardo with Creator/AntonioBanderas as the star of the film. Carlos got a cameo to make up for it.
* Creator/AlanYoung from the 1960 version of ''Film/{{The Time Machine|1960}}'' appears in the 2002 ''Film/{{The Time Machine|2002}}''.
* The remake of ''Film/CapeFear'' featured cameos by Creator/GregoryPeck and Creator/RobertMitchum, the hero and antagonist (respectively) of the original, and Martin Balsam, who plays the police chief in the original.
* Most of the TV cast of ''Series/LostInSpace'' cameoed in [[Film/LostInSpace The]] [[TheMovie Movie]].
** Dick Tufeld reprised his role as The Robot's voice.
** Mark Goddard played the General who gives Major West his orders for the mission.
** June Lockhart played the principal of Will Robinson's school.
** Angela Cartwright and Marta Kristen appear as reporters.
** Creator/JonathanHarris and Creator/BillMumy were offered cameos, but declined (Harris because he wanted a bigger role, Mumy because of his commitments to ''Series/BabylonFive'' and because the director thought it would be too distracting from the plot to have the original Will play the older Will). It's blatantly obvious the roles of Dr. Smith's spymaster and Future!Will were originally written for them.
* Creator/LouFerrigno has cameo appearances in both the 2003 and 2008 ''[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Incredible Hulk]]'' movies. He also voiced the few lines of dialogue the Hulk has in both ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'' (2008) and ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' (2012).
** On a similar note, this was played with in ''The Incredible Hulk'' by having Creator/EdwardNorton watch ''The Courtship of Eddie's Father'' on TV, thus giving the late, great Creator/BillBixby a posthumous cameo.
** Paul Soles, the actor playing "Stanley", the proprietor of a pizza parlor near Culver University, did the voice of Banner in the 1960s animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'' (as well as Spider-Man in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon series).
* Creator/TimBurton stated that he wanted Creator/AdamWest and Creator/JulieNewmar to cameo as Bruce Wayne's parents in ''Film/Batman1989'' as a homage to [[Series/Batman1966 the 1960s series]], and so that the instant they would be recognized, they would be killed off, letting the audience know that this was [[DarkerAndEdgier a new kind of Batman]]. Rewrites and availability rendered this impossible.[[note]]West stated in his autobiography that he was never offered the part, and if he had been he would have turned it down.[[/note]] Interestingly, ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold did'' have them portray Thomas and Martha's voices, in a scene where Bruce is able to visit them in the past, but not change what would happen that fateful night.
* In ''Film/{{Chicago}}'' (2002), the older brunette that Roxy talks to just before Matron Mama Morton enters is Chita Rivera, who played Velma Kelly in the original production of [[Theatre/{{Chicago}} the Broadway musical]].
* Creator/PaulMichaelGlaser and Creator/DavidSoul had cameos in the ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' [[Film/StarskyAndHutch movie]]. Their characters are essentially the original Starsky and Hutch.
* The [[TheFilmOfTheSeries film version]] of ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005'' had Simon Jones (the Arthur Dent from the [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978 radio]] and [[Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1981 TV series]]) appearing as the hologram message from Magrathea. Oddly enough it seems that he had to ask for it.
** Also, the original Marvin the Paranoid Android prop is waiting in the queue on planet Vogsphere.
** By coincidence an actress who played Trillian in one of the stage shows was cast as an extra in the bar scene (she's the older blonde seen looking on silently as Arthur and Ford talk). This wasn't discovered until later.
* ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'' (2007) has a non-actor version of this: In the car lot where Sam Witwicky goes to buy his car, next to Bumblebee is a yellow VW Beetle, Bumblebee's Alt Mode from ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers''. This doubles as a FandomNod since the producers wanted to use the New Beetle as Bumblebee's alt mode in the film, but VW denied permission (they didn't want the vehicle being used as a weapon).
* Creator/BuddyEbsen (who played Jed Clampett in the original) appears in ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'' movie... as Series/BarnabyJones, another Buddy Ebsen character.
* Creator/KirkAlyn and Creator/NoelNeill, who were Superman and Lois in the original movie serials, played Comicbook/LoisLane's parents in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' (they are seen in the train when Lois, as a child, spies Clark running alongside; they are easier to see in the extended TV edit).
** ''Film/SupermanReturns'' had Sam Huntington, playing Jimmy Olsen, talking to a bartender, played by Creator/JackLarson. Larson played Jimmy Olsen in the 1950s ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'' TV series. The two embrace gleefully when Superman makes his big reappearance.
** It also cast Creator/NoelNeill as the dying Gertrude Vanderworth.
* ''Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle'' had a cameo by Creator/JaclynSmith, playing her original role of [former] Angel Kelly Garrett. In fact, all three original Angels were asked to appear in ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'', but declined. Reportedly, Creator/FarrahFawcett said she'd only do it if she were allowed to be the voice of Charlie, and Creator/KateJackson insisted on playing the role of Vivian Wood that eventually went to Kelly Lynch. Creator/CherylLadd was up for a cameo, but the producers only wanted the original three.
** Jaclyn Smith also makes another one in the Film/CharliesAngels2019 [[TheStinger stinger]] in which Kelly [[spoiler:is now the head of Townshend Detective Agency]].
* The 1998 remake of ''Film/MightyJoeYoung'' featured an elderly couple played by Terry Moore (Jill in the 1948 original) and Creator/RayHarryhausen (who did the original's special effects).
* Fay Wray, the original DamselInDistress from ''Film/KingKong1933'', was asked by Creator/PeterJackson to deliver the iconic closing lines ("It wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.") in his ''Film/KingKong2005''. She initially turned it down but was said to be reconsidering before she died.
** Though she does receive a ShoutOut that almost doubles as this; When the down-on-his-luck director (played by Creator/JackBlack) is going over possible starlets to cast for his upcoming film, he name-checks Wray, but is told that she's busy "[[Film/KingKong1933 shooting some picture for RKO]]".
* Creator/FayeDunaway in ''Film/TheThomasCrownAffair1999''; the investigator/love interest in [[Film/TheThomasCrownAffair1968 the first film]], and Crown's psychiatrist in the remake.
* The scheming gold digger from the original ''Film/{{The Parent Trap|1961}}'' played the mother of the gold digger in the [[Film/TheParentTrap1998 Lindsay Lohan version]]. She's called Vicki in both movies, implying they're the same character.
* In the remake of ''Film/{{Willard}}'', we see a painting of Bruce Davison (Willard in the original) -- he's Willard's dead father.
* In the 1986 remake of ''Film/InvadersFromMars'', the police officer who was told that something strange was going on up at the sandpit (and mentioned he hadn't been up there since he'd been a boy) was played by the same actor who, in 1953, was the boy who'd seen something strange going on up at the sandpit.
* Barbara Billingsley, Ken Osmond, and Frank Bank made cameo appearances in the ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'' film adaptation.
* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''
** In ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', there's a battle in which Godzilla fights against Anguirus, Rodan, and King Seesar. It's a nod to the ''Godzilla'' films of the 1960s-1970s in which all four of them were allies.
*** It should also be noted that Anguirus, Rodan, and King Seesar are three of the few monsters Godzilla ''doesn't'' kill in the film.
** Akira Takarada (who had starred in several ''Godzilla'' films including the [[Film/{{Gojira}} original]]) has a cameo in a deleted scene of ''Film/Godzilla2014''.
*** There is also Creator/AlSapienza, who played a taxi driver in the [[Film/Godzilla1998 1998 film]].
** In ''Film/GodzillaVsGiganRex'', Megumi Odaka, who played Miki Saegusa in the Heisei series, voices the unseen narrator.
* Film/JamesBond:
** An {{urban legend|s}}, never officially confirmed by anybody involved, claims that ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' was originally going to end with Creator/PierceBrosnan meeting Creator/SeanConnery, who would tell Brosnan "so you're the sex-crazed maniac running around the world pretending to be me!", and that an ExecutiveVeto put the kibosh on that. This would've confirmed a long-held fan theory arguing that "James Bond" isn't one person, but [[LegacyCharacter a codename]] used by several different [=MI6=] agents over the years, explaining the [[TheOtherDarrin regular recasting]] of the part.
** Though ultimately averted, Connery was considered being approached to appear in ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' as Bond's elderly gamekeeper. It was deemed too distracting, plus Connery had retired from acting by this time; the role instead went to Creator/AlbertFinney.
** Several newspaper gossip columns reported, erroneously, that ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' was to feature cameos by every living Bond Girl actress, from Creator/UrsulaAndress on down. As with the Connery cameo mentioned above, there is no indication any such scenes were contemplated, never mind shot.
* The film of the Broadway play ''Once Upon A Mattress'' featured Creator/CarolBurnett, who played Princess Fred (short for Winnifred) in the play, playing the overbearing queen.
* Creator/PatrickMacnee played John Steed in the LiveActionTV series ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' and Colonel Jones, the invisible Ministry official, in TheFilmOfTheSeries, ''Film/TheAvengers1998''. (Creator/DianaRigg was invited to appear, but declined.)
* ''Film/KingKong2005'' had Creator/RickBaker, who played Kong in [[Film/KingKong1976 the 1976 movie]], as the gunner in the plane [[CreatorCameo flown by]] Creator/PeterJackson that kills the ape.
* Creator/JamesGarner, who was the star of the ''Series/{{Maverick}}'' television show, played Marshall Cooper in the 1994 [[Film/{{Maverick}} film version]]. His role was a rather large one as far as examples of this trope goes, playing one of the film's three main characters and receiving high billing in the credits and on the poster. [[spoiler:In a sense, his role in the film is a reprise of a role he played on the series - in one episode he played both Bret Maverick and his Pappy, and in the film, he turns out to be Maverick's dad!]]
* Both the theatrical version and [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague director's cut]] of ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' feature an appearance from a Metropolis police officer played by Creator/MarcMcClure, who was Comicbook/JimmyOlsen in the original Creator/ChristopherReeve ''Film/SupermanFilmSeries''.
* ''Film/StarTrek2009'' (which is more of an AlternateContinuity than a strict reboot) featured Majel Barrett Roddenberry as, yet again, the voice of the Enterprise's computer. Creator/WilWheaton voices all the additional Romulan crew, the others just have his voice altered digitally.
** After 18 years of retiring the character, Creator/LeonardNimoy reprises the original [[TheSpock Spock]] in a major role.
** Originally, the producers considered having Creator/WilliamShatner involved in the production somehow (including a scene where Spock gave Kirk a recording of him from the prime timeline), but negotiations fell through since he supposedly pushed to make the movie canonize his [[Literature/StarTrekShatnerverse Shatnerverse]] novels as he wanted a major role and not a cameo.
* The French film ''Film/LesVisiteurs'' has an odd variation of this: both ''main characters'' were played by the same actors (Creator/JeanReno and Creator/ChristianClavier) in the original and the American remake (''Film/JustVisiting'').
* Creator/JohnLarroquette, the narrator of the original ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974'', reprised the role for [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2003 the remake]] and [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacreTheBeginning its prequel]]. On a related note, Creator/GunnarHansen, who played Leatherface in the original film, was offered the part of the truck driver who helps Erin at the end of the remake. Hansen would later appear as one of the Sawyer clan in ''Film/TexasChainsaw3D''.
* Probably a coincidence, but Howard Lew Lewis, who played Rabies in ''Series/MaidMarianAndHerMerryMen'', pops up as a peasant in ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves''.
** Creator/SeanConnery, who was Myth/RobinHood in ''Film/RobinAndMarian'', played [[UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionHeart King Richard]] in ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves''. Creator/PatrickStewart, whose character of Jean-Luc Picard was forced to play Robin Hood in the "Qpid" episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', was King Richard in ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights''.
* In the 1999 film version of ''Film/MyFavoriteMartian'', Creator/RayWalston appears as a SETI official named [[SignificantAnagram Armitan]] [[spoiler:who later reveals himself to be a Martian named Neenert]]. Walston played Uncle Martin in the original 1960s series.
* Several actors from the original ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' appear in the movie. Barry Williams (Greg) plays a record exec who turns Greg down, Christopher Knight (Peter) plays a high school coach who stops two boys from bullying Peter, Ann B. Davis (Alice) plays a truck driver, and Florence Henderson (Carol) plays the Brady kids' grandmother.
** Additionally, Davis’ character is named Shultzie, in reference to her earlier role in ''The Bob Cummings Show''. It is strongly implied that this is intended to be the same character, decades later.
* [[spoiler:Creator/DirkBenedict and Creator/DwightSchultz]] show up in [[spoiler:TheStinger ([[ReCut except in the extended version, which restores it to the regular movie]]) to]] ''Film/TheATeam'', alongside their new counterparts.
* ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978'':
** Kevin [=McCarthy=], the star of the 1956 version, appears briefly as a man on the street frantically screaming "They're here!", which is how the earlier version ended.
** Don Siegel, director of the original film, also appears in the remake as a cab driver.
* The 2007 film ''Film/TheInvasion'' features Creator/VeronicaCartwright, who appeared in the 1978 version, both times as someone whose partner gets assimilated.
* Peter Fernandez, who voiced Speed Racer and Racer X on the English dub of the ''Anime/SpeedRacer'' anime (he also wrote most of the English dub scripts), made a cameo in the Wachowskis' live-action ''Film/SpeedRacer'' as an announcer. His voice is quite recognizable.
* Harvey Stephens who played the original Damien Thorn in ''Film/TheOmen1976'', has a cameo as a tabloid reporter in [[Film/TheOmen2006 the 2006 remake]].
* The truck driver who gives ComicBook/{{Rogue}} a lift at the beginning of ''Film/XMen1'' is played by Creator/GeorgeBuza, the voice of ComicBook/{{Beast|Marvel Comics}} in ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''.
* Similarly, the 2010 LiveActionAdaptation of ''Film/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' brings back [[RobotBuddy Analyzer's]] seiyu in his original role, and Creator/IsaoSasaki, who famously performed the anime's theme song, as the narrator.\\
It also featured [[spoiler:Masato Ibu and Miyuki Ueda, the original voices of Dessler (Desslock) and Queen Starsha, as the voices of their EnergyBeing counterparts in the film.]]
* ''Theatre/{{Annie}}'':
** In the 1999 made-for-TV adaptation of ''Film/{{Annie|1999}}'', Andrea [=McArdle=], the star of the original Broadway play, has a cameo as a theatrical ingenue during a musical number.
** Taylor Richardson, who had played Annie in the musical's 2013 Broadway revival following [[Theatre/IntoTheWoods Lilla Crawford]], plays the red-haired Annie at the beginning of [[Film/Annie2014 the 2014 remake]]. Doubles as a CastingGag.
* ''Film/FreakyFriday2003'' has Creator/MarcMcClure reprise his role as Boris, Creator/JodieFoster's love interest in [[Film/FreakyFriday1976 the original movie]], who had apparently become a mailman during the decades that passed.
** In a WhatCouldHaveBeen scenario, Foster herself was in talks to play the mother in the 2003 version when she had played the daughter in the original.
* Not a movie remake, but a ''studio'' remake: the Film/HammerHorror studio that made horror films through the late '50s to early '70s came back into business in 2011, and were quick to cast 90-year-old Creator/ChristopherLee, Hammer's most prominent alumnus, in a supporting role in ''TheResident.''
* The 2011 version of ''Film/{{Fright Night|2011}}'' has a cameo from Chris Sarandon, who starred in the [[Film/FrightNight1985 original 1985 film]] as the vampire Jerry Dandridge. In the remake, he plays a victim of Colin Farrell's Jerry Dandridge. Sarandon's character is named J.D. in the end credits.
* ''Film/LesMiserables2012'', the film version of [[Theatre/LesMiserables the musical]], features a lot of them.
** Colm Wilkinson, the original Valjean, returns as the Bishop who sets Valjean on the path to redemption. The casting choice lends the moment when he gives Valjean the candlesticks an extra layer of meaning through PassingTheTorch.
** Frances Ruffelle (The original Eponine) plays one of the prostitutes who appears during "Lovely Ladies".
** Hadley Fraser (who has played Marius, Javert, and, most prominently, Grantaire in various stage productions) appears as the commander of the National Guard.
** Katie Hall and Gina Beck (both former Cosettes) appear as street cleaners in "Turning".
** Katy Secombe (a serial Mme. Thernadier) appears as one of the Friends of the ABC (she is the woman Marius takes the red flag from).
* Creator/FrankOz in the US remake of ''Film/DeathAtAFuneral''. Also, Creator/PeterDinklage plays...the exact same role he played in the original.
* Ike Eisenmann and Kim Richards played a sheriff and a waitress in ''Film/RaceToWitchMountain'' - they were originally the children in ''Film/EscapeToWitchMountain''.
* Creator/ErnestBorgnine, the original [=McHale=], appeared in the ''Film/McHalesNavy'' movie as [[spoiler:[=McHale's=] dad]].
* While ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' is not a remake, its name (and the name of the main character) are derived from a pre-existing film simply titled ''Film/{{Django}}''. Franco Nero, who played the original Django, makes a brief appearance and discusses the pronunciation of the main character's name.
* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' has a minor one: Ratha's limo driver, seen very briefly, is played by Michael Papajohn, who played the car thief who killed Uncle Ben ([[{{Retcon}} or did he?!]]) in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy''.
* In ''Film/TheSaint1997'', the voice of Creator/RogerMoore, who plays Simon Templar in [[Series/TheSaint the 1960s TV series]], is heard on a radio.
* ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie'':
** Creator/BurgessMeredith, who starred in four episodes of the series, including the all-time classic "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E8TimeEnoughAtLast Time Enough at Last]]", is the {{Narrator}} of the film.
** Creator/RodSerling's widow Carol has a cameo as an airline passenger in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet".
** Creator/BillMumy, who played the creepy omnipotent boy Anthony Fremont in the original episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E8ItsAGoodLife It's a Good Life]]", plays a diner patron named Tim in the film adaptation. He sarcastically tells his friend Chris that it was "real good" that he attacked Anthony.
* ''Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' has Creator/JohnnyDepp, Peter [=DeLuise=] and Holly Robinson Peete reprise their roles as Tom Hanson, Doug Penhall, and Judy Hoffs from [[Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet the original television series.]]
** Similarly, Richard Grieco reprises his role as Dennis Booker in the SequelSnark ending of ''Film/TwentyTwoJumpStreet'', specifically in the "Jump Street Generations" segment.
* In the 2005 film of the musical of the film ''Film/TheProducers'' the director's boyfriend from the original movie appears via AnInsert, throwing a bouquet of flowers to the director/star of "Springtime For Hitler" during the curtain call.
* ''Film/{{Scum}}'' (1979) is a remake of the banned original 1977 ''Creator/{{BBC}}'' ''Series/PlayForToday'' version. The remake featured the same lead actor, Creator/RayWinstone.
* The 2009 LiveActionAdaptation of ''Anime/{{Yatterman}}'' had the voice actors of the [[TerribleTrio Doronbo Gang]] show up at a sushi bar the film's version of the gang was operating. The gang was disturbed at how familiar they sounded ("[[BreakingTheFourthWall They sound like we used to!]]"), but it didn't stop them from pulling a BaitAndSwitch.
* 1993's ''Film/BorisAndNatasha'', a live-action take on the ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' villains, had Creator/JuneForay, the original voice of Natasha, approaching her for an autograph.
* The 2016 [[DistaffCounterpart female-led]] reboot of ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|2016}}'' has cameos from Creator/BillMurray ([[SelfDeprecation a debunker of the paranormal]]), Creator/SigourneyWeaver (the mentor of one of the characters), Creator/DanAykroyd (a taxi driver who says [[MythologyGag "he ain't afraid of no ghost"]]), Creator/ErnieHudson (the uncle of the Zeddemore {{Expy}}), and Annie Potts (a clerk, again). Creator/RickMoranis was offered a cameo as well but declined. Even the late Creator/HaroldRamis is acknowledged through a bust with his likeness, as well as a minor appearance by his son Daniel Ramis.
* The [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShowLetsDoTheTimeWarpAgain 2016 remake]] of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' featured Creator/TimCurry, who played Dr. Frank N. Furter in the original, as The Criminologist.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie'', Snoopy's love interest Fifi was voiced by Creator/KristinChenoweth, who played Sally in the 1999 musical ''Theatre/YoureAGoodManCharlieBrown''.
* TheFilmOfTheSeries of ''Series/Car54WhereAreYou'' featured Al Lewis and Nipsey Russell, who appeared on the show respectively as Officers Schnauser and Anderson.
* The live-action ''Film/{{Jem and the Holograms|2015}}'' featured Samantha Newark, the original voice of Jerrica from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' cartoon, as a hairstylist reassuring Jerrica as she's about to go on stage. Jem's singing voice Britta Philips also cameos as a stage manager.
* ''Film/PowerRangers2017'':
** Quite a bit more than a cameo, but Creator/BryanCranston features as Zordon. Before playing [[Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle Hal]] and [[Series/BreakingBad Walter White]], Cranston provided the voiced of [[MonsterOfTheWeek Snizzard and Twin Man]] on ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' and [[{{Tuckerization}} is the source of]] Billy's ([[AllThereInTheManual never-mentioned on the show itself]]) last name.
** Near the end, [[spoiler:Creator/AmyJoJohnson and Creator/JasonDavidFrank, the original pink and green Power Rangers,]] appear among the crowd taking pictures of the Megazord with their smartphones.
** The director for the Brazilian dub made sure to give small roles for the voice actors for the original Rangers except Zack, plus Rita, as an EasterEgg. Adequately, four of those were playing Ranger parents, and Billy was a teacher.
* ''Film/TheFlintstones'' has Jean Vander Pyl (the original Wilma) as Mrs. Feldspar and Harvey Korman (the original Gazoo) as Dictabird.
** Likewise, ''Film/TheFlintstonesInVivaRockVegas'' features Korman as Colonel Slaghoople (Wilma's father) and Creator/JohnStephenson (the original Mr. Slate) as an announcer.
* In [[Film/DadsArmy2016 the 2016 film version]] of ''Series/DadsArmy'', Creator/IanLavender (who played Private Pike in the series) plays Brigadier Pritchard. Creator/FrankWilliams reprises his role as Reverend Timothy Farthing.
* The 2007 Bollywood film ''Film/{{Aag}}'' (an unauthorized remake of the classic ''Film/{{Sholay}}'') features Creator/AmitabhBachchan (who played Jai in the original film) as the bandit Babban Singh.
* Creator/JKSimmons reprised his role as [[DaEditor J. Jonah Jameson]] from ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse movies ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' and ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
* In ''Film/Hairspray2007'', Jerry Stiller, who played Wilbur Turnblad in the original movie, played Mr. Pinky, who ran a plus-sized boutique and wanted Tracy to do commercials for him when she became a hit on the Corny Collins show. Ricki Lake (Tracy from the 1988 film) also appears, as a talent agent. Additionally, Creator/JohnWaters, who was the original movie's writer and director, along with playing Dr. Fredrickson, appears briefly in the opening number as the flasher.
* ''Film/TheWomanInRed'': The pilot in the photo of Charlotte's husband is actually Jean-Loup Dabadie, one of the writers of ''Un éléphant ça trompe énormément.''
* The 2017 ''Film/{{CHiPs}}'' has Erik Estrada (the star of the original ''Series/{{CHiPs}}'') showing up at the end as a medic.
* In the Japanese dub of the 2013 ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'' remake, Margaret White is voiced by Creator/KeikoHan, who dubbed Carrie in the dub of the original 1976 film. Ironically enough, Carrie herself in the remake is voiced by her [[Creator/MegumiHan both in-film and real-life daughter]].
* ''Film/ManOfSteel'':
** Similar to Annette O'Toole's role in ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Creator/AmyAdams, who plays Lois Lane in this movie, had a role as a MonsterOfTheWeek in that very series.
** Aaron Smolinski, who played the baby Clark Kent in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' and then a boy in a photo booth in ''Film/SupermanIII'', played a communications officer in this movie.
* Creator/DavidHasselhoff, who played Mitch in the original ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'', appears in the [[Film/{{Baywatch}} 2017 film]] as Mitch's unnamed mentor. Creator/PamelaAnderson also appears in a minor, non-speaking role.
* The character Don Poates in ''Film/TheBox'', the 2009 adaptation of Creator/RichardMatheson's ''Button, Button'', is played by Creator/BasilHoffman, who played Steward in the ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'' episode that adapted the same story.
* ''Film/AntMan1'' features a cameo from actor Garrett Morris, who was actually the first person ever to portray Ant-Man on screen in a 1979 ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch.
* In ''Film/KimPossible'', [[https://www.elitedaily.com/p/christy-carlson-romanos-quotes-about-kim-possible-are-straight-up-inspiring-exclusive-15912283 Christy Carlson Romano]], who voiced Kim in the [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible animated series]], plays Poppy Blu, a larger-than-life pop star who helps Kim in a moment of need.
* Creator/StevenSpielberg's [[Film/WestSideStory2021 2021 adaptation]] of ''Theatre/WestSideStory'' has one from Creator/RitaMoreno, who played Anita in [[Film/WestSideStory1961 the 1961 film]]. In this case, however, it ended up being much more than a cameo, as Moreno plays Valentina, the 2021 film's version of Doc, and gets her own song ("Somewhere") as a result.
* ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'':
** The title character is voiced by Pikachu's voice actress Creator/IkueOtani when speaking to characters other than Tim Goodman.
** The Jigglypuff that appears in the Hi-Hat Café uses the voice of an uncredited Creator/RachaelLillis, who was the character's first dub voice in the anime. The way she's dismayed at a customer falling asleep on her song and the marker/microphone in her hand may imply they're the same character.
** The Brazilian dub has a small role for the original Ash Ketchum.
* Creator/GarryChalk appears in ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|2020}}'' as the US Navy Chief of Staff in the Pentagon meeting, and even gets several lines to boot. Chalk previously voiced Grounder in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' and Dr. Robotnik himself in ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''.
** [[spoiler: TheStinger sees Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey, the current voice actress of Miles "Tails" Prower from the games; reprise her role as Tails arrives on Earth to find Sonic. The role is expanded in [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022 the sequel]].]]
* Sir Ian Holm has a sizable role in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' as Bilbo Baggins. He had previously had an even larger role in Creator/TheBBC radio adaptation, where he was Frodo.
* Creator/DonAdams, the voice of ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'', voiced Brain in the [[Film/InspectorGadget1999 1999]] LiveActionAdaptation.
* Creator/MingNaWen, the original voice actress for WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}, appears in the [[Film/Mulan2020 live-action remake]] introducing the new one to the Emperor.
* TheStinger of ''Film/WonderWoman1984'' [[spoiler: features a cameo from Creator/LyndaCarter, who played Wonder Woman in the iconic [[Series/WonderWoman1975 '70s live-action show]]. Referencing the connection, she plays Asteria, the ancient Amazonian warrior who originally owned the golden flight armor Diana uses in the movie.]]
* In the 1949 film ''Film/{{Samson and Delilah|1949}}'', Creator/VictorMature starred as Samson. In the 1984 remake, Victor Mature played Samson's father, Manoah.
* Mike Mazurki, who played Splitface in the original ''Dick Tracy'' (1945), had a brief cameo as "Old Man at Hotel" in ''Film/DickTracy''.
* Brandon Crane, who portrayed the young Ben in ''Film/It1990'', makes a cameo appearance as a board member of Hanscom Architecture in ''Film/ItChapterTwo''.
* ''Film/HoboWithAShotgun'': David Brunt, who played the Hobo in the original fake trailer, appears as a dirty cop.
* ''Film/Pinocchio2019'': Geppetto is played by Creator/RobertoBenigni, who initially played Pinocchio himself in ''Film/Pinocchio2002''.
* ''Film/{{Cruella}}'': In the finale at the Baroness' estate, [[spoiler: one of the partygoers disguised as Cruella is played by Creator/GlennClose, who played Cruella in the previous live-action adaptations of the story.]]
* In both the [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 theatrical]] and [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague director's cut]] versions of ''Justice League'', Creator/MarcMcClure, who'd previously played Jimmy Olsen in the Donner/Reeve Superman movies, plays a Metropolis PD officer named Jerry who pleasantly greets Lois on her way to Superman's memorial.
* Karen Dotrice, the actress who played Jane in the original Film/MaryPoppins, has a cameo in Film/MaryPoppinsReturns as a woman who asks for directions. When given them, she responds "Many thanks, sincerely," which is a reference to a song she sang in the original movie.
** Dick Van Dyke, who played Bert and Mr. Dawes Sr. in the original film, plays a minor role a now elderly Mr. Dawes Jr. in this film.
** Subverted with Creator/JulieAndrews. They asked for her to make a cameo but she declined, not wanting to take the focus away from Emily Blunt's performance as the titular role.
* The ''Film/InTheHeights'' film adaptation features Creator/LinManuelMiranda and Christopher Jackson in the small roles of the piragüero and the Mr. Softee truck driver; in the [[Theatre/InTheHeights musical]], they originated the leading roles of Usnavi and Benny (with Miranda [[WrittenByCastMember having also co-created the musical]]). Miranda specifically took the part as the piragüero because "Piragua" would otherwise be cut. Olga Merediz has a full RoleReprise as Abuela Claudia.
* Creator/ChristopherAtkins starred as Richard Lestrange in the 1980 film of ''Literature/TheBlueLagoon''. In the 2012 remake ''Blue Lagoon: The Awakening'', he played Mr. Christiansen, a teacher of the stranded kids.
* Creator/DanielleHarris, who played Jamie Lloyd as a child actor in the [[Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers fourth]] and [[Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers fifth]] ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' movies, returned to the franchise as an adult for Music/RobZombie's [[Film/Halloween2007 remake]] in a rather large role by the standards of this trope, playing Annie Brackett. [[spoiler:Unlike the [[Film/Halloween1978 original film]], Annie actually survived this one, meaning that Harris returned for [[Film/HalloweenII2009 the sequel]] as well.]]
* ''Film/TheLastFiveYears'', from [[Theatre/TheLastFiveYears the stage musical source material]]:
** Betsy Wolfe, who played Cathy in the 2013 Off-Broadway revival at Second Stage, appears during "A Summer in Ohio" as Cathy's roommate, the "former stripper and her snake, Wayne."
** Sherie Rene Scott, the original Cathy, appears as a casting director at one of Cathy's auditions, alongside her husband, Kurt Deutsch.
* ''Film/OceansEleven'': Creator/AngieDickinson and Creator/HenrySilva, both of whom appeared [[Film/Oceans11 in the 1960 original]] (Silva as one of the 11, Dickinson as Ocean's wife), appear in the remake [[AsHimself as themselves]] at the boxing match.
* In ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010'', as Perseus is packing up for his mission, he find the mechanical owl Bubo from [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981 the original]], which he quickly tosses aside.
* In ''Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods'', Michael Gray, Billy Batson in the ''Series/Shazam1974'' TV series, appears as a random citizen, still wearing his red shirt with yellow collar and cuffs.
* ''Film/TheLittleMermaid2023'': Creator/JodiBenson, who voiced Ariel in the [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Disney animated films (and other productions)]], appears briefly as a market vendor when Eric is giving Ariel a tour of his kingdom. She gives the live-action Ariel a fork (aka a [[IconicItem dinglehopper]])— essentially PassingTheTorch to Creator/HalleBailey.
* In ''Film/TheColorPurple2023'', Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, who played Celie in [[Film/TheColorPurple1985 the 1985 film]], plays a nurse helping this version of Celie (Phylicia Pearl Mpasi) give birth near the beginning.
* The live action version of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' has Creator/AoiKoga (who voices Kaguya in the anime) play a movie theater employee.
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* Creator/IanMcKellen was in two different miniseries adaptations of ''Literature/DavidCopperfield''. He played the title character in 1966 and Mr. Creakle in 1999.
* Richard Hatch, who played Captain Apollo in ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978'' series, was cast as terrorist-turned-politician Tom Zarek in [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 the reimagined series]] (who spends much of his time trying to either mind screw or kill the new Apollo), much to the delight of the fans.
** They also offered a role to Creator/DirkBenedict, but he turned it down.
* ''Series/IsauraTheSlave2004'': In the previous adaptation, Rubens de Falco played Leoncio Almeida and Norma Blum played Malvina. Both actors return to portray Commander Almeida and Gertrudes, respectively.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
** Creator/ChristopherReeve's appearance as Doctor Virgil Swann was a particularly poignant example of this trope. They tried to have him play Jor-El but [[RealLifeWritesThePlot he died]].
** Annette O'Toole played Lana Lang in ''Film/SupermanIII'' and Martha Kent in ''Smallville''. This casting turned out to be a random fluke. The crew didn't even know at first, being surprised at just how much she knew about the mythology. They were apparently gob-smacked when she told them.
** Creator/TerenceStamp, who played General Zod in ''Film/SupermanII'', was cast as Jor-El and had a cameo as Zod.
** Creator/MargotKidder, who played Lois Lane in the films, played Virgil Swann's assistant (and would-be love interest).
** Creator/DeanCain (''Series/LoisAndClark'''s Clark/Superman) appeared as what may have been the series' version of Vandal Savage.
** Creator/HelenSlater (who played [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} the title role]] in ''Film/Supergirl1984'') appears as Lara, Clark's biological mother.
** Marc [=McClure=], who played Jimmy Olsen in the films, appears as Brainiac's creator Dax-Ur in season 7.
** Creator/TeriHatcher (Lois Lane in ''Series/LoisAndClark'') played Lois' mother Ella Lane in one episode, continuing a tradition of live-action Superman adaptations casting previous Lois actresses to play Lois's mother. Teri Hatcher's appearance is unusual for this trope: when shown, it is on a past recording, as Lois's mother is long dead by this point, and Teri Hatcher appears as she is now, and as the L&C version might appear today.
** Creator/LyndaCarter, best known as TV's Series/WonderWoman (1975), appears as Moira Sullivan, Chloe's mother, in one episode. A few seasons later, Chloe is mentioned to have met the Smallville universe's Wonder Woman.
* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperboy'' (1988-92) cast both Noel Neill and Jack Larson in a 1991 episode titled "Paranoia"; as previously noted, Larson played Jimmy Olsen in ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'' alongside Neill's Lois Lane.
* ''Series/LoisAndClark'' nodded to the continuity of Superman shows by casting Creator/PhyllisCoates as Lois's mother, and by casting Jack Larson as an old Jimmy Olsen in the episode "Brutal Youth". Coates played Lois Lane for the first season of ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman''.
* ''Series/Supergirl2015'' makes repeated use of this, in some cases with actors who also appeared on ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' after appearing in earlier Superman-mythos works.
** Creator/HelenSlater and Creator/DeanCain play Eliza and Jeremiah Danvers, Kara Danvers's adoptive mother and father, respectively. Slater had played Kara in [[Film/Supergirl1984 the film]]. Cain played ComicBook/{{Superman}} in ''Series/LoisAndClark''.
** Creator/LauraVandervoort, who plays the ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' version of Kara, plays major villain Indigo in the series.
** Creator/LyndaCarter, TV's ''Series/WonderWoman'', recurred in Season 2 as Olivia Marsdin, President of the United States [[spoiler:who is really an alien]].
** Creator/TeriHatcher, Lois Lane in ''Series/LoisAndClark'', portrays CanonForeigner Rhea, Queen of Daxam and mother of Mon-El, who serves as the main antagonist for the second half of Season 2.
** Creator/EricaDurance, who played Lois Lane in ''Smallville'', takes over the role of Kara's biological mother Allura from Creator/LauraBenanti in Season 3.
** Creator/CarlLumbly, who voiced J'onn J'onzz, the ComicBook/MartianManhunter, on ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' and ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', and later reprised the role in the film ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'' and the game ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', joins ''Supergirl'' in Season 3 as J'onn's father, Myr’nn.
** Creator/SarahDouglas, who played Ursa in ''Superman II'', plays the Kryptonian priestess Jindah Kol Razz.
** Creator/JonCryer, who played Lex Luthor's nephew, Lenny Luthor, in ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'', portrays Lex Luthor himself starting from Season 4.
* In the 2000 ITV telemovie of ''Literature/TheRailwayChildren'', Creator/JennyAgutter played the mother. She had previously played the eldest daughter in the 1970 film and the 1968 TV series.
* Creator/JohnAstin once guest-starred on ''[[Series/TheAddamsFamily The New Addams Family]]'' as Grandpapa Addams, father to Gomez (now played by Glenn Taranto). Much humor was made from the very nature of the cameo. In fact, Astin's first words with his appearance were "Where's that Young Gomez?". The cameo is emphasized by Taranto having intentionally pitched his performance as a straight impersonation of Astin (as opposed to Raul Julia's film version of the character).
* The failed pilot for the American remake of ''Series/TheITCrowd'' starred [[Series/{{Community}} Joel McHale]] as Roy, Jessica St. Clair as Jen... and Creator/RichardAyoade reprising his role as Moss.
** In a similar vein, Robert Llewellyn reprised his role of Kryten in the failed ''Series/RedDwarf'' American pilot. (Chris Barrie was also asked to reprise the role of Rimmer, but declined.)
* Creator/PattyDuke won an Oscar for playing Helen Keller in the film version of ''The Miracle Worker'' and an Emmy for playing Annie Sullivan in a 1979 made-for-TV version.
* In the MadeForTVMovie version of ''Series/TheMunsters'', Herman ends up working as a waiter and gets a table with the series' original cast playing a normal family.
* Two actors from the original ''Series/{{V 1983}}'' mini-series have appeared in the [[Series/{{V 2009}} 2009 remake]]. Jane Badler reprises her role as Diana, who is now the V's deposed queen, although whether or not there are any ties to the original is unclear. Marc Singer, who played the main character of the mini-series, returns in the season 2 finale as Lars Tremont, a member of a secret organization established to fight V's.
* The 2008 Pilot Movie ''Series/KnightRider'' ended with main character Mike [[spoiler:meeting his father, the original Michael Knight, played by Creator/DavidHasselhoff]].
* The one-off special ''A Tribute to Series/TheLikelyLads'', based on the ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'' episode "The Longest Day", had Rodney Bewes (the original Bob) as the newsvendor.
* The official trailer for the 2013 pilot episode for a proposed new version of ''Series/TheSaint'' TV series (pilot unbroadcast as of summer 2013, but the trailer was released in spring 2013) includes appearances by both [[spoiler:Creator/RogerMoore and Ian Ogilvy, who played Simon Templar in the 1960s and 1970s versions of the TV series. The nature of their characters is unknown]].
* Creator/JohnWesleyShipp, the lead actor in the 1990 series ''Series/{{The Flash|1990}}'', is cast as the lead's father in the 2014 [[Series/TheFlash2014 remake]]. A later episode shows Shipp as the Flash in a brief glimpse of an alternate reality, as Barry is crossing over to Earth 2. The season two finale reveals [[spoiler:Earth 3's Jay Garrick is the counterpart to Earth 1's Henry Allen.]] He later reprises his role from the 1990 series as the Flash of Earth-90. There is even an archive footage of him speaking with Tina [=McGee=], who is revealed to have become his wife after the show.
** And Amanda Pays, who played Dr Tina [=McGee=], appears in "The Man in the Yellow Suit" as... Dr Tina [=McGee=]. Except she works in Mercury Labs instead of S.T.A.R. Labs.
** Similarly, Creator/MarkHamill, who played the Trickster (and reprised the role in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''), plays the original Trickster in "Tricksters". They even use footage from the original series to represent his crime spree twenty years ago. His Earth-3 counterpart looks more like ComicBook/TheJoker, though. Appropriate since Hamill was famous for voicing the Joker for years.
** Also in "Tricksters", Mayor Anthony Bellows is played by Vito D'Ambrosio, who played a recurring character in the 1990 series called Officer Tony Bellows.
** The Season 3 premiere "Flashpoint" sees Creator/AlexDesert reprise his role as Julio Mendez from the 90s series.
** The Season 4 episode "The Elongated Knight Rises" has Corinne Bohrer reprise the role of Trickster's sidekick Prank.
* ''Series/MacGyver2016'' had a Season 2 episode where Mac, Jack, and Murdoc were being chased by Murdoc's assassin mentor, who was played by Michael Des Barres, who played Murdoc himself in 1985.
* Katie Barberi, who plays Ursula and Rafael de La Fuente, who played Diego in the [=LatAm=] Nick show ''Grachi'' are both cast in the US ForeignRemake ''Series/EveryWitchWay'', with the former reprising the same role and the latter playing Julio.
* In a WhatCouldHaveBeen example of this trope, Bob Keeshan, the original ''Series/CaptainKangaroo'', was to have a cameo on the ill-fated remake "The All-New Captain Kangaroo" as a character called The Admiral (not to be confused with the one from ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie''; despite that show airing on the same block and [[Creator/{{Freeform}} network]] as the remake), but after watching a few episodes and not being happy about the results, he declined the offer.
* Robin Ellis, who played the title character in TheSeventies BBC series ''Series/{{Poldark}}'', plays the Reverand Halse in the 2015 remake.
* The 2015 Creator/{{NBC}} version of ''Theatre/TheWiz'' had Stephanie Mills (who played Dorothy in the original Broadway production) play Aunt Em.
* The 2016 Creator/{{Fox}} version of ''Film/{{Grease}}'' had two links to the 1978 film version:
** Didi Conn, Frenchie in the film, plays a diner waitress VI - who in this version encourages the TV version's Frenchie (Carly Rae Jepsen) before her songs "All I Need Is an Angel" and "Beauty School Dropout". A production photo shown entering a commercial break shows Conn joining the 2016 Pink Ladies in their trademark matching jackets.
** Barry Pearl, Doody in the film, plays a National Bandstand field producer on the TV Version.
* The 2016 NBC version of ''Theatre/{{Hairspray}}'':
** Ricki Lake and Marissa Jaret Winokur, who played Tracy Turnblad in the original film and the Broadway musical respectively, cameo as Mr. Pinky's girls.
** The opening number also features storefronts for "[[Creator/JohnWaters Water's]] Plumbing" (John Waters was the creator of the original film) and "Divine's Pet Food" (with a [[Film/PinkFlamingos pink flamingo]] on the sign, no less)
* In the 1970s ''Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury'' episode "Planet of the Slave Girls", Buster Crabbe, who previously played both Rogers and [[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]] in the film serials, plays Brigadier Gordon, who says he's been doing this since before Buck was born.
* In the second season finale of ''Series/TwelveMonkeys'', Madeleine Stowe, who played Dr. Railly in [[Film/TwelveMonkeys the movie the show's based on]], plays a Primary who gives Cole the advice he needs to stop time collapsing on itself.
* When the 1996 MadeForTVMovie ''Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?'' was remade in 2016 [[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek on the Lifetime network]], they got Tori Spelling and Ivan Sergei, who played the protagonist and the FetishizedAbuser in the original, to return, this time playing the mother of the protagonist and a college professor who delivers a ChekhovsLecture about vampire fiction (the remake having added a LesbianVampire twist).
** The remake of ''Death Of A Cheerleader'' followed suit, with Kellie Martin playing an FBI agent after playing the killer in the original.
* ''Series/KamenRiderAgito''[='s=] movie ''Project G4'' has Creator/HiroshiFujioka, [[Series/KamenRider the original Kamen Rider]], appear as a veteran police officer who not only approves of Shoichi Tsugami but outright encourages him to "take up the torch from us old folks".
* On ''Series/LostInSpace2018'', Creator/BillMumy, who played Will in the original series, plays Dr. Zachary Smith.
* In ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse2018'', Nell's therapist Dr. Montague, the UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom who suggested that Nell visit Hill House in order to prove to herself that it isn't haunted after all, is played by Russ Tamblyn, who played Luke in ''Film/TheHaunting1963''.
* In ''Series/TheTick2016'', the talking dog Midnight is voiced by Townsend Coleman, who voiced The Tick himself in [[WesternAnimation/TheTick the 1994 cartoon series.]]
* In the 1998 television miniseries adaptation of ''Literature/MobyDick'', the whalers' chaplain Father Mapple is played by Creator/GregoryPeck, who played Ahab in the famous [[Film/MobyDick 1956 film adaptation]].
* Creator/AdrienneBarbeau, who starred as Alice in the ''Film/SwampThing1982'' movie, appeared in an episode of the 2019 ''Series/SwampThing2019'' TV series as a CDC doctor.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
** An episode of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' features a ShowWithinAShow which is a GagDub of the original ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''. HilarityEnsues.
** The eighteenth episode of ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' shows a flashback for the MonsterOfTheWeek's backstory using reworked footage of the original ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger''. The footage shows the MOTW's mentor played by Ryuji Sainei, who played Ban in ''Dekaranger'' (Jack's counterpart).
* The 2016 ContinuityReboot of ''Series/{{Encantadia}}'' features a number of the cast from the original 2005 series (barring Alfred Vargas and Noel Urbano, who [[RoleReprise reprised]] their roles as Amaro and Imaw) in minor and major roles throughout the show.
* ''Series/FlashGordon2007'': In the episode "Revelations", Sam J. Jones, who played Flash Gordon in ''Film/FlashGordon1980'', appeared as the character Krebb.
* Creator/BethBroderick and Creator/CarolineRhea, who played Aunt Zelda and Aunta Hilda in ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', show up in the penultimate episode of ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'' as a pair of sitcom actors who portray Zelda and Hilda on a ShowWithinAShow in another reality.
* Creator/CaryElwes, who played Westley in ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', returns to ''Series/HomeMovieThePrincessBride'' not to play Westley, but his old character's nemesis, Prince Humperdinck. Wielding a Swiffer Sweeper as his "sword".
* Although more than half a dozen actors from ''Series/LaFemmeNikita'' go on to show up in ''Series/{{Nikita}}'', most of them are not examples of this trope, and instead reappear because both series filmed in Canada and drew from the same pool of actors for their secondary and tertiary characters--i.e., OnlySoManyCanadianActors. The one exception to this is Alberta Watson, who played the character of Madeline for most of ''[=LFN=]'', and who then goes on to make multiple appearances in the reboot, as a different character ''also'' named Madeline. A borderline case occurs with Harris Yulin, whose one-episode appearance in ''LFN'' wouldn't qualify him for this trope, except that appearance had him interact chiefly with Watson: in ''Nikita'', both actors are introduced together, as part of the same group, making his casting an ActorAllusion if nothing else.
* Creator/ChristinaRicci, who played Wednesday Addams in the '90s ''[[Film/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family]]'' movies, has a major role in the Creator/{{Netflix}} reboot series ''Series/{{Wednesday}}'' as the teacher Marilyn Thornhill. Ironically, while her performance in the '90s films was [[AudienceColoringAdaptation responsible for Wednesday's enduring characterization]] as a CreepyLonerGirl, which this show builds on by giving her PsychicPowers on top of it, here she plays the TokenHuman in the cast, the one person at [[AcademyOfAdventure Nevermore Academy]] who's neither psychic nor a paranormal creature. What's more, [[spoiler:she turns out to be the BigBad of season one, meaning that her final confrontation with Wednesday can be seen as one Wednesday trying to kill the other]].
* ''Series/TheLastOfUs2023'' did this with some of the voice actors from [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs the original game]]. Creator/AshleyJohnson, the original Ellie, plays Ellie's mother. Joel's original actor Creator/TroyBaker plays a cannibal named James, and Creator/MerleDandridge has a full-on RoleReprise as Marlene.
* In the ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' episode "[[Recap/SherlockS02E03TheReichenbachFall The Reichenbach Fall]]", the elderly Diogenes Club member is played by the BBC's ''first'' TV Sherlock, Douglas Wilmer from ''Series/SherlockHolmes1965''.
* Creator/KatherineHelmond who played Mona Robinson on ''Series/WhosTheBoss'' made a guest appearance in the series' TransatlanticEquivalent ''The Upper Hand''.
* Harold Peary was best known for playing Gildersleeve on ''Fibber [=McGee=] and Molly'' on radio, but played Mayor La Trivia on the short-lived television version.
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* The 2000 Jay recording of ''Theatre/TheMostHappyFella'' melds this nicely with {{Tuckerization}}: the one-line character "Sullivan" is played by Jo Sullivan Loesser, the original Rosabella. (She also sings one of Rosabella's {{Cut Song}}s.)
* The 2005 cover of Music/{{Sparks}}'s "This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us" by British Whale (the solo project of Music/TheDarkness frontman Justin Hawkins) includes both Mael brothers in the video. In fact, Russell Mael is the only one shown singing any of the lyrics.
* Lazlo Bane recorded a cover of Music/MenAtWork's "Overkill", and Men At Work frontman Colin Hay appeared in the video.
* Music/GaryNuman provides vocals on Music/FearFactory's cover of his song "Cars."
* Music/RunDMC's cover of Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s "Walk This Way" features Steven Tyler and Joe Perry in both the song and video.
* Inverted by Jaya's "If You Leave Me Now", in which Stevie B, who later covered the song, provided backup vocals.
* Brian May [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_May_discography#Guest_musician likes to appear]] in Music/{{Queen}} covers, at times bringing Roger Taylor along.
* Music/JohnLennon plays guitar on Music/DavidBowie's cover of Music/TheBeatles' "Across the Universe", and contributes backing vocals on Music/EltonJohn's cover of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
** Bowie himself produced, and both sung and played sax in Lulu's cover of "Music/TheManWhoSoldTheWorld". He also wrote and did backing vocal on Mott the Hoople's "All the Young Dudes."
* Music/NikKershaw plays keyboards on ''Ozymy lyudi'', cover version (minus lyrics) of his hit ''The Riddle'' by Ukrainian band Skryabin.
* Music/MariahCarey features on the remix of Latto's "Big Energy", which samples her hit "Fantasy".
* The music video of Mindy Smith's version of Music/DollyParton's "Jolene" features Dolly in a cameo.
* Music/EltonJohn plays piano on a cover of "Come Down In Time" by [[Music/ThePolice Sting]], recorded for the 1990 Elton John/Bernie Taupin CoverAlbum ''Two Rooms'', [[PenName under the alias of]] "Nancy Treadlight".
* Robert Plant and Music/ToriAmos covered Music/LedZeppelin's "Down by the Seaside" as a duet.
* "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*" by Music/WeirdAlYankovic had Music/DireStraits frontman Mark Knopfler on guitar and Guy Fletcher on synthesizer.
** In the music video of Al's parody of The Greg Kihn Band's "Jeopardy" ("I Lost on Jeopardy"), Greg Kihn himself plays the driver of the car Al is thrown into at the end. He turns around and tips a wink to the camera.
* Carl Wilson of Music/TheBeachBoys (along with Christopher Cross) sing the backing harmonies on Music/DavidLeeRoth's cover of The Beach Boys' "California Girls".
* Music/TheRamones' cover of "Substitute" featured backing vocals from the song's writer, [[Music/TheWho Pete Townshend]].
* Uncle Kracker's hit 2003 cover of Dobie Gray's 1973 classic "Drift Away" features Gray himself singing the final verse.
* Natalie Imbruglia's hit "Torn" is a cover of a song by the obscure band Ednaswap. Her version was produced by former Music/{{The Cure|Band}} member Phil Thornalley, who not only produced the original Ednaswap version but co-wrote the song as well.
* The music video for Music/{{Madness|Band}}' cover of "It Must Be Love", originally by Labi Siffre, features a cameo by Siffre himself playing violin.
* [[Music/SoftCell Marc Almond]]'s 1989 remake of "Something's Gotten Hold of my Heart" features the original performer, Music/GenePitney, as supporting vocalist.
* Music/{{Devo}}'s Gerald Casale duets with Music/InformationSociety's Kurt Harland on the latter's remake of "Beautiful World".
* Dolores O'Riordan of Music/TheCranberries [[WhatCouldHaveBeen planned to add her own vocals to]] Music/BadWolves' cover of "Zombie", but tragically DiedDuringProduction.
* Deep Dish's remake of Music/FleetwoodMac's "Dreams" features Music/StevieNicks on vocals.
** Another Music/FleetwoodMac example: Their former frontman, Bob Welch, not only had a guest appearance by Nicks on his ''Live at the Roxy'' album but allowed her to perform one of her own songs, "Gold Dust Woman."
* Music/{{Seal}} is featured on Music/StraightNoChaser's cover of "Kiss From a Rose".
* Music/DavidAllanCoe is featured on Music/DougSupernaw's version of "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" (Music/WaylonJennings, Music/MerleHaggard and Music/CharleyPride, all mentioned in the lyrics of the song, also have singing parts).
* Music/SoftCell singer Marc Almond appears in the video for Music/{{Coil}}'s cover of "Tainted Love".
* When Music/RobZombie recorded a cover of {{Music/Commodores}}' song "Brick House" alongside rapper Trina for his movie ''Film/HouseOf1000Corpses'', Music/LionelRichie, who co-wrote the song and also sang it when he was a member of the band, was brought in to sing alongside them.
* Music/{{Nelly}} and Music/KellyRowland's 2002 megahit "Dilemma" sampled Music/PattiLaBelle's 1983 hit "Love, Need and Want You". At the end of the music video of the former, [=LaBelle=] appears as Kelly's Mom, ordering her to come into their house.
* P.M. Dawn's 1991 hit, "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss", samples Spandau Ballet's 1983 hit "True". Spandau's lead singer Tony Hadley appears at the end of the video vocalizing the hook alongside Prince Be and DJ Minutemix.
* Music/SeanCombs' (as Puff Daddy) and Music/FaithEvans' September 1997 MTV Video Music Awards performance of "I'll Be Missing You" had a guest appearance by Music/{{Sting}}, who had previously sued Combs for his unauthorized sampling of Music/ThePolice's "Every Breath You Take" in the song, but reconciled.
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* ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978'':
** The Quandary Phase had a cameo by David Dixon, the TV Ford Prefect, as a Greenpeace volunteer, who Arthur (played by Simon Jones on radio and TV) insisted he'd met somewhere before.
** The Quintessential Phase had Sandra Dickinson voice Tricia [=McMillan=] (Trillian's AlternateUniverse counterpart). Dickinson was the TV Trillian. She would go on to appear in the Hexagonal Phase as a "merged" Trillian.
* Creator/TheBBC Radio 4 adaptations of the Literature/HerculePoirot novels have Phillip Jackson play Inspector Japp. Jackson is best known for Creator/{{ITV}}'s ''Series/{{Poirot}}'', where he plays ... Inspector Japp.
* Similarly to ''Poirot'', Michael Gough appeared in the Radio 4 drama ''Franchise/{{Batman}}: The Lazarus Syndrome'' as Alfred. He reprised the role in the AudioAdaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' for Radio 1.
* A bit more than a cameo, but for their radio production of ''Pinocchio'', Focus on the Family planned to have Dick Jones (who played the title character in [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} the Disney version]]) as Geppetto. He accepted the role but died shortly after.
* The 2012 BBC Radio adaptation of ''Literature/IClaudius'' had Derek Jacobi (who'd famously played Claudius in the [[Series/IClaudius 1976 TV series]]) as Augustus.
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* During August 2010, the West End musical ''Theatre/SisterAct'' featured Creator/WhoopiGoldberg (who starred the [[Film/SisterAct original film]]) as the Mother Superior.
* A 2007 touring production of ''Theatre/MyFairLady'' had Marni Nixon (who [[NonSingingVoice sang for]] Creator/AudreyHepburn in [[Film/MyFairLady the movie]]) as Henry Higgins' mother.
* In the 2013 revival of ''Theatre/{{Pippin}}'', John Rubinstein temporarily replaced Terrence Mann as King Charles and even went on to play the role in the national tour. Rubinstein played the original Pippin in the Broadway premiere.
* Defied by Creator/MaraWilson. Several people suggested she play Miss Honey in the musical version of ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' but she declined, saying she's not a singer. But she did say she'd like a cameo if they made a film of it.
* Daisy Eagan, who as a child, played Mary Lennox in the 1991 Broadway musical of ''Theatre/TheSecretGarden'', reappeared as Martha in the 2016 Shakespeare Theatre Company and 2017 5th Avenue Theatre productions.
* Satomi Ōkubo, the actress who portrayed Usagi in the ''Theatre/SeraMyu'' musicals from 2013-2015, was brought back to play Sailor Cosmos for the 2017 installment, ''Le Mouvement Final''.
* The 2023 touring production of ''Theatre/ToKillAMockingbird'' features Mary Badham as Mrs. Dubose. Mary played Scout in the movie.
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* A bit more than a cameo: ''All'' the Spider-Men in ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions''. Main Franchise/MarvelUniverse ComicBook/SpiderMan is Creator/NeilPatrickHarris (''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheNewAnimatedSeries''); ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan is Josh Keaton (''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''); ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 is Dan Gilvezan (''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends''); and Spider-Man Noir is Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes (''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''). Keaton and Barnes also have roles in ''VideoGame/SpiderManEdgeOfTime''.
* While not voiced by him, a character in the RPG video game based on ''Series/GameOfThrones'' looks exactly like George R.R. Martin. He is even writing a history of Westeros from the viewpoint of several people from different houses so it looks like he doesn't favor any house over another. The character has already written five volumes of the seven-volume series and is asked when the next one will be released. He responds "I told you next year". This is met with [[SelfDeprecation "He says that every year."]]
* While Telltale's ''VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame'' had several actors reprise their roles from the films, Michael J. Fox couldn't play Marty [=McFly=] for health reasons and prior commitments. However, he was able to appear in the final episode, where he played the adult version of William [=McFly=] (who appeared in ''Part 3'' as a baby), and two AlternateUniverse versions of Marty himself.
* Creator/DirkBenedict might have declined to appear in ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'', but he ''did'' provide some voice-acting for the tie-in video game... about three lines, after which his character is killed off. [[AdvertisedExtra Which didn't stop his presence being hyped up on the back of the box.]]
* ''Videogame/Persona3Reload'' recast all of the main characters from the English dub of ''Videogame/{{Persona 3}}'' except for Creator/TaraPlatt as Elizabeth, but brought most of the other leads in cameos. These included Creator/YuriLowenthal (Protagonist) as Yukari's father, Creator/LiamOBrien (Akihiko) as Officer Kurosawa, Creator/MichelleRuff (Yukari) as the owner of Mayoido Antiques, Creator/WendeeLee (Fuuka) as Mrs. Terauchi, Creator/GrantGeorge (Shinjiro) as Mitsuru's father, and Creator/CindyRobinson (Ken) and Creator/KarenStrassman (Aigis) as various bit characters. The only one of the original main cast not present is Creator/VicMignogna (Junpei), who has [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor various real-life issues that would make it inadvisable for Atlus to hire him again]].
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* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''
** [[Series/Batman1966 Adam West]] guest-starred in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' as Simon Trent, a washed-up actor who had originally starred in a TV series as "The Grey Ghost" and inspired Bruce Wayne to become a SuperHero.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' had West play by a {{Gender Flip}}ped version of Gotham's mayor, Marion Grange.
*** And the Latin American dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' had the mayor voiced by the man who voiced Batman in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (Frank Maneiro).
** The ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "The Chill of the Night" had [[Series/Batman1966 Adam West and Julie Newmar]] as Thomas and Martha Wayne. West later voiced Proto in the episode "The Plague of the Prototypes".
* Speaking of Batman, [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Kevin Conroy]] did the voice of John Grayson in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', with Mark Hamill as Tony Zucco.
** Then later, in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill voiced ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger and ComicBook/TheSpectre, respectively, in the aforementioned "The Chill of the Night". In addition, the episode "The Super-Batman of Planet X" had Zur-En-Aarh's Batman voiced by [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Kevin Conroy]], with his Superman-like reporter love interest and mad scientist archenemy voiced by Creator/DanaDelany and Creator/ClancyBrown, the respective voices of Comicbook/LoisLane and Comicbook/LexLuthor from ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''.
** ''The Brave and the Bold'' also has several other examples. "Requiem for a Scarlet Speedster" features former ''Series/TheFlash1990'' star Creator/JohnWesleyShipp as the voice of the [[EvilCounterpart Reverse-Flash]], "The Fate of Equinox" has Creator/OdedFehr (who voiced ComicBook/DoctorFate in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'') as Fate's enemy Equinox and Creator/LorenLester (the voice of ComicBook/{{Robin}} in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'') appears in a few episodes as the voice of [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]].
* Another Bat-Universe example: in ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'', Mayor Marion Grange is voiced by Creator/CCHPounder. Pounder is best known in the DCAU for voicing Amanda Waller, a role she played in virtually every speaking appearance of the character (including movies, video games, and TV series).
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' occasionally shows Spike, Carly, and Daniel from the Movie- and Post-Movie Generation 1. Meanwhile, Cybertron crowd scenes are ''full'' of toy-only and Japan-only characters from the interregnum between G1 and ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. Imagine if you will, a massive giant aptly named Grandus, reinterpreted as a sumo wrestler, ''terrified'' of the supposedly yucky, germ-filled human sidekick who'd wound up on Cybertron alongside Ratchet.
** Of course, it's worth noting that Spike was also voiced by his G1 voice actor, as was Shockwave... who were the same guy anyway. He also reprised the role of Brawn... for a single grunt.
** Additionally, Judd Nelson returned to voice Rodimus Prime.
** Animated Wreck-Gar was voiced by "Weird Al" Yankovic, who didn't voice Wreck-Gar in G1, his song "Dare to be Stupid" (which he quotes) was played over the big scene on Planet Junkion where the Autobots meet the Junkions. They'd originally wanted to get Creator/EricIdle, the original voice of Wreck-Gar, for the role, but he was unavailable due to being in ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}''.
** Creator/PeterCullen, the original voice of Optimus Prime, did voiceovers for commercials on the show's series premiere.
* ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeRenegades'' features a lot of characters voiced by voice actors from the original Sunbow ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' cartoon.
** Duke's parents were played by Creator/MichaelBell, the original voice of Duke as well as Xamot of the Crimson Twins, and Creator/BJWard, the original voice of Scarlett.
** Storm Shadow's uncle, the Hard Master, is played by Creator/KeoneYoung, the actor who played Storm Shadow in the original cartoon.
** Granger, a crippled inmate, and the show's interpretation of Law are voiced by Creator/CoreyBurton, who in the original show voiced Tomax of the Crimson Twins.
* ''[=ThunderCats=]'':
** ''WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011'' has Larry Kenney, the [[ActorAllusion original voice]] of Lion-O in the [[WesternAnimation/Thundercats1985 1985 series]] as the voice of Claudus, [[MythologyGag Lion-O's father]]. He's even given one chance to show off how to properly use the Sword of Omens.
** ''WesternAnimation/ThundercatsRoar'' has Larry Kenney, voice of Lion-O in the 1985 series and voice of Claudus in the 2011 series, this time voicing Jaga.
* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'':
** Creator/CaseyKasem, the voice of Shaggy Rogers from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou?'' to ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' (not to mention the specials), plays Shaggy's Uncle Albert in ''WesternAnimation/ShaggyAndScoobyDooGetAClue'' and Shaggy's father in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''.
** Also in ''Mystery Incorporated'', Creator/LindaCardellini, who played Velma in the live-action movies, plays Velma's potential girlfriend, Marcie Fleach.
** Creator/FrankWelker, the usual voice for Fred (as well as Scooby since 2002), plays Fred's father in ''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}''.
* Creator/BrianBloom, the voice of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica in ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', voices [[ComicBook/SquadronSupreme Hyperion]] in ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble''. James C. Mathis III, who voiced ComicBook/BlackPanther in ''Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', voices Heimdall, and, later, [[RoleReprise Black Panther himself]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider|Man2012}}-Man'' has Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes, the voice of Spider-Man from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', as Electro, Spyder-Knight, and Wolf Spider.
* Creator/RobPaulsen voiced Raphael in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'', and was brought back to voice Donatello in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012 series]]. He was subsequently cast as a recurring member of the Foot Clan in ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', the next installment in the franchise.
** Also in the 2012 series, April's mother was voiced by Creator/RenaeJacobs, who voiced April in the original TV series.
* Tim Matheson, who voiced Jonny Quest in the 1960s cartoon, voices the president in the Tom And Jerry/Jonny Quest crossover movie ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerrySpyQuest''.
* The Spanish dub of ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' is not only directed by Creator/EduardoGarza who voiced Pidge in ''WesternAnimation/VoltronTheThirdDimension'', but he also voiced the current Pidge's older brother Matthew.
** For the English cast, a Galra archivist in Season 5 is voiced by Creator/MichaelBell, the voice of Lance, Sven and others in the original ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' series.
* More than a cameo: In the ''Literature/WatershipDown'' TV series, General Woundwort was played by Creator/JohnHurt, who was Hazel in [[WesternAnimation/WatershipDown the 1978 movie]].
* In an episode "Fashion Warriors" of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Incredible Hulk|1996}}'', Creator/LouFerrigno is one of the guests at the fashion show. This is in addition to his role as the voice of the animated Hulk.
* In the episode "Last Christmas!" of the 2017 reboot of ''[[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 [=DuckTales=]]]'', Dewey is sent back in time and encounters Donald Duck during his teen years. Teenage Donald is voiced by Russi Taylor, who was the voice of Huey, Dewey, and Louie in the [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 original show]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'':
** Creator/KharyPayton, the iconic voice of ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', voices (among other roles) Cyborg's father Silas in ''[[WesternAnimation/YoungJusticeRevivalSeries Young Justice: Outsiders]]''.
** Likewise, Creator/CarlLumbly, the voice of J'onn J'onzz, the Comicbook/MartianManhunter from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' and various other projects, voiced J'onn's brother-in-law M'aatt during the ''Phantoms'' season.
* In the two-part series premiere of the 2019 ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'' reboot, Carmen first gets her iconic red coat and hat after [[MuggedForDisguise stealing them]] from a BoundAndGagged criminal she's trying to impersonate. The tied-up villainess in question is voiced by Creator/RitaMoreno, who provided Carmen's voice in the [[WesternAnimation/WhereOnEarthIsCarmenSandiego '90s animated series]]. As a result, Carmen stealing the coat and hat becomes a symbolic PassingTheTorch moment from Moreno to Creator/GinaRodriguez, Carmen's new voice actress.
* ''WebAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'' has Jonathan and Martha Kent played by Dean Cain and Helen Slater, who were not only a past Superman and the first live-action Supergirl, but Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers in the CW ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' series, meaning this is the second show in a row that has them as Supergirl's parental figures.
* ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'': Creator/AlanOppenheimer, who voiced many characters in ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'', most promenantly [[BigBad Skeletor]], has appeared in future renditions of the show.
** In ''WesternAnimation/MastersOfTheUniverseRevelation'', he voiced Moss Man.
** In ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021'', he voiced King Grayskull. [[spoiler:He reprises his Skeletor voice when King Grayskull [[FallenHero is corrupted by Havoc]] and became [[LegacyCharacter the original Skeletor of the setting]]]].
* In the 1972 TV special ''Journey Back to Oz'', Aunt Em is portrayed by Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West in ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMen97'' featured the return of a number of actors from [[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries the original series]], while also recasting a number of key characters. However, several of the actors who were replaced were still brought back to play new characters, with Creator/AlysonCourt (Jubilee) now voicing Abscissa, Creator/CatherineDisher (Jean Grey) voicing Val Cooper, Creator/ChrisPotter (Gambit) voicing Cable, Creator/RonRubin (Morph) voicing President Kelly, and Creator/LawrenceBayne (Cable) voicing X-Cutioner.
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