History ActorAllusion / LiveActionFilms

* In ''Film/{{Dreamscape}}'', George Wendt, who is most famous for his role of "Norm" from ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', plays an author who believes he's uncovered a government conspiracy. His character meets the protagonist in a bar.

* ''Film/CarryOnScreaming'': Sergeant Bung's car registration is "HS 25", a play on Creator/HarryHCorbett's character [[Series/SteptoeAndSon Harold Steptoe]]. The series' theme also plays as he drives his car.

* Creator/LyndaCarter's line in the movie ''Film/SkyHigh2005'', "I'm not Wonder Woman, you know." Lynda Carter played Franchise/WonderWoman in the [[Series/WonderWoman TV series]].

* Sarah Michelle Gellar is the titular ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', and the gang call themselves the 'Scoobies', a reference to ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''. In the Live-Action ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' film, Daphne is played by Sara Michelle Gellar, who also drew heavily from her role as Buffy.

** There is a rare instance of Director Allusion in the first movie. In the film, Alvin, Simon and Theodore watch ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''. This is because Tim Hill directed ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'' as well as directing Alvin and the Chipmunks.
* In ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', Gwen Stacy suddenly has a little brother played by Skyler Gisondo. The kid's name turns out to be Howard. Gisondo had just finished playing a young Moe Howard in ''Film/TheThreeStooges''. Also Gwen Stacy was previously played by Bryce Dallas '''Howard''' in ''Film/SpiderMan3''.

* In the ''Film/{{Apocalypse}}'' film series movie ''Revelation'', Jeff Fahey's character Thorold Stone enters an ultra-realistic virtual reality simulation of a beach in a juxtaposition to him entering a virtual reality simulation for different reasons in ''Film/TheLawnmowerMan''. Interesting contrast is that one of Fahey's characters claims to be God and the other is claiming that he isn't looking for God.
* In ''Film/AreWeDoneYet'', John C. [=McGinley=]'s character was explaining about [[Series/{{Scrubs}} dangerous pathogens]] to the main characters.

* A truly bizarre one in ''Literature/{{Atonement}}''. Creator/KeiraKnightley [[spoiler:dies tragically but the one responsible (inadvertently) for her death makes up a happy ending for her in which she lives]]. The exact same thing previously happened to her in ''Film/TheHole''.

* In the film ''Film/BaitShop'', Harve Presnell plays a guy whose grandson is named Scott, and he is hard and rude to his son-in-law, wanting the son-in-law to close the bait shop, and come work for him. The role is very similar to his role in ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' of Walt Gustafson.

* In ''Film/BillyElliot'', Julie Walters portrays a sailor-mouthed ballet teacher. In ''Film/DrivingLessons'', she portrays a similar character, who this time around is a sailor-mouthed thespian. Both are mentors to the main character.

* Unintentional example in ''Film/TheBookOfEli'': Creator/GaryOldman plays a character who, despite the difference in setting and time period, has certain similarities to his character in ''Film/TheFifthElement'': a smarmy corporate villain with a slight Southern accent who's obsessed with finding a certain artifact and, on multiple occasions, appears to have the artifact in his possession. It's already pretty funny in ''The Fifth Element'' when [[spoiler:he repeatedly opens the case only to find that it's empty]], but it transforms into something of a RunningGag when [[spoiler:in ''The Book Of Eli'', he finally obtains the similarly leather-bound, locked Bible and opens it, only to discover that it's in Braille]]. Could also be a HilariousInHindsight depending on when you're watching each movie.

* Unintentional (probably) but still funny example: in Woody Allen's ''Film/MidnightInParis'', Allison Pill played the role of Zelda Fitzgerald, who threatened to kill herself because she thought her Scott (as in, F. Fitzgerald) was unfaithful. Pill's most famous role to date is Kim Pine, who also had a troubled relationship with [[Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld another Scott]].

* Coy example: In ''Film/Batman1989'', Creator/JackNicholson's plastic surgeon uses an assortment of crude, rusty tools to reconstruct his wounded face as the Joker. At least one of these implements closely resembles one used by the DepravedDentist in the remake of ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''. Who'd appeared in the original ''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors'', as a masochistic client of this evil dentist? Jack Nicholson.

* ''Film/AceVenturaWhenNatureCalls'' involves a sacred bat known as 'Shikaka', to which Wachati tribesmen must bow when its name is spoken. Upon learning this, Creator/JimCarrey proceeds to rattle off a string of similar-sounding words to try and make them slip up. One of his choices is ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption''. Actor Creator/BobGunton features prominently in both movies.

* In ''Film/{{Casper}}, Dr. Harvey turns into the Crypt Keeper at one point. Creator/CathyMoriarty (Carrigan) had starred in ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt''.

* There's a lot of this in the {{Mockumentary}} ''Comic Book The Movie'' due to its large cast of voice actors in live-action roles, as well as several actors, directors and comic creators as themselves. [[Creator/BillyWest Leo Matuzik]] staring at a poster of WesternAnimation/{{F|uturama}}ry stands out as one of the funniest. Then there's Don Swan's short conversation with Ms. Q in the studio office. Swan is played by Creator/MarkHamill, and Ms. Q is played by Creator/ArleenSorkin. They portrayed Joker and Harley Quinn in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.

* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2'':