History ActorAllusion / WesternAnimation

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** The Brazilian dub had Korra replying to a question of whether she's the avatar with "Yup, that's me!" in the same pronunciation of another role of Mariana Torres, ''Series/ThatsSoRaven''. She also employed the phrase as her other Raven in ''Teen Titans Go!''.

** Abis Mal is basically [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} George Costanza]] if he lived in the Ancient Middle East instead of 90s New York City.

** In "A Bicyclops Built for Two", Leela (played by Creator/KateySagal) meets and falls in love with a fellow cyclops called Alcazar... who insists she calls him Al... who then turns out to be a shiftless slob... and eventually the show temporarily [[{{Homage}} turned into an episode of]] ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', in which Katey played Peggy Bundy, right down to the hooting FOX audience.

** In "A Bicyclops Built for Two", Leela (played by Creator/KateySagal) meets and falls in love with a fellow cyclops called Alkazar... who insists she calls him Al... who then turns out to be a shiftless slob... and eventually the show temporarily [[{{Homage}} turned into an episode of]] ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', in which Katey played Peggy Bundy, right down to the hooting FOX audience.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' manages to combine this with ActingForTwo. Creator/FredTatasciore plays both the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] (reprising the role from... practically everything the Hulk has been in since 2003) and Graviton. Then Graviton lets loose one of Hulk's catchphrases:

** In "Meet the Quagmires", where the timeline was altered, President Gore killed Osama bin Laden. Lois says: "Who woulda thought that bin Laden was hiding out in the cast of ''Series/{{MADtv}}''?" Quagmire remarks: "Man, the perfect hiding spot. The one place no one would look!" Creator/AlexBorstein, the voice of Lois, had a recurring role on ''Series/MadTV1995''.

** From "The Night the Clown Cried", Crybaby Clown is voiced by Creator/MarkHamill, who, having voiced [[Franchise/{{Batman}} the Joker]], has much experience with voicing clowns.

** Early on in season two, Velma seems to have become pretty good friends with Hot Dog Water. It probably doesn't hurt that Hot Dog Water's voice actress, Linda Cardellini, has a bit of a [[Film/ScoobyDoo past relationship]] [[Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed with Velma]]...

** In one episode Comic Book Guy says "America needs the wisdom of ''Hermans Head'' now more than ever." Comic Book Guy is voiced by Creator/HankAzaria, who co-starred on ''Hermans Head''.

* Whenever the children of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' visited Chef's home, there was a photograph of Isaac Hayes on the wall. Issac provided the voice of Chef.

** Obi-Wan's love interest is the Duchess Satine. Ewan [=McGregor=] played Obi-Wan in the ''Star Wars'' prequels as well as the male lead in ''Film/MoulinRouge''. His character's love interest was named Satine.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'', Claudus (voiced by Larry Kenney, the [[WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985 original Lion-O]]) announces that he'll show his son Lion-O what the Sword of Omens is capable of in the proper hands. OldRetainer Jaga makes [[LampshadeHanging reference]] to how much like his son Claudus was in youth. Later, he gets to yell out "[[BattleCry ThunderCats, HO!]]" one last time.

** In "The Chip", Guitierrez delivers a speech to Dexter that seems to have been taken from ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''. Guess what actor portrayed Khan. Ricardo Montalbán.
** The first season's finale is titled "The Wrath of Guitierrez". One gets the impression that the writers ''really'' liked having Ricardo Montalbán on their side.

** On another episode, Señor Senior Sr. speaks of chasing someone 'round perdition's flames, in much the same way his voice actor (Creator/RicardoMontalban) did in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''.

** In the Latin-American version of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', when Homer wants to prove that he forgot the name of Lisa's secret boyfriend, he incorrectly gives his name as "Beto Vélez". Creator/HumbertoVelez voices Homer. In another episode, when calling a photographer for an erotic photo shoot, he gives his name as "Humberto Simpson".

** The Canadian French dub frequently makes references to the voice actors from that dub. One such example is in "Mr. Plow". When Troy [=McClure=] mentions that Krusty's "inspiring battle with Percodan addiction" will be the subject of a movie of the week, Krusty adds that he'll be played by Creator/JimmySmits in that movie. In the dub, he instead says that he'll be played by Marc Labrèche, who voiced Krusty during the first 18 seasons of the show.

** In the German dub, Mr. Krabs is played by Jürgen Kluckert. In "Born Again Krabs", when the Flying Dutchman comes for Mr. Krabs' soul, Krabs gives the [[LineOfSightName hasty alias]] of "Benjamin Blümchen", a nod to Jürgen‘s role as the voice of the German children's cartoon character of the same name.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' featured ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' voice actor Creator/KevinConroy as an avenging superhero mourning his dead sidekick. His [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything reputation]] with teen sidekicks is [[{{ephebophile}} suspect]] at best.

* The ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'' episode "Halloween Enough" features Josh dressing up as Mordecai from J.G. Quintel's previous animated series ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow, complete with saying "OOOHHHHHHH!!!". Quintel voices both characters and they're based on him.

** InUniverse example: Beast Boy’s mother was the star of a short-lived cult sitcom when she was a teenager. Years later, Beast Boy becomes the star of a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' clone, and the actor who played his mom’s boyfriend is cast as TheCaptain to highlight their characters’ quasi-father-son relationship.

** In "Yo Leela Leela", Abner Doubledeal tells Leela that her show ''Rumbledy Hump'' was a hit and mentions that its gonna be bigger than SpongeBot SquareBolts, a SpongeBob SquarePants expy. Creator/TomKenny, who voiced Abner, also voiced the titular character in that show.

** In one episode, Leela (played by Creator/KateySagal) meets and falls in love with a fellow cyclops called Alkazar... who insists she calls him Al... who then turns out to be a shiftless slob... and eventually the show temporarily [[{{Homage}} turned into an episode of]] ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', in which Katey played Peggy Bundy, right down to the hooting FOX audience.
** In ''Bender's Big Score'', in the battle against the scammers, the Chanukah Zombie, voiced by Creator/MarkHamill, flies a stereotypically Chanukah-themed [[Franchise/StarWars TIE Fighter]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' manages to combine this with ActingForTwo. Creator/FredTatasciore plays both the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] (reprising the role from... practically everything the Hulk has been in since 2003) and Graviton. Then Graviton lets loose one of Hulk's {{catchphrase}}s:

** Examples include bringing in the entire lead cast of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' to voice the first Royal Flush Gang, bickering brothers Hawk and Dove being played by Wayne and Kevin Arnold from ''Series/TheWonderYears'', and Nazi-esque villain Virman Vundabar, voiced by Arte Johnson, saying "verrry interesting... but schtupid!"[[note]]He replaced the last word with futile, but close enough. [[/note]] -- his CatchPhrase in his most famous role, Wolfgang the German Soldier on ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn''.

* ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'': Captain Jean Lafitte, voiced by Creator/LongJohnBaldry, shouts "I HATE Salem!" after being defeated in "This Is Your Nine Lives."[[note]]Lafitte is defeated by Sabrina, Harvey, and Chloe rather than Salem, but Salem's wrongdoings in the past are the reason why Lafitte became an antagonist in the first place.[[/note]] This is nearly identical to the OnceAnEpisode {{Catchphrase}} used by Dr. Robotnik in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', who Baldry also voiced: "I HATE that hedgehog!"

** When Creator/RodneyDangerfield voiced Mr. Burns' son Larry, he echoed his "I don't get no respect" {{catchphrase}} with "I tell ya, I don't get no regard. No regard at all. No esteem, either."

** Abis Mal is basically [[Series/{{Seinfeld George}} Costanza]] if he lived in the Ancient Middle East instead of 90s New York City.

** Abis Mal is basically [[Series/Seinfeld George Costanza]] if he lived in the Ancient Middle East instead of 90s New York City.

* ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'': Captain Jean Lafitte, voiced by Music/LongJohnBaldry, shouts "I HATE Salem!" after being defeated in "This Is Your Nine Lives."[[note]]Lafitte is defeated by Sabrina, Harvey, and Chloe rather than Salem, but Salem's wrongdoings in the past are the reason why Lafitte became an antagonist in the first place.[[/note]] This is nearly identical to the OnceAnEpisode {{Catchphrase}} used by Dr. Robotnik in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', who Baldry also voiced: "I HATE that hedgehog!"

** In "The Mountain", Lemongrab has a vision of Princess Bubblegum offering to play catch with him. In this vision, Bubblegum speaks in a stilted, overly-formal manner reminiscent of Starfire from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', who was also voiced by Creator/HyndenWalch.

-->'''Bullock:''' Some of us spent the late '80s and early '90s getting laid, Smith.

* In ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'', Cat, voiced by Creator/JimCummings, would often refer to his and Dog's live-in neighbor Winslow as a blue rodent. Jim had previously played the villain in a cartoon starring [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM Sonic the Hedgehog]] whom he would often refer to as "rodent."

-->'''Jay Sherman:''' Don't worry son, if you think that only handsome musicians can get beautiful women, I have two words for you: Lyle Lovett.\\

** Adam West, again, in the role of Catman. Fun fact: that episode was co-written by Seth [=MacFarlane=], who of course is responsible for the "Mayor Adam West" character on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', mentioned above.

-->'''Stewie:''' How's it feel to be on a major network for 30 seconds?\\

** In "Meet the Quagmires", where the timeline was altered, President Gore killed Osama bin Laden. Lois says: "Who woulda thought that bin Laden was hiding out in the cast of ''Series/{{MADtv}}''?" Quagmire remarks: "Man, the perfect hiding spot. The one place no one would look!" Alex Borstein, the voice of Lois, had a recurring role on ''Series/MadTV1995''.

** The title orange cat is voiced by Lorenzo Music, who had previously voiced [[TheVoice Carlton the Doorman]] on the CBS sitcom ''Rhoda''. Naturally, one of the {{Couch Gag}}s featured the line, "This is Garfield, your doorman." (Doubles as a ParentalBonus, given that ''Rhoda'' aired during TheSeventies.)

** Not to mention tapping Nathan Fillion to voice Vigilante, [[Series/{{Firefly}} a cowboy that flies a spaceship.]] And paired with Vixen, who was voiced by Gina Torres.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Music/HenryRollins voices Zaheer, the ArcVillain of Book 3 and a BombThrowingAnarchist like [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Mad Stan]] (albeit much more spiritual).

*** In the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' parody in the beginning of the episode, the {{Exp|y}}ies of Edward & Bella are voiced by Creator/AnnaPaquin & Stephen Moyer, who [[Series/TrueBlood have been on a show where a human woman loves a vampire]].

** Another episode features Lisa plotting against Bart and cackling evilly. When Marge asks her what's so funny, she quickly covers by saying she was just thinking about a joke she saw on ''[[Series/HermansHead Herman's Head]]'', on which Yeardley Smith (the voice of Lisa) starred. Conversely, Yeardley Smith's character on the show once asked if she sounded like that girl who voices Lisa Simpson.

-->'''Tour Guide:''' Oh, why look! There's Dan Castellaneta from ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow.''\\

* In the '90s ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', Ed Asner played the voice of Daily Bugle editor J. Jonah Jameson. This isn't his first role as a news editor; his best-known role was that of Lou Grant in ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', head of a TV news program. In his own spin-off series, Lou became a newspaper editor.
** He later voiced the editor of ''The Springfield Shopper'' on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.

** In ''Steven's Birthday'', Garnet and Greg are looking through the latter's album collection for music to play. Greg pulls out a "Stella" album with [[https://img.ifcdn.com/images/41fd64e60de7fbd15d2a8e941188672aa843da7d08d0473325774994188dfe0b_1.jpg a very familiar cover.]] Garnet, voiced by Estelle, is not amused.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'':

* In a ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode formatted like ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', Creator/TressMacNeille voices an Bart Simpson {{Expy}} serving as a guest host. In another episode, she voices Babs imitating Bart, Marge, and Maggie. Tress voices many characters on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.

* Minor villain Black Spider from ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' is played by Creator/JoshKeaton, who played another wisecracking person with [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan arachnid]] themed powers in a Creator/GregWeisman production.

** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' has Temple Fugate (the ClockKing) played by Alan Rachins, then best known for playing the punctilious managing partner Douglas Brachman on ''Series/LALaw'' -- a clock watcher's clock watcher.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' manages to combine this with TalkingToHimself. Creator/FredTatasciore plays both the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] (reprising the role from... practically everything the Hulk has been in since 2003) and Graviton. Then Graviton lets loose one of Hulk's {{catchphrase}}s:

** One episode takes this further by actually having Jon voice himself in a scene where he passes by [[TalkingToHimself Jay]]. Marty mentions their voices are similar.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': In "Eclipse Lake" Amity, voiced by Creator/MaeWhitman, starts carrying a flask of Abomination juice and using its contents as a weapon in a manner reminiscent of [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Katara's]] [[MakingASplash waterbending]]. The episode also references Katara's interactions with Zuko in "The Crossroads of Destiny" as both have her trying to convince a 16-year-old boy with facial scars to have a HeelFaceTurn while in a green cave by bonding over their similar pasts, only to fail [[WellDoneSonGuy due to his desire to please]] the BigBad.

** In "Red Throne", the Flame King and Don Jon come to blows and have a comically-drawn-out fist-fight, remiscent of the one in ''Film/TheyLive'' between Frank and Nada, who were played by their voice actors Creator/KeithDavid and Wrestling/RoddyPiper.
** In "The Mountain", Lemongrab has a vision of Princess Bubblegum offering to play catch with him. In this vision, Bubblegum speaks in a stitled, overly-formal manner reminiscent of Starfire from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', who was also voiced by Creator/HyndenWalch.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' episode "When Chaos Comes Calling" Iago is given a human head, which closely resembles his voice actor Creator/GilbertGottfried. It could also be an allusion to animator Will Finn's process into designing the character; Finn caricatured him, then gave him a parrot's body. Also related to InkSuitActor.

** Small one from Robert Patrick when he voices Piandao. When Piandao describes swordsmanship, he says the sword is like a extra long, really sharp arm. Robert Patrick’s most famous role was as the T-1000 in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', and the Terminator he played was fond of making his arms long and sharp to use as swords.

** A similar reference appears in the spin-off comic book ''Harley and Ivy'' which stars the Joker's henchgirl Harley Quinn and the villain Poison Ivy; the two are on a movie set beating up what look like Batman and the Joker, but turn out to be actors. Harley laments about some actor trying to impersonate the Joker and takes off his fake nose while the actor mumbles something about "Yoda" and the "Dagobah System". It is safe to say that this is a reference to Hamill again, probably suggesting that the actor is supposed to be him.

** In his introduction in "Heart of Ice", Mr. Freeze says "Revenge is a dish best served cold.", popularly called [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan a Klingon proverb]]. Creator/MichaelAnsara, who plays Freeze, played the Klingon Captain Kang in ''Franchise/StarTrek''.

** The villain Mad Stan is a psychopathic Luddite who very closely resembles Spider from ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic'', even going so far as to mimic his "information overload" rant (minus the profanity.) Actor Music/HenryRollins played both roles, and Stan was probably modeled after Henry' performance.

** Another episode where Ben and Gwen are [[TrappedInTVLand drawn into a video game]] involves a scene where Grandpa Max notices that their game console has been left on, and drops into a deeper voice to complain, "I thought I told you to ''turn the game console off''!" If you've played ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 2|SonsOfLiberty}}'' to the ending, you will likely void your bowels at this exact moment - Creator/PaulEiding plays both Grandpa Max and Colonel Campbell, and towards the end of ''Metal Gear Solid 2'', the game abruptly shifts into a NoFourthWall horror game. At the start of this downwards slide, the Colonel shouts at Raiden to turn the game console off!

** A foreign dub-based example in "Gramma Driver", Gramma Alice Green becomes the getaway driver for an OutlawCouple inspired by [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Jessie and James]]. The reason for this is because Gramma is voiced by Inuko Inuyama in the show's Japanese dub, and her most famous role is Meowth.

** In the episode "A Date with the Health Inspector", the character Gin Rummy (voiced by Creator/SamuelLJackson) makes several statements pulled almost word-for-word from ''Film/PulpFiction'', including the iconic "English, motherfucker, do you speak it?". Rummy also also seems to have a certain inclination towards tasty beverages.

* The ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' episode "The Catburglar" is basically Curtis Armstrong (Dan) as his [[Series/{{Moonlighting}} other famous character he played in the 80s]]. [[note]] He played Bert Voila for the last three seasons.[[/note]]

--> ''Bite my shiny metal axe!''

** The Crimson Chin is voiced by Jay Leno, a chin-themed superhero whose origin story comes when a late night talk show host was bitten by a radioactive celebrity. In a later episode, the Crimson Chin crashes through a building during a fight scene...straight onto the filming of an episode of ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''.
** In his first appearance, Chip Skylark, voiced by Chris Kirkpatrick, mentions "The album comes out July 24th." Music/{{NSYNC}} actually had an album come out July 24th, 2001.
** There's also Dr. Rip Studwell, voiced by series creator Creator/ButchHartman himself. His over the top, soap opera style is a reference to Butch’s acting roles on soap operas before he made it big in animation. His design is also based on Butch himself, originally done as a joke.

* Brazilian extinct dubbing studio Herbert Richers was such a loose environment during the late 80s\early 90s that the voice actors liked to throw this, such as acknowledging Manolo Rey by having someone say "Mr. Manolo's bakery". Creator/MarcioSimoes fondly remembers that in one episode of ''Westernanimation/DenverTheLastDinosaur'', the guy playing a fashion designer decided to basically list the voice actors in a French accent.

** "Hah -- Creator/BillyWest? What a stupid, phoney, made-up name." Fry's line might be one of the least subtle actor allusions in history.

** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'' took the concept of actor allusion to its ultimate limit in the short "Missing the Mark" when the Joker (most famously voiced by Mark Hamill) and the Trickster (played by Mark Hamill in ''Series/TheFlash1990'' and as two different version of the character in ''Series/TheFlash2014'', and here voiced by Mark Hamill) abduct famous actor Mark Hamill (voiced by himself), who helps in his own rescue by fooling the Joker and Trickster by imitating their voices, allowing his rescue by Swamp Thing...who in ''Justice League Action'' is voiced by Mark Hamill.

* A PBS childrens show called ''WesternAnimation/LibertysKids'' had Walter Cronkite as the voice of Benjamin Franklin. Separate from the main storyline (having to do with a trio of preteen reporters during the American Revolutionary War), there would be anachronistic segments, including Benjamin as a newscaster-an obvious nod to his voice actor, who was also a newscaster. He would even end each segment with "And that's the way it is."
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'', Pleakley (voiced by Kevin Macdonald of ''The Kids in the Hall'') is visited by his mother, sister and brother, voiced by Scott Thompson, Bruce [=McCullough=], and Mark [=McKinney=], respectively, three of Kevin's four regular costars from ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall''. The remaining costar, David Foley, appears as well, playing a priest at Pleakley's mock wedding. Not to mention Pleakley is fond of crossdressing.

** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]", a jerk jock, voiced by Kathleen Barr, pick on the prideful main character, Rainbow Dash. Kathleen Barr also plays Kevin, a JerkJock in ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' who picks on a prideful Eddy.%%Speaking of Kathleen Barr, she also happens to voice Chrysalis, the queen of an insectoid race of creatures who cocoon the ones they've defeated. Gee, does [[Toys/{{Bionicle}} that sound familiar]]?%%ZCE -- how is that an actor allusion?

** In flashbacks we see that [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Weird Al]]'s character Cheese Sandwich wore glasses when he was younger, like Al did until the '90s.
* ''WesternAnimation/OddJobJack'': One episode's supposed guest star is none other than the voice actor of the main character who plays himself. The title character disapproves of and criticisms him and the two fight each other throughout the episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': In "Eclipse Lake" Amity, voiced by Creator/MaeWhitman, starts carrying a flask of Abomination juice and using its contents as a weapon in a manner reminiscent of [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Katara's]] [[MakingASplash waterbending]]. The episode also references Katara's interactions with Zuko in "The Crossroads of Destiny" as both have her trying to convince a 16 year old boy with facial scars to have a HeelFaceTurn while in a green cave by bonding over their similar pasts, only to fail [[WellDoneSonGuy due to his desire to please]] the BigBad.

** On another episode where Candace does a horrible job at acting in a movie her brothers made, Ferb edits the final cut resulting with a Photoshopped photo of Ashley Tisdale as a princess in a castle.

** The Halloween-themed episode "the Curse of Candace" had three in one episode:

*** And, at one point during the episode, Lawrence watches a horror movie and comments, "where are the rock and roll musical numbers?" Richard O'Brian, who plays Lawrence, wrote and starred in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', which combines horror & rock and roll music.

* When ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' hear that a movie about them is being planned, they look at a press release and see that some guys named Murray, Aykroyd and Ramis are in the main roles.

** In the episode "The Dude", the main six meet Franklin Dudikoff, the school's original charismatic prankster (Like T.J.) in the '80s, who's now back to become a teacher. T.J. looks up to him like an older brother. The Dude is voiced by Creator/JoeyLawrence, who's the older brother of T.J.'s then voice actor, Creator/AndyLawrence.

* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': In one episode, Heffer is so stunned by a cute girl that he forgets his name, saying "Creator/{{Tom|Kenny}}" instead.[[note]]This is immediately followed by him accidentally saying his name is Dan (Povenmire), Jeff (Marsh) and Joe (Murray), so it's unlikely this was a coincidence.[[/note]]

-->'''Quiz show host:''' ''(voiced by Alex Trebek, of ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' fame)'' This automotive tool is used to tighten bolts.\\

** This isn't the first time Creator/PatrickWarburton play a [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy lawman.]]

*** Crybaby Clown also seems like an allusion to Mark’s role as Macendale/Hobgoblin on ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', since the villain is more practical-minded than Joker, and both are shallow pretty-boys who romance the local rich girl who is fed up with her distracted ex/potential beau and turn to destructive crime waves in the name of money/fame. Both Daphne and Felicia Hardy are made to feel like fools when their date is unmasked.

** One episode titled "Brother from Another Series" starred Sideshow Bob (Creator/KelseyGrammer) and his brother Cecil, voiced by, you guessed it, David Hyde Pierce. One scene becomes an obvious extended reference to ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', down to the incidental music and sarcastic dialogue. At one point when Bart jumped on his back and yelled "Guess who!" Cecil's first guess was "Maris?" Maris was [[TheGhost the never seen/never heard]] wife of Niles Crane. A later episode starred Bob, Cecil, and their father Robert, voiced by John Mahoney. One extended CouchGag had the Simpsons running through sets from different sitcoms; they sit in the bar from ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' (the show ''Frasier'' was a spin-off of) and Sideshow Bob walks in.

** In the episode "The Bob Next Door", Bart thinks their new neighbor is his nemesis, Sideshow Bob in disguise, because he sounds like him. Homer and Marge tell him that lot of people sound like Sideshow Bob, like "Frasier on ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', Frasier on ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', and Lt. Cmdr. Tom Dodge in ''Down Periscope''." Those roles were played by Creator/KelseyGrammer, the voice of Sideshow Bob.

*** A similar and rather unusual example in the episode "Special Edna", in which Dan plays an expy of [[Film/DeadPoetsSociety John Keating]]. Genie and John were both played by Creator/RobinWilliams originally.
** In "Homer's Enemy", Marge wants a vanity license plate, but Marge, Margery and Mitzi are taken. When the clerk mentions 'Nancy' is available, the camera focuses on Bart who leaves. Bart is voiced by "Nancy" Cartwright.
*** Also, one of the things Bart writes on the chalkboard during the opening was "I am not a 32 year old woman", when Creator/NancyCartwright was 32.

** Farmer Smurf's voice actor, Alan Young, played a farmer before in 1952 movie ''Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick'' as titular Aaron Crick. Farmer even refers to himself as a 'country bumpkin' in one episode!

* In the '90s ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', Ed Asner played the voice of Daily Bugle editor J. Jonah Jameson. This isn't his first role as a news editor; his best-known role was that of Lou Grant in ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', head of a TV news program. In his own spin-off series Lou became a newspaper editor.

** Beast Boy talks in [[TotallyRadical stereotypical surfer lingo]] and won't touch meat. His VA, Creator/GregCipes, is a professional surfer, and has lived on a vegan diet since he was a kid. Also, "You're just jealous 'cause I sound like a rock star."

* In a ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode formatted like ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', Creator/TressMacNeille voices an Bart Simpson {{Expy}} serving as a guest host. In another episode, she voices Babs imitating Bart, Marge and Maggie. Tress voices many characters on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.

** When Ratchet says Wreck-Gar wouldn't dare do something really, ''really'' moronic, he replied "I am Wreck-Gar. I ''dare'' to be stupid!", referencing his voice actor Music/WeirdAlYankovic's song "Dare to be Stupid". This also counts as a MythologyGag as it was the Junkions' theme (the Junkions being lead by Wreck-Gar) in [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie the G1 movie]]. Another happens in "Human Error, Part 2", where he briefly tries to fight Soundwave with an accordion, an instrument Weird Al often uses.

*** Optimus Prime (also David Kaye) saying waiting in a line took longer than an ''Manga/InuYasha'' story arc, which is punctuated with a fist pump. David had a recurring role on ''Manga/InuYasha'' as Sesshomaru.

** In the final season finale, Optimus dons a new jetpack in order to fly and be able to fight Decepticons more evenly. Upon takeoff he shouts ''Excellent!! YEEEESSSSS!!'', two words frequently pronounced by the ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' Megatron. Both were voiced by David Kaye.

-->'''Tino:''' Well this is right on target! My number one career is announcer.\\

** As a bonus, a handful of minor roles, including some mention above, involved some parody of Batman (for example, Catman from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'').

** InUniverse example: Beast Boy’s mother was the star of a short-lived cult sitcom when she was a teenager. Years later, Beast Boy becomes the star of a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' clone, and the actor who played his mom’s boyfriend is cast as TheCaptain to highlight their characters’ quasi father-son relationship.

*** And, at one point during the episode, Lawrence watches a horror movie and comments, "where are the musical numbers?" Richard O'Brian, who plays Lawrence, wrote ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', which combines horror & music.

** Said host's name is Alan Quebec, both rhyming with Alex’a name and punning on Alex being [[CanadaEh Canadian]].

--->'''Jake''': What time is it?\\