History FakeShemp / LiveActionTV

* ''LiveActionTV/SamAndCat'': "#[=StuckInABox=]" has Cat spend most of the episode...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well, guess]], because Music/ArianaGrande was busy recording her second album. All her lines were prerecorded and a double was used for brief shots of her eating and drinking while inside the box.

* ''LiveActionTV/SameAndCat'': "#[=StuckInABox=]" has Cat spend most of the episode...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well, guess]], because Music/ArianaGrande was busy recording her second album. All her lines were prerecorded and a double was used for brief shots of her eating and drinking while inside the box.

* ''LiveActionTV/SameAndCat'': "#StuckInABox" has Cat spend most of the episode...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well, guess]], because Music/ArianaGrande was busy recording her second album. All her lines were prerecorded and a double was used for brief shots of her eating and drinking while inside the box.

!!General examples:
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* This is very common in {{tokusatsu}} shows. Because most heroes and villains have transformed forms that either have face-obscuring helmets or are PeopleInRubberSuits, characters can easily show up without the actor being on the set. In this way, it's easy for past characters to make appearances.
* Brazilian actor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingos_Montagner Domingos Montagner]] accidentally drowned before finishing his last soap opera. To bypass his absence, the producers shot all scenes that would have featured Montagner [[POVShot from the point of view of his character]], implying he was still there.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'' TV shows often have cast members dub over masked body doubles, if physical limitations or scheduling conflicts prevent the actor in question from performing the scene themself.
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!!Individual examples by show:

** Ra, the villain from [[Film/{{Stargate}} the movie]], appears in one episode, Moebius part 1. Since they couldn't get [[Film/TheCryingGame Jaye Davidson]], who had retired from acting, to reprise the role, Ra's mask stays on the entire time. When we see him again in the alternate timeline in the GrandFinale movie, he's unmasked but is now another actor who doesn't look like Davidson, and who doesn't get more screentime than it takes to establish that he's there. However, SG-1 recast the overwhelming majority of characters who debuted in the movie (easier to list who did return; Kasuf and Skaara are still Erick Avari and Alexis Cruz), so it's not too surprising or jarring that Ra is one more OtherDarrin case.

** [[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor "The Time of the Doctor"]]: At the very end, the dying Eleventh Doctor hallucinates a visit from a young Amy Pond just before he regenerates. Due to Caitlin Blackwood (the original actress who played the child version of Amy) having aged out of the role by that point, the part was recast, with the new actress having her face obscured ''and'' being uncredited to keep people from noticing.

* ''Series/{{Passions}}'' did this to Timmy after Josh Ryan Evans died, as Timmy was so intricately linked to the show's stories that it made no sense to BrotherChuck him. Bizarrely, despite Timmy's final actual appearances in the show being after he [[BecomeARealBoy became a real boy]], he would be represented instead by the gloves used when the character was an animated doll.

* Bill Owen in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'' died having only semi-completed his last three episodes. As a result, these episodes contain lengthy scenes without Compo, preceded by a long shot of Bill Owen's stunt double waving good-bye to the other two and a recording of Compo making his excuse for leaving. [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim The next three episodes filmed after Owen's death dealt with Compo's death.]]

* Invoked and subverted in the Season 1 finale of ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}''. [[spoiler:The Comicbook/{{Justice League|Of America}} show up after the action, all in silhouette and their faces hidden in shadow, even when Peacemaker walks right past them berating them for being late. Thus, it serves as a surprising reveal a moment later that Creator/JasonMomoa and Creator/EzraMiller are actually present, reprising their respective roles as Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} and Comicbook/TheFlash. Played straight, however, with the rest of the league, as Comicbook/WonderWoman and Comicbook/{{Superman}} remain in the shadows[[note]]Creator/GalGadot was pregnant at the time and Creator/HenryCavill has, to date, not filmed any scenes as Superman since 2017 due to contract disputes[[/note]] and while stand-ins for Comicbook/{{Cyborg}} and Comicbook/{{Batman}} were also present for filming, they were later cut from the scene in post-production[[note]]Creator/RayFisher having been dropped from the franchise due to an ongoing feud with DC Films president Walter Hamada, and Creator/BenAffleck having lost interest in the role of Batman, set to be written out of the DCEU in ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}''[[/note]].]]

* After filming nine episodes of the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' show ''Series/ChoudenshiBioman'', actress Yuki Yajima (Mika/Yellow Four) abruptly left the series for reasons unclear to this day (the two most common theories are either a falling out with the production company or she left after eloping with someone.) In Episode 10, her character is thus entirely played by a costumed stunt actor [[{{McLeaned}} and promptly killed off]]. Even earlier than that, starting in Episode 7, her lines are dubbed over by an uncredited Creator/MayumiTanaka.

* ''Series/TheWestWing'', "Tomorrow": As a matter of course, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has to show up for the presidential Inauguration. Apparently, Glenn Close, who had previously played Chief Justice Lang, wasn't available, as a lectern blocks our view of the Chief Justice's face during the oath of office.

* Brazilian actor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingos_Montagner Domingos Montagner]] accidentally drowned before finishing his last soap opera. To bypass his absence, the producers shot all scenes that would have featured Montagner from the point of view of his character, implying he was still there.

*** Similarly, Scorpina, as one of the few characters in the original Sentai without a monstrous appearance in her humanoid form, had to be shot from behind in American footage to hide that it wasn't the same actress. They did eventually cast an American actress for Scorpina for one episode in season two but abandoned the character after the actress was unable to return.

* This is very common in ''{{Toku}}satsu'' shows. Because most heroes and villains have transformed forms that either have face-obscuring helmets or are PeopleInRubberSuits, characters can easily show up without the actor being on the set. In this way, it's easy for past characters to make appearances.

** Creator/ColinBaker was fired from the role of the Doctor, and (understandably) refused to come back to do [[TheNthDoctor a regeneration scene]] in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E1TimeAndTheRani Time and the Rani]]". So instead, his successor Creator/SylvesterMcCoy very briefly played the Sixth Doctor, wearing a wig and having his face blurred out before the regeneration into the Seventh.
*** An EasterEgg on the [=DVD=] revises this scene using CGI to morph Baker's likeness into [=McCoy's=].

*** [[spoiler:The past Doctors' BigDamnHeroes moment at the climatic scene was presented as stock footage seen in-universe on multiple viewscreens, accompanied by archival voice clips (with the exception of Creator/WilliamHartnell's Doctor, who was voiced by John Guilor, who did an uncanny Hartnell impression for the DVD reconstruction of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E1PlanetOfGiants Planet of Giants]]" – this was necessary, as Hartnell never said the word "Gallifrey" once during his tenure). Notably, the Creator/SylvesterMcCoy footage was culled both from his regular run and from his brief appearance in [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the TV movie]], [[StockFootageFailure resulting in the Seventh Doctor inexplicably and instantly changing costumes, TARDIS control rooms and AGES in the middle of an intense event]].]]

* The season 1 finale of ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}'' featured an appearance from [[spoiler:the Comicbook/{{Justice League|Of America}}. However, while Creator/JasonMomoa and Creator/EzraMiller reprised their respective roles as Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} and Comicbook/TheFlash, the same was not true for Creator/GalGadot, Creator/HenryCavill, Creator/RayFisher, or Creator/BenAffleck.[[note]]Gadot was pregnant at the time, Cavill hadn't filmed any new material as Superman since 2017 due to contract disputes, Fisher had effectively been dropped from the franchise due to an ongoing feud with DC Films president Walter Hamada, and Affleck had already stated his intention to retire from playing Batman, with his iteration of the character slated to be written out of the DCEU in ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}'' later that same year.[[/note]] Thus, Comicbook/WonderWoman, Comicbook/{{Superman}}, Comicbook/{{Cyborg}} and Comicbook/{{Batman}} were all played by stand-ins who were shown only in silhouette and had no lines, with Batman and Cyborg later being removed from the scene outright in post-production.]]

* The season 1 finale of ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}'' featured an appearance from [[spoiler:the Comicbook/{{Justice League|Of America}}. However, while Creator/JasonMomoa and Creator/EzraMiller reprised their respective roles as Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} and Comicbook/TheFlash, the same was not true for Creator/GalGadot, Creator/HenryCavill, Creator/RayFisher, or Creator/BenAffleck.[[note]]Gadot was pregnant at the time, Cavill hadn't filmed any new material as Superman since 2017 due to contract disputes, Fisher had effectively been dropped from the franchise due to an ongoing feud with DC Films president Walter Hamada, and Affleck had already stated his intention to retire from playing Batman, with his iteration of the character slated to be written out of the DCEU in ''Film/TheFlash'' later that same year.[[/note]] Thus, Comicbook/WonderWoman, Comicbook/{{Superman}}, Comicbook/{{Cyborg}} and Comicbook/{{Batman}} were all played by stand-ins who were shown only in silhouette and had no lines, with Batman and Cyborg later being removed from the scene outright in post-production.]]

* The season 1 finale of ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}'' featured an appearance from [[spoiler:the Comicbook/{{Justice League|Of America}}. However, while Creator/JasonMomoa and Creator/EzraMiller reprised their respective roles as Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} and Comicbook/TheFlash, the same was not true for Creator/GalGadot (who was pregnant at the time), Creator/HenryCavill (who hadn’t filmed any new DC appearances since 2017), Creator/RayFisher (who had effectively been dropped from the franchise due to his ongoing feud with DC Films president Walter Hamada) or Creator/BenAffleck (who was slated to be written out in ''Film/TheFlash'' later that year). Thus, Comicbook/WonderWoman, Comicbook/{{Superman}}, Comicbook/{{Cyborg}} and Comicbook/{{Batman}} were all played by stand-ins who were shown only in silhouette and had no lines, with Batman and Cyborg later being removed from the scene outright in post-production.]]

* The season 1 finale of ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}'' featured an appearance from [[spoiler:the Comicbook/{{Justice League|Of America}}. However, while Creator/JasonMomoa and Creator/EzraMiller reprised their respective roles as Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} and Comicbook/TheFlash, the same was not true for Creator/GalGadot (who was pregnant at the time), Creator/HenryCavill (who hasn’t filmed any new DC appearances since 2017), Creator/RayFisher (who had effectively been dropped from the franchise due to his ongoing feud with DC Films president Walter Hamada) or Creator/BenAffleck (who was slated to be written out in ''Film/TheFlash'' later that year). Thus, Comicbook/WonderWoman, Comicbook/{{Superman}}, Comicbook/{{Cyborg}} and Comicbook/{{Batman}} were all played by stand-ins who were shown only in silhouette and had no lines, with Batman and Cyborg later being removed from the scene outright in post-production.]]

* The season 1 finale of ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}'' featured an appearance from [[spoiler:the Comicbook/{{Justice League|Of America}}. However, while Creator/JasonMomoa and Creator/EzraMiller reprised their respective roles as Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} and Comicbook/TheFlash, the same was not true for Creator/GalGadot (who was pregnant at the time) or Creator/HenryCavill. Thus, Comicbook/WonderWoman and Comicbook/{{Superman}} were played by stand-ins who were shown only in silhouette (similarly to a BadFuture scene in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' for Superman) and had no lines.]]

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' TV shows often have cast members dub over a masked body doubles, if physical limitations or scheduling conflicts prevent the actor in question from performing the scene themself.

* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' star Creator/PedroPascal both voices and performs the masked title character, except for scenes in which his scheduling conflicts or physical limitations require either Brendan Wayne, Creator/LateefCrowder, or Barry Lowin to don the armor instead, then have Pascal dub over him in post-production. Season 1 relied especially hard on this trope, as production occurred during a particularly busy time in Pascal's career; his obligations to the 2019 Broadway production of ''Theatre/KingLear''[[note]]in which he played Edmund opposite Creator/GlendaJackson's King Lear[[/note]] even required Lucasfilm to shoot the entirety of Chapter 4: "Sanctuary" without him.

* The season 1 finale of ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}'' featured an appearance from [[spoiler:the Comicbook/{{Justice League|Of America}}. However, while Creator/JasonMomoa and Creator/EzraMiller reprised their respective roles as Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} and Comicbook/TheFlash, the same was not true for Creator/GalGadot (who was pregnant at the time) or Creator/HenryCavill. Thus, Comicbook/WonderWoman and Comicbook/{{Superman}} were played by stand-ins who were shown only in silhouette and had no lines.]]

* The season 1 finale of ''Series/{{Peacemaker}}'' featured an appearance from [[spoiler:the Comicbook/{{Justice League|Of America}}. However, while Creator/JasonMomoa and Creator/EzraMiller reprised their respective roles as Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} and Comicbook/TheFlash, the same was not true for Creator/GalGadot (who was pregnant at the time) or Creator/HenryCavill. Thus, Comicbook/WonderWoman and Comicbook/{{Superman}} were played by stand-ins who were shown only in silhouette and had no lines.]]

* The season 1 finale of ''Series/{{Peacemaker}}'' features an appearance from [[spoiler:the Comicbook/{{Justice League|Of America}}. However, while Creator/JasonMomoa and Creator/EzraMiller reprised their respective roles as Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} and Comicbook/TheFlash, the same was not true for Creator/GalGadot (who was pregnant at the time) or Creator/HenryCavill. Thus, Comicbook/WonderWoman and Comicbook/{{Superman}} were played by stand-ins who were shown only in silhouette and had no lines.]]

* The season 1 finale of ''Series/{{Peacemaker}}'' features an appearance from [[spoiler:the Comicbook/{{Justice League|Of America}}. However, while Creator/JasonMomoa and Creator/EzraMiller reprised their roles (Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} and Comicbook/TheFlash, respectively), the same was not true for Creator/GalGadot (who was pregnant at the time) or Creator/HenryCavill. Thus, Comicbook/WonderWoman and Comicbook/{{Superman}} were played by stand-ins who were shown only in silhouette and had no lines.]]

* The season 1 finale of ''Series/Peacemaker'' features an appearance from [[spoiler:the Comicbook/{{Justice League|Of America}}. However, while Creator/JasonMomoa and Creator/EzraMiller reprised their roles (Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} and Comicbook/TheFlash, respectively), the same was not true for Creator/GalGadot (who was pregnant at the time) or Creator/HenryCavill. Thus, Comicbook/WonderWoman and Comicbook/{{Superman}} were played by stand-ins who were shown only in silhouette and had no lines.]]