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* Almost every actor who played a ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' protagonist suffers this, especially from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' onwards as Rockstar Games started to use more obscure talent due to complications with Creator/RayLiotta after ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'''s release.
** Young Maylay will always be [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas CJ]].

** Shawn “Solo” Fonteno, Ned Luke, and Creator/StevenOgg are almost completely doomed to being referred to as [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Franklin, Michael, and Trevor]], respectively. This has affected Ogg to the point where he expressed backlash to the character of Trevor on a Cameo request to reenact him and declined to reprise the role for ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoOnline'' in recent years.

* ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'': Creator/MichaelRichards reacts angrily at being called [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} "Kramer]]: "My name is Michael Richards, pal! Kramer is just the character I play on TV." (He of course says this in a [[IResembleThatRemark perfectly Kramer-like cadence.]])

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': The {{speculative fiction}} {{fandom}} {{homage}} episode "[[Recap/CastleS5E6TheFinalFrontier The Final Frontier]]" has actress Stephanie Frye, who played Lieutenant Chloe on the short-lived SpaceOpera ''Nebula 9''. Beckett loved the show and {{cosplay}}ed as Chloe in college, but Frye considers the role an OldShame despite it being her StarMakingRole, [[spoiler:and murdered her former co-star in an attempt to keep the show's revival from wrecking her non-''Nebula 9'' career]]. For her part, Beckett decides she can still like the character regardless of what she thinks of the actress.

* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Him getting pigeonholed as TheHeavy in general and the BigBad of the game he resides in led him to get poorly treated in general by the Nicelanders for being his role that he's not behind-the-scenes and what led him to go on his quest to prove that he can play other roles in games such as TheHero like Felix and get a medal to convince him of his game character role range.

* In ''Film/{{Soapdish}}'', everyone in the dinner theater washed up soap actor Jeffrey Anderson is working at calls him "[[Theatre/DeathOfASalesman Mr. Loman]]", whom he plays.

* Creator/Auli'iCravalho has been in various feature films and TV Shows including other works made by Disney despite that she is best known for being the voice of Disney's ''{{WesternAnimation/Moana}}''.

** Shawn “Solo” Fonteno, Ned Luke, and Creator/StevenOgg are almost completely doomed to being referred to as [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Franklin, Michael, and Trevor]], respectively. Steven Ogg is escaping this trope to an extent with his many new roles, most notably as Simon in ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010''.

For extra bad luck, the character may have a {{Catchphrase}} the actor will be asked to repeat incessantly, or even worse be a PhraseCatcher and [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore have to endure hearing it]] yelled at them by every LoonyFan.

* ''Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses'':

* Creator/CharlesMartinet will ''always'' be known as the voice of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario (and Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi)]][[note]]Even after he retired in 2023.[[/note]]. Oh, and one of the dragons in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''.

** Poor Brandon Keener will perhaps ''never'' escape the TypeCasting from his voice acting role as the turian badass, Garrus Vakarian. He hasn't been in anything major ever since aside from a few commercials and a few guest movie/show appearances, but anything you come across that Keener shows up in in any shape or form will have, no doubt, been overrun by Garrus jokes. In addition, it doesn't help that Keener's actual real life voice sounds just like an in-game turian without the need of a voice-modulator. Seriously, just check out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O6iaSoNsa0 this link]]. It sounds like he's doing a Garrus line reading. The voice is what connects people to Garrus every time they hear Keener speak. Some ''Mass Effect'' fans even joke that it's actually Garrus that voice acts for Keener, because his voice is just ''that'' unique.

* Creator/CharlesMartinet will ''always'' be known as the voice of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario (and Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi)]]. Oh, and one of the dragons in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''.

* Creator/PaulReubens as Pee-Wee Herman, which caused considerable problems when he was [[ContractualPurity busted for indecent exposure in an adult movie theater.]] Note that Reubens brought much of the typecasting on himself with years of rarely, if ever, appearing out of character in public engagements (talk shows, interviews, etc.) and acting jobs after the general public became aware of Pee-Wee Herman; even his character in ''[[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech and Chong's Next Movie]]'' is a thinly-veiled Pee-Wee Expy. Even today, Reubens is on social media such as Website/{{Facebook}} and Website/{{Twitter}} not as himself, but as Pee-Wee.

* Satirical TV puppet show ''Series/SpittingImage'' lampooned this with sketches where a post-Series/StarTrek Creator/LeonardNimoy is desperately auditioning for film and theater roles, trying to demonstrate he is something more than just a guy who played an emotionless alien with funny ears. His audition for the lead role in ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' does not go well at all.

* Danny Matthews (well-known OopNorth as a presenter on British station Key 103, but he's also worked for 105.4 Century FM, UTV's Wave 96.5, Imagine FM 104.9, Tower FM, as well as Bauer Media's 97.4 Rock FM, 96.9 Viking FM, Hallam FM and Magic AM, plus stints at Dune FM in Southport, and Capital Gold (now Gold) in Manchester, Heart in Cumbria and North Lancashire, yet if you mentioned his name people would see him as being [[NeverLiveItDown known only for being on Key 103 overnights in the 1990s or being on 105.4 Century FM, depending on your interpretations.]] Ironically enough, he [[{{Cameo}} did return for a spell between 2004 - 2006]].

* Creator/VeronicaTaylor, a.k.a. [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash Ketchum]], has apparently had a hard time getting other work and seems rather bitter about it all. At a panel, she said something along the lines of "Being 'the voice of Ash Ketchum' is a great party trick, but it's never gotten me a job." Still, she doesn't hold it against the character, and Ash is still one of her favorite roles.

* It doesn't matter how long his career goes on and what roles he plays, Creator/ShuichiIkeda will forever be [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char Aznable]] to fans all over the world. Unlike many examples though, Ikeda actually revels in this, having said that "''Gundam'' has been very kind to me" and that he'll gladly return to play Char in any project (be it anime or video games) for the rest of his life. He's even had a bit of fun with it by playing Char [[{{Expy}} Expies]] in other ''Gundam'' shows, such as Gilbert Durandal in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny SEED Destiny]]'' and Full Frontal in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Unicorn]]''.

** Poor Brandon Keener will perhaps ''never'' escape the TypeCasting from his voice acting role as the turian badass, Garrus Vakarian. He hasn't been in anything major ever since aside from a few commercials and a few guest movie/show appearances, but anything you come across that Keener shows up in in any shape or form will have, no doubt, been overrun by Garrus jokes In addition, it doesn't help that Keener's actual real life voice sounds just like an in-game turian without the need of a voice-modulator. Seriously, just check out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O6iaSoNsa0 this link]]. It sounds like he's doing a Garrus line reading. The voice is what connects people to Garrus every time they hear Keener speak. Some ''Mass Effect'' fans even joke that it's actually Garrus that voice acts for Keener, because his voice is just ''that'' unique.

** Shawn “Solo” Fonteno, Ned Luke, and Creator/StevenOgg are almost completely doomed to being referred to as [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Franklin, Michael, and Trevor]], respectively. Steven Ogg is escaping this trope to an extent with his many new roles, most notably as Simon in ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.

** In his ''WesternAnimation/RapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' review he uses this trope to refer to the fact that a rather prolific cast would be involved in a bad, low-budget movie, stating that the voice actors for [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]], a ''Series/MadTV'' star, a former [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Power Ranger]], and even [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]] were involved. With Creator/GreyDeLisle, he cites [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Azula]], although unlike the other stars that role does not eclipse everything she’s ever done.

* Danny Matthews (well-known OopNorth as a presenter on British station Key 103, but he's also worked for 105.4 Century FM, UTV's Wave 96.5, Imagine FM 104.9, Tower FM, as well as Bauer Media's 97.4 Rock FM, 96.9 Viking FM, Hallam FM and Magic AM, plus stints at Dune FM in Southport, and Capital Gold (now Gold) in Manchester, and he's now presenting the breakfast show on The Bay 96.9 in Lancaster, yet if you mentioned his name people would see him as being [[NeverLiveItDown known only for being on Key 103 overnights in the 1990s or being on 105.4 Century FM, depending on your interpretations.]] Ironically enough, he [[{{Cameo}} did return for a spell between 2004 - 2006]].

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* Satirical TV puppet show ''Series/SpittingImage'' lampooned this with sketches where a post-Series/StarTrek Creator/LeonardNimoy is desperately auditioning for film and theater roles, trying to demonstrate he is something more than just a guy who played an emotionless alien with funny ears. His audition for the lead role in ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' does not go well at all.
-->To be... or not to be. Is illogical, Captain... oh SHIT!
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* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Creator/TravisWillingham = Roy Mustang. And Creator/CaitlinGlass = Winry Rockbell.

* A large part of the regular cast on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''had their previous career achievements be overshadowed by the famous sitcom.

* In a ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' sketch parodying ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', Creator/HarrisonFord complains that he doesn't want to go into space because he's just an actor, only for a fat nerd to shout "You go, [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo]]!" Later inverted in the same sketch, where Creator/MarkHamill says he should have gone up to space because he "destroyed the Death Star", only for the very same nerd to tell him "That was just a movie, dude."

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E17BrianWallowsAndPetersSwallows Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows]]", Brian meets a reclusive singer who made a fortune singing advertising jingles. When she tried to branch out into opera, her debut performance of ''Theatre/{{Carmen}}'' was ruined because the audience kept shouting at her to sing their favorite jingles instead.

* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': InUniverse. Him getting pigeonholed as TheHeavy in general and the BigBad of the game he resides in led him to get poorly treated in general by the Nicelanders for being his role that he's not behind-the-scenes and what led him to go on his quest to prove that he can play other roles in games such as TheHero like Felix and get a medal to convince him of his game character role range.

* A large part of the regular cast on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
previous career achievements were overshadowed by the famous sitcom.

* A large part of the regular cast on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' have no career beyond the animated sitcom.