History Main / ShamelessSelfPromoter

'''Zoey:''' Man, I ''love'' [[UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} steam]].\\

-->-- '''The Angry Video Game Nerd''' (reviewing the ''Film/{{Alien 3}}'' NES game[[note]]the same day that Creator/JamesRolfe reviewed the movie as part of Cinemassacre's ''Monster Madness''[[/note]]), ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''

* In ''Series/{{Castle}}'', Dr. Kelly Nieman [[spoiler:3XK's girlfriend]] calls herself this when offering Beckett a pen when they first meet, but that's as far as it goes.

* Rovio will bombard the player with ads for their other games in ''VideoGame/AngryBirds''. Doubles as EnforcedPlug.

Compare: SmallNameBigEgo, CamWhore, AttentionWhore, StealingTheCredit, PleaseSubscribeToOurChannel and SingleIssueWonk (where the issue is themselves).

* Just like in the comics, the superheroes of ''Series/TheBoys'' are mass marketed and expected to do everything in their power to play to the crowds.

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Mr. Conklin, to some extent. He even has a huge photograph of himself hanging above his living room mantelpiece.

* In ''Series/{{Castle}}'', Dr. Kelly Nieman [[spoiler: 3XK's girlfriend]] calls herself this when offering Beckett a pen when they first meet, but that's as far as it goes.
* Just like in the comics, the superheroes of ''Series/TheBoys'' are mass marketed and expected to do everything in their power to play to the crowds.

* Gary Karkofsky a.k.a Merciless: The Supervillain without [=MercyTM=] from ''Literature/TheRulesOfSupervillainy'' is this as he seems not to get that being a supervillain isn't something to be proud of. Amusingly, his sidekicks take advantage of this and actually get him marketing deals and action figures during a ZombieApocalypse by the second book.

See also: [[SelfDemonstrating/ShamelessSelfPromoter Self Demonstrating version of this article]] by Tropers/{{Duckluck}}.

* [[ComicBook/NewGods Funky Flashman]]. Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment [[CouldSayItBut prohibits naming]] the well-known [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] collaborator Creator/JackKirby [[TakeThat based him on]].

Compare: SmallNameBigEgo, CamWhore, AttentionWhore, StealingTheCredit, TheShill, PleaseSubscribeToOurChannel and SingleIssueWonk (where the issue is themselves).

%%* ComicBook/BoosterGold

* In ''[[Creator/SimonRGreen Winner Takes All]]'', one of a [[ThoseTwoGuys pair of mercenaries]] who help to protect James Adamant has a sideline, writing chapbook adventure-stories and songs with himself as the hero under a nom de plume.

Often a strongly down-played version of this will {{lampshade}} -- more accurately brag about -- his "shameless self-promotion".

* ''Literature/DaveBarrySleptHere'' claims that Donald Trump in 1989 purchased Ohio, the Coast Guard, the Italian Renaissance and Mars, and renamed all of them "Trump."

* ''Radio/TheStanFrebergShow'' was limited to a short run due to never obtaining a corporate sponsor. Creator/StanFreberg therefore decided to mock the concept of sponsorship in the second-to-last episode by naming himself as the sponsor of a show that already had his name in the title, and filling it with {{Parody Commercial}}s for himself.

* In ''VideoGame/PunchOut'', Doc Louis will promote the Nintendo Fun Club between rounds. In the Wii version, he reuses this quote, but corrects himself to mention Club Nintendo instead.

-->-- '''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''' reviewing the ''Film/{{Alien 3}}'' NES game, the same day that Creator/JamesRolfe reviewed the movie as part of Cinemassacre's ''Monster Madness''.

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[[folder:Comics]]
* ComicBook/BoosterGold

[[folder:FanWorks]]
* The GainaxEnding of [[Fanfic/DantesNightAtFreddys Dante's Night at Freddy's 2: Animatronic Boogaloo]] features [[spoiler: the story's writer, who is somewhat subtle in mentioning his other work at first, but crosses into this territory pretty quick.]] Dante disgustedly calls him out on this.

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

--> '''Elliot:''' What kind of guy names a toilet after himself?

[[folder: Video Games ]]

-->'''Francis''': Hey, watch out for that goddamn steam pipe.
-->'''Zoey''': Man, I ''love'' [[UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} steam]].
-->'''Francis''': Yeah, steam's alright I guess.

-->'''Marche''': OK, if you could make any game real, which would it be?
-->'''Ritz''': Hmm, that's a good question!
-->'''Mewt''': I'd pick "Final Fantasy." That's my favorite.
** Surprisingly justified...the plot is...that wish, causes them to get stuck in a REAL Final Fantasy game!

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* On the video game music podcast ''Podcast/NitroGameInjection'', Larry Oji never wastes an opportunity to mention Music/OverclockedRemix. This isn't so surprising, considering he's the Head Submissions Evaluator of the site.
** This is {{Lampshaded}} in the website description for episode 118, in which it's suggested that the listener [[DrinkingGame takes a shot every time Larry mentions OCR.]]

* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'' does this as a parody. Episode 16 is titled "Shameless Self Reference", and it's filled with {{Call Back}}s, {{Continuity Nod}}s, and references to the creator's other work--all complete with in-video hyperlinks. Then the episode ends with a TitleDrop, and the end credits claim that [[OverlyPrePreparedGag the entire series was leading up to that one joke]].

-->'''Bunny''': This is nothing but a shameless plug!
-->'''Plug''': ''(Sultry voice)'' Take off your pants, let's do it right here.
* A lot of fanfiction writers tend to use this very wiki as an excuse to promote their work, [[LoopholeAbuse taking advantage of]] Administrivia/ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability.
** Creator/JusSonic does it ''the other way around'', using his work to promote [[FanFic/TotalDramaEquestria the trope page]] ''for'' that work!
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic once got kidnapped by the Game Heroes (to promote their t-shirts) and ended up trying to promote his own. A gun digging into his face quickly dissuaded him though.
* ''Website/{{Clickhole}}'' has a pair of satirical articles "written" by a man allegedly writing about the political ideas of the day, but blatantly just pushing his BMovie screenplay for ''Chronotaur: Labyrinth Of Time'', and later also its sequel, ''Chronotaur 2: Thread Of Destiny'':
** The first is [[http://www.clickhole.com/blogpost/if-people-think-theres-quick-fix-illegal-immigrati-4600 If People Think There’s A Quick Fix To Illegal Immigration They’re As Misguided As The Scientists In My Screenplay ‘Chronotaur: Labyrinth Of Time’]]
** This was later followed up with [[http://www.clickhole.com/blogpost/abstinence-only-education-doomed-fail-robo-chronot-5246 Abstinence-Only Education Is As Doomed To Fail As The Robo-Chronotaur Built To Fight The Chronotaur In My Screenplay ‘Chronotaur: Labyrinth Of Time’]]

* [[ComicBook/NewGods Funky Flashman]]. RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement [[CouldSayItBut prohibits naming]] the well-known [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] collaborator Creator/JackKirby [[TakeThat based him on]].