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*** Another late 50s entry, "Dog Tales", featured various gags set at a dog show. One of the highlights was a piano-playing Great Dane ("The Great Dane" being a popular nickname for Danish musician and comic Creator/VictorBorge).
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*** Another late 50s entry, "Dog Tales", featured various gags set at a dog show. One of the highlights was a piano-playing Great Dane ("The Great Dane" being a popular nickname for Danish musician and comic Creator/VictorBorge).
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** The mayor of Aron City was also based on UsefulNotes/BillClinton
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** In the Bugs Bunny cartoon, Hare Conditioned, Bugs is chased by a department store manager who looks and sounds like ''Radio/TheGreatGildersleeve''. Bugs eventually [[LampshadeHanging lampshades it,]] commenting that he sounds like "that guy on the radio." The manager is very surprised and flattered to hear this.
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** Old Man [=McGucket=]'s younger self is based off of Steve Wozniack, with a banjo.
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* One of the worst and most prominent examples of this is WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}, from the show of the same name, who solved crimes and played faux rock songs while yammering Rodney Dangerfield's CatchPhrase "No respect!" in a terrible [[Film/TheThreeStooges Curly Howard]] impression. Just how bad it really is gets a LampshadeHanging when he appears in ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw''. Judge Mentok hears him speak and immediately orders him to stay quiet for the rest of the trial.
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** Huckleberry Hound is Andy Griffith.
** Doggie Daddy from the "Augie Doggie" segments of ''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw'' is essentially Jimmy Durante.
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** WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}} is quite obviously one for [[Film/TheThreeStooges Jerome "Curly" Howard]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}!'' was affected by this trope as well. All guest musicians in the "The Jam Jem" were based on real 1980s personalities.
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* The character Garrett Bobby Ferguson from ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' bears an uncanny resemblance to former ''Donkey Kong'' record holder Billy Mitchell--so much so that he actually filed a lawsuit (it got thrown out, though).
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** The mare with three fleur-de-lis as a cutie mark from "Sweet and Elite" bears a strong resemblance to Creator/BrigitteBardot.
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** Hank Azaria has admitted that Moe's voice started out as a bad Creator/AlPacino impression.
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**There's also ''Pelvis Parsley'' on ''Pink-A-Rella'', one of the Pink Panther shorts.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' parodied Music/JustinBieber in the episode "Battle of the Boy Bands," with Sonic, Tails and Knuckles creating an in-universe StylisticSuck boy band to stop Amy's obsession with pop star Justin Beaver.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''MerrieMelodies'': Creator/WarnerBros was among the earliest in the entertainment genre to produce and release animated shorts that featured celebrity clones, caricatures and cameos, starting in the early 1930s. Examples abound:
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* Almost any cartoon featuring a sporting event will have a sportscaster or commentator blatantly ripping off the late Howard Cosell. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' switched that one up by featuring celebrity imitator Rich Little's severed head imitating Cosell -- and having Little actually do the voice.) Like the RecordNeedleScratch and the above-mentioned Senator Claghorn, one wonders, do any of the kids these days know exactly who is being parodied?
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* Almost any cartoon featuring a sporting event will have a sportscaster or commentator blatantly ripping off the late Howard Cosell. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' switched that one up by featuring celebrity imitator Rich Little's Creator/RichLittle's severed head imitating Cosell -- and having Little actually do the voice.) Like the RecordNeedleScratch and the above-mentioned Senator Claghorn, one wonders, do any of the kids these days know exactly who is being parodied?
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** Jack Burns' character on ''WesternAnimation/WaitTillYourFatherGetsHome'' was based on his stage persona.
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** Booberella is based on Creator/{{Elvira|MistressOfTheDark}}.
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** Tracks is based on Jim Backus' performance as Thurston Howell in ''Series/GilligansIsland'', Red Alert was supposedly based on RichardNixon, and Mirage was based on Music/DeanMartin.
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* Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy from ''ComicStrip/TheBoondocks'' are rather obviously UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush and Donald Rumsfeld as scheming, shiftless frat boys.
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** The ''Franchise/{{DCAU}}'' is somewhat peppered with this, particularly for ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' and ''Justice League Unlimited''. Because of the number of voices required with a limited cast, voice actors would break out voice imitations to make a more significant variety. Notably, Michael Rosenbaum's Deadshot was an imitation of Creator/KevinSpacey, and Creator/PhilLaMarr's version of Steel was somewhat based on Creator/MorganFreeman. Rosenbaum also gave Ghoul, one of the Jokerz in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' and an episode of ''Justice League Unlimited'', the voice of Christopher Walken.
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** The ''Franchise/{{DCAU}}'' is somewhat peppered with this, particularly for ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' and ''Justice League Unlimited''. Because of the number of voices required with a limited cast, voice actors would break out voice imitations to make a more significant variety. Notably, Michael Rosenbaum's Deadshot was an imitation of Creator/KevinSpacey, and Creator/PhilLaMarr's Creator/{{Phil LaMarr}}'s version of Steel was somewhat based on Creator/MorganFreeman. Rosenbaum also gave Ghoul, one of the Jokerz in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' and an episode of ''Justice League Unlimited'', the voice of Christopher Walken.Creator/ChristopherWalken.
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* Celebrity caricatures were common in several of the Creator/VanBeurenStudios cartoon shorts, such as Honey Bear dressing up as Creator/MaeWest and Gandhi making a cameo in "Croon Crazy", and a bird in "A Little Bird Told Me" being named Walter Finchell, a play on the famous radio star Walter Winchell.
** An anthropomorphic horse who pops up in "Galloping Fanny" is obviously based off of Mae West.
** The buzzard who turns his head into that of Jimmy Dirante in "On The Pan".
** "Cupid Gets His Man" features a character who is a caricature of W.C. Fields.
** An anthropomorphic horse who pops up in "Galloping Fanny" is obviously based off of Mae West.
** The buzzard who turns his head into that of Jimmy Dirante in "On The Pan".
** "Cupid Gets His Man" features a character who is a caricature of W.C. Fields.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', Chef Lance Casteau is an obvious rip-off of Anthony Bourdain (with a bit of Gordon Ramsay thrown in) and to top it all off is actually voiced by Anthony Bourdain.
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** Chester was an imitation of Charles Nelson Reilly.
** Captain Dirt from "Operation: D.U.C.K.Y" is a parody of Creator/WilliamShatner.
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* Colonel Kit Carson of [[{{Underdog}} Go Go Gophers]] is inspired in look, voice and mannerisms by TeddyRoosevelt.
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* Colonel Kit Carson Coyote of [[{{Underdog}} ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}} Go Go Gophers]] Gophers]]'' is inspired in look, voice and mannerisms by TeddyRoosevelt.UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt.
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** The character of Darkwing himself included a vocal tribute to DaffyDuck, [[SmallNameBigEgo whose basic personality traits Darkwing shared]].
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** Lou the cop's voice is based on Creator/SylvesterStallone. (Ironically, Lou himself is black.)
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* The ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTalesInTheHouse'' episode "Bob and the Awesome Frosting Mustache" featured a mustachioed grape named Tom Celeriac, who was an obvious parody of that of Creator/TomSelleck.
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** GenghisKhan was Creator/JohnWayne, also making fun of the time [[CaucasianAsian Wayne played him]].
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** In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool'', PattyMaloney used her [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals Darla Hood]] voice for Tanis the mummy girl.
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** Father's voice is an imitation of Creator/KirkDouglas.
** Captain Dirt from "Operation: D.U.C.K.Y" is a parody of Creator/WilliamShatner.
** Father's voice is an imitation of Creator/KirkDouglas.
** Captain Dirt from "Operation: D.U.C.K.Y" is a parody of Creator/WilliamShatner.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' has several. Their version of Dracula is based on Redd Foxx, Hoss Delgado is a combination of [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]] and [[Franchise/EvilDead Ash Williams]], there is an underworld lawyer whose mannerisms are taken from Creator/ChristopherWalken and, in one episode, the kids get a helper monkey who sounds and acts like KevinSpacey. [[ParentalBonus Specifically in]] ''Film/{{Se7en}}''. No, Really.
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** ''Transformers'' also employed more conventional impressions: Cosmos' voice was essentially a heavily-modulated Creator/PeterLorre (again...), while Hound's voice actor was a dead ringer for Jimmy Stewart. Both G1 and ''Animated'' Shockwave's voices are based on Creator/DavidWarner, specifically his performance as Sark from ''Film/{{Tron}}'' (in fact, his voice actor, Creator/CoreyBurton [[PoorMansSubstitute was even hired to take up Warner's role]] as Sark in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''), Optimus Prime's voice is based on Creator/JohnWayne, Soundwave's voice was based on Music/BarryWhite, and Rumble's and Frenzy's voices were based on AlCapone and Leo Gorcey.
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** Britina, MC Honey, Heather, the Holson twins, the CausticCritic host of "American Starmaker" and Camille Leon, among others.
** One TrappedInTvLand episode had a pink haired spy fighting Kim over a device. Who could that be?
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''MerrieMelodies'': Creator/WarnerBros was among the earliest in the entertainment genre to produce and release animated shorts that featured celebrity clones, caricatures and cameos, starting in the early 1930s. Examples abound:
** Many famous crooners of the era, several times each. These have included everyone from Music/BingCrosby and Music/FrankSinatra to Music/ElvisPresley.
*** Crosby – whose likeness was depicted in the mid-1930s "Bingo Crosbyana" and "Let It Be Me" – took none too kindly to either short, since he was portrayed as a coward, and threatened to sue. No legal action ever went anywhere, however.
*** The Elvis Presley parody comes in the 1959 Bugs Bunny short "Hare-Abian Nights," where an intimidated Elvis look-alike (Elvis Pretzel) sings "Hound Camel," a parody of "Hound Dog"; the unimpressed Sultan -- whom we later see is WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam -- quickly drops Pretzel into a crocodile tank via TrapDoor.
*** Much later, Warner Bros Animation's ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'' would base Taz's father on Bing, and his brother -- Taz's uncle -- on Creator/BobHope.
** ''Series/TheHoneymooners'' was the basis of many Ralph Kramden/Jackie Gleason parodies. One of the first cartoons to pay homage to the character was "Red Riding Hoodwinked," a [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Tweety and Sylvester]] cartoon with the usually cheerful Granny filling the role. An entire series of cartoons, called "The Honeymousers," featured mouse versions of Ralph, Ed, Alice and Trixie (almost always trying to avoid the housecat).
** Cat versions of Creator/AbbottAndCostello were named "Babbitt" and "Catsello," Tweety's first antagonists.
** [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Jack Benny]], and the cast of his radio show, [[InkSuitActor played themselves as mice]] in a Looney Tunes one-shot, "The Mouse That Jack Built".
** Creator/HumphreyBogart was a popular source of inspiration:
*** In the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon "Eight-Ball Bunny," Bogart – recalling his character and signature line from ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'' – makes several unexplained appearances in the movie as Bugs is trying to rescue Playboy Penguin, who had become accidentally separated from his troupe (the Ice Frolics). The line "Pardon me, but could you help out a fellow American who's down on his luck?" is almost directly from the film.
*** Bogey and "Baby" (Lauren Bacall) can also be seen in 1947's "Slick Hare".
** Several shorts featured caricatures of WB stars such as Edward G. Robinson and Creator/PeterLorre.
*** ''Carrotblanca'', a 1990s send up of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', features Tweety doing a Lorre impersonation as Ugarte.
** The 1937 cartoon "The Woods are Full of Cuckoos" revolved around a radio program performed by animal versions of then-famous radio and film personalities, including Jack Benny and Fred Allen.
*** See also "The Coo-Coo Nut Grove" and "Hollywood Steps Out".
** "Wideo Wabbit," a sendup of mid-1950s TV shows, features parodies of [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]] ("You Beat Your Wife," a play on the show ''Series/YouBetYourLife''), Liberace (as "Liver-ace") and Ed Norton (another ''[[Series/TheHoneymooners Honeymooners]]'' parody).
** "Daffy's Inn Trouble": At one point in this 1961 cartoon (which co-stars WesternAnimation/PorkyPig), the duck tries wooing customers to his hotel by doing a Creator/MaeWest [[TheVamp vamp]] act. A group of irritated customers are hardly amused, and show their disgust when the record he was playing skips by throwing rotten tomatoes at him.
** "The Last Hungry Cat": An ''Alfred Hitchcock Mysteries'' parody features a Hitchcock-type bear introducing the cartoon and interacting with Sylvester.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'': The {{Trope Namer|s}}. Jay's boss and network honcho Duke Phillips is a parody of Ted Turner. Jay himself is a pastiche of Creator/GeneSiskel and Creator/RogerEbert (who [[InkSuitActor played themselves]] in one episode). Also, his buddy Jeremy Hawke is said to be a combination of Paul Hogan and Creator/MelGibson.
* ''WesternAnimation/WallyGator'''s voice was based on Ed Wynn's famous "Perfect Fool" character...and so were quite a few others:
** Captain Peachfuzz from ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle''.
** Creator/TerryToons character Gandy Goose.
** Choose Goose from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''.
** Zagraz from ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983''.
** Wade from ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends''.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' has Wes Weasely, an {{Honest John|sDealership}} who shares [[Series/ThePhilSilversShow Phil Silvers]]' voice, clothes, and glasses.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' had [=McDonald=] Trump, who made a fortune selling very expensive and very small pizzas.
* One of the worst and most prominent examples of this is WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}, from the show of the same name, who solved crimes and played faux rock songs while yammering Rodney Dangerfield's CatchPhrase "No respect!" in a terrible [[Film/TheThreeStooges Curly Howard]] impression. Just how bad it really is gets a LampshadeHanging when he appears in ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw''. Judge Mentok hears him speak and immediately orders him to stay quiet for the rest of the trial.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' did this repeatedly, but with a great deal more skill:
** Yakko Warner steals gags, quips, and sometimes entire plotlines from [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]], with Wakko occasionally filling in as Harpo. Wakko himself is basically Music/RingoStarr most of the time.
** Mr. Director, a recurring foe, is clearly Creator/JerryLewis.
** The Brain, megalomaniac mouse extraordinaire, is based on voice actor Creator/MauriceLaMarche's excellent Creator/OrsonWelles impersonation. (To the point that, as a treat for Moe, the short "Yes, Always" was an adaptation of an obscure but infamous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Peas recording session]] in which Orson's ego went ballistic on a pair of inept producers while taping a commercial for frozen peas.)
** The Goodfeathers were parodies of Ray Liotta's (Squit), Creator/RobertDeNiro's (Bobby), and [[HairTriggerTemper Joe Pesci's]] (Pesto) characters from ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}''; their boss, the Godpidgeon, is an extreme parody of Creator/MarlonBrando as Film/TheGodfather.
*** Given Liotta's eerie vocal resemblance to Creator/JackNicholson, many younger or naive viewers probably thought that Squit was supposed to be a Nicholson character.
*** The Robert [=DeNiro=] pigeon also had elements of his character from ''Film/TaxiDriver'' ("Are you talkin' to me?")
*** The series also contained many other references to the works of Brando, [=DeNiro=], and Pesci, as well as numerous other gangster movies.
** Runt was an imitation of Creator/DustinHoffman's character from ''Film/RainMan''; Rita was Bernadette Peters doing herself.
** In one episode of the series, the Warners push the buttons of a scowling television journalist named "Dan Anchorman," who bears a striking resemblance to ABC's Sam Donaldson. The Donaldson connection was made even more explicit by the character's name in the original script: Slam Fondlesome. Because of ExecutiveMeddling over that supposedly risque name, they had to go back, change the name, and redub some of the dialogue. Dan is eventually pushed into a television set and forced to fight a blond professional wrestler named "Bulk Logan." Yeah, I don't think that one needs any explanation.
** Ralph the studio guard is apparently based on Creator/RalphBakshi.
** Howie Tern, insult-hurling radio show host. No explanation required. (Given how brutal the Warners usually are to obnoxious jerks, he actually got off relatively easy.)
** World-famous movie critics [[Series/SiskelAndEbert Lean Hiskel and Codger Eggbert.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''
** Shirley the Loon was based loosely on Creator/ShirleyMacLaine, or at least on her public image as a [[NewAgeRetroHippie new age kook]].
** However, though you might think one-shot "Julie Bruin" falls here, she is actually voiced by Julie Brown (not "Downtown", the other one).
** And then there's [[Creator/RobinWilliams Robin Killems]].
* Two of the supporting superheroes in ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' -- The Huntsman, who is modelled upon Charlton Heston, and Lord Bravery, an obvious pastiche of Creator/JohnCleese.
* Spike the bulldog, in the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' series, has a Jimmy Durante-like voice.
* Creator/HannaBarbera were fond of these in their television shows. For instance, WesternAnimation/YogiBear is Art Carney, and Super Snooper is Ed Gardner from radio's ''Duffy's Tavern''.
** Huckleberry Hound is Andy Griffith.
** Doggie Daddy from the "Augie Doggie" segments of ''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw'' is essentially Jimmy Durante.
** Fred Flintstone of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' started off, at least, as a copy of Jackie Gleason's [[Series/TheHoneymooners Ralph Kramden]].
** Arnold Stang's ''WesternAnimation/TopCat'' is clearly based, not just on Phil Silvers, but specifically on [[Series/ThePhilSilversShow Sergeant Bilko]]. (Benny the Ball doesn't count; he sounds like Private Doberman because he's voiced by Maurice Gosfeld.)
** Jack Burns' character on ''WesternAnimation/WaitTillYourFatherGetsHome'' was based on his stage persona.
*** And his appearance was based on a UsefulNotes/RichardNixon caricature.
** The four teenage humans on ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' were originally based on characters from ''Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis''.
** In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool'', PattyMaloney used her [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals Darla Hood]] voice for Tanis the mummy girl.
** In the Don Adams episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'', the villain turned out to be washed-up horror actor Lorne Chumley, obviously based on Lon Chaney, Jr.
** WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}} is quite obviously one for [[Film/TheThreeStooges Jerome "Curly" Howard]].
* Creator/WalterLantz had a series of "Maw and Paw" shorts in the 1950s, which were based on the live-action "Ma and Pa Kettle" comedies.
* The EdutainmentShow ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}'', from the same studio as ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' and sharing many of the voice actors, would transform historical figures without well-known voices and mannerisms into parodies of recognizable celebrities:
** Julius Caesar was Music/FrankSinatra.
*** The Roman senators who ganged up on Caesar were other Rat Pack members, like Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin.
** Creator/{{Socrates}} was Music/BingCrosby.
** Merriwether Lewis was Creator/JerryLewis.
** William Clark sounded like Dean Martin (playing off Lewis), but looked like Franchise/{{DCAU}} [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]].
** Creator/EdgarAllanPoe was Creator/PeterLorre (buckle up, you're gonna be hearing quite a bit of him).
** Sigmund Freud was Creator/WoodyAllen.
*** ...and so was UsefulNotes/WoodrowWilson.
** UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln became Johnny Carson.
** Not to mention Creator/BobHope as UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington, Jack Benny as UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson, Creator/AbbottAndCostello as the Wright brothers, ''Groucho'' Marx as Karl Marx...
** One sketch presented Gutzon Borglum played by [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Elmer Fudd]].
** Pee Wee Herman as General William Sherman!
** Francis Bellamy, who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance, as Creator/WilliamShatner.
** GenghisKhan was Creator/JohnWayne, also making fun of the time [[CaucasianAsian Wayne played him]].
** Kublai Khan was Creator/SylvesterStallone.
** Marco Polo was Creator/JoePesci.
** Creator/BenjaminFranklin was Jay Leno
** UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla was Creator/ChristopherWalken.
* The main character of ''MyWorldAndWelcomeToIt'' was a thinly disguised version of author Creator/JamesThurber, which makes sense since the series was based on Thurber's writings published under that title.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** ''The Simpsons'' actually became famous early on for being one of the first cartoons to regularly subvert this trope by having celebrities voice ''themselves'' as characters, starting with Tony Bennett in the 1990 episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E5DancinHomer Dancin' Homer]]." At first these characters merely made cameos, but as time went on whole episodes began to be written around them. This resulted in a mild CelebrityParadox when Creator/AlecBaldwin portrayed himself and then, in a later episode, a completely fictional character.
** Chief Wiggum was initially an impression of Edward G. Robinson. This gets a {{lampshade|Hanging}} in several episodes: "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E18TheDayTheViolenceDied The Day the Violence Died]]", a trial episode where cartoon maker Roger Meyers, Jr. talks about this very trope; "Bart Gets An Elephant", where Wiggum dismisses a liquor store robbery report with "Yeah, right. [[AndImTheQueenOfSheba And I'm Edward G. Robinson!]]"; and "Simpsons Bible Stories", where in the Moses story Wiggum stands in for Robinson's character in ''Film/TheTenCommandments''. Robinson's role in ''Film/TheTenCommandments'' was also referenced in the episode "Homer Loves Flanders": "Where's your Messiah '''NOW''', Flanders?!" Finally, in the "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E4TreehouseOfHorrorXIX Treehouse of Horror XIX]]'' segment "How to Get Ahead in Dead-Vertising" Wiggum meets the ghost of Robinson.
** Lou the cop's voice is based on Creator/SylvesterStallone. (Ironically, Lou himself is black.)
** Hank Azaria has admitted that Moe's voice started out as a bad Creator/AlPacino impression.
** Dr. Julius Hibbert is a send-up of ''Series/TheCosbyShow'''s Dr. Cliff Huxtable (and, to a lesser extent, of Creator/BillCosby himself).
** Dr. Frink is an impression of Creator/JerryLewis. This was brought full circle in the "WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror XIV" segment "Frinkenstein", where Lewis voiced Frink's dad. Not to mention he himself points out that a cartoon character at a convention is a ripoff of Creator/JerryLewis.
** Rainier Wolfcastle (who plays the character [=McBain=]) is a [[TheAhnold not-so-subtle imitation]] of Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. (This was made all the more obvious when TheMovie used Schwarzenegger as a character -- and his appearance, characterization, and voice were nearly identical to those of Wolfcastle.)
** Mayor Quimby is a send-up of the Kennedy family in general, but most closely based on Edward (Ted).
** Magicians Gunter and Ernst = Siegfried and Roy. In their debut episode, the duo were [[FunnyAneurysmMoment attacked by one of the exotic cats used in their act]]. When asked about the parallel, the writers said, in effect, "it was bound to happen sooner or later."
** Talk show host Opal = Oprah. Right down to her massive audience gift giveaways.
** The announcer for the Springfield Isotopes baseball team is a dead ringer for Dodgers announcer Vin Scully. Similarly, football-related scenes often feature an announcer who sounds like Keith Jackson.
** Gil, the perennially unsuccessful salesman, is based on Jack Lemmon's ''Theatre/GlengarryGlenRoss'' character. Lemmon himself voiced a similar character in "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson".
** Creator/HankAzaria has claimed that Moe's voice was based on a bad Creator/AlPacino impression. Creator/MattGroening has stated that Moe's appearance was based on Rich Hall.
** The voice of Herman (voiced by Creator/HarryShearer) is based on UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush. Other viewers might suggest JackNicholson or Gary Sinise.
** The "Yes Guy", also known as "that jerk who always goes 'Yeeeeessss?'" is a pastiche of a recurring character portrayed by Frank Nelson on various older sitcoms, most notably ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram''.
** In "Sideshow Bob Roberts", we're introduced to conservative talk-show host Birch Barlow, an obvious sendup of Radio/RushLimbaugh.
** Heavyweight boxing champ Drederick Tatum and his manager Lucius Sweet are send-ups of Mike Tyson and Don King, respectively. This is lampshaded in the episode "The Homer They Fall":
--->'''Homer:''' You know Lucius Sweet?! He's one of the biggest names in boxing! He's exactly as rich and as famous as Don King, and he looks just like him, too!
** Also lampshaded with bearded children's folk singer Roofi. A graphic during a TV news report of a riot at a Roofi concert reads "Raffi denounces Roofi".
** The Parson looks and sounds suspiciously like Music/BingCrosby.
** Judge Constance Harm is a parody of [[Series/JudgeJudy "Judge Judith" Sheindlin]], particularly in her tough reputation and snarky demeanor when a litigant tried to bluff their way through her questions.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''
** Jorgen Von Strangle from is likewise another animated Schwarzenegger clone, down to his physique and Teutonic accent. (His name is taken from the similar actor Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme.) Curiously, there's also an actor called Arnold Schwarzengerman (appearing in a superviolent remake of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'').
** The character of Big Daddy is a parody of James Gandolfini as [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]].
** April Fool's nasally voice and "what's up with that?" comedic style are a lot like those of Jerry Seinfeld.
** Sylvester Calzone
** Britney Britney
** Countless characters in the movie ''WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''
** Elzar, the recurring Neptunian chef is a thinly veiled impersonation of TV chef Emeril Lagasse. Zapp Brannigan was originally cast with comedian Creator/PhilHartman in the role; when Hartman died before the show began, Billy West did Zapp's voice in the style of Hartman as a tribute. Incidentally, the protagonist Phillip J. Fry, also voiced by Billy West, was named after Phil Hartman.
** Zapp's whole character is a parody of Creator/WilliamShatner. Not to mention his hair.
** "Decision 3012" features Chris Travers, a thinly veiled but heavily romanticized parody of Barack Obama.
** Robot Devil's voice is based on Hans Conried as Captain Hook in ''Disney/PeterPan''.
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'':
** Johnny's voice and speech patterns are a parody of Music/ElvisPresley, most notable in the way he says "Oh Momma". In the pilot episode, he went as far as to deep fry a peanut butter and banana sandwich.
** Later seasons featured Johnny's idol Squint Ringo, a laughably transparent parody of Creator/StevenSeagal.
* Almost any cartoon featuring a sporting event will have a sportscaster or commentator blatantly ripping off the late Howard Cosell. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' switched that one up by featuring celebrity imitator Rich Little's severed head imitating Cosell -- and having Little actually do the voice.) Like the RecordNeedleScratch and the above-mentioned Senator Claghorn, one wonders, do any of the kids these days know exactly who is being parodied?
* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' features several examples of this trope.
** Fat Cat, one of the show's {{Big Bad}}s, is sort of a feline Creator/VincentPrice, or Sydney Greenstreet.
** Stan Blather, a recurring background character, is a monotone news anchor who is a barely-disguised stand in for Dan Rather.
** In "Kiwi's Big Adventure", a kiwi chieftain speaks with the mannerisms and {{catch phrase}}s of Ed Sullivan.
** In "Pie in the Sky", the villain's guard dogs are both based on Creator/JackNicholson. To the point of actually being named "Jack" and "Nichols".
** Canina [=LeFur=], a guest star in "A Chorus Crime" and "They Shoot Dogs, Don't They?", is based on--and actually voiced by--Carol Channing.
** In "The Luck Stops Here", [[CatsAreMean Kismet]] is basically a feline BetteDavis.
* Similarly, an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' features a sleazy Hollywood director [[spoiler: (actually Professor Calamitous in disguise)]] who happens to look ''exactly'' like Creator/QuentinTarantino. Well, the director's given name is Quentin Smithee. It's kinda obvious.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' involved a science fiction movie starring "Harold Edsel" and "Karen Fishhook", who bore suspiciously strong resemblances to Creator/HarrisonFord and Creator/CarrieFisher, respectively. Interestingly, about twenty years later, Ford would make a more overt Transformers appearance: Creator/{{Hasbro}} produced a "Franchise/StarWars Transformers" toy line, with Han Solo as one of the featured characters. Even more interestingly, is what happened much sooner than that. In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'', Susan Blu, who voiced Karen Fishhook, would also provide the voice of one of the franchises most popular female characters, Arcee. WordOfGod has actually gone on to describe Arcee's character design as being "the robotic equivalent of a naked Princess Leia", the character Fisher is best known for.
** ''Transformers'' also employed more conventional impressions: Cosmos' voice was essentially a heavily-modulated Creator/PeterLorre (again...), while Hound's voice actor was a dead ringer for Jimmy Stewart. Both G1 and ''Animated'' Shockwave's voices are based on Creator/DavidWarner, specifically his performance as Sark from ''Film/{{Tron}}'' (in fact, his voice actor, Creator/CoreyBurton [[PoorMansSubstitute was even hired to take up Warner's role]] as Sark in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''), Optimus Prime's voice is based on Creator/JohnWayne, Soundwave's voice was based on Music/BarryWhite, and Rumble's and Frenzy's voices were based on AlCapone and Leo Gorcey.
*** Lampshaded in the Luke Ski filk song ''The Ballad of Optimus Prime'', where Luke takes a line [[ReplacementScrappy to complain about Hot Rod's role]]: "We wanted John Wayne, and they gave us Judd Nelson!"
** Even ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Animated]]'' has this going on, with Ultra Magnus' voice being a rather good imitation of Robert Stack (who, not-so-coincidentally, played the original Magnus in the 1986 movie), and Ironhide being Corey Burton's best approximation of Huell Howser. Swindle's mannerisms are modeled after those of Ron Popeil, and Mixmaster sounds suspiciously like Joe Pesci (which is played up in a [[WholePlotReference Whole Episode Reference]] to ''Film/HomeAlone''). Highbrow has a similar accent, mustache, and gap in his tooth to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry-Thomas Terry-Thomas]]. [[CowardlyLion Grandus]] sounds like another Paul Lynde (and ScreamsLikeALittleGirl). Rattletrap sounds a lot like Lou Costello (which may or may not have been the inspiration for [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Rattrap's]] accent, though it's at least less obvious with him).
** Tracks is based on Jim Backus' performance as Thurston Howell in ''Series/GilligansIsland'', Red Alert was supposedly based on RichardNixon, and Mirage was based on Music/DeanMartin.
* ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' has David Litterbin--an obvious play on Creator/DavidLetterman.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'' has at its main antagonist Bull Sharkowski, whose vocal and speech mannerisms could ''only'' bring Mike Tyson to mind.
** In one episode there's an entertainer named Burt Rivendale who is clearly based on David Letterman even resembling him right down to the gap tooth.
* Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises' ''WesternAnimation/TheAntAndTheAardvark'' cartoons featured John Byner voicing both of the title characters, using voices based on Dean Martin and Jackie Mason, respectively.
* Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy from ''ComicStrip/TheBoondocks'' are rather obviously UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush and Donald Rumsfeld as scheming, shiftless frat boys.
-->'''Ed Wuncler I:''' "In 30 years, that boy will be the president of the United States. And he'll still be a fucking idiot."
* ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' provides some more examples.
** "Dogumagicary" features a spider-like movie director named "Creator/{{Quentin Tarant|ino}}ulino".
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}'' villain Sly Rax has a Creator/JackNicholson-like voice.
** As does Shipwreck from ''Franchise/GIJoe''.
* Several of Hasbro/Sunbow's MerchandiseDriven cartoons from the 1980s (''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'', ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'') feature a tabloid reporter named Hector Ramirez, an obvious Geraldo Rivera parody.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'' also featured a less than AffectionateParody of Creator/MrT; one of the writers had worked on [[WesternAnimation/MisterT his animated series]].
* Elvis Criddlington from ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam'' is clearly based on Music/ElvisPresley, right down to the fact that he sings and loves rock 'n' roll.
* ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'' has quite a few. The original series had Evil Eye Weevil who is a skeleton-like thing (he's a parody of Music/ElvisPresley and Evil Knievel) and The X-Terminator who is a parody of Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Lawrence Limburger has a sister who is named after Latoya Jackson (one of Music/MichaelJackson's siblings) and the "Loogie Brothers" who are based off two characters played by Dana Carvey and Keaven Nealon on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. The 2006 revival has a villain named Ronaldo Rump who is a parody of multimillionaire Donald Trump (including the toupee and the multimillion dollar building franchise), he has a British cousin named Sir Richard Brand Something (a parody of Virgin Group company owner Sir Richard Branson). There's also a character that bares a resemblance to Rodney Dangerfield. Doctor Catorkian sounds suspiciously like Creator/BorisKarloff.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has had a few villains that parody famous characters, such as "Toiletnator" (Terminator), "Tony Clownarelli also known as Godclown" (Creator/MarlonBrando as Film/TheGodfather), "Count Spankulot" ({{Dracula}}). [[BigBad Father's]] voice was patterned after Kirk Douglas.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animalympics}}'' had this for the various news commentators and a few athletes. Henry Hummel borrows mannerisms from Henry Kissinger, Barbara Warbler is rather obviously Barbara Walters, and Lodge Turkell is Howard Cosell. On the side of the athletes, Bolt Jenkins is reminiscent of John Travolta's character from ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'', and Joey Gongalong is obviously Muhammad Ali as a BoxingKangaroo.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' featured a scientist character who looked and sounded exactly like Jimmy Stewart.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}!'' was affected by this trope as well. All guest musicians in the "The Jam Jem" were based on real 1980s personalities.
* The ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' version of Santa Claus kind of sounds like Rodney Dangerfield.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' featured an ''Series/AmericanIdol''-type talent show where hopefuls audition to be the next star. The so-called "Real Randy Jackson" character of the three judges is a lot similar to 1980s Michael Jackson, and Perchival (voiced by Creator/TimCurry) is a similar to Simon Cowell.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''
** Ren is based on Peter Lorre. Yes, Lorre again. Creator/JohnKricfalusi has gone on record as saying Ren is the unholy lovechild of Lorre and Kirk Douglas. And a little Burl Ives. Ironically, Burl Ives also gets a treatment, as "Stinky Wizzleteats," the singer of Stimpy's favorite song, "Happy Happy, Joy Joy." It's said that Ives was offended... not at the parody, but that Kricfalusi and company hadn't invited him to voice the role himself, allowing him to take a sledgehammer to the "beloved childrens' entertainer" persona he had built up -- in RealLife, Ives hated children.
** Stimpy's voice is based on Larry Fine of ''Film/TheThreeStooges''.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has The Boulder, a parody of both [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] and Wrestling/HulkHogan, down to being a ThirdPersonPerson. He's even voiced by actual wrestler Wrestling/MickFoley.
* Roger from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' is another Paul Lynde impression.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
** Stewie's voice is based on Rex Harrison.
** The makers of the show said that Peter basically is Creator/MichaelMoore (hence the inspiration for their farting contest skit).[[note]]Of course, Peter knows ''absolutely nothing'' about anything, not even having a clue what [[TheWarOnTerror 9/11]] was until three years after the fact, and he has organized Quahog's Tea Party, while Moore is an avid supporter of Occupy, the Tea Party movement's ideological polar opposite.[[/note]]
** Peter and Lois' vocal inflections resembling Archie and Edith Bunker from ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', which is also spotlighted in the intro which is an over-the-top version of the intro of ''Family''.
** The [[GeniusCripple Disabled Professor]], whose name is apparently Steve, is an ersatz Creator/StephenHawking, with a similar MachineMonotone voice.
** The Season 8 episode "Hanna Banana" – itself a sendup of teenage pop stars – portrays Music/MileyCyrus straight ... until it is revealed that she is a robot.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', they show an aerobics instructor who is obviously based on Richard Simmons. As said aerobics instructor was ''played'' by Richard Simmons, this is more likely a case of InkSuitActor.
* In the second-season ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' episode "Guess Who's Coming to State Dinner?", the character of President Breyer is an obvious pastiche of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush (Bush-Breyer, get it?) with some UsefulNotes/BillClinton thrown in for flavor. Oddly enough, George W. Bush's down-home Texas mannerisms and dearth of intellectual rigor combined with Bill Clinton's lack of personal boundaries come off to make the character seem more like Lyndon Johnson than either Clinton or Bush.
** Henry Kissinger as Doctor Henry Killinger. Although, no one is sure whether Kissinger has a Magic Murder Bag or not.
** Brock Samson's trainer and mentor, Col. Hunter Gathers, bears a striking similarity to gonzo journalist Creator/HunterSThompson. After his sex change he bears a striking similarity to gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson with a pair of really big fake tits.
** The yard sale episode featured a nameless supervillain looking suspiciously much like Music/EltonJohn browsing for dirty magazines.
** Colonel Horace Gentleman is basically Creator/SeanConnery with a dash of William S. Burroughs thrown in.
** Dr. Orpheus is a rather obvious caricature of Creator/VincentPrice, which fits with his also being an {{Expy}} of Comicbook/DoctorStrange (see comic book folder).
** Lloyd Venture, Rusty's grandfather and [[spoiler: founder of the Guild of Calamitous Intent,]] is UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt through and through, including physical appearance, dress, and unique manner of speaking.
** Mr. Brisby is a jaundiced view of Creator/WaltDisney, differing only in that he appears to have been limited to a wheelchair for the past twenty years, as opposed to having died and been kept frozen in the basement of Tomorrowland.
** When 21 and 24 finally see each other out of costume, they comment that they look like Creator/KevinSmith without a beard and [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Jerry Seinfeld]] with a unibrow, respectively.
** The Revenge Society later picks up married couple Lady Hawk Johnson and Lyndon Bee. And yes, they do look and sound exactly like President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife "Lady Bird" Johnson.
* An episode of MTV's ''The Maxx'' had a cop from out of town who looked (a little) like Creator/HumphreyBogart and sounded (a lot) like Creator/WilliamShatner. The cop was Comicbook/TheSavageDragon in the original Maxx comic, but could not be used on the show since Erik Larson held the copyright for the character.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' features a certain Mall Cop who may just have a strong need for more cowbell.
* ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'': Betty was based on Helen Kane.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' has several. Their version of Dracula is based on Redd Foxx, Hoss Delgado is a combination of [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]] and [[Franchise/EvilDead Ash Williams]], there is an underworld lawyer whose mannerisms are taken from Creator/ChristopherWalken and, in one episode, the kids get a helper monkey who sounds and acts like KevinSpacey. [[ParentalBonus Specifically in]] ''Film/{{Se7en}}''. No, Really.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' was particularly bad with this. In fact, one episode centered around a number of knockoffs of Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Music/BritneySpears, etc., and the villain was Milan Stilton.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wonderpets}}'' sometimes has this. In one episode they save a group of musical insects known as The Beetles (who are bug versions of Paul, John, George and Ringo), and in another they meet up with the Rat Pack which are three rats named Sammy (Sammy Davis Jr), Blue Eyes (Music/FrankSinatra) and Dino (Dean Martin). And in "The Wonderpets Save the Hound Dog," they save a baby hound dog whose father is a dog version of Elvis Presley, who wears a pair of velvet booties and loves peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
* The ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' episode "For a Few Sovereigns More" had Duke Igthorn hire bounty hunter Flint Shrubwood to hunt down the eponymous bears. He also looks and behaves just like [[Creator/ClintEastwood Clint's]] Man With No Name.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'''s incarnation of the [[Creator/NeilPatrickHarris Music Meister]] seems to be a thinly veiled parody of famous pianists Music/EltonJohn and Liberace.
* The ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' episode "And He Does His Own Stunts" has a Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio substitute. The same episode indicates that Jackie Chan [[CelebrityParadox is not a film actor]] in the show's universe. Conversely, Uncle and Tohru are Creator/JohnWayne fans.
* The only character in ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' that is admittedly [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXn6vkxs9D8/SfnfFd7v_5I/AAAAAAAAA04/RUjHMOtR1fM/s400/aa.jpg based after a celebrity]] is Nathan Explosion, based after George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher. One troper still believes he bears a closer resemblance to [[http://tweetybebelino.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/peter-steele-totally-looks-like-nathan-explosion.jpg Peter Steele]]. Also, though it's denied, Murderface looks a lot like [[http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/12/23/128745717842010642.jpg Geezer Butler]].
* ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'' brutally and ''beautifully'' averts this trope.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' loves averting this trope; one of their defining characteristics is their parodying of celebrities by name. To the point where the 200th episode involves [[spoiler:every celebrity they've pastiched suing the makers of South Park]].
* On Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheSchnookumsAndMeatFunnyCartoonShow'', the Polite Coyotes (''Tex Tinstar'' segment) were patterned after the Beatles.
* Mok, the Big Bad of ''Rock & Rule'', had Mick Jagger's [[FurryConfusion features]] and David Bowie's fashion sense.
* On ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', Samy's CompanionCube puppet Humphrey von Sidekick has a voice patterned after Bing Crosby.
* Taz's dad in ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'' was blatantly based on Bing Crosby right down to the nice glass of Ooooooo.J.
** And his brother Drew is Creator/BobHope, leading to several ''Road to...'' parodies.
** Several famous actors cameo briefly, non-speaking, in the episode "But is it Taz?"
* Mr. Bone from ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' had a voice that was very close to that of Barney Fife from ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'', as well as Fife's blind obsession with following rules, [[ObstructiveBureaucrat no matter how trivial]].
* In the AnimatedAdaptation of ''Discworld/SoulMusic'', the witch who runs TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday is modelled on Auntie Wainwright who owns the junk shop in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''; Volf Volfssonssonsson, the Hubland barbarian, is TheAhnold; [[HonestJohnsDealership CMOT Dibbler]] is based on Private Walker, the spiv from ''Series/DadsArmy''; and Crysophrase the Breccia ton is [[Film/TheGodfather Don Corleone]] if he was made of rock. Robert Selacchi's apprentice assassin is modelled on former UK politician Michael Portillo, and is even named "Miguel Portiyo" (he was NoNameGiven in the book).
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has several examples:
** The Wonderbolts are [[https://twitter.com/goldenrusset/status/147573636369354752 likely]] based on the Blue Angels.
** The super manly tennis player pony seen during "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie Call of the Cutie]]" and "Luna Eclipsed" seems to be based on former Tennis player Andre Kirk Agassi during his prime.
** Fashion designer Hoity Toity in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited For Success]]" is based on Karl Lagerfeld.
** The Best Young Flyer Competition's backstage manager in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]" resembles Lucille Ball. The contest's announcer in the same episode is a pegasus version of John Madden.
** Photo Finish from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]" [[WordOfGod is a pony version of Vogue magazine editor Anna Wintour.]]
** The unicorn mare ([[FanNickname Fleur de Lis]]) in "Sweet and Elite" that hangs around Fancy Pants resembles Brigitte Bardot '''and''' has a triple fleur-de-lis cutie mark!
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox The Cutie Pox]]" shows four stallions at the bowling alley that bear a striking resemblance to Steve Buscemi, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, and John Turturro from the film "The Big Lebowski".
** "Daring Don't" features a novelist - specifically, the creator of the in-universe ''Daring Do'' series - by the name of [[Creator/JKRowling A.K. Yearling]].
** The mare with three fleur-de-lis as a cutie mark from "Sweet and Elite" bears a strong resemblance to Creator/BrigitteBardot.
** [[http://andypriceart.deviantart.com/art/My-Little-Pony-issue-1-Cover-A-and-B-322494026 Cover]] [[http://i.newsarama.com/images/MyLittlePony-01-CvrB.jpg B]] (and by extension, the [[http://www.midtowncomics.com/store/dp.asp?PRID=1231790 Midtown Comics]] [[http://amymebberson.tumblr.com/post/32541492661/mlp-1-variant-cover-for-midtown-comics-derpy-can variant cover]]) of Issue #1 of [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW IDW's MLP comic books]] includes a cameo by The Hoof Beats, who appear to be the pony equivalent of Music/TheBeatles.
** Also from the IDW comics, we have...um...[[http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/1304/23/mylittleponymicro38.htm Charles Manson]].
** The ponies from the WebGames ''[[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlpfim-ponymaker The Fabulous PonyMaker]]'' and/or ''[[http://royalwedding.hosting-hasbro.com/fashion.html Rarity's Bridal Boutique]]'' can [[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=330044987044590 look like]] Music/LadyGaga if the player designs them that way.
** In ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]'', the puppeteer's voice is based on Creator/WCFields. The pony is credited as "Claude" which is what the "C" stands for in Fields' name.
* Knight Shade, a singer pony from the original ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' cartoon, appears to have been based off Music/MichaelJackson.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Creator/MarkHamill has said that his performance of The Joker was a mixture of Hannibal Lector and Jerry Lewis.
** The ''Franchise/{{DCAU}}'' is somewhat peppered with this, particularly for ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' and ''Justice League Unlimited''. Because of the number of voices required with a limited cast, voice actors would break out voice imitations to make a more significant variety. Notably, Michael Rosenbaum's Deadshot was an imitation of Creator/KevinSpacey, and Creator/PhilLaMarr's version of Steel was somewhat based on Creator/MorganFreeman. Rosenbaum also gave Ghoul, one of the Jokerz in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' and an episode of ''Justice League Unlimited'', the voice of Christopher Walken.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'''s version of the Riddler is best described, visually speaking, as Music/MarilynManson wearing a ton of green.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' has a thinly veiled Creator/JamesCameron expy, the SmallNameBigEgo and alien movie to boot
* Madney Speer on ''WesternAnimation/TaraDuncan'' who's, y'know, supposed to be like that [[Music/BritneySpears "Hit Me Baby, One More Time"]] singer (but the character looked more like P!nk circa 2000, and her song sounded very [[Series/HannahMontana ''Best of Both Worlds'']]-ish)
* In the "Hatrocks and the Gruesomes" episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', the Hatrocks are a parody of ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'', the Gruesomes are a parody of ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' and The Four Insects and their "bug music" is a parody of Music/TheBeatles.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdz}}'' did this in nearly every episode with the names (e.g. "Steven Spielbird"), and sometimes went even further by actually showing their in-universe avian expy (one episode has a "Whippoorwill Smith" who's basically a bird version of, well, Creator/WillSmith).
* In ''WesternAnimation/WorldOfQuest'', the titular Quest isn't voiced by Creator/PatrickWarburton, but it sure as hell '''sounds''' like he's voiced by Patrick Warburton.
* The ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode "Car Broke, Phone Yes", featured an alien with speech patterns similar to Creator/AndyKaufman.
* Bruno Bullnerd from ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' was not voiced by Creator/BradGarrett, but his voice sounds like a raspy version of Brad Garrett. Creator/JeffBennett also uses the same voice in ''WesternAnimation/TheBuzzOnMaggie'' (as Malvin's Dad) and ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' (as Ticket Guy).
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', Chef Lance Casteau is an obvious rip-off of Anthony Bourdain (with a bit of Gordon Ramsay thrown in) and to top it all off is actually voiced by Anthony Bourdain.
* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck''
** The Liquidator, a supervillain [[HumanoidAbomination made entirely of water]], sounded like Ed Wynn's "Perfect Fool" trying to talk underwater. Actually, the voice actor intended to make Liquidator sound like a really annoying TV ad pitchman.
** The gangster Steelbeak had a voice that combined Edward G. Robinson's sneer and [[SmugSnake Jon Lovitz's smarminess]].
** The electricity-themed villain Megavolt had more than a whiff of Peter Lorre about him.
** The character of Darkwing himself included a vocal tribute to DaffyDuck, [[SmallNameBigEgo whose basic personality traits Darkwing shared]].
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': In "Sentries of the Last Cosmos", Eldon Michaels, the creator of "Sentries" was an amalgamation of Creator/GeorgeLucas, Creator/GaryGygax, and Bruce Vilanch.
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** Britina, MC Honey, Heather, the Holson twins, the CausticCritic host of "American Starmaker" and Camille Leon, among others.
** One TrappedInTvLand episode had a pink haired spy fighting Kim over a device. Who could that be?
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''MerrieMelodies'': Creator/WarnerBros was among the earliest in the entertainment genre to produce and release animated shorts that featured celebrity clones, caricatures and cameos, starting in the early 1930s. Examples abound:
** Many famous crooners of the era, several times each. These have included everyone from Music/BingCrosby and Music/FrankSinatra to Music/ElvisPresley.
*** Crosby – whose likeness was depicted in the mid-1930s "Bingo Crosbyana" and "Let It Be Me" – took none too kindly to either short, since he was portrayed as a coward, and threatened to sue. No legal action ever went anywhere, however.
*** The Elvis Presley parody comes in the 1959 Bugs Bunny short "Hare-Abian Nights," where an intimidated Elvis look-alike (Elvis Pretzel) sings "Hound Camel," a parody of "Hound Dog"; the unimpressed Sultan -- whom we later see is WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam -- quickly drops Pretzel into a crocodile tank via TrapDoor.
*** Much later, Warner Bros Animation's ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'' would base Taz's father on Bing, and his brother -- Taz's uncle -- on Creator/BobHope.
** ''Series/TheHoneymooners'' was the basis of many Ralph Kramden/Jackie Gleason parodies. One of the first cartoons to pay homage to the character was "Red Riding Hoodwinked," a [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Tweety and Sylvester]] cartoon with the usually cheerful Granny filling the role. An entire series of cartoons, called "The Honeymousers," featured mouse versions of Ralph, Ed, Alice and Trixie (almost always trying to avoid the housecat).
** Cat versions of Creator/AbbottAndCostello were named "Babbitt" and "Catsello," Tweety's first antagonists.
** [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Jack Benny]], and the cast of his radio show, [[InkSuitActor played themselves as mice]] in a Looney Tunes one-shot, "The Mouse That Jack Built".
** Creator/HumphreyBogart was a popular source of inspiration:
*** In the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon "Eight-Ball Bunny," Bogart – recalling his character and signature line from ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'' – makes several unexplained appearances in the movie as Bugs is trying to rescue Playboy Penguin, who had become accidentally separated from his troupe (the Ice Frolics). The line "Pardon me, but could you help out a fellow American who's down on his luck?" is almost directly from the film.
*** Bogey and "Baby" (Lauren Bacall) can also be seen in 1947's "Slick Hare".
** Several shorts featured caricatures of WB stars such as Edward G. Robinson and Creator/PeterLorre.
*** ''Carrotblanca'', a 1990s send up of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', features Tweety doing a Lorre impersonation as Ugarte.
** The 1937 cartoon "The Woods are Full of Cuckoos" revolved around a radio program performed by animal versions of then-famous radio and film personalities, including Jack Benny and Fred Allen.
*** See also "The Coo-Coo Nut Grove" and "Hollywood Steps Out".
** "Wideo Wabbit," a sendup of mid-1950s TV shows, features parodies of [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]] ("You Beat Your Wife," a play on the show ''Series/YouBetYourLife''), Liberace (as "Liver-ace") and Ed Norton (another ''[[Series/TheHoneymooners Honeymooners]]'' parody).
** "Daffy's Inn Trouble": At one point in this 1961 cartoon (which co-stars WesternAnimation/PorkyPig), the duck tries wooing customers to his hotel by doing a Creator/MaeWest [[TheVamp vamp]] act. A group of irritated customers are hardly amused, and show their disgust when the record he was playing skips by throwing rotten tomatoes at him.
** "The Last Hungry Cat": An ''Alfred Hitchcock Mysteries'' parody features a Hitchcock-type bear introducing the cartoon and interacting with Sylvester.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'': The {{Trope Namer|s}}. Jay's boss and network honcho Duke Phillips is a parody of Ted Turner. Jay himself is a pastiche of Creator/GeneSiskel and Creator/RogerEbert (who [[InkSuitActor played themselves]] in one episode). Also, his buddy Jeremy Hawke is said to be a combination of Paul Hogan and Creator/MelGibson.
* ''WesternAnimation/WallyGator'''s voice was based on Ed Wynn's famous "Perfect Fool" character...and so were quite a few others:
** Captain Peachfuzz from ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle''.
** Creator/TerryToons character Gandy Goose.
** Choose Goose from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''.
** Zagraz from ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983''.
** Wade from ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends''.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' has Wes Weasely, an {{Honest John|sDealership}} who shares [[Series/ThePhilSilversShow Phil Silvers]]' voice, clothes, and glasses.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' had [=McDonald=] Trump, who made a fortune selling very expensive and very small pizzas.
* One of the worst and most prominent examples of this is WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}, from the show of the same name, who solved crimes and played faux rock songs while yammering Rodney Dangerfield's CatchPhrase "No respect!" in a terrible [[Film/TheThreeStooges Curly Howard]] impression. Just how bad it really is gets a LampshadeHanging when he appears in ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw''. Judge Mentok hears him speak and immediately orders him to stay quiet for the rest of the trial.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' did this repeatedly, but with a great deal more skill:
** Yakko Warner steals gags, quips, and sometimes entire plotlines from [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]], with Wakko occasionally filling in as Harpo. Wakko himself is basically Music/RingoStarr most of the time.
** Mr. Director, a recurring foe, is clearly Creator/JerryLewis.
** The Brain, megalomaniac mouse extraordinaire, is based on voice actor Creator/MauriceLaMarche's excellent Creator/OrsonWelles impersonation. (To the point that, as a treat for Moe, the short "Yes, Always" was an adaptation of an obscure but infamous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Peas recording session]] in which Orson's ego went ballistic on a pair of inept producers while taping a commercial for frozen peas.)
** The Goodfeathers were parodies of Ray Liotta's (Squit), Creator/RobertDeNiro's (Bobby), and [[HairTriggerTemper Joe Pesci's]] (Pesto) characters from ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}''; their boss, the Godpidgeon, is an extreme parody of Creator/MarlonBrando as Film/TheGodfather.
*** Given Liotta's eerie vocal resemblance to Creator/JackNicholson, many younger or naive viewers probably thought that Squit was supposed to be a Nicholson character.
*** The Robert [=DeNiro=] pigeon also had elements of his character from ''Film/TaxiDriver'' ("Are you talkin' to me?")
*** The series also contained many other references to the works of Brando, [=DeNiro=], and Pesci, as well as numerous other gangster movies.
** Runt was an imitation of Creator/DustinHoffman's character from ''Film/RainMan''; Rita was Bernadette Peters doing herself.
** In one episode of the series, the Warners push the buttons of a scowling television journalist named "Dan Anchorman," who bears a striking resemblance to ABC's Sam Donaldson. The Donaldson connection was made even more explicit by the character's name in the original script: Slam Fondlesome. Because of ExecutiveMeddling over that supposedly risque name, they had to go back, change the name, and redub some of the dialogue. Dan is eventually pushed into a television set and forced to fight a blond professional wrestler named "Bulk Logan." Yeah, I don't think that one needs any explanation.
** Ralph the studio guard is apparently based on Creator/RalphBakshi.
** Howie Tern, insult-hurling radio show host. No explanation required. (Given how brutal the Warners usually are to obnoxious jerks, he actually got off relatively easy.)
** World-famous movie critics [[Series/SiskelAndEbert Lean Hiskel and Codger Eggbert.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''
** Shirley the Loon was based loosely on Creator/ShirleyMacLaine, or at least on her public image as a [[NewAgeRetroHippie new age kook]].
** However, though you might think one-shot "Julie Bruin" falls here, she is actually voiced by Julie Brown (not "Downtown", the other one).
** And then there's [[Creator/RobinWilliams Robin Killems]].
* Two of the supporting superheroes in ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' -- The Huntsman, who is modelled upon Charlton Heston, and Lord Bravery, an obvious pastiche of Creator/JohnCleese.
* Spike the bulldog, in the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' series, has a Jimmy Durante-like voice.
* Creator/HannaBarbera were fond of these in their television shows. For instance, WesternAnimation/YogiBear is Art Carney, and Super Snooper is Ed Gardner from radio's ''Duffy's Tavern''.
** Huckleberry Hound is Andy Griffith.
** Doggie Daddy from the "Augie Doggie" segments of ''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw'' is essentially Jimmy Durante.
** Fred Flintstone of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' started off, at least, as a copy of Jackie Gleason's [[Series/TheHoneymooners Ralph Kramden]].
** Arnold Stang's ''WesternAnimation/TopCat'' is clearly based, not just on Phil Silvers, but specifically on [[Series/ThePhilSilversShow Sergeant Bilko]]. (Benny the Ball doesn't count; he sounds like Private Doberman because he's voiced by Maurice Gosfeld.)
** Jack Burns' character on ''WesternAnimation/WaitTillYourFatherGetsHome'' was based on his stage persona.
*** And his appearance was based on a UsefulNotes/RichardNixon caricature.
** The four teenage humans on ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' were originally based on characters from ''Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis''.
** In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool'', PattyMaloney used her [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals Darla Hood]] voice for Tanis the mummy girl.
** In the Don Adams episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'', the villain turned out to be washed-up horror actor Lorne Chumley, obviously based on Lon Chaney, Jr.
** WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}} is quite obviously one for [[Film/TheThreeStooges Jerome "Curly" Howard]].
* Creator/WalterLantz had a series of "Maw and Paw" shorts in the 1950s, which were based on the live-action "Ma and Pa Kettle" comedies.
* The EdutainmentShow ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}'', from the same studio as ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' and sharing many of the voice actors, would transform historical figures without well-known voices and mannerisms into parodies of recognizable celebrities:
** Julius Caesar was Music/FrankSinatra.
*** The Roman senators who ganged up on Caesar were other Rat Pack members, like Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin.
** Creator/{{Socrates}} was Music/BingCrosby.
** Merriwether Lewis was Creator/JerryLewis.
** William Clark sounded like Dean Martin (playing off Lewis), but looked like Franchise/{{DCAU}} [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]].
** Creator/EdgarAllanPoe was Creator/PeterLorre (buckle up, you're gonna be hearing quite a bit of him).
** Sigmund Freud was Creator/WoodyAllen.
*** ...and so was UsefulNotes/WoodrowWilson.
** UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln became Johnny Carson.
** Not to mention Creator/BobHope as UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington, Jack Benny as UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson, Creator/AbbottAndCostello as the Wright brothers, ''Groucho'' Marx as Karl Marx...
** One sketch presented Gutzon Borglum played by [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Elmer Fudd]].
** Pee Wee Herman as General William Sherman!
** Francis Bellamy, who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance, as Creator/WilliamShatner.
** GenghisKhan was Creator/JohnWayne, also making fun of the time [[CaucasianAsian Wayne played him]].
** Kublai Khan was Creator/SylvesterStallone.
** Marco Polo was Creator/JoePesci.
** Creator/BenjaminFranklin was Jay Leno
** UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla was Creator/ChristopherWalken.
* The main character of ''MyWorldAndWelcomeToIt'' was a thinly disguised version of author Creator/JamesThurber, which makes sense since the series was based on Thurber's writings published under that title.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** ''The Simpsons'' actually became famous early on for being one of the first cartoons to regularly subvert this trope by having celebrities voice ''themselves'' as characters, starting with Tony Bennett in the 1990 episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E5DancinHomer Dancin' Homer]]." At first these characters merely made cameos, but as time went on whole episodes began to be written around them. This resulted in a mild CelebrityParadox when Creator/AlecBaldwin portrayed himself and then, in a later episode, a completely fictional character.
** Chief Wiggum was initially an impression of Edward G. Robinson. This gets a {{lampshade|Hanging}} in several episodes: "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E18TheDayTheViolenceDied The Day the Violence Died]]", a trial episode where cartoon maker Roger Meyers, Jr. talks about this very trope; "Bart Gets An Elephant", where Wiggum dismisses a liquor store robbery report with "Yeah, right. [[AndImTheQueenOfSheba And I'm Edward G. Robinson!]]"; and "Simpsons Bible Stories", where in the Moses story Wiggum stands in for Robinson's character in ''Film/TheTenCommandments''. Robinson's role in ''Film/TheTenCommandments'' was also referenced in the episode "Homer Loves Flanders": "Where's your Messiah '''NOW''', Flanders?!" Finally, in the "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E4TreehouseOfHorrorXIX Treehouse of Horror XIX]]'' segment "How to Get Ahead in Dead-Vertising" Wiggum meets the ghost of Robinson.
** Lou the cop's voice is based on Creator/SylvesterStallone. (Ironically, Lou himself is black.)
** Hank Azaria has admitted that Moe's voice started out as a bad Creator/AlPacino impression.
** Dr. Julius Hibbert is a send-up of ''Series/TheCosbyShow'''s Dr. Cliff Huxtable (and, to a lesser extent, of Creator/BillCosby himself).
** Dr. Frink is an impression of Creator/JerryLewis. This was brought full circle in the "WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror XIV" segment "Frinkenstein", where Lewis voiced Frink's dad. Not to mention he himself points out that a cartoon character at a convention is a ripoff of Creator/JerryLewis.
** Rainier Wolfcastle (who plays the character [=McBain=]) is a [[TheAhnold not-so-subtle imitation]] of Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. (This was made all the more obvious when TheMovie used Schwarzenegger as a character -- and his appearance, characterization, and voice were nearly identical to those of Wolfcastle.)
** Mayor Quimby is a send-up of the Kennedy family in general, but most closely based on Edward (Ted).
** Magicians Gunter and Ernst = Siegfried and Roy. In their debut episode, the duo were [[FunnyAneurysmMoment attacked by one of the exotic cats used in their act]]. When asked about the parallel, the writers said, in effect, "it was bound to happen sooner or later."
** Talk show host Opal = Oprah. Right down to her massive audience gift giveaways.
** The announcer for the Springfield Isotopes baseball team is a dead ringer for Dodgers announcer Vin Scully. Similarly, football-related scenes often feature an announcer who sounds like Keith Jackson.
** Gil, the perennially unsuccessful salesman, is based on Jack Lemmon's ''Theatre/GlengarryGlenRoss'' character. Lemmon himself voiced a similar character in "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson".
** Creator/HankAzaria has claimed that Moe's voice was based on a bad Creator/AlPacino impression. Creator/MattGroening has stated that Moe's appearance was based on Rich Hall.
** The voice of Herman (voiced by Creator/HarryShearer) is based on UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush. Other viewers might suggest JackNicholson or Gary Sinise.
** The "Yes Guy", also known as "that jerk who always goes 'Yeeeeessss?'" is a pastiche of a recurring character portrayed by Frank Nelson on various older sitcoms, most notably ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram''.
** In "Sideshow Bob Roberts", we're introduced to conservative talk-show host Birch Barlow, an obvious sendup of Radio/RushLimbaugh.
** Heavyweight boxing champ Drederick Tatum and his manager Lucius Sweet are send-ups of Mike Tyson and Don King, respectively. This is lampshaded in the episode "The Homer They Fall":
--->'''Homer:''' You know Lucius Sweet?! He's one of the biggest names in boxing! He's exactly as rich and as famous as Don King, and he looks just like him, too!
** Also lampshaded with bearded children's folk singer Roofi. A graphic during a TV news report of a riot at a Roofi concert reads "Raffi denounces Roofi".
** The Parson looks and sounds suspiciously like Music/BingCrosby.
** Judge Constance Harm is a parody of [[Series/JudgeJudy "Judge Judith" Sheindlin]], particularly in her tough reputation and snarky demeanor when a litigant tried to bluff their way through her questions.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''
** Jorgen Von Strangle from is likewise another animated Schwarzenegger clone, down to his physique and Teutonic accent. (His name is taken from the similar actor Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme.) Curiously, there's also an actor called Arnold Schwarzengerman (appearing in a superviolent remake of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'').
** The character of Big Daddy is a parody of James Gandolfini as [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]].
** April Fool's nasally voice and "what's up with that?" comedic style are a lot like those of Jerry Seinfeld.
** Sylvester Calzone
** Britney Britney
** Countless characters in the movie ''WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''
** Elzar, the recurring Neptunian chef is a thinly veiled impersonation of TV chef Emeril Lagasse. Zapp Brannigan was originally cast with comedian Creator/PhilHartman in the role; when Hartman died before the show began, Billy West did Zapp's voice in the style of Hartman as a tribute. Incidentally, the protagonist Phillip J. Fry, also voiced by Billy West, was named after Phil Hartman.
** Zapp's whole character is a parody of Creator/WilliamShatner. Not to mention his hair.
** "Decision 3012" features Chris Travers, a thinly veiled but heavily romanticized parody of Barack Obama.
** Robot Devil's voice is based on Hans Conried as Captain Hook in ''Disney/PeterPan''.
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'':
** Johnny's voice and speech patterns are a parody of Music/ElvisPresley, most notable in the way he says "Oh Momma". In the pilot episode, he went as far as to deep fry a peanut butter and banana sandwich.
** Later seasons featured Johnny's idol Squint Ringo, a laughably transparent parody of Creator/StevenSeagal.
* Almost any cartoon featuring a sporting event will have a sportscaster or commentator blatantly ripping off the late Howard Cosell. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' switched that one up by featuring celebrity imitator Rich Little's severed head imitating Cosell -- and having Little actually do the voice.) Like the RecordNeedleScratch and the above-mentioned Senator Claghorn, one wonders, do any of the kids these days know exactly who is being parodied?
* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' features several examples of this trope.
** Fat Cat, one of the show's {{Big Bad}}s, is sort of a feline Creator/VincentPrice, or Sydney Greenstreet.
** Stan Blather, a recurring background character, is a monotone news anchor who is a barely-disguised stand in for Dan Rather.
** In "Kiwi's Big Adventure", a kiwi chieftain speaks with the mannerisms and {{catch phrase}}s of Ed Sullivan.
** In "Pie in the Sky", the villain's guard dogs are both based on Creator/JackNicholson. To the point of actually being named "Jack" and "Nichols".
** Canina [=LeFur=], a guest star in "A Chorus Crime" and "They Shoot Dogs, Don't They?", is based on--and actually voiced by--Carol Channing.
** In "The Luck Stops Here", [[CatsAreMean Kismet]] is basically a feline BetteDavis.
* Similarly, an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' features a sleazy Hollywood director [[spoiler: (actually Professor Calamitous in disguise)]] who happens to look ''exactly'' like Creator/QuentinTarantino. Well, the director's given name is Quentin Smithee. It's kinda obvious.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' involved a science fiction movie starring "Harold Edsel" and "Karen Fishhook", who bore suspiciously strong resemblances to Creator/HarrisonFord and Creator/CarrieFisher, respectively. Interestingly, about twenty years later, Ford would make a more overt Transformers appearance: Creator/{{Hasbro}} produced a "Franchise/StarWars Transformers" toy line, with Han Solo as one of the featured characters. Even more interestingly, is what happened much sooner than that. In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'', Susan Blu, who voiced Karen Fishhook, would also provide the voice of one of the franchises most popular female characters, Arcee. WordOfGod has actually gone on to describe Arcee's character design as being "the robotic equivalent of a naked Princess Leia", the character Fisher is best known for.
** ''Transformers'' also employed more conventional impressions: Cosmos' voice was essentially a heavily-modulated Creator/PeterLorre (again...), while Hound's voice actor was a dead ringer for Jimmy Stewart. Both G1 and ''Animated'' Shockwave's voices are based on Creator/DavidWarner, specifically his performance as Sark from ''Film/{{Tron}}'' (in fact, his voice actor, Creator/CoreyBurton [[PoorMansSubstitute was even hired to take up Warner's role]] as Sark in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''), Optimus Prime's voice is based on Creator/JohnWayne, Soundwave's voice was based on Music/BarryWhite, and Rumble's and Frenzy's voices were based on AlCapone and Leo Gorcey.
*** Lampshaded in the Luke Ski filk song ''The Ballad of Optimus Prime'', where Luke takes a line [[ReplacementScrappy to complain about Hot Rod's role]]: "We wanted John Wayne, and they gave us Judd Nelson!"
** Even ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Animated]]'' has this going on, with Ultra Magnus' voice being a rather good imitation of Robert Stack (who, not-so-coincidentally, played the original Magnus in the 1986 movie), and Ironhide being Corey Burton's best approximation of Huell Howser. Swindle's mannerisms are modeled after those of Ron Popeil, and Mixmaster sounds suspiciously like Joe Pesci (which is played up in a [[WholePlotReference Whole Episode Reference]] to ''Film/HomeAlone''). Highbrow has a similar accent, mustache, and gap in his tooth to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry-Thomas Terry-Thomas]]. [[CowardlyLion Grandus]] sounds like another Paul Lynde (and ScreamsLikeALittleGirl). Rattletrap sounds a lot like Lou Costello (which may or may not have been the inspiration for [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Rattrap's]] accent, though it's at least less obvious with him).
** Tracks is based on Jim Backus' performance as Thurston Howell in ''Series/GilligansIsland'', Red Alert was supposedly based on RichardNixon, and Mirage was based on Music/DeanMartin.
* ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' has David Litterbin--an obvious play on Creator/DavidLetterman.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'' has at its main antagonist Bull Sharkowski, whose vocal and speech mannerisms could ''only'' bring Mike Tyson to mind.
** In one episode there's an entertainer named Burt Rivendale who is clearly based on David Letterman even resembling him right down to the gap tooth.
* Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises' ''WesternAnimation/TheAntAndTheAardvark'' cartoons featured John Byner voicing both of the title characters, using voices based on Dean Martin and Jackie Mason, respectively.
* Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy from ''ComicStrip/TheBoondocks'' are rather obviously UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush and Donald Rumsfeld as scheming, shiftless frat boys.
-->'''Ed Wuncler I:''' "In 30 years, that boy will be the president of the United States. And he'll still be a fucking idiot."
* ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' provides some more examples.
** "Dogumagicary" features a spider-like movie director named "Creator/{{Quentin Tarant|ino}}ulino".
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}'' villain Sly Rax has a Creator/JackNicholson-like voice.
** As does Shipwreck from ''Franchise/GIJoe''.
* Several of Hasbro/Sunbow's MerchandiseDriven cartoons from the 1980s (''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'', ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'') feature a tabloid reporter named Hector Ramirez, an obvious Geraldo Rivera parody.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'' also featured a less than AffectionateParody of Creator/MrT; one of the writers had worked on [[WesternAnimation/MisterT his animated series]].
* Elvis Criddlington from ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam'' is clearly based on Music/ElvisPresley, right down to the fact that he sings and loves rock 'n' roll.
* ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'' has quite a few. The original series had Evil Eye Weevil who is a skeleton-like thing (he's a parody of Music/ElvisPresley and Evil Knievel) and The X-Terminator who is a parody of Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Lawrence Limburger has a sister who is named after Latoya Jackson (one of Music/MichaelJackson's siblings) and the "Loogie Brothers" who are based off two characters played by Dana Carvey and Keaven Nealon on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. The 2006 revival has a villain named Ronaldo Rump who is a parody of multimillionaire Donald Trump (including the toupee and the multimillion dollar building franchise), he has a British cousin named Sir Richard Brand Something (a parody of Virgin Group company owner Sir Richard Branson). There's also a character that bares a resemblance to Rodney Dangerfield. Doctor Catorkian sounds suspiciously like Creator/BorisKarloff.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has had a few villains that parody famous characters, such as "Toiletnator" (Terminator), "Tony Clownarelli also known as Godclown" (Creator/MarlonBrando as Film/TheGodfather), "Count Spankulot" ({{Dracula}}). [[BigBad Father's]] voice was patterned after Kirk Douglas.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animalympics}}'' had this for the various news commentators and a few athletes. Henry Hummel borrows mannerisms from Henry Kissinger, Barbara Warbler is rather obviously Barbara Walters, and Lodge Turkell is Howard Cosell. On the side of the athletes, Bolt Jenkins is reminiscent of John Travolta's character from ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'', and Joey Gongalong is obviously Muhammad Ali as a BoxingKangaroo.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' featured a scientist character who looked and sounded exactly like Jimmy Stewart.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}!'' was affected by this trope as well. All guest musicians in the "The Jam Jem" were based on real 1980s personalities.
* The ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' version of Santa Claus kind of sounds like Rodney Dangerfield.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' featured an ''Series/AmericanIdol''-type talent show where hopefuls audition to be the next star. The so-called "Real Randy Jackson" character of the three judges is a lot similar to 1980s Michael Jackson, and Perchival (voiced by Creator/TimCurry) is a similar to Simon Cowell.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''
** Ren is based on Peter Lorre. Yes, Lorre again. Creator/JohnKricfalusi has gone on record as saying Ren is the unholy lovechild of Lorre and Kirk Douglas. And a little Burl Ives. Ironically, Burl Ives also gets a treatment, as "Stinky Wizzleteats," the singer of Stimpy's favorite song, "Happy Happy, Joy Joy." It's said that Ives was offended... not at the parody, but that Kricfalusi and company hadn't invited him to voice the role himself, allowing him to take a sledgehammer to the "beloved childrens' entertainer" persona he had built up -- in RealLife, Ives hated children.
** Stimpy's voice is based on Larry Fine of ''Film/TheThreeStooges''.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has The Boulder, a parody of both [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] and Wrestling/HulkHogan, down to being a ThirdPersonPerson. He's even voiced by actual wrestler Wrestling/MickFoley.
* Roger from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' is another Paul Lynde impression.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
** Stewie's voice is based on Rex Harrison.
** The makers of the show said that Peter basically is Creator/MichaelMoore (hence the inspiration for their farting contest skit).[[note]]Of course, Peter knows ''absolutely nothing'' about anything, not even having a clue what [[TheWarOnTerror 9/11]] was until three years after the fact, and he has organized Quahog's Tea Party, while Moore is an avid supporter of Occupy, the Tea Party movement's ideological polar opposite.[[/note]]
** Peter and Lois' vocal inflections resembling Archie and Edith Bunker from ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', which is also spotlighted in the intro which is an over-the-top version of the intro of ''Family''.
** The [[GeniusCripple Disabled Professor]], whose name is apparently Steve, is an ersatz Creator/StephenHawking, with a similar MachineMonotone voice.
** The Season 8 episode "Hanna Banana" – itself a sendup of teenage pop stars – portrays Music/MileyCyrus straight ... until it is revealed that she is a robot.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', they show an aerobics instructor who is obviously based on Richard Simmons. As said aerobics instructor was ''played'' by Richard Simmons, this is more likely a case of InkSuitActor.
* In the second-season ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' episode "Guess Who's Coming to State Dinner?", the character of President Breyer is an obvious pastiche of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush (Bush-Breyer, get it?) with some UsefulNotes/BillClinton thrown in for flavor. Oddly enough, George W. Bush's down-home Texas mannerisms and dearth of intellectual rigor combined with Bill Clinton's lack of personal boundaries come off to make the character seem more like Lyndon Johnson than either Clinton or Bush.
** Henry Kissinger as Doctor Henry Killinger. Although, no one is sure whether Kissinger has a Magic Murder Bag or not.
** Brock Samson's trainer and mentor, Col. Hunter Gathers, bears a striking similarity to gonzo journalist Creator/HunterSThompson. After his sex change he bears a striking similarity to gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson with a pair of really big fake tits.
** The yard sale episode featured a nameless supervillain looking suspiciously much like Music/EltonJohn browsing for dirty magazines.
** Colonel Horace Gentleman is basically Creator/SeanConnery with a dash of William S. Burroughs thrown in.
** Dr. Orpheus is a rather obvious caricature of Creator/VincentPrice, which fits with his also being an {{Expy}} of Comicbook/DoctorStrange (see comic book folder).
** Lloyd Venture, Rusty's grandfather and [[spoiler: founder of the Guild of Calamitous Intent,]] is UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt through and through, including physical appearance, dress, and unique manner of speaking.
** Mr. Brisby is a jaundiced view of Creator/WaltDisney, differing only in that he appears to have been limited to a wheelchair for the past twenty years, as opposed to having died and been kept frozen in the basement of Tomorrowland.
** When 21 and 24 finally see each other out of costume, they comment that they look like Creator/KevinSmith without a beard and [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Jerry Seinfeld]] with a unibrow, respectively.
** The Revenge Society later picks up married couple Lady Hawk Johnson and Lyndon Bee. And yes, they do look and sound exactly like President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife "Lady Bird" Johnson.
* An episode of MTV's ''The Maxx'' had a cop from out of town who looked (a little) like Creator/HumphreyBogart and sounded (a lot) like Creator/WilliamShatner. The cop was Comicbook/TheSavageDragon in the original Maxx comic, but could not be used on the show since Erik Larson held the copyright for the character.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' features a certain Mall Cop who may just have a strong need for more cowbell.
* ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'': Betty was based on Helen Kane.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' has several. Their version of Dracula is based on Redd Foxx, Hoss Delgado is a combination of [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]] and [[Franchise/EvilDead Ash Williams]], there is an underworld lawyer whose mannerisms are taken from Creator/ChristopherWalken and, in one episode, the kids get a helper monkey who sounds and acts like KevinSpacey. [[ParentalBonus Specifically in]] ''Film/{{Se7en}}''. No, Really.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' was particularly bad with this. In fact, one episode centered around a number of knockoffs of Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Music/BritneySpears, etc., and the villain was Milan Stilton.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wonderpets}}'' sometimes has this. In one episode they save a group of musical insects known as The Beetles (who are bug versions of Paul, John, George and Ringo), and in another they meet up with the Rat Pack which are three rats named Sammy (Sammy Davis Jr), Blue Eyes (Music/FrankSinatra) and Dino (Dean Martin). And in "The Wonderpets Save the Hound Dog," they save a baby hound dog whose father is a dog version of Elvis Presley, who wears a pair of velvet booties and loves peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
* The ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' episode "For a Few Sovereigns More" had Duke Igthorn hire bounty hunter Flint Shrubwood to hunt down the eponymous bears. He also looks and behaves just like [[Creator/ClintEastwood Clint's]] Man With No Name.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'''s incarnation of the [[Creator/NeilPatrickHarris Music Meister]] seems to be a thinly veiled parody of famous pianists Music/EltonJohn and Liberace.
* The ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' episode "And He Does His Own Stunts" has a Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio substitute. The same episode indicates that Jackie Chan [[CelebrityParadox is not a film actor]] in the show's universe. Conversely, Uncle and Tohru are Creator/JohnWayne fans.
* The only character in ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' that is admittedly [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXn6vkxs9D8/SfnfFd7v_5I/AAAAAAAAA04/RUjHMOtR1fM/s400/aa.jpg based after a celebrity]] is Nathan Explosion, based after George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher. One troper still believes he bears a closer resemblance to [[http://tweetybebelino.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/peter-steele-totally-looks-like-nathan-explosion.jpg Peter Steele]]. Also, though it's denied, Murderface looks a lot like [[http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/12/23/128745717842010642.jpg Geezer Butler]].
* ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'' brutally and ''beautifully'' averts this trope.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' loves averting this trope; one of their defining characteristics is their parodying of celebrities by name. To the point where the 200th episode involves [[spoiler:every celebrity they've pastiched suing the makers of South Park]].
* On Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheSchnookumsAndMeatFunnyCartoonShow'', the Polite Coyotes (''Tex Tinstar'' segment) were patterned after the Beatles.
* Mok, the Big Bad of ''Rock & Rule'', had Mick Jagger's [[FurryConfusion features]] and David Bowie's fashion sense.
* On ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', Samy's CompanionCube puppet Humphrey von Sidekick has a voice patterned after Bing Crosby.
* Taz's dad in ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'' was blatantly based on Bing Crosby right down to the nice glass of Ooooooo.J.
** And his brother Drew is Creator/BobHope, leading to several ''Road to...'' parodies.
** Several famous actors cameo briefly, non-speaking, in the episode "But is it Taz?"
* Mr. Bone from ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' had a voice that was very close to that of Barney Fife from ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'', as well as Fife's blind obsession with following rules, [[ObstructiveBureaucrat no matter how trivial]].
* In the AnimatedAdaptation of ''Discworld/SoulMusic'', the witch who runs TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday is modelled on Auntie Wainwright who owns the junk shop in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''; Volf Volfssonssonsson, the Hubland barbarian, is TheAhnold; [[HonestJohnsDealership CMOT Dibbler]] is based on Private Walker, the spiv from ''Series/DadsArmy''; and Crysophrase the Breccia ton is [[Film/TheGodfather Don Corleone]] if he was made of rock. Robert Selacchi's apprentice assassin is modelled on former UK politician Michael Portillo, and is even named "Miguel Portiyo" (he was NoNameGiven in the book).
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has several examples:
** The Wonderbolts are [[https://twitter.com/goldenrusset/status/147573636369354752 likely]] based on the Blue Angels.
** The super manly tennis player pony seen during "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie Call of the Cutie]]" and "Luna Eclipsed" seems to be based on former Tennis player Andre Kirk Agassi during his prime.
** Fashion designer Hoity Toity in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited For Success]]" is based on Karl Lagerfeld.
** The Best Young Flyer Competition's backstage manager in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]" resembles Lucille Ball. The contest's announcer in the same episode is a pegasus version of John Madden.
** Photo Finish from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor Green Isn't Your Color]]" [[WordOfGod is a pony version of Vogue magazine editor Anna Wintour.]]
** The unicorn mare ([[FanNickname Fleur de Lis]]) in "Sweet and Elite" that hangs around Fancy Pants resembles Brigitte Bardot '''and''' has a triple fleur-de-lis cutie mark!
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox The Cutie Pox]]" shows four stallions at the bowling alley that bear a striking resemblance to Steve Buscemi, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, and John Turturro from the film "The Big Lebowski".
** "Daring Don't" features a novelist - specifically, the creator of the in-universe ''Daring Do'' series - by the name of [[Creator/JKRowling A.K. Yearling]].
** The mare with three fleur-de-lis as a cutie mark from "Sweet and Elite" bears a strong resemblance to Creator/BrigitteBardot.
** [[http://andypriceart.deviantart.com/art/My-Little-Pony-issue-1-Cover-A-and-B-322494026 Cover]] [[http://i.newsarama.com/images/MyLittlePony-01-CvrB.jpg B]] (and by extension, the [[http://www.midtowncomics.com/store/dp.asp?PRID=1231790 Midtown Comics]] [[http://amymebberson.tumblr.com/post/32541492661/mlp-1-variant-cover-for-midtown-comics-derpy-can variant cover]]) of Issue #1 of [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW IDW's MLP comic books]] includes a cameo by The Hoof Beats, who appear to be the pony equivalent of Music/TheBeatles.
** Also from the IDW comics, we have...um...[[http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/1304/23/mylittleponymicro38.htm Charles Manson]].
** The ponies from the WebGames ''[[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlpfim-ponymaker The Fabulous PonyMaker]]'' and/or ''[[http://royalwedding.hosting-hasbro.com/fashion.html Rarity's Bridal Boutique]]'' can [[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=330044987044590 look like]] Music/LadyGaga if the player designs them that way.
** In ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]'', the puppeteer's voice is based on Creator/WCFields. The pony is credited as "Claude" which is what the "C" stands for in Fields' name.
* Knight Shade, a singer pony from the original ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' cartoon, appears to have been based off Music/MichaelJackson.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Creator/MarkHamill has said that his performance of The Joker was a mixture of Hannibal Lector and Jerry Lewis.
** The ''Franchise/{{DCAU}}'' is somewhat peppered with this, particularly for ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' and ''Justice League Unlimited''. Because of the number of voices required with a limited cast, voice actors would break out voice imitations to make a more significant variety. Notably, Michael Rosenbaum's Deadshot was an imitation of Creator/KevinSpacey, and Creator/PhilLaMarr's version of Steel was somewhat based on Creator/MorganFreeman. Rosenbaum also gave Ghoul, one of the Jokerz in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' and an episode of ''Justice League Unlimited'', the voice of Christopher Walken.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'''s version of the Riddler is best described, visually speaking, as Music/MarilynManson wearing a ton of green.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' has a thinly veiled Creator/JamesCameron expy, the SmallNameBigEgo and alien movie to boot
* Madney Speer on ''WesternAnimation/TaraDuncan'' who's, y'know, supposed to be like that [[Music/BritneySpears "Hit Me Baby, One More Time"]] singer (but the character looked more like P!nk circa 2000, and her song sounded very [[Series/HannahMontana ''Best of Both Worlds'']]-ish)
* In the "Hatrocks and the Gruesomes" episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', the Hatrocks are a parody of ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'', the Gruesomes are a parody of ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' and The Four Insects and their "bug music" is a parody of Music/TheBeatles.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdz}}'' did this in nearly every episode with the names (e.g. "Steven Spielbird"), and sometimes went even further by actually showing their in-universe avian expy (one episode has a "Whippoorwill Smith" who's basically a bird version of, well, Creator/WillSmith).
* In ''WesternAnimation/WorldOfQuest'', the titular Quest isn't voiced by Creator/PatrickWarburton, but it sure as hell '''sounds''' like he's voiced by Patrick Warburton.
* The ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode "Car Broke, Phone Yes", featured an alien with speech patterns similar to Creator/AndyKaufman.
* Bruno Bullnerd from ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' was not voiced by Creator/BradGarrett, but his voice sounds like a raspy version of Brad Garrett. Creator/JeffBennett also uses the same voice in ''WesternAnimation/TheBuzzOnMaggie'' (as Malvin's Dad) and ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' (as Ticket Guy).
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', Chef Lance Casteau is an obvious rip-off of Anthony Bourdain (with a bit of Gordon Ramsay thrown in) and to top it all off is actually voiced by Anthony Bourdain.
* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck''
** The Liquidator, a supervillain [[HumanoidAbomination made entirely of water]], sounded like Ed Wynn's "Perfect Fool" trying to talk underwater. Actually, the voice actor intended to make Liquidator sound like a really annoying TV ad pitchman.
** The gangster Steelbeak had a voice that combined Edward G. Robinson's sneer and [[SmugSnake Jon Lovitz's smarminess]].
** The electricity-themed villain Megavolt had more than a whiff of Peter Lorre about him.
** The character of Darkwing himself included a vocal tribute to DaffyDuck, [[SmallNameBigEgo whose basic personality traits Darkwing shared]].
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': In "Sentries of the Last Cosmos", Eldon Michaels, the creator of "Sentries" was an amalgamation of Creator/GeorgeLucas, Creator/GaryGygax, and Bruce Vilanch.
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