History Sandbox / ActorAllusionWickCheck

* ActorAllusion: [[Series/HowIMetYourMother This isn't the first time that]] Creator/JasonSegel belongs in a family that [[HeroesWantRedheads has a thing for redheads]].

** Here's a thought, ActorAllusion time: [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Indiana Jones]] vs. [[StarWars Han Solo]]

* ActorAllusion: For the ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' crossover, ''Eternia's'' [[Creator/AkiraIshida Reid]] and ''Abyss''' [[Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto Guy]] respectively dress up as Xellos and Gourry.

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' has a blooper reel for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=624GZiPMdSs each]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TujPlBKhQLc nine-episode]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG3n0wskZpE set.]] There are plenty of examples of ActorAllusion in there -- Shizuo hates [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Izaya]] because he was a Power Ranger; [[Creator/KyleHebert Horada]] yells out "That's the way Team Gurren rolls!"; and there's even [[BrickJoke a shout-out to an earlier outtake]] from ''Anime/{{Noein}}'': "Because you're Creator/YuriLowenthal, and I'm still standing in your bedroom."

From ''Film.TheTenCommandments'':

'''{{ZCE}}.'''

[[folder:Correct use]]

[[folder:Correct example in the wrong namespace]]

[[folder:(likely) Misuse]]

[[folder:Insufficient context]]

[[folder:Reference to the actor, not another role]]

[[folder:General connection to another role]]

[[folder:Fanon and Fanfic examples]]

[[folder:Potholes in subjective namespaces]]

[[folder:Arguably tenuous connection]]

[[folder:Uncertain/Confusing]]

[[folder:Miscellaneous]]

[[AC:FanFic]]

'''Fanfic example. Not enough context.'''

'''Fanfic example. ActorAllusion sinkhole is bolded. Not enough context.'''

'''Fanfic example. ActorAllusion sinkhole is bolded. Not enough context.'''

From Trivia.{{Neverland}}:
* ActorAllusion: Not only does Bob Hoskins [[RoleReprise once again play Smee]], but the costume he wears is almost identical to the one he wore in ''Film/{{Hook}}.''

'''Wrong namespace. In my experience Smee costumes are pretty much all the same, and not terribly unique; I see this as arguable.'''

From Trivia.TalesOfTheRays:
* ActorAllusion: For the ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' crossover, ''Eternia's'' [[Creator/AkiraIshida Reid]] and ''Abyss''' [[Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto Guy]] respectively dress up as Xellos and Gourry.

'''Wrong namespace. I do not understand anything in this entry.'''

From ShoutOut.EndlessFrontier:

'''The page is soft split by type of shout out, and the subheading titled "Allusions" is potholed to ActorAllusion.'''

From ReferencedBy.BillyJoel:
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* In ''Fanfic/FrozenHeartsFinmonster'', [[WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany Dodger]] sings "Only the Good Die Young" as an ActorAllusion.

'''Fanon example. The "as an ActorAllusion" part feels unnecessary here, tbh.'''

From Recap.CommunityS3E14PillowsAndBlankets:
* ActorAllusion: To Creator/KeithDavid. "Hey, were you in ''Series/TheCape''?" [[TakeThat "...No."]] Doubles as a CallBack.

'''I don't think this example gives as much context as it could or should. I get the gist, but I still think it's too low-context. It's also making me realize I'm not sure when a ShoutOut becomes an ActorAllusion?'''

From Recap.PersonOfInterestS03E01:
* ActorAllusion: One of Shaw's [[DeadpanSnarker quips]] obliquely references Sarah Shahi's previous TV series, ''Series/FairlyLegal,'' in which she played a mediator:
-->'''Shaw:''' Hey Reese, no offense, but if the vigilante thing doesn't work out, I'm not really seeing a future for you in [[Series/FairlyLegal conflict resolution.]]

'''This feels like a really vague reference to me (as the entry itself says, it's definitely oblique), but it's at least a specific enough reference that I'm okay with calling it correct use.'''

From WesternAnimation.ABugsLife:
* ActorAllusion: As he pretends to be dying from the fake bird attack, Manny (Creator/JonathanHarris) cries out "[[Series/LostInSpace Oh, the pain!]]"

'''Not enough info to tell if it's correct or not.'''

From Characters.StarTrekOnlineDiscovery:
* ActorAllusion: His taunt of choice, "Experience ''bIj''" ("punishment"), is a reference to the ''other'' other Klingon portrayed by Robert O'Reilly, namely Kavok from the 1993 ''Klingon Challenge'' board game.

'''I think this is fine? It doesn't really explain ''how'' it's a reference to the other character, though.'''

From Housepets.TropesAToL:
* HypocriticalHumor: Frequently! The best example comes from [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2011/09/05/and-again-i-say-fie/ the Macbeth Imaginate]] during the scene involving Lady Macbeth's SanitySlippage.
-->'''Peanut''' (as a doctor)''':''' We might have a case of acute craziness.\\
'''Grape''' (as Lady Macbeth)''':''' (''holds a placard referring to herself as a screwball'')\\
'''Peanut:''' The washing of hands while sleepwalking indicates profound guilt. Not surprising, considering '''[[ActorAllusion how much embarrassing fanfiction she tends to write]]'''.\\
'''Grape:''' (''throws her placard at Peanut'') OUT, D-WORDED [[ShowWithinAShow SPOT]]!

'''Pothole in bold. This is a {{ZCE}}.'''

From WMG.PowerRangersSamurai:
[[WMG: [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Cole]] is Deker]]
* There have already been all sorts of rumours about Ricardo returning to the series, but now Deker has shown up, he does sound awfully like him. And at the end of episode five, you can very briefly hear a lion's roar.
** For all we know it could be just an ActorAllusion / MythologyGag. Cole doesn't seem like a character who would fall easily under a spell.


From Fridge.SuperRobotWarsV:
* The [[Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine Shadow Army]] [[HighlyVisibleNinja ninja mooks]] all have "Terrain Use", an innate skill that cannot be purchased which doubles terrain effects. [[Anime/CrossAnge Tusk]] has that skill too, because he's also a ninja.
** Goes right back into FridgeLogic because [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Otto]] has that too and he's no ninja.
*** He isn't '''[[ActorAllusion but]]''' his [[Creator/NaoyaUchida seiyuu]] voiced [[Anime/NarutoShippuden Tobi]] when he mitates Madara and the real Madara himself.


From Funny.MuppetsTonight:
* At the end of one episode, Miss Piggy wakes up during a flight to see [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 something on the wing]], and she freaks out. Meanwhile, seated next to her is Creator/WilliamShatner, who tries to calm her down by saying, '''[[ActorAllusion "Oh,]]''' '''''[[ActorAllusion that]]''''' '''[[ActorAllusion guy. I've been complaining about him for years; no one does anything about it."]]'''

From Trivia.SleepyHollow:
* ActorAllusion: Sheriff Corbin, played by Creator/ClancyBrown, is killed by decapitation. Brown famously played the immortal Kurgan in Franchise/{{Highlander}}, who could only be killed by beheading.

From Trivia.TwentyEightWeeksLater:
* ActorAllusion: One of the survivors is played by Karen Meagher. You know her best as [[{{Film/Threads}} Ruth Beckett]].

From Trivia.{{Clockstoppers}}:
* ActorAllusion: Creator/MichaelBiehn is [[Film/TheTerminator messing with time travel again]].


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[[folder:Correct use]]
From Characters.TheLionGuard:
* AllThereInTheManual: According to the show script and the subtitles on Google Play, his name is Thurston, '''[[ActorAllusion after his VA's character in]]''' ''Series/GilligansIsland''.

'''Pothole. I believe this counts as correct usage.'''


From ShoutOut.LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions:
* In episode 1, during a flashback scene, Yuuta is doing an arm-breaking pose reminiscent of either a [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure JoJo]] character or Lelouche Lamperouge of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' fame (of whom Creator/JunFukuyama, Yuuta's voice actor, also voiced). Doubles as an ActorAllusion.

'''Pothole. Correct usage.'''


From WesternAnimation.TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace:
* ActorAllusion: In "I Love Ridonc and Roll", the Adversity Twins (voiced by Lyon Smith, the voice actor for [[WesternAnimation/GrojBand Corey Riffin]]) go on stage to play air guitar. Ironically, they end up doing poorly, while Corey Riffin is a lead guitarist.

'''I feel like this could be a stretch, but it's close enough to the correct usage of the trope that I'll count it.'''


From ''Film.{{Mosquito}}'' (1st of 2 examples from the page):
* ShoutOut:
** Earl with a chainsaw - he mentions it's been twenty years since he last used one, and twenty years prior, Creator/GunnarHansen played Leatherface, who used a chainsaw in Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974, doubling as ActorAllusion.

'''Correct. Explicitly connects the actor to a different role and identifies the specific reference to that role.'''


From Recap.TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S3E4TheCroaking:
* ActorAllusion: Played for all its worth with Napoleon, voiced by Jon Heder, the frog has the same manner of speech, catchphrases, personality and, of course, first name as Film/NapoleonDynamite, and a strong physical resemblance to boot.

'''This looks like correct usage to me. Though technically I think it should make it more clear that Heder played the title character in Film/NapoleonDynamite.'''

![[ActorAllusion Allusions]]