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Basic Trope: A celebrity makes an appearance on a show for children.

  • Straight: Charlie Troperson, an actor on the hit series "Alice and Bob", makes an appearance on the children's show "The Troper Kids".
  • Exaggerated:
  • Downplayed: Charlie only makes a very brief cameo.
  • Justified:
    • The characters of "The Troper Kids" are big fans of Charlie Troperson, and wanted him to be on the show.
    • Charlie lives across from the book store where the outside of Mission Control scenes of The Troper Kids are shot.
    • Charlie, as Busdriver Wilkins, has reason to be in both the Alice and Bob region and The Troper Kids region of the Shared Universe.
    • Charlie is knowledgeable on today's subject matter.
  • Inverted:
    • Muppet Cameo
    • A character from a show from children appears in an adult show.
  • Subverted: ???
  • Double Subverted: ???
  • Parodied:
  • Zig-Zagged: ???
  • Averted: No celebrities make any appearances in "The Troper Kids".
  • Enforced:
    • Parental Bonus
    • Charlie wanted to be on the show because his kids like "The Troper Kids".
    • Charlie saw potential in the at-the-time unnamed show and decided to help it reach said potential by cameoing in it.
    • Charlie just happened to be in the background of the take the produces chose. note 
  • Lampshaded: ???
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: ???
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: "I wonder why so many kids' shows feature celebrity guest stars."

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