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wrm5 Since: Mar, 2014
2016-04-21 19:38:31

Sort of?

An actor appearing as himself is putting forward a public persona, and it's acceptable to trope that persona as it pertains to the show.

What we don't do is trope the personal lives of real people.

The question is, are the tropes on the page about the person's persona on the show? Or are they about the person just as some dude?

Edited by wrm5
war877 Since: Dec, 2015
2016-04-21 19:44:49

Game riffing shows straddle the line between fiction and non-fiction, and the people on those types of shows straddle the line between characters and real people. In other words: IDK. But it is probably fine to keep the example.

TheOneWhoTropes Since: Feb, 2010
2016-04-22 00:46:34

The problem is, even if the examples are genuine, the trope itself has been cut, since everyone just used it as a cast list. or put Fan Myopia-laden meme references in it.

Edited by TheOneWhoTropes Keeper of The Celestial Flame
StFan Since: Jan, 2001
2016-04-22 02:37:05

Those in-universe Hey Its That Voice examples should all be replaced by Actor Allusion examples. It's a better fit in the first place, even if Hey Its That Voice weren't being cut.

Edited by StFan
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