In a meta example, could it be said that any and all OCs a person makes have some aspects of said person built into them, however unintentionally? After all, writing is a form of self-expression and self-expression allows people to put themselves into their works in some form or another.
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Seems more like a general example to me, which isn't worth listing.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
The Egg-Man
A lot of these examples seem to fall under Creator Cameo and Adam Westing. I reccommend a full clean-up.
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Agreed: if a character is supposed to be the author, then one can hardly say that character is based on the author.
Removed the following entries, as they don't really fit the trope: the characters aren't based on anyone, they are the people:
- John Ostrander himself appeared as a supporting character in Supergirl three years before he started writing for DC Comics (he was a friend of writer Paul Kupperberg.)
- John Byrne was brought along to witness the Trial of Reed Richards when the Shi'ar put Reed on trial for saving Galactus' life, in a Fantastic Four story.
- In fact, many Marvel employees appear in the Marvel universe, since Marvel Comics actually exists on Earth-616, only they are mere chroniclers of the "real life" adventures of the 'verse's superheroes.
- Author Clive Cussler makes cameo appearances in many of his Dirk Pitt novels, in scenes in which he provides Pitt with a critical clue to whatever's going on in the current book or lends him some cool vehicle with which to save the day.
- Kinky Friedman is a character in all of Kinky Friedman's novels.
- Douglas Coupland makes a minor appearance as himself in Jpod.
Wizzard
- In Hugh Laurie's The Gun Seller, the protagonist can fake a convincing american accent while his old friend has so many mannerisms in common with Laurie's old friend Stephen Fry to remove all doubt.
Yeah ... I'm not convinced that "can fake an American accent" indicates that an ex-British Army merc is based on an ex-Footlights actor. He might be based on the sort of character Laurie thought he could play in the movie, but that's not the same thing.
This should be "Write Whom You Know".