History CelebrityParadox / MarvelCinematicUniverse

* In ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'', ''Series/SesameStreet'' is shown on Bruce's TV. Among the actors who've [[SesameStreetCred guest starred on the show]] are Creator/AnnetteBening (Wendy Lawson/Mar-Vell), Creator/BenjaminBratt (Jonathan Pangborn), Creator/DonCheadle (War Machine), Creator/GlennClose (Nova Prime), Creator/KatDennings (Darcy Lewis), Creator/PeterDinklage (Eitri), Creator/RobertDowneyJr (Iron Man), Creator/LaurenceFishburne (Bill Foster), Creator/JamieFoxx (Electro), Creator/DonaldGlover (Aaron Davis), Creator/JeffGoldblum (Grandmaster), Creator/SethGreen (Howard the Duck), Creator/JakeGyllenhaal (Mysterio), Creator/TomHiddleston (Loki), Creator/TerrenceHoward (the first Rhodey), Creator/SamuelLJackson (Nick Fury), Creator/KenJeong (storage guard), Creator/JohnKrasinski (Illuminati Mr. Fantastic), Creator/JudeLaw (Yon-Rogg), Creator/ZacharyLevi (Fandral), Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus (Valentina Allegra de Fontaine), Creator/MelissaMcCarthy (actress playing Hela), Creator/LupitaNyongO (Nakia), Creator/NataliePortman (Jane Foster), Creator/RyanReynolds (Deadpool), Creator/PaulRudd (Ant-Man), Creator/MarkRuffalo (Hulk), Creator/ZoeSaldana (Gamora), Creator/CobieSmulders (Maria Hill), Creator/PatrickStewart (Professor X), Creator/CharlizeTheron (Clea), Creator/MarisaTomei (Aunt May), Creator/PatrickWarburton (Rick Stoner), Creator/ForestWhitaker (Zuri), Creator/GiancarloEsposito (TBA character) as Mickey.

** During the skirmish in Tennessee, Tony snarkily refers to Savin as "Film/{{Westworld}}." [[Series/{{Westworld}} The show based on that movie]] stars Creator/JeffreyWright (Uatu) as Bernard Lowe and Arnold Weber, Creator/LukeHemsworth (Asgardian actor playing Thor) as Ashley Stubbs, Creator/AnthonyHopkins (Odin) as Robert Ford, Creator/TessaThompson (Valkyrie) as Charlotte Hale and Dolores Abernathy, Creator/BenBarnes (Billy Russo) as Logan Delos, Creator/ZahnMcClarnon (William Lopez) as Akecheta, Creator/HiroyukiSanada (Akihiko) as Musashi, Creator/PomKlementieff (Mantis) as Martel, Creator/AaronStanford (Pyro) as Peter Meyers, Creator/JuliaJones (Chafa) as Kohana, and Creator/GiancarloEsposito (TBA character), as El Lazo II.

*** Furthermore, Favreau and Creator/ClancyBrown (Surtur/Colonel Schoonover) starred in both ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' (as Pre Viszla and Savage Opress, respectively). And in ''Series/{{Jessica Jones|2015}}'', Jessica calls Kilgrave "Obi-Wan Kenobi" after he goes "[[JediMindTrick We can go about our business, move along]]" to two cops. Creator/DavidTennant (Kilgrave) guest-starred in the fifth season of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' as Professor Huyang.

* ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'': After being told Feige has forbidden them from using cocaine and that he knows all the euphemisms, Blind Al ends the list by snarking if Wade [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 "want[s] to build a snowman."]] Creator/SterlingKBrown (N'Jobu) voiced Destin Mattias and Creator/AlfredMolina (Doc Ock) voiced King Agnarr in ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII''.

** Luke makes a reference to ''Series/GameOfThrones'' in season 2 when trying to defend himself against some Harlem residents who think Bushmaster beat him a second time. One wonders if he ever has noticed how much [[Creator/FinnJones Loras Tyrell]] resembled Danny Rand, or how much [[Creator/JessicaHenwick Nymeria Sand]] resembles Colleen Wing. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Especially since minutes after this reference is made, Danny himself appears in Pop's Barbershop.]] [[Creator/PeterDinklage Tyrion Lannister]], [[Creator/RichardMadden Robb Stark]], [[Creator/KitHarington Jon Snow]], [[Creator/EmiliaClarke Daenerys Targaryen]], Beric Dondarrion, [[Creator/NatalieDormer Margaery Tyrell]], [[Creator/IwanRheon Ramsay Snow/Bolton]], [[Creator/HannahJohnKamen Ornela]], [[Creator/DeObiaOparei Areo Hotah]], [[Creator/RichardEGrant Izembaro]], [[Creator/KateDickie Lysa Arryn]], [[Creator/AdewaleAkinnuoyeAgbaje Malko]], Brynden Tully, [[Creator/RalphIneson Dagmer]], [[Creator/PedroPascal Oberyn Martell]], [[Creator/JosephQuinn Koner]], and [[Creator/MartinStarr an Ironborn Soldier]] also happen to resemble [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Eitri the Dwarf King]], [[Film/{{Eternals}} Ikaris, Dane Whitman]], [[Series/SecretInvasion2023 G'iah, Agent Prescod]], [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Private Lorraine]], [[Series/{{Inhumans}} Maximus]], [[Film/AntManAndTheWasp Ava Starr]], [[Series/Loki2021 Boastful Loki, Classic Loki, General Dox]], [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld Algrim, Tyr]], [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 a Ravager pilot]], Mister Fantastic, the Human Torch, and [[Film/SpiderManHomecomingTrilogy Mr. Harrington]] for some reason. In the prequel series ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'', [[Creator/RhysIfans Otto Hightower]] happens to resemble [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome Curt Connors]].

** An episode mentions the ''Film/HarryPotter'' film series, while in the second season premiere of ''Jessica Jones'', when Trish is arguing her boss at the radio station about her IGH research, she exasperatedly tells him, "You can say IGH, Ian, they're not Voldemort." Creator/DavidTennant (Kilgrave) played Barty Crouch Jr. in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''. Creator/TobyJones (Arnim Zola) played Dobby in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' and ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', the former of which also features Creator/KennethBranagh (Asgardian distress caller) as Gilderoy Lockhart and the latter of which also features Creator/RhysIfans (Lizard) as Xenophilius Lovegood. Creator/DavidBradley (the Tessarect's guard in ''The First Avenger'') played Argus Filch. Assuming that the ''Fantastic Beasts'' SpinOff series of the ''Potter'' films also exist in the MCU, then you have ones with Claudia Kim (Helen Cho/Nagini), Creator/JudeLaw (Yon-Rogg/young Albus Dumbledore), Creator/GemmaChan (Minn-Erva/Sersi/Ya Zhou), Creator/WunmiMosaku (Hunter B-15/Beryl), and Creator/MadsMikkelsen (Kaecilius/Grindelwald).

** ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': In the UK release, the list is altered to include this series. Creator/BenedictCumberbatch (Doctor Strange) and Creator/MartinFreeman (Everett Ross) play, respectively, Holmes and Watson; the unaired pilot episode featured Zawe Ashton (Dar-Benn) as Sally Donovan, "[[Recap/SherlockS01E02TheBlindBanker The Blind Banker]]" in series 1 featured Creator/GemmaChan (Minn-Erva/Sersi) as Soo Lin Yao, and "[[Recap/SherlockS04E01TheSixThatchers The Six Thatchers]]" and "[[Recap/SherlockS04E02TheLyingDetective The Lying Detective]]" in series 4 featured Creator/SachaDhawan (Davos) as Ajay and Creator/TobyJones (Arnim Zola) as Culverton Smith. For the Franchise/SherlockHolmes franchise as a whole, ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'' and its [[Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows sequel]] starred Creator/RobertDowneyJr (Iron Man) as Holmes, Creator/JudeLaw (Yon-Rogg) as Watson, and Creator/RachelMcAdams (Christine Palmer) as Irene Adler, while ''Film/HolmesAndWatson'' had Creator/JohnCReilly (Rhomann Dey) as Watson, and ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' featured Creator/RhysIfans (Lizard) as Mycroft Holmes and Creator/NatalieDormer (Private Lorraine) as Irene Adler[[spoiler:/Jamie Moriarty]].

*** There's also the VHS of ''Film/FirstKnight''. Creator/RalphIneson played Ralf in it, as well as a Ravager pilot in ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}''.

** Darcy mentions ''Film/ConAir'', which featured Creator/VingRhames (Charlie-27) as Nathaniel "Nathan" "Diamond Dog" Jones, and ''Film/UnderSeige'', which featured Creator/TommyLeeJones (Colonel Phillips) as William Strannix and Creator/GlennMorshower (General Jacobs) as Ensign Taylor.

*** ''Film/JonahHex2010'' featured Creator/JoshBrolin (Thanos) as the titular character and Creator/JuliaJones (Chafa) as Cassie.

* The main plot of ''Film/TheGuardiansOfTheGalaxyHolidaySpecial'', centers around Mantis and Drax looking for Creator/KevinBacon in L.A. to gift him to Peter Quill as a Christmas gift. Kevin Bacon himself portrayed BigBad Sebastian Shaw in the Film/XMenFilmSeries, which would eventually become part of the MCU through ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine''. Furthermore, they find a plaza of people dressing up as the Avengers and pop culture icons like [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Jack Sparrow]]. A family also mistakes Drax for [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]]:

* In ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'', ''Series/SesameStreet'' is shown on Bruce's TV. Among the actors who've [[SesameStreetCred guest starred on the show]] are Creator/AnnetteBening (Wendy Lawson/Mar-Vell), Creator/BenjaminBratt (Jonathan Pangborn), Creator/DonCheadle (War Machine), Creator/GlennClose (Nova Prime), Creator/KatDennings (Darcy Lewis), Creator/PeterDinklage (Eitri), Creator/RobertDowneyJr (Iron Man), Creator/LaurenceFishburne (Bill Foster), Creator/JamieFoxx (Electro), Creator/DonaldGlover (Aaron Davis), Creator/JeffGoldblum (Grandmaster), Creator/SethGreen (Howard the Duck), Creator/JakeGyllenhaal (Mysterio), Creator/TomHiddleston (Loki), Creator/TerrenceHoward (the first Rhodey), Creator/SamuelLJackson (Nick Fury), Creator/KenJeong (storage guard), Creator/JohnKrasinski (Illuminati Mr. Fantastic), Creator/JudeLaw (Yon-Rogg), Creator/ZacharyLevi (Fandral), Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus (Valentina Allegra de Fontaine), Creator/MelissaMcCarthy (actress playing Hela), Creator/LupitaNyongO (Nakia), Creator/NataliePortman (Jane Foster), Creator/RyanReynolds (Deadpool), Creator/PaulRudd (Ant-Man), Creator/MarkRuffalo (Hulk), Creator/ZoeSaldana (Gamora), Creator/CobieSmulders (Maria Hill), Creator/PatrickStewart (Professor X), Creator/CharlizeTheron (Clea), Creator/MarisaTomei (Aunt May), Creator/PatrickWarburton (Rick Stoner), and Creator/ForestWhitaker (Zuri).

** During the skirmish in Tennessee, Tony snarkily refers to Savin as "Film/{{Westworld}}." [[Series/{{Westworld}} The show based on that movie]] stars Creator/JeffreyWright (Uatu) as Bernard Lowe and Arnold Weber, Creator/LukeHemsworth (Asgardian actor playing Thor) as Ashley Stubbs, Creator/AnthonyHopkins (Odin) as Robert Ford, Creator/TessaThompson (Valkyrie) as Charlotte Hale and Dolores Abernathy, Creator/BenBarnes (Billy Russo) as Logan Delos, Creator/ZahnMcClarnon (William Lopez) as Akecheta, Creator/HiroyukiSanada (Akihiko) as Musashi, Creator/PomKlementieff (Mantis) as Martel, Creator/AaronStanford (Pyro) as Peter Meyers, and Creator/JuliaJones (Chafa) as Kohana.

*** Favreau and Brown also had roles in ''Series/TheMandalorian'' (as Paz Vizla and Burg, respectively), which also starred Creator/PedroPascal (Mister Fantastic) as the titular character, Creator/TaikaWaititi (Korg/Ninny of the Nonny/IG-11), Creator/RosarioDawson (Claire Temple/Ahsoka Tano), Creator/EugeneCordero (Casey/Stoke), Creator/TitusWelliver (Felix Blake/Imperial captain), Creator/SimonKassianides (Sunil Bakshi/Axe Woves), Creator/MingNaWen (Melinda May/Fennec Shand), Creator/AdamPally (Gary/Bike Trooper), Thomas E. Sullivan (Nathaniel Malick/Imperial co-pilot), Creator/KatyOBrian (Kimball/Jentorra/Elia Kane), and Creator/JuliaJones (Chafa) as Omera.

** Peter Quill refers to an alien as a [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles "Ninja Turtle"]]. Creator/SamRockwell (Justin Hammer) appeared as a gang member in [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 the 1990 film]]. Creator/ChrisEvans (Captain America) voiced Casey Jones, Creator/PatrickStewart (Professor X) voiced Max Winters, Creator/LaurenceFishburne (Bill Foster) voiced the Narrator, and Creator/FredTatasciore (Variants of Drax and Corvus Glaive) voiced General Gato in [[WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}} the 2007 film]], while Creator/TaraStrong (Miss Minutes/Mainframe) and Creator/DeeBradleyBaker (Morris/Blurp) provided additional voices in that film, with Baker and Tatasciore also voicing several characters in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012 series]], which also featured Creator/HoonLee (Lei Kung) as Splinter, Creator/ClancyBrown (Surtur/Colonel Schoonover) as Chris Bradford, Creator/DavidTennant (Kilgrave) as Fugitoid, Creator/JBSmoove (Mr. Dell) as Bebop, Creator/LucyLawless (Isabelle Hartley) as Hiidrala, and Creator/AshleyJohnson (Beth the Waitress) as Renet. Also, Creator/BrittanyIshibashi (Tina Minoru) plays Karai in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesOutOfTheShadows''. ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantMayhem'' features Creator/PaulRudd (Ant-Man) as Mondo Gecko and Creator/HannibalBuress (Coach Wilson) as Genghis Frog. The original comic book is also a case of ParodyDisplacement of ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}.

** During the opening credits, a clip from ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' is shown. [[Creator/DavidTennant Kilgrave]] is the voice of Scrooge [=McDuck=] in the [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 revival]], where [[Creator/DonCheadle Rhodey]] briefly voiced WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck. [[Creator/JimRash MIT Liaison]] also voiced Gyro Gearloose, [[Creator/TaraStrong Miss Minutes/Mainframe]] voiced Briar, [[Creator/JameelaJamil Titania]] voiced Gandra Dee and W.A.N.D.A., [[Creator/MartinFreeman Everett Ross]] voiced Poe de Spell, [[Creator/FlulaBorg L.A. Bartender]] voiced Christoph the Spice Baron, [[Creator/ClancyBrown Surtur/Colonel Schoonover]] voiced Frankenstein, and [[Creator/DeeBradleyBaker Morris/Blurp]] voiced Bubba Duck and Benjamin Frankloon in said reboot.

*** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' had the aforementioned David Kaye as Commissioner Gordon.

*** The WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse has Creator/MichaelBJordan (Killmonger) as Cyborg, Creator/CThomasHowell (Carson Wolf) as Reverse-Flash/Professor Zoom, the aforementioned Morena Baccarin as Talia al Ghul, Creator/JasonOMara (Jeffrey Mace) as Batman, Creator/JonBernthal (Punisher) as Trigon in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans'' only, Creator/PatrickFabian (Gaius Ponarian) as Cyborg Superman, Creator/ConstanceZimmer (Rosalind Price) as Veronica Cale, Creator/MaxMittelman (Fandral variant) as Jimmy Olsen, and Creator/AlfredMolina (Doc Ock) as Destiny.

*** ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'' had Creator/LakeBell (Black Widow variants/Dr. Graham) as Poison Ivy, the aforementioned Alfred Molina as Mr. Freeze, Creator/JimRash (MIT Liaison) as Riddler, Creator/JBSmoove (Mr. Dell) as Frank, Creator/JameelaJamil (Titania) as the goddess Eris, Creator/JamesGunn (Automated voice in "Groot's Pursuit"/Lambshank) AsHimself, and Creator/BrettGoldstein ([[spoiler:Hercules]]) also AsHimself.

** Biscuits' friend Woody paraphrases the famous "Everything the light touches is our kingdom" quote from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}''. Creator/DonaldGlover (Aaron Davis) voiced Simba, Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor (Baron Mordo) voiced Scar, Creator/AlfreWoodard (Miriam Sharpe/Mariah Stokes) voiced Sarabi, Creator/JohnKani (T'Chaka) voiced Rafiki, and Creator/FlorenceKasumba (Ayo) voiced Shenzi in the [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019 2019 film]]. In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'', Creator/DeeBradleyBaker (Morris/Blurp) was Tano, Creator/BlairUnderwood (Andrew Garner) was Makuu, Creator/RachelHouse (Topaz) was Mama Binturong, Creator/McKennaGrace (Young Carol) was Kambuni, and Creator/KariWahlgren (Nexus Commercial Announcer) was several characters.

* ''Film/Deadpool3'': After being told Feige has forbidden them from using cocaine and that he knows all the euphemisms, Blind Al ends the list by snarking if Wade [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 "want[s] to build a snowman."]] Creator/SterlingKBrown (N'Jobu) voiced Destin Mattias and Creator/AlfredMolina (Doc Ock) voiced King Agnarr in ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII''.