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* ''MisterEd'' was always billed "as himself", although the actual "horse" was a zebra named Amelia and the uncredited voice was provided by Allan "Rocky" Lane.

* ''MisterEd'' was always billed "as himself", although the actual horse was a palomino gelding named Bamboo Harvester and the uncredited voice was provided by Allan "Rocky" Lane.

** The SOS Brigade are credited as the producers, with the real production company as "co-producers".

* Similiar to the Haruhi example above, the Hikarizawa High School Drama Club gets producing credits for {{Clannad}}.

** The opening to ''[[TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial The]]'' ''[[CanonDiscontinuity Star Wars]]'' ''[[TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial Holiday Special]]'' credits R2-D2 as R2-D2.

** The opening to ''TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' credits R2-D2 as R2-D2.

* StanLee frequently makes cameo appearances in {{Marvel}} movies [[MallRats (and elsewhere)]] as himself, most notably in the ''Film/IronMan'' movie where he was still credited as himself despite being dressed and identified as Hugh Hefner.
** [[TheSimpsons That's because his brain is no longer in mint condition.]] [[RedundantDepartmentOfRedundancy He behaves like that in real life.]]
** Not as much as been identified as Hugh Hefner, but as a RunningGag of him being mistaken for someone else by Tony Stark. In the second film, he is mistaken for Larry King.

* In [[{{Grindhouse}} Death Proof]] the Zoe Bell plays herself and performs her own stunts.

* ''PulpFiction'' lists Kathy Griffin as "herself" in the end credits- she appears in a minor role during the Marcellus/Butch chase scene.

* Everyone on ''[[{{Yu-Gi-OhTheAbridgedSeries}} Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Movie]]'' was listed "as him/herself" in the credits, including Kaiba's ego, Tristan's voice and Mai's breasts. Except Mokuba, he was listed as "Not in the movie".

* The ''RedDwarf'' episode "Timeslides" has "Special Guest Star: AdolfHitler As Himself". One plot in the episode involves Lister travelling back in time to the Nuremberg rally, standing next to (stock footage of) Hitler and pleading in vain for the crowd not to listen to him.

* ''DoctorWho'' famously appended "and WOTAN" to the credits of the War Machines, possibly to reinforce the idea that the computer was so intelligent that it could speak for itself rather than through an actor. (On a related note, the BBC tried to imply that technicians operated the Daleks by remote control, rather than actors inside the Daleks themselves, though the secret got out early.)

* An early episode of ''[[{{MASH}} M* A* S* H]]'', "Captain Tuttle," featured Hawkeye and Trapper inventing a soldier so they could get out of Officer-Of-the-Day duty. They managed to convince everyone in camp that Captain Tuttle really existed, even though [[TheEarnest no such person existed]]... and in the ending credits, Captain Tuttle was credited as playing himself.

* The fake credits sequence in ''DonkeyKong Country'' credits a bunch of Kremlings [enemy characters] with making the game.

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** The opening to ''TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' credits [=R2-D2=] as [=R2-D2=].
*** A [[strike:disservice to]] [[SoBadItsHorrible supremely fortunate decision on behalf of]] Kenny Baker.

* In ''{{ALF}}'', no one is credited as "ALF" or "ALF's voice", neither does the puppeteers appear as such in the credits. But the credits do list these people as "Personal assistants to ALF" (one of the two series' creators, Paul Fusco, provided the voice).

* The video game ''{{Left 4 Dead}}'', which portrays it's campaigns as horror movies, features movie posters and end credits which show the names of the four characters and their "actors" (being the players controlling them). When they're controlled by the CPU, they're credited as being played by themselves.

* ''Whatever Happened to Robot Jones'' listed Robot Jones as himself. In this case however he really WAS voiced by a computer for much of the series.

* The original film adaptation of ''{{Frankenstein}}'', starring BorisKarloff, had the monster's credit given as '''[+?+]''' in the opening credits.
** The sequel, Bride of Frankenstein, also have the bride's character given as '''[+?+]''', this time because Elsa Lanchester was already credited as Mary Shelley.

* In ''ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' ripoff ''Mac and Me'', [[{{Mascot}} spokesclown]] Ronald [=McDonald=] is credited "as himself." (It was actually Squire Fridell, the fourth actor to play Ronald [=McDonald=] in nationally syndicated TV commercials.)

* In the first episode (Broadcast order), we watch the movie, where Mikuru stars as Mikuru, Yuki stars as Yuki, Itsuki stars as himself... etc.

*** A [[strikeout:disservice to]] [[SoBadItsHorrible supremely fortunate decision on behalf of]] Kenny Baker.

** The opening to ''TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' credits R2D2 as R2D2.
*** A diservice to Kenny Baker.

* ''S1m0ne'' goes one step further, giving the eponymous computerised actress the starring role in the credits "[[AndStarring And introducing]] Simone as herself".

* In ''ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' ripoff ''Mac and Me'', [[{{Mascot}} spokesclown]] Ronald [=McDonald=] is credited "as himself."