History Main / CharacterAsHimself

** Same thing was done in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'', where the opening sequence credits ended with "The Great Gonzo and Rizzo the Rat as Themselves". Same reason - all other [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppets]] (except Beaker) played the characters from the original story, while Gonzo and Rizzo were... well, themselves.

* ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'' - "...and UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein as himself." This is in the showcase credits; in the actual cast credits the real actor (Jerry Haleva) is credited.

* ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'', lists Stanley the stuffed toy Teddy bear, "as himself".

** In the final season, the "Loth Wolf" is credited for portraying "himself".

** Chopper, the ''Ghost'' crew's irascible astromech droid, is credited like this. No other droid in any canon ''Franchise/StarWars'' media has been given such an honour. Then again, he ''was'' {{defictionaliz|ation}}ed later on, so the trope seems to be more literal.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Chopper, the ''Ghost'' crew's irascible astromech droid, is credited like this. No other astromech in any other ''Star Wars'' animated material, not even R2-D2, has been given this honour. Then again, he ''was'' {{defictionaliz|ation}}ed later on, so the trope seems to be more literal. In the final season, the "Loth Wolf" is credited for portraying "himself".
** Correction: In the [[https://youtu.be/S7XCe2XorcY opening titles]] to the old 80s ''WesternAnimation/{{Droids}}'' cartoon, R2-D2 ''was'' also credited as himself.
** Averted. Per the GrandFinale, Chopper was actually voiced by [[spoiler:Dave Filoni]].
* The ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "Last One Out of Beach City" ends with fake credits listing the main characters with nicknames ("[[TheSmartGuy Pearl]] as Repressed Nerd," etc.) The [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] girl whom Pearl was crushing on is listed as "Mystery Girl as Herself."

* In the the Franco-Belgian movie ''Film/SurLaPisteDuMarsupilami'', the Franchise/{{Marsupilami}} as well as his mate, the Marsupilamie, are credited as themselves.

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* A young Scottish actor named Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith began his career in a show called "Ken Campbells Roadshow". Here, he starred in a play about a circus-stuntman by the unlikely name of "Sylvester [=McCoy=]". As a joke, the programs proclaimed "Sylvester [=McCoy=] played by himself". The critics missed the joke and assumed that was his name, and Kent-Smith decided to make it his stagename. [[Series/DoctorWho I think he became a Doctor, later on]].
* In ''The Actor's Nightmare'' the Executioner is credited As Himself, and he then chops off actor George Spelvin's head during the final scene of ''A Man For All Seasons''.
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* A credits gag in ''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Dangeresque 1: Dangeresque, Too?]]'' has the character of [[TheDragon Killingyouguy]] played by "himself" (actually, in-universe, he's played by [[DumbMuscle Strong Mad]]).

** Jabba the Hutt is credited as Himself in ''Star Wars Episode I: Film/ThePhantomMenace''. Presumably partially done because Jabba was a purely CG character (so he didn't have a puppeteer) so there was no human being playing him. He did have lines, though, provided by the uncredited Scott Schumann.

** Averted. Per the GrandFinale, he was actually voiced by [[spoiler:Dave Filoni]].

* Freddy Fruitcake (the CreepyDoll) is credited as "himself" in ''{{Psychoville}}''.

* Some of Creator/JasperFforde's ''Literature/ThursdayNext'' novels include credits that thank {{Public Domain Character}}s such as [[Literature/WutheringHeights Heathcliff]] for agreeing to appear in the book and credit Creator/WilliamShakespeare (William) Inc. for supplying [[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} the three witches]] and other characters from his plays..

* At the end of the Sega Master System game ''Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap'', instead of the closing credits, the word "Cast" would appear, followed by the names of every single variety of monsters the hero gets to fight through the game.

* ''WhateverHappenedToRobotJones?'' listed Robot Jones as himself for the episodes where he was [[SyntheticVoiceActor voiced by a computer program]]. His credit changed to the human actor upon recasting (or, in this case, casting).

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Chopper, the ''Ghost'' crew's irascible astromech droid, is credited like this. No other astromech in any other ''Star Wars'' animated material, not even R2-D2, has been given this honour. Then again, he ''was'' {{defictionaliz|ation}}ed later on, so the trope seems to be more literal.

* Not really the series itself ,but Amazon.com's [[https://www.amazon.com/Seiyus-Life-Complete-SUB-Only/dp/B01LZJMY3Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483365928&sr=8-1&keywords=seiyu%27s+life listing]] for ''Manga/SoreGaSeiyuu'' (or ''Seiyuu's Life'' in America) lists the characters Futaba Ichinose and Rin Kohana as actors.

** Correction: In the [[https://youtu.be/S7XCe2XorcY opening titles]] to the old 80s ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsDroids Droids]]'' cartoon, R2-D2 ''was'' also credited as himself.

** Correction: In the [[https://youtu.be/S7XCe2XorcY opening titles]] to the old 80s ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsDroids Droids'' cartoon, R2-D2 ''was'' also credited as himself.

* SoundHorizon albums always credit Revo's vocals not to himself, but to whatever character he's playing in the album.

* ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' gives every single character a billing as themselves in the title credits, even going so far as to list characters who either don't have a voice or aren't even in the series! (Emperor Penguin as Emperor Penguin, Oriental Stork as Oriental Stork) Anyone they miss then gets the odd billing of "Everyone else - Staff".

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Chopper, the ''Ghost'' crew's irascible astromech droid, is credited like this. No other astromech in any other ''Star Wars'' animated material, not even R2-D2, has been given this honour. Then again, he ''was'' [[Defictionalization defictionalized]] later on, so the trope seems to be more literal.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Chopper, the ''Ghost'' crew's irascible astromech droid, is credited like this. No other astromech in any other ''Star Wars'' animated material, not even R2-D2, has been given this honour.

* Marcus of ''Series/{{Mega64}}'' is credited as himself.

* An early episode of ''Series/{{Mash}}'', "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 [[InventedIndividual no such person existed]]... and in the ending credits, Captain Tuttle was credited as playing himself.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' 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.
* In ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' series, Thing is credited "as itself". It was actually the hand of Ted Cassidy, who played Lurch (except in scenes where Thing and Lurch appeared together, in which case Thing would be played by various crew members, most prominently AD Jack Voglin).
* In one ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode, spliced WWII footage was used. Inevitably: "...and UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, as himself."

* Sean Williamson is credited as "Barry" in ''{{Series/Extras}}'', a play on the fact that in the show, everyone refers to him thus because he is most (only?) famous for playing that character in ''Series/EastEnders''.

* First series of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'''s finale featured [[OneSceneWonder Mad Gerald]]. He was quite mad. Also he was Rik Mayall, but that's not what the credits say.
* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'' opening montage has clips of each character, with the character's names going where the actors' usually go. (The actors are put in the end credits, though.) The metal plate in Ms. Wrigley's head and Little Pete's tattoo Petunia are played by themselves, to the point where cast biographies on a website make passing reference to the fact that "Mom's Plate" has yet to appear in any other films or TV series.
* On ''Series/SeventhHeaven''..."Happy the Dog as Happy".

* The opening credits of ''Saban's Series/MaskedRider'' read "and introducing Ferbus" when they credit him. This is could be down to the fact that in early episodes he was an animatronic puppet.
* "Cursor as Himself" in ''Series/{{Automan}}''.
* ''Series/OutOfThisWorld'' credited Evie's father Troy "as Himself". Troy, an alien who only "appeared" as a disembodied voice from a communication device, was actually voiced by Creator/BurtReynolds.
* "PeeWeeHerman as Himself".
* A two-part episode of ''Series/GetSmart'' featured a villain (actually played by Creator/JamesCaan) billed only as "Rupert of Rathskeller as himself."
* In ''Series/{{ALF}}'', no one is credited as "ALF" or "ALF's voice", nor are the puppeteers listed as such. But the credits do list these people as "Personal assistants to ALF" (one of the series' creators, Paul Fusco, provided -- and ''still'' provides -- the voice).
* In one episode of ''Series/TheGames'', fitting the name of this trope, but with none of the entities involved really fictional: John Howard (the character) played by John Howard (the actor) in order to be mistaken for John Howard (the then Prime Minister of Australia).
* The opening credits for the ''Series/ChildrenInNeed'' special of ''Series/LarkRiseToCandleford'' featured "and introducing Pudsey Bear".
* ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'' UK has The Banker as himself. A few lesser British game shows have done this gimmick since.
* ''Series/TheCube'' has The Body as herself, in a game show example that's actually more similar to The Stig than The Banker.
* In BBC's ''Series/TopGear'', The Stig is only ever listed in the credits as "and The Stig", even ''after'' supposedly unmasking.
* In the ''Series/{{Maverick}}'' episode "Pappy", James Garner plays Bret and Bart's Dad, while Jack Kelly plays Uncle Bently Maverick. Pappy is listed as "Himself", while Uncle Bently is listed as "?".

* On ''Series/TheAdventuresOfBriscoCountyJr'' combined this with AndStarring for "And Comet," Brisco's horse.

* ''WhateverHappenedToRobotJones?'' listed Robot Jones as himself for the episodes where he was [[SyntheticVoiceActor voiced by a computer program]]. His credit changed to the human actor upon recasting (or, in this case, casting).
* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad'' ends its opening billings with "And Thomas The Tank Engine" (although voice actors are listed in the end credits). The same thing was done with in ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'', previously.

* For ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'''s episode "The Howling Commandos", the end credits lists The Invisible Man's voice actor as "himself."
* The ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "Last One Out of Beach City" ends with fake credits listing the main characters with nicknames ("[[TheSmartGuy Pearl]] as Repressed Nerd," etc.) The [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] girl whom Pearl was crushing on is listed as "Mystery Girl as Herself."

* ''WhateverHappenedToRobotJones?'' listed Robot Jones as himself. In this case however he really WAS voiced by a computer for much of the series.
** His credit did revert to the human actor upon recasting (or, in this case, casting).

[[caption-width-right:296:Sadly his career never really took off]]