History Main / FakeShemp

* Averted in the Creator/DiC dub of ''Anime/SailorMoon'', where in episode 82, a ClipShow, many of the past characters had to be voiced by sound-alikes due to [=DiC=] not wanting to pay all of their voice actors. Apparently, even cutting-and-pasting their voices would have cost too much money. The sound-alikes were voice actors that already had roles in the current batch of episodes being dubbed, and were in the studio anyway, for instance, Luna's voice filled in for Queen Beryl.

* Continuing her post-''Gilligan'' boycott of the [[Series/GilligansIsland television show,]] Tina Louise refused to allow her likeness to be used in the ''[[Pinball/GilligansIsland Gilligan's Island]]'' pinball. As a result, Ginger only appears twice — once on the playfield and once on the backglass — with her face heavily obscured.

** One episode done in tribute to the late Jerry Nelson (in which Count von Count, Nelson's signature ''Sesame'' character, is receiving a medal) has the Count appear in the end, with his dialogue stitched together from Nelson's recordings.
* Creator/FrankOz was unavailable for much of production on ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'' and ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace.'' Other puppeteers played Oz's characters, and Oz dubbed their voices in post-production.
* ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'' opens [[ImmediateSequel immediately after]] the final scene of ''Film/TheMuppets2011'' ... with Gary and Mary only seen from the back.

* ''Radio/ThePhilHendrieShow'' subverts this, as the concept is to interview fake "guests" who are actually characters voiced by the host. Gullible callers are then allowed to interact with the "guests" who they believe to be real people. Also, during some non-call-in segments, Phil "interviews" various celebrities, but gives them arbitrary voices. He did once play a "guest" who was supposedly Los Angeles Laker Brian Grant, who outraged listeners by complaining about Vlade Divac's preference for "stinky Lithuanian cheese", but was asked to stop because listeners who did not get the joke were getting angry at the real Brian Grant.

* ''Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror'' at Ride/DisneyThemeParks features an introduction by the late Creator/RodSerling. His voice-over narration is done by Mark Silverman, a close soundalike for Serling. The part where you actually see Serling is recycled footage from the ''Twilight Zone'' episode "It's A Good Life". His original dialogue was "Tonight's story on ''The Twilight Zone'' is somewhat unique and calls for a different kind of introduction. This, as you may recognize, is a map of the United States." The boarding video changes the background and cuts away from him before he says "a map of the United States". Silverman finishes the sentence as "a maintenance service elevator, still in operation, waiting for you."

* Occurs frequently on ''Series/SesameStreet'' and various ''[[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]]'' productions, usually for scenes in which multiple characters performed by the same puppeteer are given dialogue. Normally, another puppeteer will perform the character with fewer dialogue, and the principal performer will loop his or her voice in post-production.

This is somewhat easier to do with animation — after all, the characters look the same no matter what actor you use, and sometimes you can even get away with a silent cameo. Just... if they have to talk, be very careful of which voice actor sound-alike you hire.

* ''WesternAnimation/Cars3:'' Doc Hudson in the original ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' was Creator/PaulNewman's final role before his death: this necessitated his character being [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim written off]] in [[WesternAnimation/Cars2 the sequel]]. When writing ''Cars 3'', the screenwriters realized they had a lot of recordings of Newman, not in character, speaking off-the-cuff between takes. Since Newman was a racing buff just like Doc Hudson, they realized they could repurpose the chatter into racing advice Doc gave Lightning in flashbacks. With his family's blessing, Newman made a posthumous appearance nearly a decade after his death.

So you pull off something dicey: use a stand-in, and [[FilmingForEasyDub don't show their face]]. You can combine this with a little StockFootage to improve the effect. Not bad, as long as the audience doesn't get wise. Starting in the late 2010s, some film studios have experimented with [[SerkisFolk motion-captured effigies]] of actors who are either too old or too dead to reprise their roles, but it's [[UncannyValley rarely passable]] (and ethically dubious).

* ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'' opens [[ImmediateSequel immediately after]] the final scene of ''Film/TheMuppets'' ... with Gary and Mary only seen from the back.

* ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'' was able to get Creator/UnshoIshizuka to narrate "The Distant Blue Sky" by splicing together fragments of his old narrations (of which he narrated 1030 episodes, dozens of specials and all 22 movies before his death in 2018)

** Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries was able to get Creator/UnshoIshizuka to narrate the episode by splicing together fragments of his old narrations (of which he narrated 1030 episodes, dozens of specials and all 22 movies before his death in 2018)

* Orville Redenbacher made a posthumous commercial appearance in 2007 requiring three actors to play the role of the late popcorn magnate: one as the body double, one as the face double (with prosthetics), and one providing the voice. The results were... unsettling.

* ''Radio/ThePhilHendrieShow'' subverts this, as the concept is to interview fake "guests" who are actually characters voiced by the host. Gullible callers are then allowed to interact with the "guests" who they believe to be real people. Also, during some non-call-in segments, Phil "interviews" various celebrities, but gives them arbitrary voices, such as voicing Martha Stewart as an AngryBlackMan. He did once play a "guest" who was supposedly Los Angeles Laker Brian Grant, who outraged listeners by complaining about Vlade Divac's preference for "stinky Lithuanian cheese", but was asked to stop because listeners who did not get the joke were getting angry at the real Brian Grant.

* [[FakeShemp/{{Film}} Film -- Live-Action]]

* ''Radio/ThePhilHendrieShow'' subverts this, as the concept is to interview fake "guests" who are actually characters voiced by the host. Gullible callers are then allowed to interact with the "guests" who they believe to be real people. Also, during some non-call-in segments, Phil "interviews" various celebrities, but gives them arbitrary voices, such as voicing Martha Stewart as an AngryBlackMan. He did once play a "guest" who was supposedly Los Angeles Laker Brian Grant, who outraged listeners by complaining about Vlade Divac's preference for "stinky Lithuanian cheese", but was asked to stop because listeners who did not get the joke were getting angry at [[YourCostumeNeedsWork the real Brian Grant]].

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!!!'''In-Universe:'''
* ''Film/DayForNight'': The director of [[ShowWithinAShow Film Within a Film]] ''Meet Pamela'' has one last problem with his [[invoked]]TroubledProduction when the male lead is hit by a car and killed, with the climax still to be filmed. He gets a body double and shoots the scene from behind.
* In ''Film/{{Bowfinger}}'', when Kit Ramsey goes into seclusion at [[ChurchOfHappyology Mindhead]], thinking he's really being followed by aliens and [=UFOs=], Bowfinger tries to get another actor to double for him. He hires Jiff, a BlackAndNerdy guy who's a perfect doppelganger for Kit before they realize he's Jiff ''Ramsey'', [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins Kit's identical]] [[BackupTwin twin brother]].
!!!'''In General:'''
* The Frankenstein Monster was subject to this in the original Universal Horror film series of the 1930s-40s:
** In ''Film/FrankensteinMeetsTheWolfMan'', Creator/BelaLugosi played the Monster, except for the scene in which the the creature is first thawed from the ice. Lugosi was either unavailable or unwilling to shoot the scene, so a stunt man was used and at one point his face is seen directly - in fact, it's the first shot of the Monster's face in the entire movie - and he looks nothing like Lugosi.
** During production of ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'', Glenn Strange, who played the Monster, suffered a leg injury. Fortunately many of his scenes at the time required him to just lie on a gurney. For a scene in which he throws a woman through a window and chases the titular duo from the room, however, Lon Chaney Jr. - who was appearing in the film as The Wolf Man, but who had played the Monster years earlier in ''Film/TheGhostOfFrankenstein'' - put on the makeup and the suit and did the scene for Strange. Once you know, the Shemping is obvious, as Chaney's Monster is much more energetic.
* Most of Creator/MontyPython's members played multiple roles in each movie. When two of one actor's characters are in a scene together, the less prominent one is a stand-in. For example, in ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', when Brother Maynard (Creator/EricIdle) is reading an inscription describing the Castle of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh to Arthur's Knights, Sir Robin (otherwise played by Idle) is portrayed by an obvious Shemp trying to conceal himself behind his shield. An arguably more amusing example is near the end of ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'', in which Reg is played by Creator/JohnCleese in one shot, then swapped with a look-alike when the Centurion, another of Cleese's characters, appears in the next.
* Creator/StevenSeagal is notorious for walking off the set of any movie he's in at will. He's also become increasingly out-of-shape as the years have passed. These two factors combined mean that any film supposedly starring him since at least ''Film/HalfPastDead'' could more accurately be said to be starring his body doubles. As he also refuses to do ADR, requiring someone else to do the LoopingLines, he barely appears in some of "his" films at all.
!!!'''By Movie:'''
* During production of ''Film/Alien3'', it was discovered that Carrie Henn (the girl who played Newt in ''Aliens'') was too old to convincingly play the part. This, coupled with substantial [[ExecutiveMeddling script rewrites and behind-the-scenes shenanigans]] led to her and fellow survivor Hicks being [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome killed off]] [[KilledOffForReal for real]] at the beginning of the film. Newt's body is played by a body double (and only glimpsed in closeup shots of her eye and mouth for most of the time she's onscreen) in the finished film. For the autopsy scene, they created a mold of Carrie Henn from the previous film.
* George [=McFly=] in the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' sequels did this, TheOtherDarrin, and FilmingForEasyDub to get around the absence of Creator/CrispinGlover. This trope was invoked by disguising TheOtherDarrin, Jeffrey Weissman, with a makeup FX mask of Glover made for the first film, sunglasses, out of focus shots, and even having him spend the entire "future" portion of the film "inverted", in which George was actually upside-down. While an impressive bit of movie-making magic, this ran into significant legal problems. Because the switch in actors was so well hidden audiences were lead to believe Crispin Glover still played George [=McFly=], and he filed a lawsuit for misappropriating his likeness. Though the suit was settled quietly before its court date the cornerstone of the argument was the use of StockFootage of Glover in the first film, and the Screen Actors Guild rewrote their rules on stock footage as a result of this.
* The opening scene of ''Film/BendItLikeBeckham'' uses stock footage of David Beckham for Jess' daydream about playing in a match with him. When Beckham, and his wife [[Music/SpiceGirls Victoria]], appear at the end of the film they're played by a pair of lookalikes and only seen from a distance as they walk through an airport.
* TheReveal of Bunny's feet still having all ten toes while driving in ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' was filmed with documentary producer and occasional actress Laura Burnett doubling in for Creator/TaraReid.
* Creator/WesleySnipes was not always available for each day of filming for ''Film/BladeII'', as he had had three other movies out that year. Instead of waiting for Wesley to become available, the crew shot another actor (who was not Wesley's stunt double) for scenes where it was not necessary to see Wesley's face. The first scene being where Blade, Scud and Nyssa are riding in the helicopter to meet Damaskinos. The second was after Nyssa performed an autopsy on the dead reaper and confronts Blade in his quarters about his attitude toward the Bloodpack.
* ''Film/BloodOfTheTribades'' has a scene where the creators had a specific location in mind, and a narrow window to shoot it in, during which the required actors weren't available. Thankfully, the scene was brief and just required three characters, who were already established as wearing identical, face-concealing cloaks, to walk up some steps together: The solution was to film the co-director climbing the steps in costume alone from a distance, then composite the shot so she looked like three identically dressed people walking in single file.
* On ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967'', due to the feud between Creator/PeterSellers and Creator/OrsonWelles, Sellers dropped out of the picture midway through filming. Because of this, the part of Peter Sellers, in the final scenes of the movie, is played by a ''cardboard cutout of Peter Sellers''. In later versions, this cardboard cutout is replaced by previously shot footage of Sellers, dressed in Highland garb.
* Creator/BrandonLee's tragic death on the set of ''Film/TheCrow'' three-fourths of the way through the production sent the producers scrambling for a way to salvage the film. Body doubles, careful angles, and CGI used to put [[DigitalHeadSwap Lee's face on a stunt double]] was used to finish his scenes. In a couple of places, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools it works really well]], with the avoidance of close-ups on his face (at the risk of sounding disrespectful to Lee) arguably adding to the haunting, faceless, unknowable mystique of the character.
* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:
** ''[[Film/Shazam2019 SHAZAM!]]'': Due to Creator/HenryCavill not being available[[note]]Sources vary as to why; some reports claim he was too busy with ''Series/{{The Witcher|2019}}'', while others claim he passed on the film due to WB not giving into his requests for a larger salary and more creative control on future Superman-related projects.[[/note]], the Franchise/{{Superman}} cameo was achieved by dressing Creator/ZacharyLevi's StuntDouble Ryan Hadley in the suit and only filming him from the neck down.
** Creator/JaredLeto, who'd previously played Comicbook/TheJoker in ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'', did not return for the SpinOff, ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}''. Instead, {{Flashback}} scenes showing the Joker were filmed by using Lo-Fi artist Johnny Goth as a stand-in, with his face deliberately never shown to the camera.
* Hollywood screen legends such as Creator/CaryGrant and Creator/IngridBergman were "Shemped" in the movie ''Film/DeadMenDontWearPlaid''. Cheryl Smith bore a remarkable resemblance to Creator/VeronicaLake, but her role was limited to playing the back of Lake's head.
* During his ill-fated quest to film ''[[Film/JodorowskysDune Dune]]'' in the 70s, Creator/AlejandroJodorowsky desperately wanted Creator/SalvadorDali to play the Emperor. Problem was, Dali specifically demanded an obscenely high salary. Jodorowsky promised to pay him on a per-minute basis, then immediately began planning for an elaborate robotic double to serve as a stand-in for most of the Emperor's scenes (if this sounds insane, well, this ''is'' Alejandro Jodorowsky we're talking about).
* Though supposedly taking place in Montreal, where the rest of the movie was filmed and set, the climactic music festival performance in ''Film/EddieAndTheCruisers II'' was actually filmed as part of a Music/BonJovi concert in Las Vegas. It soon becomes obvious that all of the performers are getting close-ups except Stewart, the keyboardist, who's shown only in long shot with his hair over his face. Evidently David Matheson, who played Stewart, was somewhere else in the world that day and a stand-in was used for the Vegas shoot.
* The TropeNamer is director Creator/SamRaimi, who coined the term "Fake Shemp" and "Shemping" when most of the cast of ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' had to leave for their regular jobs, and he and his brother Ted Raimi had to fill in a lot of scenes just by themselves.
* In ''Film/FactoryGirl'', the biopic about Edie Sedgwick and Creator/AndyWarhol's creative machine, most of the figures like Warhol and Music/BobDylan were portrayed by actors. They must have decided they couldn't pull off Music/MickJagger, though, resulting in the use of a stand-in for a scene where the camera followed the back of Jagger's head for a bit while partygoers reacted to "Mick's" presence with delight.
-->'''Website/TheAgonyBooth:''' And let me tell you, this guy is portraying Jagger to a T. Especially when he wanders off in silence, his face stiffly pointed away from the camera. That's totally Mick!
* Creator/PaulWalker was killed in a car accident off the set of ''Film/FuriousSeven'', so his remaining scenes used CGI and doubles as well as the footage made before his death [[CharacterOutlivesActor to retire his character without killing him off]]. For the end of ''Film/{{F9}}'', his character only appears by showing his car making an arrival.
* OlderThanTelevision. The TroubledProduction of Creator/ErichVonStroheim film ''Film/FoolishWives'' became more troubled when actor Rudolph Christians, who played Andrew Hughes (one of the main parts), died during production. Von Stroheim was forced to cast a body double. Viewers will note that in several scenes Hughes is shot from behind, from a distance, or with his face obscured by scenery. In some scenes, close-ups of Christians are awkwardly inserted into scenes they obviously don't match. This unfortunately impacted some important scenes, such as Hughes' final confrontation with Sergius.
* ''Film/GameOfDeath'': Creator/BruceLee had died when very little of the film had been made; only the famous fight scenes had been finished. In the end the film not only had minimal resemblance to Lee's original vision but the film-makers went to great lengths to hide the fact that "Bruce Lee" was in fact an unknown Korean martial artist (who was not a stuntman or an acrobat so he had to be doubled by Yuen Biao in more stunt-oriented sequences). In addition to the typical tricks of the time (face-obscuring glasses and lack of headshots), one truly JustForFun/{{egregious}} example comes within the first minutes of the film when the baddies try to threaten a perfectly stoic Lee, portrayed in the scene by a cardboard cutout taped to a mirror. The film-makers even went as far as including footage of ''Bruce Lee's actual funeral''.
* Infamous movie example: Creator/OliverReed died during the filming of ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' with only about half of his scenes filmed. So they used shadows, CGI, and creative re-editing of already-shot scenes, along with some stock footage, to finish filming and rewrote several important scenes that would have been otherwise unfilmable.
* In ''Film/{{Glass}}'', David Dunn recalls trying to talk to wife Audrey (killed off between films), but as Creator/RobinWright was unavailable, she is silent and shot from behind.
* In the "Can't Buy Me Love" sequence in ''Film/AHardDaysNight'', the audience doesn't see Music/JohnLennon much, because he was also promoting his book ''In His Own Write'' during production.
* ''Film/TheHuntsmanWintersWar'': Creator/KristenStewart didn't return for the ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'' sequel, so the brief scenes of Snow White involved an obvious body double who was only filmed from behind.
* Creator/HeathLedger died in the middle of filming ''Film/TheImaginariumOfDoctorParnassus'', so Creator/TerryGilliam ended up using Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/JudeLaw, and Creator/ColinFarrell all for the same character. This was a rare example that actively called attention to it and provided an in-story reason. When Ledger died, he had finished filming the "real world" scenes, but not the fantasy sequences. The solution? Establish that going through the mirror will sometimes change a person's appearance, then have his character played by a different actor each time he goes through. And given that [[spoiler:his character turns out to be a duplicitous con man]], it not only works, it actually adds another layer of symbolism to the fantasy scenes.
* During filming of ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', Creator/HarrisonFord injured his back and was out for several weeks. To continue production, Creator/StevenSpielberg used Ford's stuntman Vic Armstrong to perform the action sequences (even the simpler ones Ford could do) from behind, and Ford later filmed a few token close-ups. It helped that Armstrong and Ford looks [[http://winnipegpublibrary.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/vicandharrison.jpg a lot like each other,]] to the extent that Ford's own son once went up to him believing it to be his dad.
** Armstrong, who closely resembled Ford, also doubled him in the scene in ''Film/BladeRunner'' where Deckard finds the snake scales in the bathtub, due to Ford being unavailable.
* While Film/JamesBond's nemesis Blofeld is played by one partly seen actor in three movies and three different ones after being revealed, ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' has him returning, with his face never shown, [[BackForTheDead just for Bond to kill him off]] [[KilledOffForReal for real]] (so the producers wouldn't need to reuse him considering the legal disputes for the creation of Blofeld and SPECTRE).
* ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' short "Bargain Day" features a couple of stand-ins for Jackie Cooper and Donald Haines in some scenes, as both were busy working in the Paramount feature ''Skippy'' for part of the production.
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** In ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', Creator/NataliePortman was unavailable for reshoots. The ending kissing scene instead had Creator/ChrisHemsworth's wife, Creator/ElsaPataky, stand in as Comicbook/{{Jane|Foster}} wearing Jane's costume and a wig, with film wizardry hiding this.
** All the footage of Jane in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' is unused footage from ''The Dark World'', though her dialogue is new ADR provided by Portman.
** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch had a limited window of availability for ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and shot many of his parts separately from the rest of the cast. Many scenes where Doctor Strange is with other characters were accomplished through body doubles and digital splicing.
* ''Film/{{Pixels}}'' has the alien transmissions to Earth be manipulated footage from '80s television broadcasts with various pop culture figures popular during the period. Their lines are provided via heavily edited dialogue from the footage and other miscellaneous recordings. The exception to this was [[Series/FantasyIsland Tattoo]], whose lines are provided by an uncredited Creator/CarlosAlazraqui.
* One of the most infamous examples is from the legendary ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace''. Creator/BelaLugosi died after filming only a few scenes, so Creator/EdWood had his wife's chiropractor stand in for Lugosi and cover his face in all his scenes. This, despite the fact that he was about a foot taller than Lugosi and was going bald (Lugosi had a full head of hair up to his death).
* Roy Kinnear [[FatalMethodActing died from a horseback riding accident]] during filming of ''Return of the Musketeers'' in 1988. His subsequent scenes were completed with a body double and voice-dubbing.
* The CultClassic 1954 film ''Film/SaltOfTheEarth'' had to be completed with body doubles after the film's left-wing subject matter got lead actress Rosaura Revueltas deported back to Mexico.
* Creator/JeanHarlow suddenly died during production of what would become her final film, ''Film/{{Saratoga}}'' in 1937. Since not all of her scenes had been filmed, her character was written out of a few scenes, and for remaining scenes where her character absolutely HAD to be present, three doubles were hired: one for closeups, one for long shots, and a vocal double. To this day, it's not clear which scenes feature her, and which are her stand-ins.
* The last scene in ''Film/TheSeventhSeal'', showing the Grim Reaper leading the characters who'd died during the movie, was hastily shot while the weather was just as cloudy as director Creator/IngmarBergman wanted. However, this was after filming had already wrapped for the day, and the actors had left, so he got some crew members and two tourists who just happened to be nearby and put them into the costumes.
* ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow'': Creator/LaurenceOlivier, via the magic of stock footage and CGI, managed to appear as Doctor Totenkopf, the BigBad, despite the huge setback of being dead. Which is quite appropriate, considering Doctor Totenkopf [[spoiler:[[DeadAllAlong died twenty years before the film's setting]].]]
** In the same way, Creator/MarlonBrando reprised his role as Jor-El in ''Film/SupermanReturns'' from beyond the grave, making use of stunningly realistic CGI and recycled and unused dialogue from the Creator/RichardDonner movies.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** ''Film/RogueOne''[='=]s use of CGI recreation, and a very good impression by Creator/GuyHenry, brings the late Creator/PeterCushing's Grand Moff Tarkin to life, along with a cameo of a youthful Princess Leia. Permission was obtained from Cushing's estate, but Creator/CarrieFisher's untimely passing actually postdated the film’s release by a week or so.
** To account for Fisher's death, the filmmakers of ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' forwent the use of CGI for her scenes as an older Leia and instead wove unused footage of her scenes from ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' into the story, with a stand-in wearing the same clothes and a wig in the shots where she's seen from her back along with the one shot where she's seen in the dark. Carrie's daughter Creator/BillieLourd stood in for a younger Leia with DigitalHeadSwap and DigitalDeaging in the Jedi training flashback.
* Creator/AkiraKurosawa's early film ''Film/StrayDog'' had several scenes where actor Creator/ToshiroMifune was unavailable for various reasons. In order to show the character, Kurosawa had his assistant director, Creator/IshiroHonda, stand in, as scenes were shot from far away, or from his waist down.
* When ''Film/SupermanII'' was turned over to Richard Lester, Creator/GeneHackman refused to work with the new director, so some scenes feature a body double (watch him climb down the ice in the Fortress of Solitude... backwards) and a number of his lines were dubbed by a (not very convincing) voice double. All shots with the real actor were filmed under Creator/RichardDonner.
* Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger returns as the Terminator in ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' while being the Governator at the exact same time, thanks to the magic of CGI and a mold from 1984 combined. This example is unique in the fact that the crew decided to get permission from the actor before shemping him. Some would say it falls under the UncannyValley... [[JustifiedTrope which just makes it more appropriate]] for the character since we're supposed to be seeing a soulless human-looking death machine. The directors' backup plan just in case Arnold said no was to just have the Terminator's face blown off just before anybody could see it. Voila.
* Film/TheThreeStooges:
** Shemp Howard died before they had finished enough films to fulfill their contract. So, the last few Shemp shorts mainly featured just Larry and Moe, borrowed some Shemp scenes from old films, and used a body double (bit actor Joe Palma) wherever they absolutely had to.
** Even before Shemp died, mixing old and new material in Stooges comedies was pretty common. On occasion, actors appearing in stock footage would be unavailable to shoot new scenes, resulting in the use of usually pretty noticable stand-ins.
** Fake Shemps were also used whenever the Stooges had to play multiple roles. For instance, ''A Merry Mix-Up'' features a scene in which Moe, Larry, and Joe (Besser) reunite with their long-lost triplet brothers. Despite their efforts, the six Fake Shemps used in this sequence show their faces a few too many times.
** Larry Fine suffered a stroke during the production the unsold television pilot ''Kook's Tour.'' Producer/director Norman Maurer stood in for Larry in certain shots.
** Even supporting players needed fake Shemps. For ''Scheming Schemers'' (a remake of ''Vagabond Loafers'' and one of the four "Fake Shemp" shorts), a double was needed for [=Christine McIntyre=], who had retired from acting between shorts. They had the double face away from the camera while [=Kenneth MacDonald=] told her to wait in their car until he left the house.
** In Besser shorts that were remakes of earlier shorts, Joe Besser's portly figure allowed for stock footage of Curly to be used in far shots. In the final short, "Sappy Bull Fighters", one can even hear Curly's famed "woo woo woo's" in far shots of Joe on the bull.
* A film was released with Kim Tai Chung (with Biao again doubling him) along with Creator/BruceLee footage, called ''Tower of Death'' in some places and ''Game of Death 2'' in others. In this one, Bruce's "character" dies midway through the film and his brother takes over the role, played by Kim Tai Chung (with Biao still doubling) without any need to splice Lee in. Oh, and they used footage from Bruce's funeral '''again'''.
* Being deceased didn't stop Creator/PeterSellers from starring in ''Film/TrailOfThePinkPanther'', for which Creator/BlakeEdwards borrowed outtakes of Sellers from earlier ''Pink Panther'' movies and fabricated a plot about Clouseau taking off in a plane and disappearing.
** Prior to his death, Sellers had been planning to make one more Clouseau film without Edwards (as their professional relationship had become so strained); in fact Edwards was paid ''not'' to do it. When Sellers died, Edwards made ''Trail'' as the first part of a relaunch of the series with a new lead character (introduced in the second part, ''Film/CurseOfThePinkPanther''), which comes across as a downright ghoulish grab for a CashCowFranchise. Sellers' widow successfully sued Edwards and Creator/UnitedArtists for disgracing the actor's memory.
** In ''Curse'', [[spoiler:Clouseau [[MagicPlasticSurgery undergoes plastic surgery]] and [[FaceHeelTurn turns evil]], [[TheNthDoctor now played]] by Creator/RogerMoore]]. ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther'' established that [[spoiler:he died of old age after that.]]
* Creator/JohnCandy died from a heart attack during filming of ''Film/WagonsEast'', and had to be digitally edited into his remaining scenes.
* Parodied by ''Film/WaynesWorld2'' when Wayne and Garth [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hHT4eZS7Kw allegedly travel to England]]... and are only shown either from the back or with something obscuring their faces. Notably, "Garth" is much shorter than usual here.
-->'''Wayne:''' I can't believe Creator/{{Paramount}} is [[BlatantLies spending the money to fly us to England]]. I would have thought they would just [[LampshadeHanging use two doubles]]!
* A short film called ''The Death of Xander Cage'' was filmed to explain what happened to the protagonist of the original ''Film/XXx'' movie just before the events of the sequel. Creator/VinDiesel did not return to play Xander, so the character was portrayed by Khristian Lupo, Diesel's stunt double. Xander's face is never shown, and all his dialogue consists of recycled sound bytes from the first movie.
* Creator/LouDiamondPhillips was severely injured on the set of ''Film/YoungGunsII''. A horse that he was riding got spooked and proceeded to drag him several yards. [[http://articles.latimes.com/1990-03-20/news/vw-843_1_actor-phillips He suffered a broken arm and a shattered kneecap]]. The filming mostly proceeded without him, using a body double. Those far-away shots of Billy's gang riding to and fro weren't just for SceneryPorn.
* ''Film/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'' - for the scene where Edmund first goes into Narnia, Creator/SkandarKeynes wasn't available, so his co-star Anna Popplewell put on the coat and doubled for him (being filmed from the waist down).
* ''{{Film/Manhunt}}'' - director Ian Adams doubled for James [=McClean=] for the shot of [[spoiler: Adam being pushed off the cliff]].
* ''Film/{{Stardust}}'' has a sequence at a conjured up inn where four major characters - Lamia, Tristan, Yvaine and Primus - are there at the same time. However, it was rare that more than one cast member was available at once. Mathew Vaughn had to rely on stand-ins and camera tricks to make it seem like all of them were there.
* ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' - Creator/KatherineIsabelle refuses to do nude scenes and arrived on set to discover that one had been written for her character Gibb. Despite the director Ronnie Yu pressuring her, she refused, and so Gibb's shower scene has a body double standing in for her.
* Creator/OliviaHussey was likewise reluctant to appear nude for ''Film/TurkeyShoot'', and a double hidden by her long hair was used instead. She joked that she wasn't happy when she saw the double's body in the finished film.
--> "Ironically when I saw the finished film and what the body double looked like, I wished I'd done the damned nudity. I had a much better body than she did."
* Subverted in ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight''. Creator/ClaudetteColbert was initially reluctant to do the ShowSomeLeg scene (where she does so to stop a car). But when she saw footage of the double's leg, she changed her mind and did the scene herself.
* Creator/BrittEkland had only agreed to appear nude in ''Film/TheWickerMan1973'' from the waist up, but Robin Hardy wanted Willow to be fully nude during "Willow's Song". As a result, they got a double [[JustForPun behind her back]]. So any shots in which the ass can be seen are of the double (the hair noticeably changes as well, and the shots are careful not to show Willow's face). Britt for years had to put up with fans asking her to autograph pictures from that scene, and reminding them that wasn't actually her ass.
--> "They put in the ugliest, biggest bottom in the world. Mine was much smaller and much nicer."
* Much of Creator/BrookeShields' nudity in ''Film/TheBlueLagoon'' was actually done by a body double, due to the actress being only fourteen at the time. When Brooke was on camera, her hair was glued to her chest to create a GodivaHair effect, so the actual nudity isn't her.
* Although Creator/KevinCostner went nude for ''Film/DancesWithWolves'', he didn't want to do so for ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves''. As such, the brief shot of Robin from behind at the waterfall is a double.
* ''Film/Carrie2013'' had to deal with the lead being played by then-underage actress Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz - who thus had less time to be on set than everyone else. There are a lot of shots of Carrie talking to other characters while far away, because they had to film around Chloe's limited schedule. Director Kimberly Peirce usually stood in for actors to deliver their lines to her when she was off set.
* Creator/NataliePortman had refused to do nudity after ''Hotel Chevalier'' since had a sex scene in that movie and got fed up with every interview bringing it up afterward.[[note]]This was prior to 2016's ''Planetarium'' where she was nude and some of her subsequent roles had her do sex such as ''Film/BlackSwan'', ''Film/NoStringsAttached'' and ''Film/{{Annihilation}}''[[/note]] Because of this, a body double is used for the skinny dipping scene in ''Film/YourHighness'' (and the character isn't even naked; only in underwear).
** Similar to ''Your Highness'', she also used a double for the nude scene in ''Goya's Ghosts''.
* During the Tybalt and Mercutio fight scene of ''Film/RomeoAndJuliet1968'', John [=McEnery=] was sick for one day of shooting. According to Creator/MichaelYork's autobiography, the shadow of Mercutio as he throws a sword at Tybalt's feet was Franco Zeffirelli standing in for him.
* ''Film/MyNameIsEmily'' - for the scene in which Emily and Arden drive into the car park of the mental hospital, Creator/EvannaLynch wasn't available. The extras co-ordinator - who was the only blonde on set - doubled for her and they used a wide shot to hide the switch.
* In ''Film/HalloweenResurrection'', a scene that wasn't in the script has Jen tease flashing her breasts for the reality TV cameras. The filmmakers asked Creator/KateeSackhoff to go as far as flashing her bra. She wasn't comfortable with that and compromised with lifting the top up to her [[BareYourMidriff midriff]]. Little did she know, the filmmakers went behind her back to film a shot of a bra with a body double. The experience made her ensure all of her subsequent contracts had a "no nudity" clause.
* The filmmakers of ''Film/IntoTheBlue'' similar to the above example went behind Creator/JessicaAlba's back and shot several scenes with a body double of her character in a bikini. Sam had originally been written as a more realistic marine biologist who wore a wetsuit in a lot of her scenes, but this forced Jessica to film shots in the bikini to match those of the double - and the film was marketed around her [[MsFanservice not wearing very much]].
* In the theatrical ending of ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'', Tisha Campbell was unavailable for her appearance in the new ending and had to be replaced with a body double.
* ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'' was shredded in editing in order to reduce its runtime, infamously having the entire final act of the film removed. One of the side effects of this would have been Mrs Coulter simply disappearing from the story. This was evidently combatted by inserting a quick shot of a stand-in performer in an unconvincing wig accompanied by a looped line of Creator/NicoleKidman's dialogue to signal the character's exit during the film's hurried conclusion.
* ''Film/DisembodiedHitman'' was filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic and the concept - a serial killer making his victims record themselves before they're murdered - was achieved by having the victims' actors film themselves remotely. Then for a couple of shots, Dean Houlihan would have a double wearing a ski mask or the face unseen.
* ''Film/XMen1'': Creator/IanMcKellen had to leave before production wrapped to begin working on ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. During the climax Magneto is seen from behind when Cyclops shoots his EyeBeams at him as a double was filling in for [=McKellen=].

[[folder:Music]]
* On the original concept album version of Music/JesusChristSuperstar, Murray Head (Judas) also dubbed in two words (“this unfortunate”) for Barry Dennen (Pilate) when those words were accidentally recorded over during production and Dennen was unable to re-record them himself. His line delivery is, more or less, a playful jab at Dennen’s somewhat nasal voice.
* Music/MilliVanilli is infamous enough for the fact that the duo presented as the group's singers – Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan – were actually models lipsynching to other people's voices. But it actually goes deeper than that; on their first single, "Girl You Know It's True," the voice Fab lipsynched to was provided by Charles Shaw. After Shaw quit, "Fab's" vocals were provided by John Davis on all subsequent songs. In some cases, Rob & Fab would actually be lipsynching to falsetto vocals contributed by the group's producer, Frank Farian.
* Music/{{Kiss}} often used session men like Bob Kulick (guitar) and Anton Fig (drums) in place of Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, whose drug and alcohol problems made them unreliable in the studio.
** In their TV movie, ''Film/KissMeetsThePhantomOfThePark'', there is at least one scene where Ace is portrayed by his stunt double.
** On their 1996 reunion tour, Peter Criss missed one show (some say he hurt his back, others say he refused to go on) and his drum tech filled in for him, with the band cutting Peter's spotlight moments like his drum solo and singing "Beth".
** Gene Simmons once appeared in an ad for Jackson guitars, with his bodyguard dressed up as "The Demon" while he dressed normally, with the two holding the same bass guitar and looking at each other. It helped that the double looked a lot like Gene.
** Since the early 2000s, the band has had Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer wearing Ace and Peter's makeup and costumes. This has been a BrokenBase among their fans.
* Music/TheBeatles' "Real Love" and "Free as a Bird", recorded for their Anthology album series and TV special. They were billed as two "new" songs by the Fab Four, but in fact are actually two demos made by Music/JohnLennon in the late 1970s, which the rest of the band added to.
* Actually very common in music, as any given song may actually contain one band member overdubbing several instruments, or parts played by hired studio musicians or uncredited friends of the band (a famous example being Music/EricClapton guesting on the Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"). An essay in the book ''Kill Your Idols'' points out that on Music/TheRollingStones' supposed greatest album, ''Music/ExileOnMainSt.'', most of the band members were trotting in and out of rehab during the recording, and that very few of the parts were played by actual Rolling Stones.
* Music/TupacShakur rose from his grave to appear on stage alongside Music/DrDre and Music/SnoopDogg during Coachella 2012 thanks to the deployment of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper%27s_ghost Pepper's ghost]] and CGI courtesy of Creator/DigitalDomain. Oh, and the idea of bringing in Tupac's ghost was Dr. Dre's, by the way. And the end result of this effort? Searches on Tupac skyrocketed and Digital Domain's stock increased by 20%.
** Even months after his death, countless never-before-heard songs by Tupac were surfacing. Some say all he did was write songs while spending 23 hours a day behind bars.
** Both Music/TupacShakur and his contemporary and [[TheRival nemesis]] Music/TheNotoriousBIG have had numerous posthumous albums released, the vast majority featuring unreleased songs written while they were alive, utilizing more modern beats, and featuring more modern artists, many of whom they probably wouldn't have worked with were they still alive.
*** In a particularly odd example Tupac's song "Ghetto Gospel" was reworked to "feature" Music/EltonJohn... in a [[{{Sampling}} sample]] from his song "Indian Sunset".
*** Music/{{Eminem}} became vastly more credible to sceptics after featuring on BIG's "Dead Wrong", on one of his posthumous albums. He also produced Tupac's posthumous album ''Loyal to the Game'', which features the aforementioned "Ghetto Gospel".
* If two big artists do a duet but don't end up touring together, common practice is for the lead artist to sing their part of the song, and have their duet partner appear via stock video footage. For example, Music/BradPaisley released two duets in a row in 2011: with Music/{{Alabama}} on "Old Alabama", and with Music/CarrieUnderwood on "Remind Me". Whenever he performs either song live, the acts in question are shown singing their parts on a video screen. This fits well with Paisley in particular, as he frequently uses video screens to show graphics and animation (some of which he does himself) pertaining to each song.
** Paisley has also had other artists with whom he is touring take Music/{{Alison Krauss|And Union Station}}'s part on "Whiskey Lullaby": [[Music/TheBandPerry Kimberly Perry]] on the 2012 Virtual Reality tour, and Music/MickeyGuyton on the 2015 Crushin' It tour.
* Carrie Underwood has done the "duet partner on video screens" thing herself with "I Told You So", a duet with Music/RandyTravis (the song's [[CoveredUp original artist]]), although she also got to perform it with him singing live a few times.
* Music/KellyClarkson's 2013 single "Don't Rush" is a duet with Music/VinceGill. On at least two occasions, Gill was unable to sing with her on an awards show due to other commitments, so Jason Sellers (a session vocalist and songwriter, and ex-husband of Music/LeeAnnWomack) took Gill's part.
* Music/RascalFlatts, when on tour with Music/SaraEvans in 2012, had her sing Natasha Bedingfield's part on "Easy".
* While Music/{{NSYNC}} were in the middle of tour rehearsals, Joey Fatone was badly injured by malfunctioning equipment and was forced to sit out the majority of the filming for "Pop"'s music video. Their choreographer Wade Robson stood in for him while Joey himself was filmed from the waist up and sitting. If you were sharp-eyed enough, you can tell the two apart since Robson is about two sizes thinner than Joey.
* While Music/TheBeeGees were recording "Stayin' Alive", drummer Dennis Bryon had to leave to attend his mother's funeral. Having trouble finding a replacement on short notice, they decided to sample a couple bars of Bryon's drum part from the already-recorded "Night Fever" and loop it underneath the track. On the ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' album they credited [[PunnyName "Bernard Lupe"]] as the drummer. After it became a huge hit, other artists asked The Bee Gees for Lupe's contact info so they could hire him for their own sessions.
* Music/{{Versailles}} bassist Jasmine You [[DiedDuringProduction died]] of an undisclosed illness during the production of ''Jubilee'', the band's second album. While he had already recorded bass parts for some of the songs on the album, it was still incomplete; lead guitarist Music/{{Hizaki}} filled in the missing bass parts.
* At a 2006 concert, Music/{{Lonestar}} lead singer Richie [=McDonald=] was unavailable due to complications from back surgery, so Josh Gracin (best known for his 2005 hit "Nothin' to Lose") took his place for that single concert.
* The country group [=SHeDAISY=] consists of [[BandOfRelatives three sisters]]: Kassidy, Kelsi, and Kristyn Osborn. When Kelsi took a brief maternity leave in 2006, their younger sister Karli filled in for her on both that summer's tour and the music video for "In Terms of Love" (even though Kelsi still sang on that song).
* Occasionally, two artists will record a song together, but the featured artist cannot be credited due to their label not having the rights, so an alternate version is sent to radio with a different duet partner (although in most cases, radio will play the original version anyway). Examples include:
** "Picture" by Music/KidRock and Music/SherylCrow took off because stations were giving it unsolicited airplay as an album cut. However, when it came time to release it as a single, Kid's label (Creator/AtlanticRecords) couldn't reach an agreement with Sheryl's (A&M), so an official radio edit was sent out with Allison Moorer (sister of country and Americana singer Shelby Lynne) singing Crow's part. Most stations continued to play Sheryl Crow's version anyway due to her higher name recognition, it was listed as "Kid Rock with Sheryl Crow or Allison Moorer" on the charts, and ''Radio/AmericanCountryCountdown'' alternated between the two versions. In a double example, Kid's 2006 live album ''Live Trucker'' has Gretchen Wilson singing Crow's part.
** "Every Other Weekend" by Music/RebaMcEntire and Music/KennyChesney. As with "Picture", the song started receiving unsolicited airplay before it was a single. However, Reba's label couldn't get permission from Kenny's, so the single edit had co-writer Skip Ewing sing his part instead. The song was credited to "Reba [=McEntire=] with Kenny Chesney or Skip Ewing" for one week, then after that, [[UncreditedRole solely to Reba]] (even though most stations played just the Reba/Kenny version, as did ''Radio/BobKingsleysCountryTop40'').
** Colt Ford's "Chicken & Biscuits" was originally recorded with James Otto singing the chorus, but the radio mix had former Carolina Rain lead singer Rhean Boyer instead. However, it was credited only to Ford on the charts.
** Radney Foster's 2003 single "Scary Old World" was recorded on the album as a duet with Music/ChelyWright, but for the radio edit, her part was taken by Georgia Middleman. As both versions were receiving airplay, both artists were given an "or" credit on the charts.
** Dustin Lynch's 2021 single "Thinking 'Bout You" was originally recorded as a duet with Lauren Alaina. Due to the label not wanting it to conflict with Alaina's duet with Jon Pardi on "Getting Over Him", Alaina was replaced by Canadian country singer [=MacKenzie=] Porter on the radio edit. ''Billboard'' credits both artists.
** Music/{{Santana}}'s 2003 hit "Why Don't You & I" was credited as "Featuring Alex Band or Chad Kroeger". The song was written by Music/{{Nickelback}} frontman Kroeger, who performed the original vocals. When [[Creator/RoadrunnerRecords Nickelback's label]] refused to have the song released as a single, the song was re-recorded with Alex Band from the band Music/TheCalling.
* Music/{{Selena}} has had plenty of compilation albums released after her death but in 2012 a "remix" album was released with many of her most popular songs being made into posthumous duets with other artists. One notable example is a remix of Bidi Bidi Bom Bom featuring Music/SelenaGomez, who was actually named after her.
* Akin to the Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood examples, there is a bilingual duet version of Music/TaylorSwift's "Long Live" featuring Brazilian singer Paula Fernandes. The video for this version has Paula singing in a studio while Taylor is shown in a TV screen, performing her part of the song at one of her concerts.
* When Music/EricChurch sings "Kill a Word" in concert, Rhiannon Giddens' part is sung by Joanna Cotten, a backing vocalist in his road band.
* During his farewell tours, Music/KennyRogers frequently had Linda Davis (best known as the duet partner on Music/RebaMcEntire's "Does He Love You", and as the mother of Music/LadyA member Hillary Scott) sing the female vocals on songs such as "We've Got Tonight" (Sheena Easton), "Islands in the Stream" (Music/DollyParton), and "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (Dottie West). Other songs instead used archival footage for the duet partner.
* During Music/GarthBrooks' World Tour with [[CreatorCouple his wife]] Music/TrishaYearwood, Garth would sing Music/KellyClarkson's harmonies on Yearwood's "[=PrizeFighter=]" (although Clarkson got to sing it a few times herself).
* The original version of {{Music/Ministry}}'s "Jesus Built My Hot Rod" had [[Music/ButtholeSurfers Gibby Haynes]] on guest vocals - the album ''Every Day Is Halloween: The Anthology'' included a re-recorded version with Al Jourgensen, the band's usual vocalist, imitating Gibby's original performance. Naturally, Al usually sings this song when they perform it live too.
* When Music/MichaelJackson was unable to fully film the music video for "Who Is It" due to tour commitments, E'Casnova Evans (who previously stood in for Jackson on-camera in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'') stood in for Jackson in scenes where his face wasn't fully visible.
* Steven Tyler and Joe Perry are the only members of Music/{{Aerosmith}} who appear in the music video for Music/RunDMC's [[CoverVersion cover]] of "Walk This Way". Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer were replaced by Roger Lane, J. D. Malo, and Matt Stelutto of Smashed Gladys and only ever seen in shadows or from a distance. Supposedly Run D.M.C.'s label could only afford to pay Tyler and Perry for their apperances.

[[folder:Pinballs]]
* Continuing her post-''Gilligan'' boycott of the [[Series/GilligansIsland television show,]] Tina Louise refused to allow her likeness to be used in the ''[[Pinball/GilligansIsland Gilligan's Island]]'' pinball. As a result, Ginger only appears twice — once on the playfield and once on the backglass — with her face heavily obscured.

[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
* Occurs frequently on ''Series/SesameStreet'' and various ''[[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]]'' productions, usually for scenes in which multiple characters performed by the same puppeteer are given dialogue. Normally, another puppeteer will perform the character with fewer dialogue, and the principal performer will loop his or her voice in post-production.
* Creator/FrankOz was unavailable for much of production on ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'' and ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace.'' Other puppeteers played Oz's characters, and Oz dubbed their voices in post-production.
* ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'' opens [[ImmediateSequel immediately after]] the final scene of ''Film/TheMuppets'' ... with Gary and Mary only seen from the back.

[[folder:Radio]]
* ''Radio/ThePhilHendrieShow'' subverts this, as the concept is to interview fake "guests" who are actually characters voiced by the host. Gullible callers are then allowed to interact with the "guests" who they believe to be real people. Also, during some non-call-in segments, Phil "interviews" various celebrities, but gives them arbitrary voices, such as voicing Martha Stewart as an AngryBlackMan. He did once play a "guest" who was supposedly Los Angeles Laker Brian Grant, who outraged listeners by complaining about Vlade Divac's preference for "stinky Lithuanian cheese", but was asked to stop because listeners who did not get the joke were getting angry at [[YourCostumeNeedsWork the real Brian Grant]].

[[folder:Theme Parks]]
* ''Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror'' at Ride/DisneyThemeParks features an introduction by the late Creator/RodSerling. His voice-over narration is done by Mark Silverman, a close soundalike for Serling. The part where you actually see Serling is recycled footage from the ''Twilight Zone'' episode "It's A Good Life". His original dialogue was "Tonight's story on ''The Twilight Zone'' is somewhat unique and calls for a different kind of introduction. This, as you may recognize, is a map of the United States." The boarding video changes the background and cuts away from him before he says "a map of the United States". Silverman finishes the sentence as "a maintenance service elevator, still in operation, waiting for you."

[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', Creator/JamesEarlJones and Creator/JonathanTaylorThomas are credited for reprising their roles as Mufasa and young Simba in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''. In reality, it's done entirely through archived sound, as they don't say any lines they didn't have in the film. Thomas' case [[JustifiedTrope works well]] as the audio recycling was done only for a flashback adult Simba has of Mufasa's death--his only line is the BigNo, by the way.
** [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI Kingdom Hearts]] [[UpdatedRerelease Final Mix]]''. Because this version of the game, initially a Japan-only exclusive, uses the English voice acting, the cutscene before the fight with the BonusBoss [[EarlyBirdCameo Unknown]] has archived audio for Sora and Goofy, with shaking text for the Unknown. This still holds true for the HD collection release in the West, in spite of the fact that [[spoiler:the Unknown's true identity has new recorded English dialogue for the ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'' portion of the collection]]. The rest of the cutscenes added for this release, while they feature characters speaking, have no voices at all -– the dialogue is conveyed through the subtitles.
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] for later rereleases: The new cutscenes in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII Final Mix'' don't have voices in the English track, but do when played with the Japanese track in Theater Mode [[note]]although the newly-added BossBattle with [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind Roxas]] does use stock audio for his battle grunts[[/note]] -- and the [[AfterTheEnd Secret Episode]] of ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth by Sleep]] Final Mix'' uses Japanese voice acting by default.
*** And now the cutscenes added in ''KHIIFM'' have had English dialogue recorded for them in the [[CompilationRerelease HD ReMIX collections]], with one exception -- a cutscene featuring the character of [=DiZ=] uses archived audio of his original voice actor Creator/ChristopherLee.
** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', the child actresses who played young Rapunzel in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', and young Anna (speaking and singing) and Elsa in ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' are similarly credited as reprising their roles, as they appear only in flashbacks to the AMinorKidroduction scenes from their films. More impressively, Boo from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' actually manages to be present throughout that film's entire segment of the game, voiced entirely by archived recordings of her original voice, Mary Gibbs.
* Bill in the ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' DLC campaign "Crash Course" counts. His voice actor was unavailable for almost a year (no news yet as to why), so the only lines he has are his generic stock lines. [[spoiler:Valve then decided it would be easier to just kill the character off in "The Passing".]] He did, however, return in time to record new lines for "The Sacrifice." Obviously, the fandom was pleased.
* In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterTheMovie'', the late Creator/RaulJulia is credited as M. Bison, the character he played in [[Film/StreetFighter the film]]. In reality, Juliá's likeness only appears in the arcade attract mode (using [[StockFootage recycled footage from the movie]]) and character select screen, as he was far too ill at the time to do any stunt filming for the game. The character's actual in-game animations were performed by Darko Tuscan, Juliá's stunt double, with Bison's trademark CommissarCap used to partially obscure his face.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'':
** On a similar note, the ''[=TF2=]'' video "Meet the Spy" uses stock audio for the Engineer, Sniper (who only grunts in this case), and Medic--the last being especially noteworthy for recycling a completely unrelated DummiedOut line and still sounding completely natural. The voice actors technically would have been available, though (especially the Sniper's, who besides Ellen [=McLain=] is the closest thing Valve has to a full-time voice actor, and who also recorded new lines for that very update).
** "Meet the Medic" involved reused clips to a lesser extent. The Demoman's only word ("MEDIC!") is a stock voice clip despite the fact that his voice actor also plays the Heavy, who has plenty of original dialogue in the video. The Scout and Heavy both receive an instance of reused stock phrases mixed in with original dialogue. Interestingly the two words the Spy utters in the video ("Kill me") are original.
** The video for the Second Annual Saxxy Awards uses almost exclusively recycled and clipped voiceclips. This was due to the event itself being for fan-made videos, who understandably would use recycled voice clips.
** Grant Goodeve was unavailable to record the Engineer's lines in Expiration Date, so Creator/NolanNorth was assigned to provide them in a very convincing sound-alike role. Less convincing are the screams and sole line he recorded for the Soldier as he's being tossed by the bread monster.
* They appear to attempt this in ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'', as Keira has few lines in the game compared to the previous two. By the next game though they brought her back in for some more full scenes, and she was a main character again by ''[[VideoGame/JakAndDaxterTheLostFrontier The Lost Frontier]]''.
* Happens a lot with in both ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' and ''VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration'' game series with voice actors who recorded lines in older games but died later on (especially with Creator/KanetoShiozawa, Creator/HirotakaSuzuoki and Creator/DaisukeGori) since they used archived voices of them in later games.
* ''VideoGame/Postal2'' had Gary Coleman as a guest star. Gary returned in the ''Paradise Lost'' DLC, but since that game was made long after he died, Gary used recycled clips, with all the plot-relevant lines being relayed by his DragonInChief [=McWillis=].
* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
** Happened with Meryl in ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 2|SonsOfLiberty}}: [[UpdatedRerelease Substance]]'', where she is a boss character in one of the VR missions and she just reuses Olga's lines from ''her'' boss fight in the main game. This would have worked out well in the Japanese version, as the two characters were voiced by Kyoko Terase... if not for the fact that the Japanese version of ''Substance'' on [=PS2=] only had English voice acting; it wasn't until the later ''HD Edition'' that the Japanese got all the bonus ''Substance'' content in their native language.
** A much more traditional comes in Gray Fox's guest appearance in the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''. Due to Creator/KanetoShiozawa's death in 2000, the developers simply reused archived recordings from the original ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' for his character.
** In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', Liquid Ocelot is voiced by Creator/BanjoGinga (Liquid Snake's voice) for most of the game until he reverts back to his original personality at the end. His final line in the game is spoken by the deceased Creator/KojiTotani, which is actually a voice clip from the very first ''Metal Gear Solid''.
* The downloadable GuestFighter VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} in ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'' has lines that are purely recycled from her game of origin.
* Related to the above, Creator/{{Sega}} (the publisher of ''Anarchy Reigns'' [[note]]which was developed by Creator/PlatinumGames[[/note]]) does this a lot. For example, ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed]]'' used recycled audio for almost all characters, except guest characters (WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph and Danica Patrick) and those who had little-to-no voice acting in their games of origin. And even then, depending on the character, they may still use sound effects from their home games as a form of speech.
* In ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSun''[='=]s expansion ''Firestorm'', Umagon is only seen via grainy CCTV footage, while Tratos' face is shown either partially in shade or obscured by a cloak.
* Sian Blake was the voice actress of Yugiri Mistwalker in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''. She was brutally murdered along with her children shortly after the first ''Heavensward'' patch. Out of respect for Blake's family, Creator/SquareEnix did not have the Yugiri character voiced for almost two years. To get around the issue, Yugiri was simply absent for most of the story and any appearances that she did make would be in non-voiced cutscenes. Once the murder case on Blake was settled, the developers hired a new voice actress for the character.
* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Following the release of ''VideoGame/Persona4'', Igor's Japanese voice actor passed away. [[spoiler:At first, it seems that the game is going TheOtherDarrin route. However, the new voice actor sounds a lot different from the old one, which is your first clue that the Igor you're talking to for most of the game isn't the real Igor. He's actually the GreaterScopeVillain in disguise. When the real Igor shows up at the very end of the game, he's voiced by recycled clips from the original actor.]]
* ''VideoGame/BugsBunnyLostInTime'' had the Looney Tunes characters voiced by their 1990s-era voice cast (such as Creator/BillyWest as Bugs), except for Yosemite Sam, whose voice was entirely old clips of Creator/MelBlanc, a full decade after his death.
* Several voice lines in ''VideoGame/LEGOTheIncredibles'' were lifted from the [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles first]] [[WesternAnimation/Incredibles2 two]] movies for cutscenes.
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* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'':
** The WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "original" parodies this (along with TheOtherDarrin). Strong Bad claims that after Original Bubs left the show, the next few episodes pretended that he was still around, just obscured behind conveniently-placed boxes. And a toothpick model of the Eiffel Tower, far smaller than Original Bubs himself.
** ShowWithinAShow ''Cheat Commandos'' has this in the short "The Next Epi-snowed", after Crack Stuntman (the main character's voice actor) gets fired:
--->'''Reynold:''' It's too bad Gunhaver had to go on that secret mission to the moon for an undisclosed period of time... and that when he gets back, his voice might have changed.
*** However, it's averted when Crack Stuntman is re-hired as Gunhaver's VA in time for "Two Part Episode".
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* ''WebVideo/TheGumdrops'':
** "Miss Lucy" has a scene where Lindsay introduces Pete to the house. Notice how Sadia never interacts with anyone beyond Lindsay shooting her a cold look after she walks in. Kaireht Yovera couldn't be on set until much later, so they shot around her and filmed the shot of her walking into the kitchen, quickly followed by Pete and Lindsay at the very end of the day to disguise it. She had two lines in the scene that were initially dubbed in but cut.
** Similarly Nora's scene in "That's Gas" was filmed on a completely separate day to avoid bringing Sandi Brown down from Belfast for just one short scene. As she's on the phone the whole time, this is a marginal example.
** Similar is Lindsay's appearance at the end of "Cuffed", which was filmed on a different day to avoid bringing Ellen Jones down for such a brief bit.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/TheWeather''. Alan Resnick is the only Wham City member to not appear in Episode 2. However, At the very end, he's seen in the audience watching a caller's speech with the others...as an immobile stock-image photo-shopped in, rather than actually being present.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has a bit of this.
** Iroh's voice actor Creator/{{Mako}} died not long after finishing recording his Season 2 lines, and Iroh doesn't speak for several episodes at the start of Season 3 (though he is present, and occasionally grunts while [[PrisonsAreGymnasiums exercising in prison]]). WordOfGod is that this was already written into the script and had nothing to do with Mako's death, but it was highly, ''highly'' convenient.
** Greg Baldwin, Iroh's new voice actor, did a few lines intermixed with Mako's own lines during multiple episodes of Season 2. To the former's credit, unless you were actually listening for the differences, it's almost impossible to tell it was done by two different voice actors.
* The ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' episode "Widow's Run" has an appearance from Gamora. However, since her only dialogue was grunts and fight expressions, it was decided to have Creator/LauraBailey, the voice of Black Widow, fill in for Creator/NikaFutterman.
* In the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', most of the heroes the team had encountered in the past (ComicBook/LukeCage, ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/TheFalcon, ComicBook/BlackWidow, ComicBook/WarMachine, and so on) [[GondorCallsForAid returned to help fight]] ComicBook/{{Galactus}}. With a few exceptions, almost ''none'' of the returning heroes had any lines, as there's no way Marvel could have afforded to pay that many actors.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' has a battle between Batman and all of his villains. They aren't voiced, though, really stealing the thunder from what should be an awesome fight.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' often has returning heroes and villains, sometimes as minor cameos and sometimes in full-on team brawls, but usually only about half of them actually get spoken lines. For example, the evil alternate superheroes and the good alternate villains only get a handful of voiced parts (such as ComicBook/RedTornado's alternate, Silver Cyclone). Others, such as the unnamed evil ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}, are unheard.
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' revels in doing this in episodes where more than one ghost appears at the same time. In episodes such as “Prisoners of Love” and “The Ultimate Enemy” only Skulker and The Box Ghost ([[VerbalTic BEWARE!]]) have any dialogue. Though given Technus shares Creator/RobPaulsen as a VA with Box Ghost his silence is odd, compared to other ghosts who more often than not have a CelebrityVoiceActor.
* The ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' shorts "Marisa And The Mirror" and "Feeling Clammy" both follow suit, mostly because Marisa and Daria have prolific [[Creator/GinaRodriguez voice]] [[Creator/RosarioDawson actresses]] that obviously wouldn't be brought in for only a few minutes. Although Marisa is the focus of the former , she doesn't speak at all, while Elena's giggle and yelp are stock audio. In the latter, Elena and Ocho speak, and thus Creator/AimeeCarrero and Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz are credited. However, since Daria only does grunts and yells, Aimee filled in.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' has Chip Skylark singing in archived sound by Chris Kirkpatrick.
* ''WesternAnimation/FancyNancy'' occasionally does this. One example is in "Nancy La Poete" , where Nancy struggles to think of what kind of poem to write, and she thinks of writing one about her mother Claire. Although this drives a good part of the episode, and she even puts Nancy in bed, she doesn't speak. Another example is in "Un, Deux, Cha, Cha, Cha" , where Mrs. Devine and Gus the mailman are established as Grandpa Frank's dance rivals, but only the former speaks.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", they put in a completely silent [=McCoy=] (as [=DeForest=] Kelley had been dead for a few years by that time), not to mention [[CaptainErsatz Welshie]].
* This is how ''WesternAnimation/GetAHorse'' presents itself as a retro throwback [[spoiler: before the characters are thrown into the “real world”]] . It mixes the audio of Walt Disney, Marcellite Gardner and Billy Bletcher[[note]] who died in 1966, 1993 and 1979 respectively[[/note]] with bits and pieces provided by Russi Taylor and Will Ryan[[note]] Mickey’s dialogue is entirely recycled from old recordings of Walt and a single line from James [=MacDonald=][[/note]] to bring the oldest versions of these character to life as a “lost short” from the earliest days of Mickey Mouse.
* This occasionally happens in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'' with episodes that have multiple characters, and if they have a small role, they usually either keep them silent, use stock audio, or have an actor in the episode do basic grunts. [[note]] One example is the episode "Myx's Mix Up", which has Batman, Superman, and Stargirl switch bodies, and eventually many League members follow suit. One of those people is Zatanna. However, since she only has dialogue consisting of grunts and yelps, they obviously wouldn't get Creator/LaceyChabert to record the dialogue. Instead, Creator/NatalieLander, the voice of Stargirl, filled in. [[/note]]
* Creator/WayneAllwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse, died in 2009, while ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'' was still in production. Before Bret Iwan took over the role, archive audio of Wayne was used for the rest of the second season and the entirety of the third season, with the other characters getting more plot specific dialogue .
* In the ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'' episode "The QPC" that focused on Penn's aunt and uncle, Boone and Sashi appear, but don't speak.
* In the fourth season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'', Ray Tracer's voice actor was unavailable, resulting in his role [[DemotedToExtra being severely cut down]] with the couple of appearance he did make being unvoiced.
* A well-known joke from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': While the family are discussing the benefits of animated shows over live-action, Ned Flanders walks past the window and adds, "plus you can replace [the voice actors], and no one can tell the diddly-ifference" in a voice that is obviously not Ned's. At the time, ''The Simpsons''[='=] voice actors were in a pay dispute with Creator/{{FOX}}, who threatened to replace them with soundalikes.
** Speaking of the Simpsons, the show's crossover with ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' saw this happen with Harry Shearer. As Shearer did not want to participate in the crossover, while several of his characters appear in it, none of them have any dialogue except for Lenny's single "eh", which was done by an imitator instead of Shearer.
* When Music/IsaacHayes left ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', it took the creators completely by surprise. The solution: blatantly copy and paste lines from earlier episodes, [[ManipulativeEditing edit them together in a ham-handed fashion]], chalk it up to [[RealitySubtext Chef being brainwashed by a cult]], then {{McLean|ed}} the character at the end. The brainwashing excuse meant for the most part they didn't have to put effort into masking the cut-and-paste job.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
** Popular rapper Music/NickiMinaj voiced Sugilite in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E20CoachSteven Coach Steven]]," and the character quickly became a fan favorite. However, either due to budgetary or scheduling issues, the production staff was unable to get Nicki back for future episodes, resulting in Sugilite being silent in all subsequent appearances. This was {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E2KnowYourFusion Know Your Fusion]]", which had Sardonyx discuss Sugilite with some previous footage and {{Stock Audio Clip}}s:
--->'''Sardonyx:''' She's not ''actually'' in the episode. [[BreakingTheFourthWall Do we still have to pay her?]]
** Garnet's voice actress, Estelle, was unavailable during the making of ''VideoGame/AttackTheLight'', so the game's creators could only use voice clips pulled from the show for her; as opposed to the rest of the main cast recording new lines for the game.
** For unknown reasons, Lars has no original voice recordings for the entire second season. The two times he appears outside the background, he is silent for one (in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E20SadiesSong Sadie's Song]]") and voiced with a StockAudioClip in the other (the "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS0E6LionLovesToFitInABox Lion Loves to Fit in a Box]]" short).
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperheroSquadShow'', Nebula was initially voiced by Jane Lynch from ''Series/{{Glee}}''. Unfortunately, Lynch was unable to record more episodes, so the character was shown [[BoundAndGagged gagged]] in her subsequent appearances to keep people from noticing.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' has a nasty habit with this. Many of the side characters, especially the villains, remain silent because of budget concerns, or are simply given TheOtherDarrin treatment with the main voice actors. Notably, Mad Mod (voiced by Creator/MalcolmMcDowell in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans original series]]) doesn't say a word in the episode "Salty Codgers", and Creator/ScottMenville (Robin) replaced Creator/JasonMarsden for Billy Numerous' first speaking role in "The HIVE Five".
* Happens often in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' due to the show having LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and a limited casting budget. For instance, ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} and Wally have no lines in the episode "Satisfaction", and most of the superheroines present at Rocket's bridal shower are conveniently silent as well.
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** In ''Film/FrankensteinMeetsTheWolfMan'', Creator/BelaLugosi played the Monster, except for the scene in which the creature is first thawed from the ice. Lugosi was either unavailable or unwilling to shoot the scene, so a stunt man was used and at one point his face is seen directly - in fact it's the first shot of the Monster's face in the entire movie - and he looks nothing like Lugosi.

* One of the most infamous examples is from the legendary ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace''. Creator/BelaLugosi died after filming only a few scenes, so Creator/EdWood had his wife's chiropractor stand in for Lugosi and cover his face in all his scenes. This, despite the fact that he was about a foot taller than Lugosi and was bald (Lugosi had a full head of hair up to his death).

** In ''Curse'', [[spoiler:Clouseau [[TheNthDoctor undergoes plastic surgery]] and [[FaceHeelTurn turns evil]], played by Creator/RogerMoore.]] ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther'' established that [[spoiler:he died of old age after that.]]
* Creator/JohnCandy died during filming of ''Film/WagonsEast'', and had to be digitally edited into his remaining scenes.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' has Chip Skylark singing in archived sound by Chris Kirpatrik.

* ''Film/BloodOfTheTribades'' has a scene where the creators had a specific location in mind, and a narrow window to shoot it in, during which the required actors weren't available. Thankfully, the scene was brief and just required three characters, who were already established as wearing identical, face-concealing cloaks, to walk up some steps together: The solution was to film the co-director climbing the steps in costume alone from a distance, then compositing the shot so she looked like three identically dressed people walking in single file.

** Music/{{Santana}}'s 2003 hit "Why Don't You & I" was credited as "Featuring Alex Band or Chad Kroeger". The song was written by Music/{{Nickleback}} frontman Kroeger, who performed the original vocals. When [[Creator/RoadrunnerRecords Nickelback's label]] refused to have the song released as a single, the song was re-recorded with Alex Band from the band Music/TheCalling.

* During his farewell tours, Music/KennyRogers frequently had Linda Davis (best known as the duet partner on Music/RebaMcEntire's "Does He Love You", and as the mother of Music/LadyAntebellum member Hillary Scott) sing the female vocals on songs such as "We've Got Tonight" (Sheena Easton), "Islands in the Stream" (Music/DollyParton), and "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (Dottie West). Other songs instead used archival footage for the duet partner.

** Paisley has also had other artists with whom he is touring take Music/{{Alison Krauss|And Union Station}}'s part on "Whiskey Lullaby": [[Music/TheBandPerry Kimberly Perry]] on the 2012 Virtual Reality tour, and Mickey Guyton on the 2015 Crushin' It tour.

* Creator/PaulWalker was killed in a car accident off the set of ''Film/FuriousSeven'', so his remaining scenes used CGI and doubles as well as the footage made before his death [[CharacterOutlivesActor to retire his character without killing him off]]. For the end of '''Film/F9'', his character only appears by showing his car making an arrival.

** Creator/JaredLeto, who'd previously played Comicbook/TheJoker in ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'', did not return for the SpinOff, ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}'' (he refused due to how his character was victim of ExecutiveMeddling by Creator/DCFilms in ''Suicide Squad''). Instead, {{Flashback}} scenes showing the Joker were filmed by using Lo-Fi artist Johnny Goth as a stand-in, with his face deliberately never shown to the camera. Leto did return as the Joker afterwards however, in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' (interviews have made it clear that it's because he trusted in Creator/ZackSnyder's creative freedom being respected compared to the Creator/DavidAyer film's situation).

** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', James Earl Jones and Jonathan Taylor Thomas are credited for reprising their roles as Mufasa and young Simba in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''. In reality, it's done entirely through archived sound, as they don't say any lines they didn't have in the film. Thomas' case [[JustifiedTrope works well]] as the audio recycling was done only for a flashback adult Simba has of Mufasa's death--his only line is the BigNo, by the way.

* This is how ''WesternAnimation/GetAHorse'' presents itself as a retro throwback [[spoiler: before the characters are thrown into the “real world”]] . It mixes the audio of Walt Disney, Marcellite Gardner and Billy Bletcher[[note]] who died in 1966, 1993 and 1979 respectively[[/note]] with bits and pieces provided by Russi Taylor and Will Ryan[[note]] Mickey’s dialogue is entirely recycled from old recordings of Walt and a single line from James MacDonald[[/note]] to bring the oldest versions of these character to life as a “lost short” from the earliest days of Mickey Mouse.

* In the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', most of the heroes the team had encountered in the past (ComicBook/{{Luke Cage|Hero For Hire}}, ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/TheFalcon, ComicBook/BlackWidow, ComicBook/WarMachine, and so on) [[GondorCallsForAid returned to help fight]] ComicBook/{{Galactus}}. With a few exceptions, almost ''none'' of the returning heroes had any lines, as there's no way Marvel could have afforded to pay that many actors.

* ''Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror'' at Ride/DisneyThemeParks features an introduction by the late Creator/RodSerling. His voice-over narration is done by a sound-alike. The part where you actually see Serling is recycled footage from the ''Twilight Zone'' episode "It's A Good Life". His original dialogue was "Tonight's story on ''The Twilight Zone'' is somewhat unique and calls for a different kind of introduction. This, as you may recognize, is a map of the United States." The boarding video changes the background and cuts away from him before he says "map of the United States". The Rod Serling sound-alike finishes the sentence as "a maintenance service elevator, still in operation, waiting for you."