History Main / SesameStreetCred

May involve a certain amount of {{Bowdlerization}} to keep things kid-friendly and/or educational. BleachedUnderpants sometimes results as well.

* ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} ''tried'' to star in an episode of ''Series/SesameStreet'' [[ShowWithinAShow within her series]], but [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes her crippling phobia of puppets]] meant that she did not even get through [[StageMagician her act]] before she wound up throwing up in Oscar's garbage can. This actually leads her to seek therapy to try dealing with her fear of puppets and instigates the third arc of the series.

-->-- '''Creator/FrancesMcDormand''' discusses some perks of winning an Academy Award

[[caption-width-right:350:Just when you thought Tony Hawk couldn't get any more [[TotallyRadical rad]].]]

* Hitomi Yoshizawa from [[Music/HelloProject Morning Musume]] appeared as herself in a {{Filler}} episode of ''Manga/KirarinRevolution'', an anime aimed at young girls. It's justified, as the lead character of said anime was based on and voiced by by Koharu Kusumi, who is also a member of Morning Musume.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsMovie'' starred Creator/MickeyRooney as Mr. Cherrytree and Georgia Engel as Love-A-Lot Bear.

%%* Music/{{Wilco}} had contributed the song "Just A Kid" for ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie''

* Larry King made a bizarre cameo as a bee version of himself in ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie''. Even more strangely, the protagonist has to explain to this bee that the human world has its own Larry King.
* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' has [[Music/{{Skrillex}} Skrillex]] himself in a very brief cameo as the DJ for Fix-it Felix Jr's Anniversary Party.

* John Lithgow played Jean Claude in ''WesternAnimation/RugratsInParis''.
* ''WesternAnimation/UglyDolls'' is this for Charli XCX, Lizzo and Bebe Rexha, as it was their first time providing voice work in child-oriented animation.
* Halsey plays Wonder Woman in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies''.
* Anthony Ramos of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' fame plays King Trollex in ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour''.
** Music/GeorgeClinton, Music/MaryJBlige, and Music/OzzyOsbourne also provide voices for major characters in the film.
* Comedian Pete Davidson took on an animated role in ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie2''.
* Singer Adam Lambert voices Emperor Maximus in ''WesternAnimation/PlaymobilTheMovie''.

** Creator/TimCurry plays the Rat King in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker''.

* Singer Mandy Moore plays Rapunzel in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''.
* Music/{{Wilco}} had contributed the song "Just A Kid" for ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie''

** ''SesameStreetCred/TheSunnySideUpShow''

The serious older sibling of ParentalBonus. When a person does this sort of cameo because their children are in the target age for the work in question, that's SoMyKidsCanWatch. If the celebrity in question did work on a children's show before becoming famous, it would be considered RetroactiveRecognition. If the celebrity was a big fan of the show they were cast on growing up (a common case with {{Long Runner}}s like ''Sesame Street'', ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''), or are currently a member of the PeripheryDemographic for the show and decide to take this role, their Sesame Street Cred would also make them a PromotedFanboy. If the celebrity generally comes from adult-oriented media, it can be a SubTrope of DemographicDissonantCrossover. For the inverse (with the Sesame Street, Muppet Show, or related cast only), see MuppetCameo.

* In ''Toys/{{Jewelpet}}'', Aya Hirano is the voice of Garnet, while the BigDamnMovie featured Creator/ManaAshida playing a [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair pink-haired]] princess version of herself.

* ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}'' movies:

** [=MacKenzie=] Porter plays Cora in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInThePearlPrincess''.

Like many things about modern kids' [=TV=], the concept was pioneered on the TropeNamer ''Series/SesameStreet'', and subsequently became a staple of the many programs inspired by it. The basic idea is to make it easy and fun for parents/guardians to get involved in their kids' educational process; however, over the years, it has spun itself off into a unique celebrity ''cachet''. An appearance on the Street -- or nearby programming suburbs -- has become almost as potent a sign of stardom as an appearance on Leno's or Letterman's couches.

->''I think that the best things that came out of it were the chance to do [[Theatre/AStreetCarNamedDesire Blanche]] and also I did a ''Series/SesameStreet'' video that was very satisfying to me. And I don't think I would have been asked to do that if I hadn't reached a little bit higher profile in the 'industry.' That was really rewarding.''