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8	->''"The movie makes a sly reference to a famous earlier role by Irons. When Simba tells him, 'You're so weird,' he replies 'You have no idea,' in exactly the tone he used in ''Film/ReversalOfFortune''."''
9	-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert''' [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-lion-king-1994 referring to]] Creator/JeremyIrons' role as Scar in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''
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11	An Actor Allusion is the deliberate, yet typically rather isolated, throw-away reference to previous works/roles of an actor in a work, say a joke or mannerism. The reference is unlikely to have much plot relevance and is unlikely to be anything but a deliberate nod to the actor's previous work. Also note that it is for allusions to roles, not the actor themselves, with the equivalent being an ActorSharedBackground.
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13	The exact nature of the allusion can vary but tends to be either blink-and-you'll-miss-it or fairly blatant. To illustrate, say Alice played Nurse Beth in ''B Ward'' before going on to play Officer Cathy in ''C Division''. A more subtle example of an Actor Allusion might be having "Officer Cathy" mention that she once had to stay in the hospital that "Nurse Beth" worked at in the earlier show; in this case, viewers familiar with the earlier show and Alice's role in it will get the reference, but anyone unfamiliar with it likely won't notice that there's even been a reference at all. A more blatant example, however, might be having "Officer Cathy" have to dress up as a nurse to go undercover, only for her to show up dressed exactly like "Nurse Beth", to the point of even repeating catchphrases and lines of dialogue from the earlier show. In this case, even viewers unfamiliar with the previous show will likely twig that ''something'' is being referenced, even if they don't know the full details.
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15	Casting two or more actors who not only appeared together in a previous production but spent a great deal of time onscreen together (especially alone) ''really'' reinforces the reference, as the page image demonstrates. For added irony value, it often tends to pan out that two characters who famously played friends or lovers will end up playing exes or enemies.
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17	Related to the ShoutOut, and is sometimes triggered by IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine or a CastingGag, but while a Casting Gag relies upon casting an actor in a role that inherently has many comparisons to their previous roles or real life, an Actor Allusion uses only small details of only a previous plot or role for the actor. In either case, though, if the role being referenced was on a previous version of the show, it's a RemakeCameo.
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19	Contrast with CelebrityParadox and MetaCasting where the actor themselves is the subject of reference. This is show business' InUniverse way of acknowledging JustForFun/RoleAssociation.
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21	!!''Try to be sure a reference is blatant, specific, or otherwise confirmed by WordOfGod before committing yourself.'' Oftentimes, entries are written that merely involve an actor playing the same profession and/or character archetype, which are less likely to be intentional. If, for example, actress Alice plays a cynical Dr. Beth in Work B, and then goes on to play a cynical Dr. Cathy in Work C, that alone is not necessarily this trope. What would be an example is if Alice, as Dr. Cathy, offhandedly uses Dr. Beth's CharacterCatchphrase, or strikes an iconic pose that Dr. Beth is known for.
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23	!!Example subpages:
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25	[[index]]
26	* ActorAllusion/AnimeAndManga
27	* [[ActorAllusion/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
28	* ActorAllusion/LiveActionTV
29	* ActorAllusion/ProfessionalWrestling
30	* ActorAllusion/VideoGames
31	* ActorAllusion/WesternAnimation
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34	!!Other examples:
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38	[[folder:Advertising]]
39	* A ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' themed ad for US Postal Services flat rate boxes had Hamm the piggy bank informing the group about the service while wearing a postal hat and bag. Hamm is voiced in the films by John Ratzenberger, who's most known for playing a postman on [[Series/{{Cheers}} this one TV series]]...
40	** Ratzenberger also was the spokesman for Pitney-Bowes Personal Post Office.
41	* During the second ''Old Spice'' campaign with "Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike", Old Spice had him answer random tweets to @[=OldSpice=]...and a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-qpEUOtLk8 random tweet from one @IsaiahMustafa]]. Unfortunately, this does not qualify as ActingForTwo.
42	* With credit to Website/TheOtherWiki for pointing out the reference: The original ad campaign for [=XM=] Satellite Radio featured famous musicians falling from the sky and crashing into various mundane settings. Music/DavidBowie fell into a motel room, looked skyward and murmured, [[Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth "I'll never get used to that."]]
43	* There exists a 5% cash back Discover card commercial that mentions [[Film/GroundhogDay Ned the Head]]. The narrator of the commercial and the others in its campaign just happens to be the [[Creator/StephenTobolowsky actor]] who played him.
44	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVYzxxgKXTY A 2008 Superbowl commercial for Diet Pepsi Max]] was set to {{Music/Haddaway}}'s "What Is Love." Drinking the Pepsi gives everyone the energy to [[Film/ANightAtTheRoxbury head bounce to the song]]. The end of the commercial features Chris Kattan who in response to the head-bopping, yells "STOP IT!"
45	* An advertisement by Mercedes-Benz has a DealWithTheDevil theme to it, where the Prince of Darkness tempts a man with a CLA. The devil is played by Willem Dafoe, who played the title character in ''Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist''.
46	* In the early [[TheNineties '90s]], Creator/{{Sega}} pulled this off in a couple of German TV commercials with voice actors as actors: Shortly after the success of ''Film/WaynesWorld'', they got Creator/MikeMyers' and Creator/DanaCarvey's German voice actors, dressed them somewhat recognizably and had them act out their roles once again, only now in front of a camera for a change. That said, these commercials don't really hint at ''Wayne's World'' itself, they just play with the invoked similarities.
47	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvjuL6Bci6M A 2021 Superbowl commercial for Tide]] is set to Joey Scarbury's "Believe it or Not". Jason Alexander parodied the song on an episode of Seinfeld for an answering machine message.
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51	* ''Fanfic/SognicMalltiverseOfMadness'': In the first episode, Sognic is described as saying "[[Series/FamilyMatters Did I do that]]?" in the voice of Creator/JaleelWhite. White voiced Sonic in the Creator/DiCEntertainment Sonic cartoons.
52	* ''Fanfic/SymposiumOfSupremacy'': [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Carly Nagisa]] calls Sylvio's father [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog "eggman"]] in her blog. Dr. Eggman and Sylvio's father are voiced by Creator/MikePollock.
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55	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
56	* In ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'', [[Creator/RobinWilliams the Genie]] becomes Film/MrsDoubtfire.
57	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', The Candle Maker says "Today was a good day", the name of one of Music/IceCube's songs.
58	* Rut and Tuke from ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'' are literally just moose versions of Bob and Doug Mackenzie from ''Series/{{SCTV}}'', who were played by their voice actors Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas.
59	* In ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'', Mater says of tractor tipping "I don't care who you are, that's funny right there," a catchphrase of his actor Larry the Cable Guy. Also, when Lightning [=McQueen=] jets out of the pit in the final race, Mater shouts Larry's other catchphrase, "Git 'Er Done!"
60	* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' has two references to ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''. Creator/MelGibson's introduction is accompanied by him yelling "FREEEEEDOMMMMMMMM"!! Also, when he says that he hails from the land of the free, Mac guesses he's referring to Scotland.
61	* In ''WesternAnimation/ChillOutScoobyDoo'', Shaggy, while messing around in the DJ studio, tries his hand at it. His VA Creator/CaseyKasem of course was well known for being a famous radio DJ.
62	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'': Creator/OlgaMerediz plays an Abuela in a musical with songs composed by Creator/LinManuelMiranda. She originated the roll of Abuela Claudia in Miranda's ''Theatre/InTheHeights'', and later played her in [[Film/InTheHeights the movie]]
63	* In ''The Enchanted Boy'', the Soviet adaptation of ''Literature/TheWonderfulAdventuresOfNils'', the rat chief has very Hitler-like appearance and manners. The actor voicing it, Sergey Martinson, had played the guy three times.
64	* In ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'', near the beginning, Roddy (played by Creator/HughJackman) is trying on different clothes. At one point, he tries a ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} costume, referencing Jackman's role as Wolverine in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''.
65	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen\|2013}}'' stars Idina Menzel as as Elsa, and the Duke of Weselton warns Hans that Anna might be "conspiring with the wicked sorceress," the "wicked sorceress" being Elsa. Idina Menzel played the Wicked Witch of the West in the musical ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}''.
66	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|Disney}}'', during one musical number Quasimodo is briefly given a Mozart-esque white wig to wear. He's voiced by Tom Hulce, who played Mozart in ''Theatre/{{Amadeus}}''.
67	* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1''
68	** During his first scene with Buddy Pine, the future Syndrome (voiced by Jason Lee), Mr. Incredible forgets the boy's name. Incredible's first guess is Brodie, a reference to Lee's character Brodie Bruce from ''Film/{{Mallrats}}''.
69	** Frozone's scene with the cop and getting the drink of water is a direct homage to Samuel L Jackson's scene as Zeus in ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance'', in which a cop is about to shoot him but he needs to answer a pay phone.
70	** Elastigirl's jet crashing into the ocean is a reference to the scene in ''Film/{{Always}}'' where Dorinda, who was also played by Creator/HollyHunter, does the same thing.
71	* ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' has a mild example: Sadness, who wears a soft sweater and large glasses, is voiced by Phyllis Smith, who's best known for playing Phyllis on ''Series/TheOfficeUS.'' Smith's outfits on the show are almost identical to the one Sadness wears.
72	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', King Louie calls himself the "king of the swingers". His voice actor, Louis Prima, was nicknamed "The King of Swing".
73	* The title character of ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' makes frequent use of Jack Black's catch phrases, most notably "Skadoosh".
74	* In the trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart'', Emmet - played by Creator/ChrisPratt - takes his pet plant to space with him to search for the kidnapped builders. It wouldn't be the first time he has a plant as a copilot; Pratt did that in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014''.
75	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'':
76	** Creator/JeremyIrons is the voice of Scar, a fratricidal lion with a scar on his face. As he kills his brother, he says "Long live the king." In ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven'', Irons plays the scarred Marshal of Jerusalem, who chants "Long live the king" in the exact same voice at [[{{Jerkass}} Guy de Lusignan's]] coronation.
77	** Also, the way Scar says "You have no idea" in response to Simba telling him that he's weird is exactly the same as the way he said it when playing Claus von Bülow in ''Reversal of Fortune''.
78	** This also isn't the first time Creator/JamesEarlJones and Creator/MadgeSinclair played the [[Film/ComingToAmerica king and queen of a fictional African country who are also the protagonist's parents]].
79	* In the Disney anthology movie "WesternAnimation/MakeMineMusic", Nelson Eddy performed all the voices in short "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing At The Met". At one point Willie the Whale sings one of Eddy's signature songs, "Shortnin' Bread".
80	* Combined with a ParentalBonus in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'', when [[Creator/SteveBuscemi Randall Boggs]] threatens to put his assistant [[Film/{{Fargo}} through the shredder]].
81	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'': Barley, who is voiced by Creator/ChrisPratt, is pretty much an elven version of Pratt's ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' character [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 Peter Quill/Star-Lord]]. He's a HeroicWannabe with a fixation on his mixtape and mode of transportation, he's motivated by a parent who died from a terminal illness when he was young, and he never properly got to say goodbye to said parent because he was too scared to see their illness-ravaged bodies and them hooked up to all of the medical machinery right before they succumbed. Bonus points for the theme of ''Onward'' also being about [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 fathers, and the lead character realizing who their true father figure actually is]]. [[spoiler: Said true father figure happens to have blue skin in both cases, as well]].
82	* Probably the earliest example, in ''{{WesternAnimation/Pinocchio}}'', Jiminy Cricket hides from Gepetto by blending in with the players in a wooden music box and scatting along with the box's tune. His voice actor, Cliff Edwards, was known for his scat singing.
83	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'', there is at least one scene where Bianca mispronounces words; a reference to her ''Series/GreenAcres'' character Lisa Douglas.
84	* ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' has a good number of these.
85	** Antonio Banderas is well-known for his role as the masked caped crusader in ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'', as well as the cheesy line "you are the love of my life" which Puss in Boots (who Banderas voices) repeats to a female cat just before getting on the boat in ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird''. Not to mention him carving a "P" into the side of a tree with his rapier, just as Zorro is known for carving a "Z" on his enemies.
86	** King Harold makes a excuse about his old "crusade wound" acting up. As Basil Fawlty in ''Series/FawltyTowers'', Creator/JohnCleese made a similar claim about an old war wound.
87	** After headbutting her way through [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome two stone walls in a row]], Queen Lillian (voiced by Creator/JulieAndrews) starts deliriously humming snippets from "[[Film/MaryPoppins A Spoonful of Sugar]]" and "[[Film/TheSoundOfMusic My Favorite Things]]".
88	** In the Latin American dub, the donkey is voiced by ''Creator/{{Eugenio Derbez}}''. His lines contain snippets from some known characters played by Derbez, like his classic "Fue horriiiible!" from his character El Lonje Moco from his comedy show Derbez en Cuando.
89	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'': A minor one but at the beginning of the movie, [[Creator/SethMacfarlane Mike]] [[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E20PatriotGames demands a baboon give him more money, criticizes him for not giving him enough cash and practically robs him of all his cash]].
90	* ''WesternAnimation/SpiesInDisguise'': When Walter can't see or hear, [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming he says his other senses are heightened]].
91	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'', [[Creator/ClancyBrown Mr. Krabs]] in his superhero form, at one point, apprehends Burger-Beard by firing one of his robot claws and pinning him against a wall. Long Feng from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' could do something similar.
92	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': In the beginning of the movie, Mario and Luigi briefly interacts with a Italian man voiced by ''Creator/CharlesMartinet'', who is widely known as their voice actors in games (Though in this movie, Mario and Luigi are voiced by Chris Pratt and Charlie Day respectfully). Said man wears a outfit that's similar to [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Mario's classic appearances]]. He can be also seen playing a arcade game that's similar to the one that his character made his debut in.
93	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'': In the campfire scene, Rapunzel tells Flynn "Don't freak out!" and then "It's complicated!" in short order. Both of those lines are from ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', starring Creator/ZacharyLevi, the voice actor for Flynn.
94	* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'':
95	** Sid has Buzz Lightyear (voice of Creator/TimAllen) trapped in an upside-down plastic crate with a tool box on top. The tool box clearly sports a Binford logo; Binford Tools was the sponsor for [[ShowWithinAShow "Tool Time"]] on Tim Allen's ''Series/HomeImprovement''.
96	** Earlier in the movie, Mr. Potato Head says "What are you looking at, you hockey puck?" causing a puck toy to shrug. "Hockey puck" is a famous insult Don Rickles uses in his comedy routines.
97	* The special ''WesternAnimation/ToyStoryOfTerror'' features a Combat Carl voiced by Creator/CarlWeathers, complete with being an InkSuitActor -- outside of a lack of a hat, appearance-wise the Carl figure can be summed up as "Dillon from the original ''Film/{{Predator}}'' if he managed to escape from the Jungle Hunter alive the lost of his arm?"
98	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', Duke Weaselton, is misnamed as "Duke Weselton". In ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen\|2013}}'', the Duke of Weselton was misnamed as "Duke Weaselton". Both characters were voiced by Creator/AlanTudyk.
99	** The same movie has another, ironic example related to ''Frozen''. In ''Frozen'', Creator/KristenBell plays a character with a MotorMouth. In ''Zootopia'', she plays a character who talks extremely slowly.
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102	[[folder:Music Videos]]
103	* The Music/RebaMcEntire music video "Every Other Weekend" features a divorced couple played by Creator/JoAnnaGarciaSwisher and Creator/SteveHowey, who played Reba's daughter Cheyenne and her husband Van on [[Series/{{Reba}} her sitcom]].
104	* David Bowie's HardRock group Tin Machine made a video for "You Belong in Rock and Roll" in which, among other things, Bowie poses in front of a mirror. At one point, he brings a pair of tweezers up to his eye, as if he were about to pluck something from it. This references an important scene in ''Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth'', in which it turned out that his character ''was'' removing something -- namely, the contact lenses that disguised his alien eyes.
105	* Music/TheGreatLukeSki spends an entire verse of One Night In Quarks Bar making one reference to Principle Snyder, Armin Shimmerman's character in the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
106	* The video for "Lift Me Up" wasn't the [[Film/SpiceWorld first time]] Geri Halliwell bonded with a group of aliens who were fans of her.
107	* The video for Music/AvrilLavigne's "Rock N Roll" features (then 38 years old) Danica [=McKellar=] as a character called "Winnie Cooperre". She shares a lesbian kiss with Avril, and then Avril does a voiceover saying ''"It was the first kiss for both of us. We never really talked about it afterward. But I think about the events of that day again and again, and somehow I know Winnie does too"''. This is a direct quote from the pilot episode of "Series/TheWonderYears".
108	* The video for Music/{{Weezer}}'s cover of "Lost in the Woods" from ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' has a cameo by Princess Anna's voice actress, Creator/KristenBell.
109	* Music/DemiLovato's "La La Land" video not only features their ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'' co-stars as themselves collectively at a red carpet awards show photo shoot, but in various other roles throughout the video.
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113	* ''Pinball/GodzillaSega'''s backglass art has some graffiti reading "Save Ferris" – referencing Creator/MatthewBroderick, who played the title character of ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' before starring in the 1998 ''Film/{{Godzilla\|1998}}'' film that inspired the game. (That said, he had no involvement with the game's production.)
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117	* ''Podcast/RandomAssault'': In the HalloweenEpisode, after Slabflapper talks for the first time, the other hosts tell Mitch to shut up, then he defends himself, having not actually said anything. Slabflapper in reality is voiced by Mitch.
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121	* In an episode of Creator/TheBBC radio comedy series ''Radio/RevoltingPeople'', set during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution, Samuel, the main character, has a dream that he's gone to hell for refusing to pick a side. {{Satan}} turns out to resemble redcoat Sergeant [=McGurk=], played by co-writer Andy Hamilton. Hamilton also writes and stars in the radio comedy series ''[[Radio/OldHarrysGame Old Harry's Game]]'', as Satan.
122	* In Creator/TheBBC's adaptation of the ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' story "The Reigate Squires", Holmes says to Inspector Forrester "You sound dangerously like a certain [[Series/DoctorWho doctor]] I know". Forrester is played by Creator/PeterDavison.
123	* ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978'' :
124	** In the Quandary Phase, there's a cameo by David Dixon, the actor who played Ford Prefect in [[Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1981 the TV version]] of the franchise; Arthur Dent drives Dixon's clerk character to distraction claiming they've met somewhere.
125	** Similarly, Rob [=McKenna=], the lorry driver who picks up Arthur is played by Creator/BillPaterson, who appeared in the second radio series as second in command of an Acturian Megafreighter which picked up Zaphod. WordOfGod is that this was an intentional allusion, from SpaceTrucker to Earth trucker.
126	** The Quintessential Phase adds another TV actor with Sandra Dickinson, who played Trillian in the TV version, and plays the alternate Tricia [=MacMillan=] who never left Earth. It's specifically stated that Alt-Tricia has blonde hair, as she did in the series. In the Hexagonal Phase, Dickinson takes over as regular Trillian due to the loss of Susan Sheridan, explained as the two timelines merging.
127	* In the ''Radio/HamishAndDougal Hogmanay Special'' Dougal (played by Graeme Garden) is confused as to who special guest Tim Brooke-Taylor (playing himself) is.
128	-->'''Hamish''': Oh, you must remember! ''Series/TheGoodies''! He was in that!\
129	'''Dougal''': Was he?\
130	'''Hamish''': Oh aye, there was him, Bill Oddie and er...\
131	'''Dougal''': The other one.\
132	'''Hamish''': Don't remember him.
133	* ''Radio/TheNewsQuiz'',
134	** In an episode hosted by Sandi Toksvig, a musical clue for a question about children's television naturally went for the theme of ''No. 73'', a 1980s SaturdayMorningKidsShow hosted by Sandi Toksvig.
135	--->'''Carrie Quinlan''': Oh, I used to love that! What was the name of the really old woman who was on it? Tiny, she was!\
136	'''Andy Hamilton''': Nah, it was a puppet!
137	*** Sandi then got a round of applause from the audience for still remembering the intro for the daring, dazzling, devastatingly dangerous, death-defyingly dull Sandwich Quiz.
138	** In Series 28, Episode 3, hosted by Nish Kumar, Andrew Maxwell was doing a bit about how great it was that the Tories were going back to the 19th century and said "A simpler age, when the Englishman invented tea. Remember that, Kumar!" Earlier that week, a ''Series/HorribleHistories'' clip in which Nish Kumar sang about things that people thought were British, but weren't, had gone viral, and been criticised by some people.
139	** In a 2015 episode, Andy Hamilton was asked a question about ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig: The Golden Boots'' and, after answering it, said that the ''real'' story was the inexplicable absence of Dr Elephant the dentist from Peppa's big screen debut. Guess who voices Dr Elephant?
140	* In an episode of ''The Gobetweenies'', Joe, played by Creator/DavidTennant, reads his son's essay about sharing two houses "I mean it's not ''that'' freaky. Not compared to [[Series/DoctorWho my adventures in the space-time continuum]], but that's another story".
141	* ''Radio/CabinPressure'':
142	** [[Creator/BenedictCumberbatch Martin Crieff]] names ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' as a book that sounds more interesting with the final letter of its title knocked off.
143	** "Paris" contains several, as it is a mystery with Martin trying to figure out what happened to a bottle of whiskey. He [[MangledCatchphrase tries for a Sherlock Holmes line and bungles it]]: "We’ve taken away all the things that can possibly have happened, so I suppose the only thing that’s left, even though it seems really weird, must be the thing that did happen, in fact." When he states his theory about what happened, he slips into ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'''s style of delivery from the famous deduction scenes (although sticking with the voice that Cumberbatch uses to play Martin). Arthur later compares him to... Miss Marple.
144	* An example that overlaps with SelfDeprecation in ''The Alan Davies Show'', written by and starring stand-up-comedian-turned-actor Alan Davies: in the episode "Mr Strawberry", Davies' character ([[TheDanza also called Alan]]) dismisses one of the cast members of ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Gay Miner]]'' as "Not a real actor, just a stand-up comedian who's suddenly decided he can act."
145	* In [=AudioGO=]'s ''Franchise/{{Doctor Who\|ExpandedUniverse}}: Fourth Doctor Adventures'' audio series, "Tsar Wars" features the Fourth Doctor meeting his IdenticalStranger, a JustForFun/RecycledInSpace version of [[UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk Rasputin]]. Creator/TomBaker had played the 'mad monk' in ''Film/NicholasAndAlexandria'' (in what was his signature role before getting cast as the Doctor). In the same audio, Creator/MichaelJayston (known in the Whoniverse for playing the Valeyard) plays the Tsar, also a pseudo-reprisal of his role in ''Nicholas and Alexandria''.
146	* At the end of ''Music/MitchBenn Has Left The Building'', the final of Mitch Benn's series of musical comedy lectures about music legends, he explains that Music/ElvisPresley the person may have died, but ELVIS the cultural phenomenon never will, briefly alluding to his own role as Radio 2's "Ask Elvis" in the process.
147	* ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'':
148	** In an episode guesting Richard Osman, his Sound Charades subject was ''Series/{{Pointless}} Celebrities'' (which Sandi Toksvig claimed to be completely unaware of) and ''Pointless'' sound effects were used for his moves (and only his moves) in Mornington Crescent.
149	** For Creator/RichardColes' first appearance on the show, both musical rounds involved songs by Music/TheCommunards, although they were both given to Tony Hawks since Richard Coles didn't actually ''sing'' in the Communards. There was also one for Andy Hamilton, who was given ''Series/DropTheDeadDonkey'' for Sound Charades.
150	--->'''Andy''': Actually, the correct answer is "''Drop the Dead Donkey'', touring from next January".\
151	'''Jack''': Well, thanks for the warning.
152	* The Radio 4 quotations PanelGame ''Quote, Unquote'' has a newsreader reading the quotes, usually Charlotte Green. It also has a round where panellists are given a quote from their own career. So when impressionist Jan Raven was on, we got the real Charlotte Green reading one of the "I'm Charlotte Green..." WaxingLyrical gags from ''Series/DeadRingers''.
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156	* ''Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG'': More of an Author Allusion, but Sam Throramebi drew comparisons between [[Toys/LEGOAlphaTeam Evil Ogel]] and [[Toys/{{Bionicle}} Makuta Teridax]], two of Greg Farshtey's favorite villains to write.
157	** Kurt [=MacReady=] was the one sent to catch Snake, and the two of them subsequently got into a brawl. They were inspired by [[Film/TheThing1982 R.J. MacReady]] and [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]], respectively, both of whom were played by Kurt Russel, and served as the lead to Creator/JohnCarpenter movies released a year apart from each other.
158	** Hauk and Angel Eyes, both of whom are inspired by characters portrayed by Creator/LeeVanCleef, are revealed to be cousins.
159	** In celebration of ''VideoGame/LegoIsland''[='=] 15th Anniversary, the Brickster referred to himself as "Thumper" and quoted a number of lines from Smartass, the lead weasel of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'''s Toon Patrol. David L. Lander, the original voice actor of the Brickster in ''VideoGame/LEGOIsland'', also voiced Thumper in ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' and Smartass in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
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163	* In Mozart's ''Theatre/DonGiovanni'', there is a scene where the Don's musicians are playing music from real, then-contemporary composers while he eats dinner. Among them is a tune from Mozart's previous opera, ''Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro''; "Non piu andrai". Giovanni's servant, Leporello, remarks "I know this one all too well." He ought to have; the actor playing him was the original Figaro.
164	* The 2010 production of Dick Lee's ''Fried Rice Paradise'' stars Taufik Batisah, whose character Johan is a struggling singer. Someone suggests that he join a talent search competition, to which Johan replies "you know these singing contests, never can win!" Taufik Batisah was the winner of the first season of Singapore Idol.
165	* During a run on Broadway of ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'', Creator/WhoopiGoldberg adlibed a line when her character was presented with a choice of slaves as part of the plot. Rejecting an elderly slave for purchase, she stated. ''What am I going to do with that old white man? I got one at home.'' Goldberg was known for dating Creator/FrankLangella at the time.
166	* In the 2015 5th Avenue Theatre production of ''Theatre/{{Grease}}'', Rydell High School, which shares its initals with Seattle's Roosevelt High School, had green and gold as its team colors, and Sandy D. was played by RHS alumna Solea Pfeiffer.
167	* A form of Creator Allusion in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'': the song "Right Hand Man" begins with the phrase "32,000 troops in New York Harbor" repeated three times. In Creator/LinManuelMiranda's previous show, ''Theatre/InTheHeights'', the lottery winning of $96,000 is split up into three sums of $32,000.
168	* OlderThanSteam: In ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', Polonius mentions having played the role of Julius Caesar as a youth, and being killed by Brutus; it is believed that the same actor in Shakespeare's company (probably John Heminges) played both Polonius and Caesar. It's also believed that the original actor of Hamlet, Richard Burbage, also played Brutus in ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'', thus stabbing the same actor in two different plays.
169	** In fact, most of Shakespeare's plays had some level of ActorAllusion, as he worked with a set company whose members took on the same sort of roles in most of their productions, and whose parts were often tailored to their specific style or talent.
170	** Will Kemp, Shakespeare's resident clown, played the original Bottom in [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream Midsummer]], and later played Dogberry in [[Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing Much Ado]]. This happens in the latter:
171	---> '''Borachio''': (To Dogberry) YOU ARE AN ASS!!!
172	** John Sincklo, a supporting player, is referenced in Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew as looking like a jailor (the Beadle in Theatre/HenryIVPart2) or supplier of poisons (the Apothecary in Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet).
173	** Robert Armin, who replaced Will Kemp as regular comedian in Shakespeare's company, leading to Shakespeare's comic rules becoming {{Deadpan Snarker}}s instead of loud buffoons, trained as a goldsmith before becoming an actor. Touchstone in ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'' (probably the first major role to be written for him) is named after a tool used by jewellers to assess the quality of metals.
174	* In ''Theatre/LegallyBlonde The Musical'', during the song "Chip on Your Shoulder", Creator/ChristianBorle's character Emmett suggests that Elle sell some of her excess junk on eBay. Before appearing as Emmett, Borle was in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAkuWGMimQA this commercial]].
175	* According to ''Open A New Window'' by Ethan Mordden, Creator/LucilleBall's starring role in the 1960 musical ''Wildcat'' had her saying to a sheriff, "D'you ever know a guy named [[Series/ILoveLucy Fred Mertz]]?"
176	* In ''Peter and the Starcatchers'', Creator/ChristianBorle's character gets hurt and shouts [[Theatre/LegallyBlonde Oh My God]] for awhile.
177	* In the musical ''Theatre/{{Pippin}}'', the ShowStopper "No Time At All" was sung by Irene Ryan, who had just spent nine years playing Granny on the hit sitcom ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies''. The song included these lyrics:
178	-->Now, I could waylay some aging roué\
179	And persuade him to play in some cranny,\
180	But it's hard to believe I'm being led astray\
181	By a man who calls me Granny!
182	* The 1983 Broadway revival of ''Theatre/PrivateLives'' had Creator/RichardBurton and Creator/ElizabethTaylor as the leads ... which, as Burton noted during rehearsals, meant that some of the dialogue would come across as far more humorous than Coward could have intended.
183	* Music/{{Starship}} singer Mickey Thomas played Dennis in the 2019 5th Avenue Theatre production of ''Theatre/RockOfAges'', which features the band's SignatureSong "We Built This City".
184	* In the final second stage ''Theatre/SeraMyu'' musical, Sailor Lead Crow posed as the choreographer of an all-female dance team. This was a nod to the fact that Ado Endou, the actress who portrayed Crow, was also the show's choreographer.
185	* In a London production of the pantomime ''Aladdin'' Sir Creator/IanMcKellen, playing Widow Twankey (so in drag) said "oh no, not again" when he learned that there was a [[Film/TheLordoftheRings magic ring]] involved.
186	* In a touring roduction of "The Sunshine Boys", Dick Van Dyke walks into the living room, almost bumps into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnII4_W9k3E an ottoman]] gives it a long stare, and then does a take to the audience. Brought the house down without saying a word.
187	* In Creator/CirqueDuSoleil's ''Theatre/{{Volta}}'' which opens with a ShowWithinAShow talent competition, the protagonist Waz, whose specialty is dancing, was originally played by ''Series/SoYouThinkYouCanDance Canada'' finalist Joey Arrigo.
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191	* At [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney World]], ''The Enchanted Tiki Room: Under new Management'' has [[MeaningfulName William call Morris]] a "hockey puck", a famous insult of his voice actor Creator/DonRickles.
192	* At the ''[[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Raiders of the Lost]] [[Franchise/StarWars Jedi Temple]] [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom of Doom]]'' show, Boba Fett mistakes [[Creator/HarrisonFord Indiana Jones for Han Solo]].
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196	* Kajetokun is the author, actor, and editor of several famous {{YouTube Poop}}s. ''WebAnimation/ADayInDraculasLife'' has the lord of evil panicking over the arrival of longtime rival. He accidentally calls Belmont "Ballmont". Kajetokun is also the author of the [[Anime/DragonBallZ "Over Nine Thousand"]] meme.
197	* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': Creator/ShannonMcCormick, the portrayer of Agent Washington, wrote two episodes where voiced Agent Iowa, his home state (who is friends with Ohio and Idaho, [[http://rootbeerflotsam.tumblr.com/post/172280156803/so-with-the-triplets-you-went-for-similar-names the two states it is often confused with]]), and once Idaho complains about Wash, Iowa replies "Well, I still think that guy's pretty cool".
198	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
199	** During a TrainTopBattle, Dr. Oobleck yells out to decouple the caboose since it could kill them all. Joel Heyman also Caboose in ''Red vs. Blue'', where there was a RunningGag about the amount of teammate kills he was responsible for.
200	** Scarlet David is on the receiving end of a GroinAttack like his voice actor Gavin Free frequently is in other Rooster Teeth productions.
201	** At the end of Volume 4, Qrow refers to Oscar as a "pipsqueak". This is a deliberate reference to ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', where Creator/VicMignogna (Qrow) and Creator/AaronDismuke (Oscar) voiced Edward and Alphonse Elric, respectively.
202	* ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'': In "Road Trip", Jaune sings the theme for ''Webanimation/CampCamp'', which was written and performed by his voice actor Miles Luna.
203	* In ''WebAnimation/TheSuperPonyPowerHour'', Pinkie Pie makes the face of Creator/AndreaLibman, triggering the Film/{{Inception}} sound.
204	* In episode 19 of ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanityInvitational'', Zoetrope claims that [=MePhone=] attempted to cancel him online after he appeared on the show, with the video of [=MePhone=] attempting to cancel him being shown resembling those done by {{WebVideo/Saberspark}} (specifically from his ''What RUINED...?'' series), who is the voice of Zoetrope.
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208	* ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'': In the episode "Honey Queen," Linda hires a professional choreographer to help her win a pageant. The choreographer is played by James Tolbert, who has choreographed several musicals, including the musical that Linda first appeared in, ''Theatre/BlackFriday''.
209	* The ''Website/TFWikiDotNet'' has made references to the actors who been involved in the [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} entire franchise]].
210	* ''[[http://www.zerochan.net/ Zerochan.net]]'' (a fan art compilation site dedicated to Anime and Manga) has a [[http://www.zerochan.net/Voice+Actor+Connection search tag]] called [[DiscussedTrope Voice Actor Connection]].
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214	* ''WebVideo/EightiesDan'':
215	** For Halloween, Dan dressed up as another Creator/BradJones character, WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob.
216	** And the next year, he dressed up as [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall "A Kid from the Nineties"]].
217	* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'':
218	** When Linkara reviewed ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' for, he calls [[Creator/JohnDiMaggio Smiling Jack]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]].
219	** His review of ''ComicBook/NightmaresOnElmStreet'' issues 5-6 had referred to Creator/RobertEnglund's role as [[Series/{{V1983}} Willie]].
220	** During ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWallTheMovie'', [[Creator/{{Lanipator}} Allen]] is shown looking at the Creator/TeamFourStar website. He also mentions that he's a fan of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and says "god damn it" upon seeing a box labeled "Nappa".
221	** Upon the opening narration for the final issue of ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'' calling Gotham a cloud city, Linkara says he buys it as [[Franchise/StarWars Billy Dee Williams]] was once [[Film/Batman1989 Harvey Dent]].
222	** His TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards Mentor Jii for the ''WebVideo/HistoryOfPowerRangers'' video detailing ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' ended with him calling Jii "a sack of [[Series/PowerRangersSPD Grumm]]."
223	** When his review of issue 3 of the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' showed footage of Ken Jenkins's guest spot, he makes [[Series.{{Scrubs}} the expected]] [[HasTwoThumbsAnd joke]].
224	** The review of the comic adaptation of ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', when talking about [[Creator/UmaThurman Poison Ivy]]'s introduction and [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Mr. Freeze]]'s origin, he makes references to both ''Film/KillBill'' and ''Film/{{Predator}}'' respectively.
225	** In his review of Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War, when [[Creator/KarlUrban reboot!McCoy]] get an Indigo Tribe ring, he makes a joke about [=McCoy=] trying to get ''Film/{{Dredd}} 2'' made.
226	** For the comic adaptation of ''Film/StarTrek2009'', Linkara![[Creator/ChrisHemsworth George Kirk]] proclaims [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar that Nero never fought him, then retorts that Nero never fought him twice when the claim is rebuked.]]
227	* When Music/AndrewWK guest starred in the AnimatedAdaptation of ''Webcomic/TheBedfellows'', a punch in the face resulted in his nose gushing blood a la his "I Get Wet" album cover.
228	* ''WebVideo/{{Broceliande}}'':
229	** Seb's druid character is called "Maître Bien-Assez". This is a nod to his frequent role as "David Goodenough" on ''WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier''.
230	** At one point, Master Briat tells Pace the elf "''Mais ça dépasse l'entendement !''" ("It's beyond comprehension!") This is the catchphrase of [[https://joueur-du-grenier.fandom.com/fr/wiki/Jean_Claude a character]] created by WebVideo/{{Benzaie}} (who plays Pace) for his channel.
231	* A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP-surgJ_QM mockumentary]] Creator/DCDouglas posted about his and Creator/SteveBlum's fake feud at one point depicted Blum with WolverineClaws, a reference to Blum being Marvel's go-to voice actor for most projects involving ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} since [[VideoGame/XMenLegends 2004]]. The same video also features the two holding a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' toy made to look like a zombie with [[Franchise/ResidentEvil the Umbrella Corporation]] logo for a cutie mark, referencing Doulgas's role as Albert Wesker.
232	* Between the three of them, Creator/FeliciaDay, Creator/NeilPatrickHarris, and Creator/NathanFillion have done this on multiple occasions.
233	** In ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'', [[Creator/FeliciaDay Penny]] says to [[Creator/NathanFillion Capitain Hammer]] "I wonder what you're captain of?" during the song ''A Man's Gotta Do''. This is a reference to ''his'' role as [[Series/FireFly Captain Mal]].
234	** Also in ''Dr. Horrible'', Creator/NeilPatrickHarris 's line "to make the whole world kneel" invokes the homonym with his name (kneel/Neil).
235	** In the musical episode of ''WebVideo/TheLegendOfNeil'', a Zelda parody, she plays the Fairy, stating rather casually that she's "not really into online musicals", referencing her role in [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Dr. Horrible]]. She, of course, makes this statement just before bursting into song.
236	** In ''WebVideo/NeilsPuppetDreams'', Creator/NathanFillion and Creator/NeilPatrickHarris have the following exchange:
237	--->'''Nathan:''' I heard your last [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog doctor was horrible.]] I hope you find my offices more to your liking.\
238	'''Neil:''' Are you kidding? This place is a Series/{{Castle\|2009}}. It gives me a real sense of Film/{{Serenity}}. But to be honest I've been so worried about my condition, I haven't been able to come up with [[LampshadeHanging any more references to your career.]]
239	* A bit of an internet trend is replacing the audio of various clips with sound clips from ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''. Whenever a ''Franchise/DragonBall'' video clip is used, no matter which character gets used for the rest, one of the most constant parts of these videos is that Goku gets Rolf's clips. The reason being that Rolf's actor actually played Goku at one time (on top of both of them being super strong country bumpkins that don't have much knowledge of city life, and who eat a lot of meat).
240	* In WebVideo/JesuOtaku's review of ''Anime/PrincessTutu'', he says, "I see a [[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub host club]] in [[Creator/VicMignogna someone's]] future..." on a clip of Femio.
241	* ''WebVideo/FranceFive'': Combined with PropRecycling in episode 6; the {{BFG}} that vaporizes Succulard is identical to Caleb's Nuclear Gun from ''Series/FlandersCompany''. Ruddy Pomarede plays both Caleb and Succulard.
242	* One ''WebVideo/KateModern'' video posted by Gavin is entitled "Half the Week Away", a reference to Oasis' "Half the World Away", the ThemeSong to ''Series/TheRoyleFamily''. Gavin is played by Ralf Little, who played Antony in ''The Royle Family''.
243	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA18dG7-e3o Episode 3]] of Anime Olympics has Steve being beat up by his costar at any negative comments on ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. Of course, said costar just happens to be Nanoha's VA Cristina Valenzuela.
244	* One scene in ''WebVideo/PoniesTheAnthology III'' shows Applejack singing "Maps" by Music/HeyOcean (the band Ashleigh Ball is the lead singer of)
245	* In one ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'' video, when Matt and Pat are playing ''Film/{{Captain America\|TheFirstAvenger}}: Super Soldier'' they come across a picture of pre-Red Skull Hugo Weaving. They take turns wondering why [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Elrond]], [[Film/TheMatrix Agent Smith]], [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries Megatron]], and [[Film/VForVendetta V]] would have portraits in a German castle before running out of Hugo Weaving movies they can remember.
246	* In the ''Codenames'' episode of ''WebVideo/TableTop'', Travis Willingham makes a comment about his vast knowledge of shapes and colors, a boast which is associated with his character in ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'', [[DumbMuscle Grog Strongjaw]].
247	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHAgQ_n4Ios This video]] features the BeeBeeGun from ''VideoGame/{{BioShock\|1}}'' being used against a Big Daddy while the infamous "no not the bees" line from ''Film/{{The Wicker Man\|2006}}'' with Creator/NicolasCage is played. Now, Mr. Cage has played [[Film/KickAss a Big Daddy]] before...
248	* This entry borders between this and a bout of [[HilariousInHindsight comedic prophesy]]: in Creator/LittleKuriboh's flagship work ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', an episode shows Tristan coming up on a motorcycle, and when he's asked about it, he replies: 'In the Future, card games will be played on ''motorbikes''.' Fast Forward to the Dub release of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds'', and we see Frank Frankson, Tristan's voice actor cast as the lead character of said show, Yusei Fudo.
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