Basic Trope: An actor is in two different works, and one of those works is in the other.
- Straight: Carol and David played characters in both the movie Usually Always (Alice and Bob) and the TV Show Chronicles of Troperia, and a throwaway line in Usually Always states that Chronicles of Troperia canonically exists as a piece of fiction in the movie's universe.
- Exaggerated: Every single actor in Usually Always has one of their previous works mentioned in throwaway lines to canonically exist in the movie.
- Downplayed: Chronicles of Troperia in this universe has different actors in the roles of the characters Carol and David played, and it’s never explicitly stated if Carol and David exist in Usually Always.
- Justified:
- Alice and Bob are twins of Carol and David in the universe of Usually Always.
- Alice and Bob are (by definition Xeroxed) descendants of Carol and Dave in the Science Fiction movie Usually Always.
- Inverted: Someone in real life ends up growing up to look like a fictional character.
- Subverted:
- Turns out the Chronicles of Troperia mentioned is actually a completely separate TV Show from the other.
- Turns out it's a shout out to the original book series.
- It's a What Could Have Been version where Edna and Frederick were never replaced by Carol and David.
- Double Subverted: ...but then another line reveals that the Chronicles of Troperia Carol and David starred in also exists alongside it.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig Zagged: However then it turns out that the Carol and David in it are just actors with the same names, but then it also turns out that Carol and David exist alongside them as well.
- Averted: There are no mentions of any of Carol and David’s previous works.
- Enforced: The director is a massive fan of Chronicles of Troperia, and wanted to reference it in some capacity.
- Lampshaded: "Has anybody told you that you look exactly like Carol and David? You know, from Chronicles of Troperia?"
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: A character within Usually Always takes advantage of the resemblances to gain fame on social media.
- Defied: Carol and David tell the director to not add in the reference, as it could end up causing massive confusion for the audience.
- Discussed: "Huh, you ever wonder why Alice and Bob look so strangely familiar to Carol and David?"
- Conversed: "Why did they just reference Chronicles of Troperia there? That'll cause so much confusion on the internet!"
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