Wick Check of Actor Allusion.
Represents 96 wicks from 90 different pages.
- All There in the Manual: According to the show script and the subtitles on Google Play, his name is Thurston, after his VA's character in Gilligan's Island.
Pothole. I believe this counts as correct usage.
From ShoutOut.Love Chunibyo And Other Delusions:
- In episode 1, during a flashback scene, Yuuta is doing an arm-breaking pose reminiscent of either a JoJo character or Lelouche Lamperouge of Code Geass fame (of whom Jun Fukuyama, Yuuta's voice actor, also voiced). Doubles as an Actor Allusion.
Pothole. Correct usage.
From WesternAnimation.Total Drama Presents The Ridonculous Race:
- Actor Allusion: In "I Love Ridonc and Roll", the Adversity Twins (voiced by Lyon Smith, the voice actor for Corey Riffin) go on stage to play air guitar. Ironically, they end up doing poorly, while Corey Riffin is a lead guitarist.
I feel like this could be a stretch, but it's close enough to the correct usage of the trope that I'll count it.
From Film.Mosquito (1st of 2 examples from the page):
- Shout-Out:
- Earl with a chainsaw - he mentions it's been twenty years since he last used one, and twenty years prior, Gunnar Hansen played Leatherface, who used a chainsaw in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), doubling as Actor Allusion.
Correct. Explicitly connects the actor to a different role and identifies the specific reference to that role.
From Recap.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 S 3 E 4 The Croaking:
- Actor Allusion: Played for all its worth with Napoleon, voiced by Jon Heder, the frog has the same manner of speech, catchphrases, personality and, of course, first name as Napoleon Dynamite, and a strong physical resemblance to boot.
This looks like correct usage to me. Though technically I think it should make it more clear that Heder played the title character in Napoleon Dynamite.
From Recap.Person Of Interest S 03 E 01:
- Actor Allusion: One of Shaw's quips obliquely references Sarah Shahi's previous TV series, Fairly Legal, in which she played a mediator:Shaw: Hey Reese, no offense, but if the vigilante thing doesn't work out, I'm not really seeing a future for you in conflict resolution.
This feels like a really vague reference to me (as the entry itself says, it's definitely oblique), but it's at least a specific enough reference that I'm okay with calling it correct use.
From Characters.Star Trek Online Discovery:
- Actor Allusion: His taunt of choice, "Experience bIj" ("punishment"), is a reference to the other other Klingon portrayed by Robert O'Reilly, namely Kavok from the 1993 Klingon Challenge board game.
I think this is fine? It doesn't really explain how it's a reference to the other character, though.
- Actor Allusion: Rick accidentally kneeling on Leslie Nielsen's groin. It's in the trailer. It's also in Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear.
Wrong namespace. Could use some more detail, but I think it's close enough that it would be considered 100% correct use if it were on the main page.
- Actor Allusion: This isn't the last time a character played by Stephen Dillane and Churchill will come to blows over the latter's self-image. Sutherland's heated disagreement with the Prime Minister echoes Dillane's later role as Churchill's Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax
in Darkest Hournote .
Dillane's casting in Darkest Hour was announced only 4 days after the release of Season Oneof The Crown (2016). It seems unlikely that this was even a Casting Gag, and strikes me as more of a tenuous coincidence. And if not a coincidence, it would still be Casting Gag and not Actor Allusion.
From Film.The Ten Commandments 1956:
- Actor Allusion: Prior to playing the Pharaoh, Yul Brynner was running Siam and wooing the English tutor in both the Broadway musical and later the film. It's good to be the king, indeed. Ironically, in that role, Anna tells the story of Moses, and he responds, "This Moses is a fool." Incidentally, three years later, Brynner would go on to play King Solomon.
This example is all over the place. It seems more like Typecasting to me, to be honest. The only thing mentioned that could be a direct reference to any of Brynner's other roles is from the movie that came first chronologically, meaning it can't possibly be an Actor Allusion.
From Recap.Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia S 05 E 07 The Gang Wrestles For The Troops:
- Actor Allusion: Roddy Piper's character, Da'Maniac, is a wrestler who's fallen on hard times, lives inside of his car and wrestles in small-time events. Sound familiar?
Low-context/general example. I've placed it in misuse because I checked and Roddy Piper wasn't in the cast of The Wrestler, so I have no idea what would make this an Actor Allusion.
From Film.Jeff Who Lives At Home:
- Actor Allusion: This isn't the first time that Jason Segel belongs in a family that has a thing for redheads.
Not enough context, but I'm not sure how it could be anything but misuse.
From YMMV.Eureka:
- Hilarious in Hindsight:
- Jonathon Young plays a scientist named Edison. A few months later, he would appear in Sanctuary as Nikola Tesla (might count as Actor Allusion depending on whether his casting in Sanctuary was already known at the time of the episode's writing).
Pothole. Because the example admits it's speculative, I've put it under misuse.
From Film.Swimfan:
- Actor Allusion: Funny enough, Erika Christensen also made love in a pool in The Banger Sisters, also released in September of 2002.
Since they were released at the same time, I think this is just a coincidence, and therefore misuse.
From Film.Vincent Wants To Sea:
- Actor Allusion: In The Road Within. Robert (played by Robert Patrick) is with a woman named Monica. Monica is the name of Robert Patrick's character's partner in The X-Files.
Seems like just a coincidence.
- Subverted in Futurama, where Leela falls in love with someone she believes to be another cyclops. Even when his personality gets to be too much to bear, Leela feels that she owes it to her species to repopulate. As it turns out, Alcazar was a shape-shifter - who had fooled four other girls. After Fry exposes him, the wedding is called off. Of course, it later turns out that Leela is really a sewer mutant.
ZCE Pothole.
From Characters.In Another World With My Smartphone Kingdom Of Mismede (2 examples):
- Actor Allusion: "I'm seventeen!" note
- Not enough context. The bolded part of the chained sinkhole is also a link to Actor Allusion.
- Running Gag: Her age
- ZCE Pothole.
- Actor Allusion: "I'm seventeen!" note
From Characters.Mashin Sentai Kiramager Allies:
- Eccentric Mentor: Not to the extent of say, Shou Ronpo, but he's prone to his quirky moments, such as bringing out a big banner to name Gemini (which was named by combining two words together).
ZCE Pothole.
From Recap.The Flash 2014 S 3 E 13 Attack On Gorilla City:
- Actor Allusion: The episode has Tom Felton going up against sentient apes. The episode even has Julian Squeeing over Planet of the Apes.
Not enough context.
From Recap.The Muppet Show S 3 E 6:
- Actor Allusion: During their duet, Jean calls Fozzie a "Dingbat".
Not enough context.
From Literature.The Reluctant Fundamentalist:
- The Film of the Book - One was made in 2013, and featured Riz Ahmed as Changez, as well as Kiefer Sutherland as Jim.
ZCE Sinkhole.
From Film.Mosquito (2nd of 2 examples from the page):
- Actor Allusion: Upon getting a large chainsaw, Earl mentions that he hasn't used one in 20 years. It feels good.
Doesn't explain why the reference is an Actor Allusion.
From ComicBook.Big Trouble In Little China:
- Crossover: Has one with Escape from New York. Actor Allusion ensuses.
ZCE Pothole.
From ReferencedBy.Love Story:
- The final lines of What's Up, Doc?. (Also an Actor Allusion, as Howard is played by Ryan O'Neal.)Judy: Love means never having to say you're sorry.
Howard: That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
Pothole. It doesn't seem like the pothole is inaccurate, but I would think it would need more context to justify it being there.
From ShoutOut.LEGO Marvel Super Heroes:
- In the bonus level "House Party Protocol", building the turntables for the party gives this gem:
ZCE Pothole. (It is correct usage, though)
From Trivia.El Tigre The Adventures Of Manny Rivera:
- Actor Allusion: The Seventh Samurai, voiced by George Takei, says "Oh my" at one point in his debut episode.
Wrong namespace. Not enough context (but also a literal allusion to the actor).
From Trivia.Gamers Guide To Pretty Much Everything:
- Actor Allusion: In The Spirit Egg, Cameron Boyce loses his eyebrows again.
Wrong namespace. Not enough context.
From Trivia.His Dark Materials:
- Actor Allusion: As a nod to Dafne Keen's role in Logan, in Season 2 Pantalaimon takes the form of a wolverine to intimidate the kids in Città gazze and later to battle the Golden Monkey when Lyra and Mrs. Coulter cross paths again.
Wrong namespace. Not enough context.
From Trivia.Touched By An Angel
- Actor Allusion: Rose's story in the season 8 episode "The Bells Of Saint Peter's" guest stars Doris Roberts as a older woman who is sticking her nose in the affairs of the life of a younger woman she is related to. Sound familar?
Wrong namespace. Not enough context (FWIW, I do understand the reference, and I think it's too tenuous to be an Actor Allusion).
From VideoGame.The Force Unleashed:
- Shout-Out:
- The Achievement for killing a certain number of stormtroopers in the prologue level? Worst Day-Shift Manager Ever. Possibly an Actor Allusion, given the fact that Vader is voiced by Matt Sloan.
Pothole, not enough context.
From WesternAnimation.Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law (1st of 2 examples from the page):
- Reference Overdosed: Too many Shout Outs to count, and more than just the obvious ones covered by Crossover. Just about every scene contains a reference to something else, be it other shows (an Actor Allusion ad for The Colbert Report), movies (Harvey reenacting the dance scene from Beauty and the Beast), politics ("Guitar Control") or recent (Boo-Boo Bear as Elián González) or historical (Magilla Gorilla as Patty Hearst) events.
I don't think this gives enough context to justify the pothole.
From WesternAnimation.Sealab 2021:
- Actor Allusion: Marco, particularly early on, would occasionally make references to Chips, such as humming the theme while driving.
Usage is actually correct, but the example doesn't give enough context.
From Characters.Lego City Undercover:
- Lampshade Hanging: One of his fellow inmates keeps mistaking him for a... ahem, certain famous actor, and keeps trying to make Actor Allusion comments. Blue is having none of it.
ZCE pothole.
From Characters.The Goldbergs:
- Actor Allusion: He’s a big fan of Highlander, particularly the, in his opinion, strangely alluring Kurgan.
Not enough context.
From Film.Gorgeous:
- Actor Allusion: Tony Leung playing a gay man? Surely not... oh.
ZCE.
From Recap.Community S 3 E 14 Pillows And Blankets:
- Actor Allusion: To Keith David. "Hey, were you in The Cape?" "...No." Doubles as a Call-Back.
I don't think this example gives as much context as it could or should. I get the gist, but I still think it's too low-context. It's also making me realize I'm not sure when a Shout-Out becomes an Actor Allusion?
From WesternAnimation.A Bugs Life:
- Actor Allusion: As he pretends to be dying from the fake bird attack, Manny (Jonathan Harris) cries out "Oh, the pain!"
Not enough info to tell if it's correct or not.
From Housepets.Tropes A To L:
- Hypocritical Humor: Frequently! The best example comes from the Macbeth Imaginate during the scene involving Lady Macbeth's Sanity Slippage.Peanut (as a doctor): We might have a case of acute craziness.
Grape (as Lady Macbeth): (holds a placard referring to herself as a screwball)
Peanut: The washing of hands while sleepwalking indicates profound guilt. Not surprising, considering how much embarrassing fanfiction she tends to write.
Grape: (throws her placard at Peanut) OUT, D-WORDED SPOT!
Pothole in bold. This is a ZCE.
From Trivia.Twenty Eight Weeks Later:
- Actor Allusion: One of the survivors is played by Karen Meagher. You know her best as Ruth Beckett.
Wrong namespace. Not enough context.
From Trivia.Tales Of The Rays:
- Actor Allusion: For the Slayers crossover, Eternia's Reid and Abyss' Guy respectively dress up as Xellos and Gourry.
Wrong namespace. I do not understand anything in this entry.
- Mr. Bean, upon being specifically asked what his first name is, he simply replies "mister". This is later subverted in Mr. Bean's Holiday, where it shows on his passport that his first name is actually "Rowan", changing it into an Actor Allusion to Mr. Bean's real-life actor, Rowan Atkinson.
Pothole. Literal allusion to the actor, not another role.
From Walking Shirtless Scene:
- Holbrooke (Mark Wahlberg) in Date Night. Might be an Actor Allusion, as in his rapper days, Mark Wahlberg often performed shirtless and appeared in Calvin Klein ads. Also lampshaded in-movie by Steve Carrell, who pleads with Holbrooke to help save his wife, concluding "and will you, for the love of God, ''put on a shirt?!''" It's later revealed that his girlfriend is wearing his shirt.
Pothole. Literal allusion to the actor, but not exactly misuse either.
From Characters.The Young Ones:
- Overly Long Name: In "Oil", the leader of the band Rick hires to play a concert says his name is Alexei Yuri Gagarin Siege of Stalingrad Glorious Five-Year Plan Sputnik Pravda Moscow Dynamo Back Four Balowski. It seems his dad was "a bit of a Communist".
- Actor Allusion: Alexei Sayle was famously a Marxist.
Literal allusion to the actor.
From Film.The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane:
- Actor Allusion: One of the lines from Ford Fairlane's narration says "I could have been a rock star, if only I wasn't banned from MTV." Andrew "Dice" Clay was reportedly "banned for life" from MTV following his appearance at the 1989 VMAs due to performing his foul-mouthed routine at the event. (He would eventually appear again after this film was released three years later, in a sketch at the 1992 VMAs.)
Literal allusion to the actor.
From Recap.What We Do In The Shadows S 2 E 8 Collaboration:
- Actor Allusion: The Reveal of Laszlo's centuries-long musical career is a nod at the fact that Matt Berry is an accomplished songwriter in Real Life.
Literal allusion to the actor. Could fit better under The Cast Showoff?
From Film.Monty Pythons Life Of Brian:
- Actor Allusion: The "Latin grammar graffiti correction" scene reflects John Cleese's former job as a Latin teacher.
Better fit for The Cast Showoff.
From Trivia.The Prestige
- Actor Allusion: After impressing Angier and Cutter with his ability to mimic the magician, Root delivers the Shakespearian lines My liege, I did deny no prisoners. This is the beginning of Hugh Jackman's go-to soliloquy for when he has to audition for a part.
Wrong namespace. Literal allusion to the actor.
From WesternAnimation.The 7 D:
- Actor Allusion: In "Fairest in the Land" Magic Mirror hosts the Jolly Awards. Whoopi Goldberg herself has hosted a number of award shows.
Literal allusion to the actor.
- Charmed had a demon character named Kira who could see the future, played by Charisma Carpenter. Carpenter played Cordelia on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, who gained the ability to see when people were or would be in trouble.
Pothole. As written, there just isn't enough context to tell if it fits the definition of this specific trope enough to justify the pothole.
From Characters.Transformers Animated Other Autobots (1st of 2 examples from the page):
- Actor Allusion: David Kaye is once again voicing a character who turns into a T-Rex.
From Film.One Got Fat:
- Cozy Voice for Catastrophes: Horton's narration is always cheerful, even while the kids are being injured or possibly killed; it's probably an Actor Allusion to his Fractured Faily Tales narration.
Pothole. Example sounds speculative ("probably an Actor Allusion") and I think it's too indirect/general a reference to count.
From Film.Robin Hood 2010:
- Actor Allusion: Max von Sydow as a bitter old crusader knight, huh?
Low-context example, as is could make more sense under Casting Gag.
From Film.The Spy Who Loved Me:
- Actor Allusion: Curd Jürgens, who plays Stromberg, starred as the U-Boot captain in The Enemy Below, one of the most famous movies involving submarine warfare.
Fits better as Casting Gag. Also could use some more context.
Recap.Doctor Who S 14 E 6 The Talons Of Weng Chiang
- Actor Allusion: This is not the first time that Tom Baker faced a homunculus. In The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, his character, Koura, is the villain that creates the homunculus to further his evil schemes and become all powerful.
As it is this is just noticing similarities between two works the actor was in. It could be a correct usage of the trope, but that's not clear from this example.
From Recap.LA By Night Season Three:
- Actor Allusion: This is not the first time Juliet Landau has played a vampire.
ZCE, general similarity between two roles.
From VideoGame.FAST Racing League
- Actor Allusion: The announcer in the HD games is Jack Merluzzi, who also provided the announcer voice for F-Zero AX and GX, another set of games centered around supersonic vehicular racing.
Maybe Casting Gag, maybe coincidence? Feels too general to count as correct usage.
From Trivia.Clockstoppers:
Wrong namespace. General similarity between two roles.
- Zaheer from The Legend of Korra, as seen in his entry under Western Animation, canonically has tendencies in this direction as it is. Fanon, furthermore, tends to interpret him as a vegetarian (which is, admittedly, a logical extension of his Air Nomad Foreign Culture Fetish), completely single-target for P'Li, and the only Red Lotus operative who won't touch alcohol (although, considering his voice actor, that last may instead be an allusion).
Pothole. Not sure how this trope works re: Fanon.
From FanNickname.Live Action TV:
- Westworld
- "Billiam" for William's character. He tends to be referred to as either "William" or "Bill/Billy", depending on the particular period of his life that's being shown, hence the portmanteau. In a bit of Actor Allusion, some fans have also speculated that William's never-revealed surname is "McPoyle".
Not sure how this trope works re: Fanon.
From Fanfic.Confide In Me:
- Shout-Out:
- In Chapter 8, Yusuke is revealed to have named the two lobsters. The first being Leonardo da Pinchi. The other is named Ryoma, referencing both the Lobster Lord meme and possibly an Actor Allusion to Matt Mercer.
- Fanfic example. Not enough context.
- In Chapter 15, Joker mentions to Futaba that he had a strange dream about being in a place called the World of Light where he fought a giant floating hand that laughed in his voice, a masked knight that was a blue puffball beneath his mask, and a girl that looked like Futaba but was part squid.
- Fanfic example. Actor Allusion sinkhole is bolded. Not enough context.
- At one point, Joker wonders if Morgana could actually be a green-haired goddess.
- Fanfic example. Actor Allusion sinkhole is bolded. Not enough context.
- In Chapter 8, Yusuke is revealed to have named the two lobsters. The first being Leonardo da Pinchi. The other is named Ryoma, referencing both the Lobster Lord meme and possibly an Actor Allusion to Matt Mercer.
From ReferencedBy.Billy Joel:
- In Frozen Hearts (Finmonster), Dodger sings "Only the Good Die Young" as an Actor Allusion.
Fanwork example. Not sure how to count this.
- Icelandic Mountain Vodka, which shows a typical day for Hafthor: he wakes up, destroys his alarm clock, eats, works out, eats, goes for a walk in Reykjavik, pours vodka for friends, threatens to squish the eyes of some poor schmuck who doesn't like the vodka...
ZCE Pothole.
From Funny.HISHE 2019 Episodes:
- Then the rest of the Justice League show up, followed by Billy's foster siblings becoming the Shazam family. But that isn't enough to satisfy the other kids in the cafeteria when they start chanting "Endgame! Endgame! Endgame!", due to the film having taken the spotlight after its release. Batman responds by asking the audience to "shut up and let [them] have this".
- If one looks closely in the crowd of students, the Losers Club can be seen. Eddie is the only member missing.
ZCE Pothole.
From Funny.Whats My Line:
- Bob Hope appeared as the mystery guest again with his daughter Linda on the 24 June 1956 episode to promote the film That Certain Feeling. Although Linda gave most of the answers, as her voice was less familiar to the panel than that of her father, it didn't take them long to deduce Bob's presence as the mystery guest. However, instead of identifying him, they decided to have some fun:Arlene Francis: I have a certain feeling we know who this is. (laughter from audience and panel) It's Jack Benny! (bigger laughter from audience and panel)
From Funny.Two Best Friends Play Machinima Episodes:
- The Actor Allusion regarding Snape.Pat: You have to do Potions or else Nakatomi Plaza will go up in flames!
Based on context, this looks like a Shout-Out to me.
From WMG.Deadliest Warrior:
- Indiana Jones vs. James Bond
- Here's a thought, Actor Allusion time: Indiana Jones vs. Han Solo
Pothole, not enough context.
From WMG.Forbiden Fruit The Tempation Of Edward Cullen:
ZCE and pothole.
From WMG.Kamen Rider Double:
ZCE chained sinkhole.
From WMG.Power Rangers Samurai:
- There have already been all sorts of rumours about Ricardo returning to the series, but now Deker has shown up, he does sound awfully like him. And at the end of episode five, you can very briefly hear a lion's roar.
- For all we know it could be just an Actor Allusion / Mythology Gag. Cole doesn't seem like a character who would fall easily under a spell.
Unexplained pothole under a WMG entry.
From Fridge.Super Robot Wars V:
- The Shadow Army ninja mooks all have "Terrain Use", an innate skill that cannot be purchased which doubles terrain effects. Tusk has that skill too, because he's also a ninja.
- Goes right back into Fridge Logic because Otto has that too and he's no ninja.
Unexplained pothole (in bold) under a Fridge entry.
From Funny.Muppets Tonight:
- At the end of one episode, Miss Piggy wakes up during a flight to see something on the wing, and she freaks out. Meanwhile, seated next to her is William Shatner, who tries to calm her down by saying, "Oh, that guy. I've been complaining about him for years; no one does anything about it."
This actually is correct use, but if it were on a Main page it would need more context.
- Actor Allusion: Caroline mentions dropping out of school to help out with some friend's band.
Low-context example. (Also the line is generic enough that even as someone who does understand the reference with little context, I'm not totally convinced it isn't just a coincidence in the script.)
Recap.Black Lightning 2018 S 2 E 8 Exodus:
- Actor Allusion: When Cutter (played by Kearran Giovanni) shows up at Khalil's aunt, she introduces herself as a detective. The aunt says the younger woman clearly isn't a detective. Well, no, not anymore.
Not enough context.
From Recap.Legends Of Tomorrow S 1 E 9 Left Behind:
- Mythology Gag:
- Ray has been working as a college professor, much like his comic counterpart. His professor outfit is also eerie similar to Clark Kent, which doubles as Actor Allusion since, well, you know.
Pothole, not enough context. Without an actual explanation of what this outfit is, it just sounds like normal clothes.
From Recap.Star Wars The Clone Wars S 5 E 7 A Test Of Strength:
- Actor Allusion: Huyang is called "professor" and he is voiced by none other than David Tennant, who was the 10th Doctor.
I'm not sure about this one. It seems a little too tenuous and generic a reference, but it's not impossible that it's being used correctly.
From Characters.NCIS Other Federal Agents:
- Expy: This is an extreme case of Actor Allusion, but Borin is ADA Casey Novak as a cop, minus the emotional trainwreck but it looks like she could be headed that way. It's more than likely some of her lines are recycled. Bonus points for the softball playing and commentary on her swinging.
Pothole, based on the context given I'm not totally sure if it's correct usage or not.
From Film.The Usual Suspects:
- Actor Allusion: When Sgt. Jeff Rabin (Dan Hedaya) first refers to Verbal Kint to Dave Kujan, he says, "This guy must be protected on high by The Prince of Darkness." In a segment of an episode of The Twilight Zone (1985), "Dealer's Choice," a group of friends are playing cards and Hedaya's character is revealed to be the Devil.
This feels like too much of a stretch to me, but others might disagree.
From Trivia.Sleepy Hollow:
- Actor Allusion: Sheriff Corbin, played by Clancy Brown, is killed by decapitation. Brown famously played the immortal Kurgan in Highlander, who could only be killed by beheading.
Wrong namespace. My gut reaction is that this is too general, but I'm not sure.
From Trivia.Neverland:
- Actor Allusion: Not only does Bob Hoskins once again play Smee, but the costume he wears is almost identical to the one he wore in Hook.
Wrong namespace. In my experience Smee costumes are pretty much all the same anyway; I see this as arguable.
- Actor Allusion: Hank was Garth/Aqualad's closest friend among the Titans. Alan Ritchson previously played Aquaman.
I don't know enough about these works or the actor to know if this is a Casting Gag or a coincidence.
From Film.The Phantom Of The Opera 1989:
- Actor Allusion: Several of the Adaptational Villainy traits given to the Phantom in this version make him feel more like Englund's Freddy Krueger. This version of Erik made a Deal with the Devil to have his music live forever; Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare revealed that Freddy made a similar deal with a trio of Dream Demons in order to continue killing kids in their dreams. Erik's face has been horribly disfigured as a result from the aforementioned deal to the point that when Christine confronts him in the present, it's been rendered completely black; part of Freddy's iconic appearance involves his burned face as a result of the parents of his victims killing him in his origin story. Both characters are also prone to giving Pre-Mortem One-Liners before killing their victims.
I'm not sure on this one. I'm not familiar enough with either work to know how obvious the similarities are. It feels tenuous to me, but it's possible at least some of what's mentioned in the example were intentional.
From HilariousOuttakes.Anime And Manga:
- Durarara!! has a blooper reel for each nine-episode set. There are plenty of examples of Actor Allusion in there — Shizuo hates Izaya because he was a Power Ranger; Horada yells out "That's the way Team Gurren rolls!"; and there's even a shout-out to an earlier outtake from Noein: "Because you're Yuri Lowenthal, and I'm still standing in your bedroom."
Pothole, Not enough context to determine if any of these examples are correct use or not.
From ShoutOut.My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic IDW:
- Issue 2: CMC and Discord
- Among the various scenarios that Discord puts the CMC through include:
- A full-on take of Star Trek: The Next Generation, including an Actor Allusion to Discord's inspiration, Q.
- Among the various scenarios that Discord puts the CMC through include:
Pothole. Can't tell if it's correct usage based on the example.
From Trivia.Star Wreck:
- Actor Allusion: A strange, but hilarious version: Walter Koenig played both Pavel Chekov and Alfred Bester in the original TV series, so the same actor, Janos Honkonen, plays both Fukov of P-Fleet and Festerbester of Babel 13.
Wrong namespace. Seems like it would fit better under Casting Gag.
From Trivia.Starman:
- Actor Allusion: Bridges stated he based his performance on CLU from TRON, at least before he was captured by the MCP.
Wrong namespace. Can't tell if misuse or not based on the context given.
From WouldHitAGirl.Live Action TV:
- Chuck:
- Another notable example is when one episode where a large bad guy named Hugo Panzer breaks out of Castle and is confronted by Agent Greta. Greta attempts to take him down with a swift kick from her long legs, which doesn't even faze him. Panzer then responds by knocking her out with one punch. (The scene was all the more memorable due to both characters being played by well-known wrestlers).
I don't think this is the right trope. Best guess for where it belongs is Casting Gag or maybe Cast the Expert.
From MythologyGag.Kamen Rider Drive:
- Episode 17 had one for two of Riku Sanjo's past works.
- And Professor Harley Hendrickson, a badass grandpa Gadgeteer Genius, is basically an Expy of Dr. Ulshade. Not only that, this is an Actor Allusion across DECADES, as Ulf Otsuki, Professor Harley's actor, originally played the professor who gave Kamen Rider Super-1 his powers, and Super-1's bike was, you guessed it, a Harely-Davidson.
Pothole. This seems like misuse to me, but the entry is a little confusingly written.
- "Not a lot of people know that" or "not many people know that" is a line frequently attributed to Michael Caine, but actually originates from a Peter Sellers impression of him on Parkinson:"Not many people know that." This is my Michael Caine impression. You see, Mike's always quoting from the Guinness Book of Records. At the drop of a hat he'll trot one out. "Did you know that it takes a man in a tweed suit five and a half seconds to fall from the top of Big Ben to the ground? Now there's not many people who know that!"
- According to Caine, also on Parkinson, Sellers also used his Caine impression, and "Not many people know that" as his answerphone message, "So everyone who phoned him heard me saying 'not many people know that'!"
- Caine did, however, say "Not many people know that" in Educating Rita, but that was an in-joke because everyone thought he said it.
- According to Caine
Pothole. Uncertain, because it's an allusion to Sellers' impression of Caine, not an actual role of Caine's.
From Characters.Transformers Animated Other Autobots (2nd of 2 examples from the page):
- Actor Allusion:
- In his introductory episode, Wreck-Gar says that he dares to be stupid. Also doubles as a Mythology Gag to the original movie.
- In "Human Error, Part II" he pulls out an accordion, an instrument favored by Al. Sadly, Laserbeak destroys it.
- In his introductory episode, Wreck-Gar says that he dares to be stupid
"Weird Al" Yankovic is listed as one of the character's VAs, so it's a literal allusion to the actor. However, since it's his music and not just his life, I think it could count with more context. It's under "Miscellaneous" because it's borderline for multiple reasons.
From WesternAnimation.Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law (2nd of 2 examples from the page):
- Actor Allusion: When the office workers mistake Phil's brother for Phil himself.Everyone: "He's back! Phil's back! Phil's back!"Random Employee: "Stephen's back!"
- A well timed pause will reveal a bus with an ad for The Colbert Report running over Phil.
- Before that, when Phil says he's leaving:Phil Ken Sebben: So, I got this tremendous opportunity! My own law firm! Might put my name in the title! Get a big S-shaped desk! Great for interviews! A spin-off, if you will!...Harvey: So... you're leaving us?Phil Ken Sebben: I wouldn't say that. I'll just be extremely busy on the new show, err, firm.(Stephen Colbert himself can be seen in the elevator on the ride down, amongst Phil's luggage.)
- Before that, when Phil says he's leaving:
- Alluded to on Colbert's show as well, after pointing out that presidential candidate Mitt Romney had a nervous "ha ha" laugh that sounded similar to Sebben's. He even held up a copy of the DVD, and did the laugh live.
- A well timed pause will reveal a bus with an ad for The Colbert Report running over Phil.
From ShoutOut.Endless Frontier:
The page is soft split by type of shout out, and the subheading titled "Allusions" is potholed to Actor Allusion.
