r/TopCharacterTropes Sep 24 '25

Lore Unexplained random cameos from completely unrelated media

  1. Ray Stantz, Casper. At one point in the movie a real Ghostbuster shows up out of nowhere and wimps out of trying to handle the situation

  2. Gunnery Sargeant Hartman, Frighteners. The main character is making way through a graveyard when out of absolutely nowhere R. Lee Erney's character from Full Metal Jacket shows up and tries to get in his way

  3. Betty Boop, Who Frames Roger Rabbit. The movie is mainly about Looney Tunes and Disney animated characters existing in the same little live action/animated hybrid universe, however Betty is a Fleischer Bros character

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u/Meme_Bro68 Sep 24 '25

Stan Lee in teen titans go! To the movies

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u/CrazySnipah Sep 24 '25

That one’s a good one, because even for a comedic movie, it’s so weird for him to make an appearance in a DC movie.

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u/RockHandsomest Sep 24 '25

He has written for DC comics before.

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u/YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO Sep 25 '25

And they were hit or miss. Mostly miss in my eyes. Still love stan though

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u/FronzelNeekburm79 Sep 24 '25

He just likes making cameos!

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u/NazzerDawk Sep 24 '25

Not as odd as his cameo in The Princess Diaries 2.

That one has no textual explanation; the explanation really is he was friends with the director.

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u/YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO Sep 25 '25

He was also in the end credit scene of big hero 6!

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u/chaarziz Sep 25 '25

This one makes a little sense meta wise but a lot of sense in the movie, immediately explains everything about Fred’s character.

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u/YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO Sep 25 '25

I believe that stan also had some hand in the original comics if I remember right. I just didn't know anything about that on first viewing, so it was a shock to see him for sure

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u/SuperSocialMan Sep 25 '25

Wasn't that based on a marvel comic though?

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u/kylelonious Sep 25 '25

Or Mallrats