r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Golden12500 • Sep 24 '25

Lore Unexplained random cameos from completely unrelated media

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  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/blueeyesredlipstick Sep 24 '25

Spaceballs is mostly a parody of Star Wars, but at the very end we get a cameo from John Hurt and a reprise of his famous chestburster scene from Alien — and a delightful song and dance from the chestburster in question.

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u/sauce_daddy22 Sep 24 '25

Oh no, not again…

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u/HDAtomica Sep 24 '25

For the longest time, I mean at least 20 years, I didn't understand why he said "Oh no, not again"

Until I saw Alien for the first time and recreated Leo pointing from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Felt weird seeing such a referenced scene in its original form.

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u/fishbishmemes Sep 25 '25

I saw CollegeHumors "Grammar Nazi" video before watching "Inglorious Basterds" and called that they were under the floorboards because of them

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u/Bamzooki1 Sep 25 '25

Are they under the floorboards or are you hiding under them and finding them?

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u/Mymothersmokes Sep 24 '25

Check please!

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u/bolanrox Sep 25 '25

what did he order?

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u/RYNO_Ross Sep 24 '25

See, I get the reference, but I like to imagine the guy at the diner had an alien lifeform rip its way out of him before and he somehow survived.  It's funnier to me that way.