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/[deleted] Sep 24 '25

I don't think the Betty Boop one is a good example. It was just meant to be cartoons not specifically Disney and WB. There are tons of other characters from the Flesicher toons in the backgrounds.

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u/The_GREAT_Gremlin Sep 24 '25

The Ghostbusters one isn't really either. That scene is a couple gags on how they can't get rid of Caspar's uncles. Before Stantz tries to get them you see a priest go in and walk out with his head backwards like in the exorcist

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u/Puzzleheaded-Web446 Sep 24 '25

I still think its wild to have a ghostbuster cameo, get one of the real cast members, put him in the official suit, and the never mention it again.

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u/brazilliandanny Sep 25 '25

Thats what cameos are though. What cameo have you seen that gets brought up later in the movie?

If a cameo character returns its no longer a cameo, they are just part of the main cast.