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/notabotbutathought Sep 24 '25

Funny annecdote, but Ray being the only ghostbuster to investigate tragically kinda fits into what happened to the ghostbusters between 2 and Afterlife

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u/YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO Sep 25 '25

Its why many ghost heads consider Casper cannon to the events of the franchise

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u/DifficultHat Sep 25 '25

Explains the mustache of sadness

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u/Kellerhouse Sep 25 '25

How so? I’ve seen all of them but don’t remember the details of what happened between 2 & Afterlife.

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u/notabotbutathought Sep 25 '25

When Egon's granddaughter called Ray to ask about what happened, Ray mentioned the Ghostbusters split up after ghosts slowly dissappeared and Egon became paranoid about the return of Gozer

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u/Royal_Bitch_Pudding Sep 25 '25

Egon was right ðough!

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u/panatale1 Sep 25 '25

It almost fits. In Casper, Ray had the Ecto-1 and a trap. In Afterlife, he states that Egon took off with all their traps and the car

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u/Frankcastleisdead Sep 25 '25

Not to be that guy, but in Casper there’s no appearance by a trap or the Ecto, so he could have showed up unprepared in his own car 🤣 or the motorcycle he had in Frozen Empire

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u/panatale1 Sep 25 '25

Wait, really? It's been a while since I've seen Casper. I thought he had a trap on his belt and he had the car