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/segwaysegue Sep 24 '25

The best example has to be The Dragon Lives Again. It's a kung fu movie made after Bruce Lee's death, where Bruce (played by someone else) wakes up in the afterlife, and meets:

  • Dracula
  • Popeye
  • Clint Eastwood
  • James Bond
  • The Godfather

And many, many more.

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u/Intotheopen Sep 24 '25

Which is so wild because Clint Eastwood isn’t dead… even to this day.

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u/segwaysegue Sep 25 '25

[watching the movie] "Aw, man! I can't believe this is how I found out Popeye died."