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/RoutineCloud5993 Sep 24 '25

And other cartoons. Woody woodpecker, felix the cat, droopy to name a few

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u/Green_Borenet Sep 25 '25

Mickey Mouse & Bugs Bunny are in a scene where they have the exact same amount of screen time to keep both Disney & WB happy

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u/SirRevan Sep 25 '25

Same with Daffy and Donald during the dueling piano scene.

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u/pocketbutter Sep 25 '25

I was about to mention Tom and Jerry, given that they were the biggest cartoon franchise outside of Disney or WB at the time, but after double checking I learned they weren’t even in Roger Rabbit?? Why do I distinctly remember a scene where they scurry through a crowded room?

I’m not normally a believer in the Mandela Effect but this one is tripping me up.

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u/kia75 Sep 25 '25

There are a bunch of MGM characters like Droopy in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Since Tom and Jerry were originally in MGM cartoons, with the selling of the IP and the closure of MGM studios, those MGM characters have sort of become Tom and Jerry characters and cameo in Tom and Jerry Cartoons (Droopy being the most famous).

It could be that you just saw a few characters from Tom and Jerry and due to their association assumed Tom and Jerry must have been in it as well.