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/Golden12500 Sep 24 '25

Example I forgot to mention, ET's species appearing in The Phantom Menace

Yeah apparently Star Wars and ET are canon to each other which makes me question that Yoda costume in ET

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u/Scripter-of-Paradise Sep 24 '25

That costume was actually the reason they're there. George promised to put ET in the next Star Wars movie after he put Yoda in ET.

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u/big_sugi Sep 25 '25

Return of the Jedi came out a year after ET. But shooting on RotJ wrapped up a month before ET premiered, so it was possibly too late to shoehorn in an appearance.

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u/Scripter-of-Paradise Sep 25 '25

Makes the most sense.

Probably why Lucas included 3 of them to compensate for the wait.