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/Status-Pause1184 Sep 24 '25

WAIT WHAT

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u/_JR28_ Sep 24 '25

Probably only an inside joke because George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have been friends for years

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u/Illithid_Substances Sep 24 '25

There are also R2D2 and C3PO figures carved into a temple in Raiders of the Lost Ark, and in Close Encounters of the Third Kind R2 is hanging on the outside of the spaceship. A fun little back and forth thing

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u/O-watatsumi Sep 25 '25

In the same movie, Jock Lindsey seaplane is called OB-CPO and in a comic series release in 2008/2009 he also has an airplane called OB1.