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{{trope}}
Examples of [[Actor Allusion
* On ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', Johnny Galecki's character Leonard Hofstadter had a brief relationship with a woman played by Sara Glbert. He previously played her character's {{spoiler|husband/brother-in-law}} on ''[[Roseanne]]''.
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* In the first episode of ''[[Andromeda]]'', a <s>[[Red Shirt]]</s> [[The Scrappy|Scrappy]] [[Plucky Comic Relief]] Engineer comments that Kevin Sorbo's character "looks like a Greek God or something". Sorbo had previously played the title character in ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]''.
** It gets better. During season five, removing a wall panel near the floor behind the desk in Captain Hunt's office/quarters reveals a compartment. In this compartment are:
*** What's even funnier about that scene is that there is this heroic music swell as he pulls out the sword, then it abruptly cuts out and he says something akin to "it's a long story", sets it aside and pulls out the force lances.
* The [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] episode "What's My Line" had Buffy telling Kendra "Back off, pink ranger!" Sarah Michelle Gellar's stunt double played the Pink Ranger in the original [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]].
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*** It seems particularly familiar when that character says [[How I Met Your Mother|"Awesome"]].
** In Episode 21, "Funk," it is revealed that Rachel is a vegan after the members of Vocal Adrenaline egg her in the parking lot. Lea Michele is a vegan in real life who has appeared in ads for PETA.
** In "Home" April sings part of "A House is not a Home". [[Kristin Chenoweth]] sings the song in the revival of ''[[Promises, Promises]]''.
** Kurt singing "Defying Gravity" is a reference to Chris Colfer's having been denied the opportunity to perform it earlier in life.
** Though unintentional, this isn't the first time Dianna Agron has played a [[Heroes (TV series)|bitchy head cheerleader]].
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* In the ''[[Psych]]'' episode "Sixty Five Million Years Off", Shawn and Gus are walking down a field covered with holes. They have a conversation of what movie it reminds them of (it's ''[[Holes]]''), with Gus making guesses that get even more off-base with each one. Guess what movie he had a role in? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJx0zHw1o3A
** The episode "Earth, Wind, and... Wait for It" featured former [[Law and Order]] detective Milena Govich as a guest star. Shawn: "Which is kind of hard to distinguish from your "I thought this was gonna be a new episode of Law & Order, but turns out it's a repeat" face." Milena Govich's character, Nina Cassady, can only be seen on reruns.
* ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'' practically made this a regular part of the show. William Daniels sang a few lines from the movie ''[[1776]]'' (in which he played John Adams) when his character, Dr. Craig, visited Philadelphia. Many actors from ''The Steve Allen Show'' reprised characters and situations. Howie Mandel criticised what is obviously his own comedy act. Byron Stewart wears the sweater of a character he played in ''[[The White Shadow]],'' and is mistaken for that character. [[Betty White]] is mistaken for the character she played in ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''. There must be dozens of examples.
** Another nod to William Daniels' role as John Adams was the fact that the high school that he taught at in ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' was John Adams High.
*** In the episode where Eric decides he wants to be a teacher, the immigrants recite the Declaration of Independence in the final scene. The term "inalienable rights" was replaced with "unalienable rights," the term that John Adams fights to be replaced in a memorable scene in 1776.
** Additionally, all four of the doctors from ''St. Elsewhere'' showed up on an episode of ''[[Scrubs]]''... as a group of doctors who were at a medical convention together, got sick at the same time, and shared a hospital room.
* In a fourth season episode of ''[[Sister, Sister]]'', the character Diavian reacts to Roger's claiming to know the lead singer of a hot R&B group by saying, "Yeah, and my sister is TV's Tootie". Diavian is played by Alexis Fields, whose sister is Kim Fields... aka Tootie from ''[[The Facts of Life]]''. Oh, and Roger just happens to be played by Marques Houston, a member of the then-hot R&B group Immature... who just happens to drop by during that episode, because he is the lead singer of said R&B group that Roger claims to know. Naturally, an [[Identical Stranger]] plot [[Hilarity Ensues|ensues]].
* An episode of ''[[Spin City]]'', "[[Back to The Future]] IV: Judgment Day", guest-starred [[Christopher Lloyd]] as [[Michael J. Fox]]'s (political) mentor. The line "It's just like stepping back in time" is just one of many.
** Later, Michael J. Fox's last episode of the series opens with him complaining on the phone to his absent therapist that he's developed an almost father-son relationship with him, that he couldn't possibly reproduce with a substitute. He then hangs up when his replacement therapist enters the room, played by Michael Gross, who had played his character's father for years on ''[[Family Ties]]''.
** Meredith Baxter appears in several episodes playing Macy Flaherty, Mike's mother. Baxter also had played Fox' mother on ''Family Ties''.
** Fox's last lines on that show have him describing his new job at the US Capitol. He ends by saying, "Junior Senator Alex P. Keaton is going to be hard to work with", referencing his own hardnosed conservative character from ''Family Ties''.
* An episode of ''[[That '70s Show]]'' had the guys go back stage to meet wrestler Rocky Johnson. Johnson in this episode is played by The Rock, AKA [[Dwayne Johnson]] -- Rocky Johnson's son. Rocky Johnson's father-in-law, High Chief Peter Maivia, is played by the real Rocky Johnson, too.
** In another episode, a gay couple mentions that one time, they had to say that they're brothers. One of them comments: "Who would ever believe that the two of us could be brothers?!" They're played by Barry Williams and Christopher Knight, who played brothers in ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''.
** In ''[[That '70s Show]]'' Mary Tyler Moore plays morning show host Christine St. George and references the scene in the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" when she is hired by Lou Grant, a scene in which Lou Grant tells Mary, "You got spunk!" When Christine St. George hires Jackie, she says, "I like you. You've got sss...spirit. No, m-moxie, yes mo... Wait, no, it's... it's gumption. Oh, there's a word for it and I can't think what it is!"
** In another (Season 6) episode, Donna and Eric go to see a pastor for some relationship counseling. Donna mentions that one of their problems is Eric's love of [[Star Wars]], and the pastor voices his similar opinion on the subject, and later uses [[Star Wars]] metaphors in his sermon. The pastor? Billy Dee Williams, who would play Lando later in the trilogy (which neatly avoids [[Celebrity Paradox]] as well.)
* Two different episodes of ''[[Smallville]]'' have made references to ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'', a nod to John Schneider (who plays Jonathan Kent) having played Bo Duke. In the episode "Nicodemus," Jonathan Kent is listening to Waylon Jennings' "The Good Ol' Boys" (the theme song of ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'') while driving in his truck. In "Exposed," Tom Wopat (who played Luke Duke) guest stars as Jake Jennings, an [[I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine|old friend of Jonathan's]] who arrives in a Dodge Charger similar to the General Lee, kicking off a number of [[Homage|homages]] to ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' throughout the episode.
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** In the episode that introduced the show's version of the Justice League, Lex Luthor captures Bart Allen (the future Flash). Michael Rosenbaum (Lex's actor) voiced the Flash on the Justice League cartoon.
** Brainiac (played by [[James Marsters]]) tells Clark in one episode that vampires don't really exist.
* In one episode of ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'', Dick Van Dyke as Doctor Sloan is walking through the corridors of the hospital. As he turns a corner, he passes an internal window through which we see, not a medical procedure in progress, but a broadcast booth in black and white. It's a clip from his mostly forgotten show ''[[Good Morning World]]''. He walks on without seeming to notice.
** This show was fond of stunt casting. For instance, one episode featured guest stars from the movie and TV versions of M*A*S*H. The plotline involved a murder mystery in the middle of casualties pouring in from a multi-car accident, similar to marathon operating room sessions that figured prominently in M*A*S*H.
** Victoria Rowell co-starred on ''[[All My Children]]'' for much of the same time she played Dr. Amanda Bentley on ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]''. In one episode, Dr. Bentley won a walk-on role on AMC in a contest. Several members of the soap-opera's cast were taken aback at how much she resembled Victoria...
* In the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' pilot "Children of the Gods", Captain Samantha Carter explains to Colonel Jack O'Neill (played by Richard Dean Anderson -- the actor who played [[MacGyver]]) that "It took us fifteen years and three supercomputers to [[MacGyvering|MacGyver]] a way to power the gate." Interestingly, Amanda Tapping, the actress who plays Carter, actually ad-libbed this line during her audition. This is what actually got her secured for the role.
** Conversely, in the 10th season of SG-1 there were a few references to Ben Browder and Claudia Black being imports from ''[[Farscape]]''. Probably the most blatant was in ''200'' (itself full of in-jokes), where Black's character Vala proposes a remarkably ''[[Farscape]]''-like show with herself in the role analogous to Black's ''[[Farscape]]'' role, Aeryn Sun. Oddly enough, the role of Crichton was played by Michael Shanks, instead of Ben Browder. This was actually on request of the actors; originally, Browder ''was'' going to be Crichton. (It was apparently inspired by them noting how people thought they looked similar.)
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** We've gotten this far without mentioning all the ''[[Star Trek]]'' references in [http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/The_Other_Guys the episode guest-starring] [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/John_Billingsley John Billingsley]?
** Another ''Star Trek'' reference; during one of HBO's then-annual broadcasts of a benefit comedy concert for the charity "Comic Relief"(no relation to the British [[Comic Relief]] charity), the [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]] cast produced a clip where the Enterprise crew discussed the history of this 20th-century charitable foundation. Data at one point displayed a picture of the charity's founders, comedians [[Robin Williams]], Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg(which he pronounced ''Who-Pie''). Dr. Crusher then commented, "Wait a minute, doesn't this Who-Pie Goldberg look a lot like Guinan? You don't think..." After a beat the whole crew shook their heads and said, "Nah."
* ''[[Sanctuary (TV series)|Sanctuary]]'': The season 3 episode "Firewall" had a rather blatant example. In a somewhat frenzied state Will is under surveillance from Big Guy (played by [[Stargate Atlantis|Christopher Heyerdahl]]). After he pours a substance on him called "Twilight", Will asks him what he thinks of "[[Twilight (novel)|those movies]]". The latter's response? That he liked Marcus, the very role he played in New Moon (and who was actually a very minor character in that film).
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Christmas Invasion" included a scene of the Tenth Doctor (played by David Tennant) choosing his new costume in the TARDIS wardrobe. In addition to the [[Continuity Nod]] of past Doctors' costumes being present, there was also a vivid red "Regency" shirt resembling one Tennant had worn in ''[[Casanova (TV series)|Casanova]]'', and a Hogwarts uniform, referencing his role as Barty Crouch Jr. in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''.
** And much earlier, "Colony In Space" had the Brigadier tell the Doctor he'd nearly arrested the Spanish ambassador, mistaking him for the Master. The actor who played the Master, Roger Delgado, had previously played Mendoza, the Spanish envoy to the court of Elizabeth I in ''Sir Francis Drake''.
** "The Satan Pit" - Rose and Mr Jefferson are discussing escape plans, and Jefferson mentions the ducts used by maintenance robots that run under the base. Rose assumes they're [[Air Vent Passageway|ventilation shafts]], which gets Jefferson to say "I appreciate the reference". His actor was in the third Aliens movie.
** In "The Doctor's Daughter", Jenny is played by Georgia Moffett, who actually is the daughter of Fifth Doctor Peter Davison.
*** And her mother is Sandra Dickinson (Trillian from the [[The
** The special "Time Crash" as a whole is an especially poignant one. Peter Davison reprises his role as the Fifth Doctor opposite Ten, who tells him how much he loved his time as Five and finally getting to be young and nice. He then breaks the fourth wall entirely with the line "You were my Doctor;" fans typically use "my Doctor" to refer to the actor who they first got to know and love in the role, and Davison was that Doctor for Tennant, so much that he became an actor solely so that he might get to play the role himself one day.
*** Actually, Tennant has gone on record saying that Tom Baker was his Doctor. Peter Davison was writer Stephen Moffat's Doctor.
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** ''[[Will and Grace]]'' do this with some regularity, although celebrity [[The Cameo]] in-jokes (as with Kevin Bacon and Elton John's appearances on the show) are more frequent. For example, a character played by [[Gene Wilder]] uses the "Strike that, reverse it" line from ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]]''.
*** Eric McCormack (Will) actually cracks Gene Wilder up with one of these during an [[Hilarious Outtakes|outtake.]]
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'''Wilder''': "I am Stein."
'''McCormack''': "Louder! I am Stein!"
'''Wilder''': "Louder! I am Stein!"
'''McCormack''': "Like you mean it! ''I am Stein!''"
'''Wilder''': "''I am Stein!''"
'''McCormack''': "YOUR NAME IS ''FRANKENSTEIN!!''"
(Wilder loses it) }}
** The best example is when Matt Damon guest-starred as a gay man {{spoiler|who was actually straight and just wanted to get into a gay men's chorus to advance his career}} who said that he had a long-term boyfriend named [[Ben Affleck]]. [[Heterosexual Life Partner|Which he does]].
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* In a fourth-season episode of ''[[24]]'', the Speaker of the House comments that then-Acting President Charles Logan is "in good hands" with David Palmer, a reference to Palmer actor Dennis Haysbert's Allstate commercials.
* The [[Running Gag]] of Stephen Colbert [[Animal Nemesis|hating]] [[Everything's Worse with Bears|bears]] of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' may be a reference to another character voiced by Colbert with a similar fear: Phil Ken Sebben of ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]''.
** According to [[Word of God]], the gag on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' is informed by [https://web.archive.org/web/20081002171827/http://colbertuniversity.nofactzone.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=53#bears Colbert's own fear of bears]. It's possible that's true of Phil Ken Sebben as well.
** There were other, more subtle references on the show: for example, when the name "Flatpoint High" was mentioned in a list of high school (it's the name of the school in ''[[Strangers with Candy]]''), when Wilford Brimley called him (it's a running joke that dates back to before ''[[Strangers with Candy]]'') or when Stephen took out a stuffed squirrel from under his desk (probably a reference to an ''Exit 57'' skit that's very popular among fans because it consists of him making out with Paul Dinello - repeatedly).
* On ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', Frank (played by Peter Boyle) is dressed as [[Frankenstein's Monster]] for Halloween, a reference to his role in ''[[Young Frankenstein]]''.
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** The episode "The Headless Witch in the Woods" revolves around a murder that involved the victim [[The Blair Witch Project|being videotaped along with two fellow college students in the woods while tracking down a legendary witch-ghost; they find signs of this witch all over the place, to their palpable terror.]] The victim's film professor is played by actor Joshua Leonard - no points for guessing what movie made him famous.
** In the "Death of the Queen Bee" a suspect is described by Sweets as being "creepy, very Freddy". Take a wild guess as to the [[A Nightmare on Elm Street|Actor]] playing him.
* In ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', Tim is having a tea party with his nieces. He does all the voices of their stuffed animals, but they complain that he didn't voice the lion right. Tim mentions that he doesn't know what it's like to be a lion. Randy (played by Jonathan Taylor Thomas, who voiced the young Simba in ''[[The Lion King]]'') mentions that it was tough. Later in the same episode, Tim is playing with the girls' Buzz Lightyear, and argues with it by claiming "I am Buzz Lightyear...No, ''I'' am Buzz Lightyear...No, '''''I''''' am Buzz Lightyear...I come in peace" Tim then presses the button on the toy, causing it to say "I am Buzz Lightyear. I come in peace" in the exact same voice.
** Another episode of ''Home Improvement'' had Tim arguing with his brother. When it descended into "Is too times 100!", "Is not times a thousand!", Tim capped "to infinity!" with "to infinity and beyond!", the [[Catch Phrase]] of Buzz Lightyear in ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]''.
** Yet ANOTHER ''Home Improvement'' episode, a Halloween one, had Randy at the Taylors' front door handing out candy. When two kids show up, one as Buzz Lightyear and another as Simba, Randy gave extra candy to the "cute little lion."
** Of course, all three of these occurred after ABC was acquired by Disney.
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* ''[[The Wire]]'' includes several instances due to its penchant for having Baltimore political figures appear in cameo roles. In one instance, the mayor is discussing with several staffers the unauthorized creation of a decriminalized drug zone. One staffer says that if news gets out, people will call the mayor "the most dangerous man in America." The line is uttered by former [[Real Life]] Baltimore mayor Kurt Schmoke, who had been called the most dangerous man in America (by Congressman Charles Rangel) when Schmoke suggested debating the decriminalization of drugs.
** When Mayor Carcetti goes to beg for funding from the unnamed, unseen Republican governor clearly based on then [[Real Life]] governor of Maryland Robert Ehrlich, Ehrlich appears as a security guard at the governor's office.
** Similarly, the show's co-creator David Simon appears in Season 5 as a Baltimore Sun reporter. Simon was a Sun reporter, and his experience writing the crime section led to the book ''Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets'', later adapted into the TV series ''[[Homicide: Life
** Even more confusingly, a character by the name "Jay Landsman" appears on the show, but the ''real'' Jay Landsman plays Lt. Mello.
** Musician Steve Earle, who performs the theme song for Season 5, has a role as Walon, a recovering heroin addict. Steve Earle himself is a recovering heroin addict in [[Real Life]]. Additionally, Walon can be seen wearing a jacket with the art from Steve Earle's ''Copperhead Road'' album, as well as a tattoo of said art on his bicep.
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* The ''[[Cold Case]]'' episode "Creatures of the Night" involves a serial killer, played in the present day by Barry Bostwick, beginning his crimes in the 1970s after his religious sensibilities were disgusted by the portrayals of perversion and bisexuality in ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'', in which the young Bostwick played Brad Majors.
* ''[[Mad TV]]'' featured a sketch called "Gump Fiction", a somewhat predictable pastiche of ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' and ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''. When rattling off the cast list, it included series regular [[Phil LaMarr]], who cowered on hearing his name and shouted "Oh no, not again!" In ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'', Phil LaMarr played Marvin, a minor character [[I Just Shot Marvin in the Face|who was accidentally shot in the face]].
* One episode of ''[[
** In another episode, the lawyer played by A Martinez was asked where he'd been living the previous few months. He says "Santa Barbara" -- not a surprise when you know that's the title of the soap opera Martiniez had once appeared on.
* A very subtle one from ''[[Veronica Mars]]'': the title of one episode is "Clash of the Tritons," a play on the title of the film ''Clash of the Titans''. That film's star, Harry Hamlin, had a recurring role on the show.
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** There was an incident in which Dr. Cox addressed Elliot as "Becky," Sarah Chalke's sometimes character on ''[[Roseanne]]''.
** The episode ''My Mirror Image'' featured three patients who were meant to provide a mirror, contrast, or both to the current situations of JD, Dr. Cox and the Janitor and were each played by the actor of the main character they mirrored. JD's patient was called Mrs. Zeebee, referencing Zach Braff's initials, the patient Janitor talked to was called Mr. O'Neil, referencing Neil Flynn, and Dr. Cox's patient was called Mr. Slydell, referencing John C. McGinley's character in ''[[Office Space]]''.
* When [[John Cleese]] appeared on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' his first sketch involved him boarding a space ship as a pirate (But not a [[Space Pirates]], with a [[Hook Hand]] and a [[Pirate Parrot]]). He got into an argument with it and threatened "[[Monty Python|You want to be an ex-parrot!?]]"
* An episode of ''[[Chuck]]'' uses a rather extreme version that really stretches suspension of disbelief. The film ''[[Die Hard]]'' exists in the series, but in this episode Reginald Vel Johnson guest stars as the cousin of regular character Big Mike: a Twinkie eating cop named Al Powell who gets involved in a hostage standoff. Later, Mike (one of the hostages) and Al even get to talk on the phone and share dialogue quite reminiscent of the film.
** Scott Bakula shows up as Chuck and Ellie's father, and after Ellie's first words to him are a blunt reminder of the night he abandoned them he replies "Oh boy," Bakula's catchphrase from ''[[Quantum Leap]]''.
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* In the A&E documentary series ''Dinosaur!'', hosted and narrated by [[Walter Cronkite]], his last line of narration is "..and that's the way it is." Referencing his famous newscast sign-off.
* One great example is the ''[[Nash Bridges]]'' episode, "Wild Card," where Cheech Marin is reunited with his former Cheech and Chong partner, Tommy Chong, while Don Johnson is reunited with his former Miami Vice partner, Philip Michael Thomas. In the episode there are several references made to the former works. Tommy Chong's character is even named Barry Chen, a play on his real name with a reference to his half-asian parentage.
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'''Joe Dominguez:''' Actually, I stopped smoking pot years ago.
'''Barry Chen:''' Oh no? What's your drug of choice now, man?
'''Joe Dominguez:''' Uh, Rogaine.
'''Barry Chen:''' Rogaine? What's that? Do you snort it? }}
* Several for ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'':
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*** Baldwin gets ''scads'' of these. On multiple occasions he's encouraged himself by muttering "Always Be [X]," where ''X'' is a c-word - a shout-out to his scene in [[Glengarry Glen Ross]]. In a more recent episode when Tracy wanted to derail his successful dramatic film career, Baldwin's character encouraged him to "just go back to TV. Nobody will mistake you for a serious actor ever again."
** Another episode sees Liz Lemon meet her idol, a legendary comedy writer played by Carrie Fisher. After Liz discovers that Fisher is actually a flaky weirdo, Liz flees from the room, with Fisher calling out after her, "[[Star Wars|Help me, Liz Lemon! You're my only hope!]]"
** In the season 3 finale, TV comedy star Tracy Jordan invents a story about dropping out of school because a drug dealer wanted him to cut up a snitch named Baby. However, he eventually tearfully confesses that he left school because he was too chicken to dissect a frog in science class. A character played by Alan Alda then wanders in from another plot thread and says, "A guy crying about a chicken and a baby? I thought this was a comedy show!" This is a reference to the famous series finale of ''[[M*A*S*H (television)]]'', not to mention a lighthearted jab at the series' turn towards drama.
** When Stephanie March, of [[Law and Order SVU|Alex Cabot]] fame, appears as a guest star, she is a [[Lipstick Lesbian]] extraordinaire. Alex Cabot is best remembered for [[Les Yay|clearly being in love with Olivia Benson.]]
* In the finale of ''[[Newhart]]'' , Vermont innkeeper Dick Loudon (Newhart) gets conked in the head with a golf ball and blacks out, then wakes up in bed as Chicago psychologist Bob Hartley (Newhart's character from his first sitcom, ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]''), turns to awaken his wife Emily (Suzanne Pleshette, also from the earlier show), and explains that he had been [[All Just a Dream|dreaming he was the owner of a hotel]].
** An earlier episode had Dick visiting a psychiatrist running into a character who acted like he recognized him from somewhere. The character was played by Jack Riley, who had been Mr. Carlin on the earlier show. (After Dick mentions this to the psychiatrist, he's told that the man in question was deeply unbalanced and had never recovered from the damage that had been done to him by "some quack in Chicago".)
** Another episode had Dick watching television, with the theme music from ''The Bob Newhart Show'' heard coming from the set.
** Yet ''another'' episode had Dick talking with Michael about old TV shows, and in particular the old Saturday night lineup on CBS (''[[All in The Family]]'', ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H*]]'', ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''). Michael: "Yeah, and what was that one with the shrink who stuttered?" Dick: "He didn't stutter, Michael, he...he...he stammered."
* The short-lived Bob Newhart/Judd Hirsch sitcom ''George and Leo'' had an episode which featured a ton of cameo appearances from people who had co-starred on both men's earlier shows.
* Corey Feldman makes a guest appearance on ''[[Sliders]]'' in which he exchanges a handshake with Jerry O'Connell that references their roles in ''[[Stand by Me]]''.
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** Once [[Amber Tamblyn]] was cast it was just a matter of time; in the episode "Fall From Grace" (7x17) Chris Marquette, who played Adam on [[Joan of Arcadia]], plays the [[Patient of the Week]]. Near the end of the episode, he confesses to Tamblyn's character that he's a bad guy, and seeks God's forgiveness, which she promises him he has. It was quite a touching moment.
** This might be going out on a limb, but when [[Ron Livingston]] appeared as a doctor in Africa, he hands out candy from his "friend in Hershey, Pennsylvania." On [[Band of Brothers (TV series)|Band of Brothers]], his character's best friend was from Hershey, Pennsylvania.
* The ''[[Battlestar Galactica
** The orphan boy's costume in "The Plan" is an exact copy of that worn by Dean Stockwell in his 1948 movie "The Boy with Green Hair".
* A rather bizarre self-Allusion came from Steve Valentine, the host of ''[[Estate of Panic]]''. A contestant named Jordan is last out of a room. Valentine goes "I guess we'll be...''[[Crossing Jordan]]'' off the list."
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* ''[[Community]]'' has had many references to Joel McHale's other jobs (like hosting [[The Soup]]) or his [[Real Life]] [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]], [[American Idol|Ryan Seacrest]].
** In one episode, Malcolm-Jamal Warner appears as Shirley's ex-husband and he's wearing a funky sweater. When Jeff comments on it, he says "[[The Cosby Show|my dad gave it to me]]."
* In ''[[
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'''Noh:''' Its OK, I know what a bong is. }}
* On the Halloween 2009 episode of ''[[Castle]]'', the title character, played of course by Nathan Fillion, showed off his Halloween costume to his daughter, and led to this exchange:
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'''Castle:''' [[Firefly|Space cowboy]].<br />
'''Alexis:''' Okay, A: there are no cows in space. B, didn't you wear that, like, [[Serenity|five years ago]]?<br />
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'''Castle:''' I like it! }}
** That same episode also references ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', on which Nathan Fillion appeared in Season 7. Castle comments upon finding the murder victim du jour with a stake through his heart:
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** Another episode has Martha watching ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'' pilot movie, featuring Susan Sullivan. Guess who plays Martha? (And though not explicitly stated, this could even be a case of [[Celebrity Paradox]], since Martha is an actress.)
** Yet another episode has the protagonists donning medical gloves while checking out a crime scene. Castle is visibly amused by the idea of wearing ''blue'' gloves -- and copies [[Firefly|River Tam's]] 'two by two' gesture.
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** When flipping through Bennett's academic achievements, Caroline says "Bet she could kill you with her brain."
** In "Stage Fright," Echo throws a perceived threat, revealed afterward to be merely paparazzi, over a balcony in a "punch first, ask questions later" move reminiscent of Faith:
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'''Echo''' ''(shrugging sheepishly)'': I'm from Southie. }}
* In the last season of ''[[Las Vegas]]'', Tom Selleck plays the billionaire new owner of the casino. One episode includes an annual poker game with his billionaire friends, who are played by Roger E. Mosley and Larry Mannetti, his co-stars from ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'' Both were said to have made their fortunes in the same fields as their ''Magnum'' characters. Also, a reference was made to a British billionaire who couldn't make it that year, a reference to John Hillerman's character, Higgins.
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** Also, "Trees? Yeah, I've heard they're wonderful conversationalists."
* Nathan Fillion's ''[[Firefly]]'' [[Fan Nickname]] gets worked into ''White Noise 2: The Light'' during a scene when his character, Abe, is talking to his [[Black Best Friend]] about his newfound [[Psychic Powers]]:
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'''Marty''':Call it what you want, Abe, but that sure as hell sounds like some superhero Captain Tightpants bullshit to me, man. }}
* The ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "Spectre of the Gun" plopped the main cast into an extremely realistic illusion that required them to play out the infamous Gunfight at the OK Corral. [[DeForest Kelley]] - aka Dr. [[The McCoy|McCoy]] - had played Morgan Earp in the 1957 film ''Gunfight at the OK Corral''.
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* At one point in ''[[QI]]'', Stephen asks the panel, "Where would you find the world's biggest drip?" to the accompaniment of a picture of Hugh Laurie as [[Jeeves and Wooster (TV series)|Bertie Wooster]].
** Another episode features a question about Oscar Wilde. Much to Stephen's embarrassment, the picture is of himself as the title character in ''Wilde''.
* In an episode of ''[[Royal Pains]]'', Paul Wight, known for being the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] wrestler [[The Big Show]], cameos and entertains at a children's party as the character "The Trasher". The party hostess introduces him with the line "Okay, kids, are you ready for the big show?"
* Armando Iannucci has said one of the reasons he cast Simon Hollander as Cal '[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|The Fucker]]' Richards, a bossy and feared PR man, in ''[[The Thick of It]]'' is as a joke for anyone who saw the spin-off ''[[In the Loop]]'', where he plays an extremely wet and cowardly minister.
* In the TV adaptation of the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[
* An indirect one from ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]''. Jax, whose ex-wife was played by [[Drea De Matteo]] (best known as Adrianna on ''[[The Sopranos]]'') in the previous season, confronts a woman who thinks he's about to kill her. He reassures her with: "You think I brought you here to Adrianna you?"
** In another episode, Tig suggests Gemma (played by Katey Sagal) to "go [[Married... with Children|redhead]] for a while."
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* ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'' itself had one when Geraint Wyn Davies guest started in one ep. The character he played had a girlfriend named Jeanette, an allusion to his character's girlfriend on his series, ''[[Forever Knight]]'', which aired at the same time Highlander was.
* In one episode of ''Stay Tooned!'' a documentary series about classic cartoons hosted by Tony (Baldrick) Robinson, Tony describes how Porky Pig's [[Characterization Marches On|Characterization Marched On]], and says the same thing happens with live action characters. Cue clip from ''The [[Blackadder]]'', with Prince Edmund announcing he would be known as "The Black Vegetable".
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* The description of the plot of the movie Miley Stewart is offered in the series finale of ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' resembles the upcoming (as of Jan. 2012) [[Miley Cyrus]] movie ''So Undercover'', which she completed filming at the time.
* At the end of the final episode of ''[[Hustle]]'', Danny proposes that now there are seven of them, they should form a new gang called "the Magnificent Seven". Albert (Robert Vaughn) thinks it's "a hell of an idea", and there's a quick burst of the theme from ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]''.
** In another episode, Jodie Prenger plays a friend of the gang who winds up in hospital after using a dodgy diet product sold by that episode's marks. Before her acting career took off, Prenger won the UK version of [[The Biggest Loser]] and subsequently worked as a writer on diet issues
* One episode of ''[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]'', Peter Mensah's character Doctore [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kJiotStoA8 exchanged words] with Crixus that referenced [[Memetic Mutation|Mensah's role]] in ''[[300]]''.
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* Set to happen in episode 8 of ''Shirato'', a Japanese TV series starring Yudai Chiba, who portrays Honey in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'', as the title character. And given the fact that his ''Ouran'' castmates make a group cameo as their respective characters from ''Ouran'', as well as what's been confirmed to happen during the cameo scene (i.e. the Host Club will mistake Shirato for Honey, and he'll be carrying a stuffed rabbit resembling Bun-Bun), it's quite possible that this may be deliberate.
* In an episode of ''[[Good Times]]'', [[M*A*S*H (television)|William Christopher]] played an Army doctor.
* In [[The Aquabats Super Show]] Mr. Lawrence plays a [[SpongeBob SquarePants|tiny villain with antenna.]]
* The victim in ''[[Body of Proof]]'' episode ''Love Thy Neighbor'' lived in a cul-de-sac with lots of beautiful people and lots of goings on. When first arriving [[Dana Delany]]'s character mentions she used to live in a cul-de-sac like this, and several times through the episode she mentiones there's more to the place than meets the eye. At the very end she tells a co-worker he couldn't handle a desperate housewife. Delany had a role on [[Desperate Housewives]] which senters on a cul-de-sac whith lots of beautiful people and lots of goings on.
* In an episode of ''The Lucy Show'', veteran actor William Frawley makes his final TV appearance. After his scene, Lucy says, "He reminds me of someone I once knew" referring to his role as Fred Murtz on ''[[I Love Lucy]]''.
* In an episode of ''Design:e2'', Brad Pitt is narrating at the beginning of the episode and three lines in, he utters the phrase [http://youtu.be/r88UB4kCbTY?t=18s "They are not the cars they drive"], which is a reference to his line in the movie ''Fight Club'' where he says [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo-wkv8gW6k "You are not the car you drive."]
* On ''[[Burn Notice]]'', the second season character Carla (whose actress played
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