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Many writers are fanboys, just like us. That said, it is not unreasonable for them to want to throw in some reference to one of their favorite works. Sometimes, however, said element is a bit more blatant, and a lot more physical. This is the idea behind a Cameo Prop. It originally has nothing to do with the work of fiction or the series it is appearing in, but, usually, for sake of novelty, someone throws it in.
Let's say an episode of a show involves Bob going to an auction and winning the Ruby Slippers worn by [[Judy Garland]] when filming ''[[The Wizard of Oz (
A cameo prop is specific: Having a [[The Red Stapler|Red Stapler]] or (especially) [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]] does not make it a cameo prop. Here's some examples to help make the difference clear.
* '''Example A:''' A DMC DeLorean appearing in a ''[[
* '''Example B:''' The DeLorean from ''[[Back to The Future]]'' appearing in a ''[[
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== [[Film]] ==
* The first ''[[Inspector Gadget (
== Film - Live-Action ==▼
* ''[[Evil Dead|Evil Dead II]]'' famously has the [[A Nightmare
▲* The first ''[[Inspector Gadget (Film)|Inspector Gadget]]'' movie, when the character receives his trademark outfit. In the cartoon, the outfit was a [[Shout Out]] at best. In the movie, however, he directly identifies it as the Gadget Suit from ''[[Get Smart (TV)|Get Smart]]''.
* ''[[The
▲* ''[[Evil Dead|Evil Dead II]]'' famously has the [[A Nightmare On Elm Street|Freddy Krueger glove]] hanging from a wall.
▲* ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'': The film version has a scene where one of the background characters is wearing the Marvin costume from the television version.
* ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'' features several famous movie and TV aliens in Area 52, including two [[Doctor Who
▲* [[Robo Cop]]'s trademark Auto 9 pistol appears in ''[[Sin City]]''.
▲* ''[[Looney Tunes Back in Action]]'' features several famous movie and TV aliens in Area 52, including two [[Doctor Who (TV)|Daleks]] and the infamous [[Robot Monster|Ro-man]].
* ''[[Gremlins]]''. In a scene at a science fiction convention, Robby the Robot (from ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'') and the time machine from the 1960 film version of ''[[The Time Machine]]'' appear. They both act the way they do in the films: Robby talks as he did in ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'' and the time machine can actually go through time.
* [[Forbidden Planet|Robbie the Robot]] has appeared in a bunch of stuff. He's even got his own [[IMDb]] page.
* The pod from ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' is visible in the
* ''[[Young Frankenstein]]'' has the same lab equipment and lightning table apparatus
* In ''[[Predator|Predator 2]]'', one of the trophies aboard the Predator's ship as an [[Alien (
* Orin Scrivello's dental "tools" from ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'' went on to appear as the plastic surgeon's tools in Tim Burton's ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]'', and as gynecologist's instruments in ''[[Dead Ringers (film)|Dead Ringers]]'' -- and according to some viewers also as implements of torture in both ''[[True Lies]]'' and ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]''.
* An episode of ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'' focused on Drew winning the Batmobile from ''[[Batman (Film)|Batman]]'' and ''[[Batman Returns (Film)|Batman Returns]]''. At one point, Louis and Oswald are arrested for stealing the car, dressed as [[Batman (TV)|Adam West-style Batman and Burt Ward-style Robin]].▼
* Nathan Fillion took the catalyzer from ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'' and put it on the ''[[Castle]]'' set.▼
* ''[[Babylon 5 (TV)|Babylon 5]]'' had an unintentional example: They needed a space suit for the episode "Babylon Squared", and went to buy one from a prop company they dealt with. The only spacesuit available was the one from ''[[Two Thousand Ten the Year We Make Contact]]''.▼
* ''[[Duke Nukem Forever (Video Game)|Duke Nukem Forever]]'' contains a lot of these, usually as part of [[Take That]] jabs at other shooters. For instance, at one level you find Master Chief's [[Power Armor]] from ''[[Halo]]''; in others, you discover ''[[Dead Space (Franchise)|Dead Space]]'' [[Space Marine]] helmets (there is an achievement for finding all of them).▼
* In the original ''[[Tomb Raider (Video Game)|Tomb Raider]]'' game, the Ark of the Covenant from ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' can be seen in her mansion. This was of course removed from the remake, ''[[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]''.▼
▲* An episode of ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'' focused on Drew winning the Batmobile from ''[[Batman (
▲* Nathan Fillion took the catalyzer from ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' and put it on the ''[[Castle]]'' set.
▲* ''[[
* There is piece of set dressing -- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phPp5oYnps0 a desk-sized prop on wheels, on top of which are a pair of horizontal tubes with lights running through them] -- which can be seen in dozens of SF TV shows and films dating back to the 1980s, including ''[[Airplane!|Airplane! 2]]'', ''Babylon 5'' and most of the ''Star Trek'' series starting with ''TNG''. It's even been drawn into the background of one episode of ''Star Trek: Lower Decks''!
==
▲* ''[[
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'': In a [[Halloween Episode]], supervillain "The Collector" (Comic Book Guy) has the only working [[Star Trek (Franchise)|phaser]] ever produced - they made it to keep [[William Shatner]] in line.▼
▲* In the original ''[[Tomb Raider (
== [[Western Animation]] ==
▲* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': In a [[Halloween Episode]], supervillain "The Collector" (Comic Book Guy) has the only working [[Star Trek
== [[Real Life]] ==
* In [[Real Life]], nearly any time David Hasselhoff appears in something just to show off, he'll be accompanied by [[Knight Rider|K.I.T.T]]. K.I.T.T itself has often shown up in various works of fiction, mostly for [[Rule of Cool]].
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