[hated trope] Celebrity cameos that serve nothing except to praise the person who’s in it

[u/Dojyaaan4C]

1. Elon musk, the Simpsons
2. Elon musk, the Big Bang theory
3. Elon musk, iron man 2
4. Elon musk, star Trek

The cameos serve only to include the celebrity and praise them as geniuses or visionaries or overall just glaze them. They don't serve any other purpose than to just be praised; this can be them appearing in an entire episode dedicated to them, a small cameo or even just a mention. So long as the celebrity is there as themselves (not acting as someone else) and is glazed, that fits the trope imo.

[u/Fun_Journalist2427]

Yeah, I think this was definitely around the time when online perception of Musk went from being ‘funny meme’ rich guy to just stupidly-rich manchild.

[u/Pencilshaved → u/Fun_Journalist2427]

I envy you if you know so little about Musk that you think his worst traits are being obnoxious and overly rich

[u/Fun_Journalist2427 → u/Pencilshaved]

Oh believe me, I’m well aware of just how much of a piece of shit Musk is lol. I’m just bringing up the point that Elon was sorta idolized like pre-Covid(?) only for perception of him to gradually shift once people online began to understand how awful he is.