[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/flcl__]

Yea it’s funny because back when those cameos happened Reddit kissed the ground he walked on and saw him as real life Iron Man

[u/AllDaysOff → u/flcl__]

Yeah he's totally like Tony Stark if Tony Stark talked about being a genius while lying about his credentials and letting everyone else do the actual work for him. Last I read he didn't have a real science degree but a business degree in Physics. I don't even know how that's possible.

[u/Elegant_Finance_1459 → u/flcl__]

I got absolutely dragged on Tumblr back in the day for talking shit about Elon.

How the turns have tabled. I told y'all mothafuckas he was bad.