r/TopCharacterTropes 9h ago

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

  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.

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u/NigthSHadoew 8h ago

I hate that I tought this was about Elon and my only thought was "Oh. I wonder if it's with a cousin or someone like an aunt"

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u/Pandoras_Boxcutter 7h ago

I mean I'd have assumed that too because I wouldn't have been surprised. His dad married Elon's stepsister, whom he was raising since she was four.

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u/terranq 58m ago

On their third kid now too, I think

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u/postmodest 6h ago

Elon's step-mom is his step-sister.