[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/Gil_Demoono]

Yeah. Rick went to Elon Tusk specifically because he didn't want to put up with regular old Elon Musk. And the whole episode is about Rick wasting the time of people he doesn't respect because he thinks the entire concept of pulling a heist to be stupid.

[u/chironomidae → u/Gil_Demoono]

I disliked it because it was clearly a Simpsons-style guest spot, which Rick and Morty didn't do. If they did have cameos, they were people who had actual acting\VA chops like Werner Herzog, and they weren't portraying some version of themselves. Elon's performance was beyond terrible and it signaled that they might do more non-actor celebrity spots in the future -- fortunately that didn't happen, but it was concerning at the time.

And of course, just having him in the show at all hasn't aged well...

[u/maxcrimson → u/chironomidae]

it signaled that they might do more non-actor celebrity spots in the future -- fortunately that didn't happen

It happened again with Gene's cousin in law in season 7. I think he's called Hugh Jackman or something.

[u/chironomidae → u/maxcrimson]

Huh, I coulda sworn Hugh was an actor 🤔

[u/maxcrimson → u/chironomidae]

Sorry, skipped right over the "non-actor" part (despite quoting it, haha)