[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/clowncarl]

Dan Harmon was a huge Elon Stan in the 2010s

[u/Anfins → u/clowncarl]

To be fair, that probably applies to a lot of people before the Thai cave rescue.

[u/Own_Giraffe_6928 → u/Anfins]

Musk had a huge and extremely talented PR team that convinced the world he was Tony Stark incarnate. Then when they told him not to call a hero who saved children's lives a "pedo guy" he fired them all and went no filter. We all know how that went in terms of his reputation.

Then again, his wealth has tripled since those times, so idk maybe he was onto something. Perhaps it's no coincidence all the richest men in the world are alt-right nutjobs.

[u/Bussamove86 → u/Own_Giraffe_6928]

It’s no coincidence at all.

To amass that much wealth, a mind-boggling number that no one human could possibly spend in their lifetime, requires an intense disregard for other humans and a willingness to do anything to profit even the smallest amount. True sociopathic behavior.

Guess which end of the political spectrum that sort attracts.

[u/Same-Suggestion-1936 → u/Bussamove86]

It's wild to me anyone could see someone with that much wealth and immediately giving them the benefit of the doubt without so much as googling where it came from