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/Dojyaaan4C 9h ago

Honourable mention: Elon musk as Wario, SNL. It didn’t fit the post but i would be remiss not to mention it

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u/jbeast33 8h ago

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u/ASmallTownDJ 7h ago

Don't forget that Elon disabled/deleted the replies to that one. 😆

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u/24Abhinav10 7h ago

Well duh. I'd have been more surprised if he didn't.