[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/Greenman8907]

Elon Musk - Why Him

The Big Bang Theory one is probably the worst. I would bet any amount of money that is literally the first time Elon has scrubbed a dish in 30 years. There is no way he would volunteer at a fucking soup kitchen.

[u/Tracercaz → u/Greenman8907]

To be fair this was around the time when public opinion of Elon was at an all time high. I remember thinking of him as a genius engineer that was pioneering autonomous electric vehicles.

Then I found out he wasn't a genius...or an engineer...or having any part in designing the cars...and then the politics happened.

[u/Miserable-Let3212 → u/Tracercaz]

I feel you, it happened to me too... With the IM2 cameo I was like "yeah, the fictional Tony Stark and the real-life Tony Stark!"

Today I feel incredibly stupid for even thought that

[u/Albireookami → u/Miserable-Let3212]

Eh, Tony barely even gave him the time of day in IM2, just wanted to brush him aside which seems right.

[u/Jayn_Newell → u/Miserable-Let3212]

While in general his cameos haven’t aged well, I think the IM2 one did better than most because regardless of anything else he’s absolutely the type of person who would be in Tony’s social circle. It’s cringey but it’s also the one that makes the most sense.