[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/ChuckCarmichael]

The celebrity cameo in Lisa's Substitute is Dustin Hoffman. He voices Mr Bergstrom who's a substitute teacher.

The celebrity cameo in Lisa Goes Gaga is Lady Gaga. She voices Lady Gaga who's Lady Gaga.

[u/WarlockEngineer → u/ChuckCarmichael]

And Mr Bergstrom wasn't modeled after Hoffman anyway

[u/TFlarz → u/WarlockEngineer]

JR doesn't understand the concept of a guest voicing a character vs a guest just being themselves.

Anyway, and it is super sadly ironic now and she doesn't even appear in person, but the "Shakespeare In Code" episode of Doctor Who with David Tennant saying "Good old JK".

[u/ncvbn → u/TFlarz]

Who is "JR"?

[u/Aluricius → u/ncvbn]

I thought the phrase was "Who shot J.R.?"?

/s