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* During one of the Thanksgiving Turkey Day Marathons of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', which not coincidentally debuted the lampooning of his film ''[[Zombie Nightmare]]'', he hosted a number of host segments loaded with bad turkey puns and [[Cloudcuckoolander]] moments. The episode itself features countless "I'm Batman!" jokes from Mike and the Bots, but no appearance from West (outside the movie of course).
* He played a goofy rendition of himself on ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', in which he drives the Batmobile from the show (which is now a broken down wreck), complains about the [[Michael Keaton]] Batman films (Taps his pecs- "Pure West."), and dances the "Batusi" while the Simpsons slowly back away ("How come Batman doesn't ''dance'' any more?"). Another episode has the Simpsons view the TV series Batmobile in a Hollywood museum and comment on how lifelike the dummies sitting in it are—who turn out to actually be Adam West and Burt Ward sitting perfectly still all day.
** This is probably where the "Crazy" Adam West of ''[[Family Guy]]''/''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'' came from.
* In ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'', West acts like a mix between a [[Conspiracy Theorist]] and exaggerated versions of his portrayal of [[Batman (TV series)|Batman]] and John Walsh from ''[[America's Most Wanted]]''. The story was written by [[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents|Butch Hartman]] and [[Seth MacFarlane]], [[Sarcasm Mode|not like he ever worked with them again]].
* In the ''[[Histeria!]]'' episode "The Legion of Super Writers", he voiced a superhero-portrayed Ernest Hemingway.
* He did a guest spot on ''[[The Critic]]'', as a last-minute guest on Jay Sherman's show. He's quickly bumped off because they managed to book someone else that it turns out is dead, prompting him to lament, "Man I wish I had his agent."
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* In one episode of ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'', he cameos as a washed-up actor who was made famous by playing half of a crime-fighting duo, ''Tuttle and the Mummy''.
* In a 1995 episode of ''Hope and Gloria '' - a short-lived television series, he played himself doing a theatre performance of ''Love Letters '' with former ''Batman'' villainess Julie Newmar also playing herself. The main character was led to believe he was her father. The program referenced his autobiography and his real name of Bill Anderson.
* In ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'', he plays Adam West, who believes he's a super hero named Catman.
{{quote|'''Timmy:''' TV's Adam West?
'''West:''' Where?! }}
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== William Shatner ==
Almost every other role [[William Shatner]] has had since ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' is him playing [[William Shatner]] the egotist, or an [[Expy]] of that character under a different name. He specifically avoids the [[I Am Not Spock]] effect, by virtue of [http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/may/22/television-television1 creating a "SHATNER" persona], of which Kirk is but one mere part. One must wonder, however, if it has reached the level of enlightened self-parody or if he has become genuinely unhinged (''[[Mad]]'' once put it that he is trying, thirty years too late, to prove to everyone that he was always "[[Parody Retcon|in on the joke]]") -- see his appearance on ''Friday Night with Jonathon Ross.''
* His turn as Denny Crane in ''[[Boston Legal]]''.
* Taken to sublime levels in ''Free Enterprise'', in which he plays William Shatner.
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== [[Stephen Hawking]] ==
The quintessential [[Real Life]] [[Genius Cripple]] thoroughly enjoys cameos as himself. One comes to suspect that the reason he refuses to upgrade his vocalizer is because of the sheer awesomeness of snarking in a [[Machine Monotone]] (although he did get an upgrade to give it a better British accent).
* He hit ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' just to play poker with Data, [[Albert Einstein]], and [[Isaac Newton]] (thus becoming the only example of [[As Himself]] in the history of ''[[Star Trek]]'', though Joe Piscopo comes ''ever'' so close). Behind the scenes, he toured the set and remarked on the ship's warp core:
{{quote|'''Hawking:''' I'm working on that.}}
** A few years later he ran into Brent Spiner, and immediately asked "Where's my money?"
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{{quote|'''Leela:''' Black Hole Hawking? If I knew I was going to meet you I'd have done something with my hair!
'''Hawking:''' You should have. }}
* He also showed up as himself in ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'', hired by Remi Buxaplenty to prove that 2+2=5 to Mr. Crocker, Hawking's old college roomie.
 
 
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The [[Gag Dub]] of ''[[Super Milk-chan]]'' includes live action segments centered around the cast and crew of [[ADV Films]], in which they play themselves as a dysfunctional group of misanthropes and prima donnas.
* Seiyuu [[YukoYūko GotoGotō]] in ''[[Lucky Star]]'' playing as hyper masculine biker gang member called 'Gothouther-sama', named after her favorite character in ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', making fun of how she is always cast as sweet, [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] girl, while in reality, she's a hardcore biker.
 
 
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'''Ben Affleck''': See, that's just mean. }}
* [[Mark Hamill]] may have [[Captain Ersatz]]ed himself in ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'', not as his most famous role ([[Star Wars|Luke Skywalker]]) but his role as the voice of the Joker from ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]''. Here, he plays Cock-Knocker. While the "bongsaber" duel was certainly a play on his role as Skywalker ("Don't fuck with a Jedimaster, son"), the outlandish character of Cock-Knocker with his colourful costume, and in particular the bright yellow wig, will remind some of his voice work as the Joker.
** The costume, at least, was probably inspired by his role as the Trickster in the 90s TV series ''[[The Flash (TV series1990)||The Flash]]''.
* [[Neil Patrick Harris]]'s appearances in the ''[[Harold and& Kumar Go to White Castle]]'' movies portray his former child star self as a womanizing (even though Harris is gay in real life) drug addict.
* Alan Alda, in ''[[And the Band Played On]]''. After becoming famous as the Good Guy doctor in ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]'', in this film he plays a jerk doctor who is arguing with other doctors over the discovery of HIV.
* Paris Hilton in ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]''. She plays an airheaded heiress who prostitutes herself for drugs, to numb herself during the plastic surgery she's addicted to, because she wants to be a singer but keeps getting booed off the stage. Although the part wasn't originally written for her, she ''insisted'' on getting it and played it with great enthusiasm.
* [[Jean -Claude Van Damme]], after years of getting typecast as a hero in straight-to-DVD action movies, had ''JCVD'', in which he plays himself reacting to a bank robbery mostly with fear and begging.
* [[Michael Cera]] is turning into this, particularly when he plays "himself" in ''Paper Heart'', a Mockumentary in which, technically, he is merely playing his typical role.
* ''[[Tropic Thunder]]'' has [[Tom Cruise]] playing a [[Prima Donna Director|Prima Donna Producer]] that seems to be inspired by some of the star's [[Never Live It Down|more embarrassing public appearances]].
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'''Homer''': Hey, I thought you never talked.
'''Teller''': Uh, I didn't mean to. It just slipped out. Oh, God, now Penn's going to beat me.
'''Penn''': ''[laughs]'' [[All Part of the Show|Folks, it's all part of the act!]]
'''Teller''': No it isn't! Don't leave me alone with him!
'''Penn''': ''[to Homer]'' You've ruined the act! I'm going to kill you!
'''Teller''': He'll do it! I'm not the first Teller! }}
** They made a return appearance during "The Great Simpsina", a stage-magic-based episode. This time, Teller's the domineering one (claiming that Penn [[Nice Character, Mean Actor|"only does the talking on stage."]]) Also, when a variety of dangerous objects are thrown at Penn as a distraction, he starts juggling them, seemingly on instinct alone.
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'''Penn''': I can't! I never learned how! }}
** Before ''[[Family Guy]]'', James Woods played himself-as-a-lunatic in "Homer and Apu", replacing Apu at the Kwik-E-Mart and claiming to be researching a movie role. When Apu returns to his job, Woods leaves to "battle aliens on a faraway planet", and gives a [[Sure Why Not]] reaction when Marge thinks he's talking about another role.
* [[Patrick Stewart]]'s role in the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode where the cast of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' are all present is a hilarious one, with him being egotistic, violent (Wesley asks for something from the take out and receives a brutal smash into the window [[Caddyshack|'You'll get nothing and like it!']]) and all round [[Crazy Awesome]].
** Also plays the Director of the CIA Bullock in sister show, ''[[American Dad]]'' (based on his character from [[Conspiracy Theory]])
{{quote|Bullock: Naturally, recapturing this fugitive is our top priority. Then we can track down the bastards that have been harboring it and punish them brutally. I mean, really brutally. Weird stuff. Butt stuff.}}
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