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This is mostly a [[Japanese Media Tropes|Japanese Media Trope]], though Western media (especially comic books) do this as well given their vast and overlapping continuities. This can have originally have been a [[Chekhov's Gunman]] that wasn't able to be followed through due to cancellation of the series or the result of an [[Aborted Arc]].
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** Though they aren't actually seen, Yuuko also mentions Subaru and Hokuto, characters from ''[[Tokyo Babylon]]'' and ''[[X 1999]]'' and says that she's known them since they were children.
** And in ''[[X 1999]]'', older versions of Nokoru, Suoh and Akira, the three lead characters from ''CLAMP School Detectives'', now run the CLAMP Campus.
* Oddly enough, [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] has a
* Inverted by ''[[Love Hina]]'', Naru's sister was originally made for the anime adaptation, but Ken Akamatsu loved the character so much that he included her in the ''[[Love Hina]]'' manga in the final chapter.
** ...and then used her ''again'' in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', making many fans wonder if they're not both the same girl and if the two series have a shared continuity.
** ''Negima'' has a number of cameos from ''[[Love Hina]]''. Motoko seems to appear in one of Setsuna's flashbacks, and [[Word of God]] confirmed that the inn the group stayed at during one of the [[Beach Episode
*** In chapter 256 Motoko's family is [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/c256/10.html mentioned by name], and one the techniques Motoko used in ''[[Love Hina]]'' seems to be somewhat plot-relevant in ''Negima''.
**** {{spoiler|I vaguely remember Tsukuyomi from Negima using the [[Evil Weapon|Hina Blade]] from Love Hina in one of the more recent chapters.}}
* Ogiue appeared at the very end of the credits of the last episode of the first season of ''Genshiken''
* Ittou Asanuma, a minor (but still important enough to know the Senshi's secret identities) recurring character from the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' manga appears briefly in one episode of ''Sailor Moon Sailor Stars'' where he calls on Mamoru when he misses a get together of the members of a PC Network. When Mamoru doesn't appear to be home he leaves. We only know it's him because of the credits.
* [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|The 2003 anime version]] of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' includes a cameo shot of Ling Yao, a character solely from the manga, as a state alchemist participating in the Ishvalan genocide. He also happens to be wearing sunglasses in the same style as Greed's, in reference to {{spoiler|Ling becoming the second Greed.}}
** And late in ''Brotherhood'', there's a shot of an elderly
* ''[[Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro]]'' had cameo shots of Ai and [[Token Mini-Moe|Miyasako Mutsuki]] with her grandfather. The [[Last-Episode New Character|credits]] also had shots of Shizuka Todoroki and Tateo Mochizuki.
* In three of the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime [[The Movie|movies]], Brendan (the male playable character from Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald) briefly shows up during the opening narration sequences, though never in-focus. Several other characters from the games make similar cameos in the other movies and OVAs .
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** In [[Finding Nemo|the dentist's waiting room]], you can see a Buzz Lightyear toy.
* In ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'', the USS ''Bozeman'', the other ship in the [[Groundhog Day Loop]] episode "Cause and Effect", a time displaced ship that was [[No Ending|never given any actual closure]], is a part of the Earth defense fleet.
** If memory serves, the ''Bozeman'' was mentioned in
*** Bozeman, Montana is of course Brannon Braga's hometown, so it's a running gag on that level too.
* ''[[Troy]]'' features one that only Latin nerds are going to pick up on, in a nod to the Roman lovechild of the ''[[The Iliad]]'' and ''[[Odyssey|The Odyssey]]'': ''[[The Aeneid]]'', which follows the Trojan survivors of the sack of Troy. At the end of the film, Paris hands off the sword of Troy to a young man who gives his name, when prompted, as "Aeneas". Paris tells him to find a new home for their people, which, presumably, film!Aeneas does, after seven years of gallivanting about.
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** What's more, Shaun/Sean, who was a fairly important character in the games but was committed from the Anime, is briefly seen in a crowd scene in the anime's movie.
* In the [[PlayStation]] version of ''[[Mega Man X]] 3'', Volt Catfish's anime intro has a quick background cameo of Auto from the [[Mega Man (video game)|Classic]] series.
* The ''[[Tales (series)]]'' often insert quite a bit of Namco cameos and [[Continuity Nod
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' started a tradition in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' of having [[Goldfish Poop Gang]] boss Gilgamesh (of ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' fame) appearing in other games in the series. Because of how he arrives in the game's universe and how he departed the plot in ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'', it can be safely assumed that he is the only cameo character that is canonically the same person. He even had some retcons in remakes to place him within ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' and the original ''[[Final Fantasy]]''. In ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'', he goes by the name "Alleyway Jack" but eventually reveals Gilgamesh as his true name. His other appearances in the series imply that he is aware of the other games and their heroes and in ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', he comes with a pair of boss fights and wields replicas the defining weapons of many main characters in the series. He also has a dog named Enkidu that shows up in some of his appearances, but not all of them. He is often searching for the sword Excalibur, but frequently mistakes it with Excalipoor, and his attacks will often reflect this distinction - Excalibur is extremely powerful, whereas Excalipoor does 1HP of damage. His Summon in ''Dissidia'' reflects this, in that his summon will either triple the caster's BP or reduce it to 1.
* In ''Tony Hawk's Proving Ground'', [[Smug Snake|Eric Sparrow]], the primary villain of the ''Tony Hawk's Underground'' sub-series reappears (though just as "Eric") in the Pro story path as an antagonist.
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** Hal's actual appearance is also of this variety, replacing John Stewart for a couple minutes due to time travel-related ripple effects. He's up to speed as to what's going on, picks up where John left off, and John shows right back up.
* The second season finale of ''[[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]]'' had a scene where it shows a man in a car named Scylla looking at the "cartoon" [[Weirdness Censor|the finale battle looked like to everyone]], and the last scene was the girls being introduced to him as their new teacher. This was originally suppose to be a [[Chekhov's Gunman]] as he was a character from the next arc of the comics, but was reduced to this as the animated series wasn't renewed for another season.
* The [[Five Episode Pilot|Three Episode Premiere]] of ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' has Spike, Carly, and
** Then you see Sparkplug, Spike's dad, working on a construction site with the trademark hardhat on two separate occasions.
** One [[Whole-Episode Flashback]] showed Sentinel talking to red bot that looks a lot like (and [[Word of God|Derrick Wyatt has confirm is suppose to be]]) Cliffjumper. They have stated that he was originally that one that {{spoiler|Shockwave would frame for being a spy}}, but [[Executive Meddling]] ruled against it. He actually reappears later as a [[Recurring Character]] in season three, and even speaks!
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